>i. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
TOWANDA :
Thursday Morning, September 11,1862.
Bejmblican Stale Nominatioiis.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
THOMAS E. COCHRAN,
OF YORK COCN'TY. *
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
WIL LI A M S . ROSS,
OF LCZEKNE COUNTY.
REPUBLICAN CO. TICKET. .
FOR CONGRESS:
HON. GEORGE LANDON,
FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
BARTIIOLOMEW LAPORTE,
DC MM EE LILLEY,
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER :
JOSEPJIUS CAMPBELL,
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
GEO. D. MONT AN YE.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR:
J. J. NEWELL,
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR:
G. R. ACROYD.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONFERENCE.
The meeting of the Congressional Conferees
at Tunkhannoek, on Wednesday last, resulted
rn the nomination of GEORGE LANDON, of this
County, as a candidate for Congress, upon the
fourth ballot. Having delayed our paper, to
enable us to announce the result of the Con
fercnee, we have no time for extended com
ments. •
Mr. LANDON received the votes of the Brad
ford and Wyoming conferees aud one vote
from Montour sounty.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
The candidates presented for the suffrages
of the people, by the Republican County Con
vention,arc eminently worthy of their support.
Their qualifications and character will bear the
closest scrutiny. They were uomiuated with
an nnaminity which testifies as to their being
the choice of the people, and which should
ensure tueru the cordial and hearty support of
every Republican.
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE has aheidy rep resent
ed.this County for two sessions in the Legisla
ture. We point to his Legislative career, as
his best recommendation to the confidence
and support of the people of the County.—
His fidelity to Republican principles, is be
yond cavil—his integrity and ability both un
questioned. A farmer, of industrous and
frugal habits, his sympathies and interests are
with the people. They will have in him an
upright aud faithful guardian of their in
terests.
DI MMER LIT.LEV is well and favorably known
to the people of the County. He has been
tried in positions of public trust, and has faith
fully discharged his duty. He has the ability
to represent this County to the credit and
advantage of our people.
For County Commissioner, JOSEI-HUS CAMP
BELL of Burlington, was Dominated npon the
first ballot. It is no disparagemeut to bis
predecessors to say, that a more suitable can
didate has never been presented for the suffra
ges of the people. Mr. CAMPBELL uuites all
tlie uecessary requirements for the proper dis
charge of the important duties of County Com
missioner. Confined to his keeping the tax
payers of the County may feel secure that their
interests will be carefully guarded, and an
economical aud intelligent administration of
County affairs secured.
For District Attorney, GEORGE R MrN
TANYE, of this Borough, was placed in noraiua
tion, by the almost unanimous voice of the
Convention. He possesses abilities to perform
the labors of the post with credit to himself
and to the advantage of the Commonwealth.
For County Auditor, GEORGE R. ACROYD,
of Wyalosing, was selected as the candidate.
The office of County Auditor is of the first
importance to the public. Upon the intelligent
and honest discharge of its duties, depends the
safety of the public interests. Mr. A. is a
young man of good business habits,of undoubt
ed honesty, and of decision and promp'ness
which mark him as especially fit for the place
for which he has been named.
For County Surveyor, J. J. NEWELI. of
Orwell, was unanimously nominated for re
election. lie has already filled the place for
three years, tothe satisfaction of all concerned.
His reuominatiou is the highest evidence of
his character and fitness that coold be paid
him.
455" A Mass Convention was held at the
Court Hcuse, in this place, on Monday night
last, aud placed in nomination the following
ticket
Congress- —H. W. TRACY.
Representatives —Maj. UKIAII TERRY, CoI. AI.LEN MC
KEAN.
Commissioner— JACOB F. LINDEHMAN,
District Attorney— MILTON H.CASE.
Auditor — CHARLES M. BROWN,
County Surveyor— WM. DEJ.PUCH,
Congressional and Senatorial Conferees were
appointed, and resolutions endorsing the Re
publican State Ticket,and denouncing the lato
Republican County Convention, were adopted.
We shall speak of it mroe fully hereafter.
J353T* Gen. Pope's Department of the North
West embraces Wisconsin, lowa, Miuuesota,
Nebraska, aud Dakotah. His headqurters
will be at St. Paul, Minn.
ELECTION Tuesday, October 14, 13G2.
Weeting of Congressional Conferees.
The Republican Congressional Conferees, for
this district, met at the W joining House, in
Tunkba: noek, on Wednesday, the 10th iust.
D. H. B. BOWER, of Montour county was cho
sen Chairman, and J. T. JENNINGS, of Wyom
ing, and B. L. CHEENET, of Sullivan county,
elected Secretaries. Conferees from all the
counties were present.
John B. Kir.es nominated Geo. Landon.of Bradford co.
D.L. McKinney " " Robt. L. Clark, Columbia eo.
Wm. Barnes " " P. Ousterhout, Vt yoming co.
B. L. Cheeney " " T. J. Ingliam,Sullivan co.
Mr. Mc All ester " " M. C. Grier, Montour co.
On proceeding to ballot, the following re
sult was had :
BALLOTS. T' S T. 2d. 3d. 4th.
Landon, G G 0 10
Clark, 4.* G 6
Ousterhout 3 (withdrawn)
Ingham, 2 2 2 2
Grier, '4 3 lwU11
On motion, adjourned to meet at Troy, on
the second Wednesday of September, 18G4.
The resolutions adopted by ihe Republican
Convention of Bradford county,. were unani
mously adopted.
ftaf** Rumors and reports about the Rebel
movements in Maryland are still inextricably
confused. We can only allude to the leading
assertions, leaving the reader to believe or
doubt, as his judgment may direct. Persons
from Roekville, MJ , to Washington say that
the Rebels in great force have occupied the
western bank of Seneca Creek, from its mouth
at the Potomac, 23 miles above Washington,
to the public stage road at Middlebrook .Mills
—a line of some 10 miles. Middle! rook is
eight miles west of Roekville, on the turnpike
between Georgetown and Frederick,and about
23 miles from Washington. On Monday after
noon, two companies of the 3d Indiana Cav
alry, under command of Major Chapman, went
to Poolesville, Md., which they foaud in pos
session of a Rebel cavalry regiment, who bad
planted on a hill to the right of the town one
field piece, which was opeued on our men as
they approached. The command did not stop
hut charged through the town, the enemy
who were there skedaddling, and forming a
line of battle near their gun. In a few mo
meuts, re-enforccmcnts came up, consisting of
two pieces of artillery and several compa
nies of the Sih Illinois Cavalry, and our guns,
after a few shots, succeeded in silencing the
enemy's piece, when another charge was made
by Major Chapman's command, and the Reb
els broke and ran, leaving seven dead on the
field. Our loss is one man killed and eight
wounded. Stories vary greatly at Washing
ton as to the number of Rebel troops ; Ihe
figures arc all along from the traditional "40,-
000" to five times that number. A dispatch
from Chambersburg, .Pa., says that on Mon
day the Rebels were at Hagerstown in con
siderable force, and advancing. All the
rolling stock of the railroads has beeu re
moved from Hagerstown, and the telegraph
office there evacuated.
AFFAIRS AT HARRISBUG. —We learn that the
greatest military preparations are makiug in
the Cumberland A'allev and at Ilarrisburg to
meet and check the advauce of the enemy.
Governor Curtin will make a fierce defense
of the Susquehanna,if the Rebels should real
ly approach that river, with the design of
crossing.
Whatever damage the enemy may do to the
railroads on this side of the Susquehanna, the
whole chain of railroads on the other side will
be left in tact for the conceutratiou of troops
at any point that may be desired.
Whatever may be the design of the rebels,
it is now apparent that their present destina
tion is not Baltimore.
A letter from Gettysburg, Pa., written on
Sunday evening, says that place is filled with
fugitives from Frederick and the surrounding
country and others were hourly arriving.—
They say the rebels are pressing old and young
into service. Two huudred and fifty sick and
wounded soldiers from Frederick Hospital ar
rived at Gattysburg on Saturday eveuiug, and
in a special train on Sunday morning for
York, Pa.
fg@°* The Coitcd States steamship M'Clel
lan, arrived from Ililtou Head on Tuesday,
with dates to sth instant. Among the pas
sengers are Major-General Hunter and Gener
al Saxon. General Hunter is on leave of ab
sence for a short time. We learn that the af
fairs in the Depactmcnt are in a quiet aud se
en; e conditio!). The health of the troops is
good, and the extreme Summer heat is much
abated. There has been ordy a few case" of
yellow fever, and those were confined to Key
West. The rebels, since the withdrawal of
troops for the Army of the Potomac, have
threatened invasion at several points,but have
effected nothing, except on Fiuckney Island,
which has been reported.
Dispatches from St. Paul, Minn., of
Saturday last, state that Indian hostilities still
continue. A few days since Captios Grant
and Anderson, with a small party of infantry
and cavalry, were attacked by 250 savages,
eighteen miles from Fort Ridglcy. During
the engagement the whites managed to. throw
up breast-works of dead horses and earth, and
held out until Col. Sibley came to their relief.
Thirteen whites were killed and 47 wounded
in this engagement. Before the engagement
commenced Capt. Giant's party succeeded in
burying 85 massacred whites.
Gov. Curtiu, of Pennsylvania, has is
sued a proclamation calling upon the people
of the State to form volunteer militia organi
zation, in accordance with the law of 1858.
He recommends the closing of places of busi
ness at 3 o'clock, to enable employes to drill.
The Governor is determined to prepare the
State for any emergency which miy arise in
the vicissitudes of war
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2,1862.
! DEAR Sin Qu Saturday about -4 R. H-,
; notice was given out aoiong the clerks connect
'ed with the War Department, and I believe,
with the other Departments, also by Mr. STAX-
J TON, Secretary of War, that any of us who
desired to go to the battle grouud, at Manas
sas, to assist in taking care of tiie wounded,
j in the battles of Friday and Saturday, could
do so, and those who went out were directed
to supply themselves with three days provision
rations. Among others, X volunteered my
services and prepared myself with three loves
ol bred, one-half pound of cheese and a bottle
of cordial. About three hundred ambulances
were provided for our conveyance. We as
sembled at the starting point about 5, P. M,,
! but did not get under way till T, P. M. When
j we got to the LoDg Bridge an order was is
j sued that no ambulance should take no more
j than three persons besides the driver. At
' that point we were detained a short time, in
j enforcing the order, which obliged a go< d
j many that had started with us, to return heme.
We found u new regiraeut there on its way
over the river, which was stopped to let the
ambulances pass over the Bridge. It was
now about dark. 1 enquired of some of the
; men who belonged to the rcgiircut, where the
! regiment was from, and on being informed
that it was the 141 st regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, after giving-a cheer for old Penn
' sylvania, I enquired what part of the State it
was from, and, to my agreeable surprise,! was
to'd that it was principally from Bradford
County. I then announced to them that I
was General PATTOX from Towanda, and was
glad to meet them, and thereupon several of
them rushed up to our ambulance to see me •
but it was now become So dark that I was
not able to recognize but few of them. They
told me they were going over the river, to en
camp at Fort Wells near Arlington Heights.
I told them iu return that we were on our way
to the battle field, at Manassas, to assist in
taking care of our wound'd soldiers, which
was responded to by them with a hearty cheer
which was tapered .off with approving individ
ual ejacu'ations, such as " Bully for you,'
" good for the old general," Ac., Ac. Thoy
told me that GUY W ATKINS was their
Lieutenant-Colonel —and at this point, 0..r
! interview was cut short by the movement of
our ambulances. We traveled all night uud
arrived at o house occupied as a Military
Hospital, three or four miles from the battle
ground, by a large number of sirk ami wound
ed soldiers. Here we learned that instead of
the battle ground being occupied by oar forces,
nearly the whole of it was occupied by the
rebels : and, as there was pretty smart cation
a ling going on then between portions of the
Federal and Confederate armies, which ap
peared to us, from the sound, to be only a
couple of m lea off. it was impossible to get
them over under a flag of truce. Judge WHITE
of the Supreme Court of New \ ork, and 1
proposed to tiie Medical Director at the Hos
pital, that we would take the risk of going on
to the battle ground to bring off the wounded
if he would give us authority to do so under a
Hag of truce : but he said u Hug of truce for
that purpose would not be respected, and the
certain result would be, if we attempted it,
that we should either be killed wounded or
taken prisoners by the rebels ; and moreover,
that he did not feel authorized under the cir
cumstances to give lisa flag of truce. He
siid to me, in an undertone, that he was
then hurrying these invalied soldiers away to
get them out of danger, for he did not know
at what moment the rebeis might be there and
capture the embnlances and every body that
was there. Somebody in the crowd, I snp
pose, happened to overhear this rem irk, for
within a few minutes afterwards it was report
ed that the rebels were coming and the driv
ers of the ambulances commenced a general
" skedaddle" for Washington, but were stop
ped by some officers who overtook them on
horseback,aud drew their revolvers upon them
and threatened to shoot them if they did not
stop. The danger seeming to be more imme
diate from these officers than from the rebels
they concluded, between the choice of evils i to
return. I remained at the hospital assistiug
in transferring the wounded soldiers there to
the ambulances which occupied us till 2, I'. M.
On our return one civilian was assigned to
seat in each ambulance to take charge of the
wounded, placed in it. But, when we got as
far as Centreville, we met with a number of
j so'diers, who were badly wounded, and one of
j them so very badly that he could not wear his
pautaloous and I voluntarily gave up my
! seat to him and proceeded on my way back,
i about 25 miles through the mud on foot, but
j fortunately, just as I had started ou my way,
i a short distance, and before I got through
the village,Jone of the ambulances stopped
along side of me, and a man. who occupied a
I seat along side of the driver, got down from
i it and left it ; and, notbiug loth, I took his
place.
I From there I went sme 14 miles to Fair,
fax Railroad station, which is some 17 miles
from Alexandria and 24 miles from Washing
ton city. There I fonud a train of freight
i cars loaded with wonnded soldiers closely pack
: ed inside and ou the top, and about 600 more
laying on the ground, another train was ex
pected to arrive soon to take in some more of
1 the wonnded. A portion of those who were
lying outhe ground were on the arrival of the
other cars packed into them, which de
layed its from dark till after one o'clock in the
morning, when we started for Alexandria in
the cars. We arrived there about 3 o'clock,
A. M , and were delayed there nntil after 9
I o'clock, A. M., when we left for Washington,
' where we arrived about 10 c'eloek, A. M.—
Soon after our ariival the process of trasfer
ing the invalids from the cats to ambulanco,
to be conveyed to the several hospitals, com
menced. 1 assisted in tarrying the wounded
from the cars and pacing them in the ambu
lances undeF the direction of the hospital
steward who accompanied us from Fairfax
Railroad station to Washington, until the ar
rival of the medical surgeon, who was assign
ed to that duty, whan, with his assent, I con
stituted myself a general director of the whole
operation. The surgeon, in charge was a
noble fellow and performed his duty faithfully,
but I saw that he had more to attend to than
was physically possible for any oueraan to do,
and that it was important to get the poor
suffering soldiers to the hospitals and have
their wounds dressc-d, as soon as possible, to
save their lives. Those of them, who could
walk we seut off' to the hospitals on foot, those
who could sit up iu an omuibus but could not
walk, we put into omnibuses, and those, who
could oeither sit up or walk, we carefully laid
down in ambulances adapted to that mode of
couvayance.
When coming up in the freight oars from
Fairfax statiou to Alexandria, I huddled
down among the wounded soldiers, ou the
bare floor of the cars, not to sleep but to rest,
and laid there till daylight, serenaded by the
groaning of some from intensity of pain
mingled with loud snoring of others, who from
exhaustion, had fallen asleep. In the morn
ing, some of them complained that their ban
dages had tightened from the swelling of their
limbs and increased their pain, I removed
their bandages and replaced them again with
less stringency which afforded theui great re
lief. There was one lad, among them, only
16 years old, who was shot through the leg
uear the ankle and who was one of those
whose bandages I ramoved and replaced. Poor
little fellow had suffered intensely aud groan
ed all night. It seems to me that there was
no part of the body in which there was not
somebody who had been wounded, from the
crown of the head to the toes of the feet. 1
divided ray three days provisions and cordial
among the poor soldiers who needed it more
than 1 did ; and, consequently, I had nothing
to eat from Sunday morning, when 1 ate a
slice of bread from one ?5f ray loaves and a
piece of cheese, until Monday about 4 o'clock,
P. M. When wc arrived at Washington, the
ladies, bless their benevolent heart.-, brought
baskets tilled with cakes and bread and butter
and other nick-nacks, for the soldiers, and one
of the n brought water and a wet cloth anil
washed the blood from the face of one pou
fellow who had bis eye shot away, and a
number of both gentlemen and ladies brought
their carriages and offered to take soldiers
home with them and take charge of them free
of expense, but this would not lie allowed un
til after their wounds were dressed at the
hospitals.
Ail the soldiers seemed to be confident that
we can easily squelsh out the rebellion with
the reinforcement ol uew troops, ordered by
the President.
I could give some news about tlie movements
of the army but that is prohibited by the orders
of the secretary of war.
The Aggregate Quota of Troops to be
Raised by Each County.
The following table shows the number of !
troops to be furnished by the several counties, i
The quotas embrace all the troops called for j
since the commencement of the war,excepting ;
tiie three months' men. The number assigned j
to each county will be apportioned among the
several townships, and boroughs and precincts
by the Commissioner, in accordance with the j
enrolment ; and he will credit each township, '
precinct, Ac., with the uien already furnished, '
as shown by the enrolment, and make a draft \
for the number necessary to fill the quota, un j
less volunteers are furnished on or before the j
pay fixed for tiie draft. Credit cannot be al- j
lowed for teamsters, mechanics in the army, ,
men enlisted iu regular army or marines,or for
volunteers eulistea in regiments of other States.
Several counties have already raised their full
quotas, and there will be no draft in such
counties. The troops to be raised for the old
regiments are not embraced in this table.—
There will probably be a special draft for
those
Adams 1,6461 Juniata 95!)
Allegheny 2,1 14J Lancaster §6,860
Armstrong 2,12A| Lawtence 1,369
BtaVef 1,<25 Lebanon 1,766
Bedford 1,577 Lehigh 1,87s
Berks 5.532 Luzerne 2,358
Blair 1.694 Lycoming 5,209
Bradford 2,944 Mercer 2,186
Bucks 4,753 McKean 2529
Butler 1,986 Mifflin 963'
Cambria. . 1,725 Monroe 98?
Cameron 278 Montgomery 4,147
Carbon 1,2-50 Montour 771
Chester 4,397 Northampton 2,810
Centre 1,593 Northumberland 1,343
Clarion 1,504 Perry 1,343
Clinton 1,045 Philadelphia 33,414
Clearfield 1,113 Pike 433
Columbia 1,347 Potter 674
Crawford 2,885 Schuylkill 5,304
Cumberland 2,377 Snyder 890
Dauphin 1,891 Somerset 1,583
Delaware 1,801 Sullivan .• 244
Erie 2,923 Susquehanna 2,157
Elk 344 Tioga 1,837
Fayette 2,363 Union 837
Franklin..,,..,. 1,182) Venango 1,482
Fulton 583! Warren 1,113
Forest 52 j Washington 2,783
Greene l,436|Wayne 1,892
Huntingdon 1,6591 Westmorelond 3.178
Indiana 1,9021 Wyoming 4,714
Jefferson l,oß3;York 005
McDowell's army corps (the third) has
been united with Heintzleman's (the sixth,)
and the latter officer now commands the whole.
The Washington Republican says : " We learn
that charges were preferred by Gen. Pope
against Gens. Fitz John Porter, Franklin aud
Griffin, and that these Generals have declared
that they acted under the orders of Gen. Mc-
Clellan ; and we further learn that there will
be no court martial for the present, the whole
matter having, at the request of Gen. McClel
lan, been postponed."
That sweet loyalist, ex-Gov. TJuckner
of Kentucky, has been made a Major-General
in the Rebel array, and bis command is of the
fkl Grand Division.
Review of the Battle Week.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, September .'{, 1862.
The exciting events of the past week, ai d
thus far of the present week, seem to have
commenced at Hbout the time tiie advance
columns of the Army of the Potoiuuc readied
positions, placing them within supporting dis
tance of the Army ol \ irginia.
From the moment Fit/, John Porter's corps
disembarked at Fredericksburgh, until the
present lime, it nas been almost continually on
the move. The marching and counter-march
ing performed by that portion of the army,
witliiu the past ten days, is astonishing. It
would first be ordered to advance to a point
011 the Rappahannock, above Fredricksburgli,
and then, having accomplished that duty, if
would be ordered to return over the same
road it caine. One day it would be required
to march, perhaps thirty miles in a certain
direction, and upon the following day the
same distance would be traversed in an entire
ly different direction. It cannot be supposed
that such constant traveling would have a
beneficial effect upon the energy and enthusi
asm of the men, and when they at last made
their appearance at Warreuton Junction, on
the evening of Wednesday, the :2it.li ult., they
resembled more a group of convalescent
patients, just discharged from u hospital than
they did soldiers sent to reinforce their com
rades. Rut, notwithstanding the hardships
they had undergone, they were called upoii to
take part in the engagement of Saturday last
and during the brief time they were ex
posed to and returned the eueumy's lire, they
not only behaved like gallant soldiers, but
showed what weak and exhausted men could
endure, when impelled by patriotic motives.
It will be remembered that Kearney's Di
vision arrived at Warreuton Junction on Fri
day, the 22d. The other division of ileintzel
man's Corps arrived on the following Tuesday.
On that same night,three hours aft r Hookers.
Division had left the ears which conveyed it
from Alexandria, and while those cars were
going back, the enemy made his appearance
at Bristlow Station, on the line of that rail
road, eight miles below Warreuton Junction.
Fortunately, the cars were uniadened, but as
it was, they fell into the enemy's hands and
were consumed. During the v. iioie of Tuesday
night, the rebels were bu<y at work, burning
cuis, destroying buildings, tearing up the rail
road track, demolishing and taking prison rs
cur men.
Kearney's and Hooker's division were the
first to go foivvaui a d m-.-et the enemy at
Bristow. At au early hour on Wednevlay
morning, Hooker's division and one biigade
of Kearney's proceeded down tiie railroad to
within a mile of Bristow, when thev encounter
ed the enemy's pickets. After a sharp con
test, which lasted ahoot two hour>, the rebels
were compelled to abandon their po-ition and
occupy a new one the old Bull Run Bittlo
iield. Tl.e rebel io.-s on this occasion was at
least equal to our own. We had about fifty,
killed and one bundled atd fitly wotiudtd.
On Thursday Kearney and Hooker took
positions on the t.\ reme right of the Union
line of defence before the rebel army at Grove j
ton. On Thursday night a portion of .Me- j
Doweli's corps proceeded to Thoroughfare j
Gap to prevent reinforcements n a It ug J ck
son, who was between Bull Itun Mountain and !
the Warrent u turnpike. But the rebel ivtu
forceiiHUts under command of Longs! reet out
numbered McDowell's troops, and succeeded
in getting through the Gap. During the
whole of that night Jackson was receiving re
inforeements.
On Friday 1 our line of battle was formed
with a view of closing up the Gap and sur 1
rounding the rebels. Jackson understood the
movement and sent a strong force agaiasi |
Sigel's troops in order to turn our right. After
combatting the rebels successfully frvun Go'
clock A. M. till 2 i'. JM , Sigel's force was re- :
lieved by Heintzleuian's, which fought in its
turn till dark. The b a e e 11 luct of Hooker J
and Kearney on that occasion will long be re j
membered by those who saw them. By their
heio'c exiriious and tile ardor and courage of
the u eu under their commands, the right wing j
not only held its ground, but forced the enemy 1
to fall back one mile. Our loss on Friday :
was severe, hut we had the satisfaction ol
knowing that something had beeu accomplish- ;
ed.-
On Saturday the conflict was renewed by j
Porter, who occupied a position to the left of t
Hooker and in advance ol Sigel The enemy,
however, had learned by this time what metal j
lie had to contend against on the right, a..d i
acted principally on the defensive. But late ■
in the afternoon he coic ntrat d his main '
force opposite onr centre, and alter a brief
contest, during which McDowell's troops, who
were the party attacked, made only a pretence
of resistance, he broke the line and compelled
our entire army to fall back toward Centre
vilJe.
On Sunday afternoon nearly the whole of
the Union army was at Centreville. Any one
acquainted with the country in the vicinity of
Centreville, will at once see the impossibility
of holding that place, even with a superior
force. The line of denfence woul 1 Jie 100 ex
teuded to avoid weak points, and the enemy
knowing this vvoil 1 soon mauagc to force back
either the right or left wing. For this reason
the Union armv took up the line of march
toward Alexandria and Washington on Mon
day.
The enemy followed closely, and on Mend ly
night attacked onr rear guard between Cen
treville and Fairfax Court house. He was
finally obliged to withdraw.
Yesterday, as Porter's and Sigel's corps
were on the way from Fairfax to Fall's Church
the rebels opened npon them with cannon
planted on a hill at the left of the road. Cav
airy was sent out and the rebels quickly retir
ed.
To day the army is retiring in order to the
forts and hills around this city and Alexan
dria. It is reported that the army is moving
in force toward a point opposite Poolesville,
Md.
Messrs. Wenton, Stoddard and Bovd, of
the Treasury Department,and Messrs. Thomp
son and Hutchinson, of the Interior Depart
ment, arrived in this city late this evening.
[ direct from the Bull Run battle ground. They
1 have been absent since Saturday. The* state
! that a party of sixty persons, principally De
; partment clerks, who went there for the pur
-1 pose of attanding to the wounded and burying
' of the dead, were taken prisoners ou Mouday
' by the enemy.
Late arrivals from Helena report all
I quiet there. Rebel prisoners captured say
J that a large number of Texas troops, full arm
; ed and equipped, have arrived at Little Rock,
i Ark , within the last few days. It was re
| ported at Helena that Gen. Roseerans made
; an attack ou the Rebels at Tupelo, and was
' decisively repulsed.
Proclamation by Gov. Curtin.
HARKISBCUU, Thursday, Sept. 4 — l p. jf.
Go*. CtJßTix just issued the following pro;-
himation :
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, RS. —ln (he
name and by authority of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, ANDRKW G. CCKTI.V, GOV
ernor of the said Commonwealth.
PROCLAMATION.
1 1 Vi/rcas, In the present position of affairs,
it is expedient that measures should be taken
to arm and prepare our people for defence.—s
Now, therefore, I do earnestly recommend tho
immediate formation throughout the Com
monwealth of volunteer companies and regi
ments, in conformity with the Militia act ol
1858. Arms will be distributed to organiza
tions so to be formed, agreeably to the pro
visions of that act.
It is further recommended that, in order to
give due opportunities for drill and instruction,
all places of business be, closed daily at 3 o'-
clock in the afternoon, so that ail persons em
ployed therein may,alter that hour, beat liber
ty to attend to their military duties
The cheerful alacrity with which the met?
of Pennsylvania have hitherto given themselves
to the service of the country, lias pressed"
heavily on her military resources.
1 am reluctant to ask her people to assunw
further burdens, but as their safety requires
that they should do so, it is in their behalf
that I put forth the recommendations herein
contained and urge a prompt compliance with
them.
Given under my hand and the groat seal of
the State at Ilarrisburg, this 4th day of
Styeru >er, in tho year of our L rd, 18R2, and
of the Commonwealth the eighty seventh. By
the Governor. KLI SLIFER,
Secretary of Slate.
Rebels Advancing to Pennsylvania.
CU .VMBKHSBCRG, I\l. Monday, Sept. S, 10 o'clock, a.m.
One ol our scouts reached ]lagerstowii last
night, having left Middletown, eighteen miles
south-east ut that place, at o o'clock in the af
ter: 0011.
lie reports that tho rebels were at Hagers
tovv.-i iii considerable force, and advancing.
Ali the rolling stock of the railroads lias
been removed from 11 lgerstown, and the tele
graph < Hi ;c there evacuated.
A telegraph ol!i :e has been opened at Green
castle, !K in which place our scouts and uies
.-eiigt rs w .ii be sent. •
I'iKi.ADEi.raiA, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1862.
The War Department has ordered that tho
Anderson Cavalry, a line body of men recently
raised in this city,shall remain in Pennsylva
nia t>r the present to aid in repelling the in
vasion. Carbines and horses wdl be immedi
ately furnished them, and they will act as
-couts, etc., in the Cumberland Valley.
1! A!;K!.O;CI:<; . L'a., Tuesday, Sept. 'J, lsiyj.
The telegraph operator lias left Chainbers
burg, because l;e unlit ipatcd that the Seccs
tjiotiis's tin re would inteifere with him. An
other operator has taken Lis place, and re
putis ail quiet, and no Rebels in that vicinity.
No important intelligence has been received
from iiaiinvtr, or any point on the Northern
Central, thought to be in danger.
The Hon. A Iv. MeCitire has been appoint
ed Assistant Adjutant Gem ral by the Presi
dent, and assigned lor special duty in Penn
sylvania
Cols Thomas Ii Beott, John A. Wright,
John B. Park r, and Gen. Porter are here
ai iing the Governor, who is in v distant com
munication with General McCleliau. Confi
dence prevails as to the ability tc prevent any
raid info the State, entailing serious conse
quences.
A Rebel deserter, who arrived at Hanover,
reports the Rebels at Frederick 100,000
strong.
their" The last official report written by Gen.
iv' ir iev is an account of his share in the bat
tb'S uf Thursday and Friday, Aug. 28th and
2'Jdi. Most of the documents is the spontan
eous expression of his generous nature in com
pliments to his brave troops for their heroism
in the fiery ordeal. Brave, noble Kearney
was worth ten times tlie entire horde of trait
ors whose infernal rebellion caused his death.
£3*, Further returns Irom Maine give the
vote in PI towns ttin-: Couhrn, Rep., 17,530;
Bradbury, Peace Dora., 12,170; J.wnieson,
Union Pern., 2,325. Last year, Republican,
21,094; both Democrats, 15,114 It is be
lieved that the Republican majority in tho
S'afe will be about 8.000, or nearly half what
it was last year. F >ur Republican Congress
men are doubtless elected ; one only—the Ist
District—is in doubt.
jyTEtD,
At the resilience oft.er father, in the town of Wysox, OIT
l'ond bill. July tsth, lSti'.of Consumption. CARRA
SOPHIA . daughter of Joseph and Mary Jeffcrs, aged
It) years 7 mouths and 9 days.
" For I know that my Redeemer liveth."
I'm going where tiie angels live,
That bright and shining band ;
Above the blue and spacious sky,
I soon shall with theni stand.
I'm going where gay flow'rets grow,
In everlasting bloom—
And winds waft o'er the heavenly fields,
Eternally perfume.
I'm going to that upper world,
Where my Redeemer reigns ;
And holy spirits sing his love,
In never ending strains.
I'm going—yes—l'm going now—
Those angels bright have come ;
To bear me safe o'er Jordan's streams,
And take my spirit home.
K.
Sttobrrtfsrmnts.
A D M IN I ST E A TR I X NOTlCE—Notice
JTX. is hereby even, that all persons indebted to the es
tate of B. P. IN till AM, late of Terry township dee'd-r
are hereby requesited to make payment without delay,
and all persons having demands against said estatel wil?
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
I ALU A INGHAM,
Sept. 11,1862. Administratrix.
ADM I N I STB ATRIX N OTICE. —Notice
| is hereby given, that all persons indebted to the es
-1 tateofCHAS. H. A RNOUT, late of Monroe twp.,dee'd.
; are requested to make payment without delay,and those'
1 having claims against said estate will present them duly
authenticated for settlement. RERLCCA ARNOUT,
l Sept. 11,1862. Administratrix.
A I) M iNI STll A TOR'S NOTlCE"—Notice
i -*■ is lierey given, that all persons indebted to estate
of JOHN LAI'OKTK, late of Towanda boro' dee'd., are
i requested to make payment without delay, and those hav
ing claims against said estate will present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
Sept. 1 J, 1862. .
- rjri i m wt iiYS eed— i*t Bus he loS
I tine Timothy Seed, for salo by
Mai ell 21, lSfi'2. a. S. HKRCCR.