(HE D3LLA?I AND FiFTY CENTS PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOW ANDA:
Thursday Morning, May 21, 1863. |
411 is t c 11 it 11 coit s. 1
The Conscription Law. i
Causes of Exemption— Instructions to f
Provost Marshals.
The instructions for Provost Marshals and !
o ,l„rs under the Conscription Law are about |
to be issued by the War Department. The [
lolloping is an extract from the regulations in j
regard to the ex-, mptiona :
The following diseases and infirmities are !
t | lo se which disqualify for military service,and
for which only, drafted men are to he " reject
f,l a < physically or mentally unfit for the ser
vice,'' viz :
]. Manifest imbecility or insanity.
2. Knilepsy For ibis disability the state
me nt of the drafted man is insufficient and the
fuct iiiiisi he est Alili>htd by the duly attested
affidavit of a physic an of good standing who j
has a'tended him in a convulsion.
3. Paralysis, general or of one linb, or cho- j
rea: their existence to he adequately deter j
ruined
4. Ai'cute or organic diseases of the brain I
or spn al coi d : or of the heart or lungs ; of,
l!;o sionnich or intestines ; of the liver or j
spleen ; of the kidneys or Gladder, sufficient to j
have impaired tlie general hcaltn, or so well i
marked u> !o leave no reasonable doubt of the '
Uiin.'s iiifftpaeity for military service.
j ( 1 finned consnmptiou ; cancer ; ancur j
ism uf the large arteries
G Imc'tra'e and extensive disease of the |
skin, wleeli " ill necessarily impair his ellicien- ;
ry as as t'du-r.
7.i ci.fetl feebleness of constitution,wheth
er 1111lirai or acquired.
b Si-iofid.i 01 eonstitution:d -ymphiiw,which
I ,N re--led treatment and seriously impaired
I,is e.< r .1 hen it'i.
<l. il i'n;: nut and confirmed intemperance or
sel tarv vice, in degree sufficient to have ma
tt-:: d!v ennobled the constitution.
10. Chronic rheumatism, unless manifested
bv positive change of structure, wasting of
trie ulf- cted limb, or pufliness or distoition of
the j.iiuti des not ex- nipt. Impaired motion
of die joints and contraction of the limbs al
leirrii to uri*e from rI. umittism, and in which
tiie nn'ritioii of the limbs is not manifestly im
|m:r:-(l, are to lie proved lie examination while
in Mat.- uf tu ic- hesia induced by ether only
11 F iin, wlfther simulating headache,
new .'ga ; 1 r any of its forms, rheumatism, lum
iiiii'i, or . if ctions of tlie muscles, bones or
• mi's 1-;; Nynipioiu of disease so easilv pretend
t-.i dial it 1- not to fir- admitted as a cause for !
1 x.■: 1 jiti ui liiri-'-s accompanied with manifest j
(.;■rai gi'iueiit of general lu-al;li, wasting of a ;
limb, or oilier positive signs of disqualifying |
local di-.*:;se.
12 if- -*t injuiies or diseases of the skull,
r > -is-oi.iuj: impairment uf the intellectual fa
etiiii. s, epilepsy, or other, maifest nervous or
.'p isiumiie symptoms.
13. To Ml 1 iss of si.rht ; loss of sight of
t.zU: eye ; cataract ; loss of crystallite lens
ol ii<iht eve.
If (J her serious diseases of the eye mfT-ct
its ty and use, eg. : chronic opth
u.'uii. fi-tul.i liichrjmalis, p'osis, (if real), cc
tr-IJI: HI, entropion, Ac. Myopia, unless v< ry
decided or depending upon some structural
1 .age in tbe eye, is not a cause for e-xemp
Hi a.
15. Loss of nose ; deformity of nose so great
BS sv!ion.dy to obstruct respiration ; ozena,de
-1 ■ i.d'!.' upon entries in progress.
lti Complete deafness. This disability must
not be admitted on the mere statement of tin*
dratted man, but must be proved by the exis
tence of positive disease or by other satisfac
tory evidence. Purulent oltorrhuii.
17. Caries of the superior or inferior maxil
la of the nasal or palate bones, if in progress;
lift palate, (bony ;) extensive loss of substance
of the cheeks, or salivary fistula.
18. Dumbness ; permanent loss of voice ;
not to be admitted without clear aud satisfac
tory proof.
IP. Total 'oss of tongue ; mnfillation or
partial loss of tongue, provided the mutillation
be extensive enough to interfere with the ue
cos-ary use of the organ.
*2O. Hypertrophy or atrophy of the tongue,
sufficient in a degree to impair speech or de
guidon ; obstiuute chronic ulceration of the
tongue.
21. Stammering, if excessive anil confirmed
—to be established by satisfactory evidence,
under oath.
22 Loss of a sufficient number of teeth to
prevent proper mastication of food and tearing
the cartridge.
23 Incurable deformities or loss of part of
either jaw, hindering biting on the cartridge
or proper mastication, or greatly injuring
speech ; a chyiosis of lower jaw.
24. Tumors of the neck, impending respira
tion or deglution ; fistula of larynx tr tra hea
—torticollis, if of long standing and well mark
ed.
2"). Deformity of the chest sufficient to im
pede respiration, or to preven' the carrying of
Bruis and military equipments ; caries of the
ribs.
20 Deficient amplitude and power of ex
pansion of chest. A man five feet three inch
es (minimum standard height of the tegular
army) should not measure less than thirty
inches i 1 circumference immediately above the
topples, and have an expansive mobility of not
less than two inches.
27. Abdomen grossly protuberaut ; exces-
P; vc obesity ; hernia, either inguinal or femo
ral.
28. Artificial anus ; stricture of the rectum
prolapsus mini. Fistula in auo is not a pos
itive disqualification, but may be so if exten
sive or complicated with visceral disease.
I 29. Old and ulcerated internal hemorrhoids,
if in degree sufficient to impair the rnau's effi
ciency. External Inemorrhoids are no cause
for exemption.
30 Total loss or nearly total loss of penis ;
epispadia or or hypospadia at the middle or
uear the root of the penis.
31. Incurable permauent organic stricture
of tlie urtba, in which the urine is passed drop
by drop, or which is complicated by disease of
the bladder ; urinary gstula. Recent or
spasmodic structure of tbe uretha does no'
exempt.
32 Incontinence of urine, being a disease
frequently feigned aud of rare occurrence, is
not of itself a cause for exemption. Stoue iu
the bladder, ascertained by the introduction
of the uietalic catheter, is a positive disqualifi
cation.
33 Loss or complete atrophy of both tes
ticles, from any cause ; permanent retenti >n
of one or both testicles within the inguinal ca
nal ; but voluntary retractiou does not ex
emnt.
34. Confirmed or malignant sarcocle hydro- j
ce!e, if complicated with organic disease of the |
testicle. Varicocele and erisoeele are uot, iu
themselves, disqualifying.
35. Excess*ve anterior or posterior curva
ture of the spine ; caries of the spine.
36. Wounds, fractures, tumors, atrophy of
a limb, or chronic diease of the joints or bones
that w< uld impede marching prevent continu
ous muscular exertion.
38. Anchylosis or irreducible dislocation of |
the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, or ankle
joint.
39. Muscular or cutaneous contractions from
wounds or burns, in degree sufficient to pre
vent useful motion of ihe limb.
40. Totnl loss of a thumb : loss of ungual
phalanx oi right tnumb
41. Total loss of two fingers of same hand, j
42. Total 10-s of index linger of right hand.
43. Lass of tiie first and second phalanges
of the fingers of right hand.
44. l'ermam nt extension or permanent con- ;
traction of any ii-iL" r except the little finger ;
all the fingers adherent or united.
42. Total loss of either great toe ; loss of
any three toes on the same toot ; ali tlie toes
joined together
46. The great toe crossing the other toes '
with prominence of the attienlation of the me
tatarsal bone and first phalanx of the great !
toe.
47. Overrid'ng, or superposition of ali the
toes.
48. Permanent retraction of the last pha- ;
ianx of one of the toes so that tlie free border i
..f the nail hears upon tlie ground ; or flexion !
at a right angle of the first phalanx of a toe
upon a second with antictiolosis ot this articu
lation.
49. C'lub feet ; splay feet, where tlie arch
IN so tar effaced that the tuberosity of the sca
phoid bone touches the ground, and the line
ot station runs along tiie v.hole internal hot- j
der ot the foot, with great prominence of the !
j inner ankle ; but ordinarily, large, ill shaped |
' or liit feet do not exempt,
j 50. Varicose veins of inferior extremities, i
j if nut large and numerous, having clusters ot
; knots, and aseouipauied with chronic swelling |
or ulcerations
51. Chronic ulcers ; extensive, deep aud ad- .
in-rent cicatrices of lower extremities.
52. No certificates of a physician or sor j
geon is to be received in support of any point
j in '.he claim of drafted men t*r exemption
i from military service, unless tiie facts and
j -tati meiits therein set forth are affirmed or i
| - worn to before a civil magistrate competeut
! to administer oaths.
53 The exempts under the first provisions
' of section 21 of the act for enrolling and call ,
j nig out tlie national forces, etc, will generally ;
j t>e sufficiently well known to tlie board to oh
viate the imee.-sity of evidcene with regard to
j them. Should, however, the board consider
'it tif-cissary in any case, tiie cornmis-ion or
certifi -ate of office of any person claiming ex
j emption under the provisiou mentioned may i
i be r> quired to be shown.
I 54 To establish exemptions under the sec
j ond, third, fourth, fifth and sixth provisions ol
I section 2 of the nct.for enrolling and calling
ont the national forces, Ac., the board shall
I require the affidavits of the persons seik : ng to
1 fie exempt and of two respectable men (heads
j of families) residing in tiie district, that the
; man in question is " the only son liable to
| military duty of a widow dependent on his
! labor for support," " the only son of aged or
! infirm parent or parents depending on him for
support," or otherwise, according to the par
ticular provision of the section under which
tlie exemption is claimed. These affidavits
will he made according to the forms hereinaf
ter prescribed, and must in all cases be taken
before a civil magistrate duly authorized to
administer oaths. These forms of affidavit
' shall be published by the board of enrollment
in tlie new-papers of the district, for the infor
mation of the public, when a draft is ordered
90. Persons claiming exemption from enroll
ment must furnish clear proof of their right
Jto sucti exemption. They will be enrolled
where the proof of their exemption is not
j clear and conclusive.
Kay A country editor denounces these afil'c
tions upon him who neglects to pay the prin
| ter : May 243 nightmares trot quarter races
over Lis stomach every night. May Lis boots
leak, his gun hang fire, and Lis fish lines
I break May a troop of printer's devils, lean,
| lank and hungry, dog iiis heels each day, and
a regiment of eats caterwaul under his win
dow each night. May the famine stricken
giiost of an editor's bal'y haunt his slumbers,
and hiss " Murder "' in his dreaming ears.—
May iiis buckwheat cakes be always heavy
aud his calf-skin wallet light ; his suuer kraut
j cooked without " speck,'' and his rye coffee
have no cream or sugar. In short, may his
daughter marry a one eyed pedler and his bus
iuess go to ruin, aud be go to—the legisla
ture.
Pound Masters in Hornellsville, X. Y.
pound their own eowe.
m
There is fair prospect for a 'general
' war iu Europe.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH.
General Stoneman's Raid.
All accounts of General Stonemau's recent
raid into Virginia, which extended over a pe
riod of nine days, agree in representing that it
was unquestiooauly one of the most brilliant
and successful chapters of the war. A detail
ed history of tlie movement has not yet ap
pered in any of the public prints, and that
which we print below is not ouly grapic in
description, but is correct iu all its particu
lars.
On the 13 ultimo, General Stoneman, with
a portion of his cavalry command, moved up
the left bunk of tbe Rappahannock, with the
intention of piercing the enemy's lines at tlie
most favorable opportunity, then, if possible,
cut bis line of communication, and destroy
public property wherever found. On the 14th,
the first of a series of rain storms commenced,
causing the liver to become so swollen as to
render crossing impracticable until the 28th
ult., and even then a pontoon bridge was'used.
Thus the weather detained tlie expedition for
fifteen days In the meantime tlie fords at
different points were tested, foraging parties
were sent across the river, and several skir
mishes took place without any important re
sults. On Wednesday, the 29th ult, the
whole force was again put in motion and cross
ed flic river at Kelly's ford without opposition.
General Averill immediately moved bis divis
ion to tiie Orange and Alexandria 11-atlroad,
where two regiments of the enemy were met,
and a ,-kirmish took place, terminating by the
enemy retiring towards Gordonsville. In this
encounter ouly two of our men were wound
ed.
General Stoneman moved the main body of
his command across Fleshtuau's river, and eu
campad for the night in an opm field, du ing
a heavy rain storm. AI this point the enemy
made a dash upon our pickets, but did not
alarm the camp. Thursday morning early
General Buford crossed the Itipidni, two
miles below the Racoon foid (Morton's ford),
and advancing up tlie opposite bank, caused
a force o! sixteen hundred rebel infantry, with
one piece of artillery, to leave in great haste
rom Racoon ford, where soon alter General
Gregg cro-sed with hi> division. Here a lieu
tcnaut and thirteen privates of a rebel artile
ry company were captured. Near this point
an annv-bcef contractor was overhauld, and
$28,000 in Confederate bunds taken from
him.
A rebel engineer, with a wagon load of ma
terial, was aiso captured on the road. the
whole force encamped at night one mile from
tlie river. Friday morning, heard cannonad
ing on the right, which proved to he General
Awrili's command having a little fight with
tlie enemy at Rapiiinn Station, 011 the Orange
and AleX im.ria Railroad. '1 iiis was the last
General Sloin-man heard of General Averill.
Next day, got close upon tbe heels of a large
rebel force at Orange Springs, who, to escape,
abandoned wagons, provisions, A-'.; captured
a lieutenant ol Jackson's stall, retunring from
leave cf absence. At night camped at Green
wood, just outside ot Louisa Court House. —
The town was surrounded, and Col. Kilpat
rick took possession ol the place at b o'clock
A. M„ May 2d, without opposition, captur
ing a lew rebel soldiers. Luc citizens were
astounded to find the place in possession of
the Yankees, and oveijoyed when they be
came convinced that the Yankees were ready
civaliz- d human being, and that fhey had
not come to murder men, women, and children
in cold blood, as was firmly believed, and sup
plied tiie troops Ireely w.th victuals and drink.
The track of the \ irginia Railroad, connect
ing Gordousvilie and Richmond, was destroy
ed at d iL'ivut pVmst for ten miles, two trains
of cars burnt, telegraph wires cut and destroy
ed, uud some commissary stores were also ap
propriated. Dm ing the night,a detachment of
llie l<t Main Cavalry, doing picket duty five
miles up the Gordonsville road, was attacked,
and had two men killed. The enemy disap
pear, d the inomeut a brigade advanced, after
firing a few shots. On the afternoon of the
2 i, the command moved on through Yanceville
to Tiionipson's Four Conors t rom this point
detachments were sent out in different diree
tions. O.ie party destroyed a portion of tlie
railroad between Gordonsville and Cuarlotts
vilic ; another, consisting of four hundred
men, under Colonel Wyndham, proceeded to
Columbia, on the James river,where the Lynch
burg and R.chmoud canal crosses the river
An unsuccessful attempt was made to destroy
the aqueduct.
Five locks were destroyed, the banks of the
canal dug away at different points; three ca
nal boats, loaded with materials for the rebel
army.juud five bridges, were burned. A large
quantity of commissary stores, medicines, Ac.,
were also destroyed, and several hundred hor
ses were captured. A party, under Captain
Drummoud, of the 51li cavalry, reached the
river between Columbia and Richmond, and
destroyed locks, net fire to a budge
across tlie James river. General Gregg pro
' ceeded to tlie Fredericksburg and Richmond
! Railroad, and destroyed, at Ashland, the de
! pot buildings, railroad track, a train of cars,
| provisions, and telegraph. lie sent a detach-
I rneut to burn tlie railroad bridge over the
j Souih Anna, but it was strongly guarded by
! infantry, and the party seut out fell back.—
J General Gregg returned to Thompson's Four
j Courtiers ; but a portion of his command, un
der Col. Kilpalrick, moved eastward to the
Central road, destroyed the bridges on that
road over the South Anna, captured and de
stroyed a train of cars, culverts, and the rail
road track ior miles, aud then passed down to
the I'cuiusula.
Another portion of General Gregg's com
mand, under Col. I)avis7l2:h Illinois, crossed
both roads nearer Richmond, destroying rail
roads, telegraph, bridge over Brook river, and
railway trains. A detachmeut of Gen. Gregg's
command also burned all the turnpike bridges
over the South Anna, to prevent the enemy
making a tiuuk movement, and catching Gen.
Stoueman in a trap. Monday morning, the
4.b, IlamptoD and D. H. Lee, with two brig
ades, attacked about sixty of the sth '
on picket duty uear Shanuoti Hill. 4
"REGARDLESS OP DENUNCIATION PROM ANY QUARTER."
of the rebels was met by counter charge ; tbe
rebel advance was temporarily repulsed, hut
rallying, captured seventeen of the sth Cav
alry. Our force captured thirteen of tlie en
emy. Gen. Baford advanced upon the enemy
with his command, but they fled.
The night of the 4th, General Gregg mov
ed to near Yanceville, and was followed to
that point, next day, by General Stoneman,
with General Baford's command. Ilere a man,
a native of North Carolina, came into camp,
who had been concealed for a year to avoid
serving Jeff. Davis. Near Y'anceville, seven
teen C. S. A. wagons, with mules, were over
taken and captured. Ou tiie sth,| the retro
grade movemeut commomced, and, cross
ing Racoon ford, the whole command arrived
at Relly's ford Friday morning, the Bth.
Thus the command ot General Stoneman
remained neatly nine days within the enemy's
lines, visited nine different counties, destroyed
all lines of communication between tlie rebel
capital and the army on the Rappahannock,
so that they cannot be used again for weeks to
come ; destroyed the Lynchburg canal, on
whose waters ore transported all the provision
raised in the rich valley of the James, aud
from which source alone the rebel army in
Virginia receives more than half its supplies ;
captured several hundred horses, and destroy
ed a large quantity of public property, all
with only the loss of two men killed, aud not
over fifty wounded and prisoners. The people
in tiie counties visited have had a good look
at live Yankees, aud found them neither sava
ges nor bandits.
Thanks to the good management of the
commanding general, the people whom lie vis
ited will have but little cause of complaint at
the invasion. Private property and private
persons were nowhere interfered with, except
in such cases as are recognized by all civilized
nations. The people, at the same time, were
astounded and gratified ; astounded, in the
first instance, to see a Yankee force in their
midst, and gratified to find us a civilized peo
ple A lew Uii ion families were met with.
These could not restrain their tears when they
saw the dear old flag again. The negroes
joined the column in Hocks, and begged to be
taken awo v.
Some of tfipse poor people were so overjoy- i
ec* that th*y went inlo hysterics; others knelt •
in tlie street and prayed, thanking Jesus for
sending the Yankees. All these people tell
the same story : their masters had told them
that if the Yankees came there they would
lie sold to Cuba, branded, and many of them
would be murdered in cold blood. They did
not believe it.
The negroes everywhere gave valuable in
ftrmatiou, aud acted as guides. Hearing of
our approeh at several points, they sat up all
night and baked batches oi bread, which was
passed out to the soldiers, with milk, water,
and whatever else they had, wilh unstinted
hand.
Mr. Cyrus V/, Field on tlio Atlantic
Cable.
At Philadelphia, recently, Mr. Cyrus W.
Field spoke for a about three-quarters of an
hour. Thompson was in the chair, and Lorin
Bioilget, E-q , secretary. One of the tables
ou the platform was covered with specimens of
cables used iu different parts of the world.—
The address could scarcely be called a lecture.
It was exceedingly interesting, abounding, as
it did, with allusions to the experiments, sue
cesslul, or otherwise, which had been made
with respect to submarine cables ail over the
| world.
In the commencement of his remarks he
I said that ou iiis return from India to England
he had stopped at Juba Idaiul, in the Red
| Sea, the first point, of telegraphic communica
-1 lion with London. A gentleman there was
! exceedingly desirous to telegraph to that city.
lie was irble to do so, and the message deliv
| cred in fourteen minutes. It a telegraphic
cable were once established between this coun
try and England, tbe benefit of the result can
only be approximated in computation.
Throughout the discourse the speaker alluded
to the efforts which had been made here and
elsewhere, and made remarks akin to those
made by most ot the prominent speakers on
the subject in every country.
The directors of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company believe that this important work
! committed to their charge is ut length fully
ripe lor execution. They have 'he fullest cou-
I fideHce in the sufficiency of the scientific and
practical facilities which now exist for testing,
submerging', aud working long deep-sea cables.
This confidence aud these facilities have in
creased and bten matured during five years of
careful consideration, inquiry, and experience;
and being brought forward on the present oc
casion in conjunction with advantageous and
well-digested business arrangement, the direc
tors have faith iu the establishment of perma
ncnt and efficient telegraphic communication
between Europe and America byway of Ire
laud and Newfoundland. An enterprise so
important, and now become so comparatively
easy to accomplish, appeals uot only to the
great commercial interests of Europe and
America, bu: to the sympathies of all classes
in both countries ; its benefits to peace and
civilization it is impossible to estimate. Messrs.
Glass, Elliot, A Co., of London, have laid 4,
090 miles in 30 lines,all of which are iu work
ing order, except that in shallow water, be
tween Liverpool and Holyhead, which was
dragged and broken by the anchor of the
Rbval Charter, in 1859, and has since been
taken up altogether. They undartook to sub
scribe and pay up in cash to the prsent new
capital sum of £25,000 ; and if selected to
manufacture the cable, they wiil allow thi
company to pay weekly for the materiuibying
labor employed about the makinsnd nothing
of it, charging no profit theju machinery, nor
for the use of their wjj''during the progress of
for the personal, "nor until the cable is com
tlie manu£%ssful. When, however, the cable
pleteien properly laid and efficiently worked
.toring ooe month, the first instalment ol prof
it is to be paid. This profit is to consist of
Atlantic shares, credited as fully paid up, to
the value altogether of twenty per cent, cpon
tlie actual cost of material and labor disbursed
by this company in the above weekly pay
ments, the shares being divided into twelve
equal instalments, and deliverable to contract
ors by one instalment per mouth. Inc pay
ment of profit is thus spread over twelve
month ; and in case of failure the contractors
stand to lose not only their proGt, but their
investment of £25,' 00 iu the company s stock.
That they do uot look forward with any ap
prehensions of such a result is apparent, both
from their offer and from the result is appar
ent, both from their offer and from fact.that
ail the cables laid by them, including those
iu the deepest waters, have been perfectly suc
cessful. Careful surveys on behalf of this
company have been made by the British Gov
ernment off Ireland and Newfoundland re
spectivelv. The supposed preciption cliff
about 300 miles from Ireland, which has been
urged in depreciation of that rout is found to
be a descent equal throughout, and or no
greater pitch than would allow the working
of locomotive up ar.d down it, while the hot
torn is everything that can be desired, the soft
inu l of which it is composed being of a nature
continually to increase in depth, aud certain
iu a few years to so cover the cable as to pro
tect it from external influences. Ou the New
foundland side a dgep channel exists from the
approach to Trinity Bay a place calk-d New
Fclicau, where there is every facility for land
ing, and by adopting which as terminus, up
wards of forty miles of cable will be saved.—
Tnia company possesses the exclusive right of
landing telegraphs on tlie entire Atlantic
coast of Labrador, an 1 on the coast ot New
foundland, i'sinee Edward Island, and tlie
Slate of Maine. It also possesses agreements
with the entire telegraphic system of Ameri
ca, undertaking (or the latter to connect ex
clusively with this company, and covenating
in some in-tauces to r turn each week.in
cash, as a discount for tiie encouragement of
the Atlantic Company, 49 per cent, of the
charges received by them for messages over
their lines to or from the cable. A revenue
of £50,000 a year is expected from this source
alone, and, together with the $14,000 a year
subsidy agreed to lie paid ny the British Gov
ernment, and the same by that of the I uited
States, must be added to tbe ordinary traffic
returns of the company. Respecting the
amount of these returns, the directors desire
every one to judge for himself. They merely
appenn a calculation showing what would b"
the result if the traffic be sufficient to keep the
cable at work at a very moderate rate for a
period in each year equal to an average ot one
hundred and seventy five whole days, rather
less than half of the year. They would addi
tionally remark that, owing to tlie difference
in longitude between Europe and America,the
cable must necessarily be open day and night.
As regards the speed of workiu/ that may
be expected, scientific men agree, one and ali,
in "Stating that twelve words per minute as a
minimum can be telegraphed throughja proper
cable between Ireland and Newfoundland. In
laying the cable between France and Algiers,
it became necessary ou two occasions to recov
er or pick tip in the deepest water several
miles of cable of which had been submerged.
On one occasion, when about thirty miles off
Cape St. Sebastine, in a depth of 1,250 fath
oms, and very rocky bottom, sixteen miles of
cable were recovered, a fault cut out, and the
cable relaid with perfect success. Tne end of
the cable between Corfu and Otrnnto was 10-t
in 450 fathoms off the Island of Frano, near
Corfu. It was grappled for aud recovered,
and the line completed.
A Proclamation.
Ry tlie Prcsidcitt of the l.'uited States of America.
WHEREAS, The Congress ot tlie United
States, at its last session, enacting a law, en
titled " An act for enrolling and calling out
the national forces, and for other purposes,"
which was approved on the third day ofMaich
last :
And whereas, It is recited in the said act
that there now exists in the United S'.ates an
insurrection and rebellion against the author
ity thereof, and it is under the Constitution of
the United States the duty of the government
to suppress insurrection and rebellion, to guar
antee to each State a republican form of gov
ernment, and to preserve the public trau
quiiity :
J?ic£ whereas, For these high purposes a mil
itary force is indispensable, to raise and sup
poit which all persous ought willingly to con
i tribute :
And whereas, No service can be more praise
worthy and honorable than that which is reu
! dered for the maintenance of the Constitution
I and the Union, and the consequent preserva
! lion of free Government,
i And whereas, For the reasons thus recited,
; it was enacted by the said statute that " all
able bodied male citizens of the United States,
I and persons of foreign birth who shall have
declared on oath their intention to become cit
i izens under and in pursuance of the laws
| thereof, between the ages of 20 and 45 years,"
j with certain exceptions not necessary to be
; mentioned, are declared to constitute the na
j tional forces, and snail be liable to perform
| military duty in the service of the United
i States when called out by the Presideut for
that purpose : -nit j
And whereas, It is claimed by and-be ages '
of persons ol Lrc-igu birth, wive heretofore
specified in the said act. mention to become
declared ou oath t.C pursuance of the laws
citizens, uude&mtes, and who have not exor
of tbe Uc'ght of suffrage or any other poli- •
cisei'rauchise under the laws of the United j
States, or of the State thereof, are not abso !
lutely included by their aforesaid declaration
of intention from renouncing their purpose to j
become citizens, and that, on the contrary, :
such persons, under the treaties or law of mv- !
tions, retain a right to renounce that purpose
aud forego the privileges of citizensliip and
residence within the United States, under ob
ligations imposed hy the aforesaid act of Con
gress :
VOL. XXIII. —NO. 51.
I Now, there-fore, to avoid all misapprehen
i sions concerning the liabilities of persons con
-1 corned to perlorm the service required by such
enactment, and to give it full effect, T do here
-5 by order and procla'm.thnt no plea of alienage
will be received or allowed to exempt from the
obligations imposed by the aforesaid act of
Congress any person of foreign birth who shall
! have declared on oath his intention to become
a citizen of the United Stati*. under the laws
thereof, and who shall be found within tho
j United States at any time during the continu
: anee of the present insurrection and rebellion,
! at or after the expiration of li e period of six
ty live days from the date of this proclama
! tion ; ror shall any such plea of alienage be
allowed in favor of any such person who has
;so as aforesaid declared his intention to be
come a citizen of the United States, and shall
| have received at any time the right of suffrage
or any other po .tteal franchise within Jthe
1 United States, under the laws thereof, or un
der the laws of any of the several States.
In witness whereof, i have hereunto set my
j hand and caused tue seal of the United Stales
| to be affixed.
1 Done at the City of Washington this, the eighth day of
May, iu the ji-.ir of our Lord one thoic-aii'l eight hun
i dred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States the eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LTXCOLX.
By the Prwideit, VVM. H. SSWAKD, Bee y of Btate.
Letter from Virginia.
AMR POTOMAC BKIPCK, Va.,)
May 10, 1-s
A great deal of anxiety prevails through
out the North, at the present time, about the
brave array of the Potomac, -o lately engaged
in one of the deadliest conflicts of this rebel
lion. brought ou by a crazv faction of the as
. J
airing "Southern Chivalry."*'
■ .
The failure (or defeat if you wish to call it)
—came rather unexpected to our brave array,
which had ail confidence in "fighting for
, HOOKER." Two years' men and nine months'
men whose time of service had expired, went
into the fight like good fellows, and many a
man whose heart beat high with the expecta
tion of reaching home and meeting his friends
and relatives, fell, only hoping, in their last
moments that we would be victorious,and the
; Union preserved.
Great courage and dairing was shown by
the commanding oflie< rs, especially by General
HOOKER, who was in the hottest of the bat
tle, cheering his men on.
The cause of our failure has been attribut
ed to the right place—the eleventh corps—
! which fell back almost panic stricken, similar
to the Bui! Run affair, when ottr cavalry brig
ade came un at that critical moment and turu
i ed the tide of affairs, and saved the retreating
; columns from utter annihilation The Dutch
, men that " fights mit SIGEL," again rallied to
the contest, but with little effect. Such
would not have been the state of affairs if they
only had their favorite General, (SIGEL,) to
have led them.
The rumor here to night is that Gen. SIGEL
| lias been ordered to report to Gen. HOOKER.
: If such is the case the eleventh army corps
will undoubtedly retrieve their good name auci
come uj> to the scratch next time.
Gen. Sickles' and Gen. Sedgwick's corps
suffered heavily in the engagement, by press
ing too far into the enemy's country. Fred
ericksburg and heights were taken by our for
ces and re taken again by the Rebels, not be
| ing in our hands forty-eight hours. Most of
the fighting was done in the centre and on the
! right at Chancellorville, a small town at tho
right of Fredericksburg. Chanccllorville is
now no more but will fill a place in history.
We took a great many prisoners—one whole
Gcoigia regiment captured at one time. They
were so drunk that it was sport to see them
: com in, hardly able to walk. One of them had
the kindness to tell us that he thought we
could get to Richmond, if we would follow his
directions, which was this : " Two Mills to
go over, one Tjngs'rcet to go through, and a
Stonewall to get over, and thru we would bo
in Richmond," but cur boys think that they
can get there without going over theso
impediments, for Gen. Sioueraau's command
was within a few miles of there, and dou't re
port anv such obstieles in the way.
The 141 st Regiment, mostly from Bradford
county, suffered severely They only muster
, 200 men at present. The 114 th Regiment,
(Philadelphia Zouaves), suffered also. They
, are tigers to fight.
After a trial of onr skill with the rebels,
and about 10,000 or 15,000 less men .jtg tho
again across the Rappalrv'Afipl', nothing hav
position we wepo.Sned on onr side, liie re
! ing beeu none in very good order, and all
Ihise to Gen. Hooker fjr that. Ihe most
; of the boys that are left feel weary and tired
after eight days marching and lighting, but
we are again ready for the conflict.
Respectfully,
P.F.CLARK,
17th Pa. Cavalry.
ttST* llowel Cobb says but two thing stand
! stand in the way of an amicable settlement of
the present national difficulty—only two
i things : the landing of the pilgrims aud orig
! rial siu."
tgk,Antiquity is man's authority born somo
ages before us.
BRAGG claims one thousand six hundred
prisoners, with all their horses and rifles.