gljt Vtts. 134TURDAY, AtIGUST 6, 1864. 'MIMS OF TELE PRESS. 20 City SubFeribers $lO per annum, payable in ail , wince; or Twenty Cents per week,.payable to the carrier. Mallen to Subscribers out of the city $0 per annum ; $4.50 for six months•; $2:25 for three months—in- Mariably ih advance for the time ordered. Tlitz TRI-WEEKLY PRESS. 'Mellott tO Sotworlbera *5 per aattura ; $2.50 for six months; $1.25 for three months. Sir We OHM take no notice of Etoorygiouti eonleaU 'zkleattone. We do not return rejected ruanueetipts. gyp -Voluntary correspondence is solicited from fiat parts of the world; and especiallyfroni our different military and naval departments. When used ; it will be paid for. Mr. W. REITZISL, No. 503 Ninth street, two doors south of Pennsylvaula Avenue, Washington City, is the''Washington agent of Tae Puns. Mr. RETTZIaL will receive subscriptions for Tits PRIM In Washington, see that subscribers are regularly served at their residences, and attend to advertising. • THE INVASION. The rebel General EARLY has gathered his crops in the Shenandoah, and is once more on the — war-path, with the evident intention of reaping a fresh harvest in the beautiful Cumberland' Valley. The move ment now commenced, and the end of which no military skill can gauge, has been in preparation for a fortnight past, and there is good reason to believe that it will prove more formidable' than the last de monstration against Washington.. Of the strength -of the enemy, or of his intentionc of ditirae nothing• is known tens •at pro seni,nor is it very probable that the mili tary authorities have as, aecufate.informd tion Upon these points as could, be desired;: for reticence is an especial characteristic of rebel movements. Many hours cannot elapse, however, without putting us in possession of the /necessary data; for whatever the inv i aders attempt to do they will do vefy rapidly. We have, for several days Mast, intimated the pos sibility of such in aggressive movement as this, but scarcely expected so speedy a confirmation of bur opinions. Let not our citizens be lulled into the comfortable belief that this is another mere plundering Incursion of the enemy. First a recon noissance by cavalry, then an invasion in force, with artillery and infantry; this has been the invariable policy of the rebels in this war; and generally it happens that when the reconnoissance, after rousing the whole North to a high pitch of excitement, turns out to be a comparatively harmless affair, people, settling down to the opposite extreme - of apathy, strangely infer that the Tea/ invasion, ;when it does come, is another wolf-cry. It is best that we should not so deceive ourselves now. There is actual danger before us, EARLY is after more than our corn and our .wheat, our horses and our cows. It is no ltmger a question of subsistence merely, but of existence with the rebel Government.; and it now finds itself compelled to make a bold and very 'venturesome move to save its own chosen citadel from capture. We have seen in the fate of Cbambersburg evidence of how terribly in earnest the rebels have become, now that their capital is in danger, and how easily they can throw aside the garb of chivalry when it suits their purposes or needs. Cannot we Pennsylvanians, for the sake of our honor, if not for the sake of our lives and properties, evince something of the same terrible earnestness now that a haughty and desperate:foe is approaching the gates of our own capital ? - Governor Ctirerns is doing all that it would be in the , power of any Governor to do, with his hands restrained by cumbrous, conflicting, and inexplicable militia enactments. He has called upon us to assemble at appointed places of rendezvous, that we may be at least prepared to offer resist ance to the enemy's .advance. Upon our own heads be the responsibility if we fail to respond to this call of, the Governor with that hearty and unanimous alacrity that should characterize the re sponse of any loyal people, concerned for th'e proteCtion of their own homes.and fire sides. It is no time now to blame gene rals, or Legislatures, or any Government officials; it is not a time to wait for high bounties, or the tolling of the State. House hell. It is time for us all to open our eyes to the conviction that the war is coming home to us now,' if we are halting and spiritless enough to permit it ; and, acting upon that conviction, to lay aside the hammer, the spade, and the pen, and take up the sword and the musket. Lit - tle as we can know of the plans of the enemy, it amounts almost to a moral certainty that they will enter Pennsylva- mitt, and if 'possible devastate the fertile farms of the Cumberland Valley. the. Richmond Examiner, of the 27th ult.,-con- tamed a significant article, in which this menace occurred : ""It is at least probable that the States of Maryland and Penneytva. -via are now q:it Early's mercy. We have wi reason to doubt that he will be swift to use -the immense advantage he has gained, though nos have to-day no news of his march towards ihe Potomac:" Three days later the same paper contained this anriouncement, Which carries with it the air of being something more than mere speculation: " Once more General EARLY 'crosses the Potomac with his gallant corps bf veterans:, This time there is, in all, probability, no foice in his front which can make him everi , ; . pause: Ile rich- valleys of Pennvivania,'-with . their noble herds and harvests, he open be fore him, and he may find Washington and "Baltiraote more unguarded than ever:" Extracts such as these aresufficient to indi cate that our Pennsylvania barns and cat- tle-pens are the chief goal of the rebel /enders. But, as we have said, they 'come not for plunder alone. One of their.chief pur poses is to disconcert the present campaign against Richmond, to which end a menace against Washington, and a repetition of the recent operations in that quarter, are not improbable, that GRANT may be re called from his position before Petersburg. To a great extent, if not wholly, it rests with ourselves to say whether GRANT shall be allowed to progress with his cam paign, or whether lie shall be drawn Win the midst of it. If toe can Cake care of our - Mom, GRANT can lake care of Richmond. Is not the prize worth' an effort t If our Pennsylvania militia, with the assistance of the 6th and a part of the 19th Corps, to say nothing of A.TERIL7Ai Cnopx, HUNTER, and KELLY, can manage to hold EARLY at bays; or, if we can even manage to clo this thing, with a few reinforcements from our armies in the field, GILANT will have such a splendid opportunity of moving against the enemy's works as . may never ()mow again, and We shall have the satis- „ . l'aCtiOn of having convinced the rebels that reri A sylvpia is no entirely at their mercy, but is at all times competent to defend her border: We haveonly need to give the enemy such an assurance once, and the jes t ion'will lsisting. Our Pennsylvania Amtutored though they be, are brave, and do.not, fear the foteiyill they try this time to give him another Gettys• burg reception ? A Change in the Character of the War. Petersburg and Atlanta'are now the - sole pillars of the Conlederaq. The-,,Military power of the South is fist Crumbling away. The forces of LEE in 'Virginia '(which, in s eluding those of EARLY at Martinsburg, do not exceed one hundred-and fifteen thou sand men), and those under ROOD, ill Georgia, which are reliably ascertained not to exceed forty-two thousand men, are the only armies that remain to. oppose our progress to victory and peace. At Charles- ton and Mobile, and other points along the coast, only suf f icient forces have been •spared to garrison the posts, whULthe guerilla gangs in Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Missouri, are not of suffi eient strength, even if consolidated, to seriously interfere with the prospects of the campaign. There can be nothing more certain„ than this, that when we have crushed HoOnsand LEE we have crushed the rebellion ; and when we find such a gratifying certainty supported by the - gratifying probability that these two armies will, at no distant day, be forced to come out from their coverts 'and abide the decision of battle, we can share in the common satis faction all loyal hearts must feel, and regard with confidence such slight temporary re verses -as are inseparable from all military operations. Guassr is not idle before Pe tersburg, and SEErtmars is manceuvring to such purpose before Atlanta that the be sieged city-with its garrison is not Unlikely soon to fall, into his possession, Ultimate, 1 victories for the Union arms in both of 1 these theatres oewar may be confidently looked for, whatever advantages may fall to ourselves or to the enemy elsewhere; and, indeed, the probabilities of such vic tories have been Candidly discussed in the Ger.* Constitutionalist• and various Rich: mond papers. -.Their occurrence will not 'merely amount' to the capture of two im portant fortified cities, but will almost in, evitably be equivalent to the: disintegration, ifnot the capture, of the two main rebel armies ;, for it is asserted that SnEassast has succeeded in cutting alt the commu nications with "the heart of the Confede 'racy," and GRANT, if properly reinforced, -has demonstrated that s he can readily do the same' with " the head of the Con federacy." The rebel armies have entrenched skil fully and fought bravely, but they must finally succumb. Audit' may be assumed, as a necessary result, that their discomfiture will either result in an immediate cessation of the war or in a total change in its cha racter and purposes. When LEE and BEAU REGARDand Hoots have been disposed of, the lesser champions of the Confederacy will most likely be thrust forward into greater significance ; and insteaclof a strictly 'defensive war, an offensive guerilla war, under the leadership of such chivalrielspi rits as MOSERy, McCAUsLAND, FoRREST, and 'QUisimitELL, and' their kin, will be initiated-ai the sole reliance of the South. There will be no other alternative for the rebels if they desire to maintain a hopeless contest. They do not entertain .a scruple as to the propriety of adopting such a policy. In fact, 'upwards of a year ago, it was ap proved and legalized by the Confederate Congress—if such an outrageous style of warfare can be legalized in any Christian land. In future, until the end of the war, raids will vrobably be constantly occurring. Already, in our own State, we have evi dence of the commencement of them, and in Kentucky they are announced every week. The Richmond Examiner of the 2ith instant has an article upon this sub. ject, which I ,opens with' the assertion - that " The war has reached that stage in which success can only be attained on either side through a destruction of the other's mate rial resources." Further on the writer argues that, "In a contest who shall .de stroy most property, the advantage is not altogether on the side of the party which can muster the most men, but may be shown to lie on the side of those who, having little to lose themselles, are in the, best possible condition and frame of mind,' to play the game of havoc - with -an-adver sary-i'vho hits much to lose." The sole reason offered for the inaugura tion of indiscriminate warfare against the North by the Richmond editor is the as sumed necessity of retaliating upon us, because our generals " avoid pitched bat tles," "studiously flank" their armies, and " devastate the country with raiding de tachments" from the main bodies l It is almost needless to say that the first two of these reasons are ridiculous, and that the last is based upon a false assumption. Ex.: tensive! as has been the damage inflicted upon the resources of the rebellion by GRrERSON, STONEmAN, ROUSSEAU, STUR- M, and As - zums., and other of our gallant officers in their , raiding expeditions, the crime can never be justly charged, upon them-of having wantonly destroyed or in terfered with private property, or of having committed any breach of the ethics and proprieties of war. It is not to be denied that many towns and villages in the South have been destroyed by fire, and that isolated cases of outrage upon non-com batants may be recalled, but such. deeds have always been unwarranted, and when discovered the offenders havti invariably been punished. The town of 'Jackson ville, Fla., evacuated by our forces, was burned by accident ; so with the, town of Washington, N. C.; so with the town of Alexandria, La.; and so with Fairfax, and many other points in Virginia ; but none of these cases can furnish stpaiallel to the atrocity that deliberately plundered and set fire to the unprotected town of Chambers burg. If it had been in retaliation for any similar outrage committed by Union troops we could have nothing to say; but to ac cept it as the fortune of war ; but it was without cause, without the excuse of re taliation, and, was simply an exhibit of devilish malignity that deserves the heavi est retribution. • Forced into adopting the system of parti san warfare, as the only method of pro longing their resistance, the rebels will, of course, endeavor to make a virtue of neces sity, and seek to convince us that motives of revenge alone instigate them to this change of tactics.. It is impossible, how ever, for them to conceal the weakness of their cause. The raids with which they ,have already visited us, and with which they propose to menace us in future, are the plainest possible confession of their desperate straits; and, although for a time they may occasion us much annoyance and pecuniary loss, we shall have the great satisfaction of knowing that they are the infallible precursors of the overthrow of rebel military power. .111. • Imperial Troubles , in Mexico. MAximilllat of Austria is not getting on very prosperously in Mexico. Like a form er Emperor there, he finds himself not ex actly reclining upon 'a bed of roses. The civil war, which was to have ended, as by magic, at his august approach, rages as be fore. The Juarist forces refuse to acknow ledge NAPOLEON 's nominee, and continue to fight the. French troops whenever they can find them, frequently going to the length of beating them. The armistice which bas been proclaimed has not been accepted. The Imperial proclamation *of pardon (to all'but those who have'hilled a French soldier or.burned a place occupied by the French) has been_ equally unhe,eded. The Emperor finds himself isolated in the capital. His wife, a charming Young lady only twenty-four years old, (daughter of LEOPOLD of Belgium, and grand-daughter of Louis PBTLEPPE, formerly " Citizen ging," and great humbug in his waY,) languishes for amusement and society ; she has no female friends or visitors, no balls at Thich 'to play the Empress, and ex hibit the latest fashions from the Place Vendome ;- and, worst of all, as the rave mie does not_ pay the expenses, there is a difficulty in obtaining remittances from theloan in Europe, for which this revenue was the guarantee, and MAXDWILIA2T• has been compelled_ to appoint .a permanent committee to inquire into the causes of this fiscal;failurq. It would be put* to saithat.this Condition of affairs surprises or affectaus. ,the contrary, cause and , effect are visiblp in it; we see. the moral retribution vhich generally pullifi/Leg doing even in this world. Maxturnielf, several weeks before the French eipedi tion went to Mexico, had accepted the> fu ture throne of that country, a republic at the time, and which NAPOLEON, in one of his proclamations, said he never meant to meddle with. The compact between these two conspirators, NAPOLEON and Ma.xt ,MILIAN, really was a conspiracy to which ALDIONTE, MIRAMON, and other Mexi can traitors were parties also. When Mem- MILIAN received the Mexican deputies, last October,, pretending that his selection by the pretended. Assembly of Notables was an entirely unexpected honor, he was a hypocrite and a liar, for he knew that NAPOLEON had arranged allithat with him before ever a French transport sailed-.for Mexico. And when the same MAXIMILIAN said to the deputation " I must make my acceptance of the throne dependent upon a plebiscite of the whole country," he again was untrue, for he reigns in Mexico with out ever having had a public vote as to his doing so. The plain truth is, we believe, that this needy Austrian prince, owing $2,000,000, for - which his creditors un pleasantly pushed him, was glad to give them leg bail by escaping to Mexico, no minally as Emperor. As things are now advancing in that country, no monarch living holds his position by such an uncer tain tenure. Els "loving subjects" are generally against him, and the country does not pay taxes sufficient to defray the every-day expenses of the new Empire and of maintaining the French army who up hold it. THE CHAMBERSBUItO SOPFERERS.—From a notice in our advertising columns, it will be seen that the ladies of Philadelphia are invited to convene, at. 4 o'clock, this (Sa turday) afternoon; tat-the Board of Trade Rooms, Chestnut, street; above Fifth, to lend their co-operation in' the benevolent work of ,relieving the wants of the victims of rebel barbarity in the town of Chs.mbers burg. Hundreds of their own sex, in that ill-fated city, are in the extremest• destitu tion, and their case need but be stated, we are sure, to secure from the ladies of Phila delphia speedy and 'substantial aid.We invite a general attendance of the ladies at the meeting to be held this afternoon. . TEE LATE JOHN GELUS, ESQ.—Tim f uneral of this excellent'and exemplary gentleman took place yesterday. The.funeral service was read in a very impressivt; manner by,the Rev. Dr. Virashburne, of St. Mirk)s Church, Locust street. The inteiment, which was numerously attended, was made in Lau rel Dill Cemetery, which had already received the mortal remains of one of Mr. Griggs well beloved 'daughters. John W. Grigg, Esq., only son of.the deceased, was the chief mourner. The loss which Society has .sustained can never be replaced, and his domestic circle mast ever more lament the loss of the very best of family men. WA-SIIINGTON. WASHINGTON, AUgGEtt 5. • THE RECENT CALL VOR YOLIJNTEERS-- EQUALizATION OF THE QUOTA—OPIAIoN OF SOLICITOR WHITING. The Solicitor of the. War Department, Mr. Wit. LIAM Virtual:sa l has delivered an opinion regarding the recent call for 500,000 volunteers and the ques tions relating thereto as respects the settlement of quotas. Re says the chief object of these laws is to bring able-bodied men into the military service and to distribute as equally as practicable the burden of supplying them. The Solicitor says that each man furnished under the present.oall, whether his period of enlistment be longer or shorter, should count only one in the quota now required, and each dis trict shOuld furnislk the full number of men whit* should finally be determined on and called :for as Its quote ; bat if one district shall till its quota with . One-year :men, and if another district shall fill Its quota with three-years' men, the amount of service oil these districts will not be equal, The Solicitor agrees to give credit under a new call to the district Lfurnishing tbree-years volun teers; three times the amount of service credited to the districts.furnishing only one-year volunteers. That district which, in the'present draft, furnishes one-year men, cuts up its burden into three 'arks, and shoulders only one part, the present year, leaving the rest to be met on the next pall; where as, tthe district furnishing three years' men now. gains et once the same benefit in the quota of the next drafti as though it had furnished three times as many men for one year's service. The Solicitor concludes as follows': It is the duty of each district to furnish the full number of men designated as its 'quota. These men nimbi be received;whether for one, two, or three years? service,_.Tkose.'distyleM which furnish threi years men now he.entitled to the full benefit, therefore, on all tante-Calls. DECISION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, The Attorney General has decided that a collector or deputy colleetor is not entitied'to a moiety of the fine assessed against a Party who is convicted of the offence defined by the 10th section of the internal revenue act of 1662. This opinion is equally appli cable to the corresponding Foal= of the act of 3864, where the same provision with some additions is re enacted. THE SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN The subscriptions to the seven-,thirty loan repotted at the Treasury Department to-day amount to $9,500,0(0. • ARREST OF ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTE 'BROKERS. The duty of preventing the running of substi tutes out of Washington to supply distant markets has been entrusted to the provost marshal. This morning a substitute broker of this city was ar rested for such practices. Be had procured four colored men at prices ranging from $l5O to and in order to obtain a large bonus, had removed them to Bladensburg, thence , to be sent to Bald more, but before they' could be placed on the rail: road train the entire party were arrested. ThLFOIVANT ARREST OF G]IEENBACE TERFEITERS The Chief of the National Detective Police, who has been here several days on otnial business, has succeeded In ferreting out the most successful gang of counterleiterS ever ,known in the United States. Fourteen of .thegang,ln double irons, and five large boxes of material are, now on the way to Washing ton and other parties will be arrested. Eleven presses, a large quantity of bank.note paper and 'twelve plates, including one for , twenty. dollar greenback's, and one for fifty-dollar United States Treasury notes, new issue, and for fifty- cent fractional currency were secured. CONSUL APPOINTRD Gamma S. Amlow, long connected with the Con sulate bureau of 'the State Department, has been appointed consul to Sheffield, England. A SPY REPRIEVEIL Wu. H. CAirrsa, a citizen of Maryland, who was found guilty by a military commission, ;In this city, of being a spy, and violating the laws of war, and wbo was sentenced to be banged today at the Old Capitol Prison, has been reprieved by the President until further orders. A BITCCESSPIIL GUNBOAT B1:PEDITION. Lieutenant Commander FLamrlio, of the steamer Sagamore, in a letter to the Navy Department, dated July 12, off Cedar Keys, Florida, says he sent the launch from that vessel, and two boats from, the steamer Clyde, with twenty4hur men and four,oill cars, on an expedition up the Suwanee to seize some cotton be learned the rebels were making use of for the purpose of constructing breastworks on that river. The expedition demolished the breastworks by bringing away the cotton—ninety-four hales. There were no casualties, and the behavior of the ofdrers and men was everything that could be de sired. THE CONSTITIPTIOITAL ELECTION. The Vete an the ,First 'Amendment. But little interest seems to have been felt In this election, since It Is only at: tidi late day that we begin to receive despatches concerning It. l BERES COUNTY. R&M's's, Aug. 6.—The vote of Berks county for the soldiers amounted to 4,881. Against them, 6,828. Majority against the soldiers, 1,945. BLAIR COUNTY—OEPIOIAL. ALTooila, August 5.--,The official is se follows : For first amendment. ......2,505 Against do. ' 223 For second amendment 2 505 Against dd. 208 For third amendment • 2,517 Against do. -•- ' 2.00 COLUMBIA: COUNTY. [By Associated Press, - 13L00M81117114, August 15.—The majority In Colum bia county against the first amettfiment is 1,021. DA.UPIIII% COUNTY. Especiat Despatch to The fraw.) BA Einem:trio, August s.—Thlit gives 380 majority for the amendments. It is usually Democratic. The majority in the county will be about 93000. ERIE COUNTY Erun, Aug. s.—The majority for soldlisrs in this county is 3,940. CONTOUR COUNTY. (Special Deepateb to The'Picea 3 DayiviLiac, August 6.—The -following is flu) vote of IViontour county :.885 •for the first amendment; 710 against it. Officialmajority, 166 for first amend_ meat. NONTGOidERY. Nonarirrown, August 6.—The following fe the official vote of Montgomery county , on the amend ments: For first amendment . ' 4 938 Against do. - 4,743 For. 6 second amendment 061 Against do. 4 538 For third amendment 5,048 Against [do • 1 4,541 DILFFLIN'OOUNTY—OFFICIAL. ]ismxertrysiy, ling. 5 • First amendment, majority 728 Second amendment, majority ne Third amendment, majority - 776 NORTHAMPTON (30UNry. EASTON, Aug: b.—Majority against first. amend ment, 698. Bounties In New Jeesey. NEWARZ, August 5.---The Board of Freeholders of - Essex county have authorized the payment of three hundred dollart3 to eaoh one-year reorujt and drafted man. The Que;hl:44: New Y*o4' ,iiMiNtrir, August. s.—The quota -.or. the , State utiderthe last oall is 89,818 men...l:ruder authority or the War Department one * hundred oornpanies "kir volunteer. NIA be urge:Used. THE ,rRESS. - -PHILADELI 3 I,IIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST. 6, 1864. IMPORTANT NEWS - FROM OUR. ANOTHER REBEL INVASION IN PROGRESS. ,Battles at New Creek, Virginia, and STRONG REBEL DETACHMENTS ACROSS The River Forded at Hancock and Williamsport, RA.GBRSTOWN EVACUATED BY THE UNION TROOPS, The Namber or the Invaders nbent 30,000 THE TOWN OCCUPIED BY ENEMY The Inhabitants Fled for Safety to Harrisburg. ALLEGED REBEL PLAN OF OPERATIONS. They Akkat Pittsburg and Wheeling, TEEM POLICY IN CASE OF DEFEAT. A ILETRE.&T..VIA CINCINNATI INTO Nothing New from before Petersburg. PARTICRIOIIO3 OR TOE MASTRO, TO.' AN FNGAG/LMENT AT CUMBERLAND-IMFORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING RRBRL PLANS---AVR- BILL MOVING. ON BRDNORD We have received'the following special despatch from a high official source, and are assured that its detalls:areperfecAly and thoroughly reliable. Its re velations are very important • lienniSnufiG; August s.—Advless have been re otlved from Allegheny county, Maryland, dated August 2, which say : ". Rea.vy firing of artillery has been heard k the neighborhood of Cumberland, all.day. . Inforination has been received from rt rebel de serter, named Walker, who says the rebel 'cavalry under Johnson, BleCansland, and Jackson, is the party advancing on Cumberland and this State, and they are to bejoined by Early and Imboden. The whole force le to centre at Cumberland and march on Pittsburg and Wheeling. Their whole strength is aboht 28,000 or 80,000. Should they snaceSSful, they wilt then march on Cincinnati and cross into Kentucky. This information is received from persons w.hose names it would be imprudent to mention. The rebels have burned all the bridges on the Cumberland turnpike, and foiled trees across the road. - it Was the Bth Virginia Cavalry that burned Chambersburg. They have in several eases ravished women on their route. Gen. Avertll will be compelled to move towards Bedford In order to operate against the rebels. Ave rill is doing all he can. [Special Despatch to The Press.] anomalies BROM Oite:MBKREILSITELG—THS LIVVADYISS HARRISBURG, august s.—Some twenty-four hun dred refugees arrived 'here this afternoon and eve ning from Chambersburg and vicinity. Many of of them were houseless at borne, but they are shel terless here, yet they prefer even that to again coming in contact with the taunting, cruel foe. A train left here this afternoon for Chambereburg, but it is doubtful whether it will proceed further than Carlisle. A body of stragglers from our army arrived---this evening. They say they are from Lynchburg, where they lost their horses. A lady who arrived to-day from Chambercburg, says that she has it from re- liable persons who left the vicinity of Hagerstown this morning that the rebels have in their posses• slon several blag flags. These parties say they did not come to steal horses or thresh grain, but to burn and destroy and make a howling wilderness of the Cumberland Valley.. ILEBELS OVEE THE . POTOMAC AT WiLLT merogp..... A BIGHT AT MILL CRIME, Special Despatch to The Press. EAYCKISBIIRO, August 6-8 P.M.—We have tele. grams to-night from Greencastle, Penna., that the rebels, composed (g - hfantty, and tawdry, crossed at 'Williamsport today. Their force is estimated at between six and eight thousand. They were from 6 A. M. until noon getting over. . General Kelly repulsed the enemy to•day:at.Mill Greek. ma lose wee mall--some 29 ktilekindl9 wounded. rincLANATI9If BY THE GOVRENOS—A, GALL FOE Ifearturuirno, August s.—ln the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the said Common wealth, The advance of the rebel army has again crossed the Potomac ' and this morning occupied Hagers town. I call for 30,000 volunteer militia, to be mus tered into the service of the State, to serve daring the emergency for the defence of the State. The men east of Johnstown will rendezvous at Harrisburg, and those west of that place at Pitts burg. • I cannot too earnestly urge upon the people of the State the necessity for the immediate presence of this force. . . The general orders which accompany this procla• mitten set forth the arrangements for transports' tion, &c., and the mode of organization. By the Governor. A. G. Commtr. Era SLIZRR, Seoq of Commonwealth. GEREBAL onnan wo. 53. Iin&HQITAHTERB PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA, All, gust 6,1864.-1 n accordance with my prociamatiOn, this day made, it is ordered : Ist. That all the able-bodied men of Pennsylvania do immediately assemble in their respective ha roughs, wards, and townships, and organize compa• nies for the defence of the State. 2d. Companies, as rapidly' as -organized, will, on application to the different railroad companies, be furnished with transportation by the 'United States to the prOper rendezvous. Those organized west of Johnstown to Camp Reynolds, at Pittsburg. Those east of Johnstown at Camp Curtin, at liar: rlsburg, where they will be subsisted by the United States and sworn into the service of the State for State defence during the- period of the existing emergency, and will be organized into regiMents. By order of A. G. Curtin, Governor and Com mander-in. Chief. A. L. RUSSELL Adjutant General Pennsylvania, EVAOIIATIONOP HAGERSTOWN BY. OUR TROOPS-. Ilertrassune, August s.—Despatehes received here by Governor Curtin,.thie morning, State that, at half past two o'clock this morning, our troops evacuated Hagerstown. - Our pickets report the enemy on the Sharpsburg road. At five A. M. scouts came irk, reporting the rebel Infantry pickets three miles below, on tho same road, when a general skedaddle of citizens ensued. Up to eight A. IL or to.daPnothlng farther has been heard In that direction. A gentleman, who is 'vouched for as reliable, says he saw the enemy crossing at Williamsport this morning. Tiro scouts report the same thing. The Impression in 'official circles is that the ene my is approaching in force. This opinion is backed by testimony which is now in the possession of the authorities. -- Rebels entered Hagerstown at nine o'clock this morning, at which hour Wm. B. Wilson lel. Par. Wile= is a reliable operator belonging to the Penn sylvania Railroad Company. OTHER VERSIONS OE THE. SiEriE STORY. 11. 1 / 4 11RISBORG 'August 6.--Deiipatehes received here early this morning state that the rebels were crossing at Hancock, and that they had driven Averild's pickets into ()timberland. • Semiofficial despatches, received at 13 o'clock, con vey the information that the rebels occupied Hagers town this morning. The greatest consternation once more prevails along, the southern portion of the Cumberland The lumen!? are hurrying from their homes with their stock, and the population generally Is reported to be panic-stricken bethis sudden (and to them un expected) occupation of their country by the rebels. Ilaninentrno, 41.ugust, 6.—Five of Gen. Avert'Ws messengers came Into McConnellsburg, Fulton county; last night, and report that the rebels are crossing at Hancook, 3,000 strong. They state that Averlll is at Cumberland, and his pickets liave been driven in by the invsders. FIGHTIOP AT NNW CRBI2B. HAnsisnona, August s.—There has been fighting since 4P.M. of yesterday at New Creek. The ene my did not cross at. Hancock, but was seen moping towards Williamsport, from Martinsburg, yritli n a brigade of inf entry, whilst a large body of his cavalry were at Hedgeoville, in Berkeley county: (The above despatches relative to the advance of the rebels corroborate what we published yesterday. They differ somewhat as to the point on the Potomac , at which the rebels crossed, but it is likely that they crossed at both Hancock and Williamsport. Should Such be the case, they are Undoubtedly in heavy force.] THE HEBEI. OCCUPATION OP HAGERSTOWN Orin- Hannienune, August S.—The ocoupation of Ha gerstown Is confirmed by official despatches. Three regiments of cavalry, _and two of infantry, are strongly posted in and around the TO PRI. 'rho ex pedition being aecompanied by infantry Is a strong indication that it is the advance of a large body, as no marauding is accompanied by such troops• After crossing at Shepparclstovrn, It appears .that the enemy passed through Sharpsburg and Turks town. So sudden was the deecent upon Hagers town that the operator who oommunicated the fact wee compelled to leave on a hamPoar, closely pursued by a cavalry force. He was In range of their revolvers for a considerable time, and only escaped after hard work at the wheels.. We are still in telegraphic, communication with State Line, a station on the Franklin railroad, seven miles north of Hagerstown. The operator there states that the, rebels in 'Hagerstown have thrown out pickets, hut as * . et have 'made jno ftirther advance movements. HELL Via' BSGAGE4IIOIe . Al" NEW eirskuk—ii*Equifr ox• TEM. axanLs. ItiontrasvxchArigust 5.—A deapatea from Somer. THE WAR. SOUTHERN BORDER. Cumberland, Maryland. THE. POTOMAC KENTUCKY INTENDED. THE REBEL INVASION. OARRYiNb BLACK FLAGS aty the Associated Press. ] MILITIA, A PROCLAMATION ITS oactr.p.sqxoN BY THE BEZELS. WALLY CONFIRMED , set, received at 10 o'clock evening ; that the Federal loss In the fight at New Creek, yester day,• wee 29 trilled and 56 nroanded. General Kelly defeated the rebels. A despatch from Greencastle at 8 o'clook this evening, states that a gentleman had just arrived there who reports that the rebels were crossing at "Villllamsport between 8 and 12 o'clock this morn lag, and that they consisted of between 6,000 and 8,000 infantry and cavalry. WYSTI4IIIOII6I MOVEMENTS OP THE ENEMT. lianstrannno, August s.—Telegraphic communi cation from this pq,int with the State line was had up to 80'cloch this evening. It does not extend be yond Greencastle. ' The rebels have entered Middleburg,- eleven miles north or Hagerstown. In what force they entered 311Indleburg is not known. It is presumed that they have moved the five regi- Ments which entered 'Hagerstown this morning. The movements of the rebels are entirely ineXpli• cable, and-they seem determined to invest their operations with as much mystery as possible, both as to their numbers . and the columns which they are advancing, as well as the points at which they de sign to deliver their blows. As an evidence of this fact, and at the same Lime that the 4 five regiments are advancing towards Ohambersburg, another co lumn is reported to be moving up the Potomac in the direction of Charnbersburg. None of our ofe- Mals have been able to obtain the strength of this column. A report has just reached these headquarters to the effect that passengers by stage who had reached that borough represent that a fight had taken place at Cumberland on Thursday, resulting in a loss of twenty killed and thirty wounded of the United States forces. No other particulars are given. RUMOR OF TEE EETILFAT OF EARLY 171 .- TEE BEEF taiDOAR PALL &Y. HALTiisons, August ' 5.—A person who left CharlestOWn, Pa., early yesterday morning, reports that a rebel force, composed of Mosebyis and Lobo den,s cavalry and mounted infantry, estimated at 7,000 strong, were at that place, about to make a feint movement on. Harper's Ferry, whilst Early, with some 12,000 infantry, guarding the trains of plunder and grain, was at Bunker Hill, about Start ing up the Shenandoah valley. Parties were scattered at didbrent points up the valley, gathering in grain 'and cattle, who would join Early in his march. They had conscriptedall the men, and even boys of 16 years, but many had escaped, and were hiding The belief was that as sdon as thetrains wern.Wpil advanced, the entire rebel force wohbd rctirts ttn the WISE B.IF.GF. OF PETERSMETRG. Naw—ALL qui wr. ItianQl 4Mk? OF TEM FOTO/114C, Augnst 4.—Nothing of interest has taken place during the pest two days, and there is very little picket thing being indulged hint present. An oftleer ft• colored regitout Is reported to have abet one of his men yesterdM at the commia spry depot, and is under arrest. In my despatch of the diet I stated that the colored division engaged in the battle was under command of General White; This wawa mistake; General Ferrero being in com mand of his own division, General White acted as chief of staff to General Burnside during the en gagement. TRANSPORTS FIRED INTO 'ON THE JAMES-RORSES 1. IL ED. WASHINGTON, An. s.—Yestorday ,morning, as the mail steamer Jam Brooks, plying between this ally and City Point, was coming docht the Tames river,rthe wee - Bred at from a rebel battery at Ear rlson's Landing. Slx shots were fired, three of which passed over her and three fell short. She turned back to get the aid of the gunboats, but in the meantime two came up the river, at tracted by the firing, and shelled therebels out. One of the rebel shots grazed the pilot-house -of the Brooks, and five horses were killed on the transport spaulaing, which was ahead of the Brooks, and was also fired at. THE SIECiE OF ATLANTA. 'RESULT& OP STONEMAN'S RAID-THIURSO'BNT DB PRAT OF zecoorc. NAV:IV/LLB, Aug. 4.—General Stoneman sent a force of cavalry, eonskting of Long and Lagrange's brigades, 3,200 strong, on the 26th ult., under the command of General Edward McCook, to destroy the Macon and Western Railroad. They had destroyed eighteen mileS of the road, and started to capture a train of five hundred wagons going from Atlanta to Macon, or Columbus. McCook captured this 'train 'near Neuman, with. five hundred men, including one hundred and twenty.seven officers, and wagons laden with valet. able stores, including liquors and valuable papers of General Hood and others. After posse Siting themselves of what they wanted, the wagons were burned, and TdoCook started to return with the prisoners and 3,000 mules, but was overtaken by a rebel :Rove, -under General Ransom, so large as to completely surround him. A. despe rate engagement followed, during which many of McCook's men 'escaped and found their way to Ma rietta. The number of Federals captured' will, it is believed; reach 2,000. This disaster is attributed to the troops partaking too freely of the liquors found in the captured train. Longs brigade consisted Of the 3d and 4th Ohio, 2d Indiana, and 4th Regulars; and part of La grange's brigade was composed of troops who were with Rousseau in his late expedition. ' Forrest is reported at Atlanta, with Hood. Two hundred and thirty-seven rebel, prisoners reached here last evening, including eleven com missioned officers. SAB.ETY Oil ,COL. Decooir. NesaviLLß, August b.—Col. McCook, supposed to have been killed or captured near Neuman, has come In with 120 °fists =en. Five - hundred had previously arrived at Marietta. He Wa3 suocessf• al in breaking the Macon road, and capturing and destroying a wagon train. He captured 72 officers and 35 men, but was obliged to' let them go. His safe return with so many men reduces his loss very materially. More of his men will 'probably come in. NEW ORLEANS. A CONSTITUTIONAL ELECTION IN LOUISIANA ON TB 121 II CAIRO, August S.—New Orleans advices to the 29th ult: have been received. The steamer Wash ington would leave for New York on the 30th, and Matanzas on the Slat. General Banks has officially acknowledged the ex change or prisoners recently arrived there, and has ordered those belonging to the 13th and49th Oorps to report to the proper officers for duty, and those whose term of service has expired to proceed to their reeve cave States to be mustered out. Lieutenant Govenor Welts has issued a proclama tion directing an election on the first Monday of September for the ratification or rejection of the Constitution adopted by the Constitutional Con vention. Cotton inactive; good ordinary, $1.53@1.55; low 01.673;@1.60; middling, $1.62%. - Two hundred and flitytwo bales sold at auction at $1.64%, the aggregate Sale amounting to $20,000. Little doing in Western produce, sugar or molasses. All the room in the New York steamers Is engaged at 3c. per pound, for cotton. ST. LOTUS. rum ORMUZ OF A.M3MIOAN kNIGHTS ST. Louse, August s.—The Democrat publishes today the essential points of the confession of Green B. Smith, secretary of the Order of Ameri. rail Knights. Charles L. Hunt and Charles E. Ih i pm, grand and deputy grand commanders of the Order, have also asked for re-examination, in which they have ac knowledged their forme's' statements Dike untrue, and hstv . e admitted the existence of the Order, and their membership'with it. This confession gives many details of the workings and purposes of the Order, but no new facts of importance are re vealed. CALIFORNIA.. Arrest of Rebel Sympathisers. SAN FRANCISCO, Augast S.—About a dozen thrifty fanners of Santa Clara county have been arrested on the charge of being confederates of rebel highwaynien - who have been robbing stages and ex presses in Sierra Nevada. - . A fire in Virginia City, last night, destroyed $lOO,OOO worth of property. The steamer Uncle Sam has sailed for Panama with $1,400,000 in treasuie, and 105 passengers. The British war steamer Devutation is at Panama. OBSERVANCE 07 PAST-DAY NEW RAMEOSSI PB.OJEOTED. - SAN Fluatotsco, Augnst b.—The fast-day was ob served by the suspension of all public business, and religious services were held in all the churches. Another fleet of Rtissian war vessels is in port. General McDowell caused to be seized a lot of photographs of Fort Alcatraz, taken at the cost of $1,600, deeming It perilous to lot them go out. A survey is in. progress for a railroad from the northern line of this State to the Columbia river, Oregon. The copper mines of this State are yielding largely. Placer gold mining le dull, on account of the drought. COLORADO. ADJOIIIINDIEN'r OP VIZ gONSTITIITIONAL 00.14:17.0 , TlOl-01TICRILLA DEPWIDATIONB--MEBEL PRELA. , NIZAT/0203 • DanvEn.Crry (0. T.):Angast B.—The Constitu tional Convention .adfourned to-day. 11. D: Towne is nominated for Governor. A small party of guerillas, supposed to be from Southwestern Texas, have been committing depre dations in this vicinity for a week past.*They robbed the mail coach near Mount Vernon, forty miles from here, a few days since, and took 84,000 in gold from the passengers. They claim to be operating in connection with a large force which designs to attack tbls city. A small party found their camp on Saturday and fired into it, not kribwing the strength of the enemy. The guerillas scattered, and our men the next night visited the camp and found a large quantity of stolen,property, horses, gold dust, and greenbacks;, also, a record of the operations of the guerillas on the road from Texas, showing that they captured two trains on the Arkansas river. It is believed that a rebel organization in this city, numbering * several hundred men, is ready to - aid the guerillas whenever they attack the place. Central anal South Amerreen News., Naw Yorrn, Aug. s.—The steamer Ooean Quaen, from Aspinwall on the 27th ult., has arrived. She brings 8,280,070 In treasure. An Aapinwall letter of the 27th says that two,corne. missionera had' arrived - there from Peru, en routs for Europe, to negotiate a-loan of 050,000,000 to parry on the war against Spain. Peru is still strengthening her fortilloationa and building shins of. war. Thefrlgate Lanneeter le at Milan. The amall.pox has broken out in the . northern provinces of Chili. Several earthquakes linve oc curred at Valparaiso. 'The country . is suffering for Want of rain. There is - nothing new - from:Central America. . , . . Miftwitie .11istister. te.i;tuelf, N. 7., Atii . „;ki- The bkrk Aid, froiA:Signa, With a cargo CI MOM taxi attionraqar this playa, . .k.un,o Arrival of the ItlaXenib—Palmersion does no t wont to Interfere In AMeriCall Af fairs—No Ad%%antiglare to be Gained. c A p t RAes; Aug. 4.—The steamship • Saxonia, from Southampton on the 26th ult., passed this point this afternoon. The steamship City of Limerick arrived Out on the 26th, and the steamer Britannia arrived out on the PRIM) day. The Arabia and Hecla arrived out on the 24th ult. The ship Constitution, for New York, put back to Liverpool after being ashore. The :Saxon's passed the HaDIMOIda on the 31st, at 4.50, at 50 Nr3.20 W. ENGLAND. Lord palmerston, in the House of Commons, In response to an Inquiry Whether England intended acting In - concert with other European Powers in the endeafor to.brirg about a suspension of WWI• ties it America, stated that-he thought no advantage would be gained by meddling. The Bank of England has raised its rate of dis count to 7 per cent. Erie - Railroad preferred shares declined ; nu no% Central declined Ric. It is reported that the rebel Slidell is - on a•vislt to the Emperor Napoleon. In the Bowe of Lords Lord Clampbell Milted whether the treaties gus ran teens* Denmark posses sion of Schleswig - were now invalid. Until that point was settled, it would be. Impossible to do any thing to restore Englund% influence in Europe.; Lord Granville said the treaty of 1820 was invalid, but the treaty of 1851 was considered binding. Consols dull at 39 . 4% The advance of the Bank rate to 7 VI cent. had no effect in checkingthe demand for money. Confederate loan, 75 to 77. At the Paris Bourse. French renter were quotea at 66f. 10c. THR CQNIERENOE. The first sitting of the Peace Conference was held on the 20th. Oeunts Reiehburg and 13iarnark were present. Nothing was known respecting the pro ceedings. _ • Ima GERMANY The following resolution was unanimously car ried in the Stutgard Chambers : We solemnly protest against the forcible oecupa tion of Rendsburg by the Prussians, and request Government, in conjunction with other States,-to oppose this violence with the necessary means for the purpose. AUSTRIA. The Emperor had received Count Elsinark. He will remain in Vienna and take part in the peace negotiations. The Vienna General Correspondence saw , - of - tho afttiaß .the ConTerene..-nott-e --, nenting of the Austrian, rftrEl.lltir and Danish plenipotentiaries wee held on Monday. An interchange or views took place, which may influence future actual nee, tuitions. f°5:4,03 Pine,peCts ... grow more certain. ?I- - al iPal , ttclutrflea Natter. ~ ItAtT. The Minister for Pal)lie Works has loft for Vichy PORTUGAL, The ports . orPortugal will he opened shortly For the free importation of grain, in consequence of the scarcity' of the harvest. The nest Government loan will be offered to pub lic competition. TURKEY The Porte has closed the Protistant Missionary establishment, arresting converts. American mis sionary societies-were re-opened. Protestantism greatly spreading.among Mnssulmans. The budget will aliOw a sarpjas.- . • , • CHINA. Major Gordon's -force has been disbanded. JAPAN. • atQuarters have been arranged for the British troops Joddo. Financial and Commercial. Lrrnitrool, COTTON A 'MEET. —The sales of cot ton et Liverpool on Monday . and Tuesday (25th and 26th ult.) were ]4,000 balesonol uding 3.500 bales to speculators and exporters, The market is quiet at unchanged quotations. TRADE Itaran.T. 7 -The Manchester market is dull and easier. Lavaaroon BRISADSTUPPS MARITIAT.—MO market is generally dull, with a declining tendency. Messrs. Wakedeld, Nash, & Co., and others, report Flour quiet and EteadT Wheat quiet at a decline of 2d ft quintal, under heavy arrivals; Sc Etd@Si 10[1. Corn inactive ; and declined 6@9d ig quarter; mixed lAVERPOOL Pnovisrost BURKE:T.—The Provi sion market is generally steady. Messrs. Gordon, Bruce, & Co., Blgland Athya, & Co., and others, report : Beef !inlet and steady; Pork firm ; Bacon steady; Butter inactive. Lard quiet; Tallow Steady. LIVRRPOOL Paontron IYLKERET.—Ashes.—Sales small Pots, 32s ; Pearls, 34s'• Sugar quiet and steady; Nice steady ; Coffee, no sales ; Linseed buoyant at an advance or rs • Linseed 'Oil firm; Rosin quiet and steady ; Spirits Turpentine firm ; Petroleum quiet and steady. Lonmoa: Morar' DiAßlEßT.—Consols closed on the 26th at 8930390 for money.' ' • A 11. M. The quota of New York-4 Protest by the Governoir. • AL2ll.llr, N. Y., Aueust s.—Gov. Seymour has, In a letter to the Secretary of War, protested against the excessive quotas of this State. The ave rage is 2,661, while in Massachusetts and New Hampshire it is 2,167, and in Pennsylvania 2,671. He says : "There are no differences in the character of the population Of these States to account for these discrepancies. The most oppressive enrol ments appear in the Congressional districts of the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The average de mand on them is for 3,877 men, while the cents re turns show a population of aliens and females in the large towns, and shOuld make their quota less, and not greater, than the other Beet ions. "Not only are aliens numerous in New - York and Brooklyn, but the females make a larger propor tionate number than elsewhere, as they find more emplolment in the workshops or as domestics:, ,KEW YORK CITE. tftecial Correspondebee of The Preat:3 Nzw Year, August 40.8e4. sdAl26ll.l' OF Vir-kTILIE The effects of the long-continued drought are being felt even here amid the bricks and mortar, where so little_ pure water is ever used, except in cases of fire. Many years ago, water was a favorite drink of a nureber of oar most respectable men. There exists excellent historical testimony in favor _of this fact, although many enthusiasts affect a doubt in the premises. And yet, with all this aquatic economy, we find the Croton Board appeal ing to the citizens, Letting forth the, results of this drought, and the low ebb of Croton Lake; moreover, prohibiting Abe Use of water for street cleaning and sprinkling purposes. The recent showers do. not, seem to have added, in any degree, to the volume of the lake. From the very general inconvenience which invariably results from the breaking of a math, we can easily comprehend what would follow an exhaustion of our supply for .days, perhaps for' weeks. EMTEGI is passing very quietly to all appearances. Services at all the principal churches are well attended. Of course it is 'merely a gala day to many of the lower classes who, so far from soliciting peace for the country, have to be bound over to keep the peace of the city. At St. Ann's Free Church, the deaf mutes are in attendance, the services being Interpreted to them by their tutors. TEN 21BW . ITALIAN 7.ItWATZ The new Italian iron-clad "Portogallo” steamed out yesterday on a preliminary trip, and attracted much attention from those who were fortunate enough to be along the docks at her time of sailing. The trip, whieh lasted about eight hours, fully de monstrated her capacities, and resulted in general satisfaction. She obeys her rudder splendidly, and when beyond the Hook was turned completely la about four minutes. The rapidity with which her broadsides oats be thrown may be judged from the 'capacity thus developed. ANOTHER MIIIWIIIC. Yesterday morning died another victim or the ferocious brutallty which is engendered in the slums of this city. An Irishman, named Manning, enraged because his wife took - from him a can of beer, seised a brooMstick and struck her over a hundred blows about the head and shoulders. Not satisfied with the infliction of this poniqhment, he, in the words of an eye-witness, ' , knocked her head down against the stone - steps, and beat- her brains out.'" In the opinion of the witness, Manning was sober at the time he committed the act. A fresh object of Interest has just appeared in this city, in the person of General Don Jose Do mingo Cortez, Who, it is said, aided In defeating the French before Puebla, and, having been prevented from joining General Diaz at Saltine, awaits here a fitting Opportunity for returning to the service of , his country.- Meanwhile he languishes in strait ened circumstances at the house of a friend, and_ any donations will be thankfully received and pro perly devoted. M[SCiSILAPIBOUB The Parr.barracks, which for a long time have been an eyesore to the pedestrians upon Broadway, are to be demolished. As this Park is disgracefully kept, its beauty will be in no wise affected by the removal ,of.tke,shanties. The new barracks, situ ated" iSfini . r 7 BEtEery, will offer better aecoitimode• tions fsi recruits. • The Board of Aldermen yesterday appropriated the sum of 000,000 for relief of the families of vol unteers. Theatrical matters continue gloomy and depres sing under, the direction of the provincial artiste. They actually'intend producing " East Lynne" at one of the Broadway houses. This is horrilde. [By Telegraph,.] TEM QUOTA OF NEW YORE, The Governor asks the appointinent of a commis sion similar to that of last year, which, after Inves tigation, fixed the quota of New York city and Brooklyn at reduced rates. AItRAVAL OF WOUNDED. The steamer De Molay has arrived from City Point, with 350 sick and wounded of the 20th New York Regiment. AIMI:VAL OT A STRAICER. The steamer City. of Manchester has arrived from Liverpool. Her advices are anticipated. 4ifIUVAL VROIE NSW oicuteikrs. The steamer George Washington' has arrived, with New Orleans adviees of July 30th: ARRIVED QIIT The steamer Washington, hence on the 6th. of July, arrived at Havre on the 17th nit. ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED The titeamer Western Metropolis has arrived from Fortress Monroe, with 450 sick and wounded soldiers. . MAIVINS INTIMLIGENOB. Arrivtd—Berke Matthias, Valparaiso ; Solummes, Cardiff. Brigs Caroline, Rio; Time, Bermuda. Saratoga Maces. ,SATUTOGA, .August6.—The third day's races . were. as follows: Two-mile dash, three -Tear ehle• IShikes, $1,750. Kentucky beat Tipperary three. lengths, Orion and Eclipse far behind. Time, 4.113. • Second race—three•mile heats, for purse- of eaoo: Aldebaran beat Eleetwlng first and Odra beat.s.;. close race. Time, 6. 2 / 3 %03,423C and 6.243 x.. Aririvral of The Dricotil4- BosTOlr, August f.—The 'tinned Statas sloop.of• war Daootah arrived to-day from the blockading feet off Wilmington. She reperta.havitik spoken. on Aug. 2d;off gape Hatteras,, 'United States steamer . Uoff. neetieut, from llostou r f.or the Gulf squadron.. Tho Steamer Africa, .lElosToN;AnKaat 5, 11 P. bi,—The Africa has not yet arrived, blot 1,111 doubtless reach her dock la season rot' tht malls to be forwardedley the morning train. - ~ Telegraph, Illiurketa b y .... i u‘Aramona,,August B.— Flour stoady,lvith snares supply:, ..)Cleat dull.; red doolipbcla ,pents ? : Corn firm ; $180;Itewlilto • $ l.lll for yolluir. - Ektoourita very'iliail,— 'Whiarky null at .1..78cre1.80. Aa Ifsatervieei with iglenneral Groot. A New Yorker returned yesterday morning from City, Point, Virginia, having visited the Army of the Potomac to distribute supplies for the soldiers, which had been contributed by the congregation under his charge, in eTtthty-severith street. After performing this duty he made a tour of the camps, and paid his respects to General Grant. Of this in. terview he gives the following lateresting account : / learned that the headquarters of the General were about s quarter of a mile from my own stop ping place, and immediately repaired thither. To the person whom I met at the entrance I told my business, stating that I was a member of the com mittee appointed at the. Grant meeting, held in New York in June. " I think the General will be glad to see you," said be ; he is disengaged jgo to him there, ender the fly." I. went at once and introduced myself to lam. Ms address Is remarkable. Ile has the faculty of putting evert body in his company immediately at ease, and at the same time never lowers IW:itself. There la nut a trace of the affectation •tnat charac terizes a man who has stepped into a rank wilier' he feels to have added to his importance ; and he is utterly destitute of vulgar familiarity of Man ner. Be if a good representative of republican life In this country, where a man may take the place which his talent, taste and ability indicate, and yet be "a man for at that." As soon as salutations had been exchanged, I opened my business, referring to the great meeting held in Union Square in Jane where I had the honor of speaking, as well as of Ageing the add r'4B which had been prepared and transmitted to him by the National Committee. "Tee sentiment of that meeting, General," I re marked, " was to uphold the Union cause and Gen. Grant, even though we that same day had heard of a repulse." "'There is no danger of a permanent repulse " he answered. "Though seentiogly we are taking a , great deal of time, let we .are rising up the rebel 1 army taster than it can be replenished. It will take more time, but I am fully confident of the result." "General," I remarked, "the People of New York now feel that there is one at the head of our armies in whom they can repose the fullest confidence." "Yes," he interrupted, "there is a man in the West in whom they can repose the utmost cond.. dence, General Sherman. lie is an able, upright, honorable, unambitious man. We lost another one of like character a law days ago, General lidePher- Son." Changing the subject, he asked me to make his apologies to the National Committee for neglecting to acknowledge their resolutions. "I am glad of an opponunii y of explaining why I have not returned a reply," said he; "1 Sant the resolutions immedi ately to 'Mrs. Grant, and they have not been ye turned." The Peeiltoll of our army before Petersburg Is one which gives us the advantage. Heretofore the cue my titre had the inside, and been enabled to man eEe so as to secure all the belittles which that position 'affords. General Grant has now got that interior line, and can throw troops from one point to another, mass them, and employ them to the greatest advantage, and the rebel general can not prevent him. General Lee has hand his master. The attack on Petersburg, last week - ing to Insure a triumph, was by no thetitis a u lieriods ()baster:. The plans of the General commanding were such as to ;:n.'"rt the possibility of any enfi lading fire; but some of C;i:s. subordinate generals failed to carry out their part of the programme. But lor this omission no their part, Petersburg, it is sale to declare, would have been ours. It will be, yet • but at a sacrifice of more time. - - T ere Is every reason for confidence in the opera tions of our army in Virginia. They are exhaust ing the enemy, maintaining their own ground, and encroaching on their adversaries. Their cowman= der too, is an earnest man, and believed in the work at which he is engaged. Additional State News. BOLD ATTRMET TO 8801,1 . 11.-41. person named Victors, who was on trial in -Reading, on Thursday ' last, tor stealing a horse and baggy, made an ener getic attempt to escape, just after he had been sen tenced to three years , imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary. The sentence given, he was placed in a back seat next a window, on the north side of the court-room, where prisoners are usually kept. The day being exceedingly warm the windows were raised. The prisoner watched his oppor tunity, and took advantage of the confusion incident to the adjournment or court, and sprang out of a window to the ground, a dis tance of about twenty feet and made off for the hills. As be was about disappearing from the window, half a dozen. voices shouted " There he goes !" "There he goes I" Instantly away ran the officers, jury, and audience, in several instances without bats or cgate, in hot haste, boys 'screaming, "stop thief," "Haul um :up,"' "go It Wicks," Ac., am.; the maid threw down liter pail or pitcher, the seamstress her needle, the boy. bia barrow, all ran to see what was wrong ; matrons and grannies, pale with fright, flew to hear whether the crack of doom or some or Jeff's cavalry had come: He was finally apprehended by a party of soldiers Who met him la the vicinity of the upper depot, and had kiln de livered to the custody of the ,ofideers. .Had it bees bight he would certainly have escaped.—Reading Daily Reporter. SHOOTtYG AERATIL—We are inftwmed that a Mr. Hamer, of the vicinity of Gettysburg, was shot on Sunday last; a few miles from this place, by a sol dier belonging to Coles cavalry. It seems that the soldier "gobbled up" a horse belonging to an up. country farmer, who,_with several others, went in pursultof the soldier having the stolen horse, and when they overtook the thief they demanded the horse, which was refused, when they attempted to force or compel him to deliver up the animal, when the soldier drew-a revolver and tired, the ball en tering above the knee end passing down toLthe calf of the leg, making a painful wound. The soldier was immediately arreaced and brought to thisplaee • and lodged in the " loiik.up" for sate - keeping, when the next day he was put in the hands of thevroper authorities at Carlisle. The wounded rasa, Xi. Hamer, was also brought to 'town and hafftheilial..: extracted.—Hanover Spectator. Tax MURDERER Annsteren.—Robbins, the man • who murdered Mr. Ward, of Niles, Ohio,-and•to whom we referred _yesterday, has been arrested. The arrest, says the Elie Daily Dispatch;. was -made in Canada, opposite Black Rock, on Saturday last, by Chief Crowley, of this city, Gallagher of Cleve land, and Darsey of Butialo. Detective Ferguson and Wm. Allen were on his track, and hadh prior claim to the arrest of the murderer, but the former party stationed a posse of constables around the house while a warrant Was being procured. A - large reward—eome five or six thousand dollars—was offered for hie apprehension. He was taken to Cleveland Saturday night. MURDER OP A NEGRO SZTISTITuTE.—Last week some substitute dealers brought a lot of negroes to Tunkhannock, Wyoming county from Canada, to sell as substitutes , making a prOOL 0fe16226 cash' on each. On Thursday George - ficilmehZone of the tie. groes, getting sick of the business, tried to escape. He started from tho hotel and ran.rapidly down-the street toward the river, closely punned by three of those having them in charge. When some ten or twelve rods irons the hotel, one of them tired a pis tol at him, from about four rode behind. Another shot was tired after running a few; rods farther. Neither shot took effect, but greatly frightened the fugitive negro. He and his pursuers dished through the toll gate and across the river bridge, near which his pursuers caught up with him, and abused him so that he died on the spot. His skull was fractured and he was otherwise badly injured. The murder ers were arrested.—keading Deify Reporter. UNION CONVENTION IN CLARION COITETT.--: A Convention of the Union citizens of Clarion coun ty was held in the court house at Clarion, on the 28th ult. Delegates were present from' nearly all the townships, many being prevented by the heavy rain from coming, and the proceedings passed off very harmoniously. Resolutions endorsing the . Baltimore platform were passed. Hoe. Autos Myers, the member of Congress from the district, was renominated by acclamation. Hunter Orr was nominated for Assembly. IMPOD.T.eIiT LAWSUIT SETTLBD.—The Binds. ford (Maine) Journal states that the great sewing. machine' suit in tho United States Court, be tween Shaw & Clark, of Biddeford, on one side, and Wheeler & Wilson, 'Grover & Baker, Singer & Co. and Howe on the other, has been fully and filially settled. The Journal says "The suit was brought by the large companies, who com bined to prevent the defendants from making and selling sewing machines, which they alleged infringed their patents. The beat patent law yers to be obtained were employed by both par ties. after several years of tenacious and ex pensive fighting, the complainants succeeded in establishing their patent, and got out an injunc tion ; but Shaw & clerk in the meantime had ob. tained an interest In an older patent than theirs, and got the Government to extend it for seven years, with claims covering not only machines made by thr complainants, but all the sewing machines of any kind now made in the country. -This, of course, placed the ' boot on the other leg' at once; the result being that the whole matter has now been settled by thaw & Clark receiving au interest valued at one million five hundred thousand dollars in the whole sewing machine business. Tlast old patent spoken of is now considered the moll valuable of any in existence, except the rubber patent, as it Will control the whole sewing machine interest of the country. This is about the first instance which we are aware of where both parties - to a lawsuit came out ahead, and shows that etrategyfria not entirely confined to war.” A Pstrnomcnon.—On the line ,of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, near- -Wooster, Ohio, the embankment and track lately•disappeared in most mysterious manner. Upon examination it was found that about a hundred feet of the road had sunk, and was continuing to sink, while, into the cavity formed, black mud and heavy - atrearns of water gushed from below. With the water there were thrown up a number of eyeless fish, still living. The " sink" is one of great depth and considerable dialculty will be experienced in tilling IL—Cincin nati Commercial. - Innrs Parcze.—Prices are higher by a hundred per cent in India than they ever were teem. The silver rupee, worth about Wry cents, wilt not buy as much as twenty-five cents will in •England. Arti cles of ladiesi dress there cost five times as much as they do at home. And yet India is draining Europe or specie and keeps it all. A. plethora of gold ap pears to be as bad as a plethora of paper. ErzA coacrearcoaAay u s n ayg TupdieeV ti)eopifirlesertittyhal ba b in a l iten; l e t is a ewerl-Lrring,",,ur I:yd'aen4or watering-pot, or some aquatid - performance of that sort, o pleasure." THE CITY. OMB AZWITIOAAL OITY xarws sint pottivrtiPAcm.) MALL THERE BE A DRAPT ? The question which now agitates the public mind, Will there be a draftl can be settled by the citizens themselves, either in the affirmative or negative, as they may choose. If proper efforts be taken, and the means begun by the bounty fund convention be properly carried out, the quota of the city—to wit, 9,239, may be made up in the month we now have before us, In which to do so. At the eonven tion last night, the president of the convention was appointed a committee of one to Maar with the Adjutant General of the State, in order to have mustering lieutenants properly- commis stoned, that they may attend to the business of re cruiting, with the authority and power which is requisite to enable them properly to do So. There are to be ten lieutenants appointed In the city to raise a regiment, to be credited to the city, and specially credited to those wards whose de ficiencies are the largest. The Union League has loaned its aid to these men in getting up their roe.- , ment, and es soon as it Is recruited to its proper standard, another and another will be raised by new g office g rs. While the raising .of these regiments is . woi on fr the benefof the poorer wards the ch ards will o still be at work endeavoring to'haverise - exults raised and credited on their deficiency, and we may expect great activity in the recruiting business for some time. Councils at their meeting yesterday passed an ordinance providing for the payment or a bounty of $4OO - to ene-year recruit% thus making a total of $717, which a recruit will re ceive In one year, besides his clothing and food. The following shows the quota required from each ward, the credit of each, and the deficiency remain ing. The credit and deficiency of the Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and TwentrEifth Wards la not bat is believed to be nearly correct: Firs Wards. Quota. Credit; - 1,011: . : Second 608 198 Third • ' . .22 Fourth • • 4OB • 192 Fifth 460. . 108 842 15e. MC 384 448 640. 276 134 871 316. 196 390 • '3Ol 4ta 'sus 69.1 ars •/88 m!:2 88‘. • 8 072 821 t 807 2,4.4 441 .114,, 464 121. 429 Aga Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth • . • Eleventh •Twelith. • . . , Thirteenth. • • Fourteenth .•. Fifteenth State enth. , • • • „. ~ &meat eenth . . ..... . .... Eig t hteenth . • • ineteenth Twentieth Twenty-first Twenty-sedond Twenty-third ' Twenty-fourth TWalltPtlith .• .. .. . • Public Esztertattentente, ONE WEEK OF ENTEITAINMENT.—The States Circus Trou Volt pe of a Messrs. Messrs. Thayer and the great nieinagerle of Messrs Van A,,, 24 7 4 . & Co., will openion Mondaylevening, for tie e...rt only, on Arch street, above Nineteenth. Te e , : ,, - " , consists of the most classical and adatirvue formers in the entertaining profession. , animals are the subjects for the student of ra:rn'l history to contemplate. The combinatio n tn ; two exhibitions cannot fail to draw crowds m pie to the immense pavilion under whin toei.Z.l% tertalmnent will be given. The Manage only here for one week, having been o r i.,„ their original route by the recent rebel ran linr Pennsylvania. The entertainment will be Nil worth seeing. Afternoon and evening slices will be given. On Wednesday m,,,, 10 +; matinee will take place, for the benefit of the tt u 4 bersburg sufferers. On Monday there will b e ; parade of the . Egyptian caravan through soee the principal streets of the city. THE MANIIATTAX 808. CAPE al, Al'.—W e vertently stated In our local columns yosta ty ru: rd "the Manhattan steamboat to Cape arty, of et having proceeded a few miles on her trip ye s ,„ l was compelled to return to the city 64 1 pairs, the engine that pumps water into the having got out of order. The most safe, meetly way to reach and return from l apo 4 4 7: by the West Jersey Railroad, which ni:ikei toe in three hours." The article, we are as,.„ o unjust, and would not have appeared had tz, e ; ii : lll seen it. The captain of the Manhattan did pe r f ot 7 f right in returning, and his prudence 5a4111.1e3.4 him to the thanks of the passengers. There n a , pleasanter trip to Cape May than by this ris Tim REBEL nitwit/Has AT ELMIRA / differ as to the cause of the trouble with tt, t prisoners at Elmira. A rebel was th,t, but was nut mortally injured, and it seems tt L Z..I negro gukirdsman warned the prisoner . fired. There was much excitement amour tee riy i ke and also among the inhabitants of Ebbw& .1, - 17 a precaution, the 54th Regiment was ordemi." duty. These troops were in addition to guard. There will probably be no diflicult), L the prisoners are numerous, and none of u at well disposed towards their Beepers. ESPERIIMNT FOR BOYS.—Fasten a nail 6r1,, a string, and suspend it to your thump a n d n and the nail will oscillate like a pen.lahno. some one place MS open hand under the nail t cl it will change to e. circular motion. then . third person place his hand upon . your shoulder xal the nail becomes in a moment stationary, • tutie Fort:mammy or hia.,T. W. Paicz's DIMS, Satoons, southwest cornerot Fourth and eirwAs; streets, ie forcibly attested in the fact that, nutria. standing the large number of absentees from tit City, his spacious Rooms are daily thronged daring the Dining bourn with gentlemen regaling cu m , selves with all the substantials and deliraciei the season, served in such a slyie as Price ROLM is capable of. All that science and art have brotim to bear in the culinary department is employed 0 his establishment with the utmost skill. Mr. Plitt may be StYled aiumptuous provider. His L'irder i t always filled with the choicest viands that the a ir. ket affords ; his cuisine is a marvel of e;eanhoio and'syrtem, and the tables of his guests, we die. not, "groan" more literally under delicious than did the Richmond fate d'hote spread for quess and Gilmore. Mr. Price's assortment of Zir,f table beverages is _ also very excellent, an 1 ;,, charges reasonable. Gentlemen dieing ".10 3 town " will find it greatly to their comfort and tatory gratification to eat at Price's. FINIICO.4x.m..rIONS are not only a greet I ulgri but they are conducive to health. The place to g t ; them in greatest variety and perfection, from in plain mint and cream candlea r to the finest Premi Preparations, such as are not found in any ye q establishment in Philadelphia, le at the poisal, r , i4 house of Messrs. E. 0.. Whitman & Co, 3;1 Chestnut street, next door toAdarns , Exprei s . Tne trade of this.house in fine confections is larger thus any other house In the city, and for this reason i n to prices are correspondingly moderate. Per; leaving the city should not fail to carry a budget these delicious articles with them. Frsa Fasarcuirasna atcrrwrso Scrubra AT Bascoarits.—We need hardly inform our routers that one of the most elegant stocks of Rezdy-Mide Clothing in the country is that of hlcliTs. (7, Somers & Son's, extensive importers and mautifi , titters, Mb 'Chestnut street, under Jayne's The public may not be aware, however, that in aa• tlclpation of the close . of the season they are tow selling the meet splendid garments at unssitaity low prices. Give them a call. Tn Fowntoo —RAID nno PlorarstLvanti, DOW undergoing its preinfiektory movements in the Shentunioah Valley, will proliably in a few dap give onr able.bodied made citizen”omething to do besides thei rtord teary businoBl3. The ptesent opportu• nity ahonld therefore be taken advantage of by O m AO /ay in their supplies of winter coal 'iron the popular new yaid•of W. W. Alter, 957 Nortlt.Ni nt h street. TRK STOOK OP GIigNTL:SEOLN'S FORNISITIrt GOODS offered by - Mr: George Grant, No. 610 Chen. mat street, Is the ehbicest and beat assorted in the lay, and the praises of his celebrated " PRIZIt 313. nag Smarr's," invented by Mi. .f. F. Taggart, are channted by a- thousand tongues. We speak from experience In pronOnncing them the best-fliday, most comfortable; and handsomest shirts made. larnaarsoanrr.rrx . oY JOKISS.—Very nearly all things perish. The proudest towers and monanfeLn enviable to ruins: : Time conquers all—except jokes: jokes are immortal. They survive the studieL speeches of orators, the profoundest or statensee. If Noah ever amused the-Inhabitants of the sit with aroke, ten chances to one it Is in existence ye; while equal - to jokei.in imperis4btlity are the tirr: class notices of the elegant ,Trnartng apparel gentlemen and youths, made. at the Brown Slow Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, Nos. 60.3 cal 905 Chestnut street, below Sixth. "ADVIOR33 PROM Tirs ARMY - OP THR POTOMAC." —We have a great many advisee from the army, but nobody seems to take the advice. In the fire place, men down there are getting fewer, and we are advisedat home,-by the increased bounties eel the increased niunber of "bounty jumpers," Met men are valuable. Aleo, another advice is not to wear your good elothes either under Baranie or under a mine, fbr you might get blown op forty doing ; but when you go down to the atm y, either as brigadier or vivandiere, get clothing suitable at Charles Stokes, under the Continental. Tyra PA-11.1010LA SPECTACILFS, are the hest in EI. They answer the wants of the eye, and minister to them without diminishingthe energy or stremoLut the organ. For sato only by E. Borhek, Optician, No. :4 Chestnut street. Sozonorrr.—This word has been stating ere,' body In the face for the put, few wcelm, getting into nearly everybody's mouth, t 3 a p-a paration'for cleansing, beautifying, and pmerrig the Teeth, moistening the breath, and arrestioe tr.+ progress of decay. Sold by druggists. au2tu=4: Elm Arm Ea* most enocerafully treated t.. 5 I. Isaacs, M. D., Oculist and Anrist, 511 Pine st. Att.