tb. ;Jatoottivr, B. W. JONKS_, JAll , ll.4llllllNgfj,i. 'Pr"' 4 !0100,01111011 1 frYbOne Constitution, One 41101111MIlltli, I' T, FIR 3, 1864. r PIIIIIIIDUNT IN 11384, eiel. WAAGE B. MCCLELLAN, &PIVIIII Wilts Division qf the Destocratk Na. tio' ma Cesvestiort.) :,14ffildbaltho army is Salithig, you as eft ra WI. OW es War is prosecuted for Preeedvation of the Vales and the VosmilitiMissi, and mo t your nationality ar.d Zia."o# 4o4 /di~ GlgO. a. b4FCLELLAN. • .0 11 7±1. and the Union I I plies together. If they stand, they 11/101 WWI together; If they WI. they out MI ,Ipliker."...Dattiei Webster, Positively the last Notice. We have a number of subscribers tku'ougbout the eounty who have had the 111161mengte filar or five win and owe us.fitaniffi to $lO. All such are notified that if their accounts are not set tled by the Ist of Nora, they will be placed leas efilear's hands**. collection without repeat to persons. This is roetwax the luit 'notice we shall give them ?he . Eileetion—A S.d Re- eord. Imirgeryestractin to-day's papa., from the ananal asemage of the Governor of Mary landohotddi he carefully read and preserved. The tesortl it mates, truly remarks a cotem panty, is eneli%h to ill the breast of every tees American petriot; with sorrow and sad ness. Il this message was from the pen of a Governor agahnit whom a suspicion of hostil ty to the Union w felt in another quarter, that hd might be,urged to lesson the weiglit due to its statewide. But it comes from a source not openlofinch a suspicion. Gover nor lardhoti; been a warm and constant enenty,„of* Cm*derate cause, and even Weal on the logbilcture now in session the emPeallnit 4 4 Whig early measures for rid- OM *adios of slavery.— It is a ' ' ' oof this char- aster, who l* ARO* in his message a record of the shameless acts by which a par tizan Admimitrisionat Irtmigagtm succeed ed to mordifewhirithalseedeen of elections in Iferyinad, If pen have an honest Repub lican siliglior, Alive-him= opportunity to mad Cleefiroso Sradikerd's plain, unvarnished narttive bidadl a. We say honest Republican, beam" it is muse to allow It to • those who an Mar asiermined to justify all that may be done by Mr. Lincoln's administration un til as last they dist find fiielr own liberties pre gonanewell as those of their neighbors. Mir Ws nmetbe messed for not no ticing neighbor Evans' falsehoods and miarepritations as to the course of the "Ifeasesier." They are not intend ed Sir flloneosibe," 4or every body here et home knows hew willfully and habit ually he /in on ns, but are designed for Fes" and foreign consumption,--espe finqunabug,ging the soldiers, upon ItheIINOVONDOB and modality the "Lieu tessair presaame immsasely. It remains tote seen, however, how far his dili ,gebt erode to Se us down with them, and jo copcilHe and 100 live them, will succeed. Own Lee Maim, we infer that a Illeestkm" hay already begun among the , t &„ They avii read, think and jiulge for *wives, and are neither &rodire mallow all the stupendous masa* that appear in the -44Repnbli care or to listen to the private ealurn- Mee or hypocritical 44 soft solder" of de swim malicious and Uquerupukm MOWN' a demagogue., whose "loyalty" to * EmPratnent expends itself MA U- theipk, ollefgey &wee and calling Demicni. 4 11 4 Whose love kr-flimaillear and his family manifests *elf od, iu opposition t° l4 ‘e a sing par , toirpoiAo 4 P4r! save the coeniliyAnd moldier from such. "friends" glir Sans still claims to be the eoldier's 1014 1:44t opposed to paying him $3O per siadlillosved IR. beaks and scabs, which sirisss wirth ]alt Oat mount le gold sr OM, WA Mead** for the soldier, as well "kb l iggyv, is, es (lea. lilrome says, "a idol di begun opinchifikk friendship which • - Rllogin's& sad Scathlaff,Letter tie Geis ,_I the num of gorrespendensa siccom lispiug General McClellan's report just brunglat to light by a resolution of Congress, the fe&wing letter, full of burning indigna tion, is copied. It was written during the progress of the seven days' terrible battle be fore Richmond ; "ThuDqueirrsas ARMY OF POTOMAC, ) SAVAGN'S STATION, p. jufte .. 2B, 1862-12:20 A. M. ) " I now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river, the right bank, we repulsed several strong attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior num bers, even after I brought my last reserves into action. The loss on both sides is terrible. I believe it will prove to be the most despe rate battle of the war. The sad remnants of my men behave as men ; those battalions who fought most bravely, and suffered most, are still in the best order. Theiregulars were superb, and I count upon whatare left to Writ another battle in company with their gallauticomrades of the 'volunteers. Ha& I (20,000) twenty thousand, or even (10,000) ten thousand fresh troops to use to-morrow, I could take Richmond ; but I have not a man in reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our honor, and no one need blush for the Army of the Potomac. I havellost this battle because my force was too small. "I again repeat that I am not responsible for this, and I say it with the earnestnes of a General who feels in his heart the loss of every brave man who has been needlessly sacrificed to -c lay. I still hope to retrieve our fortunes, but to do this the Government must view the matter in the same earnest light that I do. You must send me very large re inforcements, and•send them at once. "I shall draw back to this side of the Ohickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we bare. "In addition to what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungen ermis when I said that my force was too week merely intimated a truth which to day has been too plainly proven. If, at this instant, I could dispose of (10,000) ten thous and fresh men, I could gain the victory to morrow. ."I" know that a few thousand more men would have changed the battle from a defeat to a victory. As It is, the Government must not, and can not, hold me responsible for the result, "I feel too earnestly to-night--I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise, than that the Government has not sustained the army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. "111 save this army now, I tell you plain ly that I owe no thanks to you, or any other person in Washington. "You have done your best to sacrifice this army. GEO. B. MoCLELLAN. "To Hos. E. M. STANTON." Vit.Neighbor Evans, it seems, is de termined the Government shan't be bankrupted by paying the soldiers 30 dollars a month. If done at all, (and he said bankruptcy was "it's fix" some two weeks ago, though with his usual regard for truth he now denies lt,) we presume he wants it to be the work of Republican contractors and officials.— We infer this from the fact that he has never, to our knowledge, published a saroLE Luiz denouncing or exposing the frauds on, and stealings from, the Gov ernment since the war began, no mat ter how disgraceful or enormous !! Never a line n Comment on this fact is unnecessary. It is significant, and shows how partizan bigotry blinds him to every wrong and peculation and vil liany of those who believe in the "nig ger," who vote as he does, and who talk in the same canting strain• of their "loyalty !" The Solder- ; Noble Sentiments. Governor Parker, of New Jersey, is a true friend of the soldier, and favors increas ed compensation to the gallant men who go forth to fight the battles of the country.— The following patriotic passage occurs in his recent Message to the Legislature of that State. We commend it to the special atten tion of neighbor Evans, merely reminding him that Gov. Parker is one of the "Copper heads" we "read so much about" in the Republican :" He who leaves the endearments and com forts of home, endures the privations of a soldier, and risks health, and even life to maintain the unity of the nation, deserves generous compensation. Men of wealth, who remain at home, should aid in supporting the families of those who volunteer. They who are exempt from military service because of presumed want of physical endurance by reason of age, generally have a far greater pecuniary Interest in the existence of the government than those who are not exempted by law. Property would be of but little value if the government be destroyed, and therefore property should be taxed to pay for its protection. The soldier should be liberal ly rewarded, not only through local bounties, but by the general government in bounties and monthly compensation. There is &bon ds:tit opportunity for the exercise of econo my in other s ,' but this should not prevent paying re t s re ct soldier well. Perstnsion vs. Reality. There is paint in the following stanza.— Qan any of gnr. Republican friends "see it ?" 1311: a man may cry at every word. Wi no more loyalty than other people— ercii s not recknned a religious bird Re(mnee it keeps ft.-cawing from the steeple,' Keep It Refers the People. That the Black Republicans in Oongress voted against allowing soldiers ten nomaa a day, and at the same tune voted to give Abolition clerks rove DOLLARS a day . Oh 1 ye 'hypocrites 1 sir -Neighbor Kann says we are 'Slaty Win this opitdois his radians, and sensible mai evag wheys We are sorry wo return ifooMPOlne* ihu-aiihidoirtmor ApoMik $6 , 01 •fa sideololl ~ ~ . e "Deed-Loe " rn the Senate. The organizat*of the ¬. 1 1 1 44 161 u's no nearer a consugiliatielif than. it was three weeks ago The House will do nothing of Importance while the "dead-lock" continues. We clip the following article from the In dians, Messenger, (Itepoblican,) of the ,20th inst., Ad* goes to show that Judge White has carried the resignation of his son Harry in his pocket for the last four weeks, although Senators Penny and Lowry denied in the Senate Chamber, a few days ago, that they knew any thing about it : "The State Senate is still at a dead-lock, caused, not by Jefferson Davis at Richmond, nor yet by the copperheads of the North, but by the obstinancy of the Hon. Thos. White, of Indiana, Pa. Every one knows that had Mr. White forwarded the resignation as soon as received, there would have been none of this trouble in the Senate. A new member could have been elected and the vacancy filled before the assembling of - the Legisla ture, and thus a great expense saved to the State. But Judge White chose to retain the resignation in his wallet, and the lock in the Senate, the suspension of public business, and additional expense to the State is the conse qence. It is asserted in the Eastern papers that Major White will be released this week that the Government proposes to exchange a certain General Trimble for him. We hope the negotiations may prove successful. But we hardly think the rebels will consent to exchange Major White even for a General. Should Senator White be released to-morrow, his father will not be able to shake the re sponsibility of keeping the Senate at a stand still since the sth of January. Since the above was in type, we learn by a dispatch from Washington, that in all proba bility the rebels will refuse to exchange Maj. White for Gen. Trimble. Should this prove correct, Speaker Penny will at once declare the Major's seat vacant and order an election, whether Judge White hands in the resigna tion or not." The Democratic Party not Dead. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican is one of the few Administration papers that is not entirelylblinded by fanaticism. Here is an ex tract from its editorial columns, in which there is more truth and sense than you can find in the New York Tribune in a whole year : "There is a general jubilation in the Re publican papers over the assumed death of the Democratic party. They had better not take that for granted. A party that has just thrown more votes than ever before in every State except Massachusetts, * * * and has been beaten only by the most extraordinary efforts, can hardly be considered quite dead. • • * The moral of the political situation of the Republican leaders is, that they have no such excess of strength as to make it safe for them to be reckless or defiant as to means or measures ; that they are still on trial before the American people, as to their ability and integrity in the conduct of the government ; and that they can only hope to obtain a renewed lease of power by demonstrating that they can and will use it for the general welfare, rather than for pri vate and partisan sods." The "Reconstruction." The Louisville Journals sums up the result of its deliberations on the President's plan of "reconstruction," thus : "It must now be apparent to the true friends of the government everywhere, that they have nothing to expect from the party in power, or from any member of it. The last shadow of ground, has vanished. The rugged issue is before us. There is, under Providence, but fine dependance for the Con servative Unionists of the Republic, which, is thorough co-operation, on the basis of single minded devotion to the country, for the overthrow and expulsion of the party in power at the ballot-box. This is indeed the sole dependence of the Republic itself ; and we rejoice to believe that, if wisdom and pa triotism shall rule the conservative counsels, this dependence will not fail." Payment of Soldiers and Sailors. In the Federal House of Representatives, on the 26th, when the Naval Appropriation bill was under consideration, Mr. Allen, of Illinois, (Democrat,) offered an amendment to pay the sailors in gold or its equivalent, for the reason that paper money had de preciated one-third, while all . articles of con sumption had increased in price. Mr. Ste vens and Mr. Amos Myers, of this State, op posed the amendment, and it was, of course, rejected by the "loyal" majority, whose sym pathy for the soldiers and sailors consists only in words. The "loyal" press now takes the ground that Mr. Allen's amendment was "an effort to depreciate the currency."— Such are the miserable shifts to which the Abolitionists resort to avoid meeting the question fairly. When, some months ago, the proposition was made to pay the Presi den't salary in gold, it was all right—the "loyal" party then discovered no design in it to "depreciate the currency"—but now, when it is proposed to pay the soldiers and sailors the full amount the law fixes, why there is treason in it, and the "loyal" party turns up its nose and cries &ugh! So the soldiers and sailors must lose one-third of their pay to gratify "loyalty."---[Patriot aad Union. The Soldier's Pay. The pay of the army, says the Westmore land "Republican," was calculated at a rate which existed when gold was the circulating medium. It is manifestly unjust that sol diers, of all men whose efforts alone have kept our currency down to the point at which it is—should alone suffer from its deprecia tion. All other officers, trades and profes sions have advanced their prices ; mechanics have struck ; storekeepers have raised.— Why should families dependent on those in the field alone be unable to strike or raise ? The inequality, too, of their condition as compared with our sailers, consuls, ecc., jp manifest, The gold, which we send to this class of stipendiaries, is spent in foreign countries, draining so much from us, and benefiting their to that extent. Why the wife of Tom the soldier, should not be able to buy 'as much beef for her dollar, as the wife of poor Jack, the mOor, it would puzzle any one but a political economist of the administration leilook to tell. oleos ilisesnitecon.) Tiosessystint , it ha sadsrataai atnalw tba military um at dome* Ihat smetbsc coati for asap. yid be mad. about Moises at }biormsey, sod that 11. •call will is Air tam- iseadred likomad 16.11 far Am vassposaillharlisildsed sbia, vales sins ar_Miar.likomaiou said to ISMO/d.'1.110.401010.**111110t Thanks. Our thanks are due Hon. Jesse Lamar, and Gov. Curtin, and Dr. Patton, Q)1. Hop kins and several other members of the Leg islature, for valuable public documents. /tarßy, a letter in the hat Brown ville Clipper, from the Editor—Hurd— we see the old guyasticutas is at his old, cherished home—Fully Island. He has been communicating from that point all his life. Military Interference in the Mary- land Eleotion. Extract from the Message of Governor Bradford, of Maryland. I avail myself of this occasion to advert to certain events connected with our recent election which de serve your most serious considera tion. It would be much more agreeable to me to avoid all allusion to them. I cannot, however, do Sc) consistently with my sense of what is due to the rights and honor of the State, to the office which by the favor of its citizens I occupy, or—l may with sincerity add—to the cause of the Union itself, in my opinion so intimately blended with the cause of the law and Constitution that any outrage inflicted, especially in its name, upon them, necessarily to some extent recoils upon it. A few days before that eloction, a military order was issued form the army headquarters at Baltimore, which in effect placed the polls under the sur veillance and at the command of the military authorities. 1 was the less prepared for any such order from the fact that though in frequent person al communication with the military authorities of the department, 1 had received no information whatever of it. In that part of the State against which the movement seemed to be more practically directed (the east ern shore) there would seem to have been less necessity, as there certain ly was less semblence of au' hority than elsewhere ; for whilst martial law had been proclaimed upon the western shore of the State in June last, and had not been repealed up to the day of election, upon the east ern shore it had never been proclam ed at all. You will be furnished with a copy of this order, and it is not necessary further to recite it than tc state in general terms that it wag to be executed by the mill tar . ) , aided by the provost marshals.— They were to arrest voters whom they might consider disloyal, in ap proaching or hanging about -the polls ; a prescribed form of oath was furnished, without taking which no one, if challenged, could vote , and the several commanding officers were charged to report to headquar ters any judge of election who should refuse to administer that oath, or to aid in carrying out that order. The President modified the first part of the order on the Monday preceding the election ; but even that modifi cation seemed to receive no atten tion from those intrusted with its execution, and was in some instances openly disregarded. Prominent a mong.the provost marshals to whom the execution of this order was in part committei, were several who were themselves candidates for im portant offices. These marshals ap pointed for the purpose of the militia enrollment and draft, were placed by the law creating them under the control of the provost general, but to insaro the right to employ them about this election order, special au thority was obtained from. Wash ington to place them for the time be ing under the orders of the military authorities. If; with these facts before me, and seeing the judges of election, sworn to conduct it accord ing to the laws of the State, openly menaced with arrest unless they re cognized the military authority and conducted it by the rules which that authority prescribed, I had stood si lently by and lailed to assure them of the protection of the State to the extent of its ability, I should have felt myself utterly unworthy of the plane of its chief magistrate. 1, therefore, on the Monday evening preceding the election, issued a proc lamation giving them this assurance, a copy of which is . herewith submit ted. Before the following morning military orders were sent to the eastern shore, directing its circula tion to be suppressed, the public papers were forbidden to publish it, and an embargo laid on all the steamers in port trading with that part of the State, lest they might carry it. An attempt has been made to justify the military order upon the ground that its only purpose was to exclude disloyal voters who bad by their conduct kistly forfeited their franchise. An examination of the oath, however, which it prescrib ed, will show that even had it emanated from undoubted authority, it would accomplish no such encl.— !No matter. what had been the con i dirt of the voter, there was nothing in the oath calculated to exclude him; it had no reference to his past conduct; and every traitor who had left the State and had but just re turned from the rebel army might have taken it with impunity. It oontaiged only a promise of good behavior—a promise which, as a very slight atonement, many a rebel sym pathizer might and doubtless did very readily make, whilst the loyal tsitisen who had stood always faith ful to his allegiance would feel justly indignant at having his loyalty chal lenged, or tieing required to give any guarantee for hie future conduct or te enable him to exercise a prix tinge .bad never forfeited. now far it accomplished the purpose claimed- ter it, erhow far my tici- Wiens, 4f the coasequec cos of.itli vedea' and the abases to whieh •iy apaaishlessil irate reallised; Lll 4iip• *gar ge-bitfir reooresica to seasoist, e tampotiitits Ceenglioadvillik bit eiseutjon. Those straws 4•014. menced even before the opening of his duty, it would, in my opinion, have been the polls. On the day preceding a fortunate consliviion anis military admin the election, the officer in command istratoilh which had been previously distin of the regiment w hien bad been dig- rated by marked ability and success. 130 tributed among the counties of the .i.tual l e l i ewever, as concerns. these more imme preparation of Eastern Shore, and who had. him- Co nnect ed appear, should self landed in Kent county, corn— its unwritt'en deservedver published, less that menced his operations by arresting the commanding ge y neral e and sending across • the bay some sure than those who instigated it, areidswicieons influence he probably yielded ten or more of the most estima- the more read ily, as such instigations camepartly from our ble and distinguished of its citizens, own citizens. Such a cor.sideration,lowever, including several of the most stead is by no m . means calculated to diminish the fast and uncompromising loyalists dan e gero umishn such a l igrt precedent. I f men inter of that Shore. the jail of the con n- e std hlpolitical re ty was entered, the jailer seized, suits can by any p influenceenlist eean inth be imprisoned and afterwards sent to half such a tremendous instrument of their wer Baltimore, and prisoners confined as was here employed, no election will prob therein under indictment, set at lib- ably everoccur in which the same means will not be again attempted. You will preceive erty. The commanding officer re by several of therommunications I have re ferred to gave the first clue to the calved on this subject that I have been ap ch arac ter of disloyalty against pealed to, to , i commissions or certiti he considered himself as particular- cates of election in districts where these abuses ly commissioned by printing and were practiced. I possess, however, no such publishing a proclamation in which power, my duty in the premises being simply referring to the election to take a ministerial one consequent upon the official turns of the udges of So uent place next day, he invited all truly were the applications toelecti me on. to this freq effect loyal to avail themselves of that op- that I deemed it a proper subject for legal portunity and establish their loyal- advice, and having consulted the lion. Rev ty "by giving a full and ardent sup- erdy Johnson, he forwarded to me a written port to the whole government ticket opinion sustaining the views I had enter upon the platform adopted by the tained, and a copy of which is herewith fur- Union League Convention," (leder- Dished. It becomes you to consider whether ing that "none other is recognized there is any remedy within your power by by the federal authorities as loyal which such proceedings may be in any degree restrained. l The Constitution declares that or worthy of support of any oneelections shallbe d by h ballot, and I would who desires the peace and restore- all earnestly t a by you secureeffectualsecure thero Lion of the Union." To secure the benefit that provisions ile election of that ticket seemed to be hibition of all such marks upon the ballot r as the business to which he and his are calculated to expose its contents or to officers especially devoted them- distinguish one ballot from another. If by selves throughout the day of elec.- use of colored paper or other means of des ignation, such exposure is effected, the whole , tion. In the statements and cer- objectA,yai t te of the Constitutional requirement is tificates which have been forwarded defeated. if ng th exste a i tp d ro a v o is d ion he of our to me from difforent counties in that law which has so Congressional district, I have been universally considered as one of the en saf s : furnished, 1 presume, with an ac- guards of free elections, which forbids the mustering of armed troops in the neighbor count of part only of the outrages hood of the polls, be indeed no longer ad to which their citizens were subject- missible b or appropriate to our condition, it should ed. The "government ticket" above the propriety erealdecl, adopting otherwise t you will referred to, was in several, if not all see of these counties, designated by its ion which shall, if of d poss o itile i , ng ca s tios m e e via to be color; it was a yellow ticket; and respected. It might, probably, be accom armed with that, a voter could safe- plished by requiring the judges of election to ly run the gauntlet of the sabres certify in their return that no military or other armed force had appeared at the place and carbines that guarded the entrance of voting or interfered in the election, and making to the polls, and known sympathizers such certificate a condition to any with the rebellion were as certified to executive action thereon_ me, allowed to vote unquestioned, if they would vote that ticket, whilst loy al and respected citizens, ready to take the oath, were turned back by .the offi cers in charge without even allowing them to approach the polls. In one district, as appears by certificate from the judge, a military officer took his stand at the polls before they were opened, declaring that none but "the yellow ticket" should be voted, and ex cluded all others throughout the day.— In another district a similar officer caused every ballot offered to be exam ined, and unless it was the favored one the voter was required to take the oath, and not otherwise ; andin another again, after one vote only had been given, the polls were closed, the judges all arrest ed and sent out of the county, and mil itary occupation taken of the town.— But I will not detain you with a recap itulation of all the abuses that these statements disclose. I have caused copies of them to be transmitted to you, and they cannot fail to arrest your at tention. They present a humiliating record, such as I had never supposed we should be called upon to read in any State, still less in a loyal one like this.— Unless it be indeed a fallacy to suppose that any rights whatever remain to such a State, or that any line whatever marks the limit of Federal power, a bolder stride across that power was never made, even in a rebel State, than it did here on the 4th of last November. A part of the army which a generous people had supplied for a very different purpose was on that day engaged in stifling the freedom of election in a faithful State, intimidating its - sworn of ficers, violating the constitutional rights of its loyal citizens, and obstructing the usual channels of communication be tween them and their executive. If I have deprecated such proceedings, I have been actuated in so doing scarce ly more by a sense of what was due to the laws and Constitution of the State, than by a regard for the safety and success of the Union and the maintenance of that popular respect for and confidence in its constituted author ities so important to the triumph of the great cause they have in charge. The moral influence of such sentiments is worth to those . administering the gov ernment far more than the results of an election where such proceedings are tolerated. But notwithstanding their occurrence, I trust and believe they will never cause you to forget your duty to your country, c , )ol your ardent devo tion to the Union, lead you to feel the slightest sympathy with those who have assailed it, or to seek fellowship with those that do. Maj. Gen. Dix, when in command of this department, at the time of the election in 1861, and, when, too, rebeldom was backed by its organ ized supporters in our very midst, took the true and statesmanlike view of the policy proper on such an occasion, when, in directing his provost marshal, he said, that whilst there was no diffi culty in controlling Maryland by force, that this was not what was wanted, but that we wished to control it by the power of opinion, and that to satisfy the country that the people were on our side, we must leave them to an un biassed expression of their wishes.— They were left to that unbiassed ex pression, and such was its character that I had supposed no one would still require evidence oftheir loyalty. Gen. Dix was even appealed to by some of the judges of election t 9 authorize an oath to voters of doubtful loyalty, and although it appears, from the tenor of his reply, that the oath suggested was nothing more than an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, he refused to order it,. saying to them , among other things, "the Coma/don and laws of Maryland provide Jur the exercise of the elective fraichite by regaletiene with which I have rip rigid to interfere." A copy of Maxi/minim sod OK *M m C lown. this letter, di November 1, 1661, New Your, Jstl , 23.. An extract a n d _apriaale4 to the 44ift of as eke- *out kilter when t i t e Arch Duke tion rif terra - &linty; i s kerir«. 111aziniiiiini to Gera is publish with coaaniunieeteirnad. eemiimeinW to . ed. The Ala Dui* tasimAimabbe pow .was alliblatate Amu* ' lie . 61,1 ikkainn —an oreittlitreeilit order tsketilkulin~ etram a • - !Ow 'Ar A Draft for 500,000 Men Ordered ! THE DRAFT TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 10TH OF MARCH. WASFIINGMN, Feb, Ist, 1864.—The President has issued the following Or der:— EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, Feb. Ist, 1864.—1 t is ordered that a Draft for 500,000 men, to serve for three years or during the war, be made on the 10th day of March next, for the military service of the United States, crediting and deducting therefrom so many as may have been enlisted or draft ed into the service prior to the Ist day of March, and not heretofore credited. Signed, ABRAHAM LINCOLN 411 two. Cavalry Skirmish. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—The follow ing dispatch has been received at the headquarters of the army : CHATrANOOGA, Jan, 27.—Major Gen eral Halleck, General-in-Chief : Col. Boon, with a force of four hundred and fifty men of the 28th Kentucky mount ed infantry, and the 4th Michigan cav alry, attacked the camp of the Home Guards, Col. Culbertson commanding, and routed them, destroying their camp, a considerable number of arms and other property, and retired to the camp with out any loss to his force. Johnson's brigade, of Roddy's com mand, crossed the Tennessee river three miles above Bainbridge, and six miles below Florence; intended to form a junction with a bridge of infantry who were expected to, cross the river at Lamb's and Brown's ferries, and thence proceed to capture our forces there. He engaged them, killing one hundred and fifty and wounding a number, including three commissioned • officers. Our loss is ten wounded. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Major General Commanding Successful Expedition up James Riv- WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—The following has been received at the War Department : Forums MONROE, Jan. 20,—Hon. E. M. Stanton:--Brig. Gen. Graham. by my direc tions, went with three armed' transports, and a competent force to the Peninsula, and made a landing on James River, seven miles below Fort Powhatan, know as the Brandon Farms, and captured twenty-two of the ene my, seven of the signal corps, and brought away ninety-nine negroes ; destroyed 2,000 lbs. of pork ; a large quantity of oats and iron. They also captured a schooner and sloop with 240 boxes of tobacco, and five Jews preparing to run the blockade. The expedition returned without the loss a man. Buj. E. Bungß, Major General Commanding, The State of Arkansas. The President has notified the Arkan sas delegation that he has sent instructions to Gen. Steele to order an election tor Gov ernor in that State at once. As soon as that is done, the regular elections for State officers and representatives to Congrees will follow. Interesting from Tennessee---The Rebels Defeated at Athens- -Johnson Badly Whipped at Florence. NASHVILLE, Jan. 27.—Information from Gen. Dodge at Pulaski, Tenn., under date of 26th, says that the enemy crossed Tennessee river last night, at-- tacked Athens this morning and were defeated. They are now trying to get back. The troops at Athens had most ly gone to Florence to attack Johnson's force erossh.7 there, and Col. Harrison with 600 rebels, and two pieces of artil lery, took advantage of their absence and were badly defeated. STILL LarEu—Advices say that Dodge badly whipped Johnson at Florence.— In all probability the raid is at an end. An Expedition to Savannah--Review of Troops--No Hopes of Reaching Charleston this Winter. NEW York, Jan. 26.--A letter from Folly Island to the Commercial says rumors are still prevalent among the troops of a medita ted military expedition toward Savannah, but nothing of a reliable character was known. There was a general review of all the troops on 'the Island on the 20th, seven thousand men were in line, besides two full batteries Gen. Terry is in command on Folly Island All hopes of reaching Charleston this winter have died away among the troops. The Situatiou at Charleston. A correspondent of the New York Tri bune, who claims to be well informed in re lation to affairs in:the Confederacy, says : The rebel press is now attempting to per suade the people that Charleston has in no way been injured' and that it is so strongly fortified as to decide all efforts directed against it by the Union armies. The inhab tants who, upon an express order of Beaure gard, had evacuated it and located themselves a few miles from it, are coming every day into town, attending as usual to their busi ness, without troubling themseles much about the shells. Five thousand negroes, mostly employed in filling up and carrying sand bags, with a gar rison of about two thousand soldiers, and tt few thousand poor white people, compose the whole male population of Charleston during the night. Few houses have hitherto been injured ; in the majority of cases the damage has been immediately repaired. The little injury done to the buildings by the bombardment is, according to rebel re ports, attributed to the fact that the com bustible material known by :+the name of Greek fire evaporates and dies out during the passage of the bomb by which it is carried, so that in the majority of the cases the pro jectile falls harmless on the ground. At the last date the rebels were expecting an attack by lard, and were preparing for it. l3eaure guard has been increasing his lines of de fence by means of sand-bags piled up one up on the other, which, bastion-shaped, have been provided with embrasures and para pets, like those used in regularly built fortrev ses. As it is now, the' city is said to be de fended by one hundred and fifty guns of various calibre and range, and looks like Sebastopol at the time of its splendor. Death of Hon. James B. Clay. MONTREAL, C. W., Jan. 27.---The Hon. James B. .Clay, of Kentucky, ex minister to Portugal and ex-member of Congres from the Ashland district, died in this city last night. His remains will leave to-night for Kentucky for interment. CONSCRIPTING NRGROEB.-A bill is now be fore the Confederate Congress fer conscript ing three hundred thonsand negroee, and forcing them into the ranks, to serve as teamsters, cooks, nurses, and to construct fortifications, &c. Mr. Foote, of Tengtimeee, introduced the bill, which was strongly op posed by Messrs. Hunter and Boteler, of Virginia ; Hill, of Georgia ; Miles, of S. C., and others; but is popular, and its passage is regarded as probable. ' The Green Bay Advocate chronicle* the death of Oharlotte Burcha in the ono hundred and twenty-sixth year of her age.— She was born near Green Bay, passed throngb many of the . early Indian wars, and in one desperate struggle had both her ears cut off.. itifrAt camp Douglas, near Chicago, in the recent cold weather, eighty sol diers on guard, had their feet, ankles and hands so badly frozen that they are in . capacitated for duty for some time— many for life. Two rebel prisoners who_ escaped were frozen to death. Mrs. Lamb, of Jackson county, Indi ana, froze to death in her own house on the night of the Ist, for lack of sufficient bedclothing to protect her from the sev erity of the weather. She was very old, and was in most destitute circum stances. I fleirin Yorkshire, England, up to, the week before Christmas there had not been more than twelve hours of slight, frost. Roses were in foliage, goose berries had flowered, and rhubarb was "pushing in the open ground." Nair Gov. Bramlette, of Xeutucky, refuses to permit the recruiting of negroes in that State. i.rrrsevittai einxtriCtt. mitt- SETS. Prrrsairmu, Tan. 30, 1961 Grain—Wheat is selling from wagon at, former quotations ; sale on track of 1 car prime red at $1,47. Oats dull hut un changed ; small sales frosn first hands at sBoaBlc, and from store at 85c. Corn is a shade lower ; sale of 2eKli sacks, in Fans from depot at $1,20. Barley is nnchanged ; annaff sales of Spring at $1,35, and Fall at $l,BO. Flour-03ntinues dull and neglected, not withstanding which the market is firm and prices are fully sustained. Small melee from store at $6,25a5,50 for Extra, and $7,00a. 7,50 tor Extra Family. Seeds--sale from store of 30 bash Timo thy Seed, at .11,,Vrtir bushel. Clover 54061040 +1 fie V. #fit Awl ranges tromp, *e abillagN ales from sealfe,dllololll.P.a4 to $lO er tou.
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