the ._i",t oil-attic.
R. W. JONES, I Editors.
JAB. S. „INNINGS,i
One Country, One Constitution, One
Destiny."
11W111010%V411tlik) ke
WEDNESDAY, ,1111 Th 29, 1864.
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1884,
GEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN,
'Subject to the Declaim of the Democratic No
'lona/ Couventiou.]
pMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET,
4,gsgmßLY,
THOMAS ROSE,
OF PEROT TP.
SHERIFF,
HE A Tilt JONI NS,
OF WASHINGTON.
pO3/311k3SIONEp.,
THOMAS SCOTT,
Or WRITELT.
Ini•TRICT ATTORNEY,
JOSEPH G. RITCHIE,
I=
POOR HOUSE DIRRCToR,
ARTHUR RINEHART,
OF FRANKLIN
tATIT O R ,
♦. J. MARTIN,
OP WAVN
4.ll'h'le the army is fighting, you as cit.
bens see that the war is prosecuted for
the preserrAtioh of the Union and the
constitution, and of your nationality &mil
your rights' as citisens.”
GUM. 13. McCL ELLAN.
•'The Constitution and the Tinton I
I plate them together. If they stand, they
moat stand togethip; If they fall, they
meta fall togetherAL -Daniel TYetjter.
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POSTPONEMENT OP THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
NEW YORK, Juno 22.
• The National Democratic Copunitteo
decided this evening to fllipp (4NT THE
'MEETING OF THE PEMOCRATIC ONVENTION,
wbiPb had been called for July 4th.—
THE CONVENTION WILL BE
HELD IN CHICAGO, ON MON
DAY, AUGUST 29m.
(Signed) AUGUST BELMONT, MM.
FREDERICK 0. PIERCE, Sec'y.
Gold.
The telegraph informs us that Gold ranged
in New York, the other day, from 210 to 245!
in view of these extravagant quotations, we
risk little in saying that the great financial
revolution which has so long been foreseen
and predicted, is closely rand rapidly ap
proaching, and every day's experience dem
onstrates thp folly of all the expedients of !ft.
phase pd his friends to avert or defer it.—
The truth is, the public have lost confidence
in Mr. Chase's sagacity and his expedients,
and the greatest financial blockheads in the
country are yet "sharp" enough to see that
gifit quly remedies for our monied ills are t •
be found in lucre/145d taxation and the dimin
ution of our paper money issues. The former
might imperil the success of the Abolitionists
at the coming Presidential election, and for
that reason is not likely to be resorted to,
while the tatter is 44erly impracticable.—
Verily, the Administratip u la in a most awk
ward
dilemma.
Repealed.
The present Abolition Copgresa has just
repealed thiFugitive Slave Law, and refused
pu enact anything in its stead. This action
is equivalent to striking cut a plain clause of
the Federal Oonstitution t .as it renders it
of no effect. How the Border States will
receive this action remains to be seen.
MiscsozNamos . .—The 4. Y. Indepeni
put, a leading Republican paper, of a recept
4ate says.; '
"We have readied a point it our affairs
whei we are willing to greet the black man
asae'a soldier. We must advance to that in
evitable goal when we shall Meet him as
as oNleer, a general, a ruler—when we shall
be munin4bal of COIOF as we are now of len
,.
PRP."
111,4 k l ban thought that pflEt* ors
.= . o tOotwo`ttior don't lidpew
• -,„pot woody coo iforl to
Wolk
tits current prious
Shoddy.
dul nistration convent
The administration convention, which as
sembled at Baltimore recently, nominated
Abraham Lincoln for President, and An
drew Johnson for Vice Pregdent. In other
years Andy Johnson was # Democrat and a
patriot ; but he was bought over to the
Lideoln party by the appointment of mili
tary, or provincial, Governor of Tennessee,
and having established his loyalty by the
most abject subserviency to all the outrages
perpetrated by the administration, he is now
put fokward as the shoddy candidate for the
Vice Presidency. No man in Tennessee is
said to be more despised thaw this same
Andy Johnson ; and, therefore, it is not
probable that his nomination will add much
strength to the Lincoln ticket.
A correspondent of the World thus gives
the spbstanee of the resolutions adopted at
the Baltimore Ccnvention :
Opposition the to arbitrary arrests, 0
In' favor of the liberty of the press, 0
Maintenance of the Monroe doctrine, . 0
Againif . iiolation of the right of fi syln r n , 0
In favor of a constitutional Curreuey, 0
Suppression of the rebellion, t;
Laudation of the administration,
Abuse of the copperheads,
Buncombe,
Nigger,
Total,
The following is, also, giveti by th,e same
writer as a fair representation of the differ
ent classes of unconditionally loyal patriots
who occupied seats as 4,elegates. :
Office-holders, z
•
86
Relatives and friends of office-holders, 120
Contractors and fast friends of contractors 90
Congressmen, ,14
Niggers, 10
Editors of party journals * . 20
The rest are unaccounted for, but it is be
lieved that they will all be fmind in the three
classes fiat mentioned.
Pile on the Taxes.
The New York Times, a Lincoln organ,
calls for more taxes. It says we must tax
more heavily, although in 1804 the people
will be called upon to pay:
oar Federal Taxes,
Be-State Taxes,
/kV-County Taxes,
BEV-Borough and township Taxes,
!fa -School Taxes,
bit-Bounty Taxes,
Kir Conseriptiim Txtes,
gfirMilitia Taxes,
BEV-Special Taxes,
Bey-License Taxes,
NiV - Road Taxes,
Roor Taxes,
,Internal Revenue Taxes,
airinconie Taxes, and a heavy additional
taxation for everything they eat, drink, and
wear! Oh the beauty of keeping Lincoln in
power.
Now and Than.
The editor of the Journal of Commerce,
being asked in reference to passing events:
"Why do you not direct attention to this
wonderful vindication of Gen. McClellan's
military gen ins?"—ans wers thus: -- 'Because
there is no need of it. The eloquence and
logic of events are so powerful that there is
,not to-day in the whole country, from Maint,
to palifoini A , a tau of /fry political party
who is not thinking of just ibis plain and
overwhelming proof of the masterly ability
of McClellan. Those w?p are Ipudpt to-day
in abasing him, do it because they feel most
bitterly the force of the truth. Conld the
nation but go back two years and know a 4
much as it knows to-Jay, how different
would be the course!'
The Baltimore Platform.
The following two things every American
citizen will do well to remember:-
1, The Republican Convention at Balti
more indorsed all the arbitrary arrests, the
abrogation of the liberty of the press, free
dom of speech and of person, and the inter
ference of the military with free elections, as
"unswerving fidelity to the C)nstitution and
the principles of American liberty."
2. It endorsed the corruption of the most
important of our elections, by Mr. Lincoln's
one-tenth rotten-borough system, in admit
ting delegates without a constituency..
What Abplitignigm has gone.
The Louisville Journal tellr the whole story
thus: "The Republican petty, with Mr.
Lincoln at its head, has repudiated alike the
Crittenden resolutions, the Chicago platform,
and the. Constitution of the Union. It has
made a clean sweep of all its solemn engage
ments to the people. It has forswora itself
and betrayed the nation. In 'order tp get in
to power the Republican party pledged itself
to maintain inviolate the Constitutional
rights of the States, and in order to collect a
mighty army it answered the pledge; but now
that it has got into power, and has collected
a mighty army it tears its pledge to shreds,
and tramples the Constitutional rights of the
Stares in the dust."
ger.. - W6 24)4 tlo t p following incident in an
exchange. How triany such are transpiring
every day, which never become known to
the community :—"Mrs. Betsey Elliott,
whose hiKband is in the 17th Maine Regi
ment, was found dead in •Portland, a few
days since, on the floor, theTe being no bed .
or furniture in the house, and nothing to
eat. Her daughter, about 15 years old, was
the only person with her. The Corpse was
lying 'upon a few rags, and there was noth
ing in the hope to cover it with. §be died
from want."
-Pl 4f a hundred spa five men were draft
ed in Indiana connty, Pa., to fill deficiencies
in the late calls. Of this number, four re
ported for service and one furnished a substi
tute. Indiana, 4t shpuld be remembered, is
an exceedingly loyal oßnnty, usually giving
about two thousand pittier4Y for the 4 1 Q11-
don ticket.
• aor What a pacifying effect uppu the
rebe4fon 09 Baltimore resolution ilgOcripg
that slavery ahall be destroyed, will' have, tp
be sure! If human nature is what It inagl
to bey tbg of krouirede of thousand
' ofr mn 44510. to those foolish
net&
.Lich
No Paper next Week.
According to ,our ctistop4, we will
publish no paper for the week including
the 4th of:July. Printers must have
a little rest, as well as other men. and
we feel coptident our readers will not
'object to it, especially as they will re
ceive tlw full pumper of papers in the
year.
ITEMS, PQ),.ITICAL AND OTHER
WISE.
Cfq:parrL PROSETCT.—Forney, the nepub
lican Clerk of the 11. S. Senate, in a letter
to his Press, under date of Washington City,
speaking of crushing out the rebellion, says :
"The vast reserve army—the men in civil
life, the men of middle age, and the youth
between seventeen and eighteen years, will,
in all probability, be called tor to help finish
the work."
We have reason to suppose that inai2z
who voted for Curtin last fail, will not v✓
for Lincoln to avoid the draft.
SarThe learned and impartial editor of
the National Intelligencer devotes seven col
umns to an exhaustive
.discussion of tie
Arguelles case, and concludes as follows:
In the case of 4rgueJles the executive has
assumed all the authority which by the Coin
stitution is distributed among the treaty
making power and the judiciary. Without
treaty, without law, and without judicial ac
tion, the executive has assumed•to do what
only all these combined could lawfully em
power him to do.
serln March last, John W. Forney ex:
pressed fear that there was danger of a fa •
tal severing of the republican party. It is
said of a certain little reptile, that, if you
cut him in two in the middle, the part that
has the teeth will thin round and eat the
other half up and fatten on the meal. From
appearances, this is precisely the process by
which the 4.incolnites hope to dispose of the
Fremonters, But we think the tail part is
so large iu size in this case, that the head
part has not sufficient capacity to hold 4.--
I:Detroit Free Press.
SCTICOLED.—The president of one of the
"loyal leagues" iu New Jersey, liable to mil
itary duty, and as such drafted under the
law of Congress, tied from home soon after
he was drafted. lle is now supposed to be
la Canada, in company with scores of other
"loyal" Vpocrites and cowards wlnt were
tierce in favor of "a vigorous prosecutlon of
the war," so long as they wege not called
upon to help do the fighting.
10
10
10
65
IQ-Kelly of Pennsylvania, in his speech
in congress, thus eulogized American citi
zens of Afaican descent:
"Mr. speaker, the we of this era of
whom the poet will sipg in highest strains,
the men whom the orator will cost eulogize,
ttie men iu this grand civil war of wuom the
historian will write his most glowing pan
egyrics, are the negro soldiers . of the loyal
army."
The white man mast stand back hereafter
when the merit of this war is discussed, lie
is a decided fliilure.
ca-The House of Representatives, by a strict
party vote, has voted to repeal the fu
gitive slave law. Hereafter, therefore, there
is to be a right of asylum in this country for
negroes, but not for white men. The slave
who awes herviu under the Constitution is
absolved from the obligation by act of Cqu
gress; but the stranger who comes to par
shores, if he has the misfortune to be white,
can find no asylum here; for the lags can he
daringly and.ostentatiously violated tp kidnap
I.4tp p • :/t of the country,
liiiy-The Tribune of June 17th, admits that
the rebels hoped and prayed for the success
of the Lincoln ticket in 1860, so that they
could destroy the Union. While Gen. Grant
is poking the rebels out of Richmond with
the bayonets of his brave army, let the loyal
people of the I\:,•orth rally and drive the Re
'Ahcans from Washington by loyal vote..
—[Valley tilpirit.
• lErDown with the Republicans and
rebels, the twin curses of our country. The
Tribune of June 17th, acknowledges that
they worked together for the election of Lin
coln and the destruction of the Union. All
opposition administration would restore the
Union and give us back our liberties --[VaHey
Spirit.
Vggi-The Abolitionists seem resolved that
negrqes shall be placed on a level with white
men. They can't be placed on a level with
the masses of white men. To get them on
a level with the fanatical Abolitionists, we
don know whether it would be necessary
to leysl .np or to level down.—[Louisvillo
Journal.
iger Uncle Abe signalized his re-nomina
tion by a recommendation to Congress to re
peal the $3OO exemption clause. This is!the
first gun of the political campaign. He
wants to get as many melt into the army as
possible, se, that Le can the more convenient
ly manage them.
A. Republican paper talks of purging
their party of all the rogues and Govern
ment speculators, disorganizers and mischief
makers. What a good thing this would be
for the, country—but what would become of
the party ?
MATCHES vs. Taxis.—The House of Rep
resentatives has passed a bill providing for a
stamp dnty of one cent on each box of match
es. The Government mny tax our matches,
but w•e challenge tl:o world to match our
t axes. .
serl resigned my commission in the ar
my to regain libety of speech.—J. C. Fre
mont.
Think of that, white men, who prize your
privileges a/ American citizens. Thp i# a
world of meaning in what Fremont apps.
/-The Statesman says three thousand
farms in Ohio are left without, a man LA at
tend them—thousands of fields 413 ., left to
*wither for the want of hands to Wyatt),
them.
ger* is noticed that the anti-Fremont
Republicans have nothing p say about the
•irottly Oros." For a gcnd reason, they are
the "woolly" °Ow* 04° time.
11 Tt II aid than Voir in Boston bake
twin panted Quota, titecnnee as never nem
to be tiall.
In his speech at the Cleveland Conven
tion, Gen. Cochrane delivered the following
sentiment, slid' it is said, was received pith
"much applause:" "Intimately cone eoted
with these rights is the 'freedom of the press,'
and the administration or the man who would
aim a blow at it is more guilty than he who
is a traitor to the cause of his Country."
w-The New York Worhl .copied a few
days ago the high wrought praises showered
upon Fremont iu 18 1 46, just after his nomi
nation for President by the • Republicans,
with due credit but without note or comment.
The Republican press calls such publication
a "scurvy trick;"—[Rochester Union.
gaclt should be generally
. known that,
by a recent decision of the War Department,
all soldiers who have been discharged from
the service by reason of wounds received in
battle are entitled to a bounty of SIC 4), no
matter how short the term of service.
jggrA Minister travelling through the West,
some years ago, asked an old lady on whom
he called what she thought of the doctrine
of total depravity? "Oh," she replied, "I
think it is a good doctrine if the people
would only live up to it."
crStanton telegraphed all over the coun
try two weeks ago, that General Butler held
the key to Richmond. An exchange, at the
risk of being called disloyal, says, that owing
to Butler's obliquity of vision he could not
find the key-hole.
For the Messenger.
The 140th Regiment.
IN THE FIELD, June 9th, 180.
Masers. JoNlts & JENSINGB:—PIease give
place in your columns, for the casualties in
Co. A, 140th, Pa., Vols., during these series
of fights. They are as follows:
Capt. J. F. McQullongh, wounded May
31st, 1864 died same day.
Corpl. J. W. Peden, wounded May Sth,
died May 15th, 1864.
Private John Gray, killed Iff.y 2nd, 1864.
Private John R. M. Green, killed June
6th, 1864.
I'rivatc Benjamin Dunstan, killed May
12tli, 1864.
Privatco Alexander RobinFon, wounded
June 6th, 1864-, since died.
Private George Jones, wounded in leg,
May 12th, 1864, slightly.
Private Harrison Anderson, wounded in
arm, May 12th, 1864, slightly.
Private A. J. Walter, wounded May 12th,
1864, in tne
Private John genry, w ! )141+(1iy 12th,
1434, in the hand.
Private TAndspy flonpe, wpt;lided Nay
12th, 1863, in the thigh:
Private D. R. Hoge, wounded May 12th,
1864, in the side slightly, retarned to duty.
Private Jesse Sprowls, wounded May 12th,
1864, in the shoulder.
Private Michael Eddy, wounded May Bth,
1864, in the side.
Private Ehud Steel, wounded May 21st,
1864, in the leg.
Private I% . ;orval Troy, wounded June 14t,
1864, ip the breW.
Private Michael 'loupe, woiltuledJnne 2nd,
1864, in the hand.
Private George Freeland, wounded May
12th, 1864, in the thigh.
Private Job Smith, son of Craven, Missing
in action May 12th, 1864.
Private Pavid p.-ina, missing in action
Viay 12th, 1864.
Comply with the above and oblige
J. M. PIPES, Lt. Cot»NI.
Co. S. 14!)th, Pa., Vole.
More Nigger.
We not only need a stronger infusion of
negro in the army, but we need it in other
departments. Elizur 'Wright, in a ?eceut
communication to a Boston journal, says:
"In view of the poverty of white intellect,
as exhibited in this war, as a general rule,
from the President downward, I should re
joice to see some colored man, Frederick
Douglas, for example, placed in the Presi
dential chair."
Ot the poverty of the white Intellect, as ex
hibited by the present party iu power, there
can be but one opinion; and the question only
remains whether it would be an improyement
to substitute some real colored genqetnett tor
those who, althoUgh they tray be lacking
sctnewhat in the blood, are fully impregnated
with the African spirit. Perhaps a genuine
npg,ro would be better than an imitation, and
as Frederick Douglas is only something less
than half, it we are to try the experiment, it
would be well to take time by the forelock,
and import some of the pure blood from Con
go with which to breed Presidents to meet
accruing demands.
We could cite from history an ahundance
of instances in which nations have been ben
.,
etitted by adopting:a dynasty of sovereigns of
different blood or color from their own. The
royal houses of Peru and Mexico were of a
different breed from the body of their sub
jects, at the time of the discovery of these
countries. The kings of the 4iviput Scan
dinavians were descender} from for!zign stocks
and preserved the currents of their reins free
from vulgar contamination. Captain Speke
found six ilar phenomena in interior Africa.
When great Britain loses the seed of sover
eignty, she is accustomed to import afresh
from Polland or Germany. We are at con
siderable expense learning the principles of
nationality; and it may not be impossible that
there is true wisdom iu this idea of adopting
a colored dynasty, although it is quite the
opposite of our former notions upon the sub 7
jeer. There is nothing to be learner} Tithout
experiment.—rc`incinnati inquirer.
Gen. Polk Really Killed.
Alt doubts as tc the death of the rebel
General Bishop Polk are dissipated by
the following dispatch which we find in
the Petersburg Express of the 16th;
ATLANTA, June 15.—The remains of
Gen. Polk arrived here this morning
and were deposited in St. I.,lllre'g church
The funeral services were doriditctlid
a sermon delivered 14 - Rev. pi. Quin
ton", befogs ppy,e assembly. The rt
=dila 'DIN then - escorted to the poon
0* for Augusta•sith militarhonors.
Tip
'death of this Christian hero ha
made a pro€oanili on all ohm' •
era ge 4?!!r oanunanfty.
Natidnal Expenses Eight Years Ago.
The following, clipped from the NIMS York
Ledger of July iBth, is curious, when con
trasted with the expense account ,of the pres
ent day. Mr. Bonner expressod alarim when
he footed up the expenses of the government
under Mr. Pierce, and emphasized his alarm
with platoons of exclamation points, as is
seen hi the extract referred to
"LIBERAL EXPENDITURES.—The expenses
of the government of the united states un
der the present administration, are as fol
lows, viz :
:';75,686,400 a year!
6,f.;07,200 a month
1,453,920 a week !!!
207,360 a day""
8,600 an hour....
144 a minute !!! !
2.40 a second ' ' ' "
Two dollars and forty cents at every tick
of the clock. That wilt do for Young Amer
ica. But where does the money go? For
what is it applied? ruder Mr. Polle s ad
ministration, during the Mexican war when
we had a hundred thousand men under arms,
and large armies and numerous garrisons in
Mexico, the a4nual egpenze.s of the govern
ment were a little over forty millions a year.'
Look on . this picture. The expenses of
the government of the 'United States under
Lincoln's administration are as follows:
$1,000,000,000 a yeari
6:3, :3:33, .'33!3 a month :
20,833,3:32 a week! ! !
3,000,000 a day ! ! !!
125,000 all hour ! ! !
2,0.72 a minute" "
35 a :_•econd !! ! I !
Thirty-five dollars at every tick of the
clock There is no use of asking where the
money pies to, or for what it is applied.—
Some of it is used for making war-like imple
ments, vessels and missiles,—millions of it
to enrich contractors and office-holders,—all
of it worse than wasted. Mr. Bonner offer
ed to take the government and carry it on
tier fifty millions a year, and also to furnish
each man, woman and child with a copy of
his paper as a free gift. Would he like to
rpnew his offer now ?—[Sunbury Democrat.
The Testimony of flepiablicans.
The Boston Post thus clearly epitomizes
the testimony of leading Republican author
ities, showing corruption and weakness on
the part of the administration. Mr. Philips
says only five United States Senators arc in
favor .of Mr. Lincoln's re-election, and
among those are Messrs. Sumner and Wilson.
Mr. Blair, on the floor of Congress, accuses
the Secretary of the Treasury of gross mis
deeds—says the department' is rotten with
corruption, and that this is so pa)pable the
friends of Mr. Chase dare not call for inves
tigation. Gen. Fremont declares that. he
has been badly used by the Administration,
and pouts. The Gratz Brown radical:: smite
the President as Samson did the Philistines,
hip and thigh, and oftpn wu.h the same weap
on. Gen. Banks is derided by the Republi
cans in Massachusetts! Senator Hale, said
in his seat, he thought the liberties of the
country were more in danger from the pro
fligacy that wis practiced upon the treasray
than they were from the rebels in thc, field.
The Springfield Republican, asks: "Is lying
a vice inherent in republican institutions, or
merely incidental to Mr. Lincoln's adminis
tration?" Thad Stevens says, if the govern
ment go on expending money at the present
rate, the people will be involved in one gen
eral bankruptcy and ruin. Thurlow Weed
,vritee to the 21 . 1bapy Evening oural: "Un
til the administration thoroughly Qitt.3 and
probes the iniquities of the New York custom
'house, the treasure and blood shall continue
to flow, by millions and in rivers, while its
own officials are playing into the hands of the
enemy." Senator Pomeroy says that should-
Mr. Lincoln be I , e-elected the affairs of the
country will go from bad to worse in his
hands, and the war will languish until our
public debt will overwhelm us. Mr. Bout
'well denounced the President's plan of re
constrnction. Winter Davis charges the
President with actipg without law, and Viss
Dickinson boxes the ears of Mr. Seward to
the evident delight of a Republican multituee
who hang upon her words as the bee upon
the flower. The persons here named are all
Republicans it not 'tall honorable men."
Republican Convention.
• The Washington County Republican Con
ve4lua met at 'Washington, on the 20th inst.,
at the Court House. The proceedings were
very harmonious, and the following nomina
tions were made by acclamation.
For Congress—fieorge V. Lawrence.
For Assembly—R. R. Reed. James Kelley.
For Sheriff—E. R. Smith.
For Coroner—lsaac Vance.
For Commissioner— Thomas Rell.
For Auditor—Joseph Linton.
Director of the Poor—Willitim Davis
Congressional Conferees—Alex. W. Ach
eson, William M'Kennan, John A. Harper.
The District is Greene, Washington,l3eavq.
and Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence has already
been ruminated in Greene county.
"Sarkasm."
The Herald's Baltimore correspondent
says of the Shoddy great-lights : "The tel
graph operator or printer made me say, in
my despatch of yesterday, that there were a
number of "great" men here. I wrote it
"Grant'•' men. As to the great men, I have
been looking all day and have been unable
to find them. They are very few and far
between among the delegates here. If there
are any great men, they are so spread out
that they are mighty thin. There is a splen
did assemblage of small men. "That's
what's the matter."—[Valley Spirit.
TERRIBLE TRAGRDY. — Mrsikrary Mil
lar, of New Cork, who has been resid
ing for several weeks at Milian Land
ing committed a bloody deed'on Mon
day morning at that place, by cutting
the throats of her two ckildreu (girls,
aged revectively seven and two years)
and then cutting hew °Tu. She is Imp-
Ociied to have besa sober % from a
veil
of t 7. tolow! lite was ft
' 1 • 11,
I SU •
FtWO.
Gen. Hancock Relieved—The Despe-
rate Battle on Friday.
NEW YORE, June 21.—A Herald
special says: Gen. Hancock's old wottnd
has been so troublesome that he was
obliged to ask to be relieved. The re
quest was granted, and Gen. Biruey
has cDminaud . of his corps. Gen. Han
cock did not command in Saturday's
fight. Ye expects to he in the field
again in a few weeks.
It is said there are 30,000 rebel
troops in Petersburg, and they are con
tinually being reinfbrced. The• attack
at -1 a. in. on Saturday by the 2d Corps,
met but little oppoiition. Our troops
in I;asi4ing over the formidable works
-occupied by the enemy the day previous,
captured fitly- or sixty prisoners. The
casualties on both sides were few. We
Moved on and developed another line of
works about five hundred yards beyond.
Here the rebels made a stubborn resis
tance.
At noon a general advance of the
Second corps was ordered. The as
saulting force consisted of three brig
ades. The lines rushed forward gal
lantly, but could not withstand the dead
ly fire of musketry, grape and canister,
though they got within seventy five
yards of the earthworks, and they then
tell back, Faring their dead and wound
ed.
Another attack was (Altered at another
point. The storming party consisted of
several brigades in columns of regiments.
They advanced about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon in two columns. They were
met with such a murderous fire and cut
down so rapidly that they were with
drawn.
Another Herald correspondent says
of the sth corps' fighting on Friday:—
The day's work commenced at dtAdight,
when they found the rebels had fallen
back to the second line in the night.—
The works were attacked with great
gallantry. There was a severe struggle
for the possession of the railroad track
leading to Norfolk, which was finally
taken. This appears to have been the
only advantage gained, though the
rebel position Iv,as also fought tbr.
Another correspondent with the
corps, saw: The rebels made an attack
at 10 p. in., coming up in two c•oluurns.
On reaching our line, whether intention
ally or the result of a blunder, one col
umn showed signs of surrendering, and
two hundred and forty were thus nv t .le
prisoners. Another• column came up to
our works bravely acid under cover or
battery, admirably posted, pro cur
men into their intrenclnnents. They
&pran4 . over the works, and a hand to
hand fight ensued. The muskets had
been ° discharged upon both sides, and
bayonets and stocks only were used.—
The First Michigan sharpshooters were
engaged on our side, and about 125
were captured The remainder escaped.
The rebels held posseasion till daylight,
and tlaai evacuateo,.
Secretary Stanton's Official Bulletin.
WAsiuNGTON, Jtin2 '42, 10 P. M.—
To Major General Dix : Dispatches
from City Point, at 1,30 this evening,
report no fighting to-day. Movements
are in progress which are not now pro
per t'or publication. Richmond papers
report au attack upon Lynchburg by
Hunter, on Saturday, and that he was
repulsed. It is believed, however, that
there was nothing more than a recoil
noisance, and that having ascertahied
the place to be strongly defended, Gen.
unter withdrew-, and is operating upon
the, euenly'; communications at other
points.
A dispatch from General Sherman's
headquarters, dated yesterday evening
at hall' past eight o'clock, states that it
has rained almost constantly fur several
clays, but our lines have'been pressed
forward steadily, and an important po
sition has been gained by General How
ard. The enemy ma& a desperate at
tempt to retake this position by nigh;
making seven distinct assaults on (ital. ;
eral "Whittaker's brigade, of Stanley's
pivision, and losing not less than 700
or $OO men. Two hundred killed were
left on Whittaker's front.
The avatllt was Ulow-ed by a heavy
fire of artillery, under which the position
was fortified and is safe. Our army is
across Noonciay Creek, on our left, and
one brigade of the -23 d Corps is across
Noses' Creek, on th - e right, but the rebel
left is behind a swamp, and the rains
prevent any advance. The fighting has
been quite severe at some points, the en
emy resisting stubborly and. attempting
the offensive whenever he can.
Gen. Sigel reports from Martinsburg
to-day that there is no truth in the
statement of the Philadelphia Inquirer
of the 21st, in relation to a raid of Mose
bv. Winchester is not occupied by the
enethy, nor are the telegraph wires Cut
between this place and Harpers Ferry.
No military intelligence from any other
quarter hats peen rp,opiveil te r ejay lay the
pepartu l ent.
(Signed)
Heavy Rebel Bombardment.
NEW YORK, June 23.---Tribune spe
cials, dated Headquarters Army of the
Potomac, Jutle 20th, sass Severe
sharpshooting yesterday and to-day,
with occasional fire of artillery ; hut no
advanc.i was attempted by either army.
The right, which are closest to Peters
burg and close to the river, sustained,
at 8 o'clock this morning, fiir upwards
of an hour, a terrific din of shells and
solid shot. Among the wounded. is
Colonel henry Smith, of the Ifeadquar
ters Guard, who lost both legs, but will
probably survive. Colonel Tompkins'
batteries lnally sileneeo the enemy.
Assault by Burnside's Conps.
NEW YORK, dune 21.—A 'Herald's
special dated June 19th a. m. [Sunday]
says : —At four o'clock this morning
Burnside's corps tanked the enemy's
works on the left of our line and carried
them after a severe and protracted strug
gle, capturing about five hundred priso
ners, six good brass pieces, and two that
irpre
JIIIIWDe
V, read furlough of the Sec
ond ;wino y two hundred marriages
eek place the regiment, there being
4.4 4t... - in one company alone.
From Grant's Army•--Heavy Fighting
A - dispatch
,from Bermuda Hundred
of June 18th, via Baltimore, June 20th,
says :—ln all, twenty-one pieces of ar
tillery have been been captured from the
enemy in our assaults on the works at
Petersburg, besides a large number of
prisoners. 'When the enemy withdrew
his forces in front of General Butler to
reinforce Petersburg, General Butler im •
mediately sent out a force under Gem.
Terry and Turner, which succeeded in
destroying au important bridge mid four
miles of the railroad track near Walteall
Junction. Early's (late Longstreet's)
corps crossed the James River near
Drury's Bluff in strong force, and was
seen coming down the Petersburg turn
pike as General Butler's forces entered
their works. Last evening the dispatch
steamer Amanda Winans, while passing
Wilcox's wharf, was fired into from the
North side of the James river, by a reb
el battery. Ten shots were fired at her
one of which passed through her hull
near the water line. No one was injur
ed. The James River is blockaded a
tew miles below Drury's Bluff, to pre
vent a surprise from the rebel rams.
HEADquAirrEits Atm - OF THE Porom.ke
June 18.—General Pierce was wounded
while gallantry leading his brigade in a
charge. General Martindale, on • the
right, attacked the enemy and succeed
ed in advancing his lines and taking a
lbw prisoners. His loss is reported at
abbut 500. The Fifth corps did not lose
heavily in their jidvanee in the morniug,
but their loss was considerabli, th
afternoon in their attack on the left.—
Our loses during the last two days will
reach 8,000 killed, wounded and priso
ners. The loss of the enemy at some
points was greater than ours, but being
generally behind their entrenchments,
were not so mull ~ , , kxposed,and of course
suflbred less on the whole.
All the prisoners taken so far number
about twelve hundred, of whom about
two hundred came in yesterday. They
represent themselves as being in Beau
regard's army. It is not believed such
a resistenee could be made without his
presence, and the aid of his troops.—
There is no reliable news from General
Butler up to the present time. 'Gereral
Ingalls has been designated Chief Quar
termastrr of the combined armies in this
vicinity. lte is to be stationed at City
Petersburg Surrounded by Bayonets
NEW Yoni;, June 21.—A special *to
the Times, dated Headquarters Army
of the Potomac, Sunday p. at., says :
No positive advantage has been obtained
over the enemy during the past twen
ty-flmr hours. There has been more or
less fighting along the whole line.—
Charges and counter-charges have been
made. Our right and left hav , ± been
swung in something more than a mile :
while the centre been advanced but
little. Briefly, Petersburg is esurrounded
by r 4 n abagis qf Yanlwe bayonets with
in easy rauge d the city. All was quiet
last night—no demonstration on either
side. - There bas been no fight this
morning
The Fourth Day's Rattle at. Peters
burg—What has - been Accomplish-
NEw YonE, June 21.—A Tribune
special, dated headquarters Army of the
Potomac, Sunday, June 19, a. m., says:
The fourth day of battle before. Peters
burg ended last night. It it Shall open
again to-day, it will be by the of
Petersburg—brieti‘r, perhaps, than by
battle.
We attacked three times yesterday—
at ha. In., at noon, and 4 p. m. Gen.
Warren joined on the left, and swing
ing around, with skirmishing in front,
half a mile, at each advance, taking one
line of works and pressing up to another
and the 14st. liens. Hancock and
Burnside, in the centre, found most oft.
position.. The former gained half a mile,
the latter none.
Our loss in the last assault was par
ticularly severe in Barlow's and Gibbon's
divisions, and in the Second Division, of
Burtgide's Corps, Mills' Division of the
Sixth Corps, <,.tud Martindale's Division
of:the Bighteoutli Corps, which swept
up tho river to within half a mile of the
town. One 'pore line and we have the
town, which we now semi-eircumvallate
to its last defense. Shamberlin,
commanding a brigade in the Fifth
Corps, was badly wounded in the . hip,
and Col. Brewer, of the 1 P:qhe Pa., in
the side.
Petersburg 13 ombarded for Fi ve
NEW YORK, June 23—A Times spe
cial, dated Headquarters Second Corps,
near I'pterslnirg, Monday, Juno 20th,
;vs :—This mqrning, General Birney
is occupying the ne4rest position to the
city, at a range of about 1200 yards, and
4ipened batteries on the place, and for
five hours 414 coo a con:A:int bombard
ment which must have rendered l'eters
burg anything but an agreeable place of
residence fin- a time. The effects of the
shelling have not vet been ascertained,
.aside from the burning of some build-
E. M. :73TA.._cTo:s;
ME
NEW YORK, June 21 st. —A Times
special of the 18th says : The rebels on
Friday night made a' furious attack on
General purnside's front, and after a se
vere contest he reoccupied the tort they
lad taken the previous morning. This
change in line has concentrated Beaure
gard's forces, and will enable our troops
to cover the important approaches to
the left and right, and places the city
within range of our guns—about 1,400
yards.
About 5 p. m. an advance was made
upon the rebel lines to develope his
situation, which was accomplished with
considerable loss in wounded. Birney's
division suffered the most.
Prisoners - state, that Beaurogard
commands the city *4th *his army, and
a portion of the fireps of Longstreet,
Wilcox and Ewell. There is no decis
ive evidence of the presence of more
than a ay& portitTn of Lee's army.
804ifin would be ton smooth if
had no mots in it.' *
Before Petersburg.
MIZE
ed.
Hours.
A Furious Attack Ropulsed.
El