ever righteous. tat as, Alinu, fioneatly and
manfell, ,pley eerpart,: seek to understand
,and perform our whole duty, and trust un
mnveringly in the beneficent find wiz° led
POIr anCeSt9rS I,lereve the see, tad sustained
awe zi(mcward, amid dangers more appalling
even lima those encountered by His own
rheum people in their great exodus. He did
not hripg us here in vain, nor has He sup
pMtA ns thus tar for welt. If we do our
.dutrind trust in Hinz, He will not desert us
in our seed.
Firm in our faith that God will acre our
cotultry, we now . dedicate this site to the
=wry of brave nne, to loyalty, 'patriotism
and honor.
olOtitta
IL W. JOBS, 1. Editors.
8. Jl3llllBB, ►
"One Country, One Constftqfhp,
Destiny,"
'llleatobtnikSl )t,2
TiIiMIDAY, JULY 13 ? 1864.
POE PRESIDENT IN 1864,
GEN. GEORGE R. McCLELLAN,
[Subject to the Decision pf Me Democratic No
hapgiConvention.)
PfMoollAfte COUNTY TICKET.
ASSEMBLY,
THOMAS BOSE,
OP PERRY TP.
BEIBUIFF,
HEATH JOHNP,
OF WASHINGTON.
COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS SCOTT,
OE WHITELY.
DIETRTOT ATTORNEY,
AIONSPiI G. RITCHIE,
COE=
POOR HorsE DIRECTI)P.,
RIN ART.
or rizAkDFLpr.
AUDITOR,
A. J. MARTIN,
Ot WILYNE.
The Oration pf Gen. McClellan.
The chaste and elegant Oration of this
poptidar favorite, on the dedication of the
Battle Monument at West Point, will be
hand in to-day's paper. It breathes a
spirit of pure and lofty patriotism, and
abounds yin beautiful aThisions and deserved
praises of the gallant dead. We trust it
will be generally read, as we know it way be
.I)Nritit. l 4Y.
• • •-i•-
can. LazeaP.
itti4 faithful rePreseutittire and servant of
the Moyle boa returned to his home, looking
neat the wove of bis Oongressional labors.
Bigelow attention to his public duties, his
devotion to the interests, rights and liberties
of the people, and his fidelity to the great and
patriotic party with which it is his pride to
)4, identifiesl o —these, not less than his esal
i.ed private worth, have secured him the pop
*: confidence nod esteem in an eminent de
gree. frig re-election is o foregone conclu
sion if he will but consent tg be p candidate.
MfPieY?
Vie aFp ref civing very little in' ney at this
Plnce, consigeripg our necessities and the
!aro amount flue us. our subscribers
no longer neglect tp pay th,eir guns? Ve
cannot live or keep the paper running on
promises TO PAY, or excuses for NOT PAYING.
What we need is MONEY, and that is all
bat does us any good; and just now there
is plenty of it, such as it is. The only trou
ble with us is, we can't get hold of it.
The $3OO cRIIVIIViation Clause Re,
pealed.
Against the plainest evidence of the strong
wishes of his most judicious friends to the
contrary, the President succeeded in the dos
ing hours of Congress, which has just ad
journed, in striking out the $3OO commuta
tioe Claim from the new enrollment bill.—
At the firitt rtqte taken on the subject, there
was a 4.ppiAled majority against it. This ma
jority dwindled at the next vote, and on the
last vote the amendment passed, only Thad.
Stevens and Judge Hale of this State, aii
Wm. Blaine, of Maine, among the friends pf
the Administration, aiding the Democrats to
defeat this illjudged measure.
We need not say that we regard this re
peal as a fatal blunder. We know some
ttt4—pg he temper of the people upon this
subject: It is not sWI question. It will
operate alike upon the friends and the foes
of the President ; and however nm,:h we
Infiy be gratified at the loss of the supporters
of the Administration, on account of this re
peal, we need not say that we regard this as
the Illast of the consequences dependant upon
this rat unjustifiable and most uncalled for
act.
If more of our citicens must be '41011430
in this terrible war, and new vfctimi are to
be added to those already in the field, exper
ience has' demonstrated that volunteering,
stimulated by a indicpup system of bounties,
is the Only mode arsops ction-
Dequently efficient soldier:4. •'.' • '
Kentucky..
PPBAlg o r i a ld a PiTelaa'ad,l9P
Paipaidin AO Omits sad ~ d WitiTg
41:r , is the Stet .
tontillkiy.
A Tamisti•('''"`°rlPlF
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roof Couhimedion eft Adminis
tration:' •
The justly indignitnt comments of the
pemocratic press Apse the Lincoln triode of
carrying dieetwaaa is Kentucky, pelaware
and Maryland, last summer and autumn, by
military farce and dictation, were strikingly
sustained and justified, even by a portion - of
Lincoln's friends, by their votes on the bill
of Senator Dar s, of Kentucky, which passed
the Senate a fete daysago by a vote, of 10
ta 13.
The following are the leeding provisions of
the Bill referred to :
"That it shall ttpt• to lawful for any mill- ,
' tart' or naval officer of the United States, or 1
other persons engaged in the civil, military
or naval service of the United States, to or
der, bring, keep, or have under his authority
•or control, any troops or armed men at a
place where any general or special election
is held,,in any. State of the United States of
America, unless it be necessary to repel the
' timed enemies of the United States, or to
keep the peace at the polls; and that it, shall
not be lawful for any officer of the army or ,
navy of the United States to preserilae•er fix, 1
or attempt to prescribe,: or biz by ptoclatna- 1
tion, or order, or otherwise, the qualifications
of voters in any State of the United States of
America, or in uPY Planner to interfere with ;
the freedom.of any election, in any State, pr '
with the exercise of the free right of suffrage
in any State of the United States"
This Bill was voted for by all the Demo
crats and the following Republicans : Grimes,
Hale, Harlan, Lane, (of Kansas) Pomeroy,
Trumbull, Wade and Willey.
We make room for a few of the comments
pf members pf that body during the consid
eration of the Bill,
We coefess to a lively gratification at the !
healthtulness of the sins of the times when
I even Republicans thus exhibit a restiveness
and show a disposition to revolt against the
arbitrary add illegal acts of the Administra
tion :
"Mr. Howard thought this bill had con
sumed too much time already this session.—
In all brevity he thought this nothing less
than a bill to prevent the President from
crushing the rebellion, and making the polls
a sanctuary for rebels and traitors, whom it
was the. duty of the government to keep
away."
"Mr. Johnson said hp understood the hon
. orable Senator as saying that it was within
the limit of the government to exercise, by
!neaps of its military power, the right to de
cide who are proper voters in a State elec
tion. Was not this placing the control of
the elections entirely in the hands of the mil
itary, while the Constitution of Maryland,
i and the laws passed in pursuance thereof; are
' abundantly ample to protect the purity of
the ballot-box ?
He protested against such a use of the mil
itary power, because if we are to have any
freedom at all in the exercise of the elective
franchise itis not to depend uponthe will of
the military authority,"
"Mr. Howard did not wish it to go forth to
I the country that the report of the committee
established the right of any enemy to go
to the polls and vote. It simply set twit
the legal fact that no public enemy of the
United State* should be allowed to vote, and
held it to be the duty of the Government tt
nee its military power to expel from the polls,
and to exclude from the exercise of political
rights, all persons who are known as disloyal,
and hence enemies. '
"Mr. McDougall said a free and uncontroll
ed ballot was the only power possessed by a
free people. Power was only expressed by
the presence of armed men to suppress the
freedom of the ballot. The polls, he said, in
reply to Mr. Howard, were the only sanctu
aries of a free people.. He believed that mil
itary power had been employed to control
the voice of the freeman when he had, resor
ted to his sanctuary, the polls. When such
military power is employed, our Government
becomes simply a military despotism."
"To expel from the polls and delude from
the exercise of political - rights, all persons
known tq be dishayal," forsooth
goy. Wicklifib who sat in the last Congress,
venerable for his age aqd eerviiee to his
couetry, and persecuted by the Secessionists
et Kentucky for his attachment tp }be jJnion,
was the Democratic candidate for Governor
iof Kentucky. He and the rest of the Demo
! •
• crane ticket were declared by the military
1 . minions of President Lincoln "disloyal," and
summarily stricken from the list of persons
to be voted for at that election !
In Maryland and Delaware the military,
i with the approbation of Secretary Stanton
' and President Lincoln, under the immediate
direction pf the renowned Gen. Schenck,
i who made that famous attack noon the Re
!
bels at Vienna, figh4qg in Pa4flad cars,
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"expelled from the polls," and "excluded
•
from the political right'! of voting, all Dem
ocrats who would not subscribe to certain
1 .
unconstitutional oaths prescribed by these
1
same military satraps, but not required by
i the laws of Maryland 1
Yet this man Howard iu the face of the
emmtry just on the eve of a Presidential elec
t tion, ip which this very President Lincoln is
a candidate for re-election has the hardihood
against many even of his own political friends,
to stand up in the Senate and openly justify
these grave wrongs!
If Democrats do not by their votes, at the
next election, put their emphatic reprobation
on these unjustifiable acts of the powers that
be, we must csnfess we shall be greatly dis
appointed,
r
Resignation of Secretary► Shawl.
Secretary Chase had a difference, a few
days since, with the President, and in con
sequence of it resigned. The resignation
was accepted, and, Ea-Govornor Tod, of
Ohio, appointed in his stead, but the Senate
refused to confirm him. Subsequently, Win.
P. Fessenden, of Maine, an able Republican
Senater, was nominated and unanimously
confirmed. Though unwilling at first to take
the Treppry portfolio, he has at last accept
ed, and has entered on his duties.
The resignation of Mr. Chase, yaw! what
ever motives it may have proceeded, ennui
fail to have a most unfavorable effect on the
public credit and all the interests dependent
on it. He was unquestionably the ablest
and most. upright man in the cabinet L and
we very much doubt whetluir his pace, just
at this crisis in our tumcial affairs, can ,
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110-The edam 114 P killsburg 4ps
Wing been drafted.* Ptemateiiaie hOps
of the town raised a collection to help R . 27
thOcommetatkm, sad pieieited him *i . th•
the imadeome awn of twp bead Fed sad'
twelve dam,.
A Dad..
The &pub Keens, sumo the newinetion of
Fremonkare attempting their Abo
lition connexions and &ening% lad abet
to rejoice at the desertion of the Abolition
ists from the support of Mr. littooln, whose
administration, they say, will thus be
freed from the odium of the Non equality
notions of these Abolitionists!
The Republican, however, will not and
cannot dotty th i at these Fremont men helped
elect Mr. Lincoln, and were among his
staunchest supporters. They worked cor
dially and heartily in co-operation with the
Republican party, and we recollect of but an
occasional whisper against the batch of negro
measures adopted by Mr. Lincoln at thew
suggestion or recommendation. We believe
that no manly and earnest protest from ally
recognized organ of Republican opinion can
be found on this subject. In truth, the Re
publicans really deeply deplere the defection
of this large body of their former supporters,
who are driven to the support of Fremont
by the wicked invasions of the legal and con
stitutional rights of the people, and their at
tempt to make a little capital in the mode
suggested is but the clever dodge of wily
politicians, and really deceives nobody.
ler The country should not forget the
fact that President Lincoln was guilty of the
ineffable folly, (not to say crime.) of nomina
ting such a man as David Tod as the suc
cessor of Gov. Chase, as Secretary of the
Treasury of the U. States, at a time when the
emergencies of the country called for the
highest stalemanship, ability, and integrity,
Mr. Chase abluitlone4 the ship of State
when she was about rushing upon the break
ers, in consequence of the failure of his finan
cial system ; and for the President, under
these circumstances, to nominate such a man
as T.od, notoriously a mere politician, de
void of the ability and correct knowledge of
finances which this office requires, was much
nearer a crime than a blunder. Sappily, the
energetic remonstrances of the President's
friends, rescued the country from this dis
grace, but did not relieve him from the im
; putationtof attempting to foist into this im
„portant ose a mere tool, who would do,
(what Mr. Chase would not) use the patro
nage of •
the office for Glie .advancement of
; Mr. Lincoln's Presidential aspirations,
I But it is not improbable that the
shrewd schemer in the Presidential mansion
only intended this nomination as a means of
conciliating Mr. Chase's Ohio friends, rely
ing upon Tod's refusal to accept to extri
cate him from the dilemma. Lincoln, though
no statesman, is the smartest among the
many entining politicians by whom he is sur
rounded.
Another Blow at Poor Men.
The bill repealing the commutation clause of
the draft law has passed both houses of Con
gress. It being Old Abe's favorite measure,
and passed upon his recommendation, of
course ht will sign it. popr men will now
have no alternative but to go into the army
and fight with and for the niggers, when
drafted, no matter if their wives and children
should starve. Men who can afford to pur
pbase substitutes, however high the price de
manded, will do so, and the poor men—the
mechanics and laborers of the country—will
have to do all the fighting in this war for the
freedom and social elevation of the niggers.
It is an unjust and infamous discrimination
in favor of the rich against the poor, and we
rejoice that the Democrats, as a party, zeal
ously resisted its passage.—[Patriot & Union
I==ll=l
UrLet the fact be made known East and
West, North and South, that the Tribune of
,Tune 17th, 1804, editorially admitted that
the radicals and rebels understood each Wi
er, and cpespired together tp destroy this
glorious Union. "When," said the Tribune,
"through their (the rebel) aid we elected
Lincoln and Hamlin our triumph was no
where more generally or openly exulted over
than in Charleston, the fountain and focus
of the rebellion." These factions have been
equally the curse of the country, and it is Ate
duty of the country to rat the next elec
tion and put down Lincoln as well as his con
federate, Jeff. Davis.-11141.1ey Spirit.
bar The radicals hate General Frank Blair
most cordially. In a speech at St. Louis re
cently} IV *id :
"I am for ntaint&qiug this country for the
benefit of white peop)p. I am opposed to
clothing blacks with the privilege of suf
frage.-
Commenting upon this Ow N. Y. Tribune
says, "Es position seems to us meaner and
more glaringly inconsistent than that of Jeff.
Davis."
Of course Qreely hates the Soldier wlio
fights for This Union, worse Op be cUms,
Jeff Davis who fights Against this Union.
Mrs The Washington Republican states
that the important speech of Senator Wilson,
in which he stated that within a year we
lytd put into the field 700,000 new recruits
And re.-enlisted men, was suppressed by the
telegraphic censor. This accounts for the
fact that the country heard nothing of it till
it appeared in the Washington Globe. Why
ohcinld the War Department wish the facts
suppressed ?
Goon.—Prentice of the ',mil:Tip .Toturual
has the following : Gen. Butler tnaqe war
upon women at New Orleans and saccped 7
ed. He made war on dogs at Norfolk and
gained a complete victory. He made war
on men near Petersburg and was inglorious
ly whipped. He will confine himself hence
forth to the women and dogs if he knows
whaps gQp4 f #lll2.
,The office-holders resolve first to sus
tain the proclamation of the President, which
abolishes slavery, sod then they want the
Oonstitution amended so as tb abolish it.—
As a matter of taste, we suggest that ene
abolition is sufficient, and their desire for
a d t i i2r only shows that they have no con*-
in the edit. •
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sr The AbnpAptilits advpaikte siss4s
teat* bet, Were they pnepke It; they
'iciliase to get the mosso afehe nigger.
,A ithe *Pr is getting rec,4.
rgvart.
man, Daven Port Democrat, Kansas City
Post, the Nene Zeit, and Westliche Post, of
St. Louis, have hoisted the Fremont and
Cochiane ticket. The Nene Zeit reads the
St. Louis Demenmt out at the Party. and
pitches into Lincota fieneely.
'John Spic er, of Chicago, contracted
to deliver within fifty days 1,000 cavalry
horses at Colambus, and 1,000 cavalry hor
ses at Indianopolis, at $lB5 each. Spicer
having failed to deliver any of the horses,
has been tried by court Martial and senten
ced to pay five thousand dolkes fine, and ba
imprisoned until the fine is paid,
skir Gold represents Democracy, as green
backs do Abolitionism. The one is going up,
and the other down. Democracy, like gold,
will survive the crash which is inevitable,
while greenbacks will turn to valueless rags.
The Abolition party:. will follow the fate of
its greenbacks to dust and ashes.
stir An Abolition contemporary, in an
article condemning any censure of General
Banks, thinks that he islust about as likely
as the majority of editors to know the points
that fertain to the conduct of a given bat
tle," Yes, we suppose so--“just about."
g"We are coming, Father Abraham,"
&c. There were upwards of two hundred
and fifty auplicants for the Conol-General
ship to Canada, of whom forty two were frpip
Ohio.
dr The Harrisburg Telegraph asks what
the effect of Gen. Fremont's election on Mr.
Lincoln would be. We presume it would
"remind him of a story."
fen.
THE NORTERN REBEL INVASION.
-The Confederate expeditisn across the
Potomac is led by General Early, who
succeeds Ewell is i ommand of Stone
! wall Jackson's celebrated division. The
expeditidn is varionsly estimated at from
) 30 to 40 thonand. There is a large
iforce of cavalry and artillery with it. It
came from Winchester in the Shenadoah
' Valley. It advanced from there in two
columns. One marched north-east to
Harper's Ferry, twenty miles distant ;
the other nearly north eighteen miles to
Martinsburg. The Martinsburg column
i found Sigel's advance a few miles south
It of Martinsburg. The Federal soldier's
however retreated, and Sigel evacuated
{ the town. At Martinsburg, in order to
out-manauvre Sigel, the Confederates
divided their column ; one part followed
Sigel eastward six miles to Shepherds
town on the Potomac, eight miles above
Harper's Ferry. The other marched
northeast to Falling Waters, ten miles
1 above Shepherdstown. This compelled
Sigel to cross the river. He abandoned
Shepherdstown and went to Sharpsburc ,
two miles from the north bank of the
river, and on the Antietam battle-field.
One body of the Confederates followed
' him. Hearing that the other body had
crossed the river at Falling Waters and
Williamsport, near by, and were march
ing down towards Sharpsburg Sigel has
tily retreated sonth ward towards Har
per's Ferry. This left the road into
Pennsylvania open, without a federal
soldier to oppose the enemy's progress.
The column of the enemy which
marched from Winchester --to Harper's
Ferry, found the Federal advance at
Leetown. A skirmish took place and
`the Federal troops retired to Harper's
!Ferry, and withdrew across the Potomac
to Maryland Heights. They took the
i
supplies in the town with them and
brake down the bridges which cross the
river. The Confederates advanced to
the town and occupied it. The river
was all that separated the two forces,
each combatant being posted on the hills
on his side of the stream. As soon as
Harper's Ferry was reached, the Con
federates sent a force of Cavalry and ar
tilery ten miles down the southern bank
of the Potomac, to a place opposite Point
of Rocks. Here the point of South
Mountain juts out to the river, and for
some distance the Baltimore • and Ohio
Railroad runs along the water's edge.
The Confederates on the southern bank
`fired on a passing train, and compelled
the abandonment of that portion of the
road, They crossed over and tore up
the track, but afterwards re-crossed and
remained on the southern bank. Their
object is to prevent troops being sent
from Washington along the railroad to
1
Harper's Perry. They have accom
plished it.
When Oar accounts closed, the follow
ing was the position of affairs : There
was a small Federal garrison on Mary
land Heights, Sigel with the troops
from Martinsburg had just reached that
place, so that all the Federal troops in
that quarter were on the North bank of i
the Potomac opposite Harper's Ferry.
The Confederates were in. the town, 1
on the south bank and on the hills 1
around it. A force was opposite Point
of Rocks, ten miles below, and prevent-1
ed reinforcements being sent from
Washington.t v .. A form was at Sharps
' burg, six miles north, and another com
ing towards Sharpsburg from Falling
Waters, Hagerstown, ten. miles north
of Sharpsburg, had been abandoned,
and was believed to be held by the
Cimfedarates. Frederick, fifteen miles
rihrtlipaat of Harper's Ferry, had had
1,4 t, hp Federal supplies and wounded
taken
.a*.ay from it, and its capture was
feared. grey, pi urtin has called out
24,000 mm for ppe -hundred days, and ,
has asked•the Peimsylvania Reserves to
re-enlist for the emergency. There are
no troops now defending pennsylvania ;
very few at Washington that can be
sent westward; and it will take Hrintpr
nearly two weeks to come from Western
Virginia. At . six o'clock last ever 4g
the Confederates attacked the Fedaria
garrison on Maryland Heights.. , Thp
rest4t op t - kpagm:
Later.
'l,l4,rafraysto, Daly 7.—The situation,
is ae.folloya ; The rebels drove a rag
-7 ,of 1 4iteti Sts4g . trove,
; 1 14 trepera yeeteraty, . , 'the
leek •a. riundpialaylaro 644 fas
our. part.— -OW mclW
seventy. It had driven the rebels out
of tie town the day before, taking three
prisoners—a lieutenant and two pri
vates.. Our regulars retreate4l' to the
State line this morning.
Adams' Express and the Chambers
burg Bank have sent all their materials
to this point All business at_ ChM
bersburg is stopped, and cannon plant
ed in the streets. There is a strong
determination of the citizens to defend
the place against any mere raiding par
ties.
Gerioral Coach came
. here • from
Chamberiburg this morning on a spe
cial train
The authorities here think the raid is
a very heavy one. At least thirty
thousand rebels are on the march, they
say. •
There are hourly expectations of
hearing from Hunter on the enemy's
rear in . the direction of Williamsport,
Mary land. His troops are (41340 d to
reach Cumberland over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. It is not broken
anywhere west of that.
The enemy's line of march seems ten
ding towards the Washington and Bal
timore railroad, north of Frederick City.
The first object is apparently to separate
Washington from the North. Not
successful at that, then to turn, sweep
ing everything before them in the Cum
berland Valley on their retreat towards
Virginia.
Particulars of the Entranee of the
Rebels into Hagerstown,
WASHINGTON, July 7.—The Star says:
We have information direct from Ha-
gerstown to the effect that on Tuesday
lafternoon at three o'clock, a rebel squad,
consisting of fifteen cavalry men, com
i mauded by Lieut. Shaver, formerly of
Martinsburg, Va., entered that place.— !
This force appeared to be a reconnoit
ering party, and they had only been in
town a few rhoments when a detach
; ment of our regular cavalry from Car
; lisle, commanded by Lieut. McLean,
I dashed into the place, A brief cavalry
fight immediately ensued in the streets
of Hagerstown, which resulted in the
rebels being driven nut, of town, with
the loss of a Lieutenant and two pri
-1 rates. taken prisoners.
I About half an hour after this the
1
rebels again entered the town, their
forces consisting of cavalry and mount
ed infantry. Lieutenant McLean, of the
Union cavalry, finding his force too
small to cope with as large a number
of rebels, slowly fell back to the Penn
sylvania line, carrying with him leis
prisoners. .
Trie rebels, after entering the town,
set to work to destroy the telegraph,
but they had made no demonstration
against the railroad when our infcrmant
left. They also plundered many of the
. stores, and seem to have adopted a dif
ferent course from the one they pursu
ed last, summer,
I riiti,AnriptiiA, July 7.—The Bulle
-1 has
tin just received the following spe
cial
despatch ;
Clainbersburg, July 7.—A man from
Hagerstown, just arrived from Greene
castle, says that McCausland's com
mand, formerly Jenkins', 1,500 strong,
! cavalry and mounted infantry, and oue
battery, entered Hagerstown yesterday
and left at 11 o'clock by the Frederick
pike, where the main body of rebels
, have all gone. Small parties return
. ed this morning, and made axequisi
tion on the people for 1500 outfits
and $20,000, under threats of burning
the town, which was paid.
The Raid—Rebels Stealing and Plun-
daring—Great Destruction at Har
i pap's Ferry.
BALTIMORE, July 7.—The city is full
of rumors, but the following is believed
to be oorrect: Intelligence from Mary
land Heights and the region beyond,
• warrants the belief that the rebel force
now on this side of the Potomac and on
the Virginia side is not less than 30,000.
Advices from Sandy Hook to to o'clock
this morning say that sklloishing was
I going on back of the heights, but the
number of rebels there is small.
The Rebels can be seen towards
Sharpsburg, driving off cattle, horses,
and plundering the farmers in the val
ley. No large force is visible. Advi
ces from Greencastle, Pa., this a. in.,
say that the rebels occupy Hagers
town, but the force is uot known.—
While in Middletown yesterday, the
rebels plundered the people of their
horses and other property.
The railroad is still unobstructed as
far as Sandy Hook, opposite Harper's
Ferry. It is believed there was only
a small rebel force on the Virginia shore,
opposite Point of Rocks.
LATEIL—The rebels in Harper's Fer
ry have destroyed all the railroad pro
perty there, the telegraph and ticket
office, and burned a large quantity of
forage.
Still Later.
BALTINORE, July 7.—The folloiriog
particulars were gathered at beadquar
tem from information received there
to-night: This afternoon the rebel ad
vance made an effort to gain the bridge
near the Mon ocacy. General Wallace,
finned in line about a mile eastward of
the town, and shortly after 4 o'clock.
the fighting conimeneed, and lasted
with more or less severity lip to eight
q'olpok, when the rebels after Wing
three times repulsed, finally retired,
leaving us in possession of the ground.
During the action several shells fell
into the city, but did no damage of
moment. The citizens viewed the fight
from their house tops and from the out
skirts. General Wallace is confident of
holding Frederick. We have no ac
count of the killed and wounded. Rein
forcements are rapidly pushing forward,
and there is every reason to believe
that ,his movement of the enemy will
result only in disappointment and dis
inter to tbp rebel cause.
BALTtmoun, !Illy 7.—We are assured
at Headquarters that everything is pro
gressing well, and, with' the reinforce
ments non- mashing to the front, the
rebels will soon find their expectations
sadly disiippoinif)d. General Wa'.lace
says that detachments of the one hundre4
dare awn dot ''irere in thcf ggat t boAukv
-9.11
WAX DEPARICKENT ) WASHING:ON,
3.—.. Major. Gen. Dix : The follow
ing telegram, dited today at Marietta,
was received this evening from Gen.
13herman, giving OM, successful result
of flanking operations in - progress some
days back. The movement on our
right caused the enemy to evacuate.
We occupied Kenesaw at daylight and
Marietta at 8:30 a. m., General Thom
as moving down the main road tow.ardf,
the Chattahoochie, and McPherson to
wards the mouth of Islickajack, on the
Sand Town road, with our cavalry on
the extreme flanks. Whether the en
emy will halt this side of the Chatta
hoochie or not, 'Will soon be known.—
`Marietta is almost entirely abandoned
by its inhabitants. More than a mile
of railroad iron has been removed be
tween the town and the fuot of the
Kenesaw.
A dispatch fro.o Gen. Grant's head
quarters, dated 9 'o'clock this morning,
gives the following results of General
Wiison's operations : Sixty miles of
railroad were thoroughly destroyed.
The . Danville Road, General Wilson
reports, could not be repaired in less
than fourteen days, even if all the ma
terials were on hands. He destroyed
all the blacksmith shops where rails
might be straightened, and all mills
where scantlings for sleepers could be
sawed. Wilson brought in about four
hundred regroes and many horses and
mules gathered by his force, He re
ports that the rebels slaughtered with
out utOcy the negroaa they took. Wil
son's loss of property is a small wagon
train to carry ammunition, his ambu
lance train and twelve cannon. The
horses of the artillery and wagons were
generally brought off'. Of the cannon
two were removed from the carriages.
the wheels of which were broken and
thrown into the water, and another,
said to have been disabled by the rebel
shot breaking its trunnions, was aban
doned. 110 estimates his total loss at
from 750 to 1,000 men, including those
lost from capture in the division. A
rebel force made its appearance near
Martinsburg this morning, and were
at last accounts destroying the railroad
and advancing on Martinsburg. The
reports received as yet are too confus
ed and conflicting to determine the
magnitittie of the force or extent of opera
tions, (Signed)
E. M. STANTON.
Fight Between the Kearsage and Al
abeina.—The Rebel Pirate Bunk.—
escape of tho Notorious Captain
aemme#,
NEIV Yoax, July s.—The steamer
City of Baltimore arrived this morning.
The pirate Alabama left Cherbourg on
the 19th to engage the Kearsage, and
attacked her ten miles from Cherbourg
The engagement lasted an hour and
forty minutes, and both vessels made
seven complete circles in maneuvering,
at a distance of from a quarter to a
half mile. The Alabama was sunk.
Captain Semmes and a part of the crew
were saved by the English yacht Deer
hound. Semmes was slightly wounded
in the
Before leaving Cherbourg, the pirate
left sixty chronometers, his specie and
ransom bonds. There was no one
killed, and only three seamen slightly
wounded on the Kearsage. She land
ed at Cherbourg. The vessel sustain
ed bat little injury.
Captain Semmes declined a public
dinner at Southampton and went to
Paris to report to the Confederate com
missioners. Three of the Alabama's
officers and six of the crew landed at
Cherbourg from a French pilot boat.
Also several from the British ship Ac
ton.
It is .fated that the Kearsage cap
tured sixty-eight of the officers and
crew of the Alabama. Semmes pub
lishes a statement, in which he says he
had nine killed and twenty wounded,
and charges that the Kearsage continu
ed firing after the Alabama had struck
her flag.
14elirible Railroad Accident
ST. HALiJsa, C. E., June 29.—The
emigrant train of eleven cars want over
the Beloit - bridge to-day with 354 Ger
man emigrants aboard. Thirty-four
bodies have been recovered so tar, and
about forty taken out injured. One
car is not yet reached. The engineer
appears to be to blame for not stopping
before going on the bridge. The place
is nineteen miles from Montreal.
Adjournment of Congress.
WASHINGTON, July 4.—Both Houses
of Congress adjourned sine die at halt
past 12 o'clodk this p. in. It is believ
ed that all the bills passed by both
Houses have been signed by President
Lincoln.
SAD.—A s mong those killed before
Petersburg, on - bloAday, was the ser
geant-major of the Tenth. Massachu -
setts, which, regiment was just march
ing out of the works, its time having
expired. While in the act of saying
good-bye to a friend he was instantly
k illed.
SPDDEI AND SAD. DsAm.—A Miss Stor
ps, of Clyde, N. Y.,purchased her wedding
Outfit on Tuesday of last week, was taken
suddenly ill on her return, died on Patin'daY,
a 44 burif,d iu tier bridal robes onMon
day, which was to have been her wedding
day.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE•
BY virtue of art order of the Orphans' Court
of Greene county the undersigned wilt sell on
the premises ou
Saturday, July 234,1564,
the following tract of land, viz ; about one acre,
situated in Franklin township, Greene county,
Pa.,adjoining the Scale Lot of Jesse Hook,
an the Waynesburg Turnpike, and other lands
of the sa;d minor.
TERMS—The whole of the molten money
to be paid at the confirmation of the eat°.
ABNER 8A.4.1r,
Guardian of Catharine Margtu'etta,
minor child of Andrew f 4 antz, sr., dec'd.
July 13, 1884.
ecisQol. NOTICA.
.kh«4 *stele of Anemic, totreallip give
to all having claims against said tows-
Frio7
to 111 &
present then. before . the Board,
lithe next semi on the Sot Saturday of Anima.
By (peter Of Beard,
SOPIIDE WiIITK, Prot.
ADA!! tier. —4 ' l 3 ' • 4,1 Y 13
Vonemetation Clause Braled.
'the Conference Committee of Con
grdss cut the disagreeing amendments
o the military bill have agreed u
rata reported almost substan
_AA
WWI.
Smithers substitute,
which has se e n
adopted by both Rouses, and oily
wants the President's signature to be
come a law. This bill, which repeals
the commutation clause, authorizes the
President to call out troops for a term
of one, two or three years, and fixes the
bounty to volunteers at $lOO, $2OO and
$3OO for the respective terms for which
they may enlist. Fifty days are allow
ed after a call in which to raise the quo
tas of the several districts, at the end
of which time a draft is to be ordered
in those districts where there may be
a deficiency. The Executives of the
several State§ are empowered to recruit
wen in any of the States in rebellion,
with the exception of Louisiana, Tennes
see and Arkansas.
The Losses in the Virginia Campaign'.
NEW- YORK; June 30.—The Com
mercial Advertiser states t litorially,
on good authority, that our total loss in
Grant's campaign, exclusive of cavalry
and of Hunter's column, will not ex
ceed 52,000. The total loss since
crossing the James river will not ex
ceed 7500.. Only 3400 wounded re
mained at Headquarters i im the 27th.
As to the rebel losses, the Richmend
Enquirer of the 24th, gave a list of 11,-
130 wounded, sent from Lee's army,
and 3004 from Beauregard's command.
These did not include those sent from
the Rapidan to Gordonsville.
- 90,921-`
OW
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THE REBEL RAID !
Ewell, Breckinridge & Rhodes
North of the Potomac.
BATTLE AT MONOCACY ON SATURDAY.
Our Forces Overpowered and Retreat
The Confederate expedition across
the Potomac is assuming large propor
tions. Not only Ewell's but Long
street's Corps is reported to be on the
march northward. Nothing has been
heard from Sigel for three days. He is
completely surrounded. General Hun
ter's movements are not reported, and
there is no announcement of his arrival
at Parkersburg, on the Ohio, the first
railroad station he would meet on his
road eastward. The various Federal
detachments available against the inva
ders are acting on the strict defensive.
Gen. Couch has removed his headquar
ters from Chambersburg to Harrisburg,
in order to organize the militia called
out by the Governor. The Cumber
land Valley is fitst being deserted by
its inhabitants.
The Confederates have made a new
movement. The troops that crossed
the Pennsylvania border, south of
Greencastle and Chambersburg, have
been withdrawn to Hagerstown, and
their entire force has marched towards
Washington. Frederick, three miles
west of Monocacy River, has been cap
tured. General Wallace, with a small
force, garrisons the railroad bridge
across that river near Frederick. Point
of Rocks is by this time given up to
the enemy, and the I!donocacy divides
the opposing forces. Of the strength
of the Confederates very little is known.
It is however believed to be large.—
The idea of Gen. Lee appears to be
this : Leaving a strong force at Pe
tersburg, he sends a large army north
ward. This army threatens Washing
ton and Pennsylvania; both compara
tively defenceless. By working on the
fears of the Administration, General
Leo hopes to secure the recall of the",
Federal army on the ;fames itiver.—
There is every indication that at least
forty thousand Confederates are on
the road to Washington.
PHILADELPHIA, J S uly 9.—The Bulletin
has a special dispatch from Uarrisburg,
stating that the corps of Ewell, Breck
inridge and Rhodes, arc all ou this side
of the Potomac.
WASIIMGTON, July 9. —Maj. Gm,
Dir,: An official di , :patch just received
from Maj. Gen. Wallace states that a
battle took place between the forces un
der Gen. Wallace's command and the
rebels at 14.onocacy to-day, commencing
at 9 a. m , and confirming until 5 p. in.
Our fore were at length overpowered
by the superior number of the enemy,
and were forced to retreat in disorder.
He reports that Col. Seward, of the New
York heavy artillery, was wounded and
taken prisoner, and that Gen. Tyler was
also taken prisoner; that the enemy's
forces numbered at least 20,000, and
that our troops behaved well, but suffer
ed severe loss. He is retreating to
wards Baltimore.
(Signed)
BAL7INICIRE, July 9, 10 A. M.—The ,
enemy are now reported at Ellicott's
Mills, but, as the telegraph works to
Mariottsville, which is beyond, this is
)3 , g,T1-1101T, July 10, 11 A. I!. — The
party at Rustertoivn is said Li tip.
It was reported that a bridge was burnt
en the Northern Central. Gen. Wallace
is retreating towards the city. His re
treat is covered by fresh troops. The
city is alive with troops for defense.
BALTIMORE, 11:30 A. m.—lt is report
ed at headquarters this-, the Northern
Central Railroad track is torn up, but it
is not stated where. We have also re,
ports that the main body of the rebels
are making for Washington.
BALTIMORE, July 10, 5 P. m.—The
Northern Central railroad has been cut
near Cookeyt.ville, and a bridge i re
ported to be burning. It is supposed to
be the bridge at the Ashland wars.
A rebel cavalryloren ftsgiqated at fif
teen hundred strong,
_p_mhafily exagger
ated, PFlNied th: liorthprn Ceptral
Ic a p sc o above Cockeysville this tare
nor, anti they acti goi towards the
Philadelphia Railroad. whey expected
to reach tOnfOinfore night and cut that
in. Disorder.
E. M. STArcroN,
Secretary of War,