?kt 4t .ir OStsigtr, Joigs, JAS. S. JKNNixesl4oolB. ''`.One eisontry,'One Constitution, One Destiny." lIMSIsfoIASSI VVE WOMBAT, AUG. 3, 1864. FOR PRESIDENT Is tS64, SEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, (Subject to the Decision of the Democratic Na tumid Convention.] . , iNMOVIATIC COUNTY TICKET. AESEEELT, graOMAX ROSS, .01 , PERRY TP. , 61116111,117, lIIICATII JOUNSe , or lIN Mal II 070 II . COMMESSIONER, IPPIPAIL)).11 SCOTT, •r WPITFLY. . DEAERTOT ATTORNEY, JOSEPH G. RITCNIE, 1:3=2:13 POOR WISE DIRECTOR, ARTHUR RINEHART, 1:1=0313 AUDITOR, 14 J. 'KART'S; iqF liaTal!. .d4Whtle the army is tigliting, you as cit izens see that the war is prophesied for the preservation of the Union and the Vonstitutkut, and of your nationality tied year rights as citizens.” GEO. B. McCLELLAN. .1011 ante Cenetitutlon and the Thelon: pace them together, If they stand, they quad stand together • If they fall, they mast fall together:h.ndei Webster. ,is the War now prosecuted for tie .• Freedom of Slaves ? _Much has been said and written upon this subject, bat amid a contrariety of opinions, it was di cult for any one to determine the views or policy of the Administration until the President mode then? known ~hy his re cent statement of the terms or conditions ppon which the war can be terminated. In hia correspondence with the quasi representatives tiT the Southern Confederacy, -, through Horace (freely at Niagara Falls, be hilly and clearly announces "To whom it may concern," that the war shall not be closed until the entire Abolition of Slavery has been effected. it makes no difference, upon con siderations of a national 'character, whether Use Canada rebels were authorized to speak for the South or not, we know that Lincoln is hilly authorized to proclaim the views of his Administration whether they be in con formity with the spirit of the Constitution or 'otherwise, and as commander-in-chief of the ',American army he will, if his statements are worthy of belief, use the army for the accomplishment of that Abject ; Thus the political eider has been caught in' own web; and tie se called Union Presi dent has placed himself, frA4eno4)Y 2 upon a ' disunion pletterm. how can the Union be 'restored by the agency of the army ender 'the cootrol of Lincoln when he avers that 'ishotrery 'shall be crushed or abolished before this war shall be ended ? -In another phase of the questalik, how can the Union be re stored, when its Constitutional integrity, its * tree foundation has, been destroyed ? Can Slavery be abrogated notwithstanding certain tundamental provisions of the Constitution, `liiany other way, than by the exercise of ''*ate rights, or legitimate amendment.?— Come boldly up to the consideration of this subject, Republican friends, and let us reason together, "though thy sins be like scarlet, they may become writs than wool.," t" Can you, in your eagerness to crush sla- VerY, sanction or approve the violation of r tjie .04atitakdor the destruction of any of • . :its parts, or will you not say, in the language of the .great ' Webster, "IF THE CONSTI TUTION ,BE NOT OMERVED IN ALL 178 PARTS, THE WBOLE fIF TrCEASES TO BE BINDING. A bargain cannot be broken on one side, and' main he binding en the other side." In our judgment monad rea son world dictate that governments gong established should not be changed for aboli gen parpesa4 and therefore we lied better ;Where to the government established by our fathers, with the fugitive slave elause,—the three-fifth rule of representation, and Mimeo as they were, rather than fly .; te evils - that we know net of, that may leave us in the fleck vale of anarchy without any govern tneat • ' •It- will not do for you, republican friends, to ssy.that the Abolition of slavery is ektaistent with the Constitution, for this *Amid goetradtct Mr. Lincoln and the great leaders of y,our party. Lincoln said in his Mangan), !`L'hs no larrtul right to inter fere directly or ki4ire.:44 Vlth slavery in the States where it exists." The clause now read (the fugitive slave clause) is se clearly written in the Constitution as any other. Ali members of Congress are sworn to Support the-whole Constitution, to this provision'as much as any other." The Sherman resole- Am, which passed the U. S. Senate Februa- Ty - 17th, 1861, declared, "That neither the Om:trees - of the United States, mutt* peo ple or government of tbe rein-shsvebel4ine States; have the Constitutional right to kw •islate upon or interfere with - islave7 lat any •of the - elsve4ddaiiiiStatei of the Union:"-s- Again, Liacoln,4wough his prime minister, Seward, informed England after the rebellion was fully inswrated, that "The framers of wer governmeat t placed the entire control of slavery beyond the control of the Federal an thOrities, by leaving it to remain subject to the exclusive:management and dispositioo ief the several States themselves." Now an , view of these enotations from your leaders, do not have the audacity to say that Lin coln's policy as proclaimed to the Canada rebels is Constitetional, but stand up to the kChicago platform, (if you canfug do aurhp6ter,3 Which says, the "Federal on fititution, the rights of the States, and the 'Union of the States, mast and shall be Ke sel ved," and "that the right of each State, t o order and control its domestic institutions according to its own judgment, is essential to the balance of power." If Lincoln, like the Dutchman's mule, will.kick the stable, or Constitution, to pieces because it confines him, le, JAim ,kick, het jest keep put of his way. Fs the war now prosecuted far the fmedont of slaxes, and if se, eught it to be prosecuted for that object? Let the people decide this Anestion at the ballot box fairly ; for upon its ecision hangs the weal or woe of the Union. We call the attention of our readers to the ' following reisseicable article from the Albany Evening journal, weitteu by MDR LOW WEED, one of the ablest and Most sega cions of the supporters of Mr. Lincoln's Ad ministration. It will be seen that it con firms to the fullest extent, the views of the DemOcratic press, as to the mischievous ten dency of the measures so . persistently and successfully pressed upon the Administra tion by the Abolitionists. Coming from a Democratic source, such comments would be set down as 13410:erheadisan (whatever that army mean,) of tlee most :indignant cast; but coming from a distinguished Republican, it is well worth the ettantion flf grow ,and thoughtful members of thst party, who yet desire to save the institutions of our country from utter destruction, and the continued rule of WHITE MlClover its destinies Thurlow Weed's Opinion of Chase. The "despotism" from which I. felt, in ppnunon with emancipated thousands, a sense csf relief, is well understood at Wash ington. Mr. Chase, in the exer.dae of ti k e vast patronage of his department, was 4 swap* He preserved his power over the President by reiterating threats to resign.— Mr. Linn nailer the erroneous impression thst 4,conhd not dispense with the services of his secretary of the Treasury, yielded and endured until human patience was exhausted. jr.l Phase tried the resignation dodge once too often. Mr. Lincoln's error was in living so long in torment. The final breach was occasioned by the refusal of Mr, Lincoln to ratify an improper appointment. In declin ing to accept Mr. Chase's nominee, Mr. Lin coln sligested Richard M. Blatchford, Id ley S. Gregory, or Thomas Hillhouse, as As sistant Treasurer; but Mr. Chase was irlax iVe—despotic—Mr. melds or resignation ! In view of the aotorious;y unworthy men with whom Mr. Cease had snrronilded him self, Mr. Lincoln was certainly justified in pausing. Mr. Chase not long previously bad made the same point in relation to p Xew York Custom House appointment, pd the President yielded. The organization of the New York Custom House is a living, burn iryir *grace, Mr. Chase tunl evidence of in, famous practices, but refused to ant.. When charges showing that the enemy was receiv ing supplies through the Custom House were so rife that the President , in December last called the Secretary's attention to them, he replied curtly that he had "no information affecting the integrity of the Collector."— He had, however, abundance information af fecting the integrity of other officials, but, instead of removing them, his special agent spent months in efforts to strangle inyestiga:- tions and cover up raseatities. Mr. Chase knew that there were Ten izt the Custom House whose only service was to sign a pay roll. He knew that others were dishonest— that one was detected. in le#ving his depart ment with goods concealed upon his person, He has known for three years that gross Custom House dishonesty exists at Oswego. But he gave them no "sign." Mr. Clark, whom he placed at the head of the money-- ; bureau at Washington, had been exposed of- I ficially, for dishonesty in the extension of the Treasury building, a work progressing under the eye of Mr. Chase ! And yet he placed that man in # position of overwhelm ing trust ! Ike not only placed a tabooed man in such a position, but refused to re move him on the report of his own Solicitor of the Treasury, Mr. Jordan, who in April last, in a letter to Mr. Chase, said : TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SOLIOTTOR'S Or nor, April 19. —Sir : I have the honor here with to transmit a report made to me by Colonel L C. Baker, together with a num ber of 4tfidavits, affecting the conduct and ktapiteipr of 8. M. Clark and G. A. Ha SOH - . o,cciirdance with your inst. varhib,itsd Owe affidavits to Mr. OW hin. tho 1414 so by your d' in order *at iMght have an to make see..h alr omatioa or ,should deem proper . . Ws reply to me *-as, that as alleged ng4d4st, him imp e ach4g or character as an oftcer pro* ho denied it utterly, and thy; k.a er matter he scorned to make an; I have further, in obedience to celled before me most of the affidavits are herewith transmitted, such other inquiries as it 411 power to make touching the us in the affidavits, and the result is, conviction that the most •material statements are true ; particularly tamed in the affidavits of Ella Jackson, nie Gertnon and Laura Duvall. What 140 m, if any, ought to view of theitoliccta, is, of course, i %ion for me i 0 604x#F• I have the honor t be, with high (Signed" -• Serlcitor'pr the Hon. a P. 044 e, Seee*P. .7' of Wal7% 'There are other and grave reasons fra. re joicing that M. Chase is out of the Clakinet. He.abolitiostized the Cabinetj and if our lattvernmentld be overthrown and our Tinian severed, le, as the chief of a class to which Sumner, lireeley, Phillips, etc., etc., belong, will be responsible for the eslamity— directly responsible—for they have perverted the war which should have waged against rebellion, ,lacking the wisdom ho '"perceive that the whole North could be united against rebellion, while upon their abolitioia pro gramme, the people are divided. In other words, if wiser teen had ruled, rebellion would tiave divided the South and united the North. As it is, the South is intensely nnic ted, while the North is unhappi'y divided, But for Mr., Chase and his followers, the re bellion would. have had narrower tinAta, em bracing only the Golf and some of the MlS sissippi States. But for their influence two Union men from Border States wend have been in the Cabinet. For -saying, in December, 1860, that Tennessee, North Car olina, Western Virginia and Northern Al abama, were full of Union men, I was de nounced and persecuted by all the Ultra- Abolitionists. But under every discourage ment—amid rapine and murder—U - 1;s has proved to be true. Mr. Chase would not, however, allow these States to remain in the Union, nor suffer them to return to it as States. For the truth of my assertion that Mr. Chase would not allow the Border states to remain in the Union, I submit the follow ing letter WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Dear Sir c Thanks for your note and explanation of this vote.— It may be useful. There is a greater dispo sition to compromise than I like to see. But I hope the best. Half a .dozen of the Bur ' der States gentlemen have been in our room to-night. Etheridge and Stokes, of Tomes see ; Adams and Bristow' of Kentucky; Gil -1 mer, of North Carolina, and others. I real ly sympathize with them, but see no reason why ws'ehoold sacrifice perxtanently a lame power 4o hail) them, for the purpose of gain ing temporarily a little one. Yours, cordially, S. P. CHASE. When this letter was written, bold, devo ted Union pen in North Carolina and Ten nessee were struggling to keep their States in the Union, anxious to sustain the Gov erntnent and to stand by the stars acd stripes. The '!4order State Proposition," adapted by Congress, would have held them. Their members of Congress, went personally to "our room," imploring aid. Mr. Chase's ‘osympafte was excited, but he "saw no reason" for "sacrificing" Abolitionism for the Union! What followed is historical. We have been involved for nearly four years in an abolition war. The influences that drove North Carolina and Tennessee from the Union extorted an emancipation proclama tion, practical and effective only in giving union and determination to proclamation to which the rust slave has not owed his freedom, for it is only operative where our armies go, and without the armies would have gone faster and farther. And let it be remembered that all the while the Abolition demagogues and fanatics were aid ing both rebellion and slavery. The North, united, and free of the incubus of abolition ism, would have crushed rebellion, ant with it the cursed institution which struck at and sought to divide the Union s If the South avert the punishment due to the great ra tional crime pf t•eltkllion, they will Owe their epeape to the insanity of Abolitionists. It is thus that antagonisms work together. And here, to guard against those who lay in wait to pervert all I say, let me exempt Gerritt Smith, who has nobly given himself to the duty of sustaining the Go-ernment in its war against rebellion. Had the same degree of patriotism and sense governed Mr. Chase, leading members of Congress, and influential journals, we should this day rejoice in the triumph of the Government over the van quished armies of the Confederacy, consign ing rebellion and slavery tp a common grave. I did not, three years ago, mistake or mag nify the evil 4f abolition influences, nor though fiercely denounced, did I shrink from the duty of warning the people. What then was only prophetic is now history, Aboli tion influences in Congress, and io the Cabi net, have doubled the millions of dollars, and deepened the rivers of blood spent and shed, in ,a war which, so long as such influences and counsels sway the Government, prontrises nothing but an interminable confliot or an in glorious termination. T. W. , t2iitys ?Air. Lincoln in his letter of accept ctnce: I am eappgially gratified that the soldiers and sgainep were not topg r ottea b the (3im vention, as they forever should and will be remembered by the grateful country for whose salvation they devote their lives." It wonld seem from the treatment the sol diers and seamen receive at the instance of the "Government" that they are likely to be MY2I Gammon. Peace.( Davis' Ultimatum. -' - The Buffalo Commercial. Advertiser, a Re- ! lit his interview with • Rdatund Kirke publican paper, thus dwells on the peace ne- ' Gilmore the rebel chief is said to have de gotiations; I clartd that the independence of the &nth We are aware that it has become the ' was his aitimatum. In this Jeff. Davis rep fashion with a class of silly, nnreflect- ' resents the wishes of the majority of the ing men to scout the idea of any peace, Southern people about as truly as Lincoln and to refuse to listen to deliberate re- represents the wishes of the Northern peo flection or discussion upon the subject pie wten he makes the Abolition of Slavery as an abandonment of principle. Such one of the terms et his ultimatum. Spite of men seem to consider the present strug gle ns on people both sides theof as a sort of Kilkenny fight, involv- die Pentads ing the total annihilation of one or 0 .0. I both sections will yet get together in the er of the parties to it, and regard the 1 1-Tniela mention of peace as- very nearly allied to treason itself. * - *. * The North entered upon the present struggle with the declared purpose of maintaining the Union. President Lincoln in his inaugural, uttered sen timents which would to-day be entirely satisfactory to the South as a basis of peace. Congress at its first session af ter the comnitepe,ment of hostilities re solved with all the scionmity of legisla tion, that the war should be prosecuted with no purpose of aggression upon the Federal rights of the South. Tlie ink of the engrossing clerk was scarcely dry before the national faith thus,pletig ed, was violated. Three bloody years, have sealed the stutification which was then enacted. The key of the great problem now before this people may be found in this question : What are we fighting for " Is it the maintenance of thel.Tuion, or is it the reconstruction of The Union upon a basis of emancipation'? .Are we g&ting to assert and vindicate the pow er of thp Federal Government, or to regulate and reform the domestic abuses of the South In the answers to these questions lies the solution of all the issues of war. We venture the•opinion that if a re liable assurance could be given to the people of the South that the Federal Constitution and its strict maintenance were the sole untimatum of peace, that the rebellion would cease within three mont4s. The Newhuryport (Matts.,) Jerald, anoth er Republican PMtae trbe following, which we especially caumneu4 l o bonaliohl. What w,e want to secure is not eman cipation or slavery ; nor the success of this party or that ; but the nation's in tegrity—the Union as it was. All oth er considerations are ofno consequence, not worth naming. Give us the Union in peace, and we shall be fully capable of taking care of all else. Slivery will settle itself; it was doing so as 'rapidly as it could safely, before tuis war com menced. Give us Union in peace, and the national debt would be nothing.— If it were two thousand millions more than it is to-day, the urtional stock would at once advance 30 par cent. above par, and gold would sink, till both would come near a level. Give us Union in peace, and we should present such a fi•ont to the world, ns to be ever after secure against encroaehtnents azid insults from abroad and we should hold the destiny of th' "Western continent in our own hands. The Result of the Enormous Drain. The National lhtelligencer gives the fol 7 jwcfms which it thinks may be af- Arined N. - if:hunt ;erg. of # successful p,otm 4 . !cti9P — an opinion in which rye heartily unite : .1. As in the case of individuals, so in the case of nations, nothing so effect ually exhausts the physical power of a nation as a spasmodic over-straining of its energies. . 2. That from a population of 23,000,- 000 not more than 500,000 can be ad vantageously diverted from the pursuits of productive industry to the profes sion of arras, and that, oven this propor tion was found excessive during the Napoleonic wars. 3. That nothing so speedily tends to exhaust the military strength and press the military spirit of a people As the successive calls for men in exagger ated numbers, under the promise that each call will be the last. . 4, That when the maximum num ber of Teti who can be profitably divert ed from the Pqrs4l4 of productive in dustry has been reached, the secret of military efficiency must he sought in wise genera4hip, in the careful husband ing of resources, and in the concentra tion of forces, rather than in the multi plication of troops. Over Two and a half Million of Men and Still Want More. j The hollowing figures so far as they go, are supposed to be reliable. Raisee in 1861, as per report of S.ecretary Cameron, for three months, 77,87fi; raised in same year, as per the same report, for three years, 660,971 ; call of July 1, 1862, 300,000; call of Aug. 4, 1862, for militia of certain States, June 15, 1863, to repeal invaders of Pennsylvania, 120,000 ; draft of July,ElB63, 300,000; num ber raised since October 17, as per statement • Wilson, 700,000; total, 2,458,856. call for 500,000 with an excess of cent. will make 3,458,000, iv National Enponaos. present eappnees pf per government $2,700,000 a day, 411.2,400 an '5 a minute..--(Chicago Journal. equal.-ixo three niggers a minute Ira an hoar, 4,320 niggera a day, 300 a year. The Journal man may be able to peroeive that the whole have been bought and paid for a a half ago.—floniaville Journal. lie, too, leaves out of the account dreds of thousands of killed and white citizens of the United States, "biladelphia Age. Degtoproto pmdioted that the of a serdional party_ would pro lissolutiaa of the VitiQn• That mace 4 as “lope fOOO duff: q It is before the country, •w predict' that t t he mehlition of ihoul4 it 0000r l W 1 1 reDder per the soparatioo of the North and 11 1 11 will be twined "Copperhead We -try it ! I The Abofitioniots. "If these infernal fanatics sad Abolition= ists ever get the power in their bands they will over-ride the Constitution, set the SI;L -preme court at defiance, change and make laws to suit themselves, "lay violent hands on those who differ with them in opinion," or dare question their fidelity; and finally ',ankrUpt the con i ptry and deluge it with blood."— DA N WEBSTEIL "Here lig a people who lost their own liberties, in trying to give freedom to the Africio race."—ELwoon FISHER. 11/4rtiot kmg sionee 4. number of Congress men from Panay v 3-4,144 ppm Mr. Lin coln to remonstrate against the arbitrary ar rest of Col. Wolford in that State. In the course of the interview, the President laid much stress upon his liberality. Why, says he, I have permitted roernbers of Congress upon the floor of the House not only to crit icise my poky, but even to personally at tack rite ! [(ow fine that sounds to a free people! Permitted members of Congress to speak of his "highness." This sounds in ore like the talk of an EMperor than of the President of a people professing to he free. *'Our exchanges all give the same report of the action of the Abolition League dining The late invasion t They drummed and fifed and rallied, and all staid at home.—Sumbeay Democrat. t gt)l,°) Summary of the War News. The city of Atlanta is situated about seven miles southeast of the Chattu hoochie River, on the line of the rail road leading from Savannah to Chat tanooga and Nashville. It is the term inus °float. principal State railroads. By three of them it is connected with Charleston on the east, Pilontgomery and Pensacola on the southwest, and Savannah on the southeast. The pop ulation is about twenty thousand. It contains the largest rolling mill in the South, besides pistol and tent factories, and Government works for the manu facture of everything needed in the way of army supplies. In anticipation of General Sherman's movement, nearly all the stores in the city were, a short time since, removed to a position of greater security in the interior. General Braxton Bragg arrived at Atlanta on the 18th, General John B. Ifood took command of the Rebel army. General Johnston haying been displac ed. Official dispatches kOnl General lierman's array state that the Rebel ati tack on Wednesday was made in force. The fighting lasted several hours. The enemy's ler is reported at from six to eight hundred killed, and four thousand wounded and prisoners ; that of the Federal at only fifteen hundred. Later dispatches announce that in the battle on Friday last, a whio no particulars -have been received, Maior-General James B. McPherson was killed. The death of General McPherson is a seri ous, perhaps an irreparrable loss, to the Federal army. A Richmond paper of Wednesday last. has a despatch stating that on the day previous the Rebel General Rey nolds attacked the Federal line of skir mishers at Poach Tree Creek, five miles north west of Atlanta, and took pos session of their entrenchments. Be captured one hundred and fifty prison ers. An Illinois regiment lost in killed and wounded one hundred men, and an Ohio regiment also suffered severely. It adds that the Rebel right flank was believed to be resting on the stream, and protected by it. The guerrillas are very active in Ken tucky. They have made their appear ance on the Ohio River. A body of them, numbering.several hundred, has entered Henderson, on the Indiana bor der. Their presence at that place is. said to have been caused by their in tended execution of two guerrillas in retaliation for the murder of a citizen. The Fedmil forces were drawn up in a line awaiting their attack; but, says our account, "the timely arrival of thtil gunboats would save them from disas ter." From General Grames array there is little of interest. On Saturday there was masiderable skirmishing .in front of Burnside's position, but no injury is reported. By an order of General Grant the 10th Army Corps has been assigned to General Birney, General Mott has succeeded to the command of 3d Division; Other changes, it ill ru mored, are in contemplation. From Cairo we have an account of General A. J. Smith's expedition. It claimed that Smith whipped the ebemy in five battles, killed six of their gen erals, captured two thousand prisoners, and returned with a loss of but five hundred men all told. There are reports of anathar Rebel raid into Maryland. it is reported that motaviiptwary boll pressed the Peto 4114that birga force of Rebels are about to follow. The farmers of Montgomery county are panic stricken, and are driving thp*r horses and cattle along toe roads leading to Washington. A. Louisville despateti states that fif ty women captared . by the advance of Sherman's army in Georgia arrived here on Friday. Three hundred and fifty mare were pt Nashville, and wsttld be forwarded au Tizeiday. They were to be sent beyond tie Waits q tip ted States. The War News. There was * desperate engagement at Atlanta on Friday. The fight was severe, bat resulted in the defeat of the enemy's plans. General McPherson's grand division is understood to have been the one prineipally attacked, and against it the rebels massed halt their army.* After General McPherson's fall, General Logan took command, and conducted the battle to its termination. The slaughter, as reported (seven thou sand on the rebels side), indicates that the battle was severely fought, and con tinued nearly all the whole day. On Saturday both parties were engaged in burying their dead, under a flag of truce. The details of time battle at hand are very meager and unsatisfactory for an engagement of its magnitude. It appears, however, to have been a grand effort on the part of Hood to retrieve the disasters which had befallen the reb el army while under the command of Johnston, and to drive our forces from the position which they had secured to the left of the city, and within a portion of its fortifications. The engagement may have been precipitated by au effort on the part of General Sherman to carry the remaining portion of the rebel works, and thus gain complete pos session of the city. This theory would uceount for the desperate character of the fighting ; the enemy endeavoring to retain to the last moment control of a position of such vast st„ra.tegic impor tance to the South. Whatpver mar have been the motive for the engage ment, the dispatches already received affirm that it was attended with success, if not with decisive results. Still it may have been in the nature of a drawn battle, and both sides buried their dead and removkd their wounded, under flag of truce, A few days, perhaps hours, will give us further details of this most important engagement. No offipial intelligence has been received of the occupation of any portion of Atlanta by our forces. It is reported that Cameral Rousseau has captured Montgo , the capital of Alabama. If this is true, a most im portant success has been attained, which will greatly enhance the value of Gen. Sherman's operations. Some days ago General Rousseau moved out from Decatur, Ala.. for the purpose of raid ing upon the lines of railroad commuui eation west of Atlanta Indeed it was kis intention to destroy every prominent point, which Gonad be available to the rebels, between Opelika and Montgom ery, with a view to prevent the move ment of the enemy in that direction in case he should retreat from Atlanta.— If, therefore, General Rousseau has ar rived at Montgomery, he has accom plished his mission, and the rebel army under Hood is cut off from communica tion with the West and Southwest. The force of General Rousseau was ample to carry out the details of his ex pedition, and consisted of five regiments of western cavalry. In the desperation of their situation, the rebels may at tempt to cut off return to General Sherman. In this event, however, he was instructed to cut his way through to Pensacola, and thence, by steamers, proceed to New Orleans. The an nouncement of his success in reaching Montgomery indicates, however, that he is in communication with his origi nal base, if not with General Sherman. The cavalry forces connected with General Sherman's army, have, it ap pears, raided over all the railroads in Alabama, to the east and West of Mont gomery, and as far as Covington. The work of destruction has probably been thoroughly accomplished. General Slocum's expedition has re turned to Vicksburg, after defeating Wirt Adams at Grand Gulf on the 17th. The rebels met with severe loss, and re treated, leaving their• dead and wound ed on the field. Latest of the Raid. Great Excitement in Baltimore, PHILADELPMA, July —Gentlemen from Baltimore report peat ignorance there regarding militaiy. movements. The city is quiet, but intense anxiety from the suppression of news has caus ed improbable rumors, Among others that the bankers and public officers are preparing to remove the valuables from the city. Our infoi matioa believes that a raid into Pennsylvania is the objebt of the rebels, but before they can get there they must defeat our fora now threat ening their right tanlf... A dispatch from Fretrick, Mary land, at noon .to-day, to tie Baltimore American, says: All firiiei news from the front looks t4wwallie. We still hold Harper's Ferry. There is some uneasiness on the line 4fthe North ern Central Road, and apprehensions of a raid. Orders have been issued to remove the rolling stock. is'tiniught the report is sensational. W4snrworow, July 28.—The latest anrJfentic intelligence is that General Kelly occupies Martinsburg. Ther e has been no heavy fighting within the past three or four days, and no infor mation that the rebels have re crossed into Maryland. The rebels occupy Falling Water on the Virginia side, and our forces Williamsport on the Maryland side, the contest being for the ford. There is no evidence that Early has been reinforced. The affair at Winchester on Saturday, .when Col. Mulligan was wounded, was only a skirmish. General Crook was forced to retreat, finding his small command flanked. Human About the Last Raid. NEW Yoga, July 27.--A. Herald Bal timore dispatch of the 26th, 9 p. m., says : At last unts General Crook has succeeded i driving the advance of the enemy, which was pushing north, back to Bunker Hill, ten miles south of Martinsburg. Rumors are now cur rent of a fight near Harper's Ferry, in which General Hunter was badly worsted. They are very indefinite), however. birChevras Aninard, aged 96 years, was buried by his brother Masons at East nad4sun, Ct., last week. The oldest bell in the Union tolled his fu neral knell--,a bell brought to this coun try one hundred and forty years ago. The Peso. Movement. CLIFTOS Home, Nue4l& FALLS, July 22 15 P. M.—lt appears that one important letter in the correspondence with the Confed erate Commissioners is omitted in the official correspondence sent by the Associated Press. It is a letter from Horace Greeley to JeWett. The latter was fearful that he would be ar rested for the part he had taken, and Greeley wrote him a letter showing him the authority that he had for his action from the President. It is reported that this letter shows fully Mr. Lincoln's original position relative to receiv ing the Confederate Commissioners, and is therefore important in showing the change of base by the President. Jewett is in New York, and has the original letter. The only copy taken here was carried off by Mr. Hol combe with the other papers, and it is im possible to obtain a copy to day. A number of politicians of both parties are here to-day, not only from Buffalo, but also from Michigan and other points in the West. The Democrats say that the letter of Mr. Lincoln sent by Major Hay is all the capital that they want for the campaign. The more conservative of the Republicans declare that they cannot stand by Lincoln in liioultianat urn—the total abolition of slavery—es the only condition for the settlement of this ques tion; that they supposed the war was for the restoration of the Union; and further, that whenever that can be accoreidished they want the war to stop, and are not willing that it shall be carried on solely for the purpose of a/Polishing slavery. This shelve very plainly that the corres pondence will divide the leaders of the Re publican party, and only the extreme anti slavery portion will sustain the President in the ultimatum laid down in his letter. Both Republicans and Democrats who are watch ing the movement here do not look upon Lin coln as rejecting the Confederate Commis sioners because they are not duly accredited, but that it all turns on the question of the abolition of slavery. The Confederate Commissioners claim that, while they are not specially delegated to treat with Mr. Lincoln, they have general powers and delegated authority in behalf of the Southern Confederacy. The payment of three hundred dollars commutation, if made before last February, exempts from all drafts for three full years. If made after that time, the exemption is good only against the impending draft, as the law was changed in February to that end. Since the passage of the act of February there is no commutation, and all who are drafted and found liable must serve in person or by proxy. ~, ~ z >~ _ ANOTHER REBEL RAID !. Pennsylvania has again been invaded. A dispatch from Harrisburg, under date of July 30th, says : The people of Chambersburg receiv ed information yesterday of the approach of the Rebels. At once the merchants and business men commenced packing up their stock, and before ten o'clock last night the most valuable merchan dize was sent far beyond the reach of the Rebels. At 3 o'clock this morning a rebel force reached Chambersburg, and encamped on the Fair ground.—. This force was met a short distance from Mercersburg by a small party of troops from Carlisle barracks, who fought the advance stubbornly, but were compelled to withdraw on account of the numbers of the invaders. It is reported that the rebels have burned the Court House, Town Hall and the resi dence of Col, A. K. McClure at Cham bcrsburg, Another •dispatch to the Pittsburgh Commercial, under date of July 31st, Mil At 2 p. m. yesterday General Averill, with a ((woe of cavalry, dashed into Chambersburg just after. the rebels lett it. He pursued and soon overtook them. A fight ensued, in which the enemy was driven towards St. Thomas, but with what other result I have not learned. Gen. Ill'Causeland made a demand on the people of Chambersburg for $1,000,- 000 in gold, or $500,000 in greenbacks. The demand was not complied with. The order was then given to fire the town, when the rebel soldiers broke in doors and windows, fired the houses, and told the people to get out if they could. The screams of the women and children were heart-rending, but had TY_I elect on the ielimlits. A dispatch this morning states the half of the town is in ruins, _anti that .3,000 people are homeless and almost psoniless. Many saved nothing but their night clothes, Col. A. K. Mc Clare's loss amounts to nearly $50,000.. The Eyster Emily lost nearly a quarter of a million. The following dispatch has been re ceived by General Rowley at Pitts. burgh : HARRISMRG, July 30, 1864.— T0 Br! .9 Gen. Rowley :—Averill has re-captured Chan'bersburg. One half of the town is burnt by the rebels It is believed that Breckiniidge is marching west on an extensive Fwd. Pittsburg may have t twit out fifteen thousand for defense. J. N. Coven, Major General, Good News from Grant. BALTIMORE, July 31.—A1l doubts as to the good news from Gen. Grant's army seem to be removed. A late dispatch just received says that the as sault commenced at 4 o'clock on Satur day morning by a terrible explosion, which completely destroyed one of the enemy's principal forts in front of Pe tersburg containing sixteen guns, which was rendered a mass of ruins. Upon this explosion, our artillery opened with one simultaneous and continuous roar along our entire line. Up to the leaving of the mail boat at 10 o'clock, we had captured two oth er earth works, and also the entire outer line of the rebel entrenchments.
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