to effect it. Unions are made by peo ple taking one another as • they are, and I think it has never yet occurred to any man who was anxious to form a partnership with another, that he tilstuld first attempt to force that other; lerter to change his religion or his poli tics. Is not the answer obvious ; would not the other say to him : "If you do not like my principles, why dq you wish to' ljc • partner with me " Havel riot as good a right to ask you to change yours 'as a condition prece dent'?" Si) it was with the Southern pelple they were all in favor of slavery, but 'one-half of them were still for Union With us aa before, because they did not btiliere VOO were Abolitionists. The Other half were in open rebellion be cause they did believe 0,. Now, can . 4my one-eonceive of greater folly on our part than that we should destroy the faith of our friends and verify that of our enemies ? Could not anybody have foretold we would have lost one half by that, and. then we woulli. have no one left to form a union with? We drove . thaw half over to the rebels and thereby itiereged their strength a thou : sand-fold. - . Is hot all this history now ? The 1 great f,4ct is staring us full in the face T,o-day ; we are contending with united people desperately in earnest to resist us. Our most powerful armies most skillfully led have heretofore failed to conquer them, and I think will fail as long as we pursue this fatal policy. Now, Mr. President, I appeal to sen atom whether it is not time to pause and inquire whether that policy, which has certainly united the southern peo plel, in their cause, an which quite as 1 certainly has divided i p noiliptil pep 'pie in their sUpport 0 op s, onglit to be abandoned at once. Why persist In it longer? Can we do nothing to retrieve our finftine by retracing our steps ? Can we not divide the rebels i4d 'unite the loyal men of the loyal 'states by going back to the single idea of war for the Union; or is it now too late? Have we lost irrecoverably our bold on the affections of our countrymen who were for the Union in 1861— even in 1862? Is there no way by which we could satisfy tag that we yet mean union, and hot conquest and subjUottion I And 'what a difference in the meaning: , of those two phrases! he fint offers the hand of a brother, the second threatens the yoke of a mas ter. Or are we obliged how to ex change the hopes we had of southern Union men for that other and misem tile hope in the negro 1 Is be all that is lett 16f loyalty in the South, and the only ally we can rely upon to aid us in restoring the Union? Ve gods! what -have we come to at the last ? Either to :yield to an unholy rebellion, to dis member an empire, or to go into na tional companionship with the negro ! Is this the alternative to which our mad uess has brought us ? Mr. President, these things are enough to drive a sane man mad. Af ter all our pretensions, all our boast ingot, how absurd will we appear in the eyes of all other nations if we fail in this struggle l' Especially as almost all gm measures about which we have oc cupied ourselves for the last three years have been based upon our success al ready assumed as a fixed fact. We provided for confiscating the estates of rebel's before we got possession ; we emancipated slaves before we got them from their masters, and we provided for the disposition of conquests' we have aot made ; we have disposed of the skin of the bear, and the bear itself is yet uncaught. All this we put upon the record; the statute -bug* Will bear wh iles§ agairuit us in all coming time; and we cannot escape the consequences if we fait. Mr. President, our government was intended to be one of law, pre-eminent ly of law. There was to be nothing in the administration of it left to the arbi k•arx will of an individual or individuals. This was its merit, or intended so, par tied - knee.' I am for preserving its char acter in that respect strictly. Let no man, from the President down 'to Or most petty officer, dare to do anything:, whether to friend in: enemy, ex.tept. as warranted by la*. 'Let us make war according to law, and let us have peace Recording to law. If we fight a bellig erent enemy, let us do it according to the fait* of nations. If we punish to re strain a refractory citizen, let us do it by the law of the land, "by due process of law." Had we had faith in our Con stitution and laws and our people, we had not been in our present condition. Had we made war and war alone, the loyal people of the North and South to a roan would have been with us. The voice of faCtien, if not entirely hushed, would have been 'harmless. The capi ;al of the demagograe would have been worthless, and the nation would have heen irresistible. •' HI We tie.*(l - the negro as the Constitution treats him, as a person, as another man ; had we made no distinction or difference be tween him and other citizens, we had not aroused against him that tribal an tipathy which will be far more likely to destroy him than a false philanthrophy will be likely to elevate him in the scale of being. If he was friendly to us, the tAttpe use could have been made of him tliiit we lays made ; we could have en listed hid' id - bur armies now as we have been enlisting him in our navy for long years. We could have received him as a vol unteer, if he was abfe-bodied, - witho i m looking to his complexion, and we could have drafted him without inquir- 1 , lug into the relations which existed be- ! tween him and his master, any more ' than we inquire into the relations , the white man of twenty years of age ' with his parent or his guardian. State laws adjusted all those questions, but to the United States it • made no differ- ' ewe whether he owed his service to' individuals or not ; he owed his first duty to the republic as military service was required. All this Was lawful, an 4 no loyal man ever did or would have icbmpleined of it, kindly done in till proper sririt. . "hove only to say, in conclusion, sir, tbot li hope..that the joint resolutiOn WM not be repealed,and that this'and prOjoetalvill• tint 'in doe fu ture, for th - e — tiimple reason that they strengthen the rebels by uniting their people with . them, and they weaken the Union muse by dividing its friends and distracting them with uusieseassry issues. Let us unite opon the single idea of suppressing the arwed opposi tion of the government. Let the ener gies of the nation be devoted solely to tt;:it pirpose, and success may yet come, it* success is possible. -- ate tootagtr. J L AS W . ' s. " JE NE N S N I NG s ,} Editors. "One Country, One Constitution, One Destiny." SVIIIATAINWIe%) I)t2 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24, 1864. 70R PRESIDENT IN 1864 4 SEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, (Subject to the Decision of the Democratic Na ltnial Convention.) DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. ASSEMBLY, THOMAS ROSE, OF PERRY TP. tFIFRIFF, UNA T H JOHNS, Or WASICINOTOI4. CO74IIIIBSIOICER, THOMAS SLOTT, or RMITYLY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOSEPH G. RITCHIE, =BIM POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR, ARTHUR RINEHART, OF TR.NNLIN. AUDITOR, A. J. MARTIN, Ur WAVII Z. “While the army b lighting. ypp as cit izens see that the war Is prosecuted for the preservation a the Union and the Constitution. and or your natlonttlity ar.d your Akins as citizens.” GEO. B. McCILELLAN. jormiThe Constitution anti the Unic nt I place them together. If they stanlA, they must stand together; if th6y fall, they must fall together."--Daniel IVebster. 80DETV MEETING! A meeting will be held at the Cqu!!T Housf, in Waynesb,tirg, TUESDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1864, to take into consideration the propriety of asking the President of the United States to postpone the Draft ordered on the sth day of September next. This call is made by persons belong ing to all parties, and citizens belong- ing to all parties are invited to attend *ANY CITIZENS, wittioßt respect to Party. Aug. 24th, 1864. Cost of the War. In a speech made at a war meeting in Lynn, Itassadmsetts, on Saturday evening s, Senator Henry Wilson stated that more t4an two hundred and twenty thousand men who responded to the call of patriotism had fallen in battle or sank by disease into soldiers' graves; while the wounded, maimed and broken in health were all around, reminding Übe nation of the fearful cost of its present struggle for existence. Gen. Hooker upon his arrival at Wash ington from the Army of the West which he left in apassion, off the following good thing in a speech he was called upon to make to his admirers ; "I did not come here to make q speech, nor elionld you expect one. If this rebellion was to be put down by speeches, enough have been made since its comtnencement to put down forty." Some of the Shoddy orators about here might take a hint from Hooker. a Linco ln refused to let Stephens come to Washingtsn, ou the ground that it would be recognizing the rebel authorities. Now, he refuges Clay; Holcomb and Thompson an interview, because they have not such author ity. The truth is, Old Abe is determined to continuo the war till slavery is wiped ont and his proclamations obeyed instead of the Constitution. lir correropihnt , of the Albany Argus, writing hem* Ntier, op the . only hope the Rebels fkw look fcirwird to *is the'eleetion Of a DilhbenttieP!koideat." Who doubts 7—Alma MI 4od that is the 4 *ily hope" of the people Noith~'sa well as = • wont Wog thay call the Lincoln draft, "Lincoln'. rase ferriftee jeers war of abo litionism." -r. A Proclamation from a Presidentigl Joker. ABRAHAM'S INSTRUCI/010 TO HIS PROVOST MARSHALS The following comes to us from the "City of Brotherly Love," and has not been pub lished in the Government or official papers, from which fact some may be inclined to doubt its genuineness. We are disposed to believe that it is the production of some "Cop perhead" wag, who has not the fear of the "widow malCer" before his eyes: 1. As your office is one that is unknown to the Constitution of the United States and to the Constitution of the State, you trust endeavor to impress the people, as much as poslible, with the dignity and importance of poi• official position by evincing as much contempt as ypu can for the foolish; old- fash lona laWs of the States which are now en tirely obsolete, being unfitted for the exigen cies of f. - he times.. 2. You are to speak continually and in all places pt the odious, infamous, execrable, infernal and plainnable doctrines of State Rights. 3. Never under any circumstances allude to the Constitution, and if you hear the word from any ipan's lips, arrest him immediately. 4. It is a diAnyai practice for any man to allude to the exploded mode of trial by arrest all such. 5. Accuse all Democrats of every crime under heaven, and it' the scoundrels presume to argue with you, arrest theta. 6. All who talk about liberty gr speech and press are traitors—arrest all Weil. 7. 411 whg prate abotit the habeas corpus ;are enemies of the Government—arrest them. 8. Studiously avoid the word freedom, ex cept as applied lo negroes—arrest all who are guilty of such disloyal practices. 9. Use,- whenever yOu can, the ear-tickling words, "loyal" and "supporting the govern ment," but always in such a way as to mean the subversion of the miserable old govern ment and the support of my new system.— It you hear any man use the words in any other connection, arrest him. O. It is Rrusing the government ff) . r any man to speak of restoring the lJnion tts it was---arrest such. 11.. It is disloyal for any man to speak pf my feet or otherwise allude to me except in praise of my personal beauty, and of my emancipation policy—arrest them. 12. If you hear any man say that I know better how to tell stories than how to conduct the affairs of the nation, he is disloyal—arrest him immediately. 13. If you hear any man allude with re spect to the ridiculous article in the old Con stitution which protects citizens from unrea sonable arrests, seizures and searches—ar rest him iminediatgly. If you find no con traband letters and documents about him, it will be proof that he has taken the precau tion to destroy them and will be sufficient evidence of his guilt. Lock him up. 14. It is opposing the government for any man to say that the Almlitionists ought to enlist and help to do some of the fighting--, arrest all such traitors. Arrest anybody you please, and }f any man complains, arrest Lim, toy he i, disloyal and an enemy to the government. 16. If anybody should blow your brains out while attempting an illegal arrest, tell the devil you died serving me. He will reward you ncepsdingly. Seventy-five Thotlgnd Tons of Hu- man Blood. A writer in the Jefferson county (N. Y.,) Union, who has been making calculations relative to the men killed thus far in this war, gives the tollowing startling results : There have been enough alreridy slain to encircle our State, if their dead bodies were laid in one continuous line. It they were pieced jib coffins and corded, they would count. thirty-nine thousand cords. If laid in a wall twenty-five feet thick and thirty ( g et bigh t it would be over one and one-fourth miles in length. If five feet thick and ten feet high, the pile would reach across the State. If piled upon a ten acre lot, they would be nearly two, hundred fevt high. And if they were laid upon the grciund, alley would co,ver every tout of s o il in Jeffer son county. Seventy- five thousand tons of human blood have been spilled in Dixie's soil— enough to turn every spindle in Lowell, and if the tears were addgd to, the flood, it would turn the machinery of the continent ; and the unavailing sighs would fill every ocean sail. The one-half has not yet been told. The wounded and maimed for life must be taken into account in summing up the grand total of evils incident to ibis bloody and fanatical wf,r. And the end is not yet. tee The World, in speaking of the de signed attempt of Lincoln to unlawfully force himAelf into the Presidential Chair for a second term, says ;--"If the Chicago nom inee shall have been elected by a majority of electoral votes from the loyal States, and Mr. Lincolo ond his suppirtefli shall then under take to reverse that result, and to secure him the election by carrying out this long projected and deeply laid scheme of counting ii the rotton boreugh votes, the President elect and the Democratic party will not "ac quiesce," but they will immediately proceed to administer to the osurrr the fate of usurp ers, and, at whatever cost, to establish in the chair of the Chief Magistrate rightfully and lawfully chosen by th.e people to All s the same. STAMP 'OUR r 4 Ol F lPl9.—The new stamp duties went into open tion on the Ist lust It concerns everybody to know that all re ceipts for amounts ever twenty dollars, and all checks or drafts at sight, whatever the amount, must have a two cent stamp at tached. Sir A lam Mr. Collins says : "Abra ham loneoln b an instratnen hand ot the Alinighty." An reel says "tin Almighty has unforttately - got hold of $ d—d mean tool." ' ' The Volley Spirit. The destruction of the greater portion of Chambersburg included a total is of all the printing materiel, books, papers, am, beinsit ing to B. F. Hamisher & Co., publishers of the Valley Spirit. The paper has always held high rank as an able and fearless Dem ocratic journal, and the proprietors are anx ious to re-estabilish it as soon as possible.— To do so, however, they are compelled to ap peal to the generosity of their Democratic friends for pecuniary aid—which will be re garded as a loan, and returned when pros perity again overtakes them. /®P• Donations may be left at this office, which will be (bay acl:ng►pledged, and for warded itt once. A Doomed Party, Mr. President Lincoln's newspaper pion in New York, the Times, is shaking with af fright at the handwriting it discovers on the wall. IL sees the inevitable tate awaiting its candidate in November, but seems to imag ine that frantic appeals may have some effect in counteracting the irresistible popular re vulsion going on against the principles rep resented by I4r. Lincoln. In its issue of the 15th inst., it bewails the dissensions and di vi;tions which are destroying the Abolition party, (for hath not A. Lincoln himself de, Glared that "a house divided against itself cannot stand,") and thus expostulates with the wranglers whp wash the dirty linen of abolitionism - in public. One set catches up with eagerness every occurrence that makes another set, which turn loses no opportunity to recriminate.— This thing his gone on until latterly, portions of the Union party are as much given up to scandalous wrangling as was ever the Greek camp in the Trojan siege. But this is something more than scanda lous ; it is criminal. Its whole tendency is to distract and fatally weaken the party, on whose success depends the salvation of the country. Harmony in feeling, in purpose, and in effort is indispensable, even in ordi nary times, to any party which seeks to carry a Presidential election. All experience proves that a party which wastes its energies iu internal broils and plots, is a domed par ty. 115301 The 24th Congregslonal Distriot. The I".epublican conferees of the District coinpose4 pf Washington, Greene, Beaver, and Lawrence have at last concluded their labors and brqught forth Geo. V. Lawrence, Esq., of Washington. His opponent was Thomas Cunningham, of Beaver. The con ferees met first on July NJ, and balloted two days and adjourned until August 3d, and balloted for three mare days with the above result—having convinced tw,l of the delegates from Lawrence that George was the best man—poor Cunningham, he ,iqined the vigorous prosecution of the war party for the purpose of getting office, but has fail ed—disgracetully failed. Lawrence is a losal man and fit to be trusted—a pure man in whom there is Lo guile—he wouldn't steal a fish pond—en gage in contracts or receive a dollar for his vote. Be made a good Know Nothing, is a sound Loyal Leaguer, and the contident:al adviser of Simon Cameron, but notwithstand ing all these recommendations George can't go to Congress.—Pitts. Post. Petition for Suspension of tfle Draft. SIT. VERNON, Ohio, Aug, 6, 1864. Editors of the Age, Philadelphia: Gen tlemen—Petitions similar to the enclosed are being generally signed in Ohio and gther States. Many Republicans sign therri yip will vote with us this tail. Reggiwtfully, TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES The undersigned, citiTene of the State of Ohio, without regard to party i and in senti ment devoted to the Constitution aqd the Union, respectfully petition and request that the Draft for Half a Million more Men, or dered to take place 011 the sth, du Septem ber nest, may be postponed until aq qttempt has been made by negotiation, to secure Peace, based on the Constitution and Union. August, 1864. Mhsion of the Democracy. The "Age" briefly and graphically alleges it to be : To restore the Union, the Consti tution and the laws to their original strength and beauty and power i to, heal a bleeding and almost ruined country ; tq bind up the broken hearts ; to pour oil and wine intq the wounds made by war ; to restore gold and silver to the pockets of the laboring man ; to reduce the price of the necessaries of life, bread, coffee, sugar ; flour s coal ; to set up th.i civil over the military power ; to brim back the habeas corpus, free speech, and the fr,c,e ballot , to put labor at its usual avocations ; to drive out the thieves and robbers from the public crib." What q Rebel Jounm!l says about the Presidency. [From the Memphis Jackson Appeal ] The accession of conservative Democrats like Mcelellan to the Presidency, who would conduct the war upon more humane principles, who woull repeal the, ancApa tion proplamation, and probably make over tures to the Mouth to return to the Union, with a guarantee of all constitutional rights, would do infinitely more to paralyze tie South and build up a reowtstructiun party in our midst—a most fatal calamity—than the combined efforts of the present party in power. S The Democrats are quite right, in view of this state of thing% to exult ;n the prospect of an easy triumph. They have good mond, in these dissensions among Union men, for exulting over their (the Union's men's) coming defeat.— N. Y. Timm. If you didn't wish dissensions in your par ty, why did you re-nominate Mr. Lincoln 7 It is owing to your own blind and stupid perverse t nees that your party is divided.— We shall not imitate your folly when meat at Mew NM. "1+03410 aerertal t t toit they ob tained abbot 1,700 roctuits dq theWrilit in 11.1a7land. How Much it has Cost to Make Wen deil Phillips Happy. Mare thin half a million "'Jiggers who, three years ago, were fed by planters on hog and hominy, ate now fed by the United States on hard tack and salt horse. To bring About this change in the condition of these niggers it has cost the United States about five tin.msaud dollars and the life 01 one white man per nigger. Has the change in the condition of the niggers been of any advantage to them compensurate with this pace ? * No. No one can pretend that the sable Ih-retches were not in all respects bet ter as they were. But we have gained one great point by this change—we have made Wendell -Phillips happy. Another great point gained is that we havesatisfied Garrison, freely and Exeter Hall. Can a free peo ple desire to barter national prosperity for a nobler purpose than this ? Northern and Southern men to the number of a million— the first choice and very flower of the race —have fallen in battle or have died hor ribly in hospitals, and the nation Is nearly broken down with financial embarrassments, and all this has been done to 177alip some hundreds of thousands of negroge even more wretched than they were—and to make Wendell Phillips happy. Has any one the impudence to complain that this is a very large price for a very little whistle ? fiend hiin to .fort Lafayette.--21 - cie York Herald. Red and Black Republicanism. "There are two millions of men too many in France." This was the favorite aphorism of Robespierre, the principle on which he worked his Administration "machine," the guillotine. This war shall go on exactly as it is now cenductea ; I will reject all propositions for Union and peace, which are not based upon "the abandonment of slavery," says Mr. Lincoln. How much too large is the white male population of the United States, in the opin ion of Abraham Lincoln, his partisans, and advisers? There are two millions of Democratic voters in the North. The calculations of these Administrations tally. But the two million Frenchmen decided that Robespierre, not they, constituted the superfluity, and the two millions of free Americans will pass the same judgment on the Administration of "Abraham Lincoln." —Age. How Kentucky is Governed—Corn ing Events Cast Their Shadows B e to r e . The reasons fur declaring martial law In Kentucky are coining to light. (fen. p,ur bridge has just issued an order to the Sheriff of Kenton county to the effect that he shall opt allFtw the name of Judge Alvin Duvall to appear fin the poll-hooks as a candidate tor office. The only offence of Judge Du vall, it appears, is non-endorsement of Lin coln's emancipation schemes, This action of the military aptlmrities is a fair indi cation ccf the course the despotism in tends to pursue at the Novelpher If it is within their sower to, muz;le the people of gentucky at that time it will t).e done. The only hope, therefore, is for the people of Kentucky to meet force with force, and preserve the right to free elections by fighting for it.—Patriot & tra,i4n, The New York Commercial Adrertimr stares It is quite certain that the draft or (ierrA to take place September sth, will be commenced on that day. Tor some time past reasonaltle doubts relative to the en forcement of the President's order at that time, have been entertained by the public, and even by many military men. It now seems, however, that it I,s the intention of the Government to, commence the work on the day appointed, and prosecute it to com pletion as speedily as possible. As stated a few days age, the enrollment has been com pleted, and the machinery for drafting is iu nerking order, ready fox the turning of the G. W. M ALILLIONAIRE.---4r. Troy, the new President of the Hudson River Rail road, is a millionaire. He is not yet forty years of age. He begrn life :is a steamboat clerk with Commodore Van derbilt. When by took li position the Commodore gave him two orders, first to collect fare of everybody, and have ng desgeada on the boat. Sec ond, to start the boat on time, and wait for nobody. The Commodore then liv ed at Staten Island. 'Toby obeyed his orders so literally Linocolleeted fare of the Commodore on Lino, Arat evening, and left him on the wharf the next morning, as the boat could not wait.— The Commodore was coming down the wharf leisurely, and supposed of course the boat would wait for him. He prov ia a man after Vanderbilt's own heart. He became his confidential agent and broker, bought and sold Harlem, and made for himself a fortune. siar - A latly died last week in dliange, N. J., after an extraordinary sickness of twenty-seven years, during twenty-five years of which she chid not leave her bed. She was first affected with an aneurism just above her heart, which led to a combination of diseases with which she has since suffered. 'tar Mr. Vorhees declaited in Congress, that Mr. Lincolp dare not receive mpositions for Union and peace, because be knows that his party cannot outlive war, and that hia power and the restoration of the Vnion are incompatible. On the 21st inst , by Elijah cbalfan, Esq., Mr. HAMIPEY 11. ',Ic:MN, of Waynesburg, Greene 00. 4 Pa., and Miss 4 4 12211. S. BUCK, of Akron,. Summit Co ? Ohio, Oa the 14ivinst.,, by Bev. Levi Hewitt, Mr. CHARLES ICELMERaad Hies MINER NA SHARPXECH., of West Va. JoJraOZb,lQ6d, by Rev. Allaunder W. W.. 41 / 14 4 Mr. AVIGUST WENDT, of W. Va., epee WUISA ulturfer, 017.146g _ ton, co., Pa. The Draft. MARRIED, ~~ ~~.'~• ~~ From Mobile.--Adpgral Farragurs Oficial Report. The following official dispatches have been received by the Navy Department : FLAO Sine 11ARTFonn, Mobile Bay, Aug, have the honor to re port to the Department that this morn ing I entered Mobile Bay, passing be tween Forts Morgan and Gains, and en countering the rebel Ram Tennessee, and the gunboats of the enemy, viz ; Selma, Morgan and Gains. The attack on the fleet was made at 5:45 a. m., in the fol lowing order : The Brooklyn with the Octoroon on her port ; the Ilieford with Metacomet ; the Richmond with the Port Rroyal ; the Lackawanna with the Seminole ; the Mononongahela with the Tecuniseh ; the Ossipee with the Itasco, and the Oneida with the Galena. On the starboard of the fleet was the proper position of the monitors or iron dads. Fort Morgan °petl upon us at ten minutes past seven o'clock, and soon after the action became lively. As we steamed up the main ship channel there was some difficulty ahead, and the Hart ford passed on ahead of the Brooklyn. At forty minutes past seven the monitor Tecumseh was struck by a torpedo and sunk, going down rapidly, and carrying down with herall the officers and crew, with the exception of the pilot and eight or ten men, who were saved by a boat that I sent from the Metacomet, which was alongside of me. The Hartford had passed the forts before eight o'clock. Finding myself raked by the rebel gunboats, I ordered the Metaconiet to cast off and go in pursuit of them, one of which, the Selma, she captured. All the vessels had passed by 8,30, but the rebel ram Tennessee was still apparently uninjured in our rear. A signal was at once made to all the fleet to turn and attack her, not only with guns but with orders to run her down at full speed. The:Monongahela was the first that struck her and though she may have injured her badly yet she did not succeed in des troying her. The Lackawanna also struck her but ineffectively. The flag ship gave her a severe shock with her bow, as she passed fired into her a whole port broadside of solid 9-inch shot and 13 pounds of powder at a distance of not more than twelve feet. The iron-dads closing upon her, and the Hartford and the rest of the fleets were bearing down upon her, when at 10 A. M„ she surren dered. The rest of the rebel fleet, viz : the Morgan and Gaines succeeded in getting back under protection of Fort Morgan. This terminated the action f the day. Admiral Buchanan sent me his sword, being himself badly wounded with com pound fracture of the leg, which, it is Supposed will have to be amputated.— Having ' had many of my own men wounded and the . Surgeon of the Tenn essee being very desirous to have Admi‘• ral Buchanan removed to the hospital, I sent a flag of truce to the commanding officer of Morgan; Brig. Gen. Richard L. Page, to say that if he would allow the wounded of the fleet, as well as their own, to be taken to Pensacola, where they could be better cared for, I would send over one of our vessels, providing she would be permitted to return, bring ing back what she did not take out. cieperal Page consented and the Meta comet was dispatched. The total loss on our side was 40 killed and 88 woun ded. On the rebel ram Tennessee were amtured twenty ()Ulcers and about one htindied qqyepAy men, on the Salina were taken ninety offleers and men. I will send a detailed dispAtob by the first opportunity. cry respectfully your obedient servant. D. G. EtanAar-r, K. 4 C. W. G. B. S. To HON. G. WELLES, Sec'y of Navy. The New Orleans Era says Admiral Farragut chose a novel position in go ing into the fight, and maintainecA it throughout all the terrible firing. De siring at once to overlook the enemy and watch the movements of his own fleet, he ascended to the maintop of the Hart ford, and there lashed fast was a speak ing trumpet running down to the deck, and an officer stationed at the lower end to receive the Admiral's orders and pass them to the officer whose duty it was to nee them executed. This proved to be a valwrble arrangement. Highly Important News.--Another Grand Movement.- . --Grant Again Across the James. BERMUDA lIUNDRED, Aug. 14.—Yes ter&y, the 13th inst., the Second carps, Gen. Hancock, were going on board the transports at City ?Mut all day, appa rently for Washington ' and staited down the river, the bands playing gaily of course. The rebels were watching from the shore, and no doubt felt much interested in the movement. The transports did certainly go down the river for ten miles or more, when, however, they suddenly put about and tinder cover of darkness returned corn mg up by this place under full speed, at ten o'clock p. m., and proceeded up the river. At the same time, the 10th, corps, with the artillery of the 2d corps, weee crossing to the north side of the James river, and they were all landed up the river, within twelve miles of Richmond, efore three o'clock this morning. This force, with Gen. Foster, makes quite a respectable army. It is understood that their first movements were to destroy„ if possible, the rebel. pontoou bridges above Fort Douling If this is done, Lee would he Rnahle. to cross his army to the north side without marching by way of Winchester, more than twenty miles. Thus far all works well, lainsketry firing was heard in the direction of this movement this morn ing. Artillery and musketry fighting had been kepi up all day, and still continued when oar informant left. Our forces drove in the rebel pialtata early on Sunday morning, and during the day had succeeded in carrying two lines of the enemy's earthworks, the outer one being about nine miles froM Richmond. The lose in the 2d Armji Corps ha it 110 . 4117 ' been very small. Gans. Omni end Meade are corn . minding in person. LATER. The mailboat Keyport has arrived from Vity'Point, and has on board one hundred rebel prisoners, captured dur ing the skirmishing of yesterday. Besides the earthworks captured by our forces yesterday, we also captured a battery that bore upon our men work ing upon the canal heretofore alluded to. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 —The mail boat Keyport reports that the move ment of the 2d corps up the river on Saturday resulted in the rontiag of a large rebel force at Dutch Gap and the capture of over five hundred prisoners and seven pieces of artillery. The _po sition occupied by the enemy it said to have been a strong one, and is new oc cupied by our troops, who are able to hold it. The geyport took down from Bermuda Handred to Fortress Monroe over one hundred prisoners from this fight, above forty of whom claim to be deserters. There was but little hard fighting done, Hancock accomplishing his end by skillful manunivering and a surprise, and consequenitv our loss was smith it Leing estimated - at less than one hundred. Previous to the move ment up the river the troops were plac ed upon transports and moved down ostentatiously to below Harrison's land ing, thus completely deceiving the reb els, who at once supposed that the Siege of Petersburg and Richmond was being raised. Under cover of the night the troops were turned up the river again, and the result was a complete surprise of the enemy. Our troops have noW gained, it is said, an important position within two miles of Fort Darling. Gen. M'Cook's stiecessful Raid.- -Re bel Cavalry Threaten Henderson. The Citizens Plying Northward. Loursvium, Aug. 15.—We learn from an officer of the 2nd Indiana cavalry that in the late' raid McCook started out with 2,200 men entirely independent of Stone man, captured and destroyed 1160 wag ons, over 3,000 mules and horses, vast quantities of quartermaster and commis sary stores, destroyed the railroad and telegraph at Palmetso and both sides of Lovejoy's station, and cflptured 1,000 prisoners, of whom seventy-two were commissioned officers, including General Ross and most of his Tennessee brigade. McCook was surrounded near Newman by Wheeler, Roddy and an intimtry divi sion losing only about 500, and falling back gradually. Refugees arriving at New Albany, Lid., say that Johnson with twelve hunt dred rebel cavalry is threatening Render, son,Fy. Our garrison there is composed chiefly of negro soldiers and gunboats, which are ready to shell the town in case the iebels succeed in getting in there.— Many inhabitants are fleeing North of ths Ohio river. Guerrilla Operations on the Ohio- - Rebels Capture Five Steamers-- The Attenipt to Invade Indiaua. INDIANAPOLI9, Ang. 15.—The rebels un der Col. Johnson, estimated at 1,500, cap tured three steamers near Shawneetown, inois, on Saturday night. A steamer loaded. with fat cattle, belonging to the government' forces had beep stationed along the Ohio river to protek the border of Indiana. At last accounts the rebels werre ferrying the cattle ac..ross the river, and it is now suppos ed they will not attempt to cross into In diana. CAino, Aug. 15,—About 500 rebel caval ry under Col. Jol,nscen, crossed the Ohio river into Illinois, at saline Bar, on Satur day. The steamers Kate Robinson, Jenny Perkins, Nightengale, Fannie Brandon, and Clara Hall, aground at that place, were cap tured, with a large amount of stock aboard. The captured boats were compelled to pay several thousand dollars each to, save them from destruction. FROM GENERAL GRANT. A Brilliant Movement and Success. \YAM IBIGTON, August 16.—The boat ley Port reports that the move ments of the Second Corps np James River on Saturday night resulted in the routing of a large rebel force at Duch Gap, and the Capt Are cf over five hun dred prisoners and seven pieces Of artil lery. The" position occupied by the en emy is said to have been a straug one and is now occupied by our trqupa, who are able to hold it. The Kevport took down from Bur muda Hundred to Fortress Monroe goer one hundred prisoners from this fight, about forty of whom claim to be desert ers. There was but little hard fighting done, Hancock accomplishing his end by skillful manonevering and surprise, and consequently our loss was small, it being estimated at less than one hun ched. Previous to, the the movement up the. river the troops were placed upon the transports and moved down ostentatious ly below Harrison's Landing, thus com pletely deceiving the rebels, who at once supposed the seige of Petersburg and Richmond was being raised. Under cover of the night the troops were turn ed up the river again, and the result was a complete surprise of the enemy. Our troops have now found, it is said k an important position within two miles of Fort Darling. Secretary Stanton's Official BlAlletin t A dispatch from Washington of the 16th says that Secretary Stanton, in a dispatch to General Dix, states that the government has received an official re port of the surrender of Fort Gaines and the abandonment of Fort Powell, from General Canby. For Gaines surrender ed unconditionally, with fifty-six officers, eight hundred and eighteen men, an ar-' mament of twenty-six guns, and provis ions for twelve months. The garrison of Fort Powell escaped. An arma ment of Fort Powell of eighteen guns is, tit for immediate use. General Granger will immediately invest Fort Morgan and garde* forts Gaines and Powell. A telegram has been received from General Sheridan, dated. Cedar Creek, August 14th, - *oh states that there is nd enemy i t hiralde of . Rine Ridge ex oept MOseby's and. Whites guerrilla s.— General Sheridan ; in a 10 1 4 0 PE "V i t. says: 31%storiek6rpitT4er taken , Maryland by the relsek is s hneihng.
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