.2TMl*%rrh/r.% I.; - 1-*IW»S .point,. -.x •'■■> .dawn the road, and had a powref ready to; 'atid&tlre "^he“S^‘w >, tht£ action i>]V|a proportion: . than in any - of the haw thlfc ' morning batthreo offi«hi , nnd BSf'.inettof-njy; . owniregiment, 4 threetotf«e>B i ■»n of- tj.,‘- pe . »!*• awier.fire for. a whilß; thM a* the battle of M dvem'Hdls. aowr * ding} wi jour older, -ynder jKßJbiuff. '1 am ' paibei' to mention thalosa.'evflapt. Drew, of ' Wisconsin, Ccnapapy' 0, oi!St ifJiarpsboetßrf, a brave, He wee shot.dead early in the A® oof , , As to.,the conduct ofmy both officers 'and men, I canbnly that it more than realired my highest the soldier's 'cha’raoter. ■ I cannot name !n$- %siiaU Whereoll ’Me equally distinguished. 1 1 officer of toy command is uni qftai to thecom- Band of a regiment. pnd no rforpciimmiaaioned '.officer remains who'doesjnot Reserve a.opmmis *«ioh.° _.. I- '• V ■-. ■; jJjU.-’. r -.’ ■ My Adjutant, Lient. W. B, lahorne, one ' of the'best officers'of was severely ■wounded ip the head on of. the 26th, and was doubtless taken |2riBaher in the . hospital af Sayage’s'StJition'. ~ ‘ if Quartermaster Lieut, H. D, v.j|jtcin, on officer of .great energy and. octivity, the high est service to me in tbe engage Osst of the 28th. SergeantMejOr: Roger Sher iwho shared' the. greatest' danger in everi,-potion with the most remarkable self posses jijtetwas lost on last evening and is probabh ? jyo|itided and a prisoner. I beg leave also to, inhtttiofi the earn- ■ eet and untiring labors of j Rev. W. H. D. Ilattan in caring fori en couraging the exhausted, boh,, 61ft thb field and in the hospitals. Assistanl£j3drgeon W. J. Humphrej has been througlpfit these battles, always at hie' post and to hia'duty. Private John Doyle, a stalty vH giant of Eas ton’s Baltlij,. well known ffphtbe "Infant," after the load of. their guns cinnf as avolunteer • to my command, where his dyeing gallantry, ready wit and'evident of the occasion were a continued source .of ,ehhopragement to ( all about him. ' < ;.i;- In conclusion, General, 1 to express the ’hope that the’ conduct of my r -s|en during some of the, radsV trying scenes these eventful days inny have fallen. under j our own observa tion. I will forward a, compile list of oausu alitiea at early a period-as possible, . Most, lour obedient servant, ' ’ , BOS, STONE, . Major Ist Rifle,) ieommanding.. •. BOHOOL i 'Considerable mihunderetofiding prevails among directors and tax-payor? relative to the mitiimum occupation (or dbflar». tax. To save the tnX. payers of the couatyfifurther trouble and litigation, this at ateme at;.(£made. 1 ” By the supplement to’ theiphool law passed the 11th of April 1862; it ; “That | upon every resident of the age of Wenty-oneyears, whose ham’Vis found entered upon the Inijt adjusted valuaSW} furnished ad cording to law ■ to any bawd of Directors bythe County Commissioner!life., .the proper hoard'of directors shall assiiaf the minimum occupation tax'{which l»pi]|| dollar) no\V al lowed by law, to be with the other school tax of the district no)] j&jmbie by such person." '?,{fi.i’i r The State Supt..of Common Schools, Thos. H. Burro wes decides that, <r| j.j “Thera ore- five kinds of tax for school pdr poses, according to their each separate and independent of the all to he paid when the subjects ,’of ihempertsia or be long to the same person, vizit ./f J. . 1, ’ The minimum occupation ’tax of. SI. , 2. The rate tax on such Krddas; occupations , and professions as will jieKJ fDyer SI, by the late on the valuation, , >; J . 3. The rate tax on such r sallies -and emol uments ‘of • o&ca as will yieldfoVer SI. by the rate on the valuation. j -, jjj•. 4. The rate tax on such personal property as is by law liable to’ taxation.!; ,6. The rate tax on teal astute. ■ ■6. Single freemen aretioWidw liable to tax for school purposes,', ns' ; but, in coaupon with all other resiclinVitiate taxable*, they arete pay tbe minima/: .'osbopiition tax of. one dollar and this Whethe|ll3py arere turned in the liet as having-an dcC|&t|on or not,-dr as being single froemen-or ■ 7. Farmers, whether owri’% of land or only tenants,, ‘are npw liable to ■ l|e|wfnfinw/n occu pation-tax of one dollar. B;t jf a'farmer’s oc cupation ia vetoed' in ihetotfata sum that would yield more than' one. dollar, ha is notin' Say more than one dollar. ' It! tether words, he i liable to tjie “minlmu ei’;’‘hat not to the *‘rate"6eeupation‘Ux.' ( ’ "* isT:i 8. Widowers do notT the single freemen tax;' hut they pay it : ||oqo dollar min imum occupation tax of on.collar, whether they follow an occupation oiyßfi T , , j 9. Non-residents -afe not|p|able to occupa tion tax; only to tsx 00-thespraperty in the district. • - - > ■ Those persons wbo hare|®id any sum less, than a dollar heretofore, Meyibw liable to. pay in addition’ 'thereto the nn&dbllar.miaimum tax. . ,' H. C. Co. Supt 'Upon the examination- of tljelegal question involved in the- above communication we hereby concur in the opinion l eipt|»J'edaboTe, vis., that the $1 Occupation is in sSdition to the tax ’on reaVur personal-property. |t .; 1 r; -1 B. W; TV’ih.iams. Bsmr ■ ’ ‘ i Eiuoti. 1 ■ Fulton applied steam practical uses of, the age j Morse hay htSight Galvaniara to be the daily servant in an. Newton unravelled the rDBzeß\ijf 'tlie stars and madetheir motions the manraj , 'b guide on the .trackless ocean. • What tbesefeen hare dime in fheir department. Dr,; Ajer in medicine. .He turns the great in' Science end Physics to use'in the cure of unease* and makes the occult discoveries of tbi.greet chemists , available for the wants of day life, • Niu .medioines .fur the low pricfls§t |which they are sold, bring within the ;jeatih%, jerery man the , best wisdom and the best skj^f.modern times. , Oen r 4 Stoneman says that ak juked a squad t of afawdajs ainoe, irhatithay were Ibay' r«- ;. %•** JWiwjfjrt tikeydejascw, whognt u» ,lj}to4t,7 '^ier Mvsejtplained tfadgeaerainWtivo of thejnass <':¥&• j&nth'wn .‘ n '' ■; 'g , ■J'j; : n VMI ft£; - ed®>b * p»p'biBTo^! iea? |*'< ■—& ■* ; ' WBitSßOßOiratf, PA., 'TPiiTOs®BiiaT ; Me®i*toWs«taf^ifl6&' Pe<^e r 8 - «w acnJTog-.aESgiui^. : vj-ttv”? -THOMAS E.; CEjCHHAN,„ WILLIAM S. ROSS, , '’.'-I .‘T o P ttratatra codstr.. “ : jdrift publish elsewhere tbe preceding* of the; People's State Conventioniand we (Ml spe cial attention to the dtbfof the bJmirabJe set of Resolutions adopted byit.. We trust that, the ■County Committee at its proposed meeting on Saturday next, will take such action in view of this, Resolution, as will give the ticket which we this day place at our head, such a Vote as .will put, to silence-forevcg aH attempts to ersate a party in this Gupnty or this State who-sym pathise with rebels. Let our County Commit 'tee be' magnanimous and patriotic, and for the time ignore even party names; let the call for the County Convention be broad, wise end pat riotic as it was in tbe State, and the loyal dem ocrats in the county who .are in earnest for their country will be satisfied. - In short let them issue such a call Is will "unite ev&y loyal man in the county, against the party of trea son. We presume our readers did not fail to notice the article on this subject, printed in last week’s Agitato*. The letter of Gen. Hunter to which we refer, was o’complete extinguisher upon Mr. Wiokliffe and all.others who believe that we ought to kiH the rebels: but pot injure their property. Indeed, the idea that the War can .be carried on with success without injuring the private property of I the traitors, is so ridic ulous that it has been) discarded by all loyal awn, and public opinion baa at last forced the. Government to foreshadow the policy of arm ing the slaves in defence of the country. In his speech before the People’s State Convention in Harrisburg last Thursday, Col. Forney said that he bad it from the President’s own lips, “that .hereafter the w ! ar would be conducted with a vigor and earnestness which would sat isfy the most loyal, and at the cost of the slave holders themselves,” The evident fovoj with which Hunter’s Iptter was received by the War Department, was of itself, to our mind,sufficient assurance of this policy. At a»y tato. fa* pro slavery-unionists, found ost from it* perusal that the Constitution and the tfniea, were' not made for the special accommodation of slave holders, and to preserve the right of traitor* tc hold their fellow men in bondage. Ever since. the war commenced, we have held this doctrine r that a black Unionist, whether slave or free, is more entitled te the protection and sympathy of the Government, than a while traitor. Let these Unionists, then, be armed with spades, shovels, hoes, or with eacbiaeS and bayonets, if thought necessary. j The rsilkia Law parsed by Congress, pro vides that the President may, at need, cause to be enrolled, and pat in service far a period not exceeding nine months nt one time, all able bodied citizens between IS and 45 years of age —the number to be apportioned among the Statee according to their respective population; that in addition to the men he {s already au thorized to rdite, the' President may accept 100,000 volunteers famine months, and every such volunteer shall have his first month’s pay and a bounty of $25 in advance ■ that to fill up the existing regiments, he tpny accept volun toersiJfOmvrelva months who shall have $5O bounty, one half in ‘advance, the other half when their time .of service is up,;- Uiat the President may establish, and organize army corps at his own discretion ; that a permanent military tribunal shall be established, and no sentence of .death or penitentiary imprisonment shall he executed until approved by the Presi dent. The organization, of army corps and cav-, airy regiments, so far as relates to number and grade of officers, is specified' in the bill. But the great'feature of the law is the authority given to the President to employ slaves for con structing intrenuhments, performing camp ser vice, or any other-labor, or any military or na val service- for WbioL-thef.Bjay.be competent; and that when atiy. male slnve, who owes ser vice to a Rebel or to any one giving aid and comfort to tjie Re hellion, shall have been em ployed or done service for the Onion, hie moth er, wife, and ehildreßaball forever thereafter be ffee, in onse they oW service or labor to any ■person who has,borne arms against the Union or to aided the Rebels. ’' From the SSaFeonsylTani * Begiment. EllracU front* Prirels litter. ," Nbab City Poisr. Til; 7 ' ; ... • July 4, ,1862. J * # *—-For tho firettinie.jrilho ten event ful dnys, 1 have a chance to a hurried letter home. You , are ’doiibtlcse informed through, the' daily nowepaperadf the impidftanl movements and doings, that have, been going on lately in, the' army of the Putomao j and 1 can only tell of what has dome under my im mediate notice, or wa* told, me by those on whose word l r «.an rely*] On Yhursday, df.laat weet. a .eannonßding commenced on the right wing of odr nrroyiond . though we were too far away tp. Itear ihemus ketry, yet we had no doable but.what that'por tion ufour, army was engagfd in.a heary bst tif. , Ahpttt, eoqiuwß, the *well«d earn*time,oar brigade stodampad .‘near guttom Bridge.) received order* to be ,ready to a moment's ootid*. At midnight, we wereoideied out sod marched down 1? Bottom OF VOSS COSNJT. rou suuvevor oEXeaxt, .Arming the Blacks. The MfUtia tavr. THE TI (JGTA COTTfPTT A'GTTXTO B Bridge went backup camp; but in £fow hour* ||ere marched Jjjpkagain. We wjljfe soon furnßhed with an¥ under thej*irection o||pur S6 ri&iw*. and throwing op a breastwork to protect the •wrtHtery-fcwttHtwr of-the- Chickahominy_is naturally nothing but ajoar ;»by swamp.-bot to a narrow channel at Bottom Bridge. -The •Bail Boid Fridgei r a^ Bridge, is- 1 about ; thteefourthi Of . ft' toifoln length, ao.you.aeetbe.iqipoctOttoO.pl 0«r hojdr. dbg the two bridges to prevent theenemy foopi gaining oor rear, and catting; bffour-baggage' trains.- -,-., .. .:': • ■; .. x.-^;^.T-—i.- — We worked nearly all. night -on-the hriast-T works, and the neitmaroing/fivo braee 20* pounders, were-plshled behind them. Early the nest morning ajjreat cloud ,of duel' was seen to riee in the direction of and we at firstsupposed it to, be the rebel car airy approachinjjifout soon found it to be caused by the hundreds of condcmedGEovernment bor-.' ses that badfoesß collected, at that place, but aa it had been evacuated, sent across! the Chtekahommy for safety., . They came on inn wild, reckless gallop, and they reminded: me of the stones I have read of-the-flight of wild the Indians and trappers on the western, prairies. We were not molested.till in the afternoon, when a shell came whizzing from the rebels, who bad planted their guns on afoiU about two miles from ns; and which exploded directly un der a cavalryman, and in an instantthe horse and rider were torn in pieces. ■ This was soon followed by others, but our gims having got the required range, sent back their heavy shells in; reply, and soon silenced theirguns. ’ Meanwhile, a UrrifSo cannonading had been kept upon the right' wing of our army; and by a straggling Bucktml, from Company B, I; found that our right'wing bad been defeated,: nr, at-least, compelled to abandon their position. The nest morning (Sunday) the rebel cavalry and infanty were in plain sight in line of' battle,, and we expected the attack, to begin at once, but it did not come, and about sundown we -commenced to leave the breastworks in squads, 1 so as not to let tbf rebels know that ws were leaving a position' that they were evidently afraid to attack. ; About 2b’clock, P. "M., the Rail Rmd bridge was blown op, and shortly afterwards an explosion took place that sound ed like the discharge of a hundred 'cannon at once, and that shook the ground like an earth quake. It was caused by the magazines of am munition that was on a train of cars, which was fired and-then run off the-bridge.' The men could- not go back ter camp and get their tents, blankets, Ac., but these were mostly brought down to them,-and'what they could not take were‘bWfted, for our 'troops are determined that nothing shall be left-that,will be of use to the rebels. We. did'nof leave our breastworks any too' sooo, fur.foe rebels,were advancing on us from two ways, and-with them oh'forfce ■ides; andniv impassible swamp on panther, we 1 would all hnvs been token prisonanr/had; we held our positron much longer, j After or regi ment was again formed, after wsrleft the bridge which we bad burned before leaving, we marched fire or six miles across the Chieka hominy, at White Oak Swamp, and stopped for th« remainder of the night, expecting to con tinue inthe morning; -but were ke))t back to help support the artillery which was planted on this side, to prevent the farther - advance of Jackson’s forces, who wore pressing hard on our rear. At tbs crossing at White o*b Swatnp, the high land extends fur into the swamp, and it is the only place where the stream can he crossed for many miles ih either direction, and here is. naturally a strong position, and can beheld by a small force against superior numbers. The rebels were known to be approaching us, bat wo knew nothing of their arrival, until a little afternoon, when-wo were apprised of their ap proach' by the rapid discharge of a score of rebel cannons whose iron hail came whining and shrieking around’-us in every direction.— Gor artillerist made" no "reply until they had ad vanced within point blank range, and suppor ted bya large body of theifinfabtry,", when our old war-dogs Uiohdeted' back "their .answers with double doses of grape end canister. The cannonading was the most terriffie I ever hsard, and 1 have’heard si good deal 1 of it lately, belt when we were reJhfofeed" hy ten more rifled Parrot gone, the thander grOtv still loodrrand deeper,' and was, without doubt, the hardegt at tillery fight'tHat hns yet takett place since the commencement of the war ; at least, this i* the opinibri of every officer that I heard jspenk'aboat it. The rebels dsed a great deal of solid shot, and - these would "come bounding ahwog and they could mostly be dodged by our tridn. Often a shot would strike only a'few feet frjom- us,- but would then bound over bur prostrate ranks, without doing any barih. Agsip Ithey would roll directly through thh ranks; ifiut the men would spring to one side'and givejihem a wide berth with pleasure. The' rebels; jlid not sme many" shells, and we could "only account for it by the supposition that 'they' bad! [used them mostly up'before. The fight up till sundown, w'lien the and trav elled at double quirk. We lost ilgood many ■teen, though notune was feilledinpit regiment, and but few wounded; but the IoM if'the reb els was very great, for pur men usajl grape shot and canister, and these are the niOetdesirnotive misiles that can,be hurled into tbfjranks of an enemy." i 1 ’ - 'jl " ; 1 ' When it was Airly dark, we agkin started, and gladly turtiedour baekon a | -place where we had been exposed to so much danger, mid where - we' bud suffered so much ■ fridn-tbirst and heat; for the" 1 day-was.intensely!tot, and the clouds of suffocating-smoke Shat dakne from the thundering cannons, was almost insupportable. We dure tret lesro the ranks during this l battle, Icr get water; {hr we did not kniiwht what roc web ttber rebel infantryTweuld make ft : charge on oOrbalierieS, and if they eho<i)d dogo, ev ery man would-be-needed to repel fthl assault. We marcheff-Tery fast all lbatnigljt,nndan the muming hnltedi wben we snatched a few nfo menis* Swefltriposo, lying in the; dusty-road, fdr when men 'areas exhausted d« we-were, dhen tiieyxan rrstinany place, m| position.— We werasbon ioased 'up 'frnm oh): sleep, and .marched, or rather staggered along for a coup le of miles, wsiigairi halted, and re mained ihe rest of the day and- till midnight, when we were Ordered forward again. • We had now reached the JatOdaßHer, andi Were-about fire mile* frnhi'rort fiWriing.' Abiiotdaylight it commenced laiping, ftnd the l^acred'scil’’ | was sooneMlvettedJhilo one endfeySmndbole,- wndl Virginia mOdhcic* will take pfeaHuo fur-depth and of nftydff dp World. • . liu!ts.tth3 »tar£ai arid bypight, wusopty nlmutfpur "we were the night before. We * Aidiir night in a large clover field. Whila' iwd brv. gsdef of frefti troops from tEe Shenandoah i Villey artirtd; one o||tW regiments were & large as ougjWholo and they grumbled Ti'jpod deaffofo»use4hsjjiS|d bad to eat hard omkers foiftbree d|fs. It\wos quite bard At tips, butirf bread entirely, for over three months, ns we bare, they will 4-donfatlwwppmcTttfo 'tbe rnlueof-thut luauvy- Yesterdsy morning, the rebels commenced to ; jWWW where our troops were encamped; but the 'tiwp»''tWhWTOSfw*HPfie nTgK Before, vrith others, .WAit-bifofoßd'ißaplßrtd -the battery of four.guAi. apd with. j|» four hundred prisoners. We are told that qur brigade Is to have' some rest now, and I hope soch is 1 the case, for the meoitWonly iboogh bur- officers do set seem fo'-be aware of the > fact. In oar number of.the reserves, and they, all say that they are* alWot aU Sdlied or taken prUofrers.— ~ Capt. R. W. Stqrrocfc, (formerly foreman of ,ths AoiTaTOK,) of the sth reserrer-rtaa shot through the hehd while bravely cheering oh his men. He was and good-man, and hie death will be mourned by all who knew him. Wbat was left of the Buck-tail - regiment, in sail, about 130, passed us -on Monday, last.— There wasbut eleven’ of company E, that Was* known to have 1 escaped being' kilred; wounded, or captured,,threeocly of. whom* I am.acquain ted, with, namely, Jacob .Cole, Henry Varner* and E. B. Allen.! More of tbem'ddubtless are safe, but had not then found their regiment. Wo were- reviewed by Gen- McClellan and staff to-day.- Kot a mpn it» that whole brigade gave him a cheer; they have not forgotten Pair Oaks and his Aispatehtothe War Department.: / : : ;.»■ yi ycicti' ■ Card from Major Byon. To in* Eoiioi? or tbb ;—A report somewhat detrimental to my integrity charging.*;*, v§G» -»changing- gold : ,aqd;6ilver for currency, and retaining ifie , discount and thereby making profit out of my position as Paymaster wßlli in tbeariny.haa gained some circulation.’ I received.my appointment under the Hutto. Government; and :*« ’.employed in paying thaßeserre Corps raised nnderthethree million loan bill, while the troops remained in the* service of the State. Thechurge that I exchanged.gold dndslive'N or eitber.forpapcr, is without any foundation in fact ; ami to those acquainted with our State‘finances as absurd as it is injurious tfc me. '• The traopv -were paid out of the funds raised under thothree.miUiooloon, not one dollar of which was'paid by the-subscribers to it in gold or silver. The Ipan was paid into the Treasu ry in .tbs, notes, of the. Slqdo, Banks, and the funds thus provided, were disbursed to” the’State and by them paid to the troops. — The only gold and Silver:’l had, I obtained through theUarrisburg Banks iosmall amounts barely sufficient"io make'change in paying (no- j tions of.fewtban one dollar. A» thp Shat* bad no funds bat paper money to furnish tbe pay- m alters, and, that at a discoun t of about fane per cent, f-Would ask candid man to tell me how I could exchange such currency for any- j thing to pay.troops,and jnedtS.ianything fori myself, 1 paid out, in every instance the iden tical money, which was given u»e by the Suita., except a email amount which the Harrisburg Banks were kind enough to exchange with me, j and give mo silver fur. The charge, therefore, that I have made money by exchanging funds, j is ns unjust as it is untrue and wicked. I drew from tbe‘State Treasury, and disbursed while in the service, sixty-nine thousand three hun dred and twenty dollars nod sixty cents, as will be seen from the Auditor General's report, page, 95.' On the 14th of November. 1861, my accounts were finally passed and settled in the Auditor General’s Office, ands4.6ofeported toy dim from the State,.as will appear.,from official papers i in my possession. Immediately after I received the first intimation of reports derogatory tone while in .the .seryiqe, I wrote do Governor (Jur tin and received ; hit‘ reply, which 1 -copy and make, part of my statement. . 1 _ • '‘»Hi*Rirauiio,ilul79.JB6l. JHai Sir :—i overlooked your letter of -tit*, ISth «f Stay, and regret it much. 1 You the . office of Paymaster with fidelity to the State and the volunteers. The l6Sn“ >aS paid in - corrency, and you, vrth the other paymasters* received from, the Treasury the fundi as paid in by the embaori bers to it. lamgratified to ' be' tßb's able to correct.- any .impression that you received par funds and after, purchasing currency, paid the volunteers; retaining the discount. Yoor letter contains the first intimation I ever heard that, you was wiafiro of unjust practices.* Nothing orthe Kind occurred. If I hate offered a sufficient apology for my apparent neglect r !,thih is a'replytn yoor leeler. tfc Ccstik." Maj. J. W. BroSl* ' f ■ At the Sam stints T called Sipon Lieutenant Kinsey, who'whs spending a few days with bi» friends at Bohie{ naff, obtained from.. him' the subjoined statement r , “ The undersigned, -second Lientehantiin Company^A.,Ut Rifle Regiment, known as the Buck-tail Regiment, and Pennsylvania Reserve Vida ntesr Corps,--certifies that the above regi ment was paid off hy Jahn Vf. Byon, Paymas ter in the ' Pennsylvania service,.for the time said rrgimeat.was service of the State, that part ef gaid payrnent was made while said regiment \yas .at ;Cnbiherland, Maryland, part part atHartiabnrg and .the residue, while- said regiment- •wne-at--B»msio»-B v .Md.—.-Tbat-the payments ‘'SterSPfia4e'i*t-BaJflf »SuWS' of Penn sylvania one jyjji in-specie. -That .so far,?* i knpw, or hayeheard, tbe-said John W. Byon, {Aid the troups fairly* and faithfully discharged his duty... lie..bad,-no trouble or -dUEcuUy witb any of. the. twps while acting iWUhe-bapacity-.oC paymaster so for asLknow or have heard. a ; -N-.ißiiJStssEr. i 2d Liantl Col'A, Itt BiffoS, P. B. V. C. i _A]rtha r pflpera and documents ,r«for#»d l6'Jn ■ -this comm ia_my possession, 1 shall take pleasure in exhibiting them to any one whatfelhr' interested .enough .in, the matter to exanrioetbeia. '1 btve: never yet occupied % ptmition'wbich would' not bear a truthful arid .honest inye>tigation t nor. have 1 everreoejreJ i from the'soldiers or State, one' dollar, hot piy hnneit direr' Hitherto I hate declined to.notico elahdetfrifa perhaps to toy detriment, .for I'ffndr'uiahy people digpbted ; to - credit what is not dtnijdi.;!; , v ' " , , •,. The report.whiob gife*.occasion, to thU com. Aa* !l 3;'*4 9°' . wilUng ; todditWpart wit h ou t branding it as an | abaolnto on milt gated - v ' ■ j - lit July, -lfc6l, YM»ngl}iune»n came tcrllar , tiffing to pay off tome of tht tbm months’, volunteers, whom term pfssrviße had. expired. He voii in the employment of tbs UnS# States gfcvbfßment. attd br<»t*pie'had nothgg to do| Siat«i|oops, awi ; was changed withf payiirtP Middletown mepey, iistead ef gold; whTcffhTd been provider % the (BSverement; A±_th« .time hfiusimuhle, J.wesia-Baltimore; paying the lit Beg't.. P. B. C. V. I have no dtofot toovepoft apoat meqrigitJitea from Cam i'rhxx’i «ffioufty. Ai T Ttove ho personal ao quuiotanee- with Mr. Cauwroe, never baring tqeMbe; gentleman in myilife, I hope the pub lick will pardon meffor declining to take the resp'onsibility of his aots. ! your obedioot Mi’TAiiti s Joax W. Rtok. , •r ■“ 1 PEOPLE'S STATE CONVENTION, Agreeably to the publlshid call of the State Central Committee, the delegates to the Peo ple's State Convention met in-tho Beprejento live Chamber at the Capitol, at II o'clock 17tb of July, end were called to order by A. K. M’CJure. Chairman of the: Stiste Central Com mittee.* • ■ - I '' i On motion of Morton SPSEohael, E«q., Hon. Thbmas M- Marshall, of A|legbeny;Cpunty was . chosen as temporary Gbairfoan of the. Conven tion. : J- -- , Sir. Marshall, on taking foe chair, addressed the Convention in glowing find patriotic speech, afljer Which 1 Messers. B. jCowsn, of Warren, Cbss. Colgan, of Lancaster, Linn Barthol omew, Schuylkill, and James M’Affee, of -West mdreland, were, appointed temporary Secreta ries of the Gunyention. (The list pf. counties wda then read overby the Secretaries, and the delegates handed in their credenltiats, . I Sir. driwrey- mevedtbAta committee conaiat ing of one. delegate from each Senatorial Dis trict be appointed to repor) officers for the per manent organization. -\ Before the motion was put, Mr.; MoMichnel moved that 1 a similar committee of one from ea4jh SonatoHal Dislrlet betappointed to report a series of resolutions for the consideration of tbd Convention. j 'the President informed t|jo diflerent commit tees that rooms were ready for their reception, so | that they optild inset Ist once to discharge thq duties’ae'signed to them. , On motion,' the Convention adjourned until half, past ttj’o o’clock in foe afternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION: The Convention re assembled at 2} o’clock r. pti -/» Ii FMU&MZST OECJjNIZATIOX. Mr. Lowry, from the commktea to select offi cers for. the permanent organisation of tbs eon vebtion, majde.the following report.: President—Hoit. John C. Knox. [There were tbirty-tbfee;|Vloe Presidents and thirteen secretaries appointed from the several districts of the Sta»ef>r] ij Mr. Knox on taking the.iChalr nade an earn est and eloquent speech Which we regret wa capnot print in full. We Ijcan only give a few paragraphs; \ The gentlemen of the-convention will please to accept my thanks for (heir kind partiality in selecting., mo to preside; over their delibera tions. I rejoice to be here to-day, acting in concert with the trne and loyal men of Pennsyl vania, regardless of former political associa tions, and recognizing at this eventful time as the only true tests of fellowship and commu nion, love of imantry..deration totha American Union, a fixed and unalterable determination to uphold and snstain the! Government of the United .State's, and to to..(he death the enemies of t'hat Government whenever. and wherever found. [Applause.] I rejoice [especially to be' here, because I can in .{this way evince my detire to strengthen the bands of that honest man land patriotic states man, , the President of the United States, to cheer him on, and to bid h|lm and, bit trustwor thy Councollors God speed jin their, noble labors for 1 the maintenance of dor Government and the preservation of our country. (Applause.] tlera'en, it in to |trte a source of great be able to declare that, in myjudg nen at-the heed'iof’our Natiunal and Yes, gon pleasctre to mept, the r iriatrationaare, 5 a tbls tsrriblo oriala, ■ -whole dot;, n}hd are consequently our entire confidence and our warm !• n;. - j- jl ' int that than yrho cannot now look (.platform, of his,party, to tbe stand boiiptry-f ■-■'7 . SlSlitdniii doing their entitled to estjsuppprl I envy r beyond the Std:c>fhio The question is rut now which political party shall administer the government; or what men shall fill its offices, but it w whether there shall be offices or a government to administer, and-uhtil wis “tnomentnbai' question - is settled, for one, I shall not with tile men who are the most in earnest to destroy this rebellion, and the most determined; signally, to ptlnisb the rebels, their aiders and, abettors, I repeat] gentlemen, that I hare great con fidence in] Abraham Lincoln,-'and hie chosen counsellors,- and 1 must :be permitted to say, that especially do I confide in the dear bead, sonnd-mmp and honest heart of the Secretary I of War, Edwin M.' Stanton, "our own darned!- ' nto represejntative in the Cabinet. Judge Knox then spoke of the enemies of the government, the self styled Pomocrats of, the .North, land said: j . , lad: usrny friends beware of tbo devices of these hollow-heartod, pretended friends] and let the true men of thej njition, whether in the' tented fiefj, or tho council,chamber] be upheld and sustained, and let our; denunciations' he re served ,fut those who are. eddeavoritigto destroy the govern psent and' disunite the States.' • Our fathers constructed ibis government by-dung,' Buffering, ahd'UndMi gwfilit ind terrible priva-' irions. r -iMey oementedthe Union of these States with thoir-life’s bb>dd]3and thus raised and reared ihe.tnagnifickjnt edifice, to that it ibuuld remaih a raunuineht to their wisdom and patriotism ] forever. - Shall their eons permit the destruction of thisTairtemple, and potato their children,-not -the glorious inheritance from-their fathers t but a diViiJed, pjQtiiato(i and dissevered tiatato,, with out‘‘form pr comtinelj,”,W.b» regarded only Ey ' Subject for scorn and reproaoh. I- -- • Shall tH*dgngonge r dfi England's groat poet '“L£nd of unTorgotUn'bTrsrc.’ - - Whose jeliue, from pialnrto.motmtaiQ's-oare, Wai Freedom's borne on glory’3 grave. Shrine bf the Sfisbtv. cojn it be - That this is all romamsof- thco?" No, no,|He*ven forbtdi': rather let ns look forward, toUhai-day, BhaU again be reßloreff'tcj oarbootmrtii'cotiiitfy ; -when no gov ernment, pr pretended government,' eholl be rewgnked; % any port ofthe American peo ple, except that government wtiibhwa* presided over by'Waehingtonin it»;ihfanoj^»tr'arijthen ed and perfected.,bj Adam* and Jeffetjon, Midiiori ‘arid Morifue. in, it* youth, protected bj the iron* will and, unflinching courage of icmd from the alWotfiof* tr*itoTo»»\£* by fto fttnag »»nt*B<i hnUiog bn*** than Are ibaodredtbottttßd tm.* Tothtt eha. ftt o» on -^ onr hloiA X*» B» ref#ie all *’? tiesliy and personally, with such bim« &be to the oWhflag, and lot ui ' manhood. wad oßr hopes of Heaton ..' aar yield Jo this rebellion, even though, in're*!?- * it, par beMthVton'ea ehojjM be come* a desolfu*' ■ and our homos a dream J [Apptaajji • Mr. of „ ! ComaUtee onßesolutjong offered (lie ( 0^ ■ 1. JtetOtoid, That 'the doavention It does the loyal citizens of.Peansylvmia • tihction of party, re-aSrmi the sentiments St in tbs resolution adopted at a neetixg »f (? s’** members of Congress at!the national* emu.?? l ! 1 Jib, 1863, vis: | “fWUlly " That we beldit t* he the duty ot all l«ni is stand by the Union in tthis hour of its unite their hearts and hands in earnest, MtSS 1 * forts for Its' maintenance iagamst thM»*hsT,? arm*against Ui to sustalnj, with detemi tionour patriotic President snd his aj n ,i t ) |t _2?T their energetic eSorts for the proseealloa of fts and the preserralion of the Union sgainst aal? homo or abroad; to punish traitors and fetuSiS. fitting severity, and to crush the present wieiuVJ causeless rebtllion, so thaf no flag of dlsiifts .Jin ever again bo raised over any portion of the Hsus’ lio; that to thia end we injrito the co-«p«stioaolm men who-love their country, In the endeavor ImH? die throng bout all the States such n paaietiefireu shall utterly consume albwho strike at thsUoUttl our fathers, and all who” sympathise with their tm. son or palliate their guilt.*' w **' 2. Jietolced, That we hire continued'eocjdeneeh the honesty, capacity tfnd patriotism of Presides! Lincoln and bis constitutional advisers; list west, prove the principles on which his policy,both Tonira and domestic, have bhen conducted; that we siaetiw, and sustain nil the mbasuries which he hd found it necessary to adopt toguord the government the assaults of traitors, their sympathizers.and abet tors; and that mo esloem'it eminently forliistt tbit in this most trying crisisbf our cherished Ueie*,*j have at the helm of public affairs one-So.»pri|hL temperate, prudent and Crm as he has.praved bt-flf fh be. _ jl Z.-TUtolvid, That we cordially approto of td it, ministration of Andrew (3. Curtin, Governor of this Commonwealth, marked, os it bps been, by eztner. j dinary vigor in the discharge of alt public duties,b] ! untiring zeal in the cause' of the country, and cially in recruiting forces ifor the national aray.ly enlarged and liberal care jpr the sick and wends! soldiers of t> e State, by a Wise and prudent eeeewy in the expenditures of toe foods committed ts bit care, and by the unsparing of sit it| members, and in pa'rticuta| of the Governor hionH to the constant, hamaslng, complicated and itti) labors which the exigencies of the gnat rsbclllu bare imposed. JJ . 4. Rttolved, That we acknowledge hnttwo dirimir of the people of the United States in this crisis'; those who are loyal to its; constitution and every itch of its soil, and are ready |t > make every sacrifice fsr tba integrity of the Unioi, and the maintenance of oivll liberty Within it, and those who opeuly.es cov ertly endeavor le sever oh • country, or to yieWtelli I insolent demands Of ite enemies'; that we fntanlw with the former, and detest the latter; and that, fee, gelt’ng all former party jnamee and distinctions, vi call upon all-patriotic citizens to rally for one undid ded country, one flag, onojdesliny. 5. lienohtd, That the government of the United Stntoe and- Ue people, will; an occasions! ejetpliu among the reckless inhabitants where the rebellUe was-fostered, have wisely and studiously, avetdsd.di interference with the concerns of- other natioag til ing, and usually enjoying, alike, non inteffdnocC wilt their own, and that lay and should contiaes to be, its policy.; that the intimations of a contemplated departure from this rule of. conduct oa tin part qf eome of tha nations ot .Europe, by an iattrrntlM ,in our present stnipg’e, ip ns unjust to them it it would ba lo at and lejibt great principles for »h!A wo are coDtenoindina; but we assuie them,withe soljamnity of conviction which admits of no dhtrut or fear, and from a knowledge of and a firm riJissw upon the spirit and fortitude of twenty milliosief freemen, that any Mtempljlhns lo intervene wiilawt a resist inch unparnlloled in its force, uncosrpiviihlt in its persistence, nnd fatal to'thoie whom It is is* tended to aid; and that it will tend only to itrecftite and donate tha republic. 6. ««oleerf r That the ehjill, bravery and endarslw exhibited by our army and navy have elicited ottsd miration und gralituda; that we behold is these tsiu tios the assurances of sure! and apeedy success is cat arms,.and of ront .and dlseomfiture- to the rtwi; that wa nrga tha governmut to aidjsnd slreofitlsa them by ail the means in Its powoyvand carefully t« providwfdr'eioke wounded and disabled soldtsrs lid their families; to pr»secular U(t>’ war; with vigor nnd energy, until therobollion is utterly craisid, the integrity of'the Union jin nil its bordcre restored, and every rebel reduced to submission, or driresfisa the land, and that to accomplish those ends weptsif* .to our rulers oar faith, our fortunes and our lire!. 7. iUiuhtd. That tbo course.of the lion.Pst Wilmot, in the United States Senate, is manly,con sistent and eminently patriotic, and wo hereby rs dorse him as a true ondjTajUhful represent»ti''twv loyal people of thU State, j Tbs resolutions were ing.ntßi-being: before tl tion, loud cries wsre in; -Forney, who in respons proceeded to address tbi of thrilling eloquence, Aoituor next weeki the were . The Convention then candidates, VhefCth® fdl unanimously chosen. For Auditor General, Tims. E. Coohf* B * Fo r' Su ryey or G« n eta I, W.'S. Row. The Convention then proceeded to ««** Slate Committee, after or hich it adjourned. die, with tbreerousing caeerefurthe OttiooW the'tlctel. i AUDITOR’S Kpf tCfci-Kolic# it R.?« b J SJ’, - that th» J ußdei , Hgned iu been oppoini*® •» Court to and distribuie-tho assets J,? sale of the real and £ers<mU estate of Swpoea gier, dec’d.. will auend to t ie dutie* of hi* *PP mentj 3rhete?«HeiriD|cr.mHl)eJ»gd in tbo the oflfoa of X. K Cotve, EsJ.'in ?*P V day, August 2let, at I o’clock p. said fund, ■. - . . T|lo3. ALLEN, Aud.Ccr. WeUsboro, Jnly-2,1862. ] - AUDITOR’S NOTIOE.-N'dioe i t htnij given th«i Uw.uwfcwigned f “Ji'iJ&SJ, ti ed by the Court ah Auditor so audit and 4U - moneys in ti.ohmdeof IbejAdminislfator j late of John Evens, dce’d., Will sKend of his eppoißtmnntfjviiere « heeqhfc ■tS^SA^mpAS TTethbero, Jaly 2. tS63. )■ r yrvRPHAN’S CODRT SAtg-Bj (/ sn order of QV 1 ' 1 ‘ o t ? o 9 tf, dsj will, sell at.pnbliovonduo on Saturday j> t August U(62, on the premise* fn Jackson,s P. M-r-the following described reslestaW. l ° A tract of land aitoato in the toensb'P <!. li( , beginning at a post in line of James r .f g( horft li iast 119.7 per.loappat iw south lms « 1( Daggett; thence soutM»i past by stud perches to a post; thence south 96i, e«i ,j IOI.S ■ perches to a poet; ‘dence soutne w |u perches to a post * thence eopth wi aut * ■to a post; thence south 6t *f“‘.g y o''* mi® W Sturdivant nnd Voorfidw 1*J P Jackson, July 2, 185*. ! 4iM»Ucailo ,, s for «fiat ‘. h f J\' jD(|ri6n»'_bave filed aUeir pe'"'“ J? jgtJr juurned eefc* «**•* license to keep eating bouaM, ip WeW j,® tiee it herebythsttheir beard on tbe above nemed o*?. O. Bollard, i. M. B*U»r4,„„ i rn!;ftN J»ly,18>18«. J. F.BOKAI.DSOS. OOSCBKTRATED IT^|*drC6 tead amidst greetcfcHi he Convention (btifcp l iade for- Cut. i'e to this coll, row’»™ (Convention in rtpeeel frbioh will jVben be had conclodt ■ animomlj adopted, proceeded to uomiuh lowing gentlemen rtf
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