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HARRISBURG, PA
Monday Evening, July 13, 1863
THE SITUATION
FROM TILE POTOMAC
The Departments here are unadvised, to-day,
of any movements on the part of either army
Notwithstanding the reports that Lee had suc
ceeded in crossing the Potomac, good soldiers
doubt whether he had the means of doing so.
Had the river been fordable, Lee would be in
Dixie by this time, but the fact that he has no
means of crossing in the shape of pontoons,
and the fact also that the Potomac has been in
a condition to render it exceedingly dangerous
to launch a pontoon, admitting that Lee is
supplied with material, combines to explode all
rumors relating to an escape of the rebel army
into Virginia. We rather incline to the opinion
that Lse has found a natural position of great
strength ; not only one, but a number, - from
each of which he can fall back should he be
too hotly pursued, and in the meantime inflict
severe injury to any attacking force. But all
this, as with the reports of Lee's escape over
the Potomac, is mere surmise. One thing is
certain, and that is, that both armies have
been marching and working hard ever since
the battle of Gettysburg ;sufficient almost to
make each as anxious for rest as' either could
possibly be for battle.
At the latest accounts the rebels had been
kept in total ignorance of the fall of Vicks•
burg, and were repeating in their- newspapers
the same stories:of abundance of provisions, and
of Grant being in fear of Johnston, -that had
deceived the people of the cotton states so long.
Eieveral negroes, no doubt sent out by Grant
for the purpose, had arrived within the rebel
lines and reiorted that Grant was to make a
grand assault on the 6th. Before that time
arrived, Osterhaus had terminated his long
watch at the Big Black bride, and had crossed
first his cavalry, whom the enemy - attacked
thinking it was Only a reconnoissance, and
then his artillefy and infantry force, which
rather opened the eyes of sece3h
The rebels gathered up all their scattered de
tachments to make a stand, but itatnediately
Grant pushed forward Sherman's whole corps,
and at the last accounts was engaged in hunt
ing up that marvellous army of Johnston of
which the copperheads have had so much to
say. This is important, as indicating Grant's
line of operations after the fall of Vicksburg.—
Of course he sent to offer aid to Banks, but his
army had a large surplus force which would be
sufficient to take care of the whole campaign in
the southwest.
Mow the Copperheads Operate.
We print a communication to-clay, written
by a respectable gentleman in. York county, in
which an account is given of the manner the
coPperheads prepared their friends for the in
vasion of the State. It appears that the cop
perheads were aware that an invasion <of the
State of Pennsylvania was in contemplation
long before it was attempted. In order to pre
- pare their friends for the emergency and afford
them the means of escape from spoliation, the
different Ledges of the Knights of the Golden
Circle in York county issued certifiCates to their
respective members, to be shown to the invader,
and on that. evidence of fealty to the rebel
cause, the holders of all such certificates were
to be exempted from contribution or saved from
plunder. Every man receiving one of those
certificates contributed one dollar to the trea
sury of the Golden Circle. Ry this means a
great fraud was perpetrated, as well as a large
sum of money received; but the sequel proved,
according to the testimony quoted in the commu
nication referred to, that those pos.sessing these
credentials of membership with the Knights of
the Golden Circle, were treated equally as rough
and robbed fully as wickedly as were loyal men.
—There is more in the statement of the coin
munication giving an account of this fraud,
than most people will at fitst discern. The
copperhead leaders are at work. They have
possession of the Ignorance of the land, and as
they.wield the passions and prejudices of these,
they hope to achieve political power. The
idea of covenanting to exempt the people who
take the oath of allegiance to the order of the
Knights of the Golden Circle, from the ravages
of the rebel foe, is in keeping with the practice
of Itympathizing with that foe, and affording
him aid and comfort wherever he shows his
front. Both are the work of the copperhead
lead's& Both will bring their own rewards.
The Conscription to be Enforced.
The conEcziptionis to bo enforced at once
and it is understood that 300,000 will be the
numter called for, au extra draft of SO p9r cent.
being added to cover exemptions, &c. That is
right, so far as it goes; but why not call out
600,000? That would be men enough to do
up the work in a short time.
We presume these soldiers will be jollied to
the old regiments to fill up their depleted maks;
and probably most of them will be sent to
Meade and Roomfuls, as Grant has more men
than he want's at this time.
Since the recent victories, copperheads are not
half` so eager to resist the draft. Disasters
bring out the noble qualities of the brave; but
produce trepidation and fear in cowards.
TEE LATE 3n A. • SYDNEY JoaxsoN.—The
family of this the ablest General in the rebel
service, is left In destitute circumstances, and
an appeal to the charity of the people of the
South is made for them.
Need the War be Prolonged':
We sometimes incline to the notion that, had
their been no money in the war, had the
men who lord now on the side of the Govern
ment been as incorruptible as th. 60 who led on
the same side during the revolution of 1776,
the war world have been ended in a single
campaign. The lust of gain, the greed of
power and the temptation of position, which
now prevail among a very large class in the
free States, has had much to do with the pro
longation of the war. And this is au influence
for which no party can be justly held account
able, which no administration can control. It
is the fault of the people themselves. Seven out of
every ten officers now in the seevice deem it to
their interest to prolong the war, simply Ice
cause with the end of the war will come a suspen
sion of position and salary, such as these men
never received before, and never can receive in
l any civil position for which their talents& them.
These men fight to prolong the war. Added
to these are a large class in the mercantile and
financial world, men of immense influence,
who are amassing colossal fortunes solely by the
prolongation of the war. The moment that
the Federal forces achieve a victory, the price
of gold and the cost of goods of all kinds, fall.
This is reversed ;when we are defeated, and
hence it ia . the interest and" the business of a
large and powerful class of men, who profess
to be loyal, to keep the country in a constant !
state of suspense between victory and , defeat.
How this is accomplished need not now
be explained. Sufficient -for the reader to
know that such has been the condition
of affairs when the country should be.enjoying
the security.of peace after having taught the
few thousand miserable traitors engaged in this
rebellion; the folly of fighting a Government
so vastly superior to its opponents in material
resources. But we can safely write that the
wealth amassed in thus prolonging the war by
speculations in the money market, commerce,
manufactures and contracts, will be a curse to
the children's children of those who amassed
it—a curse equal in withering, blighting
Influence to that which will taint the - latest
generation of those -who engaged in the fell
work of treason.
- the condition of affairs, now, there need
be no prolongation of the war. Depend upon
it, whenever you hear an officer profoundly dis
cussing the`impossibility of capturing- a whole
-rebel army, he is arguing his own, chances of
retaining a well paying position instead of the
chances of victory to the army in 'which he
commands. Armies have been captured here
•tofore, and there is no reason why they should
not now also be captured. During the revolu
tionary war, the colonial forces captured two
splendid British armies, one commanded by
Burgoyne and the other by Cornwallis. Napo
leon captured one of the best armies engaged
to oppose his conquests. Certainly, then, what
has been done can again be accomplished.—
It can be accomplished as soon as we
make the war in reality a struggle for the
government—for the nation—for freedom, in
stead of a fight among scrambling speculators
or an idle show of military power to serve the
ambition and fill the stomachs of every aspir
ing or hungry polit!cian in the land. What
has made the rebellion thus far successful, has
been the vigor,valor and disinterested devotion
of the rebels. There is unity among the trai
tors. They are willing to make any sacrifice
for success. Those at home devote themselves
to seconding the efforts of those in the field.
[ Their officers fight for victory, not for mere
position and pay. They are animated by one
power, and that is the - power represented in the
Confederacy. This is the spirit which we need,
not only, in our armies, but in our communi
ties. We want personal sacrifices as well to be
made by those at home as those in the army.
We want men to forget their own interests just
a few Months, and devote themselves exclusive
ly to the good of the country. We want every
consideration of business—every hope of per
sonai gain, made to subserve considerations of
national success and permanent peace. We want
the infernal and eternal greed of moneymaking
stopped - only while our fighting men are peril
ing life and limb in a struggle for the nation—
so that every man can lend a hand to the
speedy ending of the war. The war in its pre
sent shape can be ended in a very few months,
if the country devotes Itself entirely to the
purpose. It needs but the sacrifice of slight
personal interests to gain this end: It needs
but the display of energy and promptitute,
surely, for a people so really superior as are the
masses of the north in comparison with those
engaged in rebellion, to put an end to the war.
God grant that the end is close at hand !
God save the nation ; otherwise, between the
traitors of the south and the traitors of the
north, it is lost !—Tory Organ.
Conscience is at length producing its effects.
Never before was a confession, issuing from a_
guilty heart, more truthful than that contained
in the above three lines, quoted from this
morning's Tory Organ.' God knows that the
traitors of the south' and the traitors of - the
north, combined, have about accomplished the
ruin ofthe country. God knows that if it had
not been for the traitors of the north, the trai
tors of the south never could have gathered the
means with which fo assail the Government.
Had James Buchanan never been invested with
power, Jeff. Davis never would have been presi
dent of a bogus government. 'Had there been
no organization of the Democratic party north,
the rebels in arms would have been without
sympathy or support. Hence, truly, the Tory
Organ cries °din pain, beseeching God to save the
nation from the traitors north and south. We
respond:amen! God save us from the northern
traitors of the Tory Organ ilk! God save us
from the northern traitors of the Hughes.—
Wittie—Woodward order ! Let . the whole
nation respond to this prayer, which seems to
have been wrung from the guilty soul' of the
Ibry Organ, by the fright:it experienped in the;
defeat of Lee, or the certainty of the doom'
which. awaits it when our victorious armieti
h av e finished. the work . of suppressing treason: l
In the south, and then, turn their attention to
the traitors of the north. We repeat the
prayer, God save us from the traitors of the north
and the south!
NzNI months ago, in his speech, to the
sissippi Legislature, Jeff. •Davis declared that
"the Confederacy must viand or fall by the defence of
the river." It has not been able to defend the
river—therefore, it falls. -
A Card from Brig. Gen. Knipe.
ULADQVAIITE: , ;, EMAIL WAYNEEDOEO,
July 9, 1863,
lideohs of PCII7IU
The first duty of a soldier is to Us true to
his country and his fellows. An editorial Fara
graph in your paper of tLe 3d inst dGes great
injustice to my superior officer, Brig. Gen. W.
F. Smith, to the community and myself. If
my command saved Gen. Smith's at Carlisle I
had first to learn it from the issue referred to.
So far from acting in disregard of orders, I
was acting strictly in accordance with orders
received from Maj. Gen. D. N. Couch. Gen.
Smith is a soldier-, a gentleman and my superi
or officer, and ittire enemy tailed in destroying
Carlisle, we owe it to his soldierly conduct and
that of his command. It seems to me your
article ignores entirely Gen. Smith, and I wish
it distinctly understood that it is not my desire
to make a reputation for myself at the expense
of my superior officer.
-I am, v r, respectfully. yours,
JOS. F. KNIPE,
Brig. Gen. of Vcls.
Remarks
Gen. Knipe is most like himself when he acts
generous'y towards those above and those be
neath him m command. Hence the unselfieb
view he takes of his action in the battle before
Carlisle, and the soldierly liberality with which
ke credits those above him for conduct which
the whole community agreed belonged to him
self. On the authority of a dozen gentlemen
in Carlisle, we wrote the paragraph to which'
General Knipe objects. litat as he disclims all
credit, he must of course thus have the benefit
of his disclaimer.
The Knights. of the Golden Circle
Wriatn for the Telegraph
The Copperheads Humbugging their:Deluded Followers
—The Signs and Certificates no Guarantee against
the Ravages of their. "Southern .Drethern"—Eight
in Codorus—An Anecdote.
Notwithstanding the denial of the copperhead
papers, it seems there actually exists , such a se
cret organization as that called "The Knights
of the Golden Circle." Though we believe the
main object of this new order is to bind men to
support, by solemn obligation, none but men
of their own political party for office, and to
raise money for electioneering purposes ; yet
there is no longer any doubt that the victims of
this organization were made to believelhat, by
speaking against the government, and express.
ing sympathy with the southern rebelsbat,
especially, by making certain signs, in case of an
invasion into the loyal States, they 'would be
spared, in person and property, by these southern
"gentlemen," who were after the abolitionists
only. How sadly these debtded beings have
been humbugged by the =unprincipled office
seekers may now •be readily learned by a
tour through the sections of our beloved Com
monwealth, Which have been visited by Lee's
dirty, lousy, robbing horde, and by listening to
the whining complaints of those who would,
to save themselves from being plundered, fain
have aided these, rebellious villians in their
tin
godly purpose to destroy the "best government
of earth.'
In proof of what we have written, we will
merely add one anecdote—perfectly reliable—
of a certain victim of the ring in Codorus town
ship, York county, which, though a little ludi
crous amid the poor fellow's distress, fullyon
firms the points above stated, in regard to,the
"Knights." _,(This township, by .the way,
though exceedingly copperheadisb, seems to
have been most terribly visited by Stuart's ma
rauding band.) That the gusto of the story may
not be marred, we will give it in the same .
Pennsylvania German brogue: in which it was
related, but in Roman characters.
One of our_good Knights of Codorus, having
been cilled upon by his "Southern brethren"
for the use of all his horses for Jeff's service, be
sides sundry other accommodations, thus bit
terly complained to a friend of the Union, la a
half whining tone: . .
"Oh sie hen mir all my .Geil g'numme, un
em seine all, un em,"— seine, un em
seine, un—. Oh !`es ist zti art wie ale
ehaust hen in Codorus !I"
"El," replied the Union man, "het ihr ihne
dann net g'sagt class ihr Democrats seyd t"
"Ei, yo, beshure hen mer ; nu mar hen ihne
ah g'sagt dass mer sum 'Gold'ne Ring' g'here;
un hen ah noch unser babierejewisse, un's hot
wahrhaftig wit gebatt I Un noh hen sie noch
g'sagt mer solle unser babiere stemma un solle
unser ‘DAHI.Eke widder holle !" 0
All , the comments we deem necessary on such
manifestations of knowledge is, if light has broken
in upon the minds of these Codorns victims by
this instructive raid, happy are the people there
of, in consequence of the courted visit (by many
copperheads at least) of their "lioutheren breth
ren." YOB&
*" Oh, they've taken all my horses, and all
of -'s, and all of 's, and 0 it's too
bad how they have carried on in Oodorns ! !"
" replied the Union man, p "and didn't
you tell them, then, that you were Democrats 9"
'Why, to be sure we did ; and we told them,
too that we belonged to the 'Golden Rang,' and
besides that we showed them our papers, and
it was all positively no use ! and they told us we
should take our papers back and', get our dollar
again !"
yattst b.Edgraft
THE RAID IN INDIANA,
A REPULSE TO THE ENEMY
CINCINNATI, July 12. '
•
Morgan's raid to=night ; reached within seven
miles of the Ohio line. Some bridges on the
Ohio and Mississippi - Railroad, between Coch
rane and Mount Vernon; were destroyed to-day.
The rebels also approached the Indianapolis and
Cincinnati Railroad - near &unmans, where they
Were met by a -regiment of militia and driven
back. This, perhaps, was' only .a small body.
The main force appears to - be making for Au
rora and Lawrenceburg.
12.—Morgan's forces
'moved from 'Vienna yesterday morning east
ward, arriving at Vernon, on the Madison and
Indianapoli9 Railroad at 6 P. I{., and demanded
the surrender of the town. It was refused by
Col. Busk ham, the commander IA the Federal
forces. Half an hour was given for the removal
of the women and children. At the expiration
of that time, Col. Buskham moved out to meet
the enemy, but found they had retreated.
Scouts sent in pursuit captured nineteen with
no loss on our side.
After leaving Vernon they moved southward,
tore up the railroad track, cut the telegraph,
and dettroyed a portion of the Ohio and Mis
sissippi railroad west of Vernon. They than
moved eastward, arriving. at Versailles at 1
o'clock to-day.
A squad of sixty men moved on O.godd and
fired the .bridge on the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad, and took a telegraph operator pris
oner.
General Manson, with *a large force of in
fantry and artillery, left Jeffersonville last
night. rid arrived at Carrolton this afternoon.
He had a skirmish with the enemy • near
Grassy Flats, and: captured one captain and
nineteen men.
Col. Garvin, with a force of 1,000 infantry,
marched out from Sumnans, on the Indianapolis
and Cincinnati railroad, met a portion of Mor
gan's forces two and a half miles from that
place. A skirmish ensued. We lost one man
killed. At one today; Gen. Hol,Fon's forces
were only a short distance in the rear of ilor
gan. A sufficient force has also been sent from
here in the last twenty four hours to dri•vo the
Invaders from Indiana or capture them.
From the Army of the Potomac,
The Rebels Retreating toward Hancock
CONCENTRATION OF OUR FORCES.
DESPERATE CONDITIOI OF LEE'S ARMY,
A Battle near Sharpsburg on Friday
IMPORTANT MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
Our Advantages Gained to be Nei With
Energy
ADVANCE OF THE ARMY.
HAGERSTOWN OCCUPIED.
The Rebels Entrenching Two Miles
Beyond,
THE ENEMY MUST • GIVE BA TTLE
Reported Return of Hill and Ewell to
Hagerstown. - ist
BALTIMORE, July 12
A special dispatch to the American, dated
Headquarters, Saturday night, says:
The position of the two armies is essentially
unchanged.
There brie been no fighting to-day.
The enemy changed their picket line this
morning, giving rise to a report that they bad
abandoned Funkstown, which was magnified to
a full retreat and an escape across the river.--
They were, however, still in the same position,
and in full force. Our pickets are now close to
Funkstown and all along the line in immedi
ate proximityto the rebels.
Gen. Meade has his force all in position, and
everything seems ready either to receive or de
liver battle.
The conflict will probably not take place till
Monday. •
Oar army is- in first-rate spirits, and -moved
into position with cheers.
The Maryland brigade is at the front, eager
to show their pluck.
Our cavalry operations continue very active.
The rebels are circumscribed to a small extent
of country for food and forage.
BOONSEGRO f July 12.--All is quiet, this morn
ing. It is reported that the rebels are retreat.
ing toward Hancock. All looks well.
Vice President Hamlin and Senator Wilson
are on a visit to the army.'
New Yonir, July 12.—A dispatch from
Washington to the Herald, states that important
military movements are in progress which in
dicate the policy of the Government to follow
up our success vigorously, and drive the rebel
lion to the wall.
Our Government has notified the rebels that
the execution of the two officers recently se
lected at Richmond, will be retaliated most
severely.
New Yoan, July 12.—A dispatch from Ha
gerstown, dated, yesterday, to the Herald, says:
A fight commenced near Sharpsburg yester
day (Friday) at daybreak, and continued till 6
d'clock in the evening, when Longstreet's di
olden was thrown into confusion, and our army
vrove them back, pursuing them for several
miles. •
The engagement was brought on by Kilpat
rick, who, finding the rebels on Thursday_too
strong, waited for reinforcements of infantry.
The battle was fought by only'a portion of our
army.
The rebels fought steadily at first, but wildly
at last, as if their ammunition bad expended.
Our cavalry and artillery destroyed the pon
toon bridge, to the consternation of the rebels,
as they were about crossing. --
The rebel soldiers express little hope of cros
sing the Potomac, and were anxious about their
supplies, not having seen their trains for four
or five days. They were much disheartened,
A special dispatch from Harrisburg states
that the Antietam river is much swollen. This
has probably caused the delay of Gen. Meade's
army in attacking the rebels.
Onr army is more concentrated than when it
was at Gettysburg.
A dispatch from the headquarters of the army
dated the 10th, to the Herald; says our army
was then within a few miles of the enemy.
ANTIETAM BRIDGE, WILLIAMSPORT ROAD, July'
11.—Yesterday the army began to take post- 1
dons, driving back the enemy's cavalry to near
Funkstown.
Lee isSstrongly entrenched, and has a strong
natural position.
Major General Humphrey has ,received the
appointment of Chief of Staff to Major General
Meade, General Warren having declined the
position, preferring more active duties in the
field.
Fifty additional surgeons and many volun
teer nurses have arrived at the front.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THB POTOMAC, July
12.—T0-day our right wing pre s sed forward on
the Boonsboro and Hagerstown pike, and finally
entered and occupied Hagerstown, which we
hold to-night. The enemy's force, which con
sisted principally of cavalry and two regiments
of infantry, made no determined resistance.
The enemy fell back towards Williamsport, and
reconnoissances report that they are throwing
up entrenchments within two miles of Hagers
town. The positions they now occupy are said
to be of great strategic strength. ,
Eleewhere all has been quiet.
WASHINGTON, truly 12.—A dispatch from head
quarters, dated at 2 o'clock this evening, says
all is qmet, though some skirmishing has taken
place during the day. There does not seem to be
any fear that the enemy has crossed" the river,
nor that hecan or will cross without giving
battle. There has been a heavy rain for three
hours.
GREBE Cams, via Chambersburg, July 12.
The rebel corps of Ewell and A. P. Hill returned
and occupied Hagerstown, about two o'clock
yesterday afternoon. They have strong picket
guards four miles,this side of the town. Hill's
corps passed through the town, taking the Lei
tersburg turnpike.
A negro teamster in the rebel army, who left l
Williamsport at five o'clock last evening;ar
rived here to-day. He states that they are
building fiat-teats at that point, and will have
seven finished by to-day, in which they can
cross two wagons at a time. When he left not
one-third of their transportation had succeeded
in getting over. •
Captain Boyd, yesterday afternoon, with .a
company of cavalry, got within a mile and a
half of Hagerstown on the National road, when
he discovered a large body of rebel infantry
moving into the town . by the Williamsport road.
IHe endeavored to make a circuit north of the
town, but their infantry force was too strong.
Firing has been heard to-day in the neighbor
hood of Clear Spring, also near Leitersburg,
probably caused by our troops driving in the
enemy's outposts.
There is no reason known for Lee's army
evacuating Hagerstown, and then re-ochupying
it within a few hours with the, same troops,
unless he was disappointed in his facilities for
crc,ssin: - ; the river. Ii Lee ho ds his present
position a battle cannot be postponed more than
forty-eight hours longer.
A heavy rain set in this muiniug, with the
proepeet of continuirg all day.
ANTIETAM BUN, July 12, 73 A. M.—Our whole
line is ordered to advance to day, and unless
the enemy retires, there will be more or less
fighting before night. There was slight skir
mishing yesterday. The enemy held his picket
line very tenaciously, -as though concealing
some strong position behind it.
There are well grounded fears that the river
may become fordable in a day or two. It has
fallen considerably at Shepherdstown yesterday,
and is still slowly receding.
A scout from Winchester yesterday reports
the enemy moving another pontoon train and
a train of ammunition to Williamsport. There
is a prospect of more rain to-day, however.
D EDITION
Terrible Riot in New York
NTERPERENCR WITH THE CONSCRIPTION
The Conscription Office Burned
Fifteen Police Officers Killed
and a Number Wounded.
The 541 h Strut Arsenal kiwi by the Rioter
A TRAIN OF OARS FROM BOSTON
NEARLY DEMOLISHED.
THE PASSENGERS DRIVEN OUT AND
PREVENTED FROM LEAVING.
Squad of Soldiers Disarmed and
Terribly Beaten.
The Regulars from Governor's Island Sent
to the Scene of Action
. A large mob 'collected at the conscription of
fice in the Third avenue, to prevent the draft
from being carried out. At this hour, 11 a. sr.
they have driven away the conscription offi
cials, set the building on fire, and the whole is
now in flames.
The mob will not allow the fire bells to bo
rung nor the firemen to assist.
They have destroyed all the telegraph wires
in the vicinity, and are bent on mischief.
The regulars from Governor's island have
been sent to the scene.
LATER. •
Two o'cuwk.—The riot is said to have as
sumed vast proportions. It is stated thist the
arsenal on Fifty-fourth street has been taken
by the mob, who armed some four hundred of
their number.
The police have been handled terribly severe.
It is reported thatpolice superintendent Ken
nedy and some fifteen of the police were killed,
and many wounded.
A squad of some thirty soldiers were ordered
to fire on the.mob, but they bad their guns
taken away and were shockingly beaten and
dispersed.
The noon train from Boston was 'nearly de
molished, and the passengers driven out and
prevented from leaving.
The telegraph lines are cut in many placer',
destroying connection with the Fast.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Capture of Rebel General Stuart,
The Rebels Falling back to the Line of
the Conocoeheague River.
Hogerstowa Ocenpiedby the Union Army
I=l
The Rebel Army Itedneed to a Space of Six
Miles by Nine in which to Manoeuvre.
10 REBELS CROSSED THE POTOMAC,
THE POTOMAC VERY HIGH
A special dispatch from Washington reports
that the rebel General Stuart was captured on
Friday night by our cavalry.
POSITION - OF THE REBEL ARMY
PHILADEITHIA, July 13.—A gentleman who
left Waynesboro yesterday at noon, furnishes
the following interesting intelligence. • -
It is understood that the rebels, in falling
to the line of Conococheagim river from Antie
tam, encountered the forces of Gen. Halligan,
and after several skirmishes in the vicinity of
Clear Spring, retired to the eastward. This ac
cent:its no doubt for the occupation of Hagers
town-by General Ewell.
Hagerstown is now held by our forces.
The position of the rebel army is now reduced
to a space of six miles by nine, in which to
manoeuvre. They have no naturally strong
positions left to them, and it is believed by per
sona in official position that they cannot possi
bly escape caliture or annihilation.
The report that a large number of rebels had
crossed the Potomoc with a wagon train, is be
lieved to be entirely false, as there is nothing
to cross the river with exceping the rope ferry.
Two hundred Union prisoners, who refused
to take a parole from the • rebels, were crossed
On this ferry on Thursday evening.
Capt. Norris, who sticceeded in making his
escape, brought information that so far as he
observed, there was, no considerable rebel force
on - the south bank of the Potomac.
The Grey Reserves and Blue Reserves of
Philadelphia, went on a reconnoissance on Sat
urday towards Hagerstown, and succeeded in
opening communication with the army of the
Potomac, capturing several prisoners. They.
were complimented by the Corps Commander
for their excellent behavior. The Reserves
sustained no loss.
The store trains of the regiments arrived and
the sufferings of the men are at an end.
A gentle Man who bas just arrived from the
Antietam valley, report 3 that heavy thunder
storms visited that region on Saturday and
Sunday evening. The rain fell in torrents for
hours, and the mountain streams were again
much swollen.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
WASHINGTON, July 13.
A letter from Antlehun Creek, dated yester
day, says : -
„Vice PresidentHamlln 'Was In camp.
Thvmmber of prhmners who have been for
warded by the General Provost Marshal to
Baltimore is between S,OO Th.,
dependent of thdse st nt ferwari I_s-Gen.
and hundreds of deFert , r , in 1' , 1. , --ylvatdd,
It is estimated that nt:Arl; o r ,,
have left Lee's army, a large p rt.ue
have recrossed the Potomac at
above Williamsport, and made tiair 11
to their homes in the south.
From the best sources it is believed tl:at
has yet in his command not less than
men. Taking the natural strategic pni.dtir. n
possession of the enemy, and the additi,,,
advantage of his being entrenched,
Meade has no trivial task before him.
He is preparing for the conflict with all 1 .,
sible speed, coupled with gnat discrLtion
engine 3rs ate industriously employed in sure:
ing the ground, and selecting the best pt*iti
while our cavalry are employed in Lelin , - tl
enemy's lines. .
There was considerable skirmishing al,, t3L: t
lines on Saturday night and yesterday mornit
The enemy's infantry and artillery were in p
view on the Hagerstown road.
FROM WASHINGTOk.
Important Order Relative to Mt
WAR DEPARTSIENT,
PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE,
July 13th, 1863.
To answer inquiries wade t 9 this office it
announced:
Fwd. Any drafted parson paying three IlLa
dred dollars under section 13 of the cnrollmtl.:
act, is thereby- exempt from farther liabiliil
under that draft, but not from any subsequent
draft.
&cond. Any drafted person furnishing
ti.eceptable substitute is exempt from
service, for the period for which said substitu
is mustered into the service.
Third: A substitute once mustered int" 11.. ,
service cannot be drafted while in the sere
Fourth. A drafted man cannot pay coni4 ,
tation money or present a substitute after
has reported himself to the Board of Eurolltu,-;:t
for'examination.
ITfth. Men who on the 3d of March,
were in the miltary service of the United Suuea
as substitutes under the draft of 1862, and n I,
term of service has since expired, are not 1;a1 , ' e
to the present draft, but the persons for 10a!
they were substituted are liable to draft the
same as though they had not been drafted c , l
furnished substitutes under the •draft of 11 t
year.
KEW Your., July 13.
&Vt. In serving the notices as required 1.)
circular No. 42 from this office, a reasonably
time to report shall in each ease be granted ly
the board of enrollment to men in the btu,
service, who have been or may be drafted.
(Signed,) JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
EXTENSION OF' TIME FOR HOLUM
THE 'UNION STATE CONVENTION.
At a meeting of the Union State Central Cott
mittee, held in this city to day, it was resolved
to extend the time for holding the Union State
Convention at Pittsburg,. from July Itt [t.
August sth.
The following is the resolution adopted, p
;riding for this extension:
Resolved, That in the present emergeuty,
while many delegates to the Union State ek,a
vention are engaged in the military service, ane
cannot be present at the meeting appointed to
be held at Pittsburg on the Ist of July nett, It
is deemed expedient to postpone the Conven t ion
until Wednesday, the sth day of August ttxt,
at 11 o'clook, A. IL, and it is hereby postpoot 3
until that time.
NB Yon, July 13
Draft.
The following circular was issued Iron tl -
at Department to-day:
the Editors of the rdsgraph:
PHILADELPHIA, June •_'4, 1613
Editors of the different Union newspare -
throughout the Commonwealth, will please gier
this notice an insertion in their columns.
P. FRASER SMITH, Chairman pro to.
1i13111.811.41XY, Secretary.
Witit.
On the evening of the 11th instant, at Ikr
residence in this city, Mrs. Alm &TIPPER fI.IIER,
widow and relict of the late GEORGE FIOIER,
Esq., of Pine Ford, Dauphin county, in tlid
eighty-sixth year of her age..
The friends of the family are respectfully Id
quested to attend her funeral to-morrow moth
fog at 10 o'clock, from her late residence iq
Walnut street, near Second.
Nap 2lbvtrtisimtnto.
ALADY, a stranger in the city, who has been
suddenly thrown upon her own resource;,
is extremely desirous of obtaining some lacii
tive employment. Please address EMILY M
at Dyl3-2t9 THIS OFFICE .
TO ALL WHO MAY BE DRAFTED
WArr. DEPARTMENT,
PROVOST MERMAN GRNERAL P S s, ;-
Washington, D. C., July 10, 186 J. )
CIRGULAII,
No 43. j
TT:following extracts from laws ofthe
kited States, now In force, are published is
the information and guidance of all concerned.
Section 12, of the .Enrolment act, after ui
reeling how the draft shall be conducted, sms
"And the person so drawn shall be notified of
the same within ten days thereafter, by a writ
ten or printed notice, to be served personally,
or by leaving a copy at the last place of reel
deuce, requiring him to appear at a designate
place of rendezvous to report for duty."
Section 13, of the Enrolment act, contain,
the following: "And any person failing to re
port after due service of notice, as herein pre
scribed, without furnishing a substitute, or
paying the required sum therefor, shall be
deemed A DESERTER, and shall be arrested by the
Provost Marshal, and sent to the nearest mili
tary post for trial by court-nurrttal, unless, upon
proper showing that be is not liable to do mili
tary duty, the Board of Enrolment shall relies
him from the draft."
The 20th Article of War contains the
ing : "All officers and soldiers c eon
victed of having deserted, shall suffer DENT - a, of
such other punishment as by sentence of cart
martial shall be inflicted."
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal Sendai.
PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, 14rn DISTRIct,
Harrisburg, Pa., July 13th, 1863
THOSE WHO MAY BE DRAFTED, and
public generally, are directed to study th:
above order, and be guided and governed by ir
as Sac. 13 of the Eunoraunir Acr will be 11,01
ly enforced in the 14th District of Pennsy
nia. JOHN KAY CLEMENT,
Captain and Provost Marshal,
jylBd3tawtf] 14th District Pennsylvania
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
TETTRItS of administration having this /Lis
been granted by the Register of Dauptiu.
county to the subscriber, on the estate 0!
Peter Becker, late of the city of Harrisburg ,
deceased, all persons knowing themselves is
lebted to said estate are requested to make im
mediate settlement, and those having ci 141 1 ' 5
are requested to present them to the subscriber.
GEORGE GARVERICLI,
Ad rn nistrator _
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