a. CURTIN,
OF CENTRE COUNMY
FOB JUDGE OF THE SUPHEHE COURT,
DANIEL AGN.EW,
OF BEAVIR COUNTY
HARRISBURG, PA.
Saturday Evrnbig August 8, 1883,
IT IS A Low :NATURE that can compare the
efforts of good men, laboring in the pulpit for
the salvation.of souls and the benefit of the
country, to the exhibitions of blackguards and
bawds. Our Christian ministers, such men as
Rev. Robinson, Rev. Hay, Rev. Jackson, Rev.
Cattell, and others whose names we cannot now
recall, are thus c'empared by the Tory Organ this
morning—compared to' the moubtebanks who
bl 4,lvin their faces and sing Vulgar songs tightly
at the Gayeties of the town. The votaries of
spirit rappirgs, the debanchees and drones who
control the .Ilory Organ, can afford to make tbese
comparisons, because they hale religion, despise
virtue, and are ready to antagonize all who
either serve God orAfend the Government.—
Bat can the decent, order loving and Christian
men and. women of the State Capital afford to
tolerate or encblt, age such a nuisance in their
midst ? Can the community afford to have its
religion and its patriotism' ttacked at the same
time, by open taaitors and impertinentinfich Is?
Surely, the last drop is being added to the cup,
when the licentious.ess and des,eration of the
Tory Organ thus lead its proprietors to assail
our best, our purest and m' at useful-citizens.
Twa DEATH OF A LIAR AND A TRAITOR.—The
copperhead pre,a of the North are shedding
crocodile tears over the death of William L
Yancey, whom we cm only style a liar and a
traitor. He was a liar, because at a meeting
held in New York, just prior to the late Presi
dential election, Yancey was interrogated as to
whrther the South would secede from the
Union if Lincoln were elected President, to
which he emphatically retuned a negative
answer. When he thus replied, he knew that
preparations were then actually going on to se
cure the success of secession, and that the plot
was complete to destroy the Government.—
Thus as a liar and a traitor, he has gone
down into the grave. He had, beside, fratrioidal
blood on his soul. Such a man was fit to play
traitor; and if there is truth in religion and a
reality in hell, it is not hard to divine the des
tiny of Yancey.
DRAFTED MEN GIvEN RIM SAME BOUNTIES AS
VOLIINTEERS.—There are few who understand
that the provisions of the conscription net-plane
men on terms of Terfect equality with volun
teem, giving them the same Government boun
ty, the same title to pensions, the same pay,
the same everything. When the statement has
been made heretofore, many have discredited
it ; and to end all question upon the subject,
we quote from the act itself:
Sic. 2. And be it further enacted, That all per.
sons thus enrolled shall be subj .ct for two years
after the first day of July succeeding the ebrull
meet, to be called into the military service of
the United States, and to continue in servicr
dming the present rebellion, not, however, ex
ceeding the term of three years;
and when
called into service shall be placed on the same foot
jug, in all respects, or volunteers, for three years of
during the war. including advance pay and,bounty
as now provided by law "
THEI SOLDIERS who return to us from the
armies, crippled and disabled for life, should
be the objects of our tender regard and care.—
Their scare are evidences of their manly hero
ism and their earnest patriotism. They went
forth to rink their lives , in the defence of our
country, our liberties and our dearest interests,
and the suff rings they endured and the inju
ries they received mid survived, are as debts
inburred for cervices in our behalf, and for us
to pay, and every impulse of , humanity, patriot
ism and gratitude, appeals to the AmeriCan
people to pay those honoral3 , e debts with large
interest. Let us care for and treat rendelly and
gratefully the sc.rred and crippled veterans of
this war M . the 'Union.
CAPTAIN Fosrsa, Prtvost Idaishal of the Al
legheny district, sometime since ordertd the
' hrutallashing of a soldier to an extent to la
ceritte his bOdy in a most dreadful manner.
From the aecounts in the Pittsburg papers of
the affdr, it appears to hrve been a wanton and
even fiendish outrage on the part of Foster, at
once a disgrace fb . 'humanity and the Govern
ment. For such an act as the whipping of a
soldier, the straps Should be torn from this
brute, and his dismissal at once ordered. We
hope the good people of the smokey city will
not let this disgrace rest upon them without an
effort to wipe it out.
RIM ' AND BRAVNLT PBQPNED.—Major Peter
A. Johns, the, :Union, candidate , for Fenator in
the Fayette district; and G. W. S. Minor, the
'Union candidate for'Arsernbly in Fayette coun
ty, have challenged John Latta and T. B. Sam
right, the copperhead candidates respectively,
for the same positions, to meet:them on the
stump, to discuss the leading questions making
up the political issues of the times. The Amer
ican Standard, the organ of the Union men of
Fayette county, is of the opinion that the chal
lenge will not be accepted:
Davis has issued an urgent appeal to
,
the rbel. officers and soldiers to return to their
various camps and corps. He. complains of a
want of alacrity on the part Of all classes in
coming ffirward in the most dismal hour of the
South: Jrff . .l3 looking out for some one On
-whom to , blame-the-disaster which he knows
must sooner or later come to the cause oft: eason.
TErli Aidl4 LOAN kiwisrani /Lib `CoicsuL, with
iamilies,.bastily left Yedo; gipap, about.
the 18th of June; appreeendifig- liSßassintition.
on the" United Mates
steemes,.' Aopikkg.,'e t yVtukiwiquently lei : nerd
to Yokohama.
giaA
We have already published the lull procee
ings of the Convention held at P,ttsborg on
Wednesday last, and the nominees cf that body
are now before the public. It is not necessary
•or us to say whether our personal preference
oas been satisfied or not. With that the party
and public have nothing to do. Personal prefer
enco bas never guided us in adherence to prin
ciple, and after having been an active co
worker in the good and glorious cause of hu
man liberty for over twenty-five years past, we
would be derelict in duty to our God and
country, if we failed to maintain that cause at
this time when we are surrounded with treason
and traitors to our land.
lONS.
Annum G. Cuarnt is the choice of the loyal
men of Pennsylvania as their candidate for Gov
ernor, and as such we trust in God that every
loyal man will render him a hearty and cordial
anpport. Let those who may have proposed
another gentleman, remember that mere Ind'
vidnals are insignificant when- the Union
and our beloved country are in peril. We
must sustain both these with all our means and
energy. Only think of the calamity that would
befall the country if the Jesuitical Judge Wood
ward eltOnld be elected Governor of Pennsylva
nia. In that event the two greatest and largest.
States, New York and Pennsylvania, would be,
under the control of traitors to their country;
and God. Wo might as 2,1. have Jeff Davis,
as President to complete t • nfamy. We say.
.gap, the Union freemen of Pennsylvania
latrie it in their power to elect their candidate
for Governor, and we feel cattain the that it
will be done by an overwhelming majority.
Gov. CURTIN is the nominee of the Union party,
.ud he must and will ba elected by an unpre-,
cedented majority.
Many of the delegates to the Pittsburg Con• 1
vention would have preferred an entire new
man as their candidate, but th• y were either
too stubbJrn or lacked common shrewdness to
concentrate en one particular individual, and
hence they were straying about like lost sheep,
and the friends of Gov. Curtin had ninety firm
supporters who nominated him over - all hid
competitors. The opponents of Gov. Curtin in
Convention have no right to complain of utv
faireeis. They were honestly outnumbered;
and as patriots and good Union men they must
and will work equally as hard to elect him as
they did to defeat his nomination.
The Hon. D. AGNITIT, from Beaver county, is
the candidate for Judge - of the Supreme Court;
It - is well known that Hon. John J. Pearsor
from this city, was our first choice. but he
positively declined the nomination. In Judge
Agnew we have a candidate who is worthy the
support of every honest tax payer of this CO":
monwealth. He is the present Pesident Judger f
the Beaver district, and ranks among the ablest
men in his profession. He will not stoop (ode
prive the men who are baring their breasts in
defence of their country, of their law=
fal rights to ChOose their rulers. With Dan,
tel Agnew on the Supreme, bench in place
, f Judge Lowry, and another equally faith
ful man in place of Judge Woodward, (who
is afraid to resign this year, Init whose time
will expire in another year,) the Judiciary of
this State will be purified and cleansed froth
bigotry. It is unprecedented in the annals of
politics to see two Supreme Judges deecend
. rom their judicial position and accept mere
partizan nominations for office, while tit, the same
Lime one of them is afraid to trust the people
with the selection of his successor. We feel con
fident that our entire ticket will receive the
uearty support of all the loyal men of the State,
and that it will lie trininplifintly eltcted ; but at
he same time we must not be idle. The sym
pathizers with traitors and treason will spare no
efforts to defeat utt. The: c mpaign will be
a short and active one, and we hive all loyal
men will see the necessity of working zealously
(rpm this time till the second Tuesday of Oct 9-
der next.
Since the achievements of the armies of, the
Republic have covered the American naive
with glory—since Meade perpettfated the supe
rior valor of loyal men on the bloody , field of
Gettysburg—since Grant has added to the his
ire of that valor until its effulgence ihn
ininates the world—since the Government hits
established its sagacity and its wisdom—all thitt
, is now wanted completely to rciotiont treason is
political victory. The people whd have esciped
the blood and the suffering of the battle field,
,
are expected to, make a struggle at the ballot'
box, such as will leave no doubt of the integrity
and loyalty of the masses in the loyal Stites.
Humiliating, indeed, would be the specticle
of er all the blood which was poured out at
Gettysburg,' the people of Pennsylvania`should
decide to place George IW.. Woodward in the
control of the chief 'executive power of - the
State. Insulting, indeed, would it be to the
soldier in the field, if after all his sacrifiors
—after all his devotion and his fortitude—the
people should resolve to . re-eleot Walter G.
Lowrie to, the Supreme Com t t _ii position, w i ltith
he his used to cast contumely and reproach
upon the men who have'perilled life and, limb
in defence of the Gowrnment. Should either
or 'both of these men, by any possible chance,
be elected, it would, be equal in its influence to
an addition of onehundred thousand - men p
the armies of the rebellion. Its moral force
would exceed any force which armed reirehion
could exercise on the minds and the prefer
ences of the rulers of Europe. It would de
monstrate that, instead of 'being united to ,put
down rebellion, we are divided, in the very hour
.
of the Government's largest peril, and while ap
,
pealed to by the most sacred hoperand destinies
of the nation, Knot' Of civilisation and of man
kind. When we look at the contest on which
we are about to enter, in Ahis light, every pa
triotic impulse of the- heart h at once aroused.
We seevividlY . Our duty and our Work. Teem
`can-be no-mistaking-the issues when the ques
tion is thus made up, and therepan be no e x cuse
afforded for any man who, thus impress, d and
thus itypealtd to, negletts his duty to his Fin
.oinleit_aprl his government, and seeks= hp the
exercise of airetty hatred or thit4ieiding to
base prejudice, rtq bring that country *4; in
.114 i ce i
to itroMliii ttie et :mai &are of Iris
fh
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fellow elf:bankto imperil the unity of tire-
ern
Our Candidates.
Political Victory.
munity, and create misery, discord, ruin and
cteinal disgrace, when honor, glory, union and
victory arc within his grasp. In the contest
before irs, everything personal must give way
to principle. That man is either a knave or a
fo , A, who dreams IEI4 the li.bm loving citizens
of Pennsylvania will falter in the struggles in
which they are about to engage, to redress
private wr ngs or vindicate imaginary personal
neglects. If we battle alone f r men, such a
course might be expected, but when men
are summoned to struggle for principles,
all considerations of a personal character must
be promptly given up, must be sternly repu
dieted and trampled into the dust, as unworthy
a single thought in the hour which promises
the redemption of the country from rebellion.
These at least are our feelings, and by thi,
course of action we intend to be controlled in
the coming contest in Pennsylvania. We in
tend to fight that battle, In conjunction with sill
other loyal men, to a glorious termination. We
intend to labor fairly and faithfully to make it]
t o
a victory—a victory for rinciple—a victory fur'
the party of which we a humble supporter]
—a victory fir thee,un n whose safety and
glory and perpetuity are involved all that we
hold dear as a husband, a father at d a man.—
If
we ever thought of doing otherwise, we :
were recreant to our 9learest understanding
of. Outy—to our well grounded preferences and
convictions—to a party which we love and a
political creed which we adore.
Before the Convention which closed it ses
sions at Pittsburg, a . few days since, the pre=
ferences of onr partisan Men& were high
privileges which, we were tenacious ourselves
in maintaining and willing always ourselves to
respect when insisted upon by others. Since
that Convention has decided upon individuals,
all F-reonal preferences should and have given
way principles. Men are no longer the ob.
ject ,
s of our solicitude, any further than theiiin
tegrity, their tried faithfulness, their exalted pa
triOtism represent the sacred purpose and
principles for the success of which we are
.en
gaged. Our candidates, respectively, represent
in their character and their creeds, these pur
poses. We are-not afraid to go into the contest
either on the principles which' they represent
or the characters they sintain. Both must be
dear to us, while Pennsylvania retains the
pcsition and the power of &sovereign Common
wealth. Both must be guarded if we hope for
victory ; btcause when men become identified
with great measures, their reputations alike
with the purity of these measures, must be
defended and advocated, in the face of every
foe, be he a traitor - with aims in his hands or a
demagogue with rialloe in his:lieart.
—We consider this much, atleast e dne to the
cause we represent andllie readers we serve, at
the opening of the great contest for the Gover
norship of Pennsylvania.
33g TeCegrapQ.
FROM WASHINGTON
TRADE WITH NEW ORLEANS
TRANSMISSION OF THE MAILS
"WASHINGTON, August 8, 1863
Robert C. Gist, special agent of the Post Of
fice Department,' in dtuir,ge of the Memphis
post ffice, writes to the Hon. Geo. W. McLel
tad, SecJnd Assistant Postmaster General, that
sterrmboats are arriving' anl departing almost
daily from and to 'Nri* Orftns, without mo
lestation from guerillas. -
He adds, I am now making up a mail daily
for New Orleans. I have consulted the Stir
veyor of the Port, Master of Transportation and
other officials, all of whom express a decided
opinion that the eastern and northern mails for
New Orleans can be sent with more safety and
exped tion to Nevi 'Orleans via the Mississippi
river than by ocean steamers, so long as the
rebril piraticd vessels continue to invest our
coasts and commit depredations.
General Grant has establithed a mounted
patrol between Vick-burg and Claw Orleans.
I understand, and I have no hesitation in say
ing, that the transportation of thenails` rvili
be -s safe hence to New Orleans as to'Cuiro:
The guerillas who .intest some portions of
the river at times have generally no artillery:
nusketry can do no damage to the beats. The
prospects are that they will be cleaned out if
they make any farther .d stratione.
Transports with coat bare are being sent
:belOw-every tlty, !Imbed ew Orleans.
I can, send a mail now at least twice a week,
and I hope soon, when the restrictions on trade
are removed or modified, to be able to send a
mail daily. ,
WASHINGTON, August 8 —While there is no
difficulty in obtaining othei officers for the col
orednegiments, there IS .such Ascarcity of tur
geons that the Surgeon General is compelled to
advertise-for them.
Chaplain John Blake, of the . United States
Navy, who was orderd on duty. in Jane last,
cannot be found. His last official address was
New York city. Fcals are entertained for his
Lieutenapt Commander Johnson, of the gun
b )j.it gatatiaclin reports the capture, off Sp
'Louis:Pass, on the 13th of July, of the schooner
Az. elsior, and Lieut. Madigan, commanding the
gunboat Owego, reports the capture, on the 21st
utt , of the schooner Revenge, of,Philadelphia.
Owing to the latter "vesselb4iag 'aground at
the titne,.she was scuttled. Her cargo consist
ed of sugar, hides and mineral salt.
MEXICO.
ANXBICEN AND BNClLisru VBEBBIS SEIZED BY
Nzw- YORK, -Aug ciit
•
By arrivals at this port, from New gorieans,
we learn that Very Cruz latices received at.that
city to July 16th, report the death of the AMor
ican Consul ou the - •
There were no American or English vessels
of war an the coast. =
French ve sels were engaged in seizing. eve
thing English pi American ., On the Bth utt. ry ,
a F reo.o h . aide- w 4eel steamer arrived at Very
Cruz with an. Euglish topsail schooner in. tow,
which was captured on the Rio Grando,4l„th
cargo of arms valued, at $BOO,OOO, hitencied for
the Tepts rebels, though the - schooner geared
at Liverpool for Itatansc ros Her officers report
five more vessels loading for tiatarrionos.
New York Money . Markets.
Stocks lower; C. & R I. $1 05-1-: Canaberlinil
coal - 273-; Illinois Central. R. B $ 1 :18f,f; 1411,i:h. 1
Sonthefn $1 14k ; Central $1271).,Pd5,d4
in $13.41; Mil. & ;46; Missouri644i;
(3:61d:5126i; Treasury 7 810 1 081-; Conribno
- :";• '
LATE AND INTERESTING FROM TEE SOUTH.
A FIGHT AT BRANDY STATION,
moral Gloom Throughout the confederacy,
SIGNS OF SUBMISSION AND SUBJUGAIION
THE FIGHT GOING ON AT CHARLESTON
We bsve received files of E. outhern newspa
pers to the date of August 6.
Special dispatch to the Richmond Enquirer
ORANGE C. H., Aug. s.—There was a fight at
Brandy Station yesterday evening between a
hotly of Stuart's cavalry and Major Brockham'e
horse artillery and three brigades of Yankees ;
with cavalry and twelve pieces of as tilli ry.
Stuart brought on the fight by'shelling the
woods in which the enemy were concealed.
She enemy responded, and the fight became
general, lasting from two o'clock until eight:
The enemy - were driven witt,ta a mile of t h e
Rappahannock river, when,
they being heavily
reinforced, our cavalry fellbe. k. Oar lose wa
pis killed and eighteen wounded. All quiet
to-day.
Cumireeron, August . 4 —All quiet to-dey.
Battery Wagner is , ln fine condition, and far
stronger tban when the bombardment began.
The people and troops are in good spirits.,
TM WAR IN THE sotrravrEstßANT AT RAToRBZ
MonioN, Miss., Aug. I.—A large 'number of
the chiefs and braves of the Chocrow tribe
passed through here yeaterday, on the way to
visit the Great Father at Richmond.
Grant has estahlished a garrison of about
3,000 men at Natch..s, •
Wirt Adams' scout 6rinz intelligence that
Banks attacked Didt Taylor at Dmaldsonville
on the 22d ult., and wa' defeated, with a lose
of 6,ooo,including 4 000 prisoners ; and the.
Taylor!ii and Magruder's torcea have since nni
ted on the Teche river, which, if true, wiil en
able Taylor to place in position the siege gun,.
captured at Thibodeaux, and blockade the river•
below.
Morrox, August S.—The latest advices from
the Mississippi river represent the liver as
swarming with gunboats and transports above
Vicksburg. Eight gauboats and ten transports
were counted between Vicksburg. and Natchez
last Friday. This, does not prevent communi
cation with the traneMississippi Department.
Accounts from that elle are cheering, but con:-
.traband.
the enemy have placed a garrison of 2,500
men at New Carthage. Logan is watching
their movements ; the enemy will hear from
him soon.
No troops have gone up the river, save Mc-
Pherson's corps and part of Burnside's com
mand. _
MORTON, Mips., August 4.—Twenty-two
transports, laden with, troops, have passtd
Natchez, going down, up to Friday.
A number of Banks' and Burnside's regi
ments have been mustered out, their, terms of
service having bapired.
Transports loaded with negroes are sent up
daily to Island No. 10, 'Alga, a c,mp for the
instruction bf blacks in the manualof arms has
been established. ~
East and West Louisiana have been gripped
to form negro regiments.
Bamor says that Sherman is furloughing one
out of every company, and they leave daily for
home.
Pillaging parties sre sent out daily from the
garrisons of Natchez and New Carthage, who
strip the country of provisions and commit every
species of vandalism. •
The weather is extremely warm—thermome
ter 98 degrees.
We understand' 'that, by those of Morgan's
men who cussed the Ohio, the proposition to
make a little detour in the direction. of the
Panhandle and "pick np" the Pierpont party,
was seriously entertained.
Colonel Adam Johnson (familiarly-known as
"Stovepipe Johnson," which sobriquet he ob
tained from having, in one of his daring freaks
captured the town of I.,l'etwberg, Ind:, and 150
of the enemy's troops, with two stovepipes,
mounted on wagon wheels., and manned by his
torte of 16 men) watt just the man to carry out
the project, but the loss of the ammunition of
his command in crorking the rive, pr e veuto
It execution. For thls accident the seventy
two traitors may bless their stam.--Richniond
Enquirer, August 6.
The Yankee columns which marched into
North Carolina have retired. The two which
went over North Carolina soil went back to
slewb ,, rn, and the - party that Marched into the
Sate from Suffolk, composed of Spears' 'and
Dodge's cavalry, reached Suffolk on Sunday
forenoon'about 10 o'clock, ind at 8 r w took
up their line of march for Norfolk. A battery
of eight pieces, known as Howard's &Oar
United Srates Artillery, which also accompanied
the expedition', .proceeded - Jo' Murfreesboro
whence it will be shipped to Newborn, N: C.
The expedition was under the command otCol
Spears, and the men freely acknowledged in
Suffolk that the expedition. was a complete
failure.—Richmond Dispatch, August 6.,
THE GLOOM TEIROUGHOUr THEIOUTH,
!DONN DR DISSATISPAQTION annwealits AND
HEABTBUBNI2IOB TONE OP THE SOUTHERN FAIR&
--.DIDICATiONS OF SUNMISSLON—A REHARKARLi
OUR AIM F011.81%11 —lf any, short sighted
confederates, of feeble knees and pallid livers,
have been daluding theo3selves Naha the idea
that, in case of subjugation by our enemy, the
worst that could h.rmen us would lasmerely to
go back into the "Union'as it was," with the
"Constitution as it Is," 4to , it , is time for them to
awake froM that dream. For us, is case of being
overoaws in the field, there is to be no Consti
tution Audis° law.. The •entire posse:sion of
the whole Southern country, with-everyfieuse
and estate.; the absolute fee simple of all the
lead, with Its "wrxodb" and watets, mills and
fihings.,to,have.and to hold unto Yankees,
their heirs and asaigua ;" Airis.its the prizp for
which our enemy fights,.and willidur the - pro's
pact -of. which he wouldinbt stand'another rick,
To fully sttain thls, it will be neces sar y f or th ,
Yankees to abolish theCOnitieution entirely, so
far as regards us' confederates. 'We must be
left without debts, without legal remedies, an
inferior race creeping on the Lice of our own
1 01 4 To make all ready for this sweeping
operation (which t heY*l l he condition'
to enforce some time next)elotir),. the Yankee
legislators, it seems, are ; preparing an ingerliess
law. 'The design of this ism is thus evlained
bythe New Ttak rears;
“Tirz CONDSCATION -Acit—Tbe queption of an
amendment to the confiscation act, so that the
property of traitors oncocenfiscate,lshali p
from them and their_ heirs forever, is beige die'
cussed by Congtetegteu, aqd will be brought up
early in the next session. The Jew is now con
btrued, that after the death of the traitor, the
estate reverts to ,his heirs, which renders the
intended working of the ec,t practically void "
A serious omission, certainly, in-the confisca
tion act; and as the lime •(so thfyiondly be
lieve) approaches yli/eq the grand scheme cf
pliander le to lie-practically applied, they fee)
that no time is to be lost in arranging all the
details of despoiling ue end disinheriting our
heirs forever. To be tifire,;tlk, " Constitution
as it is" forbids 4p3iuiely all , forfoiture for
" tre4ffer!!..eTceg.l ll 4AfgAdlife of tilt Pest=
ethehttitti. I.4iYttgAtiii RAPIDS i sews said
f. I
Nsw Yosx, Aug. sk
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EIGHT NEAR BANDY ETATION
ALL QUIET AT CHARLESTON
BARKS ATTACKS DICE' TAYLOR
[SECOND DISPATCH.]
moßpej.7 S RAID
MB LAST RAW INTO NORTH - CAROLINA
ARTICLE FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER
fore, that Constitution L; no longer to be con
strued as applying to us. Our gams shall be
citiz-n , under the Constitution.
Our donustie traitor. , who can prove their "loyal"
treascn wild hive the bet,ed of the law, and probably
retain their property, provided they can give verb
distinct el , tdence that they d our enemii 6,
and did their uttermost to bring rein on their
neighbors and on their native States ; but tor
us there is to be no right, citizenship, franchise
or kg .1 status; we shall then be precisely in the po
sition which the Supreme Judges in the Dila*. Scott
case assvned to the nip° race ; and thus, in Yan
kee cant, a striking retribution for our sins an t
sublime moral effect, will be combined with
the pre fitible business of seizing upos the earth
end the freshness thereof, to reward the saints
and their heirs forever.
Surely, if our people fully understood and leid to
heart the real nature of the struggle in which we art
engaged, there wouldbe no whisper hard anywhere of
any possible termination to that struggle except in sic
tory over our enemies. Any man who Bti,..uld hint
at peace, end urge our government to make
peace, would be at once marked as a traitor,
devising how to deserve well of his country's
enemies. to win indulgence for himself by
abandoning the common cause, and to merit
rtwards out of the plunder of his neighbors
We do bell ve that if C afederate umnersatity eons
prehendsd this min would be afraid to speak' of
peace or compromise, lest they enould Duet on
the spot the doom of a traitor.
One may observe some imes in the confederate
newspapers yfitares which we r. gard as of ill
omen. It has become common to talk sarcas-
Gaily of the "last clack," men, and the "last
drop-o t blood" men—t amely.those who cllre
that, rather than'? ield to Yankee role, they wilt
sheil the last drop of their blood, and die in the
last ditch. Ea this become a ridiculous sentiment,
then? Is it.poesil le that bar room orators. or
even, the veily gamblers, may have been h. and
toNutter in this suit of way withouS i efor a mo
o:tent meaning to shed the fiat drop of their
blood, or,to die anywhere, save in their beds.
But thirt does no: make the idea in itself by any
means ludicrous. On the contrary, if there be
now within this confederacy severel hundre
thousand men, each one of whom is a "last
drop" man, and a “lat ditch" man, then, indeed,
it is ill with us this day—with us and our heil
forever. If that "conlisittion act" ever cremes
to be applied throughout otircountry, those who
shall live to see it wi•luften wish they huddled
in any ditch at all. k
The phrases may have become cankand mean
nothing in the mouths of triciet, who use them,
but the thing itself - the km resolution to perieh
rather than aubmit upon any terms whatever—is pre
ciany what is warded, an'l alt that is wanted to
keep that lemma c mfiscstion act in abeyance,
a mere ornament to the Yankee statute book,
and to transmit our bounteous soil, and our
untainted honor along with it, to those unborn
belts, whom Washington law decrees to be
born paupers and slaves.—Richmond Enquirer,
August 6.
TRADING WITH PEISONERS THE HUMES LOVE
GREENBACKS.
A practice as humiliating to good citiz ns as
it is disgraceful to those who encourage it, ha'
lately become .one of the most eager passions
of lucre loving, filly-livered men in our midst.
No Yankee tan escape them ; they actually
cent their prey when it is a haudred miles
away, and the depot by which it arrives is be
sieged.accordingly. Yesterday morning. upon
the arrival of the Central cats, bringing over
seven hundred Yanket s, some ten or fifteen of
these traders met them at the depot and begged
f r "greenbacks" in exchange for coaxierate
notes, giving as high , as via Millers in tbe latter
for one in the fArmer ! inch men deserve to be
hung They are . Saone ' than traitors meaner than
cowards, baser- than brutes. Every man who
trades at all in these so-dallr+d "greenbacks"
should be tried as an enemy to his country. It
is clearly a violation of patriotic duty and of
national usage, and deserves commensurate
emaishment at the hands of the government.—
Richmond .Erquirer, Aug. 6.
HAYS WE LOST OUR SPIRIT?
< .
[From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, Aug. I.
Is is a matter of surprise that there is so hide
zeal manifested in this . :city and the surrounding
century in making preparations for our imme
diate defence, and especially by, those who
have the most at stake.
TO be sure, we have frequently met and passed
very pathetic and sett-sacrificing resolutions,
but where are the fruits of them? 3he army
bag ne t been increased, and ws are today as
defenceless as we win before any meeting was called .
Base we lost our spirit, or dad the =hang young
men and old who vol enteered a the beginning or this
unholy war take all the honor, chivalry and manhood
with them
Neither speeches, resolutions, nor unending
talk can do ins any good without action. What
we must have is a thorough o. gauization ; and
everyman capable of bearing arms should join
it There are now a five companies here hall
filled up, or perhaps with a full quota of names,
bat who do nut muster more thau a respectxble
eqaad, while there should be In this city at
least a reglistent, and they should turn out at
every drill. If our soldiers Can devote their
whole time to the set vice, we certainly ought
to spend a few hours of, each week in preparing
to defend our homes.
Montgomery is one of the wealthiest cities in
the Confederacy in proportion to the number of
inhabitants, and it certainly seems to be must
defenceleis. _
Mtn) Abvertiumnitti
rice SALE iTEILY CHEAP—A First rate Rose
': wood Piano. For int tiler particulars e , quire
at [4u7-4 ] 'IRIS OFFICE.
31.kP OFIiA.HRISBURG 'OIIY,
,
A 8 laid out by direction of the Commissioners
of the City-Survey, and approied by act of
Legislature, containing numerous coursts, and
distances of the Fgnares ate marked it, and
designating the d'fferent wardd. public braidings,
tkc. 1i is in fdct the only correct roan of the
city. For sale . by H- HAGE,
Chaff Ilegulatbr i
agB4l2vr Cor. 8d at. and Cranbery alley-
. BI PNT OF DAMAGES.
ORSTIANT lo an ..order of the Court of
F
Quartet Sessions of,Danpliin county, notice
ht reby .given to the Commissioners of said
county, and to the propetty holders along the
line of CemberLMd ste et, from Sevoith street
to Eighth egoist, and Verb, ke street, from Ftd
ton street to Seventh street, in the city of llAr
rieintig, that upon the petition of the Mayor of
said city, :the Cotut , has appointed six viewed
to swat; the daniagat caused by the opening of
said streets, and that, they will proceed to assess
datnages.on Eticiay, the 214 day of August
inst., at 10, o'clock A. M., at which time all
i parties,Anterested_rroy appear upon the ground
if they thigh prem.
ttria•lot
NO 'ICS -TO CONTRACTORS.
SKATED PROPOSALS; endorsed "Proposals
I.D 'fcif hay," will be 'received at my office; - 80.
2i, Second strpet, lifarriaburg, Pa.. until three
o'ciciek on ThitradaY r if, August 18th, 1863;to
furnish two hundred tons of hay. the hey tii.he
of the best olna.ity, and to be delivered at my
corral in g.irlisbur g , fifty tons each week. The
first` fifty tots tobn,deliveted by the 20th of
August, and tiftirliole amount to be delivered
by the 18th of klrilisfunbt•r. -
The bay Wrist be well baled, and Ittiljtot to
such Inspecticnif as the quaitermaster may
regnire.
Rich prop pal must be accompabled by a bond
with two sufrtelent suret'ee, for' tta fifthful per
formate of the con tract. - - ' •1111.1i1C L. D,MOTT,
441,PlOhPu*
A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, on the k
11. of Front aLd Lierr itroot Applv
A. C. SMIIII,
Third
HEBE will be so'd at pubic auction, on
1 10th day of August, 1863. between the hoe r;
of 10 o'clock A nc. and 12 M., at the o'd
lower Warehouse, the following I:st of :tore;
the highest bidder:
8,9:.8tb3 BICE.
1,097%3 BEANS.
GEO. H. SMITE,
Capt. and C. S.
Rega'ations Relative to Exemptions i n
Oases of Two or Sons of Aged
or Infirm Parents.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
PROVOST I4IABSEIA1:13 OFFICE,
Washington, D. C July 27, 1603.
CIRCULAR
No 67.
THE following "opinion" in relation to that
part of S,ction 2 of the enrollment act,
which says "where there are two or more St..TIS
of aged or infirm parents subject to deaf,
father, or if be de,d, the mother may elect
which son shall be exempt," is publislaid and
will hereafter govern:
"The only sou of aged and infirm parents.
dependent, Fee , is absolutely exempt BA
where theta are two sons, both are milieu, t o
draft until en election is made by the Neut.;
and the name of the one elected should tie re
moved from tbe list. After the draft is made
the persons dratted are no longer "ens ject to
draft bat to duty and a parent cannot is, , ure
the practical exemption of two eons from mili-
tary duty, by waning until one is drafted and
then electing to exempt him
JAMES B.—FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
JOHN, W. BROWN,.
City, Solicitor,
Ntlll 2blnlilleirittlt;
.FOR RENT!
au7 •tf
AUCTION
an7-3t
FORM 26
summers of a parent that he or she dezire
one of his or her sons exempted:
I, the subsob,criber, the fattier (or mother) of
and
county, State of ---,
hereby certify, that I am aged and kfirm, aid
ghat I WTI dependent fur support on the hour of
my two MIS above waled, and twat I el.ct th■t
my son - shall be exempt f um
the op:rations of the act of t.oneress "for en
rollirig and calling Ora e national forms," &c.,
approved March &I, 1863.
,We. the subicribers, do hereby certify that
the above named is aged or in
firm, and dependent on the labor i f sons
for support.
Personally appeared before me, the above
named
severally made oath that the ab certsficates
are correct and tine, to the best of their kuowl
tdge and belief.
Jcstice of the Peace.
Dated at —, this day of -.--.1/36
By order of the Bo ird of Enrolim- at 14 . 11 Die
trict, Pa. JN HAY CLEMENT,
Capt. and Pro. Marshal.
CHAS. C. R4WN,
Commissioner.
S. T. CHAIM tON,
Surgeon.
HarriFbars.. Augrwt 5, 188,3 —dlw
NOTIC.g OF DRAFT!
FOVRTLENTH ENROLLIENT DISTRICT.
DRAFT FOR DAUPHIN COUNTY
rpm Draft in the 14th District, Penner
L cornpoed of the counties of Daupidu,
Juniata, Northumberland, Snyder and Utdoa,
will commence AT THE coma HOUSE, IN
THE CITY OF H dial.l3Ui(G, ON MONDAY,
THE lOra DAY OF AULIUST, INSTANT, AT
7 O'CLOCK. A. M.
The Drawintz will ccmmence with the COUN
TY OF DAUPHIN, in the order of the sub
districts, as follows:
The first anit district being the township of
Conawago; the second sub-district bring the
township of Derry; the third sub disttict being
the First ward of the city of Harrisburg; the
fourth sub distHct being the Second ward of
said city; the fifth sub-district being the 'third
ward of said city; and the. sixth sub dis , ikt
being the Fourth ward of said city, will be
drawn in the chat% on Monday , as above sta•ed.
ON TUESDAY, THE 11th DAY OF AUGUST.
INSTAN r,
At the same time and place, the draft will pro
ceed with the 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12 , b,
18th, 14th, 15th and 16th sub districts, being
the following wards and townshipt, in the order
of their respective number: aforesaid, to wit
The fifth and sixth wards of Harrisburg, and
the townships of Halifax, East Hanover, Son.h
Hanover, West Hanover, Jackson, Jeffaison,
Londonderry, Lykens and Chats.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF
AULILIST, INS TAN T,
At the same time and place. the draft will pro
ceed with the 17th, 18tb,19111. 20th, 21st, 224,
28d, 24th, 25th, 26 b, 27th, 2sth, 29 in, 30th
and 31st sub districts, being the folli.wn g
wards, borough and towoships, in the ordi r of
dot r respective numbers aforesaid, to wit: 7he
Middle, &wit and North Ward of the borough
of. hliddletowo ; the townships of Mifilo,
Lower Paxton, Middle Paxton, Upper Paxton,
the borough of Millersburg, and townslefe of
Reed, Rot b , Sw etara, Lower Bwatara, Susque
hanna, Washb e•on east Witoniedo-
TEIS DRAPL' WILL BE PUBLICLY CON
DUCTED. so that all persons, floating to be
present, may attend, if they see proper, and
witness the proceedines.
JNO_ KAY CLEMENT,
Prefer of the Board, Capt. and Provost M.rshaL
CHARLES C HAWN,
Commissioner of Huard of Enr.limoni.
B. T. MARLTON,
Surgeon of Board at Euroilarent.
°INCE OP THE BOLED Of ZnEOLLIRENT,
ilmuutstrau, August 5, 1863.
aug6-111w
TICE PIC-NIC OF TEIN,E(ResoN.
THE
FRIENDS FIRE COMPANY
Will give their
41141117,441.
HOFFMAN'S WOODS, .
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11,1868.
TuncrEs 2.lassib
It is hoped that the citizens of Hatvisberg
will torn out en masse for a days recreation In
the woods. Tee objeet of the pic-nic Id t°
procure enough m. nor to ma k e a payme nt on
their Szsam Emma.
. . _
No improper clunicters will be admitted OR
the grounds.
deparrES ON ARRANGEMENTS
William A. Parkhill, Andrew Schiayer,
Sullivan S. Child, George Earnest,,
J. W. L- score.
The company has nude arrangements with
the Pelmaylvanla railroad company to ran two
cremeof 'ems to the woode, leaving here at
A. It.; and 11. P. Kr &turning will leave the
1r0941 at' 7 o'cloekr. x. au7-td
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