4. 7 tiegrap4. HARRISBURG, PA Friday Morning, May 32,1862. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT BY TER GOVERNOR DAVID RICHIB, of Allegheny county, to be Associate Law judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, under aot of As sembly, passed at lest session. IMPORTANT DECISIO.N—THE ARMY VOTE DECLARED UNCONSTITLITIONAL. Judge Woodward, of the Supreme Court, ren dered an important decision this morning, in declaring the entire Army Vote, cast at the last election, unconstitutional. The following cases were before the Condon which decisions were rendered, viz: The Commonwealth vs. Joseph Kunzman. Error to Philadelphia vs. opinion by Woodward, concurring opiniou by Read. Judgment affirmed. In the case of Chase, from Luzerne county, the "army vote" is pronounced unconstitutional —and a decree made giving to Chase the office of District Attorney. Opinion by Woodward, Thompson dissenting. In the first case above quoted, in which a decision is given, a person was prosecuted in Philadelphia city for illegal voting at the late election, while he was in the service of the country as a private soldier. The defendant's ...counsel argued before the trial was had, that the indictment should be quashed for reasons that the whole army vote was unconstitutional. This view of the case was sustained by the Judges of that emit, and the indictment quashed. The Supreme Court sustains this decision. The second case came before them from Lu zerue county, in which county the candidate for District Attorney, Mr. Chase, who had a ma jority in the county but was defeated by the army vote, took an appeal. His opponent was declared elected by the return judges, and the judge for that district. sustained that decision. The Supreme Court however decides the army vote unconstitutional, and thereby declares Nr. Chase elected. This decision will make some important changes in several officers elected at the last election. Robert Ewing, who is now iu office in Philadelphia city as sheriff, will be obliged to vacate the same for his opponent, Mr. Thompson, who had a majority of several hun dred iti the city. It makes no changes in the result In this county. A BOLD SCHEME TO DEFAME AN HON EST MAN. We received, yesterday, a copy of the last issue of the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, in which the following paragraph was marked for the purpose of attracting special attention: Hon. Mourtow B. Lowry Ainurarao FOR notice that Hon. M. B. Lowry, one of the members of the Senate of Pennsyl vania, was arrested for perjury, for swearing falsely and maliciously in a suit in which a Washington firm was a party. The first reading of this infamous announce ment, convinced us that the statement was false in every particular, and that it was another of the base means which the officers of the Bank of Otunmerce, at lErle, have lately adopted. to bring Mr. Lowry into dlsgrrce, because that gentleman had done the business men of the Commonwealth some service in exposing the rottenness and corruption of that concern. On further Inquiry we learn that the arrest of Mr. Lowry was as wit bad at first considered it, a mere blind; a perfect failure to establish a single charge contained in his warrant of arrest, so that after a prompt examination, Mr. Lowry -was tor promptly discharged by the anthority before whom he had been arraigned. Mr. Lowry at once, on his discharge, had warreuta Issued for the parties in whose name . he. was first arrested, the result of which wait to hold these parties in teu thousand dollars bail to answer in the courts of Erie county, a charge of false arrest and malicious prosecution: !Thus the 'tables have been turned ou the pimpil of the Bank, and we now demand that the Sunday Mercury publish this fact, in vindioatiOn of a gentleman whom it so grossly libelled in Its last issue. We trust that Mr. Lowry will' push this prosecution to its fullest extent. If l'egistators, in the-honest prosecution of their °tidal duty,, and in the discharge of a high . trust while endeavoring to protect the communi ty trims sharpers and swindlers, are to be thus baselY:Balled without redress, our legislative Lally will soon be deserted by men of character and integrity. The friends of Morrow B. Lowry ask no judicial vindication of his character to encourage them in their confidence for the man,. but he owes it to himself, in this instance, to administer a severe lesson to his traducers. , Wa ALMOST Duras, of having the same in fluence and producing the same effect on the iiatiiokby our disinterested councils and cen cures, that resulted from the same labors in the case of the clergymen referred to by our neigh bor this morning. In the case of our reverend friends, it required only a single admonition, (severely couched, we admit, but not too severe for the desperate characters of the cases,) to bring them back to humility, loyalty and die oration. No better Union men now exist than these identical clergymen, if we dare Judge by their sermons—while, if we are allowed to judo by the same rule, uo meaner sympathizers with traitors now wield pens, than the traitors who control the Patriot. And still we don't despair. While these writers are out of the reach of the grace which prevented our clerical friends from wandering too far from the path of, their duty, there is even hope for the Patriot people. If we cannot council them to loyalty, we may be induced to purchase their adhesion to the : truth. They are so accustomed to this description of barter, that they can be had for M very small sum of money. At all events, our duty towards the Patriot is to denounce 14 treason and expose ite mendacity ; and this duty we shall matinee to perform, until we have *Utter changed its disposition or crashed the little !Whence it yet possesses. THE SPECTACLE OF WAR The announcement, yesterday, that another call would shortly bemade on the Governors of the loyal states, for additional troops, seemed to take no one by surprise. The news was ac cepted as calmly as if the troops to supply the new demand were intended to grace some holi day, pageantry, instead of fill np the gap made in our armies by the havoc of battle ; and we I have no doubt that when this call is formally made on the Governor of Pennsylvania, he can furnish ten or twenty regiments in as many weeks. Our people begin to understand the crisis in which they are involved. All classes of society appear to appreciate the conditions of such a demand, and thus the treat spectacle of war is becoming familiar to a nation which two years ago, regarded war as one of the necessi ties which was the least likely to press upon its attention or eradiation. Take, for instance, the state of Pennsylvania. With more than one hundred thousand men under arms, direct ly enrolled as the contribution of the state to make up our quarter of the national demand, and with at least twenty-five thousand men in I regiments furnished by other commonwealths, we do'notieef, while we thus contemplate the magnitude' of the war. Our contribution of soldiers has not effected a material interest of the state. It has not lessened labor or in creased the demand for laborers. To some extent, perhaps, it may have done this In cir cumseribed localities, but as a general affair, the business or the prosperity of the common wealth has not in the least been diminished or effected. Families may feel the absence ,of friends, and, as we have declared, localities in one sense, may feel the loss of MOD; but in no degree has business been affected in the aggre gate, because the interest impaired by the rebellion, has given rise to others through the necessities created to crush rebellion, and thus the labor that we supposed to be on the verge of vagabondism, through the stoppage of the traffic of one section of the country, finds employment in the business growing out of the , prosecution of the war. The greatest spectacle of the war, is the manner in which men rally to the support of the government, and - the means which all sec tions of the country contribute to sustain our armies in the field. Before the call issued by the President for the " three months men," some of the most experieneed military men in the country ridiculed the idea of raising; a volunteer army of one hundred thousand men. The proposition was preposterous—and even were the number offered, the recruits could not be d6ciplined for many months, to fit them for active service in the Held. We all know that these objections we r e exploded. The world knows that the raw recruits engaged in this war have accomplished as much labok, fought as valiantly and won as brilliant vip tortes as were ever achieved by the trained soldiers of Europe. The people of this country have proven the possession of truer qualities of the soldier than the people of any of the countries of Europe. They have proven that they are capable of a higher condition of die cipline ; so that while the spectacle of this war is one grand contemplation for the citi zens of the 'United States, it must also be one of awe inspiring fear to the people of the world. And yet our military force is but half developed. Such calls as were telegraphed to the loyal governors a day or trio since will prove this fact, prove it by answering the summons, and then inviting another for per; mission to furnish more Men to drag dowia treason to theAlsgrace and death it mot* and thus end rebellion by crushing out its inflit mines forever. PSNNBYLVANIA biIIOOKNIOAL GENIUS 18 admit ted to have produced some of the grandeat and most practical results by its invention and ini provement of machinery. The latest acknow ledgement of this fact is by Mr. Coneas of thb Patent Office, who says that, there are man* abroad who claim the honor Of inventing me: tallic Jefeneive armor for ships. It has beef► ' generally ascribed to Gen. Paixhan, prior to the year 1841. The inventor Is Thomas Gregg, of Oeillogsviile, PennsylVania... , Mr. Gregg bad a patent issued to him lu 1814. He describee in his specification a vessel with angular sideS "all around," covered by a dr*..k. to glance tI4 projectiles of an enemy upward, - while the shot; striking below the apex of the angle, will glanced downward. The angulAted system of ,ship building, as exhibited in the "Merrimads.", and the frigate recently launched at Philader 2 , phia, is claimed to be invented by Josiah Jones of the British Navy, as late as 18 1 59. Mr. Gregg invented this a' half century before. So of metallic shields ; Mr. Gregg's vessel was "tci be coppm:ed or covered with iron." Thus metallic defences and angnlated sides : in ships were not only first invented in the United States, brit a mechanic of the State of Pennsylvania was the first to discover and dem-, onstrate this great practical measure. The fir: practical embodiment of the idea was the Monitor. It is Interesting to remember that the first great. improvemept on the old mode of navigation, from a simple sailing vessel to a steamboat, was also a Pennsylvania invention. Robert Fulton was a , poor Lancaster county black smith, yet directly to his genius can be traced the magnificent steam palaces which now ply the waters of the world. Govsatios CURTIN is covertly attacked in the Patriot this morning, because he granted a par don in the case of a certain:criminal. , We un denifand the objecf of theie `insinuation, but the public may not fully comprehend that no pardon is grantedi by Governor Curtin, unless the petition is accompanied by the appeal of the judge, a portion of the jury, and certain members of the 'bar. 'ln all cases the most extenuating evidence is required from men of the highest character before such pardons can be had. . This the Parfet understood—but Goiernor Curtin was denied the beneat of such an explanation, andsubjected to an insinuation as mean'as it was,'&ntenptible. Vmarrua holds her election to-day. A Governor, Lieutenant GOvernor and Attorney General are -to be chosen. Besides these, county officers are to he voted for, in all the counties. There are no candidates in tile field for the offices Arst named, save the Wesent holders of them—viz: Governor rierpont, Lieutenant Governor Palskyl and Attorney General Wheat,. • , •.- fiennisviucmia Mai teltgraply , E • From our Farming Jgdltion of Yesterday THE WAR IN THE WEST. EVACUATION OF FORT WRIGHT BY THE REBELS. THE REBEL GUNBOAT FLEET NON EST. The Enemy Fall Back on Fort Randolph. An arrival from the fleet stateethat on Mon day "a flag of truce went around Craighead Point, for the purpose of exchanging released prisoners, in accordance with an " arrangement made some weeks since. After waiting some hours the boat returned without being met by the rebels. late in the afternoon one of their boats came np and effected the excliartge. It is believed . among the officers that the rebels have evacuated Fort Wright and fallen back on Fort Randolph, as no rebel gunboats could be seen around the point. A reconnoissance in force was sent down by Commodore Davis to ascertain the position of the enemy, but had not' returned when the boat left. [SECOND DISPATCH.] Cmceoo, May 21.—A special dispatch td the /Imes, dated near Fort Wright on the 20th, says: From indications made apparent yesterday it is clearly evident that the enemy have evacuated Fort Wright and fallen back on Fort Randolph, a strong fortification on the second, Ohicka4w bluff, twelve miles below their lormer posi tion. • The , officers of the flotilla, who went down the river yesterday with a flag of truce,re turned with the intelligence that'neither tro ops nor :gunboats were , visible, and` that Fort Wright and the river as far as the eye could reach were deserted. Towards evening a rebel craft came up with a flag, Of •truce, and the exchange of prisoners was made. No explanation was offered as to why ourflak of truce was not answered In the morning. Taking all the circuthstances into consideration, there is not the least doubt that thh rebels have left.. In their new position they can maintain a more thorough defence, and be less exposed to the fire of , the mortars. Froth Gen.M'Clellan's kmy Advanoe still at Gain's Mill, Eigh and a half Milne from Richmond. The Pickets of both Armies on the Oppo site Sides of the Ohickahomin' y. Successful Bidloon B.OOOIIIIOiSEIXIOB , , of atiolxbaond. HEAVY FIRM HEARD TO THE p?,17 OR RIORMOND. • . The Union Gunboats Supposed to be Forcing their plunge' up the hunts River. ' HEAD QUARTERS, ARMY, OF TIM POTOMAC, Wednesday Afternoon, May 22, 1862. Tho encampment of the advance of the army under Gen. Stoneinan. irtj _ at,lll at: gains Mills, eight miles and a bar( froin.Richmond, and one mile and a half fren6 the Cchickahotoiny creek. The pickets of tha..rehels occupy the one side and those of the Union troops the other., Gen. Steinman; company with Prof. Lowe, made a balloon reconnoisance this morning from Gain'a Mills, reaching an elevation of 600 feet. From this position an adniiiable view was nad o Richmond .and the Burman:ding Cbuntry. With a glass the camps of the enemy, situated within the limits 9f the city, were seen ; as well as the. arrival`and d arture of railroad trains on the road between - Hew Bridge and Richmond. Very few troops were seen, but to the left of the city, on the line of the mail coach road ; leading to "Bottom's Bridge, a large, number of troops were seen, and the smoke from numerous camps coming from the woods in front, gave evidence that they were occupied, by 11. large foroa of the Heavy firing was heard, yesterday afternoon and this morning ,t 9 ,the left of Richmond; which was probably caused by our gunboats endeavoring to force their way up the Jamei river. The weather, is warm and pleasant during the day, with heavy dews at night. . The health of our troops continues remark.: ably good. Two rations of whisky and quintals are now daily issued. FROM NITRES MOHR A Flag of Truce Fired Upon By the Rebels on FORTRESS MORROI,Ry 21. The steamer George Washington, which left with a flag of truce on, Monday nighty returaedi this forenoon. After anchoring beldw City Point on Monday night, she proceeded to that place, where the flag of truce was sent ashore and an answer was received to , Gen. Wool's communication during the , day. ' The Galena was fired on yesterday:by the enemy's cavalry, but no damage was done, and', the enema) , were dispersed by a singleshell from' the Galena. On Monday afternoon, a boat went ashore from the Wachusett, with a flag of truce, containing six officers and twelve men. The surgeon of the 'ship had been sent for froth the shore, and the officers and' the rest re mained to guard the boat. For some reason as yet unexplained, the party in the, boat were fired at by some Ltwetity or thirty'men, and simultaneously the party on shore were attacked and all taken prisoners.. Of the party in the boat the Master's Mite, Olwry, of Philadelphia, and W. P. Pierce, seaman, were instantly killed;'Henry Johnson was severely wounded in the face, breast and neck ; --- Brown in the kidneys, and John Close in the thigh. Three Of the latter 'were placed on the George Washington and brought here, but Brown died 'Only an hour after he was plaited On board. The other two 'were, on their arrival here, transferred to the hoe pita' ship. Among the prisoners taken were Wm. Baker, engineer; William Stockwell, paymaster; the surgeon o f the ship th , .12T : Ward ;, kalguat sLer detailed,. from e army; Thomas Groan coxitivab2 . • J. O. Mager?: and Fmk -Cousin: CAIRO, May 21 the dames River. iestmen, and siiiV l eral others. Lieut. Preston, brought dispatehes for Gen. Wool from the •b:-1 authorities on neat day, stated that the prisoners had been sent to Saulsbury, North Carolina. The prospect of communication in relation to the officers held prisoners at Richmond bas not transpired. It is understood to have been the intention to remove them further south a week ago. LATER FROM MEXICO! BATTLE BETWBBN THE FRENCH AND IiBIICAN ARMS. The Frenoh Loose the Most Killed and Wounded, I== A SPANISH STEANIXR EN ROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS. The steamer Roanoke. 'rem Havana on the 17th inst., arrived this morning, with dates from Vera Cruz to the 12th,...Talapa to the Bth and city of Mexico to the 2d. Private letters from Mexico. report a battle at Acultzingo, in which the French lost the moat in killed and wouudtd, especially in officers. It was a drawn fight. The Meal cans—the garrison of the Fort in Perote— bad mutinied, taking the officers prisoners. &hied and Cordera were occupied by the Mex ican troops as soon as the French left them, and ' fifteen hundred Mexicans are ready to oc cupy Orizaba when the French leave there. The Mexicans appear to be pursuing a course by which the French find it harder to get out than in the interior. - - Several influential citizens denied that they authorized the use of their names in declaring Corduva for Gen..Almote, The black vomit was committing fearful tames in Vera Cruz. Gee. Almonte has issued a proclamation dated at Puebla, although ,he haa not yet ar rived there. - The sick of the French troops continue arri ving at Havana, and yet the health of the French army is said to be good. The French vice admiral, Graivere, has re tuna' to France. (feral Prim and staff arrived at4lavana on the 9th. The Spanish steamer Illisco de Garay has sailed for New Orleans, responsive to a call from the Spanish consul to protect the Spanish inte rests there. The above news is authentic, and essentially , contradicts that in this morning's Beraid. The Mexican government had ratified the .Wyke Seamacona treaty in spite of the French protest against any treaty with Mexicans. The American Consul with Mrs. Shufeldt and Secretary of Legation Plump arrived at Puebla, on the 9th, and would probably arrive in the city of Mexico, on the 'the Spanish troops continue arriving at Havana. It is reported that a bald of 120 Americans from Texas sacked the town of Piedras Megras and burned the Custom House and other buildings. No rebel vessels had arrived at Havana since the 9th. The English steamer Havana arrived on the 13th from St. Mary's, Florida, with a cargo of cotton. - The glorious news from the States had de pressed all the markets at Havana, and sugar and cotton had declined. Several vessels were at Havana awaiting the re-opening of the port of New Orleans. The black vomit appeared at Havana on the 16th. Capt. Pendleton, of the hylooner &Pan da, of Searsport, was its first victim. OPENING OF TRADE WITH NEW ORLEANS. AN ARRIVAL FROM DIEWBURN, N. C UNION AIIIIITING AT STPPARDSVIIIR, N. THE RESOLUTIONS PRILADYLPMA, May 22 The steamer Suwanne sailed this morning with a full cargo for New Orleans. She carries no mail. The transport steamer Hazle artved in New York yesterday, from Newbern, North Caro lina, where she sailed ou the 19th inst. She brings fifty soldiers from Gen. Burnside's di vision on furlough or disharged. A Union meeting was held at Shepardsville, Carteret county, on Saturday, May 10th. H. H. Bell was railed to the Chair, and Thomas Hill appointed Secretary. The following reso lutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we deeply regret 'the unfortu nate occurrence of the present war now pro gressing between the Federal Government and the Southern States. Resolved, That in onr opinion said war was not brought on by any act of the federal govern ment. Resolved, further, That we believe it to be the duty of all Union loving men to meet and speak their Union sentiments, and also to take mea sures to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, That, we desire protection by our federal friends. Resolved, That since it has-become necessary to appoint a military Governor for the State of North Carolina, we heartily concur in the api• paint of Hon. Edward Stanley to fill that office, and agree to invite said Edward Stanley to visit us at Shepardsville. FROM PHILADE t PHIA Death or the Comedian, John Drew PIMADEURIA, May 21 This favorite comedian died yesterday after noon, between four and five o'clock, of conges tion of the brain. He bad been complaining since Saturday last, and on Tuesday, while holding a child in his arms, belonging to a relative, fell insensible to the floor, at his resi dence, in Eighth street, between Market and Arch. He remained unconscious to the last. He was a native of Dublin, in Ireland, and came to this country early in life. He was married, about fourteen years ago, to Mrs. H. Hunt—the present Mrs. Drew who, was already an actress of high standing in her profession.— He was thirty-five years of age, and leaves three childien--one boy and two girls. The Arch Street Theatre was closed list night, and will continue so until after the funeral.— Mrs. Drew was the lessee, and will not re-open until a new arrangement takes place In regard to its lease. FROM WASHINGTON. Information has bean received at the State Department from the United Stated' 'consul at Buenos Ayres, that the increased duty of 2i per cent. on all imports levied upon an In creased valuation of 10 per cent., to be paid in* cash, went into offeot on the Ist of January last ; also that.the -