• 1 • pailg Etiegraplj A RRISB /10 1 PA THURSDAY EYEIISG. IULT.I4 1'44 NATIONAL Ulf 14).N110(ET FOR lIMBLDENT, Lineol#, 1.)10. * 1.1 , r • FOR VICE P,;=SJ3),ENT. 'Andrew John'son, Of TESTICESSBIL FOB THE ANENDMENT OF TILE CO?iSTITUTIOS Catt .C.TTING TER SOLDIEW RIGHT TO VOTE. Election Tuesdsiy, Aug. it, 1864. THE SITUATION. The fears .we expressed in.. our morning edition, of the possibility of the escape of the horse thieves who were raiding in Maryland . . lately, are confirmed by a dispatch 'received late last night, after we had gone to press. It now appears that the 'rebels . succeeded in re tiring from Maryland. carrying with them large numbers of stolen horses and beef cat tle, with an incalculable sum of money and other valuables, besides destroying immense amounts of property not moveable. These facts are fteeedingly mortifying. Had we had in Pennsylvania that local military or ganization which is possessed'by other States —had we had also energy and 'Promptness in those in charge of the military affairs of the different posts and the department ,within the State, these marauders might and wou.d have been captured. We earnestly hope that the les son learned within thelast fen days will have its effeot in inducing such organization,of the military resources of the State as will enable the State authorities, when involved in another emergency, such as the one which is just passing, at once to lay their hands on the. means of defenoe, and at once operate sue cessfiAly for the safety of the people. One of the acts of the approaching session of the Legislature should,boo secure the imme diate organizatien if a force to operate in the name of the State and for the benefit of the National Government. • There aro various theories afforded for the retreat of the rebels from Maryland, nonfatal tench are so well founded as that which re lates to their fear for the safety of Peters' burg during their absence on this expedition /Rely and Johnson . both felt that they had been playing truant too long. ''Doubtless they had information of the progreeerwhich Grant was making in the siege of Petersburg, and felt the,necessity of returning to participate. in the resistance of those attacks. Another Sheol is, that the rebels •inay hal% gone to •attelipt the rescue of the rebel prisoners at Point Lookout, on the Potomac, 80 utiles South of Washington. They. went in • the wrong direction to effect this object. To sc . = oomplish it, they would be compelled to re cross the Potomac at Edwards' Ferry, and then .proceed down that river, in constant danger of the batteries which line its shores and the gunboats which float in its waters. A mere attempt to engage in the rescue of the rebels at Point Lookont would be worse than folly. Indeed, the rebels are too smart for such mimes& By the accounts which we continue to re ceive, it would seem that the flying raider are not as successful in varying off the horses they ;atoll in Maryland, as they .. doubtlens hoped to be. Hunter anti his forces surprised a party of• the highwaymen as they were: huriying to Petersburg, and c-ptured six hundred horses. It is highly probable that others of Ow thieves will be overtaken and forced to surrender the hotses and cattle in their , possession, so that ,by the time the raiders reaoh their entrenchments at Peters burg, they will be , ttlmoSt se'empty handed as they were when they left on their expedition, From Gen. Grant's army we : have d private letter dated July Bth, from n widch we learn that the feeding of confidence in tire coknplete destruction of Petersburg is as strong among the soldiers as is -their love of home' and friends. It is also,stated that our forces and the rebels are in such close proximity, that in front of several division lines they have stopped firing on each other'Fi skirmishers, and have taken to trading tobacco and news papers for sugar end coffee. When, the his tory of the siege of. Petersburg is made -known, it will , reveal most. consummate skill and perseverance ever displayed by a leader or army. The mining operatinns now going on aree4eT4ily,appxoeching the doomed city, and before Many days Grant will be in a position to demend the surrendir of the eity or blow it "sky high The Loyal Leagues. During the crisis which prevaled in Mary land for a week past, the copperhead organs in this and other States, seemed to have but two . objects in view. First, to impress it upon the minds of their folloxers that "Democrats" ware ,under no obligations to enlist for the emergency—that the "loyal leaguers would be left, .to fight it out on their own line." &wad, to ridicule the efforts of the "loyal leaguers" who wire engaged in raising troops. : Of course we:' do not -essay, in thfe para graph, to reply to any- of attempts that made to interfere with the Nigel orieratiOns of this er'll and military officers of the Govern ment, my we have cenelnde4 'to let the cop perheads havn their "good times," satisfied that the result will prove the policy of our .. course.' Bui so far as peloyalleagimais Con , eetriedove have only to state .that in Phila delphia the .Loyal 3 ldtaltu, to yesterday haitorgahired•forir 'fel regiments; while the filth is now in rapid progress of -being tilled up. How Irony ihe Jitnhjhte et the Golden Ortie,t or the . rttemhers . of the ArigAtglreft. both.of which organizations are composed entirely of copperhetids, recruited to repel invorion? Echo answers, How roso7l Another Outrage by the People or Mar. rleburg on the . Soldirre. Itits been the habit o certain interested pith* to berate the peogt of Harrisburg for every injury' suffered by the ilioldiers while quarteredan the State- capital. It onattertd 'dot Aoliii : responeibre for the l iieglect of duty by which the soldier ereff&W, Harris burg was blamed, its fair fame tarnished, its citizens libelled and slandered. 'On the same principle, we suppose the people of our goodly city _ will again suffer, aimplybocanse we have nevei beheld more imbecility, lets energy; with an apparent disregard for the success of the aervice in an honr-of-great peril than were displayed by the officer in ,command at this pest within the kri, tap days. Walleye here toforereferiett'Ao v.:;the titter incoragteiny of Col: Bomford, and loudly called on the War Department to relieve him from duty here, beeause he wasf fek*ll of respoptibility and incapable of effective service. The crisis from which we are just emerging again Bios tratee the fruth of lour declarations. In the midst of the gloontry which we were sur rounded, and while troops were steadily arriv ing, Col. Bomford not only displayed his ina bility :to set in an emergeney, but ,he ac tually exhibited his want of forethought, en ergy and promptness to preparefor the recep tion of the gathering volunteers, so.that these, as they arrived, were compelled to seek rest on ibe'bare ground with the broad canopy of IleaVen for shelter tents, to' dream on empty stomachs-of . the beautiful characteristics in the eondilet of a mere , martinet. Notwith standing men came in squads numbering from five to twenty, and up to seventy-five, none were mustered in by the immaculate Bomford, unless they came precisely as per regulations, All this time the enemy was knocking at our doors. But what mattered the danger to the State, when Bomford's con struction of regulations was involved. • --It is time that thelVar Department pate an end to this trifling. , Scores of good, plain practical men—men- who love the Govern ment, and who came here , to, , defend it, ac tually returned home disguated and disinayed by the exhibition of incompetency on the part of Bomford. These men have their influence iii their hicalitieS—they are the' solid 'men of the townships of the State—so that the fact Of retaining'such an officer as Bomford in po sition will be . so used eteto reflect little credit on the Secretary of War; if it does not actually result in prejudictiq many 'good people against the Government itself. These are truths which we 'have frequently brought to 'the itiention, of 'the Governinent sO that , if those in:i4tority inust, not A 9 for their own . oredit, , they:must take, the, responsibility and suffer the brat of reputatibn.and influence. Anarchy to be Inauguratedin the North. A BOLD SCMCME TO DBLVOIC THE PRICE STATICS IN BLOOD getiebi in Copell _at ; , Niagara' IfitUs-1116 cage Convention, • ~: • The following article from OS Neli , York Herald should be read by every patkotic man in the land, as it truly indicates the intention and the objects of the copperhead faction in the coming • political contest. The .lierakl, perhaps, more than any other journal in the country, is familiar with the workings of the copperhead oitinization, and - may fairly be regarded as, its, central organ. There is no doubt that the magnitude of the schemes being concocted by the copperheads to organize re bellion in the free States, beginto appal even the jesuitical controllers of; the Herald. Hence the publication of the following article.: • George N. Sanders, •with some' twenty or thirty rebel politicians and Officers, is now at .Niagara Falls,, plotting and scheming in be hall of Jeff Davis and liiavillainous cause. llernaining; -60, they do, on the Canada side, they ate in 'el-favorable- position to operate upon the politicians who visit that locality during the hot 'season. From all accounts they are making the most Of this advantage. they have concocted a grand scheme for the control of the Chicago Convention. ' Their project "contemphites -fora* a-rupture and division of the-convention, atter the manner of the split at Charlestonin 1860.' • This it 3 to be brought about -in a waithaiwill embitter the copperhead and _peace tastionseand, With them thus maddened, inaugurate a syetem of riot and insurrection, not only in the West, but also in this and' other Eastern cities. The , split in Charleston in 1860 was aceoniplialied by tlitiseheming Of Yancey, Slidell; Davis and other leaders in 'the Southern States, for the very purpose of bringing about a state of sf- Atha that would give them a plea 'to inaugu rate a rebellion. • A break up in that ' corniention- *lts neces sary, or rather a"preliminary kali in prepar ing the public mind of the South tor the rev- elution which Avas 'already planned by die leaders. isecomplighing they were assisted _ tly the •Albany Regency and other unscrupulous politicians of the ,North. The events of four years have since' rolled around; the rebellion, with all its °Nils and suffering in the South, has been—inaugurated sod kept up; but they are'at length driven to desperation, ands are in straitened circum stances. They are cOmpelled to resort to some scheme to severe a diversion in the North or go under. A plot for a Split and break up at Chicago is `resolved upon, to be followed by revolution in the NOrth, as the last hope for their sinking cause. To accomplish this the rebel agents, rebel blowers and rebel plotters haVe been rushing beck from Europe, and have made Clamed& their base of operations. The country friss ..Vontreat tss:i Niagara Fails and Windsor, op posite Detroit,lis filled them, all direct ing their efforts upisi they Chicago Conven tion. Vallandigham"was sent back to Ohio to play his part of the . game , there. But in order to aeeomplieh thew ends time was need ed. AcoOrdingly the postponement. of the `Ohicago - Convention vas eseential. The peace faction and their' Orgeho boldly ootael out for an adjournMeot. Dead Richaiond and the Regency became' agestitsy in their hands, and the ante asked for. lay the - rebel , conspirators in Oates& leas .blitahi&l. ••Thes gle &Ott, towarda , blinkingationt a-North ein-revolittion has been accomplished by the xici , of the .Regenfiy, 'end the Lime class of Northems politicians who played into: thd. ,rtandspf the? o 4l2,9ll,ctinsittratoes at Charles: , ton. Whay.pow do we See T BandeFik and his rebel plotters are actively at - wsOlt pefiectins their scheme. Already the DeliiPertitic ;Clenfthtidt := of Kentucky has ,weft ed Peaoe' resblittitinsq'snit &Fall: it es for the Chicago Convention. Feratattelci Wood etedy peace ocamaittes aseesabled in his city 1= to add its voice and support te-the lot of the rebels. The Chiaago Times',- • ° h quircr and lottker peace papers e. ir'6f the We' have . enlisted Sanders cause as far as tlfeY, dare. Audh%waddling journals the New, and World, of this city, and the . Atlas and Argus, at Albany, have bee*gradually work ing themselves into the wank Scheme * and under the influence of theTsPnepinttork" Some forty or fifty rebel pelieiciana, :vita Sanders at their.head, and a fety Colverheads of the North. met at Windsor, about the' fitli of this month, and perfected their , arrange. mutts for' peratiing at Chiew: -splitin the -oolmption-ia.thatirat-ruove i . then insurrection, riot and rebellion—thus using the same means that' were resorted to in .18.6(k te_foreathe,South to eommence the re-_ bellion to inaugurate a revolntion - at the NOrth, in thb hope Of by:hatristibta dilerthig attert litim and bringing abentliaNivision that will enable theinto daay4hge.ffniti`overthroNi and open a road for the success of the confederacy. That Jeff. Davis and the rebel chiefs have been driven to this as a, last resort is now apparent. 'lt is their last hope for the success of the bogus Southern confederacy. It is re volution at the North or death to their cause. Hence their determination and the desperate chances that they are taking.' But But they entirely mistake the Northern ele ment. The peace politicians are equally blind to the real results of thi4 course. A copperhead division at Chicago, or attempt at insurrection and revolution at the North, in stead of helping the cause of the rebels, *ill strengthen and intensify the Union feeling here, and make President Lincoln's re-elec tion as certain as the sun rises and sets on election day. It is true that. through the Regency and other unscrupulous politicians of the North, the rebels were enabled to bring about a division at Charleston which led to a rebellion in the -South. But the stirring events of this war have-so educated the people at the North that. With all the assistance of the Regency, the pence faction; the News and other organs can give, theyeannetrepeat this result. The only t effect of these, sellemes, if they continue, is to bring about the tion of Abraham Lincoln. This is the natural moat and logical conclusion of their course. 330 ecr,efeilrapo. FROM WASHINGTON. HE REBELS- SKEDADOLINtSiUTHWARD, THE NATIONAL COITAL OUT OF. DANGER. Th' Rebels Retreat keroSs the Petoniae. They Take 1,000 Stolen' Cattle With Them, No Eiccitenteut:6"Wisidnetiiiii. Vtastretordri,:hly' 13 L- t gvening: ' Skirmishing has 'been 'Constantly going dn. Our troops have acted strictly on the defensive until yesterday evening, when the rebel shdrp shbotas becoadn annoying, thpy .60*. mined to disloilke' them frten the front 'OfiFicitl Stevens. This' wit& '6ffeetuallyt amid shouts of applause from those who : witnessed the action. , • . - The rebels retired in hot hike; 'leaving the house of F.:Prßlair; at 'Silver Springs, a hundred wounded including, eleven officers„ and also left all iheir dead on the field. i• Aeconiaiislances madelo=day showedi that the hadl from the front of our fortifications after Ipnig a number of bdildino which they had: pre viously oocuPis4ialrf'sho l lr f9r their 4019- , shooters. Scouts report tiire rebels this morning recroala ing• the Potomac.nearly opposite Pooles*rae, driving before them about 2,000 head of cattle, which they had stolen whilea dispatch re ceived by Gen. Halleek, frbm,Rockville, says the retreating rebels piased 'through that place at 3 o'cloek this morning, and they were at that time Moving in the direction of Edward's Ferry.' " • The rebels near Bladensburg made off be-. tureen S end' , 9 b'elotk , this , morning, taking the road mentioned; and carrying with theni 'a large number of horses, cattle. &a., stolen from that place.' The . The militia and volunteers,. and employees in the several departments of the Government were ealleoVeritio-day,AndLimOmftried . the duty assigned , theiii. There has' been 'no extraordinary !excite ment in Washington.. • Several squadsuf rebel prisoners were brought in to-dap', ESCAPE OF GENEkAiFitkNIELIN His , Sale Arrival:. Baltinites - -) 1, • PAILTIMILIRS - Of H_ .18 thP,MKANDTICA-PE • .!..4111tritime;dulY Major General Frialdra arrived safe in this city about S o'clbSE this morning, ticipated froni ifitklifermation - read.Yeeerdig, and is now it t4iiittnes, hotel restiiiefrilm;hisk fatigue and exposure: - ' , The following'pta brief aCdotint df his mil? ! tare and escape!! is was seated in 'cm., at the time of histartiktr,'.alougside"of ed . lienteninit 'Co Cht#l; -'when ii-rebel officer came on the dai,= ,, eio as lihnself to the wounded Miele you Major General Franklin ?" He "iieplied that be was not, and gavellieWhis 'Mahe and rhnk. Gen. Franklin was in"eitizerira (tress, but the rebels also put the qttestion to: hitn; and he rankly;,i answered that such was his table and rank. There was pq doubt in his mind . frdm, the manner of hie interrogatft . that-he ilia 'been pointed out by"sdnie of the , painiengeral The rebel Said: ‘/Getteral;4 aliiltappy tOse c e ..4 you." The General repluift, "I cannot 'Say that I am pleased to see you under the cit.- curaatimces." . 4,! AboUt ten minutes afterwards Gilinore came into the cars and addressing himself to Gen. Franklin Bath "Genera l you wllls eon , eider yourself rity-ttrieorier)' 300 Wounded and in -hospital at Fredepick, now in our possedlon. t 430 Total • 730 TheLdeetA3r states that the. rebels suffered Vadi& dfffeers killed and woutulect Railroad • and Telegraph Com miihicatton liestoroo-„No Fight ing I:4:Angus. • `1", BILTIMOBE, July 13-7 P. A locomotive and tender, which left Wash ington at 1 o'cloek to-day, has arrived safely. But one rebel was seen on the road, and• he was nearly starved to death. There was no enemy in sight. No fighting of moment was going on, and all looks well. Trains will probably resume running to morrow. Telegraphic communication will also be resumed, no doubt, very soon. Beurnion, July 1.4.--Trains. are running to and from Washington this morning as usual. The Washington riape.ra, of to-day have beEn received. Arrival of Prizes—Masiachnsirii NEW 'YORK July 14. The steamer Little Ada, for Charleston, was captured on the Bth by the steamer Gettys burg. She is 'an iron propeller of 120 tons, with a general cargo. Boaron, July 14.—The British prize steamer Boston, from Bermuda, which was enptuted On the Bth - off Wilmington, by the Fort Jack son, has arrived. She is a sidewheel steamer of 350 tone,: and was purchased -at Halifax, seven months ago, for 835,000. She was cap tured on here first' trip, with a...cargo of-950 sa4s of salt, 24 barrels copperas and 100 boxes soap. The captured steamer, Little Ada, has also arrived here. She hails from Savannah.' 'TWo thousand volunteers went into camp yesterday, and it is believed that the ligmber wilVidach five thoust4l:filifing the Preient week. Astlimois no 3a* of arms this force iglu speedilybe Yeady. • • Later from Mexico. NEW YORE, July 14: The Star of Liberty from Havana, with dates to the 9th inst., has arrived. She brings yera t Cruz dates to the 2d -inst., -and city of Ildepqo to the 27th tilt. - ' •r• • The &n . iiilad's.ays that Gan. Trago with his whole- army .has: given his adhesion to the empire:. The E'stafettedenies it. Doblt4lo IS said to likieAlibanded the re inaina othisarniy aCrqtost, and is on his way to eonfer:with.the-Emperor. :Elsewhere it: s statidithitt hb'N at Matemoras • -bonnd to the U. S. Ihe Spanish consul at Cajoaca, has been murdered and the murderer sentenced for execution. The ambassadors had. leftlto no tify the European coots of the Bde arrival of Maximilian at Mexico.-.• • The sickness is rather increasing at Havana owing to the heat atia. rahib• General Franklin's istape Con brined. NEW Your., July 14. . , The Herald states, on reliablo information, that Ggneral Franklin is at Barnum's Hotel, Baltimore. Beurinteirs, July 14.—General Franklin has left the city for. Philadelphia. BAIZETMOBE; July,l4. , ,qeneriil Franklin ar rived in , the city this morning,