13 /tu n ' Etttgrapt H A 111{-1813 P.V; FRIDAY EVENING, MUST 10, 1864. Union State Central Committee. A meeting of the Union State Central Com mittee will be held at the committee rooms in the city of Philadelphia, on Thursday, S'l:deri- . ber Ist, at four o'clock, P. at. It is 'earnestly requested that every member be punctual in attendance; as busmen of great importance will be brodght before the meeting. SESION CAMERON, Cli:inan. A. W. - Biniumor, - ries. Vtirnin FORNEY. Secreta Mr. Lincoln and the Politician. The movement which re-nominated. Abra ham Lincoln for re-election to the Presidency, originated entirely with the people. They re garded him as the best representative of hon esty, since the days of Washington, that ever wielded national Executive power; and with out any leading from those who generally eon trol the machinery of party, without maroon sultation with those who always monopolize the honors and the profits ' of political triumphs, the great masses of the American people voluntarily and enthusiastically agreed to re-elect this manpresident because their highest interests were at stake in subh a re sult. Heretofore the people had' left the initial movements of political parties with their leaders, to whose manipulation candidates were indebted for nominations—nominations which these same leaders managed by the tightening of party lines, and appeals to party pride, to invest with a sort of sacredness which few men could resist, and which the great mass looked upon as too holy to oppose. By a long exercise of this power, the poliicial leadeis of the North began to feel and dis play the same arrogance which always chavac.- terized the slave-holders of the South. Men here in the North talked of controlling coun ties and poirunonwealtha, and leading thou sands of intelligent citizens as their interests or bargains with others might dictate, just as glibly as a slave-holder talked of controlling the degraded beings of a plantation. Such a feeling has long imbued the political hacks who get their living and means of rioting in licentious debauchery at "the public crib" in the city of Washington. In the Federal 'metropolis it is not unusual to hear these ad venturers, politicians in "small leading Strings " talk largely of "my district" and what they intended to do in "my State." This condition of affairs existed largely when the different States and the different counties therein were moving es one mass for the re-nomination of Abraham Lincbln. Noth ing in history equals the sublimity or the unanimity of that movement. Men were caught and hurried onward in the great demonstra tion of the people, until the uprising became_ something like the mighty rtiAr that brought the neople together when the guns of the trait ors at Charleston opened their muraerous pre on the devoted band of patriots in Fort Sumter. But mark the first influence which this IllOve. meat had upon the mere politidian l -qtpon those who have heretofore controlled the preferences of' the people for candidates. The moment this class discovered that the re nomination of Mr. Lincoln left them without the completion of a single ,bargain—the hour that the mercenary hangers on to party were confident that they could not make this nomination "pay," and that Mr. Lincoln was independent of all the political leaders in the land, the cry was raised that the meeting of the Convention which nominated him was premature—that they should have post poned that Convention until our armies had struck more decisive bloWs at rebellion, and that the nomination should have been con sidered with more deliberation. The hypo crites and demagogues who offer these pleat; an justification for their present attitude of antagonism to the nomination of Mr. Lin coln, cannot disguise their real feeling. They have lost power, and hence have resolved on the desperate game of ruling or ruinihg.— Like the slave-holding aristocracy, thetemen deny to the people all franchise but that of supporting nominations made to their hands. Old party customs have been innovated by. this second nomination of Mr. Lincoln—and old party leaders having been ip,nored,by the mighty movement on the part of the free masses of the free States which led to the re nomination, the men who discover therein the loss of power, are seeking, as the slaie holders are now doing, to rebel, to antago nize, to destroy what they can no longer con trot The movements which certain men are r engaged in are:not unnoticed by the reasSes of the people. The jealous eyes of hundreds and thousands of men are narrowly watching the demagogues who are attempting plans to force Mr. Lincoln from the Presidential can vass. Whether these plans are successful or not, those who are engaged in them will forever be held in suspicion by the people. Whether the oracular preaching of the poli ticians who infest Washington is heeded or not, we can assure such men that If Mr. Lin coln should be forced from this contest by their games, it will rend the now strong Union party into a - thousand factiona; each One led by as bad a man as those who are en gaged in this initial Movement of misciaiet, and all intent only on the plunder which now animates the souls and controls the fingers of what are called party leaders in Washington • city. Abraham Lincoln was fairly re-nominated by the people. He was re-nominated because the people have faith in his integrity. He is the best representative of an honest man that his occupied the Piesidential chair ranee the days of Washington. Those who complain of him, are themselves base and nornipt. Thorne who would foree him from the Pres dential canvass, are impelled in their efforts . by motives of sordid personal interest,--by feelings of personal disappointment, arid.not bits single patriotic sentiment, object oiptii;- lion. It is a he, unvarnished and unadka4 shot*, ,Toincobl gimiptlle_rn-eleete& :If ho cannot be re-elected, then is the entire ob ject of tit 'Mari fraud-then is the cause a bauble for the preservation of which our sac rifices of blood and life may be accounted as so much fiendish, useless and barbarous waste--and then, too, is the government a mere cheat, by.whioh to trick the people, mo nopolize tbeirresources and destroy; ,their pat rimony. The, men who are engiged in the plots to destroy' Abrahani Lincoln; would have us beliefe all this, but a sublime faith in God and Justice, imbues us with a differ ent belief. We believe that the Union and its salvation depend upon the re•election of Abraham Lincoln, and we also believe that thOse who actin opposition - to this fact are traitors, who would sacrifice any candidate if their dirty desires and sordid ambition were sure p.f.b.,enefit irLthe end , We ask our, i d 9P4iiiiiirarie,s throughout Penneyfrant4 name of Abra ham Lincoln at the head of their columns, to join? With us .in warning - the' masses of the people against the machinations of the poll ticians. We want no leaders to assist us in giving the vote of Pennsylvania to Mr. Lin coln. It would be better for the people, God knovii, if the leaders who are now conspiring in Washington to thwart theiOgit preferences, were all in the rebel army with muskets on their shoulders. Such a riddance Would• save the loyal north millions of dollars, HS every one of these vagabonds has cost the country more than his weight in ...greenbacks." Un der any circumstances, we Warn the people to be watchful of the men who are engaged in fothenting strife in our ranks, by coverth urging the withdrawal of the name of Abra ham Lincoln froth' the Presidential canvass . The withdrawal of Grant'from before Peters _burg would not be more disastrous to the 'country than the retirement of Mr. Lin coln from "the Presidential canvass Nay, let us go even further than this, and place the retirement of -Mr. Lincoln on its true grbund. It would be regarded by the world as a virtual n/ini74shnient of all the issues in volved in the great " artfggi for free gave , nment a,d afford the prvtszt f "lithe immediate rtcnyhi. t•on of the Sew/A.04 `Confederacy. IT WOULD BE ACCEPTED BT ODE SOLDIERS IN THE, FIELD AS dyv ABANDORAIENT ON THE. PART OF THE GOVERN MEET OF ALL THE ARMIES TO THE SLAUGHTER OF THE REBEL FOE ! Are 'the political hucksters engaged in this game prepareil for such con tingencies? or hail: , a few men in 'Washington city become so insane or so infatuated' with their own • importance, swollen= as they are with the profits and" the fortunes they have filched from a bleeding country, as to believe the people are prepared to see such results aimed at without at least an effort to save the Union. Let them besiare how they tamper with a struggling people. Let them beware how they push their plots—lest in. the 'indignation which they are provoking they themselves are forced to retire from places which they now degrade to their own selfish ends, ' b eforo the fierce wrath of an out raged nation The Vote of Do..aphin County on the .101-rst Aittenliwc t. In comparing the vote on the'constltutional amendments, yesterday, we gave that of Dau phin comity as being 1098 of a majority in fa vor of the First /Mendment, when it should have been Erotism; Elu i stmEn Akin Vow MA JORITY. There is no county in this Common wealth where the people took.a larger share of interest in the suceeis-of the Amendment ex tending the elective . franchise to the soldiers, and Dattphin . county is always -ready a roll up a similar _reeler* in support of any pro ject eithirior the benefit of the soldier or the cause in-which-he is-perilling his life. Hon. Ciinio T. Alexondar. The Representative froni Centre _county, Hon. Cyrus T. Alexander, has been absent from his seat during the . present seision, being detained at home by severe indisposition, but we are happy to learn this morning that his health is rapidly improving, and that he may be able to resume; hid seat in the House l before the sessien'oloses..Although differing broadly on the , great question agitating the country with Mr. A, we have ever , own! him a cour teous and faithful Representative, and there fore greatly miss him when absent from his seat. : . The Sevelt-'l'Wearies---W,hat are they'? We trust that a large_portion of our readers have pondered the Appeal, of lidr. Fessenden, our new Secretary of the Treasury. The pur port of it is tied the People of the United -Rates, acting as a body through the r agent the Government, wish individuals to lend them two hundred millions of dollars ler three years, at seven and three-tenths per cent. an nual interest, payable every six months. For this they offer Treasury Notes— that is, in re ality, notes drawn and endorsed by every man in the country. The loan is wanted for a seat national purpose, to effect which every, man, unless he beli traitor in heart if riot in act, is solemnly pledged. , The Appeals addressed not merely to a few Treat capitalists, but also to the many whose Aggregate means constitute the mass of the wealth of the land. The notes upon which this loan is asked are from- $6O upward. Every man who has fifty dollars can take part in this 10an... - Apart.from patriotism and the .tuty which all owe to their country, no in . vestment is so desirable as this. It is secure. Every dollar of every man's property is pledged for the punctual payment of the interest, and of the debt when due. ..The security is increasing in value. F some years. before .:the: war We were earning. 1000 millions.ii _year more than we spent. During the three years of the war, owing to the high prices and constantdemand for labor, we have:earned more than ever before. No man'who could or..vvould work has , been idle; and, except for the war, we•have spent less than before. The total valuation of the Dro - of the United htatpS, according to the census of 1860, was $16,159,000, - 600, of which 110,957,448,056 was in , the Loyal States. This valuation,.iiectort:ling to the ustiel rule of as *ailment, was not more than two-thirds of the .etual cash valne,qf the property. The in -Tease of property in the Loyal States daring the last ten seers 'was over 126 per cent., or an 'aVerVe of 12 6-10 _per cent. per annum :In: three years. of the war we of the United States have certainly., earned 3,000 millions more we have spent apart from the war. The cost of the war ..inity be set down at 2,ooo`zuilihnis.2 Deduc tin g .this from our net nnizingn, go keeplo:3o4o are security for thin loan are 1,000 millions richer to-day than they Were when the war broke out No other iniestment can be so easily cars vertible. The man who has a treasury note for $5O, or $lOO or $l,OOO, can turn it in o money more readily, and upon better terms, than it it were invested upon 'bond and mort gage, or in railroad stocks. The interest Offered is higher than can be realized from any other safe and convertible investment.. It is, moreover, readily °WIMa. ble when due. To each note are affixed five "coupons," or interest tickets, due at the expi ration of each successive half-year. The holder of a note has simply to °tit off one of these coupons, present it at the nearest bank or Government Agency, and receive his interL_ est; the note itself need not be presented at all. Or a coupon thus payable will every -where be equivalent,. when dtle..,to money. Thus, while this loan presents great advan tages to large capitalists, it offers special in ducements to those who wish to make a safe and profitable investment of small saving.— It is in every way the best Savings' Bank; for every institution of this kind must somehow invest its deposits -profitably in order to pay interest and expenses. They will ihvest large ly in this loan, as the best investment. But from the gross interest which they reciive they must deduct largely for the expenses of the Bank. Their usual rate of interest al lowed to: depositors is 5 per cent. upon sums over $5OO. The person who invests directly with the. Government will receive almost 50 per cent. more. Thus the man who ileposits 14000 in a private Savings' Bank receives 50 .dollars a year interest; if he deposits the same sum in . this National Savings Bank he re ceives 73 dollars. For those who wish to find a safe, convenient, and profitable means of investing the surplus earnings which they have reserved for their old age or for the bene fit of their children, there is nothing which presents so many advantages as this National Loan. It is convertible into a six per cent, gold bearing bond. At the expiration of three years a holder of the notes of the T. 30 loan has the option of `accepting payment in full or of funding his not in a six per cent. gold interest bond, the principal payable in not leas than five Tnor more than, twenty Jeers from its 4ate,es the Government may elect. For six ndonths past, these bonds have ranged at an average premium of' about eight per cent in the New York market, and have sold at 109,1t0 day (Aug. 12th,) thus making the real rate of interest over ten per cent,:; and besides, to make the inducement even greeter, congress by special act exempts its Treasury notes from state and municipal taxation.— Could Shytock ask more? • - Was p itriotism .•ver so. liberally rewarded ?—itarper's , • Pennsylvania Legislature. REPORTED ZEPTIESSLY FOB THE TELEGIZAPII SENATE. • AIDA; Aug. 19 1864 Senate met at ten o'clock, A. M. , RESOLVTIONS. Mr. CLYMER offsre. d a preamblelind reso lution requesting the Governor at his earliest convenience to Di nish 'copies of any corres nondence that he may have had with the War Department in reference to the Third Penn sylvania artillery—the officers being without commissions, etc. - .• - The preamble and rasolution !were adcipted. Mr. ST. CLAIR offered a- resolution in k:meting the Judiciary Committee to bring to a bill to disfranchiie deserters from the army of the United States. Which was adopted. • , ADJONENEE SESSION OF THE I:MOM/MUSE. Mr. JOHNSON read in place a„.joint , reso lution to rasaina _th.,..eintion of the, 27th April last, relative to the adjournment of the General Assembly. • • Referred to the Committee on the JudiCiary. On motion, the committee was discharged from the further , considetagon of said bill, which was considered arid. - passed BILLS CONSIDERED. •' , On motion of Mr. FLEMING, the Judiciary Committee were discharged from the further consideration of- Senate bill No. 1336, an act relative to the payment of bounties to volun- teers in the township of Yost Hanover. Dau phin county., Said bill was consideredYitrid passed finally. On motion of Mr. JOHNSON, the Judiciary Committee were discharged from the rgrther consideration of an act to legalize the action of the burgess and town council of the bor ough of Danville, in levying a tai to pay one hundred days' mem •• Said bill was considered and passed finally. On motion of Mr. WALLACE, the Judi ciary Committee was discharged from the further consideration of House bill No. 1571, relative to the action of the town council of the borough of Tyrone, Blair county. Said bill was considered and passed finally. ' TEE CUAMBESSBUEO summons. • • On motion of , Ai..:M'SHERRY. the Com: raittee on Finance were discharged from the further consideration of House bill No. 1561, an act for the relief of Chambersburg, and "the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the Considerable debate ensued, and a number of amendments were offered to' *section ! providing for the payment of two hundred thonaand dollars by the ;State, which was finally amended by the substitution of the sum of-one hundred thousand. The bill then passed finally. ' • BILL. , • The Senate beingLinfOrtned tliat the Senate amendments to tha - militiabill had been' non concurred in by the House of Representatives, and that a conference committee had been ap pointed by the Rouse to act in conjunction with, a similar committee on.e:7glpart of the Senate, , On motion, the:'Seriale'. insisted upon its emend's:fel:As, and Messrs Gminsm, Ronan - amnia and Bum= were appointed as such committee. " • Adjourned till 3 p. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FREDAT, August 19, 1864. The House met at 10 o'clock. Senate amendments to the new militia bill were non -concurred in, and a cOrami tee at conference was appointed. Mr. ALLEMAN presented a petition from the city Council Or Harrisburg, praying for thf passage of an act granting them power to bor row money to pay bounties to volunteers, and to levy tax for the reimburiementof Snob loans. Mr: SMITH, (Chester,) from the Committee of Ways and Means, reporteffa bill designed to clue some inaccuracies , and omissions in the,revenne aet of the last session. The bill was considered and passed. The remainder of the.morning was spent in the consideration of the su pplement; to the generar bounty law. Various' amendments were offered and discussed. Whae the bill was pending, the House adjourned. Fortress Mons:o_44 . DICATHB Or ,PoLDnrata• FORTBSSS Monitor, Ang,l7. The following men hive died in Hampton Hospital since, the last report : • • .1( a. S. Dennison, 76th Pennsylvania N. Brougham, 188th Pennsylvanias Ami Devine, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry ; Daniel Wattmire, 55th Pennsylvania ; M. T. Stafford, Ad Penn sylvania Cavalry ; Adam Andreivic" 2d Penn, sylvania Artillery. Died in Chesapeake; Hos, pita, Lient. Levi - D,* Mush, - 924 rennsyl- J3O &Cep* FROI THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC Another Successful: Attack Upok , the Rebel Lines. THEY ARE DRIVEN FROIf THEIR WORKS WITH BEATTY . LOSS. EICICES Our Forces Capture a Large Num ber of Prisoner's — Guns, Si: - c 3 Comity. Engagement near Newilarket goad Col. Gregg Reported Wounded Wegursorow, August 19. A letter from the Army of the Potomac, dated at noon, on Wednesday, says: The Second corps having been unsuccessful in the attack On the enemy on the north side of the James river on bunday, fell back to a safe position, which they occupied until yes terday, when:another assault was determined on and carried successfully, the enemy hav ing been driven from their works with heavy loss in killed and wounded and several him dred pridoners, who fell into our hands. The 2d corps also captured a few heavy guns which the enemy had. not time to carry off, besides a quantity of small arms. Our loss was quite Beyer& Our troops still hold the position they gained.. The cavalryunder Gen. Gregg bad an en gagenient w , th the rebels and drove them from some works near the New - Market Road, but they rallied from the different forts in the vicinity and . ftnally forced the cavalry baek upon the infantry supports. Col. Gregg, commanding the 2d brigade, 2d divisiOn, cavalry corps, was severely wounded in thi engagement. It isisaid that Gen. Butler's troops had a slight engagement yesterday, before Peers burg, but without advantage to either side. LATER SEVERE FIRING BY THE ENEMY No Damage to Our Troop-s I=l P.RQSAI3ZE FIGHT DT GEN: BUTLER'B DEPARTMENT. - Tunnaney, Aug. 18. About one o'clock this morning the enemy opened the most severe fire since the mine ex ploded. It commenced on the right and cen tre and was directed towards a valley where they seemed to imagine that,onr troops were being massed, litid finally extended along the entire line of the Appomattox to the Jerusalem plank road. The night was beautiful, the moon shining brightly, but no damage of any account re , suited from the affair. It •lasted about two hours, and 'was thought to be a prelude to an attack on some part of our line. The usual quiet has since prevailed. Heavy, firing was also heard during the night in' the direCtionof General Butler's Department; but nothing has been heard frointhat point. • From-Mobile Bay. FORT MORGAN - -INVESTED Farragut Demands its Surrender The Rebels Dote - mined to Defend it to the Last. ALL THEIR COIMUNICATIONS . CUT OFF Admiral Farragut Confident of Smogs, NEw Oni is, vu amo, Aug. 18. The.steamer Kate Dale from Fort Gaines, Mobile Harbor, yesterday morning, arrived here last night. Admiral Farragut has prepared his fleet for action, and issued an order to attack Fort Morgan at eight o'clock yesterday A. N. It was to .receive an -enfilading fire from the fleet, and the land- orces in. its rear have in vestedlt wherever there was a foot of ground to stand upon:" Tl/a rebels haddeatroyed all their out-build ings of the fort,. and also burned their only vessel lying Under its guns. Everything about the fort indicated a determination to contest the battle'till the last. The, pliant lel to Dug river was unobstructed. The natal lfon "flied 'force was confident of success. At a late hour kit night we heard that Ad mind Farragut had , demanded the uncondi tional surrender of the fort. . , Admiral• Farragut s demand for ,its surren der made on Tuesday was refusedi - the com mander of the fort saying that he had. six Months', provisions and fighting rations, and weal: resist to the last moment. Before this, Gen. Granger's force in the rear had cutthe communication of the fort. The am Tennessee w.. 3 in the attack on the fort. Admiral Farragut was confident .of reducing the fort. ' ' _ The flagshiri Hartford oias btgiljrinjnred. We hold all the channels to the bay. The Milford Bank Robbery: BALTIMORE, August 18. ' The Farmers' and Mechanics' Beink, of Mil ford, Delaware, it will be remembered, was robbed some time between Saturday night and Monday morning last, of bank notes, .tressttry,billa and specie, to -the amount of about 520,000. The fact of the robbery was Ulegraphed" to this city, with a description of some parties who Were seen in Milford on Saturday, and who stopped , at a hotel ad joining the bank. A detective at once ar rested Erasmus Levy, it is, alleged, on -ac count of his answering the descriptiou of one of the parties, and on arraigning him before Justice Spicer, he was committed for a further hearing. Officers have arrived from Dela ware with a requisition upon Gov: Bradford for' the delivery of Levy, brit he is still retain elfin the city jail. Yesterday; on the petition of Levy...a writ'of haheas corpus Was issued, directedlo the warden of--the.jail, directing him to produce the body of the prisoner. The petitioner denies the jurisdiction- of :Justice Spicarin the premises, andPrays'lidhicharge A Suspicious Looking fesiel off , Cape Race. - 4' ST. Jorss, N. F., Aug. 19. .....A.suspiciousleokiezhArked-rigged steamer keptnlyLig efX Clipejtape on Saturday ard srmagm..M.ontle.y. and Zaesilay. The weather WWI l'Ortfinfo ' ' - The Indian. War. Latest From Denver City. THE PEOPLE ARMING FOR SELF DEFENC: Overland Mail Operations Sus Martial Law in Force, The Indians Unitinir to Exterminate the GREAT SCARCITY OF PROVLSONS Families Murdered and Houses Burned - by the Savages. - PREPARATIONS TO DEFEND DENVER niIAGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION NOT •Dzsvza Cm, Aug. 18. Tl;e'regiment of one hundred days' cavalry authortzed . by the War Department three days ago to fight the Indians, is already more than half filled. It is expected it will be in the field in less than ten days. It is to operate along the Platte Valley, and to protect the overland mail and wagon trains. In this they are to have the co-operation of troops from the East. It is hoped the road will soon be re-estab lished, and the Indians severely chastised. At present. all the trains and mail coaches are stopped. Friendly Indians report that extensive com binations exist among the Cheyennes, Arapa hoes, Hioveas, Sioux, Camanche, Utes and Skanes, And that they intend to wage a war of extermination against the whites. Martial law is being enforced here, and all places of business have been closeo until fur ther orders. Several independent militia companies aro about ready to start. out, and a few days will demonstrate the truth or falsity of the many wild rumors floating about. Provisions of all kinds are very high and rapidly advancing, and unless communication with the States is speedily resumed, there will be much suffering if not actual starvation. The Indians murdered several families and burned a number of houses on Cherry creek, 25 miles from here,' last, night. Settlers are fleeing to the, city for protection. The commander of this district to-day is sued a special order for the enrollment of all the able-bodied [males - over sixteen years of age. Drafting to fill the one hundred days' reg iments will be commenced immediately. A line of block houses is being erected around the city. The fact that the telegraph wires are unmo lested,- leads to the belief that white men ere engaged - with the Indians in their work of destruction. From Louisville. ENGAGERENT AT GRAYSVILLE, TENNESSEE General Stedman Wounded Rebel Force at Cleveland, Tennessee The Enemy Threaten the Towns of Northern Georgia and Tennessee. LotTrayarx Aug. 18.—A gentleman just from. t'lie front-reports, that on Thursday Gen. Stedman started for Chattanooga, and met a force at Graysville, 18 miles 'distant, and a severe engagement ensued The Federal loss is not stated. It is re ported that Steadman was severely wounded, and CoL Straight, of the 51st Indiana, was killed. A rebel force is reported at Cleveland, Tenn. - A brigade from Chattanooga left for Cleveland on Wednesday. The rebel cavalry have diyided into small parties and are demon strating upon the towns in northern Georgia and Tennessee. The Federal pickets were fired upon at various points between Chattanooga and Bridgepart. The probable intention of the rebels is to destroy the bridge between Falling Waters and Bridgeport. As our informant left, Major General Sted. man's Adjutant was leaving Chattanooga for Graysville with a cavalry force. The Frankfort train is three hours behind time, caused by the cars running off the track near Frankfort. No casualties are reported. Yin! FORTRSES MONROE. Arllya] of Wounded en route for Philadelphia. AFFAIRS ALONG . THE JAMES RIVER. Our iyarltS not Assaulted. OUR LOSS VERY SMALL. _ `:; t;, Forrrnass Mormoz, August 18. The hospital steamer Connecticut arrived here to-day at seven o'clock, from Deep Pot tOm, James river, with 400 wounded, mostly in the battle of Tuesday, and belonging to the Second and Tenth corps. They were trans ferred to the hospital steamship Atlantic at this place, which sailed for Philadelphia at 4A. N. The Connecticut left Deep Bottom this morning: Yesterday was comparatively quiet with the army on both sides of the James river. Whilst the Connecticut was lying at Deep Bottom, very heavy cannonading was heard up the river, commencing at 1 o'clock and lasting till aso this morning. The result was not ascertained when the steamer left. Livrits--.5 P. au. —The mail steamer Vander bilt, from City Point, has just arrived. At 8 o'clock this morning the rebels made a furi ous attack on our lines, or rather that. portion consisting of General Burnside's old corps, and to their kit. The fighting was chiefly with artillery, and lasting nearly two hours, after which the enemy fell back without at tempting an assault on our works. Our loss was small. Further Depredations of the Tal lahassee. • , Booit Au 19. The British brig Ella Ackles, from New Bran don. reports that on the 16th, inlet. 4255. long. 66 30, saw the pirate Tallahassee destroying vessels, cutting away spars, and cutting the hulls; two barks, one brig, and three schoon ers in sight at the time—all American vessels. Also, saw one schooner, probably the Mercy A. Howe, before reported, which had been scuttled, but could not ascertain her name, and.took from her four boats, sails, Ac. She sunk twenty minutes after. The next day, in lat. 67 5, spoke the steamer Datotah steering east and reported the above to her, EMI peintded. White Settlers, CITY. YET DESTROYED. LATER. Grant's Movements North of the James River. The Enemy Driven on Tuesday. TWO GENERALS KILLED. Nothing New from Sherman A Victory at Front 'Royal. V'AsrimnoTos, Aug. 18-9.30 P. AS 2'. Moj. Gen. Dix . New York: A dispatch from General Grant, dated Mon day, the 16th, at 6.30 P. M., detained by th e breaking of the telegraph line, has just been received. He reports that "the fighting north of the James river to-day (August 16) has resulted favorably to us so far as it has gone, but there has been no decisive result. The enemy has been driven back somewhat from his position of this morning with a considerable loss t killed and wounded, and about tour hundred prisoners (well ones) left in our hands. Two Brigadier Generals, Camblin and Gherrard, were killed and their bodies left in our hands. We also have quite a number of wound pris oners. "Since moving north of the river our lossei will probably reach near one thousand killed and wounded, many, however, only slightly wounded, owing to so much of_ the fight* taking place in thick woods. The enemy have lost as many that have fallen into our hands." The Department has intelligence from Geu. Sherman to 11.30 last night, but no opera tions are reported. A dispatch from Gen. Sheridan at Winches ter, dated August 17t. , , 10 A. M., reports that Gen. Merritt's division of cavalry was attacked yesterday afternoon, on the north side of the Shenandoah, by Bershaiv's division of Long. street's corps, and Wickham's and Lomais brigades of cavalry. After a very handsome cavalry fight the enemy were badly beaten, with a loss of two stands of colors, twenty. four officers, and 276. men prisoners. In a later dispatch Gen. Sheridan says : "The cavalry engagement in font of Front Royal was splendid It was on open ground, and the sabre wa' freely used by our men. " Great credit is due to Germ. Merritt and Custer, and Col. Diving." . EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Shenandoah Valley. REPORTED ADVANCE OF REBELS IN NORTH ERN VIRGINIA. The People of Martinsburg Flee. ing their Homes. iverill in the grown Preparing for Battle. jiILGEBSTOWN, Md., Aug. IS. There are exciting and conflicting reports from the valley to-day. General Averill holds Martinsburg, and at noon to-day was drawn up in line of battle just outside or the town. Norebels had made their appearance in sight of our pickets, sad the indications were that the rebels were not moving in that direction in any considerable force, but were going towards Sheridan. Assistant Quartermaster Way, who removed his headquarters from this place to Martins burg, on Monday, returned to-day, bringing with him, for greater safety, his stores and trains. - Refugees from Martinsburg, and other points of the Valley, are beginning to arrire here in considerable numbers, all of whom bring exaggerated intelligence of the advance of the rebels. A few of the wounded men from the hospi tal at Martinsburg arrived here this afternoon, and everything that could be of service to the rebels has been brought away. The stage which left here for Martinsburg this morning, has returned, having been or dered back. Considerable uneasiness is manifested here. but from the conflicting rumors it is impossi ble to obtain the exact state of affairs in the Valley. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. For Register. A T the solicitation of numerous friends, HENRY RADABAUGH, of Harrisburg, will be a candidate for the above offer. subject to the doc Onion of the Union Convention of tau phin county. aul9-dBt4 Boot and Shoe Store for Sale. THE subscriber offers for sale his BOOT and SHOE STORE, on Front street, between the Fci and Duck Taverns, The stock will be sold wbolattle retail, at first cod, as I am going Into the service Or L' Uni'ed States and must close business. atil9-d2t* GEORGIC LEtNINGER $5,00 Resvard STRAYED OR STOLEN--:-from the sib• reriber, in Broad street, Weal Harrisburg, on Tuesday night last, a GRAY HORSE, live years old past the right eye partly Wind. The above reward will S , paid to any one that will return him or give info , talat,N whe e he la Z. G. 'CARPENTER Harrisburg, August to, 111164—au1941t Q ( MRTERMASTE.R GENERAL'S OF Ic FICA • Fitter iv - tams, Wasemarort, D D . C., August 17, Mk Will be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, at Gleaboro, D. C., on FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1864, ONE HUNDRED W ONE HUNDRED AND .77p7i CAVALRY HORSE& These horses have been condemned as unfit for the cawing service of the army. F r road and farming purposes many good barrnw may be had. Horses sold singly. Terms Lima. in Gleitel Steles currency. By order of the Quartermaster Geberel. aul9 td] Colonel in charge First Jam s's SKIN, Division Q. Y. D. SUSQUEHANNA FEMALE COLLEGE, Solaizsgrove, Snyder Co., Pa. T S. Institution is pleasantly /mated on the Sthquehanna river s fifty-Ave mins north of Hu' rifinnrg, and flvd miler Fouth of Sunbury. A more hev 4 tlful and healthy location could ecercely be found 'thorough instruction given in all branches, and FnP e ' tlor ad vantages an , ded In the language; painting, Era , tug. and veal and Instrumental music. For Circa We, apply to Rev. 8. DOMSR Principal, Belinsgroya, Pa aul94lw] ERR. RENT, A STORE ROOM, with:fixtures, situated XI. on the corner of Market street and River • , llei. Apply to J . AJ. & GREENAWALT, auglB-Itl 18 Market greet._ Honey. A SMALL but superior lot of HONEY, jllst angle revolved, et FHISLER & FRAZER S. Confectionery and Fruit Store - for Sale. THE PRVIT awl CONFECTIONERY Store of the subscriber, on Market street, adjoining Parke Rowe, le e rere for sena - Having awn indirn into the U. a ce, / wish to close business. Ar" bargain can be bad by applying at once to MORDECAI FUSE, Market streti, Ur at the corner of Fifth 2334We/slut greets. (aelli.4",`„
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