ittt ;;:. thøt& thou, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 25 1863 0. BARRETT & CO., PROPRIETORS Cesuniudeetione will not be publiehed in the PATRIOT trnten unless accompanied with the name of the W. W. Humor:car, ESQ., of Towanda, is a duly au thorised agent to coiled accounts and receive subscrip tions and advertisements for this paper. Novsunen 22, 1862. S. M. rZTTICNOILL k CO., Ide. 3? Park Row, N. Y., and 6 State St., Roston , /JO our Agent* for the Pstator as Vines in those softies, and are authorised to take Advertisements and Ikbaeriptions for us at our Lomat Barr,. THE NATIONAL PLATFORM. PURPOSES OF THE WAR. Congress, by a vote nearly unanimous, passed the following resolution, which expresses the voice of the Nation and is the trim standard of Loyalty: "That the present deplorable elan war has been forced upon the country by the diannionists of the Poi:Ahern States, now in arms againstthe Constitutional Government, and in arms around the Capital; that in this National emergency, Congress, banishing all feel ing of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only BM duty to the whole country; that this war is not ,raged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or f.r any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the,Constitution, and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these ob jects are accomplished the war, ought to cease." TO THE rubLic. TIM PATRIOT AND UNION and all its business operations will hereafter be conducted exclu sively by 0. BARRETT and T. G. PORXROY, un der the firm of 0. Banns= & Co., the connec tion of H. F. M'Reynolds with said establish ment having ceased on the 20th November, inst. NOVEMB&R 21, 1862. THE WAR NEWS. The news whioh we publish this morning is most cheering. We have no room for comment but refer our readers to the details under the telegraphic head. JUDGE Lravirr, whose opinion in the Val landigham habeas corpus case, adverse to grant ing the writ, has excited some attention, re ceived his appointment from General Jackson himself. lie is one of the oldest judges on the Federal bench.—Exchange. Judas Iscariot was a disciple of Jesus Christ, Peter denied his master, Benedict Arnold, trusted by Washington, was false, Abe Lin coln has trampled upon the Constitution, and Stanton, Halleck and Burnside sustain him in his usurpations. Judge Leavitt's be trayal of his trust is not without illustrious precedents. The Monitor—A Call Upon the Democracy of Huntingdon. The subjoined call fora mass meeting of the Democracy of Huntingdon county to take steps to re-establish the Monitor newspaper, recently destroyed by an Abolition mob, speaks for itself in unmistakable terms. We commend the example the action of the earnest Demo crats of Huntingdon is furnishing to their neigh bore throughout the State. We hope should a lice misforutne bean any other Democratic newspaper, such as befell the Monitor, the Democracy of its county or district may be _ _ 2 2 - 0 , 211 ,1 212. - our -- 4120 IMUUNDUZI upon their generous support as the spirit of the call we publish below indicates the Democ racy of Huntingdon to be in Ws tuatawm. The outrage suffered by the Monitor may be only one of a series elsewhere, under the auspi ces of the administration and the Loyal Leagues, yet to come. If such be the case, it devolves upiin the Democracy everywhere to organize and be ready for the crisis when it comes. It is time we made up our minds whether to sub mit to or to resist mobocracy and oppression from any source. Let the Democracy stand together—a front so imposing will overawe the minions of mob law and teach the projec tors of oppression and persecution the difficulty and danger of tampering with the liberties of theseeple, HUNTINGDON ' PA., May 21, 1893. To the Democracy of Ilittingdon county : An important hour in the history of our country is upon us. The question which presses itself home to every freeman now is, shall the rights and the liberties of the citizen be preserved, or shall the violence of a bloody mob override the majesty of the law, and destroy both pro perty and life ? In a crisis like this we ap peal to the sovereign people ; they are alike the source of virtue and of power, and their will, to be obeyed, needs but to be known. True to the sublime cause of constitutional liberty in the early struggles, they will not desert it now, when the fires of persecution light its grand march to victory! Feeling deeply, as all citizens who love law and order must feel, the out rage committed on the office of the Monitor, on Wednesday, the 20th inst., we hereby unite in a call for a maw meeting of the Democrats of Huntingdon county, to be held in the Court House, on Friday, the 29th of May, at 1 o'clock p. m., to give ex pression to our utter abhorrence of such vio lence and brutality, and to renew our allegi ance to the rights of the citizen and the Con stitution of the Union. Freemen of Huntingdon eMlitty shall your voice be hushed by the mob ? Shall your property be destroyed, and your persons en dangered, and that, too, in the name of liberty? Never! By the sacred altars of our fathers, we swear never, NEVER! Then come in numbers and in power to the mass meeting, and in obedience to the law of the land, let us both assert and maintain our rights. The Monitor must be re-established, and every moment of delay broods peril to our cause. Let there be a thousand Democrats in council. There is no man who loves liberty, that cannot devote one day to its hely cause, John H. Miller, B. Bruce Petriken, W. P. M'Nite, A. Johnston, T. Simpson Africa, E. L. Everhart, F. Helfreight. F. R. Wallace, Wm. Colon, A. P. Wilma, G. Ashman minor, John R. Lightner, George Mears, R. Milton Speer, Joseph Rigger, Daniel Africa, Valentine Hoo ver, A. Owen. Taw following points and reflections are well taken by a Quebec paper of late date : 54 The Northern States are fast working out the destinies of all previous Republics, and appear only to wait the advent of him who with resolute peep shall be bold enough to seize the despotic power that Lincoln has only ven tured to essay. If citizens may be seized, imprisoned, and tried by Courts martial, after the model of that which has convicted Mr. Vallandigham, there is little left to be over come in the desecration of public liberty. It is a tneltateholy evidence of the etate of the country when each things occur with the ordi nary appliances of party vindictiveness; but to find that this man was watched and tracked for the purpose of entrapping him, and that the spies were officers of the army disguised, and acting under authority, is so repulsive to the British notion of the freedom of the subject that 'we can hardly conceive how a people of late so vaunting of their liberty as were Ameri cans, can be found to tolerate so gross a viola tion. On no one charge was there the slightest ground for conviction." The witnesses spoke of what they remembered to have been said. They acknowledged that they attended the meeting for the purpose of conviction, and the judge advocate threw every obstacle in the way of the prisoner's exculpation. The de fense was as clear and unbiased as it was con clusive of innocence, and the mind of any dis passionate person, after reading the evidence, must be impressed with the conviction that the trial was a foul mockery, and that the sentence, if carried out, is cold-blooded and deliberate murder. LETTER FROM NORFOLK. Correspondence of the Patriot and Union. NotooLK, VA., May 21, 1863 MUSES. EDITORS :-.I heard a speech by Mr. Chandler, the present candidate for Con gress from this Congressional district, on the night of the 17th of May, 1863, delivered in the Odd Fellows' Hall, in -this city. It was very able and flowery. He was a resident of this place previous to the breaking out of the rebellion, and was sent by a flag-of-truce boat to Old Point. He was one of the electors on the Bell and Everett ticket. He denied the statement that he was driven from this place. He remarked that he had been very well trea ted by the small even after the breaking out of this rebellion. In the gQI.IIIIB of his remarks he said he was an uncompromising Union man, and that he went in for the whole Union as it was and the Constitution as it is; and that he was in favor and also urged upon the Government to bring forth all the power they had under the Con stitution, and he was positive that this Union would be restored as it was before this cursed rebellion ; and if the North wanted all white meat, and the South a little black meat mixed with the white, be it so. It was entirely a conservative speech, and just such a speech as should be delivered in all plaees, and espe cially in such places as this—a strong smith place. Good for evil should be the motto as much as it possibly can; and I dare say we would have been more successful than we have been so far had this been carried out. If we expect to get them to love us by the use of harsh words we must suppose them not Ameri cans, for it is the nature of Americans not to be brow-beaten into measures. I am now speaking in regard to those who were opposed to the dissolution at first. • Of course those . Are-eaters, such as Davis, Yancey & Co., should receive their full dues, and that would be, placed between Heaven and Earth and nothing to support them but a single rope around their necks. And now we should try to get them back again on the right track. I honestly be lieve if the President would issue a proclama tion saying unto those now in rebellion, to lay down their arms and return into the Union, and that they should have all the rights guar anteed them by the Constitution, that in less than six months it would create such a divi sion amongst them that they would be com pelled to surrender—that is if it could be cir culated in the South. It would certainly have as much effect in crushing this rebellion as the emancipation proclamation has. For Ido know that the emancipation act had the effect to unite them, and opposite courses ought to bring _opposite _results. For this, rebellion tuner De crusnefi now at rite point or the bay onet, and it would be easier to fight a divided foe than a united one. I cannot see what rea sons they have for lingering with the conscrip tion act. We certainly need the men ; and the sooner we get the men, and the greater the number, the sooner wiii this rebellion be crushed—if well managed; but I do expect the management in future to be better than here tofore, or I have poor hopes of seeing the end of this rebellion. I see there was a very large mass meeting held in the city of New York, and also other places, to express their indignation at the ar rest of lion. C. L. Vallandigham. I do net pretend to justify or condemn such meetings— time will tell whether good or bad—but I cer tainly think that the President is not fully aware of the injury done by these arbitrary arrests, or he undoubtedly would not tolerate them. Every means should be devised to pro mote perfect harmony in the North; and such acts as these will not produce that result, or at least they have not. I am not a follower of Vallandigham'S doctrine, but the meanest man that steps upon the face of this earth ought to have his full justice that the Constitution of the United States gives him, if he has commit ted an error, I am sure he has not done so much to distract our country as this one act of Gen. Burnside. It is certainly poor encou ragement to soldiers *rho are now is the army to see that a division exists in the North ; and it has already gained such a pitch that we do not know what it may terminate in, for it is an old motto that a house",divided against itself must fall. Out regiment is still in the city of Norfolk. No war news of any importance. It is rumored the guerrillas are hovering nround Suffolk, but in very small squads. I think it is merely a feint. The weather is very warm here now. Ma. GREELEY is about to take a tour through the various Federal armies, beginning at For tress Monroe and proceeding along the -fight ing line to Missouri and Arkansas.—Exchange. We are persuaded that this report is untrue, or if true that Mr. Greeley's journey will not begin within General Dix's department. That officer, when Secretary of the Treasury, wrote words like these: "If anybody attempts te halal down the American flag shoot him on the spot." Mr. Greeley is of a different opinion, as this pieee of Tribune poetry shows, 'Tear down the flaunting lie! Half-mast the starry flag! Insult no sunny sky With hete'lif pollo{4 rag : 1, Destroy it ye who can ! Deep sink it in the waves ! It bears a fellow man To groan with fellow slaves!" Mr. Greeley will hardly venture inside of Fortress Monroe, for Gen. Dix cannot let off disunionists easier than sheep-stealers. —The World. A PROGESSWE PEOPLE.—The Minnie State Constitution of 1848 contains a provision re quiring the Legislature of the State to enact such laws as will effectually prohibit the im migration and introduction of free negroes into the State. The Legislature in pursuance thereof enacted laws imposing pealties upon the negroes coming in, and upon the persons bringing them in. In 1862, the people by over one hundred thousand majority added new clauses to the Constitution making the prohibition more emphatic. Certain persona in Rock Island county hav- ing violated the law, the matter was brought before a Rock Island Grand Jury--a niajority of whom being Rellublicane, refused to indict. These peopib who, in whatever capacity they act, whether private or public, nullify both State and the Constitution of the United States, are none the less bitsy in denouncing Democrats, for even in public discussions ques tioning the wisdom of public measures. There Will be a day of reckoning, thank God.—Plain Dealer. NEWS OF THE DAY. BY TELEGRAPH. HAPJETANT FROM THE SOUTHWEST-MOVEMENTS WASHINGTON, May 23.—The following was received this morning at the headquarters of the army : Moulin, May 21-11 a. m. —Ho j. General Halleck, General in Chief : A. citizen has arrived at Lagrange, who left Canton on. Saturday morning, who reports that Johnson was at Calhoun, seventeen miles north of Jackson, with 6,000 men, endeavoring to effect a junc tion with Pemberton at Edwards' Station. At Holly Springs he saw a dispatch from Canton, dated 19th inst., as follows : " Gen. Grant was reinforced and drove the enemy ,into the entrench:fleets on the Big Black. Johnson has ordered all the provisions from Canton. The Pearl River bridge, at Jackson, and the trestle-work, at Brandon, were destroyed." L. A. HIIILLBURT, Maj. Gen. Canto, May 23.—The reports from General Grant's army are highly important, and they are believed to be reliable. It seems that after accomplishing all that was desired at Jackson, Gen. Grant marched towards the Black River bridge, burning all the bridges behind him, doubtless with the intention of preventing an attack in the rear. At the Black River bridge a, heavy battle was fought, and it is reported that we captured twenty-seven guns, a large number of prisoners, and that the rebels were being driven back towards Vicksburg. If the rebels don't escape up the Yazoo river moat of them must be captured. WASHINGTON, May 23.—The following dis patch was received by the President to-day: Menus, Tenn., May 23.—Colonel dnson Stager, Washington, D. C.:—Othoial informa tion from below to Wednesday has been re ceived. Gen. Grant has captured Haine's Bluff and the entire works of Vicksburg, a large number of prisoners and fifty-seven pieces of artillery. The battle •is still raging, with every prospect of capturing the entire force in Vicksburg. We hold Jackson, Black River bridge and Haine's Bluff. A report is being made up for Washington. W. G. FULLER, Assistant Manager of the Telegraph. WASHINGTON, May 28-11 p. m.—The fol lowing dispatch has juit been received at the War Department: Alumnus, May 28.—1 forward the follow ing, which has just been received from Col. John IL Rawlins, A. A. G., dated in the rear of Vicksburg on the 20th: " The Army of Tennessee landed at Bou lensburg on the 80th ofgrkpril. On the Ist of May they fought the battle of Port Gibson, and defeated the rebels under Bowen, whose . loss, in killed, wounded and prisoners, was at least fifteen hundred, and a loss in artillery of five pieces. On the 12th of May, at the battle of Raymond, the rebels were defeated, with a loss of eight hundred. On the 14th we defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnson and captured Jackson, with a loss to the enemy of four hundred, be sides immense stores and manufactures, and seventeen pieces of artillery. On the 16th we fought the bloody and decisive battle of Ba ker's creek, in which the entire Vicksburg force under Pemberton 'was defeated, with a cutit thousand men. On the 17th we defeated the same force at Big Black bridge, with a loss of twenty-six hundred men and seventeen pieces of artillery. On the 18th we invested Vicki!• tairg closely. To-day Gen. Steele carried the rifle pits on the north of the city. The right of the army rested on the Mississippi above Vicksburg. Juo. A. RAWLINS." I learn further that the rear, from 15,000 to 20,000 men are in Vicksburg, that Pemberton_ lost nearly all his field artillery, and that the cannonading at Vicksburg ceased about three o'clock p. m. of the 20th. Gen. Grant has probably captured nearly all of the enemy. WASHINGTON, May 24.—The Navy Depart ment has information that Admiral Porter has been co-operating with General Grant in the Beige of Vicksburg. His fleet 'cannonading the city audits works still in the hands of the rebels by night, while Grant's army assailed it by day, thus giving the rebels within the town and entrenchments not a moment relaxa tion from the perils of their situation. The same department also received official informa tion that Admiral Farragut's fleet is actively bombarding Port Hudson. FonTaus‘Molutou, May 24.—The Richmond Dispatch of the 23d contains the following din. patch : MOBILE, May 21.—1 n Saturday's fight we lost thirty pieces of artillery, which were spiked and abandoned. On Sunday the Fede rals advanced to take the Big Black bridge, but were repulsed. They crossed higher up and took us in the rear, when the bridge was burned and the works abandoned. The loss is heavy. Vicksburg is closely besieged, the enemy closing in on every side. THE VERY LATEST-CAPTURE OP VICKSBURG WASILINGTON t May 24.—At 11 o'clock a. m. to-day the President received the following telegraph announcement that Vicksburg is ours : "CLEVELAND, Owe, May 24.—A dispatch from Mr. Fuller, the telegraph manager at Memphis, late in last night, said the stars and stripes now float over Vicksburg, and the Vie• tory is complete. I have held this message, hoping to get the confirmation, but the line has been interrupted, and I now give it to you as it reached me. I think the Wire will be all right soon." New Volts., May 24.—The Herald's special Washington dispatch says that advices had been received by the President .froM General Grant, detailing his proceedings to the Ile had fought Ave days, captured 64 guns and 9,400 prisoners. S. K. J. The Richmond Enquirer of the 20th Bays, in relation to Vicksburg :—"lf some happy com bination be not made between the forces under Pemberton and 'Johnson, the heroic city muet OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM ADMIRAL PORTER. WASHINGTON, May 2.3.—The Navy Depart ment has received the following from the Mis sissippi squadron: :--I had the honor t inform you, from Alexandria, of the capture of that place anti the forts defending the approaches to the city, by the naval force under my command. Twen ty-four hours after wo arrived the advance guard of the U. S. army came into the city, and General Banks arriving soon after, I turned the place over to his keeping. The Water beginning to fall, I dee*ied it pru dent to return with 'the largest vessels to the mouth of Red river. I dropped down to the forts De Russey in the Benton, and undertook to destroy those works. I only succeeded, OF GEN. GRANT Fcrc Elf re Gas, :Mug. GRAND CroLF, Km., May 13 however, in destroying the three heavy case mates commanding the channel, and a small water battery for two guns, about 600 yards below it. I also destroyed, by bursting, one heavy 32.pounder,and euxua gun carriages, left in their hurry by the enemy. The main fort, on a hill, some 900 yards from the water, I was unable to attend to. It is quite an extensive work, quite new, and in complete order, but built with much labor and pains. It will take two or three vessels to pull it to pieces. I had not the powder to spare to blow it up. The vessels will be ordered to work at it Occasionally, and it will soon be de stroyed. In this last mentioned fort was mounted the 11-inch gun, which I am led to believe lies in the middle of the river near the fort, the rebels throwing it overboard in their panic at the approach of the gunboats. The raft which &Med the entrance I have blown up, sawed in two, and presented to the poor of the neighborhood. I sent Commander Woodworth, in the Price, with the Switzerland, Pittsburg and Arizona, up the Black river to make a reconnoissance. Com. Woodworth destroyed a large amount of stores valued at three hundred thousand dol lars, consisting of salt, sugar, rum, molasses, tobacco and bacon. (Signed) DAVID D. POUTER, Rear Admiral, Com. Mies. Squadron WASHINGTON, May 23.—The Navy Depart ment has received the following from the Mils sisippi Squadron : ma SHIP GIINICILIL PRICE, Grand gulf, Miss" May 13. SIR:—I had the honor to inform you, from Alexandria, of the capture of that place and the forte defending the approaches, which are abandoned by the enemy, and which General Grant will occupy. There was sharp fighting through the day yesterday. Steele now holds the upper bluffs and the enemy's upper water battery, and gets water from the Mississippi. Sherman's corps lost yesterday five hundred kilted and wounded. M'Phereon, who hold the centre, lost little, as did M'Clernand, who holds the left. The gunboats kept the enemy alert during the night, and probably the town will be car ried to-day. • There are from fifteen to twenty thousand men in it. DAVID D. PORTER, Admiral. OFFICIAL DETAILS OF THE BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER MEDIPHIS, TENN., May 23.-11.30 a. M.- To Hon. E. N. Stanton, Secretary of War : The following dispatch has been received at these headquarters, and is forwarded as requested. S. A. HURLBUT, Maj. Gen. BEAR OF VICKSBURO, hSay 2Q,-6 a, la. To Hon. E. E. Stanton, Secretary of War: Gen. Grant won a great and momentous victory over the rebels under Pemberton, on the Jack son and Vicksburg rind, at baker's creek, on the 16th inst. Pemberton had a most formidable position on the crest of a wooded hill, over which the road passes longitudinally. He had about 25,000 men. The battle began at 11 a. m., and was gained at 4 p. m. Its brunt was borne by Hovey's division and M'Clarnand's corFs,and by Logan's and Crock er's, of M'Pherson's. Hovey attacked the hill, and held the ,greater part of it till two o'clock p. m., when, having lost sixteen hun dred men, he was succeeded by Boomer's and Holmes' brigades , of Crocker's division, by which the conflict was ended in that part of the field. Boomer lost 600 men. Logan operated on the tight, and cut off the enemy's direct retreat, so that he was com pelled to escape by hie right link through the woods. Logan lost five hundred killed and wounded. We took about ten thousand prisoners. On the 17th, advancing to the Big Black, he fought Pemberton again at the bridge there, and captured three thousand more _prisoners, illul:nr• ITV Ulf PUS protected by a diffoult bayou full of abattis. Lawle's brigade of 151'Clernand's corps charged the rifle pits magnificently and took more prisoners than their own numbers. Pemberton burned his bridge and returned to Vicksburg with only three cannon out of Sixty that he had taken out. Building four bridges over the Big Black, Gen. Grant arrived before the town on the evening of the 18th, and now holds it closely invested. He had opened a line of supplies via Chickasaw Bayou, having cut the town off from Haines Bluff. LATE AND. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.—The steamer Gol den Age brings advlces from the city of Mexico to the 2d of May, and from Puebla to the 30th ult. Gen. Ortego's dispatches to Comonfort state that on the night of the 24th of April the French exploded a mine in the block called Stemma, occupied by Mexican troops. A num ber cf Mexicans were buried in the ruins but the balance resisted the French all night, fight ing desperately. On the morning of the 25th both parties were reinforced, and continued the fight with the greatest determination, the Mexicans at its close holding their original po sition. During the contest the French explo ded another mine in Santa lesu. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—Gen. Ortego's dis patches to Gen. Comonfort, dated Puebla ? April 29, sums up the military situation during the last month and a half. The French stand in a disadvantageous position, according to said dispatches. STILL LATER. NEw Yottx, May 24.- 2 -The steamer Roanoke, from Havana, with dates to the 19th, has sa• rived. Vera Cruz dates to the 11th inst. have been received by a French war steamer. She re ports that no news had been received from the army since the 27th of April, and that the siege of Puebla had been raised or suspended, until the arrival of reinforcements and heavier guns, as it had been found impossible to penetrate the city with the artillery they had, it being only of 32-pound calibre, though rifled. Glans from the Teasels of war in port had been sent ashore, and are to go to Puebla.— Two guns had arrived within two days' jour ney, and others were on the road. The impossibility of entering Puebla con sisted in the barricades, eighteen feet thiolt, of earth and stones, and in fact the Mexicans had filled houses on the first line of parapets with earth. The Mexicans again occupy the fort of San Xavier, which they are repairing. Light skirmishes occurred daily with par ties who came out to attack from the city. On the 24th a large convoy of meal was cap tured by the French, enroute for Puebla. A Frenoh officer passed through Havana on the mail steamer Clyde, bound to France, whence he is to sent out heavy edge trains. -A Vera Cruz letter says that nothing can be done till these arrive, which cannot be earlier than the let of October. The English frigate Immortalite brought news that the French had been defeated and obliged to retire eighteen miles towards Ori zaba, to which place Gen. Forrey and staff had gone. A letter, from a person of high standing at Vera Cruz says the French have been obliged to raise the siege and retire nine miles. It is understood that they go into quar- ters at Orizaba and wait for reinforcements from France. Report says that the convoy of a million of dollars from Vera Cruz has been captured by the Mexican guerrillas. A million has been procured in Havana by the sale of drafts on the French Government, and will be sent to Vera Cruz. SURPRISE AND CAPTURE Or REBEL CAVALRY Munrazzenoao', TENN., May 22.—Portions of two brigades of cavalry made a night march on Middletown, for the purpose of surrounding Allen's brigade of rebel cavalry stationed there. Difficulties were encountered whiCh prevented the arrival of all the forces, and the Fourth regular cavalry, in advance of the main column, only reached the point at daylight. The advance, gained by the Fourth regulars, under Lieutenants O'Connell, Wood and Ran dall Brooke, with the officers of Gen. Stanley's staff, charged upon the rebel camp, completely surprising the two regiments encamped. They made no resistance, but fled in disorder and scant suits of Georgia summer costume. The Fourth cavalry took about 700 prison ers: Among the officers were Maj. Platten and Lieut. Col. Colson of the First Alabama. But the supports failed to come up, and the weak force under Lieut. O'Connel found itself unable to secure them. The affair took place in a dense cedar brake, and many prisoners managed subsequently to escape. Sergeant Owen, with 11 portion of Company K. of the Fourth regulars, pursued the rebels as far as Souterville and succeeded in taking and dismounting a piece of artillery and thirty prisonersf They ran upon another brigade in the fight which ensued and Sergeant Owen and five men were taken. We were una ble to carry off the guns and prisoners. At Fostersville Gen. Stanley destroyed the camp of the brigade and all the weapons.— About ten rebels were killed and eighty have been brought in. The battle flag of the Eighth Confederate regiment was taken. We took all their horses. The rebel force consisted of the First Alabama and the Eighth Confederate. Our casualties are ,Lient. Ford, seriously wounded, and Sergeant Owen and five men prisoners. THE HALL FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE WASHINGTON, May 23.—The present condi tion of the Andrew Hall fugitiVe slave case finds the fugitive in custody of the military authorities, who refused this morning to de liver him him to the civil authorities, on a new warrant issued by the commissioner under the fugitive slave act, the latter having been appointed to that office to-day by the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia. Thus the case remains undecided, the civil and military authorities again being in direct conflict. nosTORATIoN OF THE JUDICIARY IN LOIIISIANA, WASHINGTON, May 23.—The government has taken preliminary measures for restoring judi cial proceedings in the Eastern district of Louisiana, by the anpointment of Edward H. Unroll Judge of the U. B. Circuit Court, Rufus Waples attorney, and dames Graham marshal. CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—There is a large majority in favor of the million dollars sub scription to the Pacific railroad, judging from the election held here yesterday, which resul ted in the choke of the'People's ticket, ANOTHER PRIZE FIGHT Ktiv Team, May 24.—The Repaid states that, a match for a prize fight has been agreed upon between Tom Hyers and Joe Coburn for $lO,OOO a aide, to Come off within six months. New 2tbuttlizements. VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PUBLIC SALE. In pursuance of the last will and testament of JOHN BELE, deceased, will be exposed to Public Sale on Saturday, the 13th day of June, 1863, At the Court House, in the city of Harrisburg, at two o'clock p. in., a valuable TRACT OF LAND, situate in the city of Harrisburg. on the Jonestown road, adjoin ing property of John Shoop, William Allison and the RaThnlen estake t It being the property of John Self), de ceased i containing Twenty-one Acres, more or less. Erected thereon is a good two-story IN FRAME HOUSE AND BARN, Other out-buildings i good water and a thriving young APPLE ORCHARD. Sale to commence at two o'clock, as above stated, when the terms and conditions of sale will be made known by JOHN BaADY. my2s-dts Administrator de bonds non, C. T. A. T 0 ARCHITECTS.—The South Ward TO School Board will pay a premium of Thirty Dollars for a plan and specifications for a two-story Brick School House, to be erected on their lot on Fourth street The above amount will be paid for the plan and specifica tions adopted. All neceseary information will be given by calling on the .committee Plans to be furnished by the lot of June. JACOB HOUSER, President. HEuav EHELLENHERGIR, Secretary—my2l-dtd A GOOD COOK WANTED, to whom 11 good wages will be given. Inquire at D. WAG NER'S, Second Ward House ; corner of eecond and Ches. nut. may2o-3t* FIRST PICNIC OF THE SINGING ASSOCIATION "E INTR AC H T," IN HADUNLEN'S WOODS, ON MONDAY, MAY 25, 1863, The Associatiell bits made all arrangements necessary to insure their friends and the public in general a plea sant time. Omnit uses will run every hour from L. llcenig's resi dence in Chestnut street. Admission 26 cents. Ej- No improper characters will be allowed to enter the ground. A. HANEL, my2o frt Secretary. ROBERT SNODGRASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with Hon, David llfummaJa., Third some, above Market, Barriaburg, Pa. N. B.—Pension, Bounty and Military dallies of all kinds prosecuted and collected. Refer to Hong. John O. Kunkel, David Mumma. Jr., and R.A. Lamberton. myll-d&weun "HOW ARE YOU GREEN- L.) BAORS,"DAN BRYANT'S new comic gong. Price 30 cents, just received and for sale by WARD, at his Music. store, Third. street. Call and get a copy early. ap2S DRIED PEACHES-PARED AND UNPARED—inet received by WM. DOCK. is., & CO. NOTlCE.—Whereas Letters of. A dtitin -1.1 istration have been granted to the subscriber this day, on the estate of his late wife, Charlotte E. Rob. errs, late of the city of Harrisburg, decM, all persons having claims against the estate of the said dec'd will pleatle make them known to the subscriber at his resi dence in Market Sqnare, in said city. A. ROBERTS. May 18, 1868-myl4.dlawBw* WmDOW SHADES of linen, gilt bordered; and PAPZR BLINDS of an endless variety of designs and ornaments; also, OUBTAIN lIXTUUS end TASSELS at very low prices. Oall at senelier's Bookstore. H AMS AND SHOULDERS.--30,000 lb. prime Ham and moo lbs. Bacon iihouldar, for sale cheap, by [mo.d2roirj EBY k KUNKEL. APPLES!! HO BUSHELS PRIME APPLES Ault received and for gale every low) by Mi. DOOK, jr., & 00. THE NATIONAL ALMANAC AND ANNUAL MORD for itaNl4 for sale at 0011E/IRK'S BOOKSTORE. INTERNAL REVENUE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE— ASSESSOR'S NOTICE. The tax payers of this District ere hereby notified that, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress, passed July 1, 1802, entitled "An act to provide Internal Revenue to sup port the Government and to pay interest ° Tit h e Public Debt," and the act to amend the sam e , passed March 3, 1863, the second annual as. sesement will be made on and after the first Monday (4th day) of May inst. The assess ment will embrace the following items: 1. Indolues.—All incomes for the year end ing Dec. 31, 1862, must be returned to the Assistant Assessors, under oath, in accordance with the instructions of the .Commissioner of Internal Revenue, upon the blank forms pro vided for that purpose. Each person will be required to return his total income, so far specifying the sources from which it is derived, as to enable the Assistant Assessors to decide what deductions shall be made thereon. HUSBAND AND WIFE. Where a husband and wife live together, and their taxable income is in excess of 8600, they will be entitled to but one deduction of $6OO, that being the average fixed by law as an esti mated commutation for the expense of main taining a family. Where they live apart they will be taxed separately, and be each entitled to a deduction of $6OO. GUARDIANS AND TRUSTEES. Guardians and trustees, whether such trus tees are so by virtue of their office as executors, administrators, or other fiduciary capacity, are required to make return of the income belong ing to minors or other persons, which may be held in trust, as aforesaid ; and the income tax will be assessed upon the amount returned, after deducting such sums as are exempted from the income tax, as aforesaid ; Provided, That the exemption of six hundred dollars, under section 90 of the excise law, shall not be allowed on account of any minor or other. beneficiary of a trust, except upon the state ment of the guardian or trustees, made under oath, that the minor or beneficiary has no other income from which the said amount of six hundred dollars may be exempted and deducted. iNGUNDRANCES, RENTS AND REPAIRS. Interest paid by any person on incumbrances upon the dwelling house or estates on which he resides, may be deducted from income ; also his payments for necessary repairs ; as well as the amount actually paid for rent of any dwell ing house or estate which is the residence of the person assessed. Persons receiving rents may deduct, there from the amount paid for necessary repairs, insurance and interest out incumbrances upon such rented property. The cost of new struc tures, or improvements to buildings, shall not be deducted from income. FARMERS. Every farmer or planter will be required to make return of the value of the produce of his farm or plantation, without deduction for the labor or services of himself and his family, or for any portion of such produce consumed by himself and family. The amount paid by any farmer or planter for hired labor and necessary repairs upon his farm or plantation, including the subsistence of the laborers; and the manure purchased by farmers to maintain their lands in present pro ductive condition will be allowed. 4.41 Farm produce, which the producer has on hand on the 31st day of December, 1862, must be appraised at its market value on that day. 2. ENUMERATED ARTICLES.—AII articles named in section 77 of the law (Schedule A.) will be assessed for the taxes to which they are liable, for the year ending May 1, 1864, viz : Carriages, kept for use, for hire, or for pas sengers. Yachts. Billia'd Tables. Silver Plate ; Gold Plate. [The former assessments on the above natned arti cles having been made for the year 1862.] These returns must be made to the Assistant Assessor within ten days from date of delivery of the blanks. Neglect, or refusal to comply within the time named, imposes the duty on the Assessor or Assistant Assessor to estimate the income and the tax upon enumerated arti cles, with an addition offifty per eentum, The entire income tax of every person will be assessed at the residence of the party, and not at the place of business. LICENSES. All licenses assessed in accordance with the act of March 3, 1863, will continue in force until the first day of May, 1864. "AHd all licenses granted after the first day of May in any year, will expire on the first day of May following, and will be issued upon the payment of a ratable proportion of the whole amount of duty imposed for such licen ses; and such licenses so granted will be dated On the first day of the month in which it is is sued. Provided, That any person, firm, or corporation that on the first day of May, 1863, held an unexpired license, will be assessed a ratable proportion for the time between the expiration of the license and the first day of May, 1864." All persons doing business within this dis trict must apply for a new license to run from the date their present license expires, (which in most cases, is September Ist, 1863) to the first of May, 1864. Whenever, by the amend. ments, new rates of license are established, the new license will be assessed at the new rates, and, in all cases where the present cense expires September Ist, 1863, the new license will sever a period of eight months, and must be assessed to pay two-thirds of the yearly tax. PENALTIES When an assessment for license has. been made, neglect or refusal to give the list or make the application within the time required, and the assessment is returned in the annual list, the fifty per centum penalty prescribed in section 11 Inuit be added, and cannot be remit ted, either by the Assessor or Collector. By the act, March 3, 1863, the penalty of two yeara' inzprigonment is added to the punish ment provided in former acts, for those who fail to take out license when required by the excise laws of the United States, The former annual assessment which was embarrassed for want of information on the part of citizens, with regard to the duties im posed on them by the excise law. It le mani fest that, with the knowledge now attained on the part of the taxpayer, and with the assis tance rendered by this circular, Oat ignorance cif the law can no longer be pleaded by delin quents in the hope of avoiding the penalties provided. DANIEL KENDIG, Assessor 14th District Pennsylvania. May 22, 1868—my28.8td pROCLAMATIQN, MAYOR'S OFFICE, Harrisburg, May 14th, 1868. } WllEnEas, It is the duty of every eitiaeu to lend his aid to the preservation of the publio peace; and whereas, the unlimited and indis criminate sale of intoxicating liquors to a large population must inevitably lead to serious disorders and breaches of the peace; there fore, it is hereby enjoined on all tavern keep ers and retail dealers, within the limits of the City of Harrisburg, to close their bars and to discontinue the sale of all intoxicating beve rages, including lager beer, at six o'clock P. tn. of every day in the week until further no tice. A. L. ROUMFORT, Mayor. NEPLUS ULTRA.—Anti-Corrosive SCHOOL And COMMERCIAL ELASTIC PEN ! This highly celebrated Pen will not corrode in the Ink. Its eleaticity and durability are astonishing. It writes like a sold Pen. The Penman will find by trying these Pens that the recommendation is not ever estimated, E. S. OSMAN, sole Agent for this city. myl242w*
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