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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."
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operations will hereafter be conducted exclu
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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.
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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.
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