RATES OF ADVERTISING• Four lines or less constitute half a square. Ten final er more than four, constitute a square. Half sq., one day.-- $9 30 lOnn sq., one day. go 50 it one 120 wee one week.... 200 " one month.. 300 one month.. 800 " three months 5001 ' 4 three menthol° 00 " eixmmthe.. $OO sir. months.. 15 00 Oneyear..,-12 001 44 one pear...... 20 00 110' Business notices inserted in the LOCAL ooLumn, or before m arriages and deaths, TEN CENTS ray. LINE for each i n sertion. To merchants and others advertising by theyear, liberal terms will be offered. irr The member of insertions must be designated on he advertisement. IE7 marr i a ges and Deaths will be inserted at the same ales as regular advertisements. .filtectUatteotto. TENSIONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY, War Claims and Claims for Indemnity. STEWART, STEVENS, CLARK & CO., Attorneys and Counsellors-at-Law and Solicitors for di kinds of Military alaime, 450 PENNbYLVANIA. AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C. This arm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen sion. Business, and being familiar with the practice in all the Departments of Government, believe that they can afford greater facilities to Pension, Bounty, and other Mainmasts, for the prompt and successful anCom• plistunent of business entrusted to them, than any other firm in Washington. They desire to secure such an amount of this business aa'will enable them to execute the business for each claimant very cheaply, and on the basis of their pay contingent upon that SIMMS is each ease. For this purpose they will secure the services of law Firms in each prominent locality throughout the States where each business may be had, furnish such with all the necessary blank forms of application and evidence, requisite printed pamphlet instructions, and circulars for distribution in their vicinity, with asso ciates names inserted, and upon the. due execution of the papers and transmission of the same to them by Their local associates, they will promptly perform the business here. Er Their charges will be ten dollars for officers and five dollars for privates, for each Pension orßounty and Back Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of Olaims for Military Supplies or CiaiM3,for indemnity. Tr' Soldiers enlisted since the let of March, 1861, in any kind of service, Military or Naval, who are disabled by disease or wounds, are entitled to Pensions. All soldiers who serve for two years, or during the war, should it sooner close, will be entitled to $lOO Bounty. Widows of soldiers who die mare killed, are entitled to Pensions, and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no widow, then the minor children. And if no minor children, tiara the father, mother, slaters or brothers' are ,enti •-ed as above to the $lOO Bounty and. Back Pay. JOSEPH B. STEWART, HESTOB. L. STEVENS, EDW &RD CLARK,_ OSOAR A. PTEVENS, WILLIS B. GAYLORD. INTAssusarom, D. CI., 1822. Apply 14 oUr office, or to our Associate at P,.-JOSH A. Bicaant, Attorney said enneellor. Prrrantraa, Po.—ARTHUES k RIDDELL, Atter keys-at-Low. POTTSVILLE, PA.—WM. B. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor. PHILADELPHIA, G. MINNIOHILD, 46 Alwood street, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor. Wasuumosr, Pa.—BOYD 011IIMSINOZ, Attorney snd Counsellor. 7yBl-411y J ACKSON &'CO.'l3 SHOE STORE, NO. 90% MARKIT OTNNBT, HARRISBURG, PA., Where they ntend to devote their entire time to the siannfacture 5.4 BOOTS AND SHOES all kinds and varieties, in the neatest and most flak. _tenable styles, and at satisfactory prices. , 'heir stook will amidst, in part, of fientieetnes Phu Golf and Patent Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles; Ladies' and Misses' Gaiters, end otherphoes in great carter; and In fact eventing connected with the Shoe business. CirSTOM:ER WORK will be particularly attended to, and In all eases will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts fitted s by o*. of the best makers in the country. She long practical experience of the undersigned, and their thorough knowledge of the business will, they trot, be sufacieft guarantee to the public that they will do them justice, and furnish them 'an'artioie that will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dunk- Dane] - .T.KOKSON & 00. - - 1011311 INGER'S PATENT "1 - 4 -I E, F TEA, ILL ioolid, ockcentrated extract of BEEF AND VECIETABLES, Convertible immediately into a nonrialting and deli cious soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent Physicians. This admirable article condensed into a compact form, all the substantial and nutritive properties of a large bulk of meat and vegetables. The readinesswithwhich it dissolves into a rich and palatable Soup, which would require hours of preparation according to the usual method-is an advantage in many situations of life r too obvious to need urging. Its highly nourishing qualities combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the sick; while for those in health, his a perfect substitute for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep good in any climate. It is peculiarly well adapted FOR TRLVELESS, by land or sea, who eanthius avoid those accidentaldepriva Nona of a comfortable meal, to which they are s can thus INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can thus le satisfied in a moment. FOR SPORTSMEN and EXOI7RSIONISTS. to whom, path its oompLebteltt and easy preparation will retina mead it. For sale by asp24.tf CHARTER OAK. FAMILY FLOUR! VIVERVELIED BY ANY IN THE a STATES: AND SUPERIOR TO ANY WA AS. 3NT CI lir.. ]BRAN X 3) IS OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA! . IT IS HAM OF OttOICE raTASOURt WRITE itrItEAT. Delivered any plate in the city free of ckargs -arms cash on daieery 'WO A BOOK FOR THE TIMES ! American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Imported Even ~ for the Yor 1861. In 1 not. 8 no. over 750 pages. Cloth 03, Leather $3.50. Published by D. Appleton Co., New York. The design of this work is to furnish a record of all the important knowledge of the year, The events of the war, owing to their prominence, will, of course, oe capy a consOCROllll part, bat all other cheerbranei enc., Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, are ceive due attention. The work will be published ex elusively by sabeeription, and ready for dellyery iv Auto nest. Also, now complete BeM2oll's Debates of Coagress,lB volumes, $3 and $3 00 par vedame. Benton's Thirty Tsars ix U. S. Senate, 2 volumes, $2.60 and f 8 pw Cyclopedia of American Eloquence, con taistinfir the speeches of as most eminent Orators of America, 14 geed portraits, $ e/e. PM each- Porrosys Life and now of Androw Jackson, ro/umes, $2.60 each. Address I.7.3THAIBAUGH, Harrisburg, Pa. General Agent for D. APPLETON & Co. For Circulars descriptive of Annual Cyclopedia. apriMa&lrtf. 11YOTTVILLE GLABB WORKS, IHILADEL.PRIA ) mustrraoraks CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS, feliTlai MINIMAL WATER, PION.LI AND P.R.ESERYN BOTTLES OP OTZOT DESOZIPTIOP H. D. & e. W. DINNIBS oel2-4:117 21 South front stmt. Philadelphia: TAFANESE TEA.—A choice lot of 11 this celebrated Teapot received. It is of the first rim , over imported, and is much superior to the Chi gger Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also entirety free of adulteration, coloring or Santora of any It Li the natural leaf of the Japanese Tea Plant. For sale by WM. DOCK, Jr.,o ~ 3/000 BUSHELSof afferent , kind. Y ork State Patataeg ) IWO Bushell, York State Apples, A choice lot of York Mats Batter. Also, a superior lot of Catawba grapes, and 30 bushels just received and for sale low by H.W.BIBLE & CO., No.loo Market street. teel-rit[ ACKER EL! MiONWRIL, Nos. 1, 2 OA 3, in al/ sized Plieksigef— mnrs and sack packap unwanted. Just toeoleed mid for We low by WM. DOOM. Jr.. & OELF, BELLING - FRUIT JARS 1- kJ Ben ana Cliespest in tk3 markets ! gam IN amine them WM. DOCK, JR., & Co. WM. DOCK, Ja., & CO WM. DOCK ; 7a., & 00 ----- •'-v- - .- -- 4 - ' _ --..--,:..—„ ~ ___, - - --- , t \ - z - -- ~ - - t --- --"-- -- - - - - 7- =.7- 1 - 41 11 P ? -- 7 - I . :.. i ' 6 •7 !. .4".- i IILII ( j -.-...:, ",;: ci . :=,-, 3 , 7 _,_ - . ,-• • __„,,,,- :, ..._--- .•:'''•-•; k• -7:2...._ - . union -. 4 • • . patriot ....:,,„,,....„........ ~__..--„!,, 94___L , --:- ~I ‘,..... ,-_,_, _. „---._ :._; .„.. 1 VOL. 6.-NO. 229. 1) holographs. BURKHART & ROBBINS, (FORMRRLY BURKHART AND STRIKE.) IMPROVED SKY-LIGHT PHOTOGRAPH AND AMBROTYPE GALLERY, North Third street, opposite the “Patriot and Union." OffiCC, llrrrisOurg, Pa. BURKHART & ROBBINS have fitted up a splend'd new Gallery in Mummies building, on Third street, where they are prepared to take PHOTOGRAPHS CARTES DE VISITE AND IMDROTYPEs, In all the improved styles. Particular attention given to CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Also on hand, a complete assortment of GILT FRAMES, which they will sell at very low p rices . Call and examine specimens. Cartes de Vleite $2 SO per dozen. Vignettes 2 00...d0. Whole size Photographs in frames from from ;7 to a piece. BURKHART it BOBBINS, my64llm Photographers. ittebitaL *** DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT TILE GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY, FOR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA, LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND. JOINTS, SPRAINS, BRUISES, GUTS & WOUNDS, PILES, HEADACHE. and ALL RHEU MATIC and NERVOUS DISORDERS. For all of which it is a speedy and certain remedy, and never fails. This Liniment is prepared from the recipe of Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut, the fa mous bone setter, and has been used in his practice for more than twenty years with the most astonishing suc cess. AS AN ALLEVIATOR OF FAIN, it is unrivaled by any preparation before , the public, of which the moat skeptical may be convinced by a single trial. This Liniment will cure rapidlyand radically, RHEU MATIC DISORDERS of every kind, and in thousands of cases where it has been used it has never been known to fail_ FOR NEURALGIA, it will afford immediate relief in every case, however distressing. It will relieve the worst eases of HEADACHE in three minutes and is warranted to do it. . . fidOritACHE also will it cure instantly. FOR NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERAL LASSITUDE, arising from imprudence or excess, this Liniment is a most happy and unfailing remedy. Act ing directly upon the nervous tissues, it strengthens and revivifies the system, and restores it to elasticity and vigor. FOR PIL ES.—Ae an external remedy, we claim that it is the best known, and we challenge the world to pro duce an equal. Every victim of titio•dietreseing com plaint should give it a trial, for it will not fail to afford immediate relief, and in a majority of cases will effect a radical cure. QUINSY and SORE THROAT are Nomatimea tremely malignant and daogerous, but a timely applies, tion of this Liniment will never fail to cure. . . S PR el INS are sometimes very obstinate, and enlarge ment of the joints is liable to occur if neglected. The worst case may be conquered by this Liniment in two or three days. BRUISES, CUTS, WOUNDS, SORES, ULCERS, BURNS anti SCALDS, yield readily to the wonderful healing properties of DR. SWEETIE INFALLIBLE LINIMENT, when need according to directions. Also,. CHILBLAINS, FROSTED FEET, and INSECT BITES and STINGS. EVERY HORSE OWNER should have this remedy at hand, for its timely use at the first appearance of Lameness will effectually pre vent those formidable diseases to which all horses are " - " Over four hundred voluntary testimonials to the won derful curative properties of this Liniment have been received within the last two years. and many of them from persons in the highest ranks of life. CAUTION. To avoid imposit'on, observe the Signature and Like ness of Dr. Stephen Sweet on every label, and also " Stephen Sweet's Infallible Liniment " blown in the gloms of each bottle, without whieh none are genuine. RICHARDSON & CO. ' Sole Proprietors, Norwich, Ct. For sale by all dealers. aplleow-d&w H UB BARD BROS., IMPORTERS OF WATCHES, NEAV YORK, Have the pleasure of announcing to their numerous friends and patrons in the Army, that they are prepared to fill orders and transmit parcels BY MAIL, with the ut most care and promptitude_ Wetehes so forwarded are registered; we take upon ourselves all risks of transpor tation, and guarantee a safe delivery. Improved Solid Sterling Silver Inn. ENGLISH LEVERS, in good running order, and warranted ac curate timepieces. This is an entire new pattern, made expressly for American Army and Navy sale. They are manufactured in a very handsome manner, with English crown mark, certifying their genuineness; all in all, they are ;most desirable Watch, Fronk Lea/B's Illus trated News of Feb. 21st, '63, says ;—"HIMBARD'S TIRE EEEPERS are becoming proverbial for their reliability and accurary. They are particularly valuable for offi cers in the army, and travelers.” The price is SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS (IN) per case of six, being about one third the cost of ordinary English Levers, while they will readily retail for a larger price. Postage, per case, RAILWAY TIMEKEEPERS, for Army Speen lation,—The Army and ffietoy Gazette, of Philadel phia, in its February number, says :—" This importa tion of the HUBBARD Baos., of New York, fills a long felt want, being a handsome and serviceable Watch at an extremely low figure_" Superior in style and finish Decidedly the most taking noreities out! Should retail at prices from $2O to $5O each. Good imitation of both gold and silver, with fancy colored hands and beautiful dials, with superior regulated movement. Sold only by the case of six of assorted designs. Engraved and superior electro-plated with gold, and silver-plated, per CaSe of FiE, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS, ($48.) By mail, postage, $1.65 per case. MAGIC TIME OBSERVERS, She Perfection of Mechanism I—BPING A HUNTING AND OPEN tees, Or LADY'S OR GENTLEMAN'S WATCH COMBINED, WITH PA TENT BELF-WINDING IMPROTEMENT.—The New York Il lustrated News, the leading pictorial paper of the 'Uni ted States, in its issue of Jan, 10th, BA on page 14T, voluntarily says :—“We have been shown a most pleas ing novelty, of which the HUBBARD BRos., of New York, are the sole importers. It is called the Magic Time Observer, and is a Hunting and Open Face Watch com bined. One of the prettiest, most convenient, and de cidedly the best and cheapest timepiece for general and reliable use ever offered. It has within it and connec ted with its machinery, its own winding attachment, rendering a key entirely nnneccessary. The cases of this Watch are composed of told metals, thof outer one being fine 16 carat gold. It has the improved ruby ac tion lever movement, and is warranted an accurate time piece)) Price, superbly engraved, per case of half closely $204. Sample Watches, in neat morocco boxes, for those proposing to buy at wholesale, SW If nut by mail the postage is 36 cents. Retails at $lOO and upwards. We have no agents or circulars. Buyers must deal with us direct, ordering from this advertisement. Terms, Cask in advance. Remittafteee may be made in United States money, or draft payable to our order in this city. If you wish goods sent by mail, enclose the amount of the postage with your order. Write your address in full. Registered Leiters only at our risk. Address EUBBARD BROS., IMPOBTBBS, East Car. Nassau and John streets, New York. ap29 d3m S OLDIER'S CAMP COMPANION.- A very convenient Writing Dent; also, portfolios, IlLensorandum BeokS,PortisonnaleN &o. st 80/EEPPERVI B OOKBTOIt VOTIONB.--Quite a variety of useful 1 1 1 and entertainingarticles —chea p —at 1301131111.8838 BOOKSTORI. FRENCH MUSTARD, ENGLISH and Domestic Pickles, (by the dozen or hundred,) en rotor Salad 011, Ketchup, Kstieee end condiments of delleriptien, for 1619 by mks WIA. DOCK, M., & Co WAR WAR —BRADY, No. 62 Market street, below nth* baa receive"large assortalent of 411531 Suko-dtf BUM sad. BALM TM* he will lOU very low. UAMS, DRIED BEEF, BOLOGNA Il SAUSAGES, TONGUES, &IN for eau low, by wia.DOOK, az. & i` r. RENT— Two desirable OFFICE Boas, mocks story front of Wystkts Bnflding corner of ?duke Ware awl Mutat stmt. Apply at kb, o$" • MIAOW tiU titi, PA. , THLTESDAY, MAY 28 1863. T H E Weekly "Patriot Sz, U " Mon, THE CHEAPEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN PENNSYLVANIA I ' . AND THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE BEAT OP GOVERNMENT ! FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OF READING MAT TER, EACH WEEK 1 AT THE LOW PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS! WHEN IfitSCRIMSD POE IN MITA' OP NOT LESS THAN TEN COPIES TO ONE ADDRESS! We have been compelled to raise the club subscription price hone dollar and fifty cents In order to save oar selves from actual lose. Paper has risen, including taxes, about twenty-five per cent,, and is still rising; and when we tielL our Democratic friends, candidly, that we can no longer afford to sell the Weekly PATRIOT AND talon at one dollar a year. and must add fifty cents or stop the publication, we trust they will appreciate our position, and, instead of withdrawing their subscrip tions, go to work witha will to increase our list in every county in the State. We have endeavored, and shall continue our efforts, to make the paper useful as a party organ, and welcome as a news messenger to every fam ily. We flatter ourselves that it has not been without some influence in producing the glorious revolution In the politics of the State achieved at the late election ; and if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to the principles of the party, and an anxionsdesire to pro mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate degree of ability, can be Made serviceable hereafter, the Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION win not be less useful to the party or less welcome to the family circle in the fu ture than it has been in the past. We confidently look for increased encouragement in this great enterprise, and appeal to every influential Democrat in the State to lend us his aid in running our sepscription list up to twenty or thirty thousand. The expense to each indi vidual is trifling, the benefit to the party may be great. Believing that the Democracy of the State feel the ne cessity of sustaining a fearless central organ, we make thii appeal to them for assistance with thelulleet confi dence of success. The same reasons which induce ns to rbitit, the prise of the Weekly, operate in regard to the Dailypaper, the price of which is elm increased. The additional coat to each laboalber will baba; UMW& IRA while we Mi not pinnacle ourselves that the change necemarllymade will result in any diminution of our daily circulation, yet, were we certain that such would be the come queues, we should still be compelled to make it, or of fer a ruinous loss. Under these circumstances we must throw ourselves upon the generosity, or, rather, the Justin of the public, and abide their verdict, whatever it may be. The period for which many of our subscribers have paid for their paper being on the eve of expiring, we take the liberty of issuing this notice, reminding them of the same, in order that they may RENEW THEIR CLUBS. We shall also take it as an especial favor if our present subscribers will urge upon their neighbors the fact that the PATRIOT AND UNION is the . only Democratic paper printed in Harrisburg, and considering the large amount of reading matter, embracing all the current news of the day, and TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES Prom everywhere up to the xaomeat the paper veil to press, political, miscellaneous, general and local news Th l ifkina s t i kktPb e as l ra PUBLISHED IN THE STATE! There is scarcely a village or town in the State in which a club cannot be raised if the proper exertion be made, and surely there are few places in which one or more energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of the dissemination of sound Democratic doctrines, who would be willing' to make the effort to raise a club. DEMOCRATS OF THE INTERIOR I Let us hear from you. The existing war, and the app preaching sessions of Congress and the State Legisla ture, are invested with unusual interest, and every man should have the news. TEAMS. DAILY PATRIOT AND UNION Single copy for one year, in advance $5 00 Single copy during the session of the Legislature.. 2 00 City subscribers ten, cents per week. Copies eupplieti to spats at the rate of $l. 50rr hun dred. WEEKLY PATRIOT AND UNION, Published every Thursday.. Dingle copy one year, in advance $2 00 Ten copies to one address 15 00 Subscriptions may commence at any time. PAY AL WAYS IN ADVANCE. We are obliged to make this imperative. In every instance cash must accompany subscription. Any person sending us a club of twenty subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for his services. The price, even at the advanced rate is so low that we cannot offer greater inducements than this. Additions may be made at any time to a club of subscribers by remitting one dollar gad fifty cents for each additional name. It is not necessary to send us the names of those constituting a club, as we cannot undertake to address each paper to club subscribers separately. Opeeitioneepies of the Weekly will be sent to all who desire it. 0. BARRETT & 00., Harrisburg, Pa N. B.—The following law, passed by Congress to IMO, defines the duty of Postmasters In relation to the de livery of newepapers to club subecribers : (Su Little, Browt¢ Co.'s edition of the Lairs of 1860, r age 92:ehapter 131, section I.) "Provided, however, that where packages of new pa pers or periodicals are received at any post aloe directed to one address, and the names of the club subscribers to which they belong, with the postage for a quarter in ad vance, shall be handed to the postmaster, he shall de liver the same to their respective owners." To enable the Postmaster to comply with this regula tion, it will be necessary that be be furnished with the list of names composing the club, and paid a quarter's (or year's) postage in advance. The uniform courtesy of Postmasters, affords the assurance that they will eheerfullyaesommodats club subscribers, and the latter should take care that the postage, which is but a trifle in each case, be paid in advance. Send on the club! T F. WATSON, MASTIC WORKER PRACTICAL CEMENTER, Is prepared to Cement the exterior of Buildings with the New York Improved Water-Proof Mastic . Cement. This Material is different from all other Cements. It forms a solid, durable adhesiveness to any surface, imperishable by the action of water or frost. Every good building should be coated with this Cement; it is a perfect preserver to the walls, and makes a beautiful, Awe finish, equal to Eastern brown sandstone, or any color desired. Among others for whom I have applied the Mastic Cement, I refer to the following gentlemen : J. Bissell, residence, Penn street, Pittsburg, finished five years. J. H. Shoenberger, residence, Lawrenceville, finished five years. James 111 2 0andlass, residence, Allegheny City,finished five years. Calvin Adams, residence, Third street, finished four years. A. Hoeveler, residence, Lawrenceville, finished four years. .1. D. WOord, Penn street, Dabbed four years, Hon. Thomas Irwin, Diamond street, finished four years. St Charles Hotel and Girard House, finished five years. Zit - tanning Court goose and Beak, fot Bur 14; Moser, Architects, Pittsburg finished five years. Orders received at the office of R. WEldowney, Paint Shop, 20 Seventh.street, or please address • T. I'. WATSON. ranyl6-if P. 0..110% MC Pattbsvg,.P4l... Cte Viatriot anion. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1863. BEYOND. We must not doubt, or fear, or dread, that love for life is only given, And that the calm and sainted dead will meet es tranged and cold in heaven 0, love were poor and vain indeed, based on so harsh and stern a creed. • True that this earth must pass away, with all the starry worlds of light, With all the glory of the day, and calmer tender ness of night; For in that radiant home can only shine the im mortal and divine. Earth's lower things—her pride, her fame, her science, learning, wealth and power— Slow growths that through long ages came, or fruits of some convulsive hour, Whose very memory must decay—heaven is too pure for such as they. They are complete—their work is done. So let them sleep in endless rest, Love's life is only here begun, nor is, nor can be,. fully blest; It has no room to spread its wings amid this crowd of meaner things. Just for the very shadow thrown upon its sweet ness here below, The cross that it must bear alone, and bloody bap tism of woe; Crowied and completed through its pain, we know that it shall rise again. ,So if its flame burn pure and bright, here, where our air is dark and dense, • And nothing in this world of night lives with a living so intense; When it shall reach its home at length—how bright its light: how strong its strength I And while the vain weak loves of earth (for such base counterfeits abound) Shall perish with what gave them birth—their graves are green and fresh around, No funeral song shall need to rise for the true Love that never dies. If in my heart I now could fear that, risen again, we should not know What was our Life of Life when here—the hearts we loved so mush below; I would arise this very day, and cast so poor a thing away. Bat Love is no such Beans clod—living, perfected it shall rise Transfigured in the light of God, and giving glory to the skies; And that which makes this life so sweet, shall rai der heaven's joy complete. A DRAFTFOR THREENUNDRED THOU • SAND MEN. WHY THE DRAFT HAS BEEN DELAYED .THE PREPARATIONS NEARLY COMPLE. TED - CONSTRUCTION OF THE THIR TEENTH SECTION - OPINION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR-WHAT WILL THE PRESIDENT DECIDE Ocrreepondence of the Chicago Tribune WASOINCTON, May W A draft for three hundred thousand men will shortly be ordered by the President for the iiSE~lielslfetai 1M1414.1114. eid MITT* %It& ...-d a is. ments. There is no time to drill and prepare regiments for this campaign. Recruits sent into old regiments will be more fit for field service in thirty days . than they would be in six months if put into new regiments under green officers. It will he far better for the conscripts that they be assigned to the old regiments and placed among the veterans wha have experience in the routine and duties of the camp, and who understand how to avoid many things which injure the health and cause sickness. The old, bronzed warriors know how to cook, wash, sleep, camp and march to. the best advantage, and can teach this valuable information to their new comrades. Many friends of the Union are impatient at the delay in ordering the draft, but it has been caused in getting ready. Considerable time must necessarily be monied in preparing forms and instructions for the deputies, print-. ing them, and sending them out. There was some time lost in selecting a Provost Marshal General_ Col. Fry has got the machinery of the draft nearly perfected, and the appointments of the assistants for the districts are nearly all made. In a few days more the enrollment will com mence, to be followed by the draft as speedily as possible. Those conscripted will be at once mustered into service, uniformed, rationed and assigned to their regiments, after a few days' preliminary instruction. The regulation's for the government of the draft are already printed. Each State will be credited with the time for which her troops have enlisted. One three years' man in Illinois will reckon as reach as four nine months' men from Pennsylvania. If a draft for 300,000 men be ordered, not to ex ceed six or seven thousand will be required of Illinois—perhaps not so many—while Penn sylvania and New York will each have to raise from forty to fifty thousand. The most difficult thing to determine in re lation to the whole matter, is the proper con struction of the 13th section of the conscrip tion act. If it be construed to menu that the government must receive $3OO in commutation of service from a conscript, then the purpose and intentions of the law is in a great degree nullified and defeated. Suppose every con script offers $3OO, the government will not get a man, if that construction prevails. If the 13th section be construed as obligatory on the government to receive money far personal ser vice, the act, it is felt, will be a failure, and the government will be left without the ability to procure men to fill up the ranks of the was ted regiments. The few men that maybe got that are unable to raise $3OO will consist in those having the least interest in the perpetu ity of the Union, and consequently will make the worst soldiers. The Secretary of War holds that the sot leaves it as optional with him to receive money commutation as it is for the eonscript to oiler it. The 13th section says that " any person drafted may pay $300 , ," "to such person as the secretary may authorise to receive it," " for the procuration• of such substitute." It is obviously the intention of the section that the $3OO, if receive& is to be paid to some person who offers himself as a substitute. The law makes no ether provision for the use of the money. The Secretary of War is not a Federal treasurer. He gives no bonds—he is not a financial officer. The assistant provost marshals are not Federal treasurers, under bond. They have no use for the commutation money, unless it be to pay it over directly to persons who have volunteered as substitutes What the 'whole act calls for is men, notreve nue. It in net a bill to raise money to sup port the government, but to procure able-bodied men to fight public enemies. Any other con struction nullifies the law. The thirteenth sec tion should.therefore be construed in harmony with the purpose and object of the not, and not technleally in a way to render it abortive, to sake away Oat P47,%1 li Sti°ll9l seir-def`.l3e,. PRICE TWO CENTS which is simply suicide. he 'Secretary of War holds that he is not bound to receive any con script's money unless there is a " substitute" standing ready to take the money and serve in his place. This is the common sense view of the act. Another question is raised in this connection: Is it constitutional, after drafting a body of men, to let off three-fourths of them upon the pa 3 meat of a few dollars, and to force the remaining fourth into the camp and battle field ? It is certainly not in accordance with the principles of republican government. There are two methods proposed that will save the act from proving abortive. The first is for the Secretary of war to appoint no agents to receive the $BOO, as it is clearly op tional with him. The act says he "may ap point a person" to receive the money. Suppose he concludes he won't, what then ? Why the conscript must find his own substitute or go himself. This is the short, blunt, Jacksonian mode of solving the difficulty, and the course that ought to be pursued. The other way is one which complies with the letter of the law and yet procures the full number of men called for by the draft. It is as follows: Ist. Order a draft for a given number of men. 2d. Call for an equal number of volunteers to act as substitutes. 3d. Offer each a bounty of $4OO, ($lOO paid by the government as provided in section 17, and $3OO by the conscript.) 4th. Let each conscript who wishes to commute de posite his money in bank, and enter his name in a memorandum or pass-book, in the office of the enrolling officer, for the inspection of volunteers who have tendered their services as "substitutes." 6th. Let each volunteer designate from the list for whom he will serve, receive the conscript's money, and take his musket. 6th. Let each conscript and substi tute name his first, second, third and fourth choice of regiments in which he desires to serve. If more men apply for admission into a regiment than can be received, draw lots for the choice of choice. But each man to be-re stricted to regiments of his own State. By this course each recruit will be placed among his own friends and neigbors. 7th. Let the volunteering commence before the draft is made, as it will cause many to volunteer to serve as substitutes in order to escape being drafted, as in that case they would only get the $lOO paid by the government, and but $25 1 of that cash down. Bth. He who is conscripted for whom none offers to serve as his substi tute, must go himself, or find his own substi tute. The final construction of the thirteenth sec• tion of the conscription act must come from the President, and it is not known how he will decide it, but it is believed that he will take the ground that the law calls for men, not money, that it is a military and not a revenue measure, and that a man to carry a musket must be produced for every name that is drawn from the box. DESPOT= AT IVASHENTON. From the London Times The old curse of America is once more upon her ; the evil spirit has returned with seven other spirits to his old haunt. Mr. Lincoln has held the Presidency of the United States for two miserable and disastrous years. It is unnecessary to dilate upon the results of hie administration. It has destroyed a vast mass of crosnerit'y , and happiness, and flattered to ple. Of how many States may it be said - iiith truth that Mr. Lincoln has found them a gar den, and left them a desert; of how many flourishing institutions that he found them a reality, and has made them but - a name ; of how many families that he found them united and prosperous, while they are now decimated by war and divided by faction! The exchequer of America was full, and is empty ; her credit was high, and is all but extinct ; and the evil of to-day is regarded by those who can foresee. and calculate the future as altogether light and endurable, as compared with the disasters that are looked far from to-morrow. In little more than eighteen months from this time the people of the North, or whatever portion of the Uni. ted States may still be under the Federal Gov ernment, will be called upon to elect another President. It is a long while to look forward to, especially in the present state of things, but the stake to be played for is vast, and no means of securing it must be neglected. The Re publican majority in Congress have 'before separating done everything in their power to secure to their awn party another quadrennial period of office. These reckless men deserve a foremost place among those representatives of the people who from time to time have made themselvesnotorious in the history of the world by surrendering their country into the hands of a dictator or tyrant. There is hardly a right secured by the Constitution to States or to in dividuals which the late Congress of the Uni ted States has not invaded, a principle of free dom which they have not overthrown, a fran chise which they have not trampled under. foot. The office of President, plain and republican , as it came from the hands of the founders of the federation, is hardly recognizable beneath. the mass of powers with which it is overlaid. The first citizen of the republic, the servant of the people, the head of an executive, exerci-• sing certain few and clearly defined powers, has.' become, by the treason of a legislature exer- 1 oising functions which law had limited with• equal care 'to that with which it limited his. own, the most absolute autocrat on earth. Yet it is feared that all this power and all this violence may be unable to perpetuate itself,. and time has been found, in the midst of a civil• war, to get up an organisation evidehtly crea ted for electioneering purposes. The werd has been passed to say little about the abortive proclamation of the President for the. emanci pation of the negroes, and to.geb up meetings everywhere in favor of loyalty. and of the pre servation of the Union. This movement does not appear to have been crowned with any particu larly brilliant ilite6CHl, and. now his suceeeded by a measure so desperate and so dangerous that we, who have never expected much from Mr. Lincoln, confess that we stand•aghast at his recklessness and hardihood. The last resource of Mr. Lincoln has been to•lurn the mess-room of every regiment into a debating society, and its soldiers into miniature constituencies. The pa pers from America are full of addresses agreed to by meetings of regiments presided over by - their colonel, with a captain and chaplain for secretaries. The.regiments from Pennsylva nia, New Jersey and Connecticut, have taken the lead in these political manifestations.— Their addresses have a suspicious likeness to each other. They are all manifestations of violent Republican opinion. They assert views favorable to the continuance of the war, and denounce, not. as mistaken friends, but as ene mies much more detested than the Southerners themselves, those among their fellow citizens who have, presumed to think or talk of peace. These military logicians will tolerate no differ ence of opinion. Me that is not with them is against them, and he that is not with them is,' to use their own language, hellish, diabolical, and worthy of death. Such language deserves attention when it is held by men who may at any moment become the executioners, ot their own sentence. Henceforth thereis to be but one opinion in - Anierica, and no distinotiori is to he observed between the litp.A. oounsela PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, SUNDAYS ZXCZPTID, BY 0. BARRETT & co Tim DAILY PATRIOT AID Tfwrow will be awned to cab• scribers residing in the Borough for UK wins run win, payable to the Carrier. Hail Babe cribere, ring Domani PER AWOL Tau WEEKLY PATRIoT AND 17EION la published at two DOLL/1111 PER ANSON, invariably in advance; Ten eepie to one address,fifteen Oannected with this establishment is an ostensive JOB OFFICE, containing %variety of Aga and bony type unequalled by silty eettitabihment in the interior of the State, for which the patronage of the public is mo - United. peace and the man who actively carries on war. The dungeons of the State and the sword of the army are equally ready for both. OPERATIONS AGAINST CHARLESTON.—..The ac counts of a skirmish on Morris Island suffice to indicate that our forces have crossed Light house Inlet and acquired ae footing on the island. The creek referred to is one of the numerous streams running parallel with the seabeach, but at some distance fromit, so that our operations are advancing steadily against the rebel works. If we understand the present news aright, it would ehow that, after imitating our formidable works on the end of Folly Island, we are advancing hr another•direotion' from the interior of the swamp, to take 001 flanking position, and thus force the abandon ment of the outer rebel work. A late letter in the Toledo (Ohio) Blade from a soldier on Folly Island, near Charleston, =0 "I see that the correspondent of the New 'York Timm intimates that our iron• clads were repulsed, and says that 'Charleston is impreg nable.' He may be able to make some persons believe such stories, but we, who are in plain view cf Sumpter and surroundings knew better. If Charleston is not in our possession within one month some person or persons high in au thority ought to sink so deep in oblivion that the loudest notes of Gabriel's born would fail to reach them. •Folly Island, which we now hold r runs along the coast from Steno Inlet north, and is only separated from Morris Island by a narrow stream, which at low tide is almost fordable. The island is about right . miles long, and a mile and a half wide, and commands Morris Island, and on which we can plant batteries that, with the aid of the gunboats,,we can shell them off of Morris Island in eight hours time, and, once in possession of Morris Island, we have Cumming's Point, on which we can.planto siege guns, with which we could batter down Fort Sumpter, the sandhills being perfhotpro tendon from the shot and shell of Forts Sump ter and Moultrie. We are fortifying this island and preparing for a further advance. The old Sixty-seventh is now encamped within three and a half miles of Fort Sumpter." FEDSRAL TROOPS WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OP Riciamortn.—A correspondent of the New Bed ford Standard, writing on board the United States steamer Morse, Matteponjt river, off Key West, Va., May 18, says : " Another important exhibition came off night before last. A few days• ago , we suc ceeded in a reconnoitre up the Mattopony as far as khe village of Alleyt. some twenty-eight miles into the interior, and by land only fifteen miles from Richmond. We met with obstruc tions in only one place, about ten miles from the mouth of the river, which were easily for ced. ' " The whole country in this section seems to be desolated, fine plantations on each aide of the river untilled, with the mansionny ins they truly were, unoccupied. We landed at several points, and in no one case did we meet with a . human being. There is a ferry a few miles below Alleys, where Stoneman recrossed in the retreat from near Richmond in his celebrated cavalry raid. - I understand that Colonel Bil petmiok has taken his forces and intends making another tramp into the interior, which I. hope will be crowned with the same success as the - a.zfnreea%nn_ebnre have thrown tllt the distance of nearly two miles, anstwith the assistance of the naval forces here can with stand a force of more than three times their number. It looks very much as though this location would be made the base of' supplies. I understand that General Gordon ha&an expe dition ou foot which he wishes us to-take part in." THE PRINCETON CCEMENOEMENT.—The one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of the Col lege of New Jersey will take place on. Wednes day., the 24th of June next.. The: graduating class, whioh has, in all, numbered 125, has been reduced to 50, owing. to the national troubles, and the consequent departure of its large Southern representation, as well as of thirteen other members, who have entered the army of the Union. The appointments for commencement have just been announced by the faculty ;. they. are : .satin salutatory, Jasper S. M'llvaine, Tren ton, N. J., ; English salutatory, Theo. A. Bald win, Newark, N. J., ; valedictory oration, Geo. F. Sheldon, Princeton, N. J. The philosophi cal oration will be delivered by Geo. B. Yong,' of Princeton, N. J., ; the Belles Lefires ora tion by Jas. F. Clark; of Philadelphia; the geological oration by Charles L Potter, of Union, N. J., and the physical oration by John N. Freeman, of Elizabeth, N. J. The plan for the endowment of Old Nassau scents to be admirably successful. The late meeting in Philadelphia was well attended, and promises much for the futun. It would be hard, indeed, to find•a nobler- and more useful _means of converting, money into' doing good, HE who believes in the divine right of kings to reign and in the divine obligation of the people unquestioning to obey, mast condemn a people who• endeavor to break the shackles of despotic power, and must opplaud. hinge and nobles. who, with all the energies of bomb-shells, skt byes and iron hoofs, endeavorto crush the spirit of democratic freedom. .E)n the contrary, le who accepts the doctrine that sovereignty re sides, in the people must commend the efforts of an iuthralled nation to sever the chaincof servitude, and must condemn the efforts. of kings and nobles to rivet those chains anew. —J. 3. C. Abbott, 1859: The report of the insanity of Mrs. Vallan digham occasioned by the forcible arrest of her husband at midnight, is said to be true. "Do not go to them," she begged in piteous sweats, “they will murder yon." Ascertaining that they had no legal warrant for Ida armlet, he refused to. accompany them. With repeated blows that shook the house, one door was bro ken in, then another, and another, and the armed men rushed in the chamber of Mr. Val landightua and his devoted , wife. Her reason reeled in that awful hour and gave way to lu nacy. (lax. ROBIICRANS a few days age.reeeiVed the following pertinent letter from an indignant private: to General, I have bees in the service. eighteen months, and have never received' • cent. I desire a furlough for fifteen., days, in order to return home and remove my family to the poor house." The Gentle granted the furlough. . _ People who suppose that a good. prayer,. is preferred to a good act, doubtless imagine that . (hod has more hearing than eyesight. The end we fear, will show that they reasoned , from false premises. The poor are ofteaes•prayed for than helped. The reason is, *s believe, that breath is cheaper than bullion, Moivranass, the celebrated French essayist, whose clear style, as well as vices of thought, has been the praise of good critics_ the world over, made- his boast. that be never used a word that call& aot be readily understood by.ttup. body Intl* Paris markets.