visable that it should In left to the taste of
o f Judge 'Woodward_
The motion to reconsider wanwitlidrawn.
A titsolation was adopted instructing the
Chair to appoint the Chairmstoof the State
Central Committee, subject to the approval of
the candidate for dovernor.
Adjourned, sine die.
After the adjournment, lond.ealls were made
for Judge Hepburn and, other eloquent gentle
men, who addressed the meeting to a late
Lour_
tte Vatriot
- TRURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 18, 1868.
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DEMOCRATIC - STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR. GOVERNOR,
EON. GEO. W. WOOI.3WAFtD,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
FOR JUOGN OF THE SUPREME COURT,
WALTER B. LOWRIE,
Or ALLNIMENT COUNTY.
TO THE PUBLIC.
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operations will hereafter be conducted exclu
sively by 0. B&nurr and T. G. PONTROY, un
der the firm of 0. Rampart. & Co., the connec
tion of .11. F. M'Reynolds with said establish
ment having ceased on the 20th November, inst.
Novimisaa 21,1862.
Greene _County.
The primary election in -Greene county re
sulted in the nomination of the following per
sons : Assembly; Dr. A. Patton ; Treasurer,
Colonel'' Zemes B. Jennings ; Prothonotary,
Justisl. Temple ; Register. and Recorder, Pe
ter-Brown.; Commissioner, John Dismore.
-Nomination of,Judge Woodward.
The. State-Convention yesterday nominated
the W. WOODWARi as the Demo
cratic candidate for - Governor. His well known
-character as .a jurist and statesman, as .a life
long, unflinching Democrat, aa a pure and
incorruptible citizen, makes this nomination
pee:innerly fortunate-at tide trying crisis in the
Affairs of our country. The 'Convention has
nobly discharged its duty. A hearty response
in-favor .of the candidate 'presented will be
givealy.the•mussee of the people of •the State,
An - overwhelming majority will, ratify the
nomination.
After the nomination of JUDOS WOODWARD,
Juno Lowais was nominated by acclamation
for xi-election to the Supreme Bench.
Report of the Proceedings of the Con..
vention.
The report, in another column, of the pro
- eeedings in Convention yesterday is not co full
as ye had hqped to lay before our readers.
-Some days slue we expressly contracted with
Mr. A. K. Pedrick, of Philadelphia, to furnish
-us with a complete phonoirraphie report, and
up to a late hour yesterday afternoon we relied
implicitly upon the assurance which, no later
than .yeaterday mor ning, we had received from
•him, that the contract should be filled without
With a view to this, and witir the hope
. of being able to furnish our readers with this
report at the earliest moment, we had engaged
extra hands, and contemplited issuing an ex
tra double-sheet daily. About four o'clock we
received a note from Mr. Pedrick informing
us that no phonographer was at hand, indthat
it, had been taken suddenly ill and left, for
' In apology for the breviiy" of
the.report we have given, and that our readers
ineyjiellge of :the disappointment •we experi
ence, we make a statement of these facts.-
The vonauct - of - Mr. Pedriak fi'quite .
in
,
explicable, and the violation of his agreement
with ti 8.11,11 resulted , in serious, btlenvenienre
and pecuniary ion. Whether we -have been
the victims of deliberate deception, or of rat
pardonable darelessnes, we are not , yet fully
able to determine. Our chagrin ,in either case
is only equaled by the malfeasance which
we regret exceedingly to be obliged ; to record:
.
Appeal by the Governor to' the Peep/0.4K
Philadelphia.
We finite the attention of our .readers to the
following appeal to the people of the State by
Gov. Curtin. The telegraphic lines are closed
to us; and we eanirot therefore give our readers
:any definite foots' tO show them the reason
why this call of the 'militia is necessary,_ bat
anlthe Qoaeral.GoTeroment is in possession of
sIl the faete, and thave•donbtless Cotnuindioatod
them to the Governor, we take it ` tor grarkted
;that there . is an urgent necessity for the mass
ing of troops for-the .defence of our borders;
and as this call is. not Bahia to the unoonstitn
tionalmbjections which might have been urged
against the 'former. one, we earnestly exhort
every -true eon of Pennsylvania to come as
once and vindicate the sovereignty of the State
by cirieing the it‘liders 4am our soil:
IL Altalit3VßG, Joie 16 —For nearly a week
peat it has begot publicly knows that, the rebels
, iuforee were about to eater Pennsylvania. • Ilkt
the 12th last., an Anent call 'was wade outhe
people to reit* a departmental srmy corps for
the defence of the State. , .
Yesterday, wider the proclamation of. the
President,e the Militia was Balled oat. To,day
anew and miming exhortation hatbeen.giten
to furnish men.
ishiladdpAto,lose not responded.
ilkanwldle the 9nelzgr is cda mita., this side'.
of Cihanibersburg asid advancing rapidly. -- Our-
Capital is tbreatenednud we may be cEsgraced
by its fall, while the men who should be dri
gin gons outlaws from our. soil are quarrel
ling about the possible term of service for six •
morppip r . It never was intended to keep them
bawl thO coutinuince of the emergency.
pu all, know this by what happened when
the=l,:che called out last autumn. You
asa w ppr government and were not,
deceived. AI M& agani-luPr-
aectspkwen without r eference to the
sir: inifths,..= „If fun do w ishaot- to bear the
ignominy or ebywking from the defence of your
State, come forward' at once, elope your places
o f b us i ness iin 4 o l4l. your heads tothe work.
Come is atickarganigatiosaas you can
CQUOkbas appsfinted-Lieut. Cel4.lluff to
su P °o4t ead Yoßr oripobstion,,,-.Baport to him
• (Signet)
ode ? i
GuGP l. Tike exany appildn
I pkuskrely upon tho p&ople tor the:deteace
of the State sad here Gaul the militia for that
purpose. The time of service will only be
;while the danger to the State is imminent.
Send forward oompanies as soon as possible.
=ow
Military Districts in Pen nsylvanest—Pro.-
111:115ed E n rollment of the Militia.
An Abolition lecturer, Aisporting himeirita
the vagaries of, hie Scot t eon* mon ths
. Stirle
'
went about the country calllig theAear
its calamities the 1 , logic efestvetilli," leifiefh
was to make Abolition reasoning correct and
vindicate the holiness and humanity of Aboli
tion philanthropy. What the author of the
" Potiphar Papers" alluded to has changed ita
horoubope within the past few menthe and be
come a more apt indication of the abuses of
power which the National administration has
forced itself into than of a gratifying pros
pect of negro emancipation. The "logic 'of
events" has been full of instruction the Went
teur did not foretell—we have been taught to
trust conclusions bearing upon the tendency
of the times, gathered from a certain coinci
dence, which has curiously manifested itself
heretofore in all the actions and counteractions
of the administration, to follow up eettain
threads which seem to connect this thing with
that and form esequence quite as legical
any of the visionary prophecies of Mr. Curtis.
It is to the purpose, for example, .for us .to
enquire what may be the logic of recent events
which have been disturbing public peace in
the West, and whether, out of them, we may
be able to correctly define the shadows which
are said to cast themselves before those which
are coming. It would not be fair, we suppose,
to surmise, because the peccadilloes of Lin
coln's military agents in Ohio have been turned
to bitterness and rebuke, because there is a
feeling rife and broadcast over the West Which
looks ominous of outbreak; that as a matter
of wholesome restraint in Pennsylvania
it has been found necessary lo Make
two military departments therein, for po
litical effect and with political design;
but it is quite within the province of legitir
mate speculation, trusting the logic of events
in the peat, for us to do so. At' any rate, the
right to question the manner of the coming
enrollment is concomitant with that of inter
preting its purpose. The. National and State
laws on the subject of military character are
susceptible of but a single analysis, and they
proceed upon the same method-"—the right of
the Governor or President to call ,out troops and
militia for the purpose of suppressing
or repelling invasion, in a certain pre
scribed way—the motive and the manner of
the procedure being each expressly defined.
The how and the what for •are very essential
points for the observance of those who hive
authority to erect military distrietain the lim
its of peaceful States and call out :troops for
any purpose. That Instrument; which gives
warrant to the journalists to question and dis
cuss all public measures, declares likiwise
against the maintenance of an army in time of
peace, and for the freedom and equality of
elections. The right of questioning alike the
propriety and the mode adopted for calling out
the forces of the State is strictly within the
meaning of the declaration ; referred to—an
immunity expressly guaranteed to the freedom
of the Press. Touching the matter of the late
call there ate abundant provieione in our na
tional laws and in the State statutes to en
lighten us as to the proper manner of action
under the authority of either; but the motive
for creating new military da r awfmanke sad
enrolling new levies being left to the ipee dizit
of the Governor or the President, may be an
absolute mystery to the pu,blic, subject to the
solution only of the legid of events."
Everybody knows there are two , ways ,of
eating out the forces of any State for its der
fence—either by the authority of the Presi
dent or of the Governor. In the first instance
the right of appointing the officers and 'of
issuing commissions is reserved ,to the State
authority by the Constitution, and the.troops
are simply handed over to the GeneralL'flov
eminent to be paid, armed.and; equipped, and
be anode aubjeot to the acts 'of Congress and
the rules of war ; in the latter they stein the
pay of the State and aresubjept to its militia
laws. In either case the exigency for the ca 11 ,
is a metier for .the deciaion of either of the
public functionaries in whom is vested :the
supreme cOttunatid: 'The 'manner . of the pre
befit call, a Souiakat, hovel; wiikthipieeption
of the resemblance it..bears to certain proeir
alone of the general Conscription act 'passed
at the late Conereati. It diffienit" to 'tell
Whence- the it:dhoti - 0 for' it is ' derired.
from the Governor, then li,e should appoint,the
.
officers, organize and issue hisorders, through
the Adjutant General, forihe general disposi
tion of the forces called at hin'option te 'the
field, if from the - President, then the rgquiag
tion should have been mede according to the
Sots of Congrese, on the Gsvernor, and r after
organization the proper transfershould have
been made to the control'and command'of the
General Government-. `FNeithlir of these courses
have been PUtSited.. - On reliable infoirnaatltin
received.at the Nye; Department, eGovernor'
invites, the:attention of the people to an order
issued and alined 10 a Major General not ap-
panted by the State, hit setying 'in thelaney
of the United States, irhe, upon his own au
thority, lays down is act of rules for the goy
orange of the States forces, many 'of them in
direct conflict to the provisions of our
Katmai and , all in violation of the State Con
stitution and •that of the United States. If we'
suppose, in recognition of the pressing exiL
gene 7, and " for the 'defense Of our homes,.
firesides and property from devestation,", as
'the a procbmation" has it, the "Idajor Gene-
mai Commanding" contemplates, under the
patronage of the Governer, in "Order No.
makiiig a sort of vast recruiting station Of , the;
State, the hypothesis, so far as regards the
regularity of the proceedings, comes to .an
equally unfortunate conclusion: .The erection '
of watery district's is ae r saperflaous in time
of imminent publio.ppra as it, is, inconsistent
with, thedesign of simply enlisting soldiers in
the service 'of thcgovernment. And this or-'
der, which denies the prlidlege of bonnties, to ,
those enlisted under ottere the benefit
of a trader to ,thore endowments as an in
duoement. to reornite l lorthe volunteer corps,
proposal 'ar service' hi the pleasure of the Pre
sident or the continuance of the war, promises
pay frem,future appropriations of Congress,
perfects its.organization,.at the same time; in
accordance-With "the' regulations of the Uni
ted Statini service r The kiegularitiee cd,4 1 9
whole procedure are so Unique as to .he par.
daily inexplicable. .Forces which - ore -to be"
Mined for under the neerirmiee Of the Gotenier
of peril to the State, are to be "musteredOto
the service of the United States," the officers
to be prOrielonelly commissioned by the
Presidedtt the trommendatiOn of the Msjct
General," whO holds out the'lliducemtpt
hhs pleasure ha :the matter f -411410141ditifit
,
*ale, to props on to the numhee,_.of; rarultif
*rubbed. Theilmilitia laws or P4naylivatikitt
providej that' - lE.' the State • farces' 414•61ficers
shall be elected by vote and coriatertfoirad 'ho . t
the Governor—the acts of Congress, that the
President shall nominate and the Senate con
firtu,and-preeeribe no regulation for the ben
en of those who furnish. recruits. But the
most singular—we had almost said the most
alarming—feature of all. however, is the pro
mised return, after a time, of these troops to
their homes, when they are armed, equipped
and mustered in for the war—" subject to the
call of the Major General Commanding."
When any such authority is derived or delega
ted to , the. Major General Commanding, it
would be difficult to tell, at all events, what it
means. Such a proposition is exceedingly in
judicious.
In MS Convention Parliament declared
"the mitring and keeping a standing army in
time of peace, unless, with the consent of
Parliament, was against law." It was once
the prerogative of the British Crown to main
tain, by its own authority, regular troops in
time of peace. The abuse of this prerogative
among others' led to the public execution of
one King' and to the expulsion of another, and
to guard against a repetition of these wrongs
the passage of the Bill of Rights. The fear
of despotism and the abuse of power prompted
the Convention Prliament in the reipa of Wil
liam, as it dictated the XXII section of our
own Bill of Rightain 1790. The wise restraints
which the laws of 'the Union' and the States
put upon the undue exercise of military
power, have been. already set aside by the
enactments of the. last Congress.; but we are
free to say that, barring the' main analogy it
bears to these enactments, the "order" of the
"Major General Commanding" aforesaid Lathe
meet epecimea of ingenuity and , lawlessileall
we know of in its way.
Since writing the 'above the Governor has
virtually superseded the. former by another
order, to be found in another column ; but we
are not, aware, so far, that the one which is
Obnoxious has heen revokad, or whether any
action has been had under its provisions—
Whether the military dietriote have been abol
ished or remain in akin quo, as at first defined.
Our 'objections to the order in question are not
meant. to be merely captious or at random.
Tliciiare serious defects in the system which
has been instituted under. its authority, and
they becomei therefore; the subjeet` of news
paper ckitielem.
We trust sincerely, the system may be alto
gether abandoned and . a better one adopted
which is more strictly in conformity with the
law. hfeantime, it appears the reality or AC
laallnvtision it upon us, and, implicitly rely
ing, upon the good sense and patriotism of the
Governor and the capacity and prowess of the
General in command, we enjoin all men to be
prepared against the time of need.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
BY THE MAILS.
MILROY'S RSTSLAT-OFRICIA T.
WASHINGTON June 16.—The following
official dispatch' has been received from Gen.
Milroy, at Harper's Ferry :
I am in, with the greater .part of my com
mand. -The fol.'ofiestions at Winchester were
invested by . abotit 15,000 rehels,and 20 pieces
of artillery. They carried my outer works by
"storm at 6 o'clock On Sunday evening. I
spiked all my guns on Sunday evening, and
left With tbe whole' of my command at one
o'clock on Monday morning, bringing away , all
my artillery and wagons, but was intercepted
by an overwhelining fdrce with artillery, four
miles! this side of •Winchester, on the Martins
burg road, and after a despezate fight of two
houis, I out through. We were tint -sued by a
large cavalry force, who =picked up a number
of my weary boys. I think-my loss will not
exceed 2,000 in killed, wounded-and missing.
_
MARYLAND—PROCLAMATION Or T 1 5 GOTHRNOR.
t•
BALTIMORE, June I¢,—There is , , nothing
latter from the upper Pi3toinao. ,
The City Councils were convened
. et mid
night, and met this morning to,,deviee Ways
and means to co-operate with the Governor of
the State and Commanding Geiteral, of this
department, to raise the city's portion of the
10,000 men called for to repel invasion.
BALTIMORE, June j 6 .—qovempr
,Bradford
has issued a proclamation calling upon the niti
zens of Baltimore and the people of Maryland
to rally to defend their soil from invasion.
As there is no organized militia force,in the
State, he announces that he will fall back on
the recent enrollment for the draft, but hopes
that there is patriotism sufficient among the
people to raise the force needed from voluntary
enlistments. The Governor urges, immediate
action.
WAR SMITING
.AT WEST CREstER;,
WEST CHESTER, PA., Juhe 16.—A large and
enthusiastic war ;meeting has just bpen.held
here, called together by the ringing of the
404. judge Butler ; ireeided. ,# .
Riders have Poem seat out express) to all
parts of the gouuty oaliigg upog tho,citisens
to assemblast•West Chester promptly. 0
Col. Rawls/ is promptly collecting ottmeta
bora ,ot ,the Pao Hundred and Twentrtfourth
regiment. We expect to send 2,000 men to
the defence of the State to-morrow. .
Stirring speeches were made by Judge But
ler, Wayne 'lll'Veagli, 'Jas. ,B. EVerhart, W.
TownsenT and others. •The greatest excite-
meat prevails, and by general consent all bpi
ness is suspended.' " ,
The meeting I ltee•threeted to re-essetatile at
the rlntitig'of the belle. All are reOhing to
•
FROM WASHINGTON
,
WASHINGTON, run e 16. ` —
The following
named gentlethen compose the . Board which
met yesterday, to settle the question of pre
cedencq of rank raised by Gen. Butier,.es be
tween himself,suid Major Generals McClellan,
FrenifWv .1:408 'and Dix, namely: Brigadier
Generals ,Totten, Neige and Martindale;
Tow A ye a d, ,Indge Adreeate General •Holt, and
Capt. tiontt as Recorder. •
• • • DIPARTURE OF GUNBOATS.
Wirt Your, &IMO 18.—The 'following . orti
iea
gunbosOuleft' this port yesterday : The Sea&
'nele,,Hal Chung; Virginia, T r ite - carom; Sidon.:
,ning' grid Adele._ :Four others follow to day.
Several other ste amers have been charterda by
:Ad.mirol.Ponlding to join the porsuit ot the
pirate' Taaeny-q ,
•
A . BLOOKADINO VESSEL ASUOa.
Nur runic, June IG.--The United SlOtek;
bark Armando, went ashore in a gale on May
27th, while on the blockading service., Most
of . heil 'dimes were vemoved, all her ! gins
spiked, and the vessel blown up to prevent the
'rehab tieing them. The crew and adders
Were'iMed: "
Tim wen ut akieszearrrz.
Simorrp,Ant Tul; .P/600 111969,
• " Foul - MILBB Aim , ' Minns , BLurr,
Juno 6,1 o'clock P. M.
Gen. Blair's troops returned from here to
Vicksburg nearly a week ago. They stripped
the Yazoo valley of all Nub/faience, driving
t ANIY
der ~.
T i fore them the live stock, and burning MK,
'train. Five hundred cattle were driven ' to
-h a i n es' Bluff.
t ', iftzti oommand arrived here by
flitesitu i ta ihnfie" d ay s ego.; 4Tbey.have thriiWn
QNt piehetsreefar as MechattiestiOrg.
There wanslight skirmishing yesterday be
,EWeen.4ol* iltterny's cavalry and our troops, in
`Which we lost between 30 and 40 in killed and
wounded.
To-day the enemy appeared in such force in
the neighborhood that Jaen. Kimball believed
himself unable to maintain his position, and
sending his baggage by rive r commenced
back on Haines' Bluff by land.
Gene. Johnson and Breckinridge are re
ported at Yazoo City, , twenty miles aboye, eight
divisions strong.
Part of Bragg's army is supposed to be
here.
All the transports are below now, and the
gunboats are moving slowly down, covering the
retreat.
There is no enemy in the immediate vicinity
of the fleet. If the rebel force proves as strong
as reported a battle is imminent near Haines
Bluff, which plaod we shall hold at all hazards.
All boats have been destroyed on Ole Yazoo
river, thus cutting off what rebel troops are
between that and the Mississippi river.
General Grant arrived at dark, expecting to
find GeneralXimball here, and returned imme
diately. Affairs are culminating.
CAIRO, June 13, 8 r. • 14.—The'stearners Lady
Pike and Wenona have arrived, both from
Memphis, but the news was anticipated by the
Dunleith yesterday. No boats had arrived at
Meroghis and Milliken's Bend and below for
two days previous to the departure of the
Wenona for Cairo.
I have private advice!, from Johnson's Land
ing to the Bth. Nothing new or interesting had
lately transpired. No further particulars of
the Milliken's Bend battle had been received.
The garrison at Vicksburg, a correspondent
thought, might hold out thirty days possibly,
but not longer.
A member of the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin,
writing June 6th, says : "We are camped in the
field three miles east of Vicksburg. There is
sharp shooting and skirmishing with the enemy
from the rifle-pits three or four hours daily.
The remainder of the line is doing little or
nothing. This regiment was at Port Gibson
and Champion Hill, at the latter place in the
thickest rot of the fight for two hours and a
half and lost many men."
A private in the 15th Illinois writes under
the same date, his command being on picket
duty between Vicksburg and Warrenton within
range of the rebel heavy guns : "From our
picket line , one can see several of the Confede
rate batteries with flags waving over them.—
In some places the pickets are, so near the
rebel works that the heavy guns of the enemy
cannot be &premed to cover them." He thinks
Vicksburg almostif not quite impregnable to
Storming parties, and not to be taken: in that
manner without terrible loss. Every effort
bad already heerLies.49,o, this , kind , . but with
out success. He. says* noise most common
to his earkday. and n3` is the sound'of heavy
guns. , The rebels. fo not (4610 theineelves of
ten over the Mum they do they are
cut off by our sharpsbooters.
II TX TA. ONY Ile • I t . . '
LRWHIS, June 15...-The rebel privateer
Tacony, or Florida Na. 2; was seen on the
morning of . the 141.14 (yesterday,) northeast
of Indian River Inlet, distant about 50 miles.
The British schooner Arctic, Which she boarded
on the lath, left the Breakwater yesterday and
proceeded up.
The bay is well dotted with brigs and schoon
ers, all apparently in ballast trim, bojuid up.
Wind light from Northealit.
BALTIMORE, June traikts did not
run to Harper's Ferry to-day, none going be
yond Frederick Junction. The road beyond
atm Felutf tmzug unprotectea, the , uo•cment of
trains was not deemed prudent. Telegraphic
communication with the Ferry is still open,
and, as far as ascertained, all is quiet along
the line.
Harper's Ferry is invested by the rebels on
the Virginia side. We have a large force on
Maryland Heights, which is strongly fortified..
The garrison have extensive supplies of atom
and atumuhition, and can stand a long siege.
Fugitives from. Hagerstown report that the
rebels have picketed all the roads, not permit
ting any one to pass. The- foroe that passed
through were all cavalry, under Jenkins and
Imboden, and•did not extieed, 2„500. All -was
quiet at Frederick up to 5 o'clock this evening,
though the people were greatly excited, and
hundreds were leaving.
The Baltimore Councils to-day-appropriated
$400,000 for bounties. Enlistments areseing
on rapidly.
...All our military companies have f .
tendered
their services tpthe,dovernor and have 3:meAl.
accepted.
•_ • .
.
The..City./Guards w ill go on duty at. Port
Marshall to-morrow; •
AU our volunteer companies are meeting•to
night and receiving new recruits. Recruiting
parties are paradihg , the streets. • ,
A gentleman -who left Hagerstown this
inoriiing informs' the Anzerican.that (loaded
the rebels as they passed through; and , .that
they were cavalry and mounted infantry, hav
ing two .brass howitzers. They numbered
2,500. They committed no depredations, and
Jenkins, who was inoommand, issued an' order
that the pis:petty of no Marylandet should be
disturbed. Thej- took noveral horsesend.•pro
mixed to.returri'them is they returned. • They
said they would bean Harrisburg.by Tuesday
night. " • •
A:farmer, whb arrived from the neighbor=
hood of Greencastle, Pa., said that 'thnrebels
had stolen eight horses from him, killed all
his cows, and burned his barn and outbuild
ings, -He laid that as soon* as .they passed the
Maryland line they commenced. burninvand
pillaging. .
It is reported that -another force of several
thousand infantry passed towards.Pennsyltra-.
nix by another road, about eight miles further
west. • - .
New YORK, June 16.—Advioes per steamer
Fulton state that a telegram was received at
New Orleans on the zooming of the 17th
announcing the commenoeniout of the boni
bardinent of Port 'lndian :at 2 o'clock' that
morning.
Gen: Sherman was in a 'oritiatil condition,
his leg having been amputated. •
The hoepitals'at' Baton Rouge are •filled to
overflowing with sick and wounded from Port
Hudson, and it weir- feared that 'the extreme
heat may prove fatal , to:many.
All the troops except three regiments have
been withdrawn fronfthe Teche country and
sent to Port Hudson. ' -
The river was fallint feat, and some of our
heavy draught vessels - JAI be obliged tO OOeiG
down.
Wesnisoron, June 16. = 01ficialadvicee from
Vicksburg . , ilited the lltk inst., hive. been re
ceived here. They are of the most cheering"
•generel,chara,cter.
Our art lery and mortai continue at' tinter
,
ivale to play upon the towu.
Three females, put outside' the city
Pemberton; issert•that the tgarribonin' Short
,of ammunition, 'and provisions are'ecaren, tine
'not to' be bought at any price: The gerriioiV
is subsietlng . tuf quarter rations,'-mainly' ebn= ,
Isiating of corn meal,a4adleits.
The - women. and children seek &fillet in
caves,. fret') cur !Olt rebel!'44l6ll
pity; onsiqUentlill'iw lives
are lost atliOn r e • J ' "
The 'ensitiq ciiidn'pletTrintenriignit Irian& cilt
in considerable force.' "' '
WANTED—Carpenters and Cabinet
Makers at the liagle Works, Harriebarg•
jelB.2w
FROM HARPER'S PERM
N•EW oRL%s:Ns.
FROM'N'IdICSEURG
STATE EDI7ORL4L: CON.YENTION.
Argreeabiy 19 a. call published generally in
the Democratic eirreaspapersef the State, a Con
yeletjen ef l the .Demboratie editors of Pennsyl
vania met in the - Senate Chainber of the Capitol
eir , ffarrisburg, at Si o'clock; te• ra., on Wednes
day, the 17th inst.
On motion, the Convention was organized by
the appointment of Hon. George Sanderson,
of Lancaster, President:; Colonel Levi L. Tate,
of Columbia county, and General James P.
Barr, of Allegheny county; Vice Presidents,
arid Thomas J. Ham, of Wayne county, Secre
tary.
Mr. Sanderson, on taking the chair, briefly
spoke as follows ;
Gentlemen of the Convention :—I thank you
heartily for the honor you have just conferred
upon me, in selecting me to preside over the
deliberations of this body, and it gives me
pleasure to say that the Democratic editors of
Pennsylvania constitute a body of men with
whom I am proud to be associated.
Gentlemen, the power of the press, at all
times important, is one which, at this time, is
fraught with vast importance to the people of
our Commonwealth. It is emphatically the
fourth power In the State. The Legfelative,
the Executive and the Judiciary constitute the
three powers, but the press, and especially the
Democratic press is more potent than either,
or all combined, inasmuch as it can make and
unmake Legislators, Governors and Judges.
and Is- the "power behind the throne greater
than the throne itself." Free speech and a
free press—the right to speak, write and pub
lish tt the world our honest opinions--are car
dinal principles in the creed of every free
American citizen, whether naturalized or to
the manor born—a right "inestimable to them
and formidable to tyrants only"—which, come
weal or come woe, can never be surrendered to
the diotum of tyrants and dictators whether in
power or out of power, These are my honest
sentiments, fearlessly expressed, and I feel
sure that, at the same time, I am giving ut
terance to the sentiments of all my brethren of
the Democratic press, when I say that, come
weal or come woe, in adversity or prosperity,
we shall claim this liberty at : the risk of our
We are in the midst of exciting and terrible
events ;'hut we must not falter in the bold.and
faithful discharge of our duty as conservators
of the Republic. •It is true the second reign of
is npOn ys, yet more featful and tyran•
nical than the first reign of terror during the
adininistration of the elder Adams ; but we
must not quail before the minions of despo
tism. The Queen of England could not, retain
her throne- foe twenty-four hours, " if she at
tempted to suspend the writ of habeas corpus,
prevent the right of the- press to criticise the
acts of her government, or suppress the free
dom of speech. And shop we, in this free State
of Pennsylvania, have lees 'liberty than they ?
Shall we basely bow the knee to the iron heel
of despotism, and confess ourselves to be un
worthy of the gloriolis hetitige of freedom be
queathed to us, under the blessing : of Heaven,
from , . our patriot forefathers . ? No, never—
never is the response in every true-hearted
American bosom. The Democracy, as one
man, give an indignant negative to the inter
rogation, and the conservative portion, of our
Republican friends take up the, fearless re
sponse and say never—no, never ! ,
Gentlemen of the Democratic press, we have
an important duty, to perform in this alarming
crisis of our public affairs. The Convention
to day will place candidates in the field, who
.must be elected, or all will belost. If we dis
charge our duty faithfully they will be trium
phantly elected, and our Peble old 0011M04-
wealth =will stand forth to the admiringgaze
of the world, "redeemed, regenerated and die
enthralled" from the tyranny that surrounds
us, Some of us, in the past two years, have
been threatened with personal violence ; others
have been ruthlessly dragged from their homes
and imprisoned, and others again have had
their printing presses and type destroyed by a
cowardly .A.bblition mob. Bat these things are
of the past, and they 'will not dare to repeat
them when we elect a Democratic Governor,
who will not Only protect the rights of the
.State against Federal aggression, but the con
stitritional rights of every citizen in the broad
limits of the Commonwealth. Let us be firm;
therefore, in the diaeharge of the duties de
'volving upon us, and a,brighter day will dawn
upon beloved ?pantry on the second Mea
de), Of Crefober next.
Agaiii: ' , thanking , you, '.eentlemen for the
Unnt,.l6‘,:itave conferred; upon me, I shall
desist, from, Any further remarks, so that the
Convention . ,tiny pil k se.est with the business
4t
Relish e ogbile .
Atthe, conc = lusion of his remarks, Which
Were'
reieateilly - greeted with applause; the
Secretary ;Waif directed3o rectird:the,nanies'of
such Democratic editors as were present, to
get hferfiwith Cite iieTt.rarieontitritepresented
by, "pp. _Tite following ,names, were handed
in; - ' '
J. B. Bantioift, fidUiiiilYerinocrat.
GultitilifsOgratr.' `r , -
BeFjarniu, Whitman-, Erie Observer.
A. E. Lewis, thilaohlphia Evening Journal
Ilip,:Lackayane Register.
Janice - FP 40iinitown Democrat.
J,HotigsoovWeat Cheete? 4fferaonian:-,
W. Itosentital,,Reading Adler.
S: to'ine, - Western. Star.
Amos G. BMsall, , Jurilats Register. .
M. Hannum, Lucerne Union.
Tlionide:Chnthnt, Danville liitelligetteer.
Josiah Cole , Correspondent and Demoorati
William H., utter„Eistnn
Geor i ge'SandersPn;,Lancastei.lntelligencer.
Neiman; Eeston l Sentin.el,
A. L. Mille, Allentown.Deniocritt.
Nelson Weiner, Independent Republican.
J. Irvin'Steil,'Blairsville Record.
Wplinpvyfj. -Reenart; Greensburg; Democrat.
0. A. Trough, Hollidaysburg Standard.
3.l3: , ll4,dersi'llitrwto 3 k gaast i t's.'" 41- •
Jane Dari,'PittsburgDelly -
A. J, Olossbrenuer., Philadelphia Age.
Albert Owen, Ituntingdon s Monitor.
Meeser, Johnson &Co Philadelphia Sunday
Mercury.
-Valentine,Hay, Somerset Democrat.
Henry Ward, Patriot •and Union.
Dr. J. D. Mendenhall, Doylestown Demo
crat.
I. Grundy' Winegarden, Lewiaburg Argus.
R, W. Ames, Waynesburg Messenger-.
Harvey Sickler, North Branch Democrat.
P. Gray
_Meek, Bellefonte•Watchman.
Wm. WM:tight, Mercer Register.
E. G Roddy, Genius of Liberty.
H. G. Smith, Fulton Democrat.
Thomas Hard, Wayne County Herald.
On wtotion, a 'Committee of five—consisting
of the following named persons : J. R San
som, ja,ntes,P. Barr, Colonel Levi L. Tate, 0.
Barrett and A. J. alosebrenner, was appointed
by the chair for the purpose of preparing busi : -
nem for, , the Convention_ :
Ori- 1 :400 4)f Nelson Weiser, Esq., a, vote of
thanks was tendered to Capt. Wm. P. Brady, •
Librarian - - of the • Senate, for his kindness
opening -the s hall of, the Senate, and also for
his courteous 'deportment during the session Of
the Convention.
motion,
the Convention adjedin4di
meet again at the same place on Thursday;the
18th inat., at 9 o'clock, a m •
.
WANWPD.—, .75.1 MONTH 'I . 1 want
,ilants in every county at $76 a month .
expenses -paid, to sell my new cheap Family Fewinq
*whines. Address, , ,T tii!MAMSON,
m 5 dBm Alfred. Kane.
ANVE.O,- •
()NTH! .fie::
ttantAgonts at *AO It month, exposueo Pahl. to"
deli oim . .rvorktfyigir. Pencils, (Mental, Burners, and
Ai:4010440 nevi usillitsmOiribusartici e o... i nim ,
'ystiurgteenk,4“. ,Addleduk „ • •
toti-dam — 3131.1. W OLABEOilliMetorglOintiio;
EMPTir • 6GS : AIS. A large 'ist
of limply Meat Hogsheads, in good condition and
with heads in. These Hogsheads are desirable for
Builders, 'ormolu, kc., ko. Will be sold at a very low
price. WM. Dvca,rr., & PO.
HARRIED.
On the Wit of May, by Rev. Mr. Ray, Mr. Jona Ern
xst.tunic to Mrs. ELIZABETH M. MILIAR, both of this
city.
New Wourtionnents.
TUST RECEIVED—Another lot o f
01 Beautiful Albums, at Scheffer's Bookstore, 18 mar
ket street. jel6
ANew Assortment of MORTON'S
Dortrailed Gold Pena, in Gold Plated Desk Hol
ders, just received, at Schefferts B9okstore, 18 Market
street je/13
WALL PAPER, BORDERS, & c .,
& e., at last year prices, for sale at &heifer's
Bookstore. jel6
FOR LETTER, NOTE and FOOLS.-
CAP Paper, Bnvelores and all kind of Stationery,
*lll at Scheffer's Bookstore. jeld
A large variety of Notions just received
JIM at Scaeffer's Bookstore. jel6
1 1 0 R SALE--A new double -seated fam.
ily Carriage, for one or two boreeß. Enquire of
- 01341 guoutY BOSTGEN, Ride Read
GRAND PIC—NIC for the BENEFIT
or TH2
HOPE FIRE COMPANY NO. 2,
AT HOFFMAN'S WOODS.
SATURDAY, JULY 4th, 1863.
TICKETS go CENTS
FLOOR MANAORRB.
T. G. SANTLI, ZORN M'CONALI,
D. E. lIIALIT/i, WK. CARSON,
J'. 3E. GARVERICII.
11:7 No improper characters will be admitted, and
there will be a sufficient police fora on the ground to
preserve order. jeladtd
WANTED TO RENT—A comfortable
DWELLING for a small family. Addreep Soi
177, Postoffics. - Julo-43t*
FOR . RENT A STABLE, next to
Colder's Livery Stable. Apply to
JOS. ICARNIVJULER.
Cor. Second and Walnut streets. •
je94llae
' T O
BUILDERS.—The South Ward
1 School Directors will receive proposals for build
ing a School House on the corner of fourth street sad
Blackberry alley, according to plan and specifications
which can be seen at the office of the Secretary, No. Se
Market street. Payments will be made in cash as the
building progresses, reserving 15 per cent. till comple
ted. Bald proposals must be handed to the Secretary
on or before Inns kid. Approved eetairitteil must be
given by the party receiving the contract.
JACOB HOUSER, President.
HENRY SNELLENEIRGER, Secretary. jels-dtd
FENESYLVA.2IrIA, SS: .
In the Name and by the Authority
OF THII
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
ANDREW G. CURTIN,
Governor of the said Commonwealth.
A PROCLAMATION.
The State of Pennsylvania is again threat
ened with invasion and an army of rebels are
approaching Our border.
The President of the United States has imed
his• proclamation calling upon the State for
fifty thousand mu. I now appeal to all the
citizens of Pennsylvania who love liberty and
are mindful of the history and traditions of
their Revolutionary fathers, and who feel that
it is a sacred duty to guard and maintain the
free institutions of our country, who hate trea
son and its abettors, and who are willing to
defend their homes and their firesides, and do
invoke them to rise in theirAnight, and rush
to the re,scue in this hour of imminent peril. .
The issue is one of preservation or destruc
tion; it invokes considerations parainount to
all matters of mere expediency ; and all ques
tions of local interest, all ties, social and po
litical, all'impulses of a personal and , partisan
character, sink by comparison, into' insignifi
cance. it if now to ko, "deter Mined by deeds,
and not by words, alone, Who are for us and
Who are against Its.
That it is the purposeof the enemy to invade
our bordera with 41 the strength he can com
mand is now apparent.
, . ,
Our, only ' d e pende n ce reetempon the deter
mined' aetion t of=the'oidiens of-our fete Com-
monwaalth. ,
noir, th'erefore, call upon' the_ peliple...of
Pennsylvania capable of
,bearing arms to enroll
themsetires 4n militar s 4 "orgattiztitioris, `and td
eucoqrage / others to give aid and assistance
to the efforts' ipvhiC will be ppt i forth for tIA
protection of the State ina,Aie salvation of our
oommot Country; ' ' •
Given, under_ my , hand and the. great Seal o
. t4e,§ta4e t at Harrisburg,. the fiftventk clay
June; in the year of our Lord one thoul
land eight hundred and sixty-three, and of
the Cemmonitealth the eighty-seventh.
; ANDREW G; CURTIN.
Br THE q[OIIEENPR.
(Signed)
jel6-it
ELI PLIFER,
• - t
Secretary of Commonwealth.
DIRDQUARSERS PRIINSYLVANIA MILITIA, tI f
HARRISBURG, June 13, 1863. ,
RENEWAL ORDERS
No. 42.
WHEREAS, Information has been receirdi
from tite*rer Department, that the Siete will
receive credit for all enlistments of colored
men who may be mustered into the . United'
States, service. se . PensylVitnie troops, under as
aulhorilY of 141 War bepnrtmene, and that no:
crediecan be allowed forindividuals who leave
the State and are mustered into organizations
elsewhere ,"
• -
PrISORDEnED--
L y All persons are prohibited from raising
colored velunteers in - Pennsylvania otherwise
than under the authority of the War Depart
ment, to reer.uit in Pennsylvania.
people of color in,Penusylvanie are
forbidden to enlist in or attaeh themselves to
any •oigani'aation of coltsred vblunteers to be
fUrniohed from other•iita i teit, '
- 111. All magistrctes, district attorneys and'
officers of the Cpnuitonweattle, are required to.
arrest and prosecut,e all`persons who shall dis
obey this generaLCider, and particularly all.
pereone, tYeir aiderki and abettors, who, Under.
anp Peete9444:ottthoitty, shall collet oprpsed,
voluntear,s,lo:pnY brigade, regiment, bittery
or company, to te.farnished from other States,.
or :WWI iiiiili4dvertise 'and open 'or 'keep re
for,auch enlisilnen4; * except-.
intruldwe the autherity of the Depotp en i .
to recruit in Pennsylvania, sOtat_eschAtiend
orb IMO be'brought to ')ukultils: - oider of
'T 'AL. G. CURTDI,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
A. L. RoosELL, Adjutant General of Penn.
eylvania. jol6-Bt.