RATES OF ADVERTISING. Sour lines or less constitute half a square. Ten lines Isere than (oar, constitute a square. sq. on der— 09 30 One sq.„ one day. •-•-•-• 1 0 00 , ( one week.. 140 " one west.... 200 " one month.. 300 " one month.. 600 three months 500 " three monthslo 00 " mix =maths— 800 " liX months.. 16 00 4 one year. ....no ~ One yess —.... 20 00 g easiness notices' inserted in the Loon. OoLonn, ar bet ze marriages and deaths, TSB MINTS Tea LINE for ask Wool-Lion. To merchants and others advertising 7 the year, liberal terms will be offered. 4 The number of insertions menthe deeignetad on he advertisement. 117 Marriages and Deaths will be inserted at the same .s:ies as regular advertisements. Business Cabs, SILAS WARD. NO. 11, SONTH THIRD ST., HARRISBURG. STEINWAY'S PIANOS, MELODIONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS, Banjos, Flutes, Fife,, Drums, Ilccordeosui, STRING; NM? AID WOK BMW, &IL, 4613., PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, ALBUMS, Large Pier and Mantle Mirrors, Square and Oval frame. of every description. made to order. Rewinding done. Agency for Hewes Sewing Machines. IE7 Sheet Music sent by Mall. _ octl-1 J OHN W. GLOVER, MIEItCUANT TAILOR! Has just received from New York, an assort ment of SEASONABLE GOODS, which he offers to hie cnitomere and the public at novt2l MODERATE PRICES. dtf JIARRY WILLIAMS, • CLBIM AL.131-30NT .402 WALNUT OTWIIST, PHILADELPHIA. General Claims for Soldiers promptly collected, State Claims adjusted, &c., &c. mar2o-dim SMITH & EWING, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAID, THIRD STREET, Harrisburg, Practice in the several Ponds of Dauphin count/. Col lections made promptly. A. C. SMITH, T. B. EWING. T COOK, Merchant Tailor, oi s 1T GIIIIONOT ST., between gamed and Erant, flea just returned from the city with en assortment of CLOTHS, CAS'SINfERES AND TESTINGS, Which will be sold at moderate prices and made up to order; and, also, an assortment of READY MADE Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods. novia-lyd DENTISTRY. L OLDEA, D. L SI/ it 0 • fiv. 119 MARKET STRAW; • • BBY & .11.1TIMBL'13 BUILDING, UP STAIRS. janB-tf 'RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE, TRACT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY, E. S. GERMAN, ff l l UT% E 111COND ffaillT, AHOY! OHISNUT, lAMRIIIIIWW, PA. Dello . Missals of Stersosoopes,l3teroosoopieirlswi, 'Music an , - Instruments. Also, snbsorlptlons taken for . . bllostions. noBo4y . W. MARTIN, J° TAssiONABLE CARD WRITER, MERV HOTEL, HABBIBBI7Ite, PA. Allmanner of VISITING-, WEDDING AND 131181- NESS CARDS executed In the most artistic styles and most reasonable terms. dealt-de UNION HOTEL Ridge Avenue., corner of 13111111 street, HARRISBURG, PA. The undersigned informs the public that he has re cently renovated and refitted his well-known 0, Union Hotel" on Ridge avenue, near the Round House, and is prepared to accommodate citisens„ stmngers and travel era in the best style. at moderate rites- His table will be supplied with the best the masketS afford, and at his bar wit be found superior brands of liquors am man beverNses- The Very beet h o pe dations for reilealaorff emlimled at the *hope HI thin victdity„ 1-114 BoadllN. FRANKLIN HOUSE, DALTIMORD, MD. This pleasant and eozonedions Hotel has been tho roughly re-dtted and re-furnished. It is pleasantly alloiata4 en NorthArest 'lnver of Howard and Franklin streets, a few doors west of the tiorthera Central Rail. way Depot. /very attention paid to the comfort of his guests. 0. LIEUINRING, Proprietor jel2.tf (Late of Selia Grove. P a:) THEO. F. BOREFFER, BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER] 110.18 MARKS? STREET, HARRISBURG. Arr . Partioular atbrittiod pidd to printing, riding sad of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Unreason Poll =MU, BM-Heada, Zen Wedding, Viaiting and BUlthlolll Cards printed at very low prices and in the best style. - jeadl 9 1 F. WATSON, T MASTIC WORKER PRACTICAL CEMENTER, Is prepared to Cement the exterior of Buildings with he New York Improved Water-Proof Mastic Cement. This tlaterial 18 different , from all. other Cements. It forms a solid, ddiahle adhesiveness tu 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, flue finish, equal to Eastern brown sandstone, or any emcee desired. Among others for whom I have applied the Mastic Cement, I refer to the following gentlemen : J. Bissell, residence, Penn street, Pittsburg, finished years. I. H. skoontrerror, sesidsnee, larerrenbmille, finished five years. lames 111 , Candlam, residence, Allegheny City,finiehed Rye years. Calvin Adams, residence, Third et set, finished four years. A. Hosteler, readouts, Lawrenceville, finished four years. J. D. M'Oord, Penn street, finished four years. Hon_ Thomas Irwin, Diamond street, finished four St Charted Hotel and (lima tonne, &Mira five yearn. Bittanning Court House and Bank, for Barr & Moser, Architects, Pittsburg, finished five years. Orders received at the Mee of It SVEldowney, Paint shop, 30 Seventh street, or please address T. F W ATSON, P. o.llor 13 6. Pittsburg, Pa. mayl6-tf MESSRS. CHICKERING & CO RATE A(MZN 88TAINNX 0 TIM GOLD AT MI MECHANICS' FAIR, BOSTON, wax TIE PIIZOIDING WEIL, OVER SIXIY 0011PET1TOBS Wareroom for the OBIOSIBING. PIANOS, at/hails. burg, at 92 Market street, ea94l-tf W, KNOWS'S IMMO STORM. 1 - MRCS 1 YOU KNOW WULF, you can get line Note Paper, N^velaPea, Viaiting and Wedding Cards? At eCH.K141111. , 8 BOOKSTORII. KUPWRIOR swag. oe dQU'flts.— Li Wit. Ding, & CO.. are now able to offer to their twitodurra and t oe pu bli c fo. 1, sr ga, a stock of the purest liquors ever imported into this market, compd. sing in part the following varieties : W RISKY —IRISH, SCOTC EL OLD BOURBON. WINE--PORT, SHERRY, OLD MADEIRA. OTARD, DUPBY & CO. P BRANDY. • JAMICA SPIRITS. NUMB NEW 'ENGLAND RUM DRAKE'S -PLANTATION BITTERS. These liquors can all be -intrusted; and in addition to These, Dock & Co. have on hand a - large variety the of Wines, Whisky and Brandy; to which they invite particular sttention of the pnblie mo T ioNg...._Q t dta a variety of useful IN and entertaining articles—cheap—at ALGBSFFSA A BOOKSTORN. - 11LAtIKING1 !—MAgores "Muumuu RIACIME43."-100 01110813, 60101441. IC US ltr eared and for sale, orisoissalo and retail dad WX. DOCK, Mi., k 00. ICEE N.EDAL: . _ . .. s - - - --- Ntr.4-1,0,....%. .-. . . ..- -,.. -,: y ; --. 0 -..7.- 1 1 ; _:, ~:.._,=_ ...., . e . ..... . IP . . _ ._,... ~.... _..... - :: . _- , . - ----- .'- I 1 111 : , k ' ,4 -- a z ' ' 1 -7' • - ' .tinion. ._._ ......... _ ~..__,... 4 , VOL. 5.-NO. 273. Mebicai, **lf DR. SWEET'S NFALLIBLE LINIMENT TIM GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY, FOR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA, LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND JOINTS, SPRAINS, BRUISES, curs WOUNDS, PILES J READAVRE, and ALL .RRE MATrO 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 fe rrous bone setter, and has been used in his practice for more than twenty years with the most astonishing suc cess. AE AN ALLEVIATOR OP PAIN, it is unrivaled by any lovtaratiot.lseibee the public, of which the most 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. FUR NEURALGIA, it will afford immediate relief in every case, however distressing. It will relieve the worst cases of HEADACHE in three minutes sin' is warranted to do it. TOOTHACHE also Will It care instantly- FOE NERVOUS DEBILITY AND ti.EN.ERAL LASSITUDE, arising from imprudence or excess, this Liniment is a moat 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.—As an external remedy, we elides that it is the best known, and we challenge the world to pro duce en equal. Every victim .f this distressing com plaint should five it a trial, for it will not fail to afford immediate relief, and In a majority of eases will effect a radical' cure. QUINSY aud SORE THROAT are sometimes ex tremely malignant and dangerous, but a timely applica tion of this Liniment will never fail cure. S PR A 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 and SCALDS, yield readi'y to the wonderful healing • properties of DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT, when need aceordioN tO direetione. £ lllO , ci-trLDLATN6. FRDSTBD .FEE T, dad INSECT BITES and STINGS. EVERY MORSE 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 liable and which render so many otherwise valuable horses nearly worthless. Over four hundred voluntary testimonials to the won derful curative properties of this Liniment have been ivy-el Tu d i iithi u the IM4 twe yearn_ and many of them from persons in the highest ranks of life. CAUTION. To avoid imposWon, observe the Signature and Like ness of Dr. Stephen Sweet on every label, and also l• Stephen Sweet's Infallible Liniment» blown in the glees of each bottle, without which none are genuine. RICfi4RDSEIN & CO., g u lp 1 1 49prigtorg, Norwleh, Ct. Per sale by all dealers. aplieuw•decir , enfillitSfi 4Earbs. ROBERT SNODGRASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ket, Harrisbitig, • - N. B.—Pension, Bounty and Military claims 9f all kinds prosecut , d and collected. Refer to lions John C. Kunkel, David Mumma, jr., and R. Lamberton- myll-d&w6m WM. H. MILLER, AND R. El FERGUSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE IN SHOEMAKER'S BUILDINGS SECOND STREET, BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE, ap-29ward Nearly opposite the Buehler Rouse. TIIOB. C. M,ttoDOWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MILITARY CLAIM AND PATENT AGENT. O f fice in the Exchange, Walnut at., (Up Stairs.) Saving formed a connection with parties in Wash ington City, we.) are reliable business men, any,bniii um, Goßa ripctsil with any of the Deo:twins will meal with immediate and eaiefal attention. mer.y DR. 0. WEIOHEL,- SURGEON AND OCULIST, RBSIDENOR MUSD MBAS NORTII EITRBBT. Us is now fully prepared to attend .promptly th. dutimbef profession in all its branches. IL roan LID us, 13110011070 1 . XlDtoai. 1111711171110 1 justifies him in promising hall end ample astisfaction tc ell Who may favor him with a call, be tkediseass Gluon!, ar ane other nature. , nala-c&-w7. TAILORING. • CA- MI . IC Mu 1:7 Cii• TAC The subscriber is resdy at DO. 94, hIARKIIT ST., four doors below Fourth street, to make MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING In any dteirtyl stru t and with skill 41k.ad promptness. Perseus wishing cutting doge WI hoes it done at the shortest notice. • ap27-dly Elpeing. CHARLES F. ,V 0 LLMEB, UPHOLSTERER, Chestnut street. four doors above Second, (OrroSire WASHINGTON Noss Honse,) Is prepared to furnish to order, in the very beet style of workmanship. Spring and Hair Mattresses, Window Our• WM, Loners, and all other articles of Furniture in hie bee, on short notice gad moderate terms. Haring en- Perisnce in the baldness, he feels Warranted In maim share of public patronage, confident of his ability to give satisfaction. ianl7.4lte WEBSTER'S ARMY AND NAVY PDCKET DICTIONARY. hot received and for dale st ELYEERFTWII POORSTORR. A 0 K E. R E- li M 1 - , J KAON.IIIIIII., Noe. 1, 2 and 3. 1p all shed packager— new, and each package tearenated. Judi rionlyedj.and for gala low by gm: w o g Tr.. it (11). ~TINDOW SHADES of linen, gilt- W T H Wieredi and TAPIR. BLINDS or an andbuis misty of designs and ornaments i alse, 9 1 3R 1 A- 1111 fiILTUREUI and TASSELS at very low prises. Call at Scheirer's BODILIBtOre. HAKEISHU KU% PA.. SATutiDAY, JULY 18 1603. T H E Weekly "Patriot & Union," THE - CHEAPEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE BEAT OP GOVERNMENT ! FORTY-FOUR OOLUMNs OF READING MAT TER EACH. WEEK! AT THE LOW PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS! WHEN SVIASCRIBED FOR IN CLUBS OF NOT LESS THILDT TEN COPIES TO ONE ADDREO' We have been compelled to raise the club subscription price to one dollar and fifty cents in order to save our selves from actual Jess. % Paper has risen, including taxes; about twentj-five per cent., and is.etill rising; and,wheis we tell our Democratic friends, candidly, that we can no longer afford to sell the Weekly Peraier AND Tsuou at one dollar a year. and must add fifty cent) Or stop the publication, we trust they will appreciate our position, said, instead of withdrawing thei,r subserip tions,-go to work with a 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. ithout Iwo influence in prodneing the glorious revolfitiOti Ih the politics of the State achieved at the late election; and if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to r the principles of the party, and an anxiousdesire to pro , mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate degree of ability, can be made serviceable hereafter, the Weekly PAraior AND MIMS 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 loot for increased encouragement in this great enterprise, and appeal to every influential Democrat in the State to lend us his aid in running our eupseription 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 this appeal to them for Mistimes with the fullest confi dence of CUOMO. The same reasons which Wiles us to raise the price of the Weekly, operate in regard to the Daily paper, the price of which is also increased. The additional coat to each subscriber will be but trilling; and, while we can not persuade ourselves that the change necessarily made will in any diminution of our daily circulation, yet, were we certain that. such would be the conse quence, we should still be compelled to make it, or mif f.; rednensloss_ tinder these circfiiillitfineee We must throw ourselves upon' the generosity, or, rather, the justice 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 come, 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 Ana—AM Iproo L operryboro op to the) Moment the paper goes press, political, miscellaneous, general and local newt market reports, is decidedly the CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER 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 mend Demooratill sketrines, who would be willing to make the effort to raise a Club. DEMOCRATS OF THE INTERIOR tet us hear froni you. The existing war, and the ap proaching sessions of Congress and the State Legisla ture, ere invested with unusual interest, and every man should have tine new. TERME. DtILT PATRIOT AND 'UNION. single copy for one year, in advance • s 5 00 Single copy during the session of the Legislature.. 2.00 City subscribers ten cents per week. Copley aupplia to agents at the rate of Si 60 per hun , dred. WEEKLY PATRIOT AND UNION, Published every Thursday. Single copy one year, in 114•113100 $2 00 Ten copies to one address 15 00 Subscriptions may commence at any time. PAT AL WAYS IN ADVAhOB. We are obliged to make this iMperative. In every instance cash must accompany eubstriptioa. Any puma sending as a club of twenty subsisribers to the Weekly will be entitled to s copy for his 'services. The price, even at the advanced rate is so low that we cannot offer greater Indneemente than this. Additions maybe made at any time to a club of enbacribere by remitting one dollar and- fifty cents for each additional name. It is not necessaryto Pend oaths name, of those constituting $ club, as we cannot undertake to addrada each paper to club eubscribers separately. Specimen espies of the Weekly will be sent lto all who desire it. O. BABBBTT & 00., Harrisburg, Pa. IS. B.—The following law, passed by Congress In 1600, defines the duty of Postmasters in relation to the de livery of newspapers to club subscribers: (SW Latita, Brown ¢ Co.'s Edition of tki Laws 01' 1860 , paid SS, chapter 181 3 muting 24 "Provided; however, that where packages of new pa pore or periodicals are received at any post office directed to one address, and the names of the eltb subscribers to which • hey belong, with the postage fbr a quarter in ad vance, Isbell be banded to the postmaster, he shall de liver the same to their respective owners." To enable thi Postmaster to comply with this regula tion, ft will be necessary %hat be be furnished with the list of names composing the club, and paid • quarter'. (or year's) postage in advance. The uniform courtesy of Postmasters, affords the assurance that they will cheerfully accommoaate club subseribere, and the latter should take care that the postage, which is buts trifle In each case, be paid in advance. Send on the clubs A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT tl or LITHOGRAPHS. Formerly retailed at from $3 to $5, ere now effored at 50 and 75 cents, and $1 and $1 50—lublished by the Ar Union, and formerly retailed by them. Splendid Photographic Album Pictures of all distin guished men and Generals of the army, at only 10 etc For sale at SCOEFFER'S Bookstore, 18 Market street, Harrisbure. BASKETS! LArma TRAVELING, MARKET, BEHOOL, PAPER, KNIFE, CLOTHES, RODE% CHILDREN'S , CAKE, For vale low% by jell • o ß f f a l i S tie ll e E t I k .S i d York State Potatoes, 3,000 1,400 Bushels York Bata Apples, avehoice lot or York State Butter. Also_ a superior lot of Oitalrbs GraPellt mmt 2 ' ° bu t"' Ithelltoarks, just received and for ralif. law H.,W.BIBLBdoOA, No. 108 Markel str eet. i deal.dtf WHITE BRANDY I ! !—FoR POSERV V .ii Postrosze.—A. very superior article, (strict' Posted just received aid for sale by Co. Jul7 l ' . WM. DOOS, Jr., & MEW oRLE O.NS SUGAR, I—putsr 1 , 11 THE IttAltil ,1,74101. Ilale by 3,12 WW. DOOR t CO. tlatrint 'llion. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1868. Correspondence of the Patriot and Union : CHANDMISSUSO, July 15, 1863. After all the preparation of a large army, gotten up with much' enthusiasm and a deter min ion to annihilate the rebel hordes that hav invaded Pennsylvania, the object of all 4 7 Gus iolicitwie has slipped through our fingers, andoscapecl to the "sacred soil" of Virgiiiis. tsterday morning the' report of heavy firing wfa l heard in the direction of Williamsport, aaciptrong hopes were entertained here that Me le and Couch's forces bad attacked Lee, andwoold capture hied. But in the evening theb hopes were dispelled, as official informa tion was brought that the whole rebel army haicrossed the Potomac. "emergency" is over, and the troops hi are here for that term are anxious to re- tua home. .mong the numerous cavalry attached to tie command, none have seen more severe ser vi , and rendered themselves more important, 'tin your own Harrisburg boys,' under Capt• Fink Murray. They are at present stationed hie as the body-guard of Gen. Couch, who htselected them from among the thousands Luis command, Oil aeoOttrit of their fine, eel dlly bearing, intelligence and general know lke of the country in these Ones. Since tlir departure from Harrisburg, Capt. Min n has had his men on a continual scout, and, diding off in parties, under the commands, 4pectively, of the Captain, Lieut. William Iher, and Lieut. Sanno, they have thorough !scoured the country from the Susquehanna the Potomac. Harrisburg may well be loud of the noble boys she has sent out in ;is emergency, despite the jeers and taunts a few New York militia ; and none are more ttitled to the highest weed of praise than lose who were so gallantly led by Capt. Frank urray. During my trip up the valley, I had an op irtunity to observe' to what extent the rebels •stroyed private property. From Oyster's . int to this place, a distance of about fifty ilea, wee oceupied by the rebel forces. 1 eX • cled to find grain fields and fences destroyed, lut much to my surprise found very few of the tter and none of the . former. Not a grain Feld on the whole route is destroyed, and but lery few fences. The grass fields did not fare o b well ; every one of them, almost, between o e points mentioned, have bad the crop ruined. rrom inquiries made of farmers along the oad, it was evieently the purpose otthe rebels ie stay ia tliie valley all summer,, and gather the crops. But circumstances, over which I hey had no control, prevented theirintentions [from being carried .out, and the bright pros petite of a golden harvest for them is the Cum berland valley are not quite so bright as they were a few weeks ago. I don't wish to miti gate the erixne of treason, but candor compels WM. DOCK, dr., & 00 Written for the Patriot and Union A DREAM. Beside the watobAre, wet and cold, I laid' me downro Bleep— The battle had been fierce and long, And many left to weep . A sire, a son, or brother dear, All mangled On the plain, Sleeping there their last long sleep Beneath the cold chill rain. I dreamed—alas! 'twig bat a draatit— My home arose to view, The meadows blight in summer's green, The flowers all blooming too. Methought I tqlt a mother's kiss Upon my weary brow, As ott she said how I was missed Prom the , Lome of long ego. What e'er our lot, where e'er we roam, The heart will still look back To the clear bright sky of childhood's home, Though clouds !lOW dim our track. Though smiles and tears are on the road . Where we have lonely passtd, Home memorise cling 'iLeptind the heart And live while life may last. I roamed the fields, I climbed the hill, And wandered by the stream, I heard the clacking of the mill— But 0! 'twas all . a dream. And she, with eyes of gentle blue, /rang closely by my side, And vowed again she would be true, And called herself my bride. But hark the morning bugle's notes Come breaking on my dream, And from my brow the chilling rain Was pouring in a stream— I thought of country—O, my heart, Why sink desponding thus, Tbough traitors rouad her alter throng, To guard it is thy trust. And list, a sound breaks on my ear, f Along Potomac's aides, Where dark Miaow-Ps rushing forth, Where deep Mississippi glides; The " Land of ?lowers" hears the cry, And loud the' eannon'iroar, Echoing sweep across the sea s Alid Hy •long the shore. "Wherever onr starry banner floats We'll fight beneath its fold, For Union, home and country stand, As our Fathers did of old; • We'll have the Union right or wrong? ' n eneepa 6 ) et , vale end MU, From twice five hundred thoustitd throats, Comes thandeiing back, " We wi11.." But many soon shall sleep beneath The turf o'er which they tread; Still Fame has many a glorious wreath To deck her gallant dead. 71- L247157 - "ruittiattit'iffrlW l AM7 9 In this thy darkest hour. Still thou shalt live! though millions die, Thy power and fame increase, And o'er thy dark, war cloulfed sky Shall rise the sun of Peace. Then gentle love she will draw ,mar The tomb where Honor sleep*, And Gratitude will drop the tear A. nation o'er it weeps: LETTER FROH`CHAMBERSEVRG me to say that the "rebellious rebels" are'en titled to "due consideration" for not destroy ing more private property than they did. It would eo doubt be interesting to your readers to know how the rebels behaved here. The following, from the German Reformed Mes senger, of this date, will doubtless be read with interest: R. S. B. On Tuesday, the 23d of July, Jenkins came, and the following day the main rebel army arrived, which continued to pour through town during the greater part of five days. Ewell's corps came first. His chief quartermaster and others associated with him, at once made a requisitiou on the town for different articles, amounting in value to at least 5200,000. Every nation has its national dish, as our whilom fellow-countryman of the South well know. England has its roast beef, Naples its maccaroni, China its mice, pies and birth' nests, and Pennsylvania its sour krout. So reasoned they. "Krout" is , the cry ; five and twenty barrels. True, it is a strong diet, but these are men with tough stomachs. The ar ticles demanded, Of CUM Mid not be fur nished. 44 for the twenty-file barrels, these were out of the question in the month of June, or any other month. "Gentlemen, 'you are just about having a taste of the war," the quartermaster blandly remarked, and, per haps, thought in his own , mind, " we want a taste of your krout." "Not for the sake of our army," he continued, "but for tis sake of hiimanity, do not compel us to perforit pleasant duty." The "unpleasant duty" came, and would moat likely have been inflicted upon us, ,even had the requisition , been complied with. • Then began the sacking of stores. While officers pretended to buy for Ceiffederate scrip, awaitee of soldiers were permitted to WI their pockets . with anything , they could lay their hands on. , Although most of the goods had been removed, long trains of wagons bore the fruits of this "gallant" Procedure:southward. Each 'succeeding corps repeated the plunder. Some of those who arrived last complained of unjust treatment by their superiors; that they 'always had to bring up the rear, after others had carried off the Spoils.' IndeedAhe gredd of these men reminds one df the swarms. of : famishing locusts which sometimes sweep over: Egypt from the Lybian desert. The Crumbs of sugar left in empty barrels were Seraped out, and when there was nothing else left„ pockets were filled wtth patent medicines:and dye stuffs. There were not a few officers,who felt ashamed of their work ; not a fewwho s h o wed the gentleman in the discharge of , their . so-called "unpleasant duty." Chief Quarter master Harman is disposed to be humaite as we have reason to know. Whenever applied to in behalf of widows, whose little all was in vested in their shops, he would at once fur nish them with a note of exemption, and that, sometimes, at a pefsOUal iIIOOIIIIOaIOBCO. But some that followed him took pleasure in mak ing their "little brief authority" as offensive and cruel as possible. Major TOD, a brother of President Lincoln's wife, excelled all others in brutality, insulting and cursing thou he plundered. A heroic young lady brought the ruffian to his Attempting to enter her father's M il' he attempted itraret,"wt2Plllal -a llegilt treated. On Friday General Lee arrived, a medium sized, stoutly-built man, with the face of a good liver, gray beard and moustache poorly dressed. Ile wore a heavy overcoat 'with a large cape, and a black felt hat, and rode a very, indifferent sorrel horse. Gen. Hill is a slim, tall,red-headed man, scarcely thirty-five. fie had a cheat interview with Lee in the square of the town: All eyes were of course fixed tio the latter. Under that felt hat is the mental force of this rebellion. Whilst we ab hor his cause, we cannot withhold admiration for his pains. There he sits unarmored.— Friitn Many a window a deadly bullet might be gentle his hear. But he seems not to think of such a thing. Which way will be lead his army, to Harrisburg, or Gettysburg? Presently he turns his horse towards the, latter place, and the army follows. He encamped a few days near the town. The drat part'of the 'army was the more re= spectahle. The last wast cempoeed of an ex ecrable.crew— "Louisiana Tigers, " Texians, &c., men of the Moir degraded heracter.— Then began thieving' in earnest. •Bats were taken from grave beads, and boots pulled from feet unused to walking home uubooted. On the street they bad free scope, but did not en ter private dwellings. In the country' all re straint was thrown aside. limine, IP) less than barns, were plundered. .Many things thay could not use were wantonly destroyed. We have only heard of one farmer whom they killed; another poor countryman they nearly beat to death, after be had given theta his little all, because he - beffno - rnorecto give. Some of these . OUtregee may.have been committed by stragglers, most of them, however, by men. "on duty." There is no doubt that this army contains many of the best men of the South. The general appearance of the privates, with the exception of the adviinee corps, is very infe rior. Itege and filth ibound.' An intelligent Louielanian informed ue, that he has been taw cullottes for days in succession, which, he re marked, was not unusual among their men.— They have no uniformity of dress, and no epauletted officers. The latter look like men who are in earnest. A forbidding exterior cannot conceal the polish and easy grace of their Southern training. Not a few of them frankly acknowledge their miPgiVillgil With re spect to this invasion, and said that some of their prominent leaders had been opposed to it. They insist that their cause must triumph, for several reasons. The South is a unit; it has the sympathy of England and France ; it has the marks of the Divine favor, in its many providential victories. They have made their private soldiers believe this; Some of them fight from a mistaken notion of prieoiple, others to gratify a feeling of revenge for inju ries inflicted upon their families or property, others from desperation. " Yes," said one to us, "rather than live under a government which has reduced my aged parents to penury, and myself to these filthy rags you see on me, I will die in this valley." But amid this filthy horde of Jubilant Jacobins, thirsting for the blood of the Yankees, thete , are many down, oast faces watohing their chance to desert.— Many confess that they have been forced into the army, and are compelled to fight for a cause which they abhor in their inmost soul. If as many deserters have passed' through other places se through here, the rebel army must have sustained a heavy loss in this way since it crossed the Potomac. They claim that a large proportion of their army is coiiiposed of religions - men. Some of their chaplains are among the most prominent men in the Southern Church. ' , Among these , are Drs. Lacy 4 Pryot, and flop, Dr. Pryer, the father of Roger A. Pryor, expressed a de sire to attend public worship-in town on the. Sabbath, and seemed surpised that our churches should have been' olosed. 'lt would' perhaps have been edifying to` him`to see our brethren leave their shoes outside the sauctu-• ary in true oriental style, which would have Gro. C. TYRRELL PRICE TWO CENTS. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING,. lIITXDATO BY 0. BARRETT & OO Tim Vomit Parma AID UNION will lw sorrod tarsal,. eeriest% "welding lath* Borough uuu a yaw, maids to the Carrier. Maikaubieribetat nee "oaaalli Pal arguer. Tin Wszinos PATRIOT AND trWION 1s petitioned ateerill DOLLARS SIR ANNUM, ißTariably in edvsnee. Ten eopie to one address,fillese doPars estmected with this establistimens, n extenaive JOB corms, eontaining a,variety of plain and fancy type s meguilled hy any establishment in the lute:torsi? the pate, for which the patronage of the public is SO. Hetet. been the case bad they attempted to pees through streets thronged with Southern sol diers. • We have never seed an army Supplied w ith such superior horses. Wherewith they have fed them so well is a mystery to us. They are well fed and 'well groomed, which can not al ways be said for the horses of-our army. • And most carital riders are the-Southerners; we have never seen them excelled, the Arabs always excepted. The habit of 'hdrsti 2 back riding has fallen into dituee in the North to the injury of health and manly enjoyment. Alas, inetty a noble steed have - they - i t,411711 : Nothing except blindtiess would save a horsy, which brought blind horses into unusual de mand among our citizens. , No one knows to what an extent the daily papers have become a necessity, despite theft fictitioue sensation: stuff, until he has been di prived of them for a season. Hordes were pouring in day after day, boasting that they were going right on to Harrisburg and Phila delphia. Have le a force .ati Harrisburg to meet them ? Where is Hooker ? For days no one knew. Anxious excited. minds would snatch at every vague rumor. Who is in com mand, at llarriaburg ? Itl'Clellan, or anybody elee ? Now Roseerans is approaching R edford with a large army, then M'Clellan mo ves to wards Carlisle with 80,000 men. What is the government doing.? Have we 'weft and brains enough to mcet these 'taunting hordeb; that whoop through our streets by day and by night? 0 for a paper For a while we got our news from Richmond, telling its' that Grant's - army was about being edt to,pieeen; and depicting the panic which' Lee's idGasion had produced in the North. Liquors were ordered to be destroyed, so that there were but few oases of drunkenness. Gen. Jenkins having his head luarters at an ale house, is said to have imbibed thabeverage of hie host freely. But tine of his brother offi cers remarked that it did not contain enough ale to make him drunk. At Fayettville some man captured the rebel mail, and permitted the carrier to escape and inform on him. :A cavalry force soon appeared and captured a number •of' citizens, -among others brother Deatricb, pastor of the Orindatene Hill charge. They were WO in custody for eighteen hours. At first it was ordered that the parties which should be convicted of being implicated in the act, phould be hung. , The . next morning they were all released. The end . is not yet. We daily hear the booming of cannon. In such times it is a great relief to believe in God, the Almighty' and Allmeroiful and Just. They teach one to erpreelete the Psalms of David, We have never seen and felt so much beauty. aptness and comforting truth in them as the last three weeks. One' fancies be can hear the tread of God on the earth in this terrific cannonading. The nation shakes, at times.almost rooks, but Christ's kingdom San not be moved. J. HULK LL COUR Pursuant to a call of the Democratic County Committee, the Democracy of Schuylkill county met in mass convention, at the Court House, in Pottsville, on Monday afternoon, July 6th. Iu the absence of F. P. Dewees, Erg., chair man of the county committee, the meeting watt 1 - Asnatlr_ P,_ Nine—Egg._ sen : President—Hon. F. W. Hugbes. 'Vice. Presidents—Abraham Bressler, Frede rick Schwalm, John M. Crossland, Bernard Gluntz, John Davis, Pat rick Christopher, Peter Miller, Michael Brechbill, Joshua Boyer, Mi chael Horan, John Kemmerlieg, Fred. Freed, Michael Beard. Secretarire—C. Hippie, G. D. Boyer Wm. F. Tyson, John Brown. Mr. Hughes, on taking the chair, made a very neat and appropriate address, thanking the convention for the honor it had conferred upon him; after which he spoke at. some length upon the existing national difficulties in which *ware now'struggling. 'Hls remarks were well received by all present. The meeting having been informed that.the Hon. W. H. Witte, of Philadelphia, was in town, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to wait on him and escort him to the court House t Thomas H. Walker, Adam Wolf and Henry euiterman. On motion, the following persons were ap pointed a committee on resolutions : Hon. Myer Strouse, A. Dohrman. S. Morganroth, Edward• O'Connor, Michael Weaver, Michael Lacy, A. li..Wilson, George ,Lauer, Wm. J. Seigfried, Joshua Keller, Michael Beard, Michael Horan,. Michael .Fritz, Tobias Freider, and John Stan— ton. On motion, the chairman of flat oonvtrition was 4nstruoted to appoint a standing committee to serve for the ensuing year. The following gentlemen were appointed as said committee : Thomas J. M'CaMent, chairman Henry Gui terman, M. Beard, W. J. Siegfried, Joshua Boyer, Peter Seiberling. Cs rue Moore, Edward Coooolly, Joghus S. Keller, Charles M'GOO, Lawrence Hannon, John G. Renn, William p. Purdy, who shall have authority to fix the time and places for holding the delegate elections in the several boroughs, wards; districts and townships in the county, and the time of hold ing the Democratic ConVention at the Court House in Pottsville. The committee on resolutions not being quite ready to report, John M. Crossian and Eli Bowen, Esus., were called upon to address the meeting, which the did in their usual able and patriotic manner. The committee on resolutions having Gnome in, reported through their chairman, Hon. Myer Strouse, the following preamble and reso lutions WHEREAS, At this time intense feeling exists in regard to the military affairs, nearly ab sorbing for the moment all others, and many of our Demooratio friends being absent in the military service, we deem it inexpedient to do more to-d ly than provide fpr the organization of the party, the nomination of a county ticket, and the endoromeOt Of the nominees of the State Convention, lion. George W. Woodward for Governor, and Hon. Walter H. Lowrie for Judge of the Supreme Court. Resolved, That in Hon. George W. Woodward and Hon. Walter H. .Lowrie, we have candi dates for the two highest offices in the State of whom every true friend of the Constitution and the Union may justly feel proud. The De- MOO%Cy and the conservative myi of Schuyl kill Will give 3,000 majority of the 50,000 that the old Keystone will roll up next October for the Union, the COnstitution, Woodward and Lowrie. Resolved, That this meeting has learned with heartfelt tied URRayed joy, the great and sig wit victory achieved by our army over the rebels and secessionists now on the soil of Pennsylvania. Our and the nation's deepest grati.ude is due to the gallant, brave and .pa triode soldiers of the republic.. Resolved, That we approve of the course of our members of the Legislature--both the Son atom and members - of the House of Itepre. mutative& After the resolutions had been adopted by the meeting, lion. W. H. Witte was introduced, and was greeted by three stirring cheers. Mr. Witte spoke most effectively for about two h o ire. 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