forfeit all pay or &Kewanee during gush ab
sence.
SEC. 32. And beet further enacted, That the
commanders of fregimenta and batteries in the
field are hereby authorized and empowered to
grant furloughs for a period not exe,emlio g
thirty days acuity one time to five per eetituts
a the nonicommiesioned offisess and 'privates.;
for good condom in the line of duty, &a., e l'd
subjectio theaPproval of the commander of
the forces of which such not - conludisietted
-officers and privates form a part.
Sac. 33. And be it further enacted, That the
Presidatit •of the United Stato la hereby au
thorized and empowered,, during the present
rebellion, to call forth the national forces, by
draft, in the manner provided for in this act.
Sec. 34 And be it furtiker enacted, That all
persons drafted under the provisions of this
act-shall be assigned by the President to mili
tary duty in such - Ater" regiments, or -ether
branches of ths Berries ft 9 the rvigectoioo of
the service may require.
Sac. 35. And be further enacted, That here
after details to special service shall only he
made with the consent of the commandi,-g offi
cer of forces in the field ; and enlisted men,
now or hereafter detailed to special service,
• shall not receive any extra pay fdr ouch ser
"vices beyond that allowed to other enlisted
. men. .
Sze. 86. And be it further enacted, That gen
eral orders of the War Department, numbered
one hundred and fifty-four and one hundred
and sixty-two, in reference to malt nrents from
the volunteers into the regular service, be, and
the same are hereby rescinded; and hereafter
no such enlistments shall be allowed.
SEo. 37. And be it further enacted, That the
grades created in the cavalry forces of the Uni
ted States by section eleven of the net approved
seventeenth July, eighteen hundred and sixty
two, and for which no rate of compensation
has been provided, shall be paid -as follows, to
wit a Regimental eammisaary thesame as regi
mentar quartermaster; chief trumpeter the
same as chief bugler; Lke saddle sergeant the
same as•regireental commissary sergeant ; com
pany commissary sergsaatthe same as company •
quartermaster's sergeant.: Presided, That the
grade of supenumerary second lieutenant, and
two teamsters for each company, and one,ohief
farrier said blacksmith for-each roginewit .
allowed by said section of that act, be, and Ley
are hereby abolished; and each cavalry -com
pany may have two trumpeters, to be paid as
buglers; and each regiment shall have one
veterinary surgeon, with the rank of a regi
mental sergeant-major, whose compensation
shall be.seventy-five dollars per month.
SEC. 38. And be it farther 'punted, That ell
persons who, in time of- war or of rebellion
against the supreme authority. of the =United
States, shall be found lurking or acting as
spies in or about any of the fortifications,
posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the
armies of the United States, er elsewhere,-shall
be triable ky a general catrtomartial or
Lary oommieeio4, andshall, upon enuaintion )
suffer death.
ttt Vatrizt it anion.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1848
0. BARRETT &-00,, 'PROPRIETORS.
CoNurituDIMMED! will not Dikpablishedin,e PALTDEOT
AND 'MON Unlade ateinnlisniel with the Weme of the
author_
S. DL PETTENOILL k CO.,
No. 31 Park Row, N. Y., and 6 State St., Boston,
Are our Agents for the Pr:WOTAN Union in those
*Mee, and are authorized to take Advertisements - and
Subscription' for us at our Lowest Rates.
DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. GEO. W. WOODWA.RD,
Or rifILADELPHIL.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
WALTER EL LOWRIE,
OH ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
THE WEEKLY PATRIOT AID MON FOR
THE CAMPAIGN.
The Weekly PATRIOV AND UNION will
be furnishel to clubs of ten or more, for
the campaign, with an extra, number giv
ing full returns of the October election,
at 50 cents
TO THE PUBLIC.
TIM PATRIOT AND UNION and all its lousiness
operations will hereafter be conducted exclu
sively by 0. BARRILIT.and T. G_ PONAROIE, Mil
der the tun of 0. BARRETT & Co., the connec
tion of Wlteynolds with said establish
ment having ceased on the 20th November, inst.
NOVNNBER. 21, 1862. .
THE NATIONAL PLATFORM.
PURPOSES OF THE' WAR.
Congress, by a vote nearly unanimous, passed
the following resolution, which expresses the
voice of the Nation and is the true standard of
Loyalty: .
t , That the present deplorable civil war has been
Zoned Upon the country by the disanionists of the
Zenthern States, now *arms egoist the Constitutional
.4etevernment, and in arils around the Capital; that in
this National emergency, Cougreas, banishing all feel
ing of mere- passion or resentment, will recollect only
its duty to the , whole country; that this war is not
waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or fer
any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of
overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established
institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain
the supremacy of the Constettion, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality and .rights of the
senerai States unimpaired; and that as soon as these ob
jects are accomplished the war ought to cense. ll '
The Huntingdon 66 Monitor"
We received on Saturday, for the first time
since its re-establishment, a copy of the Hun
ting lon Monitor. : It is much improved in ap
pearance by its new dress, which mob violence
procured for it, and is ably edited by J. Lavin
STEEL. We congratulate the Democracy of
Huntingdon upon its resuscitation, and trust
they will give it not only a living, bat a liberal
support.
The Draft will be Enforced_
Provost Marshal General Fry issued a cir
cular on the 17th, declaring that "no orders
have been issued countermanding the draft,"
and that " provost marshals will be sustained
by the military forces of the country in enfor
cing" it, " in - accordance with the laws of the
United Stites." They are directed to "proceed
to execute the orders heretofore given for draft
as rapidly as shall be practicable, by aid of the
military 'forces ordered to co-operate' with and
protect them."
This Circular, without doubt, has special
reference to . New York, the only place where
serious resistance *as been made. The inten
tion evidently' is - to' proceed with and complete
the draft, and enforce the conscription by mili
tary power, in utter disregard and defiance of
any decision of the courts pronouncing it tm
eonstitntional.
If we are correct in this conjecture, it will
bring the Feckral in conflict with the State
authorities of New York. We do not venture
to predict the result. "- • '
"1B inlltUtOS.
The Telegraph announces that the Provost
Marshal General of Penasylv.4.nia has , ,,decided
that under existing laws a negro is gilA consi
dered a mince!" equivalent for. a w ' man..
h o
We are at aVes;*e knit* Aare t Pro -,, t
Marshal Gene fish hiii.lalo It *lett
not in (he ! Coneettiffon twit* 111 th at , off_
.
Ail colors, and shades of color, are placed pre
cisely on a level. They are enrolled by the
same office,r, their names mingled together on
the 89,113, Het, pdt- Into tie Seine -boa, drawn
out at the Seine iiiiri,ikrid etitsi;it in the same"
rules and regulations. ' Besides, ty :referring
tnthe slehates in Oongre6 on the passage of
the bill, it will.be clearly evident that.the de
sign of its framers was tevlaoe the negro and
the white elan on GA abilOihit4 'equality.
it.cannotle found ist the ' l ' higher law"—
unless anew chapter has beenvecently added—
for under that, the radicals have alweas
claimed that the-t egre was at least equal to a
white 'man, and some of them even go 80 far as
to Desert that, having the same advantages,
they would be &atelier. aver since this war
began they have Asserted, ever and over again,
that the negro, ion %account' of his greater pow
ers of endurance, and .the greater entkuslasm
which would ultimate hiw, . because fighting for
the freedom ef 4/ie lace ; would make 8 better
giddier than the white luau, and that •our.ottly
hope of subduing the 'rebellion waste •put arms
into his hands.
Recently Gen. 'Banks, with some '2s;oooonen,
'made an *tack upon Port Hudson, and we
were told in 'verso, my ,the Laureate •of the
League, and in .prose by all the radical presses
in the cormttrjr, how 'nobly and with 'what de
termined courage .a block regionent Aught,
how impetuously they rushed into 'the fight.,
and that • when- -they were finally 'obliged to
retire from the contest they left upon. the enz'
partguinedlteldAlloo of their heroin dead-
In Genteral , Bnisits'A subsequent , report of the
battle he gives kin entire loss at 1800, from
which it 'would -seem that ainge<b lack regi
ment loot,fifty per lent. More men tharithe re
maining tfwentylour phut General
Banks's •command:
All the lightsithat'come erica to.tts through
the whole'ritpri of history, all thediero ic deeds
of godaand men , at the siege of Troy,.the great
achievements of the ." Roman Legions," Gre
cian endurance and bravery, .net excepting
Leoniiiae at the . PayagfAiltermopplm, all pale
)3efore the ettbauct, ,iletroism of ads small baqd
of "4 down•tradden . race'? striking; for. free
doinitand yet era are told that -one Of them
cannot be taken' as a . Embstitute fore, white
man-1 that a.,ategro, 3e cot a-military
lent • . ; • • ,
Again we wsk, in the . Wile of Phillips,
'Greelei, and the rest of the 'Abolition spostlei,
where does the Provosi s liarsh4get his wai
rant tor these , high-hauslettproceedings 2. Will
he•er the Tckeraph shed some •Zight 'upon this
dark subject and relieve an anxious public
The Conseilption.
We re-publish to-day the aet of Congress,,
under which the draft is now being made, pre
euming thatjust at this time it mill be of espe
cial intereet to our readers.
Under this act all persons liable to do mili
tary duty are termed the.liaticnalyorces, and
are divided into two classes.; the first compri
sing all those between twenty and thirty five
years of age 4nd unmarreid mentotween thirty
five and forty 7 five, the second .class includes all
not embraced in the first class.
The second class are not to , be drawn until
'the first class are exhausted, so that there is
no reasonable probability that 'they will ever
be called upon.
The President designates the nnumber to be
drawn from each district, andin 'drawing, the ;
names of altpersons enrolled—of tbe first. class ;
are putinto the wheel, and , the number re
laired from any given district, •together with..
fer moot in addition are.drAwn out, but .
only so many of the additional fifty per cent. .
are to be taken as shall be necessary to supply
the place of those discharged ea account of
physical disability or for otherneasons. •
if any person drawn furnishes an accepta
ble sabstitizte or pays s3oo—for which sum
the Growetnetent undertakes to furnish a
_sub
stitute for him—bacannot again be drafted.
If a second draft elt'all be ordered, the names '
of all those who were before &awn out, with.
the exception of that portion of!the Additional
fifty per cent. not taken, will be excluded, and
the drawing made from the remainder.
If a man 'claim exemption en . account' of
physical dieability, he is to be examined by
the Surgeon appointed for that purpase, and if '
not exempted, he may then elect to 'go into the
service, furnish a substitute.or pay $3OO.
Spah is the plain meaning and intention, of
the law, swill not so construed by the'Provost
Marshal General, each indiiiduallas his,rem
edy in our courts. We trust hovfever that no'
attempt will be made to give the law any..other
than a straightforward interpretation, as the
Administration in the present excited state of
the public mind cannot afford to put an unfair
construction upon a law of doubtful constitu
tionality. But if it should be done in any
instance, we hope no. one will fail to seek a
legal remedy.
The Press
"Here shall the press the people's rights maintain,
Tinawee by influence and unbribtd by gen "
The degeneracy of the press is one of the
most significant and dangerous signs of the
times. Hitherto each individual press has been
looked upon as a sentinel on the watch-tower
of Liberty, a voluntary sentinel, there by
choice, to guard the rights and interests of the
people against the encroachments of avarice
on the one side and ambition on the other.
Now, alas! venality seems to be the charac
teristic of most of the opposition press, and
servility, of all. In their anxiety to adore
power, and reap the rewards of sycophancy,
they forget entirely their duty to the people,
sacrificing honor, principle, liberty, all, at the
shrines of fanaticism and mammon. The
Cleveland Plain Dealer well remarks:
" We cannot avoid, in reading this old coup
let, Lthe lines we have quoted at the head of
this article,] some reflections upon the press
in this country which are neither flattering to
it nor agreeable to ourselies. Heretofore the
newspapers of the country have, in periods of
the most violent political 'excitement, contented
themselves with zealous controversial argument
or invective in support of their teouliar party
views. It was reserved for the press of this
time, not merely to countenance but abso
lutely to advise the suppression of newspapers
in the very teeth of the cokstitntional safe
guard, and in violation of the feelings of the
people. Not only has this
been developed by a portion r• ' RaFai
press, but it has gone furtheKust, . 2 twisted tfitt q l . ;,l
in addiiitetta to thu, trammeling of eettein h likiy,
shackl ou We put upon dikluesion end itt.
T oe ble Mance of late r.
, the dita n ti:
,„. ' 7 , 111 q L ir,
„Isbell loft DI Al an eviden era mat
Itunisieteliteeordingly. Wett*olo44bilpits:,
:nounelitiffis the mast alarminiekiiiiisiero 0 0 ) 141
lie degeneracy which is viiMe.‘.lre,iltpd er ,
selves wondering that such seAtilliy,'liititieti
ready -acquiestmace in despotic power, could in
e, short a time, have grown ,up in a sew re
pt; lie. It retniuslit us of the sudden change
that ottice over the Roman people, during the
reign of Augustus sad his successors, when
both:Senate and people misstated, from fear,
evierice 'and love of luxury, to surrender up
their great estate est:earnest and become pam
pered slaves.
If If there is not a reform ; if the public
Trress continues thus venal and cowardly, the
doom of free institutions may be postponed,
bat cannot be averted.';
NEWS OF THE DAY.
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM .MARLESTON.
MINING'FORT WAGNER-GEN. FOSTER ON .TAXES
ISLAND..-CAPTURE or ALL THE FORTIFICATIONS
AL FAR AS SECEESIONVILLE. •
New lkorK, July Ig.—The steamer . Fulton,
from Port Royal, with dare to the lrith inst,
has arrived. '
The advises State as the result of General
Gi!more l s operations, up to the morning of the
14th, that he has rtesession of all the batteries
on Morris Island, save Fort 'Wagner.
He had commenced mining Fort Wagner awl
the seige was-favorably progreseing.
It is revorted that our irtutrielads have mode
a breech on the south walls ofi 'Port Siimpter.
'Gen. Foster had advanced along James Is
land, an d taken all the forti f i cations up to Se
..
testsioneille.
On 'eke 18th one hundred said thirteen rebel
wounded were brought into Folly Island.—
Many of them 'stated thatithey were forced into
thenebel eerrioe and intend to take the .eath
Of Affiance. 'They are iGermans, and wilt be
sent north.
The steanier Emilie, from Murbena, has ar
rived with-dates to the 16th. Among her pas
lengers'are the family of Major G,en. Foster.
- PCiftfrNEß iPARMICULARS
rootprott,July .18.- ,,, The'Correspondent of the
beston lieralli.givqEr- the following account of
the seoond,days'.fight,ing on Morris Island:
'On the morning of the 14. th of July the 6th
Connecticutand 9th Maine, made a furious at
tack upon the Cumming's , Point battery. They
got possession of it and , hoisted the American
deg At daylight. Fort , Senzpter opened, when
a enneyl i Vanift regiment coward]; (heated
them, refusing.to, stand ,hy their comrade&
The other ,regimenteleid the battery.tintil
wer&hadly out up. Theyithentkhandoned
•it and. the : rebels agaitvtook,posseasion. These
two, regiments have shown themselves tbe he
rpes of the
At JO t; J oinak,, a. mOl3 Monitors proceeded
to attack the Cumining's•Point battery, and at
12 o'clock three wooden gunboats, opened on
the 'tiatteLy ationg range, and threw their 200
.pound shots,directly, into the works.
_Fort Sumpter has been -throwing shell into
Morris .ritiluud • Without tloiug any damage to
our, side. , •
The cannonading ceased at 4 o'clock, p. m.
The Monitors have been supplied with fresh
'crews from the different ships.
The iron-clad Montauk has just arrived from
Port. Royal, and Lieut. Boomer, of the Houtta
tonic, will take command of her. She is over
the, bar„puoce.d ns with the, gunboats and six
teen vessels, in Unlit of Morris Island and Fort
Sumpter.
:We shall . commence the attack to-morrow
.morning, when we will•be sure of silPnoing the
.Cumming's Point battery and Fort Johnson.
Everything is working.well.
The batteries openedin earnest.
The Memphis has just brought in a side
-wheeler loaded with cotton, which was cap
tured while trying to run out of Bull's Bay
last night.
Our troops will have their' battery done in
two days more, and then their can shell Fort
-Sumpter.
STILL LATER.
NEW 'fora, July 19.—Fun details of the
operations on Morris Island have been re
ceived.
During the operations a rebel steamer at
tempted•to.land reinforcements -on Morris Is.
land. She- was driven off and destroyed by
our gunboats, the troops barely escaping.
It is reported also that a rebel gunboat ven
turing too near our vessels was captured.
Our losses on the capture of the Morris Is
land batteries and the attempt tua Fort Wagner
foot up -as follows:
Soventh•Coun.. 109, a large number of whom
are missing; N. H., 8- killed and 21
wounded; - Seventpeixth Pa.. • 149 killed, woun
ded aud.miesing4 Seventh N. 11. '
.5 wounded ;
Sixth Conn.,l killed and 11 wouaded ; Forty
eighth N. AT., 4 .billed and 23 wounded ; Shay
second Ohio., 1 wounded; Ninth Maine, 3 killed,
35 wounded and .N.missing.
RIMEL ACCOUNTS
FonitEste Monne s; 'July 19.—T he Diamond
Enquiier of thelBth contains the following
CUARLEgrow, 43 - ci 1 y 16.—T0 General S. S.
Cooper :--We attacked part of the enemy's
Poises on James island this morning, and drove
them to the protection:of their gunboats in the
Stott°, with small loss on both 'sides.
' 6 4The erierny is massing their troops en Mor
ris Island, evidently for another Attu"; on bat
tery Wagner Lo•night or to-morroW. Three
monitors and the mortar boats kept up an al
most constant . fire all day on that work, with
little damage to it, and few e!isualties."
FROM NEW ORIiEANS
Si:LOWDER OF PORT IIUDSON-TITE PARTICULARS.
NEW YORK, July 18.—The steamer Locust
Point, from New Orleans, with dates to the
11th, has arrived.
i
The Era, of the 11th, Bays that , on Wedaes
day, the Bth inst , at 2p. m., Gen. Gardner,
the rebel commander of Port lludson, liar
rendered unconditionally to Majlr Genfral
Banks. The rebel army was drawn up in line,
stacked arms, and General Banks took posies
sion of the place.
Five thousand prisoners, fifty pieces ear
tillery and all the small arms, etc., have glen
into our hands.
A dispatch to the Era, dated on the mprn
log of the Bth, says: at two o'clock a,prey
was sounded from the fort, and being re lied
to, an enquiry was made about the news om
li r
Vicksburg; on being assured that it had falen,
Gen. Gardner promised to surrender to-Say.
We entered the place at noon. The glorious
event has filled the army with the wildest en
thusiasm.
A subsequent account says that Garner
sent in a fl tg of truce on the Bth, asking tms.
Gen. Banks responded unconditional surrecder
with twenty-four hours to consider. At ra,
m., on the 84b, Gardner unconditionally sur
rendered.
The moment the surrender was completed,
the rebels sent a request for 6,000 ration% as
the garrison had eaten its last mite. This was
&Ind to be literally a fact. They had.de
voured 'their last mite.
The news was brought to New Orleans by
the flag ship Tennessee. One hundred guns
were immediately fired by order , of Geo. Em
ory. The loyal citizens of New Orleans , were
to have a. torch-light procession, illumination
and joyful jubilation on the night the steamer
sailed. The secessionists are rather gloomy in
countenance.
The news of the capture of Vicksburg reach
ed Port Hudson on the . 7th, occasioning the
greatest enthusiasm.
isejtunk'
zo mode of any of Gen- Grant'o
9tg Port Hudson , and the capture
iikti 9 OXi! itm .
must baiibeen made by Gen. Banks and his
Bide ar my. .eij , ..
~.
r.
LATERgI
Y_oinc, July PI -nit Stead:tar Thomas
from.New Orlean4witt i n Aate!_tpAhe
124; 100- i -hats irtivod. brings 800,Als
pharged and - rwrloughed s 3diere. ; '
Tile U. 8:-.4teem frigate Hartford and•gun
bos,p. Albierees, from above Port Hudson,
bad reached., New Orleans. None of the cap
tured rebels had been paroled by Gen. Banks.
To the latest accounts of the onion 4 , 000
were in• line when the garrison surrendered,
besides 4300 wounded and 1,000 sick. The
wounds were mainly in the head, from the bul
lets of our sharpshoorters.
Our batteries had destroyed an immense
amount of stores. A good supply of ammuni
tion fell into our hands.
A great Union meeting end torah-light pro
cession was held at New Orleans on the night
of the 11th inst. A large number of residences
were illuminated.
FROM WASHINGTON
LEE'S ARMY.
WAsnixorow. June 19.—There is nothing
definitely known about Lee's army. The im
fression is he is making his way to Culpepper
and Gordonsville, with all possible speed.
COMMUNICATION PROM REAR ADMIRAL PORTER.
The Navy Department has received a com
munication from Rear Admiral Porter, dated
the 9th lost in which he states that having
received intimations from various sources on
the 21st ult., that the rebel General Price was
moving from Arkansas toward the Mississippi,
he made the proper disposition to meet the
rebels at such points as he. knew to be assail
able, sending a force to Helena.
The gunboats Bragg, Tyler and Hastings
were detached.
The object of the expedition was to prevent
the rebels from their • -designs of moving on
some point on the river, cutting off our trans-
Forte and relieve Vicksburg.
They attacked the outposts of our troops on
the 4th inst. with their whole force, and as
these works were slight succeeded in getting
possession of a email fort and four light guns,
The troops under General Prentiss behaved
most nobly in the engagement, and' at the
writing of Porter's report Price was retreating
toivards Alexandria.
iiIIINICATII rov e
.Rear Admiral Farragut, in a report to the
Navy Department dated the 10th inst., states:
I have the honor to inform the Department
that while at Port, Hudson, on the morning of
the 7th inst., I received a note from Com
mander Palmer, of the Hartford, sta,tb;ig that
•the gunboat Price.had arrived from. Vicksburg
with a bearer of dispatches to Gen. Banks,
announcing the surrender of Vicksburg with
.27,000 prisoners ; 123 field pieces and , heavy
guns.
Upon receiving the intelligence Gen. Banks
proposed to me to join in firing-a. salute of one
hundred guns as a feu de joie.
Being called•down the river by a knowledge
Hof the fact that the Texans were erecting bat
teried on the river to cut off Gen. Banks sup
plies, I proceeded to Donaldsonville.
At Baton Rouge I found oat army transport
with a bearer of dispatches to Gen. Emory,
commanding the defenses of New Orleans, an
•nouncing to him the fall of Vicksburg. I sent
two boats to convoy her, bat on my way up I
met the Monongahela and New London, which
vessels had „just had a fight with the batteries,
and, sad to say, Commander Read was mor
tally wounded. Well might it be said of him
that "the country could have better spared a
better man." I know nothing of him.prejudi
eial as a man, but I dO know that no navy can
boast of a better officer, and I deem him a great
loss both to the navy and to his country.
Captain Jenkins was also on board the Mo
nongahela on his way up to fake command of
the. Richmond. He was also wounded.
EIRCULA.R. OF PROVOST MARSHAL GEN
ERAL FRY IN RELATION TO THE DRAFT.
WAR DEPA HMO;
FROYOST MARSHAL UNRSHAL'S OFFIGH,
WASHINGTON, Julyl7, 1163.
CIRCULAR No. 47.
Firet. Drafted men become soldiers in the
service of the United States by the fact'of their
names having been drawn in the draft. The
notification served upon 'them by -the Provost
Marshal, is merely an announcement of the
fact, -and an order for them to report for duty
at a designated time and place.
Second. The following opinion of the Hon.
Mr. Whiting, solicitor of,the War Department,
is published for the ieformation of all con
cerned:
When a person has been drafted in pursuance
of the enrollment act of March 3, 1863, notice
of such draft must; be served within ten days
thereafter by a written or printed notice, to be
served on hint personally or by leaving a copy
at his last place of,residence, requiring him
to appear, at a designated rendezvous to report
for duty.
,Any person,. failing to- report for
duty after notaco has been /eft at his last place
of residence, or served on him. personally,
without furnishing a substitute or paying three
hundred dollare, is pronounced by law to be a
deserter.. He may be arrested and held Or
trial by court martial, and sentenced to death.
If a person, after being drafted , and , before.
s receiviug notice deserts, the notice may still 6e'
served by leaving at his last. place of,residence, :
and if he does not appear in accordance with'
the, notice or furnish the substitute, or pay.tie
$3OO, he will be in law a deserter, and must
be treated , accordingly.
. .
There is no way or manner in whieb.„a per•
eon once enrolled can t escape his public duties,.
and when drafted, whether present or absent,
whether he changes his residence or absconds,
the rights of the United States against him are
secure, and it Is only by, the performanCe of
his duty to• the country that he will escape
liability to be treated as a criminal.
[Signed] Wm: WRITING, •
licitor of the War Department.
_ JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
CIRCULAR IN REGARD TO REWARD FOR APPRE
HENSION- OF 'DESERTERS.
i
WAR DEPARTMENT,
PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL'S °MOS, ,
Waahingtou, D. C., July 18, , 186,3.
CIRCULAR No. 49
First. Hereafter a reward of ten dollars will
be paid for the apprehension and dellyery of a
deserter, and paragraph twenty-four,
af Regulations for the Government of the Bu
reau of the Provost Marshal General of the
United states, as well as, paragraph two of
Circular No. 23 from the Provost Marshal
General's office, are amended accordingly.
The second paragraph, twenty-third page, of
the same regulation, is amended so as to read
as follows : .
The members of the guard may be allowed
for the time actually and necessarily employ
ed in the trip, a per diem of not•more than one
dollar and fitly cents besides tbeit actual ea.
penses, provided they accomplish the duty as
signed them. JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
~Gen. John. E. Foster has been assigned to
the command of the Department comprising
Virginia and North Carolina.
Lee is reported to be moving rapidly towards
Richmond to join Bragg, who is ttEtifi; to be
there. He has probably garrisoned *inches=
ter and Culpepper.
Major Gen. Keyes has been ordered to New
York to relieve Col. Sackett :on the Arnii : Ke r
tiring Board.
We are said to hold as prisoners over five
thousand rebels of all grades. , :
DEATHS OF SOLDIERS
,The following deaths of soldiers were re
ported at Washington on the 17th : Corporal
James Hagaman; Co. G, 143 d Pa. ; • Daiid
Po
loer, Co. 11, 167th Pa. ; Oliver Altilholland,
Co. D, 175th Pa. ; Edward Butler, Co. E, sth
itLkhigAn ; John A.. Cobeleigh, Co. E, S4th
Mass. ; C. Judd, New York artillery.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE,
FORTRA,SB MONROE, July 17.--er following
order hie' been issued: 4:
DQuAgliss DEPARTMIINIFiIrVIRGINIA,
biIIiVENTH Alois. CORM
AMMO! 810002, July 16.
In pursuande ofsinstrnutioad*om the War
Departhsent, du; rinderaiiigeo), tit s aratory ri to
assuming command of the EasterarDepartment,
relinquishes the command of the department
to Major General J. G. Foster, New Jersey
volunteers. Until the arrival of Mgjor Ureneral
Foster &Obese headquarters, 13Figadiet Gene
ral George W. Getty, United States volunteers,
will perform the duties of department corn
monder. JOHN A. Dix,
Major Ganerai Commanding
Yenterday afternoon the rebel General Fitz
Hugh Lee and Capt., Winder were removed u?
from the gnilit
Cle 149epital to Fortresi Mon
roe, add placed id a asemate under a guard,
arid notice sent to the rebel government that
if they execute Captains Sawyer and Hynn,
whom they now hold in alose confinement and
under sentence In Richmond, that Lee and
Winder will be executed in retaliation.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
WASHINGTON,. July 18.—A letter from the
headquarters of the Army of the Potomac
says a few shots were heard on Friday after
noon in thb direction of Vestall's or Gregory's
Gap, resulting, it is believed, from small par
ties of rebels reconnoitering those places and
being dispersed by our cavalry and light bat
teries.
- Several paymasters have arrived, and the
officers and men attached to Gen. Meade's
headquarters are receiving their pay to July
let.
No definite information can be obtained of
Lee's present or intended movement.
About seven hundred prisoners arrived at
headquarters on Thursday night and more
have been forwarded by other routes.
A non-ccimmissioned officer- who arrived in
Washington to-day, says that on Thursday
General Gregg crossed at Falling Waters and
was cut off at Shepperdstown for six hours
from communication with our army. He
finally relieved himself, according to the same
authority, by a gallant charge upon the rebels,
capturing a large number of prisoners, three
atands of colors, and four pieces of artillery.
FROM NEW YORK.
ARRIVAL OF. TROOPS--THE CITY REPORTED QUIET
DTBW Youz, July 13,—The 71st New York
regiment arrived at nine o'clock. At ten ti. m.
everything is quiet. The Sib regular regiment,
and Battery C of the regular artillery, arrived
here this morning from the Army of the Poto
mac. The troops from the forts, &c.,
have
been returned tO.their original location. Three
regiments of militia are expected here this
evenipg., •,Gep. Dix is ameng, w e t. recent arri
vals. Generale Wool, Dix, Canby and Gover
nor Seymour are In consultation at headquar
ters this afternoon.
AWashington correspondent of the Exprees
says Gen. Grant wilL relieve Gen. Meade in
command of the Army of the Potomac. .
BY THE MAILS.
F 2031 FORTRESS MONROE
~~
ERZ
FORTRESS MONROE, July IG.—There are no
troops between Suffolk and Blackwater, and
none at Wm:Atwater at present.
Two regiments of infantry, numbering six
hundred men, who were stationed there, have
left fbr James river, having heard that the
United States troops were about to land at a
farm near City Point, where there is a Con
federate storehouse containing 15,000 bushels
of wheat.
Dr. D. W. Wright, of Norfolk. charged with
the shooting of Lieutenant Sanborn, will have
his trial next Monday before a military com
mission, over which Major General Keyes will
preside.
Major Gen. Dix and Colonel Ludlow left for
Washington, D. C., this afternoon.
The,personal staff of Major Gen. Dix pro
ceeds with hint to New York. The corps staff,
for the present remains here. It is understood
that Major General Foster, from Newbern, N.
C., is expected here to take command of this
department.
FROM RICHMOND.
ITEMS FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
•The fall of Vicksburg, the retreat of Bragg,
the repulse. of Lee and the advance on Charles-
ton, are - all serious disasters, the most serious
that have attended our arms since the begin
ning of the war:
'IN Saturday fifty one Yankee prisoners
were received at Libby prison from Staunton.
Among them are 'Lieut. Colonel d: A..:Roten
and Capt. S. Marsh,- Fifth Maryland regiment,
and.Lient. W.. Christopher, of Second Virginia
cavalry.
"There was a notable arrest on SAturday in
the;perion of Brigadier General Neal Dow, of
Maine Law fame, captured near Port Hudson,
on the - 30th df June. He was furnished quar
ters at the Libby, where he will :prObably' re•
main for some time.
3 , lkm order 'was lasted -yesterday-transfer
,.ring from Castle Thsnder-to Libby prison all
those persons who refutied to take up arms.—
the objett is to place riese 'miscreants in their
proper company, with whom 'they Will await
transportation' by flag of truce to their' proper
WASMINErTON ITEMS.
ENFORCESIENT oy. nlll CONSCRIPTION
WASHINGTON, July VT.—lndications axe- as
thick as leaves in Vallambrosa that the admini
stration intends to carry out the conscription
at whatever cost. It is whispered that in the
great and momentous need of enforcing the
draft the high administrative abilities of Gen.
Butler will be called into requisition.
INCOME TAX FKAITDS ON THE' GOVERNMENT.
There is reason to believe that the receipts
from the income tax are not as great as they
should be, and it I,s found not as great as was
estimated. A distinguished official of Penn
sylvania refers to the fact within his knowl
edge to show that there has been notoriously
venal and fraudulent returns of incomes by
various wealthy.parties. ' Ii is feared that this
practice is• tee general.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR• THE ESCAPE OF THE
REBELS ?
As to the responsibility for the escape of
Lee's army across the Potomac with so little
loss, it may be stated absolutely that Qeneral
Meade telegraphed , here on Sunday evening
that he should attack the enemy the next
morning: Faille done so half of Lee's army
would:lave ',been destroyed. Subsequent to
the telegram of Gen. Meade that he should at
tack Lee on Monday morning, a council of war
was held, at which a, majority of the (icnerals
decided against such attack. It is also posi
tively known that President Lincoln has been
all the time anxious for an attack to be made
on Lee'as soon as possible.
THE, ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.
BOSTON, July 17.—A letter to the Boston
Herald; dated off Charleston, July 12, says:,
'`The grand and final attack is assigned for
Tuesday; 4 , 11104 th Inst. Every thing 'it: work
ing well here. Morris Island-
Charleston aid the forts are completely be
sieged.
"Two iron-olids and fifteen gunboats are off
Fort.-Sumpter, and ten- gunboats, 0114'40:gun
frigate, and , the New Ironsides, Will'Oome over
.the bar to-night at high water.
"Three more iron-elads' will alive ibis after
wet. Six hundred fresh men to asaist:the
ken- clads and gunboats have arrived.'
"Batteries with heavy. goo,ponnder rifled
guns' 'have bien erected on Morris Island by
our troopP, and wilt take part 312 the bombard.
ment of Sumpter."
(On Saturday there was a rumor that advi
ces of the taking of Charleston bad been re
ceived at Washington. We give the rumor as
it reached us, and follow it by another, which
is. a flat contradiction. Which of theta will
prase correct in the end time will tell.]
REPORTED CAPlting OF CHARLEsTos.
I'inLADELPHIA, July 17.—1 t is understood,
on goad authority, that the government has
received a thepatch from General Rosecrans'
headcluarters, stating that the Ohattanooga
Rebel aunouncea the capture of Char!elton on
the 15th inst.
THE REPORT CONTRADICTED
WASBINGTON July 17.—A rumor has-been
circulated, attributed to the Philadelphia In-
quirer, that Charleston was surrendered to. our
land and naval forces on the 14i h instant. The
government has no such Information. The
whole story is II pure fabricatiOn. No attack
has been made upon the city of Charleston as
yet, and none could have been made at the
time indicated. In the language of a high
government officer, "if Charleston has surren
dered, it must have sailed out into the harbor
and offt red itself to our forces,"
THE INVASION OF 01110
MOVEMENTS OF MORGAN'S REBEL!?
CINCINNATI, July 17.—Morgan's force s p as .
sed through Piketon yesterday afternoon,
going in the direction of Jackson. Ire is evi•
dently making for the river, Pc=eroy or
Galloons.
[SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE WO RI. D. 3
IVASHINGTON, July 17.—Goverco: Tod tele
graphs today that Morgan's means of exit
from Ohio are cut off, and that his capture,
therefore, is very probable.
CINCINNATI, July 17.—Colonel with
1,500 men, encountered Morgan's forces at
Berlin, Jackson county, this afternoon. The
enemy lost four killed ;we lost none. Morgan
moved off in an easterly direction, and it is
supposed he is making for Pomeroy, or the ford
below Buffington island. The roads leading to
Pomeroy are blockaded with trees for fifteen
miles. Hen. Hobson's advance reached Pike
ton to-day, twelve hours after Morgan left,
A Portsmouth dispatch says the nbels on
Thursday burnt a steamer, saw mill, and bridge
across the canal at Jasper, and a bridge across
the Sciota above Piketon. This morning they
burnt a flour mill and the railroad depot, at
Jackson, completely sacked the town, and car
ried off all the horses they could find.
Lotrievittn, Ky., July 17.-31 organ le re-.
ported hemmed in, abotit twenty miles west of
Gallipolis, and •it is thought his forces will now
be captured.
HEAVY FIRING HEARD NEAR PORTLAND
PORTLAND, ME July 17.—The captain of the
steamer New York reports hearing, about 10
o'clock thin morning, twelve heavy gnnz south
west of Cape Elizabeth, apparently eighteen
or.twenty miles off, he being within six or eight
miles of vessels, in a thick fog.
PORTLAND, July 17.-A fisherman reports
that; when coming up from Harps. well this
1
morning, he heard, from 10 to o'clock, heavy
'firing about twenty miles southeast from Port
land, apparently from two vessels firing broad
sides. One vessel appeared to have heavier
guns than the other.
DIED.
On the 19th inst.,. Mr. Jews BARRETr, in the 34th
year of his age.
The funeral will take place from the residence of bi 3
parents, in North Second street, at 3.0 o'c/oci on Tues
day morning, where the friends of the family are re
spectfully invited to attend.
On the' 19th or Jury, MARY Er.m.tnsvu ; infant daugh
ter of Andrew It. and E. Kiefer, agtd 4 months
and 16 days.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral on liforday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
from the residence of her parents, No. 8, Allison's
New 2tZtuertientents.
f •
IVIDEND.—The President and Man
agora of the HARRISBURG AND MIDDLETOWN
TURNPIKE ROAD COMPANY have this tap declared
a dividend of two per cent. upon the car ital stock of
said company, payable to the atockh , llere on demand.
ISITD. P. KELICEP, Treasurer,
Harrisburg, July 33, "fd—j2o.tit N 0.5,8. leant et.
PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING A
SEWER —Sealed proposals will be received at the
Council Chamber of the Common Council of the city
of Harrisburg, until three o'clock p. m. of Saturday.
the first day of August next, for the const , •uction of a
BRICK SEWER, four feet in diameter in the clear, in
North street, from the termination of the sewer tinder
the canal, near the feot of said street. to Cowden street.
according to the plans and specificat one of Bother
Rage, Chief Regulator of the city. The contractor to
furnish all the materials.and do all the 'labor. Propo
sals to state. the, price .per lineal yard for the sewers
when completed.
Payments to be made on the estimates of the Chief
Regulator as the work progresses, and the Council to
reserve twenty per cent. of the said estimates unlil the
sewer Is completed.
jy2o-eod td
FOUND --On last Thur,sclip k evenin. , —
,
A SILVER WATCH. The ow can haVe the
same by proving property and paying pensea.
' LEVI Lrbbarm,
Second street, near Meadow Line.
Jy7 8 -Styaw
SKY—LIGHT GALLERY.—The rooms
fon the oornor-of :Market Fqnare and. Idarketilreet,
opposite the Joitee Mina, oemipied Ike a gallery for
Daguerreotype, Photograph and Ambrotype purposes,
are FOR RENT- from the 9th of September neat.
Apply to JOHN WYNTIT.
jylB-dlawErr
ROCLAMATION.—Wtereas, the
:Honorable JOHN J. Pa. asott, President of the Court
of Common Pleas in the Twelfth Judicial District. con
sisting of the counties of Lebanon and Dauphin, and the
Mu. BAXIIISI. LANDIe and non. Mons i t YOIIA - 13, AM-
Ciate Judges in Dauphin county, having,issued their pre
cept, bearing date the 29th day of May, A. D.113e3, to me
directed, for bolding a Court of Oyer and Terminer and
General Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of the Peaoe
at Harrisburg, for the county of Dauphin, and to com
mence on the fourth Monday of Augu,t aest, being the
24th day. of August,lB63 and to continue two weeks.
Notice is therefore here b y given to the Coroner, Jus
tices of the Peace, Aldermen, and Constables of the said
county of Dauphin, that they be then and there in their
proper persons, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
with their records, inquisitions, examinations, and their
own remembrances, to do those things which to their
office appertains to be done, and those who are bound in
recognizances to prosecute against the prisoners that are
or shall be in the Jail of Dauphin. county, be then and
there to prosecute against them as shall be just.
Given under my hand, at Harrisburg, the Milt day of
July, in the year of our Lord, 1863, and in the eighty
seventh year of the independence of the United States.
J. ,D. eoAs,•.f3herift.
RT. BABBITT'S Concentrated, Con
. densed, or Pulverized Soft Soap. Three gallons
of handsome white soft soap made.l4 five icinittes. No
grease re qn i red .
- DIRECTIONS :—DiNsolve one pound of the soap in one
gel:on boiling water, then add 'two gallons warm, when
coal you will have three gallons HANDSOns WHITS
SOFT SOAP. Ten pounds will make one barrel of sac
soap. The soap thus made is an excellent wash for
trees, shrubs and plants - of all kinds. For sale by
my2B- WM. DOCK, jr., & CO.
TA PANKSE TEA.--A choice lot of
this celebrated Teij slat received. It is of the first
cargo ever impaitedi and is'rouch , superior to the' Chi
nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely.free of
kind. adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
It la the natural leaf of the Japeneso Tea plant:
For'eale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
E W. MUSI C.
- . •
Why I Loved Her," Treasures of the Heart," and
Childbota Days," three new and beautiful songs by
J. B.= Cox.'
Our Country and Flag," ta new ard beautiful song,
with highly colored .title page, by Culver, are among
the latest receipts of new music by W. ICNOCHR, where
can be found at all times a full assortment of Drumi,
Fifes, and all kinds of ; musical instruments.
Remember the place, No. 93 Market street. jy9
FIEALTH MONEY I HAPPINESS I.!
At this season of year, when so much if ekness prevafla,
every one shonidprovide himself with DB. .Hllff•
PHRRY , I3 ROII4IIOPATILIO 14X1:0/011 1 / 1 8, and prevent
disease In its -bee:Ming.
A freslisupPlY always on hand at
SCIIIIINZIWBBOOX-STpx.,
marl 9 ' Harrisburg.
WANTE.D—Several Laboring Men at
the " Zagle Works." j713-3t
GEO. J, STIO.vSLAKEE,
LEVI WEAVER,
Committee.