;m9N4DkYlitesm4, diny 1868 O. BARRET.T & qO.„I4I.OPIUSTORIi . . . Connnundeatione will not be published in the PsTutue ADD 111zoi unless accompanied with the name of the .uthor. s. M. raTTIBROILL & CO., Na. 37 Park Raw. 11. Y., and 6 State Bt., Easton, Are oar Agents Mr the PATRIOT 111 Pit= in those aities, and are authorised to take Advertisements arid ihibeariptdeue tome at our Lowest Roots, DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. FOR cloyEasoa,. HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD, Or'PBTLAIM3J4LUL r9B, JUDGE OF TUE SUPREME COURT, WALTER H. LOWRIE; OV ALLZOHENY COUNTY. WgEILY PATRIOT AND UNION FOR THE CAMPAIGN. The Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION will be farni:hel to - clubs of ten . or more, for the campaig,n, with an extra number giv ing full returns of the October election, at 50 cents ! TO THE PUBLIC. Tun Parasol. AND Union and all its business Operations will hereafter be conducted exclu sively by 0. BARRYTT and T. G. POMEROT, tin der the firm of 0. BARRZTT & Co., the connec tion of H. - F. M'Reynolds with said establish ment having ceased on the 20th November, inst. Novemana 21, 1862. 111 E NATIONAL PLATFORM. PIIR-POSES. 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: - cc That the present elopkoiable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disanionists of the Posthorn States, now in arms against the Constitutional government, one in Irma mood the Capital ; that la thin National emeigeney, Congress, banishing all feel ing of meta passion or resentment, will keeolleet - only its duty to the whole coemtryi that this mat is not waged on their part in any spirit , of oppressiox;or fir any purpo se of conquest ortubjUgation, or purpose of. overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitutios t and to reserve the Union, with all the dignity; equality and rights of the several Stases unimpaired; and that as soon as thus ob jects are accomplished the war might to cesac,'", lowa State Ticket. The Democratic State Convehtion of lowa , met at Des Moines City on the Bth inst., and nominated the following Stale ticket : Gooernor—Maturin L. Fisher. Lieut. Governor—John F. - Dubcombe. Judge of the Supreme Court—Charles Mason. 01 these gentlemen the Fairfield Constitution and Union remarks : "In speaking of Maturin L. Fisher, it has been well said that hie life, character, great abilities, statesmanship and public services are such as can and will command the respect of every man,' no matter what hie political opinions may be, when they give an helmet expression relative to the man. "John F. Duncombe is a young man of fine abilities, and will, we doubt not, make such .a canvass as will convince the people of lowa that the man who is respected as be is by his own immediate constituents, is worthy of the respect of the entire Democracy of lowa, and justly entitled to the support of all who have the interest of their country atheart. • •Charles Mason, the eminent Jurist—a man of the strictest integrity, and one of the oldest citizens of the State, needs only to be known to command the respseot and support of even his political enemies. With him upon the Su preme Bench of lowa, we shall have secured one of the best safe-guards to our personal rights and liberties." It is almost too much to expect the election of this ticket, bound and Tin= and able as are the- nominees but a change in favor of Democratic principles and policy is daily ta king place in public sentiment everywhere, and we shall look 'for a very close election, if not complete success, even in lowa, a State which Ilea for years been tightly held in the embrace of the blackest Abolitionism. The Conscription Act—Chief Marshil Fry's. Decisions. It will be found, we think, when final decis ions from the right quarter shall have been ob tained, that we have been correct from first to last is our construction of the most important sections of the Conscription . Act, notwithstand ing the profound disquisitions of the Telegraph, always eager to sanction every folly and out rage of the administration and its subordi nates. The .Chief Marshal ; has already, under in structions from the Solicitor of the War De partment modified one of his absurd decisions, and he will be compelled to modify others. He has decided that a man now drafted,-al though be comply with the terms of the Mx and pay $3OO or furnish-a substitute, .ia never theless liable to the next draft, should it occur within a, week, a month, or a yeai. He has also decided that "a negro is no 4 a military equivalent for a white man." We have held that these decisions are not merely absurd, but a clear violation of theplain letter of the law- In fact they are laws made by the Prevost Marshal anneral, or - pa War Department, and not by. Congress. As an off, set to these ridiculous constructions, and in support of . our own views heretofore fully ex pressed, and now reiterated, we subjoin from the Lancaster Inquirer of the 20th, the opinion Of Thaddeus Stevens, who not only was a principal actor in the getting up and passing of the law, but is conceded to be a sound and able lawyer. The Inquirer gives the following as the opinion of Mr. "Stevens "Everywhere we hear the greatest dissatis faction expressed concerning the decisions of Provost Marshal General Pry. His decision concerning the $3OO exemption is commented on in severe terms. The plain meaning of the law is, that when a drafted man pays $3OO to the government, it is equivalent to giving his ser vices for three years or during the war. he also decided by this astute Fry, that a Colored man cannot be accepted as a substitute. Upon what clause of the act he bases this de cision is more,tban we can discover. Section 17 sayi, &litany person enrolled and dratted who shall furnish an acceptable substitute, shall be exempted-trosa military duty. The law it will be seen,.dops not se.y _whether the eubeti tate must be white, or ceolored, but merely an acceptable substitute. Ash World men have been enrolled -acid s. number= drafted, .we can not imagine why amen of : Color should not be accepted as a substitute, 7Wer.!rePe: that. these matters will soon be . : settletLby the courts; so that every one may. know Witelkerltheact emit Whether a" ry the aa ker we have." The President—Military Despotism :-Teu• toulc Rage The blood of the western Teutons seems to have been raOl'alithre fever .beat by the 7• 5- t. itient's treatment of General-Sigel and the v e-• cent arrest Of ll'Kee, editor of the St. *llls e o Democraut of' the most radicil Abolition' papers in the west. The offense of M'Kee was . the publication of the President's letter to General Schofield,. giving hie reasons for en perleeding General Curtis by the appointment of the former to his command. The object of General Schofield in arresting M'Kee !wee to compel him to state by what means he became possessed of the letter. While none but Cop perheads were subjected to military surveil lance and despotism, the 4 .loyar press, as the Abolition joaroale impudently and falsely style themselves, were free to applaud every act of oppreetiion—,bet the moment the glaived hand descends upoh one of their own number, they not only squirm, but become rebellions. It makes a great difference with thesegentry whose ox is gored. They imagine—and in deed they have had , good reason to imagine, heretofore—that their loud and empty profea sions of "loyalty"lo the administration entitle them to complete 'imemnity from the acts of petty tyranny, civil.-and- military, to which patriotic; Democrats, opposed to the adminia tration, but loyar to the' Constitution and the government of the Constitution, are continual ly exposed. Hence when an occasion happens that—by mistake undonbtedlyL=one of their class is made to but taste of the cup of bitter -Bess which thousands of Democrats have been compelled to drain to the very dregs, they turn fiercely upon the administration and its subordinates, and dehounce •them in language which, if used by a Democrat, would consign him, without hearing or delay, to' the Old Cap itol, Fort Warren, or Lafayette. The Teutonic element west, which is essen tially- Abolition, is particularly. exercised' in regard to the treatment of Sigel and thiarreet of M'Kee. 'ln regard to the former; the Illinois Stoats Zeitting, the leading organ of the German Abe 'Mimi-eta- of that state, makes the folletring strong comments : - " The above is a gratifying centribation to what we said-a few days ago•about Lincoln's behavior toward's Sigel. Ile would rather .shamefully perish with his Halleck than be saved by than who, without Blame on their. part htive rirmon tipOn Ainarices - the hats of this Halleek. Lincoln's conduct has been recently such that no decided friend of liberty has anything more to urge against his suicidalintentions. There would be even the greatest fortune for thi country if Lincoln,- by his doings, would mot• at the same timebecome to be the murderers of -the Republic." So much for the Berman AbOlitiol3 press end the official oppressora of Franz Sigel. New we turn to the case of M'Kee, the "loyal" editor of the St. Louis Democrat. •In reference to this. matter, the Neste - Zeit, ,of that city, is _very indignant, and acorns to mince terms in ,the expression of, it sentiments. Hear it for its cause "IS it no impudent," inquires this excited Teuton, "to demand of the 'accused' that be shoulddefend himself before a proof of acca sation has been furnished ? Or is there not the least feeling of justice and decency in these military despots, even when they deal With the most patriotic of citizens ? * * * * * -x- * * "The press is declared outlaired in the De partment of the Missouri under Gen. Scho field. To-day he has M'Kee arrested because he wants to learn something from him ; tomor row_ he may arrest all the editors in order to satisfy his curiosity. True, we kneW long ago that military law is depotism. Tut we did not know or imagine• that the law would be used in the most arbitrary, insulting manner to persecute the loyal press. We are curious to know whether Mr. Lincoln, who luis sent Schofield here to reconcile the parties, tip prom of it. Curtis, at least, was a gentle man." Everything worked smoothly enough, in fact these gentlemen who now-ery ont so vo ciferously against military despotism, *ere well pleased when only their, opponents were the victims; but under present circumstances they find no language adequate to express their abhorrence and disgust. , If Wendell Phillips and Horace Greeley— who are, at times, hy no means careful in se lecting the mildest terms of reproach against the President, his Cabinet and military suboi 7 dinates—should emus time fall tinder the dis pleasure of an incensed Major General or Bri gadier in command, and 'find themselves in military custody, the . amiable occupant , of the White . House, the m orose head of the. War De prrtment, and "Old Brains," . the General-in- Chief, would preientli hear such a howl of indignant Abolitionists around their respective Departmenti as never was poured from the throats of all the lions, tigers, bears, pan thers, wolves and hyenas ever caged in the most extensive travelling menagerie. We advise the . President and his subordi nates to be oaretul whose oz they gore. It has been apparent for the last two years, /hat there was no power in right motives, lit good intentions, or itf correct political princi ples, to save the nation from dissolution, or keep the North united and harmonious. That power has been latent in the sword 'and no where elso.—Yetv York Reformer: The itbelitiert print that diecourace in thin style should call itself the• Deformer. It and its kindred , prints are busy now-a-days in de facing and deforming the fair fabric of Ameri- Can Liberly'and discrediting thd principles of the framers of the Cdhatitution.—Argus.` Tns La Crosse (Wie.) Republican says; The whole region of country from that place to St. Paul, last Friday and Satutqay, was enveloped in thick smoke, from the Lake Superior , pine forest. In St. Paul the buildings were So en veloped as to be visible but, a few rods distant. At La Crosse the sun was totally obscured. Milwaukie papers report the smoke extending to that city. Th.) fire is reported to be ex tending eastward and southward. Alioroseopints , WilThe pleased to learn', says the London Parthenon, that Messrs. Powell spa Leland have succeeded in , malting a one twenty -fifth limb microscope ohjccs glass, which magnifi cc 7,500 diameters, thus msgni. Eying a giVin area 56,000,000 times. Although this glass is of the above very small size, it is remarkably clear and perfect. . - LATEST FROM CHARLESTON Fowrness ?dermas, July 21 —The gunboat Gireassiant Captain ESSOn, hag jUSt mired. Capt. Eaton reports that lte left Charleston on Friday afternoon last. A battle was com menced on Friday _meriting by totlethe land and ,naval forces, and , was progressing when he left. No further particulars hav e . been re ceived. . • , • IMI=I BY TELE SURRENDSB OF MOINIA ' I AND. • •-‘ Ciallatetottf. my 21.—Tbe . bee lust bineli remitted at General Burnalefe!kkslult quarters : • • HssnQuaartas OF THE U. S. Foliose ix Tut FIELD, Geiger's Creek, July 211, Cod. - 'Richmond, A. A. 'John 'Morgan and his command .oveF:OtrMiles,lo day. After heavy skirmishit"rliiihnr seven miles between the Forty-fifth Ohio, of Colonel Wolford's brigade, which was in advance, and the enemy, we succeeded in bringing him to a stand about 3 o'clock this afternoon, when a fight ensued, which lasted an hour. The rebels then fled, taking refuge upon a very high bluff. I sent a flag of truce demanding the imme diate and unconditional surrender of Morgan and his command. The flag was received by Col. Coleman an'a other officers, who came down and asked a per sonal interview. They asked an hour for con sultation. . I granted forty minutes, in which time the command, excepting Morgan, (who deserted his command, taking with' him , a very small squad,) surrendered. It Was my understand ing that Morgan/01=01f had surrendered. and I learned that molt was the understanding with Morgan's officers and men. The number of killed and wounded is inconsiderable. The number of prisoners is between 1,000 and 1,600, including 'a large number of colo nels, majors and litie officers. I captured be tween 600 and 700 prisoners yesterday. I think -I will capture Morgan himself to mar row. (Sigoed) StrAcnsitFonn, Morgias artillery and about 2.500 prison. era. including Basil Duke, are expected to ar rive here to-day. LEE'S ARMY CHECKED. PROBABILITY OF ITS CAPTURE OE DESTRUCTIONt • PHILADELPHIA, July 21.—A dispatch to the Inquirer, dated Hagerstown, July 20th, says the whole rebel army is reported as being checked at bunker Hill by the Union forces, who . got in their rear. • General Averill is reported to have been feeling the enemy strongly_ on the . wegiterti line of retreat for two dole poet. It is believed that Ewell and Hood are in strong forge between Martinsburg and Hedges- The. former point , ia 13 miles from Wil liamsport, and the latter six. ~: T he enemy's pickets form a front from Iledgeeville to the Shenandoah river back of Charlestown, eight miles from Harper's Ferry. Their whole force is estimated at 60,000. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. SOUTHERN NEWS SROM REBEL SOURCES. • FORTRESS liounoz, July . 20th.--The flag of truce steamer New Ycifk. arrived last evening from 'City Point, with one thbusand Union prisoners of war,' in charge of Major JOhn Mul ford. They left for Annapolis orlythis morn ing. " The Richmond Enquirer of "July 15:h says : "Capt. Ferguson, of the South Carolina batte ry, was'niortally wounded yesterday by the eneturs-eharpshooters. • • "NinetY-nine.prisoners captured on Morris Island. in the recent fight before Charleeton, arrived at Riobinond ow the 17th lad, and were-entered at the Libby." ' ppeciatfrom the Merriden Everything in Jackson is in the wildest state of excitement.' Citizens are flying in every direction. The streets are 311 ed with . stock, negroes and , families escaping ; oz carts and every conveyance are used. There was A terrible storm here last night wi h a heavy rain. Citizens . from beyond Clinton report that, the ertenty are burning every dwelling house on the route, as they pass. The Richmond daily bispateh of July 18th says : "F.,namartra,—Gen. Jackman advertises in the Mississippian 241 members of the 14th Mis sississippi cavalry 'as having disgraced them selies by basely deserting their post at a time when their serfices were most needed. Among themare eighteen non-commissioned officers and two lieutenants." Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes, of Georgia, wounded et Gettysburg, is dead. Btl Gen. Governor Wtn. Smi,lh, of Va., has reigried his commission. THE NEW YORK RIOTS. NEW YouK, July 21.—The Commercial says : It appears that the rioting on Staten Island was caused by drunksh soldiers, who, after fighting among themselves,fired oa citizens as soon as they saw them. A number of the lat ter were shot, and , one instantly killed. . Two of the soldiers were fatally injured during the fight among themselves. The officers in charge of the Eikliiiers. were sent built to the city, and will probably be dismissed from the service. A military ,council of inquiry decided the citizens were blameless. ,No damage was done to property. The Post contains.a,n Angrily different sto ry, stating ; that the mob attacked three of the soldiers but subsequently dispersed. , Twenly-four persons, nine of whom are sup posed to have, been rioters, were , arrested and held as witaesscs ; Several of.thetioters were wounded and oue killed. Twa soldiers, were fatally stabbed. It is hard tell which report is correct. THE REBEL LOSSES IN MISSISSIPPI ep.totsnAri,,July 21,—The Goavetc'e Wicks. burg correspondent says that during the caraL paign of sixty-four days, ending with the cap ture of Vicksburg, the rebels lost in killed, wounded and prisoners 43;700 men, about 71.000 stand of arms; . including.so;ooo );afield titles in their, original packages, which were intended for the , rebel army across the Minis sippi, .and. 230 pieces of artillery. BY THE MAILS. /OW OF HIS MEN CAPTURED-300 HAVE ES CAPED INTO VIRGINIA-ONLY 15,000 OF THEM LEFT, AND THEY EXHAUSTED cr.sclAsiTz, July, 20.—Our form are con tinually capturing Morgan'a men. Basil Duke was captured near Pomeroy this morning Thirteen hundr.de have been taken so far. Major Brown, ,commanding a .battalion of the Tenth Kentucky cavalry, has arrived here with 150 prisoners, who were captured during a reconnoissance near Abirgton, Va. CINCINNATI, July 20. On *aturday morning 4 1-iorgan's forces were overtaken near Pomeroy by Gens. tiobson and Judah, who had formed a junction. Morgan, finding himself in close quarters, and learning that the ford at Buffing ton Island was w ell guarded, broke up his band into small Equals in order to escape. One squa4;•with six pieces of artillery, made for the crossing at Buffington. Our gunboat drove them back with a loss of one hundred and fifty killed and drownid Our cavalry charged and captured the battery. killing a number of rebels. Colonels WelfOrd and Shackelford succeeded in capturing one lot of five hundred and seventy-five; besides numerous squads, malting, in all, over one thousand p r i enners . Our cavalry is in pursuit of the rest of the command, which is entirely broken up, and scattered among the hills. The position of the rebel forces is such that they cannot cross the Ohio, nor get much further north. CINCINNATi, July 20-10 o'clock P. m.•--Mor gan, with about 1,000 Men, has been turned back. , • He was moving this afternoon toward § closely followed by our forces.— Squads of 'his men are being picked up hourly. • A dispatch' from Columbus to the Commercial says that after the -fight at Buffington, the reb els moved up the:. river to Bealesville, ahead of the gunboats,• and by means of threats corn MORGAN'S RAID a 'll of think einesimed to the • -g Awe, just as the gunboats hove in •_4 reßsinder, who were on the Ohio ;shark , % attacked by our forces and scat tered; "Stt‘ Our men continued pitting them up till only shout fifteen hundred were left., The latter finuilfsucceeded in breakiner odr p ines, and' pushed bask in the iiirection et Bu t ifingtbn.— I, At Bile o'clock this Mort* they pooled threughAMillsonville, ten miles - utorthenot of Pomeroy, apparently exhausted with fatigue. THE RETREAT OF BRAGG. blemeurni July 17.—Gen. Hurlburt's scouts arrived at Corinth to-day from Decatur and Jacksonville. They report that Bragg ie re treating precipitately into Georgia, follows' by Rosecrans' forces. • Gen. Rosecrans' advance is reported to be at Rome, Ga. Our scouts report that Bragg is endeavoring to make a junction with Johnson, and that the desertions from his army are numerous. THE ATTACK ON CHARLESTON. NAMING OF THE 0 4 'PTHRED BATTERIES A letter to the N. Y. Herald from the scene of action, contains some interesting particu lars. The 76th Regt. P. V., which was desig nated as one of the supports to the storming column, and which has been severely censured in the New York and Boston press, lost 149 men, killed, wounded and missing, in the at tack, whilst. the 7th Conn., whickis lauded to the skies for its gallantry, lost only 109. By and by we shall have full particulars, when honor will be fifirly awarded to.whom honor is due. We extract from the Herald: Gen. Strong teemed the folio' ng: ORNERA.L ORDERS, NO. 2. HEADQUARTICIfS t UNITED BTATES FOkOES, • ildgritatei iniahArPfii. d., lair 0, 1663..- I. The Morris Island batteries captured this day by the United States troops, will Ve desig nated, exclusive of the two mortar batterics; in succession, from north to south, as follows: 41 . 0. 1. Battery Rodman. No. 2, Battery Chatfield. Na... 3, Battery 'Jackson. No. 4, Battery Strawbridge. No. 5, Battery Eatery. " • No. 6, Battery - Barton.. No. 7, Battery Dandy. ' No. 8, Battery Putnam. Tbe most northerly mortar baltary will be knOWn. as Battery 13ttace, - and ; the adjacent one as Battery IWKenzie. . 111. It ie el:Elected thst,the saluts in honor of the christening shall, in due time, be fired from Fort Sumpter. By order . of Brigadier General &ram% 7ALveu H. Lutsv,• Acting Assistant Adjutant General. The batteries,, it will be seen, were named in honor of the commanders of regiments that captns•ed and held them, and of the two naval officers who assisted very materially.. • THE'InGHT strop THE ATTAOK was an anxious one. Tlose.who were to make the assault slept as usual but many 'who Wire to be lookers on could not sleep:' ' conipletely fatigued, at Midnight', I lay down on the sand, in the open air , but before I could sleep pre parations for tie tnpvement commence(); .Reg imentS were silently called np arid' forMetfin line of battle t• the storming party formed on the beach - at a safe distance from the fort, and then came an anxious hour, while we awaited the right moment for the assault. The still nese of 'death reigned around. It - was quite dark. Lights were generally extinguished, except at the hospital• building, and a horse's tramp or the jingling of a sabre could be heard half a mile. THE STORMING OF FORT WAGNER . • During the evening a plan . for taking the fort by storm was agreed on. _lt Wag a despe rate measure, but all that. Was,- required was a brave storming party, welt led. Lieutenant Colonel Rodman volunteered to take the ad- - wince with his battalion of the 7th Connecti cut. The only condition. he made was that be should be.well supported.... That was promised him, and he entered into the project with much enthusiasm, The regiments _selected for the support were two tine ones,.in which Generals Gillmore and Strong had great .confidence, for they had behaved gallantly in the engagement of. Friday morning—the 9ih Maine and the 76th Pennsylvania. The 76th was led by Mej. Ricks, Col. Strawbridge being confined to his tent by sickness. General Strong had charge of the opecation, but General Gillmore also gave it general sopervision. !r1 REBEL 'PICKETS DRIVEN IN The column moved.on slowly,aad silently tip the beach, without.arousing any' one till they arrived within two hundred yards , of the fort, when the pickets were encountered and driven in, thus notifying the garrison_of the party's approach. Now was the time for a gallant charge hy the Seventh Connecticut . , and they made it. Gen. Stone rode up to them at the proper,moment, and said, "Fire low, , and trust in God! Forward, the Connecticut Seventh!" And away they.,went at a double-quick.,The fort opened with three 8-inch howitzers, eavi ly charged with grape and canister. Some of them fell, only chance shots struck them, for the rebels could not see them. God save them from .receiving, such a round as that. The belching flames looked, terribly ; the ringing and rattling and hummiiig of the missiles was terrible. There they . go, pell-mell, cheering and ObOttling, XSotber round comes at them ; morafallt.this time, but they do not falter. A third round ploughs among them, but , still thitir survivors press on, with the same glori ous shout, with the same admirable enthusiasm. They are heroes, every one of theni. Now they are under the wbrks and juing • or :wallo* through the ditch. The hand grenadesdo not stop them, nor the rifle balls, nor the notes of preparation within. Up the banks they clam ber, and, with therr•old shout unsilenced, they stand upon the parapet—all who have not fal len do the- way. Not a man has flinched. The gallant Col, Rodman has been - wit b them, or ahead of them,,the whole time, and stands on the parapet waving his sword and cheering with his men. . We have the yebels now beyond si doulkt but where is the support The 76th, on the right, have advanced bravely at • the proper time, and the 9th Maine have followed with equal courage ; but they did - not eo will escape the first round of the deadly grape, and they wavered.' That staggering back instead of pressing forward decided , the day against us. They lose their distance, and whet they bravely rally it is justotime to receive another fire, which makes them dodge.; for it login infernal in the distance, and must be terrific to march directly up to. The neat rally is not eneral. Some press on to-the moat, more rush back to certain death. There is little danger if they i ptleh on—almost certain death if they break up and retreat. M jor Hicks leads the 76th bravely, and some choice men follow him on to the parapet: but when , he turns to look for his regiment, there it is, routed, with the 9:11 Maine also ,retreating and the brave Colonel Rodman, ai.hereiseives a wound In the side which :he ouripet* fatal, cries = "Where is the- euppert ?" and then, turning and seeing- how he is deserted, says, "A damned 'pretty support 'that is—=the coW ards are running., earay !" Reluctantly._ he draws off ,his : men to prevent capture, and, with their ranks thinned by two hrindeed rifled muskets inside the fort; they regretfully retire. THE ToEFATILTINH REGIMENTS, I hare met many, of. both regiment& since, scattered on Morris and Folly Islands, either era' or ashamed to go, back. ,I do not wish to accuse these regiments of coitardice. - Their -.conduct, was no dlegrace; but they, made ,fatal mistakes; and el their swat battle field must Gett.litrong his sit la ain d word to one of; them, though he felt the failure deeply. He still believes they are good regiments; but, whether they deserve blame or not they will get it, and will be denounced by jeople who never at* a grape shot; judeh lest faced a fire tram %battery of howitle loaded with it. LISCELWEOUS: 141e411 LIME dr EXTRNAT. • The ''liete of retreat of the rebel Heceral seems to he somewhat iavoledd in mystery. A Hagerstown telegram announces that his rear -gnird left Martinsburg on Saturday morning, and that he is retreating by way of Strasburg and Staunton, not' by Culpepper; while the Washington gossips have it that his retreat is to Thornton and Chester Gaps, on the way to Culpepper. - 41IIK PEELING IN B.ICIDICIED.. Bstifhern papers of the 16th, received at Withhington, are. Very gloomy over the rebel situation. The Richmond Enquirei• says the only salvation,of the southern confederacy is in calling ont.-a levy en masse, the application of martial law to the whole-country as in-a state of siege; and the absolute control of all trade. The tittiite paper publishes a: pieclamatiOn by Jeff. Davis calling out, under the confederate oonseription Oct, all white men between the ages:of 18 and 45 , t0 serve for three years, un der penalty. of 'being punished for desertion in case of disobetkience. lam mans IN Tat APPOMATTOX. Two federal. iron-clads are stated by Rich mond pitieis to have entered Appomattox river, south of the city. The river was said to be obstructed, and they hoped, by_the falling of the freshet, to eateh the iron-elide aground. ATTACK OF THE MOB ON STATEN ISLAND It is stated that the Mob attacked the rail road station on Staten Island last night; (20th,) but were most .effehtually scattered, several being killed and' wounded by the Hawkint Zousves and 30 taken prisoners. , Two Zouaves aie reported SLVEBE FIGHTING AT JACHION, MISS • According to rebel accounts, instead of Gen. Sherman taking possession of Jackson on the 10111; is announced. by telegraph yesterday, very heevy fighting was going on there on the 16th,, Our -troops are reported repulsed , in thiee attacks, :with great lops, leaving their dead to be buried b 3; the enemy. Large. rein torccments -to Grant are announced from the artny:Of teisecrins, and den. Osteihaui, one of tone bet Generalti,"is reported kiiled. A few days will put us, in, possession of.reliable Information; . WHAT THE CHAIRLESTONIANS THINK. . `The bfiiiriestqn Mercury . of the Isth, refer ring to the occupation by our troops'of the southern half of Morris Island, says there is blit4the way ttiati.'iti the city i of ehe'rle'ston, and that is by a'speedy and unflinching use of the baypnet:. Our superiority in engineering contrivances and cannon is confessed, -and with del)endenCe on those o n ly, the reduction of Port Wagner,,, and the fall of Putopter, and of Charleetenitself; is Fenn to be a nitre ques• tiori of time. • MISSION .TO ENGLAND. - Hon. William. Whiting, solicitor of the War Departmeni, is about to visit England as the accredited agent of •the, government of the United States. His mission is supposed to have• reference to thelleet of.vessels now - being built in England,. and _ probably intended for the iebel navy. CIRCULAR No . 5.4 Under date of July 1-9, the Provost Marshal General has issued the following CIRCULAR No. 54 —Existing laws make a distinction in the matter of pay, bounties, or other allowances, between soldiers of African descent and other soldiers in the service of the United States. Men of African descent can only be accepted as substitutes for each other under the Eurgilment , act. J 45. B. Fax, Pidvost Marshal General WASHINGTON ITEMS. We always give these items for precisely what they are worth.: Sometimes they are fact, much oftener fiction : GEN. MEADE'S COUNCIL OF WAR In the council of war called by Gen. Meade while Gen. Lee was engaged in crossing the Potomac, the arguments •of Gen. French are said to have been the decisive ones. General French maintained that not only would it be hatardous to attack Gen. Lee them, but that there was serious &Leger that Lee himself would assume alp of and that it be hooved our commanclei'to - strengthen 'our po -sition by throwing up rifle-Tits, &c., which thei Procee e da•to do. Res. wd k newoarn'.l. its.sr.cwAxiatv. The resignation ofben: ifadswerth hag bedn ,formally tendered, but the government is-ex tremely unwilling to accept it. , I.l.llrumitt zirERETT"S BONS Both the ions 'of the lion. Edward:Everett —one 'el ;whom hail just graduated at Cam bridge, England- , -have been drafted in Boston. Both have made up their minds to serve in person, instead of torocuiii4 "substitutes o r . paying the. saw_ *HAT iIAS BABY& DI DONE ? Gen. Sehenek.has issued an order forbidding army officers to stop at. Blinum'f3 DISSMISSALS Captain Patrick O'Murphy, Co. A, - 115th Pennsylvania, has been dismissed for drunk enness. Hospital Steward Charles N. Snyder, U. S. A., has also been dismissed for drunk enness. Colonel William Northedge, 57th N. Y. V, has been .dismissed the service for at tempting to excite mutiny. .RECRIIITING FOR TIIR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLORED , REIIMENTSt • A large accession was made this afternoon to the colored regiment in process of organi zation here. The negro soldiers had invited their male and - female acquaintances to a sort of picnic at their camp, at A.uticostia Island. When the time for breaking up came the fe males were sent home, but the males were po litely detained as recruits. _Li JED In Watts townsbip, Perry c•..naty, on Sunday, the 19th rant., DANIEL LIVINGSTON, Sr., ll► the 76th year of his age. July 215t,.1110.1.i MIN FRANKE. tg youngest son of Hew and Margaret F.. Becker, aged 13 months. The funeral mill take place this nfternoOn at four o'clock. frian theiresidence of hia parents, Walnut st.. The friend' of the family Jum , reapectfttlly invited to at tend. , : * • At Mrs. Halbach's, on Tdesday, July 22 at 12 o'clock pllitar MARTIN. " • SPEC TA 1 NOTICES. MOTHERS I mots-Ens! Don't fail to procure Hre.,W.INBLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for CHILDREN TENTHINH. This val ble preparation is, the prescription of one of the best female physicians and nurses in the - United States, and has been need for thirty years with never failing esfety • and suc cess by millions of mothers-and children, from the fee ble of One week old to the It not only relieves the child from pain, but invigo rates the stoniach corrects acidity, and gives tone and energy to tile whole eystem. It will al most instantly relieve eaIPINO,•IN ?no Rowets ♦ND WIND COLIC. • We believe Mille best and surest remedy in the world in all cases of DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from teething or from eapy 9t . littr 616111161 k Pall directions for using will accompanyeack bottle None geonine unless the fin simile of CURTIS it PER RINO, New York? is on'the outside wrapper;; • 801 t by all Medicine Belden., , TchkeiPt.l.Ottlee, 48 pe.r greet, Nor =York .P. 44 .duly 20 *toper bottle . .. . 12 423-44.*Ore ' ENE Diroz.*l The emallination of ingredients in these Pills are the rkfimilt bi a kilig bad exhinsitre pradtiee They are Mild =heir operation, Sid certain . is demoting all irrega- Ger, pai6ihlmenstruation,ianiotinggallobstru c ti ons . whether from cold or otherwase, headache, get in the side, palpitation of the heart, whites, all asrotasattee t1033/1.; hysterics, fatigue, pain In •th !hack itilimbe, Ito., disturbed sleep, which aris3 ft.° intarrr, F t' of nature flit. clifidickair a PILLE was the ocunmangemita g einV ir thong , trisCpa of those trwirularitieg egg 061121305 tug I w o ; signed so _many tP a rusessqli rear ds i oc 'mean enjoy good health unless 4WD is regular, and whenever an obsteligelog takes page the general health begins to de cline DR. IIItIKESR4II4IIr'S PILLS are the most elleotnal rowdy. ever known for all com plaints peculiar to Finales. To all asses they are invaluable, ixducistg, with esi!tainty, periodical regraar ity. They are known to thousande,who have used them at different periods, throgghout the wintry, having the sanction of come or the Most eminent Physicians in anCriC6. Explicit directions, stating whets they shovid not Le used, with each Box—the Price Ons Dollar per Box, containing from 60 to 60 Pills. Pills slat by mail, promptly, by remitting to the Agents. Bold by Druggists generally. • R. B. HUTCHINGS, Proprietor, 20 Cedar street, New York. Sold hi Harrisburg, by O. A. Banos-art. It MeChariPlablirel by J. 8. Dellett. " Carlisle. by " Bhippeniburg, by D. W. Raskin. " Chambersburg, by Miller & Darnley. " Hummelstown, by George Wolf. " Lebanon, by Georre Ross. deeC-awly DR. TOBIAS' VENETIAN LINI MENT has given universal satisfaction during the four teen years it has been introduced into the United 4t, w w g , After being tried by milllione, it has been proclaimed the pain destroyer of the world Pain cannot be where this liniment is applied:' If used as directed it cannot and never hag failed in single instance. For colds, coughs and influenza, it can't be beat. One 25 cent bane will cure all the above, beelike being useful in every family for.sudden accidents, such as burns, cuts, scalds, insect stings, &c. It is 'perfectly 'innocent, to take internally, and can be given to the oldest person or youngest child. Price 26 and•so cents a bottle Sold'by.allaraggista. Mice, 66 Cortlandt street, • je4 d&wlm - New. York. A CARD TO THE LADIES. DR. DUPONCO'S. GOLDEN PILLS F.Oll-.FEM4LESI InfadlT3le in Carrectiag, Reptlatiag and Rentaving all Obstructions, from whatever cause, and ahfays saccessfid as a .eveve,tsve. ThileeTILLS Wive been teed by the Dadtoni for many years, both in France and America, with unparalleled Iniceoo6 in every se; j he is urged by many Linn send ladies wlio need them, to mite the Pills public for the alleviation or those suffering trim any irregularities whatever as well as to prevent an increase of family where heiSth"wilinotiormit it. Females partioulfrly situated, or those "'apposing ihemselves so, are eautioinisi against-these Pills while in, that condition, as thetas° sure to produce miscarriage, and the proplietoiouisumee no responsibility cfter this admonition, altbougla their mildness would prevent any mischief to Jlealth—other wise the Pills are recommended. Full and explicit.di sections aeeeinpany each box. Pries $lOO per box.. , gold, wholesale and retail, by CHARLES A. DAttil- FART, Druggist, No. 2 Jones Bow, and O. N. HICLLIN, Druggist, Harrisburg, PK. ' Ladies, by sending them $l.OO to the Harrisburg Poet Office, scan have the Pills sent free of observation to any part of the country (confidentially) and "free'of postage" by Mail. Sold also by J. L. Lammas., Lebanon; J. A. Wm.', Wrightsville; aimaga, York; B. lar..x.torr, Car lisle; J. 0_ Airier., tibiftpenaburg ; SHisraLin, Oham- Uritbarg ; S. Newville ; A. 3; KAllrrnalri Me chanicsburg; Dimwit & Bauman, No. 4, South Liber ty street, Baltimore;. and by'-one Druggist" in very town and city throughout the United States. . HALL & EXCHEL, 218 Greenwich Street, New York, .General Wholesale Agents. --Look out for counterfeits. Buy no Golden Pills of Any kind unless every box is signed S.D. Howe. Ail others are.a base, imposition and unsafe therefore, as you Value yOur Gies and health, (to say nothing of being humbugged out of your money,) buy onlyof those who show the signature of S. D. Howe on every box, which hes recently been added on. account of the Pills being counterfeited. The ingredients composing the above Pills are, made known to every Agent.. They WIII tell you the.Pihe are perfectlrharmless, ye will do all claimed for them.. S. D. 110WD, iYIT-dlv Sole Pranristnr. ow York. Ntw I.6vertieenterits. OUND-:-A bog of Tobae3o. The x owner can have it by. proving p.o - pertv and paying charaes. by applying to JOHN ALBRIGEIT, Filbert street ; Harrisburg.. - QIRD GAGES, EJO CUILDRENS' CARRIAGES, Tae largest stock in the city, in found at 110 Market street. For sale by GEO. W. PARSONO - jy224lw. DDIVIDEND.—The President and Man- TWO of the K.OLURTODURO- AND 'bIIDDLSTOWN TURNPIKE ROAD COMPANY have this day declared a dividend of two'per cent, upon the capital stock of said company, payable to the stockholders on demanl. BUD! F. KELKER, Treasurer, Harrisburg, July 3s, '63—j20.6t N 0.5, 9. Front et. ISROPOSILS . • FOR'BUILDING A t SEWER —Sealrd-rrOpOSltill Wi be reeeive.i at the Connell Chamber of the Common Comma of thd City of Harrisburg, until three o'.clock• p. m. of Saturday, the first day of August neat, for the const-uction of a BRICK SEWER, four feet in diameter in the clear, in _North street, from , the termination of the sewer under the eanni, near the foot of said street ; te.Cowdea street, aceordirg to the' plans and •speeifieat'ons ofliether Rage, Chief Regulator of the city. The contmcier to furnish all:the materials and do all the, labor. Propi eels to'state the , price pet lineal 3 ard for the sewers when complete& Paymoßte to be. made on the estimates of the Chief Regulator as the work picrrorace, and the Coepeil reserve terentj per cent. of the said estimates until the sewer is completed. . jy2o-eod td DR 0 CL A ALA T I O N.—Whereas, the Honorable Joni 3. PasssoirePresident of. the Court of Common Pleas. in the Twelfth Judicial District, son• slating piths counties of Lebanon and Dauphin, and the Hon. SAMUEL LANDIS and Hon. MOSES H. YOUNG, Asso ciate Judges in Dauphin county, having issued their pre cept, bearing date the 29th day of May, A. D. 18E3, to me directed, for holding a Oonrt of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery and Quarter Seisions of the Peace at Harrisburg, for the county of Dauphin. and to com mence on thefourth. Monday of August next, being the 24th day of itagiis;, 1803, and. to continue two weeks. Notice is therefore hereby. givenAo the Coroner, Jus tices ot the Peace, Aldermen, and Constables of the said county of Dauphin, that they be then and there in their properpersons, at 10 o'clock in the forehbon of said day, with their reoords,ingnisitions, examinations, and their own remetnbilinces, to do those - things which to their office appertains to be done, and those Who are bound in recognisances to prosecute against the prisoners that are or shall be in the Jail of Dauphin founty, be then and there to. prose Cute against them as shall be just. Given under 'my hand, at Harrisburg, the 18th day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1883, and in the eighty seventh year of the independence of the United States. ' J. D. BOAS, Sheriff WANTED. $75 A MONTH I I want to hire Agents in every county at $75 a month, expenses paid, to aeli my new cheap Family Sewing Machines. Address, ' 8 515. 1 )15.01% m'frw3to. Alrred, yrANTED:—S6O A MONTH ! We v . want Agents at 563 a month, eximmes paid, to sell our Everlasting Pencils, Oriental' AoriarC and thirteen other new, useful and curious articles. "%Mean circulars sent free. Address, . r a ct.wgra 8114 W k. CLAIM Biddeford, Maine. FDEPENDENCE ISLAND. Negev. BECKER & F ALK I Proprietors, announce to the citizens of llarristarg that.thia cool and delightful Illummer.retreatle now open for visitorS. ACcOmmoda tions will be furnished to parties and pie:nlee at reason able terms. a dancing platform having been erected f r their Speciitl use. Beason tickets for families, good for one year, $l.OO No improper ehmacters admitted, and no intoxicated person will'be ieibniitted to vitit the Island. A Ferry Boat plies * constantly between the Island and thy foot of Broad street , West Harrisburg. jel3-3m RAND PIC—NIC for the BENEFIT OF TIIM HOPE. FIRE COMPANY NO. 2, ..AT HOFFMAN tS WOODS. 8-A-T UR DAY JULY 25th, 1863.. TICKETS - Q 5 CENTS. 'LEON. MANAGERS. ' ' G. SAMPLE, , 1 &nut Weeis4a, D. E. Emma, ~ ' Jon* cioLL, _ • SratreenAmaa. • NO improper chafactera be:admitted, and there wilt amnficient:pblfee force nnytha grciund to preserve Order.., jy9-eedtd It Machinists, a t the J/A f_ , . Esau WORKS. rims. GEO'. J. SHG , MAKER, LEVI WEAVES; Committee.
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