tte 13atrint 4thon. THURSDAY MURNINO L JKLY 23, 1863 O. SAARETT a. co., PROPIII*ToWIi. Ceininnnialtlone will noirliepublheledin the-Pawnor LID Ullo l unless acsionipaiiied. with the name of the anther. . . S. M. PICTTZDIGILL & CO., Mo. ST Park Row, N. Y., and S State St., Bestow, 093 Agesti tot tirei c emnar LA Mu" In Um" cities; And Are satkortsed to take Advertisement* and ilutmeariplicine for am at our Lowest Rates. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. FOR QOSRRNOR, NON. GEO. W. WOODWARD, OF raiLADELraze... FOR JUDGE OF TEE SUPREME COURT, WALTER 8, LOWRIE, OF ALLIOIIBNY 'COUNTY. THE WOW PATRIOT A3O IJMON FOR TRH MEM The Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION will be feruLbel to clubs of ten or more, for the campaign, with an extra number giv ing full returns of the October election, at 50 cents I THE NATIONAL • PLATFORM. PURPOSES OF THE WAS. Congress, by a votenearly unanimous, passed the follswiug resolution, which expresses the voice of the Nation and is - the true standard of Loyalty: " That the present deplorable Civil war has been Tweed npon the country by the ditandonists of the Pouthern Slates, now ID anon ageing& the Constitutional Government, and in arms Wound the Oapital ; that in this National emergency, _Congress, banishing all feel ing„of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty I. the whole country ; that this war is not Waged on their part in any spins of oppression, or for any-petrpo . se of c!nuotest . or subjugutfun, or purpose of wartkroweng or interfer i ng with the rights or established institutions of those States but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve; thit Nteion, with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these ob-, jeas are accomplished the war ought to cease." TO THE PUBLIC. THE PATRIOT AND UNION and all its business operations will hereafter be conducted exclu sively by 0. BARRETT and T. G. Ponsitoy, un der the firm of 0. Bantotrr &_Co., the connec tion of IL F. M'Reynolds with said establish• ment having ceased on the 20th November, !Met. NOVXNBzit. 21, 1862. "Has the 'radical' press ever taught that the adminiatration was carrying the war on 'un conatitutionally,' and for purposes of conquest —not restoring the Union ?"—Telegraph. If the "radical" press has not "taught that the administration was carrying on the war unconstitutionally," it certainly has claimed the - right to do so under the convenient "higher law" than the Constitution, the "war power," which, the "radical' press insists, clothes the President with authority above the Constitu tion and the laws. And the "radical" press, including the Telegraph, has, tile and again, ridiculed the idea of "restoring the Union," told us it was folly to think of such a thing, that it it could not be done, would not be done, and should not be done. In fact, yes—they have "taught" that the war was not for a re storation of the Union, but for freedom—the emancipation of the negroes—and would never stop until this was accomplished, the Southern States converted into provinces, conquered, subjugated, deprived of every right and brought, suppliant, to the feet of the ad ministration_ Many. of them have taught that it ohenid be a war of conquest—the inhambi tants butchered, or driven from their homes, and their lands divided among the soldiers, negroes and "loyal" Abolitionists. All this and more that is anti - -republican, anti-consti tutional, fanatical and barbarous they have "taught," and yet teach. And this very Tele graph, whisk new asks whether the !latent 'tress have ever taught the doctrines of the New York rioters, has winked at, if it has not applauded every outrage committed upon Don a:ratio persons and property by Abolition riot ers, and through its columns not only once, but often, endeavored to incite citizens and soldierk "to assault this office, destroy the property and take summary vengeance upon its owners and editors. They need but turn to their own files to stand self-convicted of these charges—and this has been the character, unscruptious and atrocious, of the "radical" press, we think, without a oalitar7 exceptioa. High Times in liatb s tgasear.. All the world seems to becon the eve of great events. Here we have been 'Waging an exten sive civil war for more than two years. In puts of Asia it is raging fiercely. In Europe the ati pect of affairs is threatening—any moment the red demon of war may be loosed, and bayonets be employed to cut the knot which diplomacy has drawn so tight that it has not the power to untie its In the little Kingdom of Greece a small game of 1-014/Lien Juis been essayed without success ; and even in Mlidagascar, whose people we had supposed too ignorant ana callous to know 'what oppression meant, a spark has been struck from the apparently dead log, and some mischief, or good, as the case may be, done. In fact they have had Lea high old tune" of it in that dark K - mgdom, and spil led some royal and aristocratic blood. Here is a summary of their proceedings : "It appears that the King yielded himself up to the advice of evil counsellors. He was ex postulated with by his subjects, especially with respect to some bad lora which he had passed. The King refused to withdraw them, and there upon the people, slaves, and soldiers amembled in public places to search for the thirty-three persons belonging to the court who were sup .posed to have been the authors of the opprobri ous measures. Some were seized and mur dered. The Sing Interceded for the rest, and his request Gras granted only ao far as their lives were concerned.:. The next day the King was assassinated, ° and the council proclaimed his widow Queen, and announced that Rodama had committed suicide. The Queen was compelled. topromise aka/tow/rem ir.lerrzienting drinks." The world Over mankind appear to be pretty ranch the same. MOO,: Wi , hold power are apt to forget right--on 4 those who prize their rights are apt to bold on to them, to write for them, fight for them, and even revolutionize for them. Our Majesty, like the Majesty. of 'Madagas cp, hitt "yielded hbngelf up-t 6 the advice . of evil counsellors ;" and if he did not "pass" "bad laws," he has shown a decided disposi tion to enforce them against popular opinion, and to disregard and trample upon the funds ' mental law, by virtue of which he holds his office, and without which there could be no government, and, consequently, noladministra tibn. The people of,the United Btates t may bh`eup posed to Folks' at least awhigh a degree et, intelligettce Rid fiririut ft' lore of right, and liberty as the people of Madagascar—and if so, it is fair to infer that it is dangerous to tread too heavily l on , their toes. Let our. Majesty take warning frot2n the fate roajaaky.of Nada gasear—who is said to have been strangled with his wife'S garter—and dismiss his evil counsellors and reform his evil ways in time. It would be well, perhaps, for the people of this country, before proceeding to extremities with those in power who have treated them so badly, to try the effects of the policy inaugu rated by the - revolutionists of Madagascar, and exact from the President end Cabinet, as well as from the outside counsellors, Wnde and Chandler, a promise of "abstinence from inioxi eatirf drinks." Such a promise, well k9t, might prOhoo a . wholesome change in the poliey of the admin.- ittratiop l and avoid the necessity 0 - a resort to Sterner measures. What Graut has Doug. Rebel loss in Major general • Gram's De partment since the landing et the arthy at Grand Gulf, Miss., May 1, 1863 : Loss In men up to Way 18 90,000 rtisoners taken atVieksbutg, July 4 •81,0 0 Total „ -' 71,000 Citizen prisoners - • - 5,000 1,500 of *holm are women and children. . Dasorkers, sick and.wounded 11, 220 Do_ —_ St for duty: _ ' 18.000 Tents captured • r ' ' - 4,000 Mules captured .... . - - , • 1,500 Horses captured . .. . Freight cars captured - 200 Locometires captured ' ' - - ' ' 5 Large siege guns capt.nre4 ' 188 Field piecls captured ..... .. )51 Rounds of ammunition " . 800 ' Stands of small arms ' - . 35,000 Shot guns, drc., ace.. - '•'' • • 30,0 , 0 Value of ritiblin property captured from : PO- 7 000 ; 000 to $l5 000 000. .. . 'Approved by order of " (Signed) ' Islas WILSON, Xient.Col. and Provost Marshal. These losses are tremendous ; and when we add to them say 8,000 killed; wounded and captured by Gen: Banks at - Port Hudson; 2,200 . killed, wounded • and captured in the recent• battle at Helena ; 8,000 of •Morgaies band killed or captured in Ohie,'and Lee's loss :du ring the late invasion of Maryland and Penn sylvanta, not less than 80,000=-making total rebel loss within three months of 114,000, it. seems impossible; without: a sudden and•great reverse to the Federal arths, that, even by the mast superhuman exertions,. the Southern Con federally can long survive. It mey feebly con 'Untie the struggle fer •another year, perhaps'; but if the Washington.administretion were . Wise and true to its duties under the ConStitu tion-7-if it were magnanimous, or even just in its action, (which we regret to say is not the case,) we should prophesy the end of the rebel lion and the restoration of peace and the Union within three months. The great misfortune of the country is that neither the administratiOn North nor the 4.dministration South compre hend the requirements of the hour; nor can either of them perceive, in their blind fana ticism and unholy ambition, the path that leads to true glory, to honor and renown. They are fighting now not for the 'interests of the na tion, not for the preservation of republican principlei in the governments North and South, but for self-preservation and the perpetuation of power in their own hands, or in the hands of the parties respectively' by which they are' mainly supported in their warfare against Con stitutions, Laws and Liberty. This is the time for the people North and South to inter fere, and by iheir'voice—which must be potent if unanimone---ferce their perdition§ rulers to close this bloody. war and restore theold order of things. None but the most crazy fanatics, the most wickedly ambitions, the contractors who are thriving on the ruin of their country, and the thieves who ate dailyrobbing the treasury, can desire. a governinent other or better than that given to ws by our' falbersh_ That govern ment, the people demanding it, can be restored in three or at farthest six months. Let it be done. Tharlow Weed's' Opinion of "Howling - jAbolltionlota.99 Thurlow Weed, who Was' recently the very brains of the Republican party, but withdrew from active participation in its affairs when it became so far Abolitionized 'as to require no brains to conduct its policy, has written a letter to Raymond, of the New York Times, enclosing $5OO for the relief of the , unfortunate negroes of that oity who were driven - from their .homes and stripped of their all by the mob. In this letter, after alluding to the unreasonable hos tility of many of the Irish to the negro; and averring that that hostility is embittered by the course of Abolition journals and fanatics, Mr. Weed IMO "But what cares iVendell Phillips how many negroes are murdered if their blood furnishes material for agitation ? a There is abundant occasion for the public abhorrence of mob violence. But when all the circumstances have been revived, the popular condemnation of those who, while the nation is struggling for existence, thrust the nnoffend ing negro forward as :a -target for infuriated mobs, will become general and emphatic. Ultra Abolitionists were hailed in South Caro lina as the best friends' of secession. Prac tically they are the worst enemies of the col ored man. But for the " malign influence' of these howling Abolitioniate, in Congress anti with the President, rebellion would not, in the beginning, have assumed such formidable pro portions; nor, in its progress, would the North have been divided, dr the Government crip pled." THE WHEAT CROP in this vicinity, we are glad to be able to state, is not nieterially iu jured by the late heavy rains. By our own personal experience from a visit to the.cgun try, within a day or two, and by conversation with the owner of three large farms, we feel authorized' to state that - the damage will in no case,' here about,. exceed five per cent, of the crop; while in others, though entire 'fields of it have been for several days in shook; exposed to daily rains,' the - grain is wholly uninjured. Much of that which is cat was no doubt gar nered yesterday. The - average loss by the excessive rains in Eastern Pennsylyania and. South Jersey, may safely be set down as not exceeding two per cent, and probably not more than one, while the yield et wheat is ohe of the heaviest ever keown.—Ledger. • SUBSTITUTES FROM Cato DA.—The Boston Herald says that since the draft .there, large number* of men from the Canadas have ar rived in that city with the intention to offer themselves as substitutes, The' Dumber •15 stated to be much larger than' that of the per sons who have been drafted and who have run away to the Provinces to escape the military service for which they were drawn. NEWS OF Tlit BY TELEGItA.PiI. FROM GEN. GRANT'S ARMY,, JORIBBON BAB PROBABLY kettiPSD--rOBERMAA. COMPTES JACKSON—Wit, RiNisolfo 1200 TROOPS, VISITS NATIMEZPARDIatIr SOBERS, AC. ST. LOMB, July 21.--g apittal dispatch Memphis, dated 20th, says etY an arrival from below we have Natchez dates to the 15th, Jackson to the 15th, and Vicksburg to the 18th. General Sherman ordered:. a charge on John son's forces on Friday, but it had BO far va cated that capturing it was out of the ques tion. Only a few stragglers, a few gals, and some ammunition were taken. A portion of General Sherman's force is now in Jackson, which is his headquarters, while the remainder is on .the way back to Vicks burg. Johnson's army swam the Pearl river. Eight steamers left Vicksburg on the fith, for Natchez, having on board 1200 soldiers under command of Oen. - Ransoth. On his ar rival he bapturid five rebel officers crossing the river. Ile captared a batt i gry ;of nine ,guns,four of which are 10 pouzia Parrott's. He mu marched' back into 'the country nine miles and captured 247 boxes of ammunition and nine more guns. The rebels fled in con sternation; On returning to. Natchez he found 5,000 head of Tessa osttle and over 1,000 hogehefil! . , ^f p og o., all • of Which he toot: pas session of in the name of the : 1- " t 'ld Sta t e,' On the Bth two steamers arrived from. Nei: . Orleans, via Port Hudson, bringing up 2,800 paroled rebel prisoners. Two steamers left on the Bth for New Orleans, with large loads of cattle, and three more for. Vicksburg with live stock. The steadiers Louisville and Ely•irs, captured up the Red river, arrived at Vicks burg on thy 17th lost, • OFFICIAL DISPATCHBB FROM GEL GRANT Womack'NS. July 24.—The following offi cial diepatohes'from Gen. Grant have been re ceivid : Y ICKSBIMG, Miss., July 15.-11ajor General IP. Bitneck, General in. Chief:—Gen. Sher man has Jackson invested from Pearl River on the north to the river on the south. Rberman says he has fore eeneugh 7 . and 'feels' its appre• hensioti about the result,. Finding that Yazoo City was being fortified, I sent'Cieneral Herron there with his division. He-captured several hu r ndred prisoners, one steamboat, five pieces of artillery, and all the public stores fell into' our hands. The enemy burned -three ateambosts on the Approach of the'guntioats._ , The De Kalb wail blown up and sunk in i 2 feet: of water by the explosion of a • torpedo. ,Finding that the enemy was crossing cattle for the rebel army at Natchez, and were said to have several thousand men there, I have sent,steaniboats and tioops to collect them, and to destroy their, boats and all means for making MOM.. • The army paroled here have,,to a great ex tent, deserted, and are scattered over the country in every direction. - (Signed) U. S. GRANT, Itii•j. Gen. i t aT,*a 7 —.TaCICSON EVAVRATED, VicK.lii.trno July 18, Ma—Major Genera? B. W. Brallea., General in Chief:—Joe John son evacuated Jackson: on the night of the 16th. He is now in full retreat, east. Sher man says that most of 'his army must perish from heat, lasi of vvater and general dis couragement. - The army paroled here have tn. a great ox. tent deserted , and ere scattered over the coun tty in every direction. Ifeaying that Yazoo City was being fortified, I sent General hereon there. Five guns were ceptured, together with many stores and about 800 prisoners. gen, Ransom was sent to Natchez to stop thy crossing of cattle for the Lutern army.— On his arrival. he - found a large number had been driven out of the city to be pastured; also 61)A munitions of war had recently been crossed over to wait .for Kirby Smith. He mounteti about 200 of his men ana sent them in both directions. They captured a number of prisoners and 5,000 head of Texan. cattle, 2,ooo.hcad of which were sent to Gen. Banks. The balance have been and will be brought here. In Lou:siana they, captured more prisoners and a number of teams loaded with ammuni tion. Over 2,000,000 rounds of musket ainmu niti3n, were brought back with the teams cap tured, and 268,00 Q rounds, besiths artillery ammunition, destroyed. U. B.'Gitelyr, Maj. Gen. Commanding. FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON; July 22.—The Invalid Corps is rapidly reaching its prescribed dimensions. 'Twenty companies of the first battalion have already been organized, and also seven Com panies of the second battalion. Recruits are gathered in St. Louis, Washington, Michigan, Connecticut, South Carolina and Fortrees Mon roe, and will soon be brought into the organi sation. At least twenty-five hundred men haveOiready enlisted. Some of them are per forming guard duty at the War Department and other places. The men are delighted with the corps, which they regard one of especial honor. The statement is erroneous that the thirty invalid soldiers recently sent to ther . Provost Marshal's office is New York fired blank cot ridges at those who assailed them. They each had silty rounds of ammunition and used them to the best advantage. Their friends think this correction is due to their character. The Treasury Department has issued'notice to traders, shippers, and carriers, or local rules and restrictions for the Third Special Agency, which comprises so much of the State of North Carolina as ie oi may be in the lines of military. occupation by the United States forces. • , It appears that commercial intercourse with localities beyond the lines of military occupa tion by our troops is strictly prohibited. No permit will be granted for the transportation of any articles to any blockaded port or place, except upon the 'Toutet of the beparlment of War or of. the Navy, either directly or through a duly authorized officer, accompanied by a certificate that the articles are needed for military or naval purposes. Authorized per mits will be granted only by the Collector of Customs at Beaufort, or other office's spe cially designated for that purpose, or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Until otherwise ordered, no permit will. be granted to purchase, trade or barter in tar, turpentine or rosin within the-limits of this agency, or to transport the same therefrom on private account. No vessel, boat., or other craft, or vehicle used for transportation, shall put off any goods, wares or merchandize at any place other than that named in the permit or clearance as the place of destination. The su pervising special agent for this agency (D. Weaton) will keep an office at Beaufort, N. C., till otherwise directed. FROM NORTH CAROLINA. N E w BER N , It C., July iB.—A cavalry expe dition left this morning, which will penetrate the interior a hundred miles or more. Before this is published its mission will have been ac complished. Its programme includes the de struction of extensive railroad bridgee, culverts and railroad connections. General Potter is in command. The recent enlargement of General Foster's command, which now embraces , Richmond, is the clause of great rejoicing in.this deparintent, and is considered equivalent to the speedy fall of that city. A distinguished statesman and an extensive slaveholder in the interior of North. Carolina, who has beggr an Ind slitirtrY man since the first rebel,gun was firediato Fort Sumpter has written au *taborets work entitled "Slavery, and the Rebellion," which is on the way to New York for publication. MORGAN'S RAID. _,_• OZNERAL will! FIVE HUNDRED MEN ON A FAST RUN-...DEATH OF MAJ. IeCOON Cutrontrwan, July 22.—Morgan, with -About :500 men, encamped near M'Arthur, Vinton county, last night, and at half teat 5 o'oloek, thtrukortting he was within SI mlle of Vinton, on the. Marietta and Cincinnati railroad.. Majo'it'M'Cuok. father; of Malin' general MlCooliii.:4liimi et Pomeroy yesterday; from the effects ota Wound received during the engage ment with Morgan's gang at Buffington's ipland. CAPTURE OF THREE HUNDRED REBELS. CAIRO, July 21.—Information was beeei,ed on Saturday afternoon that a force of rebels. 300 or 400 strong, would encamp that night at a point three miles from Rienzi, with the in tention to attack Camp Davis; a strong stock ade fort six miles south'of COrinth, the next morning, they being under the impression that the garrison was nearly all away, upon a scout in Alabama. A detachment of the 6th Illi nois, and the 3d battalion of the 6th Ohio cav ally, were immediately sent forward, who completely surprised and captured the whole force. BARNUM'S HOTEL VISITED BY THE PRO- VOST GUARD BAITIMOU,Iy 22.—Barnsite's hotel was visited to-day by the Provost Guard, and two packages which were' left there by C. H. St. Clair, of Taneytown, Md., who was arrested two days ego on the charge of being a spy, were opened. Four employees of the hotel were arrested on the charge of disloyalty. There is no 6. harge . wiliAlmir against Zenus Barnum, the proprietot. TUE DRA F T .IN NEW YORK NEW YOBIC, July 22.—. The Express of this evening contains a rumor that a teat case_ on the constitutionality of the draft will. be wade before the Court of Common. Pleas on Monday, and be carried immediately to the Conti. of Appeals. BY THE MAILS. FALL OF A STATION ROUSE. maw, 174>X01•4413>,0111X.P.11451J . 11(1.11)3 ENDER .THE BUINI—ELIVE BODIES Ezco7.l.lED. A horrible-accident occurred in East Twenty= Second street, New-York, about noon lester day, (Tuesday.l 'The side wall -of .'the Eigh teenth ward station house, which was. burnt during the late dieiturbanee, - fell down upon a number' of people, nostly '-obildrett, who were engaged in picking up wood and coal from the ruins. A great number of people, estimated between twenty-five and forty, were buried' in the ruins. Eleven bodies -were recovered up to •nine o'clock last evening, four of them with `life still iti them, and not so lunch injured-as to be beyond all hope of recovery. . ' BATTLE AT YAZOO CITY. DEFEAT . OF.THE, BIEBELB---THE BABOB BB KALB RUNS 'TORPEDOES The Secretary of the Navy hap received the following diepateh from Admiral Porter : B. MIES. r..Q11/ILDION. FLAGSHIP DLIIENZAWS ) .oer V tOILBEttiG. JAily via 01120, July 21. Hon. Gideon .Trtlles : SIR: Hearing that General Johnsen was fortifying Yazoo City with heavy guns, and withering troops there for the purpose of gathering supplies for his army from the Yazoo country, and also that the remainder of the enemy's best transports were there, allowing a possibility - of his at tempting to escape, Major General Grant and myself determined to send a naval and'milita ry expedition up there to capture them. The Baron de Kalb, New National: . Xenwood and Sigbal, were despatched, under command of Lieut. Commanding Sohn G. Walker, with a. . foroo of troops rturaborirg 5,090 men under Major General Frani.J. Herron. Pushing up to the city, the Baron de Kalb engaged the bat teries, which were all prepared to receive her, and after finding out the,tr, strength, dropped back to notify . Gen. Herron, who immediately landed hie men, and thp-army and navy made lb combined attack on thecnctuy's works. The rebels soon fled, leaving everything in our pos session, and set km() to' Mir of their finest steamers;that ran on the Mississippi in times past. ' The army pursued the,enemy, and d'aptured their rear guard, of 260 men, and, at last ac • counts, were taking more prisoners. Six heavy guns and one' vessel, formerly a gun boat, fell into our hands, and , all the munitions of war. • Unfortunately, while the Baron De Kalb was moving slOwlY along, she ran afoul of a tor pedo, which exploded and sunk her. There was no sign of anything of the kind to be seen_ While ehe . wasgoing down, another exploded under her stern. The water is rising fact' in the Yazoo, and we can do nothing more than get the guns out of her, and then tow het into deep ;twofer, where he will lie undisturbed Until we are able to raise her. The officers arid Men lost everything. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your 'obedient servant, DAVID D. POTER, Acting Bear Admiral, Commanding Mississippi Squadron. THE NAVAL PURSUIT OF MORGAN. U. S. &MANGE Moose, Asova BUFFINGTON, j OHIO BITAII, itily 19. S Hon. Gideon Wells, Seeretarp o/ the Nany After chasing Morgan nearly . 609, miles, I at last met him on the river at this point, and en gaged and drove him back, capturing two of his pieces of artillery.. Ile abandoned the rest ts General Judah. The enemy broke in confusion from the banks, and left his wagon train, many horses and small arms in my possession. Since writing the above, I followed further up the river and met another portion of .Mor gan's force fording about nine miles above. I shelled and drove most of them back, killing several; and wounded twenty-five or thirty, and captured twenty more horses. I ha . vo but two men wounded, slightly. Our shell and eharpnell 'Created great conksion in the rebel ranks, killing and wounding many. LEROY FITCH, Lieutenant Commander. FROM GEN. , GRANT'S ARMY GEN. LAUMAN RELIEVED-GEN. BIIEBMAN BB- SIEGING JACKSON CAiuo, July 20.--Prom D. F. Parker, who left Vicksburg on the 15th, we get the follow log: General Leaman has been relieved of his command by General Sherman, it is said, for disobedience of orders and prematurely attack ing Jackson. He made an Attack en the 13th, and was repulsed with aloes of 300 killed and wounded. A large fleet of transports, convoyed by gun boats, has gone up the Red xiver, under Gen. Ranstan. When he returns he is to take com mand at Nachez. Our -forces at Millikeri's Bend and Lake Providence are reported to be suffering con siderably from sicknees. INTERESTING .TO ALIENS WAR DIPARTMENT, PROVOST MARSHAL °WIRRAL'S OTFIOR, Wasnzscrrom, D. 0. , July 16. CIBEIIILARI No. s&—Any person - claiming , exemption'ou the ground of alienage shall gi e , before the board an affidavit: 1, That he is an alien, and setting forth the government of which he claims to be a subject. 2. The time , when he cameinto the United States, and where he has resided since 'that date. 3. That he has never declared his intention to becoine a citizen of the United stiitga, awl bat not exercised the right of suffrage' by IFO-' ting nt any, election in-any State. 4. That he claims to be exempt'from'service on the ground that he is the subject of a for sign government, and has not declared his in. tention to become a citizen of the United Atm( 6.4, and has never voted in any State. The affidavit to be supported by a n y, proof the party may often If the BcOti is eatiefied that the party' Claiming exeuipOon itt,Jully entitled thereto under the sh ot Congress, they will !ilischirge hint frona . titti4; brit if not satis fi ed, 0 7 fatal' refer the 4We v eritlt. the affidavit, throttßlf the Provost ret4lol4 , rot decision by the Department of State; iii the mean time suspending any action in the case until the decision of the State Department be made.— The certificate of the State Department shall in atich case be considered evidence of the fact whethir the person is or is not subject to Mili tary duty. Jas. B Par, Provost Marshal General. , ;WAR GAZEtTE-OFFICIAI, OFFielittlk OF Mg UNITZR STATES ARMY .PLACED ON TH.I RETIRED LIST: GENERAL ORDBRO-110. WAR DRARTIMICT, ADJUTANT GIiNICIRA'S °MCI, • • WASHINGTON, July 18 i is% Dy..the, dfreoliois of she ,Presidenk cof the o United States, the folloWing fficers areretired from active service, and their names will be entered on the retired.liat of officers of the grade to which they now respectively belong, in aecordance with section twelve of the act approved 'July 17, 1862. This order to take effect Acgnst 1,1863: Major General John. E. Wool. • Bilgadier General William S. Harney, Brevet Brigadier General Harvey Brown, Colonel of the Fifth, artillery. Colonel Juitin Dimiet, First artillery. colonel Charles S. Merchant, Fourth artil lery. • . • Lieutenant Colonel Martin Burke,. Third :artillery. . - By order of the Secretary of War. E. D. TOWNSEND, - • ' saistant Adjutant General. WASHINGTON ITEMS -JULY 21. • REINSTATEMENT .OF COL. WILIJAEI3, OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH PA. REGIMENT The Secretary of War has removed the dis, ability of Colonel J. M. Williams, late of the Eightraiith Penisylvaniefregiment, who `was removed on nieeottnt of dissenaidna among the officers, and he has been authorized to raise a regiment. Ottt ENGLAND The, report of Messrs. Aspinwall, and Forbes, who liabe recently arrived hero froze England, is said to be not very'latisfaotory. - It le now apprehended that the rebel fleet will be - per- mitted to sail from • the British ports where they were built in epite.of all the efforts of the agents of our government. SHE ATTACK. ON CHARLESTON: Govern:neat:officials hold the : opinion that - General Gillniet, has erected bitteries, com manding the water passage from ,James to Morrie Leland, thereby preveatlng all chancee of 'Abel reenfOrcemelits reaching FOrt Wag ner 'in thit direction. 'he .shoals between Fort Sipiptfr and Morris Island prevent the use of our gunboats inobstracting the passage of troops, and there is a faint chance that they DAY titrowilifyrarci infantry by night. With the taking of Wagner, the_ fall of Sumpter is a foregone conclusion, as the distance from Morris Island is only seven- eighths of a mile. MEXICO SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.—Advices through Mexican sources state that Gen. Foray was ac tively attempting to recruit Mexicans for his' army without meeting with much success. In his proclamation be promises the Mexicans a stable form of government, which shall regard the obligations to foreign nations not to per. mit oppressive taxation or forced loans ; the press to have reasonable freedom, but not li— cense ; after two warnings, any newspaper committing a third offence shall be suspended; brigandage shall no longer be allowed ; the courts must be reorganized on as incorrupti ble -basis ; no more decisions shall be sold to the highest .bidder; the-Catholic religion will be protected; the banist ed Bishops be recalled, and Indians and lkborers will no longer be dragged into the army. The Waken army is broken into many de tachments; and are hovering about the City of Mexico. Gen. Ortega, who, the French say, violated his parole ,after the capture of Puebla, 14014 Ot>ttemalade the Mexican troupe between San Luis Potosi and the city. Gen. Negretta has been appointed to command the Mexican troops in the .State of Puebla. - Having 2,000 cavalry, he was operating to' destroy commis nication between Mexico and" Vera Cruz. No English or French couriers lied: arrived from Vera Cruz within thirty days. T A E ATTAGIC UPON CHABLiBTON. —A naval officer furnishes the following list of vessels, with their torinuge,..guns and number of men, engaged in' 'the attack .upoir the• defences at charleston: • Officers . . . Name. • ' Tone. Onus. and men Iron-olid Noir Ironatirs.. 8,480 • 20 ' 400 Steam legate Wabash 4,200 40 • 400 Steam sloop Powkatan.... 2,416 12 300 Iron-clad Weehaerken.;... 844 2 • /00 'Steam sloop Housatonic.., 1,240 12 '3OO Steam gunboat Paul Jones. 873 9 100 Steamer South Oirolina... 1.086 8 , 250 Steam gunboat Oimmerons. 880 ' 9 250 Iron-clad Montink 844 2 300 Steam gunboat eonemaugh 9' , 5 9 250 Iron-clad Patapsco . 844 2 100 Iron-bl i nd Nihaut... ...... 844 2 100 Steam gunboat lobago.'... 838' 8 90 D0....11pr0n SOT 4 100 D 0.... Ottawa 61 , 7 . 5 100 Do.: —Seneca - 607 • 6 300 D 0.... Wissahickon 507' 4 'lOO • DD. ...Marbleheid... 607 4 -. IEO 'rota! • * 17;05 "Several ships, barques and small craft are attached to the fleet, but the above is probably all th'e Adthiral will put under fire. The iron clads are . in excellent condition, the workmen having been sent South from New York to put them in trim. The fight will not be a rapid one, as is supposed here, from inklings gath ered front the Admiral, that the 'job is to be handled carefully and finished well."' • ON the eve of making the draft in the Mon roe district; it was found that the town of Clarkson was assigned 125 leaa than its just quota, and the town of Shelby in Orleans, was let off with 200 less than its due share.' The former gave 66, and the latter 132 majority for Wadsworth..--Roehestar Union. PIED. At Mrs. Halbach's, on Tuesday:Jnly, 22, at 12 o'clock PRRILT MARTIN. The funeral will take plane on Saturday morning July 26, at 9 o'clock, from the residence of, Mrs. Rd back, Sacqualtanna township_ SPECIAL NOTICES. MOTHERS Z . MOTHERS ! Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINSLOW'S. SOOTHING SYRUP' fnr.CHILDNEN This val ble preparation is the prescription of one of the bent rennin physician', and nurses intim United Slates, and has been used for thirty years with never failing see* gird sue— am by millions of mothers and children, from the fee ble infant or one Went old to the adrift It not only relleres,the child fiom pain, tali invigo rates the stomach and bowels, eorreete &Malty, and gL,ee tone ma °nerd,' to the wholbaystem. It will al-. most e bist a ntly relieve: ••• . GAMIN/A IN THE BOWELS AND WIND COLIC. We believe it the beat and surest remedy in the world in all oases . of DitilliNTEßY AND DIA,BDRCEd IN OHIFDREN E whather it arises from teething or from any other cause. Fan 'directions for lulu will aceornpany endebottle. None runine unleNt the fat simileof Q 1111215 do PITS Knits,ii!ew York, le On the outside wrapper. Sold.by aiJ Medicine Deniers. riluelpnl Often :0 Dec street, New York. Price only 25 cents per bottle. zn72B-d&went IMPORTANT TO FEMALES. CHEESEMAX'S PILLS. DR. The combination of ingredients in these Pills are the tomtit of si long.awl extensive practice They are wild •in their operation, arid certain in correcting ail irregt_ Immo. piortaneguitruatlim, removing alTobstructioni. whither from cold or otherwise, headache, pit in the 'side, palpitation of the heart r .whi tie, all serious kitec VOA& hysterias; fatignmy pain- la 1.11 .banns ililittb as , disturbed bleep; Adele Ries from Intrinpti nature DR. CARESS 'id79 TILL S Was the eommeneemea a UPS!! of those Irregularities Sid elteltrtiett slaw loan conl signed so twiny to a preiottility,. ‘Ctslgtan enjoy good health noises she is regular, and whenever au obetrootioo takes pubee the gnsers t l health hegira to de. cline. DR. CILEESEILUIPS PILLS are the most effectual remedy ever known for all cone. plaints peculiar to Females. To all asses they are invaluable, inducing, with certainty', periodical regular try: They are known to thonsan4,,,who have need them at different periods, throughout the country, having the sanction of some ,of . the most smisent Pkysicialt4 Amerwrs. Explicit directions, stating when they should not le used, with each Box—the Prue One Dollar per fox, containing from 50 to 60 Pills. Pills sent by mail, promptly, by remitting to the Agents. Bold by Druggists generally. HUTCHINGS, Proprietor, 20 Cedar street, New York. Bold in Harrisburg, by 0. A. Bannvaft. " Mechanicsburg, by J. B. DeHeti. " Carlisle. by 8. Elliott. " Bhippeneburg, by D. W. Rankfil. Chambersburg, by Miller & Hershey. " HUmmelatown, by George Wolf. " Lebanon, by George Boss. dee6-d&wly DR. TOBIAW VENETIAN LINI MENT has given unfveesal satisfaction during the four. teen years it has been introduced into the United States. After being tried by, miillions, it has lieu proclaimed the Pain destroyer of the world. Pain cannot be where this liniment is applied. If need as directed it cannot and never has failed in a single instance. For colds, coughs and influenza, it can't be beat. One 25 cent bottle will ours all the above, besides beingseeful is every family for sudden accidenta, such as burns, cuts, scalds, insect stings, Sec. It is perfectly innocent to take internally, and can be given to the oldest person or youngest child. Price 25 and 50 cents a bottle Bold by all Druggists. Office, 56 Cortlandt street, je4 dtr.wlus New York. A CARD TO THE LADIES DR. DUPONCO'S GOLDEN PILLS ! FOR-FEMALES! Infallible is Correcting, Regulating. and Removing all Obstructions, from whatetisr eau.% and always successful as a Preventive. These PILLS have boon need by the Doetore for many years,•both in Fran* and Anteries, with unparalleled success in every case; and he is urged by many thousand ladies whanked them, to make the Pills public for the alleviation of - those. suffering frsm any irregularities whatever, as well as to prevent an increase of family where health will not permit it. Females particularly situated, or those supposing themselves so, axe oeutioned against these Pills ; hile in that conditions an they are sure to produce miscarriage, and the proprietor assumes no responsibility after this admonition, although their mildness would prevent any mischief to hOalth--otb.r wine the POD' are recommended_ Tull and explicit di rections accompany each box. Price $l.OO per box. Bold, wholesale and retail, by CHARLES A. BANN VART, Druggist, Na 22 Tones Row, and O. K. KELLER, Druggist, Harrisburg, Pa. - • Ladies, by, sending them 51.00 to the Harrisburg Post Gifiee, can have the Pills sent free of observation to any part of the country (confidentially) and "free of pontage 77 by mail. Sold also by J. L. Lissuisicant, Lebanon] J. A. WOLF, Wrightsville; E. T. alittaa, York; S. ELLIOTT,. Car lisle,- J. 0. ALTICE, Shippensburg; J. EreivaLuit, Chem . bersbarg ; S. 4. WILD, Newville'; A. T./KAUFMAN. Me chanicsburg; Baown /a Itemize, No. 4, South Liber ty street, Baltimore; and by “one Druggist" in very town and city throughout the United States. HALL & VA Greenwich Street, New York, A General Wholesale Agents. N. B —Look out for counterfeits. Buy no Golden Pills of any kind unless every box is signed S.D. Bowe, All others are a base imposition and unsafe; therefore, as you value your lives and health, (to say nothing of being humbugged out of your money,) buy only of those who show the signature of S. D. — Nowe on every box, which has recently been added on account of the Pills being •counterfeited. The ingredients composing the above Pills are made known to every Agent. They will tell you the Pills are perfectly harmless, yet will do all elaimed for them. S. B. HOW g, Ivl7-41v Sole Proprietor. blew York. New lbutrtioements. •••••••••--.... OFFICE OF THE HARRISBURG BRIDGE CoMPANY, Harrisburg, Fa., July 22,1863. A al -1.1...4 91"44 - e- per ccat, ea the cartel stock of this Company was this day declared by the Board of Directors out of the profits of the last six months, pay. able at the office of the Treasurer, Wain • t street, near Second. WILLIADI BUEHLER, jy23-3t* Treasurer. VIROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUC. VON OF A OEWFB IN VBEWEK RTC WN . —Sealed proposals, addressed to the President of the Common Council of the city of Harrisbure, will be received un til Baturdsmvening, August 1, 1863, for the eonstruc- Con of a sewer three feet six inches in diameter, in Verb-kestreet, (late Brood street,) from Elder etre-t to the river. The bidders to state the price per lineal yard, including an the work and materials Plans and speeifications can be seen at the office of Hotber Rage, Esti City Surveyor, where all necessary information can be obtained, WM. MORRIS, W. H. TADDEHE, Street Cont. 32 District. jy23-eodtd SSIO-NEE'S NOTICE.,Notice hereby given that the account of Robt. W. M , Clure, .a.seignee of Samuel Wallower, has been Wed in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, arid will be confirmed on'the 27th day of August, 1863. unlesecause be shown to the contrary. J.O YOUNG, ]Y 234td&l.tw. • ' Prothonotary, gpOUND--A box of Tobacco. The owner can have it by provine ropertwand paying ebartres, by applying to JOHN ALBRIGHT, ..j722-3tie - Filbert street, Harrisburg. BIRD CAGES, CIIILDRENB' CARRIAGES. The largest stock in the city, is found' st 110 Market street. . For Rale by W, RARsopia. jy22.(11.1r DIVIDEND.—The President and Man agers of the HARRISBURG AND MIDDLETOWN 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 demand. 112 P. F. MILKER, Treasurer, Harrisburg, July 23, 13-220.6 t No. 5, 8. Front st. 3/40 DROFOSALS FOR BUILDING A 11 IiRWRIt —Sealed propoeals will be received at the Council Chamber of the Common Council of the city of Rarrieburg, until three o'clock p. m. of Saturday. tbe first day of. August next, for the construction of BRICK SEWER, four feet in diameter in the clear, in North street, from the termination of the sewer under the canal, near the foot of said street, to Cowderretreer. according to the plane and specifiedt one of rtetber Rage. Chief Regulator of the city_ The contrachr to furnish all the materials and do all the labor. Prov osts to state the price per lineal yard for the setreF when completed. Payments to be made on the estimates of the Chief Regulator as the work progresses, and the Council 10 reserve twenty per cent. of the said estimates until the sewer Is completed. jy2o•eod td WANTED.—S7S A MONTH I I want to hire Agents in every county at $73 a moth expenses paid, to sell, my new cheap Family Sewing Machines. Address, g MAIMPO'S, m7-w3m Alfred, Maine. W --ANTED.S643 A .MONTH v v Want Agents at E6O a month, expenses 13011 Arlar Everlaating Pencils, Oriental Burnere, en's thirtgen othirr new, nereful and 4nrion6 articlogi, Fift , ° ll eirenlare bent free. Address, m7-wBm /MAW & CLARK, Biddeford, Maine. INDEPENDENCE ISLAND. Meagre. BECKER & FALK, Proprietors, announce to the citizens of Harrisburg that this cool and delightful primmer retreat Is *open for visitors, Accommoda tions will be furnished to parties and pizal es at reures able terms, a dancing platform having been erected fir their special use.. Beasontickets for families, goad far one year, $1.60 • No improper character's admitted, and no intoxicated person will be permitted to visit the Island. A'Perry Boat plies constantly between the leleeden d the foot of Broad .etreet,.Weet Harrisburg. jel3-3m GRAND PIC—NIC for the BENEFIT ' t • OF THE HOPE FIRE COMPANY' NO. AT KOFFMAN'S WOODS. SATURDAY, JULY 25th, 1863. TICKETS 25 CENTS Joni* Weatug, Josir Onou l . .- J. OPIttIettBANKR. so 4113p:0par:characters will be admitted, and there will be a sufficient police force on the ground to preserve order. j79-aodtd T tfii itiAMTLA, D. N. )(Aims, GEO. J, SHOEMAKER, LEVI WEAVER, Oommittee. FLOOR ILAN4CIIII43.