E=
employing of the militia of the United States,
the militia thus employed, can be lawfully com
manded by any officers but of the militia, ex
cept by the. President of the United . States."
The judges returned an answer to the sev
eral questionlf proposed to the Governor, se
follows
"By the Constitution of this State, the au
thority of commanding the militia of the Com
monwealth' hi vested exclusively in the OW,-
ernor, who has all the powers inaident to the
office et-nonunander iii-ohief,and iittoexerci tl e
them lersonally, or by subordinate officers un
der his command, agreeably to the rules and
regulations of the Constitution and the laws
of the land. While the %tenor or the Com
monwealth remained in exercise of these pow
ers, the Federal Constitution was ratified, by
which was rated to the Congress a power to.
provide for milling forth the militia to execute
the lama of tie Thai" suppress insurrection, and
to *Vet iett4fionit,t and to provide for govern
ing ouch - put of, them as may be employemploy ed in
the serviiie Of the United States, reserving to
the Stets respectively, the appointment .of the
officers,: - The Federal Constitution further pro
vides, that the President be commander-in
ohief of the Army of the United Stake s and of
the militia of the several Slates when called
into actual service of the United Slates. On the
construction of the Federal and State Consti
tutions must depend the answers . to the several
questions proposed. its the militia of. the
several States may be employed in the service
of the United States for three specific purposes
of executing the laws of the Union, of sup
pressing insurrections, and repelling invasions,.
the opinion of the judgeikis requested, whether
the commanders-in-chief of the militia of the
several States have a right to determine'
whether any of the exigencies aforesaid exist.,
so as to require them to place the militia, or
any part of it, in the service of the
. United
States, at the request of the President, to be
commanded by him „pursuant to Sets of Con
gress. It is the Opinion of the undersigned,
that this right is vested. in the commanders-in
chief of the. militia of the several States. The
Federal Coniititntion provides, that when either
of these exist; the militia may be employed,
pursuant to MM. set of Congress, in the tier•
vice of the United States; but no d ower is
given, either to the President, or to Congress, to
determine that either of said exigencies does in
fact exist. As this power is not delegated to
the Mittel States by the Federal Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, it is to the
States respectively; and from the nature of
the power, it must be exercised by those with
whom the States have respectively entrusted
the chief. command of the militia.
" It is the dnty_of these commanders.to eke
cute this important trust agreeably to the laws
of the several States' respectively. without refe
rence to thetaws or officers of the United States, in
alt cases, except those specially provided for
in the Federal-Constitution. They must, there
fore, defend*, when either of the special cases
exist, obliging them-to relinquish the execti
tiou'or this trunt. and to reader theeteeleee and
the militia subject to the command of the
President. 'A different construction, giving to
C °tigress the right to determine when those spe
cial causes exist, authorising them to Ball forth
the whole of the militia, and taking them from
the contmatillers-in: chief of the several States,
and subjecting to the command of the
President, would place all the militia in effect
at the wilt of Congress, and:produce a military
consolidation of the Stain, wiLbvit any constitu
tional' remedy, against the intentions Of the
people, when ratifyiog the Federal Constitu
tion. Indeed, since the passing of the act of
Congress of February 28th, 1796, vesting in
the President the power- of calling forth the
militia, *hen the exisenoies mentioned - ha the
Constitution shall exist, If the President has
ths pOwer of determining when those exigen
cies exist, the militia of the several States is,
in fact,. at his command, and subject to his
control. No inconveniences can reasonably, be
presumed to result from the construction which
vests ist.tbe commanders-in ohief of the militia
in the several States the right of determinhig
when the exigencies exist, obliging them to
place the initial In the service of the United
that the Waseca of them can be easily ascer
tained. by, or made known to the : commanders
in chief.of the militia; And, - when asoertained,
the public interest will induce a prompt obe
dience to the acts of Congress.
" Another question proposed to the *maid
eration of the justices is, tritother, when either
of the exigencies exist authorising the employ
ing of the militia in the service of - the United
States, the militia thus employed can be law
fttlly commanded by any officer but .of the
militia, except by the President of the United .
States. The Federal. Constitution declares
that the President shall be the commander-in
chief of the army of the Units t States. He
may undoubtedly exercise this command by
officer* of the army of the United Btateapy him
him counnissioneiscootding to law. i The Pres
identris also declared to be commander-in-chief
of the militia of the several States ythen called
into die actual seevice 'of the United States.
The of of the militia are to be appointed by
the Mates, and the rrarldent may exercise 118
command of the militia by the officers of the
. militia duly , appointed. But we know of no ad&
stitutional prbvisiori authorizing 'any officer of
the army of - the United- States to command the
militia, or authorising any officer of the militia
to command
,the army of the United States.
The Congress pay provide lawn for the goiretn.-
ment of the militia wheii in actual service ;
but to extend the power to the placing of them
under the command of an officer, not of the
militia, except the President, would render
nugatory the provialea, that. the militia are to
have officers appointed by the States, &et "
The answer or opinion is signed by Judges
"TneoPit. PARSONS,
' “Samour.. &wart,
, latute
4 Parissa.
preetame you will admit that those judged
were achloowledged to be as able constitutional
s
jurists as were in the Union—bnt more alien:
AN _lsoLitloff outgAfix BY THE
PIITSBInd PROVOST MAREgAL-A
WEITE . MAE FLOGGED.
It is already kitnin to many of our readers
that on the 11th, Captain .7, Heron Foster—
long-ene of the editors and PrWietart 3 of the
Dispatch, and still proprietor, but notwith
standing has been acting under Lizeoln as
provost marshal for Allegheny county—Jen tho
glee' that a certain white man. ttainedAl4oll, -
bad sold himself as substitute several times
before, without form if law, did have the• man
&UMW teith a cowhide until his back was like a
pieci - of raw flesh, and he sank down in utter cc
hattetion.
The 'hots will be found substantially em
bodied in 'the following statements made by
witnesses' present:
1:13. =Mee STATEMENT.
Theiirse knew of this affair Captain Me.
Henry entered >iey office, which adjoins the
provos t ro sznitnro-Office, and seizing the man
Hagen, who tine sitting on a chair near me,
said, "God - 4—i you, we want yon ; come out
here." flegen wee the taken out to the foot
of the stairs, wherecbfolieurreaid to the ser
geant, " Take him up stairs, and give him
twenty-five lashes," and, after a pause, added,
" Yes, God d—n him, give him arty." He also
told the sergeant to pulite heed-naffs on him
sad get the cowhide. Biro was thou laaad•
Gaffed sad taken up stairs.. I followed to the
head of the stairs, but I could not bear the idea
of peeing a white man whipped, so I turned
and amen down. I saw the man after he WAS
flogged, and dressed his wounds y es t e rday add
to-day. His back is all cut up, along and
ZE;E2MMiIii
MARTIN.
• rose. I should say from the appearance of
; s back that he received from sixty to seventy
ghee. There were several persons by when
e flogging took place, and McHenry told me
maelf to-day that he held the man while the
ripest were being put WI. This is all I know
:' Pout the matter.
BARGBANT MORRISON'S STA:TIIKINT. •
I belong to the Provost Guard, and had just
me dOwn from the Girard House," when
tptain M'Henry told me to put the hand-cuffs
I Hagen and take him up stairs and give him
.ventyr-five lashes. I said that I was not very
and that I was not; strong enough to- do
.is. I did not like the idea of flogging. the
en, and would rather Imre it to somebody
se. Capt. M'Henry then told Corporal Pal
er to flog Mal, I put the hand cuffs on Ha.
an by PCHenry's orders and bought a cow
~.de with which to flog him.' Hagen was then
tam np stairs. There - was a pillar nearly in
to centre of the room, and he was placed
ending with his arms around it. The hand
affa had by this time been taken off. He Was
-ripped of all but his , pants and shirt. .A
ddier named Alfred Fogle was ordered by
l'Henry to hold his hands around the post
tale Palmer flogged him. Fogle seized his
ands es desired, but after the first welt, Ha
-.,:nbroke lease; and then M'Henry seised him
ad neld him till it was ell over. The man
ied out while he was being lashed, and made
good deal of noise. Before he was flogged,
.1 begged that, he-might be shot rather than
hipped. I did Dot count the lashes, but I
'old say that he received between forty and
ety. Near the olose he sunk down by the
)st, but he was Dot Unconscious. Palmer did
.is flogging.
CORPORAL PALliEleB STATEMENT
Captaiti'llitHenry ordered me to give Hagen
• verity-five lashes. I got a cowhide from*Ser
aant Morrison, and Hagen was taken up stairs
nd his handcuffs removed. He was then put
ending with his' arms around a post and a
tidier , held hie bands , tint after receiving a
:coke or two he broke ootte„tatid then Captain
i'Henry held him. Ido not know how many
'sties I gave him, as I was too excited to count
hem, but one of the men who counted them
aye I gave him thirty-seven. I think I must
lore given him between thirty and forty. I
lagged him under orders.
Ther above is tbe.testimony of the very men
-rho, above all litheria, know most about the
ffdr, and upon it we. are content to rest the
nth of our reports If. Captain Foster, wants
miter evidence in the matter, We 6an ;apply
im with it. We need not, of course, repeat
that we said yesterday of the tyranny and
•rutality which characterized the entire pro:
• eeding. The publio understand this fully,
nd it needs no denunciation of ours to add to
neir abhorrence of the deed. But the end is
of yet. Hagen, we are Informed, is del ons
o-day from the effects of the violence done
im, and serious results are apprehended. He
a confined at the Girard House, where those
rho want to see the effect of Captain Foster's
liscipline may have their curiosity gratified.
tke Votitit .4_...aiiiiM.
TUESDAY MORNINO, AUGUST 18, 11388
0. BAP. TT & 00., PP.OPRISTOAB
.
Ctessmulusestons will not be published in the Per*loe
AND triltug 11=14346 naeonsPenied with the name of th
author.
OEMOCRATIC STATE 'NOMINATIONS!,
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
OP PHILADELPHIA.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, -
WALTER R. 140WR/E1
Or ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
- Democratic State Cestral Committee.
The following is the State Central Committee as ap
pointed by Ron. VINDLAY PKTTBRION, of Washing
ton county, who, as P/esident of the late-Democratic
Convention, was authorized by a resolution of the body .
to announce the Committee. It consists of a Chairman,
and Bspresentatives of the several Senatorial I:detritus
into which the State i 6 divided
Hon. BEADLE J. BIDDLE, Chairman.
at litatrict-themlore Ouyler, Philadelphia.
D 0... —Robert J. Hemphill .. do
eulleiten, jr . '
Do. '...lsase Lpeeh.... ' do.
D_ Evans, Chaster county.,
3d___ do Wm. 11 Wittei."BiontgoinerY oonaty.
dik...do._ ...Wm 1 1 Rogers, Bucks minty.
sth.. _do Thomas Heckman. Northampton county.
eth....do Mester, -Clymer, Berko county.
7f.h...d0 William Randall, Schuylkill county.
8th...d0:.... ARE Packer, ..arbon county..
Michael Mylert, Sunman county.
1011a...d0.....5tephe-n S Winchester, Lucerne county.
• MbrtiMaT Tioga sooty.
12th....d0 John H. Humes, Lycoming county.
13th...d0 William Klllot, Northuntberland county.
14th...40.....5amuel Elephant, Cumberland county.
15th...d0 William M. Briaoln, Lebanon (Monty.
16th....d0.!....:Ge0rge Sanderson, Lancaster comity.
Do,....james Patterson do.
Joke .t Spangler, York cduaity.
Plth...sto ..... Henry Smith; Fulton • ounty. •
J Simpson Afrida, Huntingdon county,
20th...do.....Williatniliglen Clearfield county.
215t....d0 Hugh Wei:. Indiana county
22d .....do Thomas B:Seariat; Payette county.
' 231.. ..d0.....W. T Paniey, Greene ,county.
Seth...do Geo W Cass, Allegheny county.
_lmam 1 1 ..
25t11...d0...... James G. Campbell, Butler County.
,213th.:.d0 Elaiid B:Morris, 'Lawtence criunty. •
27th...d0 - Thomas W. Grayson, Crawford county.
28th...d0 Kennedy L Blood, Jefferaon county.
NOTICE.
The several County Couquittees of Ektp4116440446.56
are requested to communicate the lames and postoffice
addreas of their members to thefiChairmark of the state
Central Committee. aditOrl.of Democratic papers in
Pennsylvania are requested to forward copies to him.
CaARLES J. BIDDLB, Chairman.
PurassmattliA,, •Ju1P22,198,3- • '' .
AfeeUng of the Democratic County Come
mittee
At a meeting of the Colinty Committee, held
at the public house of Jas. Raymond, in the
City of Harrisburg, on the 15th Inst., it itisir
unanimously
Bisobed, That the DeMeoratio voters of the
several' wards, hosoughs dnd toviiisidps in Dau
phin county, are requested to meet at their
usual places of holding delepte elections, in
the townships, between the hours of AV.: , and'
iseven o'clock, P. 141, Sod in the wards and
boroughs, between the hours: of eleven and a
'Half and nine o'clock, P.. M,, on Saturday the
sth day of September next, for the purpose of
electing two delegates trom each ward, bor
ough and township, to represent them in a*
County Coniention, which shall be held at the
Court 116 use, in the City of Harrisburg, on
'T ues d ay , t h e sth day of September next., at
two o . e b e h, f0r443.
purpose of forming
county ticket, &0.0. .
The following changes in the Places of hold=
ing delegate elections were made, viz :
Susquehanna Township.—From Miller's school
holm to Michael G. Shreiner's hOitil l
town.
Middleioum--Middle Ward.—To the public
house of Raymond & Kendig. •
A, W. WATBOy, Ckairmau.
Franklin Smith, Secretary.
"'Twit New York -Tribune, replies to a corns
pondent who proposes to raise 'a fund to cir-
Witt among the 'doh Minns of the country
O'Connell's letter on slavery to the Cincinnati
Irish Repeal Association :
iiiVe do not know that what he proposes
would do much good. The moot pro-shivery
and disloyal portion of our foreign-born papa
latibn either cannot read at all, or aotually
read very little. * * * ll', now, it Were
possible to raise the inhabitants of lidtio4rel
ville and kindred localities to O'Connell% moral
altitude, the diffusion of his letter on slavery
would do great good; otherwise, not." 1
The "inhabitants of Mackerelville" is aure
of speech for Irish citsens in general, wh , we
figure
are told, can neither read nor understau the
productions' of the great demagogue. ; The
Tribune treats with contempt the propositiOn of
its correspondent on these grounds. i The
COnseription Law and the three hundred dollA
/Ammo and the : Loyal League, and the Albooi-
Monists generally take the same view of the
subject. If O'Connell erred, as many good
men sorely the sea are apt to err in not ,I;ier
ougly understanding oar polity, he certainly
was noefriend of military gag-law and the pro
scription of the poor man, which are the prime
virtues of Abolition rule ; neither did be
discredit the intelligence of his countrymen,
nor believe they could not attain a “Moral
altitude" sufficient to-make them fit to be free
and unworthy of oppreseioti. .1
The Conscript Law and 'the Potivoirs of
tue.Provotit Marshate— a Case in Peiint.
The records of the past few creeks have fur
nished us with many instances wider th a t op
eration of the Conscription law of violen and
lawlessness on the part of the officers of the
government, but none more deliberately Crim
inal than that of the recent outrage at Fitts
burg, on the person of an American oitilen by
Provost Marshal Foster and the agents acting
wader him. The sub-division of the onn man
power into a thousand discretionary agencies
is the incarnation of despbtism. Such is the
force and effect of the law under which this
Provost was appointed. HoW he ittie fnifilied
the duties of his position may be seen n an
other column. The facts there presented de
layed in their publication, may diminish indig
nation against the miserable perpetor of
the Crime they set forth, but the incid enitthey
illustrate will not soon lose its interestr sig
nificance. An outrage' s of such a nat ire is
easily generalized into a reflection upon the
fields of the times and the abuse of poWer in
high places. No one could have expected the
minor functionaries of oppression would have
acted unworthily of the task- masters who
taught them out of their own disregard (or law
the lesson to meaner natures of brutality and
license.
Bad as the "(Induct of Provost Foster is, it
min only be justly regarded as the fruit of the.
furiouslanaticism of those high.in authority,
whose creature and agent he is. The law and
the {Mims and administrators of the law
which vested him with power to commit
crime' at large against the rights and security
of the people in his district, gave. ooloi thus
far to, the outrage his personal depravity Wall
encouraged to commit. The subjeot tran
soends the• conduct of the brutal mercenary
who acted beyond the immediate instructions
of his superiors, or even the pity and eyni
pathy we must feel for the wretched ohiect of
his fury. The deed is to be recorded among
the evils of that gigantic scheme of usurpation,
which, with the appliances of force, the
oligarchy of Washington meditate agafiat the
rights of the whole nation. 1
The suffering of the Pittsburg eonticript is
it vivid example of the workings of the plan—
the poor man's agonies under the lash,' ; one of
many of the forme of outrage which tare . the
-...cannttanis of lowloaaaesa the world over. We
do not regard the treatment the vi O tim of
the Provost's sic jubeo, sic solo, received, as very
much worse than might have been loOked for
tinder the iniquitous legislation which divided
patronage for purposes of prosoriptiOn, and
gave power into the hands of spelt men for its
abuse.' There is little difference in poinf. of fact
between the aervitude which MIA submit to be
whipped like a dog after the manner ofißagen,
and that .which must endure severance from
family and friends, the toil and travaillof war
projected without limit and filled with all the
enrighteounnetia,. fanatical madness ggin give
it—a war for which three hundred thousand
men are'conscripted from their homes, planned
for subjugation, to perfect agrarian Schemes_
ef\occupation, the deliverance and egitality of
the negro.
I
We hold that for all the legitimate purposes
of 'maintaining the authority of the overn
meat, conscription is uoneoessary, th waste
of life and treasure it impels, a • useless saori
fibe, to the fanatical-folly of its author .. What
n
volumes oald be filed with • the help ess .tor
tures` of it victims, of 'another, but not a
lessee kind than those of "the Pittsburg substi
tute--tortures of brain and heart and hope
less poverty f It will , be written ho rin the'
year of grace in which'we live, amo ng other
. -
incidents of oppression" and license which
marked that period, a white citizen of the free
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was held and
beaten to the point of death, by an officer of
the then existing Tyranny ; and it, will not be
,forgatten that the law which gave him custody
over_t4, person of his vittifi, caustic wide
spreadimifering,te the whole people. I
' A letter in the philadelphia Press revamps
the long exploded nharge against JUdge Wood-
Ward of having introduced and advoated, in
the Reform Convention of 1837, a Ka w-Noth
ill
ing resolution. 7e have in ostr possession a
letter of Judge Woodward's, written in 1852,
which amply refutes the worn-out i potation
of the Press oOrreependent. We ghat publieU
the letter entire—for the present a p re‘graph
is sufficient. Referring to the spee h from
which the Press . correspondent quotes, reported
in the .proceedinge Of the Courenti n, Judie
Woodward wrote:
" The speeuh so often quoted agai
am not reeponithle for. it was intro,
the debates by a Whig reporter, in viola
rake of ih4t bogy, which required him ti
far revision , before publication, which he
* * The other speeches
mitted for revision. This one I never so
book was printed, and T have never magi
demn et."
Qgdant is very a
The Frees omen
have the subject ventilated :
Now, Mr. E iitor, unless I am muOt mista-
ken, Judge Woodward bases .hie boils of elec
tion, to a very considerable degree,lnpon the
support of naturalized •citizens, But can he
honestly ask that support, if the opinions at
tributed to him are correct? If they are not
correct, he certainly owes it to himeotf to put
forth some explanation or denial, as explicitly
as the charge bas been put forth. ii be shall
fail to do so, the o ulyksinferenee niniit be thtt
he admits its correetness. The matter is one
of so much interest at the present time that I
trust it may receive the attention it merits."
We shall shortly gratify this atizittus
rer, bat it is not to be expected that men who
have so long shamelessly persisted in slander
ing so foully the political character of Judge
Woodward will have the fairness, even when
convicted of error, to do him justice.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATEST FROM CHARLESTON.
FORTRESS MONR:OE, August 16.—The steamer
Spaulding arrived this morning fromvoir Char
loam. She reports having lett Morris Island
at 10 o'clock on Friday morning. •
On Thursday evening the Monitors were all
stripped and prepare 4 for action, and at day
light. on Friday the batteries on Morris Island
() posed their fire, which lasted an hour or two,
when it ceased.
The Monitors did not fire a shot, and as
soon as the batteries ceased firing, the Moni
tors put up their awnings. No explanation is
given for this mote.
The strongest confidence is expressed of a
favorable result.
• Our informant says that during the short en
gagement of Friday morning he saw several
shots strike Fort Sumpter, causing the bricks
and mortar to fly profusely.
One of our officers, who left Morris Island
on Friday,,stiys that upon receiving laetrile
tions in regard to conveying news from Quart
ermaster. Dfinton, he asked him what he should
tells friend at Fortress Monroe. The quarter
master said “Tell him the great battle here
will come off on Saturday or Sunday, and that
we will be victorious."
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
NEWBERN, N. C., August 13.—A meeting of
the citizen° of North Carolina, representing
every county in the -. first and second Conies-
Bional districts, and a portion of the third, was
held at Washington on the 11th inst.
The first North Carolina Union regiment,
which was stationed at that point, participated
ihthe meeting.
Addresses were made and resolutions adopted
expreeeing a sympathy with the great conserva
tive party of North Carolina, declaring thatan
energetic prosecution of the war in this de;
partment is the only means by which the Union
sentiment in the interior of the 'State Can be
made practically useful in restoring her to na
tional jurisdiction*, asking the Government fqr
reinforcements for this purpose, accusing the
Confeueraie Government of perfidy and cruelty
towards North Carolina, and declaring her
people absolved from further obligation to ens.
tain it; placing the responsibility for the de
struction of slavery upon Jeff. Davis and his
co-conspirators against the Federal Govern
ment: expressing the belief that North Carolina
will find ample compensation in the blessing
of free labor for the present inconvenience of
emancipation, Tej Acing in the recent Union
victory at the Kentucky election, denouncing
Copperhemdfam at the North, and commending
the ability and patriotism . of the Administra
tion in the conduct of the war, especially that
displayed in the - National currency originated
•by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Brig. Gen. J. N Palmer is now in command
of the 18th army corps, with his headquarters
at Newbern.
Idaj_ I N_ Whitford, of the rebel emlry
rived at this city on the 16th, with a flag of
truce, to inquire as to' the truth of the reports
of the illAreatment of the prisoners 'confined
here. He was informed that the reports were
untrue, and that two-thirds of them desired to
take the oath of allegiance, se as to remain
within our lines.
The Washington Era of the 10th, republishes
from the Raleigh Standard of the 81st, an ar
ticle denouncing the treachery of the Confede
rate leaders, showing the falsity of their
promisei and the ill-success of their efforts,
and sifting that portions only of but five of the
original states remain in the hands of the Con
federacy, and proposing that North Carolina
make immediate = overtures to the North for
peace.
D AFT_IW .B.UFFALQ._
BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 17.—The draft in this
district was completed on .Saturday without
the least difficulty. Drafting in the 31st dis
trict will 00111101=030 at Ptiatirk to-day.
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The 4th Massachu
setts regiment and 28th Maine, arrived here
to-day, sod left for home immediately. The
47th Massachusetta regiment also arrived on
Sunday, and left in the evening forlorn..
Five soldiers died inethe Hospital here yes
terday; two of the 15th New Hampshire, two
of the-1611, and one of the 26th Maine.
FROM WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., August 17.—Captain
Rhodes, of General Roseorans' army, who was
killed in Tennessee, was buried here with mil
itary fiction' yesterday.
A bitrn owned by Wesley 111 Sore, near Wil
liamsport, containing a large amount of grain,
hay, &0., was struck by lightning yesterday
and entirely consumed.
About 9 o'clock last night,, the, large frame
soap and candle factory, owned by Monday &
Bro., a part of which had just been fitted up
as a cooking establishment for U. S. troops and
drafted men quartered here,.was destroyed by
fire..
The draft for the Eighteenth distriot is
.pro
greeting quietly, although large orowda are in
attendance at each drawing. •
BY TI-TE,M.AIL,S.i
THE MST IN NE* YORK
Nov, YORK, August 17.—Provost Marshal
General Fri_arrived in this city from Washing
ton on Saturday, bringing instructions to Col.
Nugent to proceed with.the draft. * We learn
from Col. Nugent'e headquarters that the draw
ing of pewee would be commenced in the Sixth
district on. Wednesday, though there is high of
ficialsinformation for the belief that it will not
take place 4111 Monday next. The quota to be
drawn, from the Second. Fourth,
,Fifth,
Seventh, and Eighth districts ik said to be now
fixed at 2,050, Which is less than one-nalf the
average number previouslY called foe-4,383
ani a smaller number than claimed by Goi.
Seymour to eqatlize the districts 'of the State.•
The Math distriet, in which it is said the
draft will commence on Wednegday,
,comprises,
th e Ninth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards and
its previous quota was 4,535
There have 'been several oases of fraud
brought to light at the provost marshal's office
relative to the ,furnishing df substitutes for
other States. MO who enlisted in this city,
deserted and proceeded to Proyidettee,.
Phila
delphia. 'and other places for the purpose of
obtaining the money which is there being paid
to substitutes. In view of this fact, Colonel
Nugent has dispatched to those, places several
, detectives, in order to arrest those men. 'Over
forty have already been arrested: It appears
that in Providen de this fraud has been practiced
more than at any other place. There is a reg
ular system of brokerage:carried on in this
city for the purpose of conveying these substi
tutes to the alcove leealities, and this action of
Col. Nugent will have the effect of materially
checking these speculators.
Col. Nugent .will now, in addition to the
other nine districts, have under his charge the
Tenth district, which ooneioto of the coma* or
West Chester, Rockland and Putnam.
st me l
need 'into
ion of the
submit it
never did.
, ere sub
tit/ the
d to con-
' ZUNI} tO
FIGHT NEAR PINEVILLE, 110
ST. Louie, August 15.—Colonel Catherwood.
comm anding Sixth Artillery, Missouri State
toirgeapha headquarter?, akfollowst
Pineville, M'Donald Co., Mo., August 15
Colonel Coffee attacked me to day. He is com
pletely routed, with over thirty killed and
wounded We have a large number of prison
ers, all his ammunition, wagons; commissary
r&ores, arms, karma, he_ He scattered all his
command, except two hundred with himself.
A force is following him closely. My horses
are so worn down they cannot move further
until rested. Captain Hirsch, just in, reports
that he killed thirty-five and wounded a num
ber.
FROM WESTERN MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 15.—The female prison
at this place fell on Thursday morning, bury
ing eleven women in the ruins, six of whom
were taken out slightly 'injured, one mortally,
and four killed.
The mail coach passengers' were robbed - by
the guerillas this morning near the Big Bun,
between here and Independence.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
WASHINGTON. August 16.—Information c from
the Army of the Potomac, received to-night,
says there has been no change in the relative
positions of the two armies: so far as can be
at present known ; but there are some vague
suspioiobs•tbat the rebels are about to attempt
a flank tnovement on our left: Rumors have
reached our army, from the vicinity of Dum
fries, that a large rebel force is approaching
that place ; but this is denied at headquarters.
However it may be,, we are ready for them in
that (luta-tot'.
CANNONADING HEARD AT BEA.
BOSTON, August 16.—The brig Hydra, ar
rived at this port from Glace Bay, Cape Breton,
reports! On 7th August, ;rind north, 140,
clear weather, at 9 A. at., heard heavy and ir
regular cannonading in the northeast, which
continued until 11 20 A. N., when it ceased.
Our position at noon was Bambro Island, bear
ing north, distant twenty miles The firing
was too irregular for a salute, and too rapid
and promiscuous for target practice. Think
it must have been an engagement between two
vessels,. Our distance from Halifax was thir
ty-seven miles, and the sound of the guns came
from a direction considerably to the eastward
of that port.
THE INDIAN WAR
The following was received at the headquar
ters of the army :
MiLwAnxix, August 15.-. To Major General
H. W. Italia*, General in-Chief:—The follow
ing dispatch from General Sibley, dated. Aug.
7, has just been receind : We had three des
perate engagements with 2,200 Sioux warriors,
im Which they were Touted, and finally driven
across the Missouri, with the loss of all their
stibsietence, &o. Our loss was small, while at
least 150 of the savages were killed and woun
ded. Forty-six bodies have been found.
H. H. &BIEL Brig. Gen.
General Sully marched from Fort Pierre.for
Dend, lldissouri, on the 20th of July, with
2.200 cavalry, and will doubtless intercept the
flying Sioux. Little Crow, the principal chief
and instigator of Indian hostilities, has been
killed and"his son captured. Indian hostilities
east of the liissottri river may be considered at
an end. SOliN POPE, Major Gen.
WASHINGTON ITpIS.
THE DRAFT. -
Wassugarow, Aug. 16.—During the past
week, the board of enrollment have had before
them 476 cases ; of this number 296 have been
exempted, 161 offered substitutes who were ac
cepted, and. of the drafted men 13 were ac
cepted. Six paid the $3OO commutation; thus,
out of 476 drafted men,lBo soldiers have been
obtained.
COURT OF INQUIRY
The Court of Inquiry to investigate the
evacuation of Winchester and Martinsburg or
ganized yesterday. It is composed of Briga
dier Generale Barry, Abercrombie, and De•
Rummy. Capt. R. N Scott is judge advocate.
ARREST OF DISLOYAL PERSONS.
The following named persons, arrested by
Captain Edwards, provost marshal of Gen.
King's division, Centreville, and sent
.to this
.city from Alexandria by Lient. Winship. were
committed to the Old Capitol yesterday, by or,
der of Provost Marshal Todd : Elisha Cornell,
Moseby's balivaioury John Yobentson. charged
with giving information to the enemy ; John
Clark and William L. Lee, charged with dis
loyalty ; and Redmond Devars, guide for Mose
by's Cavalry.
DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE.
Brigadier General Joseph W. Revere, who
was tried by court martial at Falmouth, on
May 12, Major General W. S. Hancock, presi
dent; and found guilty of misbehavior before
the enemy, and of conduct prejudicial to good
order and military discipline, was sentenced to
be dismissed from the military service - of the
'United States. The ,President: has - approved
the finding, and ordered the sentence to be car
ried into effect August 10., •
Second Lieutenant Alpheus Scott, of Com
pany L, Sixth lowa cavalry, had also been dis
missed-the service by order - of 'tbe President,
for conduct unbecoming an officer and a ken
tleman, he having appeared before the regi
ment in a beastly state of ,liitoxteation while
on the march.
THE FOI4IBH Q17158T/ON.
It is generally agreed that instead of a col
lective rfote to Russia, each 'of the three Cabi
nets wild eend a separate note, identical in idea,
to Bt. Petersburg. England opposed a collec
tive no4e, but, it is asserted, her opposition in
no way effects the existing understanding. be
tween the three• powers, it merely keeps the
negotiations separate. It is stated that Aurp
tria 'declines going beyond diplomatic action.
' The ineurgeants defeated the Malawi at
Blaine, Palatinate of Flock.
PRANCE
.
The 'Emperor has returned to Paris.
• The Bourse is firmer, and closed on the sth
at 68f. for rentes, an adVatuie of over three
quarters per cold.-
GERMANY:
It is officially announced that, the Emperor
of Austria . , in an autograph letter, dated . July
31, has invited all the sovereigns of the Ger
manie Confede=ration, and sineros of free cities,
to personally meet in assembly and discuss the
question of reorganisation of the German Con.
tederation miitahle to the requirement:a of the
age. The Emperor proposed Frankfort, as the
place, and the 16th of August• as the date. The
German question was discussed at the late
meeting of the Emperor and the King of Prusiia.
New '2lbutrtisentents.
H.ARRISBIIRG • FEMALE
SENI
NABY —The fall session of fhb. Institution will
'40±661686 6 611 Orvdnoeday, Mho Dtember
!lag 113-dtd • S. I, DIXON, Principal.
D RAFT! DRAFT!
lingineee in, relation to the draft carefully and relia
bly attended to.
xemption' paptrrs' drawn up' with care, And oases
irgued before the hoard of Enrollment at moderate
Tates.
Any persons wiening to go as substitute for any
drafted man, wirl receivo the highest cash price on ap
plication at the splablisVed thaint Agency of
EUGENE BEYDRA„ Attorney at Law,
aul7-Iwd Third street near Market, Efarrieburg, Fa.
T O CAPITALISTS,.
A. rare °Undo is offered for the profitable Investment
of from three to five thousand donna in the manufau•
tare of an improvsm nt of great value, it bu=ng an arti-
C/0 of ludispeosible household use, lately Wonted A
net profit or .'ty per cent. guaranteed upon the amount
invested. Good references given and required. Ad
dress WM. P. P &TWIN,
aug6 Harrisburg Pa
•
\TVAN ED—A house, suitable for a
small family_ _Rant not to @xenon sue. inquire
at this Moe. Aug 15-58 t.
T . OOKING GLASSES —A 'Splendid
AA Assortment of New Looking Glasses, just received,
14t W, KNOVIEV'S Musk 9torP, 93 Market etreet, "lon
they rtiU be Bola cheap. luau gad examine. man
lIRYEAS 7 ITIALIZENA.
0
O
'as the only "Preparition for food from In
dian Corn"
tat reeeired a medal and honorable mention from tbc
Lommiesioners, the competition of all premin.nt
moufactszers of "Fora Starch , ' awl 'Trimmed Corn
tour' , of Lk a and other countries notwirlfistanding.
MAIZENA,
he food and luxury of the are, without a Angle fault_
a trial will convince the luost skentied_ Makes
tdd.ngs, Cakes, Custards, Blanc Mange, &c., without.
ieglasa, wish few or no eggs. at A cad astonishing the.
wit economic:Ll. A slight addition to orei rmr y Wh e at
our greatly improves Bread and Cake • It jg h i.. o e x.
'Bent for thickening sweet sauces gravies for fish a n d
eat. soup, &c. Rum Ice Cream nothing can compere
th it. A little boiled in milk will produce rich
, cum for coffee, ehoeulatn, tea s &c,
'Put up in one round passages, ender the Lade-mark
&items, with directions for use.
A most arlicious article of food for children and in—
aide of all ages. For sale by Grooms and Druggists
rerywhere.
Whoieerate Depot, 166 Fulton street.
WILLIAM DITRYM A,
General Agent.
e n 15.d6m
.41 ANTED.-40 HIRE—A building
with four or five rooms, suitable for office - and
!uteri. east of Second street and near Market street.
Aug 1443 t Address Box 236 P. 0 Harrisburg._
ROPOSALS FOR STONE BRIDGE..
Proposals will ba received at the City Council
bomber till 7 o'clock p. m., September 5. for erect
us a stone bridge over Paxton creek, at Paxton street,
this city, according to place an t speriScation• on
eh in the Council Chamber. Proposals will state the.
ice with brick era es and oleo with hewn atone arebes;
leo sp.•alfy the tiswe of commeneement and completion
e the work.
'Proposer. will specify what they will allow for the
laterials on tee ground They will also be required
q furnish all the material necessary to do the work.
The Council will reeerv.i the rirht to reject all bide
hat they believe will not be td the advantage of the
sty, or that *bey may believe ate exorbitant
• Proposals to be endorsed *-Proposals for ti idgv.," eel
rented to • W 0, inCii.Olt,
President Common council.
J. lie RELEN,
D. TrOCICEIR,
P. 'map I INN,
Street Committee lit district. dcal,l2-3ttweld
0 T I . C E I
EIE DRAFT IN THE 15TH AND ADJOIN
ING DISTRICTS.
NATIONAL SURSI'II.UTE AGENCY.
A. H. ilWratfEß k CO , having opened In efflee in
srliale.at the Government A keeseves office.in !themes
all, are now prepared to fmnieb atibstituten at fair
11=1
Substitutes supplied from this office will be able hod-
Alivns, not subject to draft All drafted nereons
rved by us are guarantied & release from the draft.
Apply at once, in person or by letter, the "Na
• :,onai thibetituto Agency," Illa6bra'4 Wall, Carlials-
References.--J. hi. Weakley, Joseph Ratner, jr. , J.
A. IL SWISHES & CO.
August 4-dtf
iR O CL AMATIO N.—Whereas, the
Honorable Jo ii J. MAIM, PYneldentof the Conn
Lommon Pleas in the Twelfth Judicial District, con.
• .1. Ling of the counties of Lebanon and Dauphin. and the
. : SAMUEL LANDIS and Hon. Moms A. Tonic, Am
:to Judges in Daiftrhin countyphitving issued their pre
pt, bearing date the 20th day of May, A. D 1868, to me
I.rected, for holding a Court of Oyer and Terminer and
' moral Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Harrisburg, for the county of bauphin, and to own
.
,once on Ms
./berth Manaay of Augsta next, being the
~th day of August, 1863, and to continue two weeks
. Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coroner, Jus
; flea of the Peace, Aldermen, and Constables of the said
i.nnty of Dauphin, that they be then and there in their
--oper persona, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
th their records, inquisitions, examinations, and their
en remembrances, to do those things which to their
ace apptrtaine to be dens, and those who are bound in
cognizance, to prosecute against the prisoners that are
shall be in the Jail of Dauphin county, be then and
sere to prosecute against them as Shalt be Just.
Given under my hand, at Harrisburg, the 16th day of
. ily , in the year of our Lord, •186;, and is the eighty,
.venth year of the independence of the -United States-
J.D. BOAS, Sheriff,
• * . j OTICE. Whereto, titters Testa-
II tamentery to the estate of General John Fare
+r,-late of the ci y of Harrisburg, deceased, have been
anted to the eabseribere, all pelt-eons indebted to the
id estate are reqnested to make immediate plyzurat i
d those hawing eta4ns or demands against the estate
• . the sAd decedent, will make known the same, duly.
Ithenticated, without dalay„to
MARGARET S. FORSTER,
• BENJAMIN L tfOit'cTsn,
• THOMAS SOBETER,
rINO. IL BRIGGS.
Executors, arm
Harrisburg, July 29th;1863—jy31.dltiv6t
: 'XEMPTIONS FROM THE DRAFT.
.1 Persons baying legal claims to exemption from the
.ft can bar. , their crows prepared and presented to the
lard onapplication to R. E. FERCXNAT, 4ittornepat
'l.w. Second street, opposite Buehler House to
thWm IL Miller, Epq. Aug 12-tud.
U THOSE DESIRING TO PRO-
CURE BUBB lITUTES, AND
TO THOSE WISH/NG TO BECOME SIIB§TITIFTES.
The undersigned, Military Claim Agents, tender their
mom for the procuring of Substitutes for Dialled
STI, es well as for the securing or the highest price
: r those wishing to offer themselves as Substitutes
They will - register the names of each class referred to,
-'th the amounts, in mon y, proposed to be given by
.0 one and to be Neared p l ythe other.
Drafted men who are legally exempt can have all the
.pers prepared necessar to- establish their claim., to
. cemption by calling upon tire undersigned.
Those interested ere divited to• call at the office, in
sxchange Building+. opposite the l *whin County
'Amur. • hiscDOWELL & maeuntE,
' auls-1m • Military Claim Agents.
'IIE BEST 1 - BER 01.IY!
3:III,EMERUENCY OVER!
. ..f ; PURITY BEER!
Pries:ids of an excellent glais of , beer, the beet re
:'.ehment in this hot weather, can get it always at my
Aeon, Walnut street:next to the Lone:uteri= school
1 . wee, az I am 'supplied regularly from T. erkarisa
i .0.18 BrewerY; 'Lancaster, Pa
anifs4t
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ENTION, DRAFIED M}N
r
k t n ;t fU 4 la ß fronhllAdes r nt :oinnee i nbe 47th Regiment 4..strtieneiat Hi
Year, Fla,„ will, be accepted,_ by applying to the Rub
:liter They Will receive t 27 befure leevi.g far the
1 giment.
Lieut. W. * CISETY„
Second it. 2 doors below Helkerts Hardware store.
angll-dlwilt
\SSESSMENT 01? DAMAGES.
Pursuant to an order of the Court of 11/Jattiti EleSeitinta
Dauphin county, notice is hereby given to the Com
•tssioners of said county, and to , he property holders
! mg the line of ( - timberland street, from iih,stra. t to
::'h street and Verbike street, from Fulton street to
fl
a street, in the City of arrisburg,•tbat upon the pe
t. lon of the Mayor of bald city, the Court h's appoin.
• i suE viewers to 'magas the damages 'caused. by the.
-Bing of eeld Ftreets, and that they . Will primed to
t. -ess said damages on Friday, the 21st day of Auguei,
ct., at 10 o'clock a, at., at which time-ail part,' s in
rested may appear upon the ground if they think pro-
MIN W. BROWN,
City ,ohcitor.
t
aulO iota
AP OP 'HARRISBURG CITY, as
laid out by direction' of the Commissioners of
' ;,e Oitytiurv o y, and_colArixied by act of. Legislature„
.ntaleing- numerous course's and• distances of the
p reete, squares; &c—Marked on it, and designating the
iferent wards, Wine &o. It le, in fae t r
e only correct map of the city. For sale by
IL. HAG, Chiefategulator,
Cor. 8d at. and Cranberry alley.
anlo42w
DEMWD - FOR - SUBSTITU T E
The undersigned will pay the H GHEBT PRIMO
• substitutes. They baye orders on the foranumber
' this arid adjoining countiete. '
31.AOLIOWELL & mkatTIRE,
15 3 !ichange SoildingS, opposite codnfy prison'
ORSE AND CART FOR SALE.-
' A good Horse, Coal Cart and.barness wilt he Fl• 11/
a bargain. Call on Jar! Dock, opposite the ("Duct
)use, Eons 15-3/011 QILLIARD uocii•
NDEPENDENCE ISLAND.
- •
(desert.. BECHER & V SLlC;Proprietors, announce to
e citizens of Harrisburg that this cool and delightful
mmer retreat is now oven for visitors Accommods
i .na will be forniefird to parties and pic-ae es at reaa4M
in terme, &dancing platform been erected
air special use. Season tickets for families, good for
c ..e year, $l.OO
No Improper characters admitted, and no intoxicated
rson will be permittv to visit the Island
4 Ferry float plies combat - Hy between the Leland and
ae foot of Drool street, West Harrisburg. jora-au
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080. BIESTBR.