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Democratic State Ticket.
AUDITOII OKX KK AI..
BLENKEB, * m,M,y
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JAMES I*. BAKK, Allefflieiiy.Uomily.
the thing is working.
The Dayton Empire, alluding to the
rapid increase of negroes in that part of
Ohio, gives us the following:
“In one shop in this city, there are. four
negro blacksmiths. In a certain glue fac
tory all the hands are negroes.
A white man making one dollar a day,
running a stationary engine in a certain
carpenter’s shop, had to leave to make
room tor a contraband at eighty cents per
day
Our Ohio cotemporary dwells upon
these facts with spirit aud indignation, but
before six months roll around it will be
come used to them: and, if we are notegre
giousty mistaken “eighty cents” per day
will be quite acceptable to any mechanic
whose labor is reduced to competition
with that of runaway or contraband ne
groes. In the Southern counties of Penn
sylvania, bordering on Maryland, there
are hundreds of these contrabands now
engaged in harvesting, but there arc none
receiving the sum of “eighty’’ cents a day
fortheir services. Up as far as Dauphin
county, wherein is located the Capital of
our State, this runaway labor has crowded
out free white, and free negro labor too.
In and around Harrisburg,there are several
hundred contrabands, some of whom are
laboring in the field for twenty-five cents
per day. We have heard of one philan
thropic Abolitionist, living a short dis
tance from Harrisburg, who had a number
of blacks engaged at the liberal sum of ten
cents (the Buchanan standard,) per day,
and after he could use them no longer,
and fearing that they would become a bur
then to him, he, one fine morning, an
nounced to them that their masters were
after them, and in that tender and sympa
thetic manner, our Abolition pecksniff,
after robbing the poor wretches of their
labor got clear of them forever.
Here we have a practical illustration of
the meanness and the workings of Aboli
tionism. It is a simple compound of
treachery, hypocrisy, meanness and trea
son. Wherever you find a sniUling, ca
daverous, lean and hungry looking dys
peptic, turning up his pious eyes, lament
ing the condition of the slave, you may
be sure that ho will, for gain, not only
oppress the negro but the white man ; and
if he lias money to loan, he will raise liia
per centage in proportion to the borrow
er’s necessities. The greatest scoundrels
are always'the greatest professors ; and
the meanest creatures we have ever seen
are professed philanthropists. The hardest
masters, the cruelest landlords, and the
meanest men on this side of _perdil ion are
your canting philanthropists. They are
loud in the advocacy of every eutopian
scheme of charity which costs nothing,
but the'cries of widows and orphans in
their own hearing, receives no response
from their stony and bloodless hearts.
Their cold, glassy eyes are full of specula
tion, but no pity ; :uid, when beggary and
poverty sue to them for alms, they inva
riably refer them to the overseers of the
poor.
11' it were possible to ascertain 'the facts,
it would be found that those who are
loudest in their wailings over slavery and
iu favor of its emancipation, are such
monsters as we have described, free the
slaves andtheggiOßflflfm’ffiSWnass their
They will not go to wai
nor will they contribute to assist others t
go; the ' widows and orphans of dea
patriots they shun as if they were lepers,
and their only aim in advocating ; the war,
even with words, is, not to restore their
country, but to set free four millions of
poor wretches, who, after being free, wonld
find in these heartless fanatics their mean
est and most merciless oppressors.
OUB PLATFORM.
The plain, open and-patriotic platform
of the Pennsylvania Democracy, adopted
at our late State Convention, is noticed in
yesterday's Pittsburgh Gazette, hut that
paper quotes but three of the resolutions
composing it, and upon these it remarks
as follows: -
They evince an intolerance of the Anti-
Slavery feeling of their Northern fellow
citizens, . verging on the .Satanic, while
they cannot hide their traitorous sympa
thies for those men—their former political
associates —who are waging the horrible
rebellious war which is deluging the' soil 01
the country with the best blood'of her
sons.
This paragraph is simply one huge, un
blushing falsehood, no more nor less; and
the knave who penned it lied merely for
the love of lying. Our platform evinces
no ‘ intolerance ” except to Northern
Abolition and Southern Secesskm'traitors.
It denounces both and pledges the Dernoc
“CL-°Lthc Sliltr ' the support of the
Government until rebellion is entirely
crushed and the Union restored. The
object of the Convention was to save our
Government from the open efforts ot
Southern rebels and the no less dangerous
machinations of Northern traitors, who
have for years been laboring fora dissolu
tion of the Union.
~ Wot Killed.
Many persons that at first were reported
to.have heen killed in the late battles turn
ont to be still living. Among these is Ma
jor General McCall, who is a prisoner at
Richmond. It is understood that be is not
wounded. This intelligence will be reeeiv
ei this State. Genemf
McCall hassufTered much with neuralgia
lately,
ties. 1 .'fjtiwr;
greveted tbe'malMyi’aeiifcwas probacy
while suffering from it andirom exhaustion
that ho was captured.
ABOLITION i THE
PRESIDENT
“ TKe-.ntdical atyflitioiiisty are evidently
prenarine-for warlare, upon
theMsident, unletyheado^th^infer
nal schemes |*#c
Senate of the United States,
headed fanatic, Chandler of Michigan, in
a fury of rage, while alluding to our late
battles on the Peninsula, h i loose as fol
lows:
Jj He ( C han d 1 erl introduced a resolu
tion which, if answered,. would show the
true criminal. The crimjnality was reduc
ed so as to be between two The
great crime consisted in sacrificing and
dividing this great army of the Potomac;
and Ihe criminal is either Aluahain l.in
colu or Geo, B. MeClellan—there is no
thud man at all. The criminal should', in
his judgment, not only he deprived of his
ollice, hut suffer the extreme penally of
he law. The nation has been disgraced
by this division of the army of the Poto
mac, and E. M. Stanton always was op
posed to it.’ i ’ 1
The slap at McClellan here is only in
tended to give euiphasis to the onslaught
on the President; because it is notorious
that the General protested against having
his forces taken from him, at the period
alluded to. It is hardly probable that lie
suggested his own humiliation, although
he, unlike Fremont, patiently bore with
it. In addition toj this Senatorial slab at
the President, we have the following from
the New York Evening Post, the ablest of
the radical abolition papers in the coun
try. Filling up the army from all “classes
and ranks ’ means, of course, the arming
of negroes. Says the /Ysf:
"It is now fourteen months since Mr.
Seward—so little perception had he ot the
nature of thiswar—predicted thal it would
be ended in sixty days. Hie Administra
tion appears, by its acts, to have put full
taith in his halcyon words. We have had
i’or a year, ou the 1| oto.mac, the finest urmv
that could be raised in the civilized world
—an army no loss jthan two huudrod and
tliirtV' thousand stroug—well equipped,
well fed, woll supplied with every material
of theart of warfare: but it has been allow
ed to be frittered] away by idleness, bv
disease, by battle under adverse circum
stances, and by military incompetcncv in
a thousand shapes.
. Mr. Lincoln, then, we repeat,min: open
his eyes without a jiuomenl's delay to the
exigency. 1 hree things are more impera
tive than all others: First, he must dismiss
cvei [y heading agent who is imbecile or
slothful ou the spot; second, lie must in
iuse unity ol design and energy of purpose
mto his entire Cabinet, and not allow the
members of iL to devise inconsistent poli
cies; aud, thirdly; he must recruit his
armies from all classes and ranks as fast
as they can be filled up, without fear of the
meau and miserable prejudices of vulgar
brawlers.”
DEMOCRATIC^STATE CON
VENTION IN OHIO.
The Democracy: of Ohio, like llieir
brethersn in Pennsylvania, held a I'on.von
tion at their State capital, on Ilic 111,,
’which, like ours, ;was the largest gath
ering ot the kind ever ussembl,-*l in the
State. Their platform, like ours, is
sound in its support of the government to
crusli the rebellion,: and, at tlie same 1 ime,
tile causes ol it,! Southern Secession
and Northern Abolition. Thu following
is a condensed account of their proceed'
We, lliereiore, the representatives ol
nearly or quite 2UO,(hio voters of the State
of Ohio, who have as deep a stake in the
welfare ol' ihe country and the preserva
tion ot the Union ak any other equal num
ber ol men, in the; exercise of our duly
and constitutional rights, and with the de
sire ol upholding instead of weakening the
just powers ol our Government, and'anx
‘ous to unite all mijn, without regard to
their former party associations, who agree
wUh us in opinion, amt to treat all loyal
men who honestly differ from us with be
coming respect, do hereby declare oiirmvn
opinions and those ot our emisliHienl
tbliows: j
Ifrsalredt. That the Democracy arc
lur tlie Union. |
-• The Abolitionists alone are fuming
party issues on the country.
K. Denounces the .Abolitionists for
criticising the President and the consi-rva
tives.
•I. Condemns the letter of .lolni An
drew, (iovernor of Massachusetts, to the
Pre.siileut.
5. Iri in favor of meting out merited !e
-gal punishment to theploltcrs of rebellion,
but Opposes confiscation ns unconstitu
tional and likely to; irritate the South:
and opposes emancipation ns nnphilan
thropic..
C. That, entertaining these views, we
cannot too strongly condemn the refusal
of our (jeuerul Assembly to prohibit., by
law, the immigration of negroes into Ibis
State.
7. That we are opposed to being taxed
to purchase the freedom of negro slaves.
With all due respect;tor the opinions of
Olliers, we think that such a measure
would he unconstitutional, impolitic and
unjust. i
b. That the unparalleled frauds am
peculations ujion the (lovemmenl, reveal
ed by the investigating committees, am.
otherwise, demand the sternest condemna
tion of every honest man and lriend of tin
country, and call for the severest punish
meat prescribed by the laws.
That the patriotism, courage and
skill manifested by our armies have never
been exceeded in the history of the world
and deserve and receive our highest admi!
ration and gratitude. I
10. That while wejwill, as heretofore,
discourage all mere factious opposition to
the Administration, and will continue to
give our earnest support to all proper
measures to put down]the rebellion, and
will make all the allowances that the ne
cessities of the case require of good eiti
zeps, we protest against all violations of
the Constitution. j
11. That we hold sacred, as we do all
other parts of that instrument, the follow
ing provisions of the Constitution of the
United States: '
(Here follow all those amendments to
the Constitution known as the Bill of
I Bights.) |
12. That we view with indignation and
alarm the illegal and unconstitutional
seizure and imprisonment, for alleged po
litical offenses, of our citizens, without ju
dicial process,in States where such process
is unobstructed, but by j Executive order,
by telegraph or otherwise, and call upon
all who uphold the Union, the Constitu-'
lion and the laws, to unite with us in de
nouncing and repelling such flagrant viola
tion of the State and federal Constitutions
and tyrannical infraction of the rights and
liberties of American citizens ; and that
the people of this State cannot safely, and
n ° t > submit to have the freedom oi
of the press, the two
down tv ktlwarks of civil liberty, pul
tion of power."™" 1 * 11 “" d de3 P otie exer
Thk Reaction- ix Wiscox S ,x._At the
commencement of the late session of the
Assembly,, the Democrats were in a mi
nority by six or eight voties. At the close I
of the session, a majority of the entire
body, and fourteen majority of all present
. Democratic resolu!
tioiis, condemning emphatically all I
"We I
are‘prtrai-of that? Ag|ihtni)fy, and so are
the people.— Miltcaukie JVetcs. I
Interesting Southern News.
One Oay Later fron RiehM^ntL
REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE
BATTLE OF FRIDAY.
Ac., Ac.
From the Kichntoiul Whig, June 2H.
We are withont. the information we ex
pected to possess and to impart to our
readers this morning, of the operations
yeslerday in front of this city. The au
thorities exclude ail reporters from the
lines o! the army, and afford no intelli
gence to the press, though the whole coun
try is almost breathless with anxiety to
know what is transpiring—though a battle
has been raging nearly all day within
hearing.
We only know that the fire was resumed
before day onthe other side of the Chicka
hominy, near Mechauicsville, and that by
night the enemy had been driven South
ward, down the Cliickuhominy, a distance
Of three or four miles. The firing, when
ever they stood tlieir ground, was heavy;
but iliiH generally was not for longperiods.
Their falling back was, for the most part
orderly, and they succeeded in getting off
most, of their artillery, as well as the great
er part of their dead and wounded. Some
six or eight pieces of artillery were wrested
from them, and the usual amount of small
arms, knapsacks, overcoats, Ac., were
found strewn along the line of retreat. —
They evidently seek to avoid a general en
gagement, whether with the hope of rein
loreeuients, or with the view of drawing
us on to tlieir strongest position, or from
sheer cowardice, it is impossible to say.
Our forces engaged yesterday were di
visions under command of Stonewall .lack
soil, l.ongstreet, and the two Hills. Our
scanty information does not enable us to
sav whether the forces oil this side ot tin,
Uiiiekahominy were engaged yesterday.-
The casualties are not believed to be heavy
though quite a number of wounded bail
been brought to this city. To-day ;Satur
ilny) will probably witne.-s a general nmi
decisive battle. \\ e have no tear of tin
result.
We doubt it any community in the world
ever exhibited more composure under
similar circumstances limn was exhibited
by the people of Itichiuond yesterday while
tin- battle was progressing near the city,
tin* result ot which was to determine
wTiellior they were to be slaves or freemen.
No excitement was visible anywhere.
Men, women, and children, except those
who were ministering to the wounded sol
diers, were engaged in their daily pursuits,
or promenaded the streets as usual. No
levity was observed, but each countenance
betokened a calm reliance on life favor of
God, the justice of our cause, and the valor
ol our troops. 1 his stoical equanimity is
a characteristic of the Richmond people,
whieh.hus otteu been regarded by strangers
as n sort of.soeietary phenomenon." It
should be cultivated, as a preventive of
panics, to which nil communities are sub
ject who have suffered themselves to be
afflicted by sensational excitements.
11l the afternoon, groups were collected
at some* ot llu* corners of main streets,
anxious to hear the latest reports Irom the
battle-field : anil about the hospitals, when
the wounded were brought in, there were
similar gatherings. Apart from these.in
cidents, tin-re was nothing to indicate that
till- "great battle" for the right of sell
govcninn-ul was pending within a half
hour's ride of the city.' There wax one
other variation trom the general aspect o
the streets which deserves a passing notice.
It was tin- absence irom the sidewalks o
tin: tinselled "otliccrs" anil absentees from
camp. Ihe latter hud returned to the
post of duty, with the exception, pt-ihap
of a few who, together with the gidd-hrai
gents, had secluded themselves from ol
serval ion by remaining within doors uni
dark. *1 he people of Richmond acted we
yesterday, ami should, us we doubt m
they will, maintain their phihemphic
llt-bel \«>H H from I lie SoillliHi'sl
l’’ruMi ihuGri.-nada ( Miss.) A,,peal ol the
J-iii nit., uv ul, turn thi- to It,, wing highly in
teresting of Soul hern news
The llel'enres of I lie .Stale.
Hi-li-iini with no little degree of .satis
laetion from the Mississippiau that Gen.
Van Dorn has snperceeded Gen. Lovell in
eommand of the toree- at Vicksburg. The
department, as we understand it, assigned
to his immediate command, embraces all
South Mississippi and Hast Louisiana,
while the defence of North Mississippi and
Alabama is assigned to (ien. Haggles, now
.stationed at bis place. Under these two
chieftains we doubt not the defence, of the
State will be made thorough and complete.
The experience, energy, seal, and activity
of (ien. Buggies, combined with u pro
ioutid sagacity, lit him peculiarly for ac
tive duty in the lield. Having been among
the first to secede from the old army, and
join that of the Confederacy, he has not,
we believe, lost an hour from duty since
the war commenced. He is deservedly
popular with bis command, whose confi
dence lie has to an unlimited extent.
Uuderthis new disposition of our forces,
then, we feel somewhat reassured that our
people mav rely upon their security from
any formidable movement, of the enemy
upon this portion of the Stale.
(•cneral Itenix.
Seven of the parties engaged In stealing
the. engine and train in Northern Georgia,
a few weeks since, were hung at Atlanta
on the 18th lilt.
Iwenty-eight Union men, citizens ol
Marion county, Alabama, have been ar
rested and taken to Columbus, Missis
sippi.
1,, 10 Richmond papers state that two
I Confederate partisan rangers were recently
I >'y, Ibe Federals in Northwestern
V lrginia. They counsel retaliation.
The Federal llag-ship Hartford, together
with a number of mortar and gunboats,
passed Bayou Sara on the morning of. the
20th, coming up.
It. is stated that the captain of the boat
that brought Gen. Prentiss and other Yan
kee prisoners up the Alabama river, a lew
days ago, actually refused to let the pris
oners eat. at the first table, to the exclusion
of the passengers—there not being room
fur both—whereupon Prentiss became in
dignant and threatened to starve himself
to death 1 When he succeeds, one ration
of corn and bacon will be saved to the
Confederacy.
Refugees and Prisoners.
Monday last, says the Abingdon Virgin
ian, of the 18th ult., a cavalcade of twenty
or thirty Kentuckians, with ten or twelve
prisoners, arrived at that place, through
Pond Bay. As the rangers were coming
through the mountain counties of Ken-
tucky, they were attacked by a company
ot Lincoln guards. They, however, turn
ed the tables upon them, killed the leader
of the guards, took seventeen prisoners,
and sent the balance scampering-tbrough
the woods.
The following is the Appeal's version ol
the White river affair:
I “We have intelligence of a perfectly
I trustworthy nature that some days since,
while Col. fitch was on his way up White
river, with twojregiments for the aelief of
Curtis, preceded by two gunboats, he was
brought to a halt by a Confederate battery
at St. Charles. One shot from the battery
displaced the steam pipe of the first gun
boat, andanother entered the magazine,
I causing an explosion, which shivered the
boat to atoms, killing and wounding all
but twelve out of one hundred and seven
ty-five men on board.
“A signal flag from one of the boats was
mistaken, by the troops nianning the bat
tery for a- Hag of trace.. A force was in
consequence successfislfydanded from the
transports, who took the battery in the
rear, capturing it, together with some forty,
prisoners. The. battery cohsisted of some,
manned by seventy men. We!
tops soqnto ;l>e able to announcerthat
GeneraU Hindman and Roane have given:.
Colonel Fitch such a drubbing as they re
cently administered to Curtis.’?
A Picturesque Army.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier thus describes Gen. Price and his
army*:
As few people have an idea of the char
acter of ihe man, 1 give you a hasty pen
and ink sketchy as he appeared to me
during a brief interview, lie is over six
feet in height, with a frame to match, full
but. not portjy, and straight as an Indian.
His carriage is marked with dignity, grace
and gentleness, and every motion bespeaks
the attitude ol a well-bred gentleman.
He has a large ’Vebsterian head, covered
with a growth of thick, white hair, a high,
broad, intellectual forehead, florid face,
no beard, and a mouth among whose latent
smiles you never fail to discover .the iron
will that surmounts all obstacles.
f l he army of Gt»u. Price is made up of
the extremes. It is a heterogeneous mix
ture ot all huiuau compounds, aud repre
sents in its various elements every condi
tion of Western life. There are the old
and the youug, the rich and puor, the
high and Jow, the grave and the gay, the
planter and the laborer, farmer and clerk,
buuter aud boatman, merchant aud woods
man men, too, who have come from
every fctate and been bronzed iu every
latitude, from the mountains of the north
west to the pampas of Mexico.
Kvery man has come from his home
stead fitted with the best and strongest
that loving mothers, wives and sisters
could put upon him. Aud the spectacle
presented as they are drawn up m line,
whether for marching or infection, nec
essarily forms an arabesque pattern of the
most parti colored crowd of people upon
which human eyes ever rested. Some are
in black—Tull citizen's dre-;*, wiih heaver
hals and frock coats; some in home-spun
drib; some in gray, blue and streaked:
some tu nothing but red .-diirls, punts and
big top-boots: some attempt a display with
the old-fashioned militia uniforms of their
tort-fathers; some have bauuers flouting
from their ‘‘outer walls’’ in the rear; some
would pass for our friend, the Georgia
Major, who lined to wear nothing buL his
shirt-collar ami u pair of spur*.
A Hick hi •• Voting" Meeesli.
A correspondent of the Grenada Ajntval
pitches into General Heuuregard forex
pelliug newspaper com enpundeuts. !J<*
s&VH :
It is believed by some that Gen. lleuu
regard has been iuduced to issue this un
just aud tyrunical order by Gen. Hragg,the
most waspish officer in the army, or by
some one of t he swarm of gaudy butterflies
who bask in the sunlight of his presence—
maity of whom are volunteer aids orollioers
whose merits have not been duiy apprecia
ted hy the independent writers of the day.
'1 he truth is. the characters to whom I al
lude are the hane of the urmv. There is
hardly a general ollicer in the'serviee who
who is not surrounded by a multitude of
volunteer aids, with whip and spur, (the
latest style of riding, i who follow in the
train of their chiefs like a comet, and who.
though ornamental, arc seldom useful.—
for the most part they are youug men who
have wealthy parents, and who have not
the patriotism to enter the ranks and per
form the duties of atrue man anil a soldier.
I hey are perl, insoleniand impudent: they
ride fine horses with gay trappings, u>.e
au immense amount of. gold lace, swear
like troopers, and render themselves gen
erally disagreeable and ridiculous. This
is true not only of the volunteer aids, but
of many ollicers whose heads have been
turned by their sudden elevation, and who
think they are required to exercise their
power every hour in the day, lest some
body should forget what ‘’mighty men of
valor they are. 1 hese characters are gen•
ally known in the army by the vulgar but
expressive name of squirt.
Statemont of u Refugee from Rich
mond.
U amii.m.th.v. June i'.. -Hr. |i. nil
v.-r. I'ucmrrly of < i-iuii. county, Wi.,..
• ■•■titly at Hally Springy, Mi-ej., nh,, way
uu|,iv.s.-u*il into tin.* rebel .-ervicc nl the
beginning at' ||,C war, an.l aim-.- tin- I,at
at Itntl Hati lias been acting as As'-istant
Surgeon in the rch.-l ai-iny, reach.■>! here
to Jny. lie ha.l persistently reliise.l tu
take the .mill ul ullcgium-c to the ii-hel
Government, hut was compelled i u ,| u su
an _ Tuesday last. He was iletuile.l in
charge at' twenty-live iimliiilanees lille.l
wiih wounded logo to Lynchburg. Heing
possessed af the countersign, he .leter
mineil to take advantage of the evistine
.""tiision to getaway. He hrilie.l a negro
Ml Kiehllloll.l to .swap clothes will, him,
anil alter passing the pickets In- means of
the countersign, lie tramped to Frcderirks
hnrg and got into the lines of the Union
army at that point, lie has hud a good
opportunity to observe the condition ol
atliiirs in reheldoni.
He states that ihe entire white mule
imputation of the South, between the
.ages ol'lil'leen and forty, have been forced
into the ar my. The eonsci iption ihere is
a reality. Numbers who ure in arms un
doing duty unwillingly, and would gladly
get away from the tyranny of the Oavia
autocracy. Hr. Illiver has lieen iu Hich
mond for the lust two months. The rehcl
loree in Virginia is estimated at fully two
hundred mid fifty thousand. They admit
a loss of twenty-live thousand iu the re
cent battles. They U re subsisting on what
is termed half rations, by which is meant
only the substantial, without any of the
small stores. They have an abundance of
bacon, rice, and corn, but no salt nor
coflee, nor other small stores, that
go to make up a soldier’s rations.
Since the occupation of the Mississippi
by the Federal forces cutting off communi
cation with Texas, their supplies of beef
are brought from Florida, where there is
an abundance of wild cattle. The stock
of whisky is pretty well exhausted. Hr.
Oliver |says the greatest depression lie ob
served was produced by the intelligence
that President Lincoln had called out
three hundred thousand additional troops.
The opinion prevailed that if these troops
should he promptly furnished the rebel
game would be promptly ended. They
exhausted their resources for soldiers, anil
would he enabled lo contend against a
fresh army of that size. Their only hope
is that the call will not be promptly respond
ed to by volunteers, hut that there will
he sufficient delay to afford an opportunity
for foreign interventiou before they are
forced to give up.
Or. Oliver says the rebel plan of lighting
is not with reserve, but by retreats in the
field, and that in every battle, regiments
are regularly relieved by fresh troops alter
having fought for a little while. Jn this
way it was hoped to wear out and tire down
the troops under McClellan. It is seldom I
that the same regiments have been allowed
to engage twice in the same battle.
The rebels have concentrated nearly all
their available troops at Richmond, except
so much of Beauregard’s army as stopped
at Charleston, and about thirty-five thou
sand of the same army left in Mississippi.
The rebels are ternbly afraid of the gun
boats. They reckon one gun-boat equal
to a whole division on land. They admit
that the recent movement of General
McClellan was a masterly stroke ol jiolicy,
and that his present position is infinitely
stronger than the one he abandoned. 1 1
is his impression that no farther attack
will be made upon him where he is. The
rebels are sending their wounded and
prisoners to the interior. There is no
room for them in Richmond; and medical
stores are exceedingly scarce. Dr. Oliver
was obliged to dress wounds and amputa
tions with only cold water and bandages.
The reported death of Stonewell jack
son is untrue. Dr. Oliver aaw nlin ajivp
and well in' Richmond on Tuesdnjnight.
Jeff Davis, vent- to BaleigfcjiTsee figt
family.
i^|pi^
hPalW** : —Hi sessions of
JBe Mfislatuie ajqMic&tioirbas been made
WjWiW to Slocks
and aU similar stocks subjected to the
same .taxation as noney at'- interest, but
mir members haveaS<heed thereto.
I'nder the present laof th«ja#B&a of these
stocks have escaped free from all County,
School, Road, Railroad and Soldiers’ Re
hc» taxes, while the whole burden of the
Hume is placed upon lands, horses, moneys
at interest, Are. The only taxpaid by
these stocks is for State purposes. This
is made higher than on .other property, on
account of their chartered privileges] such
for instance as being allowed to pay their
holders eight and ten percent, per annum,
where the private lender of money cun only
receive six. We now demand that the
next Legislature set this tiling right. Ono
ol inv neighbors lends his money at six
per cent., and pays Couuty, School, Hoad,
Railroad and relief taxes, while another
neighbor receives 10 per cent, per aunum,
trom his Bank Stocks, and pays none of
these taxes.
W ill any one say that is fair? Then let
the issue be made immediately, nnd let no
one vote for the candidate opposed to the
remedying ot this wrong.
i.'eiTOeiK.ndence r.f the Baltimore jmiii.
Washixotox, July b.
Arming Hie .\egrnew at the Nouth
l*lautt or I lie ARM»UtioKii»tft-TIM» ])«•
in tin? Hou*p—Employment of
.VcgroeM a Ncce«ftit>.
\ esterday in the House wf'as what some
ot tlu* abolitionists term the greatest day
ever seen in Congress. To use a favorite
phrase of the Tribune, it was a “field
day. Mr. 1 itaddeu s Stevens, aided by
Sedgwick and (liven, of New York, made
a speech which is the abolition card, and
is tu be scattered, postage free, as a great
electioneering document. Stevens said
that he should long since have introduced
a bill tor arming the negroes, but the "ov-
enunent was not up to such a neasure,
and then the scheme would hive been de
nounced by the Democracy and by the old
whigs, i who were now democrats,) and by
the bonier State men. as an “abolition
measure/’ He was fur arming the ne.
grocs as the army advanced—for setting
free the slaves, and for dividing the herit
age in lands ot the rebels among the sol
diers.
lu save the lives of our kindred of
the North, he would put the negroes in
the fore front ol the battle, which means
that he would make the slain negroes the
cpanlement.s or breastworks for the white
soldiery. Mr. Sedgwick read a statement
from a New ork book-worm, toshow that
suuie ot the Luropean powers employed
negro troops in their colonies under the
equator, lmt on this head Gen. Hunter is
tlie record to the effect that with prop
cr hygenic rules and regulations, the white
soldier can safely undergo the heat of our
Southern snnnner. Mr. Given quoted
W a-hington and Jackson ay having em
ployed a few negro soldiers, to whom they
gave freedom for some conspicuous service
at a moment of peril, hut who supposes
that if the fathers were alive to-day, that
they would be abolitionists, or be support
*-rs nt their bloody and brutal ideas ?
M oreover, it is true that revolutionary sol
diers always spoke contemptuously the of •
fleers that commanded negro companies.
Mr. Mallory stated that the Secretary of
W nr bad publicly stated to him that, he not
wiily hit‘l n>>t authorized the arming of
regiments, hut he had arrested a
person for essaying it. Mr. Steven.; ex
pressed surprise at the written disclaimer
ol the Secretary to that effect, as he had
under.stuud him ditferentyl in several con
versations. He thought that there was
!-nme dLingcniuusness in the mutter. Ho
took issue with the administration on the
point, ami said that the rebellion coubl
never bo suppressed except upon bis pro
gramme.
Mr. .Slewus ivu.s iK»t iikme a iign j
.-aym»» lh»* same thing wilhnnL t)ie comli
tinn I lint hr UuW *nilCNi S.
The Departure of the Freuc
Princes and English Officers.
1 1 is |.n!ri-tlv uiidr tili»ml that tin* rea
suns Ihf tin* ili'juLriurtj of the French
1 rituf.s an<l thr Kuglish otlicers are rn
litely personal, and do not relate to the
military situation of our atrny. The rep
resentatives of French royalty have been
.summoned to attend a meeting of their
family, to be held in Loudon about the
middle of the present month, on business 1
ol vital importance to themselves as claim*
mils lo tin* !• renrli throne. Tltev had an*
mmneod their intrntions, some weeks ago,
to leave at this time, and have made Iheir
arrangements accordingly. The furloughs,
or leave of absence, of the English otticers,
have exjiired. and consequently their re
turn.— rhU. Inquirer.
Fourth of July in Boston.
'i‘he eighty-sixth anniversary of our na*
tional independence was observed with the
usual honors and patriotic observances.
<l. T. Curtis delivered a very long mid
quite a conservative oration in the Acad
emy of Music. Patriotic speeches were
also made at a civic dinner in Faneuil
Hall; a regatta on Charles river also took
place. Uailoon ascensions, with magnifi
cent fire-works, were let off in the evening.
Ibis constituted the general programme of
tin* day. flu* weather was delightful,
Everything passed off quietly and pleas
antly.
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I’oro Wines and Liquors, for medicinal use
only. jelD-tc
IT'S* STATE SEXATE-E. 11. OAZZAM
STATE SENATOR*** **
ITS* lIIHTBICT ATTOBNEY JOHR
M. KIKKPATBICK will be a candi
date for nomination loth* above •■ekMhnth*
next nominating Republican Connty Coeveki
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and retail, by SIMON JOHNSTON,
ie3o ' Corner Smitbfield and Fourth stl.
film: springs at home.
. Blue Lick,
Bedford, Congress, Saratoga, Empire, Kissengen,
and Louisville Artesian waters, for sale by
SIMON JOHNSTON,
je3o Corner Smitbfiehl and Fourth sta.
PEBE BOLIAIO HIM. BISECT
from Custom-House, in atone jugs, contain
ing over a quart oath: aJsoMCaaennf Mm*
uwer'* Celebrated Leaiea'kaefc dim.
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LATEST NEWS IT TILEHAPB.
Further Foreig* Items.
Steamers for Charleston, S.
REBEL, STEAMER WRECKED.
New Yoke, July B.— Advices from Nas
sau to the 28th ult state that the steamers
Herald and Mentor, Bahama, Tumhal,
Emilie and Leopold, were in port for
Charleston, and the steamer Minna, for
England. Also five steamers, names un
known.
The rebel steamer Cecile was totally
wrecked on Abaco. Part of her cargo
waa saved, including six brass guns,
marked Vienna.
The rebel steamers Nashville and Kate
sailed on the 21st ult. for New Inlet, N.
C., but were chased back, the former get
ting into Gun Bay, Abaco, and the latter
into Elenthira.
Vonrs, Ac.,
The steamer Overtowas still under seiz
ure by the British war Bteamer Greyhound,
with a prize crew on board.
The ship Karsage, from Havana for New
Y ork, is ashore at Biminis, and had bilged.
The crew had arrived at Nassau.
St. John’s, July 8, —The following is the
latest intelligence brought by the steamer
Eeropa, which waa accidentally omitted
in yesterday’s dispatch:
Madrid, June 27—In the Senate to-day
Calderon Collantes expressed the hope
that the action of France in Mexico
would not exceed the limitation of the
London convention.
The Ministers said that Spain would
still exercise sufficient influence to obtain
legislative satisfaction from Mexico, for
she had not abandoned the employment of
necessary means.
It is positively affirmed that the King of
Portugal is betrothed to the Princess of
Savoy.
Phu.aoeli’lua, July 8. —lu consequence
of the interruption of the telegraph wires
between the Capitol and the principal of-,
hoe at Washington, we have not received
any congressional report.
St. Jouxs, July B.—The steamer Da
mascus from Glasgow, with dates to the
28th ult. ,* passed Cape Race on Monday
afternoon.
WEEELEK & WILSON'S
Scwlnt: Machines.
NO. 27 FIFTH STREET, PITTSBURGH. PA.
Avxtnied the f'iret Premium at the
United States Fair
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MACHINES sold in the (Jnited Stales.
MOBS THIN
'•10,000 HOLD THE PANT TE.IK
We offer to the public \V 11KELKH St Wll.
SON'S IMPROVED SEWINtI MACHINE, at
REDUCED PRICES, with increased confidence
of its merits as the best and most useful Family
Sewing Machine now in use. It does equally well
on the thickest and thinnest fabrics, makes the
lock-stitch impossible to unravel, alike ob both
aides, is simple in construction, more speedy in
movement, and more dnrable than any other ma
chines. Circulars giving prices and deaeription
of machine furnished gratis on application in per
son or by letter,.
Every Machine warranted for three years,
spa WM. SUMNER A CO.
on. wsskkiTcomp.*
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
OFFICE ST. CLAIR STREET, near the Bridge,
*A_Adilre*o
J. WEAVER, JR„ Secretary and Treasurer.
myl9-tf
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MANUfACTCEIK OP
EVERY DESCRIPTION OP
FURNITURE.
Wo. w Smlthßeld filreet,
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Pittsburgh Manufactured Furniture,
Coartantly on hand, which wa will aell at tha
' owaet moos for CASH. myl6:ly:u
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_ Wanted, a competent man, to act aa Agent
for a new and valuable Catholic work, published
under the patronage of Archbishop Hughes.
JOHNSON, FRY k CO..
• on.. Fifth street, over Telegraph Office.
jeXMt
Morgan hobnk drove yardn.-
-™ undersigned has opened the MORGAN
uuiiSp for the accommodation of drovers and
stock dealer), at the corner of PASTURE. LANE
sodTAYLOR AVENUE, near the stock depot of
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne uud Chicago Rail
way. He has extensive stock pens, well covered
and commodious feed and sale yards, abutting
upon the railroad platform, thus giving great con
venience in loading and unloading. The pens
have been enlarged eo as to accommodate 3,000 to
need, and the yards as many more. Com
fortable accommodations are provided in the
house for owners of stock, end the subscriber re
spectfully solicits a share of their patronage
terms for boarding and rent of yurd moderate.
deUtlyw D. SHAFER
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BANK Of DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS.
Par and Current Funds Eeoeived on
Deposit.
riIHE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLB.
M. £RS are individually responsible to depoei-
Idw to the whole extent w fheir private means:
James Marshall, William Youdi,
John Scott. Jacob Painter.
William Walker William Carr
Samuel George, S.B. Robison,
Hay Walker, W. W. M^«io r ,
James A. Knox.
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OKI VETO a very jam new stock of Piano
rortaa. selsctcd pcraonally. from the celebrated
manumetoriea ofChickenng k Sons, Boston, lial
!««. Davis *Co.. Boston, and Ussalton Bras'.
New York, all of new stylos, and will bo sold at
present mamrfactnrer. rriucad rates, for cash nr
on a raasonable credit. For sale by
JOHN H.MELLOR.
J* l * . 8» Wood street.
UECKHAR R LONG, MO. U7UB-
MmutTY street. Agents fortha Buckeye Mower
and Reaper, Iron Harrestm, Cayuga Chief, Jr..
Wood’a Mower. Buckeye Grain Drill, Russell's
Improved Horn Powers mid Separators. j 0 24
MMURUNGTON HERRING—
SSS b ß y"‘ iD * ton 10 trri
■rt Nos. etrai
PRARIM-STOHa TO ARRIVE. AND
for sale by ,
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CIDEM-G? RA BREL* CHOICE ill
DERjost received on consunmem .nt ii.
for»'*hy BKag»*®S{reßs? d ' or
*** ypi. lMasd 1— wood street.
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IRypil LATEST TELEEim
OISPATCHESTO NAVY DEPARTMENT
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN ON
NEXT MONDAY.
INDIANA RESPONDING TO THE
PRESIDENT'S CALL.
Fortress Monroe Items.
M'CLELLAN ADVANCNIC.
NO FIGHT! N'G GOING OK /
The Navy Department has received dis
patches dated United States Steamship
Brooklyn, oil'Vicksburg, June 22d, con
taining the following from Capt. Craven
to Commondore Farrugut:
Sik: In obedience to your order of the
13th, 1 left ;Baton Rouge on my way np
the river at 1 p. m. of that day. On the
14th, at !i r. m., T sent the marine guard
and a party of seamen, in all about one
hundred men, under charge of Lieutenant
Lowry, on' shore, at Bayou Sara, for the
purpose of destroying the telegraph appa
ratus and wires, and with orders to inform
the authorities of that town that we were
on the river tor the purpose of enforcing
the laws of our common country, and
protecting its loyal citizens,, and at the
same time to warn them that if any hostile
demonstrations were made upon the ves
sels or transports as they passed in front
of their town by the thieves and murderers
yclept guerrillas, the town would be held
responsible for it, and at least placed un
der contribution if not denit with more
severely.
At-about 11 o'clock this morning Lieut.
Lowry returned with his party to the ship,
having accomplished his work, except se
curing the telegraph apparatus which
had been removed but a few minutes before
he landed. About two miles of wire was
cut and brought on board, the vitrol and
battery destroyed. The people appeared
to be peaceably disposed* were civil and
did not make any demonstrations.
The Mayor and chief magistrate inform
ed Lowry that but two or three days pre
vious to our arrival the town had been vis
ited by a band of guerrillas and that they
had committed many outrages against law
and order, and that he had arrested a
Lieutenant who commanded the party but
he was rescued bv bis men and borne off
to t lie woods, lie represented these guer
rillas as lawless set, of whom the inhabi
tants, the country and the small towns had
greater dread than of the visit of our navy
or even our army, and hoped we would not
hold him responsible for acts of cut throat
bands. Before leaving the shore, Lowry,
with the flag of our Union at the head of
his party, to the tune of Yankee Doodle,
marched through several of the principal
streets. We passed Natchez about ten
thirty on the morning of the lClh. On
the morning of the -17th the Richmond
joined us aud about nine thirty we passed
Rodney.
We arrived at our present anchorage on
the 18th, at eleven thirty in the morn
ing. No where on our route were we mo
lested, ami 1 saw no change in the aspect
oi things since our last trip, excepting at
Grand Gull. The town there was in ruins,-
haring been riddled by shot and then de
stroyed by fire. On a small bill just to the
righVif rile town was a small earthwork,
which had only been recently thrown up,
and was capable of receiving three or four
small field-pieces.-' ft, as \v cll as the town,
was entirely deserted.
On the 20th iust., Commander Porter
arrived here with ten of his mortar-boats.
Yesterday the Mia ini arrived with another,
and this afternoon four others were towed
U P* Commander Porter informed me that
the flotilla was tired upon at Ellis Cliffs,
and that it is the intention ofthe rebels to
mount a troublesome battery at that place,
and also at Quitman’s Landing, as he
learned at a farm house when .coming up.
ihe boats which arrived this morning were
r- red , from Ell!s Clifls, and one, the
Emily Paush, was hit two or three times,
one shot having temporarily disabled one
of her boilers. Yesterday morning I sent
the Oneida and Winona to look after these
places. To-morrow I shall send the Ka
tahden to convey the two b.oats as far as
Baton Rouge, or until she meets yon there.
At Vicksburg the rebels appear to be
quite busy in extending and fortifying their
works, and it is said they have some ten
thousand troops quartered in and about
the town.
Ike Washington Star says: On Friday
last a division of McDowell's corps took
up the line of march for Warrenton Vu
the point where it now holds. We pre
sume this movement is preparatory a
prompt and proper concentration of Gen.
Pope s army. \ estei day afternoon a sub
marine battery was towed to the-Navy
Yard by a tug from Philadelphia. As it
lies in the water it resembles in shape a
sturgeon, and is about thirty feet long and
six feet in diameter.
Washington, July B.—lt is-the curren
belief Congress will adjourn sine die by
next Monday, the business before it being
already reduced to only a few prominent
measures, and other matters to be disposed
without much controversy.
The Committee on Ways and Means will
have dispensed of the bills originating
thereon by the reporting ofthe remaining
one making additional appropriation!
small in amount for certain civil expense
The Tariff hi!! with Senate amen«Cm s
r< d'irned to the House to-morrow
cisstfKEHir**
The soldiers’ pension and the naval ap
propnatiou bills are yet to be definitely
acted upon, unless more important ques
tions intervene, the session can conveni
ently be closed by the time indicated.
Cincinnati, July 8. --Gov. Morton’s cal
tor eleven additional regiments and six
batteries of artillery, althongh only pub
lished yesterday morning, was responded
to in a most hearty and confident manner
by prominent and influential representa
tives from over thirty counties
Gov. Morton and Hon. P. W. Thomp.
;,°onsl d st e !gt a largem '“ , - ti, ‘* atl " dia "*-
The organization of new Ohio regiments
will commence immediately. Camps are
being established in different Paris of th.
SUte .for their reception. Kiting
materially improved within the last few
f ayB ». t? Ter ei^lt hundred privates on fur
loughs have reported at Camp Chase and
more comtng in every dav. P Mge * an «
Fortreas Monroe Iteats,
Fortress Monroe, July 6.— The officer
in charge of the siclrand wounded at Sav
age s Station states that all were removed
previous to the rebels advancing on thnt
MeClellan ha^. a, l''anced about 7 miles
fiShi tte ? lv , er Sl nce the 4th. No
fighting within the last two days
Besides the gunboat Teazer’ captured
captured * Ti o,her gunboal
was captured. They encountered our
Cndtng! ab ° Ut 12 miU ' 3 above Harrison’s
50ft Wbo^ er left this evening with
000 sickandwqunded for Washington. ' ,
',.£Tjl ß9 Ll f o!, *ggi’ July 8--A flag of
Jwinuito-aav from a cruise up
J® , r ‘ve r - At Cumherland was found
® ne ->? ®f i -o)ir i 'wbß«Hled soldiers. They
were bronzy fgw'fiples,away,’when tfi* ,