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The U*lon as It was;
The Constitution as it 11l
SATURDAY MORNING, .TIILY 26
air Reading 177.:La ler ell every pftge,
Democratic State Ticket
AUDITOR, GENERAL,
ISAAAD SLENKER, Union Contkty
SURVEYOR GENERAL
JAMES P. BARU, Allegheny connly
THE RADICALS ON THE NIAE.
From the beginning of the rebellion
until the close of the last Congress it was
palpably apparent that the only interest
felt by the radicals in the prosecution of
hostilities was confined exclusively to the
freedom of the slaves. It is true that these
partisans in Congress voted, with but two
exceptions, for a resolution offered by Mr.
Crittenden, declaring the purpose of the
Government to be simply the restoration
of the Union ; but soon after it became
evident that they bad no such intention,
and at the late session this same resolution
was offered by the Union side of the House
and defeated by the very votes which pass
ed it before. Those men aro therefore
upon the record, declaring that this war is
not for the restoration of the Union. All
the abuse of General Scott twelve months
ago was because he wouldn'tyield to Abo
lition exactions I and all their slander of
McClellan, and the persistent efforts to
remove him, are in consequence of his
faithfully adhering to the cause of his
country. Had he, like Fremont or John
Cochrane, made a fussy or useless procla
mation or speechfavoringernancipation, he,
like they, would have become immediately
one of their leading champions. He has
resisted the schemes of the radicals. and
hence their persistent abuse of him.
—But this Abolition opposition to the
Government is growing more defiant every
day. The . President has told the country
'how it is pressing him; end even now it is
reported that they have driven him so far
from the path" at first marked out for the
conduct of the war, as to compel the Sec
retary of State to protest against. further
departure. But the Abolitionists are not I
yet satisfied : the President did not, in his
late order. pronounce emancipation, end 1
this onusetee has aroused Abolition ven
geance. Hear the chief organ of the radi
cals, the Tribune. It says :
"If this is all that is to be done by the
government in obedience to the confisca
tion-emancipation act, then the Union
. cause will have been fatally wounded in
the house or its fnends. Yo equivocating.
Itiggliug,,hair splitting, hang hack policy
will now save it. Unlese the slaves aro
given to untic , r,:tanti—aud that speedily—
that-the Union wants their service •4 enough
to give them libersy there:er, then the re
bellion can never be put down. This
country is very strong; but it is net stroll ? :
enough to subs!-lo eiy:ht faillio::s of white
rebels in perfect subjection to a rsie.ndes'
military despoti: , :ni. while we unit. 3 with
in keeping tour millions of black sure s : t
work in the fields, the ursenuls,the trench.
es of those rebels.
"We speak plainly, for in this cries
were treason to be silent or nothigu,u,!-.
Unless the slaves are afforded ample nod
palpable inducements for quitting the ser•
vice of the rebels and embarking in that. of
the Union, the great mass of them will
continue to serre their masters while the
latter destroy the nation. And this order
does not supply the slaves generally of re
bels with an adequate reason for braving
peril, privation, end death, by a speedy
Bight from the house of bondage to the
sheltering folds of the Flag of the Free.
"Of course, we do notknow that the I
President wilt stop here. We trust he
will not. Yet the appearance of this i
order would seem to indicate that uotbing 1
further is contemplated. If that he the
feet, we sadly feel that the nation in •nn
done."
The Washi• gton correspondent of the
New York Evening roe, alluding to the
order refered to, says:
"The order of the War Department
respecting the seizure of rebel property
is certain Statesand the useof negro labor
is regarded here as a compromise be
tween the radical Republicans and the
border State . men. The Kentucky politi
ciao, acquiesce in the new order, and are
willing that the negro should be used as a
laborer, if the President will agree not to
arm him. Mr. Mallory stated this in the
House."
But it appears that the radicals are by no
means disposed to yield to this compromise.
The Tribunedeclares that adherence to it
will undo the nation ; and the Evening
Post air - no less decided ih its opposition.
The Post is the ablest and mostinfluential
of the radical Teem, and its utterances are
therefore regarded with great significance.
On Wednesday it contained a heavy leader,
condemning the Administration for not
freeing the slaves, and in Thursday's is-
sue it had another bitter article, calculated,
if not intended, to weaken public opinion
in our ability to conquerthe rebels. Read
the following paragraph
"The repulses we have suffered on the
Peninsula, it must be admitted, have been
very serious; our noblest army, composed
of the flower of the North, and led by the
most experienced generals, has been driv
en from its positions, and is now ceoped
up on the James river, unable to move
until it 413,11 be reinforced. or the obser
vation of the enemy diverted by a coun
ter•assanit in some other quarter. It is a
humiliating Fact. The war has been greatly
protracted by it, and our exhausted finan
ces still further diaturbed. But the worst
effect has been that we have lost much-of
our reliance in oar military chiefs and in
our civic rulers. The most devoted friends
of McClellan now pronounce him &failure,
and even the sagacity and wisdom of Mr.
Lincoln is queitioued. There has been
inch an apparent Avant of foresight and
energy in Ile Administration, and there is
still such an apparent reluctance, to strike
earnest and decisive blows, that the most
buoyant natures begin to despair and
tremble."
We infer from the course of these two
leading journals that he radicals are about
to commence open hostilities against the
Administration. They will drive the Prey
idiot into their designs, or they will do all
in their power to cripple and oppose him.
Unless the war promises the destruction of
slavery, these radicals will oppose - its tar
ther prosecution; and three months may,
therefore, find them loud in their demands
for a cessation n! ltn;tililte:i
to a i.q,aca!,!
flee
with slavery in it: itnd it. they cannot de
stroy that institution they will :fall back
upOu the Teibieme's original idea of letting
the South depart in peace. - But, the Pre;-
'dent will find strength enough to defeat
facnionists, and enable hint to put dewy
rebellion against the Government in the
South.. and Abolition on piracy he
North—to maintain I C9nstitetii,n nt
our country 89 it and triumphantly re
store tit. Uniun wa...
CORRECtiIIO.N
Brigadier Gen. F. J. Herron infOrit:i U 3
that we art: MiStahell in tehltilM tk) :lie
gentleman recently aupoir.ted by the Pr- i
ident to the Supreme Lifulen of !he I 'nite:i
States. The appointee i;4 Saninel V. Mil
ler, and not. Daniel F., tat Int ,: tA t e d,
is a latcy,r, we are inform.- % vory
grtt.its ability. lioth belong to lowa, la.r.v•
over, and the name being printed, tbo
announcement of the appointment. I.).!niel
C. Miller, led us to believe him t
ohl double-jointed acquaintance.
Loyalty and Disloyalty.
We have no dosiro to inflict upui: c••nr
readers a dissertation on this ftmirMl
theme. We recognize but on ....fsimlird
hiyally—eilieuee to the Conslinition,
the Ittivi and the cous;i:uted authorities in
the exercise of the powers d:d, ;;:';:i to
them by the iitudam•utsl law el ihe
Loyalty is the citizen at::
differs materially from loya!!y
jest of a monarchy
legianee ton code ot
ether allegiance to the person of the
ereign. In this country our public otti•
cers, from the President down to attor
neys of our courts, take an Hal h to nlin
tain and defend the Constitution of the
United States. In England and other
monarchial countries public officcrs swea , .
allegiance to the throne--to the person of
the sovereign. The significance. of the
term loyaltyaiiffers in this country front all
other countries in this : that here it means
support and allegiance to a written nod,:
of principles, while elsewhere it means al•
legiauce to the person of an emperor, king
or queen.
Since the beginnin g , ;Lnt:vi e
troubles many strange and varyini star:d
ards of loyalty has been set up.t
el
s
time we are told that every man who does
not repose the most absolute confidence in
the President and his Cabinet is a traitor.
At other times that "whoever talks of con
stitutional rights is a traitor. - At the be
ginning it the war, the man who intim.ted !
his belief that the contest would be long j
and bloody, and that the South could not
be conquered in six. mouths, W,!:1 (I'2.
nonuced as a traitor. To insis striet
observance of the Constitution n-as regarded
as a sure sympton of lurking hostility to the
Government. The President and Cabinet
were set up in place of the Constitution as
the true standard of loyalty. A man might
insist upon breaking down constitutiomil
barriers a necessary to u•ruf.ih rebellion,
but if he es reeled unlimited eJnfidene e
1:1 the Preiident he was e;itecnied true and
ioyt i. lie might. Lake the other
growl at 111. , President
•
But it was my inteution to be more per
eonal, and to correct the false reports that
have gone home, through civilians and
faint-hearted soldiers as to the condition
of the Potomac army. The sanitary con
ditiou of our army is quite as good as
'mild be expected, much better than has
been reported iu Western Pennsylvania,
I and vastly improved since we left the
1 tie-amps on the East front of Richmond.
1 The healthy locality we now occupy, the
1 good edvantages we have for necessary
j supplies, the tine opportunity for bathing,
I and the addition that has been made to the
Imedical department by quite a number of
efficient and generous volunteer surgeons,
all conduce to the speedy restoration of
our gallant army to its wonted vigor cud
activity. I speak advisedly when I say
that the army is in good spirits, and not
dejected Laid discouraged at late events
:hat have transpired here.
G•:r lute wove is regarded Lv the tank
-lei Ili, as one of "George's" pus they
, Ji : him ) mot es that will bring es into
, Ili• leeeed inure speedily and with less
e , l• he. , ..!-leee-ee , j'e ee ! eeei then of forcing our way through the
~.,, ,: i. getierel etnanrip,,ti, : . ~,, i ::,,, a: ~, t' L ,:. eahotniny swamps. Their confidence
'erg of the negroes. L'eun this Proi L.: i,. 11, n. Ilselelltin is, ifpossible increased
team 1...--.1 they v;ould st retell ever: Ilan t i V '.. erents binge the 27th. rtili• enthu
principlee The constitutiou e• we II:ue.
~ !,,, te r him now, as he rides along the
the ;awe nothing, the tr:neit,les tit . G.. , .- ~.., th e to triklnes,:. Gil the !are
eminent tething. hut tee liegro eleve ev- .1 e. el! the retreat, when we fell heck neon
ee:r! hing. The leie lleetthileen Slulo C , .a. : .',1. - dvern luit2;i , I saw him frequeatlY
venous repudiated Senator Cowau beceete: :,..enghark and f..;rth. in undresi uniform,
his loyalty was of the Constitutional type. ' without auy of his staff, along the. road•
rt::4l applauded Mr. Wil mot heeause :.ii • L'uee-deen atilt intol. encouragin g and
was nut. Mr. Forney execrate(' all eta ! ,Teakieg kind words to the sick
ei traitors who refused to coni;.;rin to
. Ine 1 and wounded, who were waking good
revoke i leery standard et heifeetieu: ivelle 1 their escape front a pursuing wo uld Judge Knox. rotindly nreerts lii,. stispicioe I s peak ho would meet one man he o
of the loyalty of the man who believes hi t speak kindly to him and move his horse
m•Ci e ll an en d does not believe in..tr. Sec• l Ihr enough from him to keep from splash•
rotary ':lualum the man who ! , •iieee'! in 1 ing aim with mud: when he would meet
zstauteu, and indulges in d, precet or). ilinge . ;,.. we e b er together he would etop and enter
at M'Clellan, would doubt leie pass mnster ; into some pleasant conversation with
with Judy.' linos. f-v ll't ."..id , - , ::iy he,' them: "Only a mile further, boys, and you
unbounde'd confidenve ;Li 11:3 (..01-li loyalty. will
, 6 e:. a week's restr "push along a
But not to weary the reader with tin et- ' little further and make your
rav ene d
tempted enumeration of the ..e,riotis cen- where are you vrounded, my b e lid
tlietiug standards of unconstitutione! log- : li.-A- `..' •• la the left shoulder, General."
:thy that have been erected since the , ea:- 1 -WL,II, try and make your way a half mile
mencement of the war, we take oecasion farther to the hospital and get your wounds
to reiterate the great truth that the only dressed." We haveunbouuded confidenee
unconditional loyalists are those whe re- 1 ii Ca.l r Commanding General, and have lit
spece the Constitution, obey the laws. atal j tie in common with those professed loyal
support the Government in . every lawful 1 lets who so assiduously endeavor to put
endeavor to suppress the rebellion ttgain,t j enmity between him and hi: command, or
the Constitution and the Government. I him and the Departments of the Govern-
The man who seeks any other guide that: 1 went. 1 was much
1,- gratified to see the
j the Constitutio n will ,Z7iIIIIC eetarigled I earnest support he gets from the Post, and
iu is labyrinth of errors. flit loyalty will I particularly in the leading editorial of the
become as fitful as the winds, as changes- • Bth, in which the whinin:; Gazette receives
ble as the weather. To follow Sumner, or I such a pertinent rebuke. When we are in
Wade, or PhilliFs. or Greeley, or Forney, i triumphant possession qt' the rebel capital
or any of the blind guides who arrogate to,,' as the result of his generalship, you will
themselves the leadership of the loyal see this class of journals, headed by the
hosts, is to stumble about among quag- New 'York Tribune, cowardly creeping
mires and pitfalls—to plunge from one back to his support as though they had
morass into another, and finally to sink never opposed Lim—"didn't we tell you
into tho depths of anarchy.—Patriot and he was a grearman 7"
Union.
Our present position is oue of perfect
+ safety, though we are at present not pre
tending to be investing Richmond, but
only recruiting for an early, irresistible
move in that quarter. Our line of battle
is only between five and six miles long,
instead of sixteen, as it was on the Chick
ahominy, thug making it more compact,
and with the assistance of our breast
works, impregnable. The left flank rests,
I believe, on the James river, and the
right flank is, as well as most of the right
wing, protected by almost impassable
swamps. The river above Harrison's
lauding takes en Eastward turn, so that
our gunboats could command the entire
rear of the enemy should he be so pre
sumptuous as to attack us.
In the late week of fearful battles, Penn
sylvania troops have done the old Key
stone State the highest credit. Our own
—the 68d--commanded by the well-known
soldier and warrior, Col. Alexander Hays,
is in for its full share. But I prefer let
ting others ; disinterested and high in com
mand, speak for us.
In the battle of the 80th, called Wilson's
Farm, we were assigned to the support of
Thompson's battery, of oar (Kearney's)
division, and during the fight we made
three desperate charges upon the enemy,
who made fierce efforts to capture the bat
tery, in the last of which we caused them
to skedaddle, severely punished. Our loss
was one hundred and twenty-five, in
killed, wounded, and taissing—not as
heai7 as at Fair Oaks.
Captain Bagaley, of your oily, while gab:
lantly leading hie company: into a charge,
was 'so seriously wounded in the right arm
that it had to be amputated. He is prob
ably now in Richmond: His friends may
well -be proud of him. He is a good offi
cer and a brave soldier. ,
Adjutant Geo. P. Corte, during the Fair'
Oaks battle, was slightly disabled by be
ing il
struck by a piece of shell i but in both
instances, irrepressible and indefatigable
as he is, he was on duty the next day.
He, too, is a most efficient officer, and full'
of fight. Our casualties in officers were'
Much leas than at other engagements. On
the firat Tuesday we also supported a bat-
tery, but, it not being attacked, were not
immediately engaged. Othere.will speak;
for odr gallant Colonel in the accompany-
ing documents I send lon, at although 1
las reputation isio ire lama 15- Rh*
Welt ante salf4taiiiiiiiiitilintinii lit aryl
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U. 901 Oa 110 1 :
litniti without forfeiting h.., &aim to i
ultv. Suniner thoov - I,t inzin wh
f o
loi.: half,
ht,:irted
What it Costs.
Putting down the Slaveholder's Rebel
lion is every expensive as well as bloody
business. Congress, at its recent session,
passed bills which, in the aggregate, ap
propriated out of the Treasury the sum of
$9lB, 078,527 63. At the Extra Session,
last Summer, Congress appropriated
5285,103,296 99. The total amount,
therefore, for the two sessions reaches the
enormous sum of $1.178,181,824 62.—.
Nearly all of this vast outlay was rendered
necessary by the rebellion. At the recent
session, the Army bill alone appropriated
within a fraction of $556,000,000—an
amount larger, no doubt, than was ever
before embraced in one law or decree of
any Government on earth. Look at the
aggregate of the two sessions—eleven
hundred and seventy-eight millions, one
hundred and eighty-one thousand, eight
hundred and twenty-four dollars and sixty
two cents—and tell us if the work of
crushing out this "irregular opposition"
to the National Government, which "our
misguided Southern bretbern" have or
enised, will not only make them expen
sive relatives to their cotemporaries, but
cause their memories to be very civzr t
posterity ?
ivory True
Horace Greeley,in discussing the mileage
question with a 'member of Congress,
Cyrus Aldrich, says :
It it important—l grant you—that the
next Congress should be Republican; it
is further important that it should be
honest and frugal. War—Debt—gigantic
Expeziditurfi—enormons Taxes—genera
tions of arduous struggle to avert National
bankruptcy—such is the prospect before
us.. Retrenchment and frugality, always
desirable, have become indispensable. No
orthodoxy in politics Call save trout down
fall any party ascendency that is not hear
tily and thoroughly devoted to Public
Economy and the cutting off of every
needless, the cutting down of every inor
dinate outlay. If thi Republicans do not
realizo this necessity, - the scepter will frill
from their hands. That they may be so
wise as to be honest, is the earnest prayer
of Yens., B. e.
,:spa ratory
Army Correspondence
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, 3:1(1 P.A. VOLUNTI:Er.:i,
A r 12th, 180..
-Croakers are an incatnut
c).(1 SCPCiPty at any iime, but in these peri
tirne, a diabolical curse to theitauselr
wOlt 'r,y , and prosperous asuse--in
wi.if:ll wt., are now .mgaged. Why is it did
AZIJETiCaII people, but partieln
larly those whu have near and dear friends
is the l', - ,tomso Army, should get the
• •blues' • over the late temporary reverse in
ffunt Or Richmond ?' And why should the
New York Herald and Tribune, in their
distorted imagery, see such a train of evil
consequences to follow? "Meelellan's
army will he cur to pieces or driven from
the Peainiula in two weeks time."--"The
ar will be prolonged 011.3 year longer."—
"European intervention immediately."
"important danger must take place in
the Cabinet."—" >, new campaign millct
be devised." 'icch are some of the soui-
Jd and dyspeptic sentiments given to the
people through the editorial columns of
the leading journals of the nation, and
such the palatable food dished out to the
:cni-loyal and secret traitors who still in
;l,t t lie North. You may easily imagine hoW
cheeril , it must be to those who have left.
It eine, 0 .. t. comfort, enlisted for three years
e,. -11;:ring," and risked our all in a Weekis
hard fighting, and expecting re-encouni,
ors every day, to read from the editorial
eeluelrel of the Herald, in an article head
(el "Past and Future," sentiments like
the tollowine : "Numerically stronger
than the rebels, possessing unbounded re
sources of money and appliances of war,
as well as exclusive command of the sea-
I board, we yet, at the close of the first
Itwelve months of the campaign, find our
selves pot only as far from the object with
Iwhich we oommeneed it, but actually doubt
ful whether we can hold our own." Such
croaking would be disheartening
I di.. we not read the papers and know bet
! ter. Doe; the opening of the Mississippi
to uniuclested navigation count nothing
for the last twelve months' work in sup
pressing the rebellion ? Does the opening
Gl' New Orleans and other important ports
to , the commerce of Europe count nothing?
Do all the splendid victories in the West
z.
r.d South-Vr est, the recovery of Missouri,
Kentucky and rnost of Tennessee count
ncrlling": Does the almost entire possession
of the Atlantic coast count nothing?
Nothing the •`skedaddle" from Yorktown
and Corinth? Nothing the possession of
Norfolk std the deStruotion of the Merri
man.' Ltid all this because of an imaginary
reverse, while the development of plans as
yet concealed from these pigmatic alarm
^'s may prove Gen. McClellan's late
change of position gigantic with military
wisdom.
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I hands, yet I feel it due to him to say that
1 the dauntless, yet cautious awl
manner in which he handkal his I,•gitzt.qii
in the support of Thompsou's battery, in
Monday's action, has elicited the praise of
all who were witnesses of or participants
in the gallant affair.
The President's moonlight review of
our army had a most happy effect.• Many
saw their Executive and Commander in-
Chief for the first time. He passed along
the lines with hat in hand, followed by
Gen. McClellan and the three corps com
manders, in order of their rank ; accompu- 1
nied by their respective staffs. General
M'Clellan's 4th of July address to the
troops of his 'command had an electric.
effect:on the rank and tile. I)rs. G. S.
Whitsell, of Armor,wille, and .r. M. Smith,
of Temperanceville, have volunteered
their services to our regiment and are now
at work in earnest among oursick. Their
coming at this time was opportune and
merciful, as we had no Surgeons al all,
and many sick and some wounded that
could not be sent away. Their intercourse
with the reg iment thus far is happy. Our
regimental hospital is already thinning out
and the different companies filling in the
same proportion. The great scarcity of
medicines is now the greatest drawback to
their doing much good among our sick.--
Dr. Whitsell has made live requisitions
within two days but has got nothing.—
We are entirely out of medicines.
EXIT kor KEARNEY', itErtliVr.
The artillery,destruetive as i: was, teas•
ed to ho a calculation. It was then that
Col. Hays, with the tl3d Penn'a, and half
the 727th N. Y. volunteers, was moved for.
ward to the line of the guns. I have, here
to call the attention of my superior chiefs
to this most heroic action on the part of
Col. Hays and his regiment. The 132 d has
won for Pennsylvania the laurels of fame.
That which grape and canister failed in
effecting was now accompliShed by the
determined charge end rapid volleys of
foot. The enemy, at the muzzles of our
guns, for the first time, suikingly retired.
hghting. Subsequently, ground having
been gained, the 624 was ordered to "lie
low," and the battery once more re-open.
ed its ceaseless work of destrnction.
COE'Y OD GEN. UMW: .
FIKADre:ARTERS 'NMI) BRIGADE.
Kfarney's Itivishln, July
•
Sit:—,t does tue great pleasure to ad
dress you at this time, particularly CJI/ the
subject matter of the battle of N'elson's
Farm. or Charles City, ax it is sometimes
called. I had the honor to command the
Reserve Brigade of our Division. I was
ordered by Gen. Kearney to hold myself
and command ready at all times to render
aid to the Ist and .41 Brigades. This be.
ing so, I watched the movements of the
enemy and our own men with the most
intense interest.
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You, sir, and your brave men, were
placed near to, and ordered to support
Thompson's battery. Never was work
better done, or a battery better supported
and it is a great pleasure tome to say, and
it is also ie duty to soy it, that I have not.
in my course of military lite, seen better
fighting, or work better done. I should
fear to try to better it with any troops I
have ever seen. 'Tis enough to say your
fight was a perfect suc.•ees.
Allow me, my brave friend, to ti-nder to
you my congratulations for honors woo on
many fields, particularly the one herein
named, and to assure you nit- kind re
gards for your health, happiness. and
prosperity in life.
I am, sir, with nowt, te,peei, :our
and servant, 11. t IlEattv,
Geol. Vol
H 11, eiment.
Penne. Vols.
DIED
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at 1010',10,,;.,
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na , ie of the county An io Ito.
eaty -second year oC his age,
The friends the hued
ite.l to iattena the funeral Satur.lny
o'eloek. from tia lute esiden.... N.. 111
Beaver street. Allegheny.
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For eale by • SIMON di tIiNsTI)N.
1711 Corner Staithbeld Fnurth -treot4.
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YIF RE ROLLAND GIN. DIRI:41
from Custom-House, in stone jags. riontairi
ing urrru quart erh: übro riur Caere; of Moil,-
'teen evlohruttut London Dock ni.. sago I.y
jyli . 1 0iINSTON.
eorner Sinittillold and Fourth street.
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fr - _ STATE SENATE—E. D. GAZZAN
(11`.77 is a candidate for the nu niaintion t%lt
STATE SENATOR. LW,
on
DISTRICT' ATTORNEY N
N. KIRKPATRICK. will be a J
candi
date for nomination to the above office, before the
next nominatiug Republican County Conveu
Lion. aulltlawhe
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Et ESRR warm RREIZIRO
b =o t iEo. an LIBERTY STREW Pitts-
First Edition.
LATEST XEIV.S-. BY ALEGRAPII.
Latest from Europe
Arrival of the Steamer Etna
The English Press OP the War.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BOUNTY FUNDS
WAR MEETING IN POTTSVILLE
Funeral of Martin Van Buren.
•
t 7ApE :AcE, duly 24. —The stoanter Etna,
with later news from Europe, passed this
point. The Liverpool dates by the Etna
are to the 16th inst., three days later than
were fit rni4heil by the steamer Asia. The
Etna has also telegraphic advices. via
Queenstown, to Thursday, 17th.
The fighting before Richmond was
eagerly canvas9ed. Some of the jollrlialS
regard it llc a great rt•VITSP for the North,
and re”roach the Coited States Govern
ment thr it in any other light.
Others contend that Gen. M'Clellan has
ustaiu •d no serious disaster, and is indeed
practically nearer to Richmond, and may
congratulate himself on the greatest and
most successful operation of the war.—
Hopes arc freely expressed that more
pacific councils will soon prevail at Wash
ington.
The London Times is particularly bitter
and sarcastic in its comments. It treats
t Ito matter as it decided rebel victory. It
thinks that there are good evidences in the
North that the beginning of the end is not.
far oft.
PITT. , !WRI:IIEI
In another article the Times denounces
the insolence of Gen. Butler, in his inter
course with the foreign consuls, and say
that this is not the war to conciliate neu
trals and superiors, and he should consider
whether he is not doing more harm than
good to the, Federal cause.
The Morning Post says that affairs are
approaching the crisis which will necessi
tate some decided course on the part of
the Federals. Neutrals cannot ranch lon
ger remain passive spectators. The great
question is when shall the South be consid
ered to have vindicated its rights to recog
nition. It points to the past policy of En
gland in recognizing a successful opposi
tion, and says if the North would take the
initiative.and sail with the current which it
cannot stem. the neutral States might be
saved the disagreeable necessity of dis
ch rgin 2 a most disagreeable duty.
The Daih' News points out what would
he the feeling of England if it was situated
like the North. and argues that secession
will be crushed out at nil hazards.
The proceedings of Parliament were un
important. In the Rouse of Commons
Mr. Fuerster pi - ye notice that when Mr.
Lindsay's motion for the recognition of
the South came up, he would move an
amendment, pledging the louse to sus
tain the Government in the policy of non
intervention.
There was increasing distress in the
maatiftmluring di , tris.:ts of England, and
it fool received the attention of Parlia
ment.
1t Wll9 believed that the Prince of Wales
will visit linssin.
Lord Palmerston, in n speeeli before
the volunteers, spoke impressively, and
en me ray liojnficantly, or the importance
id ma ;tit etlicir-nc . ‘- of their more-
t Q C EIS ;TOU N LONTioN
\ -- lio• Times depre•
eate, the .. ••American tariff, and pre
tit:it it 1. ill re! , :ilt in far greater inju
ry b, r 4. -le tha n b, any one else.
1.! f. ,; aleson M 0n
t1..,:i,m-onteti to It' , o - aaibales,
of witi•.ll 1 t,1:oo 10 , 3 were taken by spoe-
The market is
N! i higher. owing
4 1 ve.l by the
. • le •
1.1
IMIEI
- favor
able. '17:.• for rq.nunon gnn is and
yarn, i- ir roly:lnrifiv 0 , 71(11 , 11-
,v
t li I i tor Lrli: ,„11.1y I'n t,. this
11.1. t Atthseriptiolis to the
of the Itailronds.
10.11.)t;;It; t,r -',,,igiV- Reading Railroad
to ,lityn n.
N The funeral of ex
Pres:at:tit Vat: Ituret:
!cool :he ,)N1 At:roll at Kinder•
P(i 1,% immense War
nuelinr n::: iwiti !t tit,. emirt house last
lart(( lo,ilding was ( - rammed
.ov((rt)rwitig. 'Bannon pre
sided.
STRICTI.I - l'UnE A FITICI-1-1:S
PITTSBURGH DRUG HOUSE,
TORRENCE & McGARR,
CORNER "WIRTH d MARKET STREETS
vrrlro4reT_Titon.
Drugs, Load, Cream Tarbes
Medicine, Paints, baking Soda,
Perfumery Dye Muth, Eiralustard,
Chemicals, Spices , oi s„
ate.. &e., • ate.
air Pbysieiatic Preseriptiomi aceurately int
pounded at le.
Pure Win al es and
Liquors, for medicinal use
pcly.__
National Tax on Gaa.
rEIHE TRUSTEES OF THE PITTS
BURGH GAS COMPANY have adopted the
following resolution
Iniumm ac c o m modatingrgh Gas Compaity are
desirous ot their fellow-citizens
as far ac may he consistent with the interests of
the Stockholders. therefore
Reova. That the said Company will continue
to I urn's!' their (Lis at the same rate as at pres
ent for the ensuing six months, notwithstanding
the tax of fifteen cents a thousand cubic feet, lev
ied and assessed thereon by the authority of the
National Government."
JAMES M. CHRISTY , Treas.
19th July. BSI.
.iYI"-I wit
IMPORTED LIQUORS .
J ust received, a large lot of
IgigportCgt I.ltiLttorios,
WIN EN
Sti it a %LIES.
GIN, Le, &, &v.
All warrantot to be of the very best branda. and
for salis either wholesale or retail, at the lowest
mob prices.
Also a large lot of Monongahela and Ree.
titled Whiskey on hand.
NIENRY KENNEDY,
63 Smithfield grout,
Pittsburgh. Pa.
Je2s-Iro 1
EASTERN CARRIAGES, BUGGIES & WA GONS
EASTERN SECOND-HANDED, TWO.
SEATED Carriage -top Buggies and Light
tßhugg w s e . wpithcut t o p u s i t w h t p mes. v e P ly a r b tic u o a d
aa
t
tention paid to repairing.
MRS. JOSEPH WRITE,
Lawrenceville, Penn street. near the Two-Mile
Rnn. my2.4:l3md
P: 01 +0 0 0111[0:6:434041
I[ 4 loll RENT— THE INTERIOR HO.
JE' TEL, situated ut Cennelarille R. R. Depot,
on Rona street, is cdiered for rent on reasonable
terinsighe building IA in excellent repair, and
menpletely furnialaeil. Apply to
THOS. 11I00lig. I. First street.
F AMILY COAL DEPOT.
WM. M. STEWAlitri
. 170 E.A.L.E.11, IN COAL.
Corner SOUTH COMMOH4 SANDUSKY
KEHEETT,„ ALLEOHENY CITY.
Wsaunts supplied with mil at low ratwe
on notion. witikto
LUNE OPORTO WINE—So DOZER
-a:
Dare Port Wine, **Davie .Do Porto.' in
Atom and for sole by
412 MLLKIi k
4zc.. de., dm.
..1)14'
Consisting of
BarrimottE, July 25.—A1l the secession
members of the 2d branch of City Conn
pla Pave resjigned, in compliance with an
intimation from Gen. Wont Their reels
to ,a preservation of
peace. A a • election'Will soon take
piecettilin , vacancies with &gal men.
Second Edition
VERI LATEST TELEGRAPH.
ARMY MATTERS.
TUE REBEL JACKSON NEAR
GORDONSVILLE.
From Fortress Monroe.
ITEMS FROM RICHMOND PAPERS.
Secretary Seward•s Rumored
Resignation Unfounded.
CENL. NALLECK IN COMMAND
Colonel Corcoran to be Released.
de.. ate., de..
LITTLIE WARREN, RAPPAHANNOCK CO.,
Va., July 23.—The report recently tele•
graphed from Warrenton, that Jackson
was at or near Gordonsville, is confirmed
from other sources, which state that he is
at Louisa Court House, with 24,000 men,
and Ewell, with a corps of Jackson's eon, -
mend, is at Gordonsville, making a total
of 30,000 men. His present intention is
said to be to assume the offensive, and
break our lines, and if successful, to dem-.
onstrate upon Washington, for the pur
pose of drawing off our forces from Rich
mond.
As many misstatements have been pub
lished in regard to the expedition com
manded by General Hatch, it may not be
inappropriate to make the following state
ments, as given by a returned officer.
After reaching Culpepper, Gen. Hatch
pushed his whole force to Rapidan,where,
in consequence of the destruction of the
bridges and the high state of the water, he
was compelled to leave his infantry and
artillery. 'With his cavalry he pushed on
to Orange Court House, where he learned
that the enemy were in large force at Gor
donsville. He sent thence a company of
the Virginia Cavalry towards Gordonsville.
who approached within six miles of the
latter place, and confirmed the report of
the enemy's presence and strength. it e
Friday, the 18th, two brigades, supposed
to be 2ommand. - 2(1 by Ewell, made their
appearance at Orange, and on gaturday.
atter sever: skirmishing, Gen. Hatch fell
bark and crossed the Rapidan, and arrived
at Culpepper on Sunday. During this
time 2s men of vompany A, New York
Cavalry were captured by the enemy, ow
ing, it is said, to the commanding officer,
who did not believe a statement that the
enemy were advancing in force upon his
station. Two or three men. whose horses
were saddled, made their escape after re
turning to Culpepper. Gen. Hatch made
another incursion into Madison, and thence
northward to Sperryville, ascertaining that
the enemy were not in force in that. sec
tion, and that Jackson is in great force at
Louisa and Gordonsville beyond doubt.
and that, he intends to attack is believed.
(ten. Pope's forces here have no olier
' tion, but rather a desire that he will 'unlite
the attempt.
11EADeeAnTERS oP THE ARMY oF THE I
POTOAIAC, July 24th,
The rebel officers who brought tie- last
flag of truce stated that Capt. Biddle. of
Gen. McClellan's staff, was not Lili',l in
! the late battles, but died at Riehm end on
Sunday last. The health of our troops is
rapidly improving.
fhe Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
Mr. Boutwell, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, in order that,
the act of Congress of 17111 July last, may
be carried into effect more speedily, to
das submitted the following propositions
for the consideration of the Postmaster-
Ccneral, who has con , idered and adopted
them—namely :
Ist. That the Post-oltiee Department
furnish the Treasury Department with
such postage•stamps as may be needed for
currency, that department paying to the
Post -ottice Itepartment the net cost t hereof.
2d. That the arrangement cease at the
option of either p limy, or when the Treas
ury Department is prepared to issue its
own stamps as Currency.
:;(1. The stamps to 1t so prepared that
they can be distinguished easily from the
ordinary postage-stamps.
tth. The stamps to be redeemed by
the Treasury Department, as contemplated
by the act of July 17, Irr'.
:,th. Such stamps to be received by the
Postotlice Department for postage, and to
be at all times exchangeable for ordinary
postage stamps. Arrangements will im
mediately be made to carry the above pro
positions into effect.
PourttEss llnsane. duly :N.- -The
steamship Daniel Webster. Capt. Blether,
from New York, reached Fortress Mon
-1 roe last evening, on her way to Harrison's
Landing, loaded with vegetables for the
army—an article they have been suffering
for for a long time. The flag of truce
boat Cazionicas went up the James river
yesterday morning and returned early this
morning to Fortress 51onrre, where she
only remained ten minutes and steamed
off in the direction of York river. The
steamers 0. 0. Spaulding and Knicker
bocker arrived at Fortress Monroe last
evening with COO Union prisoners from
Richmond. The Knickerbocker goes to
Philadelphia and the Spaulding to New
York. They will both leave here this
morning for their respective destinations.
The sailing vessels, schooners, &c.. which
have been laying up the James river, for
some time near the James Island, have
within a few days dropped down the river
and anchored in the Roads just. above
Fortress Monroe. I have not ascertained
the cause of this move. Large Union
forces of artillery are reinforcing those '
already at Yorktown.
WasulkoTos, July 4 '.—Aldermen Far
oly and Mitchell and Councilmen Pinckney,
.lones, Hogan, and Beech to-day had an
exceedingly agreeable interview with the
President and. Secretary of War,. relative
t o the receiving of volunteers and payment
of bounty. The committee were assured
that arrangements would at once be made,
and have a suitable person at the City of
New York to pay the bounty, &c., at the
time of recruits passing medical examina
tion or immediately thereafter. Among
other matters considered was the Mawr
tance of filling up regiments in the
field, to which object the committee urgent
ly pressed the Secretary's attention.
The committee believed the enlistment
fee should be doubled, making it four
lars, for joining the regiments now in the
field.
Among the items of interest to Yew
York, Secretary Stanton stated that, hav
ing decided upon an exchange of pris.on
ers Col. Corcoran will probably be in
New. York within ten days.
This visit of the committee will doubt
less be productive of much good to the
volunteers from New York, as they have
diligently discharged their duty.
An official list will be prepared of all
soldiers absent without leave, which will
be of great service to the authorities of
New York, in controlling the payment of
relief funds.
From accounts recently receiver! fro m
the head-quarters of the Army of the Po•
tomtit., the official report of the battles
before Richmond states the killed. wound,
ed, prisoners and missing, approach to
16.0(s).
WA` Richmond
Emit:it-rt. tit' tit.... : , t i-.,t. it; 119
leading orini I, ; ,•,: pending ex
balgiBl(l7.f
of .
csrtel iiilc ;• ; important era in the
war. It i ; +he ar : , . - n , )wledgment of ot;r
quasi nationnlity. Wv are by it made bet•
hgerenta, and tt.i• rnmeut of the -Uni
ted States treat:; trilb the Government of
the Confedcrutcti SI ;114 9, through commis.
sinners.
The puldicstion their list of loar,es in
the late battle.: before Richmond, is con!
tinned in the Enquirer. The 7th Virginia,
which wee in no engagement but that-of
Friday. June :nth, lost 111 out of 225,
nearly one half its number.
Counterfeit notes are alleged to be cir:L,
vitiating extensively in Seeessia. •
The Enquirer has linother,gpap.at4he
prices of marketing in Richmond. heart
high prices still rage, And hucksters are
making a mint of shinplasters.
Among the recent arrivals in Richmond
are .tax. M. Randall, author of the secesh
song song. " Maryland! My Maryland!"
and Mr. Boul'ord. formerly law partner of
.1. P. Benjamin, both refugee's /row New
urleans.. -
Tice Enquirer claims that one more con
federate victory will end the war, and tlint
the commissioners for a truce and Oq ar
mistiee will tueel. Rowdi ism and disor
der appear in have the upper hand in
Richmond. and the Enquirer complains of
hots military guards, who shoot down
men wantnAlv, And id.ir) de. a great de a l of
mischief in Way oil robbing and brushing.
It al.o enmplailrs of straggling &spent
doe, Iron' rant p. whose fixed occupation
is sttaiing. stabbling, bruiliiug and row.
dyisin. Under the herd “f: •Ituel in a
ti g ht plac e ," the En.:airer has the follow
ing dispatch: -
CILITTANI/06,1 my 2lst.
Tho eittlay nt rating a large force
•fallahor.a.t. f.riy iniles the other aide
Stev:lnsrin. tinel',l army is in a tight
place.
fhe
En. i n,rcr I,:t, a b.lg list of hospititli
in Richmond, including fifteen Array hog
pi tals. six pri vat elinspitel, and some thirty
additional ho , Thitals just opened. Hospi
;al tents. it is. 2tah-d, are being erected in
Howard Grove. and Ilayer'F: & Debvil's
warehouse - ,, and the Danville workhouse,
iu .Nlanchester, have been opened for hos
Dr. fturni-tt, :tori•in Inv: to 1;ov. Wide
annonnevit PS not bring dyad but nib.%
•niti
Th.• of Confeder:m•
papi•r .11:7i , nvy has caused ntocks to go up
10 I.roportion.
fohnston's official report of the
>. - -ven Pines battle appears under date of
June 21. He excuses himself for imper
liction in his report by reason of his yet
weak condition from his wounds. He
charges upon- Gen. Huger the fact that
the Confeuerate plan to destroy General
ReyeA . entire corps was not realized in
consequence. of Auger's delay in getting
into position and ready 1;:il. action. He
claims as fellows:
toolcten pieces of artillery,six thou
and moskets, one garrison flag and four
re , imental colors, besides a large quanti•
to of teats and ramp equipage•.
Major General Lobgstreet reports the
loss in hi, eon:wand as being about three
thousand. Major General G. W. Smith
reports hs:loss at 1,283. Total 4,283. That
of the enoiny i 9 stated in their own
newspapers to Intro exceeded 10,000, an
estimate of which ia no doubt short of the
t rut h.
The Enquirt.r lnis the CoHoning: Capture
of the Beaver Dam Bridge burners.—Gen.
Stewart . - , cavalry are again tit work, hav
ing just sorceeded in overhauling a por
tion of the Yankee forces engaged in
burning the bridge at Bearer Dam. One
Lieutenant and six privates were captured,
and one ki The priioners admit hay
incr been c recent raid.
'l% I .I,lly —•file steamer
Fr,•,,140 11 artivtA ar tn- Nast• Yard last
tho prize schooner Sabine,
whirl, It-4i; rocl ntly on the ft ap
painninu,.!;.
Thu along the Rappahannock
ittitt Pittakstnitl: are, represented to he in
••on:-1. , rilution. especially those who
recently tie-erred 11.6 , n the rebel cause and
took the oath et' allegiance, to this Gov.
eminent. Marsulin., ,, patties of rebel
lr
cavay are -aid to he making their ap
pearance at. times in these vicinities and
impressing citizens into the service of
the rebel government. The alarm is so
great. that. large numbers of men sleep
nightly in boats our in the stream to pre
vent surprise and capture.
Major Fairbanks, of the z-td Michigan
.regitnent, died in this city tLis morning,
from effects of a wound received on the
Roth of June in the battle near Richmond.
His remains will be taken to Detroit.—
; Major Fziirganks was a very eticel:ent
officer and was distinguished in the battle
of Bull Run, where lie acted us aid de
camp to Gen. Heinizebnan. He was pre
viously acting Assistant Adjutant General
to that officer during his command of the
army at Alexandria in the three month's
eamptrign, and displayed an untiring en
ergy in the conduct. of the business of his
department.
tin inquiry, there thoi ity for stat
ing that all the rumors, statements and
conjectures about a division of councils in
the Cabinet,. and the retirement of the
Secretary of State, are totally unfounded.
An arrangement has been made by which
the Postoffice Department will furnish
Mumps for currency, redeemable by the
War Department.
The War Department learns, through
Gen. DiX, that the rebel authorities have
ordered the unconditional discharge of all
Federal surgeons and army chaplains ta
ken prisoners in the discharge of their le
gitimate duties. This is in accordance
with an example set by this Government.
This morning the Secretary of the Treas
ury received a telegram announcing the
safe arrival ix San Francisco of a million
of dollars in united States Treasury notes,
sent through less than a month ago.
They are the first lot of Treasury notes
sent by the Government to Califor nia.
Brigadier-General Butterfield having re
covered his health, passed through this
nily this forenoon on his return to the
army of the Potomac.
liortartux, July t!;5.---Several com•
mitments were made to the military prison
to-day, anion; them W. H. Hopson, re
cently in the rebel army, who will be sent
South of the Federal bare.
Advices from Tuscumbia state that six
thousand bales of cotton were burned by
guerrilla scouts in that neighborhood with.
In ten days. It is further stated that the
rebels in the cotton burning districts are
in favor of the Pecess ion ists, letting them
sell and get gold front Union men and their
agents, and then destroy the property thus
paid for.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF VIRGINIA:,
WASHINGTON, July 25. j
GENERAL ORDER NO. 13.
Hereafter no guards will be placed over
private houses or private property of any
description whatever. Commanding ofs.
curs are responsib'e for the conduct of the
troops under their command, and the Ar
ticles of War and Itegul..t ions of the Army
provide ample means for.restruiuing them
t.. the fall extent required for discipline
and ediciency. Soldiers werecalled into
field to do battle against the enemy, and it
is not expected that their force and energy
shall be wasted in protecting private prop
ell's; of those most-hostile - to the-Goverce
ment. • No soldier • serving in this army
shall be employed in such eervie - 2.
By command of MaJ. Gas. PM:.
[Signed,]' RrGaLE&,
Col., A. A. C. and Chief of Soar.
119noti f July 25.—The steamer Rhea,'
ralittd front New Orletins on the lOth,and
1 1 57‘Weirthe 16th, arrived at this port
. 6 4A:tenting. She brings tie-news;