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Democratic State Ticket
AUDITOR GENERAL
ISAAC SLEEKER, Luton County
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JAMES P. BARS, Allegheny County
Democratic County Committee of
Correspondence.
PITTSBURGH, July le.
ST. CH &ISLES HoTSI..
The Democratic County Committee of Corrw , -
pondence met at the St. Charles Hotel at 71
o'clock, a. n., and was called to order hy Thomas
Donnelly Chairman.
Tbeed owingfo resolutions were unanimously
adopt. . That the Chairman of this Committee
be instructed to call a Convention of the Democ
racy of Allegheny county. to meet at the Court
House in the city of Pittsburgh. on Wednesday.
the 13th day of August. at 11 o'clock A. as., fur the
purpose of nominating candidates for county
offices. Members of the State Legislature, unit
Members of Congress.
Resolved. That requestedmocracy of their]istrict
bathe County be to meet at usual
plates of holding Pnmary Elections on Saturday,
the 9th day of August. to elect two delegates to
said Convention: the meetings in the Townships
to be held between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock,
r. st.s and in th. Wards and Boroughs, betweO
- the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock, r. a., of said dor.
On motion. steamed.
THOS. DONNELLY. Presi,leni
BAWL HARPER. Secretary,
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MONDAY MORNING, JULY 2S
MT Mending matter on every page.
A PICTURE IN LITTLE.
Col. Forney, the chevalier, on Friday
last abstained from publishing his stereo
typed twaddle about his own sublime patri
otism and everybody else's lack of it, in
order to write something pathetic about
the late ex-President Van Buren. In
his reminiscence of the sage of Lindenwald
we find the following remarkable sen
tences:
"A party man when it served his pur
pose, he was a party rebel to serve personal
interests or gratify private vengeance. lie
attached himself to fleneral.lackson in the
early part of that soldier's Presidential ca
reer, and followed his fortunes until he
became President." •
If we leave out the Immo of Mr. Van
Buren, who was a great man in the pres-
enee of great men, and substitute that of
— Forney, who is a small one anywhere, we
will have an admirable portraiture of the
chevalier himself. What he says of Van
Buren is strikingly true of himself; for he
• has been a party man, a rebel, and now a
bushwhacker, and all to "serve private in
terest" and "gratify private vengeance. "
What is here said of Van Buren and Ceti.
Jackson is particularly evident in relation
to Mr. Buchanan and Forney. Before the
General came up for the Presidency at all
Van Iluren was powerful in the great State
of New York, and when he declared for
the old hero, his State did with blur. Du
ehanan and Forney's connection was of
quite a different character. The former,
a leading United States Senator. the com
peer of Clay, Webster and the other great
men iu the United States Senate, observed
in the little, interior town of Lancaster, in
Pennsylvania, a youth of poverty, hilt of
promise. The lolly Senatonreached forth
his hand, and placed his prtneg. , upon
the path to fortune and t o fhw, . lie stuck
to his benefactor with wonderful tenacity
for twenty years, but ho had in the mean
time been spoiled by too much indulgence.
When the former Senator finally reached
the Presidency, his creature aspired to
become one of his Constitutional counsel
lors, and, failing in that, he suddenly be
came a rebel, to "serve personal inter
ests" and "gratify private vengeance."
And for four long years he has indulged
in this degradation, "plying his vocation"
of ingrate and renegade. De has turned
his.back upon all his former professions,
and loses no opportunity to stab a totter
ing and neglected old man in his retire
ment, who, with all his alleged crimes of
omission, was still, in other days, the or
phan's benefactor and friend. Forney's
persistent persecution of the old inhabitant
of Wheatland, is like that of a parricide,
and all the more despicable because of
being eo dastardly. Mr. Van Buren, when
he bolted, in 1848, did so to sustain his
wing of the Democratic party, the Barn
burners, then in open warfare against the
Hunkers for State supremacy; but For•
ney's bolt was, as his article expresses it
simply and solely to "serve personal it
terests, and gratify private vengeance
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
The Philadelphia Prm, which Nome
times presumes to speak by authority, in
forms us that:
"It seems to be a settled Met at last that
a gel - feral exchange of prisoners has been
agreed on—the terms of which compel us
to give up all men captured in the rebel
military service, of course including Gen.
Buckner, whom the Kentucky delegation
opposed for an exchange. The details of
the.terms of an exchange are not yet pub
lished, but nre entirely agreeable to the
government, who will carry them out with
out delay."
The Richmond Inquirer, alluding to the
proposed exchange, in its issue of the 23d
inst, remarks that "the basis of the ex
change has been the cartel of ISI2. This
cartel marks an important era in the war.
It is the acknowledgement of our quasi
nationality. We are by it made belliger
ents, and the Government of the United
States treats with the Government of the
Confederate States, through comtnission
era.n
Without being able to see as lite into
the milkstone of diplomacy as the Frees
or the Inquirer, we are under the impres-
sion that no matter what arrangenientS
may he entered into with the rebels, the
English government Will not now recog- .
nize Southern independence. It is not e
the time for John Bull toad. The policy
of that crafty government is to see the
United Stites broken, reduced, weak
ened and humiliated, and what , can
so effectually bring about these disasiers
as civil war ? The _Northern people are
accumulating a crushing National debt;
ahe Southern people have abandoned the
cultivation of their fields, so that twelve
months more of war must see both see-
HOU depleted and staggering from
loss of blood. Could John Bull desire
anything better _than
,this to accom
plish his ilesigni nponsthis continent ?----
We sitspect that his voice at Washington,
,ocv,:ninald prove potential. Rut this is
kot' the time for him to sped:. We are
playing into her hands just as effectually
as if a Civil wat . were to break out. in
I"ranee. 'Pile destruction of her great
rivals is what England desires, anti what.
ease bo so Acceptable t„ her its their de
stroying themseive,7
ST.
England will not at pri,ent
nine
the Southern Confederacy, but what is
equally disastrous to the Northern cause
is the continuation of the rebellion. IL
must be put down before winter, and to
accomplish its speedy destruction should
be the thought of every one who is fearfnl
of successful treason first and English
chicanery afterwards. This hrings is to
the consideration of the means to put it
down, which is the raising of troops suffi
cient for that purpose. That force
sufficient will he raised, is certain
the North has the numbers, and if they
do not. volunteer, there are compulsory
processes which can be resorted to. Let
volunteering, therefore, be encourm!ed iu
every way—by speech, by the press , and
by the pure. I.ei the Governor CColVoilP
the Legislature, and pIUS laud Ed . on
conragement and bounty. it he consider
it judicious to re-assemble t hat late lame!! -
table convocation ; and let us all do what
we can in a substantial way to raise our
quota to the three hundred thousand called
for to put down treason and :OA VO our
country.
COMPREHENSIVE IDEA.
gentleman, lito..ts Forward, whose ne
quaintaneo we have'nt the plenmre oti en
joying. appeared in the Oa7elle, or Satur
day, offering i.tome. suggestion,: a.; t.t the
beat means of putting down the rebellion.
Mr. Forward seemi properly impre
with the magnitude of the undertaking,
and instead of making buntiontbespe,tehei
for 'buncombe. or indulging in doggerel
poetry about lover: and lirotheis. and
maidens and mothers, styled iet t• invo.
cation,'' he gives ut the following Htneti
cal suggestions. We eopya felt paragraphs
from Mr. Forward's eruntminielitileil: it will
be seen that there'.; no end to human ma.
"And why iy it that reel-nits foi. :he army
are now so hard to he obtained, and men
are holding haek'f I:eenuse each man can
not rid himself* of the feelin g that, 1,0
asked to make one or a thrlorn hope, in
stead or a grand. overwhelming. irresi., , :;-
ble force to crush out and trampl. , out re
bellion, as a strong man trend.: iron
heel upon the viper in his path.
" It would be flur easier now ist raise a
willing army of two millions than two hun
dred thousand, just tor thia remon. Men
' . ould feel then ilia: the, government was
in rnrnest •
and lu asimrnil
port told certain yin:id-y.
"I.m the governim out, ;'•,r n
and winter campaign. two million
in addition to forr non' ral1 , •1.
the field.
"I.ct oar presvnl :onl y. :::; 111 , -n ,
tilted, net ati thc advanc c wpa r d u r t h e
grand army, concentrating :it shell I.oints
as it is most likely the rolls will he ha
ble to collect larri oppo ,, ing foree: .
"The. first million of militia in tl.•• !a,
should he i n Nile as near as possib .• from
the MiF,sissippi to the Atlantic, and mtvalp •
ing in order, see that an man eacapef_: them.
arrest every man, !flack and whit.', a :they
go, so as to leave no enemy in their rear.
"The third million constituting the thin!
line. might be divided into support:fe col
' umne, and, advancing along the
roads, milder assiqnn,r , iaich r. ,
might chance to be attneketr. They
also art as forager:. and supplies ct pr.,v: •
ions to the men in line. and from them
would be detached parties to gnarl ;•rhf
otters at different depot , . where they mi.dit
be kept. until the return of artni..—
SOITTITERN NIMF;
(..;ell. Lee's Strat ea) .
All Ow- fliehmond paper titel
selve.: unable to do full juptio t.. (.en.
Lee. Entitaii'l• makes on eMimrat
comparison between the /Mt lr s 0 1011(
hominy and Austerlitz, showing that
Lee was successful in antatn.euvre in which
the ItuFsitin and Austrian Emperor! , rail
ed. It says :
-The bold and dashing iu,saidt 01 butt
upon the allies' centre, and the capture of
the Heights of Pretzel], bisoeting, as it
were, the allied army. was the bold and
successful in:mew:re by which Napoleon
won the day. What o,ighl hare been the
issue of the tote contest, hail McClellan
made a rigorous and «doll+ in.,l assault
upon Magruder and linger upon this side
of the Chickaltominy, cannot be said.-
While riding front Meehanirsrill e to
Gaines' Nrll, we could not but Par Mat
Magrndee's position On
Road might prove a second i , ,h ~/'
Ali•atzen, which, assaulted by A:OW(11i,
while our left wing was too fur for sueeor,
?night turn the tide of the battle r : i•
ahominy, as did the . rigorous assault
Scull at the battle Austerlitz."
Gen. Lee had provided against any such
disaster; for, amidst all the calumny and
detraction that fell upon him for 'ditching,
and intrenching; he had so strengthened
his line on this side the Chickahominy that
it could have been defended by the corps of i
Magruder and Huger against McClellan's
army.
But that McClellan made no counter of
fort against the plan of Geu. Lee, eviden
ces his incapacity as a, Commander, ex
hibits his. want of resources to extricate
himself from a dilemma, and shows to
the world the superiority of Lee over
McClellan. Our army know it, and the
Federal army feel it. Never again will
that army approach a position defended
by Lee without a feeling of distrust in
the abilities of their General. The mem
ory of Mechanicsville and Gaines' Mill
will steal over them whenever they hear
the name of Lee, just as a disposition to
"change their base' is 'always suggested
by the name of Jackson.
Never has military genius shone forth
with greater lustre than in this late tri
umph—a position selected with the great
est care and circumspection, strengthened
by the most extensive and formidable for
tifications, defended by a well-appointed
and powerful army—turned, assaulted,
and carried, causing,its abandonment, the
destruction of vast amounts of military
stores, the loss of sixty-live pieces of artil
lery, the abandonment of dead and wound
ed, the retreat of
.thirty miles, and ha
rassed and pursued. by a victorious army.
Such are the results of Gen. Lee's plan of
battle.
-The enemy seem to derive great conso
lation from the cheering fact that their
defeat is not as bad as it might have been.
While we readily admit so plain a propo
sition, we would have him understand that
the reason is not to be found in the defee
ireness of theplan, but in the failure to
execute subsequent orders by subordinate
Generals after the retreat began. Gen.
Lee designed 'to bag' the greater part of
McClellan's army, and would have suc
ceeded had his orders been obeyed, and
the dis Positions of, .his divisions been
made Wan lirceted. But though part!
haxe espli•ed,.we doubt if more escaped
from the chickahominy than did from
Anfiterliti; mid we know that Gen. Lee'S
evidepetaofwittory - wareasznmeron s and
continent's's Were those of
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The Dispatch discourses in the same
strain. It says:
The plan Gen Lee devised was in the
highest degree ingenious. It was general
ly believed that Jackson, after crushing
Fremont and Shields, was to march into
the enemy's country and 'bander the war
to his own :fireside. Means were taken to
encourage that:belief, and one ofthein was
to send heavy reinforcements to the Val
i !,,, When these had reached their desti-
In - Ilion, and every body was expecting to
hear the sound of.Tackson's cannon on the
Susquehanna, the public was electrified by
the magnificent reconnoissance of General
Stuart. Prom that reconnoissance Lee
learned all that he wished further to know
and, while the public was still discussing
the utility of an operation so full of
hazard, the news arrived that Jackson had
sent to Lynchburg for all the cars, that he
was at Staunton, that he was at Gordons
ville, that he was at Louisa Court-house,
that he was at Hanover Court-Honse,with
all his army.
The truth thon burst upon the public in
its full effulgence. The enemy were to be
attacked in flank and rear by .Jackson's
army at the sante time that they were to
be assailed in front by Lee with the main
bulk of the army. The plan was worthy
of the most renowned General that ever
lived, and oven while it was in the very
agony of projection, and had not yet been
tried, no man doubted its entire success.
It. did succeed beyond all reusonablehope,
even of so wisely-conceived and well
digested an operation. Its success places
its author among the highest military
nantec , . --on the same rolls with the !tenni
halg, the Caesars, the Fredericks and the
Napoleons of history.
The perfect success which attended the
efforts of Lee to keep the march of Jack
son front the knowledge of the enemy is
among the marvels of those marvelous
operations. The writer of this was aware
that Jackson was on the march for Rich
mond as early as last Sunday fortnight,
ii hen he heard that he was already at Gor
donsville with a portion of his forces. It
is scarcely possible that fewer than ten
thousand persons knew the same thing at
the sante time. And yet not a soul was
found to betray the secret to the enemy,
and he was taken at last completely by
surprise! Was there ever such unanimity
of opinion as this circumstance reveals?
Where is the Union party that were to
show themselves us soon as the enemy
made his appearance in force?"
1 correspondent of the Itiehmond Whiff
I — General Lee was on the lien/
b:dt le of tho Seven Pines; when our trust
6LI and chivalrous Johnston wits there
shuck down he assumed command, and in
less than one month, by untiring persever
ance and a series of strategetical move
ments—embracing in their scope a wide
extent of territory anti the management ot
at least of two armies—he arranged for the
great noun. week commencing Thursday,
..26th. When he took command our
front witi without fortifications, defended
only by troops wlid at every point stood
exposed to the enemy's attack. and that,
too, without the assistance of it single
heavy gun. Very soon our whole front
was put into a condition that enabled us,
with a smaller force, to defend it against
any direct assault, so that the large body
of the army could he safely spared to as
siqt in th•' splendid flank movement, by
which the enemy's strongest fortifications
aud heaviest guns were rendered perfectly
laliorami material thrown away...
Gen. Shiolds.
4.ntertainment giv..ll to (
Shirlds•, in Philadelphia, thi. I olloN
Mart Wael offered
1), ;et's/ amully the I , l,ree.
Thi.; was greeted with throe hear
and (;td). Shields replied
Ile said he had , orne t,. !he r itv uhno
utetemit.t. tor the lutritenw .1 recruiting
Lis health, which hnv beeotne inyttired du
] itig 1111 trutt eantiutigte- , . after hia re'cv.
t ion ts : rtatO , l,l. Ho. position of Ma.
;1,11 , ml to. C:1111.. 11(.1'0 It) remain pri•
tateiy for a :Mort time ; 11.• lard declined
ovation in New York. and had
intended to do the this city ; hut
when he learned the character of the gen
tlemen who proffered the present compli
ineut t , i him. ho did lint feel at liuerty to
refit :.• i 3V11.11 /11111SI•if the ple asure 0 .
them. Ile would ask leave to be
excused ii out ni.thi rig any extended remarks
in regard in the oral}, but stated that all
the insinuations cast against him in the pa
pers itml by those in authority at the Seat
(.1' Jovernment had not the slightest found
/ion in tact. lou have been kind enough.
he mail i, to allude to me in complimentary
terns, and to the action that the Senate
has taken in my case. You will
c.xcui , e me for touching upon this
point. I say it, consequently, to you, that
when my report roes the light, if it ever
does, I will be justified in holding my head
as high as any of my maligners. t_Ap
plause.) There are men who, to screen
themselves and to cover up their own mis
conduct, find it necessary to throw the
blame on somebody else, and just us con
venient to throw it upon tut Irishman us
"any other mall." But I have not troubled
myself about this matter. l know injus
tice has been done me; but 1 this time en
tered the service when I cared very little
for ambition. I have been somewhat
wronged, but who has not been wronged
in this war' And there is no appeal ex
cept in silence. You, sir, have been
wronged (turning to General Patterson.
I have traveled over the ground your army
once occupied, and I say it. now, without
fear of contradiction, that Wynn had had
10( 1 ,00o men of the best appointed troops,
you could not have prevented, under the
circumstances, the retreat of Johnson to
, Manassas.
in
You, too, will
I
be vindicatedn time. And here let me
say that never have I met with better treat
ment than at the hands of the President of,
the United States and his Cabinet.
With respect to Secretary Stanton, I
any say that ho looks only to the immedi
ate crushing out of the rebellion, and in
my opinion he did everything to strengthen
McClellan. Yet. McClellan and Stanton - ,
have both been wronged. I entered into,
this war from a high sense of duty. I
tried to discharge that duty fearlessly, so
help me God; and at the hazard of my life
(ltd it. [Applause.] For one, I never!
underrated this crisis. I knew the mettle
of the enemy. I knew the desperation. of
that enemy. I know it now. Let me say
here to-night, that it will take all the of-
forts that all parties in the North can put,
forth to crush out this rebellion. This is
no time for quarreling about that general I
or this, that party or this party. Let us
sink all these ; let us forget individual in-
justice ; let us fight for the country; let us
stand by the country, and when the war is
over we can then settle these other mat
ters. Sir, I do not care that the Senate
rejected mynomination as a Major-General.
Should they even now take off my straps
as a Brigadier, if they yet want myservices
I am willing to enter the ranks. [Ap
plause.] I shall stand by the flag of my
3ountry, whether justice shall be done me
or not._They may call me insane, they
may cal me a traitor : my . actions will
prove that I am more sane and l mOre loyal
than any of my accusers.
In conclusion, Gen. Shields stated that
the spirit of desperation in the Southern
'army exceeds any thing he ever met with
in his life. They are not equal to us in
numbers, discipline and appointments, but
the whole heart of the South is in the
contest. The whole power of the North
ern states would be requisite to bring the'
rebellion to a close. The enemy had been
too much underrated from the first; he
had never understood them, but the Union
must be preserved; though it be requisite
to have 500,000 more.men.
General Shields sat down amid pro
longed epidansi.:The,temainder of the evetik was spent in themost.agreeable,
manner;"."-
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A PRIVATE letter from a former personal
riend of Mr. Oreeley, an officer at Harri
son's bar, on tile 20th inst., after speaking
of the need of their recent movement, and
4-4„. -,'-
eanietrie*lcoss of life; soya: .
"Of one thing be assured—it was not
the fault of General MTlellan, but there
was too much political trickery at Wash
ington to take notice of the wants of an
army in an enemy's country, where that
enemy is strongly posted, and using its
most desperate efforts to increase num
bers. Rut don't—prow don't write—'as
Greeley says," though it is true that, a
few days before our battle, he spoke ofthe
urgent necessity of increasing General
M'Clellan's force, but it was then too late
to make the commencement, and Greeley,
by his attacks through his taper has, in
my opinion, done infinite injury. Then
the petty, whisky -drinking, gasconading
politicians of Washington. with Chandler
of Michigan at its head! Is it not enough
that a man shall constantly imperil his
own life—that he permits himself no rest
—that his grasping intellect takes in at a
glance the whole necessity of the case,
and its only remedy—that, after urging
upon the W ar Department, long before,
the necessity for prompt reinforcements,
the only thing left, on their failure to re
spond; was to do exactly what he (MT.)
did; and that, in the extrication of the ar
my, with its munitions of war, he achieved
a victory unparalleled in the annals of his
tory—that upon him rested all the responsi
bility; and having succeeded, atter so great
an excitement; before his mind had time
for a ruotnent's rest from the terrible strain
upon it, these yelpers began again barking
at his heels. itut they are, after all, really
not worth minding. Let the country now
respond to the call of the President for
the preservation of the Union with half
the zeal that the South uses to break it,
and victory will follow victory, until the
South will tire of the unequal contest.—
Sufficient numbers should be added imme
diately to our thinned but well trained
ranks, to enable us to commence the of
fensive with the certainty of success.'-
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Franklin Vellua :
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DIED :
"Second. It being of paramount impor
tunco to the oil regiments double that of
the Ili•lV.reginimits will he paid, to wit, $4
fo r each l' , Crll;i.
"Third. "file recruits will be clothed,
arieca and equipped ivithout delay and
!laced in a emu!) of instruction.
—A n y ..'r practical suggettions you
may plot c• 1 to oll . er will alwnyq be re
tfully cow-bit-red hy this department.
—1 ours i ruly,
••i-lo n IN M. sTAVION,
ecretary of War.
—To Aldermen Farley and Mitchell. and
Councilmen Jones, Hogan, lieeeh and
Pinckney. —
The Pre=ident. in au official order, un
Donut-es the death of ex-President Martin
\nu line!. Ile says that this event will
ocen-don mourning in the nation for the
ha- , of citizen and public servant, and
that his memory will he gratefully cher
ished.
PITTSRURI7II
Is a marl. of r, , pest. the Executive
mansion, and the several Executive de
partments, excepting those of the War
and Navy. are tieing draped with black,
and nearly all public business has been
ordered to be suspended to-day.
Thy War and Navy Departments will
rause suitable military and naval honors
to be paid on this occasion to the memory.
of the illustrious dead, such as . llags at half
mast, tiring of cannon. &c.
The resi , mation of Capt. A. If. 'lrene
man of the Eighteenth, and 2d Lieutenant
Howard if ceder of the First infantry, have
been accepted by the President to take
effect July 22.1.
The foilowing assignments have been
made of medical officers : Medical In
spectors Perley and Cooledge to duty in
the Surgeon General's office and in the
military district of Washington; Medical
Inspectors Cnyler, Keeney, Lyman and
Allen to report in person to the Assistant
Surgeon General in St. Louis, for duty in
the department of the Mississippi. Medi
cal Inspector Mussey and Assistant Sur
geon Parry to report to General McClellan
in the Army of the Potomac.
It is officially published that the call of
Gov. Curtin for nine and twelve months
men was made without previous consulta
tion with or direction of the President or
War Department, and having been made
it was deemed by the President and War
Department better to accept such troops
as were offered under that call; but it is
proper to notice that the law does not al
low any bounty for the nine months men,
execpt the twenty-five dollars paid at the
time of being mustered into the service;
the remaining seventy-five dollars is pay
ublo only to those who enlist for three
years or during the war
IST. Louis, July 26 . — Considerable ex
citement existed here to-day. The Brit
ish Gonsul's office was crowded by a large
number of persons claiming the protection
of the British flag, to exempt them from
enrollment in the militia, under the recent
order of the Governor. An excited crowd
gathered around. Mliny indignant citi
zens were present to punish the perfidy of
the American residents, halving families'
and their business permanently located
here, who, in the hour of peril, seek
to sneak from their..!uty by enrolling them
selves
subjects of Great Britain. Several
persons who attempted to get protection
papers were roughly handled by the crowd.
Numerous arrests have been made. Sev
eral affrays and struggles occurred between
the disturbers and the policemen. One or
two attempts were made to resist the ar
rest of parties. A detachment of the Pro
vost Marshal's guard was ordered out, and
by their timely exertion suppressed the
outbreak.
CAino, Illinois, July 26.—The steam
er Wilson, from Vicksburg, arrived last
night. When in Princeton Bend, eighty
miles above Vicksburg, she was fired
into from the Mississippi side by several
six-pounders and a score or two of mus
kets, and was hit about sixty times, most
ly by musket balls. One 'bell burst di
seedy nndssibe boiler. No Florae hurt.
FfrstEdition.
LATEST SEWS 111 TELEGRAPH.
PROCLAMATION. OF THE PRESIDENT
The Confiscation' Bill to be Enforce
I`ll ItE:11,111X, 1iV.A.U.N15.111
TILE EXCRANGE OP PRISONERS
THE POSITION OF SECRETARY
SEWARD.
roue the. Southwest
See'y Stanton on Enltatmenta
The President on the Death of
Martin Van Buren.
ate.. ate.. ate., ate
Wisttisomx, July —The President
has issued a brief proclamation warning
all persons within the contemplation of
the sixth section of the Confiscation Act
to cease participating in, aiding, counte
nancing or abetting the existing rebellion
against the government of the United
States, on pain of the forfeitures arid
seb:ures as within and by said sixth section
provided.
The official document necessary to con
summate the recently arranged agreement
for a general exchange of prisoners has
been forwarded to General Dix.
WAstrixorrox, July 26.—A definition of
the position of Secretary Seward, evident
ly authoitrative,is published this morning,
from which, in the language of the article,
it appears he is content, as ho hitherto has
been, to remain were he is, so long as this
causeless and iniquitous war continues
and so long as the chosen Chief Magis
trate of the country requires it, even
though hi.; advice should be overruled,
which happens very rarely, and then in
cases which his own judgment, better in
!brined, approves.
At the same time he would not, if he
could, for any reason prolong his stay in
the place he now holds one hour beyond
the time when the President shall think it
wise to relieve him, and when he shall re
tire from it it will be with the determina
tion he has more than once heretofore ex.
pressed, under no circumstances whatever
to be a placeholder in the service of his
country. even although, as he most confi
dently expects, it shall emerge in its full
strength and greatness from its present
troubles
lie hopes that no one of his fellow citi•
zens thinks so unkindly of him as to sup
pose that he would be content. to exercise
power in a fraction of it if it should con•
sent to be divided.
The following is a copy of the letter
from the Secretary of War to the Joint
Committee of the New York Common
Conned on National Affairs :
"WAtt Dre.iarrmExv, July 2C.. 10.t2.
••“entlemen :—Your views respecting
the reerniting service and the proper mea
sures :0 encourage it have been attentive
ly considered by the President, and the
billowing regulations established by the
iepartment are expeCted to attain the ob
jeet you desire:
"First, The Adjutant f ieneral will de
tail au officer at ouch rendc:'-vous for mus
tering in recruits, who will pay to each re
cruit his proper share of bounty, and also
•ay the recruiting fee nt the time he is
•ste re d i n t o the w•reice of the united
Second
VIE..:,W Lgii-T41G1.M11..
Washington, Heim
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
GENERAL POPE'S RECENT ORDER
'Arrival ofSick andWotinded
Pennsylvanians.
V 11,031 MEMPHIS
The Great War Meeting
in Philadelphia.
FOREIGN ARRIVAL,
dee., ate.. &v..
WARRINGTON, July 27.—Henry A. Wise
of the United States Nary, has been ap
pointed assistant to the Ohiefofthe Bureau
of Ordhanee, created by a recent act of
Congress. This gentleman has been for
some time engaged in the discharge of
Ordnance duty in the Navy Department
with the utmost satisfaction and courtesy
to all interested.
Assistant Paymaster Beeman has been
ordered-to the gunboat Seneca ,
_ and As
sistant Paymaster Hart to the Pembina.—
Geo. F. Winslow, of Massachusetts, and
James /Lanier, of New York, have been
appointed Acting Assistant Surgeons and
ordered to report to Captain Wilkes.
Notwithstanding the large number of ,
invalid soldiers in Washington add its
neighborhood, everything for their com
fort has been supplied with extraordinary
expedition. No complaints of inattention
are heard in any quarter. In addition to,
his duties to these sick and wounded, Sur- 1
geon Gen. Hammond has been visiting
other localities and setting a laudable ex- 1
ample of prompt business and humanity
to every one connected with his depart
ment.
For the purpose of rapidly filling up the
old volunteer regiments,
the Secretary of
War has ordered that for volunteer re
cruits for the old regiments shall be paid
a premium of four dollars, to take effect
from this date. Thepremiuni is double that
paid to recruits who enter the new volun
teer regiments under the last call of the
President of the United States. Muster
ing and disbursing officers will be so in
formed.
The designation in general order No.
125 from the Headquarters of the Army
of the Potomac, of the forces commanded
by Brig. Gen. Porter and Franklin as the
fifth and sixth army corps, is confirmed
by the WarDep't. The forcesunder Maj.
Gen. Dix will constitute the 7th those
under Major Gen. Wool the Sth, and those
under Major-Gen. Burnside, belonging
to the department of North 'arolina, the
nth army elrps, respectively.
In organizing new regiments of volun
teers, the subsistence of the recruits prior
to the completion of the organization will
be chargeable against the appropriation
for collecting, drilling, and organizing vol
unteers. After the organization of the
reriments is completed aid they have b-en
i•ispected by the mustering officer for the
State, subsistence will be provided by the
Subsistence Department.
ILLLDQU'IItS A ItIlY OF THE PATONIAC, t
Saturday, July
Nine hundred wounded paroled prison
oners arrived yesterday from Richmond.
Two died before they arrived at Peters
burg. They left yesterday afternoon for
the Northern hospitals. More will arrive
to-morrow.
A flag of truce boat containing Col
iright and Lieut. Colonel Sweitzer yes
terday went to City Point to meet R. Ould,
formerly District Attorney for Washing.
ton City, appointed Commissioner by the
Confederates to carry out the new arrange
ments for a general exchange of prisoners.
The schooner Louisa Reeves, containing
four thousand bushels of condemned corn,
anchored in the middle of the river, was
boarded last night about 12 o'clock by a
party of rebels, who came from the oppo
site shore. After setting the schooner on
fire they left, carrying the captain with
them. The schooner was destroyed.
Generals Halleek, Dix, Miegs and Burn
side left here this morning, after paying- a
visit to General McClellan.
General sfarey's health having been re
stored, he has resumed his duties as Chief
of the general's staff.
The flag of true to-day brought down
Dr. McGregor and Rev. Herron Eddy, of
the ztd Connecticut regiment, Drs. Stone
and Grey, IT. S. A:, and. Rev. Geo. W.
Dodge, 1 lth New York, who were taken
prisoners at Bull Run, and have been just
released trout the prison at Salisbury, N. C.
CAMP AT ,
}'arquier Co., Va., W July ATMLOO ,
27 1862. j
Gen. Pope's recent orders have caused
great excitement among the citizeus of
this vicinity, particularly- the latest, in re
gard to taking the oath of allegiance. It
is asserted that there are not more than
two men in the county who have not taken
the oath to support the Southern Confed
eracy, and that:rather than renounce this,
men, women and children express their
determination to go South.
Large numbers of our soldiers have an
idea that Pope's orders give them permis
sion to help themselves to any thing they
can find, and consequently they have been
roaming through the country killing chick
ens, sheep, etc., extensively. Some of' !
them have been punished severely by their
of f icers. Such practices have nearly
ceased
It is reported that parties follow the ar
my enticing men to desert, and furnishing
them with outfits of clothing for that pur
pose, a large number having deserted.—
Within a week or two past between 40 and
50 have deserted from the 105th New.
York, which gives color to this statement.
Some doubtless desert for the purpose of
joining other regiments and getting the
bounty. Recruiting officers should govern
themselves accordingly.
PHILADELPHIA, July 26.—The steamer
S. it. Spaulding has arrived from For
tress Monroe with two hundred and forty
sick and wounded soldiers from Rich
mond. The names have already been
published.
The released prisoners while wi Rich
mond were all well treated by the officers
and men of the rebel army. The troops
from Mississippi and Georgia were spe
cially kind in their treatment of the pris
oners.
United States Treasury Notes were
eagerly taken by the rebels. Baltimore
notes were also taken by them, but were
looked upon with distrust.
MEMPHIS, July 25.—Two hundred and
forty persons took the oath yesterday, and
one hundred and twenty received permits
to go South.
The news from Vicksburg is unimport
ant. The bombardment was renewed
from the upper fleet. The rebels reply
occasionally. The Arkansas, at last ad
vices, was still under the protection of the
rebel batteries undergoing repairs.
Sr. Loris, July 20.—The Democrat
learns from a reliable source that the
County Commissioners of St. Lonii have
agreed to appropriate one hundred thous
and dollars for the benefit of families or
volunteers who enlist under the new cal,
of the President, or who enter the State
service4ll4 - county ritder Govern r
Gamble. This will go far to enconra •
the speedy filling up of new regiments in
mils of formation i s this c i ty,
PHILADELPHIA, July 26 .—There was a
tremendous gathering. in Independence
quare this afternoon to pledge the peo
ple of Philadelphia to support the govern
ment in the prosecution of the war. The
Square was never more crowded on any
:occasion. Thirty-live thOusand people
were present. The assemblage was ad
dressed from three stands by prominent
local speakers, who created' much enthu
siasm by expressions of patriotism and ap
peal to arms. The proceedings at the
principal stand, located near Independence
Hall, were opened with prayer by Bev. J.
Wheaton Smith.
Mayor Henry, on taking the chair, made
an earnest appeal for men and means to
aid the cause.
Resolutions were adopted recommend
ing the employment of all pt. wer and means
that the Executive can command tb put
down the rebtllion, and thanking the Pres
ident for the change of policy in the treat
meat of rebel property, and acknowledging
us friends only those Josl to the govern
ment, and all others, whether living in our
midst or fighting in the ranks of our foes,
as enemies, pledging our,support in resist
ing any foreign interterence, and;approv
ing the call of the President for additional
troops, and recommending every able
bodied citizen to unite himself to some
military organization, to be ready tor
emergency.
Able speeches were made by Hun. Wm.
1). Kelly, Ex-Governor Potluck, Daniel •
Dougherty, Esq.; Col. John W. Forney,
and others. - A letter from Edwin Forrest
was rend, inclosing a cheek for one thou
sand dollars to carry on 'the war against
, the rebels. and restore the Union, whose
I benign influence has given more blessings
to mankind than all the political combina.
tions of the world besides. Col. Forney
also subscribed five hundred dollars, and
several other large. subscriptions were
made during the progress of the meeting.
The enthusiasm was extraordinary. A
manifestation of disloyalty on the part of
one individual in the crowd led to his being
ousted from the square in a very summary
manner. A n expression by one of the
speakers, that every means to crush the
rebellion, even the arming of loyalists
whose hearts are with us though their
skins are darker, should -be used, was re
ceived-with applause.
The influence of the meeting will un
doubtedly have great effect in stimulating
recruiting.
tas annonced at up to time
SMO,O w OO have'u that
been subscribed bythis indi
viduals for bounty. This is exclusive of
railroad funds. •
LITTLE WASHINGTON, VA., *July 211--
Yesterday four guerrillas tired upon and
wounded two men of Gen. William's or
derlies, when two and a half miles from
town, and killed one of their horses; they
had been eating dinner at a farm house,
when the proprietor urged them to remain
longer. Capt. Dennison of the Michigan
cavalry, commanding Gen. William's es
cort, went out, and brought in eight Virgin
ians from theneighborhood. one of whom
was a soldier, and the evidence showed
that he was one of the party that fired on
the orderlies within the past three days.
Gen. Hatch has crossed Swift ltun Gap
to MeGoughey's town, thence down the
valley to Luray, which is. occupied by our
forces. He met with no enemy in force,
but I.rought.in several prisoners. Jack
son is represented to be still in the vicinity
of Gord.nnsville, apparently awaiting our
advance.
Gen. Banks' corps is eligibly encamped
in a well watered and fertile location. The
whole army is anxiously awaiting the
order to move forward, and are in the
best of spirits.
FORTRESS - MONROE, July 20.—The
steamer John Brooks comedown theJarnes
river last night laden with prisoners from
Richmond. Most of them are either sick
or wounded. They ail left on the same
steamer this mornity , from the Point
Lookout Hospital. The efficient Medical
Director, .1. M. Cuyler, who has officiated
for some time at the hospital at For ess
Monroe, left here last evening for Wnh
ington to take a more prominent position.
l'here is a gtneral expression of regret at
his leaving this place, as he has been
assiduous in his labors and attentilli )
the sick and wounded under his care. Dr.
Gilbert takes his place here.
Many merchants who had made arrange
ments for taking goods to Norfolk, some
to open new stores, and others to fiH up
stores already opened, have changed their
plans for the present, or desisted from
carrying out their former ones, i artly for
the reason that the currency is in so poor
a em dition in that place.
Transports, with the balance of our pris
oners from Richmond, are hourly expected
to arrive at Fortress Monroe. The John
Brooks did not stop long enough for us to
obtain a list of her passengers.
The mail boat John A. Warner arrived
from Harrison's Landing at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, and reports all quiet on the
James river.
CA Ilig I, July 2fali.—The steamer Evans
ville from the Tennessee river brings news
of rebel raids at Florence, Alabama, on
Tuesday last. They entered the city and
burned all the warehouses used for coma
inissary and Quartermaster's stores, and all
the cotton in the vicinity. They also seized
- the United States steamer Uolonna, used
for conveying army supplies over 4he
shoals, took all the money belonging -to
the boat and passengers, and then burned
her. Property destroyed, is said to be of
great value. A small detachment of Gen.
Mitchell's army was captured. They then
proceeded down the Tennessee river to
Chickasaw, Waterloo, and the vicinity
of Eastport, where they burned all the
warehouses which containei cotton. An
other band of 40 rebels attacked a wagon
train near Pittsburgh Landing and cap
tured GO wagons conveying commissary.
and Quartermaster's stores.
New AL13.1517, INDIANA JUIy 27th.—
The Ledger says the rebel s' have congre
gated in considerable force at Hawes
ville, Ky., boldly and defiantly insulting
the Limon citizens. - The Federal ram
Hornet, with troops has gone there.
Henderson and Owensboro were quiet
on Friday. Both these towns are garri
soned by Federal troops, who arrest all
persons who act or talk in favor of the
rebellion.
The military prisons of Louisville are
so full that daily commitments of traitors
are made to the Jeffersonville (Indiana)
Penitentiary.
Passengers from Henderson say guer
rillas appeared with a pretty strong force
opposite Mound City. It was feared they
would attempt to burn the Federal gun
boats buildings there.
A large number of young ladies o f New
Albany have proposed to act as clerks
for young salesmen of that place who will
enlist, and give them half their salaries
while absent, and surrender their places
to them on their return.
WASHINGTON July 26 .—Capt. Sam]. L.
Harrison ' of the 95th regiment New York
volunteers, is reported by Ids commanding
officer as haying deserted his company on
the 21st of this month, and gone to New
York. A reward of five cent* is hereby
ordered for his apprehension. By order
of Major General Pope.
(Signed) GEO. D. RUGGLES,
COl., A. A. G., and Chief of Staff.
WItEELING, July . ...:6.—A large and en
thusiastic war meeting was held in this
city this afternobn and was addressed by
Gov. Pierpoint ,
Hon. Sherrard Clements,
and others. Speeches were made endors
ing the most. vigorous policy of the admin.
istration. A memorial was adopted pray
ing the county court to make a levy of $2O.
OUO to aid in volunteering.
NEW YORK, July 6 . —The steamer Bo•
muds exiled to-day with SSW,IX,O itt
"role.