. r ..~' WI .~ 17: Ci3A.32C2B.MRS3S,t.).tea: '',lATetinesday orrii g, J 1y 28, 1863. Jog: K. SIitLYOCK is authorized :to researeSobscriptlonsand contract for Advertisements Su the P.EPoerkoirr in the Eastern eities. EERATA.—In the first paragraph of the article on third page, headed Pruning ,the ,Peach Tree, reidttnauiating soil,: instead or "undulatory son," is erroneously printed: - ' I SINGLE copies of the REPOSITORY be had at 'the' :counter Nv.. A . th or ' 'without wrtipp9rs. Trice five cents. MERE is no truth whatever in the . teleoTapbed here on:Monday MeCon7nellsburg; that the rebel --cavalry had pressed the' Potomac at ;ittineeek and :were limning uptbrougb' 4!ultott county. 'the rebels have not appeared on the 'Potomac itt any ',s"ohat during the last THE SITITATIoN. _,-.•-There has been considerable skir mishing between the cavalry of Gens. ` Meade and'lee for some , days;' but tee bas far avoided a general :engage - Mont, mid most likely will be Mile to reach his old line south of the Ba.Ppahannock without a decisive bat . -tie. He is evidently trying to do so, and it is scarcely in the power of the -Union army to prevent him. If so, .",,the Army of the,Potomae will hard :_}y commence an offensive campaign the nest thirty days.. Gen. Grant has been keeping the „libels steadily on the retreat in the l'Southwest. ..Toluiston was compelled in evacuate 'Jackson, and retire still .1:- farther south.. The Mississippi river lIONV oPenfrem the head of naviga lion to the Gulf.. The 'steamer from St.' Louis, arrived at NOw I.,prleans on the,l6th inst, having. met no obstacles. on the river. - The . siege Of Charleston progresses favorably. An attempt to storm Fort :Wagner at night was unsuccessful, but so were two such uttacks; at Vicksburg and two at Port Hudson. Ve'give the details in. another col- ,UMIk Morgan hag come to grief His men were captured, piece-meal until he had but four or_ five hundred left, , a3ad they with their chief were gob-. "bled-up on Sunday last. Invasion of "...Northern soil seems about at an end. 'Foster sent, am expedition into lrth - Carolina htst week, which was ~eminently!' successful. • The railroad over Tar river was destroyed, (with vast 'quantities prciduce, ma chine shops, ammunition . , cotton, two . ..-steam.boats, an unfinished iron -clad, and a number of wagons. The cap ;tures were 1.00 : men,490 neg Toe- and 300 horses and mules. TIME CONSCEUIIPIION. -The_draft had been made peaceably minor° than half the districts of this Sta;te r and 4n perhaps half the North, and a few weeks more will completeit. We look for the 'machinations of Nor thern traitors to: effect breaches of .the peace in various sections, in hum hiltation of the Coppex_head ri.- ots of New York; but the "national atithorities'are doubtless fully prepar for such exigene3es, and we are of t fieiaily assured, tht.t: in no instance Will the , government allow the laws* 7siO be defied or even evaded. In 'The drift . gill be . made; the provis of, the law enforced in spite of the . cowardly and treacherous, and 'the mere addition of vast numbers to aur-,galla,nt 'armies in the field will be the Surest harbinger of Peace. Probably our heroic soldiers now, In the'Reid &tad crush out this cause less and wicked -rebellion,. but it is 'neither Iv* norjust that the task should be left to-;them. •The bogus .Con'f'ederacy of treason is new strug lin the last; violent throei-of death. INTell,nigli-One hundred thou-,. ``sand of its' cleludedwarriors have been subtracted from its armies within for dap, by death, wounds, captures „fraddeserters;endthe,remnants of its •ebinmands are stricken with despair. --At - every point"their marderous flag has surrendered - to;-or receded before the' vi4teirioufl hosts of, th,e Union, and but for the-mad-u m bition of the 'arch • h french of this bloody drama, the war would nfr,vir, ,j,)d. over, and Peace ..ensitUnion again bless the Western. •Warld.. 'Bat its• dying ago nie,s,it evinces the deiPeration known only :to relentless crime. Instead of being content withlthe _deselation "of a million homes, "the Chief of the :xlo/rdnions ?of .treason 1 , 4 a called for a ME levy cii niasse of the mile inhabitants of the ot!.th. Few and hopeless-will be the urn, who can answer such.a call, for nearly every available man is already in the ranks, and more than half the territory claimed by the gov ernme'nt. of 'traitors, :has beeo hope lessly )severed from their power; but, howeler futile, it shoW§ that *aeon will die only when it ban 110 longer hope to live. In but one way' eau our. govern ment, follow up' and reach the full' fru- Rion of onr recent crowning victories. -Let - ow. armies be prOMptly filled up 'so that at every point shall .be clearly invincible. Let overwhehning numbers threaten the 'traitors at ev.: ery and their battalions 'will vanish in hopeless terror; until scarce ly *ill un :army remain .to_ bear aloft the banner of crime. The chiefs will find 'their power gone--=-their lives in peril—their-bloody workracceraplish ed, and they too will vanish to some - m4re :congenial home for treason, than can be found within the limits. of the Union of our fathers. Sangni nary"' battles Will henceforth be un knovn in the history of the rebellion, and in due time.',eace will , again: dawn upon our beloved country. TheSe happy, peaceful fruits - Wilk_ we trast i result; froth. the national 'con scription, and every loyal heart should bid it God Speed in the name - of the Itepnblic. • , --43 ad men have 'sought to in-' Haute prejUdice against the draft.— They have appealed to the basest ! passions, arrayed the poor against the rich, and by every'posSible means invited lawlessness and anarchy.— The '6300 - exemption clause has been perverted, and its aim, persistently belied to weaken the loyal men of Minable Means. .Let ;them remember that but for the $3OO exemption clause, every man would be compelled to serve either inperson or by substitute;' and the price of substitutes will in all probability be three times the amount fixed by Congress. So far from dis: driininating against the poor man, it effectually limits the price of exemp tion, and defeats the shameless traffic by. unprincipled brokers in substi tuteS. The laW is, on this point, pre cisely the State law of New York, which was signedby Gov. Seymour, and , is the law :of - civilized nations where drafts are necessary. Let men of all classes stand shoulder to shonl ' der in this work. Remember that it is the sacred cause of Nationality we are called upon to defend. It is the cause of every man---the hope of ev ery household—the last refuge of civil and religious liberty; and it appeals to the approving judgment and the earnest effort of every patri ot and Christian. Let no loved ones learn the cruel lesson of want because their protector is defending the cause of a common country. Let no sorrow stricken home of the bereaved mourn alone for their heroic dead. Their wants, their sorrows, are endured for a,Nation's. existence, and they claim a Nation's liberality, a Nation's sym pathy, a Nation's gratitude ! THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. - When the impartial historian shall come to record the victories, defeats and embarrassments of our Govern ment in Ai- sacred effort to preserve our free institutions, the most appal ling chapter in his chequered pages will be that devoted to the covert trea son, the cowardly misrepresentation, the base appeals to partizan preju dices, and the thin-guise of hypo erisy that presents cold professions of li)yalty, to, a loyal people, while neath rankles the deadliest hatred to the preservation of our na ' = a *ty, save upon the altar of dishonor. The Democratic State Convention - held its sessions at Harrisburg, while armed, traitors reveled in the Cum berland Valley, plundering our people, holding possession and exhausting the wealth Of our towns and districts; insolently defying alike National and State authorities, and inflicting upon the fair fame of our Commonwealth the dishonor of rebel occupation of our soil. 'Some of the delegates in ayr,tendance were fugitives from their homes, and e their families and property at the mercy, of the minions of.xaur derous treason. The people of - the State_were flying to arms in obedience to the call of the proper authorities; and the measured tread of recruits was unceasingsaromid the halls where in were congregated the magnates of DefilLeracy struggling to obtain the power and spoils, of oleo. - The main- duty of that Convention .....ttit was to nominates candidate for Gov ernor, who, if chosen; - woild be charged with - the' maintenance -of peace, order -and security of the citi zens • and the honor of the State, and to 'declare the principles and policy upon which the Government shall be preserved and-' administered;'''How that duty . .was discharged, let - the record answer. A man was presented for Governor who has yet to utter the first earnest word of encourage ment to the Government in :preserv ing 'the life of the Republic' against unholy treason; tend whose every de clarations upon the subject deny the power of the Nation to meet armed traitors with arms, and thus• assert its inherent right to live. • A platform was pregented by Hon. F. W. Hughes, who signalized' his Ale,votion to the Government, when the war, 'emin.- inenced ) by tendering PermsylVaUia as a free offering to those who have by wanton, wicked war, made millions mourn. Avowedly a friend .of the deadly foes of the Republic, he could do no less, in a loyal State; than guise treason in every resolution, and at tempt to poison the - whole fountain of honest devotion to the "cause, of a common country. That he succeeded well, is .a pain ful, palpable truth. Of the eleven resolutions adoped, not one—not so much as a single sentence or line, .breathes the spirit of an earnest, lion est,friend of the preservation of our Nationality. In reckless misrepre sentation; in the recital of imaginary' errors of the administration; in -the denunciation of every measure adopt ed to give success to our arms in - the field and to our honored flag; in de fending the came of open, insolent traitors upon -s6om the hand of the government has but tooleniently fal len—in ail Adis they are matchless in vigor and elaleurate in terms;: But they 'are wanting—sadly, *holly wanting in every expression of devo ' tion to our Conntry's'cause; in every impulse of patriotism that looks to the subordination of all things to the 'preservation of our government; in , every expression that would cheer a soldier's heart, or solace the thous ands of bereaved whose loved ones died that Freedom might live; in, the reprobation of the relentleSs murder ers of our gallant sons in the'call'se of mad ambition and deadly treach9iT— in all these they are silent at the grave! The, PEOPLE of Pennsylvania are loyal. They may be defrauded into the embrace of treason, but they can not be' marshaled ender a traitor's flag or on a traitor's platform, if not deceived by _subtle, insidious foes. We ask every man, of whatever pop litical attachment, to peruse carefully and ponder well the_ platParm from which Judge Woodward hopes to climb into the ExecutiVe chair. Rad Seymour's speeches and platform last fall been half so frank in espousing the cause of our country's foes, he would not have been clothed with the pow er of the Empire State - to prostrate it at the feet of a murderous, plundering mob; and if Woodward can be suc cessful, the bitter foretaste of Deino -cratic rule - given to New York,will be the ruling power of the land. An archy will hold undisputed sway in the great States of the North, and treason will compass the entire gov ernment in its triumphant embrace. Loyal men of Permsylvania well of the entertainment "to which you are invited ! THE mission of the rebel Vice Pres ident Stevens. to Was.hington is fully explained by the publication, in the Richmond papers, ()fa correspondence etween Stevens and Jeff. Davis. Ste ve z was instructed to en s deavorto get the b gus government.out of the diffi culty it has involved itself by an act of its Congress and by the proclama tion of Davis, reqtdring the officers of negro regiments to be held as felons, to be tried and executed byrthe State authorities: As the United States now holds three traitor. 'officers for every Union - officer held • by the rebels, the game of butchery'proposed by Davis turns out to be a - most tinprotniiing enterprise, whereupon he becomes suddenly impressed with the most sublimated notions of htunimity, and wants a new cartel arranged , whereby exchanges can proceed as heretofore; and he wishes, as he tells, Stevens, to "divest the 'war of the savage char " aster which has been impressed tipOn " it by our enemies, in spite of all our " efforts and proteSts Good for Jeff! • When he found : he, dare, not hang 'Union officers, although he gas donme4 them to death by public pie clamation,he meekly propoieS_ to ar rest ihe ", savage character" of the, war! Ile , insists that, Bur,nside's.ek ecutiou Of the rebel recruiting officers withinlis' department was " baibar. " ons, uselessly cruel and can only lead c‘ to - the slaughter of prisoners on both ,We begto,inquire of Jeff. - how long a Union; officer would be allowed to recruit for the National army,,anywhere within his lines ? andhfiw many minutes would be al lowe dlini for prayers b efore , he would swinkto the nearest pest or tree after his arrest? If he should get an'hour of gr4e, lucky would be. his star in deed Anew A. Curtin; the Governor of ii sov ereign State, the sole commander-in-chief of its forges, whose power 'under thO cireum stanets;extended even to ordeling a draft to be made for State defense, goes to Washing ton Cify to ask Mr. Secretary Stanton for perinikkon to call out the militia of the State for its own defense. The servant went to his master, and the master refused his humble petition, presented on: beaded knee.--Spirit and 'limes. - _ W giVe the abovre its we find it in the Spirit;' italics and all. Perhaps that 'Journal - did not . know 'better— perhaps it - did._ It matters not which, for it's ignorance could be pardoned no lees than its malice. _Goy. Curtin never -applied to the national authorities. for permission to r 1 call out the militia. He is their com mangevin-Ohief, and' can call them whenevelq in his judgment they are needed to repel invasion or suppress insurrection. -He-did however apply to the President to'clothe, equip, firm, subatst and 'pay the militia, . and the PreSident promptly directed that it should be done, and officers were .de ailed for the purpose. End Gov. Curtin called out the mi- Mitt': on his 'own 'responsibility, and organized them exclusively tinder the Stag laws, he would ha - ca been com-: pelled to call the legislature,—an ap proPriation and a'-loan would have been' necessary; the . clothing and many of the arms must have been purchased, and in the course of sixty days be militia, might- have' been in the field. - Gov. Curtin . preferred to save million or two to the State and also to save the delay ha getting the troops oh the border, for ,which the Spirit is excessively indignant. -• If the Spirit prefers that Gov. Cur tin-should have imposed the cost of uniforming, arming, subsisting and paying the militia upon the people of the State, instead of imposing it upon the :national government, -it 'should say so frankly, and not resort to a palpable perversion to justify . an at tack upon the ExeCutive. 31a. STABLE, Editor of the Gettys burg Compiler, has been discharged from Fort McHenry. ,He, took the oath of allegiance to the government, and gave his parole of honor to ap pear at any time to answer charges, should any be preferred against him sufficiently grave to demand the-cog nizance of a court. For his own sake, as well as for.the, sake of his kindred who shall survive him, eve hope that his record is clear, and that he has been wronged. The man who could play the part of a spy for an enemy at his own home, is the foe of order, of humanity, of every Virtue, and is un fit to live. Of such a crime we should not, judge a man guilty in haste or pr.- judice ; but when dispassionate proof fixes guilt, it, would be an act of inhu manity to every loyal house-hold,ao the veriest fraud upon Justice; to per mit, him to live. Mr. Stahle has suf fered some for his country, -and maiy boasthis m artyrdo m likese ore s of fools before him; ,but 'he should not be up mindful that an' hundred thousand patriotic hearts have 'sealed their de votion to a C0111111.(Mi. country with their life blood, that he might enjoy for himself and posterity the Free Institutions of Our fathers. If he'will not imitate them by rallying to the Old Flag, in the field, let him atleasi disarm suspicion by giving , heart and hope to the Nation's cause. WHATEIrEII may be the fate of Capt. Sawyer, Ist New Tersey Cavalry, one of the Union officers' selected z - to-lie executed by Davis in retaliation for Burnside's execution of the rebel spieti and recruiting officers, he will stand out boldly as one of the noblest heroes (A' de. war. kfter he had been advised that he had been selected us one, of the victims of rebel vengeance, he penned a letter to his wife which breathes the loftiest patriotism. -He concludes as follows t' My dear wife, the fortune of war has put me in this. position. If I roust die a sacrifice to my country, with God's will I must sub- mit; only, let me see you- once. more,. o l d 1, will die bedoming,a, man and an officer ; but for; God's sake do not disappintine. 'Write to me as soon as you et.tlyis, and go to Cant, Whildin ; he will lavise you what to do. thave done nothing to deserve this penalty. Ilut- you must submit to your fate. It will be no disgrace to myself, yell, or -the - chi]. dren; but, 'bu may point with pridr; ; and say; give my husband my children will have the consolation to say, .4-was made an orphan for my country: God will provide for you ; never fear. , - Oh! itis hard to; leave you thus. , I 'wish the ball that passed threugh-my head in. the hist battle wOuld have done its work ; hilt it was not to be so. lfy mind is somewhat influenced, for it - has•Corne so sudden .on me. ' Writeto me as soon as you get this; leave your 'letter .open and I will get it.- Direct my name and rank, by way of Fortress , Monroe. Fare welll farewell! and hope _ .it- is all far, 'the best. I remain yours until death: - ! - H. W. SAWYER, Captain. Ist New Jersey Cavalry. yALLANDIGIIAM has 'escaped the blockade, through the_kind aid of Jeff. Davis,' and is - now in Canada. The Chattanooga .Rebel was the first paper to nominate him for Governor of Ohio, and it laid dawn - a plan for the cam pain% which thus far has been 'faith fully observed:by Val.-and the ,Ohio Democracy. Between the Rebels of the South and the Copperheads of Ohio they would elect him; but for the fact that the loyal Buckeyes, without distinction of party, will east 50,000 or so majority against him. The re bel armies are now - defeated or cap tured at every, point, and the crown-. ing .effort of the patriots of the North will be the defeat of the apologists of treason and defamers of the-army and government, at our coming elections.. Patience, ,Seff.! When the loyal bal lot-boXes ;thunder in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the last expiring hope of tree,- -son will perish! " Tin Spirit wastes a column to dem onstrate how it might openly, defy the conscription law; but upon the wtble it. concludes ,it won't The common sense of the article is e)R , braced in.. the concluding paragraph ; as follows "The eonseriptionis a lawof the land, passed by both Houses of Congress and approved by the President, and until it has been fuljudged unconstitutional by the proper judicial tribu nal, or legally repealed, it remains in fUll - force. and every citizen is bound-by it. So long as it rematris'n_ law,, it must be obeyed, no matter 'how odious its provisions may be considered. When we totally cease-to, be a law-abiding people, the days of constitutional liberty are numbered. We feel that We can not too strongly urge upon our people, by,, every consideration which the good of scicie ty can plead, their duty, - under all circurii stances, to respect and abide l:lygiteprovision of law. There is full redress for all real 'or • aginary grievances in thcconrtasand the ballot-box. And this is the Only means bf redress which the Safety of the people will allow." BEN Wotan, brother and echo of Fernando, evidently wants another riot badly in New York. :In - his Daily .Netcs, of a recent 'date,,he in .sist's that the military force, in New, York city, which is preserving the peace against Wood copperhead thieves and bullies, "should not be tolerated!" Such innocent atutisement as hanging men to lamp-posts, butchering citizens indiscriminately, ,sacking and plun dering prilart' residences and stores,' arid defyinlne.laWs generally, should not be restrained by ti, "military des-, potism." Ben and Gov. Seymour,'s "friends" should, have free scope. If this isn't a free ciiuntry, it's time we should know, it:: Forward, Benja min I—progress, Fernando and the Peace Democracy !:_ THE New York Commercial Adver tiser sayi that Gov. Seymour sent for Gen. McClellan during the riots, and begged hith to go up to the scene of rioting'on the East side, and address the people, stating that a speechfrom him Would quell the, riot. General McClellan replied --" If Igo up to the " people, 'as , you call them, it will not "be with a 6peqeh l but with grape "and canister 1" It is needlegs to say that Gov. Seymour had no further use for gen. McClellan. . THE public opiniqn is well settled in the conviction that a man should not . hold one important , office while a candidate for auother.• Mr. tong streth tried it in 1848, and lost the Gnbernatorial-chair thereby. Judge Woodward his aceepted.the nomina tion for Governor, but still sits as Supreme Judge. Will he resign?- 7 4)r does he distrust th'e devotion of Penn sylvania to his send-loyal platform ? WE learn that the Union League of this place has invited Hon. Wm. D. Kelly; of Philadelphia, to- deliver an address in the' Court House on Monday evening the 16th.of Auguit. He is one of the ablest and most elo quent champim of the Union cause, and we hope thathe will comply with the request. _ VALtirtniuna?i, #1 his 'address to the Ohio Copperheads, says that he - found:no Men in th;s Sonth:who would obrts9nt'to submission. 4acl a loyal maifpassed through the dominions of treason .as he did, u different story might have been 'told; but no: true man would confide his opinions to a Northern traitor. ,The Mobile Adver tiser says that there have been "signs of the white feather fluttering during -theffew past gb:(6my days." Val. didta see it, hofiever, although the South ern Preis admits acid laments it I TEM attention of farmers and fruit growers is invited to the article and illustrations on our third page, giving explicit directions how to tann age and prime Peach trees. Thi s - d e _ 'Heim fruit is too much neglected 'in this .section of Pennsylvania. - Peach es can be raised on almost any soil, but a large portion of Franklin county is admirably adapted to its cultivation in the highest- degree of perfection. WE give in to-day's paper two-com munications. on. the subjedt of our local nominations. - The MEPOSITOET is" open at all times to Union men, to express their preference for any co,n4i. dates for nomination in- a temperate manner. The Editors di) not pretend to be in any degree, responsible for the views thus expressed by - eorres pendents. , WE give on the first page_of to day's paper an adinirable portrait of Maj; Gen. Geo. G. Meade, the Hero of •Gettysburg. A full biography was given of him in the lincosrrota of the itth . inst. THE national .authorities exhibited corn- mendable firmness in refusing to liken to the appesits'of Gov. Seymour, the' Herald, and all others who sympathized with Ind apologized for 'the rioters. They demanded that the draft should be suspended in New York, but official notice has been given that the draft shall be made in New. York and elsewhere as soon as the; officers are prepared to make it. The New York Times says that , there- is a remarkable mange in. public sentiment' con cerning the draft, since the opening of kst week.; Very many who were formerly. op posed; now favor it. • Indeed, the determina tion to uphold it seems to be universal, except those; inhuman rioters who . conststuted the mob. The rioters took • a very bad- wny of convincing the public of the justice of their CILIUM V.s.x.r..6.Nnionsm, from his secure re treat in Canada, has issued an address io the people of, Ohio, arguing - the constitutionality - of his deportation to the rebel lines. Of COMTE he calls it tuaconstitutional, Andre-ws,thelead er ofthe New York mob, the murderer . and in cendiary, who was afrested the other day, also_ alleges that his arrest was unconstitutional. Well; Andrews followed out the doctrines of Vallanc4gham to their natural sequence; and if the instigator to' tiot and bloodshed has been unjustly dealt with, why not the perpe trator*. the - crimps. Is it not a maxim in-- law that the instigator is equally guilty with. the criminal ? Tat" Gettysburg Sentinel says that notwith standinethe general disarrangeinent of busi ness, in consequence of the late terrible.bat tles in thatloCality, the full quo& of State_ Tax of )I'dams county was paid into the Treasury, at Harrisburg, on Friday. last, by H. B. Danner, Esq., County Trewirer—he being among the first to do so. THE National Guard is the title of a large quarto sheet publishe.d weekly in Philadel phia, by- Leader '4it Creamer, at $2 per an num. It is an able and earnest &tampion of the Union cause, and deserves a generous support froze the loyal - people of th'e State. See prospectus in our advertising columns.• PIE Government is in want of Acting As sistant Surgeons - in the navy., Gentlemen wishing' to enter this branch of the-service Inuit be over thirty years of age; =are sent good testimonials as to character,..etc„ and willing to undergo an examination as to physical and professional qualifications: 'IE3 New South is the title of a neat little paper published at Port Royal, South Caro line, by Jos. H. Sears, Esq. It is devoted to the prosecution of the war and army intolli gence,'and inus.t be a most acceptable -- *lsitor to the defenders of the Old Flag ix that hot bed of treason. " • - WE. have gorley's .Lad,g's Book for... August, with colored fashion .plafes,, a beaUtiful stcee engraving, and a variety of choice literature besides the departments devoted to home. keepers, female industry, &c., which are un surpassed in interest and usefulness. TEE Democracy of Butler have nominated Jacob Zeigler and Sathuel ,Maiihall for As• sembly. -" Uncle Jake" runs about once a year out thatway t and usually deMonstrates how nearly a thing may be done without aetly doing it. HARDING, of the Philadelphia /*- quire?, was drafted but week. At last ac counts we believe he had net killed any ne groes, gutted any *houses, or robed any sort of a row about it. 'Piz Democrats of Forest county hive nom mote4 Samuel Xinkade for Prothonotary'. El II