A
grantlin Klepiniforg,
Wednesday, June 16,1864.
UNION NATIONAL TIOT(ET.
FOR, i'RESIDENT,
ABRAIIAJI LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
. .
OP TENNESSEE.
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to lake from this office, commencing on
the 21st of July, to be devoted to the elec
tion of Lincoln and Johnson.
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- enterprise will. not, we trust, need special
commendatioti; but we appeal to them
to take prompt measures to secure for
THE OLD FLAG the widest possible cir
culation, especially in the Southern coun
••• • Franklin alone should distribitte
y 3,000 copies weekly, so that 'the
troth may mach .every home and every
voter in the Green Spot. It - will be seen
that the terms are' T very low—but little
beyond the mere cost of white paper, and
local committees and Leagues' should
avail] themselves at this cheap medium
for promoting the gieat cause.
GEN. GRANT has suddenly changed his
base again, and deserted the York River
and White Houses Just where he will turn
up We are not advised; but most likely
Lee will find him one of these tine morn
ings South of the James River. If he
can't take Richmond on the North side,
he tries the East ; if that don't work, he
tries the South, mid if he fails there, he
will pry the West—and if all fail, he will
take it some other wai t
Gen Hunter gained a decisive victory
'over the rebel Gen. Jones, near Staunton,.
on Sunday week, killing Jones and cap
titring most of his guns, stores and a mini
ber of prisoners. He has a- strong force
and has doubtless moved South to cut the
Lynchburg Railroad. 'lt he succeeds,
Ric.hmond will soon' be without lines for
supplies. .
Gen. Sherman is, progressing well to
ward Atlanta, and Gen. Canby reports
'faik progress on the Mississippi.
THE NATIONAL .TICKET.
The Union National ConvfMtion met at
Baltimore on the 7th instant; and unani
mously nominated ABRAHAM LINCOLN
for re-election to the Presidency, and with
entire harmony - presented ANDREW JOHN
sox, of Tennessee, for the Vice Presiden
cy. ; A formal ballot was had for both ;
and every vote in the Convention was
cast for Mr. Lincoln—the vote of Missou
ri having been changed before the result
was . 'announced ; and the nomination or
'Gov. Johnson-was also made on the first
Lallot, and the votes so chahged before
the announcement that but few were re
corded for his competitors. Never before
has a National Convention discharged - its
high: - "duties with such unanimity, and
there is not a feature of its proceedings
from - which any considerable portion of
the Union party will dissent.
In
,fe-nominating ABRAHAM LINCOLN
for another term, the Convention but gave
form to the almost unanimous and earn
est expression of the loyal men of the
Nation. ,Called to the Presidency in the
darkest hoar of our history, he was forced
to grapple with treason openly arrayed
against the government; and stealthily
playing its subtle perfidy in every de
partment of power. Himself like the
. people, Untrained to war and slow to ap-
predate the gigantic and desperate efforts
to be employed in the destruction of our
,institutions, he has had the most fearfully
responsible task to perform ever assigned
to mortal man. Beset, too, on all sides
by faithless and divided- counsels in the
North; by perfidious Statesmen _ and
treacherous or indifferent commanders in
the field, inad with a large, and sometimes
a controlling party in the leading States,
prepared to sacrifice our Nationality rath-
er than destroy the fruitful Parent of dis
cord and death, it is strange, indeed, that
he has been successful. But with indom
itable perseverance, matchless fidelity and
sound, practical wisdom, he has main-
tamed our'Sacred cause in sunshine and
in glooin.; and to-day he presents to the
, American people two-thirdsof the original.
dominions of treason restored to the Old
Flag, while ebnfemedly the last great
campaign of the war; if successful, seems
to be rapidly approaching completion.
That he has .erred in the multitude of
phases in which the foes of Free Govern-
anent have confronted him, and the new
issues which have .thickened around him
in the various mutations of the struggle,
is not to be denied ; but he has filled the
higheatxmazare.of /town skill and devo
tion to an` ftaperiled Country in the great
conflict, and the judgment of a faithful
people it 4 that to, hith we owe the safety
of the Republic._
,porth'Fire*son the Peo
plehave demandedleisre-Mniiinatiou, and
for this i:iagek,tl9 will.4e-dackli(nt
ANDREW JOHNSON, of : Tennessee, is a
fit associate for President, Lincoln in the
pending contest. ..A litt-long Democrat
and a supporter •of Brekitiridge in 1860,
he refused to sanction the • schemes of
treason, and was one of the earliest and
boldest in denouncing' it in the United
States Senate. Nor has he ever wavered
for a moment in his fidelity to the cause.
He was a fugitive from his State because
of its possession hy rebeli; but he strug
gled on and appealed to the North to
strike for the maintenance , of the govern
ment as long as an armed rebel defied its
supremacy. Long did he suffer and wait
for the delivermice of his faithful people;
but at last he shared their o triumphi and,
has since, administered the government
under the military authorities of the
ted States.- He differs from'his old Dere
ocratic associates to-day only in this—he
is for subordinating all things to the safety
of. our Nationality, and slavery having
given ~us treason and war, he grapples
,with it in deadly strife and demands its
extinction. Faithful under all ‘circa m
stances—in the {darkest ditys which have,
dawned upon us, he cannot but be faith
furwhen we shall all greet a restored and
regenerated Union. All honorto Andrew
Johnson—the unflinching patriot of Ten
nessee, and the next Vice President ofthe
I United States!
THE PENNSIriVANIA RESERVES.
The shattered columns of the Pennsyl
vania Reserves returned to the Statelast
week, after' three years of most heroic
service in the cause of the country, and
they were formally welcomed at the cap
ital by Gov. Curtin and Mayor Rumfort,
and by the grateful hearts of a loyal peo
ple. .
Theßeserve Corps was originated and
organized by Gov. Curtin. It was in
obedience to his earnest appeal to a com
mittee of the legislature that the measure
was adopted; and the bill was carefully.
drawn under his ininiediate direction.'
This was in May .1861. Few men in the
North then apprehended a protracted and"
bloody war; but Gov. Ciartin, ever alive
to the interests of,.his great State, and
faithful to the cause of an - imperiled Na
tionality, was
,ceaseless in his efforts to
effeetthe organization of a Reserve, to
secure the protection of our boiders, and
to hid the National arms in case of disas-,
ter. Many reluctant Votes were cast fOr
the bill in the legislature, as the convie- -
tion was general that the movement upon
Bull Run would practically end the re
bellion, and the large expenditure neces
sary to recruit, organize, - arm ,and equip
stfCh a corps, made even some - faithful
men slow to assent to the - measure. The
result, however, more than vindicated the
foresight of Gov. Curtin. Before the or
ganization was completed, a call *as made
upon him for aid iu Western Virginia,
and the regiments of Colonel Simmons
(killed on the Peninsula) and Col. Biddle
(since turned malignant copperhead) with
two companies of Artillery under Captain
(now General) Campbell - , were marched
to Cumberland and did good service on
the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. -
Soon after The disaster at Bull Run
dashed the high hopes' of the Nation to
the earth, and the stoutest hearts trbm
bled for the safety of the'National,Cap-
M'Dowell's army was atterly rout
ed, and retreated- panic-stricken upon
Washington—thousands pressing into the
city, while the rude fortifications on the
Virginia Side were but imperfectly man
'lied. So grave were the fears for the
safety of Washington for several days,
that Commodore Dupont and other emi
nent naval and military men went into
the fortifications to bring order out of
chaos and aid *serving the guns in case
of an attack, In this fearful extremity, -
there was no State but Pennsylvania that
could afford succor; and to its faithful
Executive and legislature, and the brave
men - who responded to their call, Was the
Nation indebted for the- safety of the
Capital, and also for the neucleus of the
Army of the Potomac, which has won a
fame as wide as the World and enduring
as Tithe itself. - The Pennsylvania Re.
.serves commenced their march to Wash
ington on the 22d of July 1861—the very
day after the defeat of APDowell, and in
' a few dayS they were all in the field,
"15,856 strong. Last week the survivors
returned, and scarcely 3,000 of the original
number bore arms the day they were dis
charged. Such is their record of heroism.
Of. the original fifteen Colonels, but one
returns with , his command:—Col. H. G.
Sickles, of York. Col. Simmons, of the
sth, - wits, billed at Charles City - Cross
Roads ; eel. Jackson, of the 9th, was pro
meted to be a Brigadier, and was killed
at Fredericksburg; and Col. Bayard, of
the 15th, was killed at the same place.
Col. -Campbell 'was transferred - Ind pro
moted, rand was severely wounded in
several battles. He is now a Brigadier ;
in the West. Col. Woolworth, who suc
ceeded to the command 'of the 4th Was
killed recently in -West Virginia ; Col.
M'Neil ,
who succeeded to the command
of the 13th, was killed at Antietam; and
CA. Taylor, his successor, was killed at
Gettyiburg. Ofrthe dolonehi in service
when the corps was discharged,;FiSher.
and M'Ciiiidiess coimnOuled brigades at
Gett3ilitte# and in the recent battles:tin-
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der (den. GrAti and OA: Slc les'iWas at
one time left us commander of the whole
division
Tne Reserve Corpssyasorganized under
Gen. Wean. who was a fine diciplinariani
but he failed asiccorum,lnder in the field,
and was mustered out of service. - He had
under him Gens. Reynolds, Meade and
Ord. Weall commandedin the Peninsula 1 ,
campaign, Reynolds in the Pope cam
paign; Meade in the Antietam and Fred
ericksburg campaigns, and Crawford in
the Gettysburg and Grant canipaigas.
Of its three original brigade commanders,
Reynolds beeame commander of the First
Army Corps, and fell gallantly at Gettys
burg; Meade is now hi command of the
Army of the Potomac, and Gen: Ord was
promoted to the command of the Thir-,
teenth Army Corps and served 'with dis
tinction in the several campaigns about
Vicksburg. Of the other'rbrigade com
manders Gen. JaCkson - was killed, and
Gen. Seymour is a prisoner. Col. M'Can
dless is at' home in Philadelphia, wound
ed, Col. Fisher returns -with his men, and
Gen. Crawford is still in the field, after
having led them with great skill and
lantry in some of the most sanguinary
battles of the war. •
The first triumph gained by the Union
arms in Eastern Virginia was Won by the
Reserves at Drainesville under 'Gen. Ord;
and every battle since fought by the Ar
m Y -of the Potomac was Participated in
by thili brave , corps. In no instance- was
its fame blotted in battle—its record is. ,
one of perpetnal heroism and bloody sac
rifice to maintain the life of the Republic.
As instances of its gallantry, its losses in
the A'Seven days' Battles" were 3,074 ;
at Fredericksburg 1,760 oat of 4500 taken
into action; at Antietam 1,118, and in
the battles of the Wilderness and the Po
over 2,200, including however some 800
captured. Such is the history in brief of
the battle-scarredPennsylvaniaßeserves.
After three years of service in which they
have enriched the ground of every east
ern battle-field with theiti blood, they re
turn with scarcely one-fifth their original
number. The living come to meet the
grateful plaudits of a loyal people; the
dead sleep in their nameless. tombs, but
their memory is enshrined'in the heart of
every patriot.
REVISION OF THE CABINET.
Unity in, the councils of the Nation is
imperiously demanded by the public in
terests. A divided, discordant cabinet,
neutralizes its own influence upon the pol
icY of the country, and can be peculiarly
potent only for evil ; and. no President
has yet proved himself equal to the task
of surviving belligerent oonStitutfonal ad
visers
The resolution of the Union National
Convention declaring it "essential to the
general welfare that harmony should pre
vail in the National Councils" was not
a random expression of u general prin
ciple. It *as Called out by facts patent
to the world—by palpable, irreconcilable
dissentions in the cabinet of President
Lincoln; and the further expression by the
same Convention that "we regard as
worthy __of public confidence 'mad official
trust those only who cordially endorse the
principles proclaimed in these resolutic ns,'
fS an imperative demand for the removal
from the Cabinet of those who have hung
like mill-stones about the progressive ideas
of the age.
Post Master General Blair is confess.
edly the head and front of the offending,
and how far behind him the stream may
be traced, we are not advised. lie has
assumed to declare a policy for the ad
ministration directly confronting thepro
claimed measures of the President; and
in his name, -and seconded by his official
patronage. the councils of the earnest snp
portera .of the war have- been distracted,
and their aims defeated. Patiently have
the supporters of the President forborne
until forbearance ceased to be a virtue;
and at last the highest authority of the
party has solemnly declared that lie must
retire. By a vote of '440 to-4, the Blair
delegation was ejected from 'the Cowen'.
tion, and half the dissenters were Post
masters; the resolution demanding reviS 7
ion of the Cabinet passed without an oir
posing voice ; and Maryland, the home of
Mr. Blair, followed the next day, with the .
rejection of the Blair organization in the
State Convention. On this point, there
fore, the President has had line upon line
andpreceptnpon precept—here much and
there more; and to disregard such unani
mous and concurrent expressions would
be to invite disaster in the coming contest.
With such elements in the Cabinet—hold
ing that treason' and rebellion forfeit no
rights under the constitution—Fremont
may poll 100,000 votes; with a Cabinet
honest, earnest and united in the great
work of preserving the Republic; his vote
miisthe utterly insignificant and unavail
ing for every purpose, save to prove that
fools' still live andwill' rim for President.
•
The harmony " in a Cabinet that is
declared to be "essential to the general
welfare," has no limited signification. It
is defeated alike by antagonism in eon
victiou,•in ambition, or in personal rela
tions; and the Cabinet that errs in either,
errs fatally and must break itself or its
creator. -That the , existing Cabinet has
been'iadly wanting in unity of purpose
and action is -painfUlly manifest' to the
Nation ; and its fruits are Otitered in ill' THE Great Fair for, the benefit of the 1
administration Congress adverse to theye- Sanitary , Commission opened in Philadel
nomination of the President, in defiance of phis on Tuesday of last week. GdN'S.
his unparalleled popularity-with the peo- Curtin, Parker, and 'Cannon delivered
ple ; andagain culminatesirraNational addresses. The Philidelphialns have pre : -
Convention unanimOusly re-nominating tiered foHt in a; spirit of:boundless liberal
kt, President, and with one , voice condemn; ity, and have contributed most gen ronsly
prig a'portion of his - chosen adviseis. to all its department., Not less th n half
This anomalous' condition Of, the adminis- a million, anti probabl y more, wil be re
tration is now presented - to the Country; alize.d for the -benefit - of our sik and
by the highest council' of its friends rend wounded soldiers; and conside gthat
if the, self-respec Id' those whO have in- another Fair has been held in Pi sburg,
the contributions of our State 11 fall
vited the verdict of condemnation. does
not make vacant place's• in the Cabinet, but little if any short of the brea Fair of
the President New York. , A sword.is being voted for,
has but a plainduty toper-
form-he must cast the Jonahs overboard. and we hope to hear that it has been
- We do not know, nor do we care where awarded to Major General Meade.
the purifying process shall end under the
emphatic mandate of the Convention.
In a crisis involyipg the very existence of,
the government, we have no preference - s '
to consult—no admiration to gratify , : If
a very ,respectable Attorney. General re
moves a subordinate in -Missouri became
he actively supported the ticket that the
furloughed soldiers of the rebel army did
not vote, it would not, in our judgment,
require much nicety 'of construction' to
reach the conclusion that his place would
be more acceptable to the Nation than
*s counsels ; and however harmonious in
,fuinciple, with incompatible tempera
met rts,n Cabinet - must fall fM• short of that
May " essential to , the general welfare."
This issue must be .met, ;for . theparty in
its supreme • council had been forced to
take cognizance of ,it and to demand the
only remedy; and we-hope soon to record
tech a revision as will make a' Cabinet
blameless in reputation, Commanding in
intellect,. united in conviction, and ani
mated by the holy duty of preserving to
ourselVes and to posterity the, 'Union of
our fathers
. THE Democratic papers are jubilant
just now—not because' Gen. Grant has
been successful in driving Lee back more
than- fifty miles over and arortrid his
strongest fortifications; brit becatise lie is
now, on the 'Peninsula, I'vliere'-General
M'Clellan happened to, be
,two ;years ago;,
and they with one accord condemn the
administration for .Geri.! Grant'S.battles
and sacrifices in reaching . . the Peninsula
,by the Eredericksburg route. i
We speak advisedly when we say that
Geri. Grant's campaign was iof Ins own
concePtion, and has been exeented in his
own time and in his ;own way A.om the
day he assumed command until now;
and he will continue to fight it out on his
own line, until he 'takes , Richmond and
crushes Out the rebellion.. Equally su-,
prethe was Gen. 4rdn't in the selection of
his subordinate officers. , There has not
been an important change made in the
armies of Meade and Sherman since Gen.
Grant was confirmed as Lieutenant Gen
eral, that was not done in obedience to his
directions, and so it will . be to the end.
If the, .calnpaignS now in progress are
successful, to Gen. Giant will belong the
credit for the grand results attained. If
they fail, to him will belong the blame,
for every power of the government has
been placed at ltis disposal. Where,
when or, just how ' , lie will attack Rich
mond, lie alone knows, or will know when
he himself determines; ,and if an hun
dred thousand - more , Men• are needed to
give him success. he has but to call for
them, and the , government will Supply
them. In his hands tests the ,destilly of
this goVtrnment so far as its destiny, de
pends upon the success of our' anus ; and
the reckless censure of military move
ments by the copperheads, hoping thereby
to heap obloquy upon the administration,
is but a vain - attempt to 'defame the great
est of living commanders—Lieut. Gen.
Grant!
Tim. Erie Obserretdemands the-post
ponement of the cldeago Convention,
and gives as - a• goad reason therefor that
Gov. Curtin would not have been elected
"had the Democrats Of Pennsylvania been
conteet,to wait until month or two pre
vious to the electionilast 01." - It adds
that "alike amount Of caution and
judg
ment would have given us a GoVemor in
Ohio and State offiem); 'in' New York.','
Complimentary to Vallandigham, Wood
ward and Seymour! .Iladn't the Obli , rver
better suggest the poStporternement of the
Copperhead National nominations until
"a
.month "or two" after the election !
It's about the only chance its party has
of escaping a., repetitiou of last fair& drub
bing{ only a little more so! Postpone by
all means. Maciwber- gives the cue—
something might turn up I • ,
11 1 pN. ALEXANDER' KING. of .Bedford,
has been commissioned President Judge
of this District by Gov. Curtin. The ex
pression of the Bar in favor of Mr. Sing
was - upailbnous, we believe, in the seve
ral counties—certainly no other name was
presented to the Executive,' and he will
assume the ermine with the cordial ap
probation •of the Bar and people of all
parties throughout the district. He is a
gentleman, of high legal attainments, of
enlarged experience and of 'most blame
less character, and We-doubt not that he
Will make an. eminently, upright and sue
cessfaJudge. We hazard little in assa
mingthat he will be unanimously nomi
nated,by the Union Conference, and will
bnelected by a'very large majority!
'THE nomination of Gen. Fremont for
the Presidency by the Cleveland Conven-.
tion, is Without a single supporter in this
section of the State that we have heard
'of. Even the Spirit seems so MaliCious ,
as to:speak well of hiin,„ yiani being a
General without an annY and a statesman
without a record, he has become a Presi
dential candidate without a party.
GEN. CAMERON has issued a call for the.
Union State Central Comthittee to meet
in Harrisburg, on the 6th,day of July. A
full attendanee, is requested. •
LINCOLN ON TUE NOMINATION.
-Goy., Dennison, at the head of the com
mittee appointed to.notify President Lin
coln of his nomination; waited upon Mr.
Lincoln , on Thursday last, and officially
informed him of it in an appropriate
speech; To this the President replied=
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Commit
-tee: I will neither conceal my gratification nor'
restrain the expression of my gratitude that the
Union people through their Convention in the
continued effort to save and'advance the na
tion, have deemed me not unworthy to remain
in my present position.
I know no reason to doubt that 1. shall accept
the mini2ation tendered; and yet, perhaps,l
-shouldtnotdeclare definitely before reading and
considering what is called the platform.
' I will say now, however, I approved the de
claration in favor of . 80 amending the Constitu,
tion us to prohibit Slavery throughout the na
tion. 'When the people in revolt, with a hun
dred nays of explicit notice that they could
within those dais resume their allegiance with
-out the overthrow of their institutions, and that
they could not resume it afterwards, elected to
stand out, such amendments to the Constitution
as is now proposed, became a fitting and neces
sary conclusion to the final success of the Union
.pause. Such alone can meet and cover all cavils.
NoW, the Unconditional Union men, North and.
South, perceive its importance, and embrace it.
In the joint names of Liberty and Union let us
labor to give it legal form and practical effect.
He was at the same time notified of his
. nomination bye National Union League,
.
by Col. Beard, of New York, to whom he
-replied as follows
Gentlemen—l can only say in - response to the
kind remarks of your Chairmanythatl am very
gralefui for the I . 4lewed-konfidence which has
been hecorded to me both by the Convention
and by thC National League. lam not insen
-sible at all to the personal compliment there is
in this, and yet I do not allow myself to believe
that any but a small portion of it is turbo appro
priated as a personal complinient. That really
the Codvention and the Union League assem
bled with a higher {kw—that of taking care of
the interests of the country for the present and
'the great, future, and that the part I am en
titled to' appropriate as a compliment is only
that part which I' may lay'hold of as being the
opinion of the Convention and of the League—
that I am not entirely unworthy to be entrusted
with the place which I'hztve occupied for the
last three years. - But I do not allow mvselt to
suppose that either the Convention or the League
have concluded to decide that I am either the
greatest or best man in America, 'but rather
'_they have concluded that it is not best to swap
horses while crossing the- river, and have fur
ther concluded that I - am not so poor a horse
that they might not make a botch of it in trying
to. swap. [Laughter and aPplause.] -
Hex. S. A. PUlivimicEi of Pittsburg, the
Western Asylum for infirm politicians, has,
been appointed the member of the Union Na
tional Committee for Pennsylvania. We cor
dially concur in theappointnant, aS we take it
.fort granted that he will thereb be made certain
to support the. Union candidates,- instead of op
posing them, as he did- last fall. As Allegheny
gave only about 8,000 or so when he was against
the ticket; there is no calculating what it might
give with him' in favor of it-- . -particularly as he
islikely to be'!3towed away in the Exetutive
Committee in New York, far enough for dis
tance to lend enchantment as he figures in• the
light of others' brains. If 'we can 'do anything
to help Samuel gather up the little fragments
'Kkis shattered reputation, he will please let us
know. We neither seek tObreak bruised reeds,
nor squelch little - babbling streams as they
course their Anima ways to mingle with the
great.
HON. EITARD MCrIIEWN is preparing a
Political Text Book to he issued ahmit the Ist
of August. It will present the history of all
the leading questions._ pertaining to' the - war e
both before and since the resort to arms, and
will be invaluable to all classes of intelligent
readers. Mr. McPherson is peculiarly ) fitted
for'such a task, and his work will doubtless be
come a standard authority for the future stu
dents of our thrilling and crimsoned history.
w
EDWARD SCULL, Esg.,as chosen Delegate
to the National Convention by the counties of
Somerset,..Bedford and-Fulton, and was the
colleague of John Stewart; EN:, at Baltimore.
He was instructed for Lincoln, and voted with
the entire delegation for Hamlin first for Vice
President and. then for Johnson.
WE have received the first number of the
True Democrat, a large and neat, weekly:pub
lished in York; by Hiram Young, Esq. It is
edited with vigor' and ability; and displayt en
ergy in,every department.
A. J. HERR, Esq., is urged for Congress, in
the Dauphin district, by a correspondent of the
Harrisburg Telegraph. . •
WE are indebted to Hon. A.H. Coffroth for
valuable public documents.
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be issued before the 'special election to
„decide ;
upon the amendments to the Constitution
ing onr gallant Abldiers to vote, and it will
earnestly advocate the right of our heroes to,'
cast their suffrages-on , the field to sustain the .
sacred cause for which.they are periling their
lives.
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Let every earnest Union matt at ogee
continence to raise a :club' for his immediate .
neighborhood, so that all the numbers can
secured.
The first number will-eontain a Portrait
of President Lincoln, and the, second - Will colS l
tail' a Portrait of Awdrew Johnt - on. - •
Addreis & STONER,
Chambarsburg, Pa: -
SUMMARY OF:WAR YEWS.
—The President has sent e message to Cot
gress, enclosing a communication from the Pro , -
toot Marshal General, approved by the- &ere
tary of War, recommending the-repeal of the
$3OO exemption, *ma prevents' the army from"
being kept up to its maximum strength. • •
—Gen. Butler telegraphs Mat on Friday
morning Gen. Kautz chargedthe enemy's Woria
at Petersburg, and carried them, penetratint,
the town ; but, not being supported by Gew.
Gillmore, who had Withdrawn his forces, Geo.
Kautz was obliged to withdraw without further
effect. Gen Knutz captured forty 'prisoners
and one piece of artillery, whteh he brouglit
with him.
—The rebel Gen. Moran is on another raid,
in Kentucky with a ,forcit of 2,000 min. Het
captured Paris and. tried to , capture Frankfort
but failed and is• now retreating towards Vis
ginia again, pursued 'by Geii. Burbridge.
captured some .1,200 Union prisoners in Ken.
tacky, but immediately eschunged them and he ,
is ,now retreating with tm even chance for flur
capture ofthe entire command.
.—.kjt-Gen.' Thomas is in:Kentucky; and the,
slaves of Kentucky will be gathered in by
_this
great recruiter with a rake — that will not leave
it county unvisited: The 'epoch ,of pro-idavery i
bluster, border-State sneaking' and military
stave-driving is - at an end. The negroes of Ken
tuckyy', have got to fight for the Union t ' Gen.'
Thomas goes doWn - with plenary powers, and
carries in his pocket; the Ofganization of three,
regiments, the' names of qualified-officera' who
have passed Casey's board. 'Sixteen reghnenti.
of Kentucky blacks Will swell : Oar rankS in a
few weeks. -
—The • Times' special from Staunton, -dated ,-,.
Jane fi; says : We met. the enemy in force tit:"
teen miles north of here',' and whipped him
thoroughly. ' The rebels Itivere commanded by_
. Jones, and Imboden. The' fbriiiei:was, killed,
We pursued them ' timough here-with little re
sistance, though strongly' fortified, and all the,
males Ordered out to the defense; We eaptirr-
ed six gulls, hundreds of prisoners and-many,
thousand dollars worth of stores. We will ifirl
stop until a more important poi.atis arrived at
Crooks' cavalry is with us. '.4le Heralds's
special says: The enemy is retreati?Vowards
i ii
Blue ltidge. , Besides six guns, we era ture4 •
other cannon of heavy calibre. Over a - "Ilion -
dollars.worth of property fell into our. 6.
Thii railroad- property,was destroyed larikoir r
Some of our, prisoners ; Were boys; Our low
notlar!e. . _ . - • - ,- '. -- r
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time to i)lant, those seeds: Persons wishinti62o/
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FAMILY DYE COLORS—brilliant and roma..
neat calm?. •t Honer & Cressler's Drug Store.
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