..± ,- I'. l '-' . '!"••'• ... 7 ."?':, ; 1 71) ~,---- , ~. ,-•-•! 7: .. • e . 21: - ..,.:-".''''.- -4• - ! ''''."' . . , ' - ; r , I, ,: : ...,... r 2. .; ' .i . - -- , - ,-(‘,,t , ... -.,.. t . 1,...? ~1 , . --.•- s.; . ::.,.1. ~:, , ,, , x .;-- 'I. - " -,.' • •r: .... - _-. 1 . . .7 - •.'7, - •:. - - -.::' ::: ----- N. \ • 'r...) dr, : „1 1 , ''jf';'. ‘`, .::...' :'' • - =':r..'. ',..- , , (... . . . . ..,, . ... , - 1 . . i.• ~ . . . . . . _ . . .._.. , ... . __ . . . . . . t f". ~1' tt,i 11 ME RE , - _.BY 41'CJAIRt : & -STONER. Xqi - ,t. Fourth of July in Chambersburg! :PERTURBED 1/11.1...ACE REBELS AND RUMORS OF REBELS ! tENERAL EXODUS OF NEGROES IND STOOK EXTENSIVE MILITARY PREPARATIONS! "THE REBELS DON'T ADVANCE! All quiet ,Along• the Lines ! • Sunday July 3d opened in Chambersburg se !one and beautiful; and worshippers wended 4heir, , way‘to their respective sanctuaries with rteit'Wonted calmnesi and .devotimi. The.af ,ternoon- witnessed the first anniversary of the Suaday Sehoul under the di ,4!rectioa of the several denominations, and for a ,•• •, • yar past held regularly in the Presbyterian 'Lecture Rooth, and devoted to the ehristian 'task of teaching colored men, women anti chil- to re - ad and giving them religioui ivatrue tion. had gatheredin the elitireh at 3 P. It. to commemorate the first anniversary of•an tutititntiow that promised' tliem advancement, - -religions training, and fitness'for usefulness and ,;.honor; and they sang their songs of praise with . lio"earneStnes's that betokened the .spirit and • also the, understanding. In the midst (}i' the services, when kind ministerl , Who had ,watched • over and, labored with these poor victims of brntalizing slavery, were coneraturating them on the great good wrought in their behalf, a - messenger hamled the Speaker a message sta.& lag that the rebel; were approaching the Poto lifyaae in force, rtild seemed bent on invasion and " 'destruction: , SPREADING THE NEWS. • i • The news flew like Wild-fire, and consterna '.'.tfonseenied to have seized almost every citizen. .Gen. Sigel had advised , Gen. Couch that a (Anti siderable force was moving against him at Mar ,•-tinsburg., He intimated his inability to arrest ',:their.advateu, and_ advised Gen. Couch to be ;-' , prepdred for the worst. This was but the part of a'prudent General, knowing us lie did that flea. Couch wOuld need' some tinib` to colleen- trate his forces, and protect the valuable stock in tic southern section of the county. General Coach at once despatched messe O nrs to differ _ &Ares. of the -county advising the people to north 7jf f eluitnbet'sburg t so that it eauld not be seized by a sudden dash of rebel - AlavAlry. It is needless to any that such an inti . intation from Gen. Couch to a people thrice de ' • spoiled by rebels needed no orp;tuneut to insure ~,,;,krompt obedience; and -the work of exodus r , l'uominr•nved early and was itentioned with the must cvirn.lwadAlo Persov;.;ranee nptil there ,Irii.m.F.car:ciil3 . a horse on the sonthern line. ExciTvsiEN'y cnAmtEnsuunG: -• Chauibersbu'rg tool; on the :excitement as 14atura14 - -.21s sunset takes to night. Although 4 , tit rtsiugle itispe.tefi recei vtA from fhousiilid ruinorg -it • ite.:l and natinifir.d , rte Ita'.y passed from 'ap.itli to inoath, u n til it eiTaleit as It all Ihe o.l4:ileg! reL.,ebleta msells...:lten-fol(i. Me, :Wow -.;1%ooli upoil devtd« , d Clianayrsbc,rg, :tot o.k.e a atornini: lanelt of iti4 officers, ekizene., nogrOes, ilikyELs, goods cud 'wares, and kindlo hrealiaist fire is burning half or the ;hole of In the midst of the intense excite intuit we rt.:enitited .on corps to the possible 4iinensions, and resolved to 4: -givo the thrilling position of the bloody struggle about to be inaugurated, an some- future day, when the should be able to refit'our office after _ the coming yaMials had vphished. We em • played fifteen inolligent knights of •the- quill to' call upon General Couch every - fifteen ~minutes and inquire particularly how many -,xoeft; there were Oil the Potomac ; 'how soon they would cross . ; where they would cross; what • they would do Nltlien they were across; how long they would stdy; whether they would burn - • • the .llEmit‘trains dike • e hen horses - and cattle shnuld: he ?•ctit off; where they should be sent _ Jo; when they should be brought buck; lime f•Suy troop; he had here; him , many were corm - , big; when and where be, waq goinglo- fight; whether am . 3 - indigent citizens couhl be a'ccetri , modated withSuself andstaft in case - of re „ treat;- and vaitUs other purely military inter . ogator i ies ‘lldar the reportorial cormi <teethed - - proper for public information'. We re iret to' , say that Gen. Conch did not answer, •,.moret than half of the ipnt , itihnssatisfactorily, •-•and•ttlthongh the• Major General commanding, • •:oVen - intimated his ignorance 'on several of the `;:indat important Points submitted. We are not aware what aKtion the corps may take on this arbitrary excraise of military power.. ; • • ,START LING 'WPM?. TS FROM. ETU:MISES. • ~ -Weaho klivatched forty firtit-ttlasAlipecithens, cirthe corp to adther all the trust-worthy in 't forfnatidn'alloat.'relativel, tit- the itioreux.lt of .cont &mere .eiz.'rt:t eoon'es ticry arti l ,cll, .triodeEt: , pyLin •• it§ token doxvnvdt4the iaiost Elitoyriring Aedafidlers.v.ete (rti,2stit?n ;,,a rind crue.i.,eto,i ione 1, and thei • tributioni thci.eurreut history of ho tla,Y • prei:orved. rll.rtiring (I arter-•tur sti!rsi And .fragmentary Pammauds. just e:ie.:lpoilfrorn whOlesale slaughter Of their eorbracieti . , siror .-:-Versunded to. Modify their met until their pi: ouf,;,and truthful talq could' be, proierved 'to posterity: eud the calm, imperturbable eitizenti, 1.- I..C:hci loved truth sofelY fair the,truths'. 031..-tile.-egno4 - .)-f,gr„.rotn.4,e24, on store-boxes, and "smiled'-' in quarters where lovers Of_ beer most do congregate. Thurvas a complete, reliable-and intensely interesting' history of the campaign kept atiwith , ite start ling progress. IMMENSITY , OF THE REBEL FOHCEI , On 'ciimparingihe'perfectlli reliable reports of the corps in the course of the night-leaving out the • doubtful and exaggerated stories of flighted and reckless people, we found we had positive information that the rebels had Crossed the . . Potomac at not less than twenty ; four places that afternoon apd eign ing, in col .lllllllB from four to ten thousand Strong ; and that the main body' hail snot yet reached the river. It was evident, therefore, that not less than a million rebeliwere about to eater-Penn sylvaniaond as den. Couch's command . was ecrtain not mordthan half that number, the prospect of successful resistance seemed mist gloomy. The rebele,bad , according to positive rumors, maintained ii line of battle all of-Sun day, sormytwenty Miles long ou the l3altimore, and Ohio Railroad, and the extent of their sr.' tillery may be iniUgtned when they fired not less than fifteen pins every second. Some of them 'distinctly heard in this section could not have been less than , fifteen hundred' , p6unders. It is barely possible that a little nervousness and a. tendency to exaggerate were ,createttwith our corpsby Gen. Couch's bland assurance our people that• he was able, and would hold,the tovin ut allhazards, am/ that he had sent for an a umlaut, supply of arms for the 'citizens. Thiswas most'agreeable intelligence to all but severalhundredwhohadurgent.business abroad, and others : who had valuable stock that could not.be safely.entruited' to servants.' Of course citizens so situated Could not be expected to fight. ' THE FEVER: EHTISIDES A LITTLE. Thus the feVer ran until a late hour on Sun day night, when sonieof the most positive and circumstantial accounts of rebels crossing the Potomac wcre . contradicted, and the crowd weary, and Worn out ,with their own exaggera 7 tions, gracefully retired; leaVingsa few leading citizens and the military to conduct operations and provide for contingencies, ' AN OPERATOR CHANGES HIS RASE The telegrapk. eperater at Hagerstown being assured ©very seven 'minutes that the re bels were about to enter Hagerstown; be very naturally changed hii•Jtase from the telegraph office to some less attractive point,for rebel in vestigations; andsveralbours would stmetinies elapse before he would. Own up again to inform Gen. Couch that the last report Was a mistake. The only apparently reliable information re ceived during tie night, was a dispatch from -Gen. Webber, dated at Harper's Ferry, stating thatSigel had begn oVenyhelmed atMaitinsburg, and wgs endenyori3WlVationout4..Ferry. The rebel force opposed to him was reported to Gen. Webber atfroiri "ten to tWenty thousand infantry, cavalry and artillery." This startling information naturally gave melt concern to the military authorities, but as most, of the. excita ble population had retired; it did not ruffle the Surface of the village preeptably.: Troops were hurried on by Gen. Couch with all puss,i- Ne speed by rail froet eastern points, and before ilay-light, be had an ani'ple cavalry force of train ed troops on the entire southern line; and had ills° a force of infantry and artillery on which be relied with entire confidence, with tfie_aid of citizens who would voluntarily join the troops, to hold the town -against zuoy probable assault: With uninterrupted telegraph lines toiGreen castle, Mereersburg and APConnellsbOrg, and an efficient cavalry force stealing from 101 these .points,surprise was impassible; and 14ith the fume and facilities for the,defcncto of Chambers burg, a raiding party would have inet with an oinplea ' tantly warm welcome had they moveff on his_ works. 1 INCIDENTS OF VISE. The fourth was a day if unusual ex:Citeniimt . The rohds were dark wits -sable refugees, and swarming With horses aid other stock mo‘ing orth, as directed by the:lent:rat commanding. Every man who came fron the southCrn section of the county brought la-; own story of fabu lobs numbers of rebels jiq ationt to enter his particular settlement; anl:.srinic IMAI actually Ilsoon the - rebel forces in heir neighborhood.— They were reported lig;ti as- crossing at Ilan )cock: atNorth MoinitainitatiOn; at Williams liort, ; at Sheppardstowr; at FailineWater4 ; lit Clearspriug, Arid theDums ; and at, every th ilp• point where it was'lessible for a man to , ~ get leross tha river; eudhtid our reporters ap plied.. any' common sislim,, of arithmetic to their statemenf§, the rekearmy could not trive been ma'de'lest3 than ,a tillion—just iviit was computed the day before.- But the uniform ex -1 travag.tnee of -all , the iIICON, litlq. thi. 1 positive I and persistent adherencito them by their au thors, at last' became - hie-al, and they were discussed on the corners as practical jokes of the any. By noon generl confidence was re= stored, as it became vainest that if a: raid ',ripen Chumbersburg had been itended it would have been 'clearly ',developed :ifore that time, and the romainder.of the daywas devoted to jolly discussion of the teriois,i invasion, and merry peals at the ludicrous indents ,With which, it • chetruers human histov,l.leneral tianquility pi:tic-alb:in thereafter, wit the 'exceptioi) of a , little variation introduceinto the programme ' on ill (today n igh t hy - the oputar at Hagers tom t,-- ' Sul ported by a - f.:4lrageoil 'Lieutenant of ; thli " speak mit do sword" p . sinision. The oper ator finding that the re t be were'moviag.on his Vedas again -about 5-P::1, he skedaddled and ;did not return as usual tunforin -Gen. Couch -that he, wai t inisiaferafel - He look his instru -;inento Greeneastle, arid rem there gave the account of the advancing bets.- 'The Lieuten ant ii..iched here in - the ease of the night, and 'retiiirted,the number of reds thatliadentered ligge-rstAiwir.; MIR.- exact tie of their entry, and knew.pretti , nioiallabolthe rebel force-this thiteipf the Poto*c, whicbintiraceit cortaitily CHAMBERSBURG, PA.,, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1864; Earley's and Brickinridge's commands. Ha gerstown being cut off by the departure of the operator. rumor had fair play, and a general stampede of hors 4 es - and willing l attendants took place about 10 P. M. Just while the officer was detailing his strategy in eludingtho large 'forceqif .-HageritOWn ail" beyond ; a dispatch was received from Mr. Band, who had gone to Hagerstown in a hand-car,'dating that all- was quiet—that there had been -no rebels there, and that none were on this side of the' Potomac. Our efficient repOriorini 'corps im mediately had a consultation, and unanimously resolved to recommend the Lieutenant for pro motion. Lest jealous aspirants 'should conspire to deprive him of his laurels, we withhold his name. THE REBEL MOVEMENT —The truth of the rebel movement is now clearly manifest. Hunter, had retired from Lynchbiirg to West Virginia, leaving the Val ley undefended, and it was known to the rebels that Vast stores had been 'loaded at Martinsburg to be sent to,Hunter. TliO-train had been start; ed up the Valley butowing to Hunter's move ment' had returned; and the cavalry and mount edanfantry Of the force that had resisted Hunter • from Staunton to Lynchburg, made awash down the Valley to capture the much coveted stores and stock. That Sigel outnumbered the attack-• iug forces, we 6.innot'iloW:doubt ; but he had a long line and large and valuable trains to defend. He therefore wisely ran no risk in being over whelmed ; bbt retired in safety - With his entire trains fin \ Slutrpsburg,: where he now has his bead-quarters. At the time of:this writing "(Tuesday neon) we have seen no evidence thht anymore than scouting squads or pickets from the rebels have eross'ed the Potomac at any point;_ and as Sigel is .in a position to operate from Sharpsburg Wtibber from Harper's Ferry ; Kelly-from Cumberland and-Couch from Chain bersburg, we 'think -, - a rebel. raid into - Penn sylvania as highly improbable ; The risk would be too great, While the advantage could not be sabstantial even in case of success By the promptness of Gen. Couch althavaluable stock was got, out of the south6rn part of the 'county, and there was therefore. nothing to gain by a, movement into this • State. To the decis ion, skill and tireless energy of Gen.i Couch and his staff the xeople owe their present t‘inquility and safety. , FUDITIfE FARMERS AND STOCK Certainly not less than 1,000 horses passi.d along the Harrisburg turnpike to ShippensbUrg and points, adjacent, and inany more were sent to the north-western portions of the county. On Monday, very many returned, and all day yeskirday a steady stream was passingliack to theirhomes again. The, golden fields are ready for the reaper, and protettedas the bordernow tho. ad 04.144 meet nt , Ult.' Cumberland Valley can.be gathered Without fear ofinterruption. COMM So dawned and ended the 4thjof July, 1864, and so ended the latest panic in the "Green Spot." 'The boys closed the nittal day of the tißepublic with the usual amount Of wasted pow itdpr ; the Old Flag waved 'merrilyy over the t.t ( own from the beautiful - Chinn Pole in the din t coilet ; and the sun set in the west in strict ac ordance with the almanac as in days of yore, I t ylrilo the bottle-scarred and battle-scared of the village, in mutual admiration, mourned their iihire to meet the relentless foes of the Re public. Long live the 'fourtli of July! SI7Nt'Z•ARY 01' WAR NEWS. —Gen. Hancock has resumed command of the Second Army Corps. • • —The Medical Director of Gem Sherman's, army telegraphs that our entire loss in the re cent assault will not exceed 1.500. —Provost Marshal Gen Fry has issued in structions to the various provost marshals that under existing lass, they can receive or accept colored substitutes for white persons. —On .the 19th three companies of the 4th Virginia (Rebel) came into our lines uli the Chattahooelme, took the oath of allegiance, and were employed as teamsters arid laborers. —The Chicago Journal says: "We have a confirmation of the, _report that Gen. Canby's forces in Louisiana have embarked on an im portaVit expMition—probably for a movement against Mobile. —A camp of Rebel conscripts on the rderspnvillo road, six miles from Atlanta, on ' , the 17th, broke for our link They numbered eight hnndred, six hundred of whoa; got in and, remain ; two hundred IN '4. l re recaptured by the Rebels. —With the consent of Gen. Grant, the Chris tian Commission has sent to City Point from Baltimore Steam fire-engineNo 4 fur the pur pose of forcing water from the James River fo the hospitals, a distance of one mile from the ricer. Gen.. Archer, who- Was' captured at tthe battle of Gettysburg, has been sent to Major Gen. Foster to keep Gen.. Gardner company under the fire of the' Rebel batteries at Charles ton, until the union officers confined in Charles- ton are released. —Since Geu. Grant firm crossed the Rapidan he has captured over thirty stands of Rebel colors and about 17,000 Rebel• prisoners, not including thogp captured , within the last eight -43 r ten days, while his min loss in prisoners is less than one-third that number. —Since Gen. (41-ant's flanking 'intirentents " flanking" is the term used by the, soldierS to describe almost everthing. A brave fellow, the other day, told out. correspondeo,that-he saw a shell coming, but " hadn't time to flank it."— The shell had flapked him and talfpn off one of his arms —A dead mute; belonging to a Memphis eiti was being hauled nut of the, : ljnea the ether day, when a bayonet-thrust revealed the tact that carcass contained 60,000 percussion Caps, a quantity of ammunition; and other con traband articles, which sinno'rebel,synipathizer had: taken this means of smuggling. , —Sherman 'has captuied in the neighborhood of Pool* about 'thirty iron. ,woris;lind 'at •EtinVall and 'others' places .more, factories of the rebels felt into our hands.\, In fad, this maid: of Sherman ban prodigious in jury„ upon -the rebel cause,,andtis ,the country occupied - is now firmly held, ,the 'idea that 'Johnston has; only temporarily Yielded it up is preposteroui, • —Were you ever ashamed of , the • names some of one battle-fields:? Not Northern mud sills,'but Southern chivalry, are responsible for Such names : as these—they are _genuine and. .historical': 'Run, Snicker'S Gap, STaugh ter's Mountain, Polecat Station, Gum Neck,. Niggtir-footAleitd, Buzzard Roost Pass, Mob Jack Bach, Yellow Tavern, Hardscrabble, , Town, ShaketoWn, JerichoMaish, Piping Tree,, PumplOnvilleCreek, OxNeck;Guinea's,Brairch, Snake River : Hollow: - . • • —Au °Mail despateh,from.Gen. Hunter re ports the safe arrival of hisforee without seri ous loss at a point. (not stated)” where he has met abundant supplies of fond and forage.— General Hanter says that his " expedition Vilna been extremely. successfuf,,infiicting great injury on the, enemy and - Victorious in every engagement?' •, He withdrew, because his am munition was exhausted, .?.nd: it wag impessi ble to collect_ supplis in Eno presence of an enemy Who' was , being, constantly reinforced from Richmond. Gen. Hunter announces that his force will be ready in a few days for ser vice in any direction. , . -, Later intelligence ;from Gen. Wilsonin stakes - . 1 that he his reached Burksville,`t4 ja - actfott of arilroads lea4ing frOpi Dan'tille Lynch burg to Richmond 'and, Petersburg, land destroy ed a large portion'of both reads.. ;'The cutting of this comuninication, the ,ageompliihment of • which is acknowledged in the Itichinond pa pers, is one of the most important achievements note going s on around 'Richtbond. 'This, to gether with the results 'a Bunter's ex'pedition, cuts all of tee's cenimunications wit) the South and South West, and is the beginning -of the great work of investingthefehel capital.— Petersburg papers state that Gen: Wilson de stroyed a train loaded with cotton and.firrui tore, burned a depot, and et I3urksville de stroyed the track, and was still pushing South. All the railroads leading into ,Riehmoad are now destroyed, some of them badly. —A - prominent officer of the Christian Co m-mission sends the following note to the editors of the Baltimore American : I aur !just ,from' the front this morning: Everything looks very welt. TheZ It;7,lps are imfine spirits. You mar be assueed-of this, as I havebeen' in Imrsont i l contact with hundreds, Both in the ceserve ,and in the rifle-pits. I had an interview with Gen. 'Grant on Monday afternoon: ; is confident, of the result. Be says ithere, can, be but one. result—the defeat of the enemy or his (the en emy:s) retreat from Petersburg, and then his complete overtbrow. EitenSive ,prepaiittions are in progress: and soon. the country will the more loudly apphind the military genius and ex: entire - ability 'of Gent. Grant 'and; Meade. I was surprised to find some of' oar Union• men desiondent when I arrived here (at Baltimore) this morniirg, safely,assure your read ers that there is no occasion for it" —Mr. papa: the Assisthet Secretary of War, who will be accepted throughout the - United . States as one of the most iutelligent- - ,and cool observers that have studied the, war, as Well at QUO of the most truthlel of men, has answered the questions- bf anxious inquirers hereabout - the situation at Petersburg, ie the :ffect that Lee's force: is not' more that!: two-thirds of Grant's ; and that 0 ranthad his hand tin Lee's threat, and ivoirld keep his - . hold till he strung ledlifin to death. He gies to all the assurance of our final and conclusive success. 'Among the striking facts which mr.Dambag , mentioned is that we have: at this moment ;31,000 of the Rebel' soldiers prisoners in our hands. The public feeling is one of absolute,-uttwatering confidence in the future and ip ,Grant, and over and abuse all in Grant's arMy..;T{re cool est and most soldierly head's in ;Washington:now declare that it cannot be whipped—the nation, indeed, can jeamon it. • cerresporident sums up Gen. Sherman's great; campaign as follows : Tlai.Aritiy of the Mississippi haS Made a tremendous- campaign: It moved.out ofeantonmentif on the' lst of May. froM qearters . seattered from Decatur to Knox ville ; has marched with. only the:necessities, and none - of the comforts of campaigning, over mountains, thiough gorges and• gaps, 'and ra , vines ; made lirillgeind forded streams; used sorts of traveled acid bridlepatkroads; scaled_ precipices and made roads for itself' n the Wild :est of countries, a ind of hills and Streams.; has fought a large,.well-appointed, well-Ogeer: ed army at Dalton, at - Rossi'', at Dallas: re ceived battles whenever, anlwhereveroffered; pursued it as often as •it retreated, and so far oirtgeneraled - the enemy froin'every good - posi l lion, and is now a good' hundred Mules,,,ps the crow dies, from its original base _of sopplies, and but, thirty-five nines . from Atlanta. Add' that -army, as I write yon 16" as strong inintini:: ters, as sound in health, as cOnfideutl:feart,, as the day it took the field.", ' ' POLITICAL iNTELLIGI6TCLE. D. Beehtat is utt,indcpodent candi dete for Sheiiirip Bluir county.- in . may be confidently said Mit: Governor Andrew . , Johnson is " sound on - the gnese:7 • W. M. Anderson, an Ohio delegate to the Copperhead Chicago Cenventieti; writes a let ter in facer of a . WestailriCon . federae.f. is Derhociatic deyotitat Ithe ' " • —The' Senate on Wednesday voted, by 27, o 6, that Messrs. Fishbaek and Baxter, prot.s sing •.to represent 'the State of Arkanaiiis in e United States Senate, are not entitled' to seats in that body- Mien menl?f IditilirreOniity have in-' struCte.d for . A,• A: Bailer, ot t for Con greSs; , D.' W. Woods for genotor, and Chas. Stinebergir for Assembly. Semeberger is the present member. —The Boston Herald by far the ablest and' • most popular Democratic paper in New En gland, 'comes not for Lincoln and Johnson.— There ,will not be.bogus Democracy,enimgh left for_ seed in New Eng,land. —Col. John B. Parker was elected Council-, man in the West Ward of Carlisle recently by 75 majority.. lie is a decided Union man, and the defeat ;of the Democrats is the most deci sive they have suffered there for years. —The Union State Convention of .Maine as sembled on tie '29th ult., ataumista,. the capi tal. ; Hon. Safivel Choy / wig' re-nordinatbd for Governor. the Convention : passed' a series of resolutions which endorse the Administration god approve'a vigorous. Prosecution of the war. eleetion has just taken place in Ne braska, to decide whether the people want a State Government, and 'to; elegt delegates to frame a State Constitution, in case thn - decision is in favor of, a State organization. 'Partial returns from the pr?ncipal,_ counties indicate' ithat the people are opposed to a State-Govern ment: -The Democracy of Wisconsin has con % eluded to Wait until 5‘ siotnethingturns lip." It has no opinions' to e.:9resa until the Conven tion in Chie'ago meets ; Instead of taking one side-or the other; this"24ll,eawberbemocracy skulks - around the baggage - Wngons,• waiting until the battle is overi that it may plunder the dead. —The Copperheads seem to neglect a.great argument which might bp used against 'Mt;:'Lin 'coin. It is from a recent speech of HOn. J. L. M. Curry, the Secession leader of Alabomd. "Should' Lincoln be re-elected," says Mr. Cur ry, " our . fond hopes will: be Anshed . to'the grOund." This is an argument . the COPieiheads neglect. ' , • qut. tr. —The Unionist& -of Beaver have nominated Hen: Thomas Curaiingliam:for Cotigrets - ;Ii. L. 11.'Guffin for Judge;` 3fichael Weyand for Pro-. thouotary, and col. 11.:S„ Quay , and S. G. Gaughey for Assembly: -Beaver . elects,,three Members with Washingtom• and 3fessrs r Reed' and• Kelly of the latter &Mit) , will doubtless be, re-nominated , with-Col.,Quay as the other can didate.. He its a gallant and accomplishedyoung' man—was twice Prothonotary' - of- the 'county, and entered, the military Serviee MI Colonel of one of the nine Mouths' regiments. Impaired health compelled -his resignation Amt he was linable to get home until active operations against Fredericksburg were ithout to corpmcneetirider. Ilurnside, and he volunteered on Gen. Tyler's staff and ,served with . great heroism in the dead ly assaults made by that brave but ill-fated Command. He is now Chief Military Clerk un der Gov. Curtin—a position he has filled most acceptably. - FINANCIAL. —The Northumberland Bank, Will be re moved to Sunbury.• -' • —Secretary Chase au pounces that bids:moun ting to ;$30,000,000 will be-received until July 6 for the remainder of the nkv $75,000;00 Imin. - —A Special War Tax, Was-enacted. by-Con gress during Saturday's' bitting. : Fivs per cent on all incomes for 1883 is to be paid on the lit of . September next; arid it. is calculated this item will put? $20,0000.10 into the Tress uri,- to be devoted to paying bounties to soldiers about to be drafted., , • —The fotill,Offieittlrilil e§tiOiated revenue tor the fiseo.l year,whieh'ehde'd on the 36th' ,iz2-11,:5A1F4 46, via: • - • From Customs - .163,212,093 ! 41, lapin lutermal 'Revenue - 109,000.000 From s'alo or Public. Lands..l .. 321,027 46 iseatfaneous " - • - - 3. 4 ,12.5,%3 Total • - 181 4ti. - The revenue from-customs for the last quary, ter of the yezir, it is ; estimated, 'will amount to $:10 000,000. - Over'''s,2B,ooo,oCo has already been received. From, internal revenue, $:36,- 000,0(10; and from miscellaneous ,sources'about i $20,000,000, derived: pr i jucipaily 'from the pre - = tniurn 'on 'gold sold by the Treiisury'Departaient: ii The actual t oflicial reyentte,for:the first thre6 quarters of theyear $16,1;280,741 '613, w idle the actual and estiniated 'rt,qleipts for thelast'quar- ter are , 70L The official statement of the public debt -oil the 21st pf June shows that the gold interest per annuni :an the amoanti outstanding ut that time was $ , 50,18-17,157 05, and the interest per annum payable in currencY; $,2,1.6b0,-45p tetal 14ci'est: the debt ,$7:2,7:7'41i•10. , The' iutere,st on the. Siiventy-five Million Limn,- when.all amount to four millierni* five hiindr'ed-thoti'sand dollars ppr,annute, from tbe tiMe,the 'beiidSiare issued.' Deducting premium from the first year's , interesti , it . will - leave only about one ITijilioli , in7 - terest be paid hy . the first year TbeFttr Hundred Million Dollars T;o4n,.at Eiz Per,ccht,,, will add twentY ; funr millioe dollars moretottm, goldlnterest-bearing debt ;and the hundred and thirty millions Of Ten-Forty Banda still riiEntiio 7 , ing ktriaisßOit4' wtteq,ttthcvt, will nCrease : , the interest:six five hundred. thouirid, mere ; -nraliing thc*otal , interest-payable in gold eighty-tWO mmlhoii ftiree Inindol arid forty-sev "en thousand one;,,inindred ..and - :fifty'-gyen tars. These are all:the lo:uis which the §eure tarp has Mithority. tortegoeinte,,, ,, lt vvilthe seen that, even if the rceeiliti from enateins- ftdl tventy-une, Millions, or one:-fittli, during the .nett fiscal year-r-w,hiell Tretisurr-Department stilt be t : . a,blk! to: pat every dollar a fnfsresi' • " ' • '' * • OL. NO' ' I, PERSONAL. D. C: Buell ; has takeiiiipl'his sunimer • residence at BadfliptSpriagi.', tzFa of Juniata, TOnte4 Lie*. Col. i ett!,e.Tweifth Pe. 'C'eifry. - - • -Hon. 'Josifth. Quincy died orkßrblay evening, July 2i at his , country seat in:Quinpy, Mad., aged 92 years. -Rev. Henry-L. Bitugher, son' of President 'Baughorof Gettysburg, has aecepted the charge of the Lutheran Church-at Norristown. Taylor, Commissat:y4kiniiial of Sidiaiitence, died last week. 'pid. Rated of New-York lithe next in ordei of'Proinoti4 in this Department. —The' Pittsburg tommnrcial - Gen. Thonias A:Rowley, 'of this 'citv,'lfaa en assigned to' the command of this by Maj. GO. Cond.' : —ln an obscure corner of tbe grave, yar4 at Little Buck, stands, a mound of earth marked bye pine board, .wbittied into ; curious ,abges and bearing.this inscription :." C.,F../apMaa. Governor of Missouri." - -Gen Robert Toombs, formerly Senator in Congress' frouir,Gwgia, and , then genorkl in the rebel amiy, is. now; 'a, private in a:Getforgie regiment. Roger A. Pryor is a priyato,ln a Virginia regiment. r: - —Thomas Ryer, the noted pugilist, died on Sunday - week. 'llyer was not a fighteigy pro fession,,•`though' ho twice 'fought McCliiiikey, wbo first- beat Ryer, and in the next'nnefoun ter was himselfbeziten. f Hyer Was - Subseiitient» ly induced, by- Yankee Sullivan, to entbrithe ,ring with'. him: , - Though successful, Hypriover afterwards avoided fighting; •but his (midge of life was not otherwise -so commendabliyre.filis - age was forty-11:431min., • . Ttir,srruAtxow. "Veteran Observer,',in,the New gives bis opinion at length on. the iniiit,iglitu atiou, from whieli'we make,thefolloWingluo - tation : . , It is plain that if, in marching on Riebmorid, Grant could npt in. the first place - deStroyithe use Of 'railwitYs Rich mond to the Potomac, he could not leav&Lee's front• - (when -that became -necessary, tisit was inpassing the James,) without leaving,"Lee at liberty, not merely to go, but to go rapidly, to the Potomac... -It Lee Was Er'daring trod great commander, that , was not safe: . He must; then, advance in, such away. as to, destroy the, com munications -from Orange Court. House to-fort Royal. This be has done; ,so it became neces sary, if, possible, to destroy the Central Rim& Thisba4 been :done ,partially - , we hope by General ..sheridan.,,lt was necessary„also, fer Grant to compel Lee to go te, n etlflast of Richmond,&der, if' possible, fine him at Richinotd, instead of retreating Roanoko, which he:ought to do:. - - Jleen this was. done, and demonstration imadp on the north side,. all wasnione •there which, could' be of 'any use;eicept 'on thecontingency that Richmond could be carried by assaiilt,Which did- not seem; probable. -Grant, then, -must pass to the south of the James in order tqcom pkte, the practical circuyivallation (If the 'rebel eapiN; for On ,the 'euif it was eiriniarcilllated, by tide-Water; held' by ;on the torthibli the broken Conniunicatiouis-and.the itoposilibi/ity'of going - lio4h, with ,his.shattered forces without almost certain destructions. and.there, rearin ed nothinV to complete the circumvallittion, but to cross' the James ' rivet' 'Rate hefosiilh'e'Pe tersburg and Dinwille roads.. meat, of Richip told is complete. This ,lhoWnver, was a. dangerous operation. Lee could, not really prereut Mit. he'tnight have,e,Mba rrais ed us, and catisM great loss:-' This euterPrise has been safely ticcomplished;and'we are driven to believe one of. two things- T either,tba4ee's army has been so ma, reduced as tp r he inca pable' Of 'fighting- in the field;or;' that'Vee was really surprisid,and deluded by GianriFirrove ments., The former isimoit probahletc:.l4an not believe. that L,ee could possibly imindiaffer ent;to the magnitude and importancepf Gant's crossing James river. :No doUbt his .minty has met with iiittnenie losiei;and it maY - lieliPwas Teally, for a time, deceived ;ler Gruntlil as sault and-ihtrenchmentii Oiltlib north side were such, as tninduce bald: that - there the real at tack:must be made. CO 7 fiSTITIITIONAL . AMI"NDMIENTS. The . people Of Pennsylvania' "be clalled uPon tfiratifyer r ieleclt seyeratirepOked'ainend ineets. to the' Siti.te Coatittitien;pii" i ttqlay,, August The .P..tuvfae . 'f9s- ex tending the right of suffi'age to our, gallant sol diers, and `also impose certain estric ions .upon The new ariiele to &ingested `as section 4, - will be. resisted - bey eop2pe)24ada, but ifrwill prevdil by a lit r 0 niaji3litl; an'il the h6ioiedefencierS of the Old 1:74 win be slide to vote nest'fallin,support, of - their sacrxir e,quse. We subjoin the - Sevneallinienduleiiini"l*l7oted iin • There shall be an additional the thirdirtiere:ot .the ConStltiitietr, ted follows : --• ti ;! SEX. 4; Whenever any Of-the toriclof ,this-Ceit)inonwealth'shall=bejii"iti - Y so- ttOtijilitarrsertice; under } a regiligtiiefrom the President of- theeUnited . ',Statete,Or'lSl , tho' :autliotity of this, Coniinotiviletilth; iueir Reetors may exe rei s'e t he.right of sulTrage in • till ions , 'by the.citizens, updettic ili;r thf, aro or shall lie, prescribed brlaiv,, u 3 fOTTi t tiilftliey were presefivuf , tlieir 4 usniirpliteeOtqle," There'il.hatllkitVroadditionaritctilins to . the.. eleventh iir tiele-of ba' designateduS she tions.eight and ' • . 1 ! Stac.; 8. No bill Shall bclpaSieaVfliel,eg- I • isitttiire,. "Containing more 'than - "encl . .' sTitiject,' whit% shall be' eleerly cept.appropristi - • . • • •.• St:e..9 • - be' ppsied'lif the' Legislature, granting any powert - ;.or - pilyiteges, ,anyctole,* herevthe authority tb,rant such. yowers,•or 'privileges-, hes !Seed, or ni b ay rler-bi - eon - leered• hcl'cauits tritakwen - - " ti bits' Pelky,Siegla tbiit - xv,•ek ive43 feu,a and d,isappCti . nOkiiir'fo ',bur %OUMBict •Virginiti, rand 'tatefl :tiiiitSettetiiii, - Stltrtto,p has tearsed,'issuitq,wa+billtbtfiat -After- drawkfig' a - 'nigs't flFsCcafira ibS pi . .Kte - of, oui military situatign; thit . .editpelaweiatiflllat - heopittnibt write in' - a - "zioro rwited: of hoPefut s4tUn6 littiftfiri:—.- Village /PlOrd. • Eil _ :~ ' `‘2) MIER RI lIIM BEIM
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