The Nev Loan:
TI th« Associated Ptmi
WASHINGTON, Monday, July 25,1804.
—Secretary Fessenden, under authority of
an act of Congress of Juno last, to issue
an amount not exceeding 8200,000,000 U.
S. Treasury Notes, &c., has to-day given
notice that subscriptions will be received
by the Treasurers of the United States,
the several Assistant Treasurers and des
ignated depositories, and by the National
Banks designated and qualified as depo
sitories and financial agents for Treasury
Notes payable three years from August
15, 1864, bearing interest at (he rate of
7 3.10 per cent per annum, with semi-an
nual coupons attached, payable in lawful
money. These notes will be convertible
at the option of the holder, at maturity
into 6 per cent gold-bearing bonds, re
deemable after five, and payable twenty
years from August 15, 1867.
The notes will be issued in denomina
tions of fifty, one hundred, five hundred,
one thousand and five thousand dollars,
and in blank, or payablo to order, as may
be directed by the subscribers. All sub
scriptions must be for fifty dollars or some
multiple of fifty dollars. Interest will be
allowed to August 15 on all deposits made
prior to that date, and paid by the De
partment upon receipt of these original
certificates. As the notes draw interest
from August 15, persons making deposits
subsequent to that date must pay the in
terest accrued from the date of the note to
the date of the deposit. Persons depo
siting twenty-five thousand dollars and up
ward for these notes at any one time will
be allowed a commission of one-quarter of
one per cent, which will be paid by the
Treasury Department upon the receipt of
a bill for the amount certified to by the
officer with whom the deposit was made.
No deductions for commissions must be
made from the deposits.
Accompanying this advertisement in a
circular form is Secretary Fessenden's ap
peal to the people of the United States,in I
which he says:
" The circumstances under which this !
loan is asked for and your aid invoked, '
though difforing widely from the existing '
state"of affairs three years ago, are such as
afford equal encouragement and security. !
Time, while proving that the struggle for j
national unity was to exceed in duration j
and severity our worst anticipations, has
tested the national strength and national
resources to an extent alike unexpected j
and remarkable, exciting equal astonish- !
ment at home and abroad. Three years 1
of war have burdened you with a debt
which but three years since would have
seemed beyond your ability to meet. Yet
tho accumulated wealth and productive '
energies of the nation have proved to be !
so vast that it has been borne with com- j
parative ease, and a peaceful future would
hardly feel its weight, as a price paid for
national existence and the preservation of
free institutions. It does not deserve a
moment's consideration.
" Thus far the war has been supported :
and carried on as it only could have been
by a people resolved, at whatever cost of
blood and treasure, to transmit unimpaired |
to posterity the system of Free Govern- j
ment bequeathed to them by the great '
men who framed it. This deliberate and I
patriotic resolve lias developed a power J
surprising even to themselves. It has :
shown that in less that a century, a Nation j
has arisen, unsurpassed in vigor and ex
haustless in resources, able to conduct, i
through a series of years, war on its most j
gigantic scale, and finding itself, when I
near its close, almost unimpaired in all
the material elements of power. It has,
at the present moment, great armies in the j
field facing an enemy apparently approach
ing a period of utter exhaustation, but
still struggling with a force the greater I
and more desperate as it goes, and because \
it sees, the near approach of a final and
fatal consummation." Such, in my delib- |
crate judgment, is the present condition !
of the great contest l'or civil liberty in
which you are now engaged. Up to the
present moment you have readily and
cheerfully afforded the means necessary to
support your Government in this protract- j
ed struggle. It is your war. You pro
claimed it, and you have sustained it
against traitors everywhere with patriotic
devotion unsurpassed in the world's his
tory. The securities offered are such as
should command your ready confidence.
Muoh effort has been made to shake pub
lic faith in our national credit, both at
home and abroad. As yet we have ask
ed no foreign aid.
Calm and self-reliant, our own means
thus far have proved adequate to our
wants. They are yet ample to meet those
of the present and future. Itstill remains
for a patriotic people to furnish the need
ful supply. The brave men, who are fight
ing our battles by land and sea, must be
fed and clothed. Munitions of war of all
kinds must be furnished, or the war must
end in defeat and disgrace. This is not
the time for any lover of his country to
inquire as to the state of the money mar
ket, or ask whether he can so invest his
surplus capital as to yield him a larger re- j
turn. No return and no profit can be de
sirable if followed by national dissolution
or national disgrace.
* Present profit thus acquired is but the
precursor of future and speedy destruc
tion. No investment can be so surely
profitable as that which tends to insure
the national existence* lam encouraged
in the belief that by the recent legislation
of Congress, our finances may soon be
placed upon a sounder and more stable
footing. The present deranged condition
of the ourreuay is imputable in a great
degree to disturbances arising from the
withdrawal of necessary checks often in
evitable in time of war, when the expen
ditures must largely exceed any possible
supply of corn.
The opportunities thus presented to ac
quire sudden wealth have led to vicious
speculation, a consequent increase of pri
ces, and violent fluctuation. The reme
dy is to be found only in controlling the
necessity which begets the evil. Hither
to, we have felt the need of more exten
sive and vigorous taxation. Severe com
ment has been made upon what seemed to
many an undue timidity and tardiness of j
aotion on the part of Congress in this re- !
gard. I deem it but just te say that very
great misapprehension has existed, and :
perhaps still exists, upon this point.
Legislators, like all others, have much
to learn in 8 new condition of affairs j
' An entirely new system was to be devis
' ed, and that system must necessarily be
tlic growth of time and experience. It fs
not strange that the first efforts ,4iould
have proved imperfect and inadequate—
To lay heavy burdens on a great and pa
triotic people in such a manner as to be
equal and go as to occasion the least amount
of suffering or annoyance, requires time
and caution, and vast labor; and with all
these experience is needful to test the val
ue of the system and correet its errors.
Such has been the work that Congress
was called upon to perform. I am happy
to say that daily results are proving the
Internal Revenue act to exceed in effi
ciency the most sanguine expectations of
its authors. For the month of June,
1863, it yielded aboflt 34.500,000, while
the corresponding month of this year re
turned about $15,000,000 under the same
law., Under the new law, which went
into operation on the Ist day of the pres
ent month, the Treasury frequently re
ceives 81,000,000 in a single day.
As the time and experience enable the
officers employed in collecting the revenue
to enforce the strength of the provisions of
the new law, I trust that a million per day
will be found the rule and not the excep
tion. Still, much space is undoubtedly
left for improvement in the law and in its
administration. As a greater amount of
necessary information is acquired, the prop
er sources of revenue and the most effec
tive mode of obtaining it are best devel
oped in the execution of the existing
laws, and I have caused measures to be
initiated which will, it is believed, enable
Congress so to improve and enlarge the
system as, when taken in connection with
the revenue from customs and other sour
ces, to afford an ample and secure basis
for the national credit.
Only on such a basis and on a steady
and vigorous restraint upon the currency,
can a remedy be found for existing evils.
Such restraint can only be exercised when
the Government is furnished with means
to provide lor its necessities. But with
out the aid of a patriotic people, the arm
of the Government is powerless for this or
any other desirable end. The denomina
tion of the notes proposed to be issued
ranging from 850 to 85,000 place these
securities within the reach of all who arc
disposed to aid their country.
For their redemption the faith and hon
or and property of that country are sol
emnly pledged. A successful issue to
this contest, now believed to be near at
hand, will largely enhance their value to !
the holders; and peace once restored, all '
burdens can be lightly borne, lie who j
selfishly withholds his aid in the hope of j
turning his available means to greater im- i
mediate profit, is speculating upon his j
country's misfortunes, and may find what.
seems to be present gain leads to future '
loss. I appeal, therefore, with confidence j
to a loyal and patriotic people, and invoke j
the effort of all wlio love their country,
and desiro for its glorious future, to aid
their Government in sustaining its credit !
and placing that credit upon a stable found- i
ation.
W. I'. FESSF.NDEN, See'y of the Treas'y. |
ASSISTANT TREASURER.
Moses Taylor has been appointed Assis
tant. Treasurer at New York, to succeed I
Mr. (' 1 igco, whose continued ill health com
pels him to retire from office.
SliiMviiiK' their Colors.
We clip the following from the Pitts
burgh Commercial:
By degrees the nomocracy are showing !
their colors. Lately they have grown bold |
in taking open ground in favor of the Jeff. !
Davis side of the war. Being opposed to
the other side, they of course, can do notli- j
ing else, if they speak out honestly. A .
Democratic meeting in Ohio lately took
ground squarely for recognizing the Con- '
fedcracy. To this there have been sev
eral responses. The Hamilton co. True
Telegraph, & Democratic organ, near Mr.
Vallandigham's home, without mincing |
matters, uses the following language :
" Believing that a reconstruction of the
Federal Union is now impossible—that the
war for its restoration has proved an utter
failure, aud that its further prosecution
will end in the subversion of the remain
ing liberties of the people, we shall, there
fore, advocate an immediate cessation of
hostilities, and the appointment of com
missioners empowered with authority to
treat, subject to the approval of the peo
ple of the remaining States, with like rep
resentatives from tlie Confederate States
of"America, upon all questions incident
to just and honorable terms of separa
tion."
! ft®" The Express asks us—" Suppose
! the South should insist upon the abolition
| of Uuitarianism, or Universalism, or the
Swedenborgian religion, North, before it
[ would abolish Slavery ; or, the exclusion
from the country of the Jews; or, thenon
naturalization of emigrants from Ireland
and Germany—what should we say to all
that but this significantly—
'•' Mr. South, all this is none of your
business. If we of the North choose to
walk on our heads, we will do it.'"
Ans. —Whenever Unitarianism, Uni
versalism, or any other ism, foments a re
bellion against the Union and its lawful
authorities, setting up in our country a ri
val government, confederacy and flag, we
hold that it will thereby make itself "our
business," and will have to be put down
and abolished. Every citizen is free to
believe as he will or must; but if his be
lief makes him a traitor, we must put
down his treason and guard against its re
vival. Will you print this ? —„Y. Y. Tri
bune. '
06?" The Secretary of the T rcasury gives
notice that subscriptions will now be re
ceived for Treasury notes payable three
years from August 15, bearing 7 3-10 per
cent interest in currency, and convertible
at the option of the holder at maturity
into five-twenty bonds bearing six percent
interest io gold. The amount which he
thus appeals to the people to loan to their
Government is 5200.000.000. We es
teem it not only the privilege but the du
ty of every loyal citizen torcspoud to this
appeal, and to invest large or small amounts,
according to his means, in these National
securities. The country needs—urgently
needs—the money, and the subscriptions
ought to be prompt as well as numerous.
8®- I>r. Madden thinks the momentum
of the blood is owing to the pressure of
the atmosphere on the skin.
*The Jmmcan
THOMAS ROBINSON, |
CYRUS E. ANDERSON, J EDLTORS
-91. W. NI'EAR, Publisher.
BUTLER PA. *
m.i»i:si»iY u <;. H, i»64.
99"" Liberty and Union, Now and Foraver, One.
and'nsoparable."—D. Webster.
FOR PRESIDENT I.N 18G4 :
ABll A lltX I.IMOIA.
of Illinois.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
ASDRF.W ,IOH\STO\.
of Tennessee.
Presidential Elector*.
Morton M'Mlchael, Philadelphia.
Thorn w 11. Cunningham, Beaver county.
RE RKIENTATIVE.
1 Robert P. Klnfr. 113 fclias W. Hall,
2 tten. Mirrrison Coates, jl4 Charlesll. jftrlnw,
3 Henry Bumm, |IS John Winter,
4 William 11. Kern, llrt David M'Conauffhj,
ft Barton 11. Jenln, |l7 David W. Wood,
6 Charles M. Rank, 18 Isaac Benson,
7 Robert Parker, 19 John P.itton,
8 Aaron Mull. (20 Banmel B. Dick,
9 John A. Hiestanrf, !21 Kvcrnrd Bferer,
10 Itienrd 11. Coryell, 22 John P IVimev,
11 Edward Holtldnv, 23 Kheuwter M'Jrmkfn,
12 Charles F. Heed, j 24 John W. Blanchartf.
LOCAL TICKET.
CONORESB,
THOMAS WILLIAMS.
PRESIDENT JUDGE,
L. L. M'GUFFIN, Lawreuce county.
ASSEMBLY,
WM. HASLETT,
JOHN H. XEGLEY
of Brtler County.
SAMUEL M'KINLEY,
of Laiere.nct County.
COMMISSIONER.
A. C. CHRISTY.
AUDITOR.
LEANDER WISE.
Our neighbor says truthfully that
l; The Butler Brass Band, composed of a
number of young men of this place, have
certainly made rapid strides in the line of
proficiency; and may now be regarded as
approaching as near perfection as any
thing of the kind in the country." Their
splendid music lias often, during the pres
ent summer, disturbed the repose of those
who " sleep sound o' nights."
Theft recent call at our humble abode
was most welcome —their music delight
ful. They have our best wishes ior their
personal and professional success.
lllllH'U* ing.
Our neighbor of the Union Herald.
informs us in his last issue, that hitherto
he has been for a " vigorous prosecution
of the war," but henceforth, he wishes us
to understand, that he is for a " vigorous
prosecution of peace." We consider him
decidedly improving. He certainly does
not wish us to understand that he lias
been for a vigorous prosecution of the
war, on the part of the Government, to
crush out treason and rebellion, and to
bequeath to our children, undivided, the
fair heritage of our father's. If we are
to judge of what a man desires—by what
he says and does, which we think is the
usual mode, he has been bitterly opposed
to the war from the beginning. If any
thing has been done for the prosecution
of this war by him, it has been done re
luctautly, with a growl, a menace, an ev
ident dislike to everything which savours
of'• coercion." It has.evidently been
coercion on his part, to do angthing to
prosecute THIS war. Our vocabulary
does not furnish terms of ribaldry, innuen
do, or billingsgate, that he has not used
to bring the war party into disrepute, and
prevent if possible, its success. Our
neighbor does not then evidently mean,
that ho has been in favor of a " vigorous
prosecution' of our war. He may mean
that he has been in favor of a vigorous
prosecution of the war on the part of Jeff.
Davis and Co. We think the latter sup
position, more probable, than the former.
He has evidently been of the opinion,
that the Southern chivalry have been
robbed of their God given and constitu
tional rights; and that every movement
of the war party of the North, has been
wrong in the premises, and almost fiend
ish in its results. Hence, he certainly
refers to the South, when he speaks of
having advocated a " vigorous prosecu
tion of the war." Now, if he has chang
ed " front to the rear," and wishes to be
under-tood as fuvoring a '-vigorous pros
ecution of peace," on the part of his war
party, we are indeed jejoiced to hear it.
We hope he may have great success.—
But again, he may have meant, that he
had " favored a vigorous prosecution of
the war," against the Administration and
every effort of the loyal party to crush
out treason and rebellion j and that nuw he
wishes to be understood as ceasing hostil
ities, and desiring to make peace with tho
loyal party. If he wishes a '■ vigorous
prosecution of peace" in this direction
we extend the right hand of fellowship,
and bid him welcome to our loyal host.
Interpet our neighbor's meaning as you
will, and we can but conclude lhat he is
decidedly improving, and wc now enter
tain hopes of hit- final recovery.
Our Candldnte Tor Judge.
Ever since tlie appointment of Judge
McGuffin, our people have been displeas
ed—not at Judge McGuffin, or Lawrence
county, which pressed his appointment
with proper enthusiasm—but with Bea-
I ver county, which threw its influence
against our county, which had asked the
appointment of E. McJunkin. Esq, of
this place; a gentleman eminently quali
fied. both by nature and education, for
the honorable position.
At the tuggettion of our friends in Bea
ver, our entire bar had joined iu a letter,
calling out Judge Agncw. as a candidate
for re-nomination—thus ignoring party
and making him practically an indepen
dent candidate. Mr. MoJnnkin's friends
conceived the propriety of following this
precedent in the present case, and thus
supporting him without distinction of
party. Acccrdingly, when the matter
was brought before our executive com
mittee, in the spring, they decided
almost unanimously, that we would leave
the Judgeship open. Again, when our
county Convention met, the matter was
again examined and laid over. And this
position would not have been departed
from, had not Mr. McJunkin expressed
his desire that the party would go into
Domination. In this we speak from per
sonal knowledge. Some weeks since, he
informed us that after full reflection, he
believed it to be our duty at this time, to
adhere strictly to party descipline, assured
us that he felt truly greatful to his nu
merous friends, who stood by him so stub
bornly, and who were willing togo any
length for his promotion. We might fur
ther add that he fully concurred in the
propriety of instructing our conferees for
Judge M'Guffin, for whom he in common
with all our citizens, entertains the most
cordial sentiments of respect and esteem.
Judge McGuffin will therefore receive our
full party vote at the approaching elec
tion.
I*ea«' Movements,
The first we saw of the great pe:ice
movement now being inaugurated, was
from one of Jeff. Davi's organs, iB Rich
mond, which told us that its hist " special
advices from the North," assured them
that the Democracy of the North were
turning their thoughts upon a peace plat
form, and that forsaking all war candi
dates, they were looking round for some
consistent peace candidate for President,
that " Frank Pierce or thq Connecticut
Seymour," was thought about. Soon af
ter this, the organs of Vallaudigham in
the West, came out, not only in favor of
peace, but of separation. About simul
taneous with these demonstrations,a move
ment is got on Foot in England to influ
ence her Majesty's Government in favor
of mediation. A large deputation of fo
gy clergy who claim to be in the inter
ests of humanity, i.e.. human slavery,
backed by a few M. P's, who represent
the cotten interest,they wait upon fhe Pre
mier Lord Palmerston, and remind him of
the evils of war, of the hopelessness of
the struggle for the restoration of the
Union—-of the great privations which the
laboring classes of Europe have been call
ed upon to endure—of the injury to their
manufacturers. But when by the impor
tunity of their appeal, at least, they had
hoped to receive some encouragement
from the Government, his Lordship in
formed them that at present the govern
ment could not see the propriety of me- -
diation—that the North would bo very
sensative to any interference, which bro't
to his mind the couplet which says :
M Tfcer who in* qnttrrHn interpose
Will <>ft»*u wipe n bloody noae.''
Ttn*+ the first offensive movement of the
peace party has met with a severe repulse.
This is certainly encouraging to the friends
of the Union. All that is now wanting
to give ther.i a complete route, is vigi
lance on the part of the Loyal millions.
No party in this, or any other country,
has been able to survive opposition to a
just war ; and the present will not be an
exception to the general rule. But while
J it is encouraging to reflect that no disloy
al movement can accomplish much harm,
other than the consequences of a prolon
gation of the wac; it is sad to think that
any considerable body of American citi
zens can be found so forgetful of their
solemn duty in this hour of their nation's
tribulation. But having deliberately cho
sen their course, they can only blame
themselves when they meet the conse
quences of their folly. A sudden, sure
and everlasting death awaits them ; and
with their death will come the end of this
wicked rebellion, for nothing but their
avowed sympathy conld have kept it alive
so long. It seems quite fit then, that the
rebellion in the South and its counter-part
in the North, should expire together and
be interred in the same grave. For cer
tainly no similar number of men, so wick
ed, so cruel, so void of all those princi
ples of justice and enlightened freedom,
ever assumed the right to mould the pol
icy of an enlightened nation, and in an
enlightened age like ours. Upon their
head-board, therefore, (for they have no :
right to a mark more honorable) let " the !
Jonuie's epitapth be written :
"Whoe'er tho' art,o reader, know,
That death hae murder d Jonnie!
And here hia tody lies fo* low—
for soul he ne'er had onie 2
—Gen. McPherson, who was killed
near Atlanta on Friday, was engaged to
be married to a beautiful and accomplish-1
ed young lady of Baltimore.
comMUNicATionm.
For tli* Citizen.
History of the Rebellion.
MKSPRS. EDITORS:—It appears that
almost every Scrivener and Penny-liner
of our land, has gone to writing histories
of the Rebellion. Some arc being writ
ten for one purpose, and some for anoth
er. A majority perhaps, appear as a mere
money making scheme; a less number'
for political purposes; and a third class,
I for the purpose of transmitting historical
fuels to posterity, from which future his
torians may draw, for the benefit of gen
erations to come. We have observed one
written by T. J. Ileadly, now being sold
in our community, that we think, classes
i among the political intrigues of the day.
Tbe writer has been before the public for
years as an author, but still has never
achieved an undying fame, and will prob
ably be numbered by the next generation,
among the thiugs of the past. His style
is garrulous, somewhat pedantic, and in
modern phraseology, maybe emphatically
termed, of the 11 milk-and-water" type.
If any reader of this,has access to Ed
gar A. Poe's works, please read his criti
cisms, on this author. In this work on
the Rebellion, he has not assumed the
part of a defender of the South, in its
efforts to destroy the Government. This
would not have been politic. But he has
undertaken to defend the character of a
fallen hero; one whom we all delight
ed to honor, until we found him cith
er untrue to the government, or very
greatly lacking the abilities necessary to
discharge the duties of his responsible po
sition. In defending bis hero, Ileadly
lias found it necessary to suppress many
important facts, and pervert others, until
he has made Gen. McClellan, the para
gon of the age—the modern Napoleon.
A person only needs half an eye, tosee
that the testimony is all exparte, that is,
one sided. This book, to begin with, is
poorly bound, the print is very large, the
paper is thick and very coarse, and there
is a very large margin to each page, and
the price is at least one dollar more than
other valuable works, bringing the histo
ry of the Rebellion to a much later peri
od. Itspares no pains to charge ail fail
ures of our army in the field, to the Gov
ernment, and seems to be willing to saci i
fice any, or all public functionaries, that
he may keep McClellan before the mind
as a modern hero. We think any one
reading the work dispassionately, can but
come to this conclusion.
Many now owning the work, wish they
were rid of it. Let our friends examine
before they purchase. The circulation of
the work at present isxrvidently for poli
tical purposes. Let loyalists look well to
it- VERITAS,
Information Iteliiting to the
<'oniiiiK I>i-:ift.
Although we have heretofore given
consideration to the rights, duties and in
cidents arising under the enrollment laws,
we arc admonished by frequent communi
cations and inquiries that there are many
citizens under exercise of mind upon the
subject who have not yet paid sufficient
at'ention to the matter, or properly tinder
stood that which has been said about it.
We therefore give the following synopsis
of the requirements of the law, embracing
some things hitherto touched upon and
otheis not yet noticed.
First. The exemptions of the original
act, to fathers of motherless children un
der twelve years of ago, to some members
of families in which others are in service,
to sons who are the support of aged and
destitute parents, and for other similar
causes, are no longer allowed.
Second. The commutation clause, by
which a person who was drafted might he
released upon payment of three hundred
dollars is repealed, with a single exception
in the case of persons conscientiously op
posed to bearing arms, who may commute
upon payment of three hundred dollars,
or otherwise be considered as " non-com
batants,", and if drafted be held to ser
vice for hospital duty, or in the care of
freed men. Persons physically incapable
of duty art exempt upon surgical exam
ination.
Third. Thedivision of citizens into two
classes, the second class not being liable to
service until the first class was exhausted,
is abolished, and all citizens liable are en
rolled in the same class, and may be held
to similar service.
Fourth. Theageof liability to thedraft
is between twenty and forty-five.
Fifth. Volunteers maybe received who
are between the agos of eighteen and for
ty-five years. Youths between sixteen
and eighteen years may be received with
the consent of their parents or guardians.
The enlistment of boys under sixteen
years of age is a military offense in the
officer who recruits them, who may be
pu.iished therefor.
Sixth Volunteers, whether white or
colored, receive the Government bounty,
according tothc timcforwhich they agree
to serve. For one year, §100; for two
years, $200; for three years, 300. These
amounts arc paid in installments. To a
one year's volunteer, when mustered in,
833 33; to a two years' recruit. 860 GG;
to a three years' recruit, 8100. Twooth
er installments are to be paid to the vol
unteer or his representatives during the
term of service.
Seventh. The monthly pay of aprivate.
either volunteer, substitute, or drafted
man, is sixteen dollarsamonth. Non-com
missioned and commissioned office rsreceivc
an increase pay beyond the rates which
were allowed before the last session of
Congress.
Eighth. Drafted men receive no boun
ties from the FedcralGovernment,and we
presume that they will not receive any
from ihe town orcounty to which they be
long.
Ninth. Substitutes for drafted men, or
for men liable to draft, furnished in ad
vance of the draft, receive* no bounties
from the Government. In Philadelphia,
if they go for three yea*, they will re
ceive two hundred and fifty dollars, and !
for a less term iu proportion.
Tenth. Representative substitetes for
persons not liable to draft are considered
as volunteers, andreceive the Federal and
municipal bounties, and whatever heir
priucrpal agrees to pay them.
Eleventh. Volunteers and representa
tivesubstitutes maybe mustered iiff'orone,
two, or three years, as they may elect.
Twelfth. Substitutes for drafted men,
or men liable to draft, may be» accepted
for one, two, or three years, according to
the time that the principal would have to
serve, or as he may engage them.
Thirteenth. Representative substitutes
for persons not liable to draft, umy be per
sons who are liable fo draft.
Fourteenth Substitutes for persons li
able to draft, furnished before drafting,
must not themselves be liable. They may
either be aliens, veterans, or sailors who
have served two years aud be&Q honora
bly discharged, or the citizens of the
States in rebellion, or the slaves of Rebel
owners.
Fifteenth. The principal shall be ex
empt from draft during the time that the
said substitute is not liable to draft, not
exceeding the time for which the substi
tute shall be accepted. •
Sixteenth. Tho United States no lon
pays premiums for the procuration of re
cruits.
Seventeenth. Men furnished under the
call of July 18, 1804, whetheT enlisted
for one, two, or three years, as well as
all excess or deficiency of three years'
men on calls heretofore made, will couut
as man for man. The equalization of
the amount of military servece rendered
by the different States ami parts of States
will be effected hereafter.
Eighteenth. A substitute for an enroll
ed man is credited, and therefore, deducted
from the quota of the locality he enlisted
in.
Nineteenth. An enrolled man furnish
ing an alien as a substitute is ex«uipt
for the time of service of the substitute,
unless the alien becomes a citizen, or de
clares his intention to become so. iu which
case the substitute is liable to draft, and
his principal likewise.
Twentieth. A man may enlist in the
army or navy for three years as » substi
tute. If in the navy, he must be twenty
three years old.
Twenty first. Recruiting agents in Reb
el Sutei muit Invaa letter of appoint
ment from the State Executive. The
particular field of a State in which tl.e
agent is to operate, is to be specified in
i (he letter of appointment. All recruit
| ing agents will be subject to the rales
and articles of war. It is Wiailc the du
ty of the commanding officer of any ile
partmcnt or district.in which recruiting
agents operate, and of commanding officcis
of rendezvouses, to order back to his
State or arrest and hold for trial as he
may deem best any recruiting agent who
shall commit frauds upon the Govern
ment or recruits, or who shall violate the
instructions issued to'govean this recruit
ment, or be Luilty of any offense against
military law. No man shall be recruited
who is already in the military service as
a soldier, teamster, laborer, guide &e,, or
who is so employed by the military au
thorities as to be of importance to
military operations. Recruits procurad
under this privilege must bo delivered
by the recruiting agents at one of the
following named rendzvous, namely :
Camp Casey, Washington, I>. C., for
Northeast Virginia ; Camp near Fortress
Monroe for Soutehast Virginia; Camp
Newbsrn, North Cnrolimt.for North Car
olina; Camp Hilton Head. S. C., for
South Carolina and Florida;Camp Vicks
burg, Miss., for Mississippi; and Camp
Nashville, Tenn., for Georgia ami Ala
bama.
Twenty-second. If it is desired to put
any of the voluuteer recruits from the re
bellious States into service as substitutes
before or after tho draft, they must be
sent without expense to the Government
by the recruiting agent, to tho district in
which the principal is enrolled; ami there
be mustered in by the Provost Marshal,
who will issue the proper substitution pa
pers. It is made the duty of commanding
officers to afford to recruiting agents all
such faculties as they can provide-, without
detriment to the publicservice, and to pre
vent recruiting by unauthorized par
ties.
Twenty-third. The enlistment of hun
dred day men docs not operate to reduce
the liability of tho district from which
lie volunteers. But if any hundred day
men is draltod his hundred days' service
counts in reducing his term of service.
Twenty-fourth. Although the volun
teers arc taken f'nr one, two or three years,
the draft is for one year.
SOUTHERN I)RAFT.—Those Southern
sympathizers who regard the Government
of'tlie United States ns a despotism, should
read Governor Brown's procUmntmn to
the people of Georgia, extracts of which i
we publish elsewhere, and then reflect
whether they might not improve their
condition by removing from the inhospit
able North down to Georgia at a time when
their presence in that quarter would bo
so much appreciated, and where they
would enjoy such unlimited freedom
from conscription and all its curses, as
Governor Brown plainly describes. Hi
ther Georgia is a very free Suite, or its
Governor is a very fiee authority. Come,
sympathizers, what will you do? Which
country do you like be-st—the North or
the South ? For which do you deter
mine to fight ?. If for the South, then
assume your knapsacks, for now is the
crisis, (iovernor Brown is after the Re
serve Militia.— Pitta. Com.
JKaJT A new spicier has been discovered
at the Ararat diggings in Australia. It
is about half the size of a common taran
tula. and is bauded longitudinally, with
alternate stripes of very dark green and
gray. The back is furnished with a kind
of shell, to which there are fifty entran
ces, from which young spiders may be
seen leaving and again returning after a
short stay outside.
—Arthur Christie and wife were re
cently arrested at Baltimore fer teariDg
down a national flag, suspended over the
window of an army officer. It appeared
that they were British subjects, whereup
on they were ordered to leave the city
and not return during the war.
WAR HfgWS.
FROM GEXEBALGRAWT.
TttE HIE UK OF PETERSBURG.
Unsuccessful assault on the enemy's
woiks,- brilliant advance—final repulse.
Unsteadiness of the colored troops. Grent
loss amortg officers, rebels show no Quar
ter. Black and white prisoners bayonet
ted ; we hold our original position.
NEW YORK., July 29.
A special to the Pott, from Washington,
says: —Advices from the Army of the
Potomac show'that Grant has secured a
very important strategetio position above
Bermuda Hundred, us the result of the
engagement of Wednesday. It gives tho
command of a good base of supplies, aud
only ten miles from Richmond.
WASHINGTON, July 29.
A letter from the Army of the Poto
mac, dated the 28th, says: The arrival
of some troops iu the vicinity of Bermu
da Hundred a day or two ago, attracted
the attention of the enemy and caused
them to. believe that an advance on Rich
mond by way of Malvern Hill was inten
ded, A force consisting of Kenshaw's
division of Longstreet's eorps and Wil
cox's division of Hill's corps was imme
diately withdrawn from the-vicinity of •
Petersburg, and sent down to check the
movement.
To oounteract fhismanoctiter of the en
emy, the Second Corps vyas detached, and
sent across the James river, and at 6:30
yesterday morning our advance met the
rebel skirmishers in an open field opposite
Jones' Neck with a battery iu position at
the edge of the woods.
On the further side of the road a long
line of skirmishers was at once thrown out,
who soon drove the rebels- to their breast
works, where they were kept hotly engag
ed while a brigade of the first division
moved around on the left of tho enemy's
line, and getting on their flank, charged
and drove them from their guns into th#
wow Is, captur.ng fifty or sixty prisoners,
four guns and a quantity of small arms.
The enemy fell back on their reinforce-'
uicuts which occupied strong works buih
there two years ago, and our troops follow
ed, taking positions oil their front Hanks,
aud before this reaches yotfjhe entire
force may be captured or routed.
The guns taken were four 24-pounder
ParrottM, marked '• May 29
Richmond," and are the same that were
captured from the 18th Corps at Drury's
Bluff last May. Our loss was only about
' Ir.rii a draen wounded, une seriowly.
j tjeii. (irant rode to the lront thisafter
| noon, in company Willi Gen. Hancock,
! and viewed the enemy's position. He
seemed well pleased with Ihe morning op-
I nation*
• Gen. Foster's command had quite a
J lively time with the enemy yesterday at
j this place, hut, his force being weak, lie
! fell back half ;i mile (o a strong position.
I which he held until the arrival of the 2d
Corps. He lost forty or fifty wounded
during the day.-
An attack was expected on Warren's
front yesterday, but it was not made.
PIIII.VIIELPIIJA, July 29.
I A special from City I'uint, July 28th,
to the Bulletin, says:—All last night and
I this morning, Wednesday, there has been
| vCr/ heavy firing on th» other side of the
j Appomattox. _
There is a rumor in circulation here
j that one of the rebel rams has sunk one
of our gunboats, and the rams contemplate'
! in to this place. Two of our
| monitors have gone wp the river.
PHILADELPHIA, July 28.—A gentle-
I man from Baltimore reports great ignor-
I ance tlwjre regarding military movements.
I The city is quiet, but there " an intense
anxiety over the suppression of the news,
j which has eansed impr<>bable rumors, and
j among others that the banks and publio
officers arc preparing to remove their val
uables from the city. Our informant be
lieves that a raid into Pennsylvania is the
object of the rebels, but before they can
get there- they must defeat our forces now
threatening thi;ir right wing.
PHILADELPAIA, July 28.—The even
ing telegraph has the following :
WASHINGTON, Jiffy 28.—0n the arri
val, to-day, of the mail boatl from City
Point, we hate intelligence of great in
terest from General Grant. The govern
ment only allows this announcement at
present.
Extra Session of the Legislature.
I'roclaniMtioii by I lie Governor,
HARRIKIIUIIO, August 2.
PENNSYLVANIA, 8. S :
In the name and by the authority of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I,
Andrew (J. Curtin, Govcrnorof said Com
monwealth, do hereby issue this my proc
lamation :
WHEREAS, An extraordinary occasion
requires that prompt legislative action be
had to make the military power of the
commonwealth immediately available for
State aud national defense, therefore 1,
Andrew li. Curtin,Governor of theCom
muuwealth of Pennsylvania, !>y virtue of
ihe i»wem vested in me by the constitu
tion, dn hereby convene the General As
sembly of this Commonwealth, and re
quire the members of the Senate and'
House of Representatives to meet, in their
respective Houses in the Capitol at Ilar
r.-biirg, on Tuesday the 9th of August,
eighteen hundred aud sixty-four, at twelve
o'clock, noon, of that day. there and then
Indeliberate upon and adopt snch meas
ures as may in their wisdom be demanded
by the exigencies of the occasion.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal of
the Commonwealth to be affixed, at
Ilarrisburg, this first day of August in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four, and of the In
dependence of the United States tho
eighty-ninth. By the Governor.
A. G. CURTIN..
ELI S LIFER,Sec'y of th« Commonwealth.
—A dispatch from Chambersburg says
that the Union County Convention met at
that place on Tuesday, and nominated the
Hon. A. K. McClurs for Assembly. He
was instructed ta vote for Gen. Kooot*, of
Somernet. for CongTesi.