of them in that portion of the field, and the stirriugcheers that went up from New ton's men were the charmed peroration of the history mado by the unfaltering lads in blue on that field, " Wasn't it dusty," exclaimed Gen. New ton, as he came riding back, his face aglow with triumph, and his horse laboring for breath. Up and down his division he had ridden during the fight, just as gall ant I'hil Sheridan used to ride, when lie • marshaled the same battallions. Whatev er of regret there may be in thftt divis ion for the loss of the little corporal now at the head of our cavaliers, and whatev er of coldness a new commander encoun ters after replacing ft universal favorite, both were dissipated that day by General Newton, such courage as he displayed is a carte blanche tothe affections of his com mand. He may have won it by other means. lie bought it that day in good sterling martial coin. For once, stragglers were put to some use. and distinguish themselves. General Newton caused all he could find to be put , with his batteries as a support. As such ! they contributed materially to break the Rebel line when it dashed nearest the guns. It was in Newton's front that General Stephens, commanding a brigade in \\ al- j ker's division, Hardee's corps, fell. For ; every casualty in Newton's division, two dead Rebels were picked up-in his front the next morning; and it is safe to say that the loss in the two Rebel divisions that assaulted his position cannot be less than 1,500. Among his prisoners is a Rebel surgeon, who unsuspectingly drove into Gen. Kim ball's lines with an ambulance and a hrace of splendid mules. He asked the first Yankee he encountered whore lie was captured, and could hardly credit his 1 senses when he found the brogan on the other extremity. It is superfluous to say Gen. Kimball gave fresh instance of his heroism, that Col. Bradley was cool, inflexible and in trepid.or that Col. Blake added another leaf to his laurels as a gallant man and a competent leader.. Their brigades did not yield an inch; no higher eulogy could be pronounced than that. Gen. Thomas witnessed the heavy-fight ing under Newton, lie warmly com mended Capt. Goodspeed for the celerity with which he brought his guns into ae- ! tion. Though Gen. Thomas's face is one in which benevolence and majesty con- j tend, those who were with him during th& bloody twenty minutes on that portion of the line—under a heavy fire, be it under- | stood —say that the majesty was a little j in excess while it lasted. ASSAULT ON WARD'S DIVISION. Ward, in command of General ltuttor- j field's division, had left his trenches, and J was advancing to close upon Newton's \ right. He had reached the base of a hill, ' along which his .column was resting, when he received a message from his skirmish! line deployed along the summit of the J ridge, that the enemy was approaching in tremendous force. Fromtli# crest of the hill the country in front is open, though j broken, and in all the panoply of war. j streaming banners, and even swift-step ping ranks, came the enemy,pouring in.to ! the fields, filling them • densely as lie ad vanced. It was but the work of a mo-! ment for Gen. Ward to form his line. The i next his skirmishers, commanded by lit. Col. Bloodgood of the 22d Wisconsin wcro hotly engaged, but they stood their ground. No sooner were his brigades in line than the blunt and warlike old veter an gave the word '• Forward." In superb order his division mounted the hill, and over the crest it swept, tak ing the skirmishers along. Portions of j the hostile lines halted at close quarters and fought for awhile, and on the rights,) great was the momentum of the counter i charge that several regiments became commingled, the Rebels in such cases c\-, liibiting the greatest disorder and submit- ! ting to capture without debate. The rob- I els opposing Ward, prominent among whom was Gen. Featherstonc's division, were totally unprepared for the fearful shock which came upon them at the crest of the hill, and to a great extent they were unnerved by it,. Our line poured in deadly volleys, and steadily pushed the enemy, now in confu sion, across the field. The attack on Ward was virtually over in 15 minutes, though ho had not so much as apiece of artillery to settle the matter with a sharp turn.— The Rebels came on in double lines oficr inally, but the moment Ward struck them they showed signs of confusion, and both lines became intermingled. Seven battle flags, were wrested from the severely whip ped foe, and are held by Ward ushis tan gible trophies. He, too, had w|bc the lucky thing'at the lucky moment; in ad dition to which his personal bravery dur ing the fight was the theme of enthusias tic comment among his men. In front of this division the slaughter of the Rebels was very great. In riding over the ground next morning, I was as tonished to see the long winrows of their dead, collected for burial. Many of their severely wounded—of whom 164 fell in to Ward's hands—wcrcstill scattered over the field, though the ambulances were all engaged in carrying them to our hospit als. Gen. Ward's own estimate of the Rebel loss in his front is from 2,000 to 2,500. lie capturod ovor 800 prisoners. His victory was the most pronounced of nny along the line, and his loss, though severe, is probably much less than it would have been had lie not met the enemy half , way. CHARGE ON OEAEV's DIVISION. At noon on the 20th, Geary advanced his tele depont , and with the assistance of a seotion of McGill's battery, succeeded in taking a ridge in his front on which he 1 advanced his division, formed with Col. I Canby's brigade on the left, Col. Jones's 1 on the right and Col. Ireland's in the cen ter. and proceeded at rjnee to erect barri cades. The 33d New Jersey went for ward aud occupied another hill, some one hundred yards further south, where they began to ercot work?. They had just fair ly got to work when the fierce shout of the enemy and the confused 6ound of their myriad tramp struck the startled ear. "More than half of Geary's line was in a dense forest filled with underbrush ; the remainder faced an open field. Across the latter, it was a brave but terrifying sight. When we remember that the entire Reb el attacking column reached along the front of but four of our divisions it can easily be conceived how massive and deep their formations were. In the forest the thickets fairly wilted and disappeared un der their feet, so closely were they packed, and so irresistible their progress. They came on without skirmishers, and as if by instinct, struck Geary's right flank, whore a gap existed, that William's division was endeavoring to c lose. Tho four regimen ts forming the right brigade were enveloped on their flank and rear in a moment, and cruelly enfiladed. Subjected to half a dozen cross fires, the brigade fell back hastily to the trenches it had left in the morning. To remain would have been annihilation. Portions of f'ol. Ireland's brigade were also torn to pieces by the withering cross fires, and fell back, after repeated gallant efforts to reform their line to return the fire on flank and rear. The moment was a desperate one. The enemy were almost within grasp of jjieut. Bum'.y's battery on the right, but he wheeled one section from front to right, and, by double-shot ting the guns with canister, succeeded in repelling the greedy vermin in dirty gray. His goners however, were shot down one after' another, until a dctailvf infantry men from the 00th New York were called for to work them. The fire from the en emy here was withering. A sergeant in this battery fell pierced with seven balls. A corporal received nine, seven of which passed through- his heart. So bitterwastheenfiladingfire to which Geary's position was exposed, that the caissons of the guns that had been taken to the rear for safety, were driven back to the front, to escape a more deadly fire than was sustained at the ordinary point of j danger. But the remainder of Geary's brigade stood firmas a rock. The enemy in vain charged itfrom thefrontand right flank. I'nti! nightfall the unequal con test was waged, but Geary held his hill j inflexibly. The enemy sullenly left his front during the evening, firing spiteful- j ly as lie retired. The regiments that had fallen back were reformed and sent into action again on Tien. \\ illiam's left, aiding materially in checking the Rebel column that was pour ing through the untoward interval anil flooding Geary's rear. I have seen most of the battle-fields in the South West, but nowhere have 1 seen ■races of more deadly work than is visi ble in the dense woods in which Geary's right was formed. Thickets were liter ally cradled by bullets, and tho large trees, for 20 feet on tho trunk, hardly a square inch of bark remained. Main weft torn and splintered-with shell and round shot,, the cnemv in their attack on Geary and Williams, usingartillery, which they did not bring into action on other portions of the line. Knapp's Pennsyl vania Battery was engaged from begin ning to end on Geary's left flank, and con tributed vastly to his success in holding to his position, as it were, with his teeth, ('apt. Elliott of Geary's staff, was instant ly killed during the action. The Gener al's staff litis suffered heavily during the campaign, havingloet five of its members since the movement against Dallas. The 33d New Jersey, which was ad vanced to fortify a hill on the skirmish line, lost more than half its number in the first onset. Gen. Geary was on the hill with it w hen attacked, and had bare ly time to reach his main column. ATTACK ON HEN. WILLIAMS. The Rebel attack rolled along the left until Gen. Williams's lino division was fully engaged. It had advanced to close upon Geary, Gen. Knipe's brigade in the ccuter, Gen. Rugcr's on the right, aud Col. Robinson's on the left. It fought from 4 o'clock till long after dark in a dense for est, without yielding a foot. It was a fair stand up fight, in which William's division lost more heavily than any other in tho engagement. When they first advanced against' Col. Robinson's brigade the Rebels held up their hands as if to surrender, upon whielj, seeing our lads hesitate, they' instantly poured a volley into them. These wretch ed and cowardly tactics were practiced on other portions of the line. The brigade of Col. Anson M'Cook. on Palmer's left was at one time heavily en gaged, the 104 th and 10th Wisconsin los ing about 50 men each. The remainder of Palmer's Corps was not engaged, and so rapid and conclusive was tho fighting that it was not needed to assist Hooker-or Newton. Tt is estimated that every man in Hook er's corps expended over 100 rounds of ammunition. At the beginning of the fight tho ammunition trains were on the north bank of the creek, but they were rushed over before the,troop's had gener ally emptied their boxes. Tho enemy retired a mile or more dur ing tho night, falling back to his works around Atlanta. Hood's inaugurar was not very felicitous. Tho battle of Peach- Tree Crock must rank with the most bril liant* successes of the war. The failure of the Rebels to destroy our right win;; was owing to the indomitable pluck of the men. They couldn't afford to be whip pod, and such being the case. Gen. Hood was unhappy in supposing that he could worst ten thousaud of our lads with his whole anny. even after (to borrow a phrase from Confederate classics) " getting them jpst where he wanted them." J. W. M. Your eoircspondent. "O. P. F." gives the following details of operations on the left during the progress of the battle of tho 20th: liKFT AXt> CENTER, JULY 20. Tlio direction of the advance the day before had been almost due south. After the occupation of Decatur by the 23d Corps, which was soon followed- by tho 10th, to whom tho village and the rail road were turned over by the 23d, a new line of march was taken tip, running di rectly toward Atlanta. The 23d Corps proceeded along a road about a mile and a half north of and parallel to the rail road, while tho 15, l(sth aud 17th advan ced, with their skirmish line deployed, on both sides of the railroad, but extending farthest to the south of it. So little opposition had been encounter ed up to this time, aud so determined had the enemy seemed to keep themselves within their works around Atlanta, that the march went rapidly on for about three miles when it began to become apparent that we were approaching the forces of the enemy. As early as 10 o'clock the whole force of the 23d, was halted in the road to prevent the advance from being thrust into a trap, while skirmish firing was gradually growing more brisk and spiteful at a considerable distance on eith er side of the road. It is longer the fugacious cavalry, which had been before them for the past few days, but the stub born Rebel infantry who are encircling Atlanta, and propose to fight tis face to face. , The direction of the road where the Rebels were first encountered was about south-west; the Rebels appeared to have their line formed running north and south, ! consequently our skirmish lijie formed au angle with the road about forty-five de grees. The Rebels wore formed first al ong a little ridge which ran about paral lel to their genial line, and from thisthey were driven back, after a sharp contest, down across a> hollow and part, way up a slope of another ridge, about three quar ters of a mile from the first. This last | ridge is probably the approach to the I somewhat elevated plateau on which the I city is built, is about three miles from the ■ centre of it, and was evidently considered ! by the Rebels as of great importance to ! them, since they were so obstinate iuhold ' ing it. By retaining this, they keep us on a Jower level than they occupy, and can employ artillery upon us with advantage. Our cannon were brought up and got into position ra'.her leisurely, one section after another, as it became apparently the Rebels did not intend to fall back at one?, but still without any considerable effect Their skirmish lino was on!}' driven back a little closer upon the reserve, enabling us, in some places, to approach sufficient ly near to discover a bristling line of ri fle-pits. The great difficulty was to deter mine their real strength—whether there were heavy masses of men lurking be hind those pits or whether it was only a show and a stratagem to gain time and give us trouble. The probable great iuiportaucc to the Rebels of this ridge, however, decided our Generals that there were doubtless too many men over there to render it visable to make a headlong charge on uin known ground. More artillery must be employed, and tlicir strength must be de veloped if possible. THE I'.XTREMIt LEFT. Occasional heavy discharges of artillery could be heard three or four miles down on the left, which were without doubt, play in..-"ii the Rebels from tine mimand of' «i Mcl'herson. They did not indicate any thing more serious than lively skirinish- At 1 o'clock, he reported by courier i that his command was driving everything j before it along the railroad,and was with in two miles and half of Atlanta. This ■brought him within range of the siege j guns, which, if wcaro to believe the re j ports of deserters, scouts, and prisoners, j the Rebels have planted, commanding all the approaches of the city. JUNCTION WITH THE IUOIIT. About noon, Gen. Howard's corps had come up on the right so that, it opened communications with the 23d, and soon after, having gained partial possession of ; tho ridge spoken of above, caused tho | Rebels to abandon his front and turn their i attention toward the 23d. j By this time the skirmish lino was ful- J ly developed along the entire front of the j two divisions, of which tion. Cox's was on the right, and Gen. Ilascall's on the left. As it was advanced forward to ! ward tho ridge occupied by tho Rebels. | the firiiyr grew steadily in volume, and omtinued until it formed'one almost uu- I broken rattle all along the line, Out par ticularly in front of Cox's division, i and continued with little intermission all through the bright moonlight of the night. Our forces threw up works to protect themselves from attack, as it had become apparent that there would bo no further advance that day ; an d was well known that the new Rebel commander, Hood, was much more inclined to make charges than his predecessor had been. LOSSES. The losses for the day in the 23d Corps may have amounted to 75 men. Among them were Lieut. Woodward of the 11th Ohio, seriously wounded, and Orderly Sergeant Origin Adams. Campany I). 104 th Ohio killed. The loss of the lat ter was deeply felt by his regiment, as he had by his energy and good soldierly qualities, steadily raised himself from the ranks, and had \>ecoino a universal favor ite. His commission as Lieutenant had been made oht and forwarded, but he had not yet arrived. A Bedford county correspon dent writes us that the copperheads in that section are industriously cir culating the report, that if the sol diers arc allowed to vote, negroes in thejservice will also be enabled to vote. By tlrssortpf misrepresentation they liopO to induce men to vote against the amendment conferring the right of suffrage on our brave soldiers. It is a palpable, whole cloth falsehood. The proposed amendment simply con fers the right to vote upon ''quali fied electors of this commonwealth" who shall be in the service; and tho "qualified elector" are, as every one knows, white men over twenty-one years of age.— Franklin Repository. ell Put. —"We do not deserve to have a leader like Gen. Grant," says the Nw Yuri; Tribune, "if his inexhaustible energy and fertility of resource have not taught us to endure delays and disappointment.—There may be others. There may be inde cisive battles, defeats, losses, but there will never be a disaster over whelming shake the pur pose of the indomitable soldier who carries with him the fortunes of the Republic." —lf Democrats won't vote to allow sol diers to vote, whatsortof a "gentle show er of shells" may they look for from the army about October and November? Wou't the thunder bewilder somebody about that time? Genial, gentle copper heads. consider! Let the soldiers vote. ?hc Cittern. i TIIOMAB ROBINSON, CYRUS E. ANDERSON, j Edl tors. Iff. W . SI'KAB, Publisher. BUTLER PA. ui:»M;si>»V ikj. 10, " Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and •nscparablo."— D. Webster. Foil I'ItKSIDKNT IN IW4 : « A Rlt A #1.4 M Ll,\( «L\. of Illinois. run VICE PRESIDENT: AKDRKW JOH\STOV. of Tennessee, Presidential Klcdora, BCXATORIAt. Mrrton M'Mlchael, Philadelphia. Thomas 11. aver county. r.K BKBEN TAT JV E. # 1 Robert!». Kin*. 13 Klin* \V. flail. 2 fleo. Morrison Oofttes, ! I (Whs M. «hiin«*r, fJ 11-my iJumm, ■ls John Wj.r.r, 4 William If. Korn, jl»l David M (.'onatiarhy, o Burton If.Jenki, 17 David W. W<.„l «• « t'linrliM M. Bunk, 118 I«aac Ben<nn, 7 Bol'nrt Pinker, ! I'J John P.»ttm,' 5 A»ron Mntf, *2O Samnol 11. Dkrk, 0 .1 1m A. HiMtand, j2l Kvorard Rifrcr, 10 ttirart) 11. r.M vi'll, |22 Johh I' Pennev 11 Kdward IlollUiiiv, Kheiieror M Jnnkin, 12 < fcfUaF. Heed, 124 John W. IM-nr-hmd. EteCAI TICKET, CONOKKSS, TIIOMAS WILLIAMS. PRESIDENT JUDGE, L. L. M til FFIN, Lawrence county. ASSEMBLY, WM. HAS LETT, JOHN 11. NEQLEY of Butler County. SAMUEL M'KINLEY, of Law r alee County. COMMISSIONER. A. C. ciIRISTY. AUDITOR. LEANDER WISE. fi®* We would like our friends would furnish us for publication, a list of those " veterans" who voted last week to deprive our soldiers of the right of suffrage ? Send in their names, we heard of one or two—there may be more; their brethren in the field would like to see theirsiames. 8®" Berks county gives 1,500 majority against allowing lier brave sons now in the Union Army 17\.0 right to vote at the approaching elections." Our readers all know that l: Old Berks" as it is called, al ways votes the Copperhead ticket. I'urtj will fin! ! We k now some men who have sons in the army, vote against their right to vote, thus placing them on equality with the Negro soldier! And all this because a corrupt,disloyal, and, we are happy to say. fast decaying party, required it! Shame on such fathers ! llow can they look their sons in the face 011 their return home ? LOUISIANA.— The Constitutional Con vention of Louisiana closed its session 011 Ihe 25th of July, after a session of 110 days. It framed a new constitution which will be submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection on tho first Monday of September. This constitution if rati fied by the people will for ever rid the stato of slavery. Bo"'The Union party of Franklin co., have nominated Hon. A. K. M'Clure, for Asssembly. Tho Col's, experience as a Legislator will give him a prominent posi tion iu the next House, in the eventof his election, of which we hare no doubt.— His brilliant talent? would justify his friends in conferring upon him still great er honors. But the Col. is young and can afford to abide his time. ®-i/" It was mean enough for the Cop perheads to vote against'the soldiers, hut it was meaner still for them to use for this purpose the tickets which we had prepa red, for the uao of their friends, yet this was frequently don ;by men in this boro., by scoringout ''for" and writing "against" in its place 1 This seeuis to us to be the very essence of meanness, and 'yet men claiming to be honorable done it. fife£>" The Legislature met yesterday in extra session, in obedience to the Gov enor's Proclamation. We suppose its chief business will be to organize a re serve Militia corps for State defense.— This should have been done long since; but inclining to believe that each raid was the last, our Legislators were unwil ling to undergo the expense This should not stand in the way of thoroughly pro viding for the defense of our borders in the future. Let the work be well and completely done this time, and the peo ple will sustain our law makers in so do ing- The IMiiitk Itoml. We understand there will bean appli cation to the Legislature at its present ex tra session to allow the managers of the Jiutler and Allegheny plank road to raise the rate of tolls on. said road. Tliey al lege that without this privilege they can not keep the road in repair—that it is simply a question whether the road shall be abandoned or the relief granted. For our own part we have not given the mat ter that attention necessary for an intelli gent opinion, but trust our Legislators will examine the matter carefully and do what seems right. The stockholders, we suppose,-have little interest in the mat ter—it seems to he a question for the trav eling public to decide. A 15si ao Falsehood. A few days before the eleution last week, it was currently reported that if the first amendment was adopted by the people, it would oxtend the right of suffrage to Negroes !! This the authors of the story knew to be false-—it was an insult to the intelligence of the people; still it an swered a purpose. It enabled a set of heartless polititions to bring out a full vote in the strong Copperhead districts against the soldiers right to voto; but the election is now over, and we therefore ask our neighbor of the Herald to inform his readers that this was nothing more than a mean Copperhead lie! The amendmeiitKinly extending the right of suf frage to those who would be entitled to vote if they were at home. #£••• On two occasions we called the attention of the editor of the Herald , to the fact, that an election was to be held for the purpose of voting on a proposed amendment to the Constitution, extend ing the right of suffrage to the qualified voters of this Commonwealth who had, or should hereafter go into the Union i Army; and requested him to inform his ] reader* of the fact, and to solicit their at -1 tendance, but he nevertheless refrained j from doing so; that election is now I over, and the amendment aforesaid adop ted, by a large majority. Will the Herald please inform its readers of (bis fact, and congratulate them upon the fatft that the Great Democratic army (as they always insisted it is) will have an opportunity of voting for the Idol of the army—Little Mae. and on a peace platform at that. -1 not Iter \ »iti I mil ion ■ | A short tone since we recorded the j nomination of Hon. Smith Fuller, of Fay- I otto, as the candidate of' the Union party i of Indiana, Westmoreland, and Fayette. | We have just learned of the success of another faithful legislator—lion. G. V. Lawrence, of Washington county; who has just been nominated by the Union men of Lawrence, Heaver, Washington, and Greene counties, as their Congression al standard bearer. This is a nomination " fit to be made." Indeed the conferees would not have been justified in "defeat ing the well settled wish of the district, by nominating any one else. Mr. Law rence is well and favorably known to the people of the whole State. Having serv ed with distinction in her Legislative Halls, at least six. or perhaps eight years. He was elected to the State Senate in 18G0, by the counties of Washington and Greene; wit'll Leaver and Lawrence to fall back on now, it will be quite useless I to attempt to defeat, him—his election is j sure. This is as it should be; the gov ernment will have no warmer supporter, the country no truer friend. Tito Election. That the Democrats wcrcopposed to al j lowing the soldiers the right to vote few doubted, but how far they would go in opposing it was quite a n^stery. After the Supreme Court decided that the act extending the right of suffrage to 'the soldier, was unconstitutional, the Legislature tff 1863 offered an amend ment to the Constitution, for the purpose of securing to them the right' which, when they entered the service, they, bad a right to believe would not be taken from them. This amendment, in order to jjccomc a part of tl#organic law, had to pass two successive Legislatures, and then be adopted by the people. The op position had neither the courage nor the power to oppose this amendment success fully; but they struck upon another plan which they hoped would enable them to defeat it, as Sherman did Johnston, by " a fknk movement." >So they offer two other amendments to be submitted with the one already mentioned. Now, accord ing to the provisions of the Constitution, the defeat of one of these amendments would defeat all. And therefore it was not surprising that these same Copper heads when they met last winter to re consider these amendments, opposed the very ones they so shrewdly passed the winter before. Thus, while in the House they voted for the amendment allowing the soldiers to vote, they opposed others, without the passage of which, this amend ment too must fall ! In the Senate, they were even bolder still and voted directly •against the first amendment! But all their efforts failed, and the amendments passed as a unit, and were submitted to the people for their approval or rejection last week. The result of that election is now before ud, and proves the fact that that warm gratitude always entertained towards our veteran army still fills the hearts of our Loyal people. But it is at once amusing and humiliating to observe the weakness of the plan adopted hy the Copperheads to defeat this patriotic meas ure by the people, which was simply this; to refrain from saying or doing any thing that would lead the friends of the soldier to believe that the}/ ing out at all; thereby hoping to induce to stay at home, thinking it unnecessary to lose time with an election where there was no opposition. And while they would thus throw our party off their guard, the whole Copperhead vote was to be brought out in those districts where their organization would not arouse the Loyal vote. In to-days paper will be seen in tabu lar form, the vote of the county; from an examination ol which, we see that hope, the Copperheads have been disnp opinted. To their credit be it said, that tho Republican districts did not let the throng of harvest, nor the absence of the Copperheads prevent them from deposit ing their emphatic vote in behalf of the first amendment—the soldiers right to *OIO. Look for instance, at Buffalo, Clin - ton, Adams, Cranberry, Penu, Worth, Muddycreek. Clay, Allegheny, Parker, Fairview, Washington, and Cherry.—* Our bravo soldiers must not think, that because the Democratic vote is not polled in force against them in these townships, that it was in their favor I not at all. In Buffalo, for example, three or four voted for tho amendment, while quite a number came out to vote against it, but fiudiug no tickets, and not knowing how to write •them, they went home in disgust—the history of Buffalo is repealed in all .the other townships above named. And in no township in our county did the Demo cratic vote go for the amendment. Then look for a moment at the vote of the Democratic townships. Marion, Ve nango. Donegal. Clearfield. W infield. .lack son, Summit, Brady, and if you please, finish your review on the borough of But ler, and here you will see that their old nwjoritcs arc imylc up, or as nearly so, as the desperate character of their case would admit of—occasionally there was an honest father or brother of a brave soldier who would not obey the behests of these heartless leaders; but such ea ses were few. We plaee the vote of last fall on. Cur tin and Woodward beside the vote of last Tuesday week, allowing the soldiers tho right to vote ; by a comparison of these two votes, it will bo seen that no district in the county has given a vote iu favor of amendment, much, if any stronger than the vote given for Curtin last fall. But this vote needs no lengthy explanation at our hands—intelligent readers can do so for themselves. Suffice it to say,, that this meanest of plots to defeat a proper and uecosSary amendment to the organic law of our State has signally failed. The soldiers will now be allowed tho right of suffrage, and on.the second Tuesday of October, we may expect to see a vote from our gallant army, which will be a most powerful and telling rebuke to those who have thus disgraced themselves by secret ly endeavoring to deprive them of their rights. Loyal. (>ur political oppt Dents have an unusu jal antipathy to tlie use of this term. In j order to exhibit its true accepted mean ! ing, we give the 'following definitions : 1. WORCESTER defines it—[l., /a/a/it; kx, ley!*, law j It. troli' ; Sp ./nil; Fr. loyal: /HI/, lot, law.] 1. True allegiance ; faith ful. In a prince or superior. 2. Faith/ill or Irilr in hire; tmc to I'l itjlicd faith. 2. WEBSTER defines it—[f'r. loyal; It. hale; Sp . leal; from L. lex; law.] Faithful to a prince or superior; true to plighted faith, duty. or love ; not trench trims; used oj subjects to their prince, anil of husliiinil, wife, aid lovers. 3. WAI.KF.R defines it an obedient, true to a prince, faithful in iove. true to a lady or lover. 4. IJouviKß, the best expounder of American law, defines it Legal; ac cording to laic ; as loj/al, matrimony, a lawful marriayt. ; attached to the existing law. In the United States we hnve nojYrince. The Constitution, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, is the Supreme law of the land. Rvery citizen is presumed to render paramount 'obedienco to the su preme law of the land. Such obedience is legal or loyal. Those whose sympathies are for and with the Government of the United States, render a willing obedience to this Supreme law, and are therefore loyal; while those whoec sympathies are with the Southern Rebels do not lender a willing, legal, or loyal obedience to the eonstituteil authorities of tke United States, and are therefore very properly called disloyal. Obedience to the author ities and laws of the United States in cludes lovo and affection for them. The same terms areJised in defining the most tender relations in life, such as husband and wife. All the husband's sympathies must be for his wife—and all the wife's must be for herhusband—so in like man ner all our political.sympathies aud affec tions must eoncentrateon the Government 'of the United States, else we cannot be true, faithful, or loyal thereto. As well might a husband claim to be loyal to his wife—when at the same time he profess edly loves every other woman equally as wefl —as for a man who sympathises with | traitors and rebels to be true and faithful to his government. There is no half-way in love—or obedience—or allegiance.— he whole heart and affections must be engaged on one side or the other. ■ Ye cannot serve two masters, was the injunc tion of the sublimest teacher. No man can serve the Government of the United States and tjie Governmentof Jeff. Davis at the same time, and be a loyal citizen cf the United States. There are only two conditions of allegiance—one loyal—the other disloyal. Header, what arc you? We therefore call all who are for the un conditional restoration of the lawful au thority of the l"nited States over every foot of territory JVhieli was evor recog nized as bolonging*to our government — LOYAL MEN. — Armstrong Democrat. MSr President Lincoln has just receiv ed a beautiful shepherd check plaid from Mrs. Anne Williamson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, as a present. The lady is 81 years of age. FROM WAgIIINUTON. WASHINQTON, August 7, 1864.—0ur own-advices this evening from the front of Petersburg are that the rebels undertook on Saturday to repeat ourperfbrmance of the previous week. It was known that they had boon milling in front of Warren, and measures were taken seme days ago to prevent any disastrous results from their work, and the fort they meant to blew up was evacuated on Thursday night. They opened the ball with a ferocious can nonade. and followed by springing their " mine. It blow up a large mass of earth in front of the fort, but did not destroy that work. Their charge was feeble and , but 50 or 00 of their men succeeded in getting near the fort, very few of whom returned. Uur loss iu the wlmle affair was trifling. ™ CAIKO, August o.—The officers of *the steamer Olive Branch state that while that steamer was aground at Island 84,-on the 3d, stragglers al ong the shore reported a fight at Os ceola, Arkansas, between BJJO rebels . under Bowen njid. a federal force, commander unknown, resulting in the defeat of tho rebels, wi.th the loss of many killed, wounded and prisoners, and arms and equipage. Bowen was airfong the killed. Captain Fuller, Superintendent of Telegraphs in this department, has been appointed to a similar possestion in the Department of the Gulf, and will hereafter have supervision ofboth Dapartments, head quarters at New Orleans. WASIU.NNTOJT, August o.—lnformation has reached here that the Union officers, placed by the rebels undcrfire at Charles ton, have all been exchanged. They were saluted by our fleet, and Admiral Dahlgren entertained them on board hisship. 'J hey have been sent North. • A dispatch was received at the Navy Department to-day from Admiral Farra gut, dated the 20th of July, in which ho says he was all ready for an attack on Mo-' bile. saii;! Ills I'rieiMts. 'I here is just at present, in the Democratic party, an earnest strifeover candidates, rather, t'orand against Mc'Jlel ; lan. The supporters of the General ate ; principally the Old Liners, who do things | systematically, frequently by stealth mid I always with a particular object in view. | His supporters early matured their plans, but of late, they have been a good deal in i tcrfcred with by the faction who carry I their opposition to the Government and j country to an ultra extent. At the samo time it is a fact to be noted that of this class there are those who are favorable to the General. Having become alarmed by the opposition recently developed towards him l>y the peace faction, his supporters are putting forth [articular oaertious to make his nomination certain. 'J hey pro fits to lie iri favor of prosecuting the war till the rebellion is put down; but it is cu rious to notice how they squirm over the suggestion made by several leading jour nals which support the Administration, tli itficu. .McClellan and his supporters should evince their sincerity by coming' oui practically for the Government ami raising men tube commanded by him. It has been suggested that onehtimlrert thousand, or any other large number of men, raised in this way would be accented by thf Government, and that the General would find no difficulty in realizing h's wish to returti to the service, with his friends at his an effective way to demonstrate the popu larity of Gen. McClellan with the people,- and il would evince his real desire to see the rebellion put down and the Union re stored. With regard to recalling Gen. McClel lan to the service to have a command, we perceive that since it has been proposed by those not in his personal or political inter est, his peculiar supporters arc not so cl • quent as they wereovorfhe injustice done him by the administration. They havo steadily assorted that no man could raise so many men as he could ; but we have at no time heard of, nof have wo anywhere seen manifested, the slightest disposition by his followers to enlist even with tho promise that they shall be led by him. The nation needs more men; it requires tho active support of loyal men, and no body will object to their giving4heir own reasons. We hazard nothing in saying that a McClellan Grand Division, recruit ed from bis followers, would be instantly accepted by the government. If they really desire to do something to put down tho rebellion and ,see him restored to the service, the way is open. They have an opportunity to show their love for their favorite and practically aid the nation in the hour of trial ? Will they do it?— Pitts. Com. • The Altiick on Mobile. IT K A-liQCAR T ERS, OF.NERAI. BUTLER, 3r. M., August 8. To his Excellency, A. Lincoln. President.—The following is an official report taken Sentinel, August Bth. (Signed) 15. F. BUTLER, Major General. Monn.E, August 5. Hon J. A. Seddon, Secretary of War; —Seventeen of the enemy's vesiels—l4 ships and 3 iron-elads passed Fort Mor gan this morning. The Tecuinseh, a mon itor, was sunk by Fort Morgan. The Tennessee surrendered after a desperate engagement with the enemy s fleet. Ad miral lluchanan lost a leg, and is a prison er. TheSelmawascaptured. ThcGainon was beached near the hospital. The Mor gan Ls safe, and will try to run up to-night. The enemy's fleet have approaehed the city. A monitor has been engaging Fort Powell all day. (Signed) D. 11. MAURY, Maj. Gen, Edwin M. Stauton, Secretary of War. THE ATTACK O\ MOTSll.E.—Gov ernment has no advices from Farra gut that ho has attacked Mobile, but but has dispatches of two days be fore the reported attack, which state that lie was about to do so. Hunter is making a clean sweep from Frederick City of the rebel sympathizers by sending them to their place in Jeff Davis' domains. Somedoz en of the first families of Maryland have thus been packed off.
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