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6rit Ohstrbtr. SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1864 E'TasltAL TIOILIUrft NT TEI PROIPLI 111 ran PUMA or All 11110•111 LIIIITT —Anima Jscitios. rinamenr, - GEORGE B. MCLELLAN, of Pestaritvialar. - • viol PIURIEUMT, JAMES ensue, of Reitocky. (Subject to the doeleion of the Democratic National Coniettton.) Short ems Certain. The agricultural prospects of the coun try for the,'year 1864, the' W. Y. iVor/d thinks, do not look promising. "In con sequence of the severe winter in the West, the %vheat crop in the states of Ohio, In diana, Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, and Michigan, and part of Pennsylvania, was materially damaged, and, from the best information received, will yield but little more than half the ' usual number of bushels in those states. ft was hoped that this deficiency in the crop of wheat would be made good by an increased production of corn and spring-grown grains ; but the weather at seeding and planting time was very cold, wet and .unfaVorable, which, with the great scarcity of farm labor, pre vented the sowing and planting of any thing near the usual number of acres.— From our exchanges, and through private sources, we learn ,that in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois not more than one-half the average breadth of land is planted to porn, and that the proportion of- oats, barley and peas is about the same. Hence, were the season from May to October ever so favorable, there must of necessity be a large decrease in, the amount of grain har vested in the year 1864. The prospect is now, however, much more unfavorable. In the north half of Illinois, in lowa, Minnesota, Wisoonsin, Nebraska and the north-western part ef Michigan, a severe drouth has materially and permanently injured the crops. Wheat, oats, barley and the grass crop cannot, in this large extent of productive western territory, resov%r, even under the most favorable auspices, so as to give more than half the average yield ; besides, the dry weather is favorable to the growth and multiplica tion of the chinch btigs, which have made their appearance in great numbers in• the West, and it is feared, hat what the drouth has•left will be taken by those ra pacious insects. , Besides) the very dama ging drouth in the West and the injury by" insects, considerable damage has al ready been sustained in New York and Canada, in consequence of the extremely dry weather that has prevailed in the eastern and middle sections of the Union for the past three weeks. , So that there is no disguising the fact that there is to be a short crop of all descriptions of grain throughout the United States. This is not a pleasant prospect ; but it is time the country realized the.precise state of the case, so as to be prepared for the high prices of next fall." - "We would ask, does any man in his right mind imagine that, if the one-tenth part of what the Copperheads charge up on the Pr,esident were. true, a Convention of such magnitude, of such commanding respectability, and of so immense a con stituency as that which assembled in Bal timoreovould have put the'seal of its en dorsement upon him? No—it certainly would not. The Baltimore Convention, , with 'two millions of intelligent freemen at its back, has done what it has done in telligently. It knew Whereof it affirmed, and knowing it, dared to maintain it, and Abraham Lineoln,Ahrough its action, is again before the people for their endorse ment or repudiation." The above is a portion of an editorial in this week's Gaulle, advocating the re election of Ur. Lincoln: The editor asks a question which we prefer to leave to be answered by one of his own party friends. The following extraet from a letter written by the correspondent of the New York Evening Post, (a paper whose staunch Re publicanism the austes will not deny) sent on to give a special report of the Baltimore Convention, will, perhaps, cov er our'cotemporary's inquiry - - "141.1131011 E, June 7-3.15, P. U. "As I came out a Maryland Abolition ist, who is for Lincoln, and who is a. mer chant of Norfolk, told me they intended to have a more radical platform than Fre mont. I asked what was the use of a platform at all unless there was some one to carry it out ? When Gov. Morgan re ferred to the _origin of the Republican party, and its first battle in 1856, under the lead of Fremont and Payton, and its second time in 1860, under Lincoln and Hamlin, the Convention manifested about equal satisfaction with both battles, and if they had not been tongue-tied, I think they would hive demonstrated at the mention of Fremont's name in a way that would have done the heart good.' Gov. Morgan's call upon the—Convention, to demand an amendment of the Conititution,. killing fiirever the cause of all our woes, human slavery, was received with three times three, when the hearts J even the Balti more Convention, packed then4gh it is with office holders and contractors, could not be kept shut up, but they burst out in spite of all efforts to stifle their beatings.. Dr. Breckenridge's references to Mr.:Lincoln as the bowing standard-bearer were salu ted with Warm applause at first, but not with that outpouring of the soul expected.. Compared with the enthusiasm at Cleve land, when Fremont's name was even al luded to, it was nothing in point of volume and fire. For the effect of Fremont's ac widens* upon the Convention I prefer to leave you to the result of its deliberation to prophesying about it. An office holder said to me this morning that madness rules the hour. I replied that I thought it was rather office holders and coßtraelors who ruled it I" "COMMI:We are getting to be an ex traordinarily plenty article of late. The Fremont men call all who support Lincoln "Copperheads ;" the Linoolnites retaliate by styling the Fremonters "Copperheads;" and both in a grand chorus unite in howl ing down the Democrats as "Copper. heads." - It would appear from this, 'the t as the entire people of the North suppol t one .or the other of these parties, they must all be "Copperheads," and that they are divided into three classes—the Lincoln "Copperheads," which includes the Ad ministration, its officeholders and those - whom they have deluded into a belief that Old Abe is an ".honest"-man, and fit to be President a second term ; the Franmnt "Copperheads," or those honest .Reptibli caris who know Lincoln's unfitness and manfully oppose him ; and the Democrat ic "Copperheads," who favor the Constitu tion and desire a restoration of the old • Union, on terms that will be honorable to the people of both sections. Who would have thought a few months ago, that by the close of June, 1864, the entire people of the North would be "Copperheads ?" ~,, REAP 1 READI ! READI 1 1 Republican triumph is 1860," which the The Rebels 'Woking. Over the Re73eadwa. Or says is a'"grest, consPicueus,' , 'abun- , den el Lleeeha ;den . fly established fact," • ' That the people of a South were de- We have on repeated Occas ions stated ; ceived into rebellio is unquestionable. our impression that the Republican party I The Northern Abolitionists were respon and the Alministration hat', by their im sibli for it, and might at any time have politic and fanatical policy , more to Caved:the nation from war. But it can consolidate the rebel masses in their an not escape , memory that when secession tipsthy to the Union, and to nerve them; was put in operation, the stoutest North up to the most desperate fighting quell,. , e rn advocates of the rights of ' secession, ties, than all other pauses combined. the most determined opponents of coen have given abundant extracts from youth; cion, were the leading_ Republican news ern papers and speeches to prove this pot an d politicians, who had been la. ,_ papers sition, and in our columns to-day winboring with the Southern leaders to ac. found, -or four of the same Character. 1 complish Mr. Lincoln's election. We need Thoaech are printed ou our first, page ;,not cite the proof with which our readers should - fie sufficient to convince any one are so familiar. We believed then, and of the soundness of our conclusions, hitt wo believe now, that the Republican' edi if the reader still doubts what we assert, 1 tors and politicians to whom we refer were let him read the following', from the Rich sincere secessionists—that they desired a mond Dispatch, of a few days ago. dissolution of the Union, had labored for the most conclusive testimony thus far -it, and did not Wish to see it prevented by presented, of as view taken by the rebels a war tot the Union. The subsequent themselves as to, wit 3 are. their "be'st course of some of those politicians but friends in the North::" confirms this view. Their whole police "For our part we'are glad to hear that has been such as, in the view Of impartial Lincoln has received the nomination.— When some 'enterprising partisan' officer melt, tends to "disunion. Nor can there of the Revolutlon proposed to carry Ofr I be any doubt that if the Southern leaders Sir William Howe from th . etlaidst of his I wanted the election of Mr. Lincoln in army, Washington put his toon it at 11880, they much more desire his re-eleo-, once. He had no doubt that it we, fesai tion in 1564. We submit whether the ble ; but Howe had conducted the war as stupidly as it was possible for any man ao same reasons are as operative, even more conduct it, and any change whateier operative, now than then. The truth is could be but for the British interests. Let that the success of the Republicans was him stay for fear of a successor who might the success of the parties North and South not be quite such an imbecile. So we say of Old Abe. It would be impossiblei to who had determined to divide the Union; find another such an ass in the United and—their success again this year will States; and therefore, we say, let him stay. have, in all probability, a similar value to We, at least, of the Confederacy, ought to the purposes of the.disuniontets wherever be satisfied with him, for hi leas concluetsd t h e war exactly as we oug h t to wish it eo „d u .,,e,a, they are.—Journal of Commerce - He has confirmed chase that were wavering, heat ed red-ltot those who were careless, converted cold indiference into furious passion, end cakulating neutrality into darning patriotism. As for the military operations conceived and execu ted under his auspices, surely we havelne right to complain. No service ever had so many blundering officers, and no cam paigns were ever conducted with greater stupidity. For, these reasons we are most decidedly in favor of old Abe, and if) we could command a million qr votes in Yankeedrms he should have them aU.- He has made thi South the most united people that ever went forth to battle with an invader; and for' that bade-. serves the lively gratitude of every Soulth ern man. If anything •could add to the obligations under which we lie to the Bal timore Convention, it would be found' in the nomination of Andrew Johnson—the man of all others most detested in the South, and the Most likely to keep togeth er the parties already united in one sand mass for the prosecution of the war. Con vinced, as we are, that nobody not in faver of continuing the war could be elected, land that no other would conduct it , so foolishly, we go this ticket " Met I , Swapping- Ilerses." The "loyal" papers tell us that when "Old Abe," surnamed "Honest," 'by way of ridicule, was called upon by the com mittee of the Baltimore Convention; to apprize him of his re-nomination, he Made a speech of which ,the following is said ,to have been the termination. It is not! the sort of one that Washington, or Jackson, or any of the illustrious men who have preceded Mr. Lincoln woold have Made, but such as it is, it received the ecstatic applause of the group of contractors, Office holders and other Government pensioners -assembled on the occasion. Said Old Abe : " I have not permitted myself, gentle men, to conclude that I am the,best man in the country, but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams!' We save gone to some pains to lOok up all the old story books that we could lay our hands upon, in order to ascertain the original of Mr. Lincoln's comparison, and now have the infinite pleasure of announ cing that we have faund it. It is as fol lows : "A Dutchman undertakes to swim a mare and colt across a stream, and not being a swimmer himself, he takes hold ' of the colt's tail, and the trio start to make the passage. The colt, weak and imma ture, begins to show signs of giving out about the time the middle of the! stream is reached, and men on the opposite bank cry out to the Dutchman to 'seize the mare's tail and relieve the colt, or he will be lost. Looking -anxiously about him, and seeing the mare's tail beyond his reach, he tightened his grasp on the colt's candle extremity, and replies to his inter ested neighbors that this is no !place to swap horses.' The result, of course, is that Dutchman and colt soon sink to what the novelists term 'a watery grave.' " We are left to infer that the colt repre serits the almoit exhausted Government, and the President the drownin Dutch man. It is not strange that his i're-nomi nation should have called this story to mind. The question for the people is, whether there is not some way to save the bolt. • ' ' Disamies. The Dibuns finds fault with Gen. MO- Clellan for his opinion as to the 'causes of, the war, and boldly asserts, as if it were a new truth, that the leaders of the South ern rebellion were actually aiding the Abolitionists to elect Mr. Lincoln for the purpose of helping on the popular feeling at the ' South in favor of disunion. This is doubtless true, nor is it in any way in conlistetit with General McClellan's state ment. There was a great difference be tween the leaders of secession 'and the people at the South. The people were in immense majority for the Union until the combination of ' Northern Abolitionists with Southern -secessionists monied pop nlar feeling' to such a pitch that the Union wen were silenced by a rampant, raging minority which grew' to *ma jority. We have so often proved this fact, that it seems odd to hear the Tribune now coming out as if it were a new idea. We have again' and again published'the reso lutions adopted at a meeting of Abolition ists, since high in the Republican ranks, who, in this State of New Yorjt, in 1859, resolved that the Union ought to be dis solved, and that theylisould Open up a oOrreepOndenoe wi th Henry A,, Wise and other Southern disnni mists, for the pur pose of devising-ways to bring about their object. iler was this a solitary case. The same course was pursued in all parts of the country wherever Abolitidnism was growing strong among the Republicans. The proofs were so abundant that it Seemed idle to deny the statement when we made it, and yet many of the radical journals called us slanderers for the pub lication. We are glad now to reoord from the Tribune the confession, published in italics in that piper, "that the peyinears of the rebellion desired and labored ter that very VALLANDIGHAIIeI?MIN: ' FFillete Spirit, a rabid Abolition and Fremont piper, al luding to Vallandighain's speech, at Day ton, says: "llow inexpressibly contempti ble does a Government appear which is obliged tamely to endure the utterance of such language from a ccinsciouiness that it cannot justify the unlawful act it per petrated upon this worthlesi l man. Val landigham could have come back to his home without molestation at any time during the past year, for there is no law' in the country authorising banish ment; and there has been no martial law in existence in Ohio during that period." Unitary Chase *wined. The meat important _item of. Friday morniag's news is the resignation of Sec retary Chase. The cause is 'said to have been a personal difficulty With the Presi dent, but it is more probable that the Secretary foresees the crash that is com ing, and sought a pretext to evade the starm. Ex-Governor David Todd, of Ohio, was nominated for Chase'seuccessor, but the Senate, after a hot debate, declined to confirm the appointment ; on hearing which. David very wisely refused to accept the office. It is`supposed that his qualifi cations for the place consist in the fact that he was once clerk in a country store. They have onthe bill of fare at the ho- tels in Nashville a "Lincoln pudding." That, we suppose, is simply, the old fash ioned Mood pudding. i lb Cometatim. It is settled there is to be no commuta tion. The House on Tuesday passed the bill of Mr. Smithers, of Delaware, which provides substantially : That the President may,at any time call for any number of volunteers' for one, two or three years. That in case the quota of any town shall not be filled within sixty days. after the call, the President may order ' _a draft for one year to fill that quota.! • That in case of a draft there shall be no exemption by the payment of money. Bounties are offered lOC volunteers or substitutes—s2oo for one iyear, $3OO for two years, $4OO for three yams. So much we collect from the imperfect telegraphic summary. The essential fea ture of the bill is, of course, the repeal of the exemption clause—or, rather, that is the point on which most of the contro versy turned. The Senate passed a bill recently for the achievement of the same object, but the House has thrice refused to accede, voting the other , day by 100 to 30 in favor - of retaining the commutation. Now that the two branches are reconciled on this vital question, we presume they will speedily be at accord on matters of detail, and that one or the. other bill will be a law. •It -no secret that the change of front in the House is due to the urgent repre sentations of the Executive. The system heretofore , existing was deemed a failure. The Governmeht got money and not men. Hence the argument addressed Xi . ) mem bers.of Congress has been t If you mean the war shall go on, you must grant the power to draft, compulsorily in other words, you must give the Government the power to fill its armies speedily, and keep them full. And the House has yielded to this urgency,' impelled by the patriotic conviction that the Executive was entitled to the grant of such. authority as in its view was n for the suppression of the rebellion.—N. Y. Ttibass. Tun Piton or G s :mix—The price of gold is stW upward i lind on Wednesday it had reached the highest standard ever before attained, the quotations being 240 and 245, filmultineously with Lida advance, an increase in the prices of Flour, Grain and Meat took place, which will be still worse news to the consuming pore lion of the community. Present prospects indioate that . gold will go still higher, or to speak more proper - , that paper will decline still further. In order that our readers may be able to understand the euct value of pa per when gold reaches cattalo standards, we have gone to some troubleto figure out the hots, and present 'the result below. It will be of advantage to cut tb statement out, and preserve it for fain:* refersios wise trial/ latotiNa at 210. • paper dollar Is worth ......... ..... SOAT.I3-41 • • • I 230 . 43 4.11 ' * " 43 11143 • • a 340 " 4 41 4Y ; 300 41 4 " , 240 - as 4.13 " " 3TO 1 " " 4T 1543 64 64 44 200 MI 40 44 54 " • sisi " " 34 14411 " " 800 " 3314 ir Y 61 400 Bs 64 24 N 66 14 600 41 M 20 44 44 44 1000 '64, 114 44 44 SI 10000 Y U It would be a Matter of interest to &portion of the public to know if the so-called acade mies and literary - ltuttitutioas to this county, are really what they profane, or moldy Abo lition electioneering coacerns in disguise. W. know akr at least, which,: if they are to be Judged by the exelusivenees that their man agers display towards Democratic newspapers, might be strongly suspected of being the latter. The Gentle, gluing of the Democracy, say! "lb. antagonist we have to encounter * * will ight,wlth desperate energy." Why, neighbor, kis not long since yen salt tkiat aims "nataganist" 'wee lidead," and u nited with wonderibt 11•• over the presumed fed. His be bon "rosurrected ?" WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK We are now able to give definite'intelligence i of Geo. Grant's movements bask week which ! were hinted at stimjsterionsly in moat of the papers. The following ii the resume of events as given by the N. Y. - Tribune: - "Gen. - Grant i undertook to seta and destroy .the Weldon Railroad a little south .of Petersburg, The 18th Corps was seat down from Bermuda Hundred, while the 2d and 6th were mass ively thrown to_ the•left in the . do4setioniattis railroad. The rebels discovered- the latter movement in time to attack our advancing i columns in flank. By the glaring fault of somebody, the divisions o l f the 2d Corps : — temporarily under the cowhand of Gen. Bir ney—became disuniicd, and the rehels struck iu betieen on Wednesday afternoon. liarloW's division lost., 1,000 , prisontrit. McSnight's battery of four gun' was - ciliplured. Gibbon', division seems to have been rolled up very suddenly, the rebels appekring:in its rear, surrounding 'mil capturing whole, regiments before is shot bt,i :„-:n fired on our eide.--- Nearly a whole brigade went'in this way, and our correspondent justly ritarks that where such troops as the 16th an d 19th Massschn setts, veteran regiments 4 high renown; are takes prisoners bodily, the fattlt can , only lie only with the general officers, or with some one of them. Altogether, we last about 2,000' prisoners from the two divisions, Barlow's and Gibbon's—pretty heavily also in killed and wounded; The Bth Corps, •which *as in advance' remains& intact. When the rebel attack Became known, Ricketts was halted, aid marched back to the support of the 2d.— L ltt Re-enforee eats were brought up also from the 6th, th n holding the-left of the Wrench ed liue. ut the' rebels made no attempt to press their advantiige. . "Thursday morning Che t t:ith and 2,1 Corps again want forward. The tith reached the Weldon Railroad and went to work destroying it, but. before much damage had been done, was attacked and driven tack. The rebel assault was so persistent that it , was deemed best to withdraw to intrenchineuts in expecta tion a a general pngagemetit. The advance to the railroad, therefore amounted to nothing, very little dainage having been do . ne to the track; and the positiongained having been abandoned al:ails : las soon as it was taken.— But the expected engagement, did not occur. The two Corps maititained their line, and' the weight of the rebel assault on Friday fell wholly and ineffectually on the ISt I, Corps, at the other end of .t he line This may be c onsidered the second failure of the grand movement against Richmond. — The first comprehended the advance of Sigel down the Shenandoah to the point now reach ed by Gen. Hunter, andthe capture of Peters burg by Butler, while Grant engaged Lee's army between the Rapidan and . Richmond.— The second, which is the present, comprised the capture of Lynchburg byllunter, of'Gor donsville by Sheridan, anti of Petersburg by Meade. The failure of Hunter to accomplish his part of the mission has doubtless had a more damaging effect. upon Gen. Grant's plans than the failure -of Sheridan, ajthongh the success of both was quite necessary tis the suttees of the grand plan. The 'army of , the Potomac new lips in front of; Petersburig in vesting it as chisel" as possible, and thrpwing shells into the city almost day and night'. The condition of the people in the , city is repre• sented to be Ina measure distressing, the , in habitants of that country arbund having fled to the city for protection, and being compelled to subsist upon{ soldiers' rations. It is su preme folly tol talk about Richmond , being destitute of ,food or of Lee's army being in any way short of supplies. They have un interrupted communication on ill the lines of railroad leading South of the city, and can still draw upoU`the side fields of Southwest ern Virginia. There is nu doubt that since Gen. Grant's operations haie.pointed directly at Richmond, the rebel capital has been' placed in a condition to withstand a siege,; should such au event befall it. _ Until, _therefore, Richmond is closely invested—as closely,- in fact, as was Vicksburg—the period of its fall cannot safely be computed. The base of Grant for the-present will ut doubtedlY be at Bermuda Hundred, which is being intrenched for the purpose. Gen. Foster a few days ago, prepared a secondary base on the Nerth side of the James, at iFour Mile Creek, nine miles from Riohthond. The works which were evacuated so inopportunely by the rebeleiwkwa they re enforced Petersburg,,may be considered the advanced lines of Grant's army on the South side, while those being prepared by Gen. Foster are on the North side- It, would thus appear,that the inten tion is to approach both Petersburg and Richmond, communication being kerit up be tween the two wings by means of gunboats. Fort Darling is,thas made an objective point, and it is probable that it will be the tint sub 'jeot to be demonstrated upon by the new plan. While there movements are In progress, the splendid cavalry t'firce of the Army of the 'Potomac will be employed invading upon the `enemy's lines and around his rear; so as to harass him as much as possible.. Gen. Pother appears to have. met with considerable success in his advance, anff is supposed to have. cap tured Chadic's Bluff, which is opposite Fort Darling. If_ this is true, the new position can be made formidable for a bombardment of : the rebel fortification. .Gen. Sheridan's cavalry command has crossed the James rifer and joined Grant. ' The rebels endeavored to pre. vent this by attacking r him at Wilcox's Land— ing, but falled'in their purpose. Lee is evi dently endeavoring to out off .Grant's comma nicationfrby the James river, and has already destroyed Harrison's and Wilcox's Landings. The parties operating here,, however, may be merely raideri., The President has returned front his visit to the front, and is understood , to hive expressed himself well satisfied with, the progress of affairs. Whidi he ' was with' the' army the grand movementS already refer red to - were in Tirogress. It if tiepOrted that our josses in Ibis battles of Petersbirg last week were nearly ten thousand: With the ezieption of an attack upon Gen. Suraside'slines oa Saturday tight, there is little of interest from Grant's field' of spars; tiou in front of Petersburg. The attack was made tor the purpose of driving back a work. log party who were throwing up' intrenoh— meats ; but the rebels did not suoceed'in their designs. The , army is angering very much from amenity of water and the heat and duet: Gen. - Wilson ii reported by rebel! peperi as haring burned the dept at Burkeirille, which< I is the .janction of the Richmond 4 Danville and the Petersburg & Lynchburg roads, and is represented to be pushing farther South... In view of this fact, Secretary Stanton reports that ! "ell therellroads leading into Richmond are now 'destroyed, and some of quo; 60411,y." Grant has not possession of the Petersburg Ps Weldon road, av was represented, save that it is commanded by his gnu at a point where it debauches from Petirsbarg, and therefore is rendered ntutervio table to the rebels except la the night time. The raid of Gen. Wilson.upon Burkentilt will only be of temporary service, as the nbels have adequate means for repair: log whatever damage has been or may yet Oa done. • Genersi Sherman hue beet defeated in an attack upon Gls rebel :forties, and had loSt• between two sad three therms:o is wotibded; acid priiiners: r It appears that he sttemptedia utormient with both wings on each dink.af the enemy, 1,4 t found that the • rebels were 'strongly' poete4 behind bossy en trtnehments and could not be dislodged. Generals McPherson and Thomas led the at tack, and In, all probability, attpmpte to carry the works by assault. The l ? enemy kept behind ihis parapet during the battle, and was thus enabled to indict much damage upon our ad vancing aolamns. This shows that Johnston has fortifid every avenue to .Atlants sutch a manner that to attempt to wry the posi tion by storm would be worse than futile Ile has had months in whiCh to pre'pare for de fence, and the 4aracter of tho ground is such hislines can bp taade almost impreguable. Gen. Sherman has been for some. time preparing for this movement, and doubtless thought that he would succeed 114 Weil to au assault as he Gas heretoforvin sirategio movements. The lesson that has been taught is a dear one, in- I Nolving the loss of valuablelives anti thousands of brave men - The febeis are raiding upon general Sher man's fear in quite heavy forces Several trains have been capthred and deseroy ed. From the recent wholesale tlegertiona fram the rebel lities it would appear that there is con siderable disaffection in I the ranks\ of Johns ; • ', ton's army: ft appears that Morgan was not vigorously pursued when he made his escape out of Ken tucky at Pound Clap : A.Che!pasied ihrOugh Shunningsburg his atianinnition was exhaust ri and his men dispirited with their late re verses. They only numbered about seven hundred, and acknowleil that they bad been badly whipped. In the; afternoon of the day on which they left Colonel Herrera, command ing two regiments of infantry, one, cavalry regiment and a• battery of artillery, came np in pursuit, but expecting a force at Mount Sterling _to head Morgan off, did not hasten to pursue. Had he acted otherwise he might 'have killed or captured! the whole force, for Morgan. was in no condition to resist.: He abandoned the pursuit!at Morehead. An attack upon our 'fleet off Mobile is ap prehended. 'There are no Iron vessels there, but Admiral Farragut; has se it to 'Adiniral Porter for some of hisiMonitors. If they ar rive In time all will be, well. The rebels' have a very powerful fleet with which to make the attack, and may Succeed in sinking some of our vessels- Should h ey do so, et Enquiry will be pertinent why ome of the Monitors which have been Kling intetive off Charleston .so long were not sent: ito prevent such a catas trophe. f Guerrillas are still illative upon the Missis sippi and Arkansas rivers. A steamer which arrived at Memphis t:rom -New Orleans; a few days ago was fired into seven times between Vicksburg and Memphis ; aad the rebels on the Arkansas river hive Succeeded in Captur ingthe steam transport lago above Arkansati Post. Oa the mornin g of the 20th Wade Hampton and Pits Hugh Lee made an attack upon our troops and gunboats at White House, but were repulsed by Getteral Abercrombie',o' bri gade, stationed there. The object waste pre vent General Sheridan, who was expected there, from joining General Grant. In this they failed, however, as General Sberidan came up and assisted in the repulse of the rebels, indicting severe loss upon thein. • The rebel Gen. pillow seems to have failed in an attempt to capture Latayetti)—which it a town in Walker. edenty, Georgik, about 25 miles due South front Chattanoogal. The gar— rison refused to surrender, andhilld the rebels at bay until reinforchments came in, who 'at— tacked 'Pillow in the rear and defeited him, indicting considerable loss, Pillow leaving one hundred dead and Wounded on the field. Taking advantage of the removal of one of our gunboats from' the mouth of: the White river, a portion of Magruder's command re cently, attacked two companies of Federal troops, bat were rePalsed after'a severe tight. The opportune arrival of the gunboat Lexing ton, however, contributed mainly to this for tunate result. r. A few days ago a;gang of guerrilla!, under command of Capt. 4essee, made a dash at the railroad below Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, but retired without doing much damage. He then made an attack upon Bardstown, which was garrisoned by twenty—five men of the Invalid Corps; whosurrendered without firing a gun, notwithstaodiug assistance wris eing hurried for Ward to Them. Jesgeo then vie good his seicape. The Law of Furnishing Substitutes. Nei/ YORK, June 18, 1864. Editors of the humid of Commerce : DIAZ Sta,—The following question,being of considerable interest at present, I think, if it will not occupy to,, much of your valuable space, that you wotild be serving the public by publishing them with answer, or giving the desired information in a letter form, as you doubtless could. I know by so doing "you will much oblige ,A e On Stresoitteett:. If a person who is enrolled and liable to be drafted, but - le not yet drafted, furn ishes a substitute now, does it free him ,from all subsequent calls for military , service during the time for which his substitute is en listed ? . Asts.—Yes.:, If he gets a Irian willing to enlist . , in the navy as his subititute, does it free Lunt from military service as effectively as if he had got one to enlist in the army ? Ans.—Yes. F If he has got a Man who is willing to enlist in the army as his isubstitute„ where does he take him, and what steps-are necessary in or. . der to procure Ma own exemption papers ? AllB.—Take the substitute to the Provost Marshal of the district in which ,you are en.: rolled. If the substitute is,acoeptrd you will receive eaemption papers. If he has got men who is willing to enlist in the navy as hie ,substitute; where does he take him, ? ' Ans.-- , Take him to No. 14. State street, or any other naval rendezvous. If he ham found a man who is accepted In the army as hie substitute, does such subset,. tats -reoeive any I bounty from the United States, State, county or city, and if eo what bounty Aim-41e receives no bounty whatever. If he has feund!a man who is accepted in navy as his Mitistitute, does such substitute receive my bointy,lo k ' t ! Ans.—No. .For what term of service are men now en listed in the army ? . das.—,Three For what terms n the navy ? Ane..-Three years. Chit. Bionic IThis gallant and meritorious soldier, who visitid 'Erie at the time of the reported Canada it'd, has been assigned the command of the 10th corps in place of Oen: Gilmore. It wan thought by some of the Leaguers about ; Pittsburg that he was not loyal enough 4 , maintain command of the Monongithels. ;the Pittsburg Post says he was 4.oapperheii;d. Amos Idyeri, Congressman from the Clarion, Orstrford and fVenaugo district, is 'candidate for re-eleetion. :We trust the Republicans of that section are not so hard up for 'Alio stalf statesmen an made of" that they will re-elect an apolog, for s*an, like Myers, to seri% in Congress a second term. , , -Taa-Co*teo Durs.—lt is difloolt to es- I ... plain the remarkable apathy of, the people geiserally in relation to the approeshing draft. Everybody feels Nast one will scant be made, [ and that it will (lemur 'Under oirounstances of more dill . onraeement and with more persons! 1 severity than heretofore, and yet teti a:wreath:A lis made to obviate,lt The county escaped a conscription wailer, the lost call tiirtre by good fortune than otherwise, for,with the exception 1 of a few inteiestei substitute brokers, no one appeared to tskeagy ipecist pains to secure 1 the remit. It happened by chance, too, that • large number of Waren recruits belonging • I to this count, had re-enlisted, and they were Ithrown iu to tild. up the, quota, whin would otherwise have been considerably dedlient.— Ever since the war began, there his been e: 1 1 !int of orgsattatioU, of unanimity o action; of cordial working enthusiasm am g out people on this subject which has permed largely against our loterests. Had e pos sessed:an effloient organisation like ihose in New York pity and elsewhere, whoa* specisi business it should be to assist in obtaining recruits upon our quote, there 'mild have been no difficulty by this time, iti,obtainiUg enough recruits to make our quota full for the next ball, and lege., some to spare for the one to follow. The mistaken of the past' cannot be rem,: died, but we can herb from them, .if we are shrewd, lessons of wisdom for the More calls are to be made—that is certain ; more drafts will be enforced ; and the quOte of Erie comity must be filled either by volun teers or conscripts. These are truths which stare us all in-the face, whether we are War men or, anti-war men ; and it behooves the en tire community to be preparing themselves for the emergency. No one that we meet, Repub•. linen or Demoirat, wants to go into the army, yet none make a movement to obviate the he cessity fdr a draft.. Why is it that the peciple are so stupid over a . matter so seriously Con cerning their interests ? We tell them plainly that unless some action is taken, and that speedily, many of them will find•Unole Sam's strong muscles on their shoulders, and hear his stern voice bidding them go to the front and held their brethren in 'the bloody work before Richmond. Let us have immectiate•or - ganisation and action. Great are the tribulations of the Democra cy. The _postponement of the Democritio National Convention is alleged to have been made by a bogus committee, and hence the regular committee have bean invited by task chairman, Thomas B. Florence, to meet: at Washington on the SOth inst., to call a con vention to nominate candidates for Vice Pres • ident on an out and out pesos platform. This, of course, severs the Democratic , party in twain, and forces the War Democracy either to bring forward a separate ticket or to fuse aoith one of those now in the field.—Gasette. There is not one,word of truth in the above. The postponement of the Chicago Convention was favored by almost every leading Rvno - - . ' critic paper, and the few that opposed it, now that official action has been taken, cordially acquiesce in the decision of the Committee. The organisation of •which Col. Florence is chairman is one-of.a local character entirely, established to support the Chicago nominees, and not to oppose them. At no time in the history of the party was there more thoi•- ough unanimity or greeter seal . in the cause than-at present. The alight difference* that •may prevaii now, i►re only upon questions of policy and candidates, which will be put at immediate rest by the action of the Chicago Convention, and the Union Democracy of the country will rally as one man around the nominees presented for their support by their, representatives in National council. Tan Caors.—The testimony of all the far mers we meet agrees in the statement that the prolonged dry'weather has so severely affected the crops in - this Vicinity as to lead to the fear that the yield will not be more than half an average one, if that. The grass in ttlojost every part of the county is completelyparch ed, inn few fields will be worth cutting. A Metal who took a trip through the section of country back of Waterford says he Bair fields in which the grass was no higher than at the opening of spring, and it presented a yellow, sickly appearance that was very unpleasant. From almost every township we hear the same tidings. People that have ,cattle are i already beginning to talk of selling them, for, they say, it will be impossible to feed them it the prices which hay and grain must attain. There are some hopes.that oorn may yet revive and furnish a good crop, but all other grains are destroyed. The prospects are discouraging in the extre.me to the farming community,and none the less so to the citizen's of the towns, for it is a well knOwn faht that whateier af fects the agricultural interests affect, all the rest. What, with enormous taxes, high prices, more drills; short crops, Abolition folly and a prolongation of the war to next yisr (see quotations from Republican papers in our last) the condition of the people in,this sec. tion at least is sad and almost hopeless. Srirs STRUT TO as Parsp.—On Monday evening the Common Council eoneurred with the Select Council in thi amendments to the ordinance ordering the paving of State street, from Fourth street to the dock, and the ordi nance was passed and is to go Into effect. It provides that the .grading shall -be'.done by the city, while the paving and curbing shall be done by the property owners on that por— tion of the street: We regard this is an ad— vance inihe progress of the city, which will have a telling effect upon its prosperity ; and if the councils will work as sure in, all other matters- demanding their attention, ' • we will not find so much fault with them for being Dispatch. The Executive Council 'of the Philadelphia Board of TFade passed a resolution at a recent meeting fliruting inquiries to be made into the causes of the decline of the .petroleum, trade. It was stated that the-reeeip If:rude pc,troleum •at ' that port, for the rot three months of 1884 ; u compared with 't a receipts of 1883, in the same period of U . had de— creased by the amount of 89,886 li equal to 8,693,440 gallons, and the noel of both crude and refuted united show a ' Who of 8,120,880 gal l ons, and the t pments to foreign markets in the same_ time dimin - biked by 641,802 gallons. This . a matter worthy of serious consideration. The foreign demand at this time is very active; tirenty.two Tesseit are now loading for other ports. The 'titles of some of our battle-Selda are queer specimens of nomenclature. !hat oould be mere romantic, gmarkeatioally speaking." (u Artemus, the incomparable, stye) than the n 110,111: Ball Ran, Snicker's Gap, tar's Mountain, Polecat• Station, Sum Neck, Nigger-Foot Road, Bussuits' Boost Pass, Oockeyseille, ScuMelown, Skinner's Nook, Mob Jack . Back, Yellow Tavern, ilardsorable Towle, tinaketown, Jericho Martih, Piping Tree, Punklarine Creek, Os Neok, Chlillol . ll Branch, Snake liver follow. The man who•is anxious tbat . iielie last dol. Ist and the last men" shall Do used In order to wash the rebellion and slavery was in town yosterdiy. He came N bld hrowell to his lAN who waa just about leaving for Canada— for-the WWI of hie health i• ao-gag's 441v#tiutuent Stray Colt, 'fltatE tri the promi•P9 ID Stltumittawn hip, ou the w ewrr ?- ltoeA, di mil. e frnm k_ne vnut ah. ,r.t. 13„,. L .envt, or 3t o .1, .T Lll. .hono whenra.ne .re foraarl f other notictb'• ma-am T .rarer requ i tk, • - k I trittr4 Die,* p , 'Art pL. ctitr!ers Vl , l GAS • otheitql.•l3.l.l,l , t. 1 ..-r.or ail /724° I t iv r, (yi ki IMPORTANT PUBLICBALI • AT PIIILVJELPIIIA. $19,020 52 Erie Canal Co, By_ order (.1 Assigaeas naalc f DAY, JULY Fats, at Uo'c•tek a' P.m Vac . 130 Banda Erie C• Jai Culilp6.l., I certify of do du th, Total it. Tifosi ON.; A Yon 4: I EIEIZI DRUGS AT WHOLESALE' & RENL SAMUEL CARTEa agwwwwwixteslwith him to lb* Drug DA* CARPER, under th• Finn title c! Carter & Carver, By wheat the the busizwort will conttra.t,, b. , e at the old stand. With enlarged stoat fad Lua u , cilittes they hope to receive a libaneibtre patronage.. ESPECIAL ALTTENTIO Win ill divotid to Um WHOLESALE TRADE. 011/1111 In the ttilighborins tovrog Are resixt-A, TINS to gin us • call before parchaalog vimendork THE RETAIL DEPAR,TISfEIi will Tw oondusted, as harstotora, in a rants] ago with a disposition to otalps our customers. We partlrslarly call tb s • lot ofof Pbytklus 4 CHEMICALS, Wkilch Is the lurst trl4 nalurt •tar Aloe& 3 clty. 'ear Prescript:tons proptrod as honoree, t z awl promptuno. Executor's Notice. LETTERS testr \ tar - X.llO Ng, For We at 1f214. SILOOK4 PATENT WRITING AND TOILET cONTAINING Writing Paper, Envelopes, fa 4 r, kn., Pia; Thread, Tooth Brash. Comb, ?a., alm, Thimble, Button, and other corral am :A , btned in a sae. .10,inehaa . in . langtb, h Wool ! Wool ! THE HIGHEST MARKET PRE. be paid iu C.S. Ortsnbaeks fori 4 ood, awl properly Lundled Wools. Now in the your mousy back j•ZS-3t. loportant to Persons Wasting Bs lags Removed. 'HE UNDERSIGNED offer thel ices to the pith'!" al Moven of Haildupl have ono of the teat machine' forthe parpow ducted, and having had long experience in the to feel confident of giving eaturfaction. all unit Banding' taken and moved to any deemed but ',wed and safety. E. C GODFREY k Girard, Eno Ccutt.l COnfracta takes to say Dart of Ent .Nzsl edge of Crawford or the edge ofohio. Real Estate for Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED has the Se far the eau amoral hundred sz:ti land In Eris county, to which he directs thspc to Real Retest z ,both and wild Wadi. One tot inviting, and will to eat up to set parauct. " for Z ir targalna is Oared. Address .10 - L. ROMNSON, W5:3%14 SCIENTIFIC HORSE- 81101 The undersigned bop tsars to Inform to mess mid the pnblio generally, that he miy to 'Z..I . THE OLD SHOP OP EL Fr; Os EIGHTH STREET, near the Canal, always ready to do Shade/ aotbal Sag li a sitputor [MUM To my ou who know what my shoeing ls, I alma ear ethos I Mk but a tr.al, AND GUARANTEE SATISFACIT X. All kinds of Hiseksmithing dons o: Terms, Cash.. I Respectfully oehd: r I Patr° o 4o* rion-im] hd li • $5 Reward. STRAYED OB STOLEN trom aeteiber, on the Slith of May laid, a FcII, fa Cewoolor light red, with a little white oe St m• above reward will be (frill to Wl ° , will Ware her, or thre information that w—p?• aecor• Peach at , oar Eagle Fin. a,.• sAmu. gat,: Adininistrator's Notioa LETTERS of Administration t Jl4 boto gmatett the noderstned,oM , llama Cotton d•cra., to Law of auboicrot toil% county Pa.; Natio* is hereby given to Lit Mict / levee Indebted to the saki ',stew to co so payment, mad those bar* dal= of 'souvalla prevent them, properly autheuticate,l,f4: 0.00 JA11.63 ttPa Itarbororsek. Jllllllllll,, 19644110 House Warded • A SMALL and CONVENIENT 5.2 c UY Ruing, snit&h:e to: vacitad tentoodlately. Address BOX „iiik 41641 w, NEW MILLINERY COOOl • THE MISSES WON ATE Wonll most respeettnily announce the Lit!`' Melt mew Store, BEEBE'S BLOCK. EAST SIDM OF :•/' Awl have just opened a vey it STOOK OF NEW 000: DMECT ISOM NEW YORE LI T Rmbniclng everrthior *.:'•• MILLINE 1, N . i To which they invite the att. , 3cf ' ,llr and r! Rating Waited WO atoci " , e purchased tot CASE, they teei c to the advantage dill to give taro thel ` 2. / PASTICOLAZ AITUTION Ova lug andPreuring. Farm for Sa T"UNDERSIGNED Bale lila Farm, situated Pa., on the road loading from ro l o 3 23g miles from Concord Station, ea OA g ) 1 ) R. It coatalue shoot 207 Kerr.. or • AO Improved, and the rat is good tierri ;e l Ula sloesproximity• A large irs°', po, tiaras, corn orb, mischaalc lobar. Jo' tati ... ri..lnrs are on the premise.. rb' 7 7 lhis grafted fruit stostlr. watered, sad is considered the brit 1 - 1 T; la Coaeoid township. ,Terms ear Y .--4 . will be expected to be paid It the sad resetioabla time will be pun t3:?ylleit. remainder. Apply, to 6EeauL Coat r may7-2m.• A LARGV, SLTPPLY . N" Os Stride Matches pat ma' , Tr- , r'enebiPeeible Tir Nord Pg",..jk, Vera /everybody wile we theta st. /it sok loy the bor. dem and roe& the Md.. efra-5 Iffifieef. =MI I Sri) • ±.., yOtINT6 k`.llPor, B. 3. flCl