6rit Obstricti. SATURDAY, JUL'i 23, 1864 Erigutallnorwan sr 13 Ptoits II ?U Ihual or - AIMMICia Unmet —AvutrarAckles. TILItitDOIT, GIORGI I. IieCLELLEI, if Pesasytuals. VlOll MEDilft, GEIIIIIII, of latediy. dollen to the 44414194 et the Deteeeratte National Coonnttee.) amiPArir Observer. rift Cute h. , Three Month.. .in order to pla I muss within the reach of all ' ,o aL read sound I7ekte dootrin ed to take subscribers for t • - • - months, commencing wi • esntst, and ending with the ne the Pres idential election. Th Ibe Par: Cesrs, iemaria/y is about Bielt subscrip tion will be promptly dhEontinned at the expitstion of the time, unless other direo dons are given by the persons receiving the paper. We earnestly urge the Democrats of -ltrie, Warren, Crawford and 'Ashtabula oounties to make a special effort to in crease the circulation of the Osszarsa during the exciting and important politi cal campaign so soon to open. Let no man wait upon his neighbor to commence the work of 'obtaining subscriptions, but enter upon it himself, with energy, deter mination and persistency. The crisis de mands the services of alLand no one can excuse himself who fails to perform his duty in this hour of hiS country's danger. We should have at lout two thousand campaign subscribers on our books before the close of August. Lst others do their duty sad vs will not fait to perform ours. is beelerable Caul of IsDbloyiley.” Why is it that the dommuntty will con tinue to tolerate a paper in their midst which openly, wantonly and defiantly con tinues to exhibit its "sympathy with the rebellion," by encouraging the Southern people in the hope that there is a large party in the North willing to as4ist them, and anxionslor their success ? The Erie Goats that recklessly defies publio senti ment in every issue, and is doing more in its feeble way to break down the efforts of our &Oen, divide the people, create unpleasant bitterness of feeling, excite party hatred, and produce "disloyal" ef. feats generally, than a dozen Copperhead sheets could do, if they were a thousandth part as wicked as their enemies represent them. We insist upon it, as a true friend of the union, and an enemy to all "dis loyal" lien and things, under whatever guise' they appear, that some proper re• bake should be administered to the editor of the Gazette, that will teach him to con duct himself as a patriot and good citizen in future. Will not the Loyal League take him in h and ? It is their especial duty to look after thi . "disloyal," and here is a plain case under their very noses. Or, if not, will they at least not send some word to Secretary Stanton, and ask him to interpose in behalf of the morals ancekkty alty" of otir sadly afflicted community ? Certainly no one was ever sent to Fort Lafayette who had done more to excite wicked passions and cheer the hearts of the rebels than the author, of the follow ing. in this week's Gums: " set of men ever showed their'sym pattues more clearly than the Copperheads did with the South during the recent raid into Maryland. They had large expecta tions upon the enbj eat, and consequently their disappointment is great in cone• quanta) of their failure to Wile*, any ends beneficial to the rebel cause." elote for Cattle sad lveld the Draft.' OLD AMPS LAST JOKE. In accordance with general expectation, "Father Abraham" has issued 'another proclamation for 500,000 mCn, making 1,200,000 that have been called for since October let, 1884, about which• time the people were told that U they elected Cur- tin there would be no more drafts. The following is tlfe most essential part of this - - interesting epistle : "Now, therefore, I, Abraham ;Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my out for five hundred thousand (600,000) volunteers for the military ser vice; provided, nevertheless, that.all cre dits which May be established under sec tion 8 of the, aforesaid act on account of persons who have entered the naval ser vice during the present" rebellion, and by credits for men furnished to the military Settee in excess of calls heretofore nude for volunteers, will be accepted under this call for one, two or three years as they may elect, and, will be entitled to the bounty provided by the law for the period of service for which they enlist, and I hereby proclaim, order and direct, that immediately after the sth day of Septem ber, 1884, being fifty days from the date of this call, a draft for troops to urn one peer shall be held in every town, township, ward of a city, precinct, election district,' • - •or • county not so subdivided, to fill the quota wbiah shall be assigned to it under this call, or any other part thereof which shall be assigned to it under this call, or any part thereof which may be unfilled by volunteers on the said 6th day of Sep tamber, 1884." Tan late rabid raid Into Maryland, it' is now generally conceded, was much elm ...pasted in respect to numberi. The most Mberal estimates place the enemy's force at 20,000; the lowest at 6,000. Probably a figure bet Ween thetwo—say ten or twelve thousand—would be nearest oared. The . 'Washington National Zustliptwir thinks. the number that "besieged" that city was not more than two hundred men, and adds: " It is quite possible that - the few hun dred .'man who held Washington under siege for two days. on Monday and Tues day last, could, if they had sufficiently presumed on the reigning want of vigi lance here, bate quietirridden into tilt• city under cover of the darkness of night, before any alarm had been raised, seiltd the President and his Cabinet, blow n the Capitol, destroyed thr public!, buil in' ,arid retired u myaterie;kuly (and Hi unharmed) as they came." - The feat that the rebels did not siere the President and Cabinet is °carnation positive. that they "know 'their friends." ' These dignitaries have been of too much service to thedi for the rebels •to wish to relieve them of their positions., T ot Thum—The World says that on one pretext nr another, the draft will be put off until Mr. tannin has learned his fate. In this respect; as in so many' others, the management of the war is subordinated to the political elpiratipas - or the presi dent , _ The Levi! 'Leaguers' . crush! We believe that-Wnshingtee. Jeifirronv. Madison and HaMilton were old .; fogies, "good enough for their day," but net "progressive" enough for this advanced age of the wort I. We believe that Old Abe is the doveri• meat, and that his 'vire is MIL tiovaiii meat, and that the children are tie Governments, " We believe that the aforesaid 10. A. is the handsomest man that ever was born. We believe that his - Oabinet are the pu rest set of men that were ever created, and that none of them will lie, steal, 'Wear, or drink poor whiskey. We believe that Seward is bon l eat and temperate; that Stanton is truthful and gentlemanly ; that Welles is the i moat en terprising man in the nation, and that Blair comprises all these virtues in one. We believe that the Tresiitiry De partment is a temple of holiness,imorality and decency. .1 We believe that a black man ia as good as a white one, and a great deal better if he behaves himself. We believe in the freedom of the negro, and placing hint on an equality with all' of our blood who are poorer than we. We believe that the blaek solder fights better than the white one. I We believe in the war e and in getting negro substitutes to fight it out for us. We believe in that clause of the Decla ration which says "all men were created equal," and in no other. • : We believe that the Constitution should be obeyed except when it runs Oonnter to our wishes. We believe in a strict enforcement of the laws against "Copperheads" and trai tors, and.our liberty to violate them when we pleasi., . We believe in exact justice Ito all sea. tions of our common cpuntry t the South alone expected. • We believe that greenbackS and shin plastersrare better than gold, inasmuch as tbeyire lighter to carry, and: new ones can be cheaply printed when the old ones • are worn ont. We beliere the nation is in # more pros. perous condition now with a debt of two thousand 'millions and increasing at the rate of three millions a day,than it was when we had no debt and comparatively ; light taxation. , ' We believe in taxing the people from the cradle to the grave, in order, oh, Abra ham, that we may have big contracts, prospei• and become great among the men of the land. We believe in prosecuting the war till the old flu waves triumpha4t over every foot of Southern soil, and every slave has broke his chains; and for these purposes we would give "the last man: and the last dollar"--Ourselves and our I dollars only excluded. We believe in usurpation, j confiscation, thunderation, all•tarnation and all the other &dons. We believe that onr contractors are all honest ; that our generals see all brave; that our preachers are all pious, and that thou, Oh r :Abe, art_ the honeatest, bravest and most pious of them all. We believe that "Copperheads" have no rights which "loyal" men; are bound to respect• We believe that Fremcint, Phillips, Cochran and. Chase were mice good and noble men, high priests in the synagogue, whom we ardently admired,sut that they have fallen trom grace, and bisoome the vilest Copperheads of the ts,eed. We believe in Butler and iDix; in Dick enson the virgin,and Dickinson the grand mother ; in Sigel, the mighty "'lced's& ler," and Hunter, the Virginia Nimrod ; in Pope and Halleck and Hooker in the holy Abolition church ; in thy proclama tions and messages ; and in everything to thee and thine apperthining(whatsoever it may be. , In thei name of the father, Abraham, of Bobby,the prince,and of the oweet-scented ,onntraband, the three whom we worship, amen. The Chien* CereSlies, Editor Erie Observer: I Ste—ln view of the probable coarse which the Abolition partylwill adopt to perpetuate their wirer at the next Presi dential election, and of the fact, that some of the initiatory steps towards military control of the ballot bozi hive already been taken, allow me to suggest a resolu tion whiCh should be incerpoutted into the declaration of Democratic principles to be adopted by the convention to 1111/4111- ble st, Chicago : Resolved, That the Demodratio party are now, as they ever have been, pledged to the of law and the maintenance of social order. Recognising this para mount duty of the clump , they , ey are re solved to maintain the purity of the bal lot box and the freedom of elections—the safeguard of the liberties of the people, and the only security for the perpetuation of a free government. They, therefore, declare that the military Control of the ballot box in any State or district, by the Federal authorities, the fraudulent use of the votes of soldiers, or the', return of eleo• tors from the seceded St4tea by a minority of their citizens, will, by every principle of constitutional add natural law, warrant the people so defrauded of itheiriights ib declaring null and void such fraudulent election, and maintaining their liberties and their government against violence and usurpation at all hazards and by whatever means necessity; may demand. Co Cuba Ilandoest. The New York World is permitted to copy an extract from a letter written by a young officer in General Sherman's army, which contains the following doleful par airaph: "In all the lohg, weary . and bloody advance - from tha4anooga toe Amu not found in any man, woman 'or . child as much kw for the Union as you could hold on tlispoint of a rile. This lathe strangest thing of all i I cannot understand such per fect t calmly of sentiment. if it prevails thus univercally,unawed and unconcealed, ib the very presence of our armies, what must be the power and etent of this re sentful . and unconquerab le spirit within the enemy's /ince, where 4 meets with no check and plenty of encouragement? So much for the "Union sentiment" of Geor gia, over which the newspapers grow elo• (went." Who that reflects over the sots of theAdrainistration plixty, - during the last three years, can . doubt for a moment the cause of this unexaMpled unity of feeling • - .Toz Cbsinbersburg VaYsy 4:4'4 itßod ing to the new Secretory Of the Tratoury, sap he is "th• same Feeienden who, ort his ontailoo into the 8 001440, tOlootod tan late lion. S. A. Douglas al the subject of , attack - 1d aspepedli or Douglas, by wey of reply, asid : 'Mr. Speaker, the-first time h ever heard of the new Senator from Maine, iwas on reading the PrOCeidings - Ola Font% of July eile bration of some iiegroas,, in that State, held on the fifth. One venerable darkey_ arose and proposed the collowing coat : Our wordy hrudder, Wilbent Pitt reason den, -a white - min leith la black heart.' This was the whole Of r Dangles' reply, and he resumed hit' salt !arnidat roars of laughter." : i • Is STANTON CarroasnttThe Springfield Bcpu6/iont says "it is feared i that Mr. Stan ton, the Secretary of War, was captured t and carried off by theirebel raiders. No 1 bulletin dispatches haves been; issued ,by him since the raid commenced ; and we can account for his alleges in no other I way, unless it be that he is skunk dumb f by the preposterous - itrippdenoe of the rebels in assailing our capital when their own was in danger." 1 Wonderful Effects of Obtalalng a ""Repre. The "Elixir of Life has been discovered at last—the all-healing fonitt that restores the aged to . yenth again, the sick Se sound health the halt to perfect bes4ty ind strength of limb, the homely to ierfect loveliness,' the dead to life ! lEurek*- 7 , " 1 have foUnd it ! " After long ages of patient waiting and re 'search, it was reserved to ,this day and gene-- ration to delight the heartS of Mankind with' the wonderful discovery. • And what think you, reader, it is ? Nothing more or less than the nitwit . of "representative recruits," which has been adopted by the authorities at Wash. ington. To Provost the General Fry, chief of nil, is due the pinta pre eminence, and for all time to mune he will be revered for his magin talents. - BY one bold stroke of his potent wand he has; revolutionised ttie af fairs of life, and in the future neither death, suffering, poverty or idelirepity will torment the minds of the human I family. Listen to the rapturous eloquence that already greets him through the columns of this week's Ga. • setts : "It should be deemhtl rare honor to have a representative in the army while legally ex empt from the army. i None are too old that they may not fight in this way for the life of the Government—none so young, none eo sick, none so far away, that they may not be really and truly represented in the ranks of the freemen who are struggling for freedom r ind the nation. The old may be young again, the frail may be strong, the sick well, the woman be a man , by this admirable system. "Next to the glory of serving personally' under a musket, is the glory of serving there by proxy. Such will b-3;known by the honor. able designation of 'Representative Men.' " Is not that onoouraging—is it not comfort— ing to the utmost degree Sf comfort ? Who, after that, will fall to procure a "Representa tive Recruit" at once, and enjoy the blissful benefits which will follow the act ? Think of it :—lf you are "old" you "may be yohng again"—if you are "frail" . you "may. ,be strong"—if "sick, well"—if a "woman" "iou may be a man." (Strange consummation!) It is hard tolmagiste how these singular phe.- !mamas are going to , ;odour, (espeeially the' latter,) bat that they 4.:.5• is • certain, for has' not the Gazette gives tie word for it, and was that word ever falsified ; ? 'O, mighty and ado rable Fry, how can we ever repay you for these thrilling results ,of genius ? Whit an east/ay of joy will the 4formation send thro' millions of "loyal It/lapel" With what eager haste will Anna Diokewton,and Lnoretia Mott, and Mrs. Bloomer, and all the sealous train of female reformers, nits wanted to be men and couldn't, avail themselves of the Weal. =able privilege, and jump at once into glory and manhood For a few paltry dollars inves ted in a "Representative Recruit," "the old may be young again, the frail may be strong, the sick well,--tie seaman may bee mot !! !" We doubt not that i on learning these im portant- facts, every o ld man over draftable age, and every young man , under draftable age, ant every woman who it not draftable at all, will "rush" to place I"Representative Recruit" is the service without delay. Those who are now quaking over the coming draft may as well quiet their alarms,' There-will surely be no conacriPtion, for with the im mense advantages that will accrue, who can hesitate to believe that enough "Representa tive Recruits" will be obtained to all up cur quota and leave a balance for -several calls • to follow! The proprietors of the Gazette, of course, will be the fitet to set the glorious ex ample, and as goes the Garotte, you knew, 26 goes the whole "loyal" tribe of the olOunty Distress of the Leagnstre..A Panty eptetch. The announcenient that the rebel forei has left Maryland will be, sail news to our Loyal Leaguers. We learn from an authentio!soureo that this valiant Body of mei, who are pledged to aid the Administration "In all its efforts tq RuPPre l /...the rebelgen," bird resolvent t io via; weer in a body, and "rush" to the 'defence of our suffering brethren on the border. Their hearts were burning with seal to take a part in driving the "ruthleu invader" - from the soil of our sister . State, and many are the vows of courage and ildelity to the cause with whieb they entertained glib another in their gathar tug, within the Lague halls. Each noble Leaguer had determined to. outdo the other in deeds of heroic dying, and not one was wil. ling fu be satisfied atith having made it least six rebels "bite the dust." One especially Patriotic gentleman, we are told, had provided himself - with sis immense pike, supposed to have been need by "sainted John Brown' in his famous raid ;into Virginia, when he "frightened a Whole State with a handful of brave men," of which he hid determined to string the Inds of l , all the rebels that fell by his hands, and bear It triumphantly through the streets on the oOession of the brilliant re. caption! which 'the!Leaguers expected woald, await them on their return , from the "scenes of glol7." - Alak for the 'silty of human ambition ! the rebels have again returned to the "sacred soil" without being Other "bagged" or birth* glee% Our'LeaftwerilaW eppertunity to display their martial mettle i No "mighty" gathering of the "loyal millions" will meet within the limits of Erieleounty, sad shake the earth with the tramp of their onirard progress. No proud and manly hearts will beat responsive to the echoes of their footstep, es they plunge, forward to the resone of 'our "imperilled brethren." Zie 'septet wives and children will cry their eyea sore for the heroes that were to have gone "fir, ter away," to "lay down their lives or the altar of their bleeding country." No, pompous reception will greet them on their rater to their homes and add fresh feel -to-the Ives of their patriotism by the roar of" its canon, the liberality of its refreshments, the having of its, bonnet% the sulks of its women, Of- the plaudits of the people. By one bald dish - the roguish rebels have torn another hole in the "bag," ; And es caped to tie joy et; "My - Maryland,!! and the jadeite:Limb!' resit of the Leaguers. The L'u that weedhit with tiny map ONO =1 sentative geivult." =ME sire now rent with direst anguish ; the halls it' at - n 4611114 - with the - slang arMil ant the sound of warlike boaitings are desolate ; the weapons that panted to be "deep-dyed" in the blood of, the foe are Snag up to rest ; the lofty aspiratioas ;ifif martial fume Ire crushed to the earth. It is surd to witness. the disappointment which has stamped Itself upon the eottatenatiees of our pstriothe fellow.; citizens,' and it almost breaks' our hearts , to write about it ; but, sad as iris, there is no .relief. "'Tie true ; ills pity: but pity 'Us, 'tie irue." THE MILITARY SM7ATION. GIANT'S oPISATiOU. - The expedition into Maryland, It. appears, had an , important effect on the state of affairs at Petcriburg. Before it began t Grant's army was east and south of the town, hie southern, flank being near the Petersburg & Weldon R. R. He did not actually hold this road, but his cannon, placed on high hills near the line, prevented tho Confedsretes from using it, or from.repeiring Coo hroken places near Beams' Station. On Saturday night lasi, summons for aid was sent from Washington. It was urgent and must be met. Grant, in response to it, took Rickett's Vivision and Wright's Corps from the centre of his line. They - sailed down the James and went to Washington.— This detachment mule a eontraotion of the Federal lines necessary. The various troops' on the southern ping were moviiinorthward to till the gaps oinse,d by the departing regi— ments. The southern tient was drawn in nearly a mile. The hills near the Weldon R. R. were ibondoned, and at ones ocenpied by the Confederatei. Strong bodies of the enemy were moved down from Petersburg, and works were thrown up on the *ills. The railroad was repaired, and on Wednesday the trains began moiling. Sherician's cavalry were to the rear of the Federal line. They bad not gone to Hanover Court House. , Griot has now but four corps.. Wright's Corps and Reynola's Corps, brought from New Orleans, are at Washington. They will, no doubt, soon join him. Later news brings ns,nothing of much Im• portence tram Gen. Great's army. General Smith's corps is now commanded by General Martindale. Smith and Hancock - have both, it seems, retired from their corps. They have had difficulties with Meade and Grant. Gen. Franklin, it is rumored, will n be ordered to the command of one of these corps; on the expi— ration of his lease of absence. , &SOAPS OR THE The Confederate - expedition from Maryland' has Safely crossed the Potomac ; Soma slight skirmishing was had with the rear - guard, but no damage was indicted.. The Federal pureu en made hut little irupressioa. The enemy got off with prisoner., plunder and everything. They marched towards the Shenandoah ley, and will on doubt Join Lee's army. The damage indicted on the North is immense.— The supplies carried off, alone, were worth millions. • The rebel army lately operating in Mary land is now, it is understood, employing the Manassas railroad to assist in' conveying the plunder gathered by them into mho nesse. dosh Valley. , The late presence of the lava den in Maryland has induced the military authorities at Washington to more carefully l guard that city. It is believed that should the rebels , again attempt the, investment of Washington they would find ftr different anti more numerous force opposing theta than before. In this oanneetion the leder of the Worlds Baltimore correspondent is worthy of consideration. He asserts that the trithdralial of the enemy is a mere .feint, and that thi rebels contemplate a renewal of their visit in larger and more efficient numbers. General Sheridan is understood to be raiding upon the rebel lion of communication with Gordo's. ville in order titiprevent the return of the army Of invasion to Lee's main body. It is intimated that interesting' news may be, ex pected from General Grant's army in a few days. We are beginning to receive Southern to counts of the Confederate expedition into Ma ryland. They bring its history down to the battle of the Monocacy, though no details of that action are given. At Martinsburg stores for over fifty thousand troops were captured. Clothing, arms, ammunition, find rations, all fell into the enemy's hand... Martinsburg was the great supply depot for all the P,ederal troops in the Shenatt doah . Valley sad Western Virginia, and the Confederates seised a com plete ontfit intended for Mantir's column.— Among the captures , were :one': million dollars worth of medical stem, and it kindred then sand bushels of grain. Pour hundred and fifty prisoners, talten before the Confederal, advance" reached the Ps tonia, s had been sent to Riiihmond. Our advises are Ina late enough to give any mooed or the captures beds atter the eilidry crossed the Potomic. Lans.-11 sprawl that GOnerst Crook has overtake* rear gaud - Of tholwriden of Ma- ryland. C?► Monday liast ino pushed up with it et Snicker's Clap, having' snored through the Shenandoah Talley, and;ifter ► sharp en gagement, whipped the oniony and moosplared over three hundred wagOashismily lades with gran. sansitAug's mutt The news from Gen. Sherman's army is en. eouraging in the extreme, }though derived from rebel sources. Dispatches from Atlanta to the Biotunond papers. dated the lath inst., state that a portion of Gen. tihernian'a army is on the south bank of chef Chattahoochee, Sherman's headquarters being at or near "Yin ing nation. The tenor of these dispatches is one of unmistakable alarm ; and they, virtu ally admit the extreme probability of the speedy capture of Atlanta. The Atlanta Con fideraey declares the city "in imminent danger and peril," and says the eitY has 4 been "pur posely thrown in the way , of"'Sherman, to set as }check to his further progress. "Governor Brown, of Georgia, has issued a proohimation calling upon every one between, the ages of sixteen and forty-five to reps*. at , Atlanta.... We may confidently expect to chronicle the capture of Ail most important rebel-Strong hold within the next few days. ILITOATION Or 41/IAMI . . The intelligence from the scene of trouble in the Novi hwest, la that the rebel flag mom - over .y. in Platte' county. the Paw Paw z . stationed at that piece having surreadcro and i?cined the rebels ; and thrth er, that thelakabitante, of the town see4n to be well satlseed with the result. • tlany Or. flans of Northwest Missouri are In a most deplorable. 'condition. GueMillas are roving about pretty much at will, and Union men are being shot down In their bids, doors and upon the highways, none appearing Co be safe except rebel sympathliers, whom bash. whackers fail to molest, and whom Union men do not dlsturb out of regard for - the Imre of of the land and from the piomptings of kn. madly. Northwest Mao* has at no time been inn Sione'condition,than to-41.-44 Louis Dmsorrat, 13th. ASCU= 11 suesteurri £3O AZZAJILIA., A rebel diepateh dated ()taloa°, lttw inip. pi, July 14, sad isablletted . hi the Rfeihmond Avoiron of tkolitly did y UM. Goa MEER OEM B.D. bee, etatioe that the•rebels attacked Oen. i - Abstith to Air weriorsi Tupelo, Mississip pi; Oa the 14tb, bat were4palsed. pod, chime that the battle wu drOrn. one," and .retie that it lasted three beam! The ?monition under °worst Dennis, is Mississippi, has suassediid ,in detesting the ratios et 'unison and Clinton. Railroad onto. climb:sties . is beteg openSd between Jackson sad Vicksburg. Aft eiliedllielt spinet ihi 43federntero et the mouth of White river, In Askoissos• has been euneentinl: They hive been driien some distanso up the river, and lost one ostin en and two hundred prisoners. - ausastleasovs. • 1 , Oa Saturday morning last a large rebel fore*, said to be wider the command of Oen. Forrest, captured the Federal stockade at Srownstero, on the MeMphis anti Charleston railroad, the garrison Of one hundred men ; escaping. After-their mods* the; invading. force moved on Huntsville, and drove is our ,plc eta at that place after a brisk skirmish. No further intelligenoe of the operations of th enemy at this point ;has been reoeived.— Addi . tiodal forces were ` saving Louisville for thil *decor of Huntsville. The strength of the rebels is stated at from eight to ten thousand; that of our forces at five thousand, who °eau pi a l att'ongly fortified ,Oosition. I . The guerrillas are ad , thick in all: parts of ;Kentucky that a deputation of citisens has been Hat to Washinguin to procure en addl. , tlonal Federal force. i Esoepting along the Louisville & Nashville i'ailioad, there' Is scarce ly a Faders 'soldier itiftentucky. Oen. Price, it is repbrted, has taken advan tage of the absence of ,f ederal trooie fris . the country west of the Mississippi, and has be gun an Invasion of the State of Missouri. He leads twenty thonsanti men, and his no large Federal force to . oppoile him., Meets high in military position express themselves satisfied that a large portion' of Johnston'. army ties lone to reinforce Lee in Virginia, and that Atlanta will into our itands'withont.s. struggle. The Movement of Johnston's troops intO Virgiois, it ie Thought, begfaihmetilately 'ajar the Mille of &massif Mountain. ft Mies lot the Obirer.) Proposed beeedlaestit et the Cesstltatiou To tat EDITOR Oi TRIM Esie eassayse-- Air:-4/e so kindai to permitj a citizen, through the columns, of your valuable pa per, to express his views in relation to the proposed amendments of the Constitu tion of our Commonwealth, to be voted upon, on the 2d day of next month. I do not know that I would have troubled any body with my vies son this subject, had it not been for an article whiCh appeared in the Erie Deify Dispatch, of the 18th inst., headed "The Soldiers' Vote," using argu ments in favor of :the amendment. The ConstitutiOn is the fundamental law of the Commonwealth, framed, weigh ed and deliberately considered by a Con vention elected by the people for the ex press purpose of deirising and framing an instrument to be in the future the stand ard of action ; every word, line and sen tence was deliberately *insidered before adopted. Then. :after it left the hands of the Convention. it was `submitted to the consideration of the people for adoption, at a time, too, when the public mind was cool and calm, and capable of acting knowingly. I submit if it should not re quire the most weighty reasons and strong est necessity to disturb an instrument so made and accepted, either by adding . to or taking from it, or in any way altering its features, at a time when the public mind is In 'a state of high excitement. At a time of high political excitement it is surely most dongerous to meddle with your Constitution. If that pblicy is to be adopted, t Constitution is no better than waste paper. *party comes into power. and wishing to carry out some peculiar measure of its avn, finds some provision in the Cowititutiim in the way, or it is not broad enough to permit the execution of the favorite mature—a resort at once to amend the Conititution, at a time of great_ public ezeitemint is dangerous in the ex treme. The first inquiry is, does suchN i an ex treme emergency now exist ? It is said the soldier who is in the service ought not to be deprived o f , his vote. It is true that be should enjoy the rights and privileges give him by the Constitution and the laws of his State. In that respect he should be upon an equal footing with ether citi zens. Thousands of citizens are so situa ted on days of 'Election, from oircumstan• ors not within their control, as to be - de privet' of the Privilege of voting—that is incident to out institutions. It a man voluntarily ries into the service of the United States in some capacity which re galia him to be beyond the limits of his State, whether as foreign minister, consul or soldier, I cad see no sound reason - to alter the fundsinental law of the land to meet such casa. • In a republican form of goiernment like ours, the itilsty of 'the government is in the parity of ;the billet box ; let that be corrupted and the fcsindation of the gov ernment is saiiped. The Legislature of this Conunonatalth, aware of the propen sity of 'politic** and bad men to perpe trate frauds at ;elections and thereby Alga the will of the majority, enacted strong criminal laws to protest the purity of the ballot bez. "Fah all these criminal mat ntes staring reekless men in the face, those laws have been frequently violated, and than are ineriFthis day in our State peni tentiaries oonVicted of frauds practiced by them in violation of those laws.. At first vieir, of the proposed amend ments, it might appear not only harm less, but just ;;;however, upon a thought ful view of the subject it will be found not to be so, but fraught with the most start tiv andclas oonsequences able. The right to be "lecured to to the soldier iA not a feather's weight in the Nide. ' Toget a fair understanding of the results - which will or ',mai grow out of the adop tion of the proposed amendment we must look at thin. as they are. The present administration of the General Govern ment came into power on the fourth of Ketch, I881!i The management of the affairs of the Station is well known to the public, maiignantly I have nothing to say as to tbs Mr. Lincoln is now a can didate for _.eleetion, contrary to a set tled rile a dopted and approved by uni. venal consent for many years, of but one Prendential term. The administration of Pentisylnuslit, together with a majority of the Legkdatare, are in harmony with the administration of the General Govern- Meat: "As Pennsylvania goes, so goes the Presidential ilection 4 "—hence the vast ha. portanoe to Hr. Lincoln and his party_ to secure the rote of Pennsylvania. The amendment :1 to the Constitution is sup •posed to secure that beyond question.. It may be asked, why, so t l The reply is, Pennsylvanii has say ,one hundred and thirty thousand volunteers in the service. How many Of that numbs e are minore, aliens and negroes it is not easy to tell. Who will kke the vote of. the soldiers in the field tr: Who will ihive charge' of the returns t The answer h 'at hand—ths fries& and aismass of 6 1 4 rpeleetkot or Mr. Limobs. Poiiibly, and ni4t likely. they would be the very persons who are now the leeches ;inpon the Treasury, sucking the life blood of the nation. and desirous of prolonging the present administration in, order that they may 'extract the last drop. Whole cou ld be expected of such men t Out.lol the reich of all criminal laws. (for the State cannot make a crimi. nal law thalirill remit a party out of its limits,) entrammelled by no restraint whatever, can soaks just such retu rn s at atryplessa =mot mashed. Suppose tbe Aura ado are appoistad to take tho Eel soldiers votes return as many votes .for their favorite candidate as there are sot. ; diens in the service from Pennsylyaeis ; everybody would know it was wrong—but where is-the remedy ? The offioera legal- ly appointed to taike the vote make their return—it is for their favorite candidate , —you are without redress. I submit to the consideration of all reflecting persons, of whatever political creed they, may be, the great danger of disturbing the eonsti tution, which may be fraught with such dangerous and - toteconseeueneee, destruc tion of the purity of the ballet box. It is a well settled rule of law that private in terest must yield to the publko welfare. The soldier out of his State may, for a time; be deprived of a, personal privilege, but if in securing hint.thet you; greatly' endanger the public interest, he should forego the personal privilege. - The very privilege that it is pretended to I secure for the soldier may be wielded to the overthrow of his government, to raise into power somordespot or to continue one in power. - Politicians, and bad men of less pre tensions, are reckless: -We have conclu sive evidence of that, in an election a little over two years since, in case of one of the return judges of the election in Philadelphia, altering the returns entrus ted to him so as to return the minority candidate as. elected to Congreas, and is now confined in the penitentiary for the crime. What would such a man do, or rather what would he not do, if there was no punishment for the crime ? The im proptiety of the adoption of thei amend ments proposed only needs to be stated to be rejected by any thinking and reflecting man who thinks more of his country than of his pry N. • -. ' IMPORTANT *INTELLIORNCE The daily papers of Friday morning con tain a very interesting correspondenoe,bc tween Geo. N. Sanders, C. C. Clay, Jr., and Prof. Holcombe, on the part of the South, i and Horace Greeley, on the part of the' North, regarding the inauguration of Mea sures for- Peace. The three !gentlemen first named have been at Niagara Falls, on the Canada side, for several days, and were there met by Mr. Greeley. Neither parties professed to represent their respec tive Governments in an official capacity, but the Southerns gave an assurance that that whatever negotiations they would bring about would be favorably entertain. ed by the Confederate authorities. They asked for ' permission to visit Washington, with the object of conferring witty the President and Cabinet, and Mr. Greeley made a request of Mr. Lincoln to that effect. In return he 'received the following Znorrnit IlAnzos. t Waimotint, July 18, Is6‘. To) whom it may concern : Any proposition which **braces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and Me tzbandommitt of slavery, and u which cornea by and with an authori ty that can control go armies now at war with the United States, will be'received and considered by the Ezectative, Govern ment of the United States. and will be met by liberal terms on substantial and collateral points; and the bearer or heal ers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. AissAsix lascoLw. To this absurd pronunciamento the Southern gentlemen reply in an indig- nant manner, asserting that it prejudges the case, ii insulting to their government, and would be rejected with disdain by their people. They claim to regret , that negotiations could not have been opened in the usual manner, without any stipula tions, leaving the questions in dispute to be settled afterward ; and add, that on the basis presented by Mr. Lincoln the South will be a unit in its determination to fight until better counsels prevail in the North, and the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution are secured. We have not time to give more than an abstract of the correspondence this week, but shall print in full in our next issue. " Stray COW. STRAYED from the residence of the_ robseriber, in Eris, about ilia 20th of Jose WI, Or. year old RED COW. Whoever :will rob= her or etre inibroistloe where she way be found wilt be litmus/. ke reworded. • R.B. MORRISON. jr9-3ir• Notice to School Teachers. WRITTEN Application' for the posi tions of P 1111.441 sad assistant In the Sam) et 111 Serest, indelowileat School Distriat, will be recent W the Secretary ag to August 4, Mit. Scheel terra to be Hg ht usoatha. JQHlf LIS-Sw• I,LLIOTT, Secretary. QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, That Concern Every One to Answer! Are re bald ! Dose your hair tall °V Ru your hair boom* thin Does it feel harsh, and dry, and Ihisriett Is it turning grey bsfore its time? the .1 snap • you troubled with itching , berairgreamattere of Are you troubled with Dandruff Ani you troubled with what 4 earl &worsts or halt Rheum t Rails you had the &nisei/wand lost year bar Rave you had the Resales, and lost it Hare you had the T yp hoid Fear, and lost tt r Do u ou yo wish lux u lost uri your hair anthair by any datum Do y Do you 'wish 'oft and lustrous hair I , Do yon wish gray bur restored ? Do you wish your whiskers glosay Do you wish them restored in Ws: ? Do you want it for your children? ' Do you want It for yourself, for Ether . alathest, for brother, dater or friend ? - De 'entrant ta malts • present? • Do.fou.want • padame for your toast Do yen want a, Aentjap article Do roe watt a pure *Artie% f ; Do you want • double distilled article ? Do you vans clouds( article - Do youirant the beat - prepar•tiou oat for efessing, stusulalift, protecting, restating the ruler, sad midair lag soft, Wiry sad lutrou the Ream Hair if so, we warrant CLARK'S DISTILLED ItESTORATTrEI FOR THE HAIR, TO BE UNEQUALLED •AND SUPERIOR TO ANY PREPAR EVER COMPOUNDED 'ANDATION OFFER ED TO • THE PUBLIC. Satisfactioa gaarantood. lir the money tofu° 164 It oasts bat $1 tar ow bott* or I bottle* for 1 IN *Atd sold Drunista and /halm .sky, G. CLARK k CO.. Prop degas 8. naafis a - co, N. Y., oriarl data. Adxninistratori Notic 36. kETTERS of Administiation on the es tate of Joorpb. groimr, died, late t etty of TAP Co 4 It, having loos sosated to Wm soda signed, mottos ishersby ghost* alluvia, slat spied tho MOS Ito proem thou, Italy astlmatiost4 for NMI. meat iima taboos lodated to tko sold Mote • =ski 11.111144 % PIMA JORIN MT WU, Apllm•sro Mob 11111161111. . DRU9B AT WHOLESALE .&" RETAIL SAMUEL cAialiEß fluaerdeted..lth him the Dri , s Imi. tr CART Ks, under the Firm title of 4 I Carter & Carver, By whom the the baslmme wUI matinee t at the ail stsod. With salary,{ stock saj Iptr,Zl citittee they hope to motive s ^lain! 5p.,,,r1 Ptk pstroeso ESPECIAL AT'rENTIos WHOLESALE .TR IL Meilen In the neighboring towns an “. rweice ottod to I t.. •• • call before purchasing t4e,HIZI THE RETAIL DEPARTILENI Will b• canductsci, as herstofono, la • e weal im ift with • dinositiou to °Wei enitozwo We part:UW=ly esti CStook os motto, of enyclUu s s of • Made to l. 12meoll end Onoot over broaika 4 city . airpromptmeproiceiptierte prepared u bestotani, sers. ;.:16/1 A. CrrizaK Sheriff'S Sale. BY VIRTUE OF ). WRIT OF ITV I.IIGL/i3 leaned onto? the Court of Erie county, and to the throated, lecl Xi Bole, at the Conn Hones, in the eft, o' f the oth day of Arocit Hot, it 1 o'c'oet p• la, i, right, title, interest and claim of dames I SIP tat T O and to the following , deerribel real 'mete, a ti,j, , city of Stie s eonnty of Eris, lend Stele of ?maw to grit All that ;Ilene of land, lying, eltostie and he'ty h said city of Brie. and bring In-Lot No 2114 h wawa of the town (now ell , ) of Erie, sal ws oimel fellows : On the !forth hr 4th street, on the ran, Lot No. 2619. on the South by In-Lot No 2511 the West by In• Les No. 2615, tearing Looted two story wooden balding • Also, all thet pert of In. Lot No. 2104, lying, and belay in the brit seetlon of the town (too• Erie, eonnty of Zrle and State of Penney Prelate, a se follows I beglontag at the N orth- WeLt earner lusty owed by J. k J. Williams, oa trench sn tween 4th and bth streets. thence Norther., Yribeh,Street SS feet 11 inches,theneeltasterly aq lately owned by help of Judah Chlt, deeo L a w y, these* Southerly along land owned be Geurar dee.esed. to theland of f. & J. Williams, tp t ,,,, Iv by Lund lately owned by said J.•. 1. Wdasta.l7. ireath'sthret, to the plies of laminator rod earns ' ilea, of land desoribed by the lest ci I et Lif ro.nt of Judah colt to the old.st surririag thntri &olden, deed, and bun t all the, right, tale, ictns i slain of the sail (3arkaill Saden In that per, r:Lfal La-Lot No. 2593. as lam:Abel by the Lae eh w oo meat of this mild Judah Colt, dei'd ; and el! rye' rights and lutereets of this sald 6snitio' Sele.r4 c!,4, to the Bald Lot No. 2534, and to the Baer ti 111,71 . lOC wills tel otit•bnlldltio thereon a Clete, L. the same are conveyed to and rested In b 4; by and will and ttatam.nt of said I oh/CI If the money hi not paid lea Med ittel! ear ;is p o ty is ertnek off, it eta di pat up %pia Ivu rw4, the original purchaser hold respoacqie (sisal 1M S. W. 4 S4I.LET, Sbr Sheriff's Clffloa, Eris, July 113, - Philadelphia & Erie It rgißli great line traverses the Northern ant Sq L counties of Pennsylvania to the city (if Ey Labe Eria. It has teen leased by the Ness ooll Mid Complepay, and taider their smokes It riply Opened throughout its entire length. Is is nem la gee for Passenger and from Rarriabtirr to St.' Mary's, (215 miles) on mi Division, and from Wilcox, to Ens, (Mans Western Division. TIMM OP l'AUSaftl 7.14111 Ai mit Mall Train Leaves ........ . ....... ...IS Express Train Leaves.— ........ 'l4 Vail Train Arrives .. Express Train Arrives Foe information respecting Ailen(lf eirmi at the S. R.coinerrith and flutist Its , ant Ire business 01 tae Company's &pats. • S. B KIvOSTON. Js, corner lath sod Wats Philadelphia. J. W. REYNOLDS. Erie. J. Y. DRILL. agent N. C. R. x , ,re R. R. HOUSTON, General Freight spat, LEWIS L. HOL'PT, General Ticket JOS. D. POT CS, General Manager, Executor's Notice. LETTERS testamentary on the of Gardner C. Jobneon, late et Deliadt , SAO CO, Pa, /wing been granted to fig:2:p. Noties4a hereby given to all knowing tsnal dabbed to the said estate to make it:It:C.:IIW sad thous having Claims against the smolt thaa duly authenticated. fur settlement thil H. Cr.: , W. C. I 1: Lam l e, 2, IS64—dor• CH ENE Y'S •Et TENT I FILTER AND COOLER C 0.1131 . 11 rraE mast algal and economical Filter era del 1. the publlo. Water of whatever eater, tutor Uttered through fide machine bet° am so e w u splendid article for hotels, Olive. sax:vat/he For sale at 112'64. Lea,. WRITING' AND TOILET C 431 CONTAINING Writing Paper, Emslopea,lu, Be, Pins, Thread, Tuoth B. gen. Comb. Pon. Yarn, Thimble, Bottom and other umiak m'aini bland in a me 10 menu is length, r.h dein ems bratty carried in the pocket. •n inane:ging g to soldiers, sailors and travelers. For ,a Ir2lll. Yousta's est poruet, BROWN'S PATENT BABY Th. TliE most useful and convesien for the relief of *others and them ehtllrta ever invented. Ail mother' cod COUT9111111:11:11 It101:114 have one. For 14.11 , j>ll 'YOUNG'S EllPultlCt,Ce _ SCIENTIFIC HORSE 8/101 - - Th. iLudirsillned bags hare to Worn is a • mug aad the publla gewarally. that he 11 , tea= THE OLD SHOP OP 8, 1 ON EIGHTH STRiET, our the Canal, always tsady: , :•.o•l:l ai settee aad la a aaporior ummasr. To Elf 0.4 who luso. what my shoeing la 1 Imo! ay act others I salt bat a tr.al, AND QUARANrEE SATISFACTI: ar All kinds of ILlckn:tltbuig don* *A rita.. Timis, Cann. i re•rottaily selitt a patronage. {Jere-lin,l • Ji/i Administrator's Notioi LETTERS of Admilustrat/on beep granted co the undentord, tltte nowt Cotter. deed, late of Hail/arctic& ono} I eonnty FL; Notice is hereby 'iron to &A nmal seine indebted to the said estate to =kV' payment, and those having claim& &erns:lnca present them, properly anthenticatett., tor ,&9t Alit:, C,! ti Harborereok, J oan 111, 14644 ee ilrof OLD PRICES, NO ADVANCI: IS SELLING; WALL rii aprl6ti. NEW MILLINERY COI THE MISSES M'GRAII walla most rimpeesuily annoutm the 41 1 their now Scorch Bo•Enr BLOCK. EAST 81Dil 0110 And have Just opened a girl '4l l , STOCK OF NEW GOD' DIRICCT FBOll NSW TOLE Cg.' Stihnteing everything Is At MILLINERY I,I ' To which they Invite the attenton of t:e1 0 Sod vklatty. Ofj Having selected their atr.U. with th, pat.:hued for CASH, no% )allen to the adventure or 'ill ANVCCILAJL . tea o tag an T g: BONNE'I MRS. S. H. attl c, Would reopectfally st:.Ftott P LARGE STOCK • Just received from .hrw Jr 1. • Bonnets. Hats, 'Ribbons , Together with woo R y GOO D . 5 Which she will ad CHEAP FOR CASH, REIN4d Or Particular &Meath's pail tu tslad4 l . sodprimelag. ' P•sah gt-. '1 doors out. VI. • ! trl6'64 Stray CON. • , 0A ME TO THE PREIIISE i Sotoeriter, in NI Illerret tp, Wen) Erio. solar Jo hn Rillotta Mita. an BAY ti4RE,II or 4 yezill with e'er -00 her bend &Ma emir as the right bind tlaMated to come Parward, pron. toroev..! cod tab het away, otiatitime she will IL lording to tow. • WHIP' Sill will M devoted to lb. CHEMICALS, BROOke.4 PATENT OLD riucEs, NO kn J. 0. BELDEIS AT OLD PRICE 3
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