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SATURDAY, JUL'i 23, 1864
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GIORGI I. IieCLELLEI, if Pesasytuals.
VlOll MEDilft,
GEIIIIIII, of latediy.
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Coonnttee.)
amiPArir Observer.
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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