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Friday, July . ',! B ; 1862'
vivri , .ENon. etr. co
NO. - Park Row,. New' YOA, and 6
state St. Bontoa, aro our Agent s. for the lizasin,
n those cities, and Aro. authorized , to take Advertise
- snouts and Subscriptions for us itt our lowest,rater.
LOST.—.K.GoId *neelet,. The •ficler will
bcreivarded by leaving . it nt Dr. Kkeffeee.
Shortening the Term of .Enlistment
It ii:underlicod - that - the authorities at
Washinitton, in reap/nee to the urgent eolia.
Ration's of Governor Curtin; have concluded
to - sho'r - tetitheietm of enlistment of the new
levies from. three years to one. This course
has .been Suggested on account of the impetus
it' will -give Co enlistments, and the cond.
donee felt that the rebellion will be squelched
by ttud,
Relief for Disabled Soldiers
Two millions of dollars, appropriated by
the Army Appropriation bill, are to be used
for, providing for the comfort of discharged
soldiers who may arrive in the principal cities,
and are unable to proceed to their homes on
account of sickness' Sad destitution. ,
The Small Change Panic
The sudden skedaddle of the small ' change
has created quite a panic among the mer
chants and bankers. Numerous euggestionls
have been made, all looking to some substi
tute which-will answer the purpose; but as
yet no general plan of relief has been-adopted.
The prevailing opinion, however, is that Con
gress will most probably provide for the ex •
fisting scarcity of specie by authorizing the is . -
sue of two and a half dollars notes, &o.
The City Councils of Newark, on Saturday,
agreed to issue promissory notes to the
amount of $50,000, in denominations ranging
from ten cents to fifty cents, to supply the
want of small change.
Serfras- Bru,..arnendatory of the act of
4795-oalling,out-the-militia, is-before the Sea
ate, and will without doubt pass both Houses
of Congress before adjournment The' most
important clause provides that " when any
man or boy of African descent shall render
any such service as is provided for in the first
section of this act, he, his mother, and his
wife and children shell' forever thereafter be
free, any law, usage, or custom whatsoever
to, the contrary notwithstanding." The pre
liminary votes indicate that this clause will
. pass the Senate by a handsome majority.
GEM. Burtna is a Democrat, .but because
he is strenuously engaged in putting down
rebellion, a certain class of Democracy bate
and malign him. A specimen of this Ma
, lignity is exhibited in the following para.
graph from the Crrclevill?, (Ohio,) Watch
man:
'ARE TIME NOT IN' NEW ORLEANS SOME
MEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO RID THE EARTH OF
SUCH A DIONSTROtrg HELLHOUND ?"
For printing such words of encouragement
to assasinate - a brave soldier, the editor of
the Watchman was arrested, but his arrest
was regarded and denounced ns unconsti•
tutional and an. !ntringment of the liberty
of the press. Stich is Democracy in Ohio.
It hits its, echoeS and imitators in Pennsyl
•-vauiar
'ANTI-WAR DEMOORATS.—The Harrisburg
Telegraph states that in the committee which
concocted - the resolutions. printed - at and
passed by the Looofoco State Convention of
the 4th inst., a motion was made and serious
ly entertained, recommending the people to
reject the notes iseued by the government to sus
tain its credit. It was urged that thie step
should be taken before the country was flood
ed with shinplasters," end that the only
way to put an end to the war and the ea•
travagance" of the administration, was by the
refusal of the people to replenish the treasury
.with means to support the army. Those who
Supported this motion, .also declared that the
time would come making it imperative for this
government to .repudiate the war debt—a
time, doubtless, to dawn when Democracy tri
umphs. The motion, however, was lost, on
the ground that it was inexpedient for the Lo
eofoco party to take such a poeition, and that
when Looofocoism had become successful, it
might also become expedient to entertain
Snob a proposition.
A NEWSPAPER.CAPIE.—The proprietor of the
Rockport Republic, Mr. Beach, places on rec.
- ord - the-result-of a-civil wile tried in-that vil
lage before Justice Davis, in which he, the
said publisher, was the plaintiff, and th'e de
fendant a farmer in the town of Hamlin.—
The defetiffant'had become a subscriber to the
paper published by,the pl , inliff, and it bad,
been - sent to him for about four years and five
months, during which period no notice was
given to the publisher that it was not satisfac
torily received by the defendant. The main
-point .ofthe defendant's defense was..that be
. had subscribed, for the plaiutitf'a•-paper. for a
eipecitied period, and, although a portion or
.the whole of them.. beyondy - that- period had
__been-reilei*edlby-him ; he -11[48- not-bow:id-to
m beyond the period of. his .original
- The - jury,-after hearing the.-evi
in the ease, 'deoided: that, the defendant
; `Wast,.pap'the eloims of lhe plot - aim - arid' the
costs
, ‘ efsult. The defendant- had - to.pey. the
highest:or 4rrear rates of subscription. _
tft.. - , - -27.',Pcder - ,i Guardian. has, Chia
timely reminiscence :
It is a fact not generally known that
---- 4ttring:tho - Aevolationary War,wt.:7n a aiti-
- zen was drafted in Virginia, he was allow
ed to-find an ahle7bodied man as a Imbed•
tute, find no disiinction was made on account
''4 3f , ' Very many .of, the elaveowners
sent their ahle • lia. , atle..to fight:' in ,place of
themselves, sons,_ and history, says_ .
• , these' sons of 'Africa ..faught , bravely and
well spilling.their'.idnoil::.freely•for our inde-.
pendenee... :
".Afier.the war, !twit , eeldier
•ots:desired rasa .-rtzts but'their own. •
erS put forth theti`claluis,,,in every instince,,
_y. and ;the bleFke, who'survived. the ,war,, after
''Aii%viiiport,o42 , iiil rfree4eur% was Itch laved ,
: .. fetnid...ontttfait'ittera, , ,iilier.tO ;be' no' freedom
' ‘forki,teirt'Witlif:ficiar;'OWilor f e eansent for the
rehOtes his
Legildataratift Virginia" 'in
etance•of-Thoniaa-7,Ziffeittotr,lti',4sldai-In
of r ' 3 slice „ t,Peg'
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94,1 1 FotiltuT..!.lia,iri"'andria,:a Periled : 11(4.
lire
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triotie
1104.1:?9Ii i t
, .ciate,Ofidoza,cir inijignaukTrikkanother-w,n'a
or. olited with another iaan'e pride.
TEEM DUTY` OAF DEMO=
Eacia
is very
, evidefit ; from; the'' proceedings of
the recieni.Detnocrak State Convention, that
the political filen& of the late
las,' must. out fOos'e, from,' the:;l3reokinridge .
faction, if they would preserve their integrity
as men;-or their ' - orgaitilation os,.a party.— ,
We are well aware that a majority of that
party, are sound to the 'core, on' the_ Union
question ; but, they must rem.eruberthat their
leaders and , wire-workers .•. 4 go in;:to .
and will hazard everything to effect theiz.ob
ject. Nhile nautning a glees of patriotism`,
they are secretly tympathizinewith rebellion,
and characterize the efforts of the Govern-
ment to sustain the Union against the assaults
of traitors,, as an unjust war:. In 'proof of
this we need only re fe_r_lotbit_r_esolutions:of__
the State ConVentiofi; where we find a pledge
of ‘, hearty support to the Federal admirtis
tration in the vigorous prosecution of the
war," followed by insidious and undefined
charges of fraad and mismanagement, against
the very administration they have pledged
themselves to sustain. In the very outset of
their proceedings, their determination, by
adroit management, to smoiher, the latent
Union sentiment of the party, was apparent
in the selection of a chairman : F. W. Hughes,
notorious as a secession sympathizer, and
whose brother is now in the rebel army of
North Carolina, was 'elected over Richard
Yalu, a well known Union democrat.
Nor are the nominees of the Convention less
fishy" than the resolutions. James P. Barr,
of Allegheny county, the candidate for Sur
veyor General, is a man whose slippery course
as editor of the Pilleburg Post, makes him as
a pliant tool in the hands of designing poll
thdans for any desperate purpose. He first
advocated the re-election of James Buchanan,
then came out for Douglas, and is now in full
communion with the men who sacrificed Dou
glas at Cbaileston, in order that treason to
the Government might be strengthened by the
dismemberment of the democratic party, and
the consequent election of Lincoln.
Isaac Slenker, of Union county, is their
nominee for Auditor General, and bases his
claims on his unvarying fealty to the party.
.No measure however unwise,, no principle
however, false, no mac however corrupt, but
received the support of Isaac Slenker, provi.
ded they were recognized as democratic. In
1849 do stood upon the democratic Free soil
platform of Sam Black, Gamble, Wilmot and
others, which declared •
That it is no part of the Compromises of
the Constitution that Slavery shohld for ever
go with the advancing tide of our Territorial
progress," and similar sentiments.
.Repudiating that sentiment in 1860,. he vo
ted for John t. Breckinridge, and still at
tempt to justify that vote. In 1861, when six
States had seceded, • after stealing govern
ment fortssenals and mints, had fired on
the Star of ate West, and proclaimed Jeff Da
vis President of the rebel Confederacy ; Isaac
Slenker, endorsed the following resolutions of
the Democratic convention of Union County:
Resolved, That we deprecate civil war, as
we believe that this UNION Oan NEVER be
maintained by force of arras, and that as
ViIEOORATS WE ARE NOT TO TA-KE UP ARMS to
acppbrt a platform which a majority of the
people repudiated and opposed at the polle.
That we cordially approve the policy of the
National Administration, Ounhanareed in
its wise and conciliatory course in the present
perilous condition of the courotry. •
By that Convention he was sent as a dele
gate to the State Convention which met at
14rrisbut:g, Feb. 22d 1861, When rebellion
agPhsethe Government, was open and fia
gran', and aided acid applandid thEA rebel
lion by voting for tlittlellowitiginfameits res•
olutions
That we will, by all proper and legitimate
means, OPPOSE, DISCOUNTENANCE AND PREVENT
ANY ATTEMPT ON THE PANT OF THE REPUBLI
OANS IN POWER to make tiny armed aggression
upon the Southern States, especially so long
as laws contravening their rtlryhts shall remain
unrepealed on the statue books of Northern
States, and so long - as the just dondnds of the
South shall continue to We unrecognized by
the Republican majorities in these States, nud
unsecured by proper amendatory explanations
of the Constitution."
We trust that the honest portion of the old
Democratic party are not to be cajoled or dra
gooned into the support of such men as these,
by a set of unprincipled leaders who publicly
affect to sustain the government, while in
secret caucus they aro seeking to destroy its
energies by denouncing the war for the Union
as a crusade against the rights of the South.
SYSTEMATIC LYING
The Democratic press throughout the State
are fabricating the most infamous falsehoods
relative to the discharge of white men and the
employment of contrabands, by those who
employ labor. This is done to mislead white
laboring men into the support of. the Brock
inridge Ticket.
One of these stories, which is going the
rounds of the Democratic papers, is to the
effect, that Messrs. Wood, Worrell & Co. had
employed a number of contrabands in the
Cambria iron works. This story has beau
magnified until many people believe that ne
gross are actually crowding white men from
places of employment, thus degrading labor
by a reduction of wages and threatening with
starvation the laboring men of Pennsylvania.
But the truth spoils tbe'wbole story. An ex
pose shows that tho firm alluded to, never
employed n single contraband, heretofore or
now at - I Ini - Cartibri tvironwerkY.77-Tho -- tintire '
report and publication of such employment-of
negroes was gotten up
.by the Democratic
press of Pennsylvania to inislehd the honest
laboring 11i011 of the State into the support of
a corrupt combination abinit to be entered in
to- fo'r the purpose of bringing the war to a
close by humiliating the national govern
ment. • • •
Another story of the same kind; set afloat
by the Harrisburg Patriot _and_ Union,- WllB
most aumarity disposed ofa' few days ago by
the - Harrisburg Telegraph. The Patriot as
sorted that black men Were employed to the
siolusion of white men,
_itr. twitting 'the , grass
on the grounds prrouuding opr.HtMa Capitol,
Ihui endeavoring to create theinqireasion that
some ono are connected with the Stateaflmim.
tiation had done it. :The Telegraph infkitu
ted an inquiry relative to the , matter, and it
turned out that ibe:grasa,had'heen' sold and
was purchased bin fianOcrat; and that this .
DemOcra't had employed ' the 'Omitrabandi, to
,nut it. .
ibis kind' of labor i. worihy,of, the Demo.
critic party. • Its leaders and organs have al
wept', unifornili, appealed; not: to the
genoti andj?dgnititit„of those:vthout ihey'f:en,
denvor to influence, but tiithe:aigiVorace, the
• prejudice,, tiika the ,brutat part of
.man's na
ture.; anOt
kitld of political teethe that they ,have we
t:leaded so - often:in deluding the mattes into the
!support or . YhelllPr 0 1 9' „On.
qijn : fnli, in their the ,
peoPlO!.to eay.. r pitaraberaburg pisfietc4,
; Nnn , ...,c0,y14; . rnnrir.11: 7 4 ,-tf . l4‘n Dank of Rea r
Aing, , P2113141:34nti) . 4611.. Br*., head of
,ntnierT;
ft^ rtz# iii •I' • •
OtV erf e
,e, , Ann... 9 ion.
hti
ss's,
tiletifoco State - Gidiention.
.. . . .
. .
...A."',Stitle.i'Converition :of the Brepkinridge. ,
Vallandigbara party,, was lteldat I:Xixrriabaxg.
on. FridnyOfletd, week,' the 4th Instant, It:
was called to orderby Wtp, 11, Welsh„Chair. ,
man of the late, Brecyntidge State Central
Committee, acid was presided• Over by- .FRANK .
iII7GH/SB. of: Pottsville,:;who played such a
prominent part inithe Charleston 'Convention
. -
,
against Stephen A.: Dangles, and supported
... .. • .
Breekinridge in the ensuing campaign, and
most of the delegates were Breekinridgere of
plii
the Most ultratype.,, Are :-Plumer,_of Neu-'
ango, , a devoted friend' f , Old.Rotteu Sheep'
Buchanan, reported th , resolutions, ;among
which' wore the following': .-
" •
4 4Tbat_the Detcrociracy_ _of
.Tennsylvania
equally opposed' to all' seotiotitil. legislation
and tejaraphionl.partiae wlELobl_base:_their_
hopes for continued partisan encases on the
agrarianism of emancipation and hypocritical
philanthrophy, attention, becabse neither is
known to the Constitution,. and both are - in.
tended to aid disunion and subvert the Con
stitution, and to 'prevent the restoration of
unity, and pettoe, .and concord among .the
Stales and the .people.
" That the Constitution and the laws are
sufficient for any emergency and that-the sup
pression of the freedom of speech, and of the
press, and the unlawful arrest of pillions, and
the suppression.ef,the writ of 'habeas corpus,•
in violation of the Constitution, in States
where the civil authorities are unimpeded, is
most dangerous to civil liberty, and should
be resisted nt the ballot-boa by every free
man in the land.
That this is a Government of white
.men w
and_was established exclusively for the white,
race; that the negro race are not entitled
to, and ought not to be admitted to political
or social equality with the white race, but
that it is our duty to treat Ahem with kind•
ness and consideration - as an inferior but de
pendent race; that the right of,the several
States to determine the position and duty * of
the several races is a sovereign right, and the
pledges of the Constitutionxequire-us, as loy
al citizens, not to interfere therewith..
' That Congress has no power to deprive
any person of his property for any criminal
offence, unleis that person has first been duly
convicted of the offence by the verdict of a
jury ; and that all hots of Congress like thbs - ti
lately passed by Lho House of Represenatives,
which assume to forfeit or confiscate the es
tates of men for offences of which they have
not been convicted by due trial by jury, are
miconotitinional and lend to' oppression and
tyranny It is no justification for such ants
.that the crimes coninlitted-in the prosecution
oft he rebellion are_of. unexampled--atrocity,
nor is there any such,justification no State no
cessity known to our Government or laws."
The Philadelphia Press says: the first
resolution quoted, that " the Democracy of
Pennsylvania (that is, the Breckinridgers) is
opposed to all sectional legislation and geo•
graphical parties," is handsomely illustrated
when we recollect that the politicians uttering
this sentiment advocated a disunioniSt for
President in 1860, and are now earnestly
sympathizing with him in his armed efforts
to sectionalize and assassinate the Republic.
The second resolution, declaring "in favor
of the freedom of speech, of the press, and
against,the unlawful arrest of citizens," is
doubtless intended as an endorsement of or
compensation for those "Democratic" editors
who, less than a year ago, were silenced or
" suppressed" by an indignant people for
their treason, and also of such patriots as
Wen. 'B. Reed, and other entertainers of An
thony Trollope, the British satirist o our
country, who testified in his late work that
they were "live Secessionists" only a few
mouths ago, and that they boldly proclaimed
to him that they were in favor of the enemies
of their country. Such is the freedom of the
press and the freedom of speech which these
" Democrats" plead for. Tho third resolution
declares' thist i A.this Is a. governmentpt _white
Caen, mid Was"esiablished exclusivaiy for
white race," a truism thus stated in order to
prevent the employment of negroes to do the
work that destroys so many of the white men
in the A tniricatt ariny,Thinhiitlietanditig 'the
armed Breckinridgers in the rebel service
employ their blocks to aid them in, procuring
the means to defeat the white defenders of
the American flag. The fourth resolution op
poses the confiscation of the estates of the
rebels, because " they have not been convict
ed by due trial by jury to prove that Break
inridge, Davis or Benuregard, is a traitor!
How steadily and sincerely the sympathizers
with treason stand by the murderers of the
liberties of their country!
And it is upon such a platform the Demon
racyof Pennsylvania are invited to the polls
at the coming election I The nominations
made by the Breckinridgers are, Isaac Slen
ker, an old politioian, for Auditor General,
and Ja'mes V. Barr, the scurrilous editor of
the Pittsburg Poe, for Surveyor General.—
Mr. Slenker.has heretofore sustained an ex
cellent reputation. Mr. Barr is probably the
most offensive and unscrupulous assailant of
the General Administration (and hence of a
vigorous prosecution of the war) in iVestern
Penns) lvania. :
Among thedist of delegates we did not ob•
servo the names of those diitinguished
it statesmen" who have heretofore given the
benefit of their intellects and energies to the
Democratic" party. These are John Hughes
of Schuylkill county ; Robert Tyler, of,Phil
adelphili. They are all now in the rebel ser
vice, fighting bravely for Breckinridgo and
Davis, and they will, no doubt, send up fer
vent Foyers for the success of
,Slenker and
Barr, the candidates of the Breckiuridge Do
mocraoy of. Pennsylvania..
A British officer 'writing from Teheran . ,
*Mei to - the•' nies;" - rem ark s
" A Cathartic Pill, manufacitured-by- . " - an
Atheiican Chemist,' (DA. 'J. C. AYELt, ofLiww
ell, iklass.,) has cured the Shah, of, a Liver
:Complaint:_thitt.threatened his life. This sim- .
pie fach, as might, be expected, renders the
Americans immensely popUlar here, While we,
'English are overlooked.• 'Doubtless oar own
scholars made' the discoVeries which he em...
ploys, and thus it is in everything; we do the
Isborythen-the mousing-Americaus-put-their
mark on it and take the reward. Doctor
Aier.itatltdiSOLOy the Court . and its retiin.
ars bere, which will doubtless:be reflected to
him ono gold - anuff- . box, er a dimond , hilted.
sword; while ; not - the name, eeven , .
Christison. .Brodie-the - .great lights by"
which he 'eltines, is knolim."—/Ireto Bun.'
;do Paper. • . ' : ,
Lttnrrixa 'IS EXEMPT Y
_ -By,tho laws
of:the United Sliitea' the folloiving persone are
exempted' from enrollment . :
, "Officors"judiciet and executive of the Go
vernment, ,the, membetp •of bath lionses of
Congreea and their,respeotive,officer,s;: ons(orn
house offieero _ and .their' clerks; Inspectors of
expecte, pilots AO mariners Omploye4 ; in-the
sea service of a oitizenklor merohant'within
the. United Statne,posttilastei•s, assiet t,,post.,
.icieett4a, and , their. olarits, _post officers, poet
riders, and, stage drivers •ilf th 6 care m1(1'0012 :
-,veyanoe . tor- the mell',of., the ; United • States,
ferrymen' :empinyed at any , ferry on the , poet
,road,.the ttrtifoere and workmen in the'
• United , Steles atiriaries'iind
A,TOiunteer reoeivea the:full - IMunty--.527
idianai - lioutity;:ope,.mouth's pay ; ($1.1)
, ad,vatvie , and. $74. et: the sod of his_time of
J eelifee,:logfitlier,`witli the tU3itel;r4o - dortis of.
heir:l4l4ml. -Beeide , family ,re-'
ociVeepOouniary aisletauce tiuringlie abo e c,iee.
ffilit4drafted roPelie%tiut,sl,lpeiaranth !
, TheY,can -he; held ti).
Bertios opt of the.attate throe months, hy or.
der. of 'the Governor. . Lot tie une,, bowovni,'
`deceive hi ins el f ;the' idea , t h at ijc l ift e A
diero 'servn . only threliPtoon ti;,l'oe, after'
the.", militia ari , .drafted, , lConp,res's!L9ecn `very
easilY, head them to servis'during'them'at:. •
manoipatfon
t
Question. „
Y0rk . '49110114,-.,!4.
F/04 1 ?*k,STATP8',4ND,TEJE,PitgfIlDbN7: *
)
. 8 1 31 . 10 t 2 40ine. Min ferenne,
.evert . e,c MMUMOa IGn sub mate - a them'
•1:y Pre'sid eut .yesterchiy, urging' ectien of
their, i StafesfaVorable to. .the Presidniit's
`enianefipittion ',lite first, and - :Mitural
- .expressiuti idAhese rePreiciiativee., was that
the,subject- was, not the . seope;:Of their
.official,da , jes., They Were no t here to mould
ot"it) any ;way direct the domestic legislation
of
. their States, But they waiveethis point,
tind;agiiato enter into consideration, with
.the P. esident, o flx.question no' .to the
national interests After a full interchange
olviews, on all the points. presented 'by Mr.
a,contriittee of seven was appointed
ltrpripare.a response. 'Several drafts of a
,reply 140 been . made—ebe by Carlile of
- Virginia, -one by-IlAiihm-of-Kantnnkyi-irind
one of Maryland. The cons•
mittetrwill,Meet tomorrow, and agree on
one to be sent., The main features of the
reply, as indicated to.you last night, will be
retained.As follows :
T.hat'the Border States have come up
to the ftill demtinds of the Govern ment
heretofore made on them, they have raised
fully 80,000 men, now fighting for the Union
and they will raise their new quota under
the ,new. cap.
2. In regard to the President's Binanci.
pation Wer t heretofote embodied
gressicitial resoltition, these men say that it'
is not practical nor specific.' ft . proposes a
'change' which can only•be effected through
State.conventions, Etat then it requires
yeari:',:lcentucky's present Constitution re.
quireslolfryears to •cOl a convention and
have it meet, and then,' after going through
the preliminary stages, and getting n State's
consent,-.there would he no act of Congress
to consuMmate, and the . quest-on would still
be an 'open one whether the National Gov
ernment would or could appropriate the
millions of money needed to carry . out the
-scheme. This specific legisliition should
precede the State's preperation.
3. To obviate the delays of organized State
action, the Border State representatives
think the offer should be made at once, and
directly to the individual citizens of the
Slave States, end then the questiiiii would
be at once solved, and, in time to aid the
Government. Congress would at once prove
its•willingness to appropriate the money,
and the people of the States show their
readiness to 'aid the Union even at the sac.
rifice of ajudical change in(ll:ir social or.
genizaiinb.
In conclusion, the representatives will
assure the President that their constituents
revere the Constitution and the Union- deep•
ly as everlthat they admire his heroic efforts
so far to-preserve both, and on that plat form
will not be surpassed by any portion of the
Union in furnishing men sod money for the
work. -
And this one additional will be embodied:
That the Border Slave States are loyal to
the Constitution and Union; enemies of se
cessiqH ; and, though the Government should
be ovawhelmed in its struggle for the Union
and Constitution," the Border States will not
join their broken fortunes to Southern Con
fedelmey, but seek elsewhere new alliances
and anew,earcer."
The whole reply will breathe the most ex:
aped spirit of Unionism and loyalty.
[From the NOV? York Tribune.]
THE PRESIDENT AND THE ROHRER STATE CON
HRESSMAN.
President Lincoln invited the members of
Congress from the Border States to the White
House yesterday, and read them a paper, which
will be given to the, country to-morrow or
nest day., It commences by affirming, but
not as a: matter of reproach or blame, that, in
the President's belief, the war
,would have
been easedlmfore now had the Border Stares
promptly accepted the proposition for the
-gradual tibalish - itiifil - Of Slavery embraced in
the resolution recommended in a special ores
sage, and'passed by both !louses of Congress.
:, . The nrattifesto proceeds to remark nun the
:great ~.!!,. ~. essare'.'- brought to bear.. u pTin 'the
„,„, - , inix...l*.ittuttertHlOSlVOS: alai mlke ,
context:l:4h:explains unmistakably in_witat
direction liaCpretisure is' 'exerted, alludes to
1
the prod illation of General Hunter emanci•
paling the slaves of three States. The Presi
detrt :speaker - et - 0 entratAl trutsr — dif.7rin - Ad
friend, hitherto and now, as he presuipes,
and indicates that his proolaniation was Only
a step fOrward. The President conandes
With another appeal in the nature or a last
warning to the people of the Border States.
Mr Crisfied, of Maryland made a few re
marks after the President concluded, to the
effect that the supporters of the plan of gra
dual emancipation could go more favorable
before thd people if they could make to them
some practical proposition. Thu President
then handed a copy of - hie - message to Mr
Crittenden:and the Border State gentleman
bowed themselves out.
In the.evening a meeting was hold, at which
' most of the representatives, but. comparative
ly few senators, from the Border States were
present. A stormy debate was participated
in by nieSt of those in attendance. Keutuoky,
speaking ;through Messrs. Wickliffe, Wads•
worth and Mallory, was among the most bit
ter in opposing the President's plans; and
Tennessee, through Messrs. Maynard and
Clements; among the warmest in its.support.
Mr. Noell, of Missouri, and one or two
others, ihtroduced resolutions indioating a
willingness to adopt gradual emancipation,
and Mr. Fisher, of Delaware, a bill embody
ing it: Mr. Senator Carlile, of Virginia, on
the other , hand, prdposed a resolution refu
sing to tave anything to do with abolition,
iturnediate_or_grallutd, in_langattge blunt, to
say the least. Finally a committee was ap
pointed„ to whom the whole subject was re•
ferredwith instruotions to report to morrow.
- The 'committee consists of Representatives
Crisfield, of Maryland, Choi' than ; and Sen
ator
,1
Carlilo, of Virginia, and Representatives
hlaynard;;ef Tennesse Milk ry. of Kentucky.
and Rollins, of Missouri. Subsequently,
upon the motion of an opponent of gradual
abolition, who had found - out that throe out
of the fike mete here favored it, Senator Gar
rott Davitl i .of Kentucky. and Francis Thomas,
of Mary:l49d, Were added.
On thewhole, the meeting was, as we un •
derstand, more satisfactory than was antici
pated by the President or by thetnore advan
iiiiitierrifiiitirth-e-Sliiiie-b totes A Clear
half of the representativesare believed to be
in favor, of the President's plan; front Dela•
ware, Ilirl Fisher; flow- Maryland, Metiers.
Webster. and Leary, 'and me. Critifield at.
heart.; although being a largeeliveholder, he_
•is said fojfeel a delicacy in supporting a rota-.
:sure whist-will will pay Mar more. for his slaves
than, they , are worth in, these times. ..
Messrs., May, Thomas - and Calvert are to
tally opposed 'to, emancipation. Frdm Vit..
the -
Mootirs: Brown, Blair, and Whaley favor
the project, and Mr; Segar's_views_are_ l ned,
knoWn rith ocitrtioty. , From Kentucky, Mr.
Casey' is I e.ottly representative known to fa
vor tha,p caiderWs plan. Mr. Crittenden is
wavering. Iltistlri. litelitton; Crider, Harding.
• Wieltliffi4Dunlap;•l Mallory,llVadstiorth. and'
Menziesnreagainst. From Tennessoe,Messrs
;Clenientaftnd - Maynard:are for emancipation.
:From MiSsonri.. Messrs, Blair,. Rollins
,and
.Ishiell arel for,, and Phelps and "'Norton - aim,
•against the President's plan.'..
' Thus,iflve tire 'rightly informed, thirteen
member:of.• the -flower House: are fur,' and.
thirteen A 9 againstaccepting the olivetranch
of freedsl - 4tendered
,by the -President, • and
t i
.two othe:r4 aye' doubtful, 'prtlits *Van Sena•!
tOrti . &owl the Border Staies, Senaters-Heti
dereorr tint.Willity,'Sitf- - ptittidbly Garrett; Da.l
;vie, alonOtre likely to.vette forft',billembetly ',
ingAte ..,Trettide,lat'n tafftente. ; such. , as, Ilte is
understood to•-..be ~ framing with :,the -vii* ef
laying it ihnnediately before 4
ttngresS . ,,itlea.
Ater Amiyi johneon would vote for .woro he
r7 - Pint.ft)l B- 4' ll 6 ll daWitii);t7AFti - leariGthat
the "hog _ ',cholera"' ha's' m , ad e• tti
in our:AA:Sot counties. ' It that, a
'trade? lorliege,•froat' Ohio; ipeintitly"lirou'iht
,alot"te and; Sold them • to for
,afeitoo6lavver parts of the St'ate:' t.rhe's
hogs 'Wei,/ • afflieted with what
,14', kuoviti as'
the ithei ichtilepe," , and, aS Aopsegoene;
usanY "efitteti died' after,coming,,, in ;iiosSes
aunt of their. , This
,Aisease , ' is
said o bq tttoro . f#4al;th - •11 'AM° P i p i wa , p , ,
nia; lto treadeA by oittle'dealers. •.;
,The Republican Caucus atthe' Cap-
The adjourned ,
meeting of the Repabliean
eaueue; was"beld at-the. capitol-on'lSatardny
• „A brief diecussion arose on, 'a rention, to
exclude the spectators. ,on the •floop and in
tholalleries,•:ditring which' , • , . •
Repreeentative
.Reseoe
.Conklin- . of New,
York said that he - Wiewilling; to leave party
tactics forAhe Democintic pavy, , _whe,_ . when
' they met to diacesa questions involving:Ail
ferences of opinion, do not throw open. their
doore to the publ. He didnot care who
came to their aid, chi) Republicans, being in
the majority, will he held responsible by the
country.
- Representative Olin, of New York, saidif
,everything done here was to be spread before
the-public-be it so. Let all the world -know
it, and also who they are who serve both God
1-and-thammou..
Mr. Colfax, 'of Indiana, gave a .sudden
,taro to the
.discussion by submitting a reso•
lution inviting all loyal men, in this hour of
the 'country's peril; to put down those in
arms against the Government and to punish
treason with severity, cc.
reiolution was received with applause.
me. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, thought
before .they acted on this resolution they
should hear the address which th.' commit
tee were prepared to report. This might
supersede the necessity for passing such 6 a
resolution.
Mr. Colfax withdrew the resolution for
the present: -
After further proceedings the chairman,
Dr. Sherman, of Now York, put the tines.
tion, which was carried, To respectfully re
quest all those not members of the caucus
to retire."
The spectators then withdrew. •
Messrs. Howard, of Michigan ; Nilsen of
Massachusetts; Wilkinson, of Minnesota ;
Lane, of Kansas, and Morrill, of Alaine, on
the part of the Senate ; and Messrs. Bing
ham, of Ohio; Stevens, of Pennsylvania;
Sedgwiek, of New York; Potter, of,Wiscon
sin, and Sergeant, of California, of the
House, had been appointed a .committee to
draft an address to the people.
The address, which was prepared by Mr.
Bingham, of Ohiu, was then read. It was
ail elaborate argument, referring aniong - ipth
er things to several of the acts of the pres
'ent ICongress
Mr. Colfax offered the follikwing resolution
as a substitute for the address:
Resolved, That we hold it to be the duty
of all loyal men to stand by the Union in
this hour of its trial; to unite th ii hetcHS
and bands in earnest, patriotic efforts for its
maintenance against those who are in arms
against it ; to sustain with determine reso
lution our. patriotic Prtsident and his ad
ministration in their energetic effortsfor the
prosecution of the'war and the preservation
of the Union against enemies at home or
abro d; to punish traitors an treason with
fitting severity, and to :etusli the present
wicked and causeless rebellion, so that no
flag of disunion shall ever again be raised
over any portion of the Republic , that to
this end we invite the co-operation of all men
who love their country, in the endeavor to
rekindle throughout all the States such a
patriotic fire as shall utterly consume 'all
who strike at the Union of our fathers, and
all who sympathize with their treason or
palliate their guilt.
After an animated debate this resolution
was adopted as a substitute lor the address
with but one or two dissenting - votes.
The caucus then adjourned sine die.
THE. MASTER RACE
From The Richmond'( Ye.) Whig i3jTuiae 25.
Since the great batik, of Shiloh. and inclu
ding it, we have had an Amost uninterrupted
series of victories. We have encountered the
enemy generally with heavy odds against us,
and frequently behind intrenchments, but in
no single instance, unless it be the unex
plained affair at Lewisburg, halve Southern
troops failed to exhibit superior manhood to
the moneel and many-toßy t ued enemy.
Judeed,l.ho.whole'exper s tobee of. the vveris
an attegration
'Med by impartial obtiehMrs, - that the master.
race of this continent is found in the Southern
Suites. Of a better stook, originally, and
ha
b
ruled iit - tiffitirs of Stile by 'force of
the stronger will and larger wisdom that per
tain to'and distinguish superior races of mon,
while on the field of battle they have in every
contest held a priority of place, conceded-to
them by their present advasaries.
This natural dominancy of the Southern
people has had much to do in bringing on the
war. The inferior race, grown strong in num
hers and ambitious from prosperity, have re
volted against and now seek to overthrow and
destroy those whose superiority was a con
stant source of envy and self-reproach.—
There is no fiercer malevolence thou that of
taste, and iC•is thig'whiietr'has so long stirred
the Yankee bile. Always, iu the presence of
the Southern gentleman, he has felt a strong
and painfully repressed impulse to take off
his hat. This conscious inferiority has galled
the jealous and malignant oreature, tv.il he
has broken out in servile insurrection. lie
has vainly concluded that his numbers con
overwhelm and exterminate the subjects .of his
envy, and that he, succeeding to the broad
acres and the liberal habitudes of the South
ern gentry, will come to be looked upon as a
gentleman, lob!
With us the contest is one for lereditary
rights, for the snored things of home, for the
old repute of the better blood—with the Yan•
kee it is a rebellious andinfatuated struggle
for a place he is unworthy of, for Privileges
he weilltl degrade, for-property-he-would-bar•
ter, and for institutions he could neither com
prehend net. enjoy. It is the old and never
ending strile‘between patrician and proleta
rian, between gentle and vile. It is the offer
of battle on a new field of muscle againatf3pir
it—numbers against courage. It is not upon
Southern soil and among the descendants of
Cavaliers and llnguenots that this battle will
go in favor of brpte force.
It mey.be that the armies in front of this
city areabout to rush in to mortal wrestle When
they meet it will - not; perhaps, be upon such
,unequal terms as we have generally encoun
tered. But should there be as great inequal
ity of numbers 'as on other fields, it may and
w
by the superior courage, and constant:T.of bur
troops. True to their lineage, their fame,
their. pledges, their prineiples.Orue to the
expectations and prayers of all who love them ;
true to the immeasurable interests that hang
_on, the issue ; the eeldiers, who fight for liber
ty and native hind will never give back,. never
weary, npvv'r oease to strike till certain and
glorious vtuiory parches on their banners.
The . New Tax Bill
The now tax bill has been signed by the
- President; illid - 18 - hav a taw. The bill
Congressional volume of ono hundred pages
The Ledger gives, the. followieg, synopsis of
the
- — The tax ? is to•be collected in each, alit:don
or represenative district, for which a collector
and assessor will be appointed. The
on
tax levies a tax of three - per — atifitT on all in
opines in .excess of $000; If the income of,,a
,ptrOotris $1000; ho pays tux on $9OO, the ex.;
aces $600 . • A tax of five, per cent. is laid,
upon all incomes' over $10,000 . .' Du all in.
qomes irr °semis of SBOO reeehrhd trona prop
el . in the United , Stakes by, persons residing
out of the United.Statps and not in
,_the 'set!.
viao,- fivrc_pen is!iinposed. , On incomes
in excess 0'60.000 per annum; tax of seven
and on - e•lialt, per cent.' is laid. In'estimating
ortesinetnne"the money.derived from interest
on,,railroad bonds or-shares _ is exoluded.;
•,also that from advertisements, - divigendri.
stock, dividetilla ou ottpital.or dePosibl in any
bank, tnuittconipaily, savings, batik, ineuritnae,
its; rallkiitil l ,bridge: tiPressr,'farrk'bOttivhd
•steamboat conapany, and' for ibe.mannficuulli
of Amy urtioloi,uPou,whicli ti , stamp;or•itival-`,.
.01 1 0 rinty_' . ls ,Inquates d,erived frost in
tereat on securities Of.the
_United ''Statea - are
'taxed but . One and, a'half per:'hent. tiOm
all - 11AM:tnes, liviyPke - '''de.dChtell• the amocot
paid' fur Stake and boat taxes. `.The' , indoine
taxis inedinetrilii : Ote year end
ing.Decomber tiext,and le...49 l lePtat) l ,:'oq,the'
lst ,ofJuly i 18411; and Muth year hipastier up,
to 1806;'wheu the tiniteex`Plyet,Vti fekri, lB the
;;in co me tax, 'it the #iii', 6 ,''ii s- 'o 6l . s ietielvO' • L 7 -
Nt
atnAbttiferB Miselisor.
Avith.i.nwttiu,alitinraunt.otibf :there
be .4„ete'oris . • to tatinufacture 'hie' artieles.
-
whether the - rhirket for it is domestic or for,
eign , and' t heffroil and . ciiirdity. of theartiCla.
Each:Month lie Must make, returns 'of pro .•
and,sales, and pay the amount of taxes
on theinj•except Certain'. and 'woolen
goods,,,whicit'are,,paid aor by; r . the ,finisher.
4:all.,caSeS of 'i , onda manufactured in Whole
orb;part ' , Upon. edmtniesityi,, or • where ..the
material iipfurriishedb'y' tine party and man"
ufaetured' by 'another if^ the manufacturer
shall be required to' pay under the tax, snail
p - ersen paying the same shall berentitled . to
collect the amount thereof of the owners, - aud
shall have a lien for tho amount thus paid
upon, the manufactured goods.. The taxes
on all articles manufactured and sold, in
pursuance of contracts bona' fide Made be
fore the p , sage of the act, shall be paid by
the purchasers thereof, Under regulations to
be established by the Commissioner-of-In
ternal Revenue. The tax on 8,
menced ou the let of July.
incomes 18 due on the first of
Manufacturers are required to pay 15.
at . the time the goods are to be removed
from his premises. Whether selling for
cash or on time, this of course holds good.'
One per cent. tax is laid .on the .gross.rd
ceipts of - insurance companies for pre
miums This clause goes into effect on the
18th of October. On passports issued after
the .18th of July a ditty of $3 is levied.
The tax on auction sales is imposed on
sales made on and after the first of August.
No person subject to pay license can con
tinue his business legally. without license,
after the, first of August.
Persons engaged in the following business
are required to take out license, for which
they will be charged the amount following:—
Apothecaries,' $10; auctioneers,s2o ; ban
kers, $100;. billiard tables, each 5; brewers,
$25 and $6O; brokers in land warrants, $ 2 5;
bowling alleys, each alley, $3; cattle brokers,
$10; claim agents, $10: coal oil distillers,
$5O; commercial brokers' $5O ; 9enfectioners,
$10; circuses, $6O; dentists, $10; distillers,
$l2 60 to $5O eating houses, $10; horse
dealers $10; hotels, see "hotel" froth $6 to
s'2oo; jugglers, $221 .. ;' lawyers, $10; livery
stable keepers, $lO ;' ,7 lSianufactures, $10; pad
lore, see "pedlers," from $5 to $2O; photo.
graphers, $lO ; pawnbrokers, $5O physicians,
$10; retail dealers in liquors, $2O; stills,
from $l2 60 to $25; surgeons, $10; tobacco
nists, $10; theatres, $10; talloW Chandlers,'
$10; soap makers, $10; wholesale dealers,
$5O; wholesale dealers in liquors, $lOO.
Tavern keepers, Bt., are not obliged to take
out au additional liCense for selling tobacco.
W.R. NEWS.
Murfreesboro was assaulted on Monday by
the rebels, and two generals, and a Michi
gan regiment were captured. The railroad
stAtion was destroyed by the rebels. The
town was afterwards shelled. The rebels
are reported as being on the march to Nash
ville. • The i•tiliabitants of the city are con
fident of the ability of the government to
defend the place.
The rebels have captured Memphis, a
small town in the northern part of Missouri,
and taken about ninety Union citizens pris
otters.
The President had an important interview
on the 11th inst,.with the members of Con
gress from the slave Stated. •The subject
was emancipation. -
A few wealthy citizens of Springfield,
Mass, have subscribed $22.000 to induce
enlistments. Every volunteer is to receive
$75 from the city.
Gen. Pope has been made a Brigadier
General in the regular army, and takes the
late position of Gen. John E. Wool, pro•
moted.
tticumond papersa state that MO Federal
prisoners are confined in the tobacco ware
house. Jeff. Davis has issued au address
to the rebel army, ebmplitnenting them for
their gallant conduct. General Humphrey
Marshall hasresigned his - commission in the
rebel army.
A fight occurred at New Hope, Nelson
county, Ky-, between 450 rebel cavalry and
the 35theOhio regiment. The rebels were
dareaMd... The rebels lave robbed the Qom.
merciaLßank-of Lebanon, and -burned the
town,_:Tejeg,raphic communication is main
tained:between Louisville and Nashville.
_ an!s_cavalrY_have. been_ within_se y en
orCavn city : - Ky.
A Richmond paper does not believe MC-
Clellan can be induced to make an attack.
It thinks McClellan will attempt to throw
his forces un the south side of the river.
General Hindman has ordered all of the
inhabitants near Gauley Bridge, Ark, to
burn their provisionl and shoot their cattle.
Gen. Curtis has divided his forces, one por
tion being between Cash and White rivers
and the other east of Cash river, 75 miles
from Memphis.
The rebels have left the front of our array
in the Peninsula, and are expected to be
heard !row in another quarter.
On the 9th inst., Gen. Burnside, with his
veteran troops, arrived at Newport News,
Va. At that time it was rumored that the
rebel Gen. Magruder was moving down the
Peninsula.
News from Mobile state that Mobile bay
has been completely obstructed. A ditch
has been dug entirely around the - city, its
inner bank being defended by breastworks
and batteries.
News from New Orleans to the 4th in•
stant bas been received. Gen Butler has
suspended the functions of the City Councik.
Bureaus of Finance, , and- of Streets and
Landings have been appointed. Provisions,
vegetables, and fruit are freely allowed to
- doine info the city by vessels. The new cot
ton plant has arrived in the city. A number
of military arrests have 'been. made. Ship
ping is active. Two British gunboats are
in, port. About twenty prominent citizens
of Baton
. Rougebn. , •e been arrested ; some
took the. oath .of allegiance and were re'
leaseti;Others wore imprisoned, Gov Moore
has issued: a prc,clanaation urging continued
resistance to the United Slates government.
The State Capitol ha; been removed to
- Opeloustm ----- t - Tur - pichertrextend tollatierte;
on the Amite 'river• The health of New
Orleans is generally goad, but a few cases of
yellow fever have occurred.' •
York.-n. a On—a
.strike...4-The.graiii- brokers have taken-steps
to properly.settle the affair. •
General Hatch's command entered Cul
pepper on Saturday, and repulsed about 100
rebel cavalry.
Gen. Ptipe has succeeded in consolidating
the armies of Virginia. He is much praised
by the soldiers. • •
The rebel gunboat Teaser which was• cap
tured.ton James River arrived here to•dny in
convoy of the Baltimore. She will probably
be put in immediate repair_ for servien i _two
schoouers priiia• armed in company
with hei. • • '
The protipecil or a, treaty with ,Alexico_pro•
viding for a loan of elovemmillions of dollars
to that, liepublio :wrie liriefy; . disoussed in.tbe
Senate in.exeowtive deinioik Or(Saturdwyltight
and then-laid on the- table.- • -
__Theiallskiming_nddk•eas hoe just been hunted
to the officerel and soldiersof the army of Vie.:
BAD NEWS tiRONCTENNESSEE.
, . • ,
.
Ruinorbd•Cripture.o.l•M.utfreesboro.
~., . . .
Two.
_clenercils and . a,.Aficlugan. .liegtment •
,
,Captured: by . the; Rehels--Destruelion
.of
f i- lheßailroad Depot.4'he„toion; Shelled.
.
• Na'shvilloiJuly 13.—Tho city is filled with
rumors about kfight at Marfreesbbro to day.
Tbe,rnoit reliable reports confirm the, state
menidrallout a 'fight - having occurred,_witb
t a following , particulars. About' 3o'clock
morning -a largo 'foreeof_RebeLcavalry,
under command of tot. Forrest, composed
principally of two • Pcorgia
_and , one olVer
regirriont of iv - gull:ix' cavalry, 'drove` in our
- pickats:and'assaulted the town. The '-9"th
'Michigan r egiment,'; Col,' ;ParkltUrst,;
surrounded 'and captured.': Gen. 'T. Z : Crit;
tendon,. of Indiana; and gen. :Datymlfi, who.
had 'receutlyijarrived . 'to:, take -command:of
the 23d Brigade, wefo tri,ade.
with Lieut. -
C. At frivini'Ac.l l Pe4isi§tW4 ,Quuroiiitias•
The'JO, t‘. : -,••-•: '
: 311'. .MiPueisk 6 44 ,- -:aul;p1-Aiskie• Nand
witt's Ist. ICe utaclrt,hattery; . M?o3'o4o;
iant resitiance, apd.their bra Very IS:beyond.,
praise. They saved the , . railroad trach , and
bridges, losing but' few: men. The:rebels
- destroyed the railroud depot and'other.,pp.
peity, including \the telegraPh.
The town was being tie Witt's
batteriat the last report, at,3 o'clock P.
Forrest is' not expected to make an. at
tempt upon Nashville; as he will find workenough for him to attend to before approach
ing the city. By reliable accounts he had
3000 Cavalry, but no artillery or infantry.
A consultation has just been held between
Governor Johnson, Colonel John F. Miller
commanding 'the .po:4, Colonel Lewis. D.
Campbell, Provost Marshal, Captain 0. D.
Greene, of Gen. Buell'S 'staff, Captain Bing.
ham, U. S. Quartermaster, Captain Brodan,
of Gen. Dumont's staff,' and Colonel Gillam,
of the-ooverdor's—staff.-----
Innen is mitintnined in the ability of
irnment_to__protent—th e
•
tiquility in the neighborhood.
quills Juty,l3 --Rumors have reached
here that. Horgan's gorillas,. 2800 strong. in
two squads. are at Harrodsburg and Danville,
destroying property and steatingfierses,
Considerable excitement exists in Louis
ville on account of the proximity of the
Effective measures have been taken
to prevent incursions. -
'Nashville, July 18.—Between 8000 and 4000'
GeorgrA and Texas guerillas,-under Col. For
rest, attacked the 11th Michigan and 3d Min
nesota regiments in Murfreesboro' early Hilt
morning. Desperate fighting ensued. , At
3 o'clock this afternoon the Michigan troops
surrendered. The Minnesota regiment was
strongly entrenched, and cut up the enemy
terribly with Hewitt's Kentucky battery, re
pulsing them with great slaughter in three
charges.
.Flags of truce were sent in by
Forrest demanding a surrender. Col Leslie
replied that• ho could hold his position for
week.
The railrorid . track was torn up but bus
been replaced.
Ao attack on Nashville is riot improb '
abl'e. ;
Colonel Leslie is reported as falling hack or/
Nashville,
Cannonading hag' been repeatedly heardl
here. Col. Boone has arrived with several
companies.
LATER —Murfoesboro, has been taken by
the rebels, consisting principally of Texan
rangers under Forrest. but was shelled by our
batteries. The oth Michigan regiment was
captured, but the 3rd Minnesoka with their
lanttbry was still holding out at the last ac
counts.
Brigadier Generals Duffield and Crittenden.
of Indiana, were captured.
There is great excitement in Nashville, and
an attack ia -- expeined. - Th'e troops here will
gi - ve the best tight possible, and, if compelled
to yield, will shell the city. A battery is in.
position for that emergency.
FROM KENTUCKY
THE ATTACK ON THE NINTH PENN.
SYLVANIA CAVALRY.
Louisville, July 11.—Twelve hundred reb
el cavalry and infantry, with three pieces ofi
artillery, under John Morgan at e at Glasgow.
They se-nt a reconnoitring party to within•
three- miles-of Monfordsvil le yesterday, sup.
posed intending to burn the bridges ancL
commit. other odepredations, This is the
same•party which recendy attacked a de
tachment of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry at
Totakinsville Nut over twenty of the
Pennsylvanians were there, and- the reports
of great losses there a e false. Morgan has
issued • a proclamation, calling on the Ken.
turkians to rise. No injury has yet been.
done to the Louisville and Nashville road,
but the cars will not run till Monday nest.
•
Spirited Address of Gen. Popo to
his Virginia Army.
WABIIINOTOry, July 14.
By special assignment of the President of
the United States,. I have assumed the com
mand of this army. I have spent two weeks
in learning your whreabouts, your condition
and your wants. In preparing for active oper
ations and in placing you in a position from
whimu you oan not promptly and to the purr..
pose. These4abors.lire nearly all completii4
;and t ant - abOutle join 'y Let
us understand each other. I have came to
you from the west, where we have always seen.
I he_. backs of your enemies—from array.
- whose - business Whits' beeld Week'tbe adver
sary and beat hint where he was found—who4o
policy has been to attack and not defence.
In but one case has the enemy been able to
plane our western army in p defensive atti,
tude.
I presume that I have been called hero to
pursue them, and to lead you against the
enemy. .1 am sure you long for en oppor
tunity to win the distinction you are capable
of achieving —t that opportunity I shall endeav
or to give you. In the meantime I desire, to
dismiss front your minds certain phraais
which I am sorry to find much in vogue
amongst you. • I hear constantly of taking
strung positions and holding them ; of linea
of retreat and a basis of supplies Let us
discard such ideas. The strongest tiositinti
soldier min desire to occupy is one front which.
he can most easily advance against the one-
Let us study the probable lines of re
treat of our opponents and leave our own to.
take care of themselves. Let us look before
us and not behind Success and glory are in
advance disaster and shame lurk in the rear.
Let us apt ou Luis understanding and it is safe
to predict your banners shall be inscribed ,
with many a glorious deed and that your
names will be dear to your contrytnen for
ever.
(Signed) JOHN POPE,
- Major General Commanding
Rebel Account of the Rattles of
Monday and Tuesday.
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER
EIIGHT THOUSAND RRBELS LOST IN A SINGLE
Wasotwrox, July 4.—The Richmond pa•
pars of . July 2d furnish a number of items
with and to the_bottle of_Monday, They
say that on Sunday Generals
,HlLL.and LONG'
STREET with their divisions, crossed the
Chickahominy, and late on Monday after•
noon, attacked the enemy about five Miles
••nrortitellst—of - Dttrton - ti"New—Mktrl . ret ---
road. The conflict was teriiblc,: -- and---by. --
halt , past eight o'ialoak the enemy had been
drivelia mile acid a half. At half pas-nine,
the enemy being heavily 'reinforced, • made
another stand: The loss on our (the rebel)
side was terrible. The situation' being evi•
dently powerless against such overpowering
forces, - Gom 'Him, slowly retreated, amid the:
vociferous cheers of,tite_Yankeert.„._:___,
The, &amines says it thinks that the-div
ision which went into the fight on, Monday,.
- 14,00 a -strong, coutd'onry - muater 6000 men
for duty, and 'that the loss of life-exceeds.
that of any battle of - siege yet fought. At 8
o'clock; 4. M.,AM Tuesday,. J;tiottsos and
tin ° Tect. divisions attacked_Gin:_McClellan's
\'left bank on the west bank 'of "the, Qhicka
h ominy; LI- il es frOns - -"Riehmend.---Lattir in
thellay; Magruder fell upon his right flank.,
r" Fighting Wah - goin . g,on' to nine o'clock
on. Tuesday . night. -Heavy firing fromthe.
gutt-bnabs on, James . R•ver was ,heard
- Tuesday, morning. A `tininber of. Federall
transports. are in. the river,. with reinforce.
menta !Mtn. Gen. Burnside, but 040 10. ` 1 °'
not-yut landed. . ; • • ;,•
. The:above extracts, from:We Stcarniner i ,
rebate to Tliesday'd, battle, in 'which, Accor
ding•.to Gei;eral' McClellan's :respatch, re
ceiver/ ydsterday; the 'Rebsis. were .badly
Advices received at the War Department ' ,
show that, there '• was,.2no" the
Mmisulastll ,
Yltidnesday or-Thursdayi up' tot
phi The union Cooyentton of .Bedford
Codoty.tiiet on. the 11 4 ina(. and' 11613339m0
Hon. Alexandet Kink of ' , that county .for
appointed ' , Congressional.
'COntere4a.!ivith laratructiona to •'aupport 'Hon.
Udward:McP . hersotin'a o
aond choice'
for cppgre)is.' R p,Barele k ivatr•appiinted, •
Delegate to The 'Union State :COnvention to •
patria'iturg on tlll'l l l,ib'ittwt: . AntiOng, 2
reeolutiOne adopted - y.ll'li Ono, ap
prOving,ot- ti?o.,eiiiirle 110 - 1 ;;;.1. 460 - 4 44,1yte,
ip„B . o o,:tiitg.th q p6.ecfinitilir cuid
ibe his o,ttAiitiOnntO:the'
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