thq ernTii. CARLISLE, PA. Friday, August 15, 1862. S. M.. PETTENGII.I. &. CO., 0. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6 State St. Boston, are our Agents for the HERALD, n those cities, and Are Atlth.`riZed to take Advertise ments and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rates. People's Union State Ticket FOR AUDITOR GENERAL THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York County SURVEYOR GENERAL. WILLIAM S. ROSS, of Tnierne County COUNTY CONVENTION The People's Union Party of Cumberland County, are requesied to meet at the usual places of holding delegate meetings in the re eiwotive Wards, Boroughs and Townships, On SATURDAY, the 30th of August, in the several Wards and Boroughs between the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock. P M., and in the Township's between the hours of 4 and 6 o'clock, P. M , of said day, for the purpose of electing two delegates from ench district to meet in County Convention, at the Court House in the Borough of Carlisle, On MONDAY, the lst of September next, at 11 o'clock, A. M , to nominate a County Ticket, to be supported at the ensuing Octo ber election. JACOB RIIEEM, Chairman JNO. S DUNLAP. Secretary. Itigi_The absence of the Editor is we hope, sufficient excuse for any errors that may occur in this issue. WEAK KNEED PATRIOTS There are patriots of different kinds we have the true whulesouled kind, men who will giie their lives and fortunes for their country's good, and then again, we have those who talk patriotism to a tremendous extent, gas and gabble, on street corners and at poliri cal meetings about giving their all fur their country but when they are asked for money to help her cause they button tight, their pockets, and if asked to enlist they are seized like Belshazzar with a trembling in the knees and have all manner of excuses. There are, we are sorry to say, too many - of this class of men-in our-own neighborhood. This fact became apparent when the peti tion to the county commissioners, to pay a bounty to Volunteers, was presented to some of them. They refused to sign for many reasons, but the real reason was that they were afraid they might have to pay a dollar or two more in taxes I In one die trict, we understand, they shortened their school term a month, in view of their increa sed taxes, to save the small amount paid their teachers. On examining the School Report we find that it costs exactly fifty eight cents per month to eclucate each echo lar, and to 'save that, small sum they would cheat their own children out of, part of their limited education I Again we hays those who stand in bodily fear of a draft. They bolt in all directions or go skipping around like maggots in an old .cheese, trying to Slid some way to get c ear of serving their country like holiest men. Some have business in neighboring states, some must go to watering places, others get temporarily appointed in some office under government, and yet others have more diseases than ever affected poor old Job. The new order of Secretary Stanton will bring sometctf them up standing and we hope to see it rigidly enforced. THE PRIVATE LETTER of the riece of Jer YE RSON DAVIS. Mrs• KEA RV• doted Richmond, May 7 r , 1862, viltich has been ventilated in the newspapers, reveals the inner life of that archtraitor to the best government in the world: It is, probably, the most significhnt sign of the decay of the rebellion, that DAVIS should attempt to seek a refuge in the bosom of the Christian Church for the ten thousand crimes of which he has himself been guilty, and for the ten thousand crimes into which he has driven so many other 3. All malefic tors, when called upon to face eternity, at tempt to purchase forgiveness by appealing to the Providence they have neglected and defied, Mrs. KEARY'S letter is a wotnan's confession of man's guilt. Talking of "Un cle JEFF," she says: "Oh mother, uncle Jeff is miserable. He tries to be cheerful, and to bear up against such .a continuation of troubles : but oh, 1 fear he cannot live long, if he dues not get some rest and quiet. Our reverses distress him so much, and he is so weak and feeble, it makes my heart ache to look at him. He knows that he ought to send his wile and children away, and yet he ca,' not bear to part with them, and we all dread to leave him, too Varina and I had a bard cry about it to.day. There was confirmation in the church to day, and we all hoped so much that he would go forward for confirmatlm. But he did not; the I have hope that he will do so before the Bishop leaves here." In the postscript to this lett r (woman like she has her postsc•ript), Mrs. KEARY etatesthat the rites of confirmation had been administered at a later date. as follows : Uncle Jeff was confirmed last Tuesday. in St. Paul's Church, by Bishop Johns. He was baptized at'home in the morning before church.". The condition of JEFFERSON> DAVIS in May, when Mrs. KEARY wrote, was probably not his condition in June, after General McClellan retreated to Harrison's Landing ; but what is it now ? The attack upon Mc Clellan was the attack of desperatation and despair, to the Rebel oligarchy. Dews, al though the head of the rebellion, was among the last to yield to it, Ho loft the Senate with tears and prayers. Haughty, cold. and self•sulficient he was too sensible not to an ticipate the dreadful responsibility he at last assumed. Once embarked with robbers and murderers, he became a coward before their threats and violence, and-to save himself rushed into extremes,; He was thus forced to out savage the savages around him, and to lead the very wretches who, if ho had not led them, would have destroycd,lins. So is it with, your cold philosophersiwho in their talk of treason never think' they may some-, times be asked to'enforce it at the point of of the. bayonet. Jefferson Davis never dreitiniedi while. preaching Secession, that. the North Would Midst it. Ile has now die . . covered his error; and is, therefore, bowed in sackcloth 'anti ashes., In his misery he app`eals to God forgiveness; " ; Sir," said a blunt `old 'lli-R.4. soldier, ln'speaking of a very bad fellow who'had'sent for a,priest.on, his deAlibed, - .1 c an : forgive my' enemy . ; bat will God forglya - a rascal who has beett,GOidts worst enemy for fifty years, and .who sendti ler, the priest when he is dying to ask his hie iatlueeee ?". Evan if Providence"- forgives Jcfferson Difvls; - we lo x,r Irucle'jefr will not e far pro_ dinteolf, , ' . • DRAFTING. The New York' Tribune on the subject of drafting, says: ," We note suggestions that it will he highly disgraceful to this or that, State to be obliged to draft men to make up its wilt of the troops required by the Fed eral Eiecutive. We cannot see tho matter in that light. The President first called for Three Hundred Thousand Volunteers for three years or until the close of the War, and we trust those Volunteers will be duly forth coming. He subsequently made a call fur Three Hundred Thousand Militia for nine months only—said Militia to be drafted from the whole - body of the Militia of each• State not expressly exempted or already in the ser. vice. Why should not these be drafted ? We see no objection to that mode of determining who shall and who shall not he required to serve. Such service is a personal obligation: we regret that more - men Tiny wattre-d=we think they need not have been; but they are; and—volunteering having reached its natural limit—there is nothing fairer than that the residue should be obtained by draft. So say the People. We rejoice that drafting has been ordered on many accounts. So long its the Rebels were exempt from it, we should have deemed a resort to it on our part diegfaceful : but since they have thrown a drag-net over the entire South and compelled thousands after thousands of inflexible Unionists to serve their detestable cause in the field, we are glad that our semi Secessionists and sympathi zers with bloody treason are to be treated to a bowl of the same soup, so that we may see how they like the taste of it. There are men in every loyal State whti have been slyly dis• couraging and preventing enlistments from the outset; and we trust a good i roportion of them will now be called to take the places in the ranks which they have dissuaded oth ers from filling Again : There hies been much unprofitable controversy izs.tdce journals with regard to the reap, olive numbers contributed by the rival parties to the ranks of the Union Volunteers; and the Secession sympathizers have unitorm ly claimed that many more Democrats thin Republicans have shouldered muskets to fight for their country. We are sure this is false; but false 9r true, the draft will tend to re store a just equilibrium. If the Republicans have staid at home, as has been confidently asserted, and let the Democrats do all the fighting the draft will catch the ekulkers and bring them up to the—work. - So let it go ahead! Again : It in said that Aholitionists are dissuading-men from volunteering. If so, let therh be punished by law, if they have viola ted any law, and drafted into the ranks to re place those they have dissuaded from enlist ing. That will be another gain by drafting. Again: We approve drafting because of its effect on the Border Stares. Those States have, to a great extent, beensmore intent on dictating the policy than on siistaining the authority of the Government. Maryland is a Union State, yet our memory fails to recall any — sigraf eiliihTtionof her bravery in the field during the war which has now raged for fifteen months upon or within our borders; and we are confidentthat her sons have done more and better hghting in. the Rebel ranks ,than iti those of the Union. lier aristoet'r.c) and squirearchy have generally upheld the atrocious despotism which forces the Union ists of-East Tennessee, the Germans residing in the Southern cities, and the Southern foes of Disunion generally, to fight the tattles of a 0111180 their souls abhor : let them have a doss of the medicine they seem to love so well and see how they relish it! As yet, the Union has had none other than voluntary de. renters, though it hushed tens of thousands of coerced assailants : let us see Secesh fly log aroun I alter sub-ititutes for its 8012 s draft• ed to servo in the Union ranks, and perhaps it nosy gain some new light on the beauties of Rebellion. Lastly, we approve of drafting as jnst, and only just. to our brave Volunteers alrehdy in the field. Some of them have not been home during the pu.t year ; nearly all have braved peril, privation, hardship, and are ready to do so still; but they reasonably ask not to be left to fight against enormous od Is, and not to bo kept fighting forever for want, of ade quate support. Let us send them Ilalf a Mil lion more of fighting men, and if they do not finish up the War by Christmas, it will only be because our Statesman have no courage and our Generals no Military capacity or no heart in their work. For, when we shall have increased our forces to ono Million, it must tw. bo that some General will turn up who knows how to light otherwise than one half of our Army in Virginia against all that the Rebels can scrape together, taking their own time for It. And whenever we shall have fought one pitched battle in Virginia, with our full force matched against that of the enemy, unless our Generals refuse to bring up their reserves and forbid pursuit when the enemy runs, we shall be very near the end of the War. EXCITING TO RIOT The arrest of the persons employed abont the Harrisburg Patriot office is at once sig. nificant and encouraging. It is eignficant of the resolute determination of the national government not to suffer itself to be under ruined again, as it once before was, by trai tors acting under cover of a political par ty, with whose original tenets they have no affinity. It is significant that the strong arm is everywhere to be laid upon the oonspira• tors who are seeking to foment a civil war at the north, in order to aid the armed rebellion at the south. And it is encouroging because it strengthens the hearts and the hands of all loyal citizens, and assures them that no in siduous attempt to destroy the unity of the north is likely to be euceessful. In an article, ou Monday last, we quoted from the Toledo Commercial a paragraph showing that the anti-negro riots in Cincin nati and other cities had been maliciously in. stignated by secret agents sent out from New York for the purpose. This was denied by sl i me ofthe treasonable proses here and else where, but at Harrisburg the arrest was made because the conspiracy to got up an rinti-no gro disturbance was clearly against the lead ing Democratic) newspaper, Patriot d. Union. The reporter of that paper was detected as the chief miscreant, and was seized just.as he prepared to abscond. With a view to stimu late disorder, and discourage citizens from en• listing, an incendiary hand bill bad been printed and posted about the town, •-through his agency and that of hiti..asSoaiates, an nouncing falsely that General Lane was to speak thorn on a certain night, on various ab olition topics/ and endeavor to obtain negro recruits. • It Was In snob ways oe this that tho other abti.wegro ribts - had been:atuented In Ciaoltt. nett and elsewhere, and this was part of the i machinery of ,war 'upon _"-abolition" in ti) 'Werth, &Maimed by the Dentodratio oonvon Mena. tilite.inflatostory handbill was Intend.. propaie a - riot rind tuanutiot us o public aeutunent, and all the' other riots of the same king were induced la the same , way sad for the same purpCse The whole corps of the Patriot - istablishmont Was, therefore, arrest, ed, and the paper itself is suppressed, as it should of been long ego, and as we hope all: Its affiliated organs that openly encourage treason will be in the north, but more es : pecially dn Pennsylvania. Let the public now pursue the address of the Democratic State Central Committee by the light of this practical 'illustration at Harris burg. That address urges that, in order to assuage the apprehensions of the south, it is necessary to suppress abolition, and to that end war against it is declared. In order to show that no paper war intended, they pre- pare in the office of the State Democratic or gan the machinery of a dangerous negro riot This is what that infamous pronumiiamento threatened us with all over the north, a vio- lent and revolutionary effort to create an ar - ti-ficial -and spurious public sentiment—by moans of the negro riots, thus preparing the people for further and more sanguinary meas. ures, involving the liberties of the white taco of the north. The arrest at Ilarrisburg was made at pre'. oisely the same time that a dangeroun negro riot, just like the others, was raging in Brooklyn. We hear also that in Philadelphia parties have been for some time past busily engaged in organizing a riot of this kind, and as yet no means have been adopted to prevent it. The numbers of the blacks in Philadel phia have been magnified immensely by agi tators. who have industriously poisoned the minds of the ignorant and unthinking, and out of this element of mischief it is intended to gather the means of pri duel g disturbance hero. This is no accidental matter, but one carefully i-tudied out beforehand by artful traitors in Philadelphia and other parts of the State, in accordance with the purpose an nounced in the address of the Democratic State Central Committee We said that such a document was susceptible of only one con struetton —war upon the north; and almost before the ink is dry with which we made the assertion, proof conies to us from all quarters, These desperate and malignant conspirators mean no mere political canvass—no conflict of words upon the hustings. They mean violence, bloodshead, outrage, usurpation, and. if they can accomplish it, revolution.— The first step is negro rioting. The second will be B. lawless attempt to carry the north. ern elections generally by fraud and force. The third, if they are successful in the see mud will be the refusal to acquiesce in grant— ing the supplies to carry on the war, and eo on through the dreary catalogue, which, in their view, ends in a grand compromise with the eolith, and the return of the Democrats to poweret Washington, but which, in the eyes of sensible and reflecting men, has no end whatever, and leads only to hopeless ruin and desolating civil war. We said that the address of the Democratic State Ct.ntral Committee passed beyond the, limits of legitimate political .discussion, and amounted to open and avowed treason of the •. worst kind ; anti here we have the illustra tion at ILirrisburg of the mode in which the bloody programme is to be curried out. It behooves us,now to act in_our own defence:- We cannot afford to wait until the danger comes closet• and the enemy stands ready to manacle us. The loyki tneliof the north tianst give the conspiracy no opportuuity to accom plish its foul and traitorous work, for they aro to be its sure victims, and from step to step in its infernal career it will to on until it leads n i bs to our doors, and eeidts the lives of all who aro known to advocate liberal sen- tlinents. It may be said that the smallness of the numbers of these malignants is a'guarantee. against their success ; hut this is a delusion. They propose to manufact tire public sentiment of a morbid kind by an anti negro labor ex citement among the ignorant whites, and cal estate largely upon this to create for them a powerful party, by menus of which they may be able to act out their parts. Their press represents the views of no large portion of the Democratic masses, and yet that press is maintained everywhere, and goes on poison ing the minds of Democrats to prepare them for this contemplated cru,ade against “abo lition " These papers are nearly all tainted with disloyalty, and are day after day yro duci.-.g incalculable mischief in dissuading the Democrats from enlistment, and endeavoring to prepare them for a war upon the govern meat itself. Around these newspapers clus ter all the fugitive traitors of the south, and all, the concealed traitors of the north. They are the gathering points of pure, unmitigated treason; and although for a time they deemed it necessary to attempt a disguise of the fast, yet they have grown bolder by counselling to• gether, and now maintain pretty much the elms tone as the rebel organs of the south itself. It is fortunate, perliaps, that these papers have thus far been permitted to exist, be cause they have done more to open the eyes of real Democrats to the exact, truth than all the arguments which could have been ad duced by those who do not profess to belong to that organization. While. they had no newspaper organs, held no.mass meetings and put forth no declarations, the leaders of the conspiracy wore able to keep ,up a show of loyalty. But till this is ended now. Their newspapers, conventions and addressh have shown them up in their true colors, and the government, knowing, the traitors, has, we trust, begun to put its hand upon thorn. For, no matter where they may he found, dome= tie traitors should be stashed out. The gov ernment, seeing the zealous efriirts made to raise the volunteers demanded of the northern people, should ielieve them Of the embarrass. meat eaused by the attempts of its enemies to prevent men from enlisting. ;f it, yefAses to perform this plain And simple duty, if it hes itates to strike when it has so much reason and justice on its side, its weakeess will ein• holden the rebels and their sympathizing Al lies and increase our peril. There must bu courage at the helm now. The fearless mina of Abraham Lincoln, we cannot doubt; is ful ly prepared to assume the responsibility. The people have an abiding confidence in him, and will stand by him iu all emergencies.— His order for the arrest of the traitors of the Patriot t j• Union we moat cordially approve, and accept as his . Commentary on the infa mous address of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committe.- 1 -Phi/u. North Ante. • 0 REGIMENT FORMED.—The first regi . intent of Volunteers, under the nine months call, was formed at Cainp Curtin on Tues day: .There are three companies from this County included in it. The following. are • the names ; - RusselKluards, end. W. Jennings. DerrY,Fencibles, Capt. Jas. Henderson. Harrisburg Guarcia, Capt. John J. - Ball. • Does Guards, - Capt. H. C. Carlisse , fillantry, Capt.. John Lee. Shippensb.erg Unurds, Capt Jas. Kelso. .Nowviile Infantry, Capt. Wm. Liughlin. James Wards, Capt John C• 1 - iutfettker.. Putriotie Club, Capt. John F. Lebanon Guards, Capt-..lioren;o - L. Qrcena. wait. ' • • A Letter and a Reply 'Ms followingletters willexplain thetnsel'res GeO.Tattisontlie sittiscriber to the first one, - Witilortiand eduenterl In Carlisle. Leaving thiS about thirty years ego s for Tennesse, where he has since resided. FrOin his letter, it'tieemsdhat'on the breaking out if this ao cursed relleltion, he espoused the -rebel side, abcl insist dearly has lie paid for Ilia treason If tiny thiug can be more de•tricalye than a southern rebel, it is a in in who having been born and educated under our free institutions in the North should become so lost to every feeling of patriotism and kindred, as to as similate with the miscreants Who are endoav- oring to destroy it. The responne of Mr, Blair, is spicy, and to the point Ho harbors no sickly sentiments of sympathy fer the secessionists. BOSTON, MASS.; July 2D, 1802, — Dear Cot — fein William I was telegraphed home to see my dear son Robert, my first born. I arrived on the 21st. He had died the day before lie was in bad health in New Orleans. was captured and re Lurning home on parole, my dear 011ie was killed on the field of Shilo, on the tith ofJune, Thomas and John were in the same battle, Holmes wits at Island No 10, escaped and hag . , been at Vicksburg ever since, cousin James Hitline's two sons and grsodson not linrt. I have been at home since the 14th of April. Was arrested as a State prisoner the 21st of June, am now on .parole, a letter from you at thus time would do ms good. Your affeoliouate cousin CARLISLE, July 31, 1862. MY DEAR PATTISON : Btn : Your note o. the 29th inst. , is received As the administrator of my uncle I reply that his death took place in September last For your information I would say, that he was a sound Union man op to the time of his death. Accept this as the reason he gave me for not replying to the last letter he received from you In di-posing of the -letters I found in his possession atter .is death I wits pleased to forward that one to the War Dspnrtment, hoping that they would receive some infortna tiou from it of importance lam pleased to see that you are in a split stick, nod hope that very soon all other traitors to the blot d boutht Union may be in the some predica meet. Wilt. BLAIR. WHO ARE EXEMPT According to the lows of Pennsylvania, all able bodied white mail citizens between the ages of 21 and 46 years, residing in the States and not exempted by the laws of the United States, shall be subject to military duty ; ceptiug— I All persons in - the sriny and - navy - or the United Sultee. 11. Ministers and preachers of the Gospel. and processors of colleges, and school direct tot'h,•aud all judges of the several courts of this Cowmen wen I I It. 111 Persons who nave "been, cr hereafter shall be regularly and hmorahlv discharged from the army and navy of the United States, in consequence - of the pert - on - mince of military duty. in pursuance of any law id this State. IV. Commi,sioned office's who shall have served as such in the militia of this State. or any one of the Unite I, Sates, f,r the space of five com , ecutive years; but no officer shall he exempt unletis by his'resignation, after such terw,of service, duly accepted, or _in such oiler lawful manner he shall have been hon orably discharged. V. .Ft , ery nou commissioneideffieer, musi • clan and private of every uniformed troop raised, who has, or shall hereafter unittrin himself according to the provisions of any iiiw of this State, and whosli ll have perform ed set vice in such coin ,any or troop for the Fpnea of seven consecutive years front the lime of his enrollment therein, 8111111 he exempt from military duty, except in case of war, in• rrgolim or invasion irt If any member of suoh company or <troop, Vtlio shall have been regularly tin i torm • '0 mid equipped shall, upon his removal out of the beat of such company or troop, or upon the disbandment thereof, enlist in any other uniformed company or troop, and uniform and equip himself therefot 6, and serve in the same, whenever the whole term of his service in such companies or troops, s computed to gether, shall amount, to seven yeais, he shall be exempt from military duty in like manner as it he had served for the whole period in the company or troop in which he was first en rolled The certificate from the commanding officers of such companies shall be the prout of smsh service. Democratic Treason From the Selinsgrove Times, a Breckinridge orgiin, published at Selinsgrove, Snyder Conn ty Pa., by one Franklin Weirlob, we cut the following additional articles They reflect the spirit of the secession Democracy of that region, which we must admit is a little in ad vance of the sentiment in this county. It is a specimen brick of the entire fabric however. If Mr. Weirich's neck is not itching far hemp, we do not understand the King's English. The first excerpt. is his criticism of the resolutions passed at a Union meeting. These resolu tions expressed the deterirination of the union loving portion of that community to stand by lie Government in its war against treason. Hear Weirich's combients We copy from the Middleburg Tribune the proceedings of a war meeting held at that place A resolution wits passed by the meet ing proceedings should be published in all the papers of the county favorable to the cause We publish them simply as a mat • ter of I cal news. and not its an exponent of our feelings or sentiments upon the question or cause Our opinions are ti u firm, rat iotml and unalterable, just 110 they were from the beginning " Then he gives his felltiw Democrats some advice: .‘ Gov. Todd, of Ohio. has published a pledge that all tho-e who freely contribute money to raise volunteers shall be exempt from-dron log it he eau possibly ncooniplish it. This will create a fuss and ought to.—Every attempt will be a.nde to rush the democrats to w"r. For one. we shall not go under any eireumstan ces, let the consequences he what they may. Lot democrats keep wide awake and stand up for their rights.—They never commenced this in famous war." And again, hie views on drafting aro in growth°. " When a government has to resort to draft ing, what conclusion must one rationally come to? Either that, those who are in favor of the war uro top cowardly to do any fighting them selves, or that the 'people at heart are opposed to the war. To this we have now come : the peoPlo - are oitlter•at heart opposed to this war, or those who pretend Wargo it on so strongly are too cowardly to fight theruselyeo and Wont some other poor devils to go-and do the fight ing for them.—These great war men are al ways-the last to expose their precious bodies to bullets." In peculiar fitness of things, he devotot the fret page of the Time, to the publication' of Mr. F. W. Hughes' AddreeVo Penneylva• nia Demoorate. IVill•the Preel prat's late or tier Anil these follows ? boss of Steamer Golden Gate Sew FRANCJSCO, August 6.,z=The steamer Golden Gate sailed hence on the 21st ult., with '95 cabin passengers, and 147 second cabin and steerage and pashengers and 95 in ihe crew. She bud 51,400,900 in treasure. On 27th ult., a 4.454'. pi.. Olen eighteen miles north of Altinzattilla, while the passel'. gers .were the alarmi afire wasgiven The head of-the steamer was - promptly hea ded for the 4hore, three and a half nines die tent, the flames meantime nialcint! fearful. headway. , .At a quarter past five o'clock the upper deck fell in, , and the passengers'-,,rand crew-- who had-got into• the boats, jumpedr overboard and' endeavored to swim Asher°. AbOut one hundred, including 'five children, swam or wore washed ashore alive. - Th( . . Blip burned to. the xiater's 'edge and snot' disappeared. Thoee 'who reached .the tihoro 'node ,their w . ey, to pear Slanzanilln, OD tbe-29tbinstfiut, no the steamer St. Lonis arrived.up from Panania. Some tour others escaped to Manzaniiht in boats. One boat with 30 persons' on board had not been heard 'rem, and probably made the shore south of; ManzanWa The St. Louis arrived here .to night aii brings 78 of the Golden Gates passengers, all that are 'known- to he saved, and a portion of the Crew Captain Hudson is at Matizenilla to look alter the missing passengers.. The recent re-occupation of Malvern -*ill by Gen McClellan appears now' to have been merely a recounoistince in force, as no at tempt has beeu made to hold the po,ition perma nently. The Rebel fijny moved out from Richmond by three.r!roads and concentrated near the Hill on WiAinesday Hen. Hooker withdrew his forces that night and returned to his former encampment Much more tin portanoe appears to have been given to the affAir_than_ it merited, and the publicims been misled by the loud sounding announcement that the Army of the Potomac had resumed the offensive." The telegraph from San Francisco furnishes some turi her particulars of the burning of the steamship Golden Gate, with a partial list of the saved The Golden Gate had two sun• drod and thirty passengers on board, of whom one hundred and sixty were lost Including a part of her crew, which numbered ninety five, one hundred persons in all wet saved. Mr and Mrs. Griffin, of 13s timore, are among those known to be lost. (heir tour children were saved. We publish this morning, and have else where etminent e 1 0 he Important orders fr , m the Pt eAdent through the War Depart ment, in rebuttal to persons attempting to es cape front the (fruit by fleeing from their homes and States, and also directing the pun istment of parties wil.l attempt to di4tiourage enitst merits or engnee in other disloyal prao aces flie-er orders aro to be rigorously en forced. ClEonaE PATTISON A skirmish took place on Wodnes ny near Pout. Pleasant, Mu , between the citizens and the State troops, in which several were killed o❑ both side... trouble arose from ,he ottlze.is attempting to resist the enrollment I act. Toe scope of the Medical Department of the army is being enlai god by Surgeon General , Hammond. - No hospital not under the con trol of LIIC G o.ernment is allowed to receive sink and wounded soldiers as patients. This rule is made 110 Sallie patients iu the latter have bee t neglected Surgeon General Ham mond return's its thanhs to the Sanitary Coin mission for us labors. and directs the return of the steamers. &c , burrowed from the Gov ernment tut ice An intercepted letter written to his brother by the redoubtable Gen. pillow, express es gi ea , u nx i e ,y regarding the faieuf the negrues. lie tears that the South. in achieving its inde itentlenee,'wil: lose one thousand million dal lilts worth ot slates, and advises crowding 11e negroes into the Soule with the greatest expedition lie also urge p his brodier to do all he can to niche the tiiVlrn es believe that all of them who fall into Federal hands will be sent to Cuba. We hate some further particulars of the murder of Gen MeCuett. Ile was lying sick in his ainhulance when killed. His remains ate to be received at Clucinuati with appro priate h Aims. The General Orders from the War Depart. ment. indicating the details of what is desired in taitioir to the draft, are perhaps now on their way to the States. These viii as little as pos‘thle interfere with the independent ac twit of the State authorities. Governors and -State-Inspectors are to follow - 110 , 1r "ti — n Se vices in obtaining the citizens of their several Commouwealths, tor service i.n the common - caue't - if — i ; but they will be tender , ed suggestions. and have revealed to them the wishes of the President and the President's military advisers. Railroad engineers, in actual employment of some railroad company, are to be exempted from the draft. 0 Reports from Memphis state that the fight on Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of Moony Creek, was a small affair. A Federal region noitering party surprised a party of one bun dred nod fitly rebels and put them to flight. Quantrell, the guerrilla, seized a steamer on toe river on Sunday, and with fifteen hundred men cro sod the stream. Not knowing the strength of nis force, one' hundred men were sent io intercept him all of whom ha captured. A target• dace has since been sent agamst hint. The counties of Altura and Cheniung for- I niches the very fit st regiment 'trout New York I State under Inc call for 800,000 volunteers. The regiment is numbered the 107th New York State Volunteers, and will be off for Washington in a few days. ' The recent order front the War Department to prevent, the evasion of military duty is for the purpose of compelling every citizen of the Belted States subject to nulitary duty to bear his share in supporting the government. lit structiUllB Oil ilia subject will be issued to day to military cointuandauts mar, hats and police officers. individual pursuits and busiuess will he interfered with as little as possible. A number of persons were prevented from le.tving Washington uu 8 iturday by curs, ex cepting on certain conditions. One hundred disloyal persons, who took the cars on Friday at W.tshingtoo, tor New York, with the in ention of I living for Europe were detained at Baltimore by a govermilent agent. Thirteen persons were arrested ,in Friday, in Chicago, tor attempting to °suave to Cana da to avoid the draft The stampede into Canada of persons liable to on itia ditty has been ellectually stopped at Dec ruin Whatever volunteer force above its rat ea tile proportion shall be 00'Crod by a State any time berme a digit is actually made, will be accepted by the War Bepartnieut antler dited upon the draft as a proportional redno'ion. IL is left to the executive of each t.-Ittle to de t rintue whether be will apply the koime prin. eipie to counties. Within the past two weeks one thousand rauk and the have been recruited in Franklin mot nly Lehiglicounty has furnished her last compa 111 oh the nine months quota. Recruits still come forward. • Northampton county has filled its quota of volunteers under the first oath Recruits still come forward with alacrity. They wish to avoid tile draft under the second call Thu coal miners of Schuylkill county are enlisting in great numbers Some ditlicuity occurred at Easton in con sequence tit the refusal of the County Com taissioners to pay thee. uudy bounty to volun teers after the quota of the first call had been filed, unless they could be assured that the excess i f volunteers under ibis, first mill be credited upon the county quota of the draft. The rules and regulations to govern draft ing iu this State wilt probably be made public in a few_days. - Strong efforts are being made by Governor Curtin to,canse the appointment of National Tax Colleciers from among the men who have served the country in a military capacity. The full quota of Pennsylvania nutter the two lust emote for 300,000 men is 04,841. The New York State troops under the first order for 3(10,000 will continence to march next Tuesday. Three delegittes connected with the future military - operations in Missouri have arrived la - Washington. - An order has been issued calling upon all officers who are on parole to report their 'lomat, rank and address to the Adjutant General, that arrangements may be made for their exchange. It has been determined that Col Corcoran will be exchanged for Col. Harrison. Convalescents are to take the places of all able soldiers now - empinyeti as nurses ,cooks attendants, 40., in hospitals One hundred - and twenty nurses and a cargo of vegetables lett Fortress Monroe on Friday for Harrison's' Landing. Reverdy Johnson arrived at New York yesterday, from New • Orleans, in .the steamer Connecticut, which sailed — infilte - 81st - WI. Coin. Farragut and-his-fleet-had arrived" at New Orleans. ' Gen. Buell, - in his, official notice of the death of Brig. Oen.,Robert McCook, stateslhat be was wouoded by guerrillaS at, Now Market, Alabama. Cu 'the-fith' tact., , -and.dlearghe fol towing day. Gen Pope and staff have located their head qUartere at Culpepper., - M• Neill, with WOO men, whipped Per ier'b forces, 2500 bo wig at Kirksville, • Alia eotiri, on the 7th hug:, and again nenr_Btoak• ton on the OW that. P9rter'a lornen Tore do- - theralited. '• ' - • + WAR NEWS Our forces on .the Potomac have fallen back to Harrison's Landing. A skirmish look place on Friday ° between our.pickets and.a body of rebel . cavalry, at a place called Wolfiram, some eight or ton miles fn m Madison Court house, Va A battallion of the .2d Pennsylvania cavalry drove the rebels beyond the Rapidan. Our loss was one killed ; ''wounded. 'rho enemy lost 2 killed and a . number wounded. A severe skirmish took place below Culpep per Court House, Va .on Friday. We cap tured sixty rebels. Our loss was severe. An account, of Morgan's recent exploits re* cently published in a Mobile paper, states that he took twenty towns and 20.000 stand of arms captured 1200 pri.oners. and de. stroyed property valued at $2.000.000. Six Charleston hart or pilots were taken on the British steamer Memphis, captured the other day. The Pacific Railroad Company has subscrib ed $l5 000 for the suppression or'guerillas in Missouri. Recruiting officers of volunteer regiments in Missouri have been authorized to rntist men froin - the - CllTOiled militia of - tha -1 Stitt e, The steamships Etna and Saxonia were de tained at New York on Saturday till evening, in order to pertnit an examination of the pee sengers, under the Secretary of War's regu lation. Numerous oases of deception among the passengers were detected. These "orders of the War Department were drawn to cover particular oases. Twelve more of the Rebel marauders who made the foray upon Mount Sterling. Ken. Welty. were captured jand brought down. to Lexington on Saturday by Colonel Brocles nice, making one hundred and seventeen of that. S. oession gang that have been taken. A private letter. dated Charleston. South Carodna, July 17, just received in Philatlel phis, states that there was a great deal of ap prelrension in that city that the Federal troops would make an attack there; but no fears were entertained that the attack would be immediate Th military authoritiev were sending regiment atter regiment to Richmond, Vu. The excitement consequent upon the re cent attack mild, upon James Island had gradually subsided, to give place to more rear from another quarter Rocheport, in Boone county, Missouri, was taken possession of by about forty brig ind, under the orders of a man mimed Bucker, on Friday. Poindexter, at the head of about tour hundred tianditti was at or near Fite , H,e, where about two hundred and fitly United States troops were concentrated A reinforce. meat of one hundred and titty men was sent from Booneville on Friday, and tt was ex peeled that they would attack Poindexter's bu hwaekers on Sunday morning. Three beat• , , ascending the river, were boarded by Poindexter's freebooters, but ,not king was taken although there were United States lior-es on board—probably because the offi• cers of the boats were told by General Totten that they would be held responsible for any loss M property From the Army of the Potomac we learn that our troops continue to occupy Malvern and that everything was quiet B cer tern and contrabands report that a large force of Rebels is advancing from Richmond toward the Hill Mith the view of retaking the post lion. Three thousand or our exchanged pris otters had arrived from Richmond. Those fit for duty were returned to the regitnent4.— The,ot hers will lie sent North. Tnere were no officers in the party. A despatch from Tennessee states that Gen eral Robert McCook was murdered s near Descherd, Tennes,ee, ridingin an am bulauce in advance of his brigade. General McCook was one of the bravest and, inhet dot ermined soldiers of the Army of the West. belungeg _IQ the celebrated McCook ' fighting family,' and led the-Ninth o.iio Regiment in the famous charge at. Somerset, when Hre - ftebel Geoerhl nliii3 - 61Thr'w . iis killed. The advance of the new levy of volunteers is about moving towards the seat of war Two Massachusetts regiments.__ the-. Thirty third and Thirty fourth will start on Mon day and Tuesday next, both with full ranks and splendidly equipped. All passes for visitors to the Army of the Potomac are refused by request of General McClellan. Prom N ishville we learn that General Nel son has advanced to NlcMinnville with six thousand troops, driving out the ltshels un der Co unel Forrest. and capturing a number of stragglers. B. 0. I'. Nicholson, ex binned Slates beuator, was scut South beyond our lines. The steamer Golden Gate, 'winch left San Franei,co On the '.lst for Panama, was burnt at sea on the 271 h. and nearly two hundred lives lost. The steamer had thirteen bun dyed thousand in gold en board, widen may possibly he saved as the hull was Leached of tes burning to the water's edge... But few particulars of the disaster are yet known. Battle of Cedar Mountain Va Washington August 10 —The most despe rate fight, for the numbers engaged, since the war commenced occurred yesterday at Cedar Mouniain, eight miles south of Culpepper Court House, Va., between General Binks' corps (1 . armee of General Pope's forces and the rebels undrr Stonewall Jackson in person. Gen. Pope had sent Gen B inks' command to the front early iu the morning, and the dim ions of General, Augur and Williams took po• sition a mile or a rude and a half this side the ground of the skirmish of the day previous In the afternoon CI awford's brigade of Gen Williams division, composed of the 46th Pennsylvania, 1011 Maine, 6th Connecticut and 28th NeN York regiments, with Best's battery of regulars, moved forward to n piece of high ground between Cedar creek and Crook ed river, some tour miles north of the point where the Culpepper and Gordonsville turn pike crosses that stream. To the south of lids point., distant about three foorths of a auto, rises the Cedar Mountain, a spur of the great Thoroughdare rapge No sooner had our troops emerged from the timber on the north, and crossed Cedar creek, than a battery of heavy guns. - Mewed in the thick timber half way tip the mountain side, opened upon them with shot add shell, and another of smaller guns, from a point. of timber about three eights of a mile to the west ward Bent's battery of P rrott guns was immedi ately planted on the crest of the hill, and be gout replying to the two, wittle the intantry was p sted in line of battle to the right battery. The enemy 'kept up a continuous fire from both batteries some half ah hour, which was rapidly volumed by Capt. Best, when three additional rebel batteries opened from as many different localities At about five o'clock the rebel infantry was discovered in strong,foree upon our right and in frogrSiipporting the rebel batteries, .when word was tient back to the main body stating the fact. Immediately Gon Augur's division, with the remainder of Gen Withorns' division were thrown Torward and posted upon the right of Gen Crawford, and fronting the dense titnt.er whPro the rebel infantry wore posted. Gen Banks now rode on to the field and di rooted the operations. General Gettry,'s bri• gade of General Augur's division had the ad vance, and maintained it - admirably. General Geary's brigade consisted of this - sth Ohio. 7th Ohio, 29th Ohio, 28th Pennsylvania and Knapp's „Battery. No sooner had these troops taken their Places than the rebels_opened musketry fire . upon them front two sides and in front, aided . by the batteries before mentioned. The batteiies on the mountain also kept up a most deal ructive fiir - O; but the federal troops never faltered or oven Winoed: At half patst five the battle became general, artillery reply ing to artillery and intantry.to infantry, and desperation was the 'order of the day. The fight continued until darkness put an end to the carnage. I have witnessed many battles during this war, but .I have seen none where the tenacious obstinacy of the Amerltan char. eater was so fully. displayed. Our troops fought with the valor of vete. Tana.' No sootier did It volley of musketry or a discharge of artillery mow down the ranks - of a regiment - than - the pins were closed up 'antis new front presented. Regiment.- vied with regiment, and brigade with brigade, in deeds of valor ; and few instances indeed were there where oven individuals faltered. -; The Silt and 12th regulars attached to Gen. Batiks' corps, led by Captain Piteher, ,ea_ oellenr service . .. Captain Pitcher was woun ded severely, though not, dangerously, in the knee by j a . Mitsket shot, but be' kept the field until the end - . --With ihe'setting in of darkness the • firing of musketry ceased, 'but the 'artillery upon that mountain kept up a:random firing until near midnight; At dark our troops witb:lrow ton small copse of wood, about half a mile to the rear of their first position, where they wore joined soon after by the corps of Gene ral McDowell and Sigel, who formed in their rear. At nine o'clock in the evening the hungry and wearied troops of General Banks were relieved by portions of NlcDowell's command, and fell back a half nil°, resting on theirarms in a pleasant clover field. The night was unusually lustrous, and all prominent objects were as prainly dist inguish eil'as in the bright daylight. Thoroughfare Mountain loomed up to ihe west a rebel signal light now flashing through space, and our long columns standing by, their muskets stretched up and down all the slopes and fields were dimly descried with their faces toward. the enemy Crawford's brigade, which had borne the brunt of fight, threw themselves, almost exhausted, upon the moist graqs, and talked over the adventures of the battle. Some of the men incautiously made fires• and this re vealing our position, tho-enemy commenced 91rd-1444115. Them firing was generally excellent, the shells bursting among trains, ambulances and horses, coon compelling our soldiers to move back towards Culpepper. A panic was very nearly oecristorred nt this , time, as the regiments took to their heels to get out of range, and seeing so litany men re treating, others that had not reached the field also started to ruo, and soon the roads were crowded with frightened !topple, who added to the existing misfortunes by telling wild stories of repulse, loss, and disco:ofiture. Boon the provost's guards were thrown across the roads and fields, stopping stragglers and suffering only the wounded to pass. The wounded came in on fent in great. num bers, and ambulances were promptly on the spot to carry off those unable to walk. The scenes that made the morning light terrible were the concomitants of all battle fields, hut the unusually heavy loss of field and line officers was remark& le. .Most of our men aro wouedeil in the lower limbs About four o'crock in the afternoon Gen. Pope an& staff went upon the field, and were greeted with the most vociferous cheers The General rode to the extreme front inyire thick est of the tight, and come near geyrng into a rebel amhu-cade. but he discoye - red his, den ger in tithe to avoid it. We took several rebel prisoners; from them I gained some information. It is certain_that the rebel General Winder-sts General Jackson is wounded slightly in the hand. General Saxton is mortally sounded. The rebel Cores engaged ic the battle was from forty to ti ty thousand. The casualties on our side are fully set forth in the list of names I send you of killed and wounded, now at the hospitals in Culpel.- Iker Court-h , mse. The list was teken at nine o clock in.dly. Gen. Augur's wound is not dangerous. It is a flesh wound in the hip. Gen. Geary is severely wounded in the arm Gen Banks had his h , rse killed under him. as did o so the chief of General Pope's staff, Col. Rug gles Large numbers of hospital tents and stores were sent from Washington to day to the scene'of action. Culpepper is one vast hospital, though moss of the wounded will be sent on to Washington for treatment. Two pieces of artillery' and a large number , of =mall .trm.4 were captured from the enemy. —Cor. N. Y. Herald. Retreat of Jackson OUR FORCES IN PURSULI Dispatch from General Pope. Leadouareers of the Army of ra., Cedar 2119aaluia Aug. 12 —TI Maim-Oen. Halleck., The enemy ha• retreated under cover of the night His rear guard is now cro•sing the Rapidan towards Orange Court house. O ir cavalry and artillery are in hot par• suit. (Signed) Joux Popy.. Major General Commanding From Harrisburg THE QUESTION OF ENLISTING AND DRAFTING--. DEPARTURE OF THE GOVERNOR , FOR WASHINGTON. Ilarrisbury. . A rig. 12. —Governor Curtin leaves for Washington to night to arrange with the- War Department a plan by which counties I hat have • exceeded - their quota shall be accredited with such exce-s upon the draft. Many countie. have greatly exoee led the number required of them. and it is but just that when this oeour;.3 a-proper credit should. be given. Companies of troops enliste 1 for three years or during the war continue to arrive. The work of oronization is going on rigidly and eat istaci orily, and regiments will leave as fast an trenvportatinn omen hr provided iCeb3n and acituttg glatins. tr - 3.—‘Subscriber" will find what he requests, in this week's paper. GONE TO TILE WAR !L l Tuo9. MOORE D local editor of the " American" left for at, war, in Capt. POTER'S company, on Saturday Met. EXCHANGED ?-18AAC GORGAS, J T. HARRIS. Corporal 13. HURLEY - an I JACOB Me- LOT, all of this county, prisoners at Rich mond, were exchanged on the sth inst.', and returned to their regiments. WELL DONE.—In Capt. Porter's com pany which left Carlisle on S.ttunlay, were live brothers sons Of ex - Sherd' . Sa TABLEAUX.—In another column will be found the advertisement of the ladies of Carlisle who, intend holding an exhibition of tableaux. for the benefit of the sick and woun ded soldiers. The cause is a good one and we bespeak for them an overflowing iousp. SEVERE ACCIDENT.— Joseph Harmon, an employee, in Mullin's paper mill a* Mount Holly Springs, was badly injured by being caught by a belt while at work on Saturday last. He was carried around a shaft and thrown violently down, breaking one of his arms in five places, tearing off one of his fingers and cutting and bruising him severe ly. His injuries were dressed by Doctors Kieffer and Dale and he is now doing well. POLICE ITEMS —James Shine, Lewis Stine and Thomas Hansom were commited„ by Squire Dehuff, for drunkeness. Wm. Haverfing was brought in state, in a hand cart, before the some justice and committed for twenty days. _The dignified expression of this gentleman's Countenance, as he road down street in his comfortable conveyance, Was pleasant to behold. SAD DISPENSATI IN OF PROVIDENCE:= George L. Gougher for many years associa. ted wilih this and other papers of our town, in the capacity of rotary editor, was so un fortunate as to fall into the hands of police on Monday; It appears that George par took of the intoxicating bowl to too great an extent, yea "he put an enemy into his mouth to steal away his brains." in the shades of evening when birds were seeking their nests and little children. were runhing home for fear of being spanked fork eping late hours, George, sterte d 4 on his winding way, for his honie. On arriving there he choleed the partner of his joys and sorrows I whether on the spur of the nu:tam:it, or with Malice :aforethought we" knoW cot. She in' the :neighbors, to her assistance,. and - sent one of lier - friends for .constable Martin who.'gave GeotgU,Alm . privilege of goi g to.jail like a free: American -citizen. We. are . very sorry that anyone connected with - the Press should be guilty oi:heck-an ungallant not, but so-it is.; 'lle wesiiiSchar 7 . ged on Tuesday.
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