giti t herald CARLISLE, I'A. Friday, July 29, 1864. FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS VICE PRESIDENT, ANDREW JOHNSON, OF TEgNEEISEE. • Union Electoral Ticket. SENATORIAL. Mbrtiin M'Miehael, Philadelphia. Thomas H. Cunningham, Beaver county . , . REPRESENTATIVE. RobOrt P. King, 13 Elias W. Hall, George M. Coates, 14 Charles H. Shriner, Henry Baum, 16 John Winter, 4' William H. Horn, , 16 David M'Oonaughty, 16 . Harlin H. Jenks, 17 David W. Words, 6 Charles U. Runk, 18 Thine DenPon, 7 Robert Parke, 19 John Patton, S William Taylor, 20 Samuel P. Dick, b John A. Montan& 21 Erorhard Blow, 0 Rlohard H. Coryoll, 22 John P. Penney. 1 Edward Halliday, 23 Eleanor Wiukin. 2 Charles F. Reed, 24 John W. 111a9ellard. 111. - PETTENGILL & Vll-81 Park Row, New York, and 6 „Ll:stire st.nofiton, aro our Agents for the litinum ft thiosenities, and Are ituthorlsed to take Advertise. manta and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rates. TICKETS! TICKETS.—The election tickets aro now printed and ready for distri bution. We hope that the friends of the soldiers will see that they are properly distri buted. • Meeting of the Standing Committee. At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Union men of Cumberland County, held in Carlisle on Saturday, the 23rd inst., the following Resolution was adopted. Resolved, That the Uli t ton Standing Com mittee of Cumberland County, in view of the importance of having a full vote of the friends of the soldier at the special election to be held on Tuesday the second of. August next, do earnestly recommend to those fa vorable to the adoption of the proposed a mendments to the Constitution, that they appoint Committees in every election dis trict in the County, for thepurpose of secur ing the entire vote of all who favor the con ferring of the rights of citizens on our brave soldiers, and that they exert themselves to the utmost to secure an overwhelming ma jority for a measure dictated equally by a spirit of gratitude and justice. On motion the Committee adjourned to meet on Saturday, the sixth day of August next, for the purpose of fixing a day for the meeting of the County Convention- Meeting of the Union County Committee. An adjourned meeting of the Union Coun ty Committee will be held at the Public House of John Hannon, in the Borough of Carlisle on Saturday the sixth of A uguht, for the purpose of fixing a time for the meet ing of the Union County Convention. A full attendance is requested. J. N. WEAKLEY, Chairman. The following persons compose the Coin- mitten Carlisle E. W.—J. M. Weakley, Geo. Zinn. do W. W.—John Hannon, A. K. Rheem, Lower Allen—H. S. Rupp, Jno. Coleman. Dickinson—J no. Morrison, Thomas Lee. E. Pennsboro'—D. Denlinger, Samuel I). Holtz. Frankford—Jno. D. Bloser, Philip Zeigler. Hampden—Thomas B. Bryson, Salnuel Eberly. Hopewell—D. Lesher, P. Faust. Meehaniesburg—S. G. Bowman, R. 11. Thomas. Middlesex—Geo. O'Harra, Geo. Clark. Bina, N. Brown. • Monroe—J. K. Neisly, Win. Lainhprt. New"Cumberland—John Clark, John Fit ting. Newvillle—Jos. VeDarmond, S. Stitzel. Newton---Jno. Hurst, Robert Mickey =!I=SEIZMMIM N. Nidaleton-11 Keitler. S. Middleton—D. Cauffman, J. W. Craig head. Penn—John S. Dunlap, Isaac Preltert. Shippensburg Bor.—D. 'W., Thrush, Dr. R. C. Hays. do Twp.—Philip Koontz, C. White. Silver Spring—R. Mickey, John C. Sample Southampton—ll. B. Hoch, S. A. Mowers. West Poansbore'—Jno, S. Davidson, E. James. Upper Allen—A. T. Palm, D. K. Steim Eta The President, in accordance with the joint resolution of Congress, has issued a proclamaiion appointing the first Thurs day in August next as a day of humiliation and prayer for the people of the United States, recommending them to confess and repent of their manifold sins, and implore -the compassion and forgiveness of the Al mighty; and to pray, that if consisient with His will, the existing rebellion may be spee dily suppressed, and the supremacy of the Constitution and laws of the United States be established throughout the States; that the rebels may lay down their arms, and Speedily return to their allegiance; that they may not,be utterly dekroyed ; and that amity .and fraternity may be restored, and peace 'established thioughout our borders. ••airThe only citizens of Pennsylvania who are denied the elective franchise are those who are engaged in the noble work of defending their Government. No other call ing or occupation disqualifies them for ex ercising the highest prerogative of freemen. A man may be just us worthless and degrad ed as he can make himself; he may be a charge upon instead of a support to his Gov ernment, he may be plotting the nation's de atruction, and contriving how he can most effectually aid those who have taken up arms in the service of treason, still he is allowed a voice in Government of his State and the choice of thci;'rulers. But those who deserve most of their" Country, Who have sacrificed their time and business and have perilled their lives to save her institutions from de— struction by traitors are denied the right that the meanest man or most cowardly trai tor in our midst, exercises unquestioned. Bow long shall our Country's soldiers be treated as felons just because it dont suit the ,convenience of politicians to grant them the inig,hts of citizens ? ' . SVu&i rrn ARMY THINKS OF THE NEW Exnex,vszazr BILL. A letterfrom General eiturctka amity says : ' , Afore glorious news. Fitirris , that'tliere is te'be no more commuta tion. 7f:l:Taxing stated the fact in a large com pany to-daffy;Jrnixv 'a corps aommander spring wildly from his seat,' with exelainationa of jeyogia then he order•ed, hislast champaigne :rind , ails', 144 : lump of .iee;' , and the toast was, 91ere'a to nO'criiiirautaticiii The tin:eups oillfiied::sind'' , 4Ch Said - "How Then each : 44- Briiikiiiedity.'i' , stivin all drank, add , ilied•all'eliiiiced an4,!.finllly .all choilised 4, 81:y-O r gh ?" , ,YirltiCh liv on way;we have in the army.' TILE amount of gold in the banks and sub-' treasury aCNow York, July 1, was $31,067,. b6O, against _:542,041,00.at the same date last year. • • . , W. W. Inwix;Carninisairygeneria tif,:li'ogneylvania, . now. acting'. Adjatant t, anprit of tiio , *tate. • • . We call the attentionof qtr readers tiitha fact that an election is to 'be held on next Tuesday, Agust 2nd to decide: upon several proposed amendments to our , State Constitu tion. These Amendments have received the approval of the Legislature at two successive Sessions and now only require the ratification of the, people to become part of our i'unda mental law. Although these new ,sections, have been published in the Election Procla mation still their importance entitles them to a more prominent notice and we therefore copy them hero. SECTION 4. Whenever any of the quali fied electors of this Commonwealth shallge in any actual military service under a req usition from the President of the United States, or by authority of this Common wealth, such electors may exercise the right of suffrage in all elections by the citizens, under such regulations as are or shall be prescribed by law, as fully as if they were present at their usual places of elections. [Awricr..}: Xl.] SEcTioN 8. No Bill shall be passed by the Legislature containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in the title, except appropriation bills. SxoTioN ti. No bill shall be passed by the Legislature granting any powers or privileges in any case where the authority to grant such powers, or privileges. has been, or may hereafter he conferred upon the Courts of the Commonwealth. The legal form of the ballot for those who favor the adoption of these proposed amend ments will be as follows: These ballots should be cut and folded sop !irately and deposited in separate boxes. It seems strange that there should b the slightest opposition to any of these amend !mints ; and particularly to the first. That men should be eager t4)-confer on the brave defenders of their Goverunu•nt, thier proper ty and their homes, the same rights that they enjoy themselves would seem but just and honorable ; but that there should exist any man base enough to refuse our gallant soldiers the privileges of citizens is almost beyond belief. But in the political arena we constantly MT things so incredible as to almost make, us doubt the testimony of our senses. With all the gallant deeds of our brave men fiiesh in the memory of every one; with the knowledge that it is to their heroic valor that we are indebted to day for the peaceful enjoyment of all we have, there sire a art of politician's who are now schem ing to defeat a measure intended only to confer on our soldiers the right:, which free men enjoy. We have looked anxiously into every Democratic journal that has come in our way to find a single word in favor the i.ol dier's right to vote but we have looked in vain. Columns have been filled with abuse of the C of eminent and apologies for traitorS but not a single line has ad ocated the claims of those who are perilling their lives to save the country. If their indifference were not sufficient indication of their dislike to the measure we can easily find in their actions enough to show their opposition to it. Last winter the Democratic members of the Legislature, al though they had not the hardihood to oppose the measure openly and manfully. did their utmost to defeat it indirectly. They dared not vote against the first amendment direct ly, but they all voted against the other two amendments well knowing that they suc ceeded in- having them stricken out the first could not be submitted to the people. This covert and dishonorable blow at the rights of the men who are fighting their battles only too clearly indicates the course they have determined on at the coming election. They intend opposing the amendment hid denly and secretly, but they will prevent its adoption if within their power. Now we appeal to every friend of the Union; to every one who believes in the justiee‘of our cause and who line the slight est feeling of gratitude to our brave men who have endured so much in its defence, to go earnestly to work to secure the adoption of the Amendments. Let every one feel that the success of the cause depends on his in dividual efforts and exert himself according ly. Let no false feeling of security or cer tainty of success prevent the triumph of tar , soldier's friends from being complete and overwhelming. Hend'erson, B. B fie — We have been informed by a number of reliable persons from the Country that the Democratic local politicians are indus triously circulating the report that if the Amendments to the Comitit ution are adopted, negroes, who are in the service, will be ena bled to vote because they are soldiers. Men who will circulate such stories fir the pur pose of preventing men from voting to con fer upon our soldiers the right of suffrage are capable of any conceivable act of mean ness and dishonesty. There is not theslight est foundation for the assertion. The pro posed Amendment only speaks of "qqatified electors 1P this Commonwealth" who shall be in the service; and "qualified electors" are, as even copperheads know, white men over twenty one years of age. THE M.:lOHr OF FOLLY.—To d-iseourdge a loyal leaguer from enlisting in the 100 days service.—Democrat. 'Zara Avis.—To hear of a copperhaed en listing in the NO days or any other service save that of pettifogging Jeff _Davis' Rebell- Atir.A. Very Destructive Fire occurred in Brooklyn, New York, last Friday. The loss was between $700,000 and 800,000. Among the articles destroyed was $300,000 worth of guano and $150,000 Worth of wool. The brig Cwsur and Helena, from Hamburg, was also destroyed. It is reported that the fire was caused by a lighted cigar having been thrown upon some nitrate of soda. WE learn that at least 18 regiments of the 21,000 men called but for 100 days are now ready for organization in different parts of the State. Two regiments will be ready to leave Camp Curtin to-day. THE rebels have, in the course of one year, about five days of !.humiliation and prayer," hnd three hundred and'sixty of hathillation and curses. Col. BOMFORD; Assistant Provost Mar shal_Gieneral of Pennsylvania, has been Or dered-to take charge of the post on Goverri-: or's Island, New York,' and Captain. It. J. Dddge is detailed to act'as Assistant Provost Marshal General of. the State. P. yallandi g ham of Indiana, was renominated for Congress, by a Copperhead-Convention at clreeneastln Litt., on' Thursday . ; and D. Eeklns, an . avowed ieb'el and syMpathizer(was nomina , ted for Circuit Judge . . • - 7 .11a5.-Ciax. A. P, STEWAItT , has been prornoted 'to'the Liautenant Ginieraiship in the tcbol army wady. vacant by tile death. of Gen:Polk, • .., • ' . • Special State -Election. [ARTICLE Hl.] First amendment, I= Second Am endment, 131=3 Third Amendment I= Peace Movemente. Last weels . .tio.Were'llTored with an abun dance oirtimars :concerning the action of a Pence Confegince, at Niagara Falls. The par ties to this arrangement were Mr. Horace Greeley of the N.Y. Tribune on the side of the Government, and Clement C. Clay of Ala bama, Professor James C. Holcbnibe of Vir ginia, and - Geo. N. Sanders on part of the Rebels. Mr. Greeley it- appears had been appointed by the President to meet these prominent Rebels, who were supposed to be the accredited bearers of propositions of Peace from the Rebels to our Government and to give them safe conduct to Washing ton. They had a correspondence which en ded without any propositions of Peace be ing advanced by the Rebel agents. The New York papers contain the correspondence in full from which we make the following sum mary. The introduction to the whole matter is a short priVate note, dated 12th inst., from George N. Senders to Horace Greeley, stat ing "that Hon. Clement C. Clay, of Ala bama ; Professor James C. Holcombe, of Virginia, and George N. Sanders, of Dixie, are ready and willing to go at once to Wash ington, upon complete and unqualified pro tection being given, either by the President or Secretary of War." To this note Mr. Greeley replies, July 17th, that understanding the gentlemen named to be "duly accredited from Rich mond as the bearers of propositions looking to the establishment of peace," he is "au thorized by the President of the United States to tender them his safe conduct on the journey proposed, and to accompany them at the earliest time that will be agreeable." Messrs. Clay and Holcombe explain that they have not been accredited from Rich mond as bearers of peace propositions; but that they are in time confidential employ of their government., and felt authorized to de clare that, if the circumstances disclosed in this correspondence were communicated t o 1 Richmond, they or other gentlemen would be invested w Ulm full power. They seek safe conduct to Washington, and thence tv Richmond. Mr. Greeley answers that the state of facts being materially different from that under stood to exist by the President, when he en trusted him With the sate conduct requested, it was advisable for him to communicate by telegraph with the President, and obtain fresh instructions. After some further correspondence in re lation to Mr. Greeley's communication with President Lincoln, the following was re ceived from the latter, by the hands of Ma jor Hay, and by him handed to Professor Ilolcombe: Ex ECUTIVE It.ANsION, WASHINGTON, Jule 18, 1864 To WHOM IT A y CONCHICS Any proposition which embraces the res toration of pence. the integrity of the whole Union and the abandonment of slavery, and which conies by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and con sidered b y the executive government of the United Sttes, and will be met by liberal terms on ,übstantial and collateral points, and the bearers thereof shall have safe con duct both wav4. •IBItAIIA n LINCOLN To this document, Messrs. Clay and 1101- coin be take grave exception. In a lung, and final, letter to Mr. Greeley, dated 21st inst., they complain that '•it provokes as much in dignation as surprise," and •'is unlike any paper-which ever before emanated from the constitutional Executive of a face people." They go on to soy that— "lt procludes negotiation, and prescribes in advance the terms and conditions of peace. U. returns to the original policy of "no baigainint , no negotiations, no truces with rebels, except to bury their dead, until every man shall have laid down his arms, submitted to the goNernment, and sued fur ,It MGM is enough for us to say that we have no use What,ver for the paper that hits been placed in our handl. o could not transmit it to the President of the Confederate status with out offering him an indignity, dishonoring ourselves, and in earring the well moritted scorn ,)1 . our country-wen. * —Whilst an ardent desire for peace pre vades the pt - iple of the Confederate States, we rojoiee to believe that there are few, it any, anning them who would purchase it at the expense If liberty, honor and self respoct. If it can be secured only by their submiss ion to terms of compost, the generation yet unborn which will witness its restitution. If there be any military autocrat in the North who is entitled to proffer the condit ions of this manifesto, there is none in the South authorized to entertain than. Those who control our armies are the servants of the people, not their masters; and they have no more inclination than they have right to subvert the social institutions of the sover eign States, to overthrow their established constitutions and to barter away their pre cious heritage of self-government." Here the conference ended, and the par tie, separate, each going his own way. Whilst we regard the entireaction of Gen. N. Sanders and the prominent Rebels in his company as merel3:intended to break ground for the Chicago Convention, we are glad that the conference met. The President has in dicated clearly the only grounds on which Peace can be optained and the only persons with whom he can be expected to treat. The rebels have spurned his offer and we are willing that their friends here make all the capital out of the occurrence they can. The Union State Central Committee Booms have been secured in Philadolphi as a headquarters for the Union State Cen tral Committee, where the officers thereof, and the members of the Executive Commit tee, will hereafter be found for the transac tion of the business allotted to that body. All letters for the chairman of the Commit tee, or such as relate exclusively to business connected with the duties of the committee, should bo addressed to Philadelphia. " A Subscriber," and perhaps well wish ing friend, writesms to inquire "why we ad vertise patent medicines." We will here and now answer him that we do not. Our readers are aware that we have for years ex cluded everything of the sort, and the only seeming exception that we know of is the advertisement of Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.'s remedies, which now stand in our columns. If our friend noes not know we will inform him that these are nit "patent" or even se cret medicines. Their composition has been made as publicly known as any other scien tific fact, and has moreover had the appiov al of the. highest medical authority in the land. But what affords us - perhaps, still greater Confidence in their Werth is our. per sonal knowledge of ' the ,man who makes them and th. results that have followed from their u:e; results as familiar to our readers and t. the wlible community as they are to ourselv , s. . . It Wks' hoe our privilege to. knew Dr. Ayer ever sin o hograduatea . fieM the Penn. University i the same class with . one Ofinir Personal frie ds, nor have wv oror ceased to watch with . : nterest, hiS singular success in and untiring devotion,to. thezoble prOfess ien ho hag a oi..en. If anYliody will toll us what we can advertise Of More' interest. to our Patrons • trian remedies that will cure them when they are sick, we shallcheerfUlly glye it the benefit of our circulation.--:Toni arer.4. (17!3•14!iPt.f.11-, PordeP: Defence. > Pennsylvania escaped the iron heel.of the . 'e*ting free-bootersmoro . ;by good tban by any . special foresight Or wise legislation. Her immediate border at Wei point *as doubtless saved from spoliation by the the Skill and energy of General Couch and the *cor dial support given his plans by the citizens generally ; hilt it was rather the weaknessof the foe than the positive strength if our friends that has left us our harvests and stock, while our neighbors of Maryland have been remorselessly plundered of millions. There was rebel force enough within twenty-five miles of Chambersburg to have marched to Carlisle, and devastated the fairest valley of the State, swarming with valuable stock, and golden with the richest fruits of the husband man. That they did not, is our fortune—if They shall be able to do it hereafter, wesllall deserve it. Already the border counties have suffered to the amount of more than a million, of which nearly an equal division may be charged to friend and foe, and we subMit to the legislature that we have had our share of wanton spoliation. The legislature will meet in a few weeks, and, notwithstanding the restriction of its business by the resolution of adjournment, the defenee of the Stat i c is a question so vital to the people and so directly affecting the fame of a great Commonwealth, that all necessary measures for common safety should be considered by general conseent. Our militia law should be perfected and put into practical operation ; and a State Guard or Reserve, such as Ohio and New York have in existence, should be organized undersuch laws and regulations as could not fail to make a certain force of 30,000 available any day for ;little defence. It must be regularly and permanently organized, uniformed, armed and complete in all its appointments, or it will be valueless for defence, wasteful of our means, and an infliction upon the people it proposes to defend. , The truth must .belook ed squarely in the face, that raw, disorgan ized and imperfectly appointed militia, how ever excellent the material of its composi tion, is a costly burlesque upon war.. and dangerous only to friends. The same men regularly and permanently organized, with good officers and occasional drill, would lie ready for service in a single day, and would lie soldiers when called to the field. In addition to the general organization of the militia, or the formation of a Reserve, there should he special legislation for the border counties. Without it there must be perpetual danger, and of course periodical panics and constant sense of insecurity. Journals quite beyond the possibility of dan ger can publish eloquent editorials calling upon the border people to rally to their own defence, and resist the rebel marauders; but such writers arc wanting either in intelli gence or common candor and honesty. A citizen captured with arms by such amiable rebel leaders as NUCausland. is summurily dispatched and his property destroyed ; and to call upon a peaceable agricultural people, who seldom know wlmther there five hun dred or fifty thousatid rebels on Um border, to peril their lives and property by a disor ganized and most It kely fruitless defence, is more than even a New York Editor viould be wilhng to respond to. When the same valiant men quell the next Irish riot without the aid of the general governmePt and regi ments of regular troops, the border may seek to learn their system of successful self-de fence. State owes Something to the thrice plundered and ever threatened border, and it is asking but little that, in addition to the general measures adopted for common de fence, the people of the exposed couni''s bo organized under compulsor laws, reaching every able-bodied citizen from eighteCn to fifty who is fit for homeserviee. Theyshould be formed into companies, regiment; and brigades, and armed, uniformed, munitioned and fully equipped for service by the State, so that they would come under the estab lished rules of war, and ever guerrillas could not find a pretext for the butchery in ease of disaster. They should be required to drill at stated periods, with heavy penalties im posed in case of wilful neglect ; and they be paid by the State when vaned out for NI:- eial service. Such an organization effected in the counties of York, Adams, Franklin, Pulton, Bedford and Cumberland, would be a certain protection againxt rebel raids. A marauding party of even 5,100 men coulti not Ii pc to gather plunder in the face of such a force ever on its flanks and in its front and rear, as it would be put on the defensive and periled at every step. The State has arms and ammunition ; e quipments fur both cavalry and infantry, and has artillery and all that pertains there to but horses. The cost of uniforming the men and paying them V. hen actually called into service, would he the Ns hole tax upon the State, and that could probably bedivided with the general government. We submit to legislators and to the authorities, both State and National, whether the protection of the border people, already' sorely despoil ed, and thq fame of the Commonwealth, do not dennind the measure. Under such a law Franklin county would have 4,000 men un der arms, embracing artillery and cavalry, under General Couch's immediate call, and the adjoining counties could swell his defen sive force to a clever sized army in a day. We have experienced and brave soldiers in abundance to officer the whole force, and if the legislature will but do its duty in the premises, we can safely answer for the peo ple of the border performing their part promptly and effectually.—Franklin R.Tos itory. WHY THE REBELS ABE CALLED "JOAN NIES."—In 1861 the Federal soldiers called the rebels "Secesh; in 1862, "Confeds ;" in 1863, "Graybacks," and 41.1864 they called them "Johnnies." A correspondent gives us the following information about the ori gin of the last-named soubriquet: The name of "Johnny" originated in a quarrel between a couple of pickets, which began by iho . Federal telling the rebel that they (tlki reb els) depended on England to get ottt of this scrape, which the rebel denied emphatically, saying that they were able to scrape thetn solves out. One word brought on another, until the Federal said his opponent, was no better than a Johntijr Bull anyhow. The Rob swore he would shoot YMilt if he called him a Johnny Bull again. The quarrel was stopped by another picket, and they soon cooled down, ,but the Reb kept, muttering, "I'd as soon be called aluipur as .Johnny BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES aro offered with the fullest cbnlldonce in their efficacy; they have been thoroughly tested, and:main tiun good reputation they have justly ac quired. :;.IVor Military Officers and i,oso who over-tai the voice, they are useful in reliev ing an Irritated Throat, and Will render ticulation easy. To tho soldier 'exposed to sudden changes in. the, weather they will give prompt relief in Coughs and Colds, and can be ,carried is the poeket; to he taken,:ds occasion requires. qold sold icstorday at`2sl3. ' .......... Pennsylvania- and the Draft—Re , bruiting in the Revolted States— Important Order of Gov. Curtin. This following is the text of Gov. Curtin's order concerning enlistments in the Rebel States; Exictrrrytt On;ti.inEtt; Jttly , 2o;-1864-. OP:NERAL ORDER, No 51—Tciprovide, for the execution-of the third section of-the act of COngtess of July 4,lBo4,.auihorizing the appointment by the Executive of. any-of the States of recruiting agents to recruit volun teers in the States declared to be in rebellion, except the States of Arkansas, Tennesee and Louisiana, to be credited to the States . and sub-divisions thereof which may procure their enlistment, it is ordered, I. That for the State of Pennsylvania there shall be appointed, in pursuance of the provisions of said act, from the city of Phil adelphia five recruiting agents, from the county of Allegheny two, and from each of the remaining counties of the commonwealth, one. 2. There being at the disposal of the Ex ecutive no fund for the payment of such 'agents, the compensation may he fixed and paid by the counties or distri.ds which they represent, and they shall in such case be ap pointed tipOn the nomination of the Com missioners'-of the county, or committee for the recruitment of volunteers and disburse ment of bounties, or the proper authorities of. such districts. If no compensation is so provided, appointments will be made upon application, aCcompitnied by evidence of character and qualifications. All applica tions for appointments mtiot designate the district in the revolted Sfa r te to which the recruiting agent is to be sent. 3. All correspondence relating to business coming under the order W... be l I 1 .CreSSed.to Col. M. QUAY, Military Secretary, wfio is charged with its supervision. Districts desiring to avail themselves of the provisions of the act referred to should act promptly, as agents from other States will'soon be in the field, and a sharp compe tition way be expected. Personal Items -8 EM ES the pirate is to become an author again, a London firm announcing the cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter; from the private Journals, &c., of Capt. Semmes, C. S. N., and other officers." 'The surrender and sinking of the Alabama, will make a fine closing chapter. The Appleton; will republish the book in this country. —LoNIiSTR EET will soon be, eomplotely restored to health. lie is expected to take command of his corps before the end of this week. Ewell is very ill, in Richmond. His leg has commenced to suppurate again. It is'feared that he will never be well enough to be of much service to the army. - It. PE A DOD Y, the A [nor 'lean banker in London, contributed $2,000 to the Sani tary Commission, but subsequently, on be coming aware of the vaqt operations and usefulness of the institution, increased his donation to 89,000, which he transmitted to lion. John I'. Kennedy, of Baltimore. —A BONAPARTE THE PROE ABL E SUCCES- SoR OF THE Pare.—lt said that Lucien Bonaparte stands a good chance for tl.e sue e,ssion to the Pupal chair. It is , dated th a t the French parts- in Ind:, are straihingevery nerve in order to place thin cousin ,if the Emperor of France at the head of the Ro man Catholic Church. Such a measure, of course, receives all the :Lid that the wily !atis Napoleon run give t. , ./ Nernre its Site- -- ---- News Items Missnuat (the western part) is in it mo , t deplorable condition. Gangs of guerrillas arc plundering turd murdering at will, and not only this, but getting largely recruited by men who professed to be loyal until they had secured the State arms. It is ditlieult to make out the state of affair:, at this dis tance, but. it is about as bad as it t•nn be. -T tI E 16111,q(1 S City Journal say: "The sufferings of the loyal of Mis , ouri are be coming unendurable.• It is eqintated that forty Union citizens have been murdered in cold bio o d in the counties north of the river during the last four weeks. The SI. Joseph Herald proposes, and the Tai/me seconds the proposition, that an armed ma , s-mooting of the loyal men of North-West Missouri be shortly held, each man to bring with him twenty days' ration," M EN. JAM ES B. MCPIIERsON who fell in the late Pngag,inent before Atlanta, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, in No vember, IR2B. lie gq-iiduated at West Point in June, 1853, first in his class, and wascommissioned Brevet Second Lieutenant in the corps of engineers. From July 1853, to September, 1854, he was assistant instrue torof practical mi'itary engineering- at West Point, and was engaged on the defences of New-York harbor and the improvements of the Hudson river below Albany, from Sep tember, 1851, until January, 1857. lie be came full Second Lieutenant in December, 1855, was charged with the construction of Fort Delaware in the early part of 1857, and with that of the fortifications on Alcatraz island, San Francisco Buy, together with military- surveys fr:in January, 1858, anti! August, 1861. In 1858 he was made First Lieutenant of Engineers, promoted to be Captain August, 1861, and put in charge of the defences of Boston harbor, from that date until Novem ber of the same year. He was appointed Aid-de-camp to Gen. Hillock, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Nov. 12, 1861, and in the expedition against Forts Henry and Donalson he yes 011 W Engineer of the Army of Tennessee. In May, 1862, received the rank of Colonel, and participated in the op erations in the vicinity - of Corinth. The same month ho was nominated Brigadier General, and appointed General Superin tendent of Military Railroads in the Dis-- triet of West Tennessee in the June follow ing. In October he was promoted to be a Major General of Volunteers fcr meritori ous services in the wee'. Since then he has been constantly in active service in the west, having charge of movements of great diffi culty and importance, and securing a meas ure of success seldom attained by,any cum mander. • The Escape of General Tyler The facts connected with the General's escape are as follows : •. On Saturday, after our troops had retired from the Monoeuey bridge, Gen. Tyler and his staff made a stand on the hill on the east side of the bridge, but were not there long before they discovered themselves to be surrounded by the rebels. The General and his party succeeded in malting their escape on the north side, closely pursued by the (me- My, who tired upon them repeatedly, kill ing one of the General's orderlies, a German. To this fact 'the General, attributes his es cape, as, when the soldiers fell from his sad dle hi the road, the pursuers stopped' to' see who it was, and to inquire if Gen. Tyler was not Of the party, etc. During this time the General reached a clump of woods and. the three officers Secreted themselves from their pursuers. A negro who • was 'endeayoring to Make his escape from the:rtibel li,nes, pointed. 'out, the way to :the house of a well-knoWn:and patriotic citizen of Frederick..county, whose ; family ,were unremitting in_their attention to the fligitives, concealing them-Until Tues-, day, ,When they took .their departure for Frederick, which •they ;reached: dulyin the morning-1 : , rigt,,la it bettor to labor under alierration of mind than'aborration of - morals? ' g_ Sabel View:oY tlie: Situation: A long article in The Geor:qia Consfitu .tionqUA of the 29th ult., argue's that the South should not imitate the North in lies and boasts, but confesi the truth, and hot make success out of 'disasters. The writer exposds the Rebel dodge of making their people believe that Johnston is driving Sherman. just where ho wants him, in fol towing language : The magnificent army of Sherman has, without loss rind without battle, forced back one of our best armies, under a favorite gen eral, and if he only had intended a raid, the destruction of the vast agricultural interest of the granary of our State is a loss which we are ill-prepared to endure, and totally unprepared to receive. The evil is, first, the withdrawal from market of the essential food ; second, the increase of iibpulation by refu gees, which makes an increased demand on the producing capacity of the State; third, the increased - prices which tend to depreci ate the currency, which cannot bear anoth er one-third repudiation. Then if it be more than a raid, and Sher man holds his front by fortifications and his rear by guards, it is an actual loss of empire. Therefore, with harm actually done, and with Atlanta and the great railroad interests involved in the fate of a battle that Sher man may or may nut risk, is it wise to tell our people that the invasion of our State is but a 'stupid blunder" of the enemy? Just eight hours before the battle of Bak er's Creek, a general high in command told a lady in our hearing that the crossing of the Mississippi by Gen. Grant placed him at our mercy, and that the only thing to fear was that lie. would take the alarm and escape to his gun-b6ats before we could make the attack. Twen ty-liar hours later our broken columns were hurrying along the same road in retreat, and the lady who had believed the general could not save even her wearing apparel. The general was not named Pem berton. A. G. CurtTlN Instance after instance of this kind have we had during the war, and yet grave pa pers, with able editors, talk of the certainty that Sherman can never take his army bark to Chattanooga, and congratulate the coun try that he has marched into a trap. We once had some experience with an old rut that always sprang the steel trap from the under side, and always took on' the bait and never got caught. The Yankees have a pe culiar faculty of marching into traps and stay ing there. Our only commentary upon such writing is that such traps as half a State, and-the best half at that, arc so ex pensive as to perhaps awaken smiles in the North and Europe when we boast, of them. WHAT THE FACTS ARE ABOUT GRANT In .pimmanner do we talk about Grant, and aiiAthe ourselves over a set of farts which are far from amusing. We are perfectly satisfied that the Commander of the Armies of the Unitad States might have reached the result he now aims for with but a small por tion of the loss he has now sustained, and that, too, with all allowances for the pecu liar Confederate arithmetic which kills Yan kees so fast—on paper! Lieut.-Gen. Grant was greatly mistaken in his idea that, hav ing turned the flank of Gen. Lee in crossing the Rapidan, there simply would be a foot race for Riehmond. But two things have since been demonstrated, anti both are se rious. First—That the army of the Union is large and powerful that the usual military a\lolll, • . 118111:111g i 8 more dangerous to the r 'flanker than the flanked, - doe, ant apply.— The strategy of I:rant. which coicdsts in simply withdrawing one wing at 8. time hehind the iniiiregnahle missy, or the center and other tang, \N i.llltl.lB' fraught with prril were that centre and remaining wing contracted aniaigh to bo enveloped, or weak enough to be urcicen, knit i, 111 . 1 . 11 . l • tly safe as it is. Therefore. he is at liberty to play tricks in plain sight and without peril, simply be cause he Omsequcntly, ill It :•1106 , ..14,11 tricks, even by one or the only 111 , ,dcrill, ability (;rant, there is dan ger ulna one not seen or foiled at exactly the right time may catch us. Such a result would not be destruction to our army, for Lee also is too big to hold, but it might do GRANT (AN HAVE' MS OWN WA.Y The second danger is of the siege of Rich mond. Some of our ememporaries and the most of our correspondents taught at this ; and yet Grant has it in his power to besiege the capital, or lore,. an attack on Idin-elt, or tier.. an evacuation of Richmond. Not that lie has his choice of these three things, but can tore.. that choice upon 115. In Grant moving upon ihe south of Rich mond and threatening the .1 iunes River near the city, Gllll. Lee has choice of two f he keeps ahead of Grant and hold, the Petersburg lira• inviolate, that thinker ne ce,,arily get, between him and Richmond, and walk, into the city at his leisure. I 1• Lee keeps between Richmond and Grant, the litter 100111'0211 him and 1.10.1 Southern Stator• communication, and cuts elf 1114. only serene of supply now left, a , tile valley of irgin lit 15 ' 111 Me 111111d5 of the ene my. If Lee wants to have Peter,burg and Richmond both, he will have to attack Grant in one of his craw-fish movements, and will base to attack the positions and intrench merits which the grand spade-and-pick army never exists an h o ur witlinnt. In our judgment the tilan id . the campaign is at last developed. \\ estern V irgiina, the Valley and its resources is, by the move ment on Staunton and Lexington, to be ren dered una% tillable fur provisions. Grunt is to throw his army into fortifications across the railroads from Richmond south, and , so cut oil our army supplies. Thus the starva tion of the siege will be ILA effectually secured as if 1111 army could be found large enough to surround the legions of Lee, as Grunt did Gen. Pemberton; provided of course, that the Danville road shares the fate that the Weldon road probably will. It' Gen. Lee chooses to stop the same by fight, he has to put his finger on the slippery . Grant, and stop his flea-like tlankings ; and and having found him and stopped hint for a light, will have to charge the hills Grant will occupy and the trenches Grunt will dig. if President Davis concludes to swap capitals, and giving Grant Richmond, starts off ahead of bun for \Vashington we will have the army to subsist in the desert waste between the two capitals; have to make time on foot that will beat the transports on the Potomac and the Chesapeake, have the fortifications of Washington to storm, and a siege to stand there should lie get inside. , We lose Richmond if we hold the Weldon and Danville Railroads ; we lose thu railroads if we save Richmond, or we attack Grant in his mighty trenches if we try to save both. It is true that Gen. Beauregard could still keep south of Grant, and prevent raids into Carolina, but could not keep him from stop ping the roads south unless ho has enough men to attack Grant in reserve, and place him between two tires. We hope Grant thinks ho his. This is a game with no pos sible hindrance, perfectly plain to even un ndlitary comprehension as our own, and we respectfully submit that there is no fun in it. DON'T CROW BEFORE WE ARE OUT OF TUE The writer is aware, from personal obser vation, that there is a personal popularity and enthusiastic devotion to Grant among his soldiers not equaled by anything ever seen in that army before—not surpassed in the army of Lee—and very much like the Old Guard of Napoleon. Therefore ho can flank and tight for some days yet before they get tired of it. - These are facts and plain as they are it is not in good sense to talk of the trap that Sherman occupies, or of the bull-headed Grant butting his brains out against the Walls of RiChmond. 'When the supplies of Sherman aro cut off, as wo trust they will,be, and the great raider of Mississippi broken in battle or tie out, begins a disastrous retreat over the country himself has devastated ; whew Johnston thunders on hid flying rear, and Forrest stops his flight; when the fords , of the Tennessee are, in peril, and Chattanooga again be sieged ;:when Western Tennessee.looks up in hope; and Johnson; the traitor, trembles in thwfortifications of Nashville, then let us all flap our wings and crow; and' not tiff then. When Grant changes base in tho McClellan style, and - Malvern Hill is again an altar of sacrifice ; aml our horses drink at the Potomaa' and pasture in Maryland, then hit us laugh at Adult-headed .Granti'! • and examine the embrasures around Ilichniond for the.brains ho left about loose. • ' M.lt is often the case that men, for the sake of, livink, fo:rget hocir to Wye. ' EMI= WAR NEWS. Washington, July 24r • The Government has received dis patches from Gen. Sherman, announcing that on Friday the rebels under General Hood massed a heavy force against his left wing, consisting of M'Pherson's di vision, composed of Logan's and Blair's corps, and made a desperate attack, gain ing a temporary advantage. The enemy, after terrific fighting, were repulsed with much slaughter. Maj. Gen. 111:Pherson, during the bat tle, became separated from his staff, and was killed by shag-shooters firing from an ambuscade. After Gen M'Pherson's death, Gen. Logan assumed command of his division. A later dispatch states that our forces had possession of the elevated ground on the north-cast of the town, and siege guns commanded the place; also that the reb els were burning their stores preparatory to a retrograde movement. Cincinnati, July 24. The correspondent of the Gazette, tin der date of July 22d, gives details of the movements of Sherman's army since crossing the Chattahooehie river. Un the morning of the 18th th'e whole line advanced, M' Pherson taking position on the extreme left, Schofield the left centre, Howard the centre, and Palmer the extreme right. On the Dth our advance reached Peach Tree Creek, a stream four miles north of Atlanta, and, after skirmishing, the enemy was dislodged, and portions of loward's corps crossed on our left in the meantime, swinging around to the Atlan ta and Augusta railroad near Decatur, and tearing up several miles of track. On the eyeping - of the lPtli and morning of the 23th, Howard, Hooker and' Palmer crossed with the balance of their corps, form ing in line of battle along the north bank of the creek. At 3r. m., the rebels made a desperatit and sudden assault on Howard, in great force. The attack soon extended to Hooker's corps, the rebels advancing three lines deep. A portion of our line first waver ed before tin terrible onset, but were quirk ly rallied and stood firm as a rock. Here this portion of our line was massed against the , rebel army, both parties light ing for the first time in the campaign in the open field. Before dark the rebels were en tirely defeated, having failed to break our lines at any point and retired in disorthir, leaving most of their deal and two thousand wounded on the field. Our loss-will reach two tlemsand men, principally from Hook er's corps. The rebel loss in killed and woun ded and missing exceeds six thousand, inclu ding thre. , brigadier generals. me the extreme left the operations were olually successful, McPherson driving the moms several Init.,. Blair's divkion ad vanced a mile and a half north of the Au gusta rowel. thi the morning of the 21st the enemy were driven with much loss to the works im mediately around Atlanta, and on the 22d they hail withdrawn entirely from flooker'il anti Palmer's front, and lit 2 I'. M., of that dny IWrtion. err army entered the city. The correspondent adds that we may have some lighting fur the full possession of the city, but the campaign is considered substan tially closed. tfo lw notin ees tlltt occuptimi A lahlmt, by (1,11. Itkpr,,vatt. hah rho I' , llotcin~ official report lo,ses in !looker s corps in the battle of dawn: f;:27; Urahani s, 427; Ward Newton's, In 2. Total, 1,71:1. the killed art! Cal. Logie, 1.,1tt New l',,rk; IZan dalt, 1411th ::' , ;ew York; A Mutant RadClar, li.kl New York. \Voiiiid.d severely, Gen. Gore-1111111, commanding a division; Major I:,oth New York; Lietit 11c- Nutt, 111,t New lurk. JOI/Cnai 1/1111nUMCS the °Celli/Minn of A llama by our fore,' on Friday. The rebel lead 111 killed, wounded, and missing will reach 1,0,1,1 killed. Parts of our 11.110 y have entered Atlanta. =1 NVAII snrns, July 23 (lean ha , i,-t,d an extra with the hpll.%wing inn,rmatt.,n Iruni Gen. Sher- Mil 11 . , 111'111V : Dispatches to the Government represent that a great battle was being fought in At lanta ot Friday. resulting in humple slaugh ter and it complete rcpm.se of the enemy at every point. Pie encoly holding the largest part of the city, a,saulted our works on .eri day with grout fury, evidently expecting to Arlie our hirers out Or tint ,