~)nr' rttrald. CARLISLE, PA. Friday, August 26, 1864. FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, I= VICE PRESIDENT, ANDp.EW JOHNSON, OF TENNESSEk Union Electoral Ticket enNATORIAL. Morton M'Miehael, Philadelphia. Thomas H. Cunningham, Beaver county REPRESF.NTATITIC. 1 1 Robert P. ICing, 13 Elias W. Hell, 2 George M. Coates, 14 Charles H. Bhrlnor. 8 Henry Baum, 15 John Wl,ter. 4 1771111 am IT. Kern, , 18 DS. Vla WOonaughty, 5 Harlin H. Jenks, 17 David W. Woods, 6 Charles M. Ronk, 18 lame Hanson, 7 Robert Parke, 19 John Pllton, 8 William Taylor, 20 Inalewd R. Dhlt, 2 John A. Ltinstand, 21 Evorhnrd Pierer, 0 Richard H. Coryell, 22 John P Penney. 1 Edward Halliday. 23 Ebenezar W.lnkin. 2 Charles P. Reed, 24 John W illanchnr4. S. 111. PETTENGILI. & CO., N - 0. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6 Stato Bt. Boston, aro cur Agento for Mt, If ro.Arn n those oltioa, and aro authorlsod to take ?Orin-tit°. manta end Subscaptious for us at our lowest ratoo. UNION COUNTY CONVENTION. The loyal citizens of Cumberland coun ty are invited to, meet in County Con vention for the purpose of nominating oandidates for county officers, at the Court House, on Monday, the 29th 'of August, 1864, at 11 o'clock A. M. Meetings for the election of delegates will be held in the various townships of' the county, at the usual place of holding such elections, between the hours of 5 and 7 P. M., and in the several wards and boroughs between the hours of 7 and 9 P.M., On Saturday, August 27th, 1864. J. M. WEAKLEY, Chairman Union County Committee Delegate Election v s , The loyal Citizens of .41 , 1 ; , the Last Ward of the Itbr •‘-' ough of Carlisle, are in - 111 P vited to meet at ' the Pub lic House of T. B. Weekley, and those of the West Ward at Public House of John Han non, to morrow evening, (Saturday) at Z o'clock, for the purpose of electing two dele gates from each ward to the Union County convention to be held in Carlisle, on Mon day, August'2oth inst TUE BASIS OF PEACE It is remarkable that, while a few papers favorable to the Administration are discuss ing the question of peace and the terms upon which the Union can be restored, the South ern press and other exponents of Southern public opinion declare bitterly against listen ing to any terms of peace that xlo nut recog nize their independence. In the account published in the Atiantir Monthly for September of the visit to Rich mond of COlonel JAcuES and Mr. GILMORE, this is the principal fact which challenges the attention of the reader. In the frank, full and unrestrained conversation between those gentlemen and JErr. DAVIS, the latter disdained all proffers of peace except on the ground of disunion and independence. This was his tone first, last and all the time. As suming a desire fur the end of the war, or to be let alone," he yet repelled, with a warmth amounting to anger, every thought of recon ciliation and harmony between the North and South. We are two countries, he said, we are a distinct people, the South bitterly hates the North, it can never consent to live under the same rule, and we shall prosecute the war until our separate existence is offi cially recognized or every man of us rots un der the sod. The same feeling is apparent in the edito rials of every Southern paper from which we have seen extracts. There is, of course, a great deal of bravado in all this, and the de fiant tone of these-papers may be, in some measure, assumed; but if there was any la tent desire for peace on other terms, eviden ce.s of it would creep out here and tln•re, in spite of all etibrts to conceal it, and of this we see no indications whatever. We take it for granted, therefore. that Mr. DAVIS is, in this matter; the faithful spokes man of his people. Ile may he as great a liar and demagogue as any one may choose to regard him; but demagogues watch for the indications of public sentiment with the keenest of eyes, and when they put their foot down firmly, rest assured they are well back- ed up. Why, then, should the friends of the Gov ernment delude themselves with the idea that peace is at all practicable, just now, upon„any terms acceptable to the country ? Why should the intimate friends of the Adminis tration discuss such a question at all? Why be crying " Peace I Peace I when there is no peace," at least no honorable peace within our roach ? The maiden aunt who declared that she would have peace in the house if she had to fight for it, enunctated the true theory. If we want peace we must fight for it-- 'con quer a peace," as the phrase ran in the time of the Mexican. war. GRANT and SHERMAN and FARRAGTIT are better negotiators, at present., GREELEY, RAYMOND and FORNEY; and if the Government will . only back them up with the men and materials they need, we can in a short time write the terms of peace with a boyonet. All discussion of the terms of peace, now, is idle. There is no enemy willing to treat with us. Wo have got to humble him into willingness ; ind the way to do this is to push on the army and not be higgling about what terms we shall offer him, or how much we shall abate of the ultra demands set up on our side. If the enemy prefers extermination to sub mission, we presume ho can have it; at least he ought to have, if he wants it. But all this talk.about extermination is resolvable into a rhetorical flourish. It serves to round a pe riod, and is characteristic of tho windy and stilted declamation of the South ; but it means nothing. The South will submit whei'it ist, well - Whipped, and not before. That is thei: one serious task before us, and it is, to that we must now address ourselves, instead of debating whether WO had better yield some-1: .thing or everything to bring them back. \ There are but two ways open to us—prose cute the war vigoronsly or give it up. The latter will suit the Rebels and bring about peace after Mai. fashion; the former will end In. a %permanent peane,,the terms of which' can easily berarranged when the tine' consee.. Let us bide that; time patiently, and in the fi:rtirconviction.that the only road to honor able pace lies- through the bloody field of battle. lt is not our fault' thatit is so. The Rebels can have peace by sitbmission, at any time,. hut , they will not have it at any price, ss at present minded, and we have no alter zr-tive but to thrash them into abettor Mind: Gpla'.cloe:l 4 yesterday. in. Philadel ',hit!, at, 2644 i, ' * * DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT. I elected Curtin, for I sent him 15,000 more votes than he had majority.—En- N M. STANTON.- Volunteer. When, where and to whoni did Secre tary Stanton say this?' It has been cir culated extensively since the election, and is about as barefaced a forgery as can well be concocted. Stanton never said it and if he had there isn't any truth in the assertion. Gov. Curtin owes his election to the votes of honest Democrats who were so l disgusted with the record of Judge Woodward and the treasonable tendencies of tl4l party that supported him, that they couldn't do otherwise than vote for Curtin. We rather suspect the Volunteer knows at least a score of the very best Democrats in town, who voted' thus. Every man knows that Gov. Cur tin was elected by the aid his party re ceived from the honest and patriotic war Democrats, whom the course pursued by their party forced to his support. This would be a d:mgerous admission however for politicians to make and therefore they coin such statements as the above to suit their purposes. Here is another from the same paper : ON VIE STumP.—Fred Douglas, the well-fed and impudent negro who wears a :Major's uniform, is on the stump for Lincoln. Fred says he loves Lincoln, buy yet ihults him "for not having one or two colored gentlemen in his cabinet." lie says he has "Osurances from the President-, however, that in .his second term . this will he made right." Fred expects to take Stanton's place as Secre tary of War. 'Tis a little funny to hear any One talk of Fred Douglas wearing a Major's uni form and stumping for t 1 r. Lincoln. To what regiment does lie belong ? shut did lie receive his commission ? and at what places is he making speeches ? The men who have been bringintr, Fred into notice have been and are those who arc denouncing Lincoln in about the same style that our Democratic friends delight in. and it isn't intiny months since lied himself denounced the tolininistration in a manner that tickled copperheads im mensely. The white men who ttssociate, with Douglas and are his most hearty admirers are about the most efficient al lies the Democracy mor have. Couldn't MANY you concoct a more plauz-ible story next time, neighbor'! \Ve fear not, however, az! hare is one from another eulanui that borders somewhat. on roman:2n. )Ir4. Lincoln arol her -hopeful rim •••13i,13, (~.v; 'no boa , t, that Ito has maje C:,'4U0,001) since the election of his rather,) are (laneinr at Saratoga. ‘• Bob" Lincoln has just graduated at Harvard, where lie has been a student ever since Mr. Lincoln's election. What special facilities a Presiden•t's son may have for making money while at College we are not informed of. nor do we know What peculiar talents hoh" may have for money making. but we are certain that any one who read , the above and does nut set it down as a mean, miserable invention of a party hack for the purpose of accomplishing what he can not do by fair reAsoning, hair a much greater credulity than is safe f,)i mo,:t por:-ons to possess. We hal hoped that the present, cam— paign would lie conducted in a spirit of fairricss and honcsty. The peculiar cir cumstances with which we are surround ed and the necessity which exists for a cello an I deliherate exercise o'four judg ment ;in i reason, would seem to demand that all the petty tricks of politicians shondl he d I,carded. But from these quotn..ions it would seem our opponen's rely on prejudice and not on reason. Stories without foundatio r p, are manullac ture.l and made to serve in plac6 of ar guments, and we may expect to see the country flooded with inventions intended to divert the attention of men from the great politi'cal issucs before the people. and to excite their feelings concerning events that have never occurred. But we not fear the Sect of the ftbricatious. The people are intelligent enough to de tect their falsity and they will teach their originators that such means can never accomplish what they design. COLDS AND COUOLIS.—Sudden changes of climate aro sources of Pubnonary and Bron chial affections. Experience having proved that simple remedies act speedily and cer tainly when taken in the early stage df . ,dis 7 ease, recourse should at • once he had to "Ttrount's Bronchial Troches," or Lozengeif; let, the Cold, Cough or •Tiritation of the Throat be ever so slight, .as by this precau tion a more serious attn.* may be effectually warded off. Soldiers should have them, as they can be carried in the pocket; and taken as occasion requires, x-Z"*. Don't forget the Delegine election on to-morrow evening, Niagara and Chioago We propose "to whom it Inay concern," and fOr the facilitation of all concerned, the construction of a special' telegraph between the conspicuous points of Chicago and Niag.: ara Falls. At the former the )self-styled - Democratic party promises to4neet, , and if possible, to deliberate. At the latter, JEF FERSON DAVIS' own confidential friends haVe a watch-tower for the stratgetic espial of Northern politics, from which eminence ev ery speck of pungent 'intelligence favorable to the last master-stroke of mischief may be transmitted to'that gaunt and unextermina ted person who has the life of the rebellion in his despotic keeping. This task of obser vation has been rendered less difficult than might be supposed, for the approach of the suspicious strangers to the Canadian border has been a signal for the rally of all the Peace party to the Northern frontier. Con veniently near the great Palls, and next door to precipitation itself, three or four gentle men of the , precipitate school of Southern politics have come to precipitate a question. To aid their interesting effort, let their sympathizing friends full at once to work, and complete a telegraph between Chicago and Niagara before the meeting of the grand Convention. It can be done in ft short time if all the Peace men arc set to task between 'Niagara and Chienr, and by the hour the Convetion meets the line will be ready to re ceive a message from JEFFERSON DAVIS long before any word frOm the President of the United States can by any possibility resell the ears of the friends of Mr. VA LIAN DlO - The construction of a platform will thus he the merest scrivenery in the world; and the upholders of the doctine of State Rights and Peace-upon-any-terms can secede at pleasure, by telegraph, to the mouth of the St. Lawrence and down to Richmond, and have terms of peace to their heart's con just wart l} as Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS Waliti them. Wire-working could not have a bet ter triuni l h, for, with a little magic of prestidigitation, Chicago could, in a flash, • be converted to Richmond. .With 011 our pains to make this proposi tion clear, we find that we, have suggested nothing new. The telegraph is already con structed. Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS . ITIe..LSIIgO is prepared. and thi‘lino is in excellent work ing order for all further ecumnunication. In view of this portentous circumstance, it is easy to conceive how the gentleman from New York may become the mouth-piece of the gentleman from Alabama, and how a Northern Con vonzion may become a South ern Cons potion liy proxy. How trilling a matter, t;PE would be to reverse the relati•ms formerly existing between two it. Mr. FRANKLIN FIERCE Jkrekasos I).ev Is' tary of INiar..hy re-clected to the Presidency lictt.r still, if clerical Presi dent upon a pho form made itocording to Mr. DAVI,: plans, General )IeCLELL..xx; would be the best of all coMmanders-in-chief. for Mr. V is' Northern army. Here we reach the limit of , preulation, and must return to faet We are informed upon reliable authority, that Mr. CLAY, of Alabama. one of the Ni agara co in i n i,i,,m•rs friml Richmond. hits brought with him the draft of a platform and ioldress, to lie adopted by the Chicago Cons ention, the ( oniersion of that body be ing the main iindspeeitiT 4 Tikject of tln:S.aith ern The points of the platform. its numbered lit the Times, are as follow;: ri. The war to he prosecuted only to restore the Cthimt if u s ed, awl only in such man ner that no further detriment to slave prop erty :hall be effected. :1.11 negro soldier.' and women t vice in the army and navy: and no addition al nog-roes to be. on any prot,,licerebat'e'd', Laken from their masters. 7. All negr , s , not havlng enjoyed Aetna] -freedom during the war ti be held perma nently is slave: , , and hether those teloshall enjoyeditetnal freedom during the war shall he fre,, legal question. Th, plimigrapli:, of the address, which we get e further, etre in happy ke , ping with thi, fragment of pla n a Tin;rui n both, for identi ty with the established doctrine and the ha bitual expression .c this poirloerilLie party, read to acharni. Is it possible to ili•-tinguish in the following the rebels of Ili! South front the Peace men of the North? " Let all who are in favor peace; of ,u r , •-tiny of our of saving the country from hankruptiw Rod ruin of St•I•111'111u: fi,011:111 , 1 raithont ivutfee for the bthuruig (•18,,,-, of ilitapp ing i , 11,011i•-• of democratic and cult govcriiintlits, N\ Ito are r. joicing in the overthrow of their proudest monuments; vindicating our capacity for self-government. sr in , - stet their principles, and elect their eandidat(!e. •• Line stupid tyrant wit. - i now ilise - racei the eheir once occupied by Washington and Jack-on could, any day, have peace and res toration of the Union ; and would have them, only that he persists in the war merely to free the slave , ..' We cannot doubt what the Times predict 4, that this platform and address will be the substantial utterance of the Chicago Con vention ; and we are prepared for another piece of revelation : " Mr. Clay confesses to his Democratic friends that he is fur peace and disunion ; but he says: 'You cannot elect without a cry of war for the Union ; but, once elected, we are friends, and can adjust matters sonic -how.' Ile also says: ' You will find some difficulty in proving that Lincoln could, if he would, have peace and reunion, because Davis has not said so, and will not say so; but . Ipm must as , eet it, and re-assert it, and slick to it, o rid, it will pass as at least hay-- proved.'" Here close the terms of bargain, and the understanding between Niagara and Chica go is perfect. We shall receive without sur prise the developments of the Convention. It may ho objected,'oa the part of the peo ple, that the Southern scheme for peace is unfair; and that peace for ..the Union and peace for disunion are not terms converti ble. Let all such weak patriots be silent while the mystery is unfolded at Chicago of how the nation is to be saved by conspiracy. In the hour of our deadliest peril wo are told the Democracy is about to throw itself in the broach, and preserve the nation by delivering itself to the enemy. Thosublimo heroism of saving one's honor by running away may discover a more majestic height in the devotion which proposes, surrender for the purpOse of victory. The nation will not wait till the surrender to inquire for whom the victory is intended. )36rTLIE DRAFT in September is a fixed 'fact. It will be neither : modified nu post poned. • Those Subject to it might a@ well ~prepare for it—by ,proeuring substitutes in advance, or by "setting their house in order" for,,departurc,: if they choose to give Almir personal service. Should they prefer to as list in filling. their quotas with volunteers, the way is still open, : in most of the districts. Pay your money into bounty funds, and du it-, aficeitily. In less than two weekS,the draft will certainly take pram.'" , , . 'ltgOrMi:,' John Covoicle. *as Severely in , vpred the other clay while, assisting in mow ing on 'hiss.firni . ,,in Mrcstmoreland county. „His' left.foot came in'contnet with . thOcnivei fief theinachirio; cutting l his-great toe , nearly. off Hcm will be convened to lay for'sOme 'the Seven-Thirties--What,are they? ~We trust that a large portion of our read= era have . pOndered the Appeal of ILVessen den, 'ouittew Secretary of,the Treasury. TIM purport of it is that the , People of trio United 'States, acting as a body thropgh their **- the Government, wish individuals to lend them two hundred millions of dollars for three years, at seven and throe-tenths per cent.' annual interest, payable every six months. For thiS they offer Treasury ..:Notes—thatis, in reality, notes drawn and endorsed by every man in.the country.. The loan is wanted for a great national purpose, to effect which every man, unless he be a traitor at heart if not in act, is solemnly pledged. The Appeal is addressed not merely to, a few great capitalists, but also to the many whose aggregate means constitute the MVOs of the wealth of the land. The notes upon which this loan is asked are from $5O -up ward. Every man who has fifty .dollars can take part in this loan. Apart from -patrio tism and the duty which all owe to their country, no investment is so desirable as this. It is secure. Every dollar of every man's property is pledged for the punctual payment of the interest, and of the debt when due. The security is increasing in value. For some years before the war we were earning ]Out) millions a year more than we spent. During the three years of the war, owing to the high prices and constant d.mand for labor, we have earned more than ever before. No man who could would work has'tzm idle : and. except for the war, we have spent less than before. The total valuation of.the property of the United States, according to the census of 180, was 510.159,000,000} of which $10,957,418,010; was in the Loyal Status. This valuation, according to the usual rule of assessment, was not more than two-thirds of the actual cash value of the pro perty. The increaseof property in the Loyal States during the last ten years was overl2ti per cent., or an average of 12 6-10 per cent. per annum. In three years ,of the war we of the United States have certainly earned 3000 millions more than we have spent apart from the war. The cost of the war may be set down at 2 atii millions. Deducting this from our net earnings, the People who are security for this loan are 1000 millions Eich er to-day than they were when the war broke out. No other investment can be so easily con vertible. The man who has a Treasury note for :350, or Slott, or $lOOO, can turn it into money !mire readily, and upon better terms, than if it were invested upon bond and mort gage, or in railroad stocks. The interest offered is higher than can be re& i zed from any other safe and convertible investment. It is, moreover, red lily collect able when due. T. each note are affixed five "coupons,' or intcrrst liekr/s, doe at the ex piration of each successive half-year. The holder of a note has simply to cut off one of th e se coupons, present it at the nearest bank or Government Agency, null receive his in terest ; the note itself need nut be presented at all. Or a coupon thus payable will every whergbe equivahmt, when due, to money. Thus, while thie loan presents great ad vantages to l a rge capitalists, it offers sptcial inducements to those who wish to make a safe lint' profitable investment of small saving. It i.e in every way the hest Savings' Bank ; for every institution of this kind must some how invest its deposits prulitahlyuin order to pay interest and eapense. They will in - vest largely in this loan, as the best investment. But from the grosss interest Mich thinly i'l'- ceivo they must deduct largely fur thex penees of the Batik. Their usual rate of in terest allowed to depositors is 5 Srle zo.mt. upon sums over So it. The person who in vests directly with Governim•nt wiil receive almost 50 per cent more. Thus the Allan Wilt/ (117 i-its IP PI in a private Savine,s' Bank receives 5 / dollars a year interest ; if he deposit : , the saILIV :AIM 111 this National Jayiugs Brunk he receives 73 dollars. For those who wish to Lind a safe. c .nv earnings which they have reserved for their obi age or for the benefit of their chiieren. there is notliing which presents so many ad vantages as this \ati to to Loan. It is convertible into a six per cent. gold heal...lug bond. At th expiration of three years a loibbo- of the notes nt the 7.:t0 loan has the option of accepting payment in I'nll or of funding his note: in asix per cent. gold intereq bond, the principal pa, able in not less than five nor more than twi•niy years from its .late as the Governin.•nt may elect. For six months past, these bonds have rang ed at 11.11 average premium of about eight per cont. in the Sew York market. at it haVUbuld at lOU to-day (Aug. thus mittung the real rate of interest over tell per 'mt. ; and besides, to make the inducement even great er, Congress by special act exempts its Trea sury notes frotnstate and municipal taxation. Could Shylock ask more? Was patriotism ever so liberally rewarded ?—//arper'et Mug- Confidence and Courage The Western Christian -.Nearctic: (Cincin nati), of last week, publishes the following extractfrum a private letter of Gen. Grant: "There has been no Giles since the begin ning of the war when I felt a doubt of ulti mate success. I now feel as certain that Richmond will fall before the end of the campaign as I did that Donelsom or k'icks burg would. I never doubted success at either place. I believe the enemy feel bore Its I do, that they must finally succumb." While the General-in-chief of our army feels conndent of success, why should-any of us fuel less so ! And yet some among us seem to have lost their confidence in the a biltiy of a powerful Government, backed' :ti' groat, free people, and having resources at its command that are next to inexhaustible, to maintain itself in this contest with,-armed and rebellious treason. We have never seen the day,"th.a hour or the instant, when we have entertained a doubt, or even the shadow of a doubt, of the successful result 'of the struggle. The very fact that the right is clearly oh our side, and that wrong is on the side of the slaveholding rebels, is- of itself sufficient to inspire thinking and reasoning minds with faith in our final success, and to keep the faith strong, notwithstanding the reverses that unavoidably overtake cur fu , mica in the field occasionally, or the unfa vorable events, political or military, that from time to time come like clouds' to the sky of our hopes and wishes. We welkup prociate that war is' war, and this war of ours would be the most marvelous and extraordi nary of all wars if uniform and uninterrupt ed triumph should attend all our movements, battles. and efforts. It is unreasonable ,to expect this, and those only who are's() un reasonable as to expect it are 'readily cast .down and ditibeartened by untoward .eVents , in the war's progress. The soldiers and officers at the "front" aye More confident and sanguine of success than our people at home, Whose view is too much beclouded bypolitics, mere ,partisanism and the timidity of selfishness, to be favorable to a dear judgment...lira -hopefulpteapeet; , t4 General, Grant, who understands better than` any other man what walleye to cositOid with and_hOw formidtible.an =enemy we have to subdue is the Most'cinifident of all men, aisle the result. His faith that Richmondmill be' ours,, is snore firm now than when he opened this terrible campaign; and.he sees far yond.Rielimond-he Sees the'reilitary power of the rebellion *crumbling ':and destroYcd, end' the authority of the GOVernMent tablishodesior, the , insurgent. Stakes,`. And ,the edlicersiMd Men' Whom ,he leads , see aS lie adesthey. are, confident';-firm' in faith; fulT; of hope, and tight' on , with stout-Itearts . and ready arms,' and will fight on to the end, Which they believe cannot be very,far off. ' Why, then,• should any of us who are grumbling bccanse' of taxation, and fearful of everything, lose courage or faith of the result? Even if all does not go smoothly on every side, and everything does not go everywhere as we should wish, why despond? It is our nation, our country, a free and migh ty Republic, that we are fighting for, and is any hardship, any sacrifice, any labor too great for us to endure, suffer or undertake to accomplish its salvation, rather than be forc ed to submit to the humiliation,' shame and ruin that would be ours to boar in case of fail ure? Surely the heart that faints in this struggle must be a coward heart, lacking all pride, courage:or manly impulse. Our cause is just, and it is the cause of American freedom, manhood and nationality —and, until it shall be successful and firmly established, let us never fur a moment lose heart or become faint in hoping, laboring, enduring and fighting. We must have the courage and valor of the Spartan, and the faith of the Christian never faltering, nev er doubting. never dreaming of despair, un til " the list armed foe expires," and peace and the nation honorably saved shall be pro claimed to the world. This is the spirit loy al Americans must be animated by—it is the spirit that will save us at Tri. PERSONAL GENERAL AvErinr. has been promoted a Major-General for his gallant fight at Moore tlehl, and successful operations during the last month. gijrlrSenator Wilson publishes a note de nying all the reports to the effect that he is mixed up with any proposition for en armis tice with the rebels. He save that no public man connected with the Aduninienittion is in favor of an armistice. I personally know that President Lincoln and all the members of his Cabinet have undoubted faith in the success of our armies and the complete tri umph of our cause, and with this belief they will plir,tle the most ., vigorous Ineltsures to rake money and men to carry on the war. HMS. EDWARD MC Pll ERSON, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, has in pre;; and will shortly i,stei "The Politi cal History of the United States, during the Grout Rubellion, from November, 181;11, to July I, 186.1.' Jtb,t. such „ i ,, rk 21. , this is greatly needed, and i\trPttclieuN is just, the man to prepare it. fir..71.1r. Wilson McCandless, of Pennsyl vania, has written a letter to Adjutant Gen eral Thomas, refusing a brigadier general ship offered him by the War Department, and declaring that fur the present. hue post of honor is the "private station," by which he moans the ia,ition of a citizen staving com fortably at home. Hereupon the. Irer///siQ, Wdefil[i — . Elle following It•tt , ”., that of Grner al Buell, a fF•Nv day, lig,. is a sail iwlicntion tir that dividing of Air. Liar In has laloi , l'Otl fully 10 Illak,! unmert,kl,le. "I' twn Of DM . 1,5 . 51 11)01 I,l . »Vt . si ollirrr.•+ is 1.110 (11fta . I. of thr Nvar truer a into all Abolition erti,ade." Thi: is drendlul I II rr are Bii.•11, who never did Iknythinic but ret rent and denmra lize a lino army, and M.el:;imilesi. whom no body ever heard of as an army otlii , r till he wrote this letter, on one side, and all the Union armies iin the other. 111;2)—(oneral 13tirn-id r arrived in Provi dence Tue , day noir tlin". ill grand 110111(11 and -TiritA. It is not eorre, t. stated by the telegraph. that Ike has Bern relieved. cwlrt. ‘)1 Inquiry in relation to the a-quill in l'eterribure riot reported. un i Inns tl,it ex amined any Nvitn,..sps(oxoept (:enerals Burn- Sid , arid )lende. AVe judgeihat one or 1.110,0 unfortunate military (lltiicultio , in,eparalile from the rviee. ha< arien 110- WI't•11 ()ell )111 , 1 Iturn-ide. and di , hot-r L in:; th, ••.it miiinnt••, pre ferred. a • he :11NlaN r.uh,•r than the army in Ow field In not 001111..,\.,•Ny Ile tendered his re-i , znation. ivhieli General (;raiit refused, and al-o ref..l-ed to r,li , ve Ilium. The .('ourt lepiirs n,ts t nil ornrilr nnijourtu d. 011 (=rant Mr,•r,.,1 him tw..tity day,' I,;v, t\' virtu,. which In• i. at !mai , . NVo hayr no kall4 that Lu te,tiltMlly b..fore. the Court or In qu ry will II I lit Min 1 1 11111 ,., 11111 1 th n t he Will s•mn I, called to hi, old or to Noint , mew command. Tll3 Condition of tho South The R , C111 ,, e ehl I''cur Erb,' h.q Letter f ef. (_; heehi yht , hle, te a Pei - SC, nee ( . 11 Intr. NEw Tutu, August 19, 16 , 11. To the ~ J 1 Ti,, s: I have just reeciv.-ml the follmm \Villg most in teresting- letter from General Smmymour, lately released from "under fire - ni. Charleston.— As an old West Point officer, ‘‘ith General Anderson at. Sum pt r, /11141 ,tatiollPd many years in the South, he knows the Southern people well. Ile is a brave, true soldier, devoted to the Union. and, although at the time of the unfortunate battle in Florida, lie was accused of lukewarinness by those igno rant of his character, lie has proved, by his •tion on many a battle field. as well as by his plucky talk to the rebels at Gordonsville, when captured in Mmy last, that he was e cry inch loyal to the old flag. Yours, &c., W. E. 1)., Jr. IN[asA., Ailg. I.s„lSti-1 MY DEAR SIR. YOU ask for my impres sions of the present condition of the South ern Confederacy, and you shall have them. Fur tho benefit of our cause I wish they might he impressed upon every soul in the land, that the confidence begotten of my three months' observation in the illtk•liOr .t• the South might be shared by every inan who has the lea.t connection with the re sponsibrities of this struggle. And I tun sure that these opinions are not peculiar to myself. Every one of the fifty officers just exchanged will express the San - IC—every one of them• whether from the jails of Charles ton, or the pens of Macon and Andersonville, will confidently tell the same story. • The Rebel cause is fast failing from ex haustion. Their two grand armies have been reinforced this summer from the lag resources of the South. From every corner of the land, every old man and every boy capable of bearing a rifle lots been impress ed, willingly or unwillingly, and hurried to the front. Lee's army was the first so strengthened It was at the expense of Hood's. Gov. Brown told the truth with a plainness that was very bitter, but it was none the less the truth. Lot me extract a few prominent statements from his procla mation of July 9, addressed to the "Reser ved Militia of Georgia." "A late correspondence with the President of the Confederate States satisfied my mind that Georgia is to be left to hemown resources to supply the reinforcements to Gen. Johns ton's army, which are indispensable to the protection of Atlanta, and to prevent the State from being overrun by the overwhel ming numbers now under command of the Federal general upon our soil. ' "But thin.° is need of further reinforce ments, as will bo seen by the accompanying, letter of General Johnston. * * And it becomes m,y duty to call forth.every man in the State able to bear arats,..as.fast as they can boar Med, to aid s til the defence of our homes, our altars, and the graves of our ancestors. ' • . - • "If the Confederate GOvernment will not send the largo cavalry force (now engaged in raiding and repelling raids) to destroy the long line of radroodS:over which Gen. Sher- Man brings his supplies from and thus compel him to retreat with The loss of 'most of his army; the people o' Georgia,^whii have 'already been drawn upon more heavily in'prOportion to population then those of any othor§tatChj,tlie Confederaey;raust at all arnt , at' any - sacrifico p rush to the "If Gen. Johnston's army is .destroyed; the Gulf States are thrown open to the ene my, and we are ruined." There must, indeed, have been desperate weakness when Georgia, and the Southern ettll9o with it, were so neglected that Leo's army might .be made equal to the task of holding Grant on the Pdtomac or the James. and the people of the South are intelligent enough to understand and to appreciate the fact, and they have lost heart accordingly. • The following is from a letter written by one rebel to another that accidentally fell into the hands of one of my fellow prisoners, and for the authenticity of which I vouch: "Very few persons are preparing to obey the late call of the Governor. His summons will meet with no response here. The peo ple are soul-sick, and heartily tired of this hateful, hopeless strife. They would end it if they could; but our would-be rulers will take good care that no opportunity be given tho people to vote against it. By lies, by fraud, and by chicanery this revolution was inaugurated; by force, by tyranny, and the suppression of truth it is maintained. It is nearly time that it should end, and of sheer depletion it must end belbre long, We h ave had enough of want and of woe, enough of cruelty AU carnage, enough of cripples and corpses. There is an abundance of bertvived parents, weeping widows and orphaned chil dren the land. If we can, let us not in crease the number. The own who, to ag grandize themselves, or to gratify their own political ambition, brought this cruel war upon a petweful and prosperous country. will have to render ti feat-Ail aceount of their mis deeds to a wronged, robbed, and outraged people. Earth has no puuidunent ,uttieient ly meet fur their villainy here. and hell will hardly be hot enough to scathe them here after." There is certainly a no small proportion of the Southern people (despite'the lying decla rations of their journals, as we had gal oc casion to learn.) that not only favor the pro gress of our arms, but that daily pray that this exterminating war may soon be brought to a finality by our complete and perfect suc cess. They have had too much of despotism —emit enough of the triumph promised them. Many intelligent Southern gentlemen do, indeed, express strong hopes of their ultimate independence, but such hope is not shared by the masses. Disappointed from the first in not having been acknowledged by foreign Powers—more bitterly disappointed in their general expectation that Northern cowardice or di,en4in would secure their ends. but a single chance remains, and that i- the result or ,sir next election for President. If it Doini ;unlit succeeds Mr. Lincoln, they pro fess to feel sure of negotiations, and 'Cure of their Confederacy. They believe IL Deutn crat will be elected. In Mr. Lincoln s re election they .see only subjugation, 2111111hila tbisn, for the war must then continue, and continuance is their failure and rui n. In military attains it is an excellent rule never to do what the enemy desires—is it not equally true in polities! Certain it is that the only remaining hope of the South lies in Mr. Lincoln's defeat. • NOW, I !WI not (.111.11g)1 111101ItiI'larl to kilt/Vt . NVIII•tilOr thy I.IOCtIOII Or It 1),111tICI'Ilt can result as favorithly to the South it , it :in tieipates. The wish alone may be the parent of their belief. But I assured all taro ex pre,,l that indier thAt thr ti eil, , a , a orris, is is united a 4 the :-;oilth—Ghat n,. I)enioerat could he elected on a ,ea,••• and that any l're,hb•nt wh” w nud inat , nrat.• any •nwtt,tire loadin:4 h pt•act , uu thf• 54althern w,,lthl prmnialy puny. by b , yal acchitnat NM, l.) 1:11111) 110 4 th itl front ut hi? OWII tll2lll Ilewever that limy hr., if NA :ll , ' bnt tr./ ~111*,•1Vt..4 there call I/0 but ete• r , ••itit AN - hat we /1”W ilf•pd j: n n vt— , pule Ilion tit)..,titutes or hirelinmi 101,, gt, 1 . ./rt :k . \ motive but the country's good, and pr,duc. but little beyond depreciating our 10'1111c, but men—such as really constitute the Staie. and boast of being freemen and the freemen. If these• fail to =upport eiam try's Cflll,ll in her hour• of I eril, they are un worthy of cowinuing 811 , 1 blush ever to exercise a freeman = lien But if bounties must be paid, let it be in Southern land, not in . ..Nortlown gold: an I armies of emigrants, whom ~,!ins may aspire to even the rule of thh nation, will erns: the Seas to win the broad acres that disloyalty has forreited to the State. \OII.IIIQ If '11;111 theMlol Itil unl , ,•i-ic,• 111111 , ,t \ li'•l , l-. the ill I v \\ Ith 11 , $ 11.)i ~ vi r \vh. , lnl r 1•11.111 i. •, Ten , ~ 1. tIP,LNIttid , 4.1 I t% aro 1.1. t 111 itrraty .11 , ,ii,;11r is thitii that agninst hick WI. btIIIII' E rvwl M ., ' 11Wet 1411.111 i form wii nii 1 well }lnv, tiiiiii , . to tim in awl trrtt urv. iir geil tt ar. can hardly North 'Mt 6 , 1111. Th 4, South will !iglu it' low,: u< tit' .1 11 , 4 _ gle is equal; it will ,riblitit to -itch prt•in.ll - ttr Junt hl L nc in 'N,•l'% (Ilmw, at the ~twiw.l4 w . If S1011)2111 had but 7. - 11h10 Jr1, , ,•1n n !War, th ,, llth h•• 11..1 Wi/id ill the spring - with reser% ei• 75,000 or 1 oil,- mel t , !writ erti-hed. Even rtt tlii. iniitni•nt a third (Hui , „ c rigilitly give imoppil,..ll Ciinhideracy friiin which ne What fella then to niggle .11 ill t when we can ...mil to the field live times the force already th,lr. W hat w oak nu- , to think we cannot conquer the South. Behind the Jame:, only buys and oil I (nen are to be ~11. WHIP hum buy and sell'as in the olden days of quiet. and regiment, of able-bodied citizens crowd the streets of 0111' There is JUL one cour , ii consistent with safety or honor. Let tho awake to u Of their dignity and strength• and q few months of comparatively trilling i.xer thin of such etfort as alone is worthy of the great work, and the rebeliion will crumble before us. Fill this draft. promptly and will ingly, w ith gaol 21.1111 htqld n few Span; thousands over rather than under the call, and the summer sun of 1805 will shine upon a regenerated land. Thera are some who speak of peace! Of all Yankees the Southron most scorns those who do not light, but are glad enough tocin ploy them, as they do their slaves, to perform their dirty work. Peace for the South will be sweet indeed; for w, except through Southern subjugation, but anareity and our forever. The Piwi fie, the Western. the East ern States would at once fall asunder. The South would be dominant, and the people of the North would deserve to be di ices under negro overseers, to 1100 corn and cut ton fur Southern masters. But no faint-hearted or short-sighted poll cy can set aside the eternal decree of the Al mighty, who has planted no lines of disunion between the Atlantic and the Western des erts between the great lakes and the Gulf of Mexico—that signify His will that we should be separated ; and unless so separated peace is a delusion, and its advocacy a trea son against the wisest and holiest interests of our country. It has been with a trust that renewed hope and vigor might be given, when vigor and hofie are needful, that I have written, and you have my consent to using this as you please; and I am Very truly yours, T. SEYMOUR, Brig. Gen. U. S. Volunteers. To W. E. DoDoE, In., New York. A Truce Impossible In answer to numerous letters and inquir ies we may state that the proposal of an ar mistice by-the Government of the United States is a moral impossibility. In the first place, it is not &sired by the people ; in the second place, it would injure the credit of the country almost irretrievably at home and 'abroad ; in the third .it would ruin tire mil itary plans of Ginaiiiil'GßANT, and 'undo all that ho has done ; in the• fourth, it would make. the whole 'War it useless sacrifice of men and money; in the fifth, it would aban don great victories that are now certainly soon to be won by us; the sixth, it would inevitably result . in a longer and bloodier war than is now probable, or in the recogni tion of the South; in the seventh place, it would be cowardly, foolish, useless, and;:slis honorable. Those who are most anxious for an honorable peace are the least de4irous of such an armistice, and . if suspension 'Of hos tilities for the purpose of negotiation is ever to be Propo;ied by 'the United States to the Yol leaders it could not kialltly lk , . until GRANT hits whipped Licit and SIIERMAIsI vanquished Moo. When we have our foot On the, noek of the foe, we cad propose to step the*flght, but not while lie confronts us in bitughtv pride and. dellance.—,,Prot. MILITARY BILL ' The following bill in.referenee to the or ganization of the militia has passed both houses,,and is now in the hands of the Gov- ernor, viz A SUPPLIMENT to the act for the organi zation, discipline and regulation of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, approved May fourth, one thous and eight hundred and sixty-four.. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of rhea monwealth of Pennsytrania en General As sembly me,t, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That the Governor and State Treasurer be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, on the faith of the Commonwealth, at such tinm itt such annul/tits and with such notice as they may deem most expedient for the interest of the State, any sum not exceeding three mil lions of dollars, and issue COlititietaitS Of loan or coupon bonds of the Commonwealth for the same, bearing six per centum interest per annuni, payable semi-annually in . the city of Philadelphia, which certificates of loan or bonds shall not be subject to State or local taxation for any purpose whate‘;‘Yr: and shall be reimbursable at any time after the expiration of ten years from their date ; and the sum so borrowed, or so munch thereat a, say be necessary, shall be and the same is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses which may be incurred male' the provisions of this act: That no veil tint loan or hand shall be is-ueil for a less sum than one hundred dollars : farther, That no certificate shall be negotiitted 6,r Irss (Lott its par value and there shall lit. in scribed on the face of said certificates of loan or bonds that the, debt thereby secured Wu contracted to repel invasion and defend the State in war, and to be transferable on the books of the COIIIIIIOIIM, wilth at the. Fariner:f and Mechanics ' 137t/11: iii the city of Pinta delphia : Pt - uric/rd/art/wt . , That the Gov ernor and State Treasnrer arc hereby author ized to Use fir the liurpo-e of this act. tempo rarily, and funds in the State Treasury not immediately required, or if ' necessary, to make a tempory loan, to he repaid Until the procee , ls of that 11CrIllallUllt loan hereby au thorized. SEC. 2. That dm bomb; or certificates of loan issued under the provision of this nil, shall, he signed by the liovcrnor and_ counti•r si.gm•d by the State Treasurer and Auditor General, and a correct and aecurate registry or the same shall be kept in a hook to he provided l'or that purpose In the °thee ui the Andillw General, v,11,, shall mak.. annual re port th e r e of to the Legislature; and the Cav,•ruor is hereby authorized to draw' War rant, 101 010 State Treasurer fir such as may be nebessary to pay the proper expenses in cident tar the Jaigot halo!' of such loan ; the preparation of the bonds or certificates of loan authorizi•d to be issued by this act. and said warm - lit,. shall be paid out of any mon in U,. treasury. •,. That the Governor be and he is berel , Y authorized. liv and with die I,ll , ent ui this to Appoint a competent per,io of military education, t.xperienee and skill to have emninand of all Ob . :OWL la Lc cursed under the iirovis nin, On , net , With the rank of majorgem era I yylto white in actual ••••I'V ' lCe, shall Ire ,od i. , ti,, pf,y 1 : 111..111111 0 ifis oi a 111,1j.,1' t iiit.•. 111,..niwr 1.,.1111 hc., 1..•1'.-3.111 , (Pt . 11.1111 ;try vlu .2;111..11, I•xi...1•1.•11,.• ati.l b.' brign.ll , l' ill , 111111 t. • ..1.1111.,1 to 111.• paV tli.• ran., lti at My : That u 1..1 ..11i.•.•r- 11.. t IP. 11111/glintOd ~r il•-- !•.2,11 . .1 .I.lty hy wil..it Aliu forck:. prUy ItILII fUr -11;111 il.lVt• lion C:111,1 ink, ItOltlai ICI' In =I •trcilgl Li , I. the wild:try F,)ree .1 i..r t hi, ,tet hull lw ,;01,k.1 int , ' ,• I.y tip. li.l\ \v. it 10, th, ‘‘ri(ll , l-!:Ii (2',;tr,..,- F 4• wlit•ro thi' 11 . 1 , 11 lir , 1,. r. ; apt I t 11 , 1111 11 ,, ar lII.Ly ,aid utlicer hull 1'Urt..1111;l111 ail OW !lance 11 , May he ip•cr . --Ilry 1.11 , • 11. arc pr.,1p1,,1 by lair, 1 , •:4111W,I..1,- I nit,-,1 v,iil• -•— ~I 111'111,11,1k ttl I, , (;.•11.'r:11 21114! (11.ill , •i1111-1 , •1 . 1;1•Ii , t'ly. anLl t , . bt.tiponr,i 1)1.• \\*,11'.1. , 1 I for 1.•%,,, , t piolwr -aitt tak,•ii tor Ow faithful v•rf..rtilati,• C..1111'101 tih• 1.111,1i,11 iiiid tlwir 1.. r - Com. 11-t 1111 Irr ,, ,it , -;11 4 1.1.i -\\ .11 O.- (11..-.. V.... 1.1 .1, AWE 1...1..1.• 111 , :it 4,r 1111111;11% kind whiit,iever contract u. h It. hall he The duly .0 the tjuarterimeder eral or ( 'mom e•sa General. a-I he lir iy he, in conneetion it - lilt the Auditor General and State Tremurer. to appoint from film , to time as ioquired, one or In..r...li , ilit..•restell ;111.1 c..utpctrnt inspeet..r.; familiar %%all the Vilikt , met of the ' , implies, ordnance. ordlimme'st ore , . or other military stores so eontriteted for, a it .hall be t.. eX :mune and acc..;lt or reject the same, and if' itet•epted l.i 41NC a (•011.111.1lb• thereof' to the ,•iintractiir or vendor; tuul 11., hill render...l for any smell supple , , ordnance, ordnance stores or other military store.: shall he paid until so certified and approved; the inspec t. so appointed shall each recelve live I . v,ry dn.% necessarily em ployed in the iliseharge of their duties, mid shalt severally he sworn or affirmed to dis cischarge their duties with fidelity: i'rovid- Tlnit the (lintrtermaster General and l'otimii—itry Geller:Al shall respectively have authority, of pr:tetieume to eht,,in the 111111 ordnance stores, or oth er military stores. or any part thereof mom toned in tilt, section, front the United States Government pa . ) tug diem, if required, the c,.: 4 1 prices tin , rcot: Provided, lartltvr, That the Comnii,sary General shall hove puaver,:to purchase direct, when actually accessary, 1111(1 there i, not thin: 10 ad vertise tor contracts, all commis,ary stores actually needed for the troops: l'iorided, also, 'Pl a tt nu More than the actual cash priee shall be paid for any article purchased. SEC. 5. That the Governor at the Cain -11101111 t:t111.1/ is hereby authorized and ein pow ered to orgaiiihe a military corps, to lie called the Ivania State Guard, to be com posed of fifteen regiinents, in due proportion 01 cavalry, military and, artillery, or such . portion thereof Its may be deemed necessary. 'lite said regiments shall severally be com posed of like number, and to be armed and equipped, clothed, disciplined, .gtiverned and paid whale in actual service, as similar troops im time service Of the U 1111A:d States, and shad be enlisted in the service lit the State fur a period nut exceeding three years, umess soon - er disenarged, and shah he liable to he called into the service at this Stale, at such times as the Governor of the Commonwealth may deem their services necessary, tar the pur pose of suppressing insurrections, or repell ing invasions; and the Governor shall ap point all the regimental officers, and the companies shall have the right to elect the company officers, and said Major General amid Brigadier Generals, and all reginiental and company officers 81. all he citizens of this Commonwealth Provided, That such por tions of the said corps as shall he eallqd into actual service, shall be supplied and provid ed with ' ordnance stores, as s previded for in this act, but when not called into 'actual ser vice, such supplies, ordnance and ordnance stores shall be withheld until required. SEc. ti. The Governor of the Comtnon wealth is hereby authorized to provide the necessary hospital arrangements, camps of instruction, arms and accoutrements, garri son, and crimp equippage, transportation, a id itll , things necessary 'for the arming and equipping and putting into service, subsist tence_ when in service, quartermaster's corn , misaary and ordnance. stores of the said Penn sylV l ania State Guard, and to make and adopt all needful rules and regulations, to take and name horses for 'cavalry and artillery service, fur which full compensation shall be made within six months after 'the taking of the same, °lathe person b.) whom the same shall be taken shall exhibit to the Owner thereof his authority for such seizure; and shall at the thin give to the Owner a•certilicate Stat ing the number of horses taken, and the limo when and by whom; and the servicefor which the same are required, and suCh sup plies as.in his judgment' may be . necessary, and to seize nticit railroads and other means of .transportation on the exigencies of the case may demand. SEc. 7. The Governor of the Common wealth is also hereby authorized and em powered to cause to be made an immediate enrollment and classification of the militia of the Coinmonwcaith ; and it shall be his duty to call, and keep in service, as long as he may deem .necessary, from the body of, the said militia, or from such portions of the gommonwcalth as he may deem neces sary, the said Pennsylvania State Guard, by volunteering or draft: Provided, That any person who may be deemed by the board of examination able to do military duty, may be received as volunteers in the 4fcgiments provided to be raised by this'act without reference to age. Sm. 8. That if practicable, until the time fixed by law for making the enrollment of the Militia of the Commonwealth, the Gov ernor is authorized end empowered to or ganize the military force authorized by this act, on the basis of the enrollment made in the several districts of the State by the en rolling officers of the General Government, but if impracticable, the Governor is hereby directed to cause an immediate enrollment of the militia of the Commonwealth, to be made. as.provided for in the act_to which this is a pplement. That when the assessors refuse or neglect of enter upon the performance of the duties f enrolling the citizens of their respective districts, for a period of five days after being notified of their duty, the Governor shall ap point a competent person Or persons to make the enriilhnent. It -Mall be the duty of the Governor to ap point one competent citizen in each county f who shall he a physician, who, in connection. with the county commissioners, or city corn ini4,ioners, shall constitute a board, three of whom, the physician being one, shall make quorum, with power to determine who are. exempt from enrollment under this act, and the act to which it is a supplement; and it shall be the duty of the enrolling officer to give notice, by publication in a newspaper of tine county, of the, times at which such *l,ml:cation >h dl be hard, and to notify said board Wll,ll they will be required to hear such applications. That all other duties in reference to the en j rollment be performed us directed in the act to which thin is a supplement, and that the physician so appointed to hear and deei.by ou applicati,,ns for exemption shalt rceeive for each Ina] every day so employed the .out of live dollar. 3, nil the county coin , mi,,ioner., or city commissioners the sum of Hire,. 111 ilar4 per diem, to be paid out of the ;i 4 tate Treasury. That the G'iyernitr shall have authority to make and enforce all inters which may in his judgment be 110,2 , 5 , Ury to curry out the pro thi, act. and to effect a speedy en rollment and organization of the militia of t hi, Coin moo h. Svc. 9. That the Quartermaster General b.i and he is hereby authorized to sell any unsuitable or itn-iiirvicable ordnance belong to the the proceeds of which shall Ii paid into the State treasury, and applied, deenciii by the Commander-in- Chief. in addition t.o t h e appropriation above named. towards the purchase of ordnance told ordinance tore , That where tho brigade fund of the contd . \ i, not suilieiont to pay the asses sttr,. pr,vitioti by tho third ,tection of the art t.. ahirlt thi , ry a supplement, the said lie pith! hy the several cities and eelintie , in which such assessment is made. Stitt,; all Tho Lato Attack on Dalton by IP , / /P MEI The 1.,!6•1:, in th , • Hurd: un I>alton nutn -111,,11,111,1 nit tntry tuid bra'S h o'ui. r. nuhuutdkl 11 1 0- ( Tlw 1) 0 .11“ 11 of th.• tinder c,,1. -t )11 Stindity niern;rez: the rel)ekapproneherl. the town in lit et . (;enentl -,nt 11 11,1'111.11 W . 111:111,1 611' the surrender, prev , n t the ire if blood: it•d,•mand theitrirneditito stirreii.ler of the forces un -I,•r e , t11.11:111i1 iit this grirris.m. .1 A AV E r.ER, ( . -n I e,,iewitieliiie; l'otife,.kritte for- i,• 1 1 1 1 i, r, b •1, anunn,S rc l C„1. Ili'lll , l l l tf l ll ~,,,, 11,' , ,111,111,11,1 rr.,h•elien to hi- eartlnn , rl and a large brick beililing. lii invielcr- armed int,' tiiwil were kept ,it bity by the garri,wi, Ns 11f . ,1 ~1 11 \‘,Prl:s iiiiiwed tlewn the In )I,pialay inerning (len. Stewlinan ar rived with r, , intr..eitients. A sl:irinish tlien eentile garrisea sullied o u t. Irein their eathwerl:s. .I.t this stage the irie n;lt l nito l States eelered infantry, M,rgan (a , ininanding, was (ordered eliarge, which was den- with an impulse that ti 11 irresistible. and the rebels fled in cenfusien. rebels slightly datimge(l the track and rail , t h is Dilltoll, but they ha new been repaired. ImpnHant front General Grant,—General The L'aemy Reprised With Loss.—Attack on Gen. Birney's Line.—The Rebels Re pulsed with Great Loss.—Latex/ News front Generals Sherman and Sheridan. [OFFICIAL BULLETIN.] • WAR DEPARTMENT, A:,111 NoToN, August 2uth. j m a. ), Genera/ l)ei. New Fork: The operations of General Grant's forces are dot:Mediu the following - official despatch, jut-t received by this Department CITY POINT, BP. _ll., August 18th.—Gen eral Warren nnived is it h his Corps this morn ing. t and neross the Weldon railroad about one inilesouth of the load works, up to which he met nothing but the enemy's pick ets. Ile 11(1 vanc, , ,l Irian there towards Pe tersburg, meeting the enemy early in this advance. lle had considerable lighting dur ing the day, suffering some loss and inflict ing loss upon the enemy. I have no report showing the extent of our losses, but judge them to lie light front the despatches. Some of the enemy's wounded fell into our hands and a few other prisoners. CITY POINT, Va.-7.30 I'. 111.—Aug. 19. Our troops are lirmly fixed across the %Vol don road. There has been little or no light ing to-day either south of Petersburg or north of the James. General Warren reports that the enemy's dead in considerable numbers were found in. his front unburied. General Birney telegraphs to General But— ler as follows “1.1 I.:AI/QUARTERS, TENTH CORPS, Aug, 10 180.—The eneipv attacked my line in heavy force lust night, and were repulsed with great loss. In mid of our colored reg iment 02 dead bodies of the enemy are count ed. Thu colored troops behaved handsome ly and are in fine spirits. The assault was in column and a division strong, and would have carried works not so well defended. The enemy's loss was at least one thousand. Respectfully, D. B. ButrlEY, Major General. "We have had a great deal of rain about Petersburg this week, and a very grateful change in the temperature. Criv Pourr ; 9. P. M., Aujust 19.—The enemy came out this evening to 'Warren's right, driving in the pickets connecting br. tween him and the left of our old line orr tho Jerusalem pike road, and forcing,back tbe two right divisions of Warren's - orps. A heavy tight took place, resulting in the es tablishznent of our lines and the capture of a good number of prisonera were from heath's, Malanfs and Iloke'ti Divisions. „We also lost considerable in prisoners.," ' The last foregcang' despatch was received this afternoon", and it ifs ',the tat* informa tion',, received by the Department. - ; It is estimated hint the losti of the enemy during the week in killed, wounded and cap tured cannot fall,short of -1,990 1 if it does not exceed that number. ' • The ,Depa . rtm,mt has satisfactory ii:OM General Sheraton to half-past eight o'clock last evening. ' - Reports at live o'clock this . morning from Gen. Sheridan's front represent all quiet at that time. Gilmore }with 40 or:50 .men on, tered nOurg last ev,ening.. , ;;•'• - (Signed),,. )O:m.lN M. STANTON% • Secretary of mat, • Wheeler's Forces NA , HVII.I.E. Aug. 17. I'h' Go:efte tho Ifjth con- 1,1 \I 1%.1 , m,1 ri•-irndrii in ti' , f,,110w I • 1, t , .ch•r,•llJ. tills post l' SI Er,' )1.1). Colnmanding THE CAMPAIGN 11 . i• re II (le the , 11" e: 1 (lon Railroad, —The R,bois
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