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Democratic Ticket.
Governor,
GEO. W. WOODWARD of Luzerne Co.
Judge cf the Stqvcmc Court,
WALTER U. LOWRIK, of Allegheny Co-
Assembly,
CYRUS L. PERSUING, cf Jokrstown.
Register and Recorder,
JAMES GRIFFIN, of Johnstown.
Treasurer,
ISAAC WIKE, cf Wilinore.
Commissioner,
E. GLASS, of Elcnsburg.
Coroner,
WM. FLATTERY, of Juhntituwn.
Auditor,
F. P. TIERNEY, of Can Lria Tp.
Toor JLuse Director.
GEO. M'CULLOUGII, of MimsterTp. '
"COIXTV c'o.iimitti:i:.
WILLIAM KI1TELL, Chnfrman.
M. M'Gnire, John Smith. John Ferguson.
John M'Dride, Thomas MTvernan, Wrn. P.
Buck, Joseph Cole,- Mordomcrr IX.ualass,
Joseph Gill, E. R. Dimnc-an, John Camp
boll, Michael Berry, Richard Sanderson,
William Murray, William Kittcll, Thomas
M'Breen, Irvin Rutlcdge. William J.I'Kee.
John A'. Hams. James F. Campbell. A.
Kenne.lv, P. II. Shield, James M'Coy. J,,hn
Stull, Peter Dougherty, George W. Stall.
Joseph A. Dimond, William M'Gouh,
George Walters, John M'C'oIgau, George
Wasburn.
State Editorial Convention.
In accordance with a resolution passed at
the Editorial Convention, held in the Senate
Clamber, at Harrisburg, on the. 18th nit .,
the Democratic Editors of Pennsylvania are
requested to tacct in the city of Lancaster,
ok THURSDAY", tue ICth JULY,
at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of con
sultation and united action in the political
campaign upon which, we have entered. A
general attendance "is carnally desired, as
business of great importance to the profession
will come before the Convention.
GEO. SANDERSON, President.
Lancaster, June 23, 1603.
The Uattlc.
Victory, nt la.st, has crowned the cTbrts
of our forces. General Lec, stimulated
by past success, oversteped the bounds of
prudence and ventured a little too far upon
Northern Boil. Ho is. now, instead of
acting on the offensive, forced to assume
the defensive. There appears to be no
doubt, that our army, under Gen. Meade,
has achieved a most important victory.
Telegraphic accounts say that Lee's whole
army is now in full retreat ; yet it is
hoped and expected that in the .South
Mountain Pass, where the rebel General
intends to make good his retreat, he
will be met with a force sufficient to pre
vent his cscapo through probably,' the
the only route which he and his followers
can rossibly expect to escape. It is a
source of great rcjoiuing that our arms
have once more been successful. This
will inspire our wearied soldiers with new
courage ; and if General Meade be al
lowed to execute and carry out his own
plans without dictation from the telescope
officials at Washington, we may expect
the hostile horizon to become more clear
and rebellion to recede lYoni cur lines.
If General Lee ever intended an attack
on Ilarrisburg or Philadelphia, his pl!lns
arc entirely frustrated ; and there is no
longer any fear for the safety of our
capitol. Yet New York and New J ersoy,
aro worthy of imitation, and a properly
drilled and disciplined force of. militia for
the defence of our own borders, may save
U3 much loss and trouble in future.
Although sufficient news have leen re
ceived to convince us that last week's bat
tles have resulted in our favor, we are yet i
without particulars auflwLiit to go into j
eletails of the situation. Great skill has
been shown by our leading officers in the
management of the whole affair. Quick
ly were the tables turned in our favor, be
fore tho imbecility of the Administration
at Washington had time to paralyze the
movement of our troops, which has re
sulted in victory to us and a terrible loss,
if not the utter disintegration of the rebel
army.
The grand movements of Gen. Lec, up
the Cumberland Valley resulted cither
from necessity, or a strategy which he
failed to achieve ; but in which ever light
we may view his movements, or whatever
may be our conjectures in regard to his
designs, it is, probably, the first successful
stroke of our army towards breaking the
backbone of rebellion; and wo hail it
with joy, believing that if the Adminis
tration nt Washington would withdraw
its foolish proclamations and tyrannical
edicts and act in strict conformity with
the Constitution, giving practicable signs
of repentance, and a return to the policy
laid down by Congress in July 'G 1 , that
hope and the dawning of peace might yet
unite a distracted people under the old
flag and the old Constitution. But if the
fanaticisms of Abolitionism are to be pur
sued, the reverse of General Leo will be
of little avail to us. Having now tho un
certainties of war turned in our favor, if
we would continue to be successful, we
must steer by the Constitution, and for
ever discard the follies of negro equality ;
we must extend the olive branch to our
" wayward sisters," giving them full as
suranccs of our sincerity to unite with
them in the old Union under the old Con
stitution. It is in this way alone that
we may expect any good result from a
war for the restoration of the Union.
Although successful, our loss has been
great ; and while it is a source of general
rejoicing, sorrow has disturbed the peace
of many thousand homes. It is this that
should check the madness of the Adminis
tration and once for all throw fanaticism
aside, and for the sake of a suffering peo
ple, seek the speedy termination of a strife
w hich is fast depopulating our fair land.
KlLLEI IiY THE SlKGKE OK A Hand
spike. Thomas D. Devreaux, of Cam
bria township, while assisting one of his
neighbors at log-rolling, was struck in the
sternum by a handspike w hich was thrown
by the sudden turn of a log, sending him
backwards a considerable distance, and
causing a fracture of several of his ribs.
The unfortunate man, unconscious of the
extent of his injury, walked home some
three miles, causing an inllaruation .which
resulted in his death, a few days after
wards. 63" Tho Huntingdon Monitor has again
made its appearance, to be edited and
published in future by J. Irw in Steel,
late of the Blairswlle Record. Wo con
gratulate its new editor and hope he may
secure for the Monitor an increased suc
cess. His past course gives us assurance
that ho will make it worthy of tho sup
port of the noble Democracy of Hun
tingdon county.
C3-"The Sewing Machine promises
permanent relief to the wearisome bond
age of the sewing woman. Its celerity
is incredible. Each one of Wheele-r et
Wilson's is calculated to do the work
of ten ordinary sewers. Women's pow
ers, whatever their cultivation, are una
ble to compete, either in rapidity, preci
sion, or finish ; from one to two thousand
stitches per minute is nut unusual. On
shirt bosoms, the number per minute is
about fifteen hundred." Journal of Com
merce. The above Machines are for sale by 11
A. O. Kerr, Altoona, Pa,
O" The fears for the safety of our
State capitol and rebel raids into Pennsyl
vania, have pretty much passed away ;
and business again begins to assume a
more lively appearance. We notice the
store of E. J. Mills et Co., which last
week done comparatively little business,
now crowded with customers. They
sell very cheap, and keep constantly on
hand every thing needed in a community,
so that thc purchaser is not obliged to run
all over town to buy the different articles
he may stand in need of.
Killed ky a IIoi:se. Peter Wibel,
of Carroll township, while attending to
his horse in his own stable, a few days
ago, was attacked and so badly kicked
and bitten by the ferocious animal, that
death ensued a short time afterwards.
Flowers. Mollic has our thanks for
the significant compliment paid us. Wo
received the boquettc, and assure our lady
friend, that we appreciate the present.
We love flowers, and although not fami
liar with their language, we can admire
their simple beauty and dwell upon the
sublime lessons they teach. Tho poetess
Maky Howttt, in the following lines, has
beautifully sung the goodness of God in
in the creation of flowers.
"God might havo made tho earth bring
, forth . ' '".
Enough for great and small,
The oak-tree and the cedartrec,
Without a flower at all,
lie- might have made enough, enough
For every want of ours :
For luxury, medicine, and toil,
And yet have made no flowers.
Our outward life requires them not -Then
wherefore have they birth ?
To minister delight to man,
To beautify the earth ;
To comfort man to whisper hope,
Whene'er his faith is dim ;
For whoso careth for the flowers.
Will much more care for him !"
For the Democrat and Sentinel.
Scandal:
Of all the fashionable vices of the day,
there is none, perhaps, more baneful
more deleterious in its effects upon society
than that of scandal. When trivial faults
are exaggerated into monstrous crimes,
and the slightest errors into the mis
doings of a weighty kind the best in the
community may well fear for their repu
tation. This vice arrays neighbor against
neighbor, and scatters the seed of moral
contamination, of discord and ruin, among
the most virtuous and happy. It sunders
the most endearing charities of life the
bonds of union and friendship, and makes
the current of life, hitherto calm and nn
rufHed, rudo and temiestuous. " Do
unto others as ye would that others should
do unto you," is the impressive com
mand of the Deity, anil I admire the
man that obeys its injunctions, but the
moment he breaks it, and spreads stories,
too often untrue, frequently exaggerated
and greatly heightened, I cease to admire
him. He is a pest to society a des
troyer of its happiness and order a foe
to everything human, and an enemy to
everything divine. I do not envy that
man, who can make the faults of others,
the subject of his conversation, who can
sport with their feeling, and riot in wild
luxury upon the mingled emotions of pain
and misery they produce, who can falsify,
exaggerate, or heighten at the expense of
a lellow being. 1 envy him not, for he
has feelings anything but those allied to
Divinity, and I may add, humanity. It
is far from being in conformity to that re
ligion which teaches man to love his fel
low man to " abhor that which is evil,"
and to be "kindly nffectioned one to an
other." It is adverse to thn kin.llv How
of feeling, which marks the character of
the humane and benevolent, for such can
never make an enemy to man. There
havo not been wanting those, upon whom
tho effects of scandal have pressed with
an almost deadly pressure. Stories, even
untrue, too often told, have made sweet
friendship, enmity; and although the
writer, may never have been a party, he
has been a witness to tho truth of those
remarks. The fond, confiding parent,
who had watched over the first buddings
of infancy aud youth, who had exerted
what only a moflier knows, "a mother's
care," and had seen as she believed, all
the lovely graces, " grow with the growth,
and strengthen with the stren-th " i,f tl,.
child, has been doomed to days and nights
oi tears ana anguish, at some tale of his
first errors and crimes. Some " wander
ing from tho gooel and right way," which
eventually has proved "as false, as foul."
Every christian, every philanthropist
should oppose the progress of this vice,
and as we discountenance it. show t ilw.
world, how we " love one another."
Louetto, l a. O. 1. Q.
2T Hon. Charles J. BidehV, of Phila
delphia, has been appointed Chairman of
the Democratic State Central Committee.
3 Cheering news of victory comes to
us from all quarters, and we leave the
space we had intended for editorial, to the
war news.
5T We forgot to notice the Julv num
ber of Godey's Laely's Book last week,
but, however, it is not to late, as tho em
bellishments and literature aro well worth
preserving
S3 We refer our readers to the adver
tisement of Dr. I Ioofland'a German Hit
ters. These bitters have gained a world
wide reputation ; and are said to produce
all the etlects and cures claimed for them.
Died. In Allegheny township," 0n the
2nd inst., Geokge Bkuce, in the oath
year of his age.
The deceased was a gooel, and one of
the most influential men in that township.
He leaves, not only a wife and children j
to mourn their loss, but many friends who
will long miss him as a kind neighbor and
benefactor.
3 We received the following poetical
puzzle or charade, with a request to pub
lish, but our correspondent having failed
to furnish us Avith a solution, we leave it
for our readers to find its answer :
I am wonderful, marvelous, all that's un-
common,
Sometimes I'm a man aud sometimes a wo
man
When whole, I'm always a subject of won
der.
So now please to guess at my parts when
asunder.
Iu the feus I'm au insect, iu barns a small
." beast.
Tobird's I'm a house, and I'm none of tho
least;
I catch fishes, make leather, hear all that i
said,
And many a pair come to me to be wed
Tho' with science oft coupled I'm glim and
look wild,
And yet you will own I am far from a child;
My passions you see from what falls from
mv eyes,
And my wrath is two-fold, tho' I'm known
to bo wise
In revenge I'm a goddess, in the forest a
, titer.
To one point of the compass I'm sure I can
veer.
Iu tho north I'm a bridge, many travellers
see,
And the nuns in tho convent are guarded
by me ;
On board a ship you may smell me, and see
me ail round,
And then in your wake I am r-ure to be
found :
Ou the lacj of your stays I'm on odc end or
botn,
I'm the emblem of industry, symptom of
sioin ;
What the enemy sowed while the husband
man slept.
What at dinner ymi do, and where fire i
kept.
You ride in mo, ride on me, ride at me, yea
mere,
You P'jinctinies ride through me, I'm just
half a score ;
I'm in dress like a Quaker, aud always at
naiui.
Beneath you when sitting but not whcny.,u
stand ;
Each morning yuu take me, each quarter
y.iu pay.
To sailors at midnight I eft show the wiv
wuuv uicm wun my presence you quietlv
lay
I'm dispatch'd. I'm dissever'd. a gift of
crown d hind.
Iu what boys do by heart, and men do by
bund :
The sun is like mo when he m ikes you his
now,
And I'm sure 'twill be strange if you can't
guess me now.
Olliclal Lt:saa lilies lrcmi Gen.
31eaIe.
-Washington-, July o. Tho following
dispatches have been received :
IlEAlMiKS Akmy of THE lVrOMAC,")
Noon July 1th 18G3. j
To Major Gen. I fulled; General-in-Chief:
We now hold Gettvsbunx. The cneinv
has abandoned large numbers of his killed
anil woun!et on the field.
I shall probably be able to rive vou a
return of our captures and losses before
mgnt, una a return ot the enemy's killed
and wounded in our hands.
GEOKGE G. MEADE,
Major General.
IIeadoks Akmy op the Potomac,")
10, 1. M., July 1.
To Moj. Gen. Ilalkck, Gencral-iu-Cn f:
No change of affairs since my dispatch
at 12 o'clock, noon.
GEO. G. MEADE.
Major General.
CHEERING NEWS.
IIaltimore, July 4. Reports elecmed
entirely reliable, from the battle-field,
down to G o'clock fcist evening, represent
the rebels as Wing repeatedly repulsed
with fearful slaughter.
The battle lasted all day.
Seven thousand prisoners- were cap
tured. The rebel Major General Armistead
was captured yesterday.
The Union men are having a merry
time in rejoicing over the successes of the
Army of the Potomac
A DISPATCH FROM GENERAL
MEADE.
IIeahq'hs Army of tiie Potom vc 1
July 3, 8.30 P. M., near Gettysburg, j
To Maj. Gen. llalleck, General-in-Ciuf:
The enemy oiiened at 1 P. M. from 150
guns concentrated ujwn my left centre
continuing without intermission for about
three hours, at the expiration of which
time he assaulted my left centre twice,
being utxhi both occasions handsomely re
pulsed with severe los3 to him, leaving in
our hands nearly three thousand prisoners:
among the prisoners being Gen. Armis
tead and many colonels, and officers of
lesser note.
The enemy left many dead uion the
field, and a large number of wounded in
our hands.
The loss upon our. side has been con
siderable. Major General Hancock and
LVigadicr General Gibbon were wounded.
After the repelling of the assault, indi
cations tending to a belief that the enemy
might be withdrawing, an armed rccon
noissanco was pushed forward from the
left, and the enemy found to bo in force.
At the present hour all is quiet.
My cavalry have been engaged all day
on both flanks of the enemy, harassing
and vigorously attacking him with great
success, notwithstanding they encountered
superior numbers both of cavalry and in
fantry. The army is in fine spirits.
(Signed) GEO. G. MEADE,
Major General Commanding.
THE REBEL PRLSONEKS.
IUltimoke, July 3. One thousand
rebel prisoners were marched through the
city, last night, about ten o'clock, and
twelve hunelred more this morning. The
news from the army, as fcu as known, is
favorable.
COLONEL CROSS KILLED.
Baltimore, July 3. The body of CeI.
Cross, of the Fifth New Hampshire, ar
rived here to-night, and will be taken to
New Hampshire on Saturday evening.
He was killed on Thursday near Gettys
burg. REPORTED DEATH OF GENERAL
LONG STREET.
WASniN-GTeN, July 3. General Long-
street is reported to have been killed, but
no confirmation of the statement has yet
been received.
THE ENEMY'S LINE OF RETREAT
CUT OFF.
Hanover, Pa., July 4. There has
Ixien no fighting up to 5 o'clock to-day.
Last evening we drove the rnemy back to
v Gettysburg. Our hues this morning ex
tend e-ight miles around Gel ty.-burg, our
battene'S being en all the hills looking on
the town from the South. We occupy
Round Top Ridge, commanding the
ChanilK-rsburg turnpike, and have cut off
ail the lines of re treat. Our forces occupy
the strongest possible position. A flank
movement em our left is impossible. At
about 8 o'clock last night the Florida Bri
gade of General I xngst reel's Division,
with a Brigadier General in command,
advanced to within our lines and gave
themselves up with their colors. A bearer
of dispatches from Jei?. Davis to General
Ixx; has been captured. The dispatches
erder General Iee jkti mptoril y to return
to Richmond, and state that lhe move
ment in Pennsylvania was wholly against
his wishes.
Laicst War Acns.
Washington, July 3d, 8 o'eloek, P.
M An official dispatch was received
hero this afternoon from Major Gen.
Meade, dated:
" IIeaikrs of tiii: Akmy of the")
PoroMAC, July 2 1 I o'clock P. M. j
' The enemy attacked me about i'..m-
o'clock this afternoon, and alter one of
the severest contests cf tho war, was re
pulsed at all po'm'.s. We have nnW...l
considerably in killed and wounded.
Among the liio killed are Brigadier
Generals Paul isn l Zowh, and among the
wounded Generals Sickles, BartowGra
ham and Warren, siL'.aly. We have
taken a larjre number of prisoners "
SECOND DISPATCH.
Washington, July 3. A laier dis
patch has been received from M:ii,.r
Genend Meade, dated at 3 o'clock this
morning, which savs :
"The action commenced a.iin ut
early daylight upon various parts of the
line. The enemy, thus far have made no
impression upon my position.
JU accounts agree in placing the rebel
irmy in position on our front. The. i.i-U.
oners we have taken report that In"
street's and A. 1. Hill's forces were
much injured yesterday, and manv vn
eral officers killed Tho dead ImhIv ,,f
General Barkcdale, of Mississippi, is
within our lines."
" We have thus fiu about sixteen bm.l
dred prisoners, and a small numler nr..
yet to bo started."
II his number of prisoners sixteen
hundred is as stated in Gen. Mend.'
official dispatch. He may possibly mean
that they were captured in th. fi.l.t. f
Thursday night and Friday morning, or
uie pievious statements ot correspondents
may hav e been exagerated.J
Tlic Great ISattlc iu Irogrest
llAKKISBlTiG, July 3. All the I eh. 1
infantry and detachments of cavalrv
uneier oeiiKins , liuooden and Fitzhu-di
Jjee, have disapijcared from the front :.m.i
travel has been resumed between this
city and Carlisle. Fitzhwrh Lee did not.
iusike his promised attack yesterday
morning, oui retired without being mo
lested by our forces, who are now moving
cautiously beyond Carlisle.
The soldiers guarding a ford three and
a half miles below hero have been in-
:ormed by the formers who have
across the river that the rebel cav
alry scouts are infesting the woods lonr
the bank of the river, watching the
movements oi our torces. Citizens up
from Baiubridge and Columbia say that
neavy aniucry linng and continuous vol
leys of musketry were heard all l-iv
terday and up to three o'clock this morn-
T
Nothing is yet known as to result..
but the impression prevails thnr fh. .,1
decisive battle of the campaign has leen
lougnt m the neighborhood of Cashtown,
on tae road between GpttvKnr.r q.i
a j . j m t tiie4
Chambcrsbunr. It is believed tb.it.
lave suliered heavy losses in officer ami
men, but that Lee has been so crippled
is 10 piace turn on the defensive.
Yesterday General lTo-i.1.
oflensive. The day before Lee had at
tacked Meade and was repulsed with
neavy ioss. Lee holds a gap m South
Mountain, near ChamlT
which he expects to escai if 'j - -and
a guard stationed at brid -e .i
Northern Central Railroad h,..Vt:
in that direction like that 'of
'jt .t was UI.ev ;
l leasontou was at work again u '. 1
dashing cavalry. fiL'htinrr '., u -I
fcion oi me gap. t
Heaixks Pennsylvania Jj-.p.
Hauuisbuug, June 2G lv?-
GENERAL ORDERS
No. I I
In organizing the troops, resr. . r
tho Proclamation of lL. r
tlay issued, calling lbr Siny''.1
SAND men for the defence of ti
to be mustered into the service
Suite, for the period of NLNLTY im-
unless sooner discharged.
It is ordered :
I. Camps of rendezvous will bo.
hshed by the United NtaU-s Got -for
districts comprising the a,j:u,.,
ties at such points as may he iir '
the commandant of the IXia -the
Susquehanna and the iW-tm"4
the Munongahela, in charge t,f
camps, commanders and skillful .s-C
will be appeinted.
IT. Suads and companies v;!lv-
ceive-i at me camps, and M r.t: T
possible, organised into coinpank-..
less than sixty-four men, an l L:iJ.
inc uts of ten companies eaeli, anj
ed into the service of the State. i v"t
appointed by the Adjutant G.Crl
this purpose-.
III. Officers will be th-cU-!
officers by the men. and ik'.
the company or line officers.
IV. Transitortation to tho earn'..-,
dezvous, neatest their lo?ation, Ri
"J unei rvUi'.-j vv-
meat, on application vf anv otic
naving cnaige ot a s.juad or c-.c.v.
the agent at the nearest railr l' ,";'
V Troops, responding t. t!,;s d
the Governor, will be clothed,
equipped and suni.lk-d hv Hi..
government, after arriving at tLir Li.
vous.
VI. Annexed is the n ieta r-:
from each county, en the j.r-r.:4
a. tor crediting th-..; counties !.!,
already rescinded, nnlcr nwn! ,,
with the number of tr-Mps fumi.-Lvi
actual' v mustered into s rvia :
Adams
Allegheny. ;
Armstrong
Beaver.
Bedford
Berks I
Blair
Bradford
Bucks !
Butler
Cambria
Camen n
Carbon
Chesbr
Centre
Clarien
Clinton
Clearfield
Ceihimbia
Crawford
CumlKrlaud
Dauphin
Delaware
Erie '
Elk
Fayette
Franklin
Fulton
Forest
Greene
I Itiutingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
I Lancaster.
Lawrence
Lebanon '
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming !
Mercer
M'Kean ;
Mifflin !
Monroe
Montgomery.
Montour
Northampton. . . .
Northumberland. .
Perry
Philaelelphia
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna, . . . .
Tioga
Union
Venango
Warren
Washington
Wayne . . .'
Westmoreland. . .
Wyoming
r
".is
York
15y order of - .,,-rrV
y A. G. CUjThV
Governor and Comniande-r-ui-
A. L. Ki-sseu, Adjutant
Pennsylvania.
CiT Young ladies who faint o.
: proposed to," can be rostorvM ?
sciousness by just whis-m'?
you were only joking.
t,v1