THE JOURNAL 'Couderspoit. Pa. Wednesday, Apr.ls, 1.63. M. W. McALARNEY, EDITOR/,. STATE CONVENTION. The Union State Committee have issued the folloWing call for a State Gocvention The loyal citizens of Pennsylvania, without Idistinction of paqy, who desire cordially to unite in suStaining l the National and State Ad ministrations in their patriotic efforts to sup -.,press a sectional and unholy rebellion against thy Itettrof the Republic, anti who c d3sire to • support by every power of, the Gover - nraent bietbren in arms, who are braving ..,pdisease and the perilpf the field, t 6 preserve ,the - Unten of our fathers, are requested to se l'ltot the nuinher of delegates equal to the Leg " representation of' the State, at such t ;times_ and in such manner as 'will bpt respond xo the Spirit of this call, to meet in State Con- . ~.ven4op.at Pittsburg„ on Wednesday, the let . Of July nest, at 11,o!clock. A. 31„ pn the day' to nominate . candidates for the offi obit& Governor and Judge Of the Supreme Court"; and - to.take sifch measures as' may be ; ,:depmed necessary to strengthen the Govern- Jtaent in this season of,common peril to a com 'Mon counti7. C.,P. MARPLE, • ' Cliairman of the Union` State Committee. The: following resplation was adopted by, ' l . s ' l th° °Ca in t e • •-• Reidlved, That it' be' recommended to the loyaU citizens of Pennsylvania, withont'dis ,: -tinetioapf party; to -organize in each electiOn ~district of the State a Union -Le.tgue, for the ,purpese pf sustaiaing the Government in sup ,.,' Iressbag this causeless and wicked- rebellion, 'which now seeks to divide and destroy the Republic ~! •LArEST WAR NEWS. .CSVe copy the following from the Ne 6 Yoik'lTibune of Monday :] Puvspeetal correspondent, who went on . :Ithd'NeW lionsides during the late attack , .4,oharleston, reached Washington last t' . i .iiigh.and sends by telegram a synopsis graphic report of- the fiercest can .. s tioultiilit in Modern history. lle is on his • way `to our office, and we hope to print in early this morning his " . entire report, It is now too , late for more thin' a glance at so much as he has given ,'ins. The Squadron arrived off Charleston , i.m' i timi..inorning of the sth, and spent the t - ii eiabining the• bars and channels, ...the wind being too high , to cross that ':eVeliiug... " -- The Admiral , disclosed his place of at . . ' tic, which was to sail directly up and attack the Nori,h-WeNt face ,of 'Fort SULater at ,eix or eight hundred yards. ';',/kboOf $ o'clock on Monday morning the ';fiigii`al moveinent was given, and the vessels. started slowly. In consequence ;(if, a fog however, they were obliged to pozitpone, the intended attack till the next During the afternoon ooe of. Gen. - ":Fitres,brigades worked its xvey up Folly Island and established communisations. -with the fleet, but no portion of the hind lotees,got into the attack at all. On the I o'clock, p. m., the fleet got under ',,voray. and passed the Morris . Island batte 3-rjee. without" being fired upon, pushing ;:r ight - on toward Sumpter. The new Iron aides worked badly, and in consequence ,icif the current, was obliged to anchor two Aar. I threo times. , Fort Moultrie opened ;first, upon the Wehawkeri, which was •Iwithin• 500 - yards. , Cutumihga Point 'Battery, Fort Sumpter, and Battery B Immediately opeued,and the action bugnote v.,eneral and terrific. The • Monitors still pushed on, replying, Vigorously,and passed 0 north-east face of Sumpter," when they , discovered three lines of obstructions `holding torpedoes, &0., one' of which ex ploded but did no great damage. Finding it impossible to g.it across obstructions,l they turned about and steamed down the harbor. The Patapsco's 200-pounder bad becorne disabled, and the turret of . the P ; assaie so bent that the vessel was practically- out of use. Other boats also passed up to the north-east face of Suinpter -*ill they also - Were stopped by obstructions, and they also turned back. After being ender fire for three quarters of an hour, all the,ll.lonitore were ordered back, and at, live o'clock the entire fleet was out of range and the action ceased. Admiral ,Dopont, intended to renew the attack nett day, 'but upon ascertaining that the Keokuk and Passaic were entirely disa bled, and three others partially so, he concluded to desist, in which conclusion he was sustained by all the Commanders. The Monitors were., bit from 50 to 60 times each, except the Weokuk which re ceived about.9o shots and was peuetrsted at, the crater mark no less than nineteen times. She was kept •afloat till next morning when she sunk on' the bar, her colors still flying, all on board were saved. The Ironsi4s was hit about sixty times but not damaged. There are eleven large holes in ',the side of. Fort Sumpter appa rently running through the walls. The entire firing only amounted to 150 rounds. When our correspondent :left,. two of the Monitors sailed for Port ROYal and the others were to - rollow.' Our -entire 'cam • allies amounted • to 13, of whom blit two or three are These are.the main facts in the ease; Charlet , ton has not been taken, nor has an} very serious impres sion been made upon the Rebel defenses. On our side;—pousidering, the enormous disparity of guns atleast ten, for the Rebelvo one for on—the action has been most gallant and creditable It seems that,. the teet was to - go , back ,to Port Royal: to repair damages; but a private dispatch from a passenger on the Mary Sanford, which, boat passed through the fleet on Thursday, - ears that when about 25 miles away heavy firing was heard, from what cause was unknown. We have Gen. Ros arena's official ac epent of the whippin g f Yap Dorn on the I,oth inst., near Frank , Tenn. !Gen. Granger says : "Van Dorn made his prom ised attack at 1 o'clock, directly in front and on the town. The infantry regiments on guard in town, withl the cavalry pick ets, held him at bay until their ammuni tion was ezhausted. The densesuioke and atmosphere favored their operations, enabling them to,: U ppreaeh very near without 011; being.-.enabled to observe them. Our siege -guns' and our light batteries opened upon them with murder ous effect, literally strewing the ground with men and horses. I had halted Stan lei, four miles out on the Murfreesboro road. He at once crossed his loices over at Right's Mills, iiigoronsly 'attacking Forrest's divisions, moving down on the Levriithurg pike . ; capturing six, pieces of artillery , and some 200 prisoners, but outing to the unfavorable nature .of the country, was unable to hold them, being attacked by . greatly superior numbers, outflanked, and nearly surrounded. Our loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners is leas than one. hundred,While the enemy's 1 -cannot be less than three titnes that num ber: ,They • were" repulsed on all sides, and driven until darkness prevented the purstiit. Capt. Mclutyre, of the. 4th Regulars, took the battery and prisoners, bringing off thirty of the latter. From Vicksburg we learn, via Cincin nati, that the health of our army is im proving,.and the weather is fine. Gen. Grant . went personally to. Vicksburg under a flag of truce on the 4th inst., but fiir what purpose, no one knows, The General 'has fixed his headquarters at : ? Nfilliken's Bend. From Chicago we are told that , the entire Yazoo fleet had re 'turned to Helena, reaching there on Wednesday night. They lost 25 or 30 men by guerrilla firing as they were working out of the narrow streams. The divisions under Quimby and Hovey are ordered to Vicksburg. Dispatches from our fleet.:as late .as Wednesday, report seven iron-clads 'and some transports pre. pared to run the Vicksburg batteries, the attempt to be made on Friday or Satur day night. Gen. Osterhaus with a heavy farce had reached the Mississippi on the Louisiana side, at Carthage, about 30 miles below Vicksburg. Government has' at last' concluded to make some .practical use of the' negro. 4ble.bodird men are to be put in service, andthat too without regard to the color of their skins ; they are to shoulder mus kets as well as spadeS, and fight as well as dig. Inquiries arc now in progress to ascertain the strength and position of this element, and plans for its employment are being matured. Gen. Foster ,is surrounded by a largo .force of Rebels at Washington, N. C., but.has refused to surrender. Reinforce- Inents will be scut to him it is thought Can hold out against superior numbers from the fortified 'nature of his position. 49 13:u1ty for (Connecticut I9' The election on Monday of last week ip Conneotiout•resulted in the re-election of Gov. Buckingham by 4000 majority and the election of three of four mem bers of Congress—this is one member gained to the Republicans. Thnsis cop perheadism again-rebuked ! St. Louis has elected a Radical Mayor. The town elections in Indiana have been all over Union. In Cinoinnati the Union Mayor and an Union majority of the — Councilmen were elected. , All Hall Western Virginia Theivote towards making Western Vir ginia a Free State is almost unanimously in its favor. Sinee the Rebels have lit tle courage to show themselves, Liberty and Union naturally go together. The statement in the Co i pperhead papers, that soldiers prevented people from voting is a lie as far as regards lUnion people : the Rebel murderers would have been arrest ed had they appearedjat the polls. It is a great vietory - over the Slave power. I Col. Wilder has r+rned frbrn his ex pedition, via LehanOn and Carthage, in .e - ntucky. He captiired 29 Rebels be fore he reached Snow Hill, and destroyed 6,000 bushel, of wheat and much corn and bacon. He also brought in 360 ne groes. Our expeditions recently have captured 700 horses and mules, 200 pris oners, 200 negroes, and have destroyed much Rebel forage and subsistence. ser.N new quesiion has arisen under the Emancipation Proclamation. There are.at least five, hundred negroes adver tised foi sale in Kentucky under its in., tetnal police laws, who are freemen--fu gipves from Alabanta and Mississippi.— klaebate has already commenced in Cab meetings,:. on the question, "-Can ,qtates, through local laws, revert to band age colored men whom the 'President's Proclamation made free I" ' JUDICIATI-DECISION. - A while:lgo - 111e Supfeive Cella. of Wisconsin decided against the right,of the President to sus pend the writ of habeas corpus. Thisldo• tided that tbe draft; and the bill anti or izing soldiers to vote, are constitutio al. 'Will those decisions be; .cqually c ni inended 7 . . . 1 The price of the Memphis Appeal now published at Jackson, Miss., is $3O a year in advance. Let those who are dis posed to complain at the slight riso the price . in Nprthern papers think of that : , and,ponsider, how , well off they are in compari.on. • The corner stone to a monument to the iate.Seriator J3rodericic was laid In San Francisco, Veb. 23, y,Gov, Stanford. The Best Way to 'patpioney out at knteiest. The following information we insert in . our Cotidies !or the benefit of our readers: [From- thOPhiladelphia Ledger, March 27.1 Octe of the most , surprising,things the recent conversion of greenack notes into the,-popular Five-Twenty. ' •,,six per emit. Governinent loan at the uni versality of "their call. Wo happened in yesterday; at the office of Jay Cooke, who is the agent for the sale of these loans, and the conversion of the greenbacks, and found his' table literally covered with, orders and accompanying drafts for al most • all aineunts, from' fivi thousand to a hundred thousand dollars each, and from all parts. . of the Union.— The . little States of Delaware and New Jersey are : tree takers, as are also l!enn sylvania, ;New York and the Now Eng land States. But the West is Most es pecially an active taker, as well through tier banks Os by_individnals. The amouut . of orders lyin g before us,'all received cluk . ing the day, amounted to over .fitieen hundred thousand d6llars. With this spontaneous proffer of money, Secretary Chase must feel himself entitely at ease, and will take , care to put himself beyond tliose money sharpers, whose chief study - es how to prat themselves most from the troubles of the country and the necessi ties of the, treasury. There are millions of dollars lying idle ail over the country, and while the uncertainty , existed as to what Congress would do, and the bullion brokers were successful in . running up gold to the discredit of the Government issues, this capital was clutched close.— But as the policy and measures of the Secretary of 'the Treasury are gradually developed, confidence in the Government and in the future 'is strengthened, and holders are now anxious to make their ' long unemployed means productive— hence the ready and liberal investment in the Five-Twenty loans at par. Almost every town and village throughout the country has individual holders of money, to larger amounts probably than ever be fore at one time, for which satisfactory takers cannot be found. Many of those are now investers in these loans, and the number of such is likely to increase, un til the demand shall put all the Oovern ment loans on a par with, at least , r the loans of the various incorporated compa nies. The country banks . are also free takers for themselves and their custom ers. On the Ist of July this Five-Twen ty Year loan will, utider the law, be with drawn. BEIIKS 0011\7F, PA., March 20, 1863 JAY CoDKE, ESQ., United. States Loan Agent. ' 114 SOUTH THIRD ST., PHILA. Dear see by our papers that you are selling for the Government a new Loan ealled - ••Five-Twonties." -I expect to have shortly a few thousand dollars to spars, and as I have made up my' mind that the Government Loans are saft, and good, and that it is my duty and interest, at this timo, to put my money into them in preference over any other loops or stocks, I write,to get information of you as follows : Ist. Why are they-called "Five-Twen ties ?" 2d. Do you take country money, or on ly Legal Tender Notes; or will a check on Philadelphia, or blew York, answer for Subscriptions ?" - - 3d. Do you sell ths Bonds at par ? 4th. As I cannot epee to Philadelphia, how am 1 to get the Bonds ? sth. What Interest do they pay, and how and when and where. is it paid, and is it paid iri Gold or Legal Tender ? 6th. now- . does Secretary Chase get gold enough to pay this interest ? 7th. Will the face of the Bondi be paid in gold vrhect due ? Bth. Can I have the Bonds payable to bearer with Coupons, or registered and payable to my order?' 9th. Winit.sizes are the Bonds ? 10th. Will I have to pay the Fame tax on'thent ati I now pay on my railroad, or other hoed:11. 11th. What is the present 'debt of the Government, and what amount is it likely to reacli if the rebellion should lath; a year or two longer? 12th. Will Secretary Chase get enough from Custom House duties and Internal Revenue, Income Taxes, &c., &c., to make it ceriain that he can pay the inter . . est•punctually ? I have ne doubt that a good many of my neighbors would like to take these bonds, and If- you will answer my ques tions, I will show the letter to them. Very Respectfully, . • s Office of Jay Cooke, Subscription Agent, at Office of Jay Cook 4- Co., t Bankers, 114 S. Third St., PHILADELPHIA, March 23, 1863. Deay Si • :—Your !otter of the 20th inst. is received, and I will cheerfully Five you the information desired by answering your questions due order. Ist. These .Bonds_ are galled "Five- Twenties" because, while they are twenty year hoods, they InUg-be _redeemed by the Government in gold at any time after jive 1 years. Many people suppose that the Interest is_only 5.20 per cent. This is a mistake; they pay.six per cent. - In tereit. . , . 2d, Legal ; tender notes or checks upon Philadelphia or New York that will bring Legal Tenders, are what the Sec retary allows, tne to .receive. No doubt your neatest, Punks will give.you atheek or Legal .Tenders fey : your country funds. 3d. Thejlonds.pre - sold at PAU, the Interest te corittueuce the day you pay the money. • , 4th: . l< have made arrangements With your nearest Bank or Banker, ..wbo-will generally have the Bonds on haddY -It not, you.nan send the - moniy:to..mi.by Express; and I will sendbaok the .BO:tills free of Cost. - _ • -I`. . ; ' 1 ---- 5. - The Bonds pay"six percent. ,Inter eat .in gold, th. i ea' per cent. every six, months, On the first day of_May:land=lin;' vember at the Mint inltlfilladelphi4'or rt any. Sub-Treasury iii"klew-IY-ork or elsewhere. if you have Coupon Bonds, all you have to do is to cut the Coupon off ,each six months - , and collect..it-yenr self or give' it to Bank for cellectiOn. 'lf yon- have Registered Bends, you; Can:give your Bank a_poiref of attorney to collect the interest for you.; 6th. The duties on imports of all arti cles from abroad must be • paid . : in. gold, and this;is the way•Seoretary Chase gets his gold: It ii• • now being , paid into the Treasury at the rate of two hundied-thou sand dollars each day, which is twice as much•ai l he nee6 , to pay ..the Interest in g od." ...I . 7 . .: ; ..---; • 7th. &ogress has proirided• that the Bonds shall paid in gold "when due. Bth. yo, can have either- Coupon Bonds paya 'le to the bearer,' ' or Regis tered:i Bond payable to your order. '' - 9th. The former are in 50's.'1.00's, 500's and 1000's,—the .latter in same amounts ; also ssooo's and 610,000.::, 10thCi No I You , will not hdve 'to pay any taxes on these Bonds if your income, from them does not exceed MO; 'and on all above $6OO . you will only have , to pay one-half as mach Income Tax as if your money, was invested in Mortgages or other Securities.', I consider: the Gov ernment Bonds as first other Bonds are taxed oneluarter per &tit. to pay the interest on the ' Government Bonds, and the Supreme Court of the Utnted States has just decided that no .State, City or - County can tax Govern- , ;went Bonds. 11th.' The present Bonded debt of the United States is less than three hundred ineluding , the seven and.three tenths Treasury Notes; but the Govern ment owes enough wore in the shape of Legal Tenders, Deposits, in the sub-Wrcias uries, Certiticates of ludebteduess;'&e. to increase the debt to about - eight or nine hundred millions. Secretary 'Chase has calculated that the debt may reach One thousand, seven hundred millions; if the Rebellion lasts eighteen months that It is, however, believed now that it will not i lastsix months longer; but even if it does, our National Debt will be salsa' , comparOd with that of Great Britain or France,;whilst our resources. are Sastky greater. ; I2th. I have no doubt that the reve nue will not only be ample to parthe dinary expenses Of the Government and all interest on the debt; but !caveat least one hundred '-millions annually 'toward paying Off the debt, and that the Govern ment will be able to get out of debt again as it has twice before—in a few years af ter the close of `the war. • I hope that all who have idle money' will at once purchase these Five-Twenty year, & I nd's. The right to demand them for Legal Tenders will eud an the first day of July, 1863, as per the folkwing authorized notice,: July Ist, NOTICE.--013 and after Ist, 1863,, the privilege of controverting the pretient issue of leant tendey notes in to six O n ''r cent. loa(eommonly called "five•tw,enties") will cease. All Who wish to invest in the five twenty loan must, therefore, apply before the Ist of July next. JAY CooKE, Subscription,Agent. No. 114 S. Third . Street, Philadelphia. Those who neglect' these six per cent. bquds, the interest and principril of which they will get in gold, may have occasion to regret it. I am, very truly f your friend; JAY COOKE; Subscription Agent,' At Olftee of Jay Cooke & Co., NV. 114 S. Third St., Philadelphia. The Banks and Bankers of ',your and adjoining counties will keep a,slUpply of these Bonds on hand, if you prefer• to go there and get thew. A year ago last fall, the State'Teaoliers' Association appropriated $3OO from its treasurj for the purchase of a cannon to be presented to the .Government. This sum was placed in the, hands of State Sa lierintendent,Burrowes; and being found insuffscieni for the purpose, contribution's Unto tnikcle'by the County Institutes until the sum was presumed to be sufficient for the purpose. Up to this time; however; Mr. Burrowes has failed to account for the moaey, or to purchase the cannon. A writer in_the Harrisburg _Tefrgrapb. suggests that Mr. Burrowes may still hope that by some "strategy" this _may be made a bloodless war, as he eipressed himself, in that meetinc , of the Associa : two. The 'potion is plant, and worthy of' a philoSopher Of the Utopian Age ; but to pray. for a "dry , rain,"„ or a "tropical wiuter,". would' be quite as reasonable. There is no record of a "bloodless war," most respected, grandfathier Burrowes.—, Agitator. • ~ • . WHO XS KING.--,Since Cotton was . throned, ; IVoo/, seems to .bo aspiring" to regal power, We .observed in our ex changes 04.66 a head was refused fora flock of sheep some one was drivino• a into iNlianesota. And at a-publio sale in-New 'port, Jbhnson county, lowa, 11 !foOnnuore! shocp Sold for 6105—the higliest in g 61.1,50." . .0 Gen. Sumner's; lasi. weltds were "God lave my country; the Urtitea_Stateri of Amprica." MON 1 1 1 \ 1 g the 1 cent piinioyand groat Purchased dark' la,New York. Era decline i =I 0,01)3, DR 151 1 ss • Oood.s, La;die Eeadp7 HAT 'd-CAPS. d SHOES, BOOTS; EEI 'SIGNS; PR KERY, MI CR gpods, BM! cy ONS, , Wall-Paper; Wool, Ts NAILS; IN-WARE. WOO a cell, feeling confident We respectfully ttlE Want.s.of all on terms that we can snirlyt iving better Goode for to their eatisfac SIM In" be' had at any ether less MONEY, t :•• Et= oining conntlei. Howls in Pottet !ES o our well-known stock oil • tete stock 'of Wo have also and of goodie -4% DRAMS, PU Medici GO Paints Varnishes, ye Stuffs -, Glue E SOAP. CAS Sponge's rks. Bottles mom C. &c. WHICH EU Iffli EMI the VERY ,~ Sit. Don't-Pa 'Call and Seel LE BINS &CO. P°- ,M CORNER 6. .13D - StCOND STREETS , POAT, PA. ~C¢i~ AQNIE'S 7 COLUMN . • OODS NSW GOODS =lll5 EIN .:.--I.:-: . ..-,,,I:,;' - ' 7 NOMETRINGTME Clothing, TIIHE stiincribori attheir JL OLD :STAND ON Mill 31.141EtT RIES Offer t generally Notes (w Wheat, C Hides, Pe. of Skins, 'such as Calf Skins, &c., also, Beans, Beas, Venison, an'd some other ih r ingi . hst . _ can't be bought of GLASS, A LAROWAND :WELL-SELECTED DRY GOODS, ; DE AT,WMADE G GROCtR/ES, Hats B,z, \Caps, Hardware, Chemicals, Together ':i•ith some of the best Ear superior to the Oil Creek or Tidioute Oil. LAMP & LAMP FIXINGS, Also a few more of those Superior amp-Globeo. CANDOR PLOWS, SLEIGH SHOES, GLASS, SASH, • INK, PAPER; ENVELOPES, And otherkinds of WALL PAPER, • . WINDOW cuitTAnis And otbei articles which time idoisn' fOr bids us to inentioo, all of which wiWbe sold'ailow as tfia WAR PRICES wilt allow—foistrictly • ' : . sold And fsr tknse articles we take, tke'kigh. est market price will be paid. - - We are also General Agents' tor DR. D. JAYNE'S Family MediciSes, • _ 1 DR. AYER'S Nedicines, l ::.:, ; .,,,. _ , BRANDRETH'S KENNEDY'S Medical DisCovery, - , the" standard Medicines oftlie-daj .CALL AND' SEC' ST RATES . , • N. It.. The pay for theVoode mast 15* 0t , hand.lihen . the Goods are 'deltvered,eiwejire determined, to' live" to. the - inotto , of tt .. .. .. .'Tay.. Yoe GO." • ' • ' • " - -'- - . . .. ~.--- =EN JUbt one thing more... L .Thniudgmentnnotel ariditdcotints whirl} we have on hand must be' sie.itled and closed tip immediately or 'We fear they will be increased faiter than the' Ulna rate of interest. Dec" • AND =1 NEV! I OE OUDEIRSPORT, their old customers and the'pnblie for Cash, United States . Treasury ick by the . way are fallen at Par,) rn, Oats, Buckwheat, Butter;Cheese, ts, - Dee Skins, and all othei.kinds ASSORTMENT OF BOOTS k,SHOES, PROVISIONs, DRUGS Se 'MEDICINES, Painti. Oils, and Dye Sluffs, KEROSENE' OIL, POCKET CUTLERY, STATIONARY. IIy.ADY-PAY!!' C:s. S.: & - :E::: A. OM MEE I= MEI ~._ ~~.~ < =I 111111 ho!i,
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