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CLSYELAUD LEASES 3AILT, TXI-VISKLT AID WIIKIT, Bt E. cowi.es A CO, 149 etanror-St. PLATED PICKLE STANDS, OAS TORS u4 Ceks Baik.ts, at COWfES 00. '8, jyT 137 Woddell Bwit $150 L0CAI' BOUNTY rCS OXE YEAS RECRIITS The Trustees of If ew London Township, in Ha' ron coaniT.ohlo, will pay Loo bounty of On Huftdred Dollar to .11 KMrniu to be credited to laid Towaship, to BII IU quota Bndor tbe last can of the Prv.ia.nt for 600.UUU men. This Bonnty will bo paid iftalea the quota ia sucd fliledluntil tb 6tta aT of eVpteaiber aeit. lu adUitloo to wblcb, the eltuaa of eaia Townsnrp an upKm w ui up Reality sf Fifty Dollars. B. 0. P0WKRS. P. B. BAKRITT, GEORGE B1SSELL-, Trustee. Kew londoa, J!y Wth, a4. Ji-H)3 FOR CHICACO. Tbe Staunch Screw Steamer I0US0 AMERICA, D. H. Davis, Master, irm leae on THURSDAY, July 28th, at 10 A. M For Freight or Peases; apply to PELT0N i i BRETT), Agents. FOR OCDENSBURCH. Tbe Haunch ecrew Steamer ORAKlTE STATE. . J 0BSTTH, Master, Will It oft WEDNESDAY, July 27, at 10 A.M. For Freight or Passage apply to ftLUjS A BREED, Agents, -nOB LAKE SUPERIOR. X The splendid and atauach ftmr. IRON CITY, O. B. CLEVELAND, Commander, will leaf car Dock for all point oa Lake superior, on Grand Piessnre Excursion, rrn i v. tnir h . at 8 o'clock P. M. For Freight or Faeneeo apply on HUsSKY A McBKIDE, y27-161 1-7 and 1 Hirer St. GRAND PLEASURE EXCURSION TO LAKE SUPERIOR. Tbe atauiKB steamer XOkTHERI lieirr, M. H. March, Muter, Will leare our Dock for Ontonajroo and Intermedi ate porta on Lake bupcrlor, on Thursday, July Iftftb, at a o'clock P. St. . For Freight or Peasace apply to . KOBI. HAKNA CO., j2Q,161 Fool of St. Clslr street. THE LATEST AND MOST AP PROVED klnda of Qaa Cooking apiaratne can b. found at l)yr, P. FoGd'S. FRTSTTTALMONTrACEEREL. Balllbat, Pea Bats, Lobsters, Clams and Oys ters and all kin-la of Canned Fruit, Sou-Its and Ore is. received every wk, at KLW0U1) a, No. luo nd 1U2 Bank street. Jya7-ll3 ELEGANT STEEL ENGRAVINGS. Lien tenant-General GRANT, Commander-in-Chief; eery no, 1hi4 inohes, i 00. A. LINCOLN isjnius; tbe Emancipation Proclamation; new and nne, litiie inches, tl 60. Both sent securely In boxe, to anyaddreat, free of pottage. These Eu graTlturs are the finest in the country. Address CUA8. D. SMITH, Fairfield, Huron Co., CI. jy-27-162 MORNING LEADER THCTUDAT HOBFIJfG, jmw General Grant has Confidence. Unit"1 a " - cotuin hai jurt returned from Grant's army and bring, cheering intellegeDce. " 'rovernor Ramsey hd conversations with General Orant" who told him to re quest the people of the North to "possess their touli in patience" that alt will come out right that his success is without doubt that his grand plan ha been successfully carried out so far, and is certain to be suc tessful in ' the end. Goneral Grant has never felt greater confidence of success than ha feels now. But it Is a stupendous work he has before him, and the people must sot be unreasonably in their nnnoi pations ; they must notejxpect that to be done in a week which cannot be done in a month; for if they will but have patience, tbey will in doe time be fully repaid for the exercise of that virtue, by the splendid success that will crown the efforts of the Army of the Potomac to overwhelm the chief army of the rebellion. The destruc tion of Lee's army will be almost equal to the suppression of therebellion. The peo ple, therefore, can afford to wait, if that achievement is likely to result from the present apparent inactivity for it is more apparent than real." The Pennsylvania August Election. There are three separate amendments to be voted upon on Tuesday, Aug. 2d. The first, allowing soldiers to vote, is as follows: Sec 4. "Whenever any of tne qualified electors of this Commonwealth shall be in anv actual military service, under a requi sition from the President of the United States, or by tbe authority of this Com monwealth, such electors may exercise the right of suiferage in all elections by the citizens, under such regulations as are, or shall be, prescribed by law, as fullv as it they were present at their usual places of election. The second amendment is also impor tant, and is intended to prevent what is called " log-rolling " legislation , it is: Sec. 8. No bill shall be paesed by the legislature containing more than one sub ject, which sh til be cisarly expresed in the title, except appropriation bills. The third if quite important, and If adeped will save much of the time of the Legislature which should be devoted to more important subjects of legislation. It is: 8eC. 9. No bill shall be passed by the Legislature granting any powers or priv ileges in any case where the authority to grant such power or privileges has been or may hereafter be conferred upon the Courts of this Commonwealth. It ia important that the legal form of the ballots to be used should be properly understood. We give a ticket in favor of all three amendment. First Amendment Foa tbi Abtxvmtkt. Second Amendment Foa TBS Am&kdmemt. Third ABMhdjuent Foa IBS Ahudmut. These are to be cut and folded separate and deposited in separate boles. These amendments are all right, proper, and Just, and should be voted for by the united Union party. Ther are worthy of the people of Pennsylvania. Lancaster Exam iner and Herald. Who Issued the Pass to Richmond? H It is not ascertained, on iuquiry at the proper quarter that the pass under which Edmund Kirk Gilmore and Colonel Jaques went to Richmond was issued by ither the President of the "War Ddpart ment, as is the bvious inference from Gilmore'a published statement. General Butler, however, can probably tell who signed it. Who Issued the Pass to Richmond? To what time Mustered-Out Regiments are Entitled to Pay. The Secretary of "War has decided that if the muster-out of a regiment is delayed beyond the date of the expiration of its term of service, by its detention in the field or otherwise bv th ft.-, men are entitled to pay up to the day of Bhuuuu utoiicr vuv , vui u me delay is oc casioned by any action of the members of the recriment. thev are enritloH tn up to the uat of the actual expiration of we term oi wnci roiy, a snown by the utr-la roil. . , vol. xvin. CLEVELAND, THURSDAY M0ENING, JULY readier 28, 1864. NO. 162. Estimate of Losses by the late Rebel Raid. It is estimated that the entire loss will not much exceed two millions of dollars. Of this amount the Philadelphia, Wil mington and Baltimore Railroad suffered to the extent of something over one hun dred thousand dollars ; the Northern Cen tral to about tbe same amount : the Balti more and Ohio had seven bridges and four miles o! tracK ana several station houses destroyed; telegraph companies were damaged to the amount of three or four thousand dollars; the Chesapeake and Ohio cannal had the aqueduct at Antietam destroyed, and all the locks betwece An tietam and V llliamsport demolished, with between twenty and thirty boats, 'ine countv losses are estimated as follows : Hartford countv,$15,000; Baltimore coun ty, $42,000; Carroll county, 10,000; rredenclc county, fJli.yoo, including $200,000 ransom money; Washington county' $35,000, and the balauce was lost by larmers, storekeepers and others, in damage to farms, the pillaging of shops, runnine off cattle, horses, &c. It is but right and proper that the sufferers by this raid should be idemnihed for their losses; and the best, surest and most speedy way of getting the funds therefor u to assess the rebel fvmpalhizers in Maryland for tne amount required. The Drinking Habits of the People of Bavaria. (From the Atlantic Monllily for Aaju st.) The class of men eriraired in business, and pursuing it somewhat actively, give less attention to beer during the day. They take a court.f elaj5es tour of our common tumblers at UiiiDei7-j.iri1 iU3 send out during tne day to replenish a pitcher for the counter not, however, to treat customers, as used to be done in our country ; but as beer had been all day secondary to business, the latter is drop ped for the evening, and the undivided at tention bestowed upon tho national bever age. A large portion of the poor, and many who Cannot be called poor, nave not the means for this indulgence : and yet men and women are seldom seen at their work without a mug of beer standing near them. Ladies have the same provision in their families, as also students, and all who occupy rented rooms in connection with tbe larnilies of the city. From ten to one o'clock servant-girla, with pitchers in their hands, and immense bundles of keys hanging to their apron strings, arc seen running to and from the neighboring beer-houses, thick as butterdies llualing in a Summer sun, and seem far more as it ou business requiring haste. No room is sought for renting without an inquiry as to the quality of the beer of the neighborhood ; and the landlady feels that her chance for a tenant are exceed ingly slim if she cannot furnish a satisfac tory recommendation in this respect. Scarcely a house in the city is thirty steps from where the article can be had. The places lilted up with seals and tables for drinking accommodate from twenty to live hundred persons, and even one thousand or more in Summer, when a garden is gen erally prepared with seats for tho purposo At these large places, music is often pro- r'i- .A i-HIm are frequently found lend ing the harm ana tuA. k;r nres enoo, and sometimes a good deul more, to the other sex, in this self-denving work, in which the men have been the great burden-bearers. But the greatest crowds of real beer-drinkers go to another class of houses-i-that is, the breweries themselves, where rooms are always Bttid up for drink ing. Of these the Court Brewery is perhaps in highest repute, and is at least a great curiosity.' I visited it three or four times during a six years residence in the city, and always iu company with others who wished to eo tho linns of the place, and for the same reasons that would have ta ken us to see a menagerie. 'Why did the monks never think of applying to such places the figures by which they protested against the fumes of coffee, tue fumes of hull?" The smoke of live hundred cigars or pipes rising to the ceiling, wihch had been thus smoked for centuries the hoarse burn of five hundred voices uttering the German gutturals from tongues thickened by tbe use of beer, and floating heavily through an air of densest smoke' dimming the lights and turning all into an indefinite and uniform bi"own color, this may be indeed a picture of Elysium to some minds but to ours it is not. X never found a va cant seat there, nor felt a desire to occupy one, had there been such. Stone mugs of double the size of common glasses are used, perhaps to save servants labor in drawing, which is no small matter, as a barrel ot beer lasts not more than ten minutes at the height of the drinking time of the evening. one of the drinking places in the city are filled until evening. In the afternoon many take their walks into the suburbs, and turn aside where a glass may be had. On all holidays the whole city ia adrift, much of it in the surrounding country, and most of this drift lodges against the suburban beer houses. In summer even ings there are frequent entertainments, some provided by the government as one every Saturday evening, from six to teven o'clock, from May to November, a mile from the city, in the English Cardeu, where sometimes two thousand persons may be in attendance to hear the royal bauds play. It is presumed that there will always be a considerable number among these who will not be able to stund it an hour without beor, and a beneficent provision is made for such seats and tables for at least five hundred persons be ing there provided, and often tilled, to that some must drink standing. The most cominou manifestation ot Bavarian beer-drinking is a perpetual tasting, and not a pouring down of the liquid a glass at a time. These people seem to have the art of doing this thing so gradually and quietly that the soothing liquor passes gently into the circulation, and produces an effect very different from that which would result from swallowing it a glass at a draught,' enabling them to drink without visible effect a much larger quantity in the aggregate. Tbey practice upon the proverb, " The still sow drinks the twill, " a proverb which would serve admirably the purpose of those who de sire to join in the general sarcasm expend ed upon Bavarian beer-drinking, since al most every word in it seems to express so exactly some characteristic which North Germans and others are disposed to attri bute to Bavarians. Good Financial Prospect. The statement in Secretary Pessenden't appeal to the people, that tbe Treasury not unfrequently receives a million a day, as the tax on incomes, bank-tax, license-fee, &c, begins to come indicates, as the Secre tary J says, one million per day will in a short time be the rule rather than the eiooptton. That the revenue 'act will, however, yield an average of a million per day, for a year, is not expected; even three hundred millions is a higher estimate than and one has made for the yearly receipts. A little girl eight years old, who wng abducted a few weeks ago from her grand- fiarents at Providence, by whom the was egally adopted and with whom she had always lived, and was taken by her moth er to Montreal and placed in a convent, has been recovered by her legal guardians tttroueh the Agency of the Montreal police. Information to the Coming Information Relating to the Coming Draft---Volunteers, Substitutes and and Drafted Men. Although we have heretofore eivon con sideration to tho rights, duties and inci dents arising under tbe enrollment laws, we are admonished by frequent communt cations and inquiries that there are many citizens under exercise of mind upon the subject who have not yet paid sufficient at tention to the matter, or properly under stood that which has been said about it. We therefore give the following synopsis of the requirements of the law, embracing some things hitherto touched upon and others not yet noticed. First. The exemptions of the original act, to lathers ot motherless children under twelve years of age, to some members of families in which others are in the service, to sons who are the support of ared and dostitute parents, and for othr similar causes are no longer allowed. -. . Second. The commutation clause, by which a person who was drafted might be released upon payment of three Hundred dollars is repealed, with a single exception of persons conscientiously opposed to bear ing arms, who may commute upon pay ment of three hundred dollars, or other wise be considered as "non-combatants, and if drafted be held to service lor hospi tal duty, or in the care of Jb'reudmen rersonj physically incapable otyuty are exempt uphik- surgical examination... .. Third. The division of citizens into two classes, the second class not being liable to service until the nrst case rtvas exhausted, is abolished, and all citizens liable are en rolled iu the same class and may be held to similar service. Fourth. The ago of liabilty to the draft is between tweuty and forty-rive year. Fifth. TOiltn..... faa rmptWMl who are between the ages of eighteen and forty-hve years Youtus between sixteen and eighteen years may bo reoeived with the consent of their parents or guar dians. Thi enlistment of boys under six teen years of aire is a military offense in the olficer who recruits them, who may be punished thereof. Bixlu. Volunteers, whether white or colored, receivo the Government bm.nty, according to the time for which they agree to serve. For one year, tloik for two years, $2U0; for three years, 43oO. These amounts are paid in installments. To a one year's volunteer, whou mustered in, $33.33; to a two year's recruit, $ou.6d; to a three yoas recruit, $100. Two other in stallments arc to be paid to the volunteer or his representatives during the term of service. Seventh. The monthly pay of a private, either volunteer, substitute or drafted man, is sixteen dollars a month, ion-commis sioned and commissioned officers receive an increased pay beyond the rates which were allowed before tbe last session of Congress. Kiirhth. Drafted men receive no boun ties from the Federal government, and we presume that they will not receive any from the town or county to which they belong. Iwulh. cubstitutes for drafted men, or for men liable to draft, furnished in ad vance of the draft, receive no bounties from thcOVerauient. Tenth. .Representative substitutes for nersons not liable to draft aie considered as YOIUUKX., 1 ;., ,, Vt ,1 1 municipal bounties, ,h , h, ,Koi principal agrt,-s to give um. x-ieventn. Volunteers and represtaw. tive substitutes may be mustered in tor one, two or three years, as they may select. Twelfth. Substitutes lor drafted men. or men liable to draft, may be accepted for one, two or tnree years, according to the time that the principal would have, or as he may engage them. j.nirteentu. .Representative substitutes for persons not liable to draft, mav be per sons who are liable to draft. J'rteenin., aiiihctitutes for rtercona ble to draft, furnished before drafting, must not themselves be liable. Thev either be aliens, veterans, or sailors who have served two years and been honora bly discharged, or the citizens ot the States in rebellion, or slaves of Rebel owners. ' Fifteenth. The principal shall be ex empt from draft during tne time that the said substitute is not liable to draft, not exceeding the time for which the substitute shall be excepted. Sixteenth. The United States no long er pays premiums for the procuration of recruits. Seventeenth. Men furnished under the call of July 18, 1S04, whether enlisted for one, two or three years, as.wellasall ex cess or deficiency of three years' men on calls heretofore made, will count as man for man. The equalization of tbe amount of military service rendered by the differ ent Slates and parts of States will be ef fected hereafter. " - Eighteenth. A substitute for an enroll ed man is credited, aud, therefore, deducted from the quota of the locality he enlists in. Nineteenth. An enrolled man furnish ing an alien substitute is exempt for the time of service of the substitute, unless the alien becomes a citizen, or declares his intention to become so, in which case the substitute is liable to draft, aud his princi pal likewise. , , Twentienth. A mnn may enlist in the army or navy for three years as a substi tute. If iu the navy, he must be twenty three years old. Tweuiy-hrst. Recruiting agents in Reb el States must have a letter of appoint ment from the State Executive. Tne par ticular held of a State in which the agent is to operate, is to be specified in the letter of appointment. All recruiting agents will be subject to the rules 'and ar ticles of war. It is made the duty of any commanding officer of any department or district in which recruiting ageuts operate, and of commanding officers ol reudezvoat, to order back to his Slate or arrest and hold for trial, as he may deem best, any recruiting agent who shaill commit fraud upon the Government or recruits, or who shall violate the instructions issued to gov ern his recruitment, or be guilty of any offense against military law. Nommau shall be recruited who is already in the military service as a soldier, teamster, la borer, guide, etc, or who is so employed by the military authorities as to be of. im portance to military operations. Kejruiu procured under this privilege must be de livered by rocruitiug agents at one of the following named rendezvous, namely; Camp teasey, Washington, D. C,' for Northeast Virginia ; Camp near Fortress Monroe for Southeast Virginia; Camp Newbern, N. C, for North Carolina; Camp Hilton Head, S. 0, for South Caro lina and Florida; Catnp Vicksburg, Miss, for Mississippi; and Camp Nashville, Tonn, for Georgia and Alabama. Twenty-second. If it is desircdTo put any of tho volunteer recruits from tbe rebellious States into -service as substi tutes before or after the draft, they must be sent without expense to. the government by the recruiting agent w - the district in which the ir prin cipal is enrolled, and there be mus tered in by the Provost Marshal, who Will issue the proper substitution papers. It is made tne duty of commanding officers to aflbrd to recruiting agents all such facil ities as they can provide, without detri ment to the public service, and to prevent recruiting by unauthorized parties. Twenty-third. The enlistment of hun dred day men does not operate to reduce the liability of the district from which he volunteers. But if any hundred day men of is bis ing the Has cess to our us, en tell the of and and and by old A of of of fill be but this drafted his hundred days' services counts in reducing his term of service. Twenty-fourth. Although the volun teers are taken for one, two and three years, the draft is for one year. There is sufficient in these statements, we think, to arouse the attention of every citizen to the necessity of doing all that he can to meet the emergency which will come on the 6th of September. After that day all Government bounties cease, and every one who is drafted or liable to be dratted will have to take care of himself. Idle Girls. The number of idle, and useless girls in all our large cities seems to be steadily in creasing, iney loungo or sleep through their mornings, parade the streets during the afternoon, and assemble in frivolous companies of their own and other sex to pass away their evenings. What a store unhappiness for themselves and others are laying up for the coming time, when real responsibilities shall be thoughtlessly assumed 1 They aro skilled in no domes duty nay, they despise them ; have no habit ot industry nor taste tor tbe uselul. What will they be as wives and mothers 1 Alas for the husbands and children, and alas for themselves. Who car wonder if domestic unhappiness or domestic ruin follows. It is ,oue of the world's oldest maxims that idleness is the mother of all evil and wretchedness. How sadly strange it that so many parents mothers espe cially forget this, aud bring up their chiluivo iu dMtjr irlioneaq Tliev are but sowing the windgto reap the whirlwind. Shares. Dickens, in his "Mutual Friend,'' mag nifies "Shares'" as follows. There are many this side the ocean who have already adopted his doctrine. Thev have no country, no heart, no convictions. There entire being is "Shares. The mature young lady is a lady of property. The mature young gentleman a gentleman of property, lie invests property. He goes, in a condescend amateurish way, into the city, attends meeting of directors, and has to do with traffic in shares. As is well known to tho in their generation, traffic in shares is one thing to have to do with in the world. Have no antecedents, no estab lished character, no cultivation, no ideas, no manners ; have shares. Have shares enough to be on boards of di rection in capital letters oscillato on mys terious business between London and Par is, and be great. Where does ho come from? Shares. Where is he going to ? Shares. What are his tastes 1 Shares. he any principles ? Shares. What squeezes him into Parliament? Shares. rerhaps he never of himself achieved suc in anything, never originated any thing, never produced any thing. Sum cient answer to all; Shares. O mighty Shares. To set those blaring images so high, and to cause us smaller vermin, as under the influence of henbane or opium, cry out, night and day, ".Relieve us of money, scatter it for us, buy us and sell ruin us, only, we beseech ye, take rank among the powers of the earth and fatten us 1" Guerilla Depredations and in Missouri. The accounts that come from Missouri tad tales of the rebel barbarities in that region. The following items from a lottor from St. Ijvule will be road with In terest. THJt GUERILLAS flCglNo OUT THE RADI CALS FOR VICTIMS. Evidence accumulates every day that Guerrillas are carrying on their raid, ings with the general desigu of harrassing killing and robbing, only radical Union men, or, as they call them, " the abolition icto." tw. n j bUey aier lVreeit, tit Platte county, to steal horses from the reb els to save their own skins, but the chief victims are the radical Union men of the state. One Taylor, a Confederate captain, heading a Guerrilla gang in Clay county, impulontly sent word to the commander the post at Liberty, that he meant to drive out every radical. Thornton told the Pawpaws to sheot every radical like a dog. Alter the rob bery of Huntsville, in Randolph county, property of conservatives was returned,and of radicals retained. Wherever the guerillas have had a chance to discrimi nate, they have selected radical victims allowed conservatives to go free. The testimony on this point is overwhelming, if persisted in will lead to a system of wholesale retaliation, which will tell heav ily on the home traitors. ATROCITIES OF THE REBELS. The guerilla raids through the aountry have been accompanied by scenes of blood cruelty which make the blood run cold. An old man named Morris, resid ing in Platte city, was suspected of send ing information of the rebels' plans to the Union forces at Weston. He was taken the rebels, his eyes put out, and shot through the head. A boy eighteen years was caught by the rebels in Carroll county, and hanged for no other reason than that he was a German. A woman and her daughters residing in Clay county were accused of having rela tives in the Kansas cavalry, and were ravished and left tied to trees in the woods. negro was caught wearing a pair of worn out military pantaloons, and in spite his innocence was shot for being " a nigger soldier " in the Union army. The high handed robberies, the taking woman . oWhtrtar, tho slltby filling up wells and the burning of barns would a dozen columns, if detailed, but enough has been shown to prove the abom inable character of the rebel guerillas. THE SPIRIT OF THE UNION MEN. The continued presence of the rebel guerillas confirms thesntelligance publish ed some weeks since, that the present ter ror is the work of thousands of rebel sol diers returned from Price's army. The conduct of the rebels has caused the great est excitement all over Northern Missouri among the radical Union men. They have resolved, in response to the order of General Rsjecrans, that no rebels shall armed, and if they are armed, that the arms shall be forcibly taken from them. Severe measures towards resident rebels were demanded with one voice, and a firm, determination was manifested in the stronger radical counties, to maintain their comparative quiet with vigorous action. The conservatives are thoroughly cowed down in many counties by this bold front, it is a notorious fact that wherever the bushwhackers are thickest the conserva tive sentiment is strongest. The result of fact is, that hundreds of conser vati v es who are, at heart, Union men, are turning radicals, and now advocate a radical pol icy, which alone can restore peace to the state. An attempt was made a day or two since to throw a train off the track be tween Rock Island and Peru; Illinois by placing a "chair" on the rails. The engi neer discovered the obstruction In time to save the train. . Search was made in the Ticinity, and a man was discovered in the underbrush, who admitted the deed and acknowledged ha w.a a PAnr... dlar lately escaped. ! I j I The Latest News BY TELEGRAPH. Last Night's Report. Reported Battle at Martinsburg. The Reported Evacuation of Harper's Ferry lontraaieieu. Colauel Mnlligan Reported Killed. FROM GE.Y. BCTEEE'S ARMY Blockade Runner Matagorda Destroyed. Terribie Tragedy at Louis ville. Guerrilla Depredations in Mis- fiisnrl. The Latest from Atlanta. General Rosseau at Nashville. FROM COLUMBUS. Special to the Cleveland Leader. COLUMBUS, July 27th. A circular sent by Colonel Potter to day, to the several Provost Marshals throughout the State says; Men enlisting in tbe navy for three years may be received as substitutes lor enrolled or drafted men. Evmption papers will not be issued to principals by Boards of Enrollment until certificate is received from a regular authorized naval recruiting officer, and transmitted through this ollice, that such substitute has been accepted and received into service. W. W. Farren, of Guernsey, has been appointed pay agent, vice H. L. Williams, resigned. H. Carey, of Xenia, is the General agent of Ohio, for recruiting in rebel states. Mis headquarters will be at Nashville. General McPherson will be buried at Fremont o-morrow. The flags of the Capitol will be kept at half most all day. FROM WASHINGTON. [Special to the Leader.] WASHINGTON, July 27. TftOrA ia nniinMU attllrtAw J .n ita city, althoagh a deep current of activity is everywhere visible. It is difficult to learn anything about what is doing or going to be done up to the present writing. . Raiders are still on south side of the Potomac and our forces hold all tbe fords. I am reliably informed that the au thorities here uuO.OT.tand this to be same force that made the previous raid, with the addition of Imboden's cav alry and two new divisions from Rich mond. This would swell their number to something like 50.000. If this conclusion be correct, I suspect the enemy will not be content by merely holding and harvesting the Shenandoah Valley, but will push further north after they have cleaned that district. It is not safe, however, to make any predictions yet either as to the number or intention of tbe rebels. The tendency always is, in such times, to over esUmate. A few days ago a supply boat took down a number of convalescent officers who were ordered to rejoin their rogiments in Grant's army. When below Belle Plain the boat went in shore and Captain Jajnes S. Hall, of 20 th New York Mount ed Rifles, and two or three others, went ashore to look around, when they were gobbled up by 10 rebel guerrillas who were prowling about there ; neither of the officers were armed ,and consequently could make no resestance.1 At a Into hour on ltonday, G. P. Falsan Additional Pay Master in the United States Army, was arrested in this city by order of the Secretary of War Falsan is, said to be a defaulter to amount of $11,000.. Curing the last week there have been large arrivals at Point Lookout, of refu gees from the Southold men, women and children of all nationalities. Author ities at Richmond grant free passes to all women, cnuuren aua old men who wisn to come North. Major Robert M- Little, U.S. A. formerly of the Cincinnati Rover Guards has been appointed Assistant Pro vost Marshal of the District of "Washington. FROM PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, July 27. The news from thie new raid is suspici ously scanty. It is a consoling circum stance, however, that we have few or no panic-stricken s torles from fugitive border ers. There can. not bo much of an inva sion, or we sh-euld have heard from these people some tiiuc ago. It is not tme that Colonel- Forrest's visit to Europe lad any thing to do with a desire to hold aloof from the administra tion or to be cUt of the country at the time at which tho coming Presidential election comes. He proposes to go simply and soley bect suse his health bat broken down and ha wants rest. He is to sail on the 10th. f August. . E:-Secrt,ary Chase is still at Newport, wb: ere his daughters have been. The rapid rise in government bonds is 3 plained: by 'bankers here to be owing to til e heavy foreign demand now beginning tf i set in agaii i- Banking interests do not eem, however! to look very favorably on Mr. Pessendt jn' policy of new thxee-year notes. Associate Press Report. FROM HARRISBURGH. HARRISBURGH, July 22. Authority has been granted to the State authorities by the Secretary of War to organize new regiments ol volunteers lor one year under the last call of the Presi dent for 000,000 men. The Governor will issue his proclamation to this effect as soon as orders and instructions are received from Washington. Full companies of volunteers for one year will be at once re. ceived. FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 27. The Commercial has the following spe cial. WASHINGTON, July 27th. General Sanford received from the War Department, last night, a copy of Solicitor Whitinirs opinion respecting the draft of one hundred days's men and the decision of Secretary Stanton in accordance there with. It is a lengthv document and is under stood to be adverse to Governor Seymour's theory. It also modifies the rulings of the Pro vost Marehal Genaral on the same points. The quota of J Tew York cannot be tilled with one hundred day's men. The Commercial says, agentieman irom Frederick says, there was much excite ment there on Monday and Tuesday. Government had removed the stores and wounded and the inhabitants were pre paring to leave. The enemy was known to De simit of Blue Ridge, and it was fear ed.they would cross at Point ef Rocks and push for Frederick. Auction sales ot Z5,wu tons ot ooai to day. Vriccs rai ging from 10 to 12 dol lars per tou. - A Harnsburgn aispatcn oi tue ioiu states that, after hard fighting in tne streets of Martinsburg, our forces were compelled to retire. Colonel ilulligan was Kiueu in tue battle of Sunday. A Wheeling dispatch of the Juth states that General Kelly telegraphed Governor Boreman on the night of the 2-ith that General Crook had a'desporate fight with Eariv near inchester, and was defeated, and was retreating on Harper's Ferry. A fight was reported on Sunday at Bunker Hill, in which Colonel Mulligan and Lieutenant Nugent were killed. There is great excitement in neenng. FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, July 25. Passengers from Western Maryland, who came down this morning, report that heavv firing wss heard on Monday in the direction of Martinsburgh ; and yesterday firing was heard from up tho river, appa- - .i: .: vvm;.,mir,,. rentiy in tue miuvuuu ui m mmu".,. FROM PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, July 27. The steamer Bermuda has arrived from the West Gulf Squadron and reports the destruction of the blockade runner Mata gorda, off Galveston, by the United States steamer Kanawba. The Matagarda had-a had a cargo of 700 bales of cotton. The Bermuda stopped at New Orleans. General Sickles intended to return north in her, but being sick his departure was delayed. - The Bulletin says, we learn from a that we cannot discredit, that a des patch wu rccieved yesterday evening at the War Department saying, that Briga dier General Averill had been killed, and tiiat Goneral Early's force in the Valley of Virginia, had beeu reinforced by General A. p Hill's corps numbering about 20,000. FROM BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, July 27. P. M. A gentleman who has just arrived here miorauol tbat Harper s x erry has been evacuated by our forces, ana tne nbeia have their "skirmishers out about four miles distant from that place. lie cannot give me an estimate, but stated that thev are in large force. He also in formed me that there was more vr les fighting on Sunday between Martinibnrg andW llliamsport and that our forces ten back sullenly and resolutely. FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 27. The Commercial's special says the War Department says that the raid is a hum bug. A special to the Evening Post dated Washington, 27th, say Advices from the Upper Potomac represent that some of our forces re-entered Martinsburg yesterday Cavalry skirmishing has occurred at Williamsport. It is untrue that the rebels occupy either Frederick or Hagcrstown. A Epecial to the Commercial of Wash ington, 27th, says: Marshal Laman adver tises, to-day, an auction sale of the confis cated property in this District owned by Crowen, Ashford, John Letcher, Wm. Jl. ThomH?, H. H. Lewis, Oscar R. Hough, Thoe. W. Greer, Trusten Polk and Wm. Smitkson. The sale is to take place on Monday, the 8th of August next. The corrspondent with General Butler date of the 23d says: Rebels on Thursday night attacked the 110th Maine Regiment, which was holding Strawberry, in superior force, and Lieuennant Colonel Hill, com manding in obedience to orders slowly fell back before tbe assault returning to Gen Foster s headquarters with the loss of one man. Not disposed to yield the point, Gen- of a tire from our gunboats again sent the Maine Regiment to retake the position and they suoceeded, holding it all day. Last night reinforcements were to be thrown over, and we shall doubtless hold the place permanently. If we do this withont more fighting it'will be a sure sign of weakness in the enemy, to whom the position was full of advantage. FROM MILWAUKEE. MILWAUKEE, July 27. The Home Insurance Company's steam er Magnet, arrived here Tuesday evening from Lake Superior, landed her excursion ists, and pulled the propellor Oneida off the rocks. She sails with her party for Chicago again to-morrow (Ihursday) morning. FROM ST. LOUIS. ST, LOUIS, July 27. Guerrillas burned Railroad rroperty, Shelbina and Lake stations on the Hani bal and St. Joseph railroad, yesterday also block houses, water tanks at Salt River Bridge over that stream, robbed citizens promiscuously .plundering stores of friends and foes alike. Band numbered 80. 200 armed men went out from Hannibal yes terday, were at Salt River bridge last night. Damage to railroad property, value of plunder Eeoured, not ascertained, but tqe latter must have been considerable as merchants had largestocks. Road clear to day excepting they burned the bridge where trains are transferred. Stock, arms nd ammunition were being shipped into North Missouri in trunks, one or two of which were broken in transit at Quincy rn dav having revealed a considerable a-noont of buckshot and other ammunition. Gett.'al F c to day o dored assessments upon disloyalists in Shelby and Monroe counties sufficient to cover all damages to the Railroad and loyal people and it will be collected the same rule will be strictly enforced on all Rail road lines that distance. General Fiske receiv ed authority to recruit four Regiments 12 months U. S. Volunteers in north Missouri. A large force loft St. Joseph tc-iay under L-oiouei uavis lor oeiow. r.very bridge on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail Road strongly guarded. Fiske's Militia is doing thorough work in every brush patch in Piatte, Clay, Ray and other rebellious comities which are be ing vigorously searched for bushwhackers. Thornton is said to have disbanded his meutelling them it was impossible to cross the Missouri river and as the Fed eral forces was closing around them from all sides and they would be destroyed if tbey kept together in large bands. His ma rauders having not been heard from for sev eral days gives color to this statement. Samuel Uallett, General Manager of the Eastern Division Union Pacific Rail road was shot and killed in the street at Wyandotte, Kansas, to-day, by a mau named Talcott. No reason is assigned for the act. Talcott escaped. Late advices by letter from Rock Oak, says frice s army is at Camden, be, him self being ut Shreveport. ilarmadukeis said to be crossing squads of his force over the Mississippi, near James Landing. Kir by Smith is attempt ing the same. Generals Lee and Oordon, from Banks' Department at the moutn or -wnite nw, have arrived with reinforcemeuts for Steele. FROM LOUISVILLE. LOUISVILLE, July 27th. Mjor A. W. ELellev, late Mayor of Natchez, just arrived from the front on Monday niirht. He reports of the tight of Friday, that in front of the Uth, lth nd 1 1 th Corns, our uiee buried rebel dead. We captured 1,000 prisoners and 1,100 seriously wounded and eleven stand of colors.: Among prisoners are -33 officers from rank of Colonel down. The slightly wounded were taken off the field by the rebels. General J. A. Lo gan estimates the rebel loss at least l-'Ooo, our loss mcluding Killed, wounded and missing at 3120. Atluula is in plain view. Uencral Suer- niuu does not design to enter Atlanta at present, though in i hours he could estab lish his headquarters, tbere General Stoneman is en route for the Macon and Atlanta Railroad. To-day's Nashville Union savs General Garrard, at the head of a Confederate force, marched to Covington and destroy several bridges, an engine, a large num ber of cars, and 2,000 bales ot cotton. We also learn that the rebel loss before Atlanta will doubtless reach 12,000. On Monday night thirty-live guerrillas entered Hawesviiie and were shelled out on Tuesday morning by one of our gun boats, when they went to Clover port and robbed the stores. When last heard from they were moving upon Shiponsport. i.ast night at 11 o clock", as Uibson Jlal- lory, State Senator, was returning to his home, about uve miles Irom tne city, iu a buggy accompanied by his Son, he was ac costed three miles out, by a man in sol dier's garb, who demanded where he was going. He replied Home. The soldier respoudeu x ou nau Detter go oaca to tne city at this time of night. Alallory then started his horse, where upon tho soldier tired upon him from a carbine, killing him almost. instantly. It i-, ...i - till.,. 1 llti .ul'U. ttwuitiet .Lie Gilpin, formerly physician of the work house, who had been in the military pris on, was tent for four miles out of town by a guard ot lour men under charge ot Lieutenant. He told the Lieut that he would not be taken back to the prison again alive, and shot the -Ueuieuaut fatal ly ; whereupon the guard killed the Doc tor. Early this marniug six guerrillas cap tured Captain George W. omack, Pro- v.nt Marshal of -Louisville, and his clerk, near the residencu vi' al .J'ortuer. .At Middlelown, 12 miles from here the guer rillas administered some sort of an oalh in behalf of the Sonihern Confederacy, and then released tbe prisoners. FROM CAIRO. CAIRO, July 27. The steamer City of Altuu arrived from Memphis to-day. A sharp skirmish occurred near Col liersville on Tuesday between a detach ment of the 4uth Iowa un 1 a company of rebel cavalry, resulting iu the defeat ol liie rebels, with a loss of ten or twelve. A barge with government hay was bui'tted at Memphis on the L'ith. Iui'trnuttion from White Kiver repre sents all quiet. Frices army, at last accounts, was di vided between Ciunden, Monticullo aud Friuceton. Fagun forces were ia the neighbor hood of Pine .Haiti; plundering occasion ally. . uenaral Gordon's Federal briga8 from below occupied St. Charlej. Owing to the late treasury restrictions, the ieuiphi coltou market came to a stand sua. Stock on hand ubout SXjo bales. Sixty bales were shipped from Memphis on Monday, but were seized here by the military authorities to-day. FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, July 27th. Official iuformation from Atlanta states that there were no operationson Saturday but there was hard work in the trenches. 'X'lw. lt&tl Lm. t-, f,. xue ou au ditor ol the Treasury has written a letter relative to the practice indulged iu by officers by having their names stamped on bids of lading and orders for transporta tion. He say such signatures to anything in the nature of voucuers or forming a basis O: authority fortxpiUliture ol money can not be recognized without opening a wide .1... ... fW, ...I 'PI, -I . T - uwi w . buu. -ucunu nuu omer em ployees of the War Department have been orguniz d ;n.o a regiment. AsuiKOTOx, July 29. The rebel authorities again permit aliens to pass through their lines and numbers have reached Washington. Yesterday eighteen took the outh of fidel ity to the United States Government, Various agents from the north are ope rating here about for recruits. General Siough Military Governor of Alexandria has notified all persons en gaged in recruiting there that unless they are legally authorized to do so they will be rre sted and punished FROM BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, July 27. Harper's Ferry is still in our possession. There has been no attack on that point as yet. The rebels are believed not to have entered Maryland yet. A scout who left Martinsbnrg at 7 o'clock last night and crossing at Shepardstown, arrived here this morning, reports heavy skirm ishing at Mattinsburg between Crooks and the rebe l under Breckinridge on Monday. Up to o P. M. our forces fell back to this ri le of the Potomac from Martinsburg to Williamsport, but the rebels evinced no intention tocross, and refugees from Wash ington and. other western counties were returning to their homes. It was generally supposed that the object of the wbeit Wat to keer) 6rr? forcat out ? the valley while they gathered in the harvest-Later reports are thatj we Lave re-occupied llartinsburg. 11:80 P. M. General Wallace has is sued orders for the immediate enroling of all the able-bodied colored men in the city directing them to be forthwith organized in companies and regiments and armed and equipped. They are to be drilled and furnished arms. The officers are to be ap pointed by the mayor, and the force will constitute a part of themilitarydefence of city. The order warns disloyal masters and em ployees not to interfere with the execution of these orders. The leagues are also ac tively engaged in perfecting their military organization. The order restricting the press here from publishing anything re lating to the rebel movement is still in force, much to the perplexity of the editors who do not appear to appreciate tne wisdom ol the order. Later. The statement in the srjecial dispatch to the Philadelphia Bulletin that Harper's Ferry ha? been evacuated is undoubtedly incorrect. The telegraph line is still working to that point. The reported occupation of Martins burg is generally credited. Yesterday's Afternoon Report. FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 27. The Herald's special from Nashville says: Sensation dispatches dated Atlanta 22d. published in western papers, create a to tally false impression. We have not vet occupied Atlanta. It is believed here that we have done better than that, and are keeping Hood's army in it. Hood appears to have been much chagrined regarding tbe fight the 22d. There has been no- fighting since the 22d. ah tue Taiiroans leading rrom Atlanta, except the road leading to Macon, have been destroyed. There appears to be no disposition on our part to hasten the occupation of At lanta. Other things can be done than at tacking tbe enemy in their works, and Sherman is not likely to force an engage ment in which the enemy will have very great advantage. Reliable information is received that everything is going on all "got. Ihe Tribunes special from Harpers Ferry says : lhe statement in the Baltimore Ameri can ef to-day that Hunter s force had met with a disaster and Generals Kelly and Averill killed, is untrue. General Crook, who was in command at Winchester, retired in good order before a superior force after a severe fight, bring ing all his artillery oil the field. A portion of the cavalry were suimpe- ded, but have since been reorganized. . ivery precaution bus been made to give the rebels a warm reception if they should cross the Potomac in n;i uitt Liuu reetaiveu irutii irusiwurtLT sources places their number at about 23, 000. There is no trut h in tbe statement that Hill and Longstreet are with thern. It is Early's command that is returning, hav ing heard that the Cth and l'-Hh Corps had desisted from pursuit. The tribunes Washington speeial says: Colonel Mulligan is wounded and a pris oner. The reports from the Valley create no excitement heve. Tho roru.rt ,at.rii:t. T r in fr-tr FAAt ia nrvf Ka- lieved. The Herald's Washington special says : Washington and Baltimoie are not con sidered in any danger from the present movement, and unless the rebel force is much larger than there is any reason to suppose iu career will be a short one. General Wright is assign! to the com mando! the bihand lath corps, ucnerai Kickets has command of the bin corps. Herald's Baltimore dispatch, 2th, r. M sav : At but accounts Crooks bad succeeded in driving advances of the en emy which was pushing north, back to limtup 11,11 tin n,ilit amith or V4Artir4- burg. Rumors were current of a fight near Harper's Ferry, in wliich Hunter was badly worsted. They are very indefinite however. Time's Baltimore special ssy;', so far as known the rebels have halted at Martins- . burg. No force is seen on the Potomac, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is un harmed. The rebels appeared before Martinsburg at 3:30 f. AI. yesterday, shewing two Di visions about 2,51 K) strong. Commands of Early and lireckin ridge have been rein forced by Morgan's Cavalry, and all under Hill. The Times' Baltimore correspondent say3, no apprehension seems to be enter tained thul the rebels will demonstrate towards Washington and Baltimore this time. General Crook says the force which at tacked him near Winchester, Sunday, was greatly superior to his; they showed a front of four miles, overlapping htm on both wings and could easily have envelop ed him if he had not retreated. It is feared that Colonel Mulligan is killed, but the reports of the capture or death of Crook or Averill are unfounded. FROM LOUISVILLE. LOUISVILLE, July 27. Information received at Nashville from an ollicer at the front says, in two battles in front of Atlanta, we have dostroyed and beaten a portion of the enemy's two best corps. U the prisoners captured on the 22d - nnita in aavinif that the rebel and 23a . w kill,! on the 23J. General Hoou ud staff arrived at General Roussea Marietta. His Nashville last night fro one during raid was the most successful "''el &n.d the war. His total ls is five ki - . thirteen wounded and captured. Ho pa roled 2,000 rebels, killed and wounded 200, captured bOO horses and mules and about tbe same number of contrabands. He de stroyed thirty-one miles of railroad, great railroad depots at points on the Atlanta and Montgomery Railroad were burned. FROM BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE, July 27. Tbe American of to-day suvs there is no confirmation of the report that the rebels havo re-entered Maryland by way of Sharpsburg or Shepard.-town. It is hard-' ly possible that Early will come in this direction, as he must be aware that he will encounter some very different troops than those from the thin and brokon down . columns of General Hunter. FROM POTOMAC ARMY. HEADQUARTERS, ARMY POTOMAC, July 26. Nothing but occasional 3he!ling and picket firing going on, and no exchanges of papers have been made, the rebel com missioners having strictly forbidden it. A Rifhrnnnrl nurtflr ot tne Zzd. claims a decided victory at Atlanta, and declared that tho Federals were driven back with heavy loss. The same paper also states that the Federals were defeated at Snickers Gap by Early, and a number of prisoners captur ed. : Very few rebel deserters come into our lines now a the rebels appear to keep strict watch.' FROM ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIS, July 27. The Democrat's Port Leavenworth spe cail says, Indians have attacked our trains and destroyed a larga amount of stores on the Santa'Fee road. General Curtis has but a small force m that region, but is raising militia for service against the In dians. He has created a district of Upper Ork, including Forts Riley, Lamed and Lvons, which is assigned to Weneral Blunt wno leaves for the field at once. Defen sive movement are being rapidly pr