, 1864-08-13

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home to us. :" Our country is In danger and
calls for its soma" The opportunity for
volunteering Is brief, but sufficient If i'm
proved, and all loyal men will rejoice that
the tin&e il at hand when the Government
will designate the number, and the men 1t
needs, and.take them to finish the war.
There is a dreeb alarm on our coast, lor
almost in sight OF New York harbor. the rebel
pirnte Tallahassee, within the past two days,
has burned i've OF our merchant vessels.
Our wa1-dogs Will give the water.wolf Il mar
row chance of escape, md none at all If they
once get sight Of her.
We devote some space to the full and iute-
resting report, By letter, Of the great gather
ing at South Bend On Thursday, to listen to
the debate between the two Eubernatorial
candidates now before the people for their
votes in the coming election. It Was no
b1e affair, and Of class TINT will do good.
The notes upon the general military situa-
ton are brlcf, but, IL the u,ain, satisfactory.
The rumor comes that Sheridan has attacked
and routed Early In the Shenandoah. The
zassertion is repeated that the rebels are stiff
euing up tbeir resistance in the Gulf States,
and have sent recruits from Richmond to
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the last named pl ce ie already in onr hands.
We prefer to believe that Lee has too sharp an
eye for Ills peril from Grant, to reduce lis
arn1 verY considerably, and yet 1t is highly
probable that the recent telnt Of transferring
ftbel force and tia WIT into Northern Vir-
GiniA was merely maek to cover tue SEND
ing of reinforcements south. At any rate,
nothing in the felnt has shaken the purpose
Of Grant, and nothing in the reality will mar
thc:campsign Of Sherman. We advfse cau-
tion 10 receiving the reports Of the capture
Of Mobile. It may be trne, but 1t will be
safer to walt FOR confirmation
Hon Schuyler ColGax vas ut the fremont
last hight. en- route for Tinamac and Valpa-
;a'so, where be speaks this afternoon and
e.eaipg. He returns here to speak In behalf
OF the Christian Commission, 1T Bryan
Hall, Sabbath evening.
4 Laporte correspondent Of the 197aes, yes"
tcraay, sfated thxt "'Mr. Colfax refused to can-
vars his District jointly with Mr. 1urpie. VIZ
learn from Mr. c., that so far from this be-
ipg t,e case, he has not for months seen his
competitor, nor had line or message
from him, written. or verbal; and 1hat MT
Tu1pie, fortnight sance, started on MS own
~canvass Of the District by himself, without
any notice to or consultation With his COM
pttitof whatever.
Tue facts In tue previously reported loss
Of the propeller Racine are given with more
detail elsewhere. It WIS caused By her tax
Ing fire. Her cowardly crew attempted to
take to the boats, abandoning the passen-
uers to their late But the frantic selfish
ness of these seameB brought abont Its need
of pupishmeut for all were drowned, while
pro,ident,ally propeller came up in time to
reseue Ill left On board
monntebank OF professor has been cut
ting his fantastic tricks at Niagara FBlls, and
getting himself 5n danger, to gain the noto
riety, aud but3,css advantage, Of getting
himself ont agrAl That Is all there is, pro-
bably, to his projecting himseH ont on one
Of the Islands at the brink Of the Fu1{e, jp5t
for the opportunity offered in the sight o1
The sympathetic lcokere-on, to walk ashore
on ticht-rupe The whole affair hath this
extent, no more, and the professor is Get up
in stock in trade for the summer among the
cummings that batnacle and mar the greatest
Of natural cutio: ities.
In Te1aaa party Of Federa's have neatly
captured rebel stronghold at Eagle Pass,
Just above Brownsville.
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We hare OF late received quite lumber Of in .
-Issies ~ to whe1h her person nay. tefoFe fht
dr IT. furnish anostisute xao !: Iaels It to The
da ed TT tens os}nte SsE@me ,s s.m enfeed 'ne ~
~ We snrver. yes-this may be doue. The enroll.
cnt NV expressly provides that '9 one re ts an
i1e ae n'6a:k XII a'a: 81 a. M h;fss
Sir. B. as a SUBSTITUTE ard Ar: B. i mustered r. =
inmeo,ately, The latter csonot be dta'ted eeane IL
aaIt rnhsti,u,e ihaa secured. however, viii not be
cp:itIed to The Government bounty IN 3ddnion %
.zouynal.
II the law will bear the construction put
on by the Journal, the fact ought to bs
officially recognized by the War Department.
The Instructions ct Provost Marshal Fry, II
TO receive as euhstitutes, previous to ths
drat only those who are not liable to con
scriptjpn. Bnt If the law can be construct
10 receive those as substitutes who are LII
Tile to be drafted, no time should be lost il
making It public.
The present construction "ofks yer
hadly for everybody, including the eetVie
ittelf. It Is the interest and policy OF IL
Government to get the largest possible nun
her Of volunteers, as they make more VII
Ing men, and Can be put TO efficient use IN
niediately.
Any citizen, liable to be drafted, shon'
hare the right to procure saostitnte-1to
auy class Of men. Look ut the pracuc
working Of It: Suppose the First Ward
Chicago contains {, 600 men subject to Il
draft, and Its guota is 800 men. The choi
Of each one being drafted is ahout one
seven. But suppose 200 Of the wealth.
citizens procure within the VA
each substitute also liable to
<3rsftAd. there will remain but one huu5r