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PURSUIT OF THE RAIDERS.
THEY ARE ovERrAKRN AND WHIPPED
800 Wagons Laden with Plumber Cap
tured.

o.. HARRIsBURG. Jolly 20.
Important dispatches were received
here last night. from which it is indicsisf
that our army is steadily and succs"ful.
ly pursuing the rebels who rscsntly raw
aged the eastern portion Of Marylsnd. and
that the pursuing party are rstsking largs
amounts Of plumber from the rebels, Gen.
Crook. while in pursuit on Monday last.
overlook the enemy a. Smokers G,p,
where a SHARP. and for time terrible,
encounter took place. ,..
The rebels fought like devils. anxious
to save the grain and cattle thsv had suc-
ceedsd in carrying that far from Msryl'Od'
General Crook, however. was a. deter
mined they shonld not escape. He whip
red the rebels thoroughly. csptnriDg oIr
300 wagons heavily laden with gram
and took many prisoners. As usual fn
enemy left bis dead and wounded on ss
field. ..-.
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(For the Chiefly

HANNsAL, No., June 29th. 1864.
EoIroR KANs.s CREy:-I will give you a
short sketch of matters and things, in this part
of Missouri. l left IS. Joseph, Monday morn
ing last, for this place; on arriving at Easton.
the Postmaster iniorned me tSas several Of
the citizens of that vicisity " ereasout to take
to the brush. Al Stewarssyille selegraphed
back to Gen. Fisk = Informing him o. what was
going on. At every station on the Road, we
heard of bushwackers. Rep'rts have just been
Monroe, vas visited on Monday evening by
these gents, one Man killed, and property
stolen. Fifty bashwhaekers we're known to
have been within two miles of Mexico, the
County seat Of Audrain, the sameuighe. From
the most reliable information that we can get,
there cannot be less than 5000 gurrillas. at this
time, in NORTHEAST Missouri. There is not a
day or night, but we hear Of some Union man
being killed or robbed. The Union men ofthis
part Of the State, are becoming desperate; they
feel that they have been deeply and foully
wronged; while the rebels are armed to the
teeth, the Union men have TO means of defence;
all they ask is to be armed by the proper au-
shority, aud they will take care ofthemselyes;
and while doing so, they will rid the country Of
these "HeH Hounds" in human shape. Since
commenced this letter. word has been sent in
that large force of hushwhackers is march
ing on New London, the County seat of Rails,
and ten miles from this place, all are excited.
The Rebs.. as usual, say there is no danger.
Should these devils pay US q visit. they will
have it all their own way. for we have no means
of defense. zen We cane, We we're inform
ed that we would have 100 men we'll armed and
mounted to assist in fsrretins out the gents. of
the bush. The men are ready, but We have 10
arms.
The weather 10 very dry, crops suffering.
Mississippiis very low, goods and produce very
high. A lot of tobacco sold few days ago, in
this market, at one dollar and fifty cents per
pound. Tobacco crops will bs an entire failure
this season in NJ E. Missouri '-JH
Respectfully. aff fli iaI
JAMES A. PICKETT,
'- u. s. Detective.
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TIA Carrs.-W. have. .wi,hia- .

: liza CRa.l-Ws have. lwithin.-a.
few days past. made observations of the
crops throughout . large scop. of
country. In Ohio there wss . ius
wheat harvest Oats H. tolersbly we'll
headed. be;yshcrEin the sttaw. Corn is
dining very poorly. 10 the bottoms there
is some looking well. but on the upIands.
on account Of dry wssther. there will be
. poor yield. Much Of It 10 in tassel.
and not over four or Eve feet in height
the acme msy ybs said of Indians and
Illinois. There will be slim yield in
both these States. In North East Mis-.
souri,, We do not believe the corn crop
will pay for the tending. The only real
~ good corn We have seen. ia in Kansas
It is looking splsndidiy. With no bad
luck from now to gathering time. we
shall have such Q crop as has never been
supposed. Let our farmers b Of good
cheer. and not grow impatient. Corn
is bound to Be very high next Spring.
and every one who has it to sell. at ths,
time. will msks something handsome
of It. 80; 30 'eE..t=
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-GorrespsHesHfe.
The following communication, from Fort
Smith, Arkansas, was handed us for publication
By VI. D. Bseler, Esq.
QuAlrKRMAsfER's OrPIcK,
June 22I, 1864.

QuAarKRMAsfER's OrPIcK,
June 22I, 1864.
Friend Beelr: 81
; DEAR SIR:-An item from this place may not
be unnterestins to you. =, @
On the 18th in,t.. sSteam Fsrrv Boat vas
ordered to Ft Gibson, with Commissary and
Q Quartermssters stores, and one hundred thou
sand dollars in Indian Goods, for the Cherokees.
Creeks and other Infians. Above twenty Eve
miles above Fl. Smith, "Old Ssanwatie." with
three pieces of artillery, and some ,2l0 "mixed
troope," iced into the bcass Lieut. @. n. Hous-
ton, Quartermaster l4,h Kansas, was in charge.
He had been under arrest for two months; that
morning he was relieved and assigned to the
command of the Boat. The second shot carried
away the Pilot House. and disabled the engines;
the boat drifted to The north side Of the Arksn-
sas, from the rebels. But Houston ordered the
skiff around, ani he and the Captain Of the
boat went across the river, and surrendered to
the rebels, at the same time advising Lieuten-
ant .ho had charge Of twer ty five men, com
prising the escort, TO surrender, which be re-
fused to do. Every man arrived safe from the
boat. without any loss whatever, and subse-
quentiy arrived at Fl. Smith. Heavy structures
are laid upon Honston's conduct. and also the
Lieutenant commanding escort. Col. Ritchey,
who vas commanding at the Saline works on
the Illinois river, Cherokee Nation, heard the
cannon, and repaired to the scene of action
promptly, arrived in time to drive the rebels
from the boat, who had been enabled to reach
the Steamer BY means Of. the "yawl" that
Houston took to the rebels when he surrender
ed, otherwise, they could not have done so. as
the Arkansas was very high, and they had no
boats. .... ...
Col. Crawford, Second Colored, was dispatch
ed to the neighborhood with his Regiment, and
succeeded in engaging the enemy, and giving
him q handsome thrashing, eaptaring three
pieces of artillery, the identical ones that had
been used upon the boat.
The 18th Kansas IS doing fine, and think
they viii be acclimated here. The health Of
the 18th is improving, and bids fair to be q
health, set Of men again. The Camden s1pe-
dition Was hard one, but the troops are fast
recuperating.
lam, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JUTT.
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A PROCLAMATION.

By the President of the United States
of A Americs:
WHEREAS. By the act approved July
4th. 1864. entitled IAN Act further to
regulate and provide for the enrolling and
calling ont the national forces and for
other purposes" it is provided that the
President of The United States may in his
discretion at any time hereafter call for
any number Of men, ss volunteers for th-
respective terms OF one, two and three
years. for the military service. and that
in case the quota. or any part thereof OF
any town. township. ward Of city. or
election district, OF o County not so sub
divided. shall not be filled within the
space Of fifty days after speh call. the
President shall Immediately order draft
for one year to Gil such quota. or any
part thereof. which may be untitled and
Whereas, The new enrolment here
tofore ordered is so far completed ss that
the reserve national act Of Congress be
put in operation for recruiting and keeping
mp the strength Of the armies in the tiel /.
for garrison and such military operations
as may be required for the purpose Of
the rebellion and restoring
the authority Of the United States Gov
ernment in the insurgent States.
Now. therefore. /. Abraham Lincoln.
President of the United States. do issue
this my call for men for military service.
orov,1.d shot al oroJ;te ,rh;oh u,ay he
established under section s of the afore-
said act. on account of persons who have
entered the naval service during the pres-
ent rebellion. and the credits for men fnr-
nished to the military service in excess Of
calls heretofore for volunteers. will be
accepted under this call for one, two or
three years. as they may elect. and will
be entitled to the bounty provided by
law for the peri6d of service for which
they enlist. and hereby proclaim. order
and direct that Immediately after the fifth
day of September. 1864. being fifty days
from the date of this call. draft for
troops. to serve one year. shall be held
in every town. township. ward. or a
County not so subdivided. to ell the
qnota which shall be assigned to it. IN
der this scale or any part thereof which
may be untitled BY volunteers on the said
fifth day of September, 1864.
In testimony whereof. have hereupto
sat my hand and csnsed the seal OF the
United States to be affixed. at the city OF
this 18th day Of July. inI
the year Of our Lord one Thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four. end Of the indie
pendence Of the United Sistes the S9th.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President
w. H. SEWARD. Secretary Of State.
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CINCINNATI, july lS,

CIsc1SxATI. July Is.
There is the best authority for contra
dieting the report published this morning
Of rebel invasion Of Kentucky through
Pound Gap. 4..-..r -,-
General Morgan is at Abingdon. His
command 10 said to be partially disor-
ganized. poorly equipped. and not in con-
dition to attempt another raid. --..
General Burbridge has issned an order
retaliating upon the guerrillss for cruel.
ties prscticed upon citizens in Kentuckv.
For every Union man murdered by them
he orders the instant execution. ss near
the scene Of outrage as possible. of -four
guerrillss. to be selected from prisoners
in the hands of military authorities.
Nothing has been heard from Sherman
since his crossing Of the Chsttahoocbis by
. portion Of our force. r.
Colonel Dan. McCook died at Stsuben
vile yesterday. -l d
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Clay AND PLATTE on THE RoAp TO
RsrRIBUrIoS The inhabitants Of CLAY
and Platte Counties are likely to realize
some of the beauties Of the war which thr
rfbels are now wsging 10 Missouri. before
they get through with thi. bushw hacking
business. If they suffer, they will have
nobody bot themselves to thank for it.
Their sympaihies are with this defeStabIe
rebellion. They have aided and sbetted
the bu-hwhackera. This Colonel Thorn
ton. who ia now At the head Of the rebel
gang. has been secreted in their midst
al winter. arranging for ths very state of
ah.irs which now prevails. Their mi
iitia, in many inatances. have been guilty
OF the detsstable crime Of going over. to
The rebels. with The arms pnt in their
hands TO defend the State. The fate Of
Jackson and G sss Coon,ies will doubtiss.
BE- that Of Clay and Platte. We regret
that some inpocent people win be involv-
ed in ;ths eatsmities which nust rssalt
from the bpshvhscking busipssa. Bnt
such a ]. tbs f.sei of war.-1aasss GH
S00YHoss 1919 -. s.f.
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. The Nemahs Courier saws: a.

~ The Nemahs Courier says: 1--WE
intend to be away from our post part OF
this and perhaps a portion Of next week,
and shall leave our devil domestic CHARGE
d cfaires. We hope our friends of the
W. O. Chief and its Second Fiddler, >
will not in our absence advertise it around
that Horace Greeley is writing our ed
itorisls for us. But it would be inst like
them TO injure our reputation thus r.
The editor need be in no trouble about
the Chief mistsking the authorship of bis
articles. We can yet mark the difference
between the brsyinp of an ass and the
rosring of q lion. It was superAuous to
state that the devil had charge of bis
F." domestic Affairs" We all knew that
long ago.
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WAsHINeroN, jolly II.

w OuiN
Further pnrsuit OF the rebel raiders has
been abandoned. 1t seems to be general.
ly conceded they have made good tIreil
escape. Over seven Thousand horses. cat
tie. mules, and large iroves of sheep and
hogs. were sent through the Gap by the
rebels preyious to their r.treas.
Several hundred wounded in carriages
and ambulances were brought through
the Gap. among them one Brigadier Gen
eral sud several Colonels. most of them
wounded in the battle of Monocacy.
Rebel officers bsvs Acknowledged their
loss at Monocacy over one thousand.
The City OF Baltimore arrived from
City Point this morning. with the latest
iTell'ge9ce from Grants army Heavy
was going on in front of the
Ninth corps. An early assault is expect,
ed along onr whels lise.
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dbe kansas Chief.
WHITE CLOUD. KANSAS:
thursday, 80: July 81. 1864.
National Union Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
War News.

The gusrrilIas in the Counties Of b.
shan.n. Pistts. Clay. R.y. &c. are fse-
lag before the Federal troops. Colonel
Ford's sommsnd burned Camden and
Plssss City. and killed. up to l.st report.
spwards Of 20 gusrrillas. taking no pris-
sasrs.
Rsisges' are arriving BY every train in
b. Joseph. The whole country. south
a.a east Of St. Joseph. is becoming de-
serted BY the loysl citizens. Five COM
psAiss Of Psw-pavs 10 Platte County.
joined tbs gusrrillss. and hoistsd the
rebel dag. Outrsges on Union men
nurdsriag and robbing-is Of hourly oc-
sarrsaes.
Brig. Gen. Fisk has issued an appeal
70 The loyal men Of North West Missouri
for I've Thousand men. with each q
horss and such arms IS they may have.
sr sss procure. snd summation therefor. :"
to rally for the protection Of life and
property. and the determination of the
Confederate guerrilla 6snds in North
West Missouri. without delay.
There 10 report that Little Rock has
tsen esptarsd BY the rebels. and . con-
siderable portion Of Gen. Stsels's army
ssde prison.rs. It is unfounded.
The damages sustained by the Bslti-
more railroad, from the lste raiders. are
fully repaired. and trains are again run
aiHg regularly.
There is . report that Col. Ford's men
had been defeated in Liberty, Clay
Cesnty. 500 of Thornson's guerrillas
had severe 6ght with AZ Union SOL
disrs. Tbs rebel loss-l6 killed and
81 wounded. Ths Union soldiers re-
treated with loss Of 8. killed 4, wound
Cd. snd 2 missing.
The rebels have svscusted Atlsnts.
sad IL 10 believed that Sherman has des-
patched large body Of cavalry to re-
lievs The Union officers confined at Macon
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WA'HIseros' Joly ia ai.D,,.,
from IN official sonrce confirm. u rrNpa'eh
ment ia this mornings p.pers s ~ H''- ~
Sherm.n's forces. or par, of tho. ., G.n.
crossed the Cha,tahoochie. ODI. , aa''Ls
cavalry force of the enemy wa, ., .sn'l
tersd. Sherman subsequently o.a snco9n.
hia troops in the tearing IN ,f 'sseOp'sd
road Of most nse to the rebels. tn. s Inl- !,
tanee' Of his forces from Allan. "s d''-
mentioned. u not
Especial Dispatch to the New yo-, NJ
-.--WasHrsuror. July l9-I, ;.,,
in official eisslss. and very s.ner.lI, lPI@T.d :.
1ievsi, that Stanton h,. resignei 4, 0''
sition as Secretary OF War. Ths s pO-
diafe cause Of his resignation ora, a'. ~.
qaarrel'. which grew out Of tb, ,,,s.t OI' Of y
the rebels on this city-Bl,ir cb,,a;.a q
incompstency and cos.rdic. unon Ssns
ton and IIalEeck for their wan, =, o''n'
sgement during the raid. "aa'
Among the candidate, m.r,;,,,
succeed Stsnton are Senator ,Job, g, 10
man and General Sc ,enck ' 'a'''
The burning Of Postmaster c,,
Blair's house by the rebels h. l.S y
other than Cabine, compliea,io,. " 70
his anger. the Postmaster Gs,.,.I 10
loud in his denunciation Of III. ~, v.
capacity and vigor shown in n. Az. s,s o.
Of Maryland. He was so abu.ivs '1ss !, S9
remarks. which pointed 40 ,,i,.,,I, "
Halleck. that that official drew m
monstrsnce to the Prssidsn,, and d.
ded an investigation of his coudne,,
He also insisted that Blair ,honla -.
be retained among the counsellor, n y. ~
President in case the charges proved !,
bs nnfonnded. ... I"
Nothing strictly definite i, known a. :,
the financial course to be adopted b, Il.
Secretary Of the Treasury. bat !, seem,
to be the general impre.sion a Wssbinr
ton that be will advertise for a poonl,,
loan. bearing 7-10 per cent. Inter.,, !,
currency. or 6 per cent gold io,.,,s
Although efforts have been made n =.
consider the result of the Secrct.rv's A..
,ion with the bankers. they have not .uc.
ceeded, and all negotis,ions have ceased
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A "FaAUD."-The State Convention

A "FRAUD."LThe State Convention.
to nominate State officers. 10 1862, sp-
pointed . Central COMMITTEES. to serve
until the meeting of the next Convention
to make similar nominations. A num-
ber Of vacancies having occurred in the
Committee. in consequence of the absence
Of members in the army. q Meeting was
held at Topeka. on the adjournment Of
the session Of the Legislature of 1868.
composed Of large majority ofths mem
bers Of the Legislature. aad many prom
inent Republicans from various parts Of
the State. who proceeded to fill the
vacancies BY the appointment Of new
members. But no regard was paid to
this; the old members, contending thst
they had been appointed two years.
insisted upon serving. in person or by
proxy. This was scquiesced in. and no
difficulty came of it. Bot the special
State Convention. in April. which met
to sppoint Delegates to the Baltimore
Convention. after denouncing the Senate.
rial ..fraud." proceeded to select . new
State Central COMMITTEES. the old one.or q
majority Of it. not suiting their partisan
views. This Committee have issued 9
call for Convention to nominate State
ticket. 1t is . fraud, aud will not b
recognized BY large portion Of the Re-
publicans and Union men of Kansas. II
the faction that is carrying this thing
through do not wish to divide the party
in the State election. their only way tc
prevent it is to subside. and to permit thu
Legitimate COMMITTEES to serve out it.
term of two years. or until the meeting
Of the Convention to nominate Q Ssats
ticket. 2. s-t
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HxAvY FIGHTING At ATLAsrA.-Dis-
patches just received from Sherman's ar
ny. report heavy battles before Atlanta.
yesterday ard to-day. "wednesday and
Thursdsy.) Wednesdays fighting was
severe. Gen. Howard. commanding the
9Th Corps. reported that he had buried
200 rebels in bis front. Gen. Hooker,
commanding the Goth Corps. reported to
Sherman that he met the enemy in the
open 6eld. and. after several hours des-
psrate fighting. thoroughly whipped him.
He buried 400 dead rebels. and 1000
wounded were in his front.
Thursday's battle was also desperate.
bot tho rebels were completely routed.
sbsrn.n took 1000 prisoners. Our los.
was about 1900.
A dispatch from Chsttanoogs says that
Atlanta is not yet ours. Sherman ocou-
pies part Of th, city. but the other part
h held BY tho rebels. in strong force.
A detachment from Sbermsn's army
h.vs occupied Decatur. Georgis. thus
cutting OF rsilrosd communication with
Ghs East. except by way Of Macon.
Latest. has been still later
severe fighting. in which Gen. McPhsr.
son was killed. Our srmy occupies At
l.nta. but thsrs is yet lighting to do for
full possession Of the city. The rebel
Losses in these fights are aGout 5000.
The campaign of Sherman is .irtcaliy
ended.
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Thc RebeI Raid into Uar.land.

The Rebel Raid into Maryland.
: The late raid into Maryland. was tha
boldest movement, on the part Of the re-
bals. made during the present campaign.
What the objec. Of the rebels was. if not
for plnnder. We can only guess; if the
capture of Washington was designed. the
rebels made most egregious mistake. as
there might have been . probability Of
successfully attacking the capital. had
they dashed forward without delaying.
bnt the golden opportunity was lost; the
rebels. true to their thieving propensities,
scattered in guerrilla bands snd pursued
the work Of rapine and theft. plundering
and burning as they went. When they
arrived in front Of Washington. they
found the defences manned BY veteran
troops. who had Just arrived ahead Of
them. The discrimination of the FEEDER.
81 troops at the battle of Monocacy. and
their successes over the raiders in nearly
every shirmisb. no doubt lei to the sud
den retreat of the invaders. Had they
reached Washington before the rein
forcements manned the defences. they
woula have plundered and burned the
Capital. had they gained an entrance: as
We do not believe that the widest vis-
ionary among them would ever dream
Of being able to hold possession for any
length Of time. That they managed ia
withdraw so easily with their booty is
much to be regretted. There are vsri.
ous reports of the re-capture of trains oI
plunder. and hundreds of rebels; but the
probability is. most of the plunder has
found its way inside of the rebel lines.
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/ ~ We have just come over th'
North Missouri and Hannibal and St
Joseph Railroads. There is great excite
ment along those roads. and at each sta.
tion they have . report that the gusrillas
have captured some station farther along.
But We saw no signs Of rebels. except al
Sturgeon. on the North Missouri road.
were there we're few guerrilla pickets.
and lsrgs number of militia looking ..
them. "woudering what they were aftsr!''
They made no hostile demonstration,
AMI we're only taking observations.
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HARRISBURG. July is

One of the mail agents from Hsgers
town reports on bis arrival here TO day
that well authenticated rumor prevailed
yesterday OF collision between our forces
and the retrea,ing rebel raiders at Lees.
burg. Virginia. resulting in the capture Of
800 wagons heavily laden with corn and
oats. Many Of the teamsters cut their
horses loose. and managed to escape but
in the effort to repulse the tremendous on.
slaugbt of our troops. 100 Of the rebel es-
cort were captured.
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New York, Jnly 10.

AVE" LOhh, ouiy H.
The Posts Washington special says
Secretary Fessesdep will soon issue pro
posals for more extensive loan than Rfty
millions. snt he reports the confidence
teir in the Government by bankers and
inaurisrs, in New York. as one Of the
most gratifying features of bis visis.
Fhe Posts money article says. we learn
that The Secretary will put loan of one
hundred millions in the market.
The Commercials Washington special
says that the heads of Departments have
called for lists of clerks who refused to
join the forces in defense of Washington.
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Wa Our pro tenn, during our absence.
spoke of the. Nemshs Courier and the
Msrysville Union pitching into us when
we were away. Those two sheets have
ever since been greatly exercised over the
article. It,wss not our desire that any
mention should be made Of the matter,
for v. regard what those two papers say
very little, whether at home or abroad.
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lEor the Chief.i

HIeHLAND, KANSAS, July 20, 1854.
EDIroR KANSAS CHIES:-Ths Highland mill
tia company. At their meeting. on Monday
last, promptly responded to the call to fill
up their quota Of six men. for The one Hun
dred Days Service, and raised six Hundred
dollars on the spot, for six volunteers. The
six recruits started for Troy to day, each hav i.
ing received his 500 bounty. Where 10 she
Company in Doniphan County will 60 and do
Likewise Z Yours, &C.,
JOHN BAYLESS.