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"I, Philip Kearney, an old soldier, : enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat. We ought, instead of retreating, to follow up the enemy, and take Richmond. And, in full view of all the responsibility of such a declaration, I say to you all,

Lincoln! Grant! Sherman! Meade!

Grand musical festival at Engel & Wolf's farm, for the benefit of the regiment "Forward," this day!

Philadelphians, to arms!! : At a meeting of Company C., 2nd Regiment Rifles, held at their armory, 38th and Bridge Sts., on Thursday evening, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, the present crisis makes it necessary t

Friends of the Union Rally!! : A mass meeting of all the friends of the Union will be held on Saturday night Sept. 19, in front of Yohe's Eagle Hotel. Hon. Chas. Gibbons of Philadelphia, and other distinguished speakers, will be present, and address the m

Ho! for the ironclad ship! : The yard will be open for visitors on Friday & Saturday. The launch will take place at noon, Saturday, May 10th, 1862. Passengers can take the 2d & 3d Street passenger cars. Exchange tickets are sold by all connecting roads.

To the rescue! The loyal, the patriotic & the brave! : A meeting will be held at the Depot Hall, Chestnut Hill, on Monday evening, August 25th. Our country calls for succor as she never called before. The crisis is upon us, and we must be equal to it. Our

Sixth Ward Union men assemble to-night! : October 8th, 1864 in Cherry St. bet. Third and Fourth, to join the great Union parade! Lanterns and badges will be furnished. / By order of John G. Butler, chief marshal.

Grand mass meeting! Freemen of Northampton County! : You are cordially invited to attend a meeting of the Friends of the Union, at Easton, on Monday, 21st day of Sep., 1863, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the public square, where his excellency, Gov.

County meeting! Freemen of Northampton County! : You are earnestly requested to attend the county convention of the Friends of the Union, at C.L. Whitesell's Hotel, L. Nazareth, on Saturday, Sep. 12, 1863. Let the friends of Gov. Curtin rally from every t

State of Rhode Island, &c. Adjutant General's Office, Providence, April 7, 1863. General orders no. 8. : Whereas, the act passed by the General Assembly at its August session, A.D. 1862, entitled "An act to repeal title XXXIV, of the revised statutes, and

Our country for ever : A grand Democratic mass meeting will be held at Village Green Hotel Delaware County, on Saturday evening, Oct. 3 Delegations from all parts of the county are expected to be present. Chas. Buckwalter, Esq., of Phila., Chas. D. Manley

23d Ward Troop attention! : The troop will meet for drill, mounted, at 4 o'clock, p.m., on [blank] the [blank] of [blank] at the head quarters, Jolly Post Hotel A full attendance is requested, as business of importance will be laid before the troop. / By

Our country calls! We must obey! : 25th Ward in motion. The undersigned respectfully invite their fellow-citizens of the 25th Ward, who are opposed to all ideas of peace or compromise with traitors, and who are in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the wa

Fair The children of Mount Vernon, : intend opening a fair on Monday, November 3d, 1862, in the Manayunk Engine House for the benefit of the sick & wounded soldiers.

The Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital. A lecture! : Will be delivered at [blank] on the evening of [blank] 1861, by Adjutant A.H. Bishop, now on leave of absence from the U.S. 2d Cavalry, for the benefit of the above well-known institu

Union tent of the Young Men's Christian Association, : Broad & Green Streets. Services every evening, except Saturday, commencing at 8 o'clock, also on Sunday, at 4 o'clock P.M.

Hundreds of our Iowa soldiers have been wounded at Vicksburg! : They need sanitary supplies We must help them immediately! A public meeting will be held this evening, Wednesday, May 27, 1863, at 8 o'clock, at Metropolitan Hall to arrange for obtaining and

The Southern confederacy! : Col. Robert C. Anderson, who was impressed into the rebel army in Louisiana sixteen months ago, having just reached his family in this city, will deliver a lecture, in Washington Hall, Spring Garden Street above Eighth St., on

A traitor's peace! : Workingmen! The politicians who cry out for "peace," and "the Union as it was," tell us that it is a very easy thing to settle the troubles between the North and the South. Read the following conditions on which the Richmond Enquirer

A great fraud. : The true object of democratic institutions is to promote the security, happiness, freedom, and prosperity of the people, under a government of their own framing, and under laws enacted by the representatives of their own choice.---The gov

Don't unchain the tiger! : When the traitors of South Carolina met in Convention in Charleston, and passed their ordinance to abolish the American Union, to crush out the democratic principles of free government in America, ... Workingmen! when any man as

United States Internal Revenue : Second collection district of Pennsylvania, embracing the First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth & Tenth Wards, of the city of Philadelphia. Notice. The annual assessment in the above-named district of all persons liable to tax on

Fruit festival for the benefit of disabled soldiers : to be held at Citizens' Hall, Saturday, August 30th, / by the ladies of "The Bethlehem Mite Society." Donations of cakes, fruit, and flowers, will be thankfully received. They can be left at the hall o

Captain A.R. Calhoun will deliver a lecture on "Prison life in the land of chivalry," : on Thursday evening, the 13th inst., at the hall of the "Ladies' Soldiers' Aid," of Weldon, Montgomery Co., in aid of the sick & wounded soldiers. Admission, 25 cts. A

The Road to peace through Pennsylvania via Washington, as engineered by Southern Rebels and their Democratic allies. : From the Richmond enquirer, (Jeff. Davis' organ,) Sept. 7, 1860 [sic]. The road to peace. ... Men of Pennsylvania! Are you prepared for

Grand patriotic Union entertainment in aid of the 24th Ward Bounty Fund! : At Odd Fellows' Hall, corner of 37th and Market Sts., West Philadelphia, Thursday evening, March 17th, 1864 on which occasion the following array of professional and amateur talent

Mammoth ox "Pride of Livingston," : weighing the enormous weight of 3,602 lbs being the heaviest animal of this species on record, is now on exhibition, with other fine animals, &c., &c., at the building erected for the cattle show, on 15th St., adjacent

23d Ward McClellan Troop! Attention!. : The troop will assemble at Jas. Mullen's, Frankford on Saturday evening, Oct. 1st, 1864, at half-past 6 o'clock, for the purpose of attending the Democratic mass meeting at Branchtown. The Democracy are invited to p

Attention!! Citizens of the second precinct of the 24th Ward : will meet at the precinct house of B. Sharp, Market Street, west of 43d Street, in obedience to the proclamations of Gov. Curtin and Mayor Henry, on Wednesday evening, the 10th instant, at hal

24th Ward Democratic Club : An adjourned meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday evening, May 5, '63 at Moore's Park Hotel, Hestonville. Citizens who want to become members of the club, can sign the constitution during the evening. Messrs. Chas. Hart

National Hall! Market Street above Twelfth. George Francis Train will speak this evening! : October 22d, at 8 o'clock, and give his reasons why Gen. McClellan should not be elected president. All are invited to attend!

Grand celebration of the organization of the National Union Club of Philadelphia! : The executive committee of the National Union Club having directed the Committee on Meetings to make arrangements for celebrating the anniversary of the organization of th

Children's fair in aid of the sick & wounded soldiers. : Tickets, five cents

Something new! The Copperhead will be dissected by scalpel at Chamberlin's Hall, Moline, on Wednesday evening, March 30, '63. : Tickets 25 cts., to be had at the door.

To the people of Tennessee! : The constitution of Tennessee requires the qualified voters of the state to elect a governor, members of the General Assembly, and representatives in Congress on the first Thursday in August next. This duty can be performed w

An Appeal for peace sent to Lieut. Gen. Scott, July 4, 1861. : The mission of woman, has ever been a holy work consecrated by that patient suffering, which calls forth a world's sympathy for her gentle fortitude. ... To you, our once great nation's chieft

Assist the volunteers. Unequalled attraction. : By special request, the great musical & literary festival, in aid of the volunteers! given at the Odd Fellows' Hall, on Monday evening last, will be repeated at the same place, on Tuesday evening, June 25, 1

The True issues. What leading Democrats and conservatives say. : I.--From slave states. ... II.--From free states. ... / Issued from the Office of the Rebellion Record, 532 Broadway, N.Y. The 1st vol. of the Record will be ready October 1, containing abou

First Regiment, Gray Reserves. Co. G. : Philadelphia, [blank] 186[blank] Parade in [blank] uniform, on [blank] the [blank] inst. at [blank] o'clock, [blank]m., at the armory, provided with [blank] rounds [blank] cartridge. / By order of the captain, H.J.

Company A, (Gray Reserves.) : Company, First Regiment, R.B. having completed the roll of 100 muskets ready for the field at one hour's notice, and as there are a large number of members who are anxious to aid in the cause of defending their state and city

First Regiment (Grays) Reserve Brigade. Company F. : Philadelphia, [blank] 186[blank] The company will assemble at the armory, on [blank] at [blank] for parade in [blank] Punctual attendance is required. / By order of Jos. N. Peirsol, Captain. Chas. H. Fe

Notice. : All persons having in their possession guns or equipments belonging to the 4th Regiment, P.V.M. are requested to deliver them at the Spread Eagle Hotel Radnor, Delaware Co., on or before Saturday evening, August 13th, 1864. / By order of Capt. B

General order no. 22. : The public exigency requires that there should be a large and immediate increase of the military force. Captains of companies will forthwith take the necessary measures to fill their respective commands to the required number of on

To the patriotic business men of Philadelphia. : Three times our state has been invaded by the enemy; every emergency has found us unprepared to meet the foe--and for want of a force of cavalry to herald his approach his foot has been upon our soil withou

The "Bounty," should it be increased? : Will be the subject before the Providence Eclectic Conference at Liberty Hall 55 Weybosset St. next to the arcade, on Sunday 24th, at 10 1/2 a.m. Ladies and gentlemen are respectfully invited to take part in the con

$60,000 bounty! City of Providence. Preamble and resolutions passed by the City Council, July 14, 1862. : Whereas, in consideration of the exigencies of our country, the president of the United States, acting by the advice of the loyal governors thereof,

Notice. : The undersigned, having been appointed one of the surgeons of Norfolk County, to examine persons claiming to be exempt from draft by reason of disability, hereby gives notice that he shall be at his office, (Percival Avenue, Dorchester, near Mee

Mass meeting of the citizens of Johnson County, at the court house in Iowa City, : at one o'clock p.m., on Saturday the 30th inst. for the purpose of raising the quota of Johnson County, under the late call for 10 regiments to serve 100 days. Let every on

Inkstand. Extra. Why are Boston's quotas not full? : Is it not because Boston has not been so liberal as the adjoining towns? If the authorities had offered $200 for three years' men, and $100 for nine months' men, would not the quotas, in all probability

Town meeting! : A public meeting of citizens will be held this evening, Thursday, July 21st, at 8 o'clock, at the Citizens' Hall, for the purpose of devising ways and means to raise the quota of volunteers in order to avoid the draft! Under the late call

Important draft notice! : This Monday evening at 8 o'clock the citizens of the borough, and especially those liable to draft, are earnestly requested to attend the meeting at Citizens' Hall, to adopt prompt and decided measures to raise more funds to proc

Draft notice! : All those liable to draft, who have not yet paid their twenty dollars, are hereby notified to do so at once, to Wm. L. Brown, treasurer, corner of Market and Center Streets, or to the committee. If there is not a general response, the draf

A Mass meeting of the citizens of Bethlehem and vicinity will be held in front of Yohe's Eagle Hotel, : to-morrow night, Oct. 1st. Rev. J.W. Hunnicutt, of Fredericksburg, Va., editor of the "Christian banner," will address the meeting. A native of South C

Town meeting! : The citizens of Bethlehem are requested to meet at Citizens' Hall, Saturday evening March 26, at 8 o'clock, to consider and act upon the resolution of council offering a bounty of $300 to each recruit required to fill the quota of our boro

Town meeting! : Public notice is hereby given to the taxable citizens of the borough of Bethlehem, to meet in Citizens' Hall, on Saturday next, July 4th, at one o'clock p.m., to ratify the payment of bounty to volunteers under command of Captain F. Stout.

Draft meeting! : A meeting will be held at Citizens' Hall, this Monday even'g Feb. 22, at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of making arrangements for raising a bounty of $300 to all who are willing to volunteer. The quota of the borough being only 38 men! With

Draft meeting! : The citizens of Bethlehem are requested to attend a meeting to be held at the Eagle Hotel on Monday even'g Dec. 26, at 7 o'clock, in order to take measures in reference to the forthcoming draft. Bethlehem, December 24, 1864.

Draft meeting! : The citizens of the borough are urgently requested to attend the meeting at Citizens' Hall on Saturday eve'g Jan. 7, at 8 o'clock, to take measures to fill the quota ef [sic] the borough, and thus avoid the coming draft. Come one, come al

Proposals for the removal of the dead on the Gettysburg battle-field. : Sealed proposals will be received at my office in the borough of Gettysburg, until the 22d inst., at 12 o'clock, noon, for the following two contracts, viz: 1st. For disinterring the