500,000 More

The President has issucd bis proelimation calling for 500,000 more men to fill up the ansies of tbc Union. Tho proclaniation bears date July 18th, and as, by the law of Cougress, fifty diiys only are giren the State to furnish their scv-. eral quotas, the draft wül taVe place in the " short " sub-districta on the 5th day of September next. The qnotna of the several sub-dislricts oftllfi State havo not y et been annouuced, but under the last eall for 500,000 this county was called upon to furnish 945 men, and we presume that its quota under the reeent eall will be full that uumber. The old quota had been tilled on the first of June last, aud an exeoss paased to the .credit of a number of sub distriets, amounting in tba Rggregate tt 210. On theoldefül the sub districts compvising ouv city -iverorequired toeacb furnis'h C9 men. On the first of June, the lst aud '2d Warda had au execss of 17,and tho 3d, 4th, and 5th Wards, an excess of 27. To these eredits have since been added a uumber mere, whieh will in so mueh reduce the quota uoder the new cali. This new cali is a loud or.e, aud it will require immense labor and large exponditures of money tn fill tho quotas and avoid the draft. Eulisting ia now up hill work, and we do not believe that the bouuties offered by the governmeut, with flio S100 which the citizeus and towus can vote, will procuro the men. A draft is therefore inevitable, aud that a large one, unless the quotas are filled, not by general voluuteers as heretofore, but by men liflble to draft purehasing, - that is the word- and putting in subst tutes. These substitutes, while they relieve the priu cipal for the term of three years, go to the credit of each priticipal's sub-distriet. Those who are able, are advised by a!l na-eaaa to furuish thein ; those wio are not will ueecsaarily have to stand the draft. and as there is no more commutation, when their ñames come out of the box they may cónsidër themselves high privates in " Old Abe's " array, and eall for tbejr uniform. It is useless at this time to charge that our armies have been saerificed, or to aver that the imbecility of the administraron bas prolonged the war and made this eall neeessary. The eaü has been made, the administratkm can not take care of Washington with the men now in arms, to say cothing of putting down the rebellion, and the men must be furuished or those already in the field left uusupported. What say our fellow-eitizens? XS"e fi'"i tne folio wing paragraph among the Important telegrama which lumbered up the columns of last Sunday ïTioniing's daiiies : " A portion oí Moseby's command, ubout two hundrod in number, psssed near Leesbur ii an eafly hour Tuesday night. E;!ch rider led a horse, and th(.'V weredriving before thein itearly ten ihousand he;id of cattle. When last hoard from, tl,.ey were makiag ior Ashby's Gap." One naturally aska1 and what was ' Old Abe," and Stantoti, and Halleck about in the ne;intime. Ware thev so rejoiced that the pfège of Washington was abandufted that they vrere holding higb j'iUÜea, care'es of tho futo of the bold invaders? or had " oíd Abe" been "veminded of ; ntory," which he must teil before ordering sonríe of the iinbecile officers he keeps around hira inpursuit? At all events, Monday's telcgrapii says the par.uit was abaüdoned. Is uot this the most digraceful event of the war ? A meagsr forco of rebels hiy siege to Washington, and tenify its iuiiabitants and bravo ofticer.s,(V). while their confederates steal all the hoi'ses, eattie, bogs, 8cft, iniluryland, and drive them off ut a threemiles an hour pace, with no effort madfe to arrest their retruat or relieve them of their plunder. 'And this in tho lourth year of the war. How long is the nation to be disgraced bv so irnbecile tws&d minie tratiou ? - A friend suggestfi that "Old Abc" is a syinpatbi.ing man, and tnat as the rebels have been in a e-tarving uondition ior three years, hü couid not fimi t in bis beurt to prevent tttftir getting oft' with tbeir irö'pifhés. L2iSr A few weck sórwe a proelaniatien wan publishod by two nl tho eudin-Ëf dailics of New York, relating the reverse of (tkant's irny, próclainiing a diy ol humilitition and prayer, and calling for 400.000 men. Tha rroelamation proved to he fraudaletit ; ihe editi'WS rtf the 8viudled papers were arrested, their papers suspended, and their offices taken charge of "by the military. The author - ono Howard, an attaché of the extraloyal New York Times- rwas di-covered, anrest-ed, and coufked in Fort Lufayette, nhere b'é now rtiinains. IIis procliunation wüs only premature. By the special reqnest of Congresa, the President hus proclaiuied ti duy of humiliution and pruyer, - the first Thursday in Anaust, -and luis ordered a draft for "500,000 moro." lIowAüü's foreoast is vindicattíd, and íik to bis alloged want of sneeess ot Grant's ariny, the public may continua o .think wlmt thtjy please. 3?ut, wlurtever ttliey think,Congres3 and the 3P.i:e.i4eut having adopted bis proclamation, eltoukl uot LawAitD be set ai hrge ? J H'ü2r Our city ooteuijiorary, the Journal, Laving hesitated for some weeks over the Baliimore uomiuations, lias linally succeeded in swallowmg " Okl Abe " and í " Andy." It was hard work, and was accomplished with mauy wry faces, and without " note or conunent." The grace(?) with which it was done " reminds as" - Lincoln's way of beginning a story- of a caricature of the campaiga of 1848. Dr. Brandhiíth was pictured iu the effoit to niake John Van Buren pwaiiow a pill. The pill was labeled 'Cass." But JoiUí exclaimed through shut teeth: "Dad dou't take it and I wont." And if the Journal could speak for tsetfjit wovttd probobly be heard to sny to Cole- thu vigorous junior-" Seaman don't swallow Linln, and I can't !" However, the dose is down, and nobody aiov.-s what the eonsequenccs may be. - The Journal eould not swallow the State ticket at the same dose. It was askiug too much of an unwiüing patiënt. However, it will worry it down in the courso of time - even if it has to divide it int.o homeopathie portions, makiug two of eacli candidate, which would euablo it to get it down, if not before election, '; before the first of January when the fieers elect will enter on duty. J53LTOiir Democratie friendswill find in our columns calis for twoCounty Conventiona, to be held in our city, xlugust 25th, and Sept. 7th. It may seem strange that the Oonimittee did not cali a single convention, instead of two so near together, but we thiuk the party will coneeede the propriety of the action when the reasons are known. It was uot thought desirable nor advisable to nominate candidates for County officers before the nominations by the National and State Conventions shall be made The eounty caudidates should be placuï in the field after the higher candidates, and after the platform of the party shall have been enunciated, and the plan of the campaign elearly fiued. And therefore, a county ' ing convention should follow the general OjJoseutions, whilo one to elect delegates must recessarily precede them. Th;s, in the opinión of the Committee, made two conveutions necessary. We hope our Democratie friends will fully approve their decisión, and that each Towu will be fully repreëöcted in each convention. jJSgT T&e State News forget, neglects, or declines to publish the cali for the Republican County Convention. The prospective candidates wjII have to make up a "shake purse" to pay for its insertion, as the News justly proposes to be paid for all it does for party or candidatos hereafter, anu for every thing it publishes - escept several columns of dead advertisements. These it must keep in to save expense of composition, and enable it to run a little longer at the old subscription price. EiS By the direction of the Lieutenant General, Messrs, Swinton and Kent, eorrespondents ol the New York Times and Tribune, have been dinmisard ftöm the Army oí the Potomac fcr circulating incorrect reports and statense.its cpnctrping the troops. Swinton was one of the ablest of his class. We beüeve the Times and Tribune have 'Manghed in thuir eleeves " whenever correspondeiits of Democratie papers have b-eeia expelled from the army lines, and have rejoiced over the euppressjon of Democratie journals. liut an " arbitrary act" coming so near home is little relished, and causos some d!eiul howling. These journals should bear in wiind the old adage, " wbat is sauoe for the goose is sauce för the sander." ÜTST A Kepublican County Convention has been called to be held August ]6tb,to nominate candidates for county officers. Numerons members oftheonly patriotic party, willing and anxious to serve their couniry out of reaeh of rebel guns. are actually engaged in canvassing for nominations. There will be a lack of plaees to go roand.