Vrtss. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1.863 .4er We can take nu notice of anonymous commute mliations. We do not return rejected manuscripts. 4:11`. Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our difthrent 'iddinary and naval departments. When used, It paid for.- .The President and Governor Seymour. When Governor SEpiourt wrote hislong letter to the President of the United States; asking a suspension of the draft in the State of :New York, he surely had 'no expectation that such a request would be granted. Pro bably-he wished to give to the - party whose teachings produced the riot additional evi deuee of his fidelity to its principles. Proba bly he . desired to make more plain the fact 'that the Government is denied-his sympathy and aid in this struggle ; but this was unne cessary. He need not have written to the President to assure him of this sad truth, which the country has known for months. Yet he has taken superfluous pains, in nearly three, columns of close type, to make the people acqbainted with What a wiser man would, willingly have written. twenty . , columns to conceal. In future years, theugh.no man will, trouble himself. to Mint- through dusty neWspaper files for a 'letter which - cannot even now he thought, interesting, history_ cannot help re cording the brief, tact,. that a Governor of's. great. State used all his influence against the Government-at a time when it moat needed the aid of every 'citizen.- Opposition to the Government may, for a time, be popular with rioters and politicians; but the time will come when all Americans will denounce, as loyal men iron* denounce, every one who is weak or wicked enough to embarrass the Government in its great efforts to end the rebellion: If Governor S.F.Tmotia lives to see that day, he will regret the course he is now pursuing; and wonder how he could have been so strangely misled. That he is fully aware of the consequences of his ac tion we cannot - think; but we know that the men who have most reason to rejoice in it are the rioters of New York city and the rebel leaders of Richmond. • - These are the men who will thank him for this letter.: Had the President suspended the draft, as he reql*ts, the rebellion would have directly profited. -GoulloJEFFEß ,sitai Davis receive any news from the North more 'gratifying than an assurance that the -draft had proved a failure, and that instead •of having to fight a new army of three hun dred thousand men, he would still contend with the decimated regiments of armies on -reinforced ? This is the inteLigence Gov. SET - MO - UR would send to Richmond. What- ever he may really intend," the evil %tore and disloyal effect of his course must throw suspicion on his motives. These, however,- are unimportant; the people, the Gove'rn ment, - and the enemy, are interested only in the effect of his action. It is merely a mat ter of personal interest, whether he under stands his own policy, or whether lie is ig norant of the dark prinCiples it - `embodies ; the policy itself is the question, and if it be proved unpatriotic and injurious,' we need not' trouble oUrselves about the motives of its instrument or auttior.- - Governor Sky - Amines argument is unfor-, tunately not so clearly expressed that Wean be ea - 811y understood ; but, disentangled from the confusion of superfluous words, it seems to be this That, as the.draft - is unpopular, especially with the rioters of New York, as the - question of its constitutionality has not been determined in the courts, as volun teering will probably fill the armies without its aid, and as the quota of. New York is said to be incorrectly distributed among the districts, therefore' the draft should be sus pended for.an indefinite period, until the re sult of volunteering •is known, or until its r.onstitutionality is, determined, ,or until the quota, is redistributed.. None of these rea hivie any value. The Presidenc in his reply to the Gn i rvv—'--ite ---- sa ys 0-.1 wince e wi ing to auide a decision of the United States Supreme onstiutionality, Ccant on thoque.tl6-n- 9 f c to lose the time necessary to'obtain it. As for the volunteering sys tern, the—Governor should have been candid enough to admit its failure, the . causes of which' are apparent to every thinker. We might wait thirty or sixty days for the quota of New York to be supplied by volun teering, and then would have to depend upon the draft to supply a great deficiency. Governor SBYMOUR may be willing to leave the subject of reinforcement to this uncer tainty, but the Government and the people better understand their duty. Of the alle gation that the quota is incorrectly distri buted the President promptly disposes, and in a manner which cannot fail to satisfy all reasonable men. He will dirett the draft to be made in all the districts, Init will hare a new enrolment made in the districts said to be unjustly treated, and, to satisfy the " suspicions" of which the Goveinor speaks; bis agents are to see every step of the process: But the draft is not to be suspended on this account. Nor, indeed, dismissing as absurd all suspicions of a desire to oblige the rebel Government in the matter, can we imagine why Governor SEYMOUR is so very .anxious to have it suspended, unless, having pledged himself to the rioters and murderers of New York that it should be, he is anxious to keep his word. Whether such a pledge is morally,binding must be a question of con• science ; and if the Governor really thinks himself bound in honor to those- men, we have a clue to his singular behavior. The letter of the President, in answer to Governor SEYMOUR'S, is as brief and clear as the other is lengthy and confused. It illustrates the tendency of Mr. LINCOLN'S mind to go directly to the vital matter 6f the question ; to begin at the beginning, an end •th the ending of the argthent. with It is candid and concise. He tells the Go . Ternor at oncq, and, through him, all rioters,. politicians, and opponents of the Govern- 'anent, that he cannot consent to suspend the draft, because, among other reasons, tiros is too important: He alludes to the rebel con scription" and the necessity of meeting the army it will speedily create, and briefly shows that the draft is the only method by 4 which it can be met. , We, are glad that he •does not condescend to reply to the inuendo that the inequalities of the quota fall most heavily upon those districts which have lieen opposed to the political views of the Admin istration "—words which Governor Siv moun'should not have written, no matter who advised him to do so—unless indirectly he may be considered to reply, when he says, firmly and nobly, I ' illy purpose is to be-in my action just and constitutional, and yet practical, in performing the important duty with which I au( charged, of main taining the unity and the, free principles of our common country." This letter, in short, is a gratifying assurance to the army, and to all loyal citizens, that the laws of the United R t t o to9 are not to be suspended at the bid ;ding o f y - ; mob, and that the draft will, there beenfoi—ed• Brace the above.was written we have read -the reply of Governnr 4. !* . TCYMOUR to the Pre -sident, and, if his first letter was discredi table to his judgment, the laito',, q certainly disgraceful. lnspired by a false o Pi b - jon of his own importance, and of the powe? of .the New York riots, he actually threatens -the President, and positively addresses .him in tones of rebuke. " You cannot and will :not refuse to right this gross wrong." - Partisans may consider these words firm, - but we regard them as impertinent, and almost as precluding ,reply. It was ,in this way that NAPOLEON was used toad- . dress .14.effending marShals, but Goverrimi forgets, that the privileges of ;greatness and mediocrity are not ecnial,.and that the. President of the United States is so far his superior that it is questionable whe ther he. should address him at . all. Nor when this :daring letter-writer regrets that the refusal to suspend the draft will in terfere 'lola the reinforcement of the army, can. Iva • regard his hypocrisy as anythino less than a cunning prediction' of new riots, an artful invitation to old rioters hd,s in Mis letter removed the distrust with which every loyal citizen has hitherto regarded him, for he has forced upon the Country a faith in his disloyalty. Doubt has lecome certainty. We are sorry to say that this disrespectful and insulting letter proves Governor SwirmoUit to. be at once a bolder and a weaker man than we had per mitted ourselves to believe. Yet we are glad that it . is written, for the exposure of evil is for the benefit of the good, and it has never been from the open hostility of such men as he to the Government that the country has expected danger. The Canvass for Governor. We. suppose it is, safe to assume that Mr. JUStiCEY.VkIODWAIID is the Democratic can didate-for Governor. If we had any donbt upon the matter, iterose from an unwilling ness to believe that a gentleman of acknow ledged position as a jurist, and, as we had supposed, jealous of the fame of the Judi .citil ermine, would consent to become ,the leader in a politicid campaign, and at the same time hpld his place as a judge of the highest court in the State. No such scruples, hoWever, seem to affect Mr. Jus tice WOODWARD. Wheiher he believes that an office in possession is better than one ill prospective, or is governed by a proper feeling of anxiety, and does not care to risk a certain office, with its emolUments and honors, and a regular monthly stipend, for the deubtful contingencies of a campaign; `-we are not enough in his confidence to say, but it is certain that he is still on the bench, and at the same time in the midst of a po litical campaign. There are many good and sensitive men with a high respect for the judiciary who will feel aggrieved that such a scandal should be permitted, but we can only say that the service of the new organi zation called the Democratic party does not permit such a consideration for the feelings of good and sensitive men, and that 141 r: JUZ.V.CC YI T C.%ODWARD perinitted his name to be used.before 'the Deinocratic Conven tion as a candidate for Governor, he felt that a portion orthe price would be an absence of any scrupulous feeling of honor. Therefore, he remains upon the bench to deal justice between man and man; and at the same time is a bitter and interested partisan. The candidacy of Mr. Justice WOOD - WARD being, then, an assured fact; we may ask what claim has this judicial partisan to be the Governor of Pennsylvania, the suc cessor and successful competitor of such a man as ANDREW G. Gaullist . ? In a time like this we cannot be exacting:in. our de sire to see a gentleman of our own political faith in the executive chair. We are not in the temper to quarrel with any man for being a Democrat, and the mere fact of Mr. Justice WOODWARD being a member orthe Democratic party would be a small consideration. This is a time when all loyal men should act together, without regard to their sentiments upon minor matters. They should sick all Such sentiments in the great I desire to save and strengthen the country. There are .many men in the Democratic party whose action' in this crisis will forever endear them to the country. Su ?,h a Demodrat as Mr. Bnouort, in Ohio, would have been:glad ly sustained by us as a candidate for the Gu bernatorial chair, and for the reason that he has never allowed his Democracy-to weaken his allegiance to the flag.. He is a loyal man—the type of many thousands of such loyal men in Pennsylvania. He is loyal to ! the Republic. This is everything,the Al pha and the Omega of our political testa ment Mr. Justiee WOODWARD; however, does not fall within such a selection: The difference between Mr. - Bnouori and such a man is as great as between loyalty and trea son—for, while the record of one is earliest devotion to the Republic; the record of the 1 other is kbold and earnest sympathy with treason. - This is a serious chargelatidin making it we feel a difficulty that is inseparable from the position of our judicial candidate. It is part of the decorum of the bench that the men who administer the law should be as free as possible from any participation in the exciting, events of the day. We do not think that_:; in a time of danger to the country, seat upon the bench should release a citizen from the active duty _ ing and acting at all times in behalf ot the = country. Many good men ,upon the 'bench have thought with us, althongh many: other good men have remained silent. Among• these we. :find Mr. Justice WOOO - For two years he has lived in a country rent and torn by civil War ; he has seen the Republic almost in the agony of a death-struggle ; he has seen the State inva ded, and grim-visaged war in our midst, with all the terror and death that come in its train ; he has seen the uprising of the peopie to sustain the Government, and during all that time has said nothing. The ermine has or dained his - sile - nce, and he has not deigned to speak. The record of such a man it is difficult to find, for he has lived during the grandest years of- this century, and kept his peace. To find what Mr. Justice WOOD WARD really thinks, we are compelled to go back before the beginning of the war; and read the only speech he has made con taining reference to the troubles of the country.. This was - a speech delivered in Independ ence Square, the occasion being a mani festation of-devotion to the - Union which our readers will all rememberf--the time December,lBoo—Mr. LINCOLN the President elect—the Southern States filled with wrath —the traitors of South Carolina busily en gaged in arranging the faggots, and prepa ring for the great , conflagration. And - in this speech he said : "It seems to me that there must be a time when slaveholders may fall back on their na tural rights, and employ, in defence of their slave property, whatever means of .protection they possess or can command." Precious words for the angry faggot-bearers in South Caro lina ; fearful words for every loyal man - an the North. This declaration is published in the last speech Mr. Justice WOODWARD has been known to deliver. It stands among others, but we single it out as the text of the coming' campaign. It is for having -uttered these words---=for having printed them and permitted them to remain in print—for having allowed thesegreat years to pass without , exhibiting regret or emotion for his country, that we arraign him before the people, and denpunce him as a sympathizer with treason, and an eßskay of the country.- Such a' man Gove - oi. of Pennsylvanial Better far, that we have - JEN - knis, or EWELL, or one of LEE'S satraps, who lately visited Pennsylvania •" to employ in defence of their slave property " .the means of protection at their command. Better one of these men, for then we would have the assurance that they, were brave enough to attempt their threats against the Republic. Mr. Justice WOODWARD has manifested no such courage. Before the war began, he spoke these words. Since that time he has.said nothing, and we • are therefore doing him small justice in as suming that, having manifested such an ear nest sympathy with treason in the beginning, he has been consistent in his sympathy ever since. The Campaign iu Ohio. Our friends in Ohio are making a mag nificent campaign. With the gallant 30EN BROUGH at their head, they have car ried consternation into the ranks of the sympathizers with treason, and it is said that VALLANDIGIIAM is being urged to -with draw. They' find the "eminent martyr," who is now enduring the pangs of banish ent at Niagara, Falls, not as available as was hoped in the beginning. Be is another "Old Man of the Sea," and the Ohio Democracy beg to he delivered. VAL- I,ANDIGILM still clings to it,,and persists in being carried. He will not • resign, he will not change his platform, he will be elected with all his imperfections on his head. And so the champions of free speech (for traitors) are having a very gay and happy time, and some of the faint-hearted are abandoning the cause in disgust., We expect to hear 'of Mr. Cox and some others of the half hearted retiring to the sea-sidenr the moun tains—anywhere, out of the unfortunate condition of affairs now prevailing in Ohio. Well, they shall have all the sympathy they deserve ; but the best thing they can do is quietly to leave Mr. VALLANDIORAM alone to his British friends, and vote for Joan Bitonon. They will have the assurance Of knowing that Ohio has a good Democratic Governor, and at the same time that they have done a good and loyal act, The True Policy. There are many ways in which a difficulty can be overcume. We may walk over the mountain, or around its base, or,' by the•aid of shovels and axes and engineering skill, construct a tunnel and go through it. The tine policy, however, is that which seeks the briefest distance and the shortest space of time, and the easiest method, of employ ing them. 'the general who moves directly upon the works of the.. enemy, will, all things being equal, and with proper pru dence and skill, be mire of capturing them. Ingenuity and strategy, and the gift that men call genius, are merely methods of shortening the tine, and we see the full fruition of man hood and talent when we see the energy and skill and • patience that always succeed in breaking down when destruction is necessa ry, or building up when that is our purpose. When General GRANT moved upon the enemy's works at Fort Donelson, the morn ing atter the first assault, it was a swift ap plication of his means to the end, and he "triumphed: When he advanced by slow approaches, and for the space of weary weeks, upon the fortifications of Vicks burg, it was an application of the means to the end equally as swift, for he triumphed. We are told that he might have suiceeded in the beginning, by throw ing his victorious army upon the enemy when he first invested Vicksburg, but the price would have been ten thousand lives, and the demoralization of his legions. He paused, and we see in the result that his part was the part of wisdom, for he triumph ed. His triumph was complete and exhaus tive. We now see him moving compactly and bravely upon enemy, w hile 33 E.T.'.7resarmy is drifting about the South- Western States like the fragments of a wreck ripen the sea. The victory of GnArvr was based upon the true`policy, and his success was the tribute that, is always obtained by energy, courage, and skill. The principle that guides the man in active life, in his business relations, in his management of armies, and the execution of any project, should also guide the states man. Here -we are. A war engrosses all attention. Everybody suffers from it, or in a certain way feels its effects. It is at our homes, in the shape of conSeription, which is merely exacting from the citizen the last duty due to his country. It has been with us at. Gettysburg in all the horrible grandeur of active combat. We feel it in the feverish and unnatural activity of business—the sud den gaining and losing of money—the in juty done 'to our commerce by the dread of piracy, and in the suffering and grief of those who have friends in the armies of the Union. There is no good in recapitulating its rise and origin, for it is here before us in all the grim reality of slaughter and deso lation. We have pledged to its prosecution the honor of America, in order that vic tory may be gained. We can do this by the dispersion of armies, the occupation_ of the stolen forts and disputed territory, and compelling the flight or surrender of the leaders of the rebellion. This, would be called the victory of the sword. After that may come the victory'of the pen, or the ex ercise of clemency, severity, magnanimity, or power, as the situation of affairs may de mand. At present we have determined one thing—that it is necessary to continue the war; and being necessary, as all men know, we should insist upon the policy that should govern- its progress And manage ment. While we do not think that there is a man in America who would not rejoice at a pro clamation of peace, no patriotic citizen de sires to hear such peace , proclaimed until it can be done with honor'and pride. Those who think otherwise'are no friends of the country, and should have no voice in its councils. However dreadful and cruel this war may be, it does not compare with the hdrror and shame that would be left us and our children if it were terminated by a peace that left the Southern traitors mas ters of thußepubllc. As we survey the situation now, there can be no peace unless with all emphasis and on every occasion, that they would never consent to a re establishment of the Union. We are bound to believe them. They have every. motive to resist a reunion with the loyal States. They are guilty men, and liable to severe and cruel penalties. Therefore,- . a re- established Union means a summary arrest, trial, and an execution by rope and timber before the assembled people. The instincts of safety, the dread of death, and par ticularly an ignominious death; Would make them the enemies - of reunion. We might grant them an amnesty, and even go so far as.to admit them to all the rights of citizenship. the memory - nf their crimes ; the knoWledge that their hands had become crimsoned with brothers' . blood since last we parted; would be forever in their way, and nothing but dreary memo ries would exist between us The Union, to them; would be as the body of death to which the galley : slave was bound: " Sus picion all our lives would be stuck full of eyes." They Would find " treason trusted like the fox ;" and generations would pass before the wounds and scars would be healed. It is folly to snp_pose that any reunion, based upon a dishonorable peace, could be effec tive. We cannot efface the past by affecting not to remember it. To us, and to our chil dren, these leaders of the rebellion are trai tors. Our history must proclaim them as such ; and when themothers of =other age tell the children ,of the glorious deeds, of their ancestors, they must tell them that the men upon whom these deeds were com mitted Were wicked; false, ambitious men, and that they . carried to their graves the memory of their wickedness and falsehood. There can never_ be a reunion by such flimsy and.unstable methods. We may put the new wine into the old bottle, but the bottle and wine will soon be destroyed. 'The leaders:of an exhausted South might accept a convention, or an armistice, or even peace and reunion ; but as soon as the exhaustion was over, the war 'would again break forth like the consuming flames,. and all the details of this 'sad drama would be enacted over again. . Any policy that 'con templates such a peace merely giv . es aid and comfort to the rebellion ; for, as we have shown, if pursued to its logical consequences, it would result in the tri umph of the South, and the concession on our part of every unjust and wicked de mand. By the successes of our arms ,we have scourged and punished the South; and for the first time since the war f iegan we can see the coming of-the end. Indistinctly shaping " .. itself, rising over the horizon, and giving no sign but the bright and ruddy glow , that always heralds the morning," feace is throwing its first <shadows over the sky. There are hours of i. ),Vness yet, and we must still endure the glom. Let us profit by_it, however, and by, the lessons .of our past experience, to continue on in our good work. Peace will then come, and it will be a peace which our children shall not blush to read. A Nelv State. It will not be long, doubtless, before the flourishing Territory of Nevada •will ask ad mittance as a State at the bar of the Union. This Territory now contains a populatton of more than 'sixty thousand, steadily .increa sing upon the attractions of its mineral wealth and its agricultural advantages. The land throughout is rich iro mines of gold or silver, numbers of which are in prosperous operation ; and, - in fine, -posses* all the natural capital necessary for the establish . - ment of a growing State. Utah and Cali fornia on the east and west, and Oregon at the north, are its - boundarieS. As . the Ter ritory was organized in March, 1861, and has from that time made marked_ and syste matic progress; it is now, or soon will kw, in excellent preparation for admission into the family of. States. On the - 2d of Septambei a Constitutional Convention -.of regularli elected delegates will be held in Nevada, after which application will be made at tb.e next session.of Congress: Such a filet is at. this time, of especial value, and in the ordeal . through - which the Union is passing is a test and, sign of the efficacy and stabilityr of our republican system.. - It is stated that the Emperor Napoleon has re vised the last proofs of the first volume of hie Life of attar," THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1863. A .Queen's SpeechWissected. It is related that on one occasion, when she atisPeeted her Parliament of indulging i speechmaking rather than in legislation and money-voting, Queen ELIZABETIE sent for the Speaker of the House of Conimons, and asVd him what the House hat done in the last six weeks? The reply was, "Madame, We have sat six weeks." Had Queen Vrc rrourA, at the close of the session which has just ended, asked Lord PATAIREBTON what Parliament had done in five months, the reply could riot have stated many more re sults than Queen ELI4ABENIC had arrived at three centuries earlier. What is called " The Queen's Speech," at the prorogation of Parliament, was de livered by Commission, consisting of three Peers, of whom the Lord Chancellor is one, ex njOio. The Commissioners wear antique robes, - of the fashion of" the year One," and cocked hats, of no fashion at all, which would set an audience laughing, if ex hibited in a pantomime, on the heads of Clown and Pantaloon. It would be a sort of petit treason, however, even to smile tit the ludicrous spectacle when exhibited with a gorgeous assumption of state and dig nity, in the House of Lovis, on the day when Parliament assembles or separates for the Session. The idea is, that the persons who represent the Sovereign shall be treated with almost as much homage as the Sove reign herself. All this goes to show that, after ail, Royalty is a mere form, for the most part. Queen VICTORIA, truth to say, notwithstanding the ,I.f.divinity, which cloth hedge" her station, has not the power of appointing any enz to fill a petty clerkship f.tf 1 , WO• hundred and fifty dollars a yekr: One or other of her Ministers would claim the right, to the appointment, and exercise it, too, by nominating another pprson, just to show his independence. The "Speech from the Throne," as it is called, whether read by the Queen, or by her strangely-hatted commissioners, is merely a, document concocted by the Ministry for the time being, and declaring their views. Since Prince ALBERT'S death, in December, )861, this has emphatically been the case. While 1w lived, (it is now confessed, though . strongly denied in his lifetime,) the Speech was subjected to criticism and correction, but since Queen VICTORIA has neglected her public duties, small as they are, Lord PAL MERSTON has had very little check upon him, though, as a matter of form, a draught of the speech is submitted to her Majesty in council, the day before it is read in the House of Lords. The Speech just delivered, though of the usual length, tells little—for it had little to tell. The negotiations with France and Austria on the present condition of Poland are referred to. The Civil War in America is glanced at, with a complaceitt boast of British "neutrality"—and no • mention of the Alabama, the Florida, the Georgia, the Alexandra, or any other of the war-vessels built in England and Scotland for " the Em peror of China," but employed, under the Confederate flag, 4n piracy against Ameri can commerce. The election of aKing of Greece, with the intention of, addlng the lonian' Islands to his Kingdom, is noticed. So, with, a little compliment to our Presi dent, is the additional treaty between Eng _ land and America for the more effec L, suppression of the Slave Trade. Three disagreements abroad are noticed,r viz-: a renewal of the revolt in New Zealand; a challenge to Japan on account of outrages committed there on British subjects, and the quarrel fixed on Brazil by Earl RI:TSE'LL, which was referred for arbitration to King LEOPOLD, of Belgium. That this arbitrator had declared against England is not stated in the Speech.- However, Punch has car tooned Earl RussELL as eating "humble' pie," on the Brazilian matte`r, at the stern command of Britannia, with King LEOPOLD standing by as the physician who prescribea , 7 the dose. The distress of the manufacturing classes, " from the effects of the civil war in Ameri ca," is lamented, but joy is exprdsse:u world has not been materially impeded." This is gratulation because matters might have been worse than'they are. The actual public business of the late ses: sion is recapitulated as money -voted as " supplies" or, expenditure of 1863 ; for; strengthening the permanent dockyards ; and •for providing a splendid incomeend outfit for the Prince of WALES and higi-wife. A law was passed for augmenting the in comes of petty Church benefices, and ano ther "for basing upon a well-defined footing the Volunteer force." Moreover, the Queen "has given her assent to an act for the le vision of a large portion of the atatute-book, by the removal of many acts which, although. they bad become obsolete or unnecessary, b structed the consolidation of the statute law." Whoever wrote the speech has made her Majesty utter nonsen, The old Acts re ferred to obstructenlinonsolidation of the Statute Law not "alt76ough, " but be cause, they "had become obsolete and un necessazy,idruly;Queen YIC,TORIA breaks her owlikpgriage ! This, then, brief as it is, may be accepted as a Palmerstonian summary of the re sults of five months' legislation. Seldom, if ever, has a Parliamentary Session been so entirely devoid of important results. One third of the time was wasted in attacks. by ROEBUCK and others upon the United States and their policy. General Meade to the ' MGhrlstian Com- No testimony is needed to convince the American public of the value of the Christ ian Commission, yet it is gratifying that its labors are so thoroughly appreciated, and especially by General MEADE. His army it, relieved after the battle of Gettysbu promptly and efficiently, and thouirads of wounded and^dying soldiers were cared for by its agents. -It is but natural,-then, that General 14IEADE, having such clear evidence of the importance of the Comthission, should assure it of his earnest co-operation. The following will be read with sincere pleasure by all thoughtful friends of the army : HEADQUARTERS - ARMY OP THE POTOMAO, ' August 5, 1863. George H. Stuart, Chairman 11 S. Christian Commis sion, 13 Bank street, Philadelphia: . DEAR Six: I received recently through the hands of Mr.. Cole, your kind letter of the 27th ult. It will afford me very great pleasure .to-render you every encouragement and facility in• my power to ptoaecute the good and holy Work you.have entered upon. I assure you, no one looks with more favor upon the true Christian, who ministers to the Spiritual wants of the dying, or the physical wants of.the wounded, than those who are most inetrumentir in 'the line of their duty in causing this suffering hence, you may rest satisfied that in this army your agents and assistants will receige every co-operation, and be treated with all the consideration due the im portant and noble work they are engaged upon. I shall be glad to hear from you, whenever any thing occurs requiring my action, and shall always be ready, as far as the exigencies of the, service and my authority will permit, to comply with your wishes. During the recent visit of Secretary CHASE to NeW York, on consultation, he determined to continue the sale of the five-twenties until after ten days' no tice to the public of its discontinuance. Piet i es for the Treasury notes bearing five per cent. interest, and payable one year after date; are being prepared for use, if it should be found expedient. No doubt is now entertained of the ability of the Secretary to procure all the funds necessary to the succeeeful prosecution of the war, if economically and vigorously conducted. The Board of Enrolment met to-day for the pur pose of hearing and deciding upon petitions for ex emption from the draft. Several- hundred persona of this class were present, each waiting. his turn. Out of the forty-three examined, four were accepted by substitute, and only one in person. The others were dismissed for various causes, including twenty one from disability. The principle has been officially decided thaka man is liable to draft only at : his legal domicile or plaCe of residence. • -; Boa Tow, August 10.—The sloop•pf•war Markin and tender America. arrived at Holmes , Hele on.ttie Bth, and sailed for,Boston, on the 9th. . _ The United States Frigate Irani%litm. •• flaw YORK; August-10.-The frigate , Vandal*. left An rottsamuth, IL, this morning; mission. Very respectfully and truly yours, GEO. G. MEADE, .• Major General Commanding, WAsIIINGTON. Special Despatches to The Press. WA BRINGTON, AllgUla 10, 1.863. The Tieasury. The Draft. The Sloop-of-War Marion, TILE DRAFT. Reply of the President to Gov. Seymour. A synopsis of the official, letter of Governor Sey mour, and - the anSwer 'elf the President, we have 'already printed, but ti; following le the whole reply of the President EXICOUTIVE IVIANS TON, WASHINGTON, August 7.• His Ezceuanck Horati? Seymour, Governor of Neu, York, Albany, N. Your communication of the 3d instant has been re-. eelyed and attentively considered.- I cannot consent to surpend the draft in Neer York, AB you request, because, among other reasons, lime is too important. By, the figures you aend, which I presume are correct, the twelve diatgfeta represented fall in two classes of Eight and four respectively. "The disparity of the quotas for the draft in these two clam s is certainly very striking, being the differ epee between an average of 2.200 in one class, and 4 864 in the other. Assuming that the districts are Equal one to another in entire populational required I y the plan on which they were made, this die. parity is such se to require attention. gush of it, however, I suppose will he accounted for by the fact that so many more persons fit for soldiers are in the city than are in the country, who have too recently arrived from other parts of the United States and from Europe to be either included in the census of 1860, or to, have voted in 1862. • Still, making due allowance for this, I am yet unwilling to stand upon it as an entirely sufficient explanation of the great disparity. I shall direct the draft' to proceed in all the districts, drawing, however, at first from each of the four districts, to wit: the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth, only 2,200, being the average quota of the other class. After this drawing, these four die. tents, and also the seventeenth and twenty•raintia, shall be carefully re.enrolled, and, if you please, agents of yours may witness every step of the pro• cess. Any deficiency which may appear by.the new enrolment will be supplied by a special draft for that object, allowing due credit for volunteers who may be obtained from,these districts respectively, during the interval; and at all peints, so far as consistent with practical convenience, due credits shall b e given for volunteers, and your ExaelloncrAtill be notified of the time fixed for cOgionicing a draft in each district. • I do not Qtaect to abide a decision of the United Stateti Supreme Court, or of the judges thereof, on the 'constitutionality of the draft law. In fact,' I should be willing to facilitate the obtaining of it. But 'I Cannot, consent to lose the time while it is being obtained. We are contending with an enemy who, as I understand, drives every able. bodied man he can reach into his ranks, very much as a butcher drives bullocks into a slaughter .pen. No time is wasted, no argument .is used. This produces an army which'will soon turn upon our now victorious soldiers already in the field, if they shall not be sus tained by recruits as they should be. It produces an army with a rapidity not to be matched on our side, if we first waste time to re ex.periment with the volunteer system, already deemed by Congress, and palps:hiPin fact, so far eabausred as to be in adequate, and then more time to obtain a court de cision as to whether a law is constitutional, which requires a part of those not Row in the service to go to the aid of.those who are already in it; and still more time to determine with absolute certainty that we get those who are to go in the precisely legal proportion to those who are not to go. My purpose is to be in my action just and constitutional, and yet practical, in performing the impintant duty with which I am charged, of maintaining the unity and the free'principles of our common country. ' I / , Your obedient servant, A. LuTooLg. REPLY OF GOV. SE? HOUR TO THE PRR DENT—THE GOVERNMENT THREATENED —CHARGES OFFRAUD. ••• ALBANY, August ID.—The following is the reply if Governor Seymour to the President's letter : ALBANY, August 8, 1863. To the President of the United States: I received your communication of the 7th instas this day.: - I w the concessions you maketi While I recognize regret your refusal to comply with my request td have the draft in this State suspended until it cad be ascertained if the enrolments are made in accord mice with the laws _of Congress, or with the pdn ciples ofjustice. ) I know our army needs recruits, and for this and other reasons I regret a decision which stands in the way of - a prompt and cheerful movement to'fill up the thinned ranks of our regiments. New York never pausea„Wer efforts tolsend volunteers to the assistanc‘Of oar gallant soldiers in the field. She has nnitTonlimet every call here- tofore made (while eve Atlantic and New England States, excepAllioile Island, has been de linquent), but has contiradlliberal bounties to vo lunteers when.alLefforts weWsuspended in - many other quarters.*Active exertions are now, being made to organizernew and fill up the old regiments. These exertions will be more successful if the draft is suspended and, muctyibetter men than reluctant conscripts will join the armies. I,Cin the 7th, I advised you 'by letter that I. would furnish the strongest proof of the injustice, if not fraud, in the enrolment in certain districts. I now send the full report made to me by Judge Advocate Waterbury. I am confident when you have read it you will agree with me that the honor of the nation and your Administration demands that the abuses which it points out be corrected and punished. TiTumay - we are contending with an enemy who, as you under . 1313,nd,1 , ..gink:a every able bodied man he can reach *ha hlehe to the slaughter-pen.” - -- rou will agree with me that.even this, impartially done to classes, is mote tolerable than any, scheme which shall fraudu-' lently force a portion of the community into the military service by a dishonest perversion of the You will see by the report of ;Mr. Waterbury, that there is no theory which can explain or justify the_enrolment in this State: I wish to call your at tention to the tines - on pages 5,6, 7, and 8, which show that in nine Congressional districts, in Man hattan Long, and Staten Islands, the number of con scripts called for is 33,729, while in nineteen other districts tlieifebe umr of conscripts called for is only 39,626. Thitifligt is to be made from the first class, viz : thoselietWeen the ages ,of 20 and 35. It tip._ pears by the census of 1860 that in the first nine Congreisional districts there were 164,797 males be tween 20 and 35, and they are called upon to supply 33,729 conscripts. In -the other nineteen districts, with a population of males between 20 and 35, of 270,786, only 39,626 are demanded. Again, to show the partisan character of the en rolment, you will :find on the 21st page of the mili tary report in the first nine Congressional districts, the total vote in 1860 was 161,243. The number of conecrinta new demanded is 33,729. In the nineteen other districts the total vote was 457,257. Yet these districts give majorities in favor of one political party, and each of the nine districts gave majorities in favor of the other party. - You cannot and will not fail to right these gross wrongs. Truly yours, . HORATIO SEYMOUR ARMY OF TUE POTOMIC, WASHINGTON, Sunday, August 9.--A. refugee, who arrived here to day from Richmond,, says that there are but few troops there. Two weeks agb three bri gades were sent to Charleston. Lee has not been reinforced to any considerable degree from Rich mond. The strength of D. H. Hill's division is less than five thousand. Great suffering Prevails in Richmond among the poorer classes, in consequence of the scarcity and high prices of provisions. Advises from:the Army of the Potomac tonight state that everything is quiet, and will probably re main so for a month or six weeks to come, unless the rebels attack us. Lee's whole army is now on the south bank of the Rapidan strongly entrenched. Trains are running over the. railroad bridge across he Rappahannock, • Hot weather and poor water are telling on our troops. AN ORDER AGAINST-GUERILLAS. Wasninwrow, August 10 . ... 7: The folkiwing proora mation has been issued by. Gen. Meade MIAMI:WARNERS ARMY of POTOTIA.C, .Tply'3o, 1863. Thenumerous depredations committed by citizens, or rebel soldiers in disguise, harbored and concealed by citizens along - the Orange and AlexEndria Rail road, and within our lines, call for prompt and ex emplary punishment. Under the instructions of the Government, therefore, every citizen against whom there is sufficient evidence of his having engaged in these practices, will be arrested and confined for punishment, or put beyond the lines. The people within ten miles of the railroad . are notified that they will be held responsible, in their persons and their property, for any injury done to the road, trains, depOts, or stations, by citizens, guerillas, or persons in disguise 5 and, in case of such injury, they will be impressed as "laborers, to repair all damages. If these measures should not stop such depredations, it willbecome the unpleasant duty of the undersigned in the execution of his instructions, to direct that the inhabitants of the district of country along the railroad be put across the lines, and their property taken for Government uise. GEORGE G. IVIEADE, Major General Commanding. The depredations having been continued, knout ber of citizens suspected, or known to be complica ted in these traneeetione, have been promptly ar rested, Expedition Up. James River—The Gun boat.. Barney Blown up by a _Torpedo. FORTRESS MONROE, August 10.--The:expedition that left here on the 4th lust, under tiirdirection - of Alajer General Foster, was accompanied by the 4turet iron-clad Sangamon and gunboats Corn. Barney and Cohasset. • They proceeded up the James river, and when above City Point, and within about seven miles of Fo:l.Patling, at a point called. Dutch Gap, a t or ped o exploded under the bows of , the Com ' modore Barney" by a lock-string connecting with the shore. The explosion is descriffikl Mat lterilac, lift ing the bows of the Commodore iiiarney completei; out of the water full ten feet, and thrdWing a gieat quantity of water high into the air ; which fell upon the deck of the boat, washing overboard fifteen of her men, among whOm was Lieutenant Cushing, the commander of the Commodore Barney. Two _of their number (sailore) were drowned, the others rd. or General Foster was on board of this boat when the explosion took place. The enemy then opened on them from shore with twelve-pounder field pieces. Some fifteen shot penetrated the Barney, beside a great number of musket balls, and not a man injured, except the paymaster, slightly, with splinters. Gunboat Cohaspet received five twelve-pound shot, one passing through the pilot-house, the commander, Acting Master Fox. The shot struck him in the back, killing him instantly. . •The Commodore Barney was towed down to New port News by a tug, and will . be repaired. The ob ject of the reconnoissance was accomplished, and the fleet has returned. - The new army gunboat, General Jesup, command ed by Lieutenant Colonel Whipple, also accompanied the expedition; and received several shots, but not •. . _ Much injured. .-The Steamer Saxonia at New. York- Toni, August tO —The steamer Saxonia 3uiived tO-liiekt, get ailviceo have Intm anticipatect, THE WAR IN THE SOUTlllipt Mitsrrats, August 8 —The report of Gen. Hurl but's resignation is untrue. Geo. 11/snack, has de• °lined to receive it. Gen. ,Hurlbut, therefore, remains in command of the 6th Army Corps. The Mobile News, of the 3d says: "We have a multitude of reports terribly detrimental to the'cha• rooter and patriotism of the people of many places of Alabama and Mississippi. [Slimy of them are too disgraceful to publish. A portion of our people have gone stark mad. They are bastard Southerners acid recreant Cionfederatec.ll "The chief of the Choctaws has gone to Rich• mond. "Johnston's army, 25,000 strong; is still at Me ridian and Enterprise, ready to go to Mobile or east, as circumstances may require. Bragg is at Chattanooga, with H part of his forces at Rome. GA. " Extensive preparations are being made to finish the fortifications of Mobile." Travel on the Misslsippl. Cruno, Augutt 8.--In consequence of the dispo sition of the steamboat men on the Xisalssip of river to extort exorbitant rates of fare from the soldiers missing up and down the river, General Grant has issued an Order regulating the prices. Commissioned officers will be charged X cent per mile for cabin passage, including berth, and the pay of 50 cents per meal. Eqlisted men g cent per mile, with the privilege of mioliing their ra tions. Boats are not at liberty to refuse to carry any soldiers travelling under proper orders. The penal ties for the violation of this order are tine and im pricortment, at the diecretion of the court martial. The Loss of the S'teamer Ituth—Salety of Paymaster Greellwalt. Carno, August —Major Greenwalt, one of the paymasters, supposed to have been lost on the stesnier Ruth, is safe. Re was not on the Ruth, having been left, but followed onthe City of Alton", early in the morning.' The latter boat passed the burning wreck, but, not knowing what it was, went on to Memphis, Where Major G. first learned of the logs of the R itli. fie returned here to-day in, con. sequence. Arrival of the U. S. Steamer Hartford, Admiral Parragat, at. New York. NICW 'roux, August if/ —The United States steam frigate Hartford, Admiral Farragut, of the Missis sippi Sousdron, arrived at this port to-night. She was saluted by the forte at the Narrows, by the Quarantine, Fort. Wood, Fort Columbus, and the various French, Spanish, and American men•of--war in the harbor.' The Draft in Buffalo. BUFFALO, August 10 —Tho draft in this city was concluded to-day. It passed off quietly, the nee ,- wiry precautions being teiren. sx of the empukees of the felegraPh office are among the draftez , . "Personal. PORTLAND, August 10 —There Teas an immense audience 'at _city Hall to-night, To greet General Shepley, iviaitary Governor of Louisiana. Lie made a speech two hours in length. Tile members of the Western Boards of Trade left foe home to.day. NATIONAL POLITICS. Mrs Solicitor 'Whiting to the Union League —The Dangers of the 'Future. Mr. Wm. Whiting, the able Solicitor of the War Department, has, by invitation of the Union League of this city, addressed that body a flighty valuable paper on the "Dangers `of our National Future." After remarking that "the deadly struggle is be tween civilization and • barbarism freedom and slavery—republicanism and aristoeracy—loyaltsrand treason," Mr. Whiting leads us'to consider the diffi culties of our position. He says : ".As the success of the Union cause shall become more certain and apparentto the enemy in various localities, they wilt lay down arms and cease fight ing. Their bitter and deep-rooted hatred of the Government and of all Northern men who are not traitors, and of all Southern men who are loyal, will still remain interwoven in every fibre of their hearts, and will be made, if possible, more intense by the humiliation of conquest and subjection. The tootof the conqueror planted upon their proud necks will noesweeten their tempers, and their de fiant and treacherous nature will seek to revenge itself in murders, assassinations, and all Underhand methods of venting a' spite which- they dare not manifest by open war, and in driving out of their borders all loyal men. To suppose that a Union sentiment will remain in any considerable number of men, among a people who have strained every nerve and made every sacrifice to destroy the Union, indicates -dishonesty, insanity, or feebleness of in tellect The inhabitants of the conquered - districts will begin by claiming the right to exercise the powers of government, and under their construction of State rights, to, get control of the lands, personal property, slaves, tree - blacks, and poor whites, ana a legalized power, through the instrumentality of State laws, made to answer their own purposes, to oppose and. prevent the execution of the Constitution and laws of the United 'States, within districts of the country inhabited by therm "Thus, for instance: When South Carolina shall have ceased fighting, she will say to the. President, 'We have now laid down our arms s we submit to the authority of the United" States GOverma at. You may restore your custom houses, your, c its of justice; and if we hold any public prop I's ;'we Rive it up ; we now have chosen Senate! , and Pe s soseniatives to Congress. and demand their ad mission, and tnessussesmishment of all our State rights :. aLd n ;rz dhi s s t a o; a tion to all our former privi leges and immunity as citizens of the United States) ( i l ti qy a xii. l3e w_ t h_ h o ? are n t i r o a n it ; er ak s e in a who never na--- they could, would hang every friend of the (390814f meet. But, for the sake of getting power into their own hands by our concession, which they could not obtain by fighting—and for the sake of; :avoiding" their national crimes, they will demand restoration under the guise of-claiming State rights. "What will be the consequences of yielding to this demand'?" " The.y.will gain the right of managing their af fair's_ according to their will and pleasure, and ,net according to the will and pleasure of the people of the United States. "They will be enabled, by the intervention of their, State laws and State courts, to put and maintain themselves in effectual and perpetual opposition to the laws and Constitution of the United States, as they have done,_for thirty-five yens past. They will have the power to pass such local laws as will effectually exclude all Northern men, all soldiers, all free blacks, and all persons and things which shall be inconsistent with the theory of making slavery the corner-stone of their local government ; and they may make slavery perpetual, in violation of the laws of the United States and proclama tions of the President. They may continue the enforcement of - those classes of laws against free speech and freedom of the press, which will for ever exclude - popular education and all other means of moral, social, and politicaf.advancement They may send back to Congress the same traitors and conspirators who have once betrayed their coun try into civil war, and whei will thwart, and embar rass_ all measures tending to restore the Union by harmonizing the interests and the institutions of the people ; and so, being introduced into camp, as the wooden horse into:Troy, gain by fraud and-treason that which they could not achieve by feats of arms. The insanity of State.rights doctrines will be nou rished-and strengthened by admitting back a con quered people as our equals, and its baleful influence cannot be estimated." LEGAL DEFINITION OF THE REBELLION. Two questions must be coneidered : lat. When did the rebellion become a territorial, civil war? 2d. What are the rights of the enemy under the laws of war -I • The first question has been settled by the Su preme Court of the United States in the case of the Hiawatha, decided on the 9th of March, 1863. In that case, which s should be read- and studied by every citizen 'of the Union, the members of the court difterealii opinion as to the time when the war became territorial. The majority decided that when the fact of general hostilities existed, the war was territorial, and the Supreme Court was bound to take judicial cognizance thereof. The minority argued that as Congress alone had power to declare war, so Congress, alone has power to recognize the existence of war '; and they con tended that it was not until the act of Congress of July 13th, 1861, commonly called the nomintercourse act, that a state of civil, tenths] ial war was legiti mately recognized. All the judges agree in the posi tion "that since July 13th, 1561, there has existed between the United States and the Confederate "States a doll, territorial war. " That since that time the United States have full belligerent rights against all persons residing in the districts declared by the President's proclamation in a state of rebellion." ' • "STATE RIGHTS:". Suppose that all the inhabitants living fin - South Carolina should be swept off, so that solitude should reign throughout its borders unbroken by any living thing, would the State-rights of South Carolina still exist as attached to the land itself? Can there be a sovereignty without a people, or a State without inhabitants? State rights, so far as they concern the Union, are the rights of per sons, as members of a State, in relation to the. General Government;"and when the person has be come a public enemy, then he loses all rights ex cept the rights of war. And when all the inhabi tants have (by engaging in civil, territorial war), become public enemies, it is the same, In legal ef fect, as though the inhabitants had been annihi lated. So far as this Government' is concerned, civil war obliterates all lines of State or countries ; the only lines recognized by war are the lines which separate us from a public enemy. 1 do not place reliance upon the common law doc trine of forfeitures of franchises as applicable to this revolution, for forfeiture can be founded only upon the admission of the validity of the act in which forfeiture is founded. Nor does the - belligerent law of civil, territorial war, whereby a public enemy loses his rights as a citizen, admit the right of secession. It is not any vote or law of secession that makes an individual a- public enemy. A person may commit heinous offences against municipal law, and commit acts of hostility against the Government, without be ing a Public enemy. To be a 'personal enemy is not to be a public enemy to the country, in the eve of belligerent or international law. Whoso engages in an insurrection is a personal enemy, but it is not until that insurrection has swelled into ter ritorial war that lie becoEues a public enemy. It must also be remembered that the right of secession is not conceded by enforcement of bellige rent law, since, in civil war, it nation has the right to treat its citizens either as subjects or as bellige rent, ores both. Hence, while belligerent law de stroys all claims of subjects epgaged in civil war, as against the parent government, it does not release the subject from his duties to that government. By war the sob set loses his rights, but he dope not escape hie obligations. ' - The inhabitants of- the conquered. districts will thus lose their right to govern us, Mit will not escape their obligation to obey us Whatever rights, are left to them, besides the right of war, will be such as we choose to allow them. It is for us to dictate to them, not for them to dictate to us what privi leges they shall enjoy. NEW METHOD OF RESTORATION. AlloW the iZabitants of conquered territory to form themselves into _ R tes, only by adopting con stitutions such as will .- i ss e ve ," remove all cause of collision with ,the United States, s!."' excluding slavery therefrom, or continue militarigOve,:. nment over the conquered district until there shall aptiesi therein a sufficient number of loyal Inhabitants to form a Republican Govermnhnt, which, by guaran teeing-freedom to all, shall be In accordance With the true spirit, of the Constitution of the United States. Those safeguards of freedom are: requisite to render permanent the dontiestic tranquillity of the country, which the Conatitution itself was formed to secure and which it is the legitimate object of this war to maintain. Marine. NEW YORK, August ie.—Arrived, bark Wren, from Swansea ; B. Smith, from Lingan ; Ahlepa, from Bay. Mr. D. H. Craig, for many years the telegraphic' agent for the New York Associated Press, has with drawn from that position, and is succeeded by Mr. Bradford, a gentleman who is well known' not only for his exugrience, but for his uniform courtesy and his desire to do equal and exact justice to all the peisonkcOncerned in the receipt of authentic in telligence. SALE TO DAY, STOOKS AND REAL ESTATE S at the Xactutrile, by M. Thomas & Sone. ffiecretary Welles and Mr. Laird. Among our items of European news, we publish this morning come important documents relating to the btier of Secretary Welles on the assertion of Mr. Laird, the well•known-bullder of rebel vessels In Birkenhead. Mr. Laird, in the House of Com mons, in March last, stated that he had been applied to by order of the Navy Department in Washimlton, to build war vessels for the Federal Government. The oolieol nem' of this abatement was emphatically dent. d by Secretary Weller, in &letter originally ad dressed to the Hon. Charles Sumner, recently pub 'lobed by Mr. Cobuen in the English piperii, and re pronuced a few dayiNsgo in our columns. Mr. Welles says: It is not tin that any application to build a vessel for ibis Goverment Woe over m,de to that gentleman. di rectly or ind 3 / 4 rectly. by myself or by any agent of the Navy Denali lent. No perst;n or persons have been em ployed by n e as ago, to, or been authorized by the Navy Der aril:lest. or by the. American Government. to make application to Kr. Laird. or the firm of which he is a mem-or, or to any other persot or firm abroad, to build a vessel or veasels for tne Government of the United Eta tes; or tor the navy of the United states. In reply to this very explicit denial, Mr. Laird de clares that he believed his statements to be true, and in order t&enable the public to judge whether he had sufficient grounds for entertaining this nelief, he publishes copies of letters from a friend in Wash ington. These letters were well calculated to make Mr. Laird believe in the correctness of what he states, provided always that he was quite sure that his Washington friend and correspondent was trustworthy. This correspondent sends him a memorandum "handed him the evening be fore`-from the Department with the , request to send it to Mr. Laird by the next mail." His friend further claims to have assured the " Minis tem of the Navy," that if such a vessel could be built, Mr. Laird could do it, and he assured Mr. Laird that Mr. Welles had great confidence in his judgment. In another letter, dated New York, Oc tober 26, 1861, this friend informs Mr. Laird that he sent his (Laud's) last letter to the Secretary - of the Navy, who was very desirous to have him (Mr. Lahti) build-the iron-plated and bomb-proof bat testes, and be expresses - the hope that Kr. Welles. may yet decide to have Mr. Laird build one or mow of the gunboats. • ' . Mr. Laird, in publishing these document/14/11BL have been aware that all their weight de wrres eon - .ed on the character and trustworthiness of hit ion if he n dent. Be must know little of public thinks that anonymous letters are eto impugn the veracity of the explicit state/ ent made b y Se cretary Welles. No unbiased /lab would admit this anonymous testimony Pei eridence. If Mr. Laird meant to prove'. anythird , he should have published the name of his °orespondent. As the case stands, he only shows hiadrelf to have been the dupe of sonic adventucer, hose name even he is ashamed to divulge. That %e should have been so ' made a fool of nobody wm wonder, when it is con sidered on what p wroof he relies to make fools of other people. —N ` • T >f b Yne• Urn in the Lend es 4 c e a w a a But Mr. Lft. suppose that when. a fact has aa , e , publicly affirmed and publicly de nied by the two pprtielli most interested, the question between t h em on be decided - by the production of anaasmous Jitters. We -agree with the friends , a ,„ rn ju t .. ,naird consulted that he had a right to use all ,a,cuments : including the Washington letter of in his own vindication; and, indeed, the, e question hairing become a public one, ti..-- t -een two Cian-ernments, it wail 'his duty to do •so ; but, thou, if:the letters are to be worth anything as evidence, he must- publish the name of his correspondent. If he cannot do this, his case breaks down for want of evi dence, If - Mr. Laird merely wishes to show how became to be possessed with a certain belief, these letters may suffice, but if he wants to convict the American Government they are worthless. The departmental memorandum, which Mr. Laird pub- Bisbee, and to which he, apP r ears to attach import ance, contains no reference to him, and is just such an one as would be given to an American contractor. There must have been scores of similar memoranda issued at Wasbington ,to persons who were pro viding the American Government with- home-built ships. We submit to Mr. Laird that he cannot let the matter rest where it is. There must have oeen appaling lying somewhere, and we hope the guilty party will be found out. In the meantime, Mr. Laird's ietters prove nothing to the purpose. [From the N. Y. Post.] •_ Everybody remembers the letters which a Mr. Spence, of Liverpool, wrote to the London Times, in 1861 and 1862, in support of the rebels. These letters professed to come from an Englishman of in dependent opinions, and as such they, had a certain influence, until, by the capture of a retie! despstch. bag and the publication of the despatches, it became known that this impartial and high-toned English advocate of slavery and rebellion was a salaried secret agent of the rebels. Since this discovery was made, Mr. Spence's letters pass in England for just what they are worth—the special pleas of a hired attorney. Another and equally disreputable transaction has just been brought home to another English sup porter of the rebels. Messrs. Laird, Sons, & Co., of Birkenhead, near Liverpool, build Alabamas and iron-clads for Self Davis; and Mr. Laird, the senior partner of the firm, is a member of the English Par liament, Of the propriety of a member of the Bri tith Lesielature engaging in such business we will say nothing here ; though if ever hereafter a mem ber of the United States Congress is found to be en gaged in fitting out privateers to prey, under a fo reign and unrecognized flag, on British commerce, no doubt we shall receive lectures enough on the subject from the London Times. But Mr. Laird was not content to reap his gains in silence. He must' endeavor to justify himself; and some time ago he asserted, in Parliament, posi tively, that at one time - he had received from. the Navy Department of the United States an order to build ships for our service. When this was hrought to-the attention of the Secretary of the Navy, he promptly and explicitly denied the truth of the as sertion, and this denial was made public in Eng land. Thereupon Mr. Laird seeks shelter behind certain anonymous letters, which purport to be writ ten, in Washington and New Yerk, by a person whose character, position, antecedents Mr. Laird himself takes care not to vouch for in any way, and whose language betrays him to be =a foreigner, and in all probability any adventurer— probably one of those "lobby agents," who, needy and unscrupulous, hastened to Washington, on the outbreak of the war, to try to turn a dishonest penny by dint of impudence and pertinacity. . This wonderful correspondent of Messrs. Laird, Son's & Co., was not the only one, according to Mr. Welles ' who " importuned" the department "-in he half of Mr. Laird." We hope the remainder of Mr. Laird's bagmen were more skilful persons than this anonymous writer whom. he says hetelieved, though it is evident that he did not trust him enough to even take the trouble to send him plans and bids for " a shot and shell.proof battery," such as he asked _tar. colfesp - difdett - apenas - outuiy enough of " our Government," but he betrays himself ludi crously when he speaks of the frequent interviews with "our Department of Naval Affairs," and of " the Minister of the Navy"-two phrases never used in this country at any time, and which none but a recently•arrived foreigner, ignorant even of the commonest phraseology of our administrative de partments, could have invented. ;Yet, while thus convicted of ignorance,. he constantly speaks of " our " affairs as though he were a citizen of the country. *lt.f. In July this person speaks repeatedly of our " Mi nister of the Navy, but by October he has learned better, and writes of the "Navy Department." In the meantime. why did Mr.. Laird correspond with such a person l Is it the fashion of great English mercantile firms to transact their business with un• known intermediariest Mr. Laird says he believed his correspondent. We can only say that if he had written at once to our: Navy Department, when he received the first letter, he would' have saved him self from what' must be a humiliating and ridicut bons position, in which he is now placed. We are quite sure that an American business man of equal eminence would have taken - pains first of all, to convince himself, by application to lieadquarters, of the character of .the agent who had approached him.. Terms of Readmission. The Washington Cl,ouicle of Saturday contains the following : Before long some of the rebellious States will be soliciting permission' tore-enter the Union, from which, in an evil hour, they seceded. It is mon strously absurd to contend that the Constitution provides for, requires, the reinstatement of such a people in all the privileges which they enjoyed be e their suicidal secession ; that the fundamental law of the Union prohibits the imposition of any con dition upon those who, after violent, armed, and per sistent efforts to destroy it, now sfek again to come under its shelter! Yetthis is really the ground taken by home-sympathizers with the rebels. They first affirm that the Federal Constitution does not pro vide for the deprivation of a rebel State of the rights it possessed before it rebelled, and then argue- that what is not in terms authorized in the Constitution is in fact prohibited to the Government and people. Put intsplain English, their position is this: Re bellion may be a mistake, but is never a crime ; State may secede, repudiate the Federal Constitu tion and authority, make war upon the Federal Go vernment, just as long as it has any hope of success, and when convinced that it must fail, return into the Union and resume all its rights under the Con stitution, and its full shsre of blessings under the Government it has sought to overthrow ; that, in fact, during the whole time it is in armed rebellion against the Constitution, it never loses its right to the immunities and protection of that great histru ment. . We repeat, that this is monstrously absurd doc trine. Yet it is the doctrine, stripped of its subter fuges, of the rebel sympathizers of the day. If it were a sound interpretation of the fundamental law in the case, a perpetual premium would be held out to attempts at successful rebellion, inasmuch as a State could lose nothing by revolt, and might gain terri- I ory, public property, independence. It might get pos session of the public lands, the Federal sub-treasuries, cuetom-houzes, arsenals, armories, guns and muni tions of war within its State lines,and the Federal ves sels 'Within its harbors, and relieve itself of all Federal taxation. Success would give it all these. i Failure would be merely followed-by the recapture of them, or of such of them as had not been destroyed. Ac cording to the rebel sympathizers and peace Demo crate, this would be the only effect of failure. Nei ther the Government nor the people of the Union could punish the offence, or impose any condition upon the State before it Was reinstated in the Union, or even exact a pledge that it would not re . peat the offence. On the contrary, the Senators-and Representatives could take thew seats in Congress while insultingly declaring that they would try the experiment again the first favorable opportunity. We surely need not multiply words to show that this reading of- the Constitution cannot be accepted as a solution of the inquiry suggested in the first ,paragraph of this. article. In the view of common sense, and common justice, and as an element vital to the Republic's self preservation, the Government and the people who have been so foully wronged by the rebellion of the seceded States must , have, if not "indemnity for the past," at least " security for the future." The right to that is inherent in every Government. Place it where you will, for that is im material to the argument, there is a Government of this Republic; and it is noronly its inherent right, but its imperative and sacred duty, to obtain the best security possible againat a repetition of this terrible foray upon the country—Ahis fearful wreck of pro perty, and slaughter of hundreds of thousands of citizens, to gratify the greed of ambition and the lust of power of wicked and designing men, backed by un grateful and revolting States. Unless such security for the future is provided, anarchy only, not Govern molt, is our heritage. If there be Government, then there must be power to impose conditions on a State that, laying down its arms, seeks to be re-established in the fellowship of the Union, Surely, if such 'a thing can be deviled, it may take bonds for the State's good behavior. If it cannot do this, it can net take the first step toward providing for its own preservation. and insuring libirty, and the pursuit of, liappinets to ' its ' citizens. Yet this ould be imposing a condition. The right to impose a condition includes the, right to make one; and then follows in our judgment, the right to make and impose such condition as shall best secure tae object sought by its imposition. We need not push • the argument further at present, or give it gqy specific application. PRICSEWTATION TO. GENERAL ROSECRANB.—An interesting event occurred in the Army of the Cumberland some weeks since. The members of comp'any K, roth Indiana, had prepared, by one ol their number, from a muscle shell taken from Stone ricer, on the battle ground (where the shells are found of very large size), a beau • cross, about two and a half by one and a tits which _was formally presented to Crepe halfinches regiment was in General Rose. ml Po ' secrans. th,:e-months service, was 00.. - -mended by him at the battiC of Rich Mountain, and the present was intended by the Pompany to express their regard for their general, as- ft kind remelt.- brance of their mole intimate relations r;',lth him In the campaign in Western Virginia, and affa Memen to of the great battle mid victory oT Stone river. The cross, cut froth the centM of the shell, was of a beautiful pearl celbri, EaVfng I.)try, much the appear ance of pearl It was' sent to" Nashville, where it was mounted With Old attlie - tillt, and a. plate in serted in the Shaft, upon which was engraved: "Presented to Generallidie:crahs, by Obmpany K, Tenth Indiana:" SthieTyrtrrass trf'RbriEfatOtio.—"A Richmond' paper ofthe 7111 sass Substitittes are beginning to command a large mim. This -morning' a man in Richmond offered sfp,C6o, and another offers $4,000 for &man to talcs his place in an artinity company.. This sibstitute system oughtto be stopped, as it las already dose much mischief in (dr army. ' At the Atijutant'Clehel'alite office have been received 60,000 cubstitutes in place of an equal number of ablobtaliett metr capable of bearing arms." Public Entertainments. The reconstruction of Mrs. John Drew's Aral& Street Theatre is rapidly progressing. The warier is nearly completed, and the whole will be intense by the time, next month, when the regular season is to commence. The . Mains' Opera Troupe, of which Miss Caroline Etchings is prima donna, Will give the first performances at this new theatre. It is understood that Mrs. Drew has secured a new play of high' merit and striking effects, in whiCh she will make her own " first appearance this seism" She is now at the sea-side, after a successful starring tour in Washington and the provinces. WAVNIII , ST1212.111! .THILATB.S, continuing under the lesse+ship of Mrs.JM. A. Garretteon, has been re. modelled during the recess, and also re.decorated. A few days ago we mentioned that the performers' "drawinprooms " were to be improved. This was an error of the press, as the dressingrooms were in tended to be named. They now are worse in this theatre, and better in the Academy of Music. than in any - other theatre of reputation in the United States. Mr. E. L. Tilton continues stage- manager, but it is said that Mr. W. H. Paul, late agent for Mr. Barney Williams, will take the place of Hr. Donnelly, as business agent. It will be difficult to fill the place of Mr. Donnelly, whose obliging dispo sition and cdurteous manners made him generally acceptable to the public. it is stated that. Walnut street Theatre will be opened for the seationon the 31st instant, Madame Isabella Cubes, the (Immense, appearing in anew piece, written expressly for het, in which, fe , lo wing the example of Celeste, she wilt appear e . an actress as well as a pantomimist. Amonr the " stars " who, it is said, will annear 'after Cuban, are Barney and Mrs.' Williams, Forin Booth; J. S. Clarke, Matilda Heron, Edwin Adams, Laura ICeene, Jane Coombs, Charlotte Thompson, and Margaret Mitchell. At thiCheetnut•street Theatre, where Dir. Wright continues stage manager, with Mr. Philip Warren as treasurer, there is now an able company giving performances after the manner of the Ravele, with whom they have been long connected. At the be ginning of next month, the regular season will COO. mence with " The Duke's Motto," a play which has already had a run of sixty nights at Niblo's Thea tre, New York. At the Academy of Music, next Monday evening. Mr. S. S. Clarke will commence a short season. We hear that Mr. Edwin Booth, the tragedian, will be his trump card at the opening of the game. Neist Monday, also, two iPhiladelphia tavorites— Mrs. Bowers and Mrs. Cowell—will appear together at the Winter Garden,. New York, under theimanage nient of Mr. Humphrey Bland, in a new piece, called "Natalie," written for Mrs. B. by the late Charles Silby, comedian and dramatist, of London. At the close of this engagement, Mrs. Cowen proceeds to. the Boston Academy of Music, where she is engaged ae leadink lad y .. hPapproaching season. It will be difficult to supply In the wand street company. Mrs. Emma Waller, whose rare merit as dienne was first , recogoized, on this continent, .in 'Philadelphia, commences her starring season at Buf falo, in about ten days. She will have the valuable assistance, in her tour, of the gentlemanwho sated as her agent during the last season. Of cisme, we shall see and welcome her in this city. LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF BOOTS, &Toes, Bao. GANS, &c.—The particular attention of dealers is re quested to the large peremptory sale of boots, show, brogans, &c., embracing samples of 1,100 packages, A choice assortment of prime fresh goods, to be sold without reserve, by . cittalogue, on four months' Sr.. alt, commencing this (Tuesday) morning, at tea o'clock precisely, by John B. Myers & Co., auction_ eers, Nos. 232,and 234 Market street. SLAVES TN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.—The Nash. vine Union says: •'We have conversed recently with several large slaveholders from Southern Ken tucky. They say that the decline in the price of slaves is from thirty to fifty per cent., the average decline being nearer the latter figure. The priceof a slave depends almost whollyomhis personal attain- Lion' and feelings. A steady - slave, who has a wife on or near his owner's farm, is considered valuable in his neighborhood. But slaves brought front a distance, or young men and women who have no domestic ties to bind them, or slaves who have mt.. manifested - a disposition to run off; will not bring, any price at all. They are considered as intangible as the wind. A man would as soon think of invest ing his money in a contingent interest in a flock of wild pigeons, or a school of herring swimming in mid ocean, as to invest itin such fugacious children of Ham:, A DESERTER ELo66lll3.—One Joseph Hagen, who is alleged to have deserted from the 63d P,ennsylvs- Ma Volunteers, was severely whipped, by order of the provost marshal, in Pittsburg - , on the 34 instant. Hagen, after having deserted from the army, had the bo'dness to enlist as a substitute on the 30th of July, when he was again sworn into the service, but de serted the same night. On the 3d instant he received $250, and enlisted - as a substitute, and was about to be sworn into the - United States service the third time, when be was discovered. Provost Marshal Captain J. Heron 'Foster immediately ordered him to be handcuffed, and to receive twent - y-tive lashes as a punishment to himself and a warning to others. The corporal charged with theexecution of the order administered thirtpoeven lashes in a severe manner. The affair created a great deal of talk in the city of Pittsburg. Capt. Foster says he will cheerfully sub mit to punishment for assault and battery. TRH GRAVES OF NEW YORK SOLDIERS AT GET. TTSBUR42I.—The meet noticeable and important pa per sent to the New York State Soldiers' Ddpdt, in Howard street, is a map of the locations of the, graves of New York soldiers at Gettysburg., This was made by Dr. Theodore Dimon,. of Auburn. Ac companying this map is a list of the names of the buried, as far as they can be ascertained." This list will, be copied into such a book as will be adorable and proper record of these brave soldiers of this State. 'As far as practiccbie, this will be done for the soldiers who_ be.ee fallen on other battlefields. of this State has authorized Gover nor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,- to purchase ground suitable for the burial of those soldiers who fell at that place.—New York Express. WHICH is RIGHTI—Some of the oppoattion lead ers have for , a long time adopted the following vsatehword! "The Union as it was and the Con stitutiOn as it is." The Ohio Slatesmun is the organ of that party in Ohio, and is published under the eye, if not absolute direction ,ofS. S. Cox. It de clares "the restoration of the Union as it was, with the Constitution as it is, is impossible." As the Statesman is the organ of Vallandigham, it probably agrees with him. and favors the division of the coun try into four confederacies, which - shall be virtually independent o f each other, have a common Congress, and be ruled by minorities. PRAIRIE CHICKENS.—The .Dubuque Times says that "never since lowa has been settled by the white man have prairie chickens been as numerous as at the present season. In Buchanan and Blackhawk counties they can be killed with stones and club; and huntindthein;with guns is next to no sport at all. So plenty are they that the farmers importune hun ters to try their, luck on their grounds, and in some instances they: have manifested a willingness to pay for the killing." BATTLE WITH THE UTE INDIANS.—A. fierce battle was fought on the Bth of July, in Idaho territory-, b tween a band of the Me Indians and a company of the 7th Kansas Volunteers, led by - Lieutenants 13rundley and Williams. After a two hours'. fight Lieut. Williams charged them with the bayonet, and the Indians broke for the mountains, leaving 2t killed and 39 wounded on the field of battle. Our loes was alight, the Indians mostly firing over our troops. TIDE CITY. The Therinometer. AUGUST 10, 1882. i AUGUST 10, 1888. I 6 A. m..... 12 31......3 P. M. 8 A.x.....1231[ 3P. X. 89 89 82 ..93 - 963 WIND. W. WNW.. '.NW NW. NW .5E....S by W. JUDGE SHANNON AT THE CONTINENTAL— AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS IN FAVOR OF THE ADM. NIST.RATIos.—Last evening, about nine o'clock, the Continental... Hotel and vicinity were well-packed with a large audience for the purpose of hearing an address from Judge Shannon, of Pittsburg. Previ ous to this Birgfeld's band, wldch was in attend ance, gave the orator of the evening a delightful se renade. Shortly after nine o'clock the :fudge stepped upon the balcony and was received with cheers by the crowd. He spoke for about half an hour in sub stance as given below. His remarks were frequent ly interrupted by loud and long applause, especially when he alluded to the acts of the Administration and those of "Governor Curtin: FELLOIV-CITIZENS : I assure you, with the most grateful emotions, that I thank you for this compli ment to an humble member of a loyal party of For no merit of my own—for no intrinsic worth can I claim this ovation as my due. But as a representative, as one who from his first vote until Democratic rebels fired on our flag at Sumpter, never swerved from Democracy, I speak to you to-night. Thus laying claim to the Democratic party, I assert here, in behalf of the `precepts of Jefferson and or Jackson, that the only true test of Democracy to-day is to stand-by our country, and our country, right or wrong. [A.p. Valise.] If this was true when it was the bugle blast of the Democracy of the States, it is true now. No foreign or imperial power has dared to assail the rights and liberties of the people of this country. Alas, those who have reared their stand ard against the Constitution and the Union are those who in times past we have loved and honored. Under the same flag we fought, and under the same flag martyrs were buried. Who were the men of the past who stood forth- in the defence of every right guarantied by the Constitution? Whigs of the North, Americans of the North, Republicans of the North, and Douglas Democrats of the North. The so-called Vice President of the Southern Confede racy, in a style of peculiar eloquence, says that there never was a law enacted by a Christian peo ple more faithfully observed and kept than the fugitive slave law, which compelled the white man to restore the slave to his owner. No law was ever more faithfully kept than that. What cause of warfare had , these men? Don't you know that scarcely a slave from the cotton States was ever allowed to escape? We stood faithfully, and the history of Christendom will acknowledge it. - As long as these Southern Democrats were willing to light - for the Union inside of the Union, we were willing to stand by them. When they did otherwise, we de nounced them as what they are—traitors, scoun drels, and villains I It was a part of the conspiracy, that not merely should the De• mocratic party be disrupted, but that their anew Government formed by these Southern Democrats should be built upon slavery. Abraham Lincoln is greater to-day in the affections of the people than all the crowned heads of Europe are in the affections of their subjects.- He has his right hand -grasped around the flag of the Confederacy. You cannot conquer the Republic. We have eaptured Vicks burg, we have taken Port Hudson, and are hem- Wring away at Charleston, and Charleston will soon fall. What had we a right to expect from Bu chanan and his Cabinet? In his message he stated that, while Seeettlieri wall wrong aad to he deplored, if niiy.;;Vathein State seer fit to withdraw from the Union, there is no Dower itlthe KlEetnativel 11 9 POTR in Ve:.=.• to low, her back again. go, to night, whilst the winds of a M.Z.th lake since sweet requiem to, the memory. of Stephen 4• Douglas, Democrats, where do you stand? By a B — reckiniVri or by the grave of Douglas? There can be no synie pathizers to-night with Breckinridger I speak to you to-night in all the depths of sincerity.' When the rebellion broke out, Floyd was engaged in strip ping the arsenals of the North of their guns and munitions of war. We had a gallant litlle'rravy. What was the Democratic Secretary of the'DtaNy about? You had a Democratic Secretary - of the Treasuiy, Howell Cobb. What Was he engaged in ening? I say to you to-night, that never was a na tion so betrayed, plundered, degraded, as. by James Buchanan and his Democratic cabinet.. Had he one thousandth part of the energy of Andrew Jackson, that rebellion could never have lasted- for thirty days. Your journals say that the only way' to re store_peace is to restore the Dernocratic'party. But if this were done, I would not.give a farthing for mach restoration. Pennsylvania is the land of beauty and of virtue. - I speak to you to-night in virtue of your churches and public schools ; I speak proudly and gloriously in opposition to. Francis W.-Hughes, la' model% pretentious Democrat; I say that Pennsyl vania shall never and never be switched into the Southern Confederacy. Pennsylvania. blood has been poured out like water. Democrats, -Republi cans. Americans, Germans, and Irish, have poured out their blond. We must be a unit. `• Pennsylvania; 'lin mbe 'made loyal by October. Croyerner-durum lies done more for Pennsylvania than any other Governor has done for any other State. life is the man whom the soldier loves, Amongst
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