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VOL. 7.-NO. 13.
Unreserved Sale of Clothing.
Unreserved sale of Clothing.
Unreserved sale of Clothing,
Unreserved sale of Clothing.
Unrevrved eale of Clothing.
Oak Hall, Oak Hall,
Oak Hall. Oak Hall,
Oak Hall, Oak Hall.
Oak Hall, Oak Hall.
- Oak Hall, Oak Hall.
Previous to extensive alterations,
Previous to extensive alterations,
Previous to extensive alterations,
Previous to extensive alterations.
-Previous to extensive alterations.
We want to reduce stock,
we want to radon stock,
We want to reduce stock.
We want to reduce stock.
We want to reduce stock.
Will sell at lower prices than ever,
Will sell at lower prices than ever,
Will sell at lower prices than ever,
Will sell at lower prices than ever. •
Will sell at lower micas than ever.
WANAMAKER & BROWN.
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It S. E. corner SIXTH andlf &EGRET Streets
CLOTHING.
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IA XAMOVILD 1110111111211 OHISTAIIT STIBITI
EDWARD P. KELLY'S,
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Where he presents to former patrons and the rabbi
the advantages of a STOOK OF GOODS. °anal if not en•
vitriol.. to any in the osity—the skill and Mate of himself
and EDWARD P. KELLY. the two beat Tailors of the
eity—at prices mush lower, than any other Aret.elass eats
kilahment of the atty. and-if
BLACK CASS. PANTS,
,$5.50,
At 704 MARKETSkeet.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 0.50, At 704 MARKET Street
SLACK OASIS. PANTS, $6:50, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 55.50, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, S 5 50, At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN OUNTEN'S. N 0.704 MARKET Street.
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GRIGG & VAN OUNTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTRIVB, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
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ARMY GOODS.
1776. , ~ 1863.
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PENANTS,
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STREAMERS:
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RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
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ADOLPH it KEEN;
No. 62 North SECOND Street,
Philadelphia,
Manufacturers of all kinds of ,
FELT EATS,
kayo on hand a lane assortment of all the various and
most approved styles of
. ARMY HATS.
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GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
NOB. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
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Hae now ready
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GENTS'' FURNISHING GOODS,
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Jar Orders promptly attended to.. jys-thstu-6m
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JO. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET
CHARLES L. ORUM al CO.
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VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
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Whleh he makes a opinion,' in his business. Also, son
otantly receiving.
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attended to. by the moat experieneed workmen,
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No. 71% CHESTNIPI' Street,
(Hp-stairs, oppoelto Masonic. Temple.)
ilasi now open a
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EMBRACING
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AND
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and Imported WATCHES, Fine Jewelry,
,Silyer
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ice Mg North SIXTH Street.
J O. FULLER'S '
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THE BEST PEN IN USE,
FOR SALE IN ALL SIZES. m7M-mil
F INE GILT COMBS
Ix EVERY VARIETY.
IRIITATIONS OF PEARL AND OOR4Ise
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11721.31. Jo. Yl2 CHOMP Street.
VIILCA.NITE BERGS.
• full assortment, all "dm and st7ln:l
J. O. FULLER;
71,1 OREST/lIT Street lign-Sit
MUSICAL BOXES.
TN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES,
plAYIns from 1 to 12 tnnee,_ ebolee_Opern and Amerl•
can agleam. FARR & BROTHER, ImbOrton,
awl Mk CHESTS= Street. below Volum
COTTON SAIL DUOS AND CANVAS
of all numbers and brands.
Raven's Duok /corning Pwllls, of all deaoriPtione, fog
Tents. Awnings, Trunk, and Wagon Covers.
Also. Payer Manufacturers' Drier Pelts, from 1 to d fog
Wide. Tarpaulin. Bolting,, Sail Twine &e.
JOAN W. RVEAMAN &
swat? 10S TONES' Alley.
A MERIOAN R 0 OFIN G SLATES,
FULLY EQUAL TO THE BEST WELSH SLATES,
THOMAS,
le2S-4roo - 1114 WALNUT Street.
O
AN
8275 T P 2 7 5 -octav i e lai rose G w E oo l d o er! LE ;
PIANO, warranted five years: 1 GOvlJainn
i3.26-ewtf -SEVENTH and CHESTNUT.
t t 5
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1863
DEPARTMENT OF THE SNAIL
On Shipboard in Sight of Charleston.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Oil , HILTON HNAD, August 5, 1863.
On the pleasant afternoon of Saturday, August 1,
the good ship Arago, with its noble commander
Gadsden, cast off the lines which bound us to our
dock and majestically glided out into the current.
By three o'clock the last passenger was on board
and the last item of its very promiscuous cargo,
consisting of every variety of "Government stores
and shipments on private account, to say nothing of
lot'of horses stalled in - the bow. We 'waited' sim
ply the arrival of some marines, we purposely
avoid saying how many, who having done their coun
try good service in quelling the petty rebellion in.
New York, were now summoned to aid in manning
the heavy guns mounted against that nursery of the
great rebellion on the South Clarolina coast. At
length they- steamed alongside in their gay uni
forms and glittering equipments, and with resolute
front and martial tread were soon on shipboard. A.
body of stalwart, active, well•disciplined men, we
have no doubt they will give - a good account of
themselves and deliver some telling blows' against
the walls of that renowned fortress whose fall un
der Anderson quickened the sluggish pulaes of our
national life and set the heart of the nation aglow
with patriotic fire.
Our ships company proved a mixed but` agreeable
crowd. Prominent among them were the gallant
officers of the marines, whose winning courtesy and
lively spirits will be long remembered. There were
several ladies who -were about taking charge of.
colored schools, and one who was hastening to the
bedside of a wounded brother. Judge Stickney,
the dignified and scholarly tax commissioner of
Florida, was the most noted 'official of the party.
Born and reeled in the South, he is a devoted friend
of the Union, whose maintenance he places above
all other questions. He believes the surest method
for, thane by destroying utterly the institution
whose purblind upholders have dared raise sacri
•legious hands against the; noble handiwork of our .
fathers. In the hands of - such men as be the
may rest assured that society will-be properly
reorganized in the--South.
Nothing of interest occurred in our voyage until
we got off the coast of the Palmetto State,- when a
somewhat suspicious sail was descrried on our
starboard, which, as it neared, proved to be a two.
masted steamer, flaunting British colors. Quietly
the captain made preparations for fight, for it is - a
well-knowntrick of the oOnfederates to fling out
the British ensign, and there, was no telling what
the Stranger:might prove. The were beat to
quarters, and provided with ammunition, with or
ders to respond promptly to the next call. The
heavier guns on the forward deck were cleared for
action, and those also on the quarter deck. The
passengers generally took it coolly, some even jest
ingly, but, we doubt not, hearts beat lighter as the
stranger kept on her course, and gradually fell
astern. We cannot, however, too highly commend
the cool and determined bearing of the captain, and
the ready obedience of the crew.
As we neared Charleston the passengers lined the
taffrail; watching with straining eyes for the first
glimpse of the blockading fleet, and 'one after an
other was eagerly pointed out. At length we ob
served a slight break in the low coast, a little mound
as it were rising from* the sea, with slight projec
tions against the horizon beyond. That mound was
Sumpter, whose fame is historic. As I gazed on its
diminutive outline I could not but recall the dark
days that preceded its eiPture, and that magnificent
outburst of patriotism which, following with light
ning speed the insult offered the national flag, fired
the nation into one heroic purpose that time and oc
casional reverses have only intensified—to maintain
at all hazards, and at whatever coat, the integrity
of our national existence. Already, the guns are
being planted which will restore the stars and
stripes to the battlements whence they were torn
for, though the second attack on Battery Wagner fail
ed, our men are busy mounting guns of the heaviest
calibre, whose range is far beyond the fort, and, when
they are all in position, the hero of Pulaskideclares
that the fate of Pulaski will befall Sumpter. Keyer
have men worked more heroically and untiringly
than the gallant band now investing EVA Sumpter.
Under a broiling sun, over a waste of sand, unre
lieved by a single tree, cut off not 'simply from the
luxuries, but almost the necessities of life, they have
toiled in the construction of batteries with the ener
gy and tenacity of men struggling for existence, in
spired with the absorbing purpose of reducing
Sumpter and capturing Charleston. They are con
fident of success, and they will, win it. I speak now
on the hearsay which comes to me from every side.
In a day or two, I hope to add the weight of personal
•
inspection.
As we passed the Beet, we stopped off the Canan
daigua and Wabash, delivering papers, which were
gladly welcomed. We transferred to the latter Oapt.
Reynolds, of Marine Corps, who has proved a moat
agreeable compagncrn du voyage: To my landsman
eyes it was a most impressive sight to see the agility
and steadiness which the dexterous crew man
aged their launches in the swelling waves, though
the sea was not at all high. Night fell on us as we left
Charleston sinking behind the receding horizon. Our
captain moderated our speed, so that morning
dawned before we accomplished the fifty miles to
Hilton Head, which showed in the long low line of
coast, as a cluster of white houses, thetas weneared,
revealed most prominent the extensive hospital and
the provost marshal's headquarters. The Beaufort
boat coming alongside, we concluded to go right up
to that noted spot for the present, avoiding the sandy,
unshaded repulsiveness of the Head. We parted
from the noble ship. and its gallant commander - with
no little regret. We wish to sail under no cleverer,
worthy captain than Captain Gadsden, who won the
hearty good will of every one of his passengers. Op
posite Hilton Head is Bay ' Point, some four miles
distant. It projects into the ocean, a sandy bar, over
which the surf ' breaks dangerously for mariners,
but pleasantly for bathers, who, in former times,
used to congregate here in crowds from the adjacent
aristocracy.
BEAUFORT•
BEAUFORT, August 6.—1 write from Beaufort—
stripped, plundered, war-scathed Beaufort—once
the pride and the home of a refined yet arrogant
aristoctracv, now the temporary quarters of the
soldiers of the Union and the chosen haunt of thou
sands of despised slaves. I never had the fearful
lesson that war is waste so impressively forced on
me as when I wandered through the desolated
streets of this once lovely town. I felt inexpressibly
aad as I marked the evidences, nqt simply of neglect
but of - destruction, and mourned over the folly of
the monomaniacs that fancied that, in the interests
of an institution, accursed of God and man, they
could defy the majesty of a free people.
To an eye trained as mine has been to the bold
outlines of mountain scenery, this country presents
:a singular aspect. Not a single hill greets the vision,
hardly an elevation along the river bank entitled
to the name of bluff. - -
Starting from Hilton Head, we steamed up Broad
river several miles until_we entered Beaufort river,
one of its branches, up which we passed until six
teen miles froMthe head. The banks are low and
sandy, and covered with a coarse grass that, down
towards the ocean, had a decidedly yellow hue. It
furnishes, .with the mud on which it grows, the
best of manure for the famous Sea Island cotton.
The tide overflows it and the marshy ground on
which it flourishes, and, as it has worn slight chan
nels here and there, separates the patches of land
into islands of varying size; some containing but one
or two plantations of three or four hundred acres
each, and others thousands of acres.. Beaufort is on
Port Royal Island; and, with its cluster of spacious
mansions embowered in foliage, shows beautifully
as you come up the river. Its streets are not "Wide,
but lined with trees, whose branches interlace.
The houses are spacious, double frame buildings,
generally with basement and extensive porticoes.
Many of them have beenbuiltregardless of expense,
and the paneled and wainscotted walls attest the
wealth and taste of their former owners. They were
magnificently furnished, but they are now bare. The
yards were in tire most exquisite order, but the trees
and shrubbery wear a most neglected look. The
yards were once handsomely cased, but most of them
are now bereft of fences. Not a few of them are de
voted to Government purposes, the airiest and most
spacious being employed as hospitals. Some are Or
cupied as stores, others by Government officers, and
a few even are tenanted by 'negroes.
As yet, no man owns what he occupies, and so
valuable property is every day going to waste.
There were a few civilians here; but the late order
of Gen. Hunter threatening them with draft drove
moat of them away, so that the homes where once
flourished the proudest aristocracy on the continent
are now handed over to the occupancy of soldiers or
the negroes.
THE MONITORS
On my way up I encountered one of the monitors,
whose perforated smoke-stack told of former con-
tester, The crew were outside of the turret, en
deavoring to make themselves comfortable under
awnings. I have met several officers of these for
midable craft, and they have somewhat modified my
opinion of them. An ounce of practice is worth a
hundred weight of theory; and while the monitors
are theoretically the best ventilated 'ships in the
world, practically they require iron lungs. It is
impossible to preserve a comfortable temperature in
a rough sea, It is impossible, too, in their present
construction, to avoid a smoky, impure atmosphere.
The temperature often is raised to 100 degrees"; and,
the men sweat from every pore, and in action the
heat is even more excessive. Flesh and blood can
not stand 'the teats to which they subject men, and
so the crews have to be relieved or they would be
used up. But they speak in the highest terms of the
fighting qualities of these unsightly craft, and think
that by enlarging them somewhat, strengthening the
armor of the decks, and making better provisionfor
ventilation, the 'hopes of Mr. Ericeson, who I; re•
garded as rather averse to suggestions of improve
rnent, will be abundantly realized. The successful
application of the principle of hors-clad batteries is
glory enough for Ericsson ; he can afford to welcome
every modification designed for their improvement,
and the men who have fought and sweat in them are
certainly, entitled to be heard. •
THE GREAT EXPERIMENT.
I am profoundly interested in the great experi
ment now going on - in this department, of testing the
sell:helping qualities of the black man. I have
already made some interesting observations, but
want a wider basis of facts, and propose visiting the
plantations for myself, and shall give The Press a faith-
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1863.
ful report of what I then learn. Those who arel
strongly impregnated with the current prejudices
against the blacks, speak sneeringly of the present
state of things and of their future, while their friends
; are delighted with the progress they have made,
, and !the aptitude and self-rellaßce and manly aspi
rations which are steadily being developed.
ONE SUBJECT OF AGREEMENT.
On one subject, however, all the men in this de-'
partment agree. They felicitate themselves and one
another on the late triumphs of the Union arms.
.They rejoice over the downfall of Vicksburg, and
the am render of Port Hudson. They are elated over
the redemption of Mississippi and the triumphant
progress of llosecrans. They exult over the bril
liant repulse of Lee at Gettysburg, and the
loyal men of the South, especially the native-born,
glory over the defeat of the left wing of the army of
the rebellion in New York city, when the "friends"
of Horatio Seymour and the dupes of Fernando
Wood were foiled in their fell purpose of embarrass•
ing the GoVernment and covertly aiding the rebels.
"Loyal men here, whether in Uniform or not, have
no sympathy with those who, under the pre
tend of maintaining the Constitution as it is, and
the Union as it was, are more bent on coMpromise
than in using the military resources of 'the country
in crushing out the rebellion.
THANKSGIVING DAY AN, BEAU FORT.'
Thanksgiving Day was observed with appropriate
ceremonies in this ancient town. At 10 o'clock the .
soldiers of the post assembled in the old Baptist
church, where regular services were held, under the
supervision of the poet chaplain, the Rev. Mr.
Harris. They had hardly concluded before the
colored people began to assemble, and ere long Col.
Higgenson's regiment, the ist South Carolina, was
to be seen marching up. They were'without mus-.
kets, and kept most admirable time, marching as by
one common impulse bat their other eiolutions did
not strike usjarticularly as differing from other
regiments of similar drill.
The children passed into the body of the church,
and were evidently exulting over their part in the
programme. The services began by, their singing
"The Sunday-school Army," which was superbly
done. Whatever else may be denied the blacks, no
one familiar with them questions, their musical capa
bilities. I shall not venture on a full report of the
proceedings. The steamer leaving earlier than I
expected leaves me no time. Addresses Were de
livered by the Rev. Mr. Clements, chaplain of the
116th, Rev. Mr. Hall, colored missionary, Rev. Mr.
Fowler, chaplain of the lat South Carolina Volun
teers, and by the Rev. Mr. French, superintendent
of instruction,' who has labored rso untiringly in
their behalf. The children sang between the
speeches, and they did it with an energy and loving
interest that their more fortunate Northern equals
in age. could not have surpassed.' The- church
was crowded, and it was a study to watch
the 'speaking faces of the motley crowd. There
were not ai many mulattoes as we expected in an
assemblage in such a locality. They hardly coast'-
.
tuted a tenth of the audience ; nor did their faces
wear a more intelligent look than some of those of
most ebonylike hue. The people were well dressed ;
much better than we expected. Their garments
were better fitting, and of better texture; some of
the women even were fashionably attired. We no
tired a good sprinkling of the well-known white and
bandana turbans. Though in thought the speechas
were not unfrequently above the heads of the hear
ers, it was most interesting to watch the flashes of
intelligence and the broad grin that shone out in
those dusky faces—the occasional hearty "Amen"
and earnest ejaculation that followed every asser
tion on the part of the speakers of the universal
rights of humanity. 'Every allusion to their free
dom ; to the inherent rights of manhood ; to the
doctrines of universal liberty, awoke a pleased re
cognition in their faces.
THE SONG OF LIBERTY
Toward the close of the exercises two striking
scenes occurred. Rosa McKervey, the daughter and
the slave of a planter near Georgetown, was brought
forward by Mr. French, and led in. singing "The
Song of Liberty." The words are simple, very
simple, but the air is touching and stirring. She is
a pleasantlooking mulatto of some thirty summers,
and began in low, clear tones, her manner changing
with electric enthusiasm as she proceeded; and
when she came to the words " We must fight for our
liberty" her.voice thrilled through the house with 'a
magnetic inspiration that seemed to reach every one
in it, and kindled the most intense feeling among the
earnest singers. The other event was the presenta
tion to the audience of a young lad who fought gal
lantly by the side of Colonel Shaw, and was wounded
by a grapeshot, that, piercing his, skull, is said to
have lodged in his brain,,a fact of which he was
himself unconscious for hours after.' He bore him
self with a modesty and calmness that could not fill
to impress all who 'saw him. I hope to give the
readers of The Press that bora account of the fight,
in which he is said to have behaved most gallantly;
but for the present I must bid them adieu.
FROM BATTLE-FIELD TO HOSPITAL—LIFE
OF THE WOUNDED.I • -
(Correspondence of The Prep 3.
HILTON HEAD, S. C., August 6, 1863
It was an hotir before dawn 'on theeleventh of
July, and since midnight the 76th (Zouayes) had
been sleeping on their arms on the beach near
Charleston Day. The night previous .they -sat
crowded in boats without sleep, and at dawn the
brigade, under the lamented Strong, stormed the
batteries, and they were ours. All the previous day
had they lain in the sun on •the scorching sands,
many being sun-struck 5 for thirty. six hours they
had not tasted food, and were parched with thirst,
and these men were to storm an impregnable fort !
Fort Wagner was to be stormed, the generals said.
The 7th Connecticut, 9th Maine, and the 76th Penn
sylvania were selected for th e forlorn hope. And an
hour before dawn the men sprang to their feet as
the low, but earnest, command "fall fall in P , passed
through the ranks. And in the morning twilight.
the close columns moved steadily on toward the fort.
Then the low, sullen outlines of the fort are seen,
-but not a man ; all is silence. "Forward ! double
quick!" with a yell! and as the Ith Connecticut
and '76th rush forward, as if the gates of the
Inferno had opened, a broad sheet of fiame bursts
from rifles, cannon, and howitzer. The columns
kneel, the storm of death passes over and among
them, and then they pressed forward, Were there
time amid the rush of, columns, the scream of shells,
the hissing of bullets, and the cries - of the wounded
well might the words of Dante rise in the mind,
"Who enters here leaves hope behind." But while
yet pressing forward, a stinging pain is felt in my
arm, and it drops as I fall forward on my knees. As
the shatterezed remnants of columns are ordered
back - I begin the painful retreat. Back through the
iron storm, faint, parched with thirst, staggering,
dragging limbs that refuse to go, I am seen by a
drurommer and supported to a hospital full of rebel
wounded prisoners. Here the wounded lay on
stretchers and on the ground, while the rebel nurses
vie with our own to afford relief. They bring cups
of cool water and bind the wounds., What an into
lerable thirst theee wounds produce, and yet they
coolly caution us to take a aup. Then ambulances
and stretchers come, and we are taken to boats and
rowed to Folly, and soon are lain on a - table
in a hospital. The surgeon examines the
wound and is ready to take off the limb in
short order. My arm is extended. The sur
geon probes the wound with his fingers; the bullet
has made an ugly hole, and there is room for it to
pass through the arm. "An ugly wound, my young
friend," says the good-hearted Minnie doctor, "and
came near the bones ; but you are lucky, and that
will be tillright." A sigh of relief escapes, and then
the wounded are taken to the tents and laid on beds.
Soldiers, rough in battle, kind as woman -to , the
wounded, speak cheerily, and the bloody clothes are
removed, and the Smoke and dirt of battle are washed
oft; and the 'cool linen of. the hospital is put on.
Mr.. Day, of the 'Sanitary Commission, comes in
with cheering words and little comforts provided by
the Commission. And relieved by good care we
sleep softly, while the waves , come "in silently on
the beach as if fearful of wakening the sick. Morn
ing breaks, and on the Cosmopolitan we proceed to
Hilton Head. A long string of ambulances
,is in
waiting, and we at last reach the general-hospital,
with its cool wards, its beds with white nets, and its
admirable arrangements.
What a grateful change from -the hot sands, the
jolting ambulance, and the burning sun, to the soft
cot, with the snowy net gathered around it! As
the twilight comes on, and the cool winds . steal in,
I lay watching the palmetto tops hung froni the raft
els overhead, swinging like chandeliers, and lending
a Southern air to the ward. The bustling gradu
ally ceased, and lulled by the wind passing through
the ventilator overhead with a sound like a wind
harp, the - wounded slept fitfully. -
In the morning, at dawn, the ward is astir, nurses
pass from bed to bed, the wounded are washed, and
then the breakfast is brought in. Listen to the di
motions of the wardmaster to his attendants : "this
toast to the man shot in the breast "that gruel to
the man shot through the cheeks ;" "that to the
man with one arm and leg," and soon, till all are
supplied, and the slightly wounded go to the table
spread in the ward. Then wounds are dressed by
nurses. And what an array of ghastly shots, in
every part of the body; and, were they placed to
gether in one horrible mosaic work, it would cover
every spot oh the surface of the body—even the soles
of the feet ! Then comes the doctor, with his note
book, and every patient is examined. Perhaps an
hour later the stretcher is brought in, a wounded
man is carefully lifted thereon, and carried to the
amputating room, and soon after is brought back,
and an arm or leg has been taken oIT.
Later in the day the hospital chaplain passes
through the ward, with a hat on very much cocked
up at the sides, and very mush cocked in at the top,
and wearing, furthermore, a very gift pair of very
shining collars, and a very seedy black coat, and
creaking shoes. His labors seem principally to be
to ask daily the stereotyped question, " How do you
feel'?" and to distribute small tracts which reminded
me forcibly of 'my earlier years, when small books
of similar appearance were given to us infant scho
lars. The thought occurred, Why cannot solid read
ing matter be furnished to soldiers in the hospital'
However, I am no profound theologian or metaphy
sician, and Will not attempt to. discuss the matter at
length. Every day we hear the shoes creak and see
a basket come with little tracts. I fear:he boys are
beginning to, regard with more favor the bearer of
another basket, containing oranges, sweet and lus
cious !
THE REBEL WOUNDED-LIEUTENANT BEE
In our ward a number or rebel wounded lay. To
the right of my cot lay Lieutenant Bee, of the Ist
5.0." Artillery, cousin to General Bee. Hissystem
had received internal injuries by the explosion of a
shell near his head, which, however, did not hit him.
wawalle fair type of the South Carolina chivalry—
haughty, arrogant, insolent. Ile was delirious most
of the time. Sometimes he imagined himself drill•
ing his battery; and his commands were flrm and
quick; then he would reprimand some sergeant or.
corporal for imagined offences, and order them in
arrest; and anon, his fitful humor would change, and
he would moan to go back to his Southern home,
torn from it by this rebellion, to die under the flag he
bad insulted. One morning at dawn, after tossing
all night, his moaning ceased, and the South Caro
linian rebel was before his Judge. '
Over a dozen rough longhaired, repulsive "rebs "
were in the ward. They mostly slightly wound
'ed, and enjoyed hugely the . clean skirls and beds, the
like of which they had, I fear, never Seen before. Mo
deety was not among their weaknesses. As the meal
times approached, their unkempt heads could be seen
looming over the - tops of the mosquito bars, as they
wistfully watched the setting of the table. No
sooner was the word given, before they briskly
:stepped up, never failing to get a good seat. Well
`might the ward master affirm he would rather feed
them " for a day than a month." It has been
' affirmed that first mouthfuls were heard to rattle hi
their boots! Be that as it may, it is certain that
one hungry looking defender of his rights stowed
somewhere seven slices of bread (equal to a dare ra
tions), besides sundry small chunks of meat, plates
of soup, and little trifles of like natnre to fill in!
Bad these rebels fought on Morrie Island as they
ate in the hospital, we could never have landed!
At the end of the first week they were sent to
Charleston to be exchanged for our wounded priso
ners. They seemed sorry to leave-; expressed their
regret; but I fear the feelings that stirred them
were caused more by reluctance to leave the good
feeding of Uncle Sam, than by remorse for rebelling.
What a different story had our wounded -to tell,
when brought here after exchange! The bloody
clothes, in which they were taken, had not
been changed ; some were robbed of every
thing but underclothes! Sisters of Mercy visited
them, and treated them kindly, but the surgeons
acted like fiends. Many with slight woundi were
jorced to undergo amputation, and died from the
'bungling manner in which it was performed... The
,nuns, who brought.apples and 'peaches to the suffer.
ing men, were forbidden to come tO the hospital.
Such are the men who call themselves the true
.chivalry of the world. If they are, let me glory in
the title of barbarian. It is said the rebels who
-, conducted the exchange looked very sheepish when
thev.saw their wounded returned in clean hospital
clothes, evincing signs of careful nursing, while
many of our brave men were still covered with the
dust and smoke of battle. So pass the days quietly,
and, as webecorne convalescent, wearily, till cheered
by the intelligence that in a few days the wounded
will be.sent North, and every one is buoyed by the
hope of soon again breathing the sweet air of the
North, amid the green valleys and fields of our own
proud Keystone. GR A.PEIE US.
DEATHS OF PENNSYLVANIANS IN THE
HOSPITALS
-H. Smith, Co. A, 104th Pennsylvania, July 19,
eordiac didease.
' 7. W. Stailey, Co. E, 174th Pennpylvania, 4tb,
congestive fever.
P. Fisher Co. El,l7lth Pennsylvania, 6th, typhoid
fever. _
E. Waters,'Co. I; 55d Pennsylvania, Ist.
Isaac Parfit, Co. 0, 65th Pennsylvania, Sth.
Frank H. Smith, Co. F, 176th Pennsylvania, lath.
A. A. Stone Co. F, 174th Pennsylvania, 16th.
Moses Spin'ker, Co. A, 65th Pennsylvania, 224,
wounds.
Tracy D. Wait,- Co. C, 76th Pennsylvania, 23i,
wounds. '
T. Cummings, Op. E, 97th Pennsylvania, 30th, sun
stroke. •
Andrew Keitzer, Co. G-, 176th Pennsylvania, 18th,
jaundice.
Jos. Mayor,- Co. B, 176th Pennsylvania, 19th,
chronic diarrhcca.
A STRINGENT ORDER FROM GENERAL
GILMORE
DEPT. OF THE SOUTH, HEADQUARTERS IN FIELD,
MORRIS ISLAND, S. 0.. Aug. 7, 1863.
GENERAL OEDEP.S, No. 66.-1. The practice of
giving information to their friends or to the public
press, on matters connected with military operations
in progress or, in contemplation, so unscrupulously
indulged in by officers, citizens, and soldiers in this
department, and by employees on transports, is
fraught with incalculable evil to our cause, and
must be stopped at once. No information which
could in any way benefit the enemy must be -di
vulged, directly or indizectly.
Upon the.. following subjects in particular the
strictest silence must be observed, viz :
1. The names of division, brigade, or post com
manders.
2. The strength of regiments, brigades, or divi
sions. except after engagements have taken place.
3. The numbers and position of regiments, bri
gades, divisions, batteries, or pieces of artillery.
4. llusions to the kind or quantity of arms, can
non, or ammunition.
- 6. The' number of transports, or kind of supplies
transported in any movement.
6. The description of any movement, or any allu
sions to its object, until the same shall have been
accomplished or defeated.
7, Suggestions of future movements or attacks.
8. Any allusions whatever to scouts or reconnois
sances, whether accomplished or yet in prospect.
9. The position or location of camps, batteries,
pickets military roads, or outposts.
10. The publication of official reports of operations
without special permission from the department
commander.
IL Violations of this order will be met with the
severest punishment known to military law and
usage in the field.
By order of -Brig. Gen. Q. A. GILMORE.
ED. &mu, Assistant Adjutant General.
A SHARP ORDet FROM THE CHIEF QUAR
TER MASTER. •
To the Employees of the,guartermaster's Department:
There must not be the leaat holding back or want
oLinterest, or unwillingness to work all day, and all
night too; when called on, ot hesitation in obeying
the order of the officer or: chief man under whom
you emplaced. Any men who is thus guilty shall
be sent to work in the trenches, and in the works in
the very front, at Morris Island. •
I am determined to make short work of such
worthless and wicked men as will not put forth
every effort, and allow an. interest in the public ser
vice at this important time. Any man that will
"strike"' for higher wages in this emergeney should
be shot. ' J. D. EL WELL,
Chief Quartermaster's Department of the South.
THE ISLANDS AND THE CLIUATE
The troops do not seem to suffer at all from the
climate. Barren, sandy, with no shade. Morris
Island was at first rated a disagreeable spot for the
troops. but longer accmaintance has resulted in very
favorable opinions. -If there are no trees, the, sea
breezes sweep across the island uninterruptedly ; if
the sand bluffs are disagreeable to travel over, the
beach is one of the finest in the world, wide enough
fora general thoroughfare, solid and smooth R 3 a
marble floor. - At Folly Island the water is disa
greeable and unhealthy ; here, the absence of all
vegetation renders it clear and sweet. The camps
are 'well policed, and if they care well for them
selves there need be no serious sickness among the
troops.
Kentucky 'and East Tennessee.
[From the Louisville Journa], August 12 3
THE EAST OS' THE SCOTT RAID
A special despatch to yesterday's Cincinnati Ga
zette states that information received at Lexington
on Saturday, from Wolford's expedition below the
Cumberland, in pursuit of Scott, nearly concludes
the history of the dashing entre and inglorious finale
of the last act of the brilliant invasion so long
threatened. The chivalric leader of the " Flower
of the South"' (the ist Louisiana Cavalry) is not
elated, mobably, with their late achievements, and
by this time is ready to becoms-a--subscriber to the
axiom that "raids don't pay." The scattereff frag
ments of Scott's command took refuge among the
hills along their line of flight, from Irvine to the
Cumberland river. The collected remnants, num
bering probably 400 or _5OO, under Scott, effected
the crossing at Smith's Ford, taking with them
seven of their guns. Pursued by Wolford, they again
broke up, with the loos of one of Konkle's guns.
The citizens of Wayne county, and refugees, blocked
up the roads, infested the mountain passes, and re
sisted their advance, until, harassed front and rear,
they abandoned four more guns, and took to their
individual heels. Our men are picking them up at
the rate of ten to twenty per day, and those who
escape will only be able to effect it each on his pri
vate responsibility. No armed bands will, brobably,
~e tthrough the mountains.
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Our news from Tennessee, though similar in
tenor to what we have been accustomed to receive
anytime - during the war, becomes unusually pain
ful,. in view of the long suffering of this abused
people. The late conscription act appears to have
been the only one last piece of cruelty needed to
complete the ruin of East Tennessee. The able.
bodied men had either been forced into the rebel
ranks, or made their escape. The rebel Government
now demands the services of all between the ages of
forty.five and fifty.five. A requisition has been
made by Davis, on Governor Harris, for 6,000 of this
class, and, as many will escape, this number will
take About all that may be left up to fifty-five years.
The most desperate and determined efforts to es
cape on the part of rthe conscripts' are met by the
most wanton cruelties by, the rebels, who don't
attempt to take them, but shoot them down like
wild- beasts whenever and wherever found. The
inhuman slaughter , of theie poor fellows, taking
place daily and openly, is absolutely horrible, and
would be incredible but for the testimony of
almost hundreds of witnesses daily. It is a worthy
comment upon. the immitigable insolence and stu
pendous irspoorisy of Mr. 'Vice President Stephens'
pseudo mission to Mr. Lincoln "to mitigate the
barbarities of war." Thin war, and scarcely any
other, can surpass the inhuman Cruelties practiced
by theme lying hypocrites in East Tennessee. Even
this last conscription act is intended and employed
more - as a cloak 'to their barbarities than to obtain
soldiers, since it furnishes excuse to seize property,
hang, kill, and vent the most infernal passions with
impunity. Boys under twelve years have been
shot on their "knees; at their mothers' feet ; Union
men, old and young, have been shot mg hanged in
presence of their agonized wives ormaliers ; females
have been brutally murdered for concealing their
sons or husbands, or violated in presence of their
bound and helpless male protectors. , Rapine, pil
lage, arson, Mpe, and murder, are no longer crimes
in East Tennessee, and no rebel soldier has yet been
punished for any offence against a Union man or
The wheat crops in East Tennessee were large.
The rebel Government pressed harvest hands and
threshers, and assumed the ownership of 'the whole,
collecting and moving it as rapidly as possible. The
corn crop is an average one. The rebel Government
orders details for its culture and preservation, and
will gather that also when the time comes.
. .
Ne - ws of rebel forces di ter but little from previous
despatches. Governor Robinson has received infor
mation, however, of Bragg , s entry into East Ten
nessee, 40,000 strong. Time will no doubt develop a
new campaign on the part of rebeldom, whose base
will be in Tennessee. We shall see.
REORGANIZATION OF TENNESSEE: The Nash
ville Union qs officially authorized to' state that
Gov. Johnson proposes to issue writs of election for
a Legielature, at the very earliest practical day; that
is, when the progress of military operations is such
that loyal citizens can go to the polls in safety, and
when sympathizers with therebellion will no longer
dare, backed by the presence of rebel troops and by
guerilla terrorism, to control the policy of the State.
Regard Will alto be had to the disposition manifested
by the people to resume their former privileges in
the Federal Union. They must, it says, indicate in
some way a desire to vote for their officers as loyal
citizens. Elections will not be forced upon them
against their will. - - .
Tan Weekly Chronicle (London), a bankers', insu
rance, and commercial organ, thus commences an
article condemning Mr. Roebuck's recent course in
regard to America: "Mr. Roebuck is no more. The
Canadian agent, Diogenes, Reformer, Censor, Li
beller, Spitfire, Calumniator, Withered Adder,
Tear 'cm,' Sheffield pensioner, king-guest, Bank
Director, Tin-pot Patriot—the Man of Many Attri
butes—is no more. The ungarnished truthfulness of
the explorer of Nineveh [Mr. Layard] gave a shake
to his tottering form; but the diplomacy of Napoleon
smote him to the dust." The Weekly Chronicle is
partly right, but it should have added that Mr. Roe
buck's parliamentary status has been much affected
by long-continued Nutcase, @rat threatening his lungs,
and latterly his entire nervous oyster:Q.
NATIONAL POLITICS.
The Rebellion and the Draft—An Import-
ant Speech by Ihr. - (3l.erritt Smith.
In the Albany Evening Journal of a few days since
we find the following report of a very interesting
speech by the distinguished Abolitionist, Gerritt
Smith. Mr. Smith, it will be remembered, recently
assumed a new position in politics. He now stands
pledged to the Union and the suppression of the
rebellion above every other cause and issue: I
WHAT IT IS TO SIR FOR TRU COUNTRY.
Mr. Smith opened his speech by asking the ques
tion, What is it to go for your country'? Emphati
cally is it- our duty now to go for-our country when
she is all right and her foes all wrong. To go for
her is to go for all her domain—to' he unsectional—
and to love her with that Jewish love for Jerusa
lem, which took pleasure even in her stones, and
favored the dust thereof. He who is a true patriot
will never give up any portion of his country, even to
secure the a bolition of slavery. To go for our country
is to go for her chosen form of government—for her
Constitution—not to prate for it, or to affect a re
gard for it, for the very purpose of aiding the ene
my, but to favor it for its great principles of Jus
tice, Liberty, and Equality. But the most effective
way to go far .our country is to go against her ene
mies. We must stand by the Government. Not to
stand by the Government . is not to stand by the
country. The Government represents the country,
and it is represented by strong, pure, and patri
otic men.
THE PRIZ9IDENT,
The President, for whom I did not vote, is a pure
and an intelligent man. Washington always ex
cepted, we never had a President more to be honored'
and more to be loved than Abraham Lincoln: What
ever is pro-slavery in hie character is the result of
early education, for which no man is accountable.
You may not have detected this defect, as I have;
for your thoughts have not, like mine, been concen
trated on this one subject these twenty or thirty
years. The evidence I have found in his recent re
taliatory proclamation. In that proclamation lie
says: "For every Union soldier taken and sold into
slavery, one rebel prisoner shall be put to compul
sory labor on the public works." But this is no due
off.set ; for compulsory labor is not slavery. The
minor and the apprentice are subjected to compul
sory labor. The great calamity of the slave is, that
he is deprived of the protection of law, and thrust
down to the level of the brute. But a man put to
compulsory labor on the public works is still under
the protection of law. How could the President
have fallen into such a mistakel For every Federal
'soldier sold into slavery, at least a thousand rebels
should be put to compulsory labor, to render the re
taliation equivalent.
THE BEBELLION
But I. said we must stand by the Government.
The man who says the Government has changed the
purpose of the war utters a wicked slander. No
wonder there are mobs when men in high positions
utter the slander that - the war is now waged to
abolish slavery. The object of the war is to secure
the unconditional submission`of the rebels—without
armistice or terms. To buy them off by conces
sions would dishonor the nation. No other nation
would respect 2/b. If, compelled to yield, we might
hope for both sympathy-and respect; but - to dis.
honorably tr...tcumb would be endiming disgrace.
We must not idly discuss what we will do with
the rebels and their property when we conquer
them. Such speculations are pernicious, and only
tend to divide loyal men. It is time; enough to dis.
cuss these questions when the enemy is conquered.
Besides; no man can to day say what should be done
with them. If they come back haughtily and still
of a rebellious spirit; one course of action will be
necessary; while, if they show a humble spirit,
quite another course of action will be proper. We
can then afford to be generous.-
We must also insist, that, during the prosecution
of this war, all other natiods must let us alone.
Ours is a family quarrel, with which there must be
no outside interference. - We will tolerate neither
intervention nor mediation. The one we shall pro
nounce impertinent, and the other we shall construe
into war. •
UNCONDITIONAL . SUBMISSION
I have said, we must insist -on the unconditional
submission of the rebels. Our opposition to the
rebels must also be unconditional. We must make
no conditions on behalf of the Republican, Demo
cratic, or Abolition parties. We must make no con•
dilione. If the rebellion triumphs, let all else die—
for all, family, wealth, party—all would be worth
less without a country. The rebellion must be put
down at whatever cost, or at whatever sacrilege. The
Republican. or Democrat, who is intent only on
helping . his party, is in league with rebels. Are
there Abolitionists who will not go for crushing
treason unless Government shall pledge itself to
posecute the war until slavery is abolishedl Let
me say to them, I have no sympathy with you. I know
you only as enemies of my country. The true doctrine
is—let come what may of temperance, of Abolition
ism, of Republicanism, of Democracy, the rebellion
must and shall be put down. It is not now put
down, only because we have not been as earnest in
putting it down as the rebels have been in putting it
up. We are, in this war, to be brothers. We are
to know no man by his party name, but only as anti
rebellion men. In the course of my long life, I have
bad to do something against intemperance and sla
very ; but singe the bombardment of. Sumpter, I
have been ready to work with all against rebellion
—to work, if you please, with the greatest drunkard
on my right, and the greatest pro-slavery man on
my lett. If Abolitionists refuse to work with me,
without some pledge for the abolition of slavery, it
it little to their credit that they allow the sic of sla
very-to blind their eyes to the greater sin of rebel
lion. If, as some say, slavery and rebellion are one,
then put down the rebellion, and slavery fella
with it.
Gov. satnroult's NTE-ws.
Gov. Seymour had said that the North bad an
noyed the South by talking against. slavery. But
talk is no justification for, war. Our Government
tolerates talk even against better things than
slavery—if anything better can he imagined ! But
you legislated against slavery. Very well, perhaps
so. But has not the South legislated unconstitu
tionally in favor of slavery But for both North
and South there was the open door of the Supreme
Court. The South, however, preferred war to that
tribunal: Dwelling upon this point at length. Mr. S.
said he hid spoken somewhat disparagingly of one
idea men. But I would we were all one•idea men in
the sense of putting down the rebellion. I would
not allow any other , idea to interpose. Then•we
should conquer—oonquerspeedily—conquer grandly.
THE DRAFT NOT OPPRESSIVE.
Now, I wish to say a word on the draft, and the,
conscription act under which the draft is made. It
is held that the Constitution does not give Congress
the power to' compel men to join our and
drive back and subdue those who are seeking the
life-blood of the nation. Why, then, does it mock
Congress with the power to declare war, raise ar
mies and create navies? It seems to give much
power, while in fact it is only a source of weakness.
But it has the right. ,It could not be a national
legislature without it. Of course, lam glad the
Constitution recognizes the right, but it don't create
it. The right is older than the Constitution—it in
heres in every nation. The Constitution no more
creates the right than the Bible creates the right of
a parent to govern and correct his child. The one
is an inherent parental right, the other an inherent
national right.
But the people tell us that the law is oppressive to
the poor. The State Militia law is oppressive to
the poor, but the national conscription law saves
the poor. Under the State law many minor officials
are exempt; under the national law only the Presi
dent and Vice President,' heads of the Executive
Departments, the Judiciary and the. Governors of
the States, and these in the main would naturally
be exempt by reason of their age. In addition, none
but the poor are exempt. Let us look at the exemp
tions. [The speaker here alluded to, the different
classes of persons exempt by reason of having de
pendant relatives, and then proceeded.]
Now, what think you of stigmatizing this law as
oppi essive to the poor? Did you ever see a law so
tender of the poor, so mercilessly unsparing of the
rich? I never have.
But it is said that three hundred dollar clause—
that three hundred dollar clause You surely will
not be so impudent as to claim that that does not op
press the poor? I will be so impudent. [Applause.]
There is no provision of the law so merciful to the
poor. Were there no commutation clause in the
law, the price of, a. substitute would run up three,
four, and five times that fixed by this clause. That
would put exemption out of the reach of every poor
man, even though he had friends willing to aid him.
With the clause ae it is, a large number of the poor
may commute,
either from their - own unaided re•
sources, or by the aid of their friends. •
But you say, we cannot let you off this way.
If the Government desired -to serve the poor, why
did it not place the price of commutation at say
$5Ol Because, with- that money it , couldnot have
obtained substitutes, and consequently,, repeated
drafts would have been necessary. This would have
resulted very disastrously to the poor. It would
have ended in the final drafting of every man who
could not raise $5O ; and if the Government had not
then men enough, it would have to- go without. I
have heard men say that all ought to be compelled
to go that are drafted. Such comments are ill-na
tured and illy considered. There are many among
the poor and the rich who ought not to go. Where
necessary, let the poor man stay home and attend to
his family, and the rich man remain to keep his fac
tory in operation, that those who- are home may
have employment; that the country maylcontinue
prosperous, and its wealth productive, in order that
there may be something to tax to furnish money to
carry on the war.
CONSTITUTION.AI. " TREASON.
The speaker next alluded to the clamor against the
conscription law, and the demand of Governor Sey
mour, in his letter to the President,.that the'draft be
suspended, and its constitutionality tested. The
country could not afford such suspension. Men
were needed, and we must assume the constitution
ality of this law the same as every other. Let those
who desire to teat it, but in the meantime the draft
must go on. The law must be enforced, because it is
a law for the salvation of the•country. [Applause.]
Governor Seymour makes the great question to be
whether the law is constitutional, while I make the
great question to be whether we have patriotism.
enough among us to carry it out. [Applause.]; Had
there never been an unpatriotic breast, there never
would haVe been a question raised as to the consti
tutionality of this law [Applause.] Was there ever
anything so shameless as to see people—when rebels.
in arms are stalking up to their very doors, intent on
the disruption of their country and the overthrow of
its institutions—to see therti sneaking up to the Con
stitution, and poring over its provisions, that they
may find some way by which they can constitutionally
avoid doing anything for its protection I
Colonel Shaw ;
ON HEARING. THAT THE REBELS HAD BURIED , HIS
BODY IN A TRENCH, UNDER A PILE OF TWENTY.
FIVE NEGROES.
Ignoble hate defeating its own ends t
The act that meant dishonor working glory t
Could any mausoletim built by,hands
Lift his sweet memory nearer to the heavens,
Or give it such a precious consecration'
In every heart which Love has purified!
Oh, young and sainted martyr, let them pile
Whole hecatombs of dead upon thy ashes ;
They cannot bar God's angels from receiving
Thy radiant spirit with divinest welcomes ;
They cannot cover from celestial eyes .
The sacrifice that bears thee close to Christ !
Did I not see thee on that day in spring
Leading thy sable thousand thro , our streets?
Braving ttie scorn, and (what was worse) the pity
Of many backward hearts—yet cheered with bravos
From those who scanned the great significance
Of thy devoted daring—saw the crown - •
Behind the cross—behind the shame the glory?
Behind the imminent death the life immortal!
Weep not, heroic parents! Be consoled!
Think of thy loved one's gain, lamenting wife;
And let a holy pride o'ermaater grief !
All that could perish of him—let it lie
There where the smoke from Sumpter's bellowing
guns
Curls o'er the grave which no commingled dust
Can make less sacred. Soon his monument
Shall be the old flag waving and proclaiming
To the whole world that the great cause he died for
Has nobly triumphed—that the hideous Power,
Hell-born, that would disgrace him, has been hurled
Into the pit it hollowed for the nation ;
That the. Republic stands redeemed and pure ;
Justice enthroned, and not one child of God•
Robbed of his birthright—freedom I
BOSTON, August 3. g, s,
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Flew Publications.
The miserable who stands alone in the world
without a friend to'give him good advice is an ob
ject worthy of the utmost commiseration. It is
very difficult, in a gregarious place like our own
rectangular city, even to imagine such a thing, but
such,certainly does exist, and that he does is attest
ed by a small publication, twenty-four pages in ex
tent, entitled "0 Tempura!" and bearing the re
spectable name of .T. B. Lippincott 8-.• Co. upon the
title-page,"as publishers. Having carefully waded
through this very, anonymous production, we are
compelled to conclude that' the author did not him
self exactly know what he was about when he wrote
it. Authors sometimes blame us for not publishing
extracts from their works—that is, on the rare occa
sions when our sense of justice, overcoming our
proverbial good nature, we deliver an opinion that
the said works might as well have been left unprint
ed. The author of " 0 Tempora 1 0 shall not have
any ground for that complaint. We mean to
"write hire down an ass," out of his own lips; and
only lament that he has no friend to advise him not
to print„his nonsense.
The heated term seems to have passed away. The
glass is lower by seven or eight degrees than it was
twenty•four hours ago. We have taken our usual
frugal breakfast a cup of coffee, a glass of iced
water, and a bit of butterless toast. We have read
all the morning papers, and arrived at tie Impartial
conclusion that The Press, which was six years old
on the Ist of August, is the best of the lot. We have
smoked the second of four charming cigars that .Tacob
Hoffman insisted on our pouching yesterday evening.
Our digestion is excellent, and therefore we are in
charity with all men-1n short, we are thoroughly
amiable from crown to sole. The air comes into our
room in rather a cool manner, and the multitudinous
volumes which surround us, appear better and
brighter for "the draft) , That set of BlackwooeS
Magazine ninety volumes, original edition, bound in
calf and gold, (an unique set, for we have inserted in
it all of Lockhart's original etchings, suppressed
almost as soon as published ) gleams and glitters is
the sunshine as if it loved it, and we sometimes
fancy that books which we love have a sort of sen
tient appreciation of our affection. They, seem
almost to smile when, the day's labor ended, we take
one of them in hand.
With us the day's work begins early. For the
most part, we get to bed by half past ten, closing the
day with a mild Habana, and what Mr. Richard
Swiveller was wont to call "a moderate quench
er." Having an easy conscience, we sleep very ,
soundly, until morning, and are up, shaved, and
bathed before the clock has struck six A.. DI: We
then read the morning papers—the poetical North
_American; the accurate, but sadly diminished In
quirer ; the philosophical Dairy News; the - genteel
straw-paper Ledger; and that terrible radical, The
Press. By the time we have imbibed the very Va
rying contents of these journals, breakfast is ready.
With u; it occupies some five minute; for it is of
the simplest, and soon toddle after us the children,
who insist on having half an hour's horse-play with
papa, ere he betakes himself to pen and ink, up
stairs, while they rush off until their early dinner
time, to ramble and revel in the adjacent square.
In weather like this, as our readers know, it is
really necessary to assist nature by cooling drinks.
Our own ante-prandial refreshment, which we sip
out of, the thinnest goblets in the world—imitations
of French glass, made in New Jersey—is lemonade.
Libellers, and persona of a scandal- raising nature,
have hinted, we know, that we sometimes, take this
mild fluid, as they irreverently state, " with a stick
in it." This is a calumnious aspersion. When we
want anything stronger than the lemonade, we don't
spoil the fluid by putting spirits into it, but face the
decanter or the demijohn in a manly fashion, usual
ly taking our rye straight, and then making grog
of it internally, by sending a half tumbler of iced
water to bear it company. After dinner —probation
est !—this mixture assists digestion, and, indeed, if
not too often repeated, approaches the dignity of
a religious institution. It is not hard to take.
Unfortunately, with even small! sized lemons, •at
five cents a piece, it is expensive to make a pitcher -
of lemonade just now. As a substitute we dilute
Leslie's ginger wine, made after the Scotch receipt,
with varying portions of iced water, and thus im
provise a drink that at oncewarms the stomach - and
cools the coppers ; which is at once safe, pleasant,
and refreshing. This is the coolest• draught that a
man wishing to keep his brain quiet can desire to
take. As a summer refresherit is superb ; in 'the •
cold winter evenings add a little old Jamaica' to it,
squeeze in some limejuice, fill up with boiling water,
and it becomes. nectarious.
After this burst of enthusiasm we finish our cigar,
put a new pen into service, take another sip of Les-
lie and water, and return to "0 Tempora !"
There are various kinds of poetry—from the eery
bad to the very good. The author of "0 Tempora
writes the baddest of the bad—tio very bad, that •one is
inclined to ask whether the production is not aheavy
quiz. Perhaps it may be so ; but the title-pagels back
ed with an announcement that it is "Entered accord
ing to Act of Congress, in the year 1863; by J. a Lip• -
pincott & Co., in the cleries'office," &c. - This seems
real ; but the expenditure was needles; for as no one
can steal wearing apparel from a naked man, so no
is likely to pirate a line of " 0 Temporal"
"Our times ! how much .to all of manners, cus
toms, that- embalm our epoch, these words at once
convey ! For, after all, the biped man is very like
his fellow, who lived, perchance, a thousand years
ago."
There ! This sentence, which we print as the
heavy prose it is, constitutes the opening six lines of
" 0 Tempora!" Contrast it with the grand dignity
of the opening of Paradise Lost, and own that our
author is a "mute inglorious Milton"sui genesis.
The next sentence, occupying fourteen lines, di
vided into and printed as the very blankest of verse,
runs thus :
" 'Tis education that expands and opens up the
mental man to knowledge of his neighbor; this in
its turn with reason's aid developeth a system, by
following which we each may play- a userel part in
life. We are prone to follow where another leads,
and hence arise our fashions,-those strange incon
stant whims, that make one course of lifesawhile
the rage ; these happ'ning customs of the day all
tend to shape and make the man who stamoeth its
peculiar features; these latter constitute the true
and well-marked characteristics of our times."'
Need we go beyond these -twenty opening lines of
"0 Temporal!! to show that the gods have -not
made their author poetical l This is prose, and bald
prose, too, broken up into lines, devoid of Whin,.
but presented as poetry !
Common place in thought, in fact a collection of
feeble platitudes, this poem (!) has not even the as
pect of rythm. Here are , lines to make criticism
run rampant with anger and disgust :
For bottled up humanity; the wildness of the times"
n Upon an early morn, at some convenient spot"
"They mostly die in harness ; public consideration."
"To some heartless wretch, whose sole superiority
consists"
"These are all sui generis, all branches of the same"
"And you, 0 disingenuous but verdant stranger"
" Seem rather to confine us ; end the strange wild
events"
" A sensibility, denied to all, is full on certain points"
Here, and in scores of other lines, there is neither
the measure, tune, nor rythm of ordinary and de..
cent prose ; as blank verse it is abominable. Some
of the lines have fourteen syllables, instead of ten,
but, as a compensation, other lines are funnily brief.
For example
"I Bay full changing here.'
"That God to each has given."
"Perchance a few• months since."
• " While men, immortal men."
"I was not born an artist."
"Felt sure lie was in pain,"
and so on, page after page. But we are tired of this
absurdity. Enough to say, Mitt the writer of
" 0 Tempora P , exhibits only one symptim of com
mon sense in- his very foolish and badly executed
attempt to scale Parnassus. He-has had the dis
cretion not to let hie title•page declare his-perso
nality. Slat nominis umbra! If the affair be only a
joke of our excellent and facetious friend, Mr. LIS
pincott, it is the heaviest he has everterpetrated, and
a second attempt, in the same vein, would be the
death of us,
Among the numerous works of standard value
which the War may be said to have created,
those published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. occupy a
foremost place in public estimation. Their latest,
an octavo volume of six hundred and four pages,
well indexed, and also illustrated with numerous
wood engravings, is "A Treatise on Hygiene, with
special reference to the Military Service," by Wm.
A. Hamm ond,.M. D., Surgeon General, U. S. Army.
We have a right to claim Dr. Hammond as belong
ing to Philadelphia. (he is a Fellow of our College
of Physioians,) and are proud to do so. That, amid
his most engrossing public duties, he should have
found or made time to write an important work,
such as that before us, shows ability and energy'of
the very highest quality. -
As for the execution, we must say that rarely
have the principles of sanitary science been so
clearly laid down and illustrated. Military hygiene
has hitherto received little attention from medical
writers. Dr. Hammond, officially possessing an im
mense quantity of information on that subject, has
here given some of the results which its considera
tion brought into his mind. The chapter on Race
(pp. 62-80)', is especially interesting, and the author,
while testifying to the capability of the negro race
for all the purposes of war, refers to its singular im
munity to attacks of malarious diseases, it appear
ing, from official reports, " that while the white
troops are affected to the extent . of 10.S0 percent.
with diseases of malarious origin, the negro troops
serving in the same army show. only o.so of such dis
eases.” We strongly recommend Dr. Hammond's
book, as treating, in the ablest manner, of a subject
of infinite importance, to which medical writers
have hitherto given very little attention.
William Howitt, well known as a writer of poe
try and travels, biography and history, has lately,
given to the world two volumes of 1%. spethilative but
highly interesting character. .They have been re
published by J. B. Lippincott &Co., and are entitled
k' The History of the Supernatural in all Ages and
Nations, and in all Churches, Christian and Pagan,•
demonstrating a Universal Faith: , In the conside
ration of his subject, Mr. Howitt brings much learn.
ing, great research, thorough sincerity, and conside
rable credulity. He has heaped up - a Pelion upon
Ostia of facts, proofs, speculations, and argument.
Indeed, no one can deny that the Supernatural has
existed from remote times. Weed its records from
Holy Writ, and the Bible will be a feeble and de
nuded record and revelation. If we believe only what
we Mderda7ld—what our reason assures of—we shall
believe very little. All that Mr. Howitt asks is that,
because of our own unbelief,'we shall not brand as
story.tellers, witnesses, credible in all ordinary
cases, who assure us that they have had personal
experience of very wonderful things. Mr.Howitt's
veluarea are WU of Laciest. It is a pity that I),e has
gr7El3O r"..rlloor-Zi.
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extra cop> of the Taper will be given.
not appended a good index. to enabfe hie readers at
once to lay their hands on the treasures' hb Oaten , '
beforethem.
Mr. Frederick Leypoi df roreign publisher, Melt:
mit at: set, has brought out a very amusing vednmei'
translated into Yankeeish verse by Charles T.
Brooks, entitled " The Johaiad : a Groteico-comico
..
heroic Poem, from the German of Dr. Carl Arnold
Itortilm."' In other words, this is an English ver
sion of "Vlie tare, Opinions, Actions, and Fate of
Ilieronimus Yobs, the Candidate, a man who whilom
won great renown, and died as Night-Watch in
Schileliurg Town." Since -its first appearance, in
1784, "The Yonsiad " has been very popular in
Germany. It now first appears in an English dred,
and Mr. Brooks, adroitly imitating the wilful
doggerel of the original, may be said to have natura
lized the book in this country. The old, odd,'quaint,
absurd wood-cuts are also reproduced.
The London Read& of August 1, in a (Our:column
review of this volume, says
" It is somewhat curious to find a book of this odd
kind—a book, we should say, suited onlyfor
leisure
ly reading by persons of quaint, grave tastes in the
quiet of an old country house—coming to us from
across the Atlantic at such a crisis of American.
affairs as the present. Aa if to make the contrast
of the publication with the element in the midst of
which it is published the - greater, the form of the
book is made as quaint - as - the substance. Ii is
printed in old type on thick, yellowish ribbed paper;
and the ludicrous wood-cuts of the original—one of
which is the old traditional print of St. Luke
Writing his gospel, made to do duty for Ifieronimus
writing a letter to his father—seem carefully repro
duced. Great is the vitality of humor if the
Jobelad' should he in demand at the present mo
ment in and .around Pennsylvania. The publisher,
we observe, has a German name—which may have
something to do with the exit of the book from the
American press at so unlikely a time ; and, as for
the translator's part in it—why, reader, if you were
once to addict yourself to translating German
poetry, not even the hot siege of the town you live
in and the roaring of a hundred cannons round you
would wean you from the occupation. A shot would
take your head off' while you were seeking for a
rhyme ; and your only regret for the - accident would
be that you had left the rhyme unaccomplished.
Next to the life of a naturalist in the country, the
happiest of calm lives is that of a translator of
German poetry."
Mr. Lew°ldt has also commenced "The Foreign
Library," of which we have seen only the third
volume, a novel entitled "Skirmishing." The
aeries will embrace reprints or good and new books,
at a low price. " Skirmishing " . is an amusing novel
of modern English society.
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
HERE are two wonderful stories. Says the Journal
de Constantinople: "One evening last week two young
men of the Isle of Prinkipo were returning in a
caique from a sporting excursion on the coast of
Asia,' when they suddenly heard'a noise for which
they could not account; but soon after they per
ceived over their heads an enormous bird, the sight
of which filled them with alarm. Seizing their guns
they both fired at it, and were still more amazed
when they heard broken words and cries which could
only proceed from human organs. They at - once
steered for the spot where the supposed bird had
fallen, and were struck With stupefaction on finding
that what they had taken for a volatile was a man
with an immense pair of mechanical wings. They,
took him into their boat, and were not a little re
lieved on ?ding that he had only received a few
small shot i the legs. This new Icarus was flying
from Anti.one to Plati to visit a youngperson whom
he wished to marry, but whose parents were op
posed to the match. To visit his lady love he had
invented and made the wings he wore, and had
already twice, crossed the strait between the islands.
On his third journey his flight was cut short by this
untoward accident. He is now at Plati.ll
The London papers tell of a water-walker who
has achieved success. He put'an air-tight vessel on
his breast, and another on his back—both worn
under his clothes. lie had also a sort of small pad
dle on each heel fixed so that when his foot moved
forward the paddle moved sideways, and when the
paddle was subjected to a lateral pressure it offered
a flat surface to the water. This arrangement en
abled him to walk with came..
A Sm. - PwrEitsnuna letter in the-Cologne Gazette
says : "By an order of the day, Prince Nicholas, of
Oldenburg, a Wlation to the Emperor Alexander, to
whom he is aide-de-camp, and colonel of a regiment
of dragoons, has been removed from active service
from illness. The prince is, however, in excellent
health, and is nowin Germany with his young wife.
His recent secret marriage with a Russian lady,
named Bularel , has greatly-irritated the imperial
family of Russia, and led to the withdrawal of his
command."-
A woman: has been arrested at Barcelona for prac
ticing magic, and in the very act of making cabalistic
conjurations ! In her apartment were found philtres
to produce affection, pills to insure long life, pow
ders to produce death, a magical cat, entirely black,
with the exception of the required tuft of white at
the end of the tail, and a quantity of diabolical eat
bleroa
THE affair of M. Didier, a Government member of
the Corps Legislatif, who, being provoked by a libel
in the Figaro upon a lady under his protection, took
the law into his own hands, and committed a fero
cious assault upon M. de yillemessant, was:sett
tenced to a fine of 500 francs and two months' im•
misonment, came on before the Court of Appeal.
The judgment is confirmed, with the single varia
tion that the imprisonment is reduced to one month..
MEMISMIS of the families of Skelton, of- Tahy
more, and Carmel (cousins), were returning recently
from a fair at--Limerick, when a quarrel arose re
specting some land which had long been in dispute.
From words the feud became one of blows,- and
sticks and stones were freely used on both sides.
Such was the deadly intensity of the fight that six
persona received very dreadful injuries, the skulls
of several of them having been fractured badly, and
the lives of two of the Skehans are despaired of.
A VERY ingenious improvement has been made in
the polished steel scabbards used by the battalion of
light infantry of the French Imperial Guard. When
the sword is withdrawn the upper part of the scab
bard contracts to • one-half its length, and *conse
quently is much more convenient during the period
of action. When-the sword is returned -to the
scabbard it resumes its usual form.
CLEMENT - PINE, a Brixham fisherman; the other
day made the voyage from • Sunderland to Brixhatn i
a distance "of 600 •miles, on the ocean, in an open
boat nineteen feet long.: This-surpasses the -feat of
the two Cambridge students who recently rowed
from Boston to Bangor,-something over three hun
dred miles, in a couple of wherries.
ENGLISH. Gossirs say thatthePrincees Alice has
the beauty of the royal family, and Prince Alfred
the brains. The latter is a great favorite among
the aristocracy, and has a face which shows much
more character than that of his- elder brother. He
felt keen disappointment at - not - becoming, king
of the Greeks, a feeling in which- Ms subjects
that are not to be fully , concurred. Tice Gre
cian Crown, however, is not to -pass out of the
family. It is given to Prince William of Den
mark, brother to the new Princess -of Wales, -
with the- understanding that he is to marry one
of the younger daughters of Victoria. The London
correspondent of the New -York Evening Post says
the future Queen is Beatrice, and that the wedding
will take place in 1664, but there is probably some
mistake either in name or date, as -Beatrice is the
youngest of the .family, and is only six -years old.
This bit of royal-match-making is the work of Lord
Palmerston, and is quite a diplomatic success. The
Queen is ambitious, and desires that every
one of her sine children should occupy a throne.
The pretty Alice has indeed hardly attained that
elevation. Hesse Darmstadt is .a sort of- poor re.
lation. among the royalties of Europe, yet by her
marriage with the hereditary prince she has become
the niece of the Empress of Russia. There are five
more children yet to be mated and crowned, and
papa Palmerston is likely to find plenty of exercise
for his diplomatic skill, It is hoped the happiness
of none of them will be sacrificed, like that of- the
poor Princess Mary, of Cambridge, who, it is said,
Jell in love with the Duke of Hamilton, and would
have married him, had not her cousin Victoria ia
terfercd and forbidden the august spinster to marry
a subject.
TEE county and boron prnsons'of England re
ceived within them door in the year 1862 - . - 13,255
debtors ; 3,012 persons charged with military or
naval offences ; 3,033 persons ordered to Sod sure
ties 9,260: persons remanded, but afterwards
discharged; 20,282 persons committed for trial,
and tried at assizes and sessions ; 92,895 per
sons summarily convicted by magistrates—in all
141,742. This is an increase of 12,504 over the
number in 1861, following an increase of about
the same number in that year over 1860. From
these , county and borough prisons 116,256 persona
were discharged in the course of the year, 156 were
removed to lunatic 'asylums '
9-escaped, 16 were exo
cuted, and 199 were released by death, 10 of the num
ber being. suicides. From , the convict prisons 466
prisoners were transported to Western Australia,
and 657 to Gibraltar, 34 were removed to lunatic
asylums, 6 escaped, 70 died, and 2,650 were dis
charged, 2,380 of them on ticket of leave, before
their time. .
[From the London Star. 3
Of America: A Voice from the Crowd.
TO CHARLES MACKAY, " TIMES " CORRESPONDENT
FROM AMERICA.
.ipriise your laeksonnnd your South !
No, I've no taste at all that way ;
Those words are not sweet in my mouth,
Though dear they,stre to some, you say;
A trick of speech I've somehow caught
From Wilberforceis—Clarkson's graves ;
I can'thate freedom-as I ought,
Or love your barterens of slaves;
In fact, if the truth must tell,
I think your Jackson and his crew.
Accurst of God, are fit for hell,
Though they may fight and conquer too.
Time was when nobly England rose,
And grandly told - Earth of man's rights;
Slavery and wrong, her ancient foes,
In these you say she now delights.
Der voice that once so sternly spoke,
And, speaking, smote slaves' fetters off;
That antique utterance is your joke,
A grand dame's tale, at which you scoff:
Your Times has taught us what to say, _ '
That years must change and so must thought;
Jackson's your Cromwell of today; -
Ah, ours for rights, not fetters, fought.
Clasp you the hands that wield the whip
Press you the palms that rivet chains!
My curse will through my clenched teeth slip, ,
I'd brand your heroes all see/tins.
For cotton, and through envy, sell
Your nobler notions if you can ;
I will not, and I hold it well,
I loathe these men who deal in mak,
Scott; sneer, or jest ; let him who likens
Prate of their courage and their worth,
Eight and not Might my fancy strikes,
Though Might not Right may rule the earth.
At times; God for his own good will,
Gives hell, o'er men and nations, rile;
But Right, though crushed, I hold Right still,
Though worldly-wise ones call me fool.
Brute force has Cossacked nations down,
Yet Cossacks I do not adore,
Than Poland's Bashkirs—nay, don't frown—
I do not love your Jacksons more.
No, Cavaliers that women sell,
To their great nobleness I'm blind;
Deices who cash their children—well,
They're not exactly to my mind. ,-
One's flesh and blood, you know, are here,
Dear to one, not as current gold ;
I would not be a Cavalier,
By whom his son or daughter's sold;
Curse those who sell their blood to lust,
Their very flesh to stripes and toil;
I spit at such—the thought, I trust,
Of such should make my blood to boil.
The very
. meanest thing I see,
A cringing beggar whining here,
Rather a thousand times Pd be,
Than a girl.selling Cavalier.
God wills and darkly works his wily,
His wisdom's hidden from our eynr.,..
Yet my faith rests upon Him still,
To judge and scourge He will arise.
'Wrong seems to conquer often i--.R.ight
:REM to be conquered ;—watch. and wait ;.
The years bring seeing to our sight, -
_Truth's triumph cometh, soon.or late.
Therefore success I seem to sea
Makes me not in the evil trus4
- -
Nor seems its triumph sure to me,
Rather its failure. GQd in Sitst.
BLACREICATH. - W. Cl: BENNETT.
Eve Lisa I.I6TORIAL. — FrOIa llr. J. J. Kromer,
403 Chestnut street. we have the illustrated Lpndar.,
News of August expellent witater t with.
pottrait of eeeera/ Dieee.g.