Et't Vrtss.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1863.
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An Army of Slaves:
JEFFERSON DAVIS, if the rumor be true that
he has resolved to arm the slaves against the
Government, has again confessed the weak
-ness of the South. "It is not probable, as
the North tremblingly fears," said the indae
'sof August 13th, the London organ of the
rebellion, " that the South is even thinking
of resorting to the extreme measure of arm
ing its slaves." This is significant incredulity,
and expresses the repugnance of the friends
of slavery to such a method of defence. The
war wag begun by the South in the interest of
slavery, no war measure could be so unwel
come to the slaveholder as thit which libe•
rates his slaves. The Emancipation proclama
tion of the President was, therefore, de
• nounced by them as barbarous and cowardly,
and to this day excites the bitter hatred of the
fiisloyal journals of the North, and the ene
mies-of the country in Europe. The negroes
Were, therefore, declared unfit to fight; they
would prove cowards in the presence of the,
enemy, it was urged, and murderers of
women and children where no fear restrain
ed them. It would be a disgrace for white
Men to fight for a flag which negroes aided
to defend. Thus the South, and the friends
of the South, revealed their hatred of an ex
periment of which the results were evidently
dangerous to slavery. Nor do they hate it
less now ; nor, could such a measure origi
nate with the people of the South. On the
contrary, if the slaves are really to be armed,
it will be so because of stern necessities of the
leaders of the rebellion. They will impose
it upon their people, beeb use defeat will be
their personal and irretrievable ruin, and to
prevent that they will force any sacrifice on
their followersi ; because ,TEFFERSON DAVIS
underatands that soldiers are to him more
important tha)i slaves. By abandoning the
lust principle of the rebellion—the protec
tion of slavery —he proclaims to the world
the weakness of the South ; he confesses
that the white population is exhausted ; that
be is at last forced to trust the Confederacy
;10 the magnaiimity of its victims.
.Another reason why such a measure might
be adopted by the rebel Government is, that
. the war has proved that the fate of slavery
on this continent is extinction. "-At any
rate," it may argue, "the war will liberate
our slaves ; ,this is clearly the opportunity to
liberate them to our own advantage." This
.argument may suggest itself to the intelli
gent classes of the rebels, and reconcile
them to the measure. But their feelings in
regard to the emancipation of their slaves
will be similar to those of Isaac of York, in
Ivanhoe, who, to save his money bags, sub
mitted to have his teeth extracted.
But it is not by asking slaves to fight
.against a free Government that slavehold
,ers are to make their rebellion triump4nt.
The United States is first in its appeal to
this race, so long trodden under foot, and
every colored man in the South looks to our
Government as his friend. The bribe of
freedom after the war; and fifty acres of land,
speaks to his Self-interest but not to his en- .
thusiasm. Soldiers it may bring, but not
friends. The promise of land is amusing on
the part of a band of conspirators 'who
cannot keep the territory they have claimed.
Nor will the rebel leaders ever be able
to trust the negroes they may arm, nor
can these repose confidence in the pro
fessions of their masters.
Whatever MT. DAVIS may ostensibly pro
pose, actually he dare not create an army of
slaves. If he does, farewell at once to
slavery. Regiments he may raise, and use,
but he will not depend upon them for vic
tory. Let him beware of them at that mo
ment when the issue of the battle depends
upon their advance. The South has alrdady
employed negro troops in this war ; for the
sake of the Republic we hope she will in
crease their number.
The War Debt.
It is proposed, as a means of conciliating
the south, and reuniting the Repalic, that
the loyal States assume the Southern war
debt. We have heard this advocated by
many men notorious in the Northern States
for their advocacy of Southern rights ; and
we now see the New York . World feeling
its way into the minds of the people. "If
the Southern year debt is distributed," says
that newspaper, " and assumed by the seve
ral rebel States, it will make the pressure of
State taxation so heavy as to seriously
impair their ability to pay their proportion
of Federal taxes." This is an argument in
favor of the integrity of the Southern debt,
and the way in which its integrity is to be
maintained is thus indicated : " Whether
the 'exchange of Confederate scrip, at its
market value, for United States bonds,
would. not, by its tendency to produce good
feeling, save an equivalent expense in
• maintaining troops in the South; is a ques
tion on which it is premature to hazard
any opinion." Although the journal from
which are quoting does ,not propose to
assume this debt in so many distiiact
terms, we yet know enough of the tac
tics of disloyal newspapers to know what
such a suggestion infers. The disloyal ,
newspapers are opposed to eonscription.
They declaim against it Violently, and yet
we know that some Months ago, this
opposition was foreshadowed as gently
and with as much timidity as we now
see foreshadowed the advocacy of the
assumption of the Southern war debt.
The disloyal men who ask 'the Northlo
assume this burden are likewise debating
the propriety of repudiating the war debt of
the North. So the issue, plainly put, is
this : The Northern States shall repudiate
their - war debt because it was incurred in
support of an Administration that "made " a
war 1 favor of the negro," and at tlie
same time assist the Southern States to
pay their debt because it was incurred
in " a war of self-defence," and, against the
aggressions of the North. There is nothing
extravagant in such an issue. It presents,
Ina financial way, what is ...really 'the hope
and . aim of the disloyal men in the North
and what would be the objeat of Mr. justice
WOODWARD and his friends if they cram into
power in Pennsylvania.
- Is there any reason why a loyal man
should ask to see the Northern States assume
the responsibility of the Southern war debt?
Would it be just ? The Northern States
gave their resources to prosecute a.war that
was. forced upon them—a war, too; that
would have brought desolation ancL death to
their hamesif it had been successful. '=They
gave these resources to the Government to
aid it in prosecuting the war. They pledged
them to enable it: to raise money. They
stand pledged' for the redemption of many
railliens of dollars now held by the people
as securities and means of -revenue. And
because these resources are so pledged,
the - credit of the Government to-day is
beyond suspicion or doubt, while that of
the Confederacy is in the most dismal
and forlorn condition. As a mere Matter
of business honor with those who havein
vested in our loans, it would be unjust for
us to add other burdens to our debt, when
it is now so grievous and oppressive. Taking
another view, such'a policy - Vvould be giving
;treason a precedent and rebellion a premium.
If in after times men saw proper to conspire
,against the Government, there would be no
more urgent inducement than the remern
trance:that in a former rebellion the nation
.spent millions to crush the rebels, and then
.aided the rebels themselves to pay the debts
incurred by their treason. There could be no
greater exhibition of weakneas and bad faith
than this. Foreign nations would laugh at it,
:and compare it with their own stern policy in
tealing with rebellions. When England and
France enter into wars, they never think of
en d-ing them without, if possible, making
their enemies reimburse them for the expense
incurred in proSecuting the war ; and in deal
ing with a subjugated South, it would be a
far more appropriate policy to compel its
citiszens to pay the T.ederal debt than it
would' be .'for us to assume their many re
noOnsibilities. If the holders_ 41 . or the South-
em loan lose money by the investment, they
alone are to blame. It was S speculation
with them, and if they lose, they deserve
no more sympathy than the loser in a specu
lation with stocks, and sugar, and cotton.
Napoleonic Ideas in Mexico.
It is doubtful whether NAPOLEON really
expected that the Archduke MAXIMILIAN of
Austria would accept the proffered crown of
Mexico. In the event of his refusal, the
Assembly of Notables in Mexico, who pro-
claimed MAxn,riLIAN Emperor on the 10th
of July, had provided for the emergency by
leaving the selection of another and suitable
person to NAPOLEON. Practically, this
would be equivalent to placing a cadet of
the house of BONAPARTE upon the throne
of Mexico—perhaps either Prince NAro-
LEON or onfref the MIIRATS. It is declared,
however, that MAxistimArt 'ass accepted the
crown, conditional only , on no objection
being raised by his brother, the Emperor of
Austria, and upon the great, Powers of Eu
rope guaranteeing that he will be maintained
upon the newly-erected throne.
The Prince, who completed his thirt3r-first
year only four days before the French-Mexi
can party tendered the imperial purple to
him, is next brother to the Emperor of
Austria, is son-in-law to the King of Bel.
glum, and is cousin by marriage to the
Queen of England;and also to the Count
DE PAnia, and the other Orleans princes,
be surviving children of Louis PIIILIPPE,
who was dethroned by the French revolu
tion of 184 S, and died in exile in England.
He is vice•admiral and commander-in-chief
of the Austrian fleet, is colonel of a regiment
of Austrian lancers, as well as of a regiment
of Prussian dragoons, and, for some years
before _1859, was Governor General of the
Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. When the
Italian war of 1859 began, MAXlmmux was
recalled from Venice—it was said at the
time on account of his liberal
.opinions and
humane feelings, and he has'the reputation
of being a man of high principle and, great
courage, with enlarged views of government.
By his marriage with the Princess OE[A.It
LOTTE, of Belgium, which took place-in 1857,
when 'the young lady was only seventeen,
MAximarrAN has no issue. If Mexico is to be
ruled by a foreign prince, MAXIMILIAN is as
worthy as any one for that dignity.
The Vienna journals do not approve of
MAximmAN's being placed upon a foreign
and remote throne, on the nomination of
NAPOLEON the Third. They would rather
not have Austria placed under an obligation
to the Emperor of the French. They point
back to the time when, a conqueror, the first
NAPOLEON compelled the Emperor FRANCIS
I. to give him the Archduchess NIA.RIA
LOUISA of Austria in marriage. They con
sider that alliance a blot on the escutcheon
of the House of Hapsburg. They show the
hazard of introducing Monarchy, and under a
foreign prince, into the North American con
tinent, and ask with what force from the
Austrian army the new Emperor is to be
maintained upon his throne, or whether, as
at Rome, the . prince-regnant is to be pro
tected by French bayonets. They, also
dread the probability of a collision between
the new empire and the United States. Nor
do they alone apprehend opposition from
the United States, but also from the South
American republics. They are afraid that
this present from France to Austria indicates
a close alliance between these, great Powers,
and they forebode evil to Austria from any
conjoined polity with France.
The elevation of MAyaaina - Arr is said to
haVe been favorably received by Spain. On
the other hand, it is impossible that the King
of Italy can complacently view the prospect
of a close alliance between France and Aus
tria; it would be a death-blow to his hope of
annexing Venetia, to the Papal territory,
and the city of Rome to his Kingdom.
Neither can l'russia feel entirely easy at the
relations of France and Austria, both of
which are more or less antagonistic to her
self becoming more intimate. Russia would
probably not formally oppose the demission
of an Austrian prince to the Mexican throne.
Belgium and England, on account of family
connection with MAXIMLIAN by marriage,
might be expected to receive MAximmtAx's
elevation with considerable favor. Whether
any of the European Powers, with the ex
ception of France, would guarantee to main
tain the new Emperor in Mexico by armed
force is extremely doubtful. Say that they
declined, and that a French army re-
Maimed in Mexico to put down all opposing
factions, the result would be the establish
ment there of a French protectorate, politi
cal and physical, and the conversion of
Mexico into a remote province of the French
Epperor, governed by an Austrian prince
who would really be the mere viceroy of
NAPOLEON.
The Mexican Empire, established by
command of NAPOLEON'S lieutenant, Mar
shal FORRY, is expected to form an alliance
with " the so-called Southern. Confederacy,
and it is even said that, not alone the sur
render of Texas to Mexico, but of Louisi
ana to France would be yielded by Mr. JEF
FERSON Days as the price 'of that affiance.
There is not much to apprehend from that.
Even should MAX-nrimAx become Emperor
of Mexico, some months will necessarily
elapse before he can ascend the throne in
person and commence his rule in that coun
try .By that time, no one can doubt, the
South will have been thorolighly defeated.
It may be, asked, what purpose, besides
placing , Austria under a great obligation
to him by giving an empire to one of
her princes, NAPOLEON could have in
his Mexican policy ? Generally, that
man is inscrutable, but, in the present in
stance, he- has not succeeded in concealing
the object of his policy. ,NAPOLEON'S de
mands upon Mexico are the payment of her
debts to sundry French creditors, (whose
claims he is said to have quietly purchased
at a heavy discount,) reimbursement of all
the expenses of the war, and the surren
der of the ,province of Sonora, adjacent to
California and the Pacific, as a substitute
"for cash-payment. We may see this carried
out, ere long, and cannot believe that it
Will be creditable to this country to -permit
it. *But what can. we do
.? We have pro
tested against the proceedings of the
French in Mexico, but the annexation of
Sonora to the Empire of France may be a
fact accomplished long before we can re
ceive positive assurance that it is intended.
NAPOLEON'S great purpose in the invasion
of Mexico must have been the acquisition of
territory that would give him -a firm Stand
ing in America, with the great advantage of
contiguity to the Pacific. He may become
a troublesome neighbor to the United States,
and experience has shown him at once
crafty and audacious, pliant and' firm, plau
sible and .unscrupulons. Besides, France is
eager for military glory, and also additional
territory.. Sonora contains 128,466 square
miles, which is much more than half the ex
tent of France proper, and is larger than the
whole area of England, Scotland, Ireland,
and Wales, with all the islands adjacent and
there - unto belonging. This would indeed, be
an important aequisition to the French em
pire, and NAPOLEON - will show his usual
adroitness if he use the Archduke NI AXI
mn,TA* as, a cat's-paw to get tins chestnut
out of the red embers. It would be worth
his while, for such a gain, to make an Aus
trian. prince a crowned head in Mexico.
TICE New York Eppreis is endeavoring
to pre - ye that the draft is a failure, and
quotes from a Massachusetts" paper to show
"that:it will not add materially to the
strength of our armies, and that it will cost
much more than it is worth." The Express
was one df the papers which, until - within a
week or so past, contended that the draft
would drag away all the poor men from
their homes, and that it was mainly aimed
as a blow at the Democratic party. If it
was right then, it must be wrong now. It
must be observed, however, that the Er
preis is a paper of rather questionable
loyalty.
THE Star of the North, a disloyal news
paper, published somewhere in this State,
says : " The fact that A. - innr.w G. Cunalx
stands pledged to sustain; lke Federal Ad
ministration in all its measures, is one
among the many sins with which he stands
charged.". Doubtless, Governor CURTIN
has committed a fearful offence in
~
sup
porting all.the measures of the Administra
tion, but. it is an offence that loyal men will
be charitable enough to forgive.
The Poor, North and South.
The disloyal newspapers are constantly
clamoring about the injustice of this Govern
ment (and particularly in its act of conscrip
tion) towards the poor.- We, of course,
know that all such cries are the mere schemes
of the demagogue, and intended to mislead
the ignorant and unwary. It would be
well, however, to show how the rebel fiends
in the South manage the poor in their con
scription. If we look at the exemption list
of such a Etate as Georgia—and Georgia we
select as an example—we shall see that there
is hardly a poor man in the list of those ex
empt, and that every class that can, by any
possibility, exclude a poor man, is 'nein
- ded. Thus, on the part of the North, we
know that no class is exempt ; that every
man capable of service must go, or give the
Government an equtvalent for his service.
In the South we see the following among the
classes exempted:, Regular clergymen, reg
ular teachers, common-school teachers,
editors, foremen of the press, druggists,
physicians, lawyers, Government agents,
judges, clerks of courts,.sheriffs, justices, and
bailiffs. :It is well known that there is
scarcely a rich IDP i in the South who does'
not cone within the designation of these
professions; while the poor man, and we
use ; the term in its most popular sense, could
scarcely claim either. In the South the aim
is to have a governing class—an aristocracy
—and all who belong to that class are pro
tected. The rest bear the burdens. In the
l'orth we have7,a democracy. No one is
favored. All alike—rich and poor, high
and low—must take-their lot and bear their
burden.
THERE are hundreds of ways in which a
man may be disloyal. He may speak
against the Government, he may write
against the Government ; he may inculcate
resistance to its authority by precept and
by example ; he may endeavor to depre
ciate its financial credit ; he may screen and
protect its ,
enemies ; he may be disloyal by
silence as . well as by speech ; ho may oc
cupy a responsible public position, and, by
refusing to throw the weight and influence
of that position in favor of the Government,
may be as truly disloyal as though he should
openly contend that the dissolution of the
Union is proper, and that the States should
be allowed to go peaceably ; he may be dis
loyal by sustaining partisan organizations
at a time when the countxy needs the ser
vices of all its citizens ; he may be disloyal
by endeavoring to disfranchise the soldiers,
or by endeavoring to create a feeling of pre
judice against citizens of foreign birth.
These are a few of the many ways in which
a man may show himself disloyal. There
is but one way in which a man can show
himself to be loyal—by supporting uncon
ditionally the Government which protects
him, and maintaining the supremacy of the
laws enacted for its preservation.
wA~]3TI~TQ FO .
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASamorrou, , August 30,-1863
Skirmish with Moseby's Gacrillas.
Some of Scorr's Nine hundred cavalry have re
cently been making reconnoissances on the line of
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. There was no ap
pearance of the enemy on. Thursday, but at-10
o'clock yesterday morning two pickets belonging to
a force of 61 men who were stationed at Edward's
Ferry, when about two miles above, were tired upon,
one shot striking ALONZO PICKET, of Company 13,
going through the jaw, inflicting a dangerous wound.
They were both captured, and after being deprived
of their horses and arms were permitted to return
to camp. On their arrival, Captain RALLECK im
mediately set out with 16 men to reconnoitre the
country. Without encountering any enemy he ar
rived within half a mile of the ferry, when his ad
vance of four men were captured by a party of re
bels, and on looking towards the camp he saw it in
possession of between 300 and 400 of the enemy, sup
posed to be WEirrWs .or Mosnnv's men. During
the absence of the reconnoitring party this camp
was attacked, and one of the rebels is known to have
been killed._ The reserve which had been left here
scattered and fell back on another encampment of
the regiment, - under Captain Cazfroura., at Muddy
Fork. The entire body, numbering BO men, then re•
tired from the line of the canal to the hills in the
rear, when last beard from, drawn up in line of bat
tle. Our forces 'at 'Muddy Branch yesterday cap
tured two men, one of whom admits that he piloted
STUART into Maryland, previous to the, battle of
'Gettysburg.
Official information was received to-day at Gen.
11EINTZELIIAN 4 8 headquarters of a skirmish, on
Monday last, between a detachment of the 2d Mas
s fechusetta Cavalry, the California Regiment, and
Mossay's men. This attack by Mosnav was made
s at Covrit's tavern, on Little River turnpike, some
four xbilee thienide - cilYitirfaxcabout two o'clock in
the afternoon. Our men, only twenty-five in num.
ber, were attacked front and rear at the same time,
but fought manfully. Their loss was two killed,
three wounded, and nine taken prisoners, together
with all the horses they had in charge, fifteen of
which, however, were afterwards captured, leaving
eighty-five still in the hands of the rebels. The loss
of the rebels was one captain and one lieutenant
killed, and one lieutenant and three privates
wounded. MONDRY was himself wounded in two
places, the side and thigh, and his wounds are re
garded as fatal. Col. Lowinn pursued the enemy
from Centreville as far as Snicker's Gap, but they
succeeded in making their escape by reason of
having constant remounts of fresh horses.
The Steamer Ruth.
The investigation as to the loss of the Govern•
ment funds by the burning of the Ruth has thus far
developed the following facts Three milllondollars
in Government bills and postal currency, with a
complete invoice, were sent to the Sub. Treasury at
St. Louis. Of this Major BRINTON, paymaster, re
ceived in the original package §¢2,600,r00, and the
original invoice. The money was placed on the
cabin deck of the boat, &c., directly over a large quail-
•
tity of coal, pork, rosin, &c., which was stored on the
deck below. The guard. never left the,boxes, three
of the soldiers being burned to death. The invoice
was placed in Major BRANTON'S private safe. The
fire lasted over six hours, and the heat was intense.
At the time the boat 'struck the shore, a man and his
son living near the spot took a skiff and rowed
around the boat until morning, thinking something
night drift away from the wreck. They even went
to the wreck where they could' pee the interior, and
represent it one mash of fire. • Since then the wreck
has been carefully watched, and divers have been
employed- to examine the h?ld ; no traces can be
found of the boxes or the money. The cabin deck
hid fallen through, and the money dropped in the
red•hot mass of coals below. The debris of the fire
at this point was three feet deep. Search will now
be made fqr Major B.u.,7rox's safe, containing the
invoices. It is due to l%lajor BRINTON to say that
the investigation thus far removes the suspicion
before entertained, and the result of the inquiry will
undoubtedly be an honorable and free exoneration.
The Army.
General IVlnrcs has been absent for some days td
the Army of the Potomac, inspecting the transpor
tation; the buSinitst 60 - bnected with which reflects
much credit on GendrBl inciem,s, the chiefquarter
master of that army, and his assistant, Captain
Pearce. Notwithstanding the repeated raids on
sutlers' trains on the way to the army, the supplies
there are abundant. The country adjacentfumishes
nothing but a scanty supply of green corn and
grass.
'A large tiain of sutlers' wagons Will start hence
to-morrow with an adequate cavalry escort.
Surgeon General HAMMOND is about to proceed to
Port Royal and New Orleans to look after the Con
dition of the hospitals.
Internal Revenue.Deelsion.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de
cided that in making payments to persons in the
service of the United States, who, are employed by
the day, the three-pet' cent. tax should be withheld
on the amount in excess of $6OO per annum. Ai-
Bruning that there are three hundred working days
in the year, the' amount of $2 per day is exempt
from the tax,
Capture of the Blockade Runner Cionstadt.
The Navy Department has received a communica•
tion from Com. Tuanonann, of the steamer Rhode
Island, reporting the capture of the English screw
steamer Cronstadt, for a violation of the blockade
of Wilmington, N. C. Her cargo consists of cot
ton, turpentine, and tobacco. She had been sent to
Boston for adjudication.
The Capture of tile Satellite.
Although there is no official confirmation of the
capture of the gunboat Satellite, and the tugboat
Reliance by the rebels near the mouth of the Asp
pahannock river, the naval authorities have no
doubt of the fact.
Arrest of a Government Contractor.
A Government contractor named PI.TOHE, from
Pittsburg, has been committed to the Old Capitol
pilson, on the charge of having sold in Baltimore
fraudulent quartermissters , certificates of indebted
ness to the amount of forty,thousand dollars. The
arrest was made in Philadelphia, where another ne
gotiation was about to be made.
• Arrest of Belie Boyd.
The notorious BELVE BOYD was arrested at Mar
t 3
insburg Va. last night, by Captain JOHNSON'S
detectives, and to-night lodges in her old place in
the Old Captol Prison. It will be remembered that
she was sent to Richmond some months since with
orders not to come beck. Captain Jonwsow first
learned of her having returned about two months
ago, and went to Philadelphia after her. There it
was ascertained that she had been living at a house
of ill-fame on Twelfth street, dressed in male attire.:
She bad, however, left town, and was lost sight of
until a week ago, when Captain Joimeow heard she
was at Martinsburg, where she had been for some
time. Her arrest speedily followed. ,
Letter from President Lincoln.
SYnacues, N. Y., August 29.--President Lincoln
has telegraphed the Republican Union State Com
mittee, in accordance with their request. , He has
sent the committee a copy of his letter addressed to
the Loyal Mass Convention to meet at Springfield,
Illinois, next Thursday. This letter will be read to
Men's Young Men mass meeting to be held in this
city on the same day.
Specie for Europe.
NEW Y ORX, 28.—The steemete City a
Washington and Bremen take out one: to
specie. -
THE PRESS.-PHIL A,DELPRIA; MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1863.
Execution of the Five Substitute De-
_
RIZILDWARTBAS ARMY ; OF THE ARMY, - August 29.
—The execution of the substitute deserters, sea
tanned to the penalty of death in General Orders,
No. 84, took place to-day. More than ordinary in
terest was exhibited in this execution of military
law, and it is estimated that not less than twenty
five thousand persons were present. The ground was
well selected, and every arrangement so complete
that no accident. occurred to mar the solemnity of
the proceeding. The position of. the spectators
was upon a eend•circular elevation, partially sur
rounding the place of execution. Previous to
the execution the scene presented a remarka.
ble ~,view to the spectator. , Two of the Ben
tenoed were Protestants, two Catholics, and the fifth
a Hebrew. The spiritual advisers of each were
present, administering the last consolations of reli
gion. The criminals were sitting upon their respec
tive coffins with the yawning graves in the rear.
The troops were drawn up in close column by divi
sion; covering the complete semi -circle, separated
from the spectators by a creek. The order for the
immediate execution was issued by General Griffin,
at three o'clock P. M., and the officer or the guard,
Captain Crocker, 118th Pennsylvania, recalled the
clergymen from their spiritual duties. The rest is
briefly told. At the order to fire, thirty-six muskets
were 'discharged, and instant death, as announced
by the surgeons in attendance, was the result. The
bodies were placed in their respective gravel, azd
the clergy performed the religious services over the
deceased.
The spectricle was an unusual one ; the Catholic,
the Protestant, and the Hebrew stood side by side,
each uttering prayers for the departed souls.
The names, ages, residences, am, of the deceased
are as follows
George Kuhn, Hanoverian, 22 years old, resided
in Pennsylvania, unmarried.
John Felane, Italian, 26 years, Pennsylvania, wife
and family.
Charles Walters, Prussian, 28 years, wife and
child.
George Reinese, Italian, 29 years, wife and child.
Emile Lai, Prussian, 30 years, wife.
The Clergy who attended the ttnfortunates were
the chaplain of the 1113th Pennsylvania Reeiment,
the Rev. a. L, Egan, of St. Dominic's Church,
Washington, and the - Rabbi B. S. Scald, of Balti
more. Theme gentlemen were unremitting in their
attendance upon the deceased until the final hour.
•
ST. Louis, August 29.—The DentocreB special
despatch from Leavenworth says d The largest meet
ing ever held here assembled last night. General
Lane offered reeolutions, which were unanimously
adopted, calling all loyal men on the border that
can be spared for home . protection to assemble at
Panola on the Bth of September, with such arms
and ammunition as they can procure, organized into
companies of twenty men each, under a captain of
their own choosing. Gen. Lane spoke for two'
hours, saying that the people of Kansas must de
pend upon themselves for protection,
.ex.horting
every man to be ready to meet at a moment's no
tice.
Hon. A. C. Wilder offered a resolution in behalf
of the committee on resolutions,. stating that the
tragedy at Lawrence was directly chargeable to the
imbecile and inefficient policy of the commander of
this department, and demanding the immediate re
moval of Gen. Schofield.
Mayor Anthony offered resolutions . that the coun
ties of Platte, Clay, Buchanan, and Andre, in Mis
souri, be held responsible for any rebel outrages
north of tle river, the penalty to be a total devasta
tion of a 10e forty miles wide along the frontier.
All the resolutions offered were unanhnously and
• enthusiastically adopted.
Several speeches were made denouncing Generals
Schofield and Ewing, and the policy in this depart
ment.
General Ewing telegraphed General Lane today,
saying that he would defend Lawrence and Kansas,
and requesting him to use his influence to prevent
any raid in Kansas. Be replied that be would as
semble with 6,000 men on the sth of September,
and tender their services to him, and, if rejected, he
would appeal to a higher power.
The enemy has placed two companies of troops
in Platte city to protect its citizens against the
avengers from Kansas.
Large numbers of men, returning from. Price's
rebel army, are organizing into guerilla bande in
Alday and the adjoining counties, preparing for
raids on the border.
The Lawrence , I4aseacre—Aid for the Kai
LEAVENWORTH, Aug. 29.—1 n behalf of the suffer
ers by the Lawrence massacre, we make this state
ment and appeal.
The loss of life already reported by the press is
substantially correct. The loss of property exceeds
a million and a half. liimdreds are homeless and
destitute; the business portion of the city is en
tirely destroyed, together with nearly a hundred
dwelling's. Leavenworth and-the neighboring cities
have already contributed largely, but much assist
ance is yet needed.
Aid can be sent to Peter T. Rednous, chairman aid
committee of Lawrence, or President Mr. Wilder,
Mr. J. Parrott, 'H. J. Adding, and Nelson hlcCrac
ken, Leavenwoith committee. .
From Cairo —Movement towards Little
Rock, Arkansas,
CAIRO, August3o.—Gen.Steele is moving towards
Little Rock, and the rebels are concentrating 9ppci
eite him.
The rebels in the Trana•Mississippi department
are organizing for a better concert of action.
General Grant and Adjutant General Thqmasleft
Memphia for Vicksburg on Friday.,
most of the cotton lying at the- mouth of the
White river has been accidentally burned.
NEW Yon z, August 22.—The smack Pacific has
arrived from Bermuda, with advices to the 24th inst.
The rebel steamer Gladiator, from Wilmington, IC
0., was going into Bermuda on the 25th.
The rebel steamer Robert Lee arrived at Bermuda
on the 23d, reported being chased nine hours by one
of our cruisers, and threw overboard three hundred
bales of cotton to escape.
On the 26th in lat. 35 0 , ion. 67°, the Pacific passed
the pirate Florida with a ship in tow.
The Bermuda Gazette gives an account of pro
ceedings in St. George's, showing that serious trou
bles are occurring there relative to negro laborers,
who have demanded higher wages for work on die•
charging rebel Vessels. Several assassinations have
occurred and incendiarisms are frequent.
A large quantity of cotton has been burned,. and a
quantity thrown into the bay to extinguish it,
The rebel steamers Qolumbia and Eitguniu were at,
the wharf when the fire occurred, and sent their
crews to extinguish the flames.
A meeting of citizens was held and a reward of
£2OO offered for the arrest of the hicendiary.
The steamers Fanny and Jennie, from Halifax, and
the Florida from Nassau, had arrived consigned to
Pewee, the weli•known rebel-agent.
The rebel steamer_ Phantom, from Wilmington,
with cotton, arrived on the 10th,
SAN FRANCISCO, August 29.—The steamer .Con
stitution brings dates from the city of Mexico to
only July 24th. A portion of the united Mexican
and French troops have moved 60 miles westward
from the capital, to Cuernavucea.
The intentions of the Triumvirate to recognize the
Confederate States is continually foreshadowed hy
the •Imperial press. The recognition is to take
place as soon as news is received in Mexico that
Maximilian accepts the crown.
The news from the Juarez Government is unim
portant. Juarez is understood to be busying him
self in encouraging guerilla expeditions, some of
which are led by Americans, ._
„Teimanuuo, Pl - 21111.Assa, August 29.--Governor
Evans and Major Lane, commissioners to treat with
the orrapahoes and Cheyennes, are here on their
way, to the treaty grounds on Republican Fork.
The Prospects are favorable for getting a council
together.
ga-rox, August-3o.—The steamer Hibernian has
arrived froi... Liverpool, with 2.22 passengers.
-The Menzoi , iai _Diplomatique of the 10th Wit, says :
We are happy to stat!3 , that his-Iniperiallfighness,
the Archduke Fell:42l=i acCepte, with'
the consent of his august brother, the' Emperor of
Austria, the crown of the new Mexican. Empire.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
sorters.,
The Protection of the Border.
THE WAR IN KANSAS.
vivors.
Bermuda.
From San Francisco;
Indian Commissioners in Nebriika.
Arrival of the lkliberniau
Arrival of the Prize steamer Cronstadt.
BosTort, August 30.—The prize steamer Cron
stadt has arrived. She has on board 600 bales cot-,
ton, 200 barrels turpentine, and 200 barrels rosin.
A Movement at New Orleans.
"Cimixrremr, August 29.—There were 600 lain°la
troops on the steamer Conner, when she collided
with the Des Arc, and 60,000 pounds of ammunition,
All the knapsacks, guns, and baggage of the soldiers
were: lost.
The 14th Corps has been transferred by General
Grant to the Army of the Gulf. '•
Preparation% were being made at New Orleans on
the 19th, for a movement in some direction.
Theo Captured Steamer Reliance.
Baimaiong, August 29.—The steamer Reliance,
captured by the rebels at the mouth of the Rappa.
Bannock, Ives the gunboat belonging to,the Potomac
flotilla, commanded by Acting Master Dockray, and
not the revenue steamer of that name.
Destruction of a Union Newspaper Office.
LBAVENIVORTH, August V.—The Sentinel, pub.
lished in Western Missouri, was destroyed by a
party of Missouri enrolled militia. The paper was
loyal; and has done much good for the Union cause
in Missouri.
Volunteering in New *Toney,
Tnerrrow, August 29;—Volunteering in Drew Jer
sey is proceeding very briskly. About.five thousand
men have been obtained since the Governor's procla
mation was issued. Three new batteries are al
most complete, and one regiment of cavalry and one
regiment of infantry .will be completed during
-
the coining week. Almost every townehip in the
State is at work, and it is expected-that in a few
days tie quota will be furnished.
The Death of 'Gen. Peimbertoo;
CrncirrxrATl, August 29.—Late information from
"Vicksburg confirms the report of the death of Gen.
Pemberton. He WAS shot by a Texan soldier. Ifo
palticulars of the affair "are given.
Guerillas in Maryinnd.
The line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is still
infested with gu,erillas. A large party yesterday
Messed into Maryland at White's ford, and captured
a number of stock canal teams.
Democratic Nrominatioa.
BEDFORD, Pa., August 29 —William .1 - -. Baer, Esq.,
of. Somerset, was nominated as the Democratic
candidate'for State Senator, in the Nineteanth
'Wet, composed of Bedford, Huntiniplart, and
Somerset.
CHARLESTON.
Fort Sumpter Surrendered and Bat
tery Wagner Destroyed.
INTERESTING REBEL REPORTS.
FORTRESS MONROE, August 29.—The Richmond
Dispatch of this morning has the following :
ORAP.LESTON, August 21.—The enemy's attack on
our rifle-pits on Wednesday night, was made about
seven o'clock, in overwhelming force; on Thursday,
the firing on both sides was slow, with no unusual
incidents.
SECOND DESPATCH
CHARLESTON, Auguat 28.—The bombardment of
Sumpter and Wagner premeds sluggishly. The
enemy is working hard in the trenches. in front of
Wagner.
No further attempt has been. made to shell the
city.
FORTRESS Mormon, August 28, 1863.—The gun
boat Western 'World, Captain Gregory, arrived this
morning from off' Wilmington, reports the arrival
there of the United States steamer. Florida, from
gharieston,' with . the intelligence that the. Union
forces occupied Forts Sumpter and Wagner on Mon
day last.
LATER
FORTRESS MorinoE, August 2.B.—Plearn by the
steamer Western World, which arrived from Wil
mington at midnight, that Fort Sumpter has Bur
rendered, and :Battery Wagner been blown up and
destroyed.
This report was brought to the flagship Minnesota.,
off Wilmington, N. C., by the steamer Florida, Cap
tain Banhhead.
News all favorable.
THE LATEST.
BALTINORE, August 29.—The following comes
specially by telegraph from the highest authority.
I can vouch for its truth
FORTRESS MoNnon, August 28,--The United
States tugboat Western World, just arrived at Fort.
ress Monroe, to• day, from the'fleet oil Wilmington,
reports that on Tuesday, at 3 o'clock in the after
noon,- one hour before she started, the United States
steamer. Florida arrived from the fleet off Charles
ton; with the positive news that Fort Sumpter and
Battery Wagner bad 'fallen, and were occupied by
the Union troops, and that the Stars and Stripes
were triumphantly waving over both fortresses.
The Union troops were in the highest spirits, and
certain of possessing speedily all Morris Island, and
reducing Fort Moultrie.
The capture and occupation of Charleston in a
few days by the Union troops was morally certain.
NEWS. FROM THE SOUTH.
Half a Million of Black Troops to be called
oat by Jefferson Davis—Formidable Na-
vta Movements.
FORTRESI3 MONROE, A.ugust 29.—The steamer C.
W. Thomas arrived here to-day from Newbern, with
Lieutenant Sterling, of General Peek's staff; who
is a bearer of despatches.
A. deepatch from the blockading fleet says that, on
the morning of the 17th a large eloop-of•war, of ten
guns, with the British flag flying,: swept past the
blockading steamer, and immediately hoisted the
rebel flag and passed into the port of Wilmington.
This is the fourth rebel war vessel that has nun.the
blockade within the past six weeks.
Southern papers received at Morehead City, N.
C., say that Jeff Davis has decided, after a con
,
ference with the Governors of the Confederate
States, to call out half a million black troops, who
are to receive their- freedom and fifty acres of land
at the end of the war.
Extracts from the Richmond Dispatch.
JOHN B. FLOYD DEAD
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN BEAURE
GARD AND GILMORE.
A copy of the Richmond Dispatch of date of Au
gust 27, courteously sent by one of the military
family through our lines, with his " compliments 35
to either of three of our generals, designated by
name on the margin, contains the following inter-
eating news :
DEMAND FOR Tint SIIIIIVENDER OF CHARLESTON
CORREBPONDENCN BETWEEN DEA.TINGARD AND
GILMORE-THE CITY SHELL AD.
The Charleston papers of Monday contain some
very interesting intelligence from that city._ The
Courier furnishes the following particulars of the
new and important events in the bombardment
which have taken place
The following is a copy of the communication of
General Gilmore, received Friday night at Battery
Wagner, by General Hagood, in relation to the fir
ing on the city. It is endorsed on the back, " head
quarters Department of the South, Morris Island,
Q. A. Gillmore, Brigadier General commanding,"
demanding the immediate evacuation of Morris
Island and Fort Sumpter, or he will open on the
city of Charleston from his batteries :
Coomg
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
MORRIS ISLAND, S C , August 2L 1563.
GENERAL: I have the honor to demand of you the im
mediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort SuJnoter
by the Confederate forces. The present condition of Fort
Sumpter, and the rapid and progressive destraclion which
it is undergoing from my batteries, seem to render its
complete demolition within a few hours a matter of cer
tainty. All m 3 heaviest guns have not yet opened.
Should yoll refuse compliance with this demand, or
should I receive no reply
,thereto within four hours after
it is d ed into the halide of year subordinate at Fort
Wagner, for transmission, I shall open fire on the city of
Charleston from batteries already- established within
easy and effective range of the herat of the city.
• I am, General, very respectfully. your obedient eerv't,
Q. A. GILMORE.
Brigadier General Commanding.
Official: E. KEARNY. A. A. G.
To Gen. G. T. BEAIIREPARD, Conimanding Confederate
Fottes, Charlt sten, - 5...0.
General Beanregard being absent on a reconnoissance,
the communication, which was-unsigned, was received
at headquarters about a greater to eleven o'clock Friday
night, by. General Jordan, and by him returned for the
signature of the writer. The communication was signed
-
by General Gilmore, and again returned. It was received.
. at General , Beanregard's .headquarters at nine o'clock
Saturday morning
Between one and two o'clock, however. 'Saturday
morning. the .ellemy commenced firing on the city,
arousing our peg pie trom their slumbers. Twelve eight- ,
inch shells fell late the city, thirteen in all having been
fired. Fortunate no person was injured. Several
shells flew in the direction of St. - Michael's steeple. and
fell either in the vacant lots in the litimardistrict on King
street, or more generally struck - in the centre of the
streets, as exhibited at the corder of Queen and Rut
ledge, where au eight-inch shell tore up the plank-road
and dug a large bole in the ground. Another shot en
tered the warehouse of G. W. Williams & Co., at the
corner of Hayne and Church streets, entered the -root'
and exploded in the upper story, making a large opening
in the brick wall of the Medical Purveyor's storeholite
next door; and scattering 'things in great contusion.
Some loose straw or naming was set on fire by the ex
plosion, which caused the alarm bell to ring and brought
out the firemen. It was extiv gnished with little effort
before it bad made any progress. Four shells fell in this
locality. One large piece was picked up and exhibited
at the guardhouse, where it was the subject of much. en
riosity.
There was a gcod deal of excitement and some sur
prise expressed at the enemy 'being able to reach the
city from his present position. The battery, we learn,
is located in the marsh between Morns and Black
Islands, distant frilly five miles from Charleston. It is
said to be a superior fortification, and believed to mount
from three to four Parrott guns of different calibre and
long range. A report was in el-L.0111;W° a on Saturday
and. Sunday that Battery Haskell, on James Island, had
brought its heavy guns to hear upon this new fortifica
tion and silenced the enemy's fire. The report, however,
WS not credited, no authentic information being re
ceived to that effect, although our battery is said to have
bombarded the work on Saturday and, yesterday with
good effect,
The exit My have erected another battery within four
hundred and fifty yards of Battery Wagner, from which • '
a continual artillery duel and-musketry firing is main
tained between the pickets in the rifle pits. On Friday
night a party of the enemy, estimated at about one hun.
dred end filly strong, advanced with the supposed object
of flanking and storming the position of our pickets.
The latter, only eighleeit in number, allowed the enemy
to advance until within short range, when a volley was
ponred in among them, every eltot , telling, end causing
the whole party to retreat to their works. Several are
known to have been k.lledund wounded. The fire upon..
Battery Wagner has not slackened since our last report,'
but it still exhibits no marks of the fiery ordeal, and it is
semi-officially reported will bear -as mach pournling as
ever. Battery Gregg, which bas been subjected t 3 the
same heavy fire, is also repTeirted in the same good order
and condition. Our casualties - at Battery Wagner on
Saturday wets four killed and twenty-one wounded
On Saturday afternoon the steamer Spalding. Captain
Dexter, went down_ to the fleet with a flag of truce fly
ing-, having on 'board H. P. Walker, Bsch. British con
sul, and Colonel Roman, of General Beauregard - s staff,
bearing a-communication from Geaeral Beauregard to
General Gilmore. They were met by Lieutenant For
. rest. of the lronsides, who received the communication
and returned .to his vessel for orders. On hte return,
Lieutenant Forrest stated that he was instructed to say
that the despatches addressed to the Admiral would be
replied to and sent under flag of truce to the"north char"
net, AViki/i. the despatches for General Gilmore would be
cnuteyed to him, and the reply necessary sent by flag
of nine to Battery . Wagner. The object; as we lessen,
ef Mr. - - Wen:We — Viet Wag to sou- itii interview am/
request more time be allowed for the removal of non
combatants. It being late us the evening, the inter
view could not be had, but a reply was expected Sunday
morning.
The following ie a copy of the reply of General Beau
relgard to the- communication of General Gilmore, con
vyed by Colonel Roman under flag of trace to the
enemy's flagship for delivery :.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
. SOUTH CAROLINA, GIEOROTA, AND FLORIDA,
CHARLESTON, 8. C. ginenst 22, 1863
gIR : -Lest night, at fifteen minutes before eleven.
o'clock, during my absence on a reconnoissance of my
fortifications, a communication was received at these
headquarters, dated "Headquarters Department of the
South, Morris Island, S. C., August 21, 1863," demand
ing the " immediate evacuation of Morris Island and
Fort Sumpter by the Confederate forces," on the alleged
grounds that the present condition of Fort Sumpter and
the rapid and progressive destruction which it is under
going from an batteries seems to render its complete
.demolition within a few heti% Matter of certainty:"
and that if this demand was • not complied with, or ne
reply thereto WRS zeceived within four hones after, it is
delivered into theliands of your (M 9) subordinate com
mander at Fort Wagner for transmissien," a fire would
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be opened on -the city of Charleston from batteries
already established within easy and effective range of
the heart of the city -" This communication to my ad
dress was without signature, and wail of course re
turned.-
About half-pest one o'clock one of your batteries did
actually open fire, and threw a number of heavy shells
into the city, the inhabitants Of which, of course, were
asleep and unwarned.
•
About nine o'clock this morning the communication
alluded to aboVe woe returned to - these headquarters,
bearing your recognized official signature, and it CAD
now be noticed as year deliberate official act:
Among nations not barbarous, the usages of war pre
scribe that, wheti a c.ty is about to be attacked, timely
notice shall - he given by the attacking commander, in
order that non-combatants may hare an opportunity for
withdrawing beyond its limits. Geueratise'-the time
allowed is from one to three days; that is, tithe for the
withdrawal, in good faith, of at least the women and
childrem You. sin. gave only fonr lours, knowing that
your notice, 'under existing circumstances, could not
reach me in less than two -hours, ante that not less than
the same time would be required for- an answer to be
conveyed from this city to Battery Wagner. With-this
knowledge, you threaten to open fire on thie city, not to
oblige iM surrender, bat to tree me to evacuate these
works, which you, ass sled by a great naval force, have
been attacking in vain for more than forty days.
liatteries Wegner and Gregg and Fort Sumpter are
nearly due earth from your batteries; on Morris Island,
and in distance there'rom varying from half a mile to
two aid a quarter miles. This city, on the other hand,
is to the northwest, and quite five miles distant from the
battery opened against it this morning,
It would appear, sir, that, despairing of reducing these
voila, you now resort to the novel measure of:turning
your guns you_
old men, the women am children,
and the hospitals of a sleeping. city.an act 6f inexcusable
barbarity from your own eon/eased poiat of sight, inas--
as you allege that the complete demolition of Fort
Sumpter within a few hours by your grins seems to you
"a molter of certainty."
Your omission to attach your signature to such a grave
paper must show the reckleseness of the course upon
which you have adventured. While the facts that you
knowingly fixed a limit for receiving an answer to your
demand, Which made it almost beyond the peel:ability of
receiving any reply - within. that time, and that you actu
- did open fire and throw a number of the most de
tructive missiles ever used in warlinto the midst of a
city, taken unawares, and filled with sleeping women
and children, Will give you a had - " eminence . " in his
tory, even in the history of this war
I am only surprised, sir, -at the limits you have set to
yotir demands.' if, in order i o attain the abandonment
of Morris Island and Fort Sumpter, you fee 1 authorized
to fire on this city, why did - you not also latitude the
works on Sul]ivsn's and James' Island—nay, even the
city of Charleston, in the same demand?
hinge you have- felt warranted in inaugurating this
method of reducing batteries , in your immediate front.
"Which were found otherwise impregnable. and a mode
of warfare which I confidently declare to be atrocious.
and unworthy of any soldier, I now solemnly warn you
that if you tire again on this city from your Morris
's-land batteries without giving a somewhat more ne
gotiable time to remove non-combatants, I shell feel im
pelled-to employ such stringent means of retaliation as
They be available during the continuance of this attack.
Finally. .
.I reply that nelther the- works on Morris .
Tellind nor Fort Sumpter' will be evacuated on the de- -
tonna yon have been pleased to make. Already. hew
-ever, I am taking measures to remove all" non com
batants, who are' new fully aware of and alive to what
they may expect at year hands.
Respectfully, your obedient servant.
G. T. BEA/Mg:UR%
General Commaniing.
The following despatch was received at headquarters
at three P. hl-: ffioiints Isr,ArD 2,55 P. M., Angast 23.4
To General Jordan: -
.411 o'clock today General Gilmore's ommtitmloatbm
Was received. He gives until eleven P. M. to-morrow
to remove non-combatants. GENERAL LUGO 0 O.
On recelut of the communication, however, at head
quarters. it was discovered that General Gilmore dated
his despatch in reply nine P. IK., of the 22d. (.3aturdaY
night.) but did not cause it to be delivered at Wagner
until 12 meridian. Sunday. The date was not then no
ticed, and hence General Hagood's telegram that until
eleven P. ed to-morrow was given for the removal of
non-combatants„ The fire upon the city was therefore.
renewed Sunday night about eleven o'clock. At the
same Ulna an answer was received to the commtmica-
tion of nefior lhoncada. Epanieh Consul, who had atop
Bent a note to Gen: Gilmore requesting forty-eight bonne
notice for the removal of n on-co mbatante.
MMEET:2
- -
Major General John B.' Floyd died yesterday morning
at BIN o'clock, at Lis residence in Abingdon, Virginia.
THE CONFERRNUE ABOUT THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
The conference between Commissioners Gold, for the
Confederate States. and Meredith, for Lincoln, relative
to the exchange of prisoners, did not attain a final remit,.
The Yankee commissioner has gone back for the purpose
of consulting his Government upon the terms required
by the Confederate Com miesinner.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Tennessee REver Crossed by Roseerans.
CAPTURE OF REBEL PICKETS.
GENERAL BURNSIDE NEAR KINGSTON
STEVENSON, Ala., August 29.—The Army of the
Cumberland crossed the Tennessee river at four
points to-day, with infantry and cavalry.
The 2d Kentucky Cavalry captured thirty-Ave
pickets at a point opposite Stevenson.
General Reynolds - captured a large force at Shell
mound, and took a camp on Falling Water creek.
Among the prisoners captured are the notorious
guerilla Mays and the rebel Tennessee Congress
man Cannon. Little or no resistance was made.
The rebels are reported in force at Rome and
Cleveland;and along the Georgia State Railroad.
Gen. Burnside was in the region of Kingston, and
will attack that place before long.
No Draft in Ohio.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 29.—1 t is announced this morn
ing that no draft will be made in this State. Offi
cers of the army who were sent home to secure
drafted men were instructed to open recruiting sta
tions for enlistments.
Ship News.
NEW YORK, August 30.--A.rrived—Ship Sirius,
froln Havana; brig Troubadour, from Sisal; brig
Hawk, from Aux Cayes ; schooner William Cou
sins, from Mayaguez; schooner Matamoros, from
Matamoros.
Below—Sbip Energy, from Liverpool; ahip Eliza
lilathilde, from London; bark Artisan, from Eng
land ; bark Mary Edson.
Returned—Brig Camille hence for Cork, leaking
TREASON IN
_IOWA.—The West Union Pioneer,
the organ of the Democratic party in Fayette county,_
lowa published an article a few days since upon the
conscription law, in'which it addressed the follow
ing counsel to its partisans :
. .
"You should resist the conscription with your
rifles, I•ourshOt guns, or whatever weapons you can
get hold of. If you, young men, do not resist the
conscription, you are unworthy to be called Ameri
can citizens. Will you permit Lincoln and - his
shouldepstrapped Phillipees any, longer to make
laws and put them in force at the point of the bap>
net 1 * • * * The conscription is unconstitutional,
and it is no use to leave it to Lincoln's court to decide
such questions:,
Public Entertainments.
WALSOIT•STREET THEATRE.—The alterations in
this theatre have improved it in many respects. The
first and second tiers of boxes have been brought
forward, adding about two hundred seats. An orna-
mental lattice railing, constructed of iron, and at
once light and strong, runs all along these two tiers,
and is delicately painted in white and gold. The
orehestra has been pushed back, thereby allowing
an additional number of orchestral - chairs to be in
troduced. The parquette has been elevated. A new
proßeenium hee been put up, allowing every one, in
the house to see
all that passes.on the stage. The
proscenium boxes have been enlarged and lowered
to the level of the stage. The seats are Upholstered
with crimson damask. The papering, by Mr. Thos.
Murray, 625 South Eleventh street, is particularly
tasteful and neat. The old red i.aper is replaced by
delicate pearl and gold, and in the private boxes
is a variation of pink and gold. The papier
mache and other ornamentation has been executed
by Mr. Jobn Gibson, South Eleventh street. An
extensive supply of- new scenery has been painted
by Mr. "%Huard Lewis, and a new and complete
wardrobe by Mr. Leonard Petrella. Mrs. Garret
son continues lessee, with Mr. Tilton as her stage
manager, and Mr. W. H. Paul (Barney Williams'
managing man, last year) as her business-agent.
Walnut-street Theatre opens for the season on Wed
nesday evening, necessary alterations occasioning
the postponement from' this evening to that date.
A new drama will be produced, called after and
founded on George Borrow's story of "Lavengro,” -
in which Signora Oubss, following the example of
Celeste, will appear in speaking male characters.
On this occasion, for the first time upon any stage, ,
Cubes will speak English. The play is said to be
full of fine situations—one is a combat, in which
Cuban shows herself unusually "cunning of fence.”
A few words are necessary in regard to the manage
ment of the ensuing' season. That of the past sea
son was by no means as gratifying as it might have
been, and its remembrance would not .seem 'to pro
mise 'auspiciously. It cannot be denied that the
Bowery proclivities were apparent, and that these
proclivities were encouraged, rather than checked.
A theatre, in order to be first-class, must be very
different from what this theatre was last season.
Not only should the semblance of respectability be
• kept up, but a very apparent degree of merit should
mark'the spirit of the entertainnients. It is not
enough that a succession of stars should be pre
sented. The lesser luminaries are likewise expected
to possess a lustre which shall be effective ; an
abili
ty which shall at least bear a relation to the
pOwer of the star performer_ corresponding
to the relations of the characters in the
play. The public of- Philadelphia is a thea
tre-going public, and one which can appreciate
as well as criticize: To secure its permanent pa
' tronage, it is only necessary that the theatrical
management should thormighly understand the de
tails of the profesaion, and have energy and means
sufficient to see that these details are uniformly
attended to. The miserable character of the stock
company of last season, its gradual dwindling
down both in quantity and quality, the shab
by manner in which new plays were produced
and old ones reproduced, the meagre and gin
gerly manner hi which the house was lighted,
the sudden and unsupplied loss of one or two
pleasing and popular members of the company, were,
not the most worthy means of insuring success.
From the pains which have been taken in the re
fitting of the theatre, and from the apparent wish
of the manageress to gratify the public, both with
the character of the entertainments and with the
moat comfortable accommodations for viewing them,
we are induced to argue well for the fall and winter
campaign, and to wish it every success.
TIMNEW CHESTVIIT.STREET TIECE4T/114..—Mr. S.
S. Clarke closed bisi dramatie season at the Ace,de
iny of Miele on atuiday evening, with what might
be called a sensation bill. Although-the afternoon
was stormy and the night dark and threatening, he
had one of the largest audiences we have ever seen
in that magnificent building. The bill was a kind
of melange, little of everything, and a great deal of
Mr. Clarke and Mr. Booth. Mr. Clarke appeared as 1
Cousin Joe in " the Rough Diamond," and Jacques
Strap in "Robert Macalre;" while Mr. Booth gave
us the fourth act of "the Merchant of Venice," and
a kir dor running paraphrase of the " Taming of the
Shrew." We will say of Mr. Clarke that he never
played to bettEr adVantage, although the vastness
of the house prevented him from showing hie mar
vellous facial power. As Shylock, Mr. Booth acted,
in . a most impressive and beautiful manner.
Indeed, the whole scene Was played so well
that even Mr. Jamison could not mar it, al
though he did his best. The more we see of
Mr. Jamison the !more we sympathize 'with
him. It was evident that Mr. Clarke did not have
a proper appreciation of his abilities, or he would
have reserved him for "Robert Illacaire,'? and given
him the fancy beat, and the snuff-box and cane that
Mr. Wallis adorned. Mr. Jamison, as an old man
with a cane and and ifiliff.eo+ talking in hie dreary ,
weary, sing-song, cynical way, without life or eX
pression, and with as much idea of the meaning of
his part, as Mr. Chadband had of the true beauty of
the prophets, would have been a most refreshing
spectacle; but as Antonio, he was entirely out of
place; and there was an evident feeling of disappoint
ment among the people when Shylock dropped his
knife and left the stage, for we have no doubt that if
he had insisted upon silencing Antonio, the audience
would have deemed - it according to the laws of
Venice. Mrs. Baker, as Portia, played in her usual
style—carefully, earnestly, and correctly—but still,
we will not pause and criticize. If Mr. Booth's Shy
lock was as Sire a piece of acting as we have seen at
hie hands, hie Pelruchfo was as bad as it was possi
ble to be. He rattled, strutted, tossed his feathers,
mouthed and shook his sword in a most singular way,
evidently under the impression that it was late and
the audience were anxious to get home:. All of
which was very amusing, and made many laugh,
but we were pained to see, for Mr. Booth is too
great a man to lay violent hands upon Shak.speare,
and if he had not time to play Pctruchio properly, he
should not have played at all.
Mr. Booth recommences his engagement at the
Chestnutstreet Theatre,. ans will play for a few
evenings. This is good news. The Academy is too
large for an actor of Mr. Booth's style, and in the
cosy little. Chestnut be will be at home. To-night
he will appear as Sir Edward Mortimer and Don Ccesar
de Baran.
ARCII-STREET THEATRE —DIM John Drew, - who
has returned from the sea' side with renewed health,
opens this remodelled theatre next. Saturday even;
ing, with "a play In which she will herself perform.
Of the old theatre scarcely anything but the outer
walls have been left. The interior is almost entirely
new. Mr. Fredericks as stage...manager, and Mr.
Joseph D. Murphy as treasurer, will continue to
attend to t he interest and pleasure of the public, in
their respective departments.
•
THE GHOSTS.—We have two ghosts here—phan
tom " Montague " and " Capulets"—and great is
the tribulation among those who are impressed by
mysterious appearances. "The Musical Fund
Hall" Ghost la at last a success, and was ap
plauded by a large audience on Saturday evening.
"The Concert Hall Ghost" made a first appearance
on Saturday, but it did not appear to frighten any
body. The apparatus did not seem to work exactly
right, for the peraon representing the_ phantom was
rather too obvious. Still we will notbe unjust. Both
of the ghosts, however, are marvellous enough, and
those who are anxious to witness one of the most
peculiar optical delusions of the age shOuld not fail
to visit either Musical Fund or Concert Stall.
GERMAN OrßßA.—There will be, after all, but
one German opera troupe for the next season, under
the management of Mr. Carl Anschutz. The per
, formances in. New York will be at the Academy of
Music, and commence in December. It Is said that
Theodor Formes, the`temor, Dalt' Aste, the Vino,
Madame Johannsen, and Madame Laszlo, the so•
Irmo, are engaged.
klnsto AT TIM Partx.--Mr. I3irgfeld has Come
back from hearing what.the wild waves are saying,
with salt and eavor enough for the remainder of the
year, and will take charge of the concerts at the
Park until the summer days are over. We call this
music in 'the Park happiness for the million, and
with so' expert and enthusiastic a musician as Mr.
Bit gield, the million may anticipate a most delight•
ful time.-
LEXICOGRAPHY FOR THE Tuane.—The following
new definitions, not to be found in any dictionary,
may be of service to young lexicographers. They
have been obtained from official sources, and are
warranted " good until used :"
Greenback.g—U. S. Treadury notes.
Graybacks—Soldiers in the rebel service.
Drawbacks—Officers drawing pay for hanging round
'note's.
Gumbacks—U. S. postage stamps.
Comebacks—The counterfeit fifty-cent notes.
Boorbacks—The articles in the World,
POSITIVE SALE OF FRENCH DRY GOODS, &c.—
The early particular attention of dealers is re
quested to the choice and attractive assortment of
French, German, Swiss, and British dry goods,
embracing about 350 packages and lots of fancy and
staple articles, in silke, dress goods, with a large
assortment of brocie, cashmere, and woolen
shawls, &c., to be peremptorily sold by catalogue,
on four months' credit, and for cash, commencing
'this morning, at ten o'clock, precisely, by Sohn' B.
Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. t 22 and 234 Market
street.
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NATIONAL. UNION CITY CON7ENTION.—
The Convention closed its labors on Saturday even
ing, with great cheering for the ticket, as nominated.
Cheers were also given for Governor Curtiiird(disi
ral Dahlgren, General Gilmore, General , Grant,
General Rosecrans—the whole country—the army
and navy, &0., &c. Never, in all our experience, did
we attend a more intelligent Conirention, or a more
enthusiastic one. The following are the ballotings
on Saturday :
,PROTHONOTARY OP THE DISTRICT COURT.
Frederick Adams.
Wtn. B. R. Selby
'Alex. Harper
Wm B. Butler...
Geo. Ke11y........
Tb3tnas Dickson .
RECORDICR OF
Lewis R. Broomall
Rio. Dyer
.6. H. tthoeinaker—
Geo. P. Hera
F.T Walton
J. - Q. 4innodo.— •
D. T. Cochran
E&BOLUTIO
The Committee on Resolutions reported the fol
lowing which were unanimously adopted:
The Union men of Philadelphia, represented by
their duly elected delegates in City Convention as
sembled, bearing in mind the serious nature of the
crisis in our national affairs, and feeling deeply im
pressed with a sense of the responsibilities resting
upon us at such a time, deem it necessary thus to
make their public declaration of sentiments upon
the leading questions now agitating the mind of this
people. We do, therefore, resolve
1. That the war now waged for the preservation
of the National Union, and the suppression of the
rebellion is righteous, and should command the ear
nest sympathy and support of all who love freedom
and are devoted tb the great Democratic Republican
principle—the right of the majority to govern; that
in this war we can know no friends but those of the
republic, one and indivisible; no sovereignty but that
of the nation, entire, perfect, and complete; no peace
but that which shall consecrate this vast empire to
such liberty as our forefathers bequeathed to us for
an inheritance.
2. That the Administration of Abraham Lincoln
has raised this great Republic from the dissevered,
broken. and ruinous condition in which the imbe
cile Administration of James Buchanan left it, to a
state of national power, glory, strength, and splendor,
such as should make every American feel proud of
his country. It found the treasury bankrupt, the
bureaus plundered, the arsenals emptied, the army
and navy scattered to the winds, the national credit
paralyzed, and the prestige of the Union gone; and
in two years of unexampled energy and vigor it has
erected for the nation a stupendous naval, military,
financial, industrial, and commercial power unsur
passed by any other nation.
3. That those who pronounce such an Administra
tion weak, or its career one of mismanagement, are
too much biassed by party prejudice or sympathy
with the enemy to enable them' to pronounce an en
lightened judgment; that more especially the ma
lignant assaults of Copperhead demagogues and
newspapers are but efforts to create a party in the
North on which they shall ride back into power in
the Presidential contest of 1864.
4. That it is the bounden duty of everytrue and
patriotic citizen to sustain a man who has raised
the nation into a new and splendid career, and an..
Administration which has proved so triumphantly;
in a crisis without any precedent in our country's
history, its capacity to govern, its devotion to Demo
cratic Republican liberty, and the soundness of its
public polity ; that those who, from any mere habit,
association, or prejudice, still cling to the Demo
cratic party, while their own honest convictions tell
them that it has fallen into the hands of men who
are not Democratic in any sense, who are in league
with the enemy, are guilty of a gross dereliction of
duty as citizens, and are responsible for any misfor
tune which may ensue in consequence.
5. That the canvass in. Pennsylvania, more im
portant than any in her previous experience, de
mands the earnest, active, and untiring efforts of
every 'Union man in the Commonwealth to insure
the re-election of our noble Governor, Andrew G.
Curtin,-to the office which he has adorned by his
private virtues, not less than by hie eminent states
manship and patriotism ; and that we appeal to
every man in the State, without distinction of party,
to stand by the soldier's friend, the true and tried
leader, the able pilot 'who has guided the Blip of
State Bo safely in the midst of it terrible storm.
C. That to the -enion men of Philadelphia, more
especially, is confided the post of honor, since their
city has proved herself the staunchest and most
faithful adherent of the Union in all this fearful war;
as d that we, therefore, conjure them to work with
out ctasing, for the success of the whole National
Union ticket, State and local.
CORONER'S INQUEST. Coroner Conrad
commenced an inquest yesterday morning at the
Punch Bowl tavern, in .the case, of a young man
named Bernard Barnes, who had died from a wound
alleged to have been received on Thursday night.
The evidence before the coroner's jury elicited the
following facts •
James Ford. testified that shortly after he had
gone to bed on the night of the 2'7th inst., he was
aroused by the report of a gun ; on running out from
the house he saw Bernard Barnes lying on the
ground ; think he said a soldier shot him ; this was
on Mr. Haines' property, on the north side of York
street; Barnes had been raised by Mr. Hiddffman,
and was employed by him ; the persons residing in
the neighborhood bad organized a patrol to protect
their property from the depredations of soldiers;
we all have suffered from such depredations ; I had
received. authority or orders from officers• of the
camp to shoot all soldiers who came upon my pro
perty ; two pistol shots had beeb fired at Mr. Hid
deman ; Barnes was killed by a shot fired by a sol
dier ; I expected something of this kind would oc
cur.
Question. What officer told you to shoot the
soldiers who trespassed upon your ground?
Answer. Major Hess told me to do so.
Q. Was there anything taken on that night?
A. I understood that some corn had been taken
from Mr. Hiddeman's field; he had sent three pe
titions to Gen. Cadwalader about the depredations,
but no redress was obtained.
Q. Did you ever make any application to the civil
authorities?
A. No, sir.
William. Heinen testified that soldiers had been
caught on his property committing depredations.
George Egolf testified that he was out with the
party on Thursday night; one- of every farm was
out ; saw three soldiers. in Mr. Hiddeman'a field ;
we ran down there and one of our party fired;
stopped one, and he drew a knife on me; our party
soon came up, and we knocked him down; we all
struck him • he struck me ; the adjutant took him
to the camp he brought a party out ; we then went
through the field and seated ourselves on a fence ;
we heard a gun fired ; we ran down there and I was
arrested ; the lieutenant saw Mr. Hiddeman, Sr.,
and helloed to him to - stop; be would not stop,
and the lieutenant fired two loads from his revolver
at him, one ball from which bit hie hand; the guard
with me said, "I put a load of lead into one of your
fellows, and be won't want any more ;" we had
loaded guns with us • the man who was killed had
no run ; my gun was'taken from me; I think it was
William Hiddeman who fired the gun from our men ;
I was told by a cavalry officer to shoot any man on
the property, and that Major Hess would be thank
ful ; the soldier guarding me said he had shot the -
man insidethe fence ; that man was Bernard Barnes.
Mr. Berger testified that he belongs to the 19th
Pennsylvania Cavalry ; he saw the man who was
shot, and saw the person who shot him ; some one
called to Barnes to stop ; he did not stop ; he was
shot in the field ; I did not hear any command given
to shoot ; I did not see the man who fired raise his
gun ' • he was about twenty yards from. the man he
shot: the man helloed he was shot; he has since
died there were from seven to ten soldiers around
7:4: . sti , house there was rmlv one who was near
the man Wto Was a l lot ; theileirtetadyt evtia, bOII ad
not fire; Jacob Hiddeman wag with the party; n hen
the gun was tired he and his son ran oft; an effort
was made to take the gun from hint, and when he
resisted, the lieutenant -fired' two shots-from a re
volver at him ; he was then taken to the guard
house ; the young man who was shot was in the
party beating the soldiers.
Dr. SyStney R. Morris sworn.—Was called to at
tend the deceased ; had been requested by him to re
move the ball, but I refused on account of his pros
trate condition ; be expired about one o'clock on
Friday, the 18th;
I made a poet mortern examination;
I found that the gunshot had penetrated the body,
from his back, on the left side of the spine at the
side of the twelfth dorsal vertebra, breaking the rib
and passing through the stomach, coming out from
Nneatit the colon, and stopped just under the
face of the skin to the left of the umbilicus ; I fond
the minis ball and a piece which had had been torn
from the clothing of deceased; that wound was the
cause of his death. •
. There being no other witnesses present, the fur
ther investigation was postponed until Wednesday
next, when the most strenuous efforts will be made
to discover the soldier who fired the shot that caused
the death of Barnes.
ARRIVAL FROM CHARLESTON.— u rate('
States supply steamer Bermuda, Acting Volunteer
Lieut. Smith, commander, arrived - on Saturday
evening, from the coast of Texas and from Charles
ton. She towed the United States steamor Antonio
to Pilotown, her machinery having broken down.
The Bermuda reports having* captured two prizes,
one of them a schooner having on board one hun
dred and seventy halts of cotton, the other a schooner
loaded with sundries, from Havana. bound to Mata
gorda. Both were sent to Philadelphia. She also
reports at least one hundred vessels off' the Rio
Grande, nearlysll of them loaded-with contra
band cargoes. Among them are several large
English steamers. One of these steamers a
short time since dragged- across the boundary line,
and was immediately chased by two. of our vessels
—the Princess Royal and the Cayugst---but she ma
naged to get back into Mexican waters. Sbe was
loaded with a full cargo of arms and munitions of
war. Prisoners on board the Bermuda say that the
rebel Government have contracted to: deliver nine
thousand bales of cotton at Matamoros during the
month of August, and that the steamers now off the
Rio Grand are waiting to load ,it. The Bermuda
brings some very interesting inftirmation from
Charleston. It appears that. Fort Wagner had not
been taken when she left, which was a few days af
ter the date of last report. Dahlgren had left the
work of taking Wagner to Gem Gilmore and was
proceeding to silence the batteries beyond.
A MARINE SPEOT.—A Marine named TOim
Phister, hailing from New York, was shot yesterday
morning. in his arm, by a man named Patrick John
eon, the keeper of a liquor store at Seventeenth and
Seibeit streets, Twentieth ward. The fracas origina
ted in reference to a certain Rower, of the name of
which both entertained different opinions. A. row
ensued, and It is alleged that Johnson seized a gun
and fired it at Phister, the contents taking effect in
one of his arms. The wounded man was taken to
' the hospital. Johnson was arrested, and on being
questioned said that Phister stria& him with a glass,
Ile then ordered him to leave, or he would shoot
.Phister would not leave, and the threat was
put into execution. The prisoner was detained at
the Twentieth ward, to await a hearing. It seems to
be pretty well authenticated that the whole party
wore under e infinenoe of liquor.
HOSPITAL ITEMS.—James Nichol, aged.
sixty years, was adrni'ited to the hospital yesterday,
in an insensible state. Re is supposed to . have
fallen out the. window while laboring under a tit of
wania.a.patti, at his residence on. Bedford street,
between Eleventh and Twelfth.
Joseph Devlin, a lad,.six years of age, received a
compound fracture of the left arm by falling into a
cellar, in Gaffney's avenue, below Fitzwater street,
between Sixth and Seventh, He Wad also id,!
BERM FOE SICX WOUSIYED BOL
DIEnS.—The bird season cinnes in tomorrow. 4 la
regard to our recommendation that some el' the
"game" should be appropriated to the very sick
and wounded soldiers, we have received quite a
number of affirmative responses, asking what:piatt
is the best to effect the desired object. The best
plan would be to have the birds cooked at home,
and that the ladies then take or send them to the
hospitals. We know of one instance in which it
may be said that a soldier's life was saved by a
single reed-bird. The son of Mars" was indeed so
low and his stomach so weak that nothing would
remain in it. A lady, with a few cooked reed-birds,
stopped at the hospital at the time and the soldier,
With his Skinny hand trembling with weakness, re
ceived one of them and put it to his mouth. It re
quired some effort on his part to swallow it. The
bird was simply a mass of fat. It was the first thing
that remained in the soldier's stomach for several
days. From that time he commenced to recover,
and was finally able to return to hie regiment. We
find in our travels around the hospitals many very
weak soldiers, to whom a reed-bird or a rail would
be very acceptable. These birds are luxuries; let
them be freely given to the gallant men who have
become sick, weak, and wounded in battling for the
beet Goverment ever devised by patriotic men.
ALLEGED SWINDLE BY A SIIIIBLITUTE.—
During last week a colored .man named Cyrus A.
Ball, who had been accepted in Pittsburg as a sub
°Mute, was discharged from military custody by
Judge Cladwalader, on the ground of being> s minor.
Immediately after his discharge he was arrested
upon the charge of obtaining money under false pre
tences, and was held to answer at the Allegheny
County Court, by Alderman Beitler. Yesterday
Ball was taken before Judge Ludlow, in the quarter
Sessions, upon a writ of habeas corpus. Before the
hearing had progressed very far, Judge Ludlow sug
gested that the only question that could be before him
was the regularity of the proceedings connected with
the commitment. The argument on this point was
deferred.
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INSTIT'OTTON FOR THE BLIND.—The POllll
- Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
Is announced to open to-morrow, September Ist.
The Wednesday exhibitions will continue as usual
through the term. The small-'charge at the door,
which became necessary to regulate the large num•
bers that attend these exhibitions, has produced
annually a most benevolent fund, which is bestowed
in outfits upon needy graduate pupils, to enable them
to start in the art or mechanical business they
learned in the institution.
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KICIMINGTON HOSE STEMiLETL—AL very
handsome and serviceable steam engine has been
housed by the Kensington Engine Company. It was
bui3r by Mears. Chapman & Co. Its cost Wag
$3,600. It rates as third 'class, is painted vermilion
picked in with gold, and in the hands of the mem•
hers who have it in charge will prove of great ser
vice in suppressing the burning property of their
fellow•eitizEns.
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CAPE MAY.—We understand that the sea
eon at Cape May has, been so successful, and the
desire of pleasure goers "tcroee the luscious, autumn
days of September by the , side of the sea so pressing,
that the hotels will be kept open until the gat of Oc
tober. Mr. Cake, of the Columbia House, one of
the most pleasant tavern keepera on the island, an
nounces that he will receive guests for a few weeks
still.
ANOTHER FLAG FRRSENTATION.—A_ gay
time may be expected at Camp Cadwalader on Tues
day afternoon, at which time a flag presentation
scene will take place. The members of thd Corn
Exchange Association, who ordered the flag to be
made, will be in attendance at the camp. The
Union Cornet Band will be present.
PERBONAL.—Captain J. L. Englebert, of
the 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, haying recovered from -
.the wounds received in late hattPes, has returned to
rejoin his regiment at Warrenton. Captain Engle--
bert entered the service as a private, and by him
uniform gallantry and good behavior bas never felled
to command the respect of hie superiors
FLAG PRESENTATION.—TO-morrow after
noon at 3 o'clock a very handsome flag will be pre
sented by our colored citizens to the colored soldiers
at Camp William Penn. The occasion will be unn.
sually interesting.
ACCIDENT.—Jacob Webster, who resides
near Fifth and Norris streets, was run over by a coal
car at Broad and Willow streets, on Saturday after
noon, by which one of his legs was fractured.
Driows - ED. A little - boy, son of Dr.
Brown, reeddinc on Front street below Norris, was
drowned in Hart creek, Nineteenth ward, on Satur
day evening, while bathing.
TB NATIONAL FINANCES.—Jay Cooke,
subscription agent, reports the sale of 043.250 Jive
twenties on Saturday by the various agencies. The
deliveries of bonds arc to July 27th.
[Before Mr. alderman Seiner.)
Riot and Assault and Battery.
On Saturday afternoon the following named par.
ties were arraigned; at the Central Station, on the
charge of riot and assault and battery on the
night of the 27th instant, near the Lamb Tavern,:
Jacob Heddeman, Wm. Heddeman Jesse Thomas
Anthony Gross, Julius Gross, - George Egolf, and
Samuel Lewis. The' defendants were charged on
'l7 .11 POLJOE.
the oath of Charles H. Hamm, with firing upon an
unarmed soldier (named Edward Williams) on the
night of the 27th of August, and also tiring on an
armed patrol, under the command of deponent on
the tame night.
S: District Attorney Coffey, appeared for the
prosecution and Anson V. Parsons, Escp, for de-
. .
During the progress of the inveshgatien one of
the witnesses, Mr. S. L. Hutchinson, identified a
man among the spectators as an active participant
in the riot. Re was at once arraigned., He gave the
name of Win, Root.
The followisg evidence was elicited :
13. Realm, aworn.—l reside at the camp of
drafted men, near Islington lane, beyond the Ridge
road; I am adjutant of the camp, and adjutant of
the 118th Regiment, P. V. • this affair happened on
the night of the 27th of August; I was returning
from the Falls of Schuylkill, in company with Mr.
Hutchinson and Taggart; as we were near the
Lamb Tavern, heard a shot fired, and presently saw
ten or twelve 'armed men beating a soldier, whom
they had knocked down ; they were maltreating him
badly ; these men were armed with double-barreled
shot guns, sabres, and clubs ; the men came from
the corner of a cornfield, just a little beyond the
place where they put the horses up at the tavern
premises; the soldier had been sired at, when he
was _knocked down and beaten, the men crying out
"Kill him;':' Jacob Hiddemar seemed to be the
leader; he had a double-barreled gun in his hand;
I don't know what the soldier had been doing; I in
quired who they were? they replied, armed citizens ;
That they had called upon the commanding gene-
ral of the camp to protect their property, and if he
did not they would protect it themselves ; I went to
the camp, nearly three-quarters of a mile off; and
stated the circumstances to the officer of the day,
and asked him for a guard of twelve men ; they were
told not to road their guns ; as we went along, I
took the sergeant, and told him to load up ; while I.
wee passing up the road to the. left of The Lamb
Tavern, a man stepped out into the highway, and
deliberately fired at me; thesergeant was fifty yards
behind me with one section of men, the other sec
tion being on the main road ; as soon as the man
fired at me, I ordered up the guard, and hastened to
'the house in which the man had taken refuge ; three
men had run into that place ; I ordered the guard to
surround the house, and then made a demand that
the men secreted there be given up ; one of the men,
Hiddeman, had a double-barreled gun and horse
pistol ; a second shot _was fired ; this was at the
guard ; the party in the house were arrested, and
others were arrested in the neighborhood of the,. -
house; I arrested Hiddeman, and he resisted ; he
had the gun in his hand when I arrested him; I did
not-see any of the guard fire.
Jacob Taggart - sworn.—Resides near Fifteenth
and Buttonwood; while on the return from the Falls
of Schuylkill, in company with Adjutant Hamm.
and 51.r..Hutchinson, I hear d the report of a gun as
we neared the Lamb Tavern; nest observed a dozen
of armed men beating a soldier on the highway;
heard the men cry out "kill him," "kill him;" we
rescued the soldier and took him to the camp, after
which Mr. Hutchinson and myself returned to the
city ;• don't know the soldier.
J. L. Hutchinson, residing at 721 South Ninth
street, testified as to hearing the report of the gun,
and saw a number of men having a soldier down
and beating him; the adjutant stopped them ; they
said the soldier and some others were taking corn
from the field ; the man whom they were beating
had nothing about him ; the men admitted they had
fired the shot, the report of which had attracted our
attention; they also said they hid" knocked the sol
dier down ; at this stage of the proceedings, the
witness selected- from the spectators . Wm.. Root as
being the most uproarious of the whole party; he
had a double-barrel gun, and talked a great deal -
about shooting and; I told him that if the
'soldiers took any thing, the United States Govern
ment was able and willing to pay for it all ; I most
positively recognize .Rune, for 1 was talking with
him ; cannot recognize any of the others, because
they were in the shade of the tavern; the moon was
shining.
Edward Williams, Co. A, Ist Pennsylvania Ca
vany.—Two men and myself went to the tavern to
get a drink ; and on our return, when we got near a
corn-field, we all went into it; first thing we heard
was a shot Hred ; we had been in the field about two
minutes (the gun was loaded with small shot ; one
struck me in the face, one in the car, and snottier in
,The hand : we ell ran away and got Oyer the rails;
I; lien 'eaine. tied surrolifulea Me . ; Wini knocked -
flow§ ; they commenced kicking me, and just at this
moindiat as adjutant came up and stopped Picini'
come of the party struck me with their fists. Thfil
witness identified Julius Gross as one of the party;
he could not identify any one else.
Croisexamined.—There was nobody In the tavern
beside the landlord and ourselves 011ie affair took
place five or six minutes after we left.
Sergeant Charles -Fell, Company G, 82d Pennsyl.
vaniii, testified, that all he knew was, the adjutant
coming to camp and asking for a guard of men.;
twelve or thirteen of us went with him ;as we were '
going along the road near a brick house, not far front
the Lamb tavern, a shot was fired at the adjutant ;
I had loaded my piece ; we got orders not to fire ;
after the shot-was fired, I saw three or four men
run to the back door-of the hack house; the adju
tant ran after one of the men ; I saw another run
across the field ; he had a gun; I 'made a grab for
him but missed ; some of the men . had swords ;
Beddeman was identified as the man • one of the
shot struck witness on the nose; I think I can re.
'cognize 'Julius aeone of the men. •
Wm. D. Young, Company It. 1422 Pennsylvania,
was with the guard; heard a shot fired ; saw a man
run limonite road arrested George Egolf ;he
had a double gun ; he ran towards the house ;
lieddeman was one of the party there—at least I
think so : I could tell if he had his uniform on.
"Uniform I" exclaimed the counsel for ere - readmit ;
"why, he never had a uniform on in his life."
The witness replied. "Re looked like a Johnny
Reb." (Witness evidently meant the party bad on
farming clothes, and thus to this extent looked like
many in the rebel army.)
Tavern Kirk, member of Independent Cetealry
Company, Captain Strickler, testified that he-was
with the guard under Adjutant Hamm.; when: the
first gun was fired, I was with the rear guard; think
the shot was fired at the adjutant, who was on the
public road at the time; after thin shot was fired; I
saw three or four men run into a house; don't know
-whose house ; these men were armed with shot guns
and sabres ; I recognize Julius Gross and Jesse
Thomae-as two of the men who ran into the house n
the guard was drawn around the house ; the adju
tant asked the proprietor to come down and Barren.-
der the men ; he put his head out of the window,
and said that no men were there; his wife put her
head out of the window and said the same thing;:
that if there were any men there, they must have
broken in ; one of our men- fired a shot up the road
at three men ; one of the men fell, at a distance of
one hundred yards ; I don't know who fired, nor do
I know who fell. -
Samuel , B Bahl, Company POlBth Pennsylvania
Voluntems, testified that he recognized J. Hidde
man, Wm. Hiddeman, Julius - Gross, and Geo. Eugolf
as four of the party from which The shot was first
tired at the adjutant; a second shot was tired at us
from the corner of the house, one of our guard fired
because we were fired at first; I do not know who of
the guard fired ; I do not know that any man was
killed. The evidence here closed. Mr. Parsons con
tended:that there was nothing to warraaf the magis
trate in binding the defendants over. The soldiers
bad ns eigheto go -to the house of Mx. Gross; had
they stayed away, then Bernard Barnes, a young
man whom Mr. Gross had brought up from boyhood,
would not have been killed.
°obeli, on behalf of the Ocitarmonstrealth, said
he did not stand here to justity the guard in their tip
toe. He was simply here to investinte the charge
of riot and assault and battery on sesoldter on the
public highway. lie thought that a case had been:
- made out against 'some some of the parties. They may
all have been engaged in it, but - ell this there is no.
evidence. He thought, however, that some of the
defendants bad been identified as being active lathe
riot, and, therefore, he would ask they be bound ,
over.
The. alderman made the following disposition of
the ease:: Jacob Hiddeman, $1,200 to- answer at
court; Julius Gross, $l,OOO, Win. Root, $l,OOO - to
answer. The remainder of the defendants, not hav
ing been connected with the riot near the Lamb
Tavern were at once discharged.
The office -was crowded with spectatorh and at
times considerable angry diseussions - prevailed,
which was only suppressed with threats and looking .
up the disputants.