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How to Win this Campaign.
We have six working weeks before us,
to fight the political campaign in Pennsyl
vania. What is the present situation ? The
Democracy have made all their ar
rangements, and we see an ostentatious pa
rade of announcements and engagements
until the day of election. They have drilled
their newspapers into effective service, and
from; now until electiln every pen that can
be employed, and every tongue that can
speak will be busy misrepresenting the Ad
ministration, denouncing the war, and
abusing the cause. In organization our
enemies are perfect. They 'are animated
by a common purpose. With them it is
desperation. They have gone so far, and
played so boldly, and have so much
to gain, that nothing will be spared to ob
tain a triumph. Therefore, we must not
anticipate an easy victory. The men who
manage -the affair% of the Union party are
men worthy of all confidence, and, we feel
certain that what they. are doing is the just
and proper thing to do. At the same time,
we cannot repress a feeling of anxiety as to
the progress of the campaign in the various
parts of the State. In Ohio, every town has
its committee and its weekly meeting. The
noise, of contending orators is heard all over
the Union. It is so..in Maine and lowa.
What are we doing in. Pennsylvania ?
We can only win this campaign by hard
work. The war has taken many thousands
of active Union Men frvin their homes, and,
while we may not liave their votes, we
alsO want their sympathy, counsel, and sup
port: Those who remain at home must do
their part, and what we want to see them
do is this
I. Let every township and ward have a
complete - organization, a club, or commit
tee, with a place of meeting.
11. Let there be frequent gatherings of
the loyal people, and those who possess the
power of explaining and defending the cause
of the Union should make _it—their_business
•
to do so.
111. Let us meet ever issue frankly, and
defend it. The confiscation act, the bill of
indemnity, conscription, and emancipation,
should be the constant themes of the loyal
speaker and writer. Show the people the
true meaning of these acts ; their necessity,
their justice, and their value, and -we
feel assured that the people will sustain
them.
IV. Patronize the loyal county paper.
Strengthen the hands of the editor by words
of encouragement, by contributions to his
columns, and, in a more material way, by
increasing his subscription list.
.V. Circulate documents. The publications
of the Union League, the speeches of BUT
LER, DICEINSON, COLLAMEE of Vermont,
General LOCAN, General THOMAS, the great
letters of BOSECBANS, BROWNL OW, Jon-x
-sox, and WrLsox—everything • that can
throw light upon the doings of the Admi
-nistration. Remember that the cause of
the Union will gain its greatest triumph
where the truth is most widely known.
VI.. Watch carefully for every slander
that comes from an enemy. Trace it home,
and expose it. These insidious rumors and
falsehoods are like the malaria in the at
mosphere, floating unseen, and everywhere
carrying poison and death.: Every man can
do his duty in this respect, by carefully ob
serving these slanders, and denouncing them
to his friends and neighbors.
VII. Let every man feel that the triumph
of this campaign depends upon his own
personal exertions; that; if we would be
victorious, he must attain the victory. .State
committees are very useful, but the peo
ple must not Place too much cond
. dence in their power. The people must gain
the triiumph, and they may as well do it in
their own way.
The Claims of Woodward.
What are the claims of Mr. Justice WOOD
IVARD upon the people of Pennsylvania?
H &has never- had any sympatny With the
people. We do_not remember him in any
cause'which required boldness or a positive
exPression of opinion. We remember him,
so far as remembrance goes, as a politician
—a mere speculator in politics—of some ex
perience. as a country la w .--land with the
ability to become:a goOTP,Te.`Cond-class attor
ney in the city—of the calibre, perhaps, of
Mr. REED and Mr. CHARLES INGERSOLL.
As a public, man, he is of the Buchanan
school—cold, proud, reserved, without re
gard for the masses, and as much an aristo
crat as it is possible for a man born in a
republic to be. He joined the Demo
cratic party as other men joined it—
in the way of a mere adventure. He
saw it a great party, melted and
welded together by the fire and toree of
JACKSON'S character,• and he went in with
the ascending wave in the hope of being
floated to fortune. It was kind to him, for
he had that sort, of ability which - is often
greatly; in demand in political organizations,
the, ability to write mysterious sentences
and say nothing ; the ability of Lord
BURLEIGH and Mr. TUPPER. In time the
Democratic. party became demoralized.
The traitors in . the. South began to tamper
with its leaders, and, as was speedily seen,
with shameful success. The honesty and
courage of JACNSON' s will was soon for
gotten in its councils. Mr. VAN BUREN
reigned there very much as the magician
reigns among his toys and chemical-ap
paratus, his learned dogs and trained canary
birds. Mr. CALriotric succeeded him, and
infected it with the poison of State rights
and janitorial annexations. The result of
Mr. CALTrouN's teachings may be seen in
Texas—the Mexican war—Lecompton—the
split at Charleston—Secession—wan His
party has remained true to his teachings.
Mr. WoonwArio is to-day as loyal and
consistent in his devotion to Mr. Cam:roux,
and the fearful philosophy which has
accomplished the degradation of the Demo
cratic party, as he, was twenty years ago.
- When treason was plotting war, he was its
advocate, and the friend of those who were.
committed _to advo.eacY-- -Whon- war
commenced, he had the courage to remain
true to his past record. A Democrat, in the
beginning; from interest; he- is a Democrat
now frem - taste. The popularity of Demo
cracy a quarter of a century ago made the
ambitious young lawyer of Luzern a disci
ple of-its doctrine& Nor were its doctrines
unprofitable. They paid him, and paid him
liberally," for he is now on the bench and re
ceiving a certain sum of money for the dis
pensation of justice. If there was any scru
ple of conscience in his mind he said no
thing, but continued to receive his salary.
If the Democratic party was too liberal and
just,' he very soon perceived that liberality
and, justice were departing from it, and
when the DOUGLAS fell, and,vith him, all
that was left of the glory and manhood of
the old organization, Calhounism - reigned,
and its followers were glad. And none was
more joyous than Mr. Justice WoonwAnn.
While we do not dispute .the claims of
Mr. Justice WOoDWARD upon a party which
is now the ally of treason, and which has
among its leaders Mr. Hriortris, Mr. REED,
VALLANDIGHANS, and Mr. WHAriTorr ;
we may again ask what claim does he pos
sesss upon the people of Pennsylvania? This
is a loyal State. There is nothing in Mr.
.Justice WOODWARD'S record during this - war
- to show that he has, any sympathy with the
country and the cause. We have every as-
:durance, on the contrary, from what we knoW
.of this man, and more particularly of the
Inen. around him that if he, ever obtains
poner it will be used against the country.
Imagine Mr. Wm. B. REED as the Attorney
'General, and Mr. F. W. HUGHES as a mem
ber .of the Cabinet! What encourageinent
or assistance would the Administration ob
tain from Pennsylvania? These men would
then be something more than they are now,'
'something more than mere lawyers, poli
ticians, and writers of anoriymous pamphlet&
The machinery of a great State Government
would be theirs, and they would opeak not
as now, timidly and with equivocation, but
as men clothed with the power and majesty
of Pennsylvania. They would speak against
the war, and all men who have sustained"
the war. Pennsylvania, now so loyal and
true, would be dragged at the heels of an in
solent Southern Confederacy. - The duty in
which the people failed on the. day of elec
,tion, would come .upon them with redou-.
bled- force, and they would be compelled to
defend their own loyalty or be carried off,
like so many sticks and stones, to strength..
en the cause of treason. Such an issue may
come, and we can best avoid it by electing
ANDREW G. CURTIN. He is a true and
tried maw- He haS no thought or ambition
beyond that of serving his country and aid
ing the . Government in the .prosecution of
the war. His claims are those of loyalty,"
ability, courage, devotion, and the affection
of our soldiers. Under his administration
Penniylvania has gained new honors, and
if we would preserve our honored name,
we should return him to the Gubernatorial .
chair.
The Mexican Programhie.
It is officially announced, in Vienna and
Paris papers, that, with the consent of his
brother, the Emperor of Austria, the Arch
duheMexim-rmArr accepts the crown of the
new-: - "Mexicau empire, which was voted to
him; at a (pretended) meeting of the Con
stituent Asseinbly, at the city of Mexico, on
July the'tenth. It appears from a statement
in the .31e,morka Diplonuttiglee that the Em
peror NAroLgox offered this crown to the
Archduke, as far back as October, 1861,
several weeks before the French invasion of
Mexico took place. The French Minister of
Foreign Affairs was instructed to visit MAxr
nrmArr at his retired—chateau near Trieste,
" to represent to the-Prince the high destiny <
to which the Mexican people and the 'per
sonal sympathies of I , TAromiox 111. would
call him on the successful issue "of the
French expedition." Hence, i t t appears that
the overthrow of the Mexican Republic,
the establishment of the Empire,. and the
nomination of MAXIAILIAN, were all pre
determined upon before a single French
soldier quitted France. for Mexico, and that,
after all this programme had been arranged,
NAPOLEON solemnly assured the world that
he had not the slightest 'idea of meddling
with the republican form of government' in
Mexico ! -
, g The Thne.s 9, on America. /
TliaTrOitdoil, Times of the 17th has a very
remarkable "leader," evidently written for
the meridian of Greenwich. It complains
of the inaction of the Union forces, after
the "successes they.haTe recently gained."
Here, then, is an acknowledgment that LEE
'was defeated at Gettysburg, and not, as first
asserted, that his being so defeated was a
stroke of masterly strategy on his part.
The fall of Vicksburg is also acknowledged,
and without the former depreciating aver
ment that it mattered very little whether the
Union or Confederate, flag floated over it:
General GRANT'S presence at Port Hudson
is declared necessary, to reinforce General
BANES, who had "been defeated in Louisi
ana by the Confederate General TAYLOR,
with a loss of 6,000 of his troops as pri
soners." The fall of Port Hudson evidently
had not reached London. Lastly, the Con
federates at Charleston are reported " al
most acting - as assailants, and storming
the Federal fortifications, instead of re
pulsing attacks upon their own ;" they were
"trying to bombard the Federal works on
Morris Island," and, to crown all, The
Times assures its readers that' "fears are
expressed at Washington that the siege
must be given up this season." All this is
very fine, butwe doubt whether it will re
tard the still downward tendency of the mi
serable Confederate Loan. That seems to
underlie not only Mr. Mounts's heavy lead
big articles in The Times, but Mr. SAmp
sou's suggestive "city article." - Both par
ties speculated rn the rise of the rebel stock,
and will suffer heavy by its continued bear
ish tendency. Like Falstaff, it has . a fatal
"alacrity in falling."
WHEN Mr. Justice WOODWARD said that
the slaveholderi might " fall back on their
natural rights, and employ in defence of
their property whatever means they possess
or can , command," he was not as explicit as
he might -have - been. He was disloyal
enough as far as he went,_but.he not
go far enough. He shotild have told' us
what the " natural rights " of the slave
holders consist in. We are curious to know
whether they include the right to hang and
shoot Union citizens in East Tennessee ;
the right to hunt Union refugees in Lou
isiana with blood-hounds ; the right to
manufacture drinking-cups of dead Yan
kees' skulls ; the right to shoot Union pri
soners at the tobaceo warehouse in Min.=
mond, fon looking out of the window ; the
right to burn the town of Lawrence, Kansas,
and massacre the helpless women and chil
dren. Are these among the natural rights
referred to by Mr. Sustice.WoonwAnn ?
Or oF the, innumerable sins with which
the friends of the Administration are charged
by the disloyalists, is a faith in a "higher
law" than the Constitution. Will it be be
lieved, after this, that the sympathizer,a have .
actually nominated for Governor anidvo
cate of the "higher law" principle ?, Such
is indeed the case. In his speech, delivered
here in 1860, Mr. Justice WOODWARD con
tended that the slaveholders would be justi
fied in falling back on their. natural
rights, and setting the
_authority of the Con
stitution at defiance. Is not this the true
higher-law doctrine ?
TICE CLERK OF THE QUARTER ' SESSIONS.
—ln noticing the city nominations of the
:anion ticket, we have forgotten to mention
Mr. GEORGE H. MoonE, Clerk of the Quar
ter Sessions. Mr. MOORE'S renomination
for this responsible office is proof of his ef
ficiency and capacity. The reputation which
this gentleman bears before our citizens
gives additional value to our excellent local
nominations.
IT Is generally supposed that Judges are
appointed. to office to maintain the supre
macy of the law. This is a vulgar supersti
tion. Mr. WOODWARD, the Democratic no
minee for Governor, is "it Judge, and in
1860 he publicly counselled resistance to
the law.'
WASI - lINGVTON.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASHINGTON, September 1, 1863:
Claim Decision.
The State of Illinois recently proffered a claim
for about four hundred and seventy thousand dollars
against the Government, for two per centum of the
proceeds of the sales of all public lands in that
State for road purposes. Acting Secretary OTTBit
has decided against the claim. This decision is also
applicable to Ohio and Indiana, in similar cases.
Contracts.
The, bide opened yesterday for supplying the Go
vernment with flour ranged from $6.10 to $7.05 for
No. 2, and from $6 to $6 30 for 3. There were only
two bids for furnishing. No. I at from $6.93 to $7.25.
Two hundred thousand barrels were offered. It
was decided to take all the flour offered at $6.35 and
under, amounting to about 38,000 bane's.
Naval.
The supplyosteamer Bermuda will leave the Phi
ladelphia Navy Yard on the 12th inst. for the West
Gulf. Blockading Squadron, touching at Port
Bova, Pensacola, and at all the stations of - the
equadron. An opportunity is thus afforded for
sending letters.
Secretary Welles.
The Secretary of the Navy will visit Philadelphia
on his return from an inspection of the Nem York,
Boston, and Portsmouth navy:yards.
Important Reconnoissance on the Penin-
FORTRESS IVloxiton, August 29.—General
tax's cavalry has lust returned to Yorktown from an
expedition to Bottom's Bridge. The force engaged
was parts of the Ist New York Mounted Rifles,
Colonel Onderdonk, and of hie sth Pemisylvania
Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis. They left
Williamsburg on the 26th inst., and pushed through
New Kent Court Houle directly to Bottom's
Bridge. At the latter place they -found one regi
ment of infantry in rille.pita, s supported by a squad
ron 'of. cavalry. A charge was immediately made,
whiCh carried the rifle-pits and drove the enemy
across the bridge, which they took up behind them.
Ourtroops lost one killed and one wounded. They
captured five prisoner/ from the enemy, who left
dead on the ground one officer, one sergeant, and
two men, besides what they carried off. The bridge
being rendered impassable, and the object of the ex
pedition being entirely accomplished, the troops re
turned with much valuable information of the ene•
my'e force and movements „in the vicinity of Rfsh•
mond. •
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Reported Attempt of the Rebels to Flauk
Oiar Fo'rces..
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—A report reached Wash•
togten to day that a large number of the rebel army
yesterday crossed the Rappahannock at Port Con
way, for the purpose, it is supposed, of flanking Ge
neral Meadeq forces.
Although Buch a movement is not improbable, the
report needs confirmation. '
A Presentation to Gen. Setigsvielt
Of Wednesday last, at Warrenton, Major Gene
ral. John Sedgwick, commanding the 6th Army
Corps, received a sword, saddle, harness, and horse,
from the officers of the second division, 94 Corps,
who formerly served under that. General. Meade,
Warren,'Hunt,Humphrem and other generals were
present. In reply to the presentation speech of
Captain Corkhill, General Sedgwick said
It did not need, however, these substantial evi
dences of your good will to recall the old division
and the pleasant days of my connection with it. I
have never forgotten it, nor the friends who made it
dear to rne, and honored in-the army. Though some
of these are not present with you today, and will
never again take part in any Beene on earth, yet
all are alike remembered. Some, too, who united
with you in the preparations for this,day, have not
lived to see it, or are absent sufferiag from wounds
rreceived at Fredericksburg, or on the glorious
field of Gettysburg. The brave young Kirby, and
the gallant colonels Of the 59th and 82d New
York, and of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and others whose names are equally familiar, are
numbered with the unforgotten dead. They have
fallen in recent battles, giving up their lives for the
glory-of the Union and the honor of our arms. If
_there had'any thing been wanted to give your offer
' ing„a value which no words of mine can express; it
would have been that it comes partly in the name of
bravo men killed in-the battle for their-country. It
comes, too, from a part of that command which was
so often led to battle by that noble soldier (Sumner)
whose last and-'proud boast it was that they never
lost a gun: Havel not reason, then, to be grateful
for these your gifts, recalling, as they do, both the
living and the dead, brave men who are still con
tending for their country's honor, and noble martyrs
who have borne witness with their blood to the sin
cerity of their patriotism 7
Gentlemen, I honor the divisiOn which you repre
sent. I shall always look back with pride to the
time I commanded it, as who would not be proud
to lead such men to battle under Sumner? With
finch a leader for your corps, it is no wonder that
your record is unspotted.- I glory in the reputation
you have won under the gallant veteran whose me
mory the nation reverently honors, and I rejoice
that under the leadership of Hancock and of Gib
bon, so grand a future awaits you. - I have followed
'your career with interest through the - varying' for
tunes of the war, observing always with sorrow
when any of the old familiar names appeared ,on
the honored roll of the fallen. I shall still continue
to watch your course in the campaigns that are to
follow, and I shall feel that every new honor you
may win will be another ornament added to this
beautiful' sword, increasing, if that were possible,
the value I attach to It. -
Deeply appreciating the kind feelings you have
snpressed for me, I accept these testimonials of your
esteem with pardonable pride. I thank you with all
my heart. •
THE WAR IN ARKANSIS.
The Rebel Force Reported Forty Thou
sand Strong—Movesuents of Gen. Blunt.
CAIRO (Ill.), Sept. I.—Brigadier General Real,
and a number of other officers from below, passed
through hero +o-day en route to Johnson's Island, in
charge of Lieutenant Wright.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 30th ultimo says it
learns from Mr. Ray, who was recently a prisoner
at Little Rock, Arkansas, that the rebel force at
that place is forty thousand strong, many of whom
are conscripts from sixteen to sixty years old, and
only half armed. They are commanded by Kirby
Smith and Price, who are erecting fortifications on
the opposite side of the river, thirteen miles from
Little Rock.
It is reported that General Blunt is matching on
Arkadelphia. Mr. Ray says the people are tired of
the war, and would gladly come under the prated.
tion of the Federal Government.
REPORTED DEFEAT OF. q-EN - . BLUNT.
LICAVIMWORTH, Sept. l.Advices from Fort Gib
son to the 24th ult. say that Gen. Blunt, with 6,000
men ana twelve pieces of artillery, crossed the Ar
kansas river on -:the .23d, but the enemy declined 'a
battle and fell back.
The rebel force was estimated at 25,000. There
has been considerable sickness, but the deaths
have been few, however. The small-pox prevails to
some extent among the Indiana in that neighbor.
hood, many of whom had died. • -
The reports from Fort Scott to the 28th say that
Gen. Blunt had had a battle and been whipped, with
a ins of 300.
Radical Emancipation Convention in
Missouri.
JEFP.ERSON CITY, Sept. I.—The Radical Emanci
pationists met here to-day, in State Convention, and
effected a permanent organization, by the election
of Judge Wells, of Cole county, as president, assist
ed by two vice presidents from each Congressional
district. Four-fifthe of the counties of the. State
were represented, and other delegates are yet to ar-
rive. Candidates for Judges of the Supreme Court
of the State are to be nominated.
The following resolution was enthusiastically re
ceived;'and was referred to the committee on resolu
tions :
Resolved, That, relying upon the unanimity of feel
ing existing between the Union men of Missouri
and Illinois, we respectfully request the latter, while
assembled in mass meeting at Springfield, to join us
in appealing to the President for such a change of
administration in the *department of Missouri as
Will correct the evils of the policy of pro•slavery
conservatism and concession to the rebels, which
has permitted the massacre at Lawrence, andi under
which truly loyal men of Missouri are to-day suffer
ing the infliction of a murderous civil strife from
the presence of large numbers of the enemy to the
Government, while every foot of - her soil is under
the Federal rule.'-
A resolution Was adopted declaring it expedient
that this Convention shall make the necessary ar•
rangements for calling a Constitutional Convention,
to adopt and submit to the people an ordinance for
immediate emancipation, and such other measures
as will tend to pacify the State.
Resolutions were also adoptestrecornmendine_the
people to instruct, in writing, by a majority of the
voters, each member of the present Legislature,
(who will not pledge himself in writing) to vote for
the call of a new Convention, and the name of such
member betraying his constituents, be published in
every newspaper in the State.
The following was also adopted :
Resolved, That we respectfully demand,of General
Schofield permission to recruit the negfoes belong
ing: to the dislo3 - alists of this" State . ; that as the
exigencies of the times indicate the want of a change
in department commanders, we appoint a committee
to draft a memorial, which shall be signed by the
members of this Convention, requesting the Presi
dent to assign General Butler, or. some other suita
ble man, to command this department ; that we
regard the President's proclamation of Janu
ary Ist, 1863, as irrevocable, and we request
our Legislature, and Senators and Representatives
in Congress to use their utmost endeavors to have
our National Constitution amended, so as to pro
hibit slavery forever in the States now free or here
after applying , for admission into the Union.
From California—The Election.
Sex . FRANCISCO, Sept. I.—The ship Lizzie Oak
land arrived at this port to-day from New York.
Business is dull. Sales of 1,000 firkins of butter,
received by the ship Constitution, were made at
A Union mass meeting was held in this city last
evening, and addressed by Collector Low, Rev. Starr
King, and the candidates for Congress.
The Dem(crats also held•a mass meeting on the
outskirts of the city which was addressedby Messrs•
Weller, Bigler, Denver, and others.
It is expected that a very full vote will be cast at
the election to-morrow.
Two Union Legislative tickets are running in this
city against the united Democratic ticket.
It is generally conceded that the Union State
ticket will be elected by about 20,000 majority. -
SAN. FRANCISCO, August 31.--Business is quiet.
Merchants are giving more attention to the prepare
tions for the election on Wednesday than to trade.
The shipments of goods to Salt Lake and to the
Colorado river country, are larger than ever before.
The best brands of coal oil sell at 80c ; best East
ern butter 25c.
The ship Bunker Hill has been chartered for a
cargo of wheat, to Liverpool. This is the fourth
ship now loading with breadstu&a for Europe. The
price of wheat seems to be established at about $1.44
ifF 100 lbs.
The loss by the recent fire at Virginia City is esti
mated at $50,000; but this statement is probably
exaggerated, as the business portion of the city was
not much damaged.-
Message of the Governor of Kentucky.
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Sept.l.—Governorißram
lette Was 'inaugurated to-day. In his inaugural he
contends that the revolted 'States did not change
their statue by rebelling.. All that is necessary is
for them to return to their position as States ; the
I rebellion did not remit them to a Territorial con
dition. He also says : "We have now, and will
have, when the rebellion closes, the identical Con
stitution which the_Extfmniata - seek to destroy--the
one by innovation, and the other by force. It is not
a restored Union—not a reconstructed Union—that
Kentucky desires, but a preserved Union, or a re
stored peace upon a constitutional basis. ,,
g. The Governor strongly objects to the arming of
negro regiments, and asks, "Whatis to be done
with such soldiers at the close'of the warp' He
points to the result of the recent election as a proof
that Kentucky will not fraternize with the rebellion,
either openly or . covertly, and declares that "the
State has ever been, is now,and always will remain,
loyal to the Government of our fathers.”
The Recent-Frost, in 'Kentticky, and the
Tobacco Crop..
LOUISVILLE, Sept. I.—Further accounts of the
effects of the frost on Sunday night are still con
flicting. Some 'considerable damage is reported in
Henderson and Davis counties. One grower in
Henderson lost twenty acres, and represents that
his neighbors are in the same condition. This
grower has been purchasing here to-day, and re
ports that others have instructed their consignees to
decline selling at present.
Other equally reliable parties . say that no tobacco
has been injured in Henderson and Davis counties,
except on the lowlands along the river. No injury
occurred in Hardin and Larne counties, nor in the
Clarksville region. -
We hear of injury to the tobaCco_crops from seve
ral points in Indiana. ,
The Election in Vermont.
Momrritrann., Vt., Sept! I.—The State election
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Treasurer,
and three members of Congress took place to-day.
The vote of the State will be about'4o,ooo.
Returns from thirty-four towns, comprising about
a quarter of the State, show the following vote for
'Governor: - -
Smith, . .:...."7,626
Redfield,-(Dem.) ' 8,017
Only, two towns, al far al heard from, have given
Democratic majoritiee. . -
The Legislative returns :from fifty towns indicate
the election of all but two members.
The. Senate will be unanimously Union, and the
three Union candidates have been elected by from
6,000 to 8,000 msjority. each.
Election at Wilmington, Del.
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. I.—At the city election
held here to.day, Mayor Gilpin, the Union °midi
didate, was reelected. Every Administration' can
didate, including the treasurer, assessor, alderman,
and Inspectors, was elected, the Union party car
rying every ward and precinct in the city. The City
COuncil is unanimous, the Democratic candi.
dates havitig . beed deteated.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2„ 1863.
The Africa at .fleditax.—The American
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Questions in England and France—The
Fatah War.
Haraysx, Sept. I.—The royal mall steamship
Africa, from Liverpool on the and Queenstown
on the 23d, arrived this afternoon.
The Hammonia arrived at Southampton on the
Vith, and the Scotia at Queenstown on the '2lst.
The Africa has 48 passengers for Halifax and 71
for Boston.
The United States consul at Frankfort had die=
played the Mexican flag.
The Europe, of that city, explains that it was in
pursuance of- an arrangement by which, in. case of
an overthrow of republican authority in Mexico,
President Lincoln would allow Mexico to be repre
sented in foreign countries by agents of the Wash
ington Government. 1-
. the Europe refers to the fact that, in March last,
Secretary Seward declared that President" Lincoln
and his Cabinet would never tolerate a monarchical
government in Mexico; and it anticipates an imme
diate war if the Emperor of France does not confine
himself to the demand for indemnity, and leave
IVlexico a republic.
Nothing is known of the movements of the rebel
privateer Florida since she was last seen off Tuner,
on the evening Of the 20th of August.
Speculations have been afloat as to the object of
the Florida's visit to British waters. One report is
that it was for the purpose of taking,on board Mr.
Mason, who is about returning to the South.
Mr. Mason,' it is announced, had gone to Ireland
on a visit to Earl Donoughmore.
It wail announced bytbe last steamer that the ship
Eagle had arrived at Liverpool, from Bermuda, with'
the silver bars taken out of the American ship B. F.
Hoxie by the Florida. The shipping Gazette says, it
is reported that the silver bars will be restbred to
the original consignees. The silver was shipped by
an English house, and insured in London to the full
amount. It is also stated that the commander of
the Florida, on hearing of this fact, resolved to re
store it to the rightful owners.-
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The London Times of_the 22d of August publishes
long extracts from the correspondence between the
Governments of England and .meriaa, touching re
strictions on trade between the Northern ports of
the United States and the Bahamas.
The Army and Navy Gazette says it is gratifying to
know that the Government is not blind to the dan
ger of difficulties with America, nor is it indifferent
to the perils of a rupture, which we- trust the good
sense of all !respectable Americans will aid us in
averting.
The same journal adds : "It is with no wish to
flatter the great republican tyrannywhich iirnow
raising its head on the North American continent
that we again record our conviction of the ultimate
success of the milder"? means the North has set to
work to crush the heroic efforts of the South. If
General Lee is now able to give the knockdown
blow to the Federals, and seize Washington; or even
if he should rout the Army of the Potomac, the
effect will be so great that another year will be
gained, and with it who knows what gain may be
obtained for the Confederates. But should General
Lee remain inactive, or, permit the Federal armies
to sweep round into his rear, to flood the Confede
racy and overlap all his communications, Richmond
may become a mere caput mortum,' and.the South
and all be lost.”
The London Globe regards peace as still distant,
but the issue not doubtful. It saps that the South
may be mangled and exhausted, but mast win in the
end, temporary defeats to the contrary notwith
standing.. -
The rebel loan on the 21st of August rallied I per
cent., closing at 28g2.6. -
Notwithstanding the expressed wish of Lord Clyde
for a quiet funeral at Kendal Green Cemetery, the
Government decided to honor his remains by depo•
siting !hem at Westminster Abbey in the moat unoa•
tentatious manner.
• The telegraph cable between Malta and Alexan
dria was broken a few.weeks since, by an anchor in
shallow water, near the shore, but the damage was
quickly repaired, and it is again in perfect order.
FRANCE. •
An important decree has been published, condem
natory of the letters of the Bishops on the subject of
elections, and declaring them an abuse of ecclesias
tical authority. The decree declares that the Bishops
and Archbishops are now empowered to deliberate
together, or pass common resolutions without spe
cial permission from the Government. •
Drouyn de PEluys was to leave Paris for Lon
don on the 22d. of August. -
The Dente," closed on the 2.lit of August, at 69f.
550.
No news had transpired of the presentation of the
notes of the three Powers to Price Gortschakofr.
Ten thousand Russian troops had been sent into
the palatinate of Sublin. The Polish leaders sought
to avoid engagements with them.
GAIIIMAN COSIORESS —The German Princes con.
tinued in Congress at Friinkfort.
'The King of Saxony had returned from his mission
to the King of Prussia; who repeated his refusal to
be present at the Congress, on the grounds already
communicated to the Emperor of Austria.
It is asserted that the. Ministry will not consider
the Mexican question, tit the Archduke Maximi
lianse decision is announced, in regard to the accep
tance of the Mexican throne.
TURKEY.
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Forced labor on the Suez Canal is. absolutely
abolished, and six months are allowed for making
new arrangements.
Disturbances near Damascus had been reported,
The following was received by telegraph from
Suez: ..
BOMBAY, Suly3o.—Cotton goods quiet.' Exchange
improving. Freights declining.
CALCUTTA, July 30.--Shirtings - active and steady.
Twist -rising. Indigo unchanged. Exchange, -2s
~cd. Freights improving. Seeds to London, 92s Gd.
CANTON, July I.l.—Shirtings and Twist advanc
ing. Exchange, 4s. 230. -
S - ELANGE, July 4.—The city is quiet.
The Imprrialists attacked Nanking and captured
the outwork a.
Shirtines inactive, but firm. Tea inactive. Ex
change, 62 530. Freights higher.
SITANGHAE, July 4.—lntelligence from Japan an
nounces that the Japanese had paid the indemnity
demanded by England. . -
The 14Hkadado had issued order,s to expel all
foreigners, andelose the Japanese ports.
THE MANILLA EARTHQTJAKE.
SHANGUAD, July 4.—The loss of property by the
earthquake at Manilla reaches $40,000,000.
LATEST PER AFRICA VIA QUEENSTOWN.
LONDON, Sunday, August 23.—Consols, after oin•
cial hmirs, yesterday, were at 93,14; for money.
The yearly meeting of the shareholders of the
Great Northern Railroad was-held yesterday. The
report of the boaid .of directors was unanimously
adopted, and a dividend was declared at noon, yea.
The remains of Lord Clyde were interred with no
—pomp, but with every : manifestation of the deepest
- respect:- The body of the great and gallsnt soldier
was deposited in Westminster Abbey. The proces
sion consisted of fifteen mourning carriages, the
three royal carriages, that of her Majesty being
drawn by six horses, and about thirty private ear
, risges.
CRACOW, August 22.—A convoy of forty-severr
condemned persons "have been transported to Si
beria. ' •
The engineer Sieghenski was hanged at Glidaniek
on the 17th of August. The pretext for his execu
tion is unknown. -
FRAIMFORT, August 22.—The conference of the
Princes commenced et I o'clock this morning, and it
is expected that decisive resolutions will be arrived
at before it closes.
The report that the speech of the Emperor of
Austria was altered before its publication is officially
contradicted.
The letter of refusal of the King of Prussia was
whirl - Hui to the Emperor of Austria. -
PAius, August 22.—The Routes close at 07E60e.
The Courier: du Dimanche says that the notes of the
three Powers are understood, in their conclusions,
to call upon Prince Gortschakoff to give his serious
attention to the gravity of the situation of affairs.
If Russia does not enter upon the course indicated
by their friendly counsere, she will become responsi
ble for the Serious consequences which the prolonga
tion of the war in Poland will bring about.
BERLIN, August 22.—Her Majesty Queen Victo
ria will proceed to Potsdamfor a few days, in con
sequence of an invitation received from the Crown
Prince and Princess of Prussia.
MADRID, August 22.—The German banking
houses have offered Spain a loan of six hundred
millions of-reale, at six per cent., to repair the die•
aster at Manilla.
COPETUIAGEN, August 21—The King oof ;the
Greeka will proceed to Athens, after the annexa
tion of the lonian Islands, at the end of October.
He will spend ten days in London, and tkle same
number in Paris.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 22—Evening.—The official cor
respondence, published by the London Times today,
regarding Federal interference in the trade with the
Bahamas, winds up with a letter from Earl Russell
to Los d Lyons, dated July 18, in which Earl Russell
says that the Dutch-Government had seen reason to
hope that the interference of the United States Go
vernment would have been discontinued under re
presentations from the British Government;:but
such not being the case
' Earl Russell instructed
Lord Lyons to address a fresh remonstrance to the
United States Government. .
ROME, August 12. 7 -The Holy See is well content
with the empire proclaimed in Mexico, and with
the election of the Archduke Maximilian to fill the
throne. It is not, however, so well pleased with
the proclamation of Marshal Forey, announcing the
desire of the Emperor Napoleon, that, if possible,
entire liberty of conscience should exist in Mexico.
Should, however, religious liberty be 'proclaimed
in Mexico, Rome will be too prudent to protest
against its introduction.
People are already guessing as to who will be the
Nuncio sent to the new Empire to organize re
ligious affairs. _
The former prelate, Monsignor-Clementi, is not
likely to be the man. He-failed in his task bef.sre,
and is not"popular among the Mexican bishops and
clergy. He was more intent upon feathering his
own nest with lucre, than in looking after the
spiritual interests of his flock.
CRACOW, August 15.—The Czas, of to-day, pub
lishes a report of the insurgent leaders, Eminowicz
and Cwicir, addressed to the National Government,
giving . the details of a victory gained over the Rus
sians in the government of Lublin. - Two Polish
detachments engaged 'a Russian column, composed
of three companies of infantry and a body. of Coa
sacks, for six hours, near the-villages of Beepulty
dm and Pokrowka.
The Russians were dislodged from three strong
positions, and retreated in the greatest disorder to
Kranyataw, leaving ninety dead upon the field and
having hidden sixty more in a village inn, which
they then set on fire. The number of the Russian
wounded was also large, including the military com
mandant of the district of °helm and IVlsjor. Buch
ner, who put the Polish prisoners to the torture at
Rybezowice. This brilliant success cost the Poles
fourteen killed and thirty-nine wounded, among
whom were two officers, MM. Korznaki and Koczo
roweki.
The Czas also publishes the following intelligence
from Warsaw::
".Two companies of Russian infantry, while pass
ing through the village of Zbuczyn, near Stedlce,in
tercepted a large quantity , of brandy, and in their in
..toxication pillaged an adjacent country house.
farmer of the village, Adam Lisikiewicg, was seiz
ed, garoted, and cruelly maltreated. His sister only
succeeded in escaping death by taking refuge in the
grounds attached to the villa.
The aged mother of the proprietor fell upon her
knees before an image of the Virgin, imploring her
protection upon her children and herself, but the
decrepit old woman was followed and beaten to'
death by four Russian officers with the butt ends of
muskets. The troops then pillaged and destroyed
everything upon which they could lay hands. They
stole 28,000 Polish florins in bank notes and bills,
and as much more in gold and silver. The priest of
the village and several of the inhabitants were left
completely destitute. The entire damage done is
,estimated at 200,000 florins. ,
ST. PETERSBURG august 14.—The Invalide Russe,
of today, publishes the reports of Russian officers
of various engagements in various districts, in•
which several Russian officers were killed and
wounded. ,
Yesterday's Invalide says
Insurgent bands continue to assemble upon, the
frontiers of Galicia. We have not, however, learnt
that any fresh attempt at Warsaw has taken place.
The It ussian papers' announce that lamentable
conflagartione have taken place in the city of Kiew,
the loss incurred being estimated at 2,000,000 francs.,
The Courier of Odessa states that he capital of
the Engglish company which has undertaken to con
struct the railroad between lttoscow and Sebastopol
amounts to 166,000,000 roubles or, 624,000,000 francs.
The';ohief engineer - of the - comPany, Itir. Bartle, is
now engaged in examining the route and preparing
the plans.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVEItrOOL, August 22.--Cotton—The sales of the
week amount to 79,000 bales, the market closing
firm, with an advance of m@gd. •
Breadstuff's arc dull'and declining, except the corn
market, which has an upward. tendency.
Provisions are steady.
Lonoort, August 21—Evenbig.—Consols closed at
92, 1 4@9.1)4,' for money.
LIVERPOOL, 'August 22.—Cotton—The Brokers'
Circular reportithe sales of the week at 79,000 bales.
The market has been buoyant, and all descriptions
are . - 4,(W4d higher. Of the ,sales, 17,000 bales were
to speculators, and 19,600 to exporters. The Bales of
Friday were 111,000 bales, including 4,000 to specula.
tors and exporters, the market closing with an up.
L.UIn.OP E.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS
GREAT BRITAIN
POLAND
SPAIN
INDIA. AND CHINA
FMM
LATEST VIA LIVERPOOL
ward tendency, The following are the authorized
quotations :
New (Meant; Fait '
nominal 23d.
Mobiles do. 22 id.
Uplands do. ind.
The stock in port is estimated at 283,000 bales, Of
Which 98,000 are American.
STATE OF TRADE.—The Manchester market is
buoyant, and prices of goods and yarns are still ad.
vanoing.
BILEADETUFFB. —ln the Liverpool Breadstuffs
market prices are still declining, except Corn, which
is advancing.. Messrs. Richardson, Spence, & Co.,
Bigland, Athya, & Co,and Wakefield, Nash, &
report as follows: Four dull and easier, with a
downward tendency. Wheat has a downward ten
tency ; winter red 88 4d®Ss 7d. Corn firmer ; mixed,
2.68
Pnovrsrows.--Cortion, Bruce, & Co., and others
report: Beef quiet but steady; Pork steady, except
that the poorer.qualitles are somewhat lower; Ba
con easier ; Lard firm ; Tallow quiet and unchanged.
PRODUCS.—The Brokers' Circular reports: Ashes
quiet but steady.' Sugar steady. Coffee firm. Lin
seed still declining. Linseed Oil inactive at 463.
Rosin quiet but steady. Spirits of .Turpentine, no
sales.
Bonk, English, & Brandon report: Petroleum ac
tive, all qualities considerably higher. Sales at 2s.
®2s. 6d. fOr refined, and xtwi - v2o for crude.
LONDON MARKETS.—Harding's Circular re
ports : Wheat heavy and tending downward, with
a decline of I@2s on foreign. and 3Q4s for English.
Iron firm; rails ; bars, - £sl6s;pig, 5495 d. Su
gar firmer, and prices 51@6d. higher. Tea steady.
Coffee firm. Tallow quiet' at 42s ad(&429 6d. Rice
dull and tending downward. Spirits Turpentine
Mill declining. Petroleum firm at £l9 ros@X2o for
crude, and 28 4d for refined. Sperm Oil nominal.,
Consols closed, On Friday, at 93%'@931:‘ for money.
The bullion in the Bank of England has increased
Illinois Central shares 11@0 discount ; Erie shares
76C/77.
HAVRE, August 20.—Cotton.—Sales of the week
19,600 bales. The market is firm, with an upward
tendency, and all qualities slightly higher. New
Orleans tree ordinaire 3101; bas 2901. Stock in port
30,000 bales.
THE LATEST VIA QUEENSTO
LivErcroor,, August 22—Evening.—Cotton.—The
sales of cotton taday were 15,000 bales, including
7,000 to speculators and exporters. The market in
buoyant, and all qualities a trifle higher.
Breadsfuffs dull and tending downward, except
Corn, which is steady.
Provisions quiet and firm. Produce steady.
LONDON, August 22—Evening.—Consols for money
closed at 93%
Erie shares, 73Q75; Illinois Central shares, 10 ,Q
0),i; discount.
Arrival of the Steamer New York.
Naw Yana - , Sept. I.—The steamer New York,
from Southampton on the 19th, arrived to-day.
FATHER POINT, Sept. I.—The steamer Jura, from
Liverpool on the 20th, and Londonderry on the 21st,
passed this point at two o'clock this afternoon. Her
adviees have been anticipated.
Banishment of:Rebel Sympathizers.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. I.—About sixty persons,
chiefly the heads nf families and residents of this
city and vicinity, who are believed to be alders and
abetters of the rebellion, or strong sympathizes with
it, have been ordered by . General Ewing to remove
from the district. The list includes many of the
wealthiest and influential families in this vicinity.
Their houses will be taken for the &mines of Union
refpgees. A number of orders- for the removal of
leading sympathizers at Westport; Independence,
are also being made out.
The Union State Convention of New York.
Synacuse, N. Y., Sept. I.—The Union State Con
vention, which meets here to-morrow, promises to
be unusually large, and the outside pressure is tre
,
mendous. Among the prominent men present are
- Senator Morgan, Horace Greeley, H. T. Ray, and
Mayor Opdyke.
A Rebel Pirate Spoken.
NEW YoEK, Sept. I.—The ship Jacob A. Stamler,
which arrived at this port to•day, reports that she
was spoken on the 20th ult. by a British brig which
had been boarded by a pirate on the Morning of that
day, twenty miles distant.
Marine.
Naw Yortu f Sept. I.—Arrived ship Gondola, from
Cardiff. [Below ship Erin•go• Bragh, from Rio on
July 24th, reports the ship Loch Lamar, from Bos
ton for California, put into Rio on the 21st in dis
tress, having been in a gale.
Markets by Telegraph.
CINCINNATI, Sept. I.—MOUT is unchanged, and
there is but little doing. Whisky is in good demand
at 44. Exchange on New York Y, per cent. pre
mium.
Letter from President Lincoln to Major
General Grant.
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EXECUTIVE DiAIISIOX,
'WASHINGTON, July 13, 1863
To Major Genrral Grant:
Mr DEAR GENEP.AL : I do not remember-that
you and I ever met personally. I write this now
as a grateful acknowledgement for the almost inesit
mable service you have done the country. I wish to
say a word further. When you first reached the
vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do
what you finally did—march the troops across the
neck, run the batteries with the transports, and
thus go beloW ; and I never had any faith, except
a general hope that you knew better - than I, that
the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could sue.
ceed. 'When you got below, and took Port Gibson,
Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go
down the river and join General Banks and when
you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared
it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal
ac.knowledgment that you were right and I was
wrong. ,
. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN.
CIUDETER. COUNTY NOISIINATIONS.—The Union
Convention of Chester county assembled yesterday.
Dr, Wilmer Worthington, who was a "Buchanan
Democrat," was nominated as State Senator. The
nominee is an unconditional- Union, man, and will
support the Government in its war measures. The
members of the last Legislature, were renominated.
The local ticket has been taken from both political
parties.. The nominees in_ all cases are uncondi- -
tonal Union men. the 'delegates to the Conven
tion, and the mass of people there assembled, claim
five thousand majority in Cheater bounty for the-
Union ticket throughout.
New .Orleans—Xtte Prospects of Trade.
[Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.l
Of this thing of opening trade let me suggest that
the .West be not too sanguine. If the river was
opened to-morrow, six boats would glut the market
wish whatever they brought. Look at the sales.
The report of yesterday says " There were sales
today of nine bales, middling; ten bales, damaged
middling ; fifty bales ,
strictly middling." Think of
the, business of great New Orleans, that did millions
yearly in cotton, reduced to slaty-nine bales in a day.
Let us look further. We see two hundred barrels of
molasses changed hands at 38c per gallon ; two hun
dred hogsheads, sugar at from 9Ma to 1114 c per lb ;
flour—transactions are con f ined to retail at from 8.7 to
$9 per bbl. This might seem a - farce to one who,
knpw nothing of war and had been absent three
years.
There is no wholesale trade here. The power
that made the trade is dead. Sugar and cotton were
the powers that ruled—they are dethroned. There
is now enough flour in store for the market until
Christmas. There is but little sugar or molasses in
the city ; none scarcely: in the parishes around ; now
what can the people give you in exchange for your
produce? Tt ey have no money, no barter—l mean
comparatively none. When the fleet first came
here, after passing Fort Jackson, there were miles of
stores upon the levee. It was the storehouse of all
this section. Where is it now? Ashes.
. . _
I wish these things to be understood. There seems
to be an opinion that all we have to do is to open
trade and wealth will flow in the old channels. This
is fallacy. There is no such thing; can be no such
thing at present.
The el stem of labor is broken up, and it will
take years to inaugurate another. Why, there is
no river country to trade with I We hold Helena
and a few miles around it; Vicksburg and a few
miles around it ; Natchez, Port Hudson '
and Baton
Rouge, with a very few miles around them, and
those few desolated. But what little the Govern
ment holds should be supplied from the West.
Let us insist that restrictions be removed. You can
ship to New York over Eastern roads, and
from there herein Eastern vessels without any tariff;
-but ship them down the river, and taxes will eat up
all profit. After the fall of Vicksburg a steamer
from St. Louie came here ; among other things was
flour, which had been selling at $l2 per barrel. As
soon as it was known that she had it the article fell
to $7, which made it a losing speculation. All the
flour here ie Western flour, but from New York.
Anything that can be done to cripPle the West by
these sharpen will be done.
Beef, veal, mutton, and potatoes, are much need
ed. Different kinds of grain also. The only market
here is the army and city. There are no longer
great plantations to feed ; these are broken up, and
the city is hardly larger than half what it was three
winters ago. In the great hotel that used to count
its guests by hundreds, they are now counted only
by tens. The retail stores are many of them open ;
the wholesale ones - are closed, not-even the notice,
"To Let, ,, upon the - door. No wholesale business
is done, except by Government favorites. Let the
West insist that it shall supply this - army. Let it
- insist that all restrictions shall be removed. Boats
will take the responsibility of safety.
The Dispositton of Contrabands.
INTERESTING ORDER Or GENERAL THOMAS.
Vionsuuno, Miss., August 'lB, 1863.—Under in
structions from the Secretary of War the under
signed hereby announces his return to this region of
the country for the purpose of continuing the organi
zation into the military, service of the United States
of all ablehodied male persons of African descent
who may come within Our lines, or who may be
brought in by our troops, or who may already have
placed themselves under the protection of the Fede
ral Government ; also, to take such measures as
may - prove most beneficial for the welfare of all
women, children, aged and infirm persons of African
descent who may hive sought refuge within our
lines, or who may hereafter do so.
In future, - all able•bodied Male negroes of the
above class will at once be cuganized by such officers
as may be detailed for that duty into the military
service of the United States, when they will be as
signed to'reglesents composed of persons of African
descent new in process of formation or to be formed
hereafter. -
It has become apparent that the system of re
calving all negroes who may have sought the protec
tion of our Government, and allowing then!, in
many instances, to remain in a state of almost mac
tivity, has become at times not only injurious to the
interests of the service, but to the welfare of the
negroes themselves, resulting in habits of idleness,
sickness, and disease. "
It is further considered expedient that all
children and females of negro descent, who may
hereafter be desirous of seeking refuge within the
lines of the United States troops, be advised to re
main on the plantations or elsewhere where they
have heretofore been in a state of servitude, provided
such place be under the control of the Federal troops.
All such negroes will receive the protection of this
Government while they remain in the locations that
may be designated, and all such persons as may be
authorized to occupy plantations, or other places
will be permitted to employ these females and
children in any capacity most suited to their ability;
All male negroes who are incapacitated by old
age, ill.health, or in any other respect, from serving
in regiments of. African descent, will be duly eared
for and assigned, as heretofore, to the nearest camp
for such persons. " _
By order of the Secretary of War :-
L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.
A. gossip writes from Saratoga : "Mrs. Banks
cannot be called a handsome woman, but she is
"comely," dresses well, and has wit as keen as her
husband's sword. Some stupid fobl ventured to
ask ,her what ,ahe would do if the General was
killedl" "Go and work for my living, as I did be.
fore I married him," was the ready reply of the
lady. ' '
The mother of the late Senator Yancey, Mani .
ed for her second husband, Rev. Nathaniel S. Haman,
who then occupied a pulpit in Alabama. Dr. Bernan
brought the mother and son to. Troy, educated the
latter, but had much trouble from his ungovernable
dispositiOn. After, graduating at Williams College,
Yancey returned to Alabama, where he spent the
reed of his life in plotting for the overthrow of the
Government.
—Mr. Dempster, the popular composer and ballad
singer, was to leave Scotland for America in the
course of August. He will, give concerti in-"our
principal towns and cities, introducing many new
songs composed since his last visit. Maa . l, o ld
Weeds will give him a cordial welcome.
Public Entertainments.
New CHESTNIIT.STILEET THEATRE—EDWIN BOOTH
HAMLET.—ShouId any young tragedian ask tie
to advise him of the beat way to obtain-distinction
in his profession, we should say to him, with all
the impressiveness in our power, ".," Don't play
Hamlet." Refusal to play "Hamlet" would at
once stamp him arta man of originality. The rule
is alwaya commonplace ; it is the exception
that is Illustrious. People would feel for such
a tragedian an affectionate admiration, such
as they feel for the menlbry of Howard, the phi
lanthropist, or the Conqueror, who burned the Alex
andrian library, greatly to the relief of succeed
ing generations. His abstinence would be as
honorable as that of Joseph, in the Scriptures, or
Scipio, in Roman history. Everybodyipleys "Ham
let" now•a•deys. The young man who carries the
banner in -the _triumphal processions during the
regular season, when Bummer comes, hires a suit of
sables, and tuns down to the country to disgust the
farmers with Shakspeare. Second or third-rate
English actors, such as Mr. Barry Sullivan and
Mr. Loraine, come to America with ".Hamlet" in
their trunks, and unpack him with the rest of their
luggage. Could Shakspeare know how badly his
tragedy is treated, hemight rise from his grave, and
quote his tombstone with Propriety, "Good friend,
for Jew's sake forbear." Fortunately for his corn.
' fort, be is dead. - Yet, with all this, we cannot say
that "Hamlet" is "played out." On the contrary,
our tragedians have not beeun to play him in.
These remark", be it understood, were not sug
gested by Mr. Booth's performance. On the, con
trary, while we think Mr. Booth's genius better
fitted to express Sludock's passion of revenge than
Hamlet's undefinable spirit of unrest, we admit that
few tragedians have more right to choose their own
Shaksperean characters. Condemn his Hamlet we
must, conscientiously, but ridicule It -we cannot.
' And, as Hamlets go in these degenerate days, we can
compliment it with pleasure and justice. Without
comparing it with the personations of Edwin For
rest, or Dieters. Davenport and Murdoch, we assign
it high rank as a theatrical performance. There our
praise must end. 'ln the glare of the stage it - has
brilliancy and interest, but on our table lies a mus
ty, dingy old book, printed in London very many
years ago: Within its pages the true Hamlet sleeps,
and rarely comes the man who can speak the magic
word which calls him forth into the visible world.
Mr. Booth has not spoken this word. Hamlet re.
fuses to obey any other. Nor is his incapacity a de.
ficiency for Which he need blush. Never yet has
lived the man who could impersonate all of Shake
peare's tragic heroes. The very qualities that ena
ble him to express the one unfit him for the others.
When we praise the !Shylock and the /ago of Mr.
Booth-t—and we must praise them as personations of
rare beauty and truth—we necessarily imply his
failure in Macbeth and Hamlet. For nose but an
actor gifted with the universal spirit of Shakspeare
himself can at once embrace these antipodal crea
tions anti embody them all in his own person in
spite of their hostile natures.
We think these assertionajustlyto apply to Edwin
_ Booth's Hernret_in its bestconilitian ; they certainly
are true respecting the Hamlet of last night, which
is decidedly inferior to Mr. Booth's own standard.
Of late, we have -noticed with regret that this fine
artist has, in certain parts, loot much of his earnest
ness, his originality, and his fire. Hamlet he plays as
if tired of it, or semi-conscious that Hamlet is tired
of him. By no means do we think Mr. Booth a com
monplace actor, but we consider this commonplace,
acting. It suggested no new thought or feeling, nor
did it cause us to forget for a moment that fair ideal
of the character which, however imperfect it may
be, is our appreciation - of Shakspeare. Every stu
dent or lover of the great dramatist has his own idea
of the Shaksperean hero, and to equal or transcend
this imagination is the triumph of the tragedian.
Mr. Forrest has taught us higher values than -we
had known of ourselves in Lear. Miss Cushman
has revealed to us unsuspected beauties in Rosalind.
Mr. Booth himself has given uo a Mier appreciation of
Shylock, but he has had no more effect upon our Hamle
than the wind upon a sunbeam. Whether above or
below his own, our coneeptioarynains unaltered by
his genius. _
His youth and beauty are in his favor, and invest
his performance with interest ; but the common
place element pervades it. It is never elevated by
the power of thought, or the results , of study; but,
occasionally, it is inspired by that --singular
passion which, like the lightning, comes when
no eye expects it, and disappears even while
it dazzles. Very rarely now is that passion seen.
Is it because Hamlet is becoming, to Mr. Booth
a thing accomplished, because he has per
.mitted himself to believe that his study of it is
completed 1 We do not know, but it is our impres
-111011, from the performance, that Mr. Booth has
ceased to give to this character that passionate
spirit of inquiry which alone maintains an artist in
sympathy with his work. We have heard how Ed
mund Kean used to wander, out into the woods at
night, repeating to himself great passages of Shaka.
peare for the thousandth time, which he had known
word for word for years. It is thus that an actor
becomes great; thus only can he remain great. We
don't mean that he must make midnight excursions
into the woods, but when he becomes content with
the results he has achieved in the past, let him be
sure that he will be discontented with his future.
We shall not analyze Mr. Booth's performance,
giving merely our general impression of ita quality.
It was monotonous, for the excellent reason that the
artist, not being in sympathy with the character, did
not change as Hamlet perpetually changes, but
remained' in the Fame mood from heginning to
I end, so- far as- the stern necessities of the text .
permitted. It was also monotonous because
of Mr. Booth's elocution, which has a very
limited range. Originality and variety were prin
cipally evident in the movement- of the actor;
his gestures and attitudes were forcible, and beauti
ful, and natural ; he spoke to the Ghost without any
meaning in hie tones, but looked at him, and moved
before him as a man would move under the influ
ence of supernatural presence. Some of his attitudes
recalled that of the trembling figure in Washington
Allston's picture of the "Dead man restored to life."
The soliloquies were not well delivered. Mr.
Booth seemed in a terrible hurry in these, and in
many important scenes ; so much so, in fact, that a
suspicious auditor might have imagined that he had
en important engagement at eleven o'clock. Mr.
Booth's elocution wants the oratorical element ;
it is Sufficiently conversational, but how much
we missed Mr. Forrest's unparalleled reading of
that noble • passage, "I have of late (but where
fore I know not) lost All my mirth." The
fine scene with °Atha was inspired with the true
passion; in fact,. in those parts where Hamlet is
fatthect from the supernatural, the ideal, and the
philosophical, and nearest to ordinary humanity,
Mr. Booth was finest. For one moment he was
really great; it was that all-revealing moment when
Hamlet, having killed 130/onius, cries out in a passion
of suspense, "Is it the Kingl"
Much more might be said of the tragedian and the
tragedy, did the tyranny of a daily paper, itself the
slave of time and space, permit us to continue. This
much we must say, in partial explanation of Air.
Booth's deflciences—he had the entire weight of the
tragedy upon his shoulders. Mr. Clarke has good
artists in his company, but none of them found their
proper places in the distribution of characters last
evening.
To-night, Victor augo's drama of " Ruy Bias,"
new to this city, will be played, with 11 , Ir. Booth in
an original character. • -
WALNIIT-STREET THEATltp.—Thia establishment
willbe reopenedlthis evening; after being entirely re
fitted, altered, and improved, with a new piece called
" Lavengro," written expressly for Senorita Cubes,
who will sustain two speaking characters in it. New
scenery, machinery, and wardrobe, will make this a
very attractive performance. The list of the princi
pal members of the, company will to be - foundlin the
'advertisement.
ARCH•STREET THEATRE.—The following will be
founda correct list of the company at what may well
be called the new Arch-street Theatre :
Mr. Barton Hill, Mr. Stewart Robson, first low
comedian, from Laura Keene's Theatre, New York;
Mr. , W. H. Griffiths, first old man, from the New
Orleans theatres ; Mr. Frank Aiken; from the Bos
ton Theatre ;-Mr. Owen Marlow, from the Winter
Garden and Laura Keene's, New York; Mr. Wm.
Wallis ; Mr. James Taylor, from the London thea
tres ; Mr. Sohn Faucett, second low comedian, from
the Holiday street Theatre, Baltimore ; Mr.
William H. Muzzy, froM the. St. Louis Theatre;
Mr. Charles Hilliard, from the Washington The
atre ; Mr. Robert Craig ; Mr. Augustus H.
Pennoyer, from Niblo's Garden, New York ; Mr.
Charles Rogers3llr, James Worth, Mr. John Lit.
tie, Mr. Edward Wilkes, Miss Isabella Freeman
(from the Boston Theatre), Miss Mary Carr (from
the Winter Garden, N. Y.), Miss Josephine Henry
(from Niblo's Garden, N. Y.), Miss E. Price, Mrs,
Stoneall, Mrs. Stephens, Miss C. Reed, Mrs. H.
Jones, Miss L. Gardener, Miss Griffiths, Miss C.
Jones ; Miss Porter, Miss Sommerfield, Mrs. John.
Drew.; Mr. Wm. S. Fredericks; stage manager ; the
orchestra under the direction of Mr. Chas. R. Dod
worth:lmachinist, Mr. 'john Firze; scenic artist, Mr.
Hawthorn, from the London theatres, Niblo's Gar
den, and Laura Keene's Theatre, New York ; trea
surer and business agent, Mr. Jos. D. Murphy.
Of the new engagements, scarcely any of the per
formers has ever appeared in Philadelphia.
•
DEATH 61" THE HON. LUTHER BRADISN, LL D.—
The Hon. Luther Bradish, one of the most distin
guished citizens of New York, died at the Ocean
House, at Newport, R. 1., in the eightieth year of
his age.
In 1820, with a view to make himself acquainted
from personal observation with the qountry and the
commerce of the Levant, and for the purpose of col
lecting and communicating to the Government of the
United States information preliminary to the esta
blishment, by treaty, of amicable and commercial
relations with the Sublime Porte at Constantinople,
Mr. Bradish embarked at Norfolk on board the
United States sliikof war, the Columbus, 74, Com
modore Bainbridge's flag-ship, bound for the Medi
terranean.
The result of this mission was very successful,
and we believe Mr. Bradish published an interest
ing, volume of his travels.
In 1830 he was nominated as a candidate for Con
gress, but the anti-Masonic movement having weak
ened the party with which Mr. Bradish acted, he
was defeated, and remained in private life untillB36,
when he was again chosen to the Assembly, and re
mained a member ,until 1838, when he was chosen
Speaker.. In the autumn of that year he was elected
Lieutenant Governor of New .York,' and again in
1840. In 1842 be was the Whig csndidate for Go
vernor, but was not elected.
From the close of 1842, with the above exception,
Mr. Bradish's life has been actively devoted to edu
cational, reformatory, and charitable institutions.
In 1844 be was elected first vice president of the
New York Historical Society, and on the death of
the Hon: Albert Gallatin, was elected its president.
In 1847 he was elected a vice president of the Ame
rican Bible Society; and on the decease of the Hon.
Theodore Frelinghuysen, was elected president of
the society. -
Mr. Bradish was a dignified and able " gentleman
of the old schaol, ,, and a varied scholar and lin
REMAHEXELE SUSPENSION OP
New Orleans, a week or so since, one Henry. Myers
was struck by lightning; an inquest was held and
life pronounced extinct.. The next day every pre
paration had been made for his funeral, his friends
had assembled, the body , been duly eofOned, the
hearse and priest had arrived, and the coffin was
about to be closed up, when the arms of the corpse
were observed to move, and very soon, to the amaze
ment of all, the dead man sat bolt upright in his
coffin, and after surveying the scene for a few mo
ments, inquired the cause of all the gloomy prepa
rations he saw going on. Ths electric shock had
suspended animation for over twenty-four hours so
peifectly as to deceive even , the coroner, the man's
wife, and all his friends.
.oruialt FOR TREE lilonmAws.—A manufacturer in.
Banton ie building one of the largest organs in the
country, toy be'ereeted in the Frest .Mormon Taber
nacle at Salt Lakes City, which buiining will seat
15,000 people,
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
How the Soldiers Crossed the Cumber/and
A correspondent of the Cleveland Her4ld, writing
from Thurman, East Tennessee, 22d instant, gives
the following in reference to the difficulty of cross
ing the Cumberland mountains :
"On Sunday night camped near Pelham, and on
the following morning moved to the foot df the
mountains, where we unloaded the teams of half
their baggage and ammunition. Clambering up
the mountain six hundred-feet with our own per
sonal baggage and equipmdrits, we stacked arms
above, rolled up our sleeves, and, headed by our
colonel, we descended about 'midway, and with
stout ropes prepared to help up the teams. Every,
man seemed cheerful, - and anxious to put his
shoulder to the wheel. Our officers were especially
energetic, cheering up the men, and taking active
hold themselves. Generals, colonels, captains, 'and
high privates, were promiscuously mixed, tugging
away.
"The night was fine but dark. Blazingfires at in
tervals of twenty paces illumined the ragged, rocky
path the whole distance. Teamsters' oaths mingled
with troops yelling and cheering., Officers shouting,
commanding, directing, &c. Bands nlaying patriotic
music, filled the programme with nocturnal har
mony. Long after midnight the scene lasted. As
noon as the last wagon reached the top, the descent
of the unloaded wagons commenced. - Meantime the
men rested. At dawn we were again at work, drag
ging up the same train with the remaining baggage.
At noon, with triumphant yells, 'a good pull, a
strong pull, and a pull altogether,' we again dragged
ups that last wagon. Notwithstanding our heavy
night and morning's work, we immediately marched
to Tracy City, where a branch , from the Naahville
and Chattanooga Railroadterminatee, connecting
with important coal mines near that settlement.
Pefore daylight, on Wednesday morning, the let
and 3d brigades took up the line of march from
Tracy City, and after dark commenced the descent,
accomplishing a distance of twenty-eight miles that
day.”
Tennessee.
THE CAIYWE OF EMANCIPATION
The Nashville Union says :
The prospects of emancipation look quite hopeful in
East Tennessee, and her people will be ready at a very
early day to unite in a plan to free the State of Ten
nessee from a system which enriches a mere handful
of citizens—less than the population of one prosper
ous county, in fact—at the expense of the whole
Commonwealth. The logic of the mountaineers may
be thus briefly stated. Slavery nourishes pride,
aristocracy, and love of despotic government. It is
the parent of the present rebellion, which, divested
of all its flimsy disguise, is a war against free go
vernment. Therefore, it is our duty, as patriots
possessing commonsense, to remove speedily from
our midst the cause of our present troubles and the
stumbling of the National Union. We believe that
nine. tenths of the loyalists of Middle Tennessee
tertain the same opinions.
RETURNING LOYALTY
A late letter from Memphis says :
During the past few days our city has been
crowded with people from the counties adjoining
this, who have come in to take the oath of allegiance.
Hardly a day passes that less than twepty-five.
names are registered for the "old flag" and the "old
Union." I have seen and conversed with men du
ring the past week who say that their determination
is to hold on to the old ship, and, in spite of the
"Proclamation,' vote for none except those who
will support the Union. Some of these men have
been interested in the rebellion, and even now have
eons fighting for the Confederacy, but they have
resolved to leave all and support the Administra
tion.
e.
COMMANDER RODGERS—The funeral of Com
mander G. W. Rodgers, killed on board the Catskill,
in the late bombardment of Fort Sumpter, was at
tended by an immense gathering, at St. James' Epic.
copal Church, in New London, on Friday afternoon.
Gov. W.A. Buckingham, Major General McClellan,
Commodore Ringold, and Senator L. F. Foster were
present. Rev. Dr. Holland, of New London, assist.
ed by Rev. Mr. Middletown, of Stonington, con
ducted the services. Commander Rodgers is the
third prominent naval officer of this State who has
died during the war.--Hartford Cowan!.
Bra GiTN FAILIMES.—Gen. Gilmore's great 300-
pounder Parrott gun (the "swamp angel") burst at
the seventh, not the fifteenth, discharge. The
strain was too great for even iron to endure. So of
the big Misch rifle of the IVlalmaka—it exploded
like the other. Both of the Whitworth guns, on
the Naval Battery, also exploded, one of the killing
four gunners.
These great guns, requiring charges of 70 to 100
pounds of powder, and tiring a bolt so enormously
heavy, are evidently incapable of bearing the tre
mendous strain that is put upon them.
Ur JV. • C X'll
FMn=l77,M=TM'T!M=TTt'r=r7]
NINETEENTH WARD NATIONAL UNION
DlEwrino.—The political canvass in the Nineteenth
ward was fully, enthusiastically, and patriotically
inaugurated, on the part of the National Union
party,. last evening, by a spirited meeting: of the
Ward Association, at the corner of York and Amber
streets. The Hon. Leonard Myers, member of
Congress from the Third district, was present, and
delivered a 'patriotic address. Various matters of
public interest were touched upon by the speaker
during his remarks ; but his effort was more pat
ticularly directed to an examination of the poaitiok
and principles of the Democratic party. While he
considered the mass of that party loyal to the
Government, he had no hesitation in denouncing
the leaders as traitors and dieloyaliata. In proof of
thin assertion, he went into a searching analysis of
the peculiar tenets of Mr. Justice Woodward, and
others of that class, as developed tip their letters and
speeches on various occasions. The address was
able and conclusive, and was frequently applauded.
Several local speakers followed in remarks upon
pertinent subjects, and at a late hour, the meeting
adjourned with cheers for Curtin and •the whole
Union ticket.
HOSPITAL ITE - 31.—A man named John
RobinsorA•pas admitted into the Penn Hospital,
yesterday afternoon, with one of his arms shockingly
crushed. He was unloading a furniture car, some
where on the Gray's Ferry'road. A portion of a
loom fell upon him, inflicting the injury as stated.
It was thought, last evening, that his mangled arm
''would have to be amputated.
JAY COON E. subscription agent, reports
the rale of $730 3 050 five-twenties yesterday by the
various agents. Deliveries' of bonds are madn'to
July 27.
FINANCIAL AND CONAIMICIAL,
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1, 1863
There was less excitement in gold to-day, and
some recession in the price, which ruled from 127 to
12731 - all day, and closing weak ; freely offered at
127. Money is still very easy, 5 for call loans, 6 for`
loans on collateral being the ruling - fig - ores. Govern.
ment securities are-without change, there being a_
somewhat unusual demand for the new certificates
of indebtedness at 99%(4999‘. Conversions into the
five•twenty loan proceed steadily at the rate of five
hundred thousand dollars a day.
The Stock market was somewhat dull, with a lack
of interest in the fancies generally. The stationary
condition of things at Charleston is having weight
with operators. 1063 Was bid for 1881 sixes and
seven-thirty treasury notes. State fives sold freely
at 100;4'; new city sixes at 106%, Old at 1613(.; Read
ing sixes, 1844, gold at 109, no change ; Pennsylvania
Railroad Ist mortgage at 110; Elmira Chattel tens
sold af80; North Pennsylvania tens at 120, an ad.
vanceof 2; Camden and Atlantic 2d inortgages rose
to 68%; Reading fell off at the first board to 61.
rising % at the second; Long Island rose North
Pennsylvania 4; Camden and Atlantic sold at 22;
Little Schuylkill at 4731.; Norristown at 60; Phila.
delphia and Erie at 27; Bea - ver Meadow sold at 74.
Huntingdon and Broad Top at 21; 36 was bid for
Elmira, 53% for the preferred, 7% for Cattawissa,
21% for the preferred; '77 for Lehigh Valley;
Ridge avenue sold at 21, being the only transaction
in passenger railways.
Canal securities were dull; Union sold at ly •
Chesapeake and Delaware sixes at 97; 5334' was bid
for Lehigh Navigation, the scrip sold at 44% ;- Wye=
ming sold at 52 ; Schuylkill Navigation preferred
at 24% ; North American Insurance sold at 22%.
The market closed firm.
Drexel It Co. quote :
United States Bonds. 1881.... ... ......... ....10611(4197
U. S. new Certificates of Indebtedness 99it at 99X
U. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness .10/X0101. 3 4
United States 73.10 Notes 106303.9.17
Quartermasters' Vouchers 99 84 993
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness 3Q3die
Gold g DCA 027.4
bterling Exchange 1393 i 0 1 140 g
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government Securities,
Arc., as follows : „.
United States sixes. IS.SI
United States 7-30 notes
Certificates of Indebtedness...
Do. do new.....
Quartermasters' Vonttiers.—
Demand notes •
Gold
Sales five-twenties. $730.050
Messrs. M. Schultz & Co., No. 1G South. Third
street, quote foreign exchange per steamer Asia,
from Boston, as follows
London, 60 days' sight - .., 140 60141
Do. 3 days " 1403141 56
Paris.6o days' sight . - ' 4f f O5
Do. 3 days 4f 021.4
Antwerp, 60 days' sight 4f- - 4ffts
Bremen. 60 days' sight 101
_10134
Hamburg. 60 days sight 46 46Y.
Colpgne. 60 days' sight 91 91q,
Ls, sic, 60 days' sight - 91 9iM
Berlin, 60 days' sight - 91 913:4
Amsterdam. 60 days'sight. 6131 525fi
Frankfort. 60 days' sight .. 92 .0....52Y,
Market steady. .
The official averages of the banks in .the city of
New York, for the week ending Saturday last, Au
gust 29, 1863, present 'tithe aggregate the following
changes from the previous weekly statement of
Aug. 22 :
Increase of loans $1,035.479
Decrease of Specie
Decrease of Circulation
Decrease
of Undrawn Deposits
Including the exchanges between the banks
through the Clearing louse, and including, also, the
Sub-Treasury statement of SaturdayZafternoon, the
following is the general comparison with the pre
vious weekly report, and also with the movement of
this time last year :
Aug. M. '62. Auer. 24.'63. Aug. 2 4 .113.
Capital i8W.55.000 8;60 401.000 869,401,000
Loans 158 276.952 176 716,616 175,7131:39
Specie 35.040.994 e2.(.30.055 31.220 499
Circulation 9.454.606 - 5.475,1164 5,515.970
Gross Deposits ' 167.117.602 122,162.475 216.570,700
Exchanged 06,145,861 65.400 760 . 62,292.605
Undrawn 141,971,741 156,761.6921 158,580.095
In Sub-Treasury... 11 010,526 25,108,833 26,980,542
The New York Eveziing Post of to-day says :
The loan market is unusually active this morn
ing. The loans now making are at 6®7 /I cent.
There are, however, a number of houses whose old
customers, having sold out their stocks at high rates,
are disposed to await a return of low prices, and,
meanwhile, leave large balances in the hands of their
brokers at 400 cent. These balances are relent from
day to day, when not otherwise employed, and thus
loans arefrequently offered on call to first-class men
at gag% "Ift cent.
The stock market opened heavy this morning,
and closed with more animation. Governments are
steady ; border State bonds dull; bank stocks quiet;
railroad bonds firm, and railroad shares drooping.
Before the first session gold was selling at 127Ng
.12'7%, New York Central at i 363(, Erie at 116%, Erie
Preferred at 108,34@t0334', For tWayne at 92%@93,
Harlem at 163, Rutlson River at 102%@153, Reading
at 123 x, Illinois Central at 1340135, and Michigan
Southern at 108 X.
The appended table exhibits the chief movements
of the market compared with the latest prices of
yesterday evening:,
T _ _ m
nes. an. Any.-Dec,,
H. 6.65, PM. rag 106 106
II:8.6e, uma,- 107%
U. S. seven-thirties. • • • 107 107
13.1 year Certif . frold-loiX max _ .„
vr. Cert. ocreneV 59% 59% • • •••
American gold —127% 137 34 •
Tennessee 135......• 65.35" 66 34
Misouri 70% 71 3 36 Pac s ific Mail..-.........- -23 D 230 ..
N.Y.Central 137% .
Erie .... 1783 E 1194,1 • • 1%
Eels 106% y
Hudson 154. • 4 4
163 * . 33 4
Harlem preferred... •...151 153 7
Reading. .....,.»......1 123 • . 1
Such. Central.... •-.....153 124 • .. 1
Mish. Southern.--.108X108% 3
if
Mich. So. guar —..136 138 - 2
Illinois Oen scrip •132% 134% 2
Cleveland& Pittsburg. -102% - 103% ..
Galena.: .. .. .....112% 112% • • - •
Cleveland&roldo. 1224 • .
Chicago & Rock Island.ll2% 111% • • 1
Fort Wayne " 3234, 91 .. 1
Prairie du Chien- 77 80 .. 3
Alton Bt.Terrellante.:.. Si to
Chicago & Borthyrest'n ' 36 5 ' - 25% x- ••Cantos :
Quirksiluer" . IQ 72); 23f.
Co'.
1
Pkilada. Stock "Exc
:Reportedkv S. IL
YCRST
112 Wyoming Canal. 52
10.000 Penna B let mt. • .110
111. 0 Reading 613„.'4-1. ..109
200 Phil&Brie 8.6 6 . 62 27
1930 City 6s 101%
100 do
101
new • ..106#
MO do .%
10 Norristown R... 60
150 N Penna B 18%
3 do 18%
2000 Cam & Ail 2d mt 6 68
8 3
12
do 1
12 Sch Nay pref.... 243 I
BETWBE
8000 City Be. new 1065 E
60 N Amer Ins C 0..., 22%1
SECOND
7000 N Penna 10s 120
3600 Chas & Del& ..... 07
2000 City 6s .. —1013%
20 N Penna R 1834
3130 d . b3O IS%
100 Long 47
Semi-weekly Review of the Phileuielphla
Markets.
There is no material change to notice in Bread
stuffs. Quercitron Bark is quiet at former rates.
Flour continues dull. Wheat is firmly held, but
prices are unchanged., Corn Jain demand. Oats are
rather firmer. Cotton is rather firmer, but the
transactions are' limited. Coffee continues very
scarce. Holders of Mackerel are asking 50c te bbl
more. Domestic Fruit is coming in and selling
freely at full prices. Coal Oil is less active, and
prices are rather lower. Naval Stores are scarce
and firm. In Provisions there is very little doing.
Whisky is firm and prices are higher.
The demand for Flour is limited, both for export
and home use ; sales comprise about 3,000 bbls, in
cluding 1,500 bbls City Mills extra family on terra.
kept private; 500 bbls fresh.ground Ohio at $6.25,
and 200 bbls old stock do at $5.25 bbl. The re
tailers and bakers are buying moderately at $4.75@
5.245 for superfine ; $5.25@5.75 for extra ; $6.75@6.50
for extra. family; and $7@7,50 1,1 bbl for fancy
brands, according to quality. Rye Flour is selling
in a small way at `54.75@5 tr bbl. Corn Meal con
tinues scarce ; Brandywine is selling at $4.25, and
Penna. Meal at $4 bbl.
GRAlN.—Wheat is firmly held, but prices remain
about the same as last quoted. 16,000 bus sold at
130@t137c for fair to prime old red ; 1200132 c for new
do, and 140@153c ip bu for white, the latter for Ken
tucky. Rye is selling at 105 c for old, and 90c be
for new. Corn is firm ; sales comprise about 12,000
bus at 82c for prime yellow, and 79@80cl bu for
Western mixed. Oats are more active; about 20,000
bus have been disposed of at 55c for new, and 69c,
weight, for old.
PROVISIONS.—The market is quiet, and prices
are without any material change. About 300 bbl.
Mess Pork sold at $14014.50 for new; city-packed
Mess Beef commands $13@16, and country $124
12 50, cash. There is a fair demand for Bacon Hams;
500 tierces sold at 11@1334c for plain and fancy
bagged, including 150 tierces of the former at ;
Sides are selling at 734@73,1c. and 30,000 the Shoul
ders sold at 6c. In Green Meats there is very little
doing; sales of Hams in pickle at 10%@lOyc; 300 tom
do in salt at 83‘c, and Shoulders at s@6c, ' cash and
sixty days. Lard—There ia a moderate demand, and
prices are better ; 250 tierces and bbls sold at 10%0
lc cash, now held at Ile. Butter is in demand at 13@
1.5 c for solid.packed,and Ohio at 19@200. Cheese is
selling at 11042 c. Eggs are worth 16@17c 3¢l dozen.
METALS. —There is very little demand for Pig
Iron, and the market is dull. Small sales of Anthrax
cite are making at $30@34 hl ton for the three num
bers. Sales of Scotch Pig are reported at $34@35 /it
ton. There is less demand for manufactured. Lead—
There is very'llttle stock here, and we hear of no
sales. Copper,—ln Sheathing, there is nothing
doing. American Yellow Metal is steady at 27c, six
months.
BARB.—.There =is very little demand for Querci
tron ; about 9.0 hhds ist No. 1 sold at $3O lfr ton.
Tanners' Bark is unchanged.
CANDLES.—There is more demand for Adaman
tine, with sales at 18q22c cash. Sales of short
weight Western are reported for export at 1.9@20c.
Sperm and Tallow are without change.
COAL.—Supplies are coming forward freely, both
by railroad and canal, but the demand is moderate,
and prices are without material clpinge. Schuyl
kill ranges at from $6.50@6.76 ton, on board at
Port Richmond.
COFFEE.—The market is firmer, but there is Very
little stork here to operate in. Small sales of Rio
are making at 27@28%c. Laguayra is selling in
small lots at 2Cre29c t 14, cash and time.
COTTON is frmer, but the sales are moderate;
about 120 bales sold in lots at 66@6.3c v. , lb, for RUA
dlings, which is an advance.
FEATHERS are scarce. Prime Western range
at from 48ef50c lb ; cash.
FlSH.—Holders are asking an advance of 50c
bbl sales of new is from store at $16@17, 2s at stO
ea aml 3s ,at $5.80 for medium. and $3 for large.
In Coddsh and Elerringnothing doing, and very few
of either here. -
FRIIIT.—The market is neatly bare of foreign,
and Lemons have been sold at veryhigh rates. In
Changes and Pine Apples nothing doing. Domestic
Green Fruit is arriving, and selling freely. Peaches
range from $lO2 li basket, according to quality.
Green Apples are worth $2@3.50-V bbl. For Dried
Fruit prices are nominal
GUANO is but little inquired after. We quote
Peruvian at,M9s@loo ton for large and small lots,
and Sombrero /MVO 'V ton.
HEMP is firmer, but there being but very little
stock here to operate in we hear of no sales.
HOPS.—The demand is limited, and sales are in
a small way only at 1.7@20e /9' ft, for Eastern and
Western.
LUMBER.—There is a steady demand for moat
kinds ; sales at $20@22 for yellow sap Boards ;
$22@23 - for white pine do ; slo@l2 for hemlock
Joist and Scantling, and $45@50 for sawed Ship
Timber.
MOLASSES.—The market is firm but quiet; sales
of New Orleans at -Me gallon, and Clubs at .35@45c,
the latter for IVlnueovada, on time.
NAVAL STORES.—The market is nearly bare
of common Rosin, with small sales at s3s@io r bbl.
Prices of Tar and Pitch are nominal. Spirits of
Turpentine is in limited request ; small sales - at
$2 8664.90 WI gallon.
.OILS.—For Fish Oils prices are firmer, with
steady store eemands. Linseed Oil is also rather
firmer; small sales at 98c to $l. Lard Oil is dull s
and ranges from 720 up to 90c for spring and winter.
Petroleum is less active ; sales of crude are making
at al.g@3sc. Refined in bond at 57@60c, and free at
65c gR gallon, which is a decline.
RICE—The stock is very light, and prices range
from 7 to 73(c re D.
SEEDS.—The market is bare of Cloverseed; we
quote at 85.25@5.50 13 64 be.. Timothy lain good de
mand, with sales at $2.75@3 7 bushel. Flaxseed is
taken by the crushers at $2.20@2 25*i-bushel.
SPIRITS. —Brandy, Gin, and Rum are Quiet, and
prices the same. Whisks yis firmer,
and prices
have advanced ; sales of Penna. and Ohio bbla at
48y,g,50c, and drudge at 47@4.9c % , 9 gallon.
SUGAR is firm, and there is rather more inquiry ;
sales of 1,100 hhds 'Cuba at 10@12c, and low-grade
Havana brown at 93‘@1034c, on time.
TALLOW is unchanged ; we quote city rendered.
at 10345 1.0%c, and country at 9@9.1-40 1
TEAS are held firmly, but sales' have been ex tremely limited of both blacks and greens.
TOBACCO.—There is rather more inquiry for
mannfactured s but leaf is neglected and dull.
WOOL.—The market is quiet, and the sales com
prise about 23,000 iris at 65@70a for medium and fine
Fleece, net. Buyers and sellers are apart - in their
views.
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain
at this port to-day
F10ur....
Wheat..
Corn....
Oats ....
New York Nflwkets, August 31.
ASHES are quiet at 87 for Pals, atia . g9 for - Pearls.
Bamenartrpas.—The market for State and Wen.
em Flour is less active, and without change in
prices.
The sales are 7,000 bbls at $3.9004.45 for superfine
State ; $4.65@4.90 for extra State; $3.90@4.50 for
superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &o. ; $4.30
@5 for extra do, including shipping brands of
round-hoop Ohio at $5.10@5 35, and trade-brands at
$5.43@a.
Southern Flour is quiet and unchanged ; sales 700
bbls at $5.10@6.25 for superfine Baltimore, and $6.30
@S-75 for extra do.
Canadian Flour is without material change; sales
500 bbla at $4.76@4.95 for common, and $5@T for
good to choice extra.
• Rye Flour is inactive, with small sales at $3.60 , 2
5.20 for the range of fine and superfine.
Corn Meal is very firm. We quote Jersey ats3.9o';
Caloric $4,20@4.25; Brandywine, $4.36; puncheons,
$21.50.
Wheat is very active, and prices exhibit no mate..
rial change from yesterday. The sales are 40,000
bushels at 82cfp$1.05 for Chicago Spring; 900@51.12
for Milwaukee. Club; $1.16§1.19 for amber Iowa;
$1.15@1.21 for winter red Western; $1..22@1.26 for
amber Michigan.
Corn is one cent better, with a fair demand.
Sales 45,000 bus at 'l2@72ge for shipping, and 70071
for Eastern.
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A SEASONABLE SUGGESTION.—The mark
ed depreesion of the mercury within the past week,
suggests to ,all provident minds the propriety of pre
paring for an early fall. Hundreds of our citizens
are already acting upon this suggestion, and order
ing their Coal from the popular coal yard of Arr.
W, W, Alter, Ninth street, above Poplar, before the
rush for the article becomes so general as to render
it difficult to obtain a prompt delivery, when, of
course, theprices wine proportionately stimulated.
Send your orders to Alter at once, as he gives his
patrons the best coal, and the most, of it for the
Money.
FRESH STOCK. OF FALL ANA WrSTER
CLOTHIIVG.—Messrs. C. Somers & Son, Clothiers,
Dle. 62d Chestnut street, under Jayne's Hall, have
taken time by the forelock, and are now prepared,
in ddvance of all their competitors, with a magni
ficent stock of Pall and Winter Clothing, made up
in their usual good style and taste, from the most.
fabrics of their own importation. All who
patronize this old and respectable house, become sa
tisfied at a glance that they have found the , place Of
all others to buy fine , ready.made clothing at lair
prices.
DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS. —The
use of this popular medicinal Bitters is at this sea
son of the year invaluable, bcith as a remedy and
preventive of the fall fevers that are now so preva
lent throughout - the city. Messrs. Davie and
Richards, (successors to the late C. H. Mattson)
dealers in fine family groceries, Arch and. Tenth
streets, have just received a fresh supply of the arti
cle for the accommodation of their customers. Their
price for it, at retail, is 75 cents per bottle. . „
MESSRS. CHARLES OAIIFORD & SONS,
under the Continental Hotel, with their accustomed.
enterprise and good taste, are preparing to- offer to
their patrons this fall the most elegant stock of
goods in their line in Philadilphia.
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISDING GOODS.—Of
these, including the most approved and best-fitting
Shirt of the age, the reader will find the largest and
best assortment at Mr. George Grants, No. 610
Chestnut street.
A FINE STOCK OF MILITARY GOODS,
suitable for Army and Navy officers, will be found,
at fair prices, at Oakford & Sons, under the Conti.
nental.
A LITTLE CHILD CAN 13§E THEJL—In the
large bow windows of Grover & Baker's Sewing
Machine Warerooms, No. 730 Chestnut street, an In
teresting Eight is occasionally to be seen. The other
afternoon, working at a sewing machine in either
window, were The two ,litlle children of Mr. Eddy,
the Philadelphia agent of Grover & Baker. The
eldest child is seven, the youngest three years olm,
Each, child was provided with a batch of sewing,
and either of thcm•Worked the machine with as
much ease as a grown person. • People gathered in
crowds to look at' a sight - whtch practically refuted
the idea that working with the Grover & Baker
Sewing Machine is a toilsome 'task. It is true that
Meet other machines,weary, the limbs. The facility
with which the Grolier &Baker is operated is showit
in the fact that Mr. Eddy's little child, of seven
years old, will perform as much sewing in a day on
the Grover & Baker as any adult can perform trim*
a machine of any other make. " Why, if a child can
thus sew without fatigue, I want one for my wife,"
said a gentleman in our hearing ; as he watched the
juveniles in question.- - "I never bought her a ma.
chine, supposing her too delicate to use one. X
shall now buy one for her."
By theiiiiy, et a cost too insignificant to mention,
an automatic fan is attached to the Grover de Bake 3 / 4 .
•
ange sales, Sept. t.
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1000 Penns 6e, 1960. • —BOX
600 do P 176. .... 1003 t
211.0 do MON
4000 Satiny Nay Ga. 'B2. 8336
100 Reading R. bswn 61.34 .
100 d 0..... blO 6136 .
100
Lehigh Scrip
61
Lehigh Scrip 4.0 c,
6 Little Elohnyl R.... 47%
100 d . ... . • 47,4
60 Ridge Avenue
.21
100 Cam it All pret• •• 22.
BOARDS.
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MOO Bltalra Chat his... SO
115 Reading 8.. • sswn 614
50 Union Canal Dir:
13 Beaver Illead,.2dys : 74
SErTionrint I—Evening
1,900 bbbs.
9,400 bush.
4,000 bush.
11,100 bush.