THE JU1LY EVENING TEI.EGHAHI. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 180 1.
Qvarjinq Sfcltgwjjto
IVSDAX, AVOUST 21,
Tin: oi.n mi " TO WEB.
. 1 A tl H iur Ker
Knags h "'"
An J above on ", T',m'' .
,l,a aunshlne and the rain,
' 4 ill in old, Saint Tcter abends
With Ibc kcyl In bia two hsn.la.
And all Is well 1
In the oM church tower
Manga the bell,
Too un hear i: grew b""' l'c , .
An I 9 loud, and '"". inl
At the parson . pM.ver
U er tils happy lover there,
While all !
, a th old chnrch tower
Hangs the bell,
pp and solemn. Murk '. ag.iln !
.A a ' what patwion-, an J what rii !
With ber blinds upon lier breast,
'Some poor sonl has gone to ref.
y, here all is wo.i '.
ID the old church tower
llene the boll,
A quaint friend that ae-trn to I now
Ail oar joyi anJ all onr woe ;
It is glad when we are wed,
It 11 Fid when w are eh id,
Aud all is we" '
TME ioio- roi- t:rniK4iiK.
I jrarw Co it I la nonftht miel Koltl In EniclniKl.
From on English magaine, LnnHvix Society,
we extract tho following Intcrc-airtg eWrlption
f tha New Coal r.xcbani?e in London :
What conld this elegant and commodious build
taf have been erected for ? Certainly not for
any coal trade reiiirinff such accnmuiodation.
T, titcak wiib any of tbe three orfoiir hundred
gentlemen who congregate here, and what will
yon hear? Why, you will hear, in tbe forcible
and yet fiirirratlve lanifunge wbirli city gentlemen
delight to ne, that lliore is no coal trade thut it
kas gone to tbe dog is dono up smuahed
lotte-n on it lastlcs and nut worth a rap.
Here, forinatanco.weareat the Coal I-'.xchange
Itself, and here la an intelligent, sharp-witted
looking gentleman to whom we are personally
known, let na penk with him upon thin auiiject.
He owes no trnelge to tho world, and the world
twei blin none : be is not billons, ami as times go,
kaa aa goud a dicestlein a most men, though lie
tlives in Coikle's pills, and keeps a supply of
that priceless family medicine among bis thirt
eoliara, yet bow he bursts out, huw he bristles,
kow be detonates, how he porks up at tbe mere
mention of tbe trade to which be belouirs ! Com
modore TranulOD, in his famous interview with
tka exciseman, could acarculy have been more
ciitorously TituperatiTe.
"Coal trade, sir !" lie exclaims, and the stream
f his eloquence ia atopp--d by a d;mi a dam of
arrclevantejat-uiHiiona. -coal tniue.siri ueaaya
gain, in a minute or two. "Don't talk atom it.
It isn't worth talking about. It won't bring a
aian bread and cheese. Look at this place !
Examine it! Last your eye over ill Does it
look like a place where a man can get bread and
cheese ?"
There was an announcement In one corner of
the room that Bass' pale ale could bo obt.iiued in
Yanght or in bottle, and that Melton Mowbray
oork-cici nii.'lit, be had fresh. I thought It nnli
fair to assume, therei'ore, that the more frugal
fare he alluded to could be obtained al. I should
aT pointed this out to my triend, but he went
. oa beore I had time to deliver myself.
"Coal trade, sir!" he exclaimed, for tho third
ana mst time, "i ne coal trarte is ail u T. lwl
kmrs-mendine wonld nav better."
Havimc no personal knowledge of the imlustrv
to which be alluded, and boinn nnproiiled with
Matistlca referring to its operations. 1 waa com
pelled to accept numunnurmgl.T the information
my friend conveyed to me. And certainly, when
I looked around the ball In which I stood, the
an ore external appearance of things was in favor
of his aseotlwn that the cool-trade had no longer
ay existence.
- And here let roe be frank with the reader. In
Tbiiing the Cool Kxchango I did not expect to
coal in bnlk beintr botiKbt and sold. I did
ot expect to sea ualr-huiidrod-weiir'it sacks
standing on the floor, or superior qualities sam
pled in brown paper oags. I did not expect to
see placards with, "Try onr Wall's-end.s, at Is.
' 10d. ;" or, "Look bore f Down again to la. 6d,"
inscribed upon them. I did net expect to iind
wholesale merchants resembling rctuil dealers,
r anticipate that there would be many features
. f external similarity between the coal-broker
.r.n.nlth coal-whipper. But I did expect that,
.ciaatsaach as samples nf wheat, harlev. o ils, and
.peaa are displnved In Mark Laue, so samples of
.Buddie's VVcst Har Icy, South I'carcth, Tautlold
Moor, and Walker Primrose, whatever they m:iy
J) a, would be di-played in Lower Thames street.
Sat no! In a Coal Exchauire coal was the one
jnbstance nowhere seen. There wasn't even a
kBtlb!
Outwardly, therefore, aa I have said, there was
lrj little indication of business; and, for aught
I ronld see to the contrary, tbe coal trade might
really have been as extinct as the meculonyx.
"Well," said I, "when my modest cbnsuinptien
acetsltales the introduction of frcdli stores into
the cellar, I know very wel'J.'iow I buy coal, bat
I can't for tbe life of me toll bow you buy it."
'Well, we buy it in thia manner," ho replied,
evidently forgetting forthemoruent, in his carucrt
U3, that the trade was In a shattered, not to aay
despairing condition ; "we buy but lirnt of all
you s'ta that thia U a circular building.''
Tie fact was ao obvious that 1 take no credit
to myself for having already observed it bof-iro
he i,ie.
"Well, yon aee these desks foliowiug the: cir
cumference of the building hare on the ground
floor. They are the desks of the factors, and the
faetors are intorme.lhry agents between tho col
liery cwner and the coal merchant, receiving a
commission for what they eell, like broker In tbe
eoloniul trade."
"Pr"le)y. Tlicy sell ; but ho do you buy
i My friend made no reply, but took me to one
f the. skaaud told me to look at It. 1 did. It
waa apparently of deal, painted black ; un iuk
t stand wio siiiikinio it; pcuj were lying about ;
and upon a bed ut Motting-pnper a hand-Mil or
circular woe repoiiag, partly written and p urtly
sristad.
'Jieal that," aid raj-friend, pointiog to the
kaid-oill or circular.
I read it, and found that it ran somcthlr.b' as
follows
Blake, FltilJing h Co., per Kar of the Mint:
B .enswortU., i . . . , '.' 1 1
Hleekburu 1
traier.. 110
A:orn Close lv)
"There," sold my friend, tritimpli.nitly, wheu
1 hi 1 rininheii' Mie irnsal of this intelligible and
Jiiatruc'.ivodoeuiiioni, "that's how we buy coals !"
it might lie flmt j-.i;- intellect vas sumen-hat
elondy, it miglit bo that the eplan ition was do
Acrfnt in clearnoss, but if ny friend h.id told mo
that he bought coals by tliitiliing of I lie frosty
Cat-east-', or by vislilng himself with Nancy, I
atoul.J have been juat aa enlightened.
lijwever, I said in rcpiy, with an expression
of aiat" s-'if-aeity, ctibuitiutiug in a btisitiest-liac
wick ' Oh! thiif'e ho you buy iu.il, is it ? Ah !
1 see ; those tunn-a
"Pre :isel7 ; those I''irea Jiiilicito l!ie number
ef tomi ottered, atitl tne nauie JmUh-ucs the j i t
they co, io lioiu."
"lint do you never have samp'es "
'No. .V'e are nciiuaii.tei with all the o.il
tiroticht ti tbe uiaik jt, and w hen a ue-v co.il is
.n'.roilu.:ew we buy it on the rejuvueiiiations made
,10 os by U& i'ajl'r; tepii'scmatioL's which of
soursc (lrtornine its priec."
"Thtn it h mt until you have the coal in your
.own binds that you really know its utility.
And what is lie nmoimt of business annually
transacted heae in this rmious manner r"
"ijist year K. amounted to about thru: und a
Lhalf iitilliona o( urns."
"Well," raid I, "for a trade that is cm its lust
legs that total doesn't nvm bad. Somebody
Juust get a living Hit Of thia Uecuyeil And de
plorable industry
Dot myincud waa not to be shaken by any
auuch aluUlaw reaoonhjg and impertinent banter
asaa this. He smiled, A ia true, but it wan a re
ajtiinud and a.lancholy umile; and then, pensive
sand.echducd, le led we to the upper gallery, aad
Cihowed ue thetnuaouia of the institution.
It waa deeply interesting, tverv varietv of
,1 was displayed there; eoal from tiorneo ;'coul
titai Pruasia ; coal from KtwZealand ; coal from
Rwtdeu ; eonl from ewvamle. There were sue
tiraeis of the heu;itul Anrtite, black aa jot,
ud w.th a rich, liutrous poliah upon it that told
of its bitnuiiuous i-Laractor. Thon there were
jampUie of the dciicAte cn-ataJjized cokI from
"itliyr Tvdvil. lof,kiig at thouvTh it had been
j"-.pared tor exhibition oa a enrioas illustration
ir.u 'kil1- luc u other cas were tpeci-
lltr. rV-? tlie impress of fern leaves and
What J' ,1',,,l "a"PA T a die.
nuU little h?11 emerged f rom this
t0 'v-bait'
sf.xm 1 o'clock to1 rH "n'yu or. ft.,
Vowever.itlasMipt aajr. ' t
2x-ut three. JuSSSTtt aTui1.0", ttut1
Sngly a beU ring, leudl?. "a
by .'t nnpe ; no one can guess why K rwut
cubtQB.' wdalns that it slall ring, a ft"
ring. 1 H iuilc4 to ring, bu.lncM would
owe to etundaiUl ia pcrhapa too much to aaiv
but that ,temble judgment would overtake the
tx-adle if hir .negles'toii thia time honorgd duty is,
J ihiftit, kivft .1 Pffbable.
Henlly, for a place svini as the centre of
flefnnet, or, nt all events, a moribund trmlc, tlio
foul Kxrhanve cxbihits a vast amount ol bui
nem anlnintion. Some tlirce or four bandred
gentlemen aro gathered together talking atmut
prices, anil shipments, and arrivals ; the factor
arc all nt their desks, unite prepared to open np
negotiation or to conclude bargains, and behind
them patient mariners and clnpiicrs from the
North arc awaiting the result of sale and the In
struction as to the delivery of cargo which will
follow tboT le. There aro cen visitors in the
c:illetie looking dow n upon the tinny crow j be
low ; and their presence seems to give additioruil
iniivrtaace to the svelte.
I snppe my face rim -t lnve kindled as I be
came impressed with the, business aspect of the
lace, for my glance fell when my t ye met tboso
of a kindly but melancholy 1" iking wuHctnuti to
wiioin I Had men nitroilnceil shortly lietore, an'l
who n no in'Cn I lie most pathetic ot all In Ins
lamentations over tho decline and fall of the
ondon coal tindo. Us bad divined my thoughts.
11 id I told hint wlmt was passing through my
mind, the information would have been utterly
Miperlluous.
"It no. like micines, ilocsn I it : lie asi.ct.
I assented entbiiiastii'ally.
"Ah !" be exclaimed with a Mih,"vou are like
all the rest. lo you rein ih'mt till collier's
ttrlke which took pla tome yenr ag :"
1 cliil not ; nmi s.nu m.
"Well.durine tlint strike the ''onl-whlivners Imd
nothing to do, so they sat on the harsesall day
long and played nt cards. The factors and mer-
chmts here In like manner hail nothing to do,
and some of them nctunlly went hack to the
sports of their boyhood, ami played ai marbles
upon lite uoor ot tins, or ratiicr ol the ow l-.x-
hange, us an innocent it not exciting way ot em
ploying their timo. Well, sir," he added, quite
giuvuly, "if they were all to si t to n.iw and play
at marbles again, or 'Kgg-hut,' or 'I'ly thn-Kar-
ter,- or -nuca, uiu k, now nnny lioi ns do I ho.d
up?' they would be AlinoU as well occupied as
incy ate hi proseni.
It is all but. deserted now. The 8' Inner have
sheered otf(to fpeak nantically ), the factors have
clofed their acwninls. the merch in have, for
tho most part, retreated to their counting houses,
even me iitaiiie nes (inttea a scene where his
iroence would seem liko a same or a ahnm.
1 here is only one iudiviilnul, in f n't, left here a
icnsive, melancholy man and inm I avcont lor
lack of other coinpiinioti-hip.
To my surprise I find that, though outwardly
sombre, he is inwardly sunny, and that, although
connected with coals, lie looks by no iiieius ilo
spondently upon their future. 1 at once began to
regard this hopeful person with admiration, and
tncpoiniui luongul lias lies across mc that pcrhiipe
I have foiiiu d a too hasty .judgment upon the
coal trade from the gloomy reporte 1 have pre
viously heurd. So I introduce myself to this
gentleman, and as ho is proceedini; westward.
and my ronrrc ia northwest, we split a point of
the compass and sully forth together.
In the course ol conversation, i find Hint he is
the representative of what lny be called anew
development of tbe coal trade. Ho is the agent
oi un extensive colliery near unesreriieM. and
although he attends the Coal Exchange, it is
more lor mo purpose ot watching the market
than of buying and telling, lie is wholly un
connected with the trade in sea-borne coal, and
deals only in that brought to Loudon by railway,
ond which is comprehensively known ns Inland.
ahu now i ucgin to loci interested, tor tn com
mon, I suppocc, with the mass of mankind. I
have always pinned my faith to sea-borno coal,
an u win tnai contempt tor jninnas wnicn a con
noi&scttr in l:aii d vie de i'vonac mav be sun
posed to entertain for llritish brandy. Co I say
in a friendly, but depreciatory tono, " Ah ! Inland
coat is an very win, out ol course there s nothing
like wan s-eiKis.
'Do you know what Wall s-cmls nrc ? he
asked drily.
"No," said I ; "but 1 know that they are a par
ticularly good tort of coal-"
"Well, there aro almost seventy varieties of
that particularly good sort of coal, or ruther
seventy ditlerent collieries have adopted the
namo ; and yet, strictly speaking, there is no such
coal us VVuH's-cnds."
"What 1 mean is," Bald my friend, "thnt the
mine which first yielded tho coal called Wall's
end, and which took its name from being near
the end of the old Koinan wall, has long ceased
to he worked, and that other mines have merely
adopted the name on account of its popularity.
If we called our Inland coal Wall's-end, it would
lie insi as mum so as anyrioay else s.
"Ilut," said I, "is tliero then no Hitfurence be
ween Inland and tho coal called Wall s-end :
"I do not iiuite say that. I simply say that the
mere name indicates nothing."
"Well I" I exclaimed, sliclitly recovering from
my astonishment, "1 always thought seii-borno
coals the best."
"So do most people ; but there again you are
heeding a mere name. Sea-borne, of course, can
only mean carried by sea. Hut aro you aware
thut plenty of coal a brnnrbt. rnt! twentv miles
ir iu.tr.ro it . caches Hie bear It is mere
contiguity which determines mode of convey mice.
We might, if we pleased, ship our coals ut
Grimsby and bring them to Loudon in collier
brigs. They would then, of course, be sea-borne.
Instead of that, we bring them by rail and they
are inland ut onro."
"The fact is," continued my ncv friend, "the
dislike to inland coal arises from mere prejudice,
or, to speak more correctly, from mere Ignorance,
w hich is only now giving way. Somewhere about
twenty years ago we brought inland coul to Lon
don fur the lirst time. Nobody would buy it.
For years our trade was utterly imsigniiicunt.
Well, after a whilo tho Great Noithcrn Hallway
1 egan to sell inland coal. The result, at first, was
much the same. At last there came a hard wintor,
and sea-bomo coal rose to forty (billiiu-s a tou.
Thl6 was our opportunity. Tho Groat Northern
Kailway Company at once advertised that it would
sell its coul throuisliouttheentire winter ut twenty
shillings a ton. People then began to believe in
Inland coal, and the trade was fairly started. lu
niy opinion it ia yet only in its infancy, but you
may Judge of its" development when I tell you
that the colliery I represent alone sent ulxiut
oOiy.OO tons to London in 1SU2, and thut the total
sent by others in the smo year amounted to more
than a million tons. Why, we ourselves pay Iroui
jf,0O(S) to 7uO( per month for railway carriage,
and I have no doubt we uliall pay twice as much
some day. l'or you see our prices remain much
the sumo all the year round, land-carria,:e being
nnatrectexl by wind und weather. Whereas,
during the prcvaloncoof certain gales, tho colliers
are unable to put to sea, and, tho market being
ill-supplied, prices go up."
" Then," said I, "the general complaint at the
( oal Kxuhonge is not altogether without cause.
T'rio'e is ut all events in a transition state."
My friend nod led asscntlnc-ly, and said, "Yes,
w i'.h a tendency to concentrate itself in tin hands
of a lew great mni' ."
"lint now tell rue," said I, "ia not the quality
of sea-borne coal better a a matter of fact, aud
not of fancy, than Unit brnii'ht by railway i
"it is very often betier," was the candid reply,
"especially when a high price is charged (or It.
It cannot be denied, loo, that some of tho ialand
coal Is full of seam, useless f ir tbe purposes of
combustion, and which deposits itself in dirty
aili. Nevertheless, inland coal can be obiainert lii
londsn and its out skirts, which 1 think quite an
good us Wall's-eiid, und whi - h I always burn."
"i iicrc was no iicc'i to slioiv me a price list. I
Iiii'ler:tood the hint with out 1."
"Then your coal b is no ash, I mpoose," v. ts
my n ply, in a tone of imliuYrcuce.
" I'm i," he si.l I with a ami c.
"And 1 hnt-e tried it."
Pinions or the Piir.ss. I have liecn rclerr d
to a volume of popular sermons in which, owing
to Hie I egligence of tho prooi'-rea.lers, n dcplora.
Mo number of typographical emirs appeared.
One ol these, as it in rcieiciicj to I lie others, was
singularly i propihito to iho unhappy circum
stance of the poorouthor; iko verse, "Princes
Lnve pci'."ccutml mo without a cause," reading,
"Printers liuvo per-euned mc without a cause."
Campbell's cclobrnted '.tnoi Mirnrlrt appeared
in one o( llieuilvrtie!i)oiitsas"' 'i;W -.'mm
mi MumIt." In newspaper articles of my own 1
have had the mlsfc tin, o to see "the internal rela
tions of the church" converted into "the internal
relations of the church," and the people who
"spoke the Uailic language" wore made to
"biaoLe" it. I remember a great public demon
stration thut took place in a town in which I was
residing at the time. After one or two unim
portant speeches a certain demagogue arose,
whose appearance was the signal for loud and
cnthusiusiic vheering from the multitude. A
party newspaper describing this, in tho course of
its giatulatory and fervid report, said that the
cobci ursc had "rci.t tlic air w ith their suouto."
On(e-.4- II Vc.
A r OHiiEsi'ONDEKT of a contemporary, from
Withbadcn, tells us of his rencounter with a very
aric;.blc 1 renihman, with whom he had a plea
Mint conversation, and of hia meeting him a few
days after arda on board a ItuiHe steuiuur. After
a mutual Low and a mutual "Enchanted to see
tou," cur correspondent said, "I ato going to
fcuis." "And I to Loudon," aaid the agreeable
one. "To pass the remainder of the kcaiou
there?" "That dtpend." "I suppose you are
traveling for pleasure i should I be indiscreet ia
asking ? "Not at all. I am taking back a
young P.nglishinan to bis family." "Are you a
tutor r" "No, monsieur." "Where Is your youug
tnirllshman ?" "Down below." " ill he como
to liii.e.v itn ns ?" "It is impossible ; he is dead."
"DeailP "In a leaden colltn. I am the sworn
conveyer of bodies of noble personages who have
d.td in (icm.auy, aud I take them to the family.
It u' well paid for, and iu a few years I hope to
retlrb wiih a haudsome fortune. If monsieur
shoulo require my services for himself or lor
llere the dinner was announced, and
somehow i'hc two got parted at the bible, aud did
not get into fonveibutfos again.
rOEIIGN 'WIT ASD HOKOE.
Why are some fortune Ilka ships Bccans"
they are built on the stocks.
What female should a shoemaker always
keep out of bis establishment .'Miss. Pit.
-Pterins generally are a mystery, but you can
always aee the drift of m snow storm.
The cloak of religion Is to be know n some
times by the fitir iiui tl has during sermon time.
We know a man who Is so lavish In giving
away, Unit he can't ceii keep bis word.
"Tin e works wonders." as the lady sai l
when she got married aitcrcght yea's' courtship.
Why is sword like beer Hecuuso 'tis no
use till 'tis drawn.
It is stated that, nt a West-ond debating so
ciety, u wheelwright was by far! the b. st spokui- '
man. ' '
An Irish painter declares (hat, among other
lortraits, be has a representation ol " Kualhu
Hl'CC IH life."
A little girl, walking with licr mother In a
graveyard, reading one alter another tho praises
ol tho-e who slept beneath, smd, "I wonder
w here they bury the sinners :
One of Sir Hoy la ' lloebe's children n-klng
him one day, who was the father of (ieorpetlni
Third, be replied "My darling, it was Frederick,
the Prince ol Wall s, w uo would nuve DCeu Oeorge
the Third, if he had lived.''
When the Pcrsinn pnet liafi. waa askcj bv
the philosopher Zenda what bo wa good for, ho
replied "(if what use is a llower r" "A ihiw .'r
is good to smell, snid the philosopher. Aud I
am good to mil II it," said the poet.
A little boy, on coming home from church.
where he had seen a person work tho bellows of
an organ, said to his mother "Oh, mamma, 1
wish you bad been nt church to-day such fun!
a man pumped music out ol an o.d cupboard :
A luil y once usked a gentleman what wit
was like; to which he replied, "Like your lady
ship's bottle ot sal volatile po gna it at Ihc tirst
t'pi nlng, hut, on being too lunch handled abonl,
'loses all its flavor and becomes insipid.' "
Islthiwful for a man to niarrv his widow's
niece ? Three young hid les, after having earefu iy
studied the sutiicct lor three hours, with ihe best
authorities before them, unanimously declared,
that "they could discover no objection wh itevcr
to ttie nia.cti.
-A French paper's correspondent ( ? from Ire
land) has Kent tho following; "M. (i. has mot
with a frightful accident; he full from tho
balcony ut the corner of the Orand Hue, and
broke his spine Death was instantaneous. Tho
suiiic accident occurred to him last year."
A Dutckmon thus describes an accident :
"Vonco, a long vile ago, I went intos mine ubble
orchard to ciunii a bear tree to get some peaches
to make mine vrow a plumb-budding tint ; ana
when I get on the tobcrinost branch, I vail from
the lowermost limb, mit von leg on bo u sides of
the fence, and like to stove mine outside in."
Pat Pincgau's wife was a very yixen, and
gave him no pence of his life. Ouc duy, after a
quarrel, in which bo was ejected from his shanty
by his better half, ho enlisted ns a volunteer,
lleing accosted by an aciinuintanco with "Well,
Patrick, they say you are going in for tho war."
"No, no," said he, "I'm going for pace."
A certain noble lord being in his early years
much addicted to dissipation, his mother adiiscd
him to take example by a gentleman whose food
was herbs and his drink watcn "What! madam,"
said bo, "would you have mo to imitate a man
who cats like a beast, und drinks like a tisli ?"
Tho nerve of a tooth, not so larg) as the
finest tcwing-nccdle, will sometimes drive a mini
to distraction. A mosquito can make an ele
phant absolutely mad. The coral rock, which
causes a navy to founder, is the work of worms.
The warrior thnt has withstood death in a thou
sand forms may be killed by an insect.
Some ten days ogo the I'mpcror's carriage
horses took fright during a drive from Pontam
bkau. They were soon stopped, however, and
the party got safe homo. "Do yon know,
Countess," said tbe Kmpcror, "that we have
nearly died together r" "No, Sire," replied too
Countess, "you lave escaped death I immor
tality." Part's Letter.
An anecdote is told of the great Thomas
Andrew Knight, who, when n child, on seeing
tho gardener one day planting beans in tho
ground, asked him why bo buried those bits of
wood, and wns told that they would grow into
bean-plants, and bear benns. He watched tho
event, and, finding that it bnupr-ncd as the gar
dener hail foretold, dclcrniimd tn plant his
pocket Knue, in me expectation ot its also grow
ing, anu mariug uiuer huivus.
A clergyman in Perthshire, who Is more
skilful as an angler tluin popular us a preacher,
having (alien into conversation with some of his
parishioners on the benelitsof early rising, men-
ru.Al. nm fin InwtaTioo, tlint ho had ftlawv vwrjr
morning before Drank fust composed a sermon
and killed n salmon un achievement on which
he plumed bim'elf greatly. "A weul, sir," said
one ot the company, "I would rather bad yer
salmon thun yer sermon."
A rich manufacturer of Sedan, somewhat
remarkable for stinginess, went to a celebrated
tailor ut Paris to order a coat. Ha asked
the price. "A bundled and fifty francs." Ho
thought that rather dear. "I shall furnish ray
own cloth," he said. "Just as you liko, air,"
replied the tailor. The cout having been sent,
the manufacturer asked what bo had to pay for
the making. "A hundred und fifty ftaucs," w is
again the answer. "Hut 1 furnished tho cloth."
"Sir," said the tullor solemnly, "I never reckon
tho cloth ; I always give it into tho baigain."
In Kilzpatrick's "Memoirs of Archbishop
Whately," we have tho following aujedot-!:
"The tirst occasion on which I over saw Dr.
Wbutely (observes a correspondent) was under
curious circumstances. 1 accompanied my late
friend, Dr. Field, to visit professionally some mem
her of the Archbishop's household, ut Hedesdale,
Stilloigan. The ground was covered by two
feel of snow, und tho thermometer was down
almost to r.tro. Knowing tut Archbishop's
character for humanity, 1 expressed my surprise
to see an old laboring man in his shirt alcoves
felling a tree 'alter lioun' in the demesne, wnilo
a heavy shower of sleet drifted pitilessly on bis
wrinkled face. 'That laborer,' replied Dr. Fluid,
'whom you think the victim of prebitical despot
ism, is no other than the Archbishop curing him
self of u headache. V hen hiaUroce has hoen read
ing and writing more thun ordinury.and llndsany
pain sir confusion ahoui thoccrcbrul otg.uiiz uioti,
he puts both to (light by rushing out with ati axe,
and slushing away at somu ponderous trunk.
As soon us he finds himself iu a profuse perspira
tion, lie gets into bed, wraps ii.mnclf iu Limerick
blanket., fulls into a sound tl iinber, aud gets u,i
buovont.' "
1 rou.lo lias a line passage; in the last ckint r
of his "liuign of Llialn th." "doaii- bile, he
set's, "u vital intellectual rcrolutiou, of w hich the
rcligu us rt formation was ra'lur a Mtu than a
cause, was making its ij in the Engli-h mind.
The discovery of tho form of t.'ic, ei.rtii and of its
placo In the plunetiiiy system was producing an
t fleet on the Imagination v.hi h long fainiliu.ily
w ith the truth renders It hard for u now to
riiib.e. The vtry hcuvcn itself h id been lolled
np Use scroll, hcj ing bare the illimitable abyss
of space ; the solid fr mio of the ea'th b id become
a ball, and In a hemisphere below the.r li'cf, men
saw the amiiiy Pidiii Isles, uml iho go'h u ior es
of the tropic scrs. Long impassive, loi-j tmaice,
fiMn the very tout hness of thc;r nat'ims, to ap
prehend tliiie novel wonders, imliitciiuit to thcui,
eveu haling tin m os at Inst they hated Hie d ic
tilncsol Luther, the Pivtli-h opened tlieif cyo-'
at lust. In the convulsions which rent l'ngl ind
from the Papacy, a thousand super .itiiions were
blqwn uwbv, a thousand new thoughts rushed in,
lii ingin.'i w'iththciii tin ir train of new ilc.-ires and
new i inaloi.s ; anil when the lire wasom e Kindled,
the dry wood burnt licruly in tiiu wind,"
I'ny of French Authors.
Ficiuli authors nrc, ns a n-rnl rule, wretch,
cdly paid for their books. Their most lucrative
patrons arc the press and the thoa're. Still, there
Los been a great improvement in tho rato of re
muneration given by the publishers. M. do
Lnmartlne received "only i2tO from Messrs.
Firmin liidot A- Co. for his "Meditations," aud
this exhibits the progress which had even then
begun to take place Lis "Song of Harold's Pil
grimage" fetched oaly tlou. Now he gets tuns
of thousands of dollars annually from his pub
lishers; his political memoirs brought him In, a
few weeks since, ijlO.uOO. M. Thiers received
$100,000 for bis "History of the F.mpire and Con
filiate;" M. Victor Hugo got $ 100,000 for "Les
Miscj ublcs;" and M.Mn hole! refuses to allow his
fublikhers (Messrs. Hatchutte Ac Co., and M.
hanicrot) anything ubovc a commission on the
(ale of hiswoiks. He has them printed, stereo
typed, bound, and advertised. lie is tho only
author who adopts this course.
De Balzac went further; he turned printer and
publisher, hoping to gather In his hand tho profits
of author, printer, and publisher. He fouid
bankiuptcy ; for tw o and tw o are four as rarely
in life as in politics. M. Kenan's "Life
oi Jesus" has brought him in some plSi.OOO, and
the golden harvest is still fur from being gar
nered; his pen can transmute ink and paper into
gold whenever he pleases; he has several works
w Inch daily hud purchasers ; aud he it a member
of the Academy of inscription;! and liellt-s Let
trc s, which place brings him enough to par house
rent. He has in press a work on bis 'quarrel
ith the Cevbrt-ment, entitled "My Situation."
i'mif Oorre'poiitience Alitor it an Ltti-rury UaitHc,
C In Northern Texas there aro already tea
lodges of Union Leaguers, which are very
secretly aud cautiously but connlautly increasing
their uunber.
THE KEAF.SAR9E AND ALABAMA,
Cnptaln Wln.lm"i Ootnllod Report of
Ids Action.
I'NITKD STATI fsn'.AMSIUP "K r.AnstnoK,"
Enoi.ism ('U4NM.L, July ao, lHi.t. Sir; In
oliedlenco (o in-trnctions of the Department, I
have tho honor to make the following supple
mentary report of the action bct-,vecii tho Ke-tr-tuirqe
und A ii'.onu
On II f morning of the V'ih nit., the day Iselng
fine.w ith a ha.y tii: .sphere, wind modera'xj'rom
the westward, Willi a little , the position of the.
K'tir'nrir ut M o'clock wuf near the buoy which
m irks the lin ' o' sli als to the ta'tivari of Cher
bourg, and distant ab ill three in If s lrot.i the
eastern tntran.re, v hic!i Imto to the totit'.iward
and westward.
At twenty tiilniiie niter 10 o'clock, the .!-
i'ai was lies 'lied coining out of the woslcra
entiani'C, a'conip.mie 1 by tho fo' cvon iron
c ud). I bid, In Jn inteiview with the Admiral
tit Clierl our.r, asiircilhini th it, in the event of
nu action occuiri .g with the .lAicei.iiii, the j. sij
ti"ii of the shins -'iiiulil be s'i far oT -bore that
no qui Mion eoiih! lie idvan 1 ii'iout Ihc line of
.jnriMl'cth,!!. A' coidinglv, to j'ertcct this o'v. ,
and with tho double purpose of driwm the
.hi'kihii so fir oil shore that, if distbled, she
could rot letiirn, I directed the "hip's h';4 Wi
tt ard unl clc.ue l for iiciion, wltn the Littery
pivoted to starboard. Hiving attained a point
utioiit setcn miles from tho shore, the he. id of
the Kcnr,irn( -was tnrue I short around, aud the
ship siccri d directly for tho .l'ihmnn, my pur
pnsi! be tig to run her down, or, if circum
starce s did not warrant It, to close in with her.
Ilardlv bad the Kicrmfne eonifl round before
the Atuhantii sheered, presented her -t'irboard
buttery, nndsloweel her engines, e In appronch
ing her ut loin; range of about a mile, dio opened
her full broadside, the shot ending soino of oar
figging, ond going over and alongside of us.
Iuiiin diutely 1 ordered nwre speed, but in t0
minutes the Ahianut had ioaddl, und a;'nlu fird
another broadside, and following it with a third,
without damaging us, except in rigging.
Me had now arrived within nbont nine hnn
drcd yards of her, and 1 wns apprehensive that
another broadside nearly raking ns it wits
would prove disastrous. Accordingly 1 ordered
the heitiniric sheered, uud opened on the . I -bainn.
The position of tho vessels was now broad
side siiel bieniilsido; but it waa soon apparent that
Captain Ncmmcs did not seek close action. 1
became then lenrfiil lest, alter some lighting, that
he would again mako lor the shore, 'lo defeat
this I dete rm ned to keep lull speed on, and with
u port helm to run under the aturnof the I'nWia
and rnko her, if ho did not prevent it by sheering
und keeping his broadside to us. He adopted
this mode as a preventive, nod as a consequent;
the Alahnmn was forced with a full head of steam
into a ciicular tr ick during tho engagement.
The elleci of this measure was such that at the
last of the action, w bun the Alabama would have
m ml e oil, she was near live miles from the shore;
and, had the action continued from the first iti
pantile! lines, with her head in shore, the Hue of
jurisdiction would no doubt have beon reached.
The tiring of the llnhnma from the first was rapid
and wild ; towards tho elo0 of the action her
liriug became bcller. Our men, who hid been
ranlioncd against firing rapidly without diroct
uim, were much more deliburnio : and the instruc
tions given to point the heavy guns below, rather
than above, the wutcr-liuo; and clear the eleck
with lighter ones, was fully observed.
I had cndeavoreil, with a port helm, to close in
with tbe AWiama: but it was not until just before
the closo of the action that we were in position to
use grape. This was avoielcd, however, by her
surrender. Tho i-llcct of the training erf our men
was evident ; nearly every shot from our guns
was telling tearfully on tho Aluhnnm, and on the
seventh rotution in the circular track sho wiivlis-l,
fetiing fenv.tr j sail and two ,jibs, wiih head in
shore. Her speed was now relardcd, and by
winding her port broadside was presented to us,
with only two guns bearing, not having been
able, ns I learned afterwards, to shift over but
one. I now saw that sho was at om- mercy, and
a few more guns well diroc:cd brought down her
flag.
1 was unable to ascertain whether it bad been
hauled dowu or shot uway ; but a white Hug
having been displayed ejver the stern our lire was
reserved. Two minutes hail not more thun
elapsed before she again opened on us with the
two guus on the port side. This drew our Sre
ugain, nnd tho h'rarmrije was immediately
Btenmed nhcid and laid across her bows for
raking. Ike white Hag was still flying, aud our
fire was again reserved. Shortly after this her
boats were seen to be lowering, and an oillcor in
one of them came alongside nnd Informed ns tho
ship hud surrendered, und was fast sinking. In
twenty minutes front this time the Aln'mma went
down, uet Jlialuiuai-i, WUICU Uad haen lnr
breaking near tnc head as she sunk, and ber bo v
rising liilt out of tuc water, as her stern rapidly
settle d.
Thr fire of tho Vaha,iui, although it is stated
she discharged three hundred and sevca'.y or
lucre shell und shut, was not of serious damage
to tl o Keni'Mirtet
Some thirteeiu or fourteen of them bad t!:ea
ellect in und ulxut the hull, und sixteen or
si'vcuioe n about the musts aniriggiug. Tho
ciisna tics wi re small, only thrje pur-ona hav
ing been wounded ; yet it is u matter of surprise
thut so lew were injured, considering tue number
of proj.ctilos tlmt came aboard. Two shots
passed through tha ports in which the thirty
twos were placed, with men thickly sta
tioned nround them, one taking ciloct in tho
hnmjiiex'k netting, and the other going through
the poit on tho bppcMto side; yot no one was
hi', ihe captain ol one. of the guns I eing only
knocked down by tho wind of the shot, as sup.
posod.
live tire of tho Komarge, although only or.9
hundred and seventy-three projectiles had" liecn
dischargi d, according to ;ae prisoners ucconuts,
was teirtle. Ono shot alone had killed and
wouneied righticu tiie-u unci disabled u gun. An
other had enured tho coal-bunkers, exploding
and eon ph. fly Mocking up thoengino-rMim; and
Captain Senunes states thut shot and shell had
taken e fl't;i in the sides of the vestal, tearing largo
holes by explosion, uud his meu wore every whore
knocked down.
Ot the casualties lu the Alabama no correct
account cau lit given. Oue hundred uud fifteen
persons rem bed ih slieirc, either in F:ngland or
Frui.cc, inter the action. It is known that the
Ahtliuina carried a crow, otllcors and meu, of
ulmut one hundred und fifty, into ( hcrhourg, und
that wlllo in thee Southern ocean her complement
waa alsjut one hundred and seventy, but deser
tions had reduced this complement. The priinncrs
sta'c that a unrulier of men tame on lioard ut
Chrrlj- nrg, and the night before tbe action boat
we're going to and tro, and In the morning
an unite inn were seen, who were suiU.ined as
captains of the guns. Among thess there wra
one Licii'etiuiit "i Sinclair), who joined hor in
Cherts. u'g.
The . mb'i,iin had been live days in prepara
tion. She had t..l,en in threa hundred und (iftv
toco of co el, wiih 1) brought her down in the water
i The Umiwitr had only ono hundred nnd twenty
! tons in ; i ut 'us un titt'-ot to this her shoot '-bitlua
' slowed outside, : t ped up and down, us an
Minimal pre wive and piotcction to Iter more
einpiy bunl ers.
i l ee inn; ber of :';o crew of tho Kwarqc, in.
, eluding olticer.i and : !ck men, was one huudrcd
' and ji.My-tbn e ; and her battmy mi inhered seven
; gi.ns two 1 1'iucb, 0:19 tie)-pounder rifle, aud lour
1 li::bt "-.'-pounder f,;in.
I iho battery ol :l 0 .ttuVrmn nnmbcroel eight
; gum cue heavy rii::ty-ei;ht, of nine thousand
pounds; one oiK-liioidrcd iind-len-pounder ride,
arm six heavy liiii tj-two-pounder gum.
; In Ihe en.r' '! em nt tho IiV.jdm fought seven
, gin's nial the AV-,- :rte five, bo'li oxorcided tho
I sturhoaul biilcry, until tho Alabama winded,
u.'in.t ihcn htr 1 i; side with ono guq, ami nn-
e.llier shl.'lrtl uvr.
I The colhioo 1 events connected with this notion
i have nlicniiy been luid before the Dtp irtment.
( 1 cr.clocc 11 tliuiaiu, showing tho true-It which
wus elcscrilsd dnnng tho engagement by tho
rotary course eif the vessels.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient tenant,
Jxo. A. Wivtr.ow, Captain.
Hon. Gipkox WtLLts, Secretary of the Navy,
Wush.u-tton, D. C.
tiooel.l
"Fhom ot e Comatose CoNTr.tniTOR. Why
are 'bus horses liko badly punctuated literary
worka f because they are full of Stopa."
Do not let any comatose creature come it ever
u? so far as to put any stop to recruiting during
the next fourteen days.
Pleuro-piieumonln bus broken out onion.;'
the cattle in southwestern New Hampshire, and
is assuming a serious uud ftlunuing character.
It is showing itself in the towns of Pctcrboro,
Hancock, Antrim, nnd Dublin. The disease is
st id to have been Contracted from a cow which
was driven up firm Massachusetts lu4 winter.
A well-dressed, intelligent woman, with an
cyo to business, appeared ut Portsmouth, N. II.,
on Friday, w ith four substitutes, whom she had
brought fiora Iialtimore. Mayor Ciunston, of
l'rovidente, H. I., has retcived a lcltor from a
lady, enclosing a iutliclent sum of money to pro
enre a substitute. Mio gives her name, but is
vtry anxious thut it shall not appear In the news
papers, though Bhc withes the act know n as an
example to others.
FOURTH EDITION.
AJiMY OF POTOMAC.
REBEL ASSAULT ON CEN.
WARREN.
An wv 01 1 iik Potomac, -V gust 21. nir losses
in the light on the Wel l m H lilnaul on 1 ri I ty
afternoon were greater thin h' rctof )ro reported
in this correspondence. The number of prisoners
is now pnt down at Knio. It seems that our
troops were surprised, nmjy of them being in
their shelter tents at the tiiuo, trying to escape
the heavy rain that had I con falling for crtl
hours previously.
The enemy first appeared about u ion on the
rit!lit of the road lu Iront of t!ic 1 1 flividon of
the -'th Corps, but this - as cvi lentiy a feint, or
for the purpose of feeling our lines. About -3 P.
M. they charged in heavy fjrec between the.itli
nnl Pill Corps, and suc-re d ia ttirnln tho
fl.iuk ot the former, cai ti:riD? a lnr number of
prisoner.
This part of our line was Dr. c4 bai k --omo
distance, when tho 'Hh Corps, which had bscu
relieved tho night previous by .1 part of i!d Corps,
ciiiiie on tbe field nd opened fir;, checking the
enemy's advance and taking lew prisoners.
A heavy column at the same tltn 3 e-lirr-ej on the
left of our line, west of the rnllro id, hold by tlie
2d Di i.-ion, Oeu. A) res, which they broke, nnd
here also they took Wl or '100 prisoners from the
Itcgtiliir Urignde. This br'g.vlo wns commanded
by Colonel or General Hays, who is believed to
be a prisoner, 09 he cannot bo found. Our whole
line was then forced back with n heavy loss in
Killed and wounded. The enemy, howevor,
suffered more than we did In this particular, his
men lyingithhk all ronnd tho field.
Before dark our men were rc-forme .l, and being
reinforced, a ilei-pe.rate ch.irgc was made to re
cover our lwst ground, which wns successfully
accomplished, so that we held at nkht the line
v hick had been taken from us in the afternoon.
Colonel Kaile is reporte 1 a prisoner, as is also
Colonel Hartslcanc.
(icncral Crawford was shot through the vest
and shirt, and narrowly escaped capfirc. Lieu
tenant Clink, of his stall', was shot in the arm ;
while Captain Montcith, Lieutenants Meade and
Moililield, and Captain Smith, also of General
Crawford's stall', had thoir horses shot vihllo
carrying orders aud rallying the men of the
various commands. Tho last-named was a
prisoner for a while, but seeing a favorable chance,
made his escape.
Captain Doolitllc, of Colonel V'heelock's staff,
wns ordered to surrender, when ho, gettiug angry
at an epithet applied to him, seized a musket mi 1
biivoncted the llcbol agtinst a tree. Colonel
Wbecloi k's Brigade, of the fid Division, waa
ilanked, when they faced to the rear, charged
and drove the Rebels and t) ok a r.uin'.cr of pri
soners. Tho entire number captured was abant
2S0, w ith some stands of color.
Our loss is estimated at over ; .( , In dmlirg
prhonevs.
Nothing bnt skirmifhlng took p!a;e nTong OiO
lincj to-doy, both parties being busy intrenching
themselves. A battle is looked for at any honr,
na tlaj enemy Beem determined to regain posses
sion of the road, while we ace as determined to
hold it.
The prisoners we look to-day belong princi
pally to llcatit cgard'e and Hill's Corps, and are a
line, healthy looking set of men, although clael
in the ii'ntil style.
Atjgist 21, ej A. M. Considerable artillery
Crlng hne been going or., on our left, since 4
o'clock, and Is at this time quite brisk. No mus
ketry can be heard, tlio distance from headquar
ters being too great
the nntTi -t.ii.i Ati vsst r."
Halifax, August 22. The brig Hou'.ln, from
Bo-ton for Pletou, put In here yesterday, and
reports having spoken tho pirate 'a-'inWj.'e on
Saturday, steaming cast, on Cole Harbor, abm:
llity miles lrom here.
A vessel which arrived yesterday' sn-v t .vo
steamers on Friday nitern.ion te the e.tst vr.r I,
probably Federal gni.boats.
There is no doubt that the TaMl,vt-? i? the
pioneer ship ot'a number of the same description
which ore being lilted out at Wash!iirton, n!c.
Pome, it is stated, are quite mdy for sea, and
may soon be heard from.
Boston, August 2;. Tha o.1!eer aui crew of
the ihip James I.iWeti'ld, from Cardiff for New
York, captured bp the TuUahaucc, arrive 1 liorc
to-Jiy trout Yarmouth, N- S.
TO-DAY'S WASHINGTON NEWS.
Blialal Ucipatches to KTenlns; Tclpgraiih.
WAeniNi:cy, August -22.
Rebel I'rlNont-rN nt tVnhlKtoii.
The mail-boat which arrived to-d iy bro-ight tip
from 25 10 30 Ilolel oiUeers, eaptnred iu th; re
cent engagements of the Army of the Potonn:.
Tlie KevPM-l blrty I.01111.
T!io suhfcrintious to thi saven-thirty loan 011
Satur-lay amounted to .9ii6,f",l and to the ten
forties over half a Lull. on.
SC'-rotary l'csscnden hu retirre! frm !-is
vi jit to the JCast.
If nrttvtM hy Toloarrupta.
NewYoiik, August 22. 1 lour bas a.iva-ici j
.'"I I 1 "'-its : lc.i'm V)ls. !M : Htato . tie ;;t(. ;;., .,,.1.,
tlO'Tb" i-j Mi; s..uili..iii,f,ir,.iv;wvie 1,,,.? rtn-'s U-rer:
1 jus ut. blip ermnt. t'ii, I .-,1 -vats i.-vr; .alos "i' ui.kii)
inisiieii in i-: i-ni.'j 11 -if.ieii. 1 -tmatt;-a;',-
... .1)-: 0. Will .lev Urn. nt tr-sv.
Bi-ci.ls 01 Kl.iur, an,.ji)i tnurrtll ; Wheat, yi.eWC Uutliyls :
Coin, SM.ii'io t-mtioU.
LATER SOUTHERN NEWS.
Ite and Important from Richrtcnu,
Petersburg and Deep Eottoir.
Ttierialit Itcforo llii'liiionil-i-ciiiatlon
or the We-leloo llailronel tt lint Iho
Itt bols liuvo Kecenlly l.e.st. Ac.
F.'Olil the :U-UHi,ul lX:u,iii.irt s'.iolU'I .
THK w.tn xrvvs.
There wns yesterday a goneral impression in
the ceuniiiunity ihattvewere 011 the cvo of stirring
events; that a great battlo wusiinminoiit all along
the line, from Petersburg on the south to While
Ouk swamp on the north. As the day advanced this
opinion was somewhat continued by the tele
graph from Petersburg announcing that at 2
o'clock yesterday moruiugall the artillery on our
lines south 01 the Appomattox tired upon the enemy
for an hour and a half, and that the cnemv's
cavalry were demonstrating towards the Wolilon
road, on our extreme right. A number of rumors
were in circulation, to tho effect that we medi
tated u general attack upon the cucioy's lines.
Vndtr these circumstances it caused no surprise
when, about 5 o'clock P. M., a heavy cannonad
ing sprung up iu a direction east bv south of the
city, appaicntly in a line with the 'battlefield of
Monday und Tuesday. Up to the time of this
writing the fuir.g is unexplained. From the
sound of the guns we should think it w as di.-daut
about ten miles from the city, and prettv cer
tainly somewhere betneen the Charles City road
unit Ilcep Hot ton 1.
Pcisous vtho tame over brrail from reters
burtz lust evening, reported fliat the enemy had
shelled the town frequently yesterday morning,
und that during the day ten thousand Yankee
cavalry hud taken jussession of the Weldou road.
Whatever they may have accomplished, wc tl'iuk
thtre eie hardly so umuy cavalty.
THE LATEST.
The telegraph iuforras us thut an infantry and
cavuliy lorce of the enemy ycstcrdiiy morning
broke th rough our long lines on our extremo
rlg'ut, south of Petersburg, and reached thu
Weleion Ituilioad, where, alter they had torn up
some track, they were attacked by our infantry,
and (report says) beuttaaud forced to retreat.
Ol It HAMS HO SOMETHING
Before the last advance of Grant upon the
noi ik side of the James our lines Included Signal
Hill, an imporuui poiut on the north bank, two
ml'es and a half est of and In-low Challin's
lUuir. Duriii-i the movements and fights of
Monday and Tuesday, we lojthis position, and
tbe cneuiv oecnpie d it in force, and planted upon
and iu rear of it heavy siege guns.
By onr successes of Tuesday evening wo re
established onr whole lino, w ith the exception of
this point, and, ll being desired to retake this, on
Wcefneseluv evening our Iron-clad s, then lying at
Grove-syurd Hand, were ordered to drop elowt
and shell tho position. They performed the re
quired service ineist eilee ttially. Their firing was
be autiiul every shell exploded at the rlghl place.
The cne my replied with heavy guns some of
tbcni being two hundred and eighty. puiiiuli rs.
but so accurate and rapid was our lire upuii Ibe
hill that the enemy found it necessary to
evacuate it.
When, at daylight yc.-te.r hiy inoiuing, our In
fantry advuned upou the positi in, tiny found
it abandoned. Some prisoners taken in the
immediate vicinity state that tho enemy's lo-s
during the engagement vtus twenty-one killed
and a largo number wounded, lbercwas no
casualty in onr fleet, none of them being struck.
The enemy lired from a di-lancu of two thousand
eight hundred yards, we from 0111) thousand two
hundred to two" thousand thr c hundred yards.
The celebrated MeAvoy fuse w is used by ns,
and to it, in a great measure, it is due that wo
were enabled to explode our shcils just w hero
w cdcsiiod. It is to be reeretled tlmt this fuse is
not in more general u-e in our armies, instead
of the most unreliable percussion fuse.
TUB l:tl ILl.s; ol' MONDAY AMI Tt EsnAV.
We have authentic information! thnt in the
series of sevei c engagements fought on this side
of the river during Monthly and Tuesday, and
culminating In the battlo In low White's Tavern,
on Tuesday evening, our entire loss in killed,
wounded, and missing did not cx- c.d one thou
sand. It is believed tlint our killed will srirccly
number one handled. The enemy's killed alone
will occcel our losses from all eauses. In killed,
wounded, and prisoners (frani's los- is not l"si
than seven or eight thousand.
Mii.Ho H01.u1r.111 to 111: Tnr t 1 i:n as rntsoNuns
or wah.
Negro soldiers, outside of the Confederacy,
cmiilovcd to elo the work of n;llact and slauirh-
tcr of the unkci; "ape" who sits in the usurped
Seat nt Wasliiiieton, are hencelorth not to be
considered tit subnets for the bullet, bayonet, aud
knllc after surrender, bnt are to bo treated as
prisoners of war. Yc-terday an iinli-r from the
Provost Marshal's olllce, sanctioned by the Secre
tary ot vvnr, was reeeivcil lit Ca-tlo J nuniler.
The purport wus that tho negro prisoners taken
In Yankee uiiif um, whether free or bond, if they
bailed from Maryland or Delaware1, were net to
be clnmieil us property in case uir-v were sntves:
but thty were to be treated as negroes usually
nro in case they ilechir 'd their freedom. A citi
zen 01 -Vliirylunil or ueutwaro c mnot claim
his stolen or impressed property stolen or im
pressed by "Abe, tho emperor," from the fact
that Maryland and Delawareare within the limds
of the 'kiiigde'iti of the ai," nnd not within the
limits of the Confederate States. This decision
is taken as irrevoe -able, and na it emanates from
the Provost Marshal's otliee, with the sanction of
tho War Department, we take it as final. Kveiy
negro who conies here as a prisoner of war pro
claims himself as a free man. Consequently
the order alluded to will save a great dual of liti
gation. But, be it reincnilicrcd that the slaves of Mary
land and Delaware in the army of Grant uro
freedim n. That's enough to make them freed
men forever.
l'KTEHsin nt,-, August 18,lSiil. About 2 o'clock
this morning our iiuitcri' s all along the line iu
front of this place opened lire ujion the enemy,
who responded feebly. The tiring was kept up
for nn hour and it hall, when all subsided into the
usual qu;et on our side. No casualties nrc re
ported. 'The enemy's cavalry are making some demon
strations on our right this morning.
SECOND PIrATCH.
Pi;Ti;nsTu no, August 11. A forco of tho o'h
Corps of the enemy, assisted by cavalry, suc
ceeded in reaching tho Weldon Railroad, iust
obove tho Six Mile Station, tearing up n part of
the railroad, some say ns tnucn 11s two miles. 11.
H. Watkins' Virginia Raiders and Davis' Missis
sippi Brigades coming upon the raiders, a sharp
liaht ensued, the result of which is not fullv
ascertained. One hundred and fll'ty-cight
prisoners, including eight otlleers, captured in
the fight, have arrived here. The enemy is in
retreat by latest advii cs. The prisoners suy tho
move uael a two tol l ouicet to draw troops lrom
our front iu order, if possible, to chaige our
vtorns, ana, seconoiy, to nroaK tuc roan.
IJXJAL IMEM.HJK.Vtr-
t'simn Status I)iiTnrr T CornT Judge Cad
walaeler. This morning tho case of James S,
Chew, indicted for passing forged and counter
feit fiactlonnl iiostal currency was called up lor
trial, tneeitlonso is aliened to nave been com
niitted on the iilli of July, when bo passo-1 one
of the notes, of the denomination of titty ccuts on
one siary r unston.
He was arrested the saino day, and upon his
person waa found about liity dollars iu the same
currency, an connterieit. i uo cvielenee as to tho
lacts waa progressinii wnen onr report closed.
Tha defendant w;ia tried on a similar charge
last wet-K. out was aoim leu because ol an lu bir-
mality in tho indictment which charged, anions
other things, the passing of an altered note,
whe reas the fact waa it wus simply forged and
comtcri'eited.
Previous to calling the above case, an Indict
ment against Henry Aduir, charging him w,t!i
enticing a soldiir to elesert, was submitted with
out evidence, the witnesses for tho United Starts
being away in tbe army, nnd it being impossible
to procure their attendance. The jury, of course,
rendered a verdict of not guilty.
Corar or QvAETj-.n KrVsroNb Judge Ludlow.
The tiial of cases did not begin this morning
impl a somewhat later bonr than usual, and up
to half-past 12 o'cles k but two or throe prison
etises for assault end batterv and petty larceny,
of no interest, bod been tried.
ff-WJELl'TII "V.11I.
$?:!." UOITiNTA'.
All Ittcniltt aerrcJ'ted le. Tvi ll1 Ward will re clvc the
fallow 1.1 fuubtic ti
tHO on v nrwrv.
,MH bltNMI'.N I' li'ofSH.
X, WAIil) ti I'V
1J1;'I It A TO tVUltV OKh H'lNlSllUiC. A RE.
t'lll.lT.
The omraittce tt1 pay trie VT.vre Itounty will b lu
AtUn.l.iuce .it
F. & L. LADNEE'S MILITABT HALL,
N. .'.IU N. TlilJHD STREET,
tvery ilsy anill the- l.'n"t . it dilt.l
He'-rtiit will rtieelte tlie vvar.i It in'y as so n as raiu-tere-,1
la.
Kar .llnl citUfnv why r'.ituisli t-i' -titaies will receive
tii tv ju-a llount.v.
CiTAS. M. W.Vt iNEK, Pisi.tt.
1. II. KNe.LKS. Tr-nsunr.
TIIOMAB 11. t:olSlXI., Sut.cta y. su.'Mlt
-rrrr-v v. lt h, h f a lth, and
gBultf'
tr to taii-i !l m! t: .ijt.i ;
li t io a tlooimui.: .' rM.v,
t ttJiiig, iiylt.i iu -ui JiOi-rIlE ;w !
I' to hit a !tfit oi CilertU ;
l''i'r ice to m.i ! au-i'ili;
it n iili hivh t rn i . hI to v t.tl :
li A DiArbi stt,iitj wU i: il a l WTai.th !
! to llv tlirffg.-cr-- ul n,
W irtlifiii; li'f as .it;ain ;
fr 10 live liit' of ih'! ;
li tu U; ftti'l -j' to 'jt . '(. IIi:4. i'n !
If you wi-ili a i;ff of itVtatnroit ;
fl you ft I mi 1 1 1 i woiltl'ii trtiuinrea ;
k ftvory "'PiiiiO't )uu vvuniil fH,
Take bij fttlvicc, uad Uh aH three
Thn, bavlnir Hi-alth, Wmlth, anil llcftuty,
You'll lo jirejiftrcil for f vtry iltity,
1 n fan fiil m rtiital ot Dr.TVIlUAM YOI WO'S
lU'.nv, T1IK MAUiMAt.K CCIDi:, whi h nlionl.1 b ittft-i
b y ever 5 ou. Koltl by Itttokcllfrfi jt ncailv, un4 ft tue
iw !ur cltlc, Ht. tlti Hl'KLCK tiTKKX; prl
i itts. ix:, u
g WRIGHT ic SI3MLL ft
' No. 119 Uarlrot Street "
ISETWFT.K TBOKT ASD 8EC05I) BTKLT.TS.
0. W. WKK.Ilt. H. SlDUUl,
DBUGOISTS, PHYSICIANS,
ASO
GENERAL 9T0FCKF.EPEBS.
Csn tndtt our Ublliluutnl afull sisurtms it ot (myjeted
aad lioaifitic Dreui, l obular Tateat McJlciufs, pAtnVi,
C esl Oil, Window e.Uii, PrcicrlitIon Vlsl, tc, at a Ikw
prlcts as gtnulree Ant-clsu femJa ran b oil.
FINE ESSENTIAL OILH
Few Ccnfeetiineri, In full varletr. tiul of IhtUit ijaallty.
Coclitnaal, Beuaal Inalgo, Uad.ler, l'ot Atb, Cuauer,
Sexla A.b, Alum, Oil of Vlirleil, Anii..tto,Ceppri,ttrot
of I.onwooa, Ac, t OK DVICIti' uae, kite fi mi luiad, 4
lemtll net cil prices.
PUllK SPICKS FOR FAMILY USE,
OrcMina tzprMilr for our iui, ul u which w lavlu tha
atunUon of umm tn want ofi-ailakla articles.
Alto, JM1UU, HI AIICI, MUtSTARO, 4.C, ittv
Quality,
Ordara bj mail, or cltr potl, will ateat wlta proopt at
ttntloa, or apeelal auotatloai Mil ta faiabhuj whan ra
aaajua.
WRIGHT A BIDDALIi,
Wbulesra a iinig rt urehuu.a,
Jall-ljr 0. 110 If AUK KIT auaal, atniva froot.
FIFTH EDITION!
FROM THE SHENANDOAH.
AalvHii Knrly rioui
VImlMter.
sKinMisniNO in rnoanEss at
CDARLESTOWN.
Kip-litl lei The F.venlnir TclCKrnh.
WA-tiT-.'. t(t, August 22. Advices just re
ceived hero show that Early's forces nro posted
this aide of Winchester. Cons dci ablc skirmish
ing occurred at Charlcsteiwn, cl;,ht miles 1'roffl
Harper's Perry, yesterd iy.
INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON.
Military Mclcc ou a Train,
ADDITIONAL FROM SHERIDAN
Nprt'lnl to Tlie llvonlnif 1 -lr-icrieli.
Wasiiisoto:.-, August 22 The Slur suy:
Thii morning the train left the Washington
depot with about (WO men of eliffcrent n'glracnta.
When at Peltsvlllc, where a detachment nf a
Veteran Reserve Corps it doing duty, the tr!a
swiichcd otr, and the soldiers On tbe train amuseJ
themselves by throwing apples nt the Veteran
Hcscrve Guard, coupled with uncomplimentary
epithets, such as being "Home Guards," "ai'roiel
to fleht," He., ic.
This irrlt.itcd the guard, and a serr-cant in
charge, v.boso nnmc we understand to bo Torter,
picked up a musket and lired upon the train
vvoun-ung one soieucr angueiy, ami nimue .vauu
Lauijhlin, of Co. P., 11th A'crmont Ilcgimcnt.
i.it 1. 11 11m 1 Ta..t
Another rrportlsays the name of tho deceased
was John McLollllu, of tho ISth Vermont Regi
ment. As soon as the shot was fired the soldiers
got olfof the train and beat ti'cant Porter in a
terrible manner.
The reports, ns they have reac hed this city, ara
(hut, after beating Serjeant Porter most shock
ingly, they tied him to a tree, allowed him three
minutes to say hia prayers, and then bayoneted
him until life was extinct.
The guard of which Tortcr had charge wa
too small to render him any aid. Porter, it if
aid, belonged to Company I), Veteran Reserves'.
111b time had almost expiree, ami he was to hava
been elisediurged to-day.
Ur. J. C. McKenaie, of Baltimore, was to-day
committed to the Old Capitol for treasonable cor
respondence wlllAhc Rebels.
There was considerable skirmishing ia tha -vicinity
of Charlestown and Harper's Ferry y
terday, but it was not thought that the enemy
would make any serious attack on Sheridaa, wbt)
l.s strongly posted.
ltforti from Northern Score;!.
I.ousvn.T-r, August 22. Tho Nashville Tin tt
publishes a report that Wbeclor's forces had
crossed the river above Chattanooga. The rumot
that ho had gone to Hast Tennessee ia discredited.
It iu reported that a train from Knoxville to
Chattanooga waa captured near Cleveland, and
an empty train from Chattanooga to Atlanta oa
Thursday.
The Knoxville fortifications can resist effect
ually five times Wheeler's force.
General Stedmnn's wound wns slight, being
only a slight scratch under the eye. He drovt
tbe Rcbela live miles and returned to Chatta
nooga.
A discredited rumor prevails that the Rebel
Iluckner had b.cu killed in a recent buttle.
l rom HiaicerMlown.
Washini- roM, August 22. Advices from
llaecrstown represent that the excitement at that
place still continues. Refugees nro arriving la
large numbers. The farmers living along the
Potomac river arc agrtlrt tunning off their stoci
towards Pennsylvania for s ifi ty. ,r-a1
rtcriortPrt KecrosMiiia r tlie Jnmfsa River
by llio Set Army Corns.
Washington, August 22. Passengers by the
mail steamer from City Point b.lug a report that
tho 2d Corps had puccssfully rccrossed the
James river on .Saturday nlfiht, thus adding to
the mystification of tho Rebels as to the iutentiott
of onr movements.
Irrlial nl alio ."
New York, August 22. The steamer A7,m
has arrived from Liverpool. Her advices are
Tlie Yellow Fever nt Berinniln.
lI.ti.ii AX, N. S., August 22. Tho blockade
runner Helen from Permuda reports the yellow
fever raging there.
Tate) TBlIahaetKee'' vtrCmiMO, jr. r. ;
IUlifax.X. S., August 22. Tbe Tallahaiset
was teen ytslcrJay off Canto, sieaming north.
Two steamers DasscelO.insn vcstcr.hiT nlmi bnnn.l
norlh.
Harkels b.v 'I eleart nph.
Ni-.w York, Aignjt 22 Stoi-ksdull. Chicare
ami K'j'k lal.tiid. llli e'umlrlund prrfcrrvd, .via
IMueis e.' icral, 1.0: elo. el-t. lleinds. Mlclileeun Month
nu,i',cw Vurk Central. l .O'jl iteijUlUK. 1 Huet
af'n hivi-r, Itnii Cantun, Mhrnuel e;, m Erio,
111 i; lit.iiiirv Ki.ttn, Jlllj Ore Veiar t'. rtlflcles. So;
Tin-Kerni s, H3: Fiva-twen j Coiii-i.ns. Ill; lto(mtart
e t iijiou lull; Coupon eia, lew; Hold, -i'si'4.
RAILROAD LINES.
'EST CII MriTl'.R ANIJ PllILADliLPUIA
RAIDleiAli. VIA MKDIA.
8' KINiI AltltAMlF.MKST.
On anil nftti MtlLiAV, Auil 1, li-ol, tliolraina win leava
Oh lullottM ;
1 -Live l'mlnd -1Ma. fiom tha l'-Kit, corrn-r of THIRTY-
rii'sr aue aiAiiKtr ntreuia, ba.m, um a.m. .30
P. V.. I ,l.M..6f. V. M. '
liuHJ-lelel IK-pot chained frurn EltlllTI'.r.NTH aa4
JIMHtl birreu 10 IltlltTV I IKt-T and MAKkLKT
.-tree.
I.e-av. We-st riii-ste-r, from tlie n-eot on East MARKKT
Btr.l,H-.0 A. M.,7 4.-. A. M., tl A. M ,'i I-. M..4 V.P. M.
J tiec.ira -r ttio We.t I'liil.nle l .l.lii l-acccnwer Hailwap
V mi.ity ( t!aik-t aui-i-l)will ceinv y iuaaciitfore to aiMI
liVLU lilt l'il!lkel)li;a 11,-fHil.
t)N SI NIUVM.
I envc Plilladi Iphla ar H ;lo a. M. anet r. II.
1 r.ive Weil 1 h-.l.T at H A M. au.t 4 .Hi P. II.
'I HI;.-1-avln..-l'lul.iil-!phlu at S A. U. ao4 4'!W P. M.i
ni-il MeiiClie-ab-rat 7-4 . A. M. ami 4 45 1-. It., coiiosct
iv 11 h ti'iina e-n tin- I'liilaet-li-lna nnd Uulluuoie Cauual
It.iil1-!!:)!! let 0tViril nnd luti-rm-illut.- aoluia.
Jut tf UKMtV woiHM.i t.erd Supenatanilcnt.
KST Jilltsil-Y RAILROAD LINES.
1 1 v.iiiuii.iit iiit ou AieiMi.n , juua 80, Iwh, fraaa
Viuniit ilut-. t hart.
KOIt TAPE If Y.
AIC. nnd lu A M. anil t X V. M.
1 r m tend llrliliit tnu. at II A. M '! 4 P. M.
PorClasslKiM, at ,:, anl III .t. U.,iiel 4 and 4 MP. M.
1 e.r Wo-sli-my, Vkiuti-atvr, ate, at and J A. Sl.,U li. ,
and 4 and S V. U
RKI'I RMN'O TRAINS t.EAKP.
Onpe-ilay ai 6 aud 11 4Ti A. M.. ami .10 1 M.
Milivillr al T'lll A.M.. and 1-ii uud u iO V. H.
Savui at li A. at., and I I.. P. M
IiiliUHeii ate; 1.'. A. !., 1 hoi-.m
e,;:...i..ni,i T'luauiis-x-v tn.,it;. a en, and r MP. V.
w.sibur al 1,7 to audtOt A. i.,aud Vm, 0o,
and a 1': 1-. al.
THE WFST .TI'JtSKV tXPItt'SS TOMPAXV,
Oftcei, So. i W AI.KI T Mrerl, v ill cull ti.r nnd deliver
!rfi!tiA,aiid attend to all tliei iiuiial brsm !. of Exprewa
l-iu-li.isM. ttfut y urii'ltt taken by ii A M. lluua only, auel
iiiti-t be ft-ut 10 tlie ottti-e the- evei iiij terevlnii,. Parfuba-Ue-hrlle-U-s
l-y thi. line urn. I le s'-ia bi-lore .' A. M. A
ais e tal uiai;eiiiier acenuiiianiut t:.;li 1 i nln.
I YAK likKStKl'l AIR. Snnm-lnlAnil nt f
ICfM PHILADELPHIA AND UVM
llMM. KhlE KAILIKIAD. lOll-ia
-I lea ari-ul line tfaeorkea tlie Aiurtn.-rn areel N-irlhwi-at
couiiui-5 vt riuukjlrauiu to tl..- city ut alrle on Lake Krla.
ll l.j-le ui Ieu-t0 b ll.el t.WS l.t ASIA RAILROAD
e-u.VPANV, an4 under tlum iu.ip.ee. U bviiiA rupiUly
op- ne-d tlireietulioill tin i-ntlre l-n?lu
li is new In irac (ur l'aae-nK-r and Pral-'ht bualneta fmvt
1 1 art i.-4urir 10 laui'ortiim, etc, uill ,en (Ue Kaiu-ni iivl-
- i'ii, aud irvru bLerhvld te tries 7s t-aU-M,ou Uia H'eiaiejra
lilVtatell.
ti-wk or PAnatiKni.R tbaikb at rHU ApatrHia.
MallTrum le aven -S"10
l.xi.re-, Train Wavt i'dlJ
l ars iiiiithriiujh ini.m 1 iian- bull waya on tlw.a
teain lieiwe-ia l-lulailalpldaaud Lotl. Uavan, and kolwwia
Halt. mora aud ix-k. Ilavuu.
KliKani e.i i-tiUui tiara 011 the Expreas Irala both wayt.
I or ll;loniitloii l'1 ane-e-ilns l'a tenner liu-.liie-1-i, apply ai
till . "i. t'.ri" r of KI.V.VESTH and 1 ARKET Htroeta.
And for remhl bualm-aa r ilea e '.nupuii va A ileum :
11. Kln.'l u. Jr.,coniar bl ATLt 111 aud HAkM.K'I
atrce-t. , l'lillaOvlplila.
1 . W. Ite.ueln., KrU).
J. at. Prill, A.eut, . V. C. R llaltlmra.
II. inVBSTOW.
Ueneral Frelalit A-eni, 1 hlisd. lisna,
I.I. IS L. Hui'Pr.
Oeneral Tli kti Atent, PUl.l--l.Ti,a
.1, (Ml I'll I. . ,1.1
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Wairal itaiuii.-, Vi tUiuau,.p'