fjrus* WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1862. tGTWe can take no notice of anonymous communica tions. We do not return rejected mannsoripta. VoluntuA correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. THE WAR. Recruiting for the old and new regiments is Still brisk in every State in the Union, and many of the State Governors have asked an extension of tune to 111 up thoir quotas by volunteering, thus < avoiding the draft, which, for some reason or other, meets with dUfavor among the people, not so much beoause the draft in itself Is unpopular, but be , cause the laws governing it are loose and very in apropos, in some oases entirely inapplicable, and ■very orude and confusing. JSuta draft must be resorted to, and that almost immediately, if we wish to increase our armies promptly and effec tively, and crush the rebellion at onco.and in toto . Judging from the news which we publish this morning, General Morgan’s position at Cum berland Gap is, threatened in a very serious man ner. If it bo true, howover, that ho ha 3 ample commissary and ordnanoe stores, and is an able general, he can hold the Gap against any force until; assistance arrives, which is already on the way, no doubt. Cumberland 1 Gap may yet prove 'the Thermopylae of the Great Rebellion. One of our most reliable correspondents, who, exoluded from the lines of the Army of Virginia, is posted temporarily at Baltimore, sends us a ru mor that General Sigel had shot General MoDowell on the battle-field. A similar report was exten sively circulated in this city last 'evening and believed by many. We give it publicity as a sen sational report, for what it is worth, not being able to contradict it, improbable as it may seem to be, in the absence of either private mail or telegraphic advices frem Washington. : THE NEWS. From the Department of the South we have an account of the rebel rams, afloat or building at Charleston and Savannah. The rebel monster Which rcoently appeared in the vicinity of Fort Pu laski was not the Fingal,es reported—the Fingal not yet being finished. The Charleston rams will be ready for action about the, first of September. It is a satisfaction to know, meanwhile, that our naval authorities are putting forth every energy to counteract tho maohinations of the enemy. The burden of news from the Department of the Gulf consists, as usual, of official oerrespondonoe, General Butler enaoting the leading role.. Count Mej*n, the French oonßul, having objected] to the Frenoh residents surrendering their arms, on the ground that they would be at the maroy of the negroes, the General replied that the authority of the United States Government was a sufficient guarantee that no such contingency could oaaur, and that the arths must therefore be delivered. The correspondence with the Spanish consul rela tive to the quarantine is likewise of interest." A 3 a matter of historic value, we publish the regimental organization of the Ist Regiment Louisiana Volun teers. t The rumor that Yancey has. started for Europe via Canada is hardly probable. A correspondent, writing from Buffalo, announces the arrival at Ni agara Falls of a■ “ way-worn and extremely seedy man,” who walked to the Clifton House, and en- tered his initials, and his residence as “Dixie.” Ex-Governor Morehead, of Kentucky, qame into - the.office at the instant, and the seedy tramper stepped right up to him and whispered in his ear. 'Electrified with astonishment, the Governor shook him wanhiy by the hand, and in turn whispered to a number of other Seqesh rebels in the room. ; The stranger was surrounded and weloomod with the warmest demonstrations. Who oould he have been ? As fab as the means of transportation are con cerned, Gen. Pope will not be apt to suffer, either for supplies or reinforcements of troops. A monster locomotive, weighing about twenty-'nine tons, and costing about @lO,OOO, has been built by a Massa chusetts firm for Government use, probably on the Alexandria and Orange Railroad. It is of the most modern and massive construction, and is Intended for freight work. The Chief, as it has been hamed, being literally an engine of war, is appropriately decorated in his “ war paint.” This is the second locomotive of this class recently, constructed for the Government by the same company. ta Most Her. Arobbishop J. B. Purcell arrived in Cinciinati on the evening of the 22d mat,, on his return from Rome. He was received with the greatest enthusiasm by his friends, and an imposing procession paraded most of the public streets of the oily ,in bis honor. The Archbishop subsequently delivered an address at the cathedral to a large as semblage. W* hear that the work of recruiting is going on in a much more satisfactory manner in the northern ecotion of New Jersey.” In Bergen county, at a meeting of -the Board of Freeholders, the bounty money to be paid to each recruit by the county was raised from @75 to $lOO. Os Tim evening of the 13th, Commodore Earra gnt hauled -down bis flag from the mizzen and raised it on the mainmast, which act announced to the fleet that the hitherto flag-officer had assumed the functions and dignity of rear admiral in the United States navy. A salute was fired on the oc casion, and in the evening he waa serenaded. An army salute was fired in honor of Admiral Earra s gut’s promotion, by the chief of artillery, Captain Kensel. The quota of Hudson City, N. J., 120 under both oBUB,has been filled. Twenty-five of the nine-, months men left for Trenton yesterday. Thebe are now fifty regiments organized in tho State of New York. These laok fourteen thousand men to fill them up to the maximum number, but it calculated the number will be filled during the next ten days.' There will then remain nine thou sand deficiency on the first oall for 3000,000 vo lunteers. These, with the 59,000, New York’s quota on the call for 300,000 conseripts, will leave 68,006 men to be raised in the State. Address of the State Central Committee. The address of.the Union State Central Committee to the loyal citizens of Pennsyl vania, which we publish to-day, is a document Which none can read without profit, and which deserves to be applauded for its high, loyal character, temperate tone, and true sincerity of purpose. It is not a partisan document. We find in every paragraph a broad, national spirit, beyond the reach of party platforms or political pronunciamientos. In this spirit wo rejoice to see the campaign opened by the Union State Central Committee, who in earn estly inviting the co-operation of all loyal citizens, without reference to obsolete party lines, have the complete assurance of their success at the ballot-box in tho coming elec tion. The candidates, Hon. Thomas E. Cochran for Auditor General, and Hon. Wm. S. Koss for Surveyor General, are both gen tlemen of tried ability, and unwavering devo tion to the Government. In their represen tative character, as the only candidates who faithfully represent the loyal senti ment' of the State, they will be uni versally supported against the adversaries of the Government, even supposing their personal fitness for the offices named should be ignored. Though rarely given to the ut terance of prophecies, we may safely predict, relying on the temper and determination of Pennsylvania, that the candidates named by the Union State Central Committee will be designated for tho respective offices by an overwhelming majority at the next eloetion. Mr. Charles Ingersoli. The New Work Times and the New York Tribune both state that it was Charles Jared Ingersoll who was arrested for making a trea sonable speech at the Breckinridge meeting on Saturday evening last. That veteran statesman departed this life a few months ago, and the responsibility of the speech aforesaid attaches to his son, Charles Ingersoll. This gentle man, until within several years past, has not been much of a politician and very little of a Democrat. ,-He blossomed into a partisan under Buchanan’s Administration, and ripen ed into a sympathizer under Lincoln’s. His sentiments, taken down from hisownlipsby one of our reporters, and published under our local head yesterday, are so offensive and üßjust, that we do not marvel that the public autho rities should have construed them into a deli berate attempt to prevent enlistments in the army. When we recollect that Mr. Ingersoll has heretofore been a quiet observer of public affairs, we can better understand the influence., wielded by the traitors .in the free States * through sfieial and commercial relations. Think of such a gentleman coolly stating “ that this Government has „ raised the largest sums of money, and applied them to the worst purposes of any Government fhat ever disgraced power;” that “they began with seven hundred thousand, and are now going fo raise six hundred thousand more troops j”. that “ hero we are, on this 23d day of August, 1862; without-accomplishing any re- Balts’ towards the suppression .of. the re- bellion . thst “ the whole.object of the war, , hitherto, has been to’ free the nigger;” that “a more corrupt 'Government than that which now governs us was never in the United States, and has been , seldom seen in any European part of the world;” and that “it is necessary to go to the older regions of Asia to find as much corruption as exists in this Government of Mr. Lincoln.” When conservative men utter such sentiments as these, in the name of Democracy, no one need he surprised that they are received with indignation and punished by arrest. There was an Independence Hall during the Revolutionary War, and an Independence Square. Suppose the Tories and sympathi zers with Great Britain had held a meeting in that square while our soldiers were suffering at Valley Forge, and some gentleman like Mr. Ihgersoll had uttered such a speech as that which fell from his lips on tho evening of the 28d of August, or suppose that such a demon stration had been made in the second war with that great Power, how long do Mr. In oeksoi.i. and his friends think that such trea son would have gone unpunished by George Washington and 'James Madison ? A fair comparison between the present assailants of the Government of the United States and our old British enemy, would end in an emphatic verdict in favor of the latter. Long and laboriously as our forefathers toiled to propi tiate the mother country, they did not go' so fat as we have gone to propitiate the slave holders. In both cases the ties of consan guinity and home, a common literature and common ancestry, prevailed to weaken the men who weio enlisted on the right side of the question, and were seized by the ingrates and the oppressors on the wrong wide ns pretexts for unexampled aggression arid unprovoked bloodshed. How wonderfully alike our English foes in ; the past and our slavery foes in the present! The hatred of free institutions that excited George ,111. is imitated by those who; having received slavery from him as a curse, now go to war with the people of a Christian nation who refuse to re cognize it as a blessing. Mr. Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence said that the. “ history of. the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries end usurpations;” but these atrocities have; been 'equalled and surpassed by the leaders in the present rebellion. Like the British monarch, “ they have endeavored to prevent the population of these States ;” like him, they “obstructed the laws for tho na turalization ol foreigners,” by enforcing anew oath of allegiance; like him, they have. “ obstructed the administration of justice;” like him, “ they have plundered our seas, ravished our coasts, burnt our towns, and de stroyed the lives of our people;” like him, “ they have constrained our fellow-citizens to bear arms against our country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by. their hand;” and, like him, “ they have endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless In dian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.” Is it not marvellous that a citizen like Mr. Isgeb son. should so" far boast 1 of his sympathy with the man guilty of these crimes as -not ■only to fitter no complaint against them, but to denounce, deride, and depreciate the? mag nanimous Government with which they are at war ? His conduct, however, is a matter of his own. He can adjust It at his leisure with the Federal authorities; but when we are told by our reporter that his sentiments were cheered by the Democracy we must put in a modest jirotcslandum in their behalf. What ever may be said of their leaders, they, at least, are not traitors. It is only necessary to hold the mirror before them in which Mr. Ingeksoll’s sentiments and the sentiments of his associates are hideously seen, to warn them away ftom the frightful gulf into which their leaders would hurry them. They do not believe what Mr. Ingersoll has said. They are not indifferent to their country. They do not see the "sufferings - of their fellow-citizens on the. battle-fields with, out feeling that they deserve their gratitude. In the good old by-gone days the Democracy regarded England as the hereditary foe of the Republic. Are they ready now, not simply to hail England as an ally against that country, but to applaud outrages and inhumanities, on the part ot the rebels, of which England herself would be afraid and ashamed ? Whatever may become of Mr. Ingersoll, let ns hope and be lieve that he does not speak the sentiments of the . Democratic masses, and that, if his speech has no other effect apart from preventing en listments in the army of the Republic-, it will at least open their eyes to the designs of leaders, who, if they had lived in the days of the Revolution, would undoubtedly have, been Tories, as at this hour they are sympathizers with a monarchy far worse than England, and a despotism more extreme than Asia. The Impending Draft. If thoc-xigencies of - our situation could.be ignored—if the laudable ambition of the seve ral States of the Union to 1 fill their quota by voluntary enlistments alone could be enter tained without incurring fatal delay—it might be feasible, and, for the sake of our national reputation, advisable, so to extend the time' for enlistments that “ the six hundred* thou sand more ” needed by the Government might be raised without a conscription. But, in our present situation, with the guerillas swarming the free States of the West, and Indian mas sacres jest commencing in the Territories, and.. Washington none too well secured against the rebel hordes massed for miles along tho Rappahannock, and Mor gan . so. completely environed at :Camber land Gap, that all his supplies and reinforce ments are* cut off—in such a condition of affairs as this,lt becomes more painfully ap parent than over, that tho magnitude of the struggle has not been Over-estimated, and that if we ever hope to end it successfully, our-; efloitß .must be on a scale of equal magni tude. : The time for a temporizing policy has long since passed. If ever procrastination jeo pardized any cause, it now jeopardizes ours. If the life of the Union were not at stake, or if it were merely desirable for the sake of hollow pomp to make a parade of our military strength and patriotism,, for the States of Europe to gape at and applaud, the Government might properly withhold a conscription, and leave . the,-matter |o its holi day soldiers. But we are nob parading our strength for barren display.; we are marshalling our forces to battle for the most beneficent government on earth, closely pressed and menaced by the most malignant foe that"ever strove to plot away the liberties of freemen. Why should wo hesitate, when only prompti tude can save ns ? Let us have the draft on the third day of September next, without fail. The War Department has been lenient, neces sarily. It .has extended the prescribed day from tho loth of August to September Ist, and again to September 3d. In' the State of Maine the time has been extended to September 10th, and Indiana has been granted to the loth to complete her quota. This leniency has no doubt been ren dered imperative,- to -allow time for the ar rangement of details. It has undeniably yield ed some good results, and has done much to lessen the force of the conscription in many States, enabling several of them to fill their qnota under the first call. But we shall have better, far better results—less loss of life and treasure, and a speedier crushing of the war— by the enforcement of the conscription act. And what is there so formidable and shocking to the sensibilities of the loyal citizens in the idea of involuntary enrollment ? We can see in it nothing derogatory to his character, or depreciative of hi 3 rights- He is empan nelled on a jury, and serves without an objec tion, Why should he object to serving on the Grand Jury that Is to pass judgment on the leaders of the Southern rebellion ? , As far as our city is concerned, the individual chances of being drafted are so exceedingly slim, that substitutes will be had without any difficulty whatever. Out of 80,000 names of able-bodied males, probably not more than 3,000 will have to be selected.* In the war of 1812, one Phi ladelphian out of every five was compelled to shoulder his musket. Has our patriotism de generated in the last fifty years, that our brave men should grow querulous, and our cowards seek to skulk away to Canada and 1 Europe ? Every sensible and patriotic citizen will sfib .mit with good grace to a measure of national salvation, which he knows to be inevitable, and which, indeed, as an evidence that; the Administration is in earnest, should inspire all loyal men with hope and confidence. V { It must be admitted and regretted that bur State and National laws on this subject, thanks ; to the patchings and tinkerings of successive Congresses and Legislatures, are ndt only un bartnonious, hut in some features actually irre concilable. Their inconsistencies have been heretofore adverted to in these columns, and it is needless to dwell upon them at present. The “ Regulations for the enrollment aud draft of the militia,” issued by Adjutant Ge neral Thomas on the 9th of August last, how ever, will, we presume, be mainly adhered to, and much difficulty and dissatisfaction will thus be avoided, as far as difficulty in the exe cution of the details could arise. But we fear that in enrolling dll able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45 the department is somewhat too impartial, if not unwittingly unjust. French conscription laws exempt the sons , solely supporting, their.sisters or widow ed mothers, and never take more than one son of a family at any time. Cannot our legislation be shaped with as just discrimina tion, without doing violence to our intensely democratic notions of the civil proprieties? While the ties of country, in such a crisis as this, should be stronger in every bosom than those of family, it will not do for any Govern ment, and least of all, this. Government, founded on the immutable principles of civil liberty, to subvert the laws of “ domestic” tranquillity, or weaken the fealty of the hum blest citizen to his own hearthstone and kio. In a speech delivered at Washington, last evening, Dr. O. A. Brownson, the cele brated Catholic scholar, urged the impor tance of an immediate draft, as an evidence of the ability of the Government to sus tain and defend itself against its enemies without and within, and as an assurance that the detrimental leniency which has thus far characterized our'councils will be discountenanced in the future. Dr. Brown son has expressed sound views, which should; engage the attention of every intelligent pa triot, in the present juncture of our national affairs. The sooner they are understood and acted upon, the sooner we shall write the epitaph of the rebellion. National Debt. Mr. Charles Inoersot.l is a poor orator— uncertain', stilted, and of the true forcible feeble style. Still, bis figures of rhetoric are better than his. figures of arithmetic. In his speech. on Saturday, he said “We are at this time the most indebted country in all the world. We have the largest debt, the heaviest debt—a debt for. the payment of which there is the least probability, for by the middle of the year ’6B we shall be the heaviest taxed people in the world;” Now, tho whole United States Debt, includ ing six loans between 1842 and 1860,: and every liability up to. the middle of July, amounts to $626,000,000, the annual interest on which' is $26,000,000. On the other hand, the whole National Debt of England is $4,473,220,000, ; and the annual interest thereon is $130,900,000. How, with anydegreo of truth or information, Mr. Ingersoll could .declare that the Ameri can is greater than the English Debt, when it is not one-seventh of its amount, we leave him to explain—if he can. We further add that our present Debt is not as much as what it cost England, between 1776 and 1782, to combat against Freedom on American soil. Non-Intervention A late number of tho Richmond Enquirer , taking for its text the debate in the House of Lords on Monday, August 4th, on a motion by Lords Campbell and Stratheden, with-Earl Russell’s reply, pretends that, the ilatterV is “highly favorable to the interests of the Southern Confederacy.?’ The motion was that the British Government should produce copies of any correspondence that had taken place between: Her Majesty’s' Government and Mr. Mason, the envoy of tho revolted States. The reply was that this could not be done, inasmuch as no correspondence of an official character had taken place. That Mr. Mason Bad ,;fired a battery of letters into the Foreign Office is notorious, but Lord Russell could not help that, and had treated Mason as a mere “ outsider.” Lord Russell followed up his reply by demolishing (what we had exposed long since) the miserable canard, oi the Iwlependance Beige that negotiations had taken place between France and Russia in order to effect the recognition of the South, but that England, which had originated the idea, was holdifig back to perplex France. He ra ther ridiculed Lord Campbell for his easy credulity in accepting such a rumor as - true. The Richmond Examiner says, in effect, there maybe no official negotiations of. thenature re ferred to, but there have been some, and Lord Russelt. admits it. If so, words mast be taken to mean the reverse of what they say. Here are Lord Russell’s : “ 1 have had no commu nication with any foreign Power stating any wish, or making, any proposition, with regard to the recognition of the Southern States of America.” If: this positive averment leave the South one wing on which its .'hopes may soar, wo arc' ignorant of the value of langnage. We take occasion here to affirm, in contradic tion to a statement by the Paris correspondent of The Times, (that Mr. Slldell i had had an interview with the 'Emperor Napoleon, at Vichy), that the Emperor, np.to this time, has declined • receiving any Southern emissary, even in an unofficial character. Mr. Slidell has not had an andience of him, at Vichy or elsewhere. The Thunderer a Blunderer. To find the omniscient and infaliiblo Lon don Times at fault, up to its neck in a morass of ignorant blundering, is something to talk of. An instance has just occurred, at which Euro pean journalism has been triumphantly making merry. The German Zollverein, or Customs Union, was originated by Prussia, which continues to lead it. The design was to make an Union of the German States for purely commercial pur poses, and to secure an uniform rate ©f Cus toms through all their frontiers. In the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862, the Confederacy of the Zollverein massed together contribu tions, and this is so well known that any one desiring to see what Prussia had sent would at once proceed to the department of the Zollverein. This is Austria, has only now joined the Confederation, bringing under com pact the whole of its territory, and 35,000,000 of people—thus virtually abandoning a capri cious and prohibitive system for one of mo derate duties. A fortnight ago, The, Times startled its Eu ropean readers by opening a leading article with the words, ‘'Prussia has entered the Zollvereina statement as rationahas to de clare that England had lately joined the United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland, or that Austria had absorbed Hungary. Nay more, The Times proceeded to argue on the advan tages likely to result from Prussia joining' the Zollverein, one being the extension of Free Trade, whereas Protection is ; the elemental principle of the Zollverein; the Northern German States abutting on the Baltic which still hold aloof from the Zollverein, doing so on the ground that they are Free-traders, which the Confederated States are not. . Next day, The Times corrected its fatal blunder, and made another in doing so, like the gipsy tinker who, haviDg an eye to busi ness, never mended one hole in a saucepan without making two. It said « the negotia tions which are on foot refer to the entrance of Austria into the Union, Prussia being not" only a member already but having of late taken a most active part,.” &c., and ‘‘ Austria alone of the German States is not' included in the Zollverein.” To say that only of late has Prussia taken an active part is absurd, seeing that Prussia originated, has supported, and heads the Zollverein, and so far from Austria alone having stood aloof from the Zollverein, there are at least seven other German States (the free traders alluded to) which are not in cluded in the commercial Union. Here is blunder upon blunder. These mistakes of The Times will go far to destroy its prestige. “Prussia has entered the Zollverein” is vastly more absurd than the famous New York prattle about “ the elbows of the Min eio.” - That The Times should have made a confes sion of its ignorance must have startled its constant readers. Its policy hitherto has been to “let the tree lie where it fell,” and say nothing about any misstatement. In this, no doubt, its conductors remembered what happened in a small town in the north of Scot land, blessed with a weekly journal, in which was announced, with expressions of deep re gret, the suicide of aleading inhabitant—banker .and deacon. The reported defunct waited upon the Scottish editor, and requested him to report, in his afternoon edition, the iitter un trutb of the statement as to the suicide. Tie man'of thd pen gravely shook his head, and answered, «I am vora glad £> find you well, Mr. L , but its clean impossible that I can contradik the paragraph. It would ‘never do for any editor to admit that he was wrang In anything. But, if ye wish "the folks to ken how It is wi’ ye, and that ye’re still in the land o’ the leal, I’ll just say that the rope broke, and that your life was maist : providentially saved thereby.” The Times, having blun dered about the Zollverein, would have acted wisely by foliowiDg the example of Its North country contemporary. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.'*' Washington, August 2*3, 1862. There is a suggestive resolution among those adopted by the meeting of the Breckin ridge Democracy in your city on Saturday last., It shows that the apostles of the new creed are in a terrible way about disciples. Jefferson and Jackson have been stricken from . their calendar, and we have another dozen of saints with'epaulets on their shoulders. • The . resolution, which I know you will excuse my repealing, says “That our Democraticbrothren, • McClellan, Halleck, Butler, Dix, McClemand, ? Geary, Logan, Hancock, Corcoran, Meagher, Mulligan, ! Fitch, Shields, Sickles, Burnside, as well as the tens of thousands in the ranks who are members of party, and the sol diers of the Union armjr generally, of what ever political faith, deserve our warmest thanks for the sacrifices by which they have il lustrated their devotion to the cause of the country.” These' “ Democratic brethren,” who are so warmly welcomed in this Breckin ridge congregation, will feel astonished to find themselves applauded by the mea who ap plauded Mr. Ingersoll for comparing the Re public tbey are fighting to preserve to the despotisms of Asia, and denouncing the Presi dent, whose name signs the commissions, as corrupt and inefficient. The fact that these . soldiers have exhibited so much devotion and courage should have preserved them from the contaminating flattery of those to whom devo tion and courage are unprofitahly exhibited in a “ war for the negro.” ■ Unfortunately, however;-for the justice of this piece of ready-made history, these ‘'Demo cratic brethren” havo spoken for themselves, and have records as distinct and bright as the page that chronicles their val or and in trepidity. McClellan, their chief favorite, although by no means an anti-slavery man, does not hesi tate to welcome contrabands into his lines, and •put 1 them to many excellent uses.' Halleck has shown, by the rigid manner in which he executed the confiscation laws, and his seve rity with the guerillas, a wicked disregard of. his duties as a “ Democratic brother.” Butler has horrified every “ true Democrat”, in the land by his course at New Orleans, and* we find that consistent “ Democrat,” Mr. Davis; expressing bis disgust, in very forcible terms, in a late communication to the Richmond .Rebel Congress. Dix has written one of the imperishable legends, of our race, and is uni versally known as an opponent of the present Democratic organization. McClemand omits no occasion to express his contempt for the men, who ruined, Douglas, as . the prelimi nary steps to their treason, and has no sympathy with the men who are attempt ing to convert Illinois into an ally of the Southern Confederacy. Geary is at his home,, near Harrisburg, and can speak for himself. The eloquent words of Corcoran aro fresh before us. His zeal, his suffering, his bravery, and his earnest enthusiasm in ad-- dressing' tho people-during his recen't journey, were decidedly unbecoming a “Democratic brother.” “I am for the President of the United States exercising the fullest authority,” says Corcoran; the President is corrupt, despotic, 'and tyrannical, say bis brethren. Meagher has spoken for himself, and his recent speeches in New York will contrast strangely - with those of his “ Democratic brethren ” - in Philadelphia'. Mulligan gavo his opinions ih*a letter which you published in The Press a few days ago, and they sadly disagree with .what the brethren published to the world in Inde pendence Square. “Destroy this Govern ment,” says Mulligan, “ and what safety re mains for our homes, what honors in our his tory ? For the past is the mhmory of great ness; in the future we see anarchy, seif-con tempt, and foreign scorn.” These are strange words for a Democratic brother. But what shall we say of General Sickles ? This brother made a speech recently, which will disgust every traitor in the land. “We shall never have peace,” he says, « until slavery is elimi nated from our institutions; we are never-to see the possibility of placing this army on a peace-footing until slavery is destroyed This would generally be called Abolitionism, hut nevertheless the General is gladly welcomed as a brother and worshipped as a saint of the new dispensation. But while these men aro honored, we look in vain for other names of Democratic fiime. Where is Andrew Johnson ? He is a' briga dier general and a Democrat—but is he not a , brother?. Where aro Col. Owen, Col. Cake, and Col. Taggart ? They are all eminent De mocrats, and have been honored by the party in other days—they are soldiers of the Repub lic now. They contend for an active, ener getic, and exterminating war; they : call 'trea son by its "proper name, and ; fight it with a proper weapon; they are ardent loyors of the country. Why are they banished from the ; Democratic fraternity in such a summary man-, ner ? Is it not because they refuse to follow Mr. Hughes and his false gods, because they abandonedjparty in .drawing tho sword, and' have been consistent ever since in their devo tion to the Union and their opposition to all party schemes, for its'degradation and destruc tion? " Occasional. Publications Received. Prom James K. Simon, ’{successor to the late John MoFarlan, 33 South Sixth street,) ■ 'The Rebellion Record, Part XXI —with fine portraits of Col. 15. D. Baker and Secretary of War Stanton. From W. B. Ziehen-South Third street, Blaciwopd’s Edinburgh Magazine, for Au gust : Aonerican edition.—Among its more striking articles are the Seventh Part of Mrs. Oiiphant's Chronioles of Carlingford;' 1 a,further portion of Bulwer’s “ Caxtoniana;” a slashing notice of the first part of "les Miserahles,” by Victor Hugo; a strong argument against the “ Eights of Woman,” and a very favorable summary of Napoleon’s do mestic policy since 1852. On the whole, a very good number. Eclectic Magazine, (Bidweil, New York), for September, with a variety of selected articles from the leading British periodicals,' and a well-engraved portrait, on steel, of the Empress of Eussia. This Magazine is deservedly popular. ' : ‘ Peterson's Counterfeit Detector. —The number for September 1 will be publisbed to-day. It con tains descriptions of forty hew counterfeits issued in August—twenty-two within the last fortnight. Six of these are upon banks in Pennsylvania. ■ Patbnt Limbs fob the Amir. —A board of me dical gentlemen was convened on Wednesday last, by Surgeon,General Hammond, of this: State, for the purpose of considering and 1 deciding upon' the best patent limb for Army use. The .board ad journed to meet this day (Wednesday), in the city of New York, when it is supposed that final action will be had upon the subject. The humani tarian character of an invention has seldom been more strikingly exhibited than it has been; since the commencement of this war in the application to the maimed of patent limbs, a large majority of which, we are pleased to say, were made and applied by our own ingenious townsman, Hr. B. F. Palmer, whose name is associated all over the world with the best substitutes for natural limbs. There is likely to b% considerable competition at the meeting referred to, between sundry makers of artificial legs and arms, though ib is not at allpro babls that'tho competent board—composed of sur geons of the highest respectability—will fail to give their unanimous preference to the Palmer ar ticle. ' Professors Gross and Pancoast, of this city— both members of the board—have given ittheif un qualified'endorsement, and a letter has heenad dressed; by the Surgeon General to Dr. Palmer himself, requesting his presence at the meeting, to-day. The practical views of the latter, no matter what limb may he adopted, will be of great service to the board in their deliberations. The Guerilla War in Kentucky. Mamsonvim.h, near Hendersen, August 25.—A body, ot United States cavalry were attacked two miles from; here by a party of guerillas, who were lying in ambush. The cavalry fell back until they gained au o pportnnlty to dismount, and then advanced on the rebels,' and drove them back a mile. They then halted, and waited for a reinforcement of Infantry, two companies of whioh soon arrived on the ground. After fifteen minutes’ firing, the rebels broke and fled. ; Five rebels are reported to have been killed. - The nnmber, of their wounded has not been ascertained. Seventeen-prißontrß were captured. The IoBS of the Federals was six wounded, two of them mor tally. " ' ' , : ' ■■■ Lieutenant Oolonei Johnson, of the 65th Indiana Begi ment, commanded the infantry and Gaptsin Flatter the cavalry. The rebels are preparing fir another attack. Daxvillr. August 26 Last night two hundred guerillas encamped on Shelby farm, six miles from here, hear the- line between Boyle and. Lincoln, were eating and feeding their horses when the Harrodsbnrg and Dan ville Home Guard, sixty strong, surprised them, killing three, wounding eight, and capturing thirty horses. They are still pursuing them. The Federal loss was' one killed and two wounded. j i Louisville, ■ August 26.— General Wright left for Frankfort to-night. • Nine recruits in ibis county, on their way to join Mor gan, wets captured .this morning. Great numbers are leaving Kentucky to join the Confederates since the pro mulgation of the draft for the United States army. ' GUEBILLAS AT HOPKINSVILLB—We. have In formation from Hopkinsville to the effeot'tliat a party of five or six hnndred rebel guerillas entered 'Hopkinsville, Christian county, on Saturday evening last, and took Pouetsion of the place. They seized all the arms they could find in the place, including fifteen Henry rifl-s, ar.d thin left for the South. The guerillas ware c«m. weeded bv Col. Johnson, of the Breckinridge Legion.” —Louisville Journal. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST ST, 1862. FEOH WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to “ The Press.* ’ : Washington, August 26,1862. The Free-Black Colonization -Scheme. Professor Brownsoh addressed a large crowd to-night, expreesißg himself ardently In favor of the President’s free-black colonization scheme. Apart from this, how ever, he regarded emancipation as a necessary warnua- Bure. The.two races shonld be geographically separated; for there could be no .equality among them, nor did he', desire it. Solar,. the, defence of tho . country has been a'' voluntary act, but advocated a draft because it would' tints be made si doty,,the foundation of true'nationality.; A nation is never lost till manhood 1b extinguished. Ho regarded' this war not as a judgment, but as sent in meroyV He; should riot despond, but ever remember that we have' a country which shall be maintained"against whatever toes may be combined-.to overthrow our Go . vernmeut. It should he upheld.by.boldness and energy, for timidity is worse than treachery, It should be said to our defenders: “ There !b your work—go and do it, and sweep away the rebels from the land of Washington arid Jefferson.” Sacrifices for the country will render it dearer to its inhabitants.. Professor Brownsox and his remarks were applauded throughout. Numerous applications, have already-been made to Senator Pomeroy for passage to Central America by free colored persons, who are. anxious to be among the first to enjoy the benefits ol tho propoted colonization. Arrival of Robert Small—Condition of Contrabands at l’ort Royal. . Bev. Hr. French, agent of the Government for con trabands in the Department of the South, reached here, tonight, in company with Robert Small, the colored pilot Who ran the rebel steamer Planter out of Charles ton. Mr. French had an interview with Secretary Chase, and stateß that there eire some fifteen thousand Slaves within the military lines of that department at present. Ho represents them ,as improving in the schools quite rapidly, Small has got his prize money, and haß invested twelve hundred dollars in Government stocks... Publishing Contracts. The law requiring a list of all the propositions, con tracts, &c , made to the various departments during eaoh week, is being faithfully carried out. To day the Navy Department-publish that' WrLLiAsra & Co., of-Boston, offer to sell a steam ferry -boat for forty thousand dollars cash- , C. Goedel and Qodeok, of New; York, offer to furnish the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing with a lot of black Bilk handkerchiefs, . Ac., at reasonable prices. - Extern ion of Time for Filling Up Our Quota. Hon. Thos.E. Franklin, Hon.. William B. Fordnay, Gen. Schaeffer, late Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, and 8. Burt, Esq., of Lancaster, arrived here today from Pennsylvania, as a delegation to urge on the Government the propriety of extending somewhat the time for volunteering, in order that the quotas of the State may be filled without a re-sort to drafting, if possi ble. The indications are favorable to the mission, though no decisive result has beon arrived at. \ ... Internal Revenue: Regulations. ,The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has established the followinc regulations in regard to individual stamps for the proprietors of articles in schedule .0 of the ex cise lavr: ■' ■'* : Firßt. Every proprietor can; furnish a design for a stamp, whteb, if approved, will be engraved by" the (Government engravers at thecoit of the proprietor. Second. In such case the proprietor will be entitled te the discount specified in the 1021. section of, the excise Third. If the designs do not exceed in superficial area thirteen-sixteenth* of an inch for the denomination'of 1 and, 2-cent etamps. er eixty-threeaeixty-fonrthß of an inch for the denomination of 3 and 4. cent stamps—these being the size established by the officer for the above spe cified denominations—there will be no additional charge to purchasers.' If, however, the proprietors desire to in crease the size of the stamps fdFthe denorni nations above mentioned, then an additional charge will be made for the cold additional of paper trad printing. This additional ebarge will be 10 ceutß per thousand fer stamps of 3% incbeß superficial area, and a' proportional sum for inter mediate sizes. ~ Fourth: Every stamp must be rectangular in form. Fifth. All dies and plates will be retained by and un der the exclusive control ofjthe Govemmont. r Sixth. The general stamp must be cancelled by writing thereon the initials of the proprietor of the stamped arti* cle, and the date of the cancelling, while the private stamp must be so affixed on trie package that'on opening the same the stamp shall be effectually de stroyed. ■ ■■■■'■.■ The Commissioner or Internal Revenue will be pre pared to iseue etamps by the Ist ol September for tho ar ticles known as proprietory articles specified in schedule C of the excise law. The manufacturers of such arti cles will be required to use this general stamp until they severally furnish a design for individual use. Ordersfor such stamps may bo sent to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which will be filled as soon as the stamps are ready for delivery. Appointments. The following appolntirients have been made for the Internal-Revenue law for Minnesota: First District.-- Collector, John H. Hall, of Menkalo; assessor, George W. Baker, of Rochester. Second District. —Collector, Tlios. G. Jones, of Ar roka; aßseesor, H, G. O. Morrison, of Pinobend. . The following officers have been ordered to the U. 8. steam Bloop-of-war Juniata : Second Assistant Engineers Francis Cronin and Wm. Pollard, and Third Assiß tant Engineers J. T. Kblshkr, John H. Ames, B, H. Bonus, and Charles S. Hunt. . Wm. Emmons, of Wilmington, Delaware, has been ap-- pointed third assistant engineer, and ordered to the eteamor Mount Yemon; Acting Ensign 0. L. S. Ro berts and Master's Mate D. Lloyd Boqbrs have been ordered to tbe steamer Mount Vernon. Arrival of Wonnded from the Kappa The following soldiers are among those wounded. during the recent Bkirmishos in Virginia. Thoy are at the different hospitals in Alexandria: Incut. Fred. Hicks; Privates Go titled Pritzhauer, Gnstavus Schaeff, Fred, 'Water, Wo, S.jjllaue,'Mathias Buck, John Mclntyre, Henry Whittle,' Ernest'Miller, Jasper Filacre, Oliver Bchaar, and Frank Mey, of the 74sh Pennsylvania. -V:. ' ' Corporal Jas. B. Drew, E, ■G. Bainoy, George Kent, Samuel Bowo,.and Stephen Welch, of the 61st Ohio. Wm. Work, of the Ist Ohio Battery. George McPherson, 2d Ohio Battery. Corporal Blaze, and Sergeant Jacob Black, of the Ist Hew| Tork irtillcry. Ohast Wienderiioh, of the 4th New Fork Cavalry. Remains of Gen. Bohlew Coming. George EL. Zbigi.br, Esq-., of Philadelphia,, arrived here to-day to receive the remains of the late Brig. Gen. Bohlen, which wilt’ be sent forward in his care to his adopted Mis. Bobert Dale Owen and Mrs. Bichardsonj irifa; of Captain Blcbardsbn. of the 53d Ohie Regiment,'are lost. It .is ascertained that not more than .thirty persons perished. War Meeting at Boston. Boston, Augnst 26 —The SBfh Massachusetts Begt mentjeft for theseat of war this afternoon, by the-Nor wich route. , I Great preparatiops are making for the war meeting on the Common to-morrow afternoon. The various societies, trsdes’ unions, Ac., of theoity, will join, the. procession,; whlch'is to march through the principal streets * Edward Everett; Gov. Andrew,' and other distinguished speakers, wilt address the assemblage. . i Movements of Breckinridge. Memphis, August 24.—Breckinridge is reported to Ibe moving his entire army to Santanobia. His cavalry are scorning Northern Mississippi, aud pressing every man under fifty years'of age. I; <• Drafting in Memphis. Memphis, August 24 —General Grant has ordered the non-reridents here to be enrolled, and in case of-a draft in their respective Stales, an appropriate draft will be made among them. The persons thus drawn wilt be as signed in regiments In their own States. from eueope Important Despatch from Earl Russell. Father Foist, August 28.—Bythe steamship Hiber nian, which passed this point this morning, '{we hare re ceived the following highly interesting letter,{written by Earl Bussell to Mr. Stuart, in reply to a despatch from Mr.'Bewardr , { ; ’' :: "'{' fr: ‘'''' EAUL RUSSELL TO ME; STUART, - Forbioh Offiob, „ tOSDOH, J,Hly.2Bth, 1863, S’R : I.,have ItTt hitherto uoarawered and unnoticed the despatch of Mr. Seward, which Mr. Adams delivered more than a month ago. I Have done so' partly because the military events referred to in it were, in the opinion of her .Majesty ’s Government, far from being decisive, and partly because there was ho proposal in it upon which her Majesty ’s Government were called upon to come to any conclusion. . Events subsequent to the date of Mr. Seward’s letter have shown that her Majesty’s Government, in their opinion of the first of these; points, .were not mistaken. Victories have been gained. Beverses have followed. Positions have been reached In the hear neighborhood of the capital of the rebels, and these .positions have been accompanied by great loss of life in battle and in the hospitals. While such measures as the confiscation bill have passed through both Houses of Congress, and, with thei proclamatlona.of Gen. Butler, at Hew Orleans, bear evidence of the increasing bitterness of .the strife, the approach of a servile war, so much insisted upon by Mr. Seward in his despatch, only forewarns us that an other element of destruction may be added to tbe loss of propetly and waste of industry which already afflicts a country so lately prosperous. Nor on the other point to which I have adverted have 1 anything new to Say. From the moment that intelli gence first reached this country that nine States and several millions of inhabitants of .the great American Onion bad seceded and had made war on the Govern ment of President Lincoln, down to the present time,' her Majesty’s Govenment have pursued a friendly and coasietent, conrse.': They have been neutral between the two parties to civil war. Neither the loss of raw material of manufactures, eo necessary to a great portion of ohr people, nor the insults constantly heaped upon the British name in{ speeches and newspapers; nor a rigor beyond the usnal practice of nations with which the Queen’s BDbjects, for attempting to break loose from the blockade of the Sonthern ports, have been treated, have induced her Majesty’s Government to swerve an inch from an impartial neutrality. At this moment they have nothing more at heart.than to see that consummation which the President speaks of in his answer: to the G jvemors of eighteen . States— namely, the bringing of this unnecessary and injnrious civil war to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion. As to the conrse of opinion in thiß country, the Presi dent is aware that perfect freedom to: comment upon all public events is, in this .country, the invariable practice sanctioned by law, and approved by the universal sense of the nation. I am, &0., BUSSELL. Tbe American Flag Insulted at Nassau New York, Angnßt26:—A.letterfrokn Nassau, N. P., states that the American consul’s flag has been frequently hauled down and trampled on by the Secession sympa thizers in that neutral British city. From San Francisco. Sas Francisco, August 26.—The French corvette Galetbe, of 26 guns and 250 men, having reoently cruised to Mazatien and Acapulco, has returned. Trade from first hands Is exceedingly quiet. There is a moderate jobbing trade. Arrived, ship Mary, from Boston. The Irish Regiment at Buffalo. Buffalo, Aug. 26.—The Irish regiment reerniting hero, by Col. McMahon, has been assigned to General Oorcsran’s brigade. Arrival of the Steamer Teutonia at New 1 -York.-; . New York, Aug. 26.—The steamer Teutonia arrived below at midnight, and will be up in half an hour. . Markets by Telegraph. Baltimore, August 26.— Flour dull. Wheat steady. Corn quiet, at 65ra68c for yellow- Whisky dull at 3LX 4c for Shoulders. lard is steady, and in Mr demand: sales of ST bbls at 9«9#0; , : ./ THE DREW FAMILY It is with deep regret we chronicle the mortality list of the patriotic, family of the gentleman who is now fulfilling a successful engagement at the St. Louis Theatre. Two of ,hU brothers hare fallen while in the service of their; country—one while rallying his men on the held; the second, of disease con tracted whiloon militery duty-Yeaterday morning Mr. Brew received the' painful intelligence of the death of his brother, George Drew, privatein the New York Torcy ninib, who died or typhoid fever at Fortress Monroe, last Sunday, ITth inst - ' . It will be remembered that his brother John, the .greatest of all Irish ocmedianß,' died on the 21st of May lMt .in Philadelphia ; while, on Jbe Sdnf July,Ms bro ther Edward, captain ill Berdan’s-Sharpshooters, was Silled, while gallantly leadiug on hia menin one of the terrible engagements before Richmond. Scarcely has be had time to recover, In a measure, from these two shocks, when be losts George; the youngest of them all. Thns, in the short space of three months, Frank i» left the only surviving male member of this gifted family Si. Louis Union, 23. , . ANOTHER NEGRO BlOT.—There was another riot on . New .street, last night. A negro, named .George Brown, cut an liithman, named liafkin, in the face very severely, Larkin’s neighbors and friends pursued the negro, who, with his brother Cyrus, took refuge ou the roof of a boose. Thu Irish poptdationi furious with in dignation, clamored for revenge, and began to bom bard the house with brickbats. Thapolice wereuuickiy at hand, but were unable, on account of the bombard ment, to entry the house bbe police Anally managed to reach the Browns, and took them inti the street, when the crowd made a rush, and momentarily, got possession of Cyrus, whom they would have kilted had the Police failed to drive . them off. The prisoners were finally locked up in the Hammcnd-street station- house.—Cin cinnati Gazette, 24f7i. - THE. REBELS IN TUCKER AND RANDOLPH— GENERAL KELLEY AFTER THEM.-—We published on Saturday morning an account of a raid recentlyrnade upon St George, Tucker county, causing Captain jlall, commanding that post, to beat a hasty retreat towards Bowlesbiirg, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; It is now ascertained that thiß was the advance of quite alarge force undertbo robel Gonerai Imboden; who Beeuis to be approaching from .Pendleton county.' General Kelley, on Friday last, went wp towards St. George, from Bowles burg, with unite a large force: He also ordered up troops from other points, numbering about three thousand, with the view of reinforcing Colonel Harris, of the IDth Vir ginia Infan-.ry, who. is threatened by Imboden.. We should not be surnriaed to hfar of an engagement in that Quarter avon.—Wheelinglntclligencer, 22d. Tire.—An alarm of fire was caused -laßt evening by the burning of a stable in Filler. street, -in the Nineteenth ward, and a frame b.uilding, owned and occupied by Francis.-McDeyitt, .city contractor. The buildingß were entirely destroyed, as were about one .hundred dollars in city, warrants, a let of hogs, furniture, ‘ he. Mr. McDevitt’s loss, is about $l,OOO, wttbont insu rance. A frame building, occupied by Amos Fretman, whs destroyed, with lta contents. Adjoining.on the west was a .frame, dwelling, owned .and occupied by; Kitty McOlntkor, which was'damaged-to a considerable ex tent. Various other small tenements were injured. The total losfby the fire will be about 82,000. Eeturn of .the 69th New, York REGIMENT—.CoIoneI Keenan, of tha 116th Tenusyl- Yania Regiment, recived a despatch yesterday fretn Gene ral Corcoran, stating that he wr uld leave Washington in a special train with the 69th N. Y. O. M. The gallant 69th will all again enroll themselves under General Cor coian. ' THE CIT Y, 800 Erie Bailway... 39 300 :d0.......b10 39 1000 Brio Preferred.. 69 # 260 Harlem Baiiroad 18# 200 Bead’g Bailroad 69# 600 d 0.......... 60 . 100 Norwich & Wot 50 700 Michigan Cent. . 69 200 do b3O 69# 100 do b3O 69# 1000 Mich S A N Ind 31# 300 do.gns’d stk 64# 50 Panama K..... .148# ■ 50 Illinois Oen scrip 62# 500 Galena &Ohio.. 74 200 Cleve & Toledo. 53# 200 d 0..... 53# 300 Chicago'& Bk Is 68# $45050 40®45 3C® 35 25028 [FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS SEE rOETR Tsp A Fortune-Teller Gome to a, —The demon Competition has been said tori'* the position of human beings in a cauldron 6 trying to depress his fellows, that he mas fcL 6i head above water, Tarions, thus, are the „ sorted to for the purpose of Insuring existent which are far from commendable. Among th„’ cited fortane-telling, Government contract;,, 1 auctioneering, and other swindlers. Itism®!' of these virtuous pursuits that we now touch , took place yesterday by Officers Taggart and # 1006 Shipped street, of a certain Eliza Oootu, herself Madame Semore, charged by her Anna Connelly, with the larceny of sig f roni J* 1 " Madame purported, to be one of those briiii,,’’: whose advertisements we soinetimee Bee, off 6r , n „ tell future events,.more especially nponthsirft subjects of love and marriage. These commnl-' are:.inserted throughout the State, chiefiy j n voted to the interests of slavery, as possessing stupider readers than those of a contrary police , arc far more easily pilled Gentlemen are chari, ladies but twenty-five, and thus long eared s» S bouncing maidens from the rural districts « ample addition of city Biddies, flock eagerly , ® ligbtenment. To the two latter the glowing nr,,, a future lord is depicted, with facts as tothesE^ 1 noble beard, the color of the eyes, of the first other items blieaful to the female heart. A ftm?' = vCßtment of twenty-fivo cents takes the visitor where the likeness of her intended is made to sit' the shape of, a chance photograph, andsheieajffV or desponding at the sight, as her taste may die*®, 6 " 1 In the cose of Madame, “love powders”*,:' ministered, at a charged! twenty-five cent-, which iisure a return of affection. The localities nt ’ property were indicated, ladies interestingly were attended during illness, • and, accorai OP charge of Anna, the dark crime of prevsmin*' hood was often committed. ’ It seems that the woman had accused her S8r?& of intimacy with her husband, and, moreover, ch her with having had a child in Ireland, which hH, had revealed itself by «* cards.” The girl was 2 requested to leave, but a search of her trunk**, insisted on. This was refused. The girl hal gf .her savings 'among its contents, and, dreading occult power,'feared that it would be * { spirited’' if even the lid was merely opened. She therefore locked, went for a porter, and removed it j bo t. on a > at her destination, found the money gone, charge before Alderman Beitler, tn&fhe comodta in default of #2,GOOhail, to answer a,\ term. 1 " ' REOBtTITma FOB THE OLD MENTB.—Recruiting for the old regiments fairly started. Yesterday ninety-three men were tered into the service. ; The difficulties summadj, old regiments in the field have now been remow Bides this, the Government bounty has been cut the new organizations, for which recruiting been suspended. Yesterday not a single man wa tered into the new regiments. The time for rest for Colonel EUmaker’e Regiment has boon extern the first of September. An order extending tb» : all will, it is thcaght, be from headqnar day. ;!Th6 committee directing the distribution ot th» zens’ bounty, fund have resolved that, should th, any organization ot parts of companies which casts, made up to the full; complement, and the private t h‘ choose to volunteer in any of the old Philadelphia meats now. in the field, the committee will silo* ench six dollars as an enlistment fee and fifty dolls bounty—time limited; to the first of September, committee have also agreed that the captains of organizations, 0r,.0n failure of there being a cauls lieutenant commanding, be entitled to, and shall: five dollars for each man of his company he tali enlist in the old regiments. ' Democratic Courty Cohventr The Democratic County Convention yesterday y thcmselyesand candidates to the support of the ing principles: - , 1. In favor ofsnch a vigorous prosecution of the aB will suppress the irebeUtoh, ho matter what it cost] either of blood or tioaanre. 2. That ourhiinpathiesare due, and are heartilj dered, to onr braye soldiers now in the field vir/i the supremacy of the Government. 8, That this wards, and ought to be, prosecute for the purpose of preserving the Constitution storing the Union. Government Employees and DEAFX.—A meniber of a firmdoing United Stat in this city, Yirfted the War Department at Ws a day or two sracdj to procure exemption paj* boring persons of the firm, on the ground thai indirectly em ploy eesof. the Government. T) ment refused to comply'with his request at laid hereafter r thoae actually drafted might pt, exempted, if the firm made affidavit that the la necessary iforithe advancement of the work, at substitntea conld not he proenred to fill their place. National Union Convention.—] evening, the citi'/ens of the different wards elected gaiea to tepresent them in a National Union Coup foritbe nomination of congressmen, represented; city officers. The , polls were open from six i o’clock, and were well attended. The election t tendcd by those of all political creeds who are mined to unite in support of a ticket for the welter General Government. Ini.. FROM:, A. Tree.—Yesserda; boy, bamed Boberfc Moscb, fell from a tree, back' rard College, and broke botb hir arms. J FINANCIAL AND COMMERCE THE MONEY MARKET. Accost 26, r. This has bees a busy day at Assistant Quark: Croeman’e office, being the time for. opening bi; supplying ihe new levy of six hundred thousand s>l with clothing and equipments. The crowd was is ally large, and a very great interest was manifest who were to be the successful bidder*, and when at a late hour this afternoon, the Colonel and ' ants were Btiil.bnsily engaged, while a very Ist, ber were j et unopened. The ambunt necessarr will be Immense, fm emploj menfc for thousands of hands in their manut and the use of millions cf capital that has lain ii fer the last few months, v hich will bo hailed wil Bure by our backs, bankers, and business nisa, w! hadlarge balances unoccupied. Philadelphia manufacturers were largely rep and, as they stand No. l with the Department, no 4gs] will come is for a large share of the patronage to 1- ij paused, and to which they are eminently entUM. | There was more activity at the Stock Board with an improvement in prices. United States Kiyig 63, ’BIV sold at 101&, and the 7.39 loan at m%, wbE|p an improvement. State loanswere J( better—ths a;'®j at 89 % and the coupons at 91. City loans sold »t life 97. The better class of railroad bonds were offered sparingly, and were generally 'held for higher S»rol V The eix-per-cent. bonds of the North Pennsylvania road sold.at 77#., Pennsylvania Baiiroad shaip % higher; Lehigh scrip fell off #, but tbs mars bonds were held-with increased firmness, and are iM'-.i te go'higher, as the repairs to the canal aretsingraf.;ij completed. Beading Baiiroad was decidedly better, but the other fancies were very dormant. There is but little doing in bank shares, but at h-iffd vidend period approaches wo look fora general adtrpy in prices. They hold large amounts of GoVBrameEU')|| curities, which, are paying them handsomely, look.for the tißuiil,. and, perhaps, increased which must tell very-favorably on their stock!. j"t| mains inactive, jvith rather a downward tendency. -'(.‘a the last news from Europe we have a decline in stuffs, and that before the arrival of the immensaB.~jE l §|| recently shipped had been thrown on the market.&sfe' the'demand fall off and prices still recede, it willois B aßy. check farther shipments, the rates of foreir.fig change-will advance; and we shall seethe premies c||| gold as high, if not higher, than it has yet been. ||j Old demand notes are In leanest, andonr iaipjrtisSg anite large.: We shall see them steadily advance ndsg are being rapidly wiitodfawn ftoin cironlation. B Drcxel h-Company guoie: New York exchange parBl-l>o Boston exchange,.........'.............. parol-wh Baltimore exchange;.....'.... para ,V“ Country funds. 3-IQO4-K J American gold.. IfivelS Jo' P Old Demands.. ai L. Year Certificates.!,.... .. . 99 U a??;* . ■ Mesas. M. .Schultz Jt Co.anote foreign «xth»W* the steamer Ecotis, from New York, as follows: London, 60 days 5ight......... IN «J*> • “ ~3 days.. 127*$ Paris, 60dayssight.... ~4f40 B' l -'! • «•••' ' 3day5........ ..4f.37X Antwerp, GO days sight 4f.45 Bremebj 60 days sight., SUt** Hamburg, 60 days sight. .. V. 41,1 ~ Cologne.:®,days sight. Leipsic, 80 days eight ki’S®.: Berlin, 60 days 5ight....... SSfiSJ. Amsterdam!® days sight.. *7J<9* ! ifrankfoit,-60days sight... 4B Market dull. The following is the coal tonnage of the Shamoki ley and Fottsvilie Baiiroad Company : Week. V* Tons. Cwt. Totu- c ; For week ending Ang. 23 7,083 JO 1454*' Same time last year. .5,857- 18 129,455 J 1ncrea5e................... 1,228 03 16.18 The official averages of the banks in the city of s’’ York, for the week ending Saturday last, Ang. 23. present in the aggregate the following changes free-’ previous weekly statement of Ang. 16: Increase of ioana.... 32,52->,7‘i Increase of specie 286.7® Increase of circu1ati0n.,..,,,..,.,.,.. 121,4" Increaseof undrawn dep05it5.......... 1,213^* Including tbo exchanges between the banks ftr«f the Clearing House, and including, also, the Sub W snry statement of Saturday afternoon, tha foiiowo?’ tho general eiomparison with the previous weekly rer* and also with the movement of this time last rest’ Aug. 24,’61. Aug. 23,’62. Capital 869,030 000 869,051,000 SWiw; Loans 13? ,663936 154,835,704 15i;3>X Eptcie i '47 119,481 35,685.486 S 5 30K Circniation 8,459;814 9,356 635 ».*VS Gross deposits.....lB2 280,645 187.957.169 Jvxcl,iil)g6u.... ,V;; - 13,8?4 338 24,609,848 Undrawn....; 118.456,307 143,347.341 lU.".'*'„: In Sub-Treasury.. 6,931,301 8,873,249 ' ' The JS6W York Evening. Post says: The stock market Is firmer to-day, bnt not very »>; , Tho railroad shares and bonds are strongly icost cases prices are par cent, better th« day. ;•The large earnings of the railroad a ana ease in money imparts to the . market a firm feeing few stocks are offering at the. Quotations. # Among the strongest of the railway list arc ho- , Central, Erie, Hudson, and the two BlickiS® 0 Michigan Guarantied was in goad demand an 64e» v, One oi the striking features of the marfcw" strength of the railroad bonds. Eric firsts sacs* are Quoted 110; Erie thirds, 104; Michigan L ’h eigttß, 112;, Fort Wayne-firsts, 98j*,do. eecotw-’ Hudson secondß, 107. • . , ;••/ The market after the board was steady buto® 8 * h. York Central 94: Erie, do prefetro i 069 X; Michigan Centra!, 68X*69 J Gold, lie’) - The « save-twenties” were called up as j to-day. 1 For'the coupon issue 99is bid, 109 9,£ ’ the registered 100 is bid. Governments close firm at 101# for canyons 0 . and 104.if0104^ ifor7-30 notes. The vanousi" fives are '/.esX V cent. higher. „ p. ‘ - Money is Quoted easy, at 3% ®4 & cent, an c»H. deposits with MpfOisco on 4 cent, interest era - owing to the scarcity of legal-tender notes. jp Guld is without special change to-day. Nearu sales of the morning hate been at 115’j, and ton closing figure.. i r, P DotiaMe demand notes Me quiet at 10/ ijOW/s: Bix-per-cent. certificates are also dull at "X {,’ -Exchange'on London closes steady for tns morrow at 127 X®l3Tj4 for best bills. ... Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales, , {Beported by.B. IS; • Blatiujebs, Phil*. H IC “ 8 {•■ A . i ITIEST BOABD. „ S 500 0it1fi5.,...Hew..102 BBeawr Mewio*- jr 800 do'-New.-cash 102 .' 60 Lit le Sen j,;;t 100 do„..'.New .102 1 TOOO U 8 6a, ’Bl-Sf’ so , 600 , do-KeWsevri 3000 Beading» '*■■] » ctfscftth....lo2 1000 Pe»o ft ss. jj SCO d 0........... 97, 1000 d0.,,.*--;--;jS 100 d0.'.;...;;... 97 2010 do £,*S'.U s * 200 ■ d 0........... 97 " 2000 American d* jjjt 6000 H Penns 6s 7T 60 do ;u» * 69 Peima 1t... .lots 49X 5000 „ „ d „ 0 S 5" 03 do 49 « H™ 2 8 7 '« ?» sfciafc 2, 'x. SjfeSSS**"-*' 100 do 030 20 69 bjstwtsbe 46011 ST 7-30 H end.lo3 400 do end.lo3 600 do. Blank .104 IflflO Elmira R Ts. ..b4 SB 100 Beading R....... 39.09 BO ABBS. ?! \ 60 Bering 3 "**' r 2Potma ICOO do .S> 28T.31 Penn* s>—" •)» [MOO IT 8 8a ’Bl m "