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THE PLATFORM OF TREASON, AS PRE - -
PARED BY ;HE LEADER OF THE
BRECRIIIRIIME PARTY IN PEPTIVSYL•
Ali lA.
The followlrg is the resolution wrilen by Mr. P. W.
Bugbee, the Chairman of the Breckinridgo Democratic
State CoMmittee, for the consideration of the State De
mocratic Convention. It is the most lucid and explicit
declaration we have yet road of the opinions of the leaders
of the Secession party of Pennsylvania:
Resolved, That Pennsylvania owes her growth in po
pulation, sod the increase of capital and wealth of her
citizen', chiefly to the advantages which the American
Union had sr:forded for the development of her natural
resources; and that her glory and paramount Interests
are identified with the continuance of that Union.
Bil OULD, BOWEVER, CAUSES HITHERTO
RESISTED BY THE DEMOCRACY OF THE COUN
TRY BEND ASUNDER THE BONDS THAT BIND
TOGETHER THESE STATE'S, AND SHOULD THE
FIFTEEN SLAVIIHOLL•ING STATES, CLAIMING
TO BE DRIVEN BY THE NEOESSITY MU
TUAL PROTEOTION AGAINST THE EFFECT OF
SUM CAUSES, SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISH AN
OTHF.R. OONFEDERAOY, THEN PENNSYLVANIA
MUST REGARD HER RELATION TO THE IPA.or3
WHIM CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CON
TROL HAVE PRODUCED.
She cannot than refuse to perceive that she must
either take her place in some Northern fragment of a
once-glorious Union, and rest content to be shorn of the
greater past of her manufacturing industry, and of
bar export and impart trade—to hold a secondary and
helpless relation to the Northeastern States, with no
cutlet or approach from the ocean for her great East
ern or her great Western metropolis, except through
the waters and Wore the forts anti guns of a foreign
nation, and thus practically (for want of ability to
protect, be made to yield up ail reliable direct foreign
trade.
OE BIIE MAY, IF A MEMBER OF THE NEW
CONFEDERACY, BECOME THE GREAT MANU
FAO rURING WORKSHOP FOR . & PEOPLE NOW
CONSUMING ANNUALLY $300,000,000 WORTH
OF PRODUOTS AND MANUFACTURES FROM,
AND IMPORTED THROUGH THE noßraßati
STATES; DER CITIES BECOME THE GREAT
COMMERCIAL D RP° rs AND DISTRIBUTING
POINTE. FOR THIS CONFEDERACY, AND HER
WEALTH, POPULATION, AND GLORY, RE PRO.
NOTED IN A DEGREE UNPARALLELED IN THE
lIISTORY AND PROSPERITY OF ANY PEOPLE!
"That It will be the right and duty of her citizens to
consult their own beet interests in a position so momen
tous, and decide between the lawful alternatives. And
that in stating the truths here announced, we have no
,desire to conceal that our objsct is to present to the pee.
pie 0f other States Uceposition they may severalty ocCo•
,py if the coercion diautaionists in their midst succeed
in defeating an equitable compromise of existing
culties ." FRANCIS W. HUGHES.
TAX WAR.
THE rebels contemplate a retreat to Staunton,
and perhaps back to Richmond. Will they be
allowed'to get there ? Not without a battle, and
an extensive one. While General McClellan`stands
firm in front of Winchester, he is pushing forward
. his detached left wing, under Sigel, with celerity,
and there can be little doubt that the latter will be
able to tap the enemy's main line of communication
in a short time, without endangering his own posi
tion, or that soon to be taken by Gen MeClellan.
Should the enemy's retreat be precipitate, the war
in Virginia will be reduced to a race between Sigel
and Lee for the possession of Gordonsville, and possi
bly Charlottesville, &movement upon the latter point
being, no doubt, contemplated by both General
McClellan and General Lee—the former for vic
tory, the latter for safety. We are sorry to note
the rumored inability to put this plan into execu
tion, because it would assuredly be successful.
Whatever the rebel design may be in circulating a
report that his retreat has already commenced, he
must - see the disadvantages of it, and keep his eye
upon Luray or Stannarpville Gaps, as the Tho
roughfare and Addle Gaps are obstructed ,no matter
how. It is too late in the season for the rebels to
think of crossing the Shenandoah and Allegheny
mountain ridges for Western operations, and if they
fight at all during the present season, it will proba
bly be at or near Manassas, to which point they
are now perfectly weleome, if we understand the
matter. After a thorough consideration of the sub
ject, we are forced to - the conclusloa that it would
be most advantageous for a heavy column to
move directly, upon Gordonsville, or at any rate to
Beaver Dam, for the purpose of cutting off the
enemy's supplits, communication and reinforce
ments. The rebel newspapers received yesterday
from Richmond report Lee's army to be in- excel
lent condition ; hut circumstances prove this to be
false. The rebel army in Virginia is suffering for
stores; it is short of ammunition and susplies of
all kinds, and in addition to this must be very
much disorganized, not to say demoralize& This
beinetrue, we can understand why the rebels have
remained quiet in the valley of this Shenandoah
for nearly a month past, otherwise we cannot
understand this apparent Ottal97l. CUM. dignuate of
the rebel commander-iro chief. General Lee's
army will not be -allowed to reach R:chmond in
safety. General McClellan will follow him too
closely; even though his urgent invitations to battle
should be continually disregarded by the c , Con
federate generals wt.o have lost their prestige."
Tax arrival of the United States iron-clad gun
boat Monitor at Washington has been the cause of
many persons originating silly rumors about this
powerful engine of naval warfare which we
deem it our duty to correct. The reasons why
the Monitor is now at Vi'ashington are as
follows : During her last engagement with
the Merrimac, [in moving about, she broke
some of her propelling machinery, which was
only temporarily repaired at Fortress Monroe, in
order that she might accompany the Galena and
Naugatuck up the James river. Her ventilation is
not as good as it should be, and the vessel wants
finishing in some parts. The "Monitor" has been
under steam and on duty incessantly for more than
six months, tnd the Et wear and tear" of her inner
works has been considerable. A shot from
the Merrimac, an 4, 11-inch solid Dahlgren,"
knocked off a portion of the edge-plating ,near
the bow. She greatly needs cleaning and oiling up
in every part, and in view dell this, and the fact that
the Young Merritnao is not coming down from
Richmond for some time to come, the Monitor
has come to Washington to rest her officers and
crew, and obtain some repairs. The turret of the
Monitor was severely tested by the Merrimao,
and guns at Drury's Bluff, but she seams to be per
fectly invulnerable to any ordnance now used by
mankind. The New Ironsides and. Galena take
her place at Newport News, and await the coming
down of the Young Merrimac.
TH2 army of Kentucky has been thoroughly re
organized and strengthened, and now consists of
three heavy corps cParmec, respectively, under
command of Gets. McCook, Crittenden, and Gil
bert, the who - e commanded by Gen. George W.
Morgan, the distinguished officer who captured the
Cumberland Gap and held it for more than four
months, although at one time entirely surrounded
by the enemy. Major General Don Carlos Buell
has been relieved of command in lientucky, and
ordered to, report himself at indianapotis to take
charge of the camp of instruction near that city,
and to attend to the reorganization and disposition
of paroled prisoners. Gen. Buell has evidently
failed as a general Reid officer. He has always
stood very bigb, however, as a taotician, and, al
though an admirable adjutant, he has failed to
display the qualities usually found in a great
general in any of his movements.
THE NEWS
Ix the battle of Antietam the regimental colors
of Massachusetts 19th were literally cut iato rib
bons by the storm of the enemy's shot. It hap
pened the next day that the wreck of this gallant
regiment, bearing this honorable remnant of !heir
banner, marched by General McClellan. The Ge
neral and his staff uncovered their heads—a token
of respect for the tattered flag—as it passed them, a
recognition of their irophy which was welcomed
by the men with enthusiastic (sheers.
Tao New York Post of last evening says : " A
letter from General Sigel's command, received in
this city to-day, confirms the statements which
have already been published concerning the con
dition of that corps. General Sigel's cavalry are
without horses, and nearly destitute of officers or
arm s. Many of his troops have been taken from
him, and some of them sent to Weetern
and his repeated calls for reinforcements have
elicited no response. An earnest appeal is made
for new recruits to fin up the old regiments of the
corps, and it is understood that active efforts will
be put forth in this city to meet this call."
TER "Methodist Preachers' Regiment," 73d Il
linois, now stationed near Covington, Kentucky, is
officered by clergymen as follows : Colonel—Rev.
James P. Jacquess, D. D., late president Quincy
College. Lieutenant Colonel—Rey, B. F. North
cott. Major—Rev. Wm. A. Preston. Adjutant—
R. R. Russell. Surgeon—Dr. G. 0. Pond. Assis
tant Surgeons—. Dr. R. E. Stevenson and Dr. B.
Bream. Chaplain—Rey. John L. Bayer. Quer
termaater—James W. L. &likens. Company A—
Capt. W. E. Smith. Company B--Capt. Rev. W.
B. M. Holt. Company C:---Capt. Rev. P. McNutt.
Company D—Capt. Thos. Motherspan. Company
E—Catt. Wilson Burroughs. Company F—Dapt.
Rev. Oeo. Montgomery. Company G—Capt. JOhn
Sutton. Company H—Capt. Rev. James J. David
son. Company I—Capt. Rev. Peter Wallace.
Company K—Capt. Rev. R. H. Laughlin.
. Ix ST. Jossra, Missouri, no family of a soldier
can. be expelled, under any ciroumstanoes, from a
house belonging to known. Secessionists, and the
order says that all threats and abuse used to
frighten the families of persons occupying houses as
aforesaid,, so that they may, leave the same, will
subject the party so using said abusive language to
DRAFTING commenced on Tueadatiti Cincinnati
The first name drawn was that of a 4 tavern-keeper,
the second, a farmer, the third, a Shaker, the
'eighth a minister. Fifteen men %ere drafted in
. Crosby township out of 143 enrolled, making a te
tal of nine farmers, three laborers, one minister,
one Shaker, and a tavern-keeper.
TEN guerilla prisoners were shot on Friday, by
order of General Merrill, at Macon, Mo. They had
been found guilty of breaking their paroles, and of
again taking up arms against the Federal forces.
The execution was in pursuance of orders which
will be strictly enforced in like cases.
The Duty or TrlIC Denioerats.
We think the time has come to hold another
Democratic State Convention. The appalling
treason of Mr. SII(DEES, as developed in his
own avowed confessions, imperatively de
mands immediate and energetic action on the
part of all loyal Democrats who sustain the
organization. There are many thousands of
these loyal Democrats who have been clinging
to their party, partly from the love they bore
its old traditions and precepts, and partly
because they could not believe that treason
would be permitted in its midst. They hoped
to bring the party back to its old position—to
the pure faith of DeimLA.s and Bnoesrack,
and ANDREW JOHNSON. Loyal themselves,
they were anxious that the party of their
affections should manifest its loyalty by
an earnest devotion to the war and an
unselfish adherence to -the Administra
tion. The infamy of Mr. HUGHES, the
leader and champion of that party, must be
to them a source of grief and pain. They see
the man who is at the head of their canvass--
their standard-bearei and representative—
guilty of a plot to dismember the Confederacy,
and throw Pennsylvania into the arms of the
Southern rebellion. They see him shamelessly
avowing that guilt, and publishing 'the record
of his crime. They see every organ he can
control, and every friend.he can press into his
service, defending and sustaining his conduct.
They see a bold and determined effort made to
secure the triumph of the men who represent
his disljatl principles.
What is the duty of these men? We ask
LEWIS C. CASSIDY this question. He was a
warm friend of DOUGIAS—he has been loudly
loyal in his devotion to the war—he kas been
prefessedly vindictive in his denunciation of
such men as Mr. BIDDLE and Mr. RANDALL,
Mr. WHARTON and Mr. REED—he has despised
every creature of the Breckinridge faction.
What does he say in reply. to DUNK W.
HUGHES 7 What does he think of this horri
ble scheme to- sever the Confederacy? He
holds a nomination for an important office un.
der the organization over which Mr. IIUGUES
presides, and he must loathe the political
union that binds him to such a man—
to the betrayer of DOUGLAS in 1860, and the
would.lie betrayer of the Union in 1861.
What does JAMES B. NicuoLsort think of this
resolution ? Is he going to Congress as the
candidate of a man who hae confessed himself
to be a Secessionist ? What do all Douglas
men in our midst think of this exposure?
They are either for Mr. Henries with a South
ern Confederacy, or against him. If they sus
tain his doctrines they deserve to be punished;
if they do not, let them meet in convention,
drive Mr. Huarms from his position, and dis
own all sympathy with him.
Let the loyal Democrats in all parts of
the State assemble, and make known their
indignation. Let them show their faith by,
rising up at once, and driving from their cairn
cils such men as Mr. HUGHES and those who
follow him. Let Mr. CASSIDY and Mr. Nronon
sox, and Mr. Fox and. Mr. KLINE, and their
friends, also assemble, and let them pass a
resolution something;after the following words :
e" Whereas, FRANCIS W. Fineries, the Chair
man of the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, has avowed the authorship of a resolution
pledging the Democraticparty to the cause of
Secession, and recommending Pennsylvania
to join her natural bonds' with the Southern
traitors ; and whereas, he - -has given his
whole sympathy to those who sustain the
rebellion, and has done nothing but
promulgate the teachings of .Tonst C.
Bnecarratinon and his disloyal followers;'
and whereas, we see in Flusters W. Holmes
the ally and friend of such men as JAMES Be-
CHANAN, CHARLES INGERSOLL, GEORGE M.
Wiranrow, ,W3l. B. REED, and those who fol
lowed Dononas to his grave, and now glory
over the proscription and persecution of that
able statesman: Resolved, That we denounce
the said FRANCIS W. Hamm as a traitor to
pure Democratic principles, a conspirator
against his State, and ,an enemy of the Union.
Resolved, That we cannot endorSe or support
the men who represent such atrocious princi
ples as those proclaimed by Mr. HeSussi;
lies leg their election would give more true j ry ,
to Ike rebels in the South than to the loyal
men in the North. Resolved, That our love
for the memory of DOUGLAS will not permit
us to hold fellowship with his unrelenting foss,
and that we spurn them from our organiiation
as unworthy of confidence or association."
This is what all true Democrats should do.
Now is the time for them to punish the trai
tors in their midst. Let them show their pa
triotism by such magnanimity and boldness,
and the country will bless them for having
done a high and noble duty.
Eighteen Months Ago
Eighteen months ago there was a class of
politicians in the Free States who had become
so odious to the people that, in the midst of
their terror, they were compelled to hide them
selves from the popular wrath. Remembering,
with remorse, that they alone had encouraged
the Southern traitors in the proceedings which
led to the rebellion—that they, and they alone,
had applauded JAMES BUCIIANAN when he re
fused to stretch forth the Executive arm to re
buke treason and protect the Government—
they fled to distant places, or threw themselves
under the aegis of the law, in order to escape
the vengeance they had deliberately provoked.
When the masses rose, they endeavored to pa
cify them by the loudest professions of ultra
loyalty, and by throwing to the breeze, with
trembling hands, the very flag they had toiled
to dishonor. Some of these wretched naatig
riants crawled through the byways and alleys
of our cities and towns, guilt and shame im
printed upon their countenances ; some rushed
into print, to anticipate and appease general
indignation; and others, although these were
very few, made public profession of penitence.
It is a little curious to observe that these ter
ror-stricken and conscience-smitten leaders are
at this present writing as bold, and defiant,
and threatening, as eighteen months ago they
were whining, timid, and repentant.
Commander Fraoey
Our Port Royal correspondence published
yesterday contained a statement to the effect
that the steamer Quaker City had permitted
the rebel steamer .Nashville to escape from
her, intimating that the commander of the
Quaker City had been either negligent
or inefficient. Commander J. M. FRAILEY,
who was and is in command of the Quaker
City, called on us yesterday to state that our
correspondent was wholly mistaken. lie did
not see the Nashville, his duty had no particu
lar reference to her movements, and when she
escaped he was cruising in the gulf on special
duty. We make this statement in justice to
Commander FRAILEY, who went to sea yes
terday evening, and who is universally known
and respected as an intelligent, loyal, and
energetic officer.
What Sort of Democrats to Follow.
If the true Democrats of Pennsylvania
want to find leaders worthy of being followed
and believed in, they must turn away, from
those who have placed themselves at the head
of the Breckinridge party, and we do not
think they will object to exchange JAMES Bo-
CRANAN, FRANCIS W. HUGHES, WILLIAM B.
REED, CHARLES W. CARRIGAN, WILLIAM H.
WITTE . , and CHARLES INGERSOLL, for that
phalanx of genuine Deniocratic statesmen
which now sustains the policy of the President
of the United States, and opposes the rebels
in arms. Who would not rather follow De
mocrats like Lima CASS, of Michigan; Jo
-BEPH HOLT, of Kentucky ; ANDREW lOIINSON,
of Tennessee ; DANIEL S. DICRINSON and Jolla
A. Dix, of New York; JOHN A. LOGAN and
JOHN A. McCLERNAND, of Illinois; EDWIN M.
STANTON, Of Pennsylvania ; WILLIAM ALLEN?
of Ohio; THOMAS FRANati—MEAarrEn and IC
ena.st. CORCORAN, hearken to their injunctions
and believe in their counsels, than willingly
consent to be deluded, disgraced, and dis
honored by the reckless politicians who are
trebly guilty of this civil *ar, and aim main
tain an impenitent and remorseliss position of
antagonism to the Federal Government in this;
the darkest hour in American history?
IT IS DIFFICULT to realize that those,who
are now embarrassingthe Government, sympa
thizing with treason, misrepresenting and
falsifying the acts of our public servants, ex
.aggerating the public losses, dilating upon .the
extravagance of-the Administration, the heavy
burdens imposed by our taxes, the cruelty of
the draft, the era of approaching negro-equali
ty, and the =certainty of a negro 'exodus, are
precisely the same men who, in April, 1861,
cowered before the storm of general indigna-'
tion. They carry their heads so high at
-the
present writing as to indulge in threats against
leading friends of the Union, and more than
one is fully convinced that the day is coming
when he will be able, to lead a= mob
against newspaper offices and Government
officials who have dared to denounce the
sympathizers with treason, and to execute the
orders of the Federal Government in put
ting thorn under arrest. There is not an - evil
under which this country suffers that cannot
be directly chargeable to these men. Even if
all they charge against the Administration
were as true as it is false, they, and they
alone, are responsible. They have made great
mistakes heretofore. They mistook our coun
trymen when they supposed they could drag
Pennsylvania out of the Union, according to
the double programme of WILLIA3I B. REED
and FRANCIS W. HUGHES; and they read the
popular heart with weak eyes when they cal
culated they might continue to co-operate
with the rebellion even after Mr. Legoora was
inaugurated. And yet, grievous as these blurt
ders were, they are committing a still more
grievous one now when they suppose that
their threats, their intrigues, and their mis
representations will not be rebuked by, the
masses of the American people. The storin
from which they escaped eighteen months ago
is nothing to that they are again preparing for
thernselves.
LETTER FROM !‘ OCCASIONAL:"
WisimcGToN, Oct. 3, 1862.
The two reasons that chiefly inspire the
Breckinridge politicians in the free States with
the hope that they will be able to defeat the
friende of the Government in the coming
elections are the embarrassments of the Fede
ral Administration, and the belief that a large
number of Democrats have remained at home
solely for the purpose of voting with them.
In the management of such a, war as that in
which this Republic is now engaged it would
be miraculous if our public agents did not
commit many mistakes. The whole rebellion,
fully prepared for by the Southern traitors,
was neither fully expected nor fullyuriderstood
by the Northern people, and in the effort to
check and crush it the wonder is that more
mistakes have not occurred. If the sympa
thizers who take advantage of these short
comings propose any practical or patriotic
remedy their complaints would be reasonable,
but when all their utterances distinctly prove
that their complaints and criticisms are intended
alone to assist the common foe by hastening a
calamitous and mortifying adjustment—an ad
liniment which, under the name of peace,
would open the bitter fountains of an unend
ing war—their policy is little short of direct
treason. The men to correct and chastise the
present Administration are not those who con
template exchanging it for Jefferson . Davis.
This class began not by opposing Mr. Lincoln's
Administration merely—not by avowing their
determination to stand by the Government,
and oppose the traitors—not by voting men
and supplies in Congress—but by an open and
offensive avowal of their sympathies with the
traitors, and by expressions of distrust and
hatred of the :regularly elected Chief Magis
trate of the United States. It was impossible
for Abraham Lincoln to please them. Had he
crushed the rebellion at a blow, they would have
fallen with their Southern associates, and their
malignity to-day would in that event, if eios
sible, have been ten thonsand times stronger.
In confirmation of this assertion, I need only
remark that there is not a loyal Democrat who
was right at the beginning of the rebellion who
is not right to-day, and that in the face .of the
now assailed conduct of President Lincoln in
the management of the war, white the measures
of Congress and his own acts have furnished pre
texts to the semi-traitors in the free States, they
have not dela red many ef the old, long-tried,
and orthodox leaders of the Democracy from
coming forward to support him. The calcula
tion as to the supposed hostility to the Admin
istration of the Democrats who have not
entered the army, and the hope that they would
therefore vote for the Breckinridge ticket, is,
I confidently trust and believe, a monstrous
error. It implies that they have refused to volun
teer in defence of the flag because,they intended
to remain at home to assist those who were trying
to dishonor it. It implies that they are willing
to aid the demagogues whose triumph will
only be to weaken their own brothers and
friends in the army. The best way to test e tids
question is to appeal from the Democrats in
private life to the Democrats in military life.
The latter, speaking through their leaders, al
most without exception, indignantly denounce
and repudiate the ex-ample of the Breckin
ridge leaders in private lite. This is certainly
so of those who were Breckinridge Democrats
like Meagher, Sickles, Bnsteed, Butler, Coch
rane, Dix, and the lamented Isaac I. Stevens;
and this is undoubtedly true of all the Dou
glas men, officers or privates, in the army.
The best way to convert a Democrat into an
ardent supporter of the war, nd tne Adminis
tration, is to send him into the army. He
ceases to complain and learns to confide in the
President and his constitutional advisers. If he
has a contempt beyond the feeling of hatred for
the rebels themselves, it is for those at home
who, under the pretext of being his friends,
aid and comfort the men who are trying to
take his life. Re has seen so much of the
horrors of secession and slavery that all his
old prejudices vanish before the hard logic of
facts, and when he contrasts his own condf
lion with the rags and wretchedness of the
rebel, soldiers, he instinctively , thanks the
Government that so carefully provides for
and protects Him. Now, I believe that the
opinieias of the Democrats in the army cannot
be disregiuded by the Democrats not. in the
army, and.that traitors like _Hughes, who ex
pect that the latter will assist in the degrada
tion of the former, will be wofnlly disappointed
on the'l4th of October. OCCASIONAL.
Sensation Rumors.
The Baltimore American makes the follow
ing just criticism upon the habit of publishing
untrue and mischievous rumors, for the pur
pose of creating a sensation:
""We have a rnmor'—(of course)—that 'Peace
Cernmissionere are on th.elr way from Richmond
to Washington; and that, as a consequence (!), the
army on the Potomac is lying quiet! The I rumor'
in question comes through a source notoriously un
reliable ; in fact, famously so; and we should not
notice it, only to express our decided disbelief in
the whole thing, and more, that it has been delibe
rately manufactured as a sensation item, in the
absence of anything else by which to permit a dis
play of head lines and capitals. But this mode of
getting up news is of late becoming too common. It
is a disgrace to the press. and should be frowned
down in every quarter. In this instance, there is
not even the probability of its being true.
(For The Prose 1
The Flag.
ja..trumßr.a. 24, 1862.]
'Spirits of patriots, hail in heaven again
The flag for whioh yetought and died,
Now that its field, washed clear of every stain,
Floats out in honest pride!
Free blood flows through its scarlet veins ono. more,
And brighter shine its silver bars;
A deeper blue God's ether never wore.
Amongst the golden stars.
E,ee how our earthly_oonstellation gleams;
And backward, flash for flash,.retums
Its heavenly sisters their immortal beams
With light that fires and barns;
That burns becauSe a moving soul is there,
A living force, a shaping, will,
Whose law the fate-forecasting powers of air
Acknowledge and fulfil.
At length the day, by prophets seen of old,
Flames on the crimsoned battle blade,
Henceforth, 0 flag, no mortal bought and sold,
Shall crouch beneath thy shade,
That shame has vanished in the darkened past,
With all, the wild chaotic wrongs
That held the struggling centuries shackled fast
With fear's accursed thongs.
Therefore, 0 patriot fathers, in your eyes
I brandibh thus our banner pure
Watah o'er us, bless its, from your peaeliful skies,
And make the issue pure'
shone u E. Borrow. •
THE PRESS. -- PHILAPELPHIA, SATURDAY • I •
&me startling developments, of fraud have been made
,with reference to the Capitol hospital. There are eleven
hundred and forty patients in it, and the association of
eciens here who superyise hospital matters have made
a report,to the Wit Department of the condition of the
patient& There is a universal complaint made by the
sick soldiers that they canna procure enough to eat.
The report states that tie usual food given them was a
cup of coffee, without sugar or cream, and halt cooked
fat pork, with the hardest kind of dry bread. Donations
sent there, - unless personally given the soldiers by the
donors or the association, seldom reach them.
In the lower rooms of the Capitol it was found that
tables covered with every, luxury, were spread, the at
tendants and various invited guests gorging themselves
there with food which should have been given the pa-
Dents, and many of the articles being purchased with
the reener`precured by the sale of Government rationi.
The War Department is informed that certain general
officere of the volunteer service, on being relieved froth
their commands, or transferred from one command to
another, have occasionally- carried off with them the
soldiers employed as clerks or orderlies at their former
iersequarters. A recent general order says, Not only
had they no right, and should have known bettar than
to do so, but it was wrong in their euperiors in com
mand to permit it, nor will it again be_ permitted,"
All soldiers so separated from their regiments will be
immediately returned to them, and the commanding offi
cers of all regiments from which men are thus irregularly
attached, shall, if the latter be not returned within a
reasonable time, promptly report the facts to the Adju
tant General's office for the fur.her action of the depsri
mint."
According to other army orders just issued, no officer
will hereafter be relieved from his command and soot to
report in this city without the authority of the War De
partment.
Where subordinate oflicert are guilty of military of
fences, or are negligent or incompetent, it is the duty of
the commander to have them tried for their offences, or
examined in regard to their incompetency by a proper
court or commission, and this duty cannot be evaded by
rending them to Washington. Hereafter, officers so
sent to beadonarters will be immediately ordered back,
and those who eend them will be deems!, guilty of dis
obedience of orders.
No pereon shall be mustered into the service of the
United States as a member of the corps of Sharpshooters
unless ho shall produce the certificate of some portion,
drily authorized by the Governor of the State in which
the company is raised, that ho bits, in five consecutive
shots, at 200 yards at rest, made a string not over 25
inches, or the same _string, off band, at 100 yards, the
certificate to be written on the target used at the test.
The State prisonera to be exchanged hit here this after.
noon, under the euperintendence of Major SCHENCK, Mr.
Noon, who has charge of the Old Oanitol'Prison, ac
companying them to negotiate the exchange.
'I he iron. clad steamer Momtor, from
.Norf .11c, has ar
rived here, a here she will remain fora day or two.
The President has recognized AMEDSE &Lovett an
Vice Oomui of France at Baltimore.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Grand Review of the Troops by the
President and Gen, neCtellans
HEADQUARTERS OF TUE ARMY OF TICE POTOMAC,
October 3,1662.
The President, accompanied by General McClellan,
hag to-day reviewed the several corps . of the Army of
the Potomac, beginning with Goners! Burnside's, which
is located near the month of tho Antietam, and con
cluding with that of General Franklin at Bskeraville,
and embracing those of Porter and Reynolds.
At each point the people (selected in large numbers,
and manifested the greatest enthusiasm towards both the
President and Gen. McOlellan. The prevailing spirit of
loyalty was clearly indicated by the greetings which on
every hand were showered upon these distinguished per-
Magee.
The President, after visiting General Sichankton, who
lies wounded near by, in the morning, will be escorted to
Frederick, where he will take a epoolal train for Wash
ington.
FORTRESS NORP.OE, October 2 —The flag- of. trues boat
Metamora arrived here to-day from Alken'e Landing, and
brings down shoat a dozen passengers. One of them re
ports that the Confederate Congress have resolved in all
future actions to hoist the black flag and exterminate the
Ucion troops without granting quarters.
The Richmond Whig of October Ist, says: Informa
tion from Lee's army indicates that an important battle
Is impending, and will take place ere the close of this
week. Gen. IdcOlellan'a army is on this aide of the Po
tomac and is advancing. The rebel army is in excellent
condition, and eager for the fray.
The Richmond Whig, speaking of President Lincoln's
proclamation ' says it ordains servile insurrection in the
Confederate States, and is not misunderstood, either
North or South. It is a dash of the pen to destroy four
thousand millions of our property, and is as much as
bid for the elavee to rise in insurrection, with the emu
ranee of aid from the whole military and naval power of
tho Milted States. It speaks of the cruelty in the Ad
ministration, and says Butler is a saint when compared
with his master. Our military operations are henceforth
to assume a very grave character. The friends of the
new programme will necessarily destroy all terms be
tween us. The next campaign will be a tremendous one,
both for the magnitude and character of the hostilities.
Ltt our authorities prepare the whole streneh of our
people for the tremendous shock. The enemy Is making
great preparations. as well as issuing fiendish proclama
tions. We must respond with equal energy. If we do
not wo shall be lost. But we will do it.
Yesterday the Yankees advatoed on Warrenton,
taking the sick and wounded pritoners and paroling
them
The movement of Lee and Jackson was toward that
place on Saturday last, but their exact movement it not
known. It is enough to know that our generals under
stand what they are about.
James river was never lower than now. In the neigh
borhood of Lynchburg a person can walk 'across on
the rccks without wetting hie feet.
_.
An army poet office bee been eetablishel at Winches
ter. To that taint is a dally stage to Staunton.
A despatch from Memphis, 28th ult., says there is no
news of importance, except from the North
The Epanish frigate which arrived here yeeerday
fired a salute to-day at noon, which was responded to
from Fortress Monroe.
Arrival of the California Steamer:
NEW YORK, October, 4-1 g o'clock A. 111—The
steamer Northern Light, from Aspinwall on the 25th nit.,
art ived at this port at midnight, with $754,000 in tree
sure. She brings Valparaiso dates to September 25, and
Congo to 9 ptember 13th.
Several modifications in the tariff laws of Chill are to
be made, so as to allow a repeal of all export duties on
metals.
The Peruvian Congress had disepproved of the loan
contracted In London.
The attempted revolution In La Paz, Bolivar, bad
failed. '
A veeeel bad arrived at Callao with 250 mer, *Omen
and children from West Hebridee, whore labor for agri
cultural parixusee war contracted for on the same prin
ciple as that of the (Mime.
BAN FRANCISCO, October I.—The steamer Sonora
ea% d for *enema today, carrying $764,000 in treasure,
for New York, *438,000 for England, awl $lOO,OOO for
the National Sanitary e:ommirice.
'the State Y'Mr opened today at Sacramento. The
oattle-thow is very extensive. The fair is otherwise die
tit guished by the a tendance of many of the candidates
for Uni,ad States Senator.
The emigration from the southern counties of this
State to the new Colorado mines continues to be very
extensive; while the Mexicans from Sonora are flocking
thither In large numbers. A large prospecting party IS
fitting out to go into the unexplored couotry, and make
examinations of ;he various mountainous cattioti.
New YOTIK, October 3.—The steamship Marion arrived
at this yort tonight, from New Otleims on tha2beh, via
Key West on the 29th ult.
SW brings $259,000 in specie. •
Wm. O. Bowes, an old citizen of New Orleans and a
native of Boston, died at folly Springs Mississippi.
Gen Butler bad ordered all the citizens of New Or
leans, male and female, to t-ke the oath cf allegiance by
the let of October, on pain of imprisonment and the con
&cation of their property if they refused or neglec:ed to
dose.
Arrived at New °ldeate, on the 22d, bark Zack Davie,
frcm Philadelphia; 23d, edir. Evaline, from Philadel
phia.
' be steamer Suwannee was to gall on the 2.3:h for Phi
ladelphia.
A. gang of twenty guerillas from above Eoerytile had
volantorilY etnrendered to the United Stated; foreas.
FROM
Special Despatches to 44 The press.,*
WASHINGTON, Cictober 1862.
The Rebels at Winchester.
A letter frcm bharpaborg, dated halt night and 're.
ceived hero to•dae, states that there are decided indica-
Hone that the enemy is fortifying Winchester and Mar•
ticeburg, and seem determined an holding themselves in
a defensive poeition. Another recohnoiseenee had shown
that•the reboil had loft their doied unburied on the field
after the late akin:aloha. Nem from:the front today
repreeente,nothing of special interest.
HoHlital Frauds.
Complaint of those frauds has been made to the proper
authority, end doubtleae the guilty will soon he severely
punished.
Exchange of Prisoners
One hundred and fifty political prisoners and a hun
dred others have bon sent to Aiken'a Landing, on the
James river, via Fortress Monroe, to-day, under guard
of 00. F of the 'idden Regiment, and commanded by
Major B. W. SintW of the 135th Pennsylvania Volun
teers, to be exchanged.
Arrivals. •
JUIN D. STILES, the Democratic 3andidate for Don
gress from Lancaster district, is here, and ,Tosiiiie. B.
GIDDINGS, of. Ohio, has also arrived.
Sick Sent North.
Two hundred sick left by rail to:day for New York.
Railroad Extension.
Passenger ears have commenced running to the. navy
Mitcelitineous;
The Soficl'or of the Treasury has given a Second
opinion concerning the removal of goods from. their
manufactory prior to the let of September.. By this
opinion, all goods actually removed, from the premises
where manufactured are exempt-from taxation. By the
word " premixes" is meant not only the buildings where
the manufacture is carried on, but also the store
houses connected therewith, or used for the purpose of
storing the manufactures, The opinion will belpritdod and
dietributed immediately.
The consultation of a committee of wholesale llinor
dealers from New York, yesterday, with the Commis
sioner on Internal Revenue, was for the purpoise of having
regulations eatablieted which will faollitatelhe moving
and selling of spirite in bond for export. Several propo.
BitiOLB have been submitted, but as yet no conclusion has
been reacted. .
The contract for the supply of - stationary to thd Wash
ington Navy Yard has been awarded to Purra'S &
floLonwous; of this city.
CARPENTER LEO.NARD VIENTMATII, Untied Staten
Navy, 'who was ordtred to the .Tatnestown, cannot be
found.
According toKan act of. Congress of July last, the
Western gunboat fleet has j ust beei transferredfrena the
War to the Navy DePlirtment. AU the veeaele now un
der construction or repair by authority of the War De
partment are to be completed and paid for under the au
thority of that department from appropriations made
for that purpose.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Later Southern News.
NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
From California
From New Orleans.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
A General Engagement at Hana.
Lotrisvium, October 3.--The order which haa been
enforced for the past two weeks against the sale of li
quors bee been rescinded, and all kinds of bnaineaa have
reaumtd their accustomed channels.
General Bragg has leaned a proclamation threatening
an immediate and vig3rous enforcement of the Ckulfede
rale conscription act in all parts of Kentucky under the
control of the rebele.
This fifternaon, on the approach of General 'Critten
den's divisien of United States troops to Blount Wash
ington, a large rebel force retreated one and a half miles
from there. Grittenden'e force was then drawn tiD in
tine of battle on the Ohio, and a battery wee being
placed in position. Simultaneously General Itosseau'S
command commenced surrounding the enemy. BM
after collo - s of musketry were fired, and it is presumed
that a general engagement took place.
;Ir. lilarkland, agent of the Post Office Department
has areced, with two wagonloads of mailifrotrilfashvMe,
up to the 10th olt.
The van of *Gemara Buell'd wagon train, eonsisting of
1800 wagons, has Just reached Louisville, the rear resting
on Salt river, twenty-two - miles distant, and coming up
rapidly. . .
Refugees, from the interior of Kentucky are returning
homeward in the rear of our army.
The care of the Louisville and Fraukford Rsilroad
proceeded a few miles beyond Lagrange today. No rebel
force was encountered. It is supposed that the oars will
commence running regularly next Monday.
The reports of the burning of bridges over the Ken-
Way river, near Frankfort, are false, although it is
thought they will be destroyed as our forces approach
them. ,
The rebels threaten to hymn Lexington and. Frankfort,
if they are compelled to evacuate those place&
The Southern telegraph line has been opened, and is
working to Bowling Green this evening.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The City of Washington off Cape Race.
GARIBALDI PROMISES TO FIGHT FOR THE NORTH.
CAPE BADE, October 3.—The steamship City of Wash
ington, from Liverpool on. the 24th ult., via Qfteenstowa
on the 15ib, was boarded by the news yacht at 10 o'clock
ibis merning.
The steamer Oity of New York arrived at Queenstown
on the 25th.
The ministerial crisis in Prussia continues, but is ap
proaching a termination.
`Th - e - ateamer City of" Washington has 70 cabin and 280
steerage paspngers. She encountered westerly storms
on the plunge.
Garibaldi, in a letter to the 'United States consul at
Vienna, promises to fight for the North on regaining his
liberty and health.
The U. S. steam corvette St. Louis remains at Lisbon,
and WOnld probably stay there all the winter.
The steamer. Alabama, which was reported to be re
turning to Liveipool, when the steamer Europa left,
proved not to have been the rebel pirate 46 290."
The Loudon .Daity News, in reverting to the Proposed
exodus of the negroos and the colonization, terms it a
wild scheme, and says that the sooner the Federal Go
vornmtnt leaves off talking about what it cannot effect
the better it will be for its dignity and its reputation.
The London Times. in an editorial treating on the
recent reverses to the Federal army, says it thinks they
will have the , effect to restore 'liberty of speech in the
North, and apparently almost suspend the Government
at Waehirgton. -
The Elorniog Post says "this strange and • unlooked.
for coup d'etat may, possibly terminate the war." It
adds that 15 a man of ordinary firmness may e3tabliah out
of the ruins of the 'Union anew Republio," and that even
it Jeff Divis assumes the Presidency of the United States
the North will accept him in order to preserve unity.
It was etattd that the doctrine of the Federal Govern.
went, that foreign trading vessels not carrying contra
band goods, shall possess permits to enter theports of
the Union, is held by France as wholly inadmissible in
its operations on commerce.
France hawenergetically protested against the capture
of the ship Lalt[snake at New Orleans:
The substitute for cotton, which attracted so much at
tention, 'consist, of fibres of a marine plant, known as
the Bertrea .31ctrina, or common grass wrack.
The Blanchester Cotton fitipply, at its annual meeting,
- teat a hepetni view of the capacity of India, but de•
nounced the obstructive policy of the Indian Govern
ment. The impeachment of Sir Charles Wood was
'celled for.
The rioting at Belfast was of a. serious character, but
attended by no loss of life. - -
Business in the French cotton manufacturing districts
has not been so duU since the revolution of 1818.
On the Paris Bourse an advance or prices bad taken
place r which was, however, followed by a reaction.
Mentes are quoted at 09f.100,
The condition of Garibaldi's health continues to 1111.
prove, but it was expected that many mouths will elapse
before he can be removed. The granting of an amnesty
to him and his followers was again rumored.
THE LATEST, VIA. QUEENSTOWN.
LINER - pool, Sept:2sth.—ThS American consul at Vi
enna wrote to Garibaldi, asking bid; as he had failed in
his patriotic efforts in Italy, if he.would offer hie valiant
elm In the American str,uggie for liberty and unity, and
promising him an enthusiastic receptiem
GABIBALDPB'L ETTER
Garibaldi, under date of, Sept. 14, replied :
6 . I am a prisoner and dangerousty wounded. Tt is
cone( quently impossible for me to alarm of myself.
4 ' Bowever, as soon se I am restored to liberty, and my
wounds aro healed, I shall take the first favorable (=ln
firmity to satisfy my desire to serve the great American
:Republic, of which lam a citizen, and which is now
fiEliting for nnivereel liberty."
The above correspondence appeared in the Wonder, of
Vienna. There is no other news of importance.
Commercial Intelligence.
laysnyoor., Sept. 24.—Ootton—The ealee on Monday
and Tuesday amounted to 2.000 balsa, of which 4500
bales were taken by speculators and or export. The
mat ket closed easier, but nominally unchanged.
STATE OF TRADE.—The Manchester markets are
dull.
BREADSTUFFS have a declining tendency. Flour is dull
and 6rl lower. Wheat irregular, and land lower ; red
Walton 9e®10,3 2d ; rod Southern 106 3110,10 a ed ; white
Western llarPlia 4d ; white SCAntlieru I.la edol2a: . Cora
quiet butsteady ; mixed 28a 9dc29a.
Preovlsrous —Beet flat. Pork very dull. Baconquiet
but steady. Lard unchanged and steady.
PRODUCE —Males firm: Sugar quiet. Coffee inae•
tire. Rice—Sales email. Rosin—No Sales. Spirits of
Turpentine—No asks. .
LONDON PdA.P.KETS, Sept. 23 —Breadiatuffa are
dull, and all qualities are slightly lower. Sugar is quiet
but steady. Coffee firm. Tea quiet. Rice firm. Tal
low steady at 48s 63. Linseed Oil firm at 435. Spirits of
Turpentine quierat 130e1355.
LONDON MONEY BIA.RHET.—ConsoIs closed on
Tuesday at 93X ef.93%.
ABIERIC aN faEUURITIEB.—IIIhfois Central shares,
50XQ99 j 4 4F cent discount; Erie aharea, 29X ra29.
7RE LATEST.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 28 .—Ootton.—The sales of Wednes
day and Thursday amounted to 2,000 bales, including
1 000 bales to epeculatore and exporters. The market fa
called slightly lower for all qualities, but the prices are
nominal:
Breadstriffe Quiet but steady.
Provisions very dull.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—Consols closed at 93X 892%.
From New mexico.
KANSAS CITY (HO ), October 2.—The Santa Fe mall,
with dates to the 22d ult , hes arrived. The news is un
important. The passengers report all quiet along the
rcnte.
Governor Connelly, who has been affected with a pain
ful Infirmity for - a number of leers, goes East to prccure
surgical aid. During his absence, Secretary Amy at
tends to the Executive duties of the Territory.
General Oarelton arrived at Santa re on the 16th, and
slummed command of the department, vice Qoporal Can.
by, who has been relieved.
From Nassau, N. F
NEW YORK, Oct. 8--Midnight.—The steamer British
Queen hal arrived, from Havana on the 27th, and Nas
sau on the 29th. The newts from Havana has been anti
cipated.
Tht steamer Scotia arrived at Nassau on the 28th from
Charleston.
The health of Nassau is good.
The tchooner Narragansett, from Philadelphia for
Ship island, with naval stores for the United States Go
vernmtnt, was recently wrecked near Berry lalends.
The steamer Anglia '
from Charleston , arrived at Nas
sau on the 26th, and cleared again, ostensibly for St.
John, N. B.
The schooner Maggie Fulton had arrived from
mington, N. C., with cotton, turpentine, dm.
• Advices from Barbadoes represent that there is much
sickness there, and a number of deaths have taken place
from yellow fever.
Fire at Boston.
Beeros, Ccteber 3.—A. large building in West Now
ton known ua silk factory, owned by Mr. Towne, of
Philadelphia, was burned last night. Loss, $20,000. La
med hr $15,000.
Mown. Sloven. & Oo.'e flannel factory to Haverhill,
wax damagtd by lire last night. LoBB, $12,000.
Tea and Wool Sales at New York.
Nan YORK, October 3 —The public sale of teas to
day was welt attended, and full prices were obtained.
The wool market was very dull, and the prices, both
for domestic and foreign, lower, holders soerning disposed
to realize.
Ohio Politics.
CINCINNATI, October . 2.—C01. John Grosbeck was
nominated for Congress in 'tte First distriet, and John
A. Gurley in the Second district, by the Union Colleen.
Lion today.
Michlgan' , Politics
Darnotr, October 3 —The Union State Convention,
trbich met at Jackson yesterday, nominated Byron G;
Stout for Governor, and a fall State ticket.
United States Steamers Spoken.
BOSTON, October 3.—Spoken, on the 28th ult., off Ber
muda, United State. steamers Wachneett, Tioga, and
Sonora, bound into Bermuda.
From Havana.
• NBW YORICi • October 3.—The steamer British Queen,
from Baran* and Nassau, has been signalled below.
Marine.
Bosrote, October S.—Arrived, obip Rambler, from Son
Francisco; barb Bieber, from Oarditi; Florence, from
Liverpool; brig Union, from Jacmel.
Public Entertainments
• Tim REVIRIS OF TEM RAVELS.—NO announcement
could be more acceptable to our amusement seekers
than that of Mr. William Wheatley, who has leased the
Academy of MUSIC, and will open it on Monday evening
next with the marvetione Ravels. Mr. Wheatley is a
Philadelphia favorite, and too shrewd a manager to enter
upon any undertaking which cannot command nicest...
80, relying upon his tact and judgment, and upon the
attractiveness of the artistes whom he has grouped toge
ther in his programme, we venture the prediction that
the brief a. aeon of twelve nights for which he has ar
ranged will be as satisfactory to himself as to the
public. -It is unnecessary that we should commend
to lovers of the astonishing end amusing the en
tertainments of Gabriel Bevel and troupe, whose
fame hes extended throughout America and Baropa.
They do not come to us strangers of sudden reputation,
heralded by newepeper puffs. Their performances hare
already been witnessed by many Philadelphians, but by
none who will not be glad of•thie new opportunity to
witness their wonderful dexterity and agility; for it Is
not to be eupoosed that such versatile performers could
or would confine themselves to a routine of feats. The
public are under obligations to Branner Wheatley for his
enterpriee in furniehtng them a legitimate species of
amusement at a .season when moat managers would be
inclined to close their doors despairingly, In spite of
the war, be seems determined that the Academy shall not
become mouldy, nor covered with cob webs, and, with the
erconregement which Is sure to reward his efforts, we
feel convinced that his determination Is well chosen and
judicious.
By BEFERENCS to our advertising oolumns it will
be seen that the furniture and unexpired lease of
the Union Hotel, Arch street above Third, is offered
for sale. The hotel is in complete order, with a
capacity to accommodate 225 guests comfortably,
It enjoys a large business, principally from Penn
sylvania, Maryland, and the Western States, This
offers a good opportunity to any person wishing to
engage in a business already established,
From Mexico
LETTER. OF NAPOLEON ITT-iiiB NATIONAL --
.SONDE,'
INVOLVED-HIS ASSERTIONS OF DISINT/lILEST
ED ESS.
The New York Courrier dee Etats Unit of yesterday
publishea a letter, dated Vera Oruz, September lath,
which contains some latereating details of Mexican of
President Juarez has been much troubled by the
defection cf liable& and hie retirement to the Interior
with a thousand men. Doidado's future plans and ob.
jects are unknown. The death of Zaragoza, in whom
the, army hiutthe gmatest confldence,,adds to the coin.
plicatione. Among th ose trying to secure the command
of the army are Oomonfort, Urage, and Ortega.
- Gen. Lorencez had received the following letter from
-the Nmperor of the - Wench:
""My DEAR GENERAL I have heard. with Pleaeltre
of the brilliant affair Of Onmhes, and with mortification
of the check at the attack on Puebla. It Is 'the fortune
of war to haverevErses, which often obscure the splendor
of anceeie but that is no reason to feel disbouraged.
The national honor is involved, and you will be sus
tained by all the resources that you can;
desire and of
which you may have need.
Tell yonr troops that you have the assurance of my
entire satisfaction with their courage and fortitude.
However far away they may bs my solicitude Still cares
for thtm.
I anorove of your conduct, although it may not have
been comprehended by the world. You have done well
to protect General Almonte, since he is in a state of war
with the actual government or Mexico. Every one who
seeks the protection of your flag hag an equal right to
that protection. But all that should not at all influence
your future actions. It is contrary to my intentions, to
my origin, and my.principies to impose any govern
ment whatever on the Mexican people. They can freely
choose that form they prefer. I only rev:tire of them
sincerity to their foreign relations, and I only seek tha
prosperity and independence under a stable and regular
government of their beautiful country.,
Receive, &c. ' NAPOLEON.".
General Forey was e x pected at Vera Cron on the 20th
September, and immediately on his arrival Lorencez and
bis suite would return to France.
Lorencez will leave Forey an excellent military eitua-
Hon. He has erected a masonry fort on the heights of
Borrego, and has built trenches about Orivtha, which
Will by the headquarters and base of operations of the
expeditionary anny: -
Congratulatory Order, on the
,Battle of
luka.
The congratulqory order. of General O. 8. Hamilton,
the hero of the battle of Inks, is at follows :
TIEAPOOIIiTERO TITTUD Drll6loif &ANT OF THE
MISSISSIPPI JACINTO, 31169., Bept. 22,1862.
GaratnAL ORDER NO. 13.--The General commanding
the divielon offers` his sincere congra'ulationg to the
brave men tinder bit command, for the victory won by
their heroism and daring, over the combined forces of ths
rebel General Sterling Price, near inks, on the 19th
instant.
Against more than treble YOIIr numbers, on a difficult
and unknown battle-ground, chosen by the enemy, with
every advantage on hie Bide, you hive fought with a
heroism and desperation which wrested from the foe a
glorious victory.
The history of this war showy, thus far, no record of
such prowess. It is a record which bears the stamp of
truest heroism, and is a sacred pledge that, in every en
counter, we shall be victorious.
To the commanders of brigades, Gen. J. O. Sullivan
and Col J. B Panborn, to the commanders of regiments
and batteries, and to each and every one of his command,
the general of the division tenders his heartfelt and
grateful thanks.
To the bravo dead we will offer the tribute of sacred
memory, and to the wounded our tender sympathy and
love.
Henceforth we know what we can dO, and let nt swear
that, by the bleFeing of God, we will do and dare until
tbia unholy rebellion shall bedome as'dead 83 the rebele
Who deep under the sod, of the battle-field of Inks.
By order of Brig. Gen. G. S. 13.1,11 LION.
8., M. SAWYER, Aea't 4t.dj't Gen.
The Rebel Steam Rain in the liferSeys.
[From the Liverpool Press, Sept. 19.]
It would seem, judging from the contracts now in the
hands of the ship ,build ere and iron-plate meoufact wore of
this country, that the Confederate Government is exhibit"
ing as much energy and resolution in the creation of an
ironclad fleet as It has manifested in the aeries of battles
whichhave thrown the Army of the Potomac, defeated
and broken, behind the ehelter of the defences of Waal.
ington. Besides the commissions committed to other
ship-builders by the Southern Confederacy, and which are
being pushed forward with all possible despatch, a large
iron. plated ram is now being constructed on the Hersey,
without much attempt at concealment. We 'withhold
the name of the builder for prudential reasons; but the
fact is Without question, and the ram, from the high
character of her builder, win best most formidable oppo
nent when equipped for sea ; and, should the blockade of
the Southern coast not terminate before her arrival be=
lore Charleston, Bhe will attempt -to pass the Federal
cruisers with every , chance of Impunity. In addition CO
this ram, and other contracts held by our shipbuildere—
which, by tbe way, ore highly flattering to their repu
tation, and which hitherto have been financially dis
charged in each instance (when completed) with scrupu
lous punctuality—a vessel - now in the Brunewick dock,
the name,of which we do not wish to give for obvious
reasons, has a cargo consisting chiefly of iron elates on
board, ready to fasten on the Bides of Southern vessels
waiting their arrival out at Charles Mn. Tee owners of
this vessel are imbued with Southern sentiments; but,
whittle r or not, we are too neutral in the gigantic can
filet now raging across the Atlantic to allude too point
edly to this transaction. It seems very olear, from the
present vigorous conduct of the Southern Confederacy,
that the South, .at no distant period, will possess an
iron-clad fleet capable of coping as successfully
with that of. the North, as its armies have triumph
antly • met thole of the Federal Government, if
° hut the same dashing spirits that lead the armies
of the South can be found to command it. Of one thing,
however, we think we can speak with certainty, and that
is, that in the 'vessels built on the Mersey the South will
have an advantage over the Federale in strength of build,
equipment, and invulnerability. The rest their own cou
rage will do, and we may yet hear of the gallant per
for Inane° of more than one No. 290 before the announce
ment of peace'gladdens the heart of all Barone. At all
events, a few such rams as the one now building on the
Mersey would make the raising of the Southern blockade
an easy task.
Another Gas-Cotsnmer's Groan.
To the .Editor of The Press:
Sut: I trust that, with your usual kindness, you will
oblige me, end a great many other gas. consumers, by pub
lishing the following facts:
Early in the present r oar, it was announced, with no.
table glorification from the newspapers, that from the
first dey et the ensuing July there would be a general
reduction of 25 cents per 1000 feet on the gas consumed
in Philadelphia t that time, the coat of gas was $2.25
per thousand cubic feet, and, at the then rate of coal, this
alloerta the gas makers a clear profit of at least 100 per
cent ,of which - ins city revenue receives the advantage.
111 y gas bill for the month of September, received this
• day, still charges me with the $2 25' a hich I have provl
cu.ly paid. Are 1 not eutiebra-ea c.oessiaesin or the ilwas,,,S
promise of a re dcced price after July
Several week" ago, an editorial in The Press drew
public attention to she eicitement which had just then
arisen in New 1 ork by the impudent demand of the Stan
batten Gcs Company to make its centimeters pay the 15
per cent. imposed on gas, under the Tax Bill of 1862.
The Company In atteeticn Is ea immensely wealthy corpo
ration, receiving a very great interest, in the shape of
dividends and bonuses, upon its invested capital. Like
every other Gas Company on this side of the Atlantic. it
'has continuously charged mach.more than a fair price
for the article it (applies. Public feeling in New York
declared itself so strongly against saddling the mou
rners with the tax that the Company, I have heard, was
ccmpellecr to abandon its threatened attack upon the
pockets of the community. The City Gas ilompanY,
which supplies about a moiety of the gas consumed in
New York, made no attempt to make its customers pay
what ought to have fallen on the dividends or profits.
Immediately after editorial notice was made of this
matter in The Press, a counter statement was published
in that parer. apparently en authorized one, to the effect
that in Philadelphia the tax would be (assumed and paid
by the Gas Company, and in no case levied on the gas
consumers. This assurance gave great satisfaction to
myself and °there, in whose necessary business expendi
ture the heavy price of gas makes a very Reticles item.
As I have already mentioned, this day I received my
bi 1 for gas in September. The price per 1,000 cubic feet
la the cisme, $2 25, which it has been ever since I became
a consumer. For 2,1'00 Cubic fest set down in that hill as
consumed by me I am charged $6 08, (which is a frac
- ties more than the true amount,) and at the bottom of
the bill I find the words 11 U S Tax 40e." It thus ep.
sears that the (las Company has sof made the boasted
reduction in the price of gas, and it does lay the public
tax upon its customers.
On exatrauation or the act of Congress, I find that there
are three rates of taxation upon gas, viz : 5 cents per 1,000
cut feet wt ere the quantity manufactured le not over
500,000 cubic feet per month ; 10 cents where ft exceeds
50,000 aid toes not exceed 5.000,000 cut* feet; and 15
cents where it exceeds 5;000,000 outdo feet. Phila4elphis,
with its large consumption, comes under the 15. cent tax.
The collector, to nhom I expressed my surprise at hiving
the United States tax thrown upon me, alter the eemi-010.-
mal promise (in The Press) that it would be paid by the
Gait Company, said that the consumer wee charged only
ha/J . the Utz. and figured it out for me in &manner which
1 bad no time to notice then. I have since made a regu.
lar rule. of• three sum of it, and Baling if, on 1,000 feet
the tax be 15 cents, what will it be upon 2,700 feet? the
answer is 40 cents and 6 mills. The remarkable trieraliti
of the company does not charge me with the 5 mills, hat,
per contra, It bed put 50 utility extra on the charge for
gas, so it Is in fo me still.
This very plain statement, fir, Editor, bas occu
pied 1310,6 apace than I Intended, but the subject is
of such vast interest to the public. that I trust you
will excuse me Forty cents added on to a gas bill will
seem a wretched trifle to rich people, bat to us poor
strugglers in butiness, breed•seekers in hard times, it is
Ter, 'lotions. Rich folks get their bins quarterly, and,
in a day or two will find the United States tax added
on, as it bee been to mine Thie impost— which is an im
position in fact—was intended by ()only ass to come out
of the foods of wealthy companies that can afford it, not
ant of the tills of poor folks tbst can't. In my case it
will amount to $4BO a year, which ought to be paid, and
could be paid, out of the Gas Company's profits, and
ought to be paid out of them, seeing that the promised
reduction in the price of gas has not been made .
A N OTHER GAS-OONSLTHEB.
Philadelphia, Oct, 2, 1662.
The liew York Iron• Clads.
• Onr naval reporter, yesterday, visited the yards in
which ironclad elites are building for the G.rvernment.
In them all the utmost energy and industry was visible.
The following is a rough estimate of the nunber of
band. employed in the different places named. Deems
ter Works, 1,000; Oreenpoint, 2,000; Jersey City, 1,200;
Dry Dock f Whimsy's ship), 600; Mr Webb's, 500. To
tal men, 0,200. Besides these, in nearly all first-class
foundries and emitheries, contracts have been obtained,
thus necessitating the employment of more hands. In
the navy yard there are nearly 4,000 men, and working
on the wooden vessels in the coarse of construction here
about there must be at least 5 000, so that it would hardly
exaggerate the fact to state that nearly 20,000 men are
now employed in the vicinity of New York, whose wages
the Navy Departmet t will pay eventually.
The Weehawken will probably be the next iron-clad
vessel lannci ed. She is building at Colwell's foundry, in
Jersey City. Planking bee already begun, and the deck
floor fe being laid. On the upper part of the hull the first
iron plates were laid yesterday. They form, with the
wooden portion of the bulwarks, a defence quite as wide,
and far stronger than the generality of "atone-walls," so
common in the euburbe. The lower part of the hull Is
being planed and prepared for the mail. It is expected
that by the let proximo, the Weehawken will be afloat.
In the same yard with this vessel the Comanche, intended
for California, le being built. She is all iron. Yesterday
the different slabs of that metal. ar.se in half circles,
stopping at what Is to be the top of the hall. The inter
mediate Blabs =will bo put on, pay by day, until there
is room for no more, and the ship is finished. She is in
sections, and, when complete, will be taken apart and
transported to the theatre of her future operations, as al
ready explained.
Greenpoint is like a human beehive. Ears are worth
less once you get inekle the bounds of the ooolinentel
Wolk.. The greater part of inquiries and answers are
psntominnio The Montauk, Reatekill, and Passaic, of
the nice Monitor fleet, and the Onondaga and Puritan,
of the special fleet, are in band. The Passaic, launched.
and " engiurd," is preparing rapidly for sea. The Mon
tauk end liaatelill will be afloat in a mouth. They are
ao like their slater ship that Mr. Ericsson ears the earn.
hole would answer all of them. The Puritan is the
Great Eastern of the lot, being nearly as large as the
tine° combined. She is only In the early stages of ex
istence, however, and will hardlr be manned and equipped
before the Clove of 1862. The Onondaga is further ad
vanced. Bhe is all troy, and wi I have two turrets. The
Morgan Iron Works are getting np her machinery.
There to a considerable difference visible between her
and lbe other vesteir, she befog built on a ennewhat
&parse° elan, although the chief principle involved in
her conception is the same as that which brought forth
Monitor number one.
The Dictator is going rip at the Delamater Iron Works.
Her ribe are ship-shape; and the several parts of the
monster begin to look recognizable. Hitherto „an
uninitiatediperson would not -know the 'skeleton from
the frundatfon platform of a lunatic asylum Over a
thousand men are engaged on. her, and Mr. Boble, - of the
navy, is sentinel.
Air. Whitney's iron ship is more' advanced than any
MVO the Weehawken. The fdoodna ie the name given to
ht rby Mr. Welles. The bull is finished, and a good por
tion of the armor on. The entire "shell" of the vessel
la complete, alai, if It wet a wood, in launching condition.
The turrets will be two in number, and are nearly ready.
Before the expiration of October the Moodna will be
ready for floating on:.
Mr. Webb's ram has just been commenced. She will
he 7,000 tone burden. All other chips on the iron sya
m will be mere catamarans to her. bhe will be a double
ship, the bull not b. leg iron, but wood. At present she
locket too unlike an) Ming to be described. In two
mouths she will be a great ram, able to go to sea, and
accommodate a large ship's company than. the Malcom.
Her name has lent teen mentioned yet, but people think
it (nib: to be Wasbir eon," as we have no maa
ot
war with that titles—N. Y. Times.
DONATIONS.—The Ladice Aid 8
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THE -,..,,. : CITY
oti,
of the Hospital, Sixth and Heater streets, e o
the wowing donations: From the member itil'ty
end congregation of Rev. T., De Witt Talmoh:tta.:,
and Brown, 3227.65 ; Chu Santee, 55 ; o h , 0 3i,.,„
. .._ 1..
$lO ; Barton Green, $6 ; Mrs Stekl, SI ; grotnehylzy:
congregation at Coxsackie, N. Y., thro nb ~croi,,:
Zabriskie, $44 07; Mrs. Ostbeimer, $2 ; 1 ,4 ,i
Jr., 55; Little Girls' Fair, $B.BB : Chiliren,lll/4
Seventh and Oxford, $l2 i Through W. g. 0 r „,..er,,5,
Sire. Johnson, $ 5; Through Mrs. Newman, li a .'lt,
dren's Fair, SIP 10 ; Mrs. Woodward, by rh.. ! 1 . ,
$5; Company F, Home Guards, by Llent g ra rri b,
Children's, Fair, $5 50 ; Mrs. K lutloYi SI ; c a !'„!.l
cash; $1; J. Edwd:Fanaum, $26 ; From Catasn,l:
Through Mrs. Beck. $ 3; Through Hrs. Vired,r li
Gould, $ 5; From Ladles of the Committee of th , li t,
tal, collected for, the flag, 523, which flag pm, kind;
N .
Dated by Mews. Horetmenn , for the hosnit,C;li%
amount thus collected wee given into the t reater, . 4
t'.
Fair, held by Anthony Wolf and Antl4 nY Bc: 4 1
$3 ; From Fair, bold by Frank and mo t , zr ~,,,,
Sarah and Jane Landenbur e , $27 so; Thron,ll,l;
Whitman, $5 ; Proceed, of Fair, given und er ,:
tion of the Misses Riley, Brodie, Peddl e , tlic ,!l . q,,, ,
yle,
Parmenter, Allen, Baker, Harrison, ee rll , S 4
$2ll 27. , Wki.,
The Thermometer.
OOTOBEE 3,18615'' OSTOBER 3,1882.
6 A. E. 72E. 8 P.M. 8P.71
60 77 - 78 6T 77 81K
WIND.
WBW. W. WEIN% 11EE BE. 8.
A SXCESH Sertli.P.BOOS.- - We have
looked with some curiosity through an old scrap-book,
picked up in Secessiondom, ,and - kindry furnished us by
()apt. lllman. The book was discovered , by him in the
library of 001. Richardson, 32d Virginia liniment. The
colonel's house wee five milea from Richtiond, and at
the time was occupied , as a hospital for the Harris Oa
yalry. dept. Inman was also in possession of several
other curious books, but was unable to bring them with
him. The aerate book, some eight inches square, num
bers about fifty:pages, and is pretty well: filled with ex
tracts from papers twenty`years old. Poetry, patriotism,
and pathology seem to ge hand in hand through its leaves.
We take pleasure in quoting from them the following ex
tract, evidently the commencement of what was intended
to be a sonnet. We copy verbatim, and from the
manner in which the original is lettered, the author must
have thought he had capital ideas :
TT at last his splrbs took its flight
no fevers Burns his Brain
His body free from pain.
Where fevers never known
his soul t Trust with angels Bright
is Hovering around Gods throne •
The Bloom that once was on
We saw him di by frosts away. , !
The distracted state of the poet's mind must excuse
hie too free use of the poetic license. We hope the indi
vidual thus eloquently mourned was not the one to
whom the fifty prescriptions, immediately following the
poem, were adteintatercd. It were a pity for to many
pills and powders to be thrown away. We presume, at
any rate, he possessed fair digestive organs; for wo meet
with numerous lead-pencil allusions -to - a -" good diet,"
"milk punch," and- 4 T whisky and water." Beef tea,
also, memo to base been in demand, and, if not a "beef
eater," the invalid was at least a drinker of the same.
The name of South Carolina figures very largely
throughout the' pages ' and Disunion and Secession are
along:Me each o th er.' Some of the Bluffton dinner toasts
are noticeable. "The Palmetto State: there is that
within her which will regenerate the 'Union." "South
Carolina: incapable, like some of her sisters, of changing
her principles to suit political aspirants, cir of abandon
irg them, she will move on to their vindication, and, if
necessary, he will move alone !" Some other toasts are,
"The people of South Carolina: they know that they are
oppressed ; they feel that they wilt resist." it The disso
lution of the Union : one of the greatest of evils, but not
the greatest; there is one greater—submission to a Go
vernment without limitation of powers." One toast
intimates that Southern rights and Southern interests are
to be obtained only at the point of the bayonet T.
A glance at the extracts in such a boik as this suffi lee
to show the stale or Southern feeling years ago. The
chivalry" never bare had an overweening affection for
the TT ninepins," and these have never felt any particular
veneration for their patrician brethren. It is amusing
to see how oppression has ever been the cry down South,
and these regions ere now lean iog that the remedy they
are attempting, after having so long' prescribed it, is
infinitely worse than the fancied disease.
IVIIIEDER WILL OUT—ARREST OF A
MAN CHARGED yarn UOIIIIIIIT PING A DIUR.
DER THREE YEARS SlNCE,—Yederdey morning, a
colored man, named Jeremiatt . Diclison, alkte Dixey, wee
brought to this city, from Washington, upon the charge
of having committed a murder here on the night of Jaly
26, 1658. Ile was arrested at Alexandria, a day or two
since, through the vigilance of Paymaster's Olerk Frank
0. 11811114011, formerly lieutenant of police in this city.
The authoritiee have been on the look-out for Dickson
ever Eitel:sllle murder, at which time he was traced to
Baltimore, and then lost eight of. It seems that he had
gone to Bea. The murder with which young Dickson is
charged is one of the most inhuman on record. The cir
cumstances were as folloWs It seems that on the night
of July 26, 1868, a fight oacurred.between a number of
colored persons in a yard attached to ~e building known
as the ' , Philadelphia' Institute," in Lombard street, be
tween Eeventh and _Eighth. Dming the fracas, a man
named Peter Miller was stabbed in three different places.
He died in a very few minutes. The deceased had been
with several other colored 111E11 in the restaurant, under
the Insti-ute, kept by a man named Murray. A. &WI cultY
occurred between Miller and Dickson. There was an old
en ridge between the two men, and they got to quarreling,
and the party, some five or Mx in number, went into the
yard back of the Institute, to tight it out.
Miller and Dickson stripped themselves to fight, and
Miller gave Dickson the first blow. The latter then ran
into the house, saying that he wanted to bind up his eye,
where he bad been struck. He went into a barber's shop,
on the fast floor of;the building, where he was employed
as a journeyman, and he shortly after returned, and he
proposed td renew the fight. Miller seemed suspicious,
and protested that no knives should be used. Dickson
assented to this arrangement, but a moment after he at
tacked Miller with a rimer he had procured in the shop.
The first cut inflicted a ehocking gash on the right arm,
just below the shoulder. Miller turned to run, when he
received a cut in the back, just above the hip, which
made a most horrible wound.
The wounded man ran screaming into the entry of the
Institute, whither he was followed by hie enraged as
sailant. Miller succeeded in working his way to the
front door, which was fastened, and he broke out the
glass in the sash at the side of the door just as the mar•
derer brought the razor with tremendous f.rce across the
left side of, the neck of Miller, severing the ju.gular vein
and causing a perfect torrent of blood to ponr out over
the wane and floor, and instant death followed. Dickson
was broUght to this city yesterday, strongly handcuffed,
and was locked up for a hearing.
FESTIVAL' TN Am OF THE SICK AND
WOUNDED—On Thursday evening a festival was given
in the Temperance Hall, by the ladies Of ilanayunk, in
aio of our sick and wounded In the basement
were six tables, tbe whole length of the building, covered
with alt kinds of fruit and Sowers, and all the delicacies
Of the Beason, the free gift of a loyal and patriotic peo
ple In the main ball of the building the concourse
assembled afler the supper, where B. A. Mitchell, Est ,
was called to , the chair, and some most patriotic and
soul-stirring speeches were male by, the Bev Dr. Castle,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Itsv. Mr Hay, of
the Baptist Church; Rev_ Mr. Claxton, _of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church ; and the P.m Mr. Culver, of
tbe Presbyterian Church. Between the speeches the
Bethoven Musical Society of ftienayunk sang 83M4) most
choice pieces c f music.
It was only .ten dbye previous to Thursday that the
first steps were-taken to form an aid society in aid of the
sick and wounded soldiery. A call was made by hand
bills, and meeting held, when the officers were elected,
and a name given to the society. $3OO was raised on
the spot, which has been since increased to $5OO.
IHE CLEANMIG OE THE PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS.—The cleansing of the. public highways
by means_of the sweeping machines gives ve..t I
faCtiOn to our cru0.,.0, Atreets at,present clamot
rqualled in cleanliness by those of-any ether city.
The following statement will exhibit the amount of ashes,
dirt, and other 131 th removed daring the last two mouths:
Avgust..—Number of loads of ashes removed, 3,62231, ;
number of loads of dirt ernowd, 2,613,4 ; number of
dead animals removed, 162; number of inlets' cletneed,
September—Humber of loads of a4hes removed, .4.015 ;
number of loads of dirt removed, 203; number of .dead
animals removed, 137 ; number of inlets cleansed, 122.
In addition to this, all our public market houses are
cleansed twice every Week. There are but few of our
ktreete where any great collection of filth can be found,
and this is the cause why at the present time the general
health of the city, as shown by the Board of Health re
port, is EO good.
PRESENTMENT.—Yesterday morning
the Grand Jary made their presentment. Upon their
diecherge, Judge &ikon honored them with merited
compliments.
The Grand Jury found 273 true bilis, and ignored 277.
Many of the bills Were ignored became the witnesses
a.nid not be found by the officers The Jury recommend
that the aldermen bold the witaisises to bail to prosecute.
The presentment urges the positive necessity of a house
Of correct ion. Great complabitlis made of low groggeries,
where 'tuner in sold without license, particularly those in
the vicinity of the Volunteer Refreshment Saloons, where
there is no accommodation whatever. The soldiers are
tempted to drink at these places, to their own injury and
the annoyance and trouble of their officers and tholr fel
low addicts.
The 'various public institntions were visited by the
Grand Jury, and are highly spoken of in regard to their
general management.
THE BERET _HONICIDE.—In the
Quarter &salons, District Attorney Mann called up,
yesterday morning, the case of Edward Lawrence end
George Jeffries, accused of riot. It will be remembered
that the charge grew out of the aesault upon Richard - M.
Berry, at Schuylkill Heights, on the 29th of May last.
Mr. Berry.was killed in the attack, and two of the par
ties, 'William and George Forepaugh, have r been con
victed of mu der in the second degree. Yesterday morn
ing, when the case of Lawrence and Jeffries was brought
up, Mr. Brooke, for Mr. Lawrence, applied for a con
tinuance, but the court decided that the grounds were
ineudicient. In opening the case '
Mr. Mann remarked
that disorderly Scenes at Schuylkill Heights had occurred
eine* the murder of Mr. Berry, and that the best way to
stop them would be to prove the power of the law on
offenders The evidence in the case will be materially
the same R 5 in that of the ForepaughS.
THE LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY YARD.—
The Navel Commiaelon on the selection of a proper site
for a Navy Yard have returned to the city, after an
extended tour through the coal and reining regions of
the State. Their impression as to the rezorirces of Penn.
aylvania was expressed in the most favorable terms to
the Committee of the Board of Trade, who accompanied
them.
We also learn that 'Bear Admiral Smith, chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, luta just returned from a
protracted and laborious tour of inspection of naval eats
tliehments North. 'He Hada them in lair condition, but
to meet the wants of the service, their capacities for
manufacture, &c., are not sufficient The site at League
island, for the constructing of a navy yard, is more favo
rabic on account of the fresh water there, and its conti
guity to the coal and iron regions'of Pennsylvania. The
pasture oaks of the State, 'with the lumber that comes
down the Delaware, favor the location of a usu.-Yard at
the island in question.
NEVER, o mat t er how
much is expected from the citizens of Philadelphia in
furtherance of the cane of our country, they prove
themselves more than equal to the requisition. The
Southwark Hose Company has been amongst the fore
most of our fire organizations to assist in the transporta
tion of sick and 'ermined soldiers, and the citizens of the
southeastern section of the city, recognizing the neesealtY
of placing an appropriate vehicle in the possession of
the company, have had constructed by Messrs. Gardner
& Fleming, a very stslisti atubulence, replete with all
the conveniences for the intendt d purpmes, and will Pre
sent it to day. Its finish reflects great credit on the
liberality of the donors and the workmanship of the
builders.
TEE PHILADILPRIA. BIBLB FOOIETY
acknowledges the receipt of ,41132 25 to supply United
States seamen, volunteers, and the sick and wounded
soldiers in our hospitals with the Holy. Scriptures--
namely.:
From Miss Lucy Mayer, $5 ;ME a Field, $5 ; Mn.
S. x. M., Z 45 ; Mies S. W. M., $5 ; Miss Mary ender
eon,ss ; Mita P., $5; A lady, $2. •, Mary, SI ; members
cf hie Fifteenth Presbyterian Church, $5 ; also from
the Sabbath schools of the following churches : First
Getman Reformed Chinch, $lO ; Math Presbyterian,
$2O ; Central, Presbyterian (Eighth and. Cherry streets).
$10; Second United Presbyterian, $l6 ; First PresbY
tfrian (Mantua) $l7 50; Third Dutch Reformed, $l5;
Olive Branch of the S. 8.,!0f the Olivet Presbyterian
Church, $5,16.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THR MIFFLIN
SOBOOL —The , pupile of the Mifflin Boys , Secondary
SchrOl, Third street, above Brown, have contributed the
following articles to the sick and wounded soldiers, viz:
60 lbs. rice, 45 lbs. sugar; 30 lbs. grapes, 311bs. crackers,
20 lbs. farina, 20 dm lemons, 9 bottles wine, 6 bottles
catsup, 83E lbs. barley, 7 doz eggs. 6 pke. apple', 6 Paws
&rn'atircb; 5 plts potatoes, 6X lbs. mixed cake=, 6 pa'•
tiers cocoa, 10 boxes lint, 5% lbs. soap, 2,,X pkg. orlon', 4
lbs. oatrceal, jars currant jelly, 2jars soloed pears, 4
jars preserves,4 lbs. coffee, 4 lbs. Sour, 2 rolls bandages,
2 lbs. sausage, jars pickles, - 1g lbs. cheese, 1 lb. ratable,
X pk. tomatoes, X pk. pears, 1 plc. peachee, Ilb starch;
4 bunches parsley. 1 towel, 2 bed pans.
. .
STABBING OASIS :r Till BINETNINTE
WA RD.—Officer - J. D. Reed, of the Nirteteenth ward,
'arrested on Thursday evertings between nine and tan
o'clock. James Wall. charged with having stabhed—ifen
jarsin Burman, at the latterhe residence, in the came
ward, upon Wednesday evening. The arrest took piece
at Frankford road and Paimer,street.-,Alderman Wilkens
gate the prisoner it. hearing yesterday, and committed
him, to await the result of the injariss he had inflicted.
The magistrate ieftned to :take: bail. The condition of
Burman is &Meal; and the attending physician, Dr.
Bum, thinks that he cannot live.
SERIOUS AHeAULT.—At one o'oToek„
Yesterday m' .ruing, a yourg colored man, named A.
Wells, was arrested on the charge of having committed.
an wealth and battery upon a colored wecran, named
Eliza Bogeys, at a ball at Franklin flan. The woman
is said to have been seriOndy hurt by being etruct en
the bead with a porter bottle. The case Wa3 beard by
Alderman Hagar, and Wells committed for a farther
hearing.
RESUDIED.-- Services hi the Church of
the New Testament N. W. corner Girard, avenue and
birteenth sheet, will be resumed to morrow. Bev:T.
B. ftocaton, the pastor, wilt preach in the raerning at
10x o'elock.
PHILADELPHIA AS A IMMEa
WET —An extenedve business firm of B
no,
within the past three days, ehitiPed to oul trett 'ql
Maine materiel for thirty-six ships. It its,4" , l
`
that three-fourths of the timber used in the tit
York has been forwarded from this city. T hii •
learn, was stated to the naval comMitslon
Pion of a navy yard, and it will no doubt lA 7 ,
effect.
FAST DRIVING. —Notwithstandin„„
there is a law against the fast driving of
mount Park, yet , we occasionally hear of irg
On Thursday t fficer Lameback, of the Psrk
rested a yotmg man for driving fartenqy
grounds, and he was mulcted with the us ti m
young man in question was quite indiguatitth a i 4 ,:' , ,
be arrested for this 41 innocent amusement,'
COST OF DEFENCE.—The est)(3l.„.
the Committee on Defence, of thia city, i th d er C:
ordinance, in aid of military Organizati c ,,, ,
the pad week, amounted to $1,406.88.
CAUGHT IN THE MAcimaß7._...,
I .
tetday., John McGowan, aged 22 ners, wa ",, '"
being caught in a hoisting machine, at the sr., "1 :1
-, 46 , ;:,
Front and Lombard streets.
PERSONAL.—The friends of Dr i
binger and Hughes will be pleased to learn of th ‘ ,.:
t o rn to this city, from their field of labor, 1,7,-
pita!, Hagerstown, Md.
His NAME.— Gustavus Barboe
name cf the man found drowned 011 ThMlia 7 , , a
Delaware, at Market-ritrect wharf, where he
ploytd as a laberar.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—ThOrdas s. •
AB' ' , r
fell, leaterday afternoon, from the road or a
the BchnyHall, and was instantly killed„
FINANCIAL AND COilliVEßLikt,
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, Octatfr
Business of all kinds was very active on the ;a Yt ,
day, and, although the market was excited, Drive ; ,.,
main about the SeMe as yesterday. Gold 7a.-7,
121,1 i 0122, closing week at 121 N . Old desiard i
'
at 119. One• year certificates were in &mood a: 4 1 .,
Count. Quartermaster's vouchers at 2 %..c3'i
Money is plenty and rates moderate, 5,15 bdoe
s.
for it on good security, and 405 on call.
62The eteck market was perfectly rampant to.,ity,
with one or two exceptions, everything adva7:c<i.
'momenta were held very attillY, the all e 3
seven-thirties ?Q. Btate fives were very bnoft,:.t,tal
sold up to 24 hf—an advance at 1X . City sio
the old rising , the new X. Pennsylvania E0z,..1
first mortgagee were firm at 110, the second eon. t:e
North Pennsylvania sixes rose X, the tens S.
kill Navigation sixes are still on the upwardlilt;';,.;
paid far them to•day—an advance of 1; Motu
rose to 90. Susquehanna Canal sixes sold isre.qy
frb36 t the latter an improvement of M. Cheaspet;e.
Delaware Canal alma sold at 82.,ti —an airdacW,
on last melee. Pittsburg coupon sixes97.ll
Philadelphia and Sunbury sevens sold at
sixes (1880) rose 1 the others were firm. Elmira , ..,
were unchanged. Schuylkill Navigation comuol
rose. Ai . , with considerable sates; the preferti4 rse:.
Morris Canal rose 3 ; the preferred oleo 3. 3cvje.•;,3.1:1
Canal shares were firm at yesterday's figure. The itei
month of this company continue to show the in:ree
amount of tolls noted a kw days ago,
Beading Railroad shares Were again on the ;;1;,,, g
list, opening at 3d% and closing firm at 37A 1.;: ?
le!and rose 1% ; Pennsylvania X ; North Pecutia::
X ; Catawlese, preferred %; fdiaehill fell off 1 . B,sii
Meadow advanced 1; Elmira ; Little EchoykU
Passenger railways continue to increase in i mr , )ralct
Spruce and Pine was firm at 15% ; Arch street rhe
Fifth and Sixth sold at E 0; Green and Coate, roe
Tenth and Eleventh was steady at yesterdWs
Girard College rose %; Thirteenth and fifteenth cm
; Cheetnut and Walnut ; bids for Seventeenth
Nineteenth rose 1; for +scow and Third 1; tar Frei,
ford and doutbwerk 3 . , The market was greatly tr.;vl
at the close, and prices were for a higher rswe.
$75,000 in bonds and s,2ooshares changed hada.
Drexel & Co. enete:
New York exchange pakral.4l it;
Beaten exchange. parial•lfJ
Baltimore Exchange pare 3 .
Oonntry ftmde %or, re
American geld 21% cril,:i Dm.
Old Dernar.de. 18a1c 1 4
Quartermaster's vouchers. 2 e;iii
Messrs. M. Schultz dc 00., No. 18 South Third
Quote foreign exchange for the mauler Yams ±a
New Votk, as follows:
Landon, 60 days sight 135 alli
- (4 - 3 days.... 135 X relh'i
Paris, 60 days sigh' 4f-1,1 c4f V I
,4 3 days —........ ............... 4f. .1.2 h ahli
fintverp, 60 days sight 4f.17X
Bremen, 60 days sight ...97 001'i,
Hamburg, 60 days sight 43 K
cologne, 60 days sight 64
beipsic, 60 days sight 84,
Berlin, 60 days eight S 4
Emisterdarn, 60 days sight bsoil
Frankfort, 60 days sight 54
Market tinn
- The folloving le the 'statement of business of lin Use.
Island 'Railroad for the six months ending Octqhst
1862 :
Grose earnings
Cost of 0perating,,,,, ,,,,,
Interest en debt
Dividend eix menthe
Sin Visa • • ... • •
The statements of the bauks of the three principl
cities of the Union for the last week, comparEd with 0..1
preyions one and the corresponding time .13151,
follows:
Loans. .T.frvaits.
New York, Sept 27.. 8160,161.046 145 . 04`.91.451
Boatcn welt. 29...... 70,081,686 21,31 ,325
Philadelphia, Sept. 29 34,989,n87 P2l
Total .2e4.832,119 3/I.llST,lti
Lea week. ... ... .... 263,503.720 195 Sti.in
Laet year ...... ..... 215.104071 3.32,943v;0
Specie. thrculivial
New York. ....... .... 837.592,552 5 , P,540.T.t."
Borten 7,970,336 7,24.'3', liT
'lt Philadelphia , 5,410,140 5,111,4 f;
Total ..... . 50,978,024
Loot week 51,28(410
Lest year 49,086,148
The statement of the Boston Banks for the lea LA
Compares with the previous week, and far the c•X•
responding week of 1861, as follows :
Sept. 22, '62. Sept. 29, '62 Sept. Si, `d.
Loans .... ..$7O 332 897 $70,081,636 $62.76.7: 3
5pecie........7,969,546 7,970,332 5.70.7 d
Deposits 25,1.70.904 26 397.325 '26,i12
Circulation.. 7,239,383 7,243.927
The statement of the present week, as compar,d
the preceding, shows a decrease of 8251,211 in tha iteas
of loans and discounts, an increase or $4,535 in cindi.
lion, $1,786 In specie; and $426,421 in deposits.
Philadelphia Stack Exchange Sales, Oct, =,
[Reported by S. B SLAYMAS.IO., Phila. Exchange'
FIRST BOARD.
3to L Island B 21
50 Schl .Wav Pf.b2o 16%
t 0 do ... . . 16%
50 do b 5 163
20 de..........16%
100 do bwn 10%
26 Penne R...cash 53%1
22d0 63%1
40 d0..........54
10 do cash 64 i
16 Spr It Pine 15%
50 do b 5 1531
100 do 15%
42 N Penns R...... 10
IEO do 10%
60 Sob Nav 5 %
50 do .'.•
25 do 5%
385 Catawiasall Prf. 12%
75 Arch-st B 27
81.39 Penns 58.2ctfs 90
10600 do 94
500 do 94%
5 sth & 6th , sts R. 50
BETWEEN
100 N Penne B 10%
3073 Ches & Del Os. b 5 82%
5000 Pitts Op 61 ....85 815 E
10 Idinehill 47%
47 Little Soh R . 19%
lto Girard Col R .....
26%
12313th & 15th , st 11 22% t
SEOOND
100 Sell Nay Prf...bs 16%
Ito do b 5 16%
100 do blO 17
2000 &hi N Os )82.10ts 74%
4 Penns It 54
400 City Bs..blew, ...104
10 Little Stir B 19%
130 do b 6 20
407 do 20
35 Clhes & Walnut.. 45%
100 Nreatta B 10%
165 do b 510%
150 do 10% I
AFTER 1
SOCO SUECI Canal 65..h5 36
120 Buse (lanai 6%
CLOSING PRICEd
Rid. Asked.
U. S. Ile .. .101% 105
Ul3Tr 7 8-10 1.105% ..
Pldladals...... 99% .. -.
Made 6e new..lo3X 104
Penns 5s 94% 94%
Beading 8.... 87% 88
Bead m6080'48107
Beading bds '70.101% 102
Read mt 65'86.. 96% 96%
NMI& R. .
. 54 54%
Penne Rimis..llo 111 ,
Penns R 2ra 65..102 102%
Norris Onl Con.. 55 56
Norris Cal PreLl23%
Sch Way Stock.. 6X 6
Bch Neer Pref... 16% 17
Etch N 65'82... 74% 75
Endre B 163 E 18
ELmira R Pref., 26% 28 I
ELM 7a 98 100 1
Stock of Cotton in England.
[From the Londen Herald, Sept. 20.]
After a lengthened period of depression, it is cheer )Z
to find that there is BOM9 rally in the eetimated stock
`cotton on hand at Liverpool, which-iris also coedd ,s r l T
affirmed is understated. The movement of the stork
the second half of the year has been as follows, si 641.
pared with the corresponding period of 1991 and 1990:
1860. 1861. 1992.
Bale!. Bales. Bge s ,,
Stock, 3nly 4 1,298,400 1,108,300 15 : 5 ,w'''
Aug 2 241 370 1409,100 1f""7,5
Sept 5 ..... ....1,022,370 683,690
Sept. 12 941,810 868,260 S 4,0 3
The Quantity expected to come to hand Wore the cis!!
of the year is estimated at 600,000 to 6:0,000 ba a les.
jf
as the home consumption has been reduced to we e
average of 46,240 bales lest year, while the exPort 4 1. 13 .
also bleu reduced to an average of 8,740 bales per ° n ,
it appears probable that daring the next three utsah.
some increase of stock will be witnessed. Ro t " t 1
2 ,1 1
prove to be the case, the worst phase of the Carli
have been traversed as even 7710 n a must increase 7:1
productsbility of the nem sources of, supply ro w
course of development.
- STOCKS AND RZAL ESTATE, TerzsDAr * ltal l ' --
ThOlnas 4; Sons' sixth fall sale, including s camber
of 'desirable private residences, (want.; lottage.
k 0... See edvertieetnents and paraptitt 0 3141448'
island today.
A1 , 37.,Y4
..871,640
23,853
45,00 C-140 P
60 b1ine1d1111......;',
1000 N Penns 10.3....;1.
130 Green & Coco. ",,,.
12 Harris Canal... 3 .1
10 Farm A ?der Bk. 57
1 3 4 0 0
c li c e t a ßo v
intdeaaidioa:B.k. 1.5z.i.,
800 American Goid..lV
150 U 5 7 30 Tr ti.bl.lo
1(0 City 63.... ..... gl
650 Bch Nay Si '81.• 7 . 01
460 do ......... ~ 5
470 34 Sal N 6i'7 ' -
10000 Slim Canal &... 35 .4,
200 heading.l3..cmus isl3
150 do .. .. ... ..• • 3. '';
13 Elmira 2, ....... 16
5 1.0t12 & litb ..... aN
5 Scat! fifnqic...„ v
.-
7000 Penna 11 lot in.. 119
1000 do 2d ro,10:!
400 Chas & Del Sc... Sr{
12000 Pitrabg 63..2 ire 5)
BOARDS.
100 Schl Nay Pref. b 5 15X
20 Green dt °onto B
100 L Island ...... 20A
100 do
100 do
500 U . 7.30 Tr N.end 103
1000 do .end.lo4
J!dorrie
75 do
2050 Penns sa. . . .
100 Cataw 8 Prf..lota
7000 Phil & Sue 75.b19 5
100 Beading 8......
100 do ... . 37) i
50 Spruce & Pine n 5 1.5!3
2000 Bneo Ortuat 05..b5 36
50 Sad Nay.... , be
100 Ii Wand 8...... fug
blinelaill 8....... 43
°ARM
1000 Perm B 1t
BUIPANT.
Bid. .deal.
Llelandßex-gii 21% V
' Leh ith & N 1 54 . x 55
Leal & Nev seg. 33 31
N Penne 8..... 105 1
N Pa B es .. .. 83% 31,4
N Penne 1110e.10?. 105
Gatsw B 4,V 4,q
aitemisan Pd.. 121; 13
Ft &Bouth'k 8., 50 51
Sec & Third St B. 73 76 _
Race& Vintratsß 9 9 %
W !tile 8..... 51 55
SPrnce & Pine.. 165 i 1 5 N
Gr & Coates— . 31. a 34 )1
Oheat & Wean; 45
Arch. St . 253' r
Thir & Viit`nth. '2;3 24
Seven & Nina s th 5 9 .,
Girard °allege.. 26
Tenth & ..