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THE, ISSUE. '/ ■
'The organization known as the Dcmo
-cratic party has at last/taken, decided
ground —in favor of the Southern Con
federacy, and' against/the conscription of
the Republic. 'Alter/ advancing and rece
ding, and prating about constitutional law,
and violated homes, and men ruthlessly
torn away from their families—and doing
-everything to' embarrass the o peration of
Hliis law without taking decided ground
•against ilAthey have at length unmasked
their batteries, and now make opposition to
a law of the land a test of fealty to their
party. They have fashioned a cry, and by
dint of constant repetition and misrepresen
tation, and appealing to the prejudices of
those who are ignorant and selfish, have
succeeded in filling them with the wrath
that men feel when suffering from injustice
and wrong. The measure known as the
Tlu ee Hundred Dollar Exemption clause
has been the pretext. We can very easily
see how a proposition like this may be
capable of a double construction, and how
the poor and needy may be made to feel
that they are taxed, and oppressed, and
sorely-trodden. Yet what is in this mea
' sure of exemption to excite the anger and
hatred of men ? In the first place, it is
necessary. The country has come to
that' position where it must decide one of
two alternatives: either to end the war,
or 'prosecute the war. Now if the opinion
of the country is in favor of the Southern
- Confederacy, and a humiliating peace which
shall make the North a mere dependent
foster State, at .the mercy of a proud, and
haughty rival, let us accept that fate at
once, for we will be compelled to accept
it in the end. Peace, therefore, however
infamous and degrading, would be humane
and economical.' But if this is not our feel
ing, and we are still, determined to war for
the old flag—for the safety of our homes and
the integrity of our nation ; if we are deter
mined to be true and brave men still, then
we must arise and meet the necessity of war.
The necessity of war is conscription.
Conscription cannot be evaded. Admit
ting the'truth of the reasoning before ad
duced, it will be seen that armies are neces
sary. We must light. We do not fight
from the mere love of combat, nor. because
we desire to see men wounded and slain ;
nor, we trust, in the vain anjl foolish
idea of adding glory to certain Major
Generals, but because it is the only ap
parent way to save the Union. And. at
this time there are many additional rea
sons for the measure. Every victory
lately gained is only a new argument
in favor of conscription, for if we have
driven the enemy so near the edge of
the abyss, how easy it will be to drive them
over! And that we must do at once. The
rebels are weaker now than ever before.
Therefore, we can punish them far more
easily. They are straining every nerve to
•raise a new artny. We should crush them
. before the first levies are in the field. If we
do not strike them in July, we shall find
they are stronger in August. If we wait to
December there may be another Fredericks
burg. In England and France—in New
York and Philadelphia—in every Southern
State, the rebels and their allies and agents
are laboring to re-establish and strengthen
them. Every hour of delay is precious to
these men, and if they can throw the con
scription into the Supreme Court and keep
it there until December, it will be worth to
the cause of the rebellion a hundred thou
sand men. Let us enforce the conscription,
raise a reserve army, send our present army
into the field, and we can crush.the rebellion
before the new levy is properly apportioned.
To accept the conscription is to avoid the
conscription. Suppose Jefferson Davis,
occupies Pennsylvania, then we shall have
a levy en masse to fight New England, New
York, and the West. If we permit our
■armies to remain weak, what is to prevent
Lee from defeating them and successfully
invading the North ? If we strengthen our
armies, what is to prevent us from driving
Lee and Bragg and Johnston into the Gulf?
Conscription strengthens our armies and de
feats Lee. The failure of the conscription
weakens our armies and defeats Meade.
Who can hesitate to choose ? We see that
duty points one way; danger and disgrace
another. Who can hesitate ? We are an
swered by a reference to the three-hundred-,
dollar-exemption clause. Let us look at
that a moment. Such a thing as an-irrcW
cable conscription has never been heard of
except in Poland, the South, and Under the
African kings, where-conscripts are sold into
slavery. There must be exceptions. If the
Government does not provide a way, demand
and supply produce a market, and thousands
of dollars are spent by the rich man to pro
cure a substitute. This becomes a matter
of merchandise. The Government is not
benefited, the citizen is defrauded, and the
poor man oppressed. So the Government
says that the services of a conscript are
worth to it a certain sum of money. In
other - words, that for a certain sum of
money it will engage to release the con
script and procure a substitute. This en
ables the poor man to make an effort, and
gives charitable men an opportunity of aid
ing him. If this provision had not been
made the poor man would have been com
pelled to pay thousands of dollars, and no
man or association of men could have aided
him. The Government, then, following
wise precedents, the custom in New York
State,and in civilized countries, has made the
apportionment as low as possible, and by so
doing prevents the poor man from being a
victim of the frauds and combinations of
those who would make money out of his
necessities. Nothing could be plainer or
more just than this issue, and we marvel
that men should gainsay and misrepresent
it.
The l<ate John J. Crittenden.
The country is called upon to mourn the
loss of John J. Crittenden. He seems to
haye lived to a period long beyond .that al
lotted to man, and to have passed, away in
the fullness of years, and without sickness
or pain. Although, in this tumultuous time,
we can hardly find time to record the ravages
of death, John J. Chittenden was too great
a man and too long in the front rank of
American statesmen to be neglected. His
lift was among the most glorious that peace
permitted to our public men. He died in a
time that the patriot might have wished to
die—with the shouts of victory ringing in
his ears and a blessed consciousness that the
Republic was safe and marching to speedy
and permanent victory. Such a life and
such a death are given to few men. John
Jordan Chittenden was born in Woodford
.county, Kentucky, in September,. 1786, and
; at the time of his death’was in the seventy
, seventh year of his age—with the exception
.of Lord Palmerston, perhaps, one of the
-oldest public men living in the world. The
-father of Mr. Chittenden was an ofllcenid
the Revolutionary army, and was accidental
ly killed while statesman was yet a
. boy. Soon after his professional education
was completed, Mr. Chittenden removed
; from Woodford to Russellville, Logan
.county, Kentucky, and there commenced
the practice of jaw. During the war,
.of 1812, he fought in the ranks under Ge
neral Harrison, and at its dose returned
to the practice of his profession. He was
.several times elected to the State Legisla
ture, and was at one time Speaker of its
House of Representatives. He first entered
the United States Senate in the year 1817,
as a “Mowcts Democrat." Serving two
years, lie resigned, and removed to Frank
fort. In 1828, he was nominated by Presi
-1 dent John Quincy Adams as an Associate
Judge of the United Stateß Supreme Court,
but the Senate refused to confirm his nomi
nation. In 1835, he was re-elected United
States Senator, and together with Clay,
Benton, and 'Webster, opposed Cal
houn's bill authorizing anti-slavery docu
ments to be excluded from the Southern
mail; was in favor of a United States Bank,
and opposed the Sub-Treasury system. He
was again re-elected Senator at the expira
tion of his term, but soon resigned in order
to accept the appointment of Attorney Ge
neral in President Harrison's Cabinet. He
resigned this position, however, on the Pre
sident’s death, and was soon afterwards
chosen to fill the unexpired term of Henry
Clay in the United States Senate. He was
re-elected at the end of his term, but re
signed in 1848, in order to accept the posi
tion of Governor of his State, to which, po
sition he had been chosen by a large majo
rity. 'When Mr. Fillmore became Presi
dent, he selected Mr. Crittenden as his
Attorney General. At the close of the Fill
, more Administration he w'as again, for the
sixth time, chosen United States Senator.
He opposed the admission of Kansas under,
the Lecpmpton Constitution, and was among
the adherents of the “English Bill.” At
the breaking out of the rebellion he offered
his celebrated “ Crittenden Compromise,”
and supported its adoption with many elo
quent and patriotic speeches. He was a
member o£/the House of Representatives of
the last Congress, and was. a candidate for
re-election at the time of his death. '
In times of peace, Mr. CrittendeiT be -
longed to what was known as the old Whig
party, and was the disciple and friend of
Henry Clay, In the time of war, he was
what is known as a Border-State man,
which is to say that his heart was with the
South, while his mind was with the North.
Like most of the men of the Border States,
he dreaded war as the greatest calamity that
could befal a nation, and so that its devas
tating tide was kept from his beloved Ken
tucky, he was satisfied, and his duty as a
public man was, finished. By no means a
positive man, and a. believer in the states
manship that Henry Clay founded, and
which: we knew under the name of
compromises, feeling that the postpone
ment of the evil day was the/ truest
way of meeting the evil, and anxious that
the war should be so conducted that the
rebels would suffer nothing but the mere
hardships and contingency of' war, Mr.
Crittenden was always, to-the hour of
his death, a friend of' Southern institutions;
and .among his last public acts was a denun
ciation of the President’s proclamation of
emancipation. When the war first loomed
upon the horizon, Mr. Crittenden: endea
vored to avert it by a compromise. The
measure was a good one, and we know that
it was prompted by Mr. Crittenden’s pa
triotism and devotion to country, but it only ,
served to show the true animus of the South
ern leaders, for they severed it with the
sword and tossed it into the face of the
Northern men as an evidence, of contempt
and disdain. Then came the dogma of
“armed neutrality.” We now know that
no theory was more injurious to the country
than that known as “ aimed neutrality”—
that under the feeling of confidence inspired
in the minds of loyal men, Buckner or
ganized his home guard in favor of the
Confederacy—Breckinridge and Burnett
plotted in the Congress of the United States,
in company with such men as Vallandig
nAM, Wood, find Biddle, against the Ad
ministration, while Albert Sydney John
ston established his camp at Bo wling Green
—and under the cover of his guns, a few
men calling themselves a Convention of
Kentucky voted that State out of the Union.
When the progress of war ended these
theores, and made pacification and compro
mise impossibilities, Mr. Crittenden en
tered Congress, and during the last years of
his life occupied the anomalous and peculiar
position of being a friend of the Union and
an enemy of the Administration. And so,
instead of holding the position that his elo
quence, experience, and fame entitled him
to hold, the name of Mr. Crittenden has
been little more than a name of dissension
among the loyal, and of union among those
who sympathize with the disloyal.
It is not, however, Mr. Crittenden as
he has been during this warlike period that
the people of this country will cherish. We
shall love to think of him as the companion
and friend of the illustrious Glay, as the
counsellor of many Presidents, and one
whose voice has often spoken words of coun
sel to the Republic—as a dear, fond, glorious
old man,'for whose fame the'war came too
late, and perhaps too early. He was a good,
and, we may say, a great man. It was not
in the temper of the school to-which
Mr. Crittenden belonged to think of
disunion as a tiling possible, and so,
by agreeing to surrender every privilege
that the Southern men demanded of the
North, by never resisting the claims of the
South upon the Republic, and ,at the same
time by never failing to tell ns in eloquent
speeches elaborately prepared and full of that
beauty which the propei management of
words can give, of the advantages and glo
ries of the Union and the horror that dis r
union would bring, they managed to keep
the people of the North, and many true peo
ple in the South, busy in listening, reading
and applauding, while the leaders of treason
were doing their work. All such doctrines
have passed away, and we pause in the
midst of this all-consuming war to pay a
tribute of respect to the memory of the illus
trious and venerable man who was one of
their most constant advocates, and who goes
down to his grave amid the sorrows of a
nation, and whose name will never Joe men
tioned by the American people without feel
ings of pride and affection. .
The Empire of Mexico.
It is of very little importance that the
Council of Notabilities which assembled at
the city of Mexico on July 10th had no
authority from the people to declare the
country an empire, for' the. destruction of
the Republic had previously been deter
mined in Paris, and the Notabilities simply
executed the command of Gen. Forey, and
the will of Louis Napoleon, v The same
power nominated the Archduke. Maximi
lian, of Austria, as Emperor, with the pro
vision that, in case of his refusal to accept
the throne, Louis Napoleon should select
a substitute. Undoubtedly tie French Em
peror will have this action represented as
voluntary by the Mexican people, but it must
be palpable to the world . that it is the
. formal result of the French conquest. The
assembly which has thus-changed the form
of the Mexican Government was originally
appointed under the direction of General
Forey; it was simply the mouth-piece of
a man who is himself-an, instrument. The
Mexican people have not been in the least
consulted. Louis Napoleon had pledged
himself not toforce upon Mexico a change
of Government; it is in this way that his
pledge is redeemed, by an evasion which is
worthy of the man who has sworn mahy
oaths, and broken all but one—the oath that
he would be ruler of France. At present
the United States cannot interfere in behalf
of outraged Mexico, but the course the
French Emperor, in defiance of all justice,
has chosen-to adopt, will lead to serious
complications in the future.
Revolution iu Madagascar.
The revolution in Madagascar is not of
much importance to America, for it really
makes little difference to us whether that
far-away African kingdom is to be ruled by
a drunken King or a tyrannical Council.
Yet, indirectly, its results have some import
ance. It appears that the Administration
■of King Radama the Second has for several
years been corrupt, and the monarch him
self had forfeited the respect of his people
by drunkenness and licentiousness. The
revolution began by an appeal of the revo
lutionary faction to the King, asking the
repeal of certain very obnoxious laws,
and the dismissal of several equally dis
agreeable officers of State. The King
refusing to grant these requests, the
ia,ws were repealed--by force, and the
principal friends and advisers of the
King were slain. It is said that Rada
ma then professed to have no wish to live,
and itls certain that he was strangled in the
night, oi the 12tli of May, and the next day
the Council announced that his wife, Ra
bodo, was Queen of Madagascar. Rabodo.
accepted , tli.c , brown upon compulsion, and
was-ohliged to take Am oath to ' support the
new constitution,, whichi.it is interesting to.
epb9iftl"clau.Be, : tio ; 'th« efiecv
that her Majesty “ shall not drink intoxica
ting liquors.” The Queen is but nominally
the ruler; virtually the power has passed
into the hands.of tlie' revolutionists, whose
leaders seem to be shrewd men, anxious to
Avoid any difficulty with foreign Powers.
France and England, of all the European
Powers, have the closest relations with
Madagascar, and. will probably have no
cause to interfere with this little quar
rel. The first decrees of the new reign
maintain religious -toleration, re-establish
punishment by death, and declare, that
all foreign treaties shall be respected.
Queen Rabodo has not only signed the
temperance pledge, but has written to Queen
Victoria and the Emperor of the French
announcing her wish to maintain unim
paired the friendly relations established be
tween the two European nations and her
own. Missionaries "write of their better
prospects, and 'there is reason to believe
that the civilization of Western Africa will
not be injured,- and may be benefiited, by
the revolution in Madagascar.
Foreign Summary.
It was only natural that there should be
a strong desire on this side ot the Atlantic
to learn how our great Union successes in
July had been received by our excellent and
‘ \ neutral ’ ’ friends on the other side. Thanks
to steam, the application of which'to navi
gation was first practically effected in this,
country, we have intelligence from Europe
to the 19th of this month, at which time it
was known there that Lee had been en
countered by Meade and defeated. The
English papers, for once, do justice to the
Union troops. Some of them affect to doubt
whether Lee’s defeat would benefit the
Union cause, and The Times sagaciously
shakes its head—like Lord Burleigh in the
“Critic”-—and says that success to the
Army of the Potomac would be a mere
trifle, unless such impossible 'events as the
fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson were
also to occur. Not only has Lee been
defeated —forced to return to Virginia with
the loss of over 300,000 men—but Vicks
burg and Port Hudson have fallen, the
Union troops are conquering in the South
west; Morgan, the guerilla leader, is a
prisoner, and his band captured or dis
persed; the Mississippi is open; Charleston
is attacked; the communication between
Charleston and Richmond broken off; and
Meade is pressing Lee very closely in his
own selected ground in East Virginia.
Against this catalogue of brilliant successes
there is to be placed, per contra, only one
disastrous incident— namely, the riots in
New York, as disgraceful to us, we admit,
as are the “No Popery” riots-of 1780, or
the Reform Bill riots of 1831. Lord Pal
merston may well rejoice that little Roe
buck had the' good sense not to proceed,
on the 13th July, with his motion pledging
England to join other European Powers in
acknowledging the independence of the
rebellious South. The recent reverses of
the rebels have put a new face on the
whole affair.
British policy, just now, is very uncer-
A few weeks ago, England united
with France and Austria in submitting to the
Czar a series of six propositions on which, it
was declared, the Polish revolution might
readily he suppressed, without further effu
sion of blood. The demands were, an
amnesty, honestly earned out, to all who
had borne arms in the contest; also, a re
presentation of the Polish nation, in con
formity with- the Constitution granted by
the Emperor Alexander in 1815. By that
Charter Poland was declared to be united to
the Russian Empire by its Constitution. The ■
sovereign authority in Poland was to be ex
ercised only in conformity with it. The
King of Poland was to be crowned at
Warsaw, and was to swear to observe
the Charter. Poland was to have a per
petual representation, consisting of the
King and two Chambers, with powers
of legislation and taxation. This Con
stitution, after sixteen years’ trial, was
abolished by the Emperor Nicholas, and
the three Powers demand that it shall
be restored, as well as a separate. Polish
administration, and the Poles alone to be
appointed to public offices. Liberty of con-,
science and the establishment of Polish as
the official language are demanded, as well
as, finally, a legal and regular system of re
cruiting as a substitute for the violent pro
ceedings which originated the present re
volt. But, ere yet the Czar had sent a reply,
Lord: Russell, thoroughly a political Mar
plot, ostentatiously proclaimed, in Parlia
ment; that England would'-not, under
any circumstances, enter into an armed
intervention in favor of the Poles;
her written remonstrance was to be
all-in-all, and Lord Derby, the Tory
leader, went beyond this, and deprecated
even diplomatic interference. The Ozar’s
reply, which arrived subsequently, assented
to th e propositions of the Three Powers,
but, tc be prepared for the worst, had ordered
a fresh levy of troops in November. The
difficulty, as respects the Poles,' is this:
They do not like to lay. down their arms on
the promise of an amnesty, which Russia
may afterwards violate. In this matter
England evidently deserts France, and
Austria is said to be lukewarm. 1
■ In consequence of a defect in the Foreign
Enlistment bill, the owners of the Alex
andra, lately prosecuted for fitting her up
as a warship to be used against the United
States, were acquitted by a London jury.
Certain persons in Liverpool thereupon
prayed Lord Russell to amend the law,
so as to make it really efficient. 'His Lord
ship replied that “ the act is effectual for all
reasonable purposes,” and, therefore, no
amendment was required. The truth and
the logic of this are on a par, for the Act
has just been found non-eflectual in the case
of the Alexandra. But we entirely agree
with Earl Russell— who is the bitterest
Englishman against our Union—-that for
America to try and get justice at the hands
of an English judge and an English jury,
evidently, as the result has shown, is not
“ a reasonable purpose.”
We notice, to doubt, a repetition 'of the
rumor that France was about asking Spain
to acknowledge the independence of the
South. France:has no very friendly feeling
to: Spain, in consequence of drawing back
at the commencement of the Mexican inva
sion, and would scarcely seek to place her
in the rank of a first-class Power, by so
liciting her to agt against the United States.
There is no recent intelligence from Prus
sia. The King is at Carlsbad, where he was
to he visited by the Emperor of Austria, and
the visit may be of political importance. It
is that on reading the Prince-
Royal’s speech at Dantzic, fin which he
plumply repudiated any sympathy with the
arbitrary conduct and unconstitutional prin
ciples of his father, ) the King wrote hack
a scolding-letter, the answer to which was
a respectful repetition of what the speech
.had said. The ultra-adherents of the King
are said to have suggested the arrest and
imprisonment of the Prince—a step which,
considering that he is Queen Victoria’s
son-in-law, might eventuate in a collision
between England and Prussia.
Tlic Polish insurrection continues active.
Assuredly the countrymen of Kosciusko are
brave men who deserve to he free.
The School Appropriation.
The annual appropriation for the support of the
common schools of the State ha® heretofore been
distributed to the respective school districts accord*
ing to the number of taxable inhabitants in each,
as regularly returned by the assessors. The Legis
lature at its last session changed this rule, and the
law now requires the-money,to be distributed ac
cording to the number of children, attending the public
schools, as per the school report for the school year
ending on the first Monday in Juno, 1863. As the
district reports cannot be received and collated at
the School Department before about the first of Oc
tober, the State Superintendent, we understand,
will not be able to. make ths apportionment and be*
gin to issue the school warrants until late in the fall.
tfhe different school districts will gain or lose,
under rhe hewarrangement, according to the diffe
rence, either way, between the number of taxables
ami the number of children in the public schools.
Thiß jear Philadelphia will lose about Jiftcen thou •
sand dollars by the'oper&tion.
The Expedition Into Alabama*
New York, June 27.—A special despatch from
Cincinnati to-day says, on the authority of General
McCook, that General Stanley took only some
three hundred horses at Huntsville, Ala., and not.
three thousand prisoners, as was stated. Some
three hundred negroes followed Stanley on his re
turn. General Pillow, with a large foroeof rebel
-conscripts, was found on the opposite side of Ten*
iKMcerlYtt*
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1883.
Special Despatches to The Press.
Washington, July 27, 18G3;-”
The Situation.. . . r..
The Washington Star remarks, and the fact is al
readyknown in Richmond, that Mkadk is even
now in occupation of points whioh will render it
impossible for Lbu to take choice of positions on
the strategical line he ocoupied prior to his invasion
of Maryland.
Inßtead of affairs settling down to the old line of
quietude “ along the line of the Rappahannock,” It
would not be surprising if the next fortnight wit
nessed some of the most stirring events of the war.
Naval Aitairs.
The following was received to-day:
Flag Steamisb DrNSMonu,
Of# Mohris Island, July 21,1883.
Hrn. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:
Sik : I have to inform the Department that on the
night of the 19th instant, a side-wheel steamer, in
trying to run into Charleston, was chased by the
Canandaigua and other outßide* blockaders, .and
finally headed off and driven upon the shoals, by
Commander Georob w. Rodgers, of theOateklU.
She then anchored abreast of Fort Wagner on picket
duty. The steamer was fired by her crdw, and is
now a total wreok. The chances of success to such
enterprises are materially lessened by our occupa
tion of the main ship channeh-.. t
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’t, J. H. DAHLGREN,
Rear Admiral commanding S. A. B. Squadron.
The Navy Department has awarded the contract
for building the- fifteen-knot sloop-of-war to Cramp
& Sox, of Philadelphia, ship-builders; for. the sum
of $940,000, to be completed in twelve months, the
machinery to be made by Mkrrick & Sow, of Phi
ladelphia, who have executed for the Navy Depart
ment a large amount of work of this oharaoter.
Stationery for the Navy Department.
The Navy Department has awarded to PhilpsSc
Solomons, of this city, the contract for supplying
the Washington .navy yard with blank books and
stationery for the current year.
Resignation.
Major Leavitt Hurt, to the regret of his friends,
haß resigned his position as judge advocate on Gen,
Heimtzeumar’s staff.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
AN ACTION-AT MANASSAS GAP-
The Excelsior Brigade Distinguished.
THE REBELS ROUTED WITH A
LOSS OF FIVE HUNDRED.
Our Army Holding- the tine of thfe Rap.
’Washington, July 27.— The Washington Siar
gays on Thursday last, while the 3d and 6th array
corps of General Meade’s army were lying at the
mouth of Manassas Gap (this sidej, information
was received that General Longstreet wsb sending
a brigade of his corps forward, in order to possess
him Belf of the gap. General Spinola, commanding
the Excelsior Brigade (800 muskets of that corps),
was at once ordered, forward. The commanding
general supposed the rebels were only in small
force on and behind the crest of a hill about one
mile from the gap, between it and Front Royal,
and, therefore, supposed this brigade was sufficient
to~dislodge the enemy. About a quarter of a mile
from the ..crest of the hill there was a stone
wall, and behind, that also there waß a small
rebel force. General Spinola at once took an
observation of the ground, and, after pointing out
to his regimental commanders the work they would
have to perform', he ordered his gallant brigade for
ward, and with fixed bayonets and. a yell that beto
kened their determination to succeed, they rushed
forward, when the rebels quickly fled from the hill
aDd took refuge behind the atone wall. Up to this
the brigade rushed also, when from behind it rose a
whole brigade of .Georgians and two regiments of
North Carolina sharpshooters, all under command
of Gen. Anderson ; but our troops heeded them not,
but, amid a shower of rifle bullets and artillery, in
front and on the flank, pushed forward, with
the bayonet drove the rebels from their protection,
and sent them scattering over the field.
The rebel loas was not less than 600 in killed,
wounded, and missing.
We had no artillery, while the rebels had at least
17 pieces. That night our soldiers bivouacked on
the battle ground, . and the next day marched into
Front Royal. In this fight, it is the opinion of mi
litary men, that the rebels outnumbered us at least
six to one, but they appeared to be comnletely fagged
out, and after being dislodged from thestone wall,
they could not move up a hill in an upright posi
tion, but crawled on their hands and knees, thus
giving our men aii opportunity to pour in an effec
tive fire; of which they eagerly availed themselves.
In this fight, General Spinola received two very
severe wounds, one in the .right foot, which; tore
open the heel for two or three . and another
through the fleshy part of the right side. The first
mentioned is by far the most painful and serious,
but he iB doing as well as could be expected. The
General arrived here to-day,’, having been in the
meantime, Bince he received his Wounds, in an am
bulance. He purposes leaving to-morrow for his
home in New York.
Gen. Spinola is loud in his praises of the manner
in which Ihis whole command, officers, privates, and
all, behaved. His adjutant general was the first to
cross the stone wall. Gen. Spinola was himself
wounded when but a few feet s fromit, and the wounds
came in quick succession; scarcely a moment elapsed
between them. >
POSITION OF TIIE ARMY.
Advices from our army state that large numbers
of horses have been found in the mountain gorges*
and appropriated by our troops.
Our cavalry held the line of the Rappahannock on
Saturday, between Kelly’s Ford and Waterloo.
an error corrected— escape of hide
and EONGSTREET THROUGH CHESTER
Washington, July 27. An important error of
facta occurs in the advices from the headquarters of
the Army of the Potomac, as published thiß morning.
The correction which the correspondent desired to
be made, though written yesterday, was not re
ceived through the special messenger until to-day.
He says: “On the 22d inst., while Eongstreet was
endeavoring to get into Eastern Virginia by way of
Manassas Gap, A. 3?. Hill’s corps took possession
of Chester Gap, Our cavalry made an attempt to
-drive frim out, but hewas too. strongly posted for
success. They, however, kept him in check until
he .was reinforced by Eongstreet, when both com
mands came through the Gap, and are now proba
bly in Culpeper. It waslEongstreet’s command
which was seen near AmesvillA Ewell’s corps went
to Strasburg. % .
REPORTS FROM REBEE PAPERS—ANOTH
ER BOMBARDMENT ON FRIDAY AND SA
TURDAY—ANOTHER MONITOR ARRIVED.
Washington* July 27.—The following extracts
are taken from the Richmond Dispatch of this
morning:
Charleston, July 24, 9 E. M. —The bombard
ment was renewed early this morning with rapid and
continuous flringuntil a flag of truce went down at.
9 o’clock. Theattack was resumed this eveningj
the enemy occasionally firing at Cummlng’s Point,
Fort Sumpter replying heavily. The firing is still
going on.
We sent down to the fleet to-day 105 paroled pri
soners, and received 40,
A physician just from Hilton Head says that 54
of our regulars took the oath of allegiance last
Wednesday.
The casualties this morning were three killed and
six wounded. Those which occurred this evening
have not been heard from.
/ [SECOND: DESPATCH.] . - ‘
Charleston, July 26.— -Regular firing from Fort
Sumpter and Battery Wagner at the Yankees on
Morris Island was kept up all night and continued
all of to*day.
The Yankees occasionally responded from their
batteries on Morris Island. The monitors and the
Ironsides were lying outside, and took no part to
day.
The Yankees have two batteries on Morris Is
land, and have strengthened their position. -There
are no reported casualties to-day.
Another monitor arrived to-day, making six
in all.
Fortress Monroe, July 26.—The U. S*. gunboat
Memphis arrived last night from Charleston, but
brings no important news.#She has a mail for New
York. •
The flag-of-truce steamboat New York left for
City Foint this afternoon, in charge of truce-officer
Major John E. Mulford. The boat took no pri
soners of war, but carried up as-a passenger the
newly appointed French consul for Richmond. .
- Generals Naglee and Meredith arrived at Fortress
Monroe to-day.
The steamer B. R. Spaulding arrived this after
noon, from Newbern, North Carolina. No news
from that department has been made public.
Fortress Monroe, July 26.—Steamer S. R.
Spaulding, Captain Howes, loft for Newbern, North
Carolina, at boon to-day. She is expected to return
in a few days with Major General Foster,
The trial of Doctor Brown will come up before the
Military Commission at N orfolk to-morrow (Mon
day), it having been decided that the oasc comes
Within their jurisdiction. . „ .
Flag of truce expected to-morrow from City Point,
which, no doubt, will bring important news from
Charleston.
XiOtjistiixts', July 27.—The Hon. C. A. WtcklifVe,
ns t i-Ad to Id it trat ion candidate for Governor, ad
dressed a large and enthusiastic crowd at the court
house thia evenlDg, opposing "strongly what lio
called the Abolition policy of the Government,
General Houson was serenaded at the Galt House
this evening, to which, ho briefly responded. He
said his mission was rather to Sght than to talk.
TheJ Hon. Kobert Mallory followed, denounaing
the views of Mr. Wlckliffe, and arguing earnestly in
favor of the suppression of the rebellion.
Colonel Marc Monday closed the proceedings
with a speech, combining patriotism and hnmor,
which, together with those of his predecessors,
was warmly applauded by an enthusiastic audienoe.
Our City Councils are taking- measures to attend
the’funeral of the Hon. John J. Crittenden in a body
on Wednesday.
The Central Committee has called a Convention
of Union citizens at Lexington, to nominate a can
didate lor Congreas to fUtffKe vacancy caused by the
decease of Hx> OUtt«Jideu«
WASHINGTON,
pahainiocfe.
CHARLESTON.
FORTRESS MONROE.
Politics In Kentucky*
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Movement of the Rebel Armies in Missis
' eippl.
MKMime. July 26.—The rebels under Riffles,
an d Forrest are reported to have again crossed
the. Tennessee river, and gone towards Jackson,
Tennessee* General Dodge has sent a force to meet
them. n
. One of Gen. Hurlbut’g scouts, arrived last night,
reports that Pemberton and his staff have gone to
Biohmond. His army has scattered in every direc
tion. Pemberton said it was impossible to keep
them together.
The rebels are pressing everybody into their ranks
and the excitement is intense.
The rolling stock on the railroads is all being run
towaids Mobile, and large quantities of cotton are
going in the same direction.
The bulk of Johnßton’s army is reported at Mar
tin, thirty miles eaßt of Jackson. His force is esti
mated at 30,000.
Generate Hardee and Forrest passed through Me
ridian on the 18th; going to Johnßton. Forrest’was
suffering from a wound, and was not fit for duty.
FROM VICKSBURG.
Cairo, July 27.—PasBengeiB arrived from Vicks
burg, which, they left on the 24-th, state that Gene
ral Herron’s division had returned from the Yazoo
river, andwas preparing to-go to some point fur
ther south.
Hardee’s corps was reported as going to Johnston,
but bad not passed Meridian up to the 22d.
A“'despatch dated Martin, Miße„ July 20, states
that all the general and field officers taken at Vicks
burg had been exchanged, but their men had strag
gled so that they were without commands,
General Sherman’s old corps still oocupied Jack
bod, Mississippi, but it was understood would soon
fall back this side of Black jiver.
All is quiet along the Mississippi river,
FROM MISSISSIPPI*
Jackson and Canton Evacuated*
Morton, July 24.— The enemy evacuated Jackson
yesterday morning, and Col. Wirt Adams’ cavalry
dashed in and captured a few stragglers. Canton
has also been evacuated. Grant’s entire army has
gone to Vicksburg. r
An attempt to blow up the State House failed,
although it is badly damaged. Our cavalry are pur
suing.
The Yankees have destroyed all . the machine
shops, rolling stock, cannon, and track between
Jackson and Vickßburg. Mobile will, no doubt, be
the next place of attack.
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
Morton, July 24. —An officer from Vicksburg says
that McPherson’s entire corps left that place on the
2 Jet, moving up the river. Their officers stated that.
they were going to Richmond. Transports from above
were constantly arriving, -
Nearly all the rolling stock and cannon had been
sent up to Grenada, and were consequently Baved.
A. DAY OF HUMILIATION AND PR AVER,
Jeff Davis has issued a. proclamation, appointing
August 2lat as a day of humiliation and prayer.
GEN. EOSECRANS PREPARING TO ATTACK
ATLANTA—DEATH OF GEN, BOWEN.
Atlanta, July 23.— Rosecrans is organizing a
force to attack Atlanta and make raids on the
Northwestern Georgia railroad. Active prepara
tions are being made for the defence of this city and
, the railroad to Chattanooga.
The Confederate General Bowen died on the 16th
inst.
THE FRENCH IN MEXICO.
Mexico Declared an Empire by Napoleon—
Maximilian of Austria offered the Throne.
New York', July 27.—The steamer Roanoke,with
Havana dates to the 22d inst,, has just arrived.
An.arrival from Vera Cruz, on the 13th, at Ha-*
vans, states that Mexico was declared an Empire on
the 10th inst. Maximilian, of Austria, is to be pro
claimed Emperor, if he will accept ; if not, Napo
leon is to select one. A saluterwas fired at Vera
Cruz, in honor of the event.
City of Mexico dates to the 10th say: It appears
that the Council of .Notabilities declared that the
Mexican nation through them solicit .an empire as
the form of government, and proclaim Maximilian,of
Austria, Emperor. Should he decline the throne,
•they implore the French Emperor to select a person
in whom he has full confidence to occupy the throne.
This proclamation was immediately made public
and a courier posted to Vera Cruz, when it was sent
by a French steamer to Havana..
The British consul at Havana had furnished the
Diario with news via New Orleans that Eee had
whipped Meade. ~
A large fire occurred at San Domingo early in the
month. Eoss $500,000.
The neutral English steamers Fanoy, Alice, and
Alabama, with cotton from Mobile, had arrived at
Havana, and the Isabel from St. Marks.
Rebel Piracies—Capture of the Bark Cape
. of Good. Hope.
' Boston, July 27. — Our papers announce the cap
ture and destruction of the .bark Cape of Good
Hope, from Boston for the Cape of Good Hope, and
the capture of the bark J. W. Seaver, from Boston
for Hong Kong, by the pirate steamer Georgia. The
Seaver was bonded for $15,000. The crew of/the
Cape of Good Hope arrived at Rio Janeiro on the
22d of June, in the Seaver. Both vessels were
owned in Boston.
New York, July 27.—The Bremen bark Pyrmont,
from Montevideo, |arrived here' to-day, and reports
that she spoke tbebark Conrad,.of Philadelphia, on
June 2d, with a brass cannon mounted on her deck.
She would hot give a satisfactory answer to the,
hail, ahd'aoted in such a auspicious manner that the
Pyrmont left in haste.
Another Piracy.
Philadelphia, July 27.— The ship George Gris
wold, Lunt, from Eondon, which had been boarded
by the pirate- Georgia, and bonded for $lOO,OOO, ar
rived at this port to day. She brought home a por
tion of the officers and crews of ship Jabez Snow
and b&rk Amazonian, which were captured and
burned by the Alabama, in lat. 14° '2s' S., long. 34°
32' W. On the night of June 22d, Cape Frio bear
ing -Wi N. W., distant eighty miles, fell in with a
vessel hove to. As soon as they made our light they
bore off and run for us; we immediately extinguished
our .lights and kept off before the wind, and through
theldarkness of the night succeeded In losing sight
of her in the course of one hour. I have no doubt
but what it was the privateer Georgia, as she had
been cruising off Cape Frio two or three weeks.
Proclamation by Governor Parker 9 ot
. New Jersey*
A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO AVOID A DRAFT.
Trenton, July 27. —Governor Parker has just
issued a proclamation, stating that no draft has as
yet\been ordered in New Jersey; that thirty days
would.be allowed for the purpose of raißing the re
quire! number of men by volunteering; that what
ever'number may be raised in that time will be
credijed should a draft be ordered, and that there
will te no draft for the old deficiency claimed to be
due from the State. The proclamation closes by
calling on the people to aid in raising the quota for
the State so as to avoid any necessity for a draft.
Affairs in Utah*
Washington, July 27.— The following interesting
report from Gen. Conner has been received at the
headquarters of the army of the United States:
Headquarters of the District of Utah,
| Camp Douglas, U. T., June 2,1863.
Colonel : I have the honor to report to the gene
ral commanding the department that, on the sth of,
May'ultimo, Co. H, 3d Infantry, California Volun
teers, \Captain Black, left this post, pursuant to my
order* en route, via Box Elder, Bear river, Cache »
and Kfarsh'valleys, for a point at ,or near the great
bendof Bear river, known as Soda Springs, Idaho
Territory, for the purpose of establishing a new post ,
inthqt region s for tbe protection of the overland
emigration to Oregon, California, and the Bannock :
City mines, . =
Accompanying this expedition, and under its pro
tection, were a large number of persons, heretofore
reßidmts of this Territory, Becedera (under the name
of Morrisites) from the Mormon Church.
Many if not all of them having been reduced by
the long-continued prosecutions of the Mormons to
the iiost abject poverty,£ave for some time past
claimed and received the protection of the forces
under my command. . '
Prudential reasons, applying as well to this com
mandos to the Morrisites themselves, rendered it
advisable that they Bhould. be removed from the
vicinity of this camp, and beyond the evil influences
and powers of the Mormon hierarchy.
After leaving Brigham City the command per
formed two night marches—the first of twelve and
the second of thirty-five miles —as I had reason to
believe that wandering bands of hostile savages,
remnants of the Shoshones engaged or connected
with those who took part in the battle, of Bear ri
ver, (January 29th last.) were in the neighborhood,
and might be surprised and punished for repeated
and recent outrages on emigrants and settlers.
In fills expectation, however, I was disappointed,
few if any traces, of Indians being found, and thence
forward the command-proceeded by daily marches.
In Fort Nocuff valley ,we came across two lodges of
Indians, (Shoshones,) who came unhesitatingly
into camp,with their squaws, satisfactorily answer
ed all questions propounding, and gave evidence of
friendly disposittontowards the whites.
Giving them to understand the; determination of
theGovernmentto punish summarily all bad Indians,
and receiving assurances of future good conduct on
their part, I- passed on without molesting these In
- diansi -At Snake-river Ferry were several large
. trains of emigrants bound north to the: mines, and
here recruiting their: animals. Here also was an
encampment of several lodges; of (or
Snake; Indians, numbering in all, including those
who'feme in the next day, 250 or 300. They were
well mounted, and had grazing In the vicinity a con
siderable quantity of Btock. These Indians were
reliably represented to me as friendly and peacea
ble, and have been living at the ferry during the
report proceeds: On the 20th, Company H,
3d Infantry, arrived, after along and tedious trip,
accompanied by theircharge, the settlers for the new
town. A suitable spot was selected on the north
bank of the Bear river, near .the Great Benu, and
four mileaeast of where the Soda Springs valley
opens into old Crater valley, striking Snake river
seventy miles above arid eaßt of the present ferry.
At this point a ferry has been established, and in
a short time a good boat will be in running order.
With the main body of the- cavalry, train, etc., I
left the Blackfoot about fifteen miles east of the
ferry, and pursuing a southeasterly course across
the divide, on a good natural road, and arrived at
Soda Springs on the 17th of May, passing through
large and fertile valleyß, lying along Ross’^Fork- of
Snake river and the north branoh of the Fort No
*UThe site was surveyed immediately east of the
springs, as was also one square mile for a, military
reservation, adjoining on the east the town site, in
latitude about 42& north, and longitude l«.H>£ west.
The water is good and abuodant,;as well irom-the
river as from numerous'mountain streams, easily
directed for purposes ot irrigation.
Bask of the town, and north, wood for fuel la
abundant, while on the opposite side of the river
timber of large'[growth, suitable for building pur
poses, is‘found at a distance of less than two miles.
The soil, .judging . from the growth of the native
grasses, and the appearance of the ground, is sus
ceptible of cultivation and the raising of valuable
-ijhc shortness of the season and the altitude of the
place alone renders this at all Doubtful. The settlers
were allotted building lots of a fair size, and pro
ceeded immediately to the erection of shelters for
ttenselvea and families. ‘
Tlie Southeru Conscription.
Nsw Tore, July 27.—The Post's Washington spe
cial despatch eava the returned prisoners from Kioh
iDODd state that in lew than twenty-four hours after
the iesue el Jeffenon Davie’ oonßoription proclama
tion, a wholesale oonsoriptlon eommenoed. there.
Two hundred etch Massachusetts Bol&iers arrived
at Washington to-day. , , , . .
‘ It is helieved that a general exchange of prisoner*
will govu be tlftotetf. -
NEW YORK CUT.
Nkw YOUK, July 26, 1863.
ISpecial Correspondence of The Press.]
The'political influences of the late riots have yet
to oe canvassed; for, incited and urged on by the
Wood-Brooks clique as a political coup d'6tai
tended suddenly to cripple the prosecution of the
war, its_results mupt partake of a political nature.
One thing seems reasonably certain, and that is,"the
establishment of a party opposed to the recent rabble.
Againßt the educated and respectable portions of the
Irish people no complaint 1b made. During the week
of slaughter and pillage, their efforts were on the
side of law and order, and, in many oases, their
services most efficient. But.against the low rab
ble, the thieves and vagabonds, who have supported
the Wood, Brooks, McGunn, and company, who
cheered for Jeff Davis, Seymour, and those military
men who-have been expelled the army on grave
charges,.who shouted insane cries, who burned
school-houses and orphan asylums ; against these,
the people are thoroughly exasperated, and, a few
more days like those through which we have just
passed, would cauße such a general uprising against
them, that'tbe point of the bayonet, would drive
them forever from our shores. These rioters hold a
place in the esteem of our people, similar to that
which the pariah dogs of Constantinople hold in the
estimation of the Turks; and so surely as their
fiendish orgieß are again inaugurated in our midßt,
vigilance committees will arise to sweep them from
our streets with bayonet and hemp. An anti-rabble
party in New York would exclude such men as Jud*e
McCunn, who was dißmißßed from the army, as the
Woods, as .Brooks, and Seymour. Our judiciary
would then be less corrupt; our municipal authori
ties cleaner and better men, and the licentious in
terests of orime and debauchery fostered in a less
degree.'
A few days ago, the Democrats of Rochester,
startled by the incomprehensible conduct of Sey
mour, endeavored to avert from him the execration
of honest men by circulating a report that the mob
so deeply hated him that they had shot him down.
Strange, that one’B 11 friends” should be accused of
bo muoh ingratitude; strange, that the excellent
Governor, after being fairly embraced in the Park
by a stalwart cut-throat with hands red with assas
eination, should fall by the act of the very horde
that was led by this same stalwart laboring man-
The true men of Philadelphia Bhould lay all these
facts to heart, and prepare themselves againßt the
horrors which the rabble has already:dealt out to the
The same elements are there; be
ware, lest they rise for slaughter and pillage—these
“innocent men,” these “friends” of Governors—to
murder women and children, and “ burn the here
tics” of the Quaker City as well. ’ r
The “friends” are now, according to Seymour &
Co., preparing for seoret assassination, while the
servant girls are to fire the houses of tbeir_ masters.
-Th« oouid 'not oewondered~at,tliougtithey
constitute a portion of “innocent women” whom.
“Harvey Brown slew with his grape.” When ’long
shoremen butchered negroes who had worked beside
them for years; when the rabble burned the houses
of employers who had found them and their imps in
bread; what can be expected but treachery of the
.foulest nature?
The community isbeginningto appreciate the true
character of the rabble, “by some papers called
rioteis.” It has discovered that their instincts are
those of the wolf; their mercy, that of inquisitors.
It iB now prepared for emergencies; it has gathered
all its energies for the bitter end, if that end be
forced. Let the bloodhounds rise once more, and
the citizens wiU go forth to hunt, rather than to op
pose.
New Yoke, July 27, 1863.
The military 1b . now fast retiring from our midst.
The regular battery, which for the last few days
has been the grim upholder of law and order in the
Park, took its departure this forenoon, doing away,
as it were, with the last tangible vestige of the riots,
at least as far as the lower portion of the city is
concerned. This battery has been a source of frantic
excitement to the peace-loving” press, whose
offices were all within point-blank range of the can
non. In their diurnal howls it was stigmatized as
a menace to free institutions and a loyal and order
loving people. That it was such a menace caimot
be denied. The free institutions of mutilation, as
sassination, arson, and theft, languished miserably
in its immediate neighborhood, and -the “ friends”
of Governor Seymour grew quiet and contempla
tive within its range. .
Altogether, one might easily forget these riots,
bad they not been accompanied with horrors parallel
to those of the Sepoy revolt, notwithßt anding
that our gracious Governor is shivering to the
marrow with pestilent visions of incendiary harri
dans, of the demons from the sepulchral depths of
dim and melancholy cellars, grasping the sacrificial
torch, and crying, “Give us Macklenn&nl» and
“Down with the Draft I” Now and then a squad
of Metropolitans passes along the street, on its
way to secure Btolen property or Government arras.
Now and then some battered; drunken wretch
drags himself along the alleys and’ by.wayh, with
head and face scarred and bruised, or ,a bandaged
limb, which shows plainly enough what have
been his moral convictions on the 'question
of the conscription act. Occasionally a man
is dragged nolens volens into some police court
on the charge of having been with the mob in
some of its bloody raids. But otherwise, New York
wears her old face; her old, quiet, happy look. Even 1
the negroes are back in their old haunts; some de
pressed with the loss of friends or, property, yet
seemingly as contented as a mass, as before the days
when the dark face only invited the knife or the
bludgeon. Moßt of them are now heavily armed, and
woe to the rabble that again hopes to inaugurate a
week of slaughter. The lex talionis may a3Bume a
new significance when an unoffending class is made
desperate by a bloodthirsty persecution. The rab
ble has raised the A trite; let us Bee the rabble lay it
by exorcision, if it can f •,
The Anglo-African i an excellent paper, devoted to
the interests of the colored race in America, pub
lishes an appeal, to which the general attention of
the philanthropic should be directed. It has all
along been supported, by the colored men of this
city; but the grand exodus |of its patrons, and the
reduction of many of them to absolute beggary, has
jeoparded its existence. The proprietor now asks
the friends of the colored race to aid him in the
emergency, until the results of mob violence can be
in a degree repaired. By prompt action among the
charitable of our commercial emporiums, the Anglo--
Afi-ican 'could be substantially established, and a
boon conferred upon the suffering negroes, by as
suring to them their-own peculiar paper. Surely,
when drunken and inhuman mobs are assured three
daily papers, devoted entirely .to their interests and
the overthrow of the Federal Government, the vic
tims of that mob should not be allowed to suffer the
loss of their solitary weekly; Money donations or
subscriptions may be forwarded to Robert Hamil*
ton, publisher, No. 60 Beekman street.
There are all kinds of rumors in circulation re
garding the possibility af another outbreak of the
rabble. Among others one is"to the effect that the
“ Friends” are now completely organized, five thou
sand of them being armed with muskets and car
bines ; that at their next uprising companies of .from
one to tw© thousand will be suddenly launched at
midnight upon the prominent ; wards of the city,
when the torch and knifewill .be dealt out indis
criminately to both negroes and Abolitionists. Each
of these sections will have a small detachment of
the regularly armed Thugs included; and these, it
iB claimed, will be able to beat off any body of police
sent against them; at least, until their many objects
may have been accomplished. - All this would be
very fine for the society of “Friends,” were the re
spectable portion of the community either demented
or idiotic, or did Gen. Canby recognize “these in
nocent people” in the amicable relationship which
Seymour has claimed for them. As none of these
misfortunes have yet fastened upon us, v we may well
conclude that Buch a plan would result rather dis-.
astrou&ly, and take away a few hundreds of Demo
cratic votes from the 'Wooda*Brooks party, a conse
quence most unpalatable to tboßs worthies.
The weather for the past few days has been most
disgraceful, the thermometer ranging with disgust
ing licentiousness among numbers higher than a lan
guid man cares to calculate. . Judging from present
indications, it would seem that among the races of
men New Yorkers have won nearly all the heats.
; STUYVE3ANT.
Venezuela*
Njcw York, July 27.—Adviceb from Laguayra to
the 14th inst., state that General Paez, the ex-Pre
sident, had just returned from Porto Oabello, which
is strictly blockaded by : Admiral Paez, who claims
the succession in the right of his father. Theobject
of the General’s mission haß hot tranapired.
Falcon has been declared, by the military tribunal,
Commander-in-chief, until the Consul for ten yearp
is elected by the Assembly.
The newly elected Chief and Admiral Paez are
diametrically opposed to each other.
Japan.
San Francisco, July 26—Advices have been
received from Youkahama, Japan, to the 26th of
May. . , .
A rumor prevailed that the troubles between.
England and Japan had been arranged bo astobe
settled without a war; but there appeared to be no
good authority for it.
The house of the American minister had been
burned at Yeddo; but whether accidentally or other
wise is not stated.
The Draft in New York.
' New York, July, 27.— Mayor Qpdiyke, to-day,
vetoed the ordinance passed last week by the Coun
cil and the Board of Aldermen, to pay conßcripts
s36o r on the ground.of the vagueness and illegality.
Other pertinent objections are also urged, and he
holds that the Common Counoil has had time since
last March to remedy any supposed inequalities of
the draft; that they did not do anything until this
ordinance was passed, thus appearing as a propitia
tory measure to appease a mob.
The'Bth Regiment (regular infantry,) and 6th Re
gular Battery, moved their quarters* to-day from the
City Hall Park to the Battery, where they will en
camp and keep prepared for the mobites of the city.
A Conflagration at Havana.
New York, July 27.— The steamer Koauokc re--
porta that when she was leaving the port of Havana,,
on the 22d inßtant, an. immense- conflagration was
•raging among the warehouses: onflessrs. Fesser &
Regia’s wharf. Sixteen buildings had been con
sumed when the Roanoke left,, and the prospect of
subduing the flames was not good. It is estimated
that the warehouses already destroyed involved; a
lass of four millions of dollars’ worth of sugaafc
Effects of Evading the Draitk
Boston, July 27.— The yacht G-leam, belonging to
J. 'Wrigb’t, Jr., of South Boston, has been Eelzod by
the collector of this port on the ground that* in ob
taining its register, tho owner represented that he
waß an American, whilo he has recently obtained
exemption from, the draft by giving a certificate that
he ie an aMen.
Burning of <&. Western Steamboat.
Cincinnati, July 27.—The steamboat-Boston was
accidentally burned- ©nSaturday,when above Ports
mouth. The lose- amounts to $46,000% on which
there is an insurance of slB,ooa. v
\ Aire&t of Assistant Quartermaster,
Cincinnati, July 27^— Captain Hurtt, assistant
quartermaster at this poet, was arrested this morn
ing by order of General Burnside, charged with ir
regularity inhis accountsand appropriating funds
to his own ÜBe.
Hie Steamer Damascus,
St. Johns, July 20.—The steamer Damascus passed
Cape Race-at eight o'clook on Saturday evening.
Her advices have been anticipated.
Robbery of a Russian.
Boston, July 27.—A Russian named John Wer
ner has been robbed by hiß interpreter, named,Chas.
Horten, of eight hundred and fifty*five franc pieces.
The latter hM itowwnpetl*
THE CITY.
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OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
TIIEIK KETDIIX FROIff THE FEKtf*
SHVASIA CAMPAIGN,
cfKiNB BEeimoif ijt pihiadeipiha.
PRESENTATION OF FLAGS
TO THE GRAY AND BLUE RESERVES,
GOV. CURTIN’S SPEECH.
Yesterday afternoon was principally devoted by
the patriotic people of Philadelphia in honor of the
militia regimenta, returning from Harriaburg, after
their abort and undeniably brilliant campaign of six
weeks. The rebel invasion stirred up the old fire of
military enthusiasm, which is destined to be kept
alive by the stimulus then given, and by the con
sideration that these regimenta have already won
fame upon the field of battle. Our citizens testified
in a very hearty manner yesterday afternoon, not
only their appreciation of the services of these
gallant fellows, but also showed the estimate which
they place upon a State militia. The 20th Regi
ment, the'Gray and Blue Reserve Regimenta, which
returned yesterday, have done honor to Philadel
phia, and the members hereafter xnußt feel a natural
pride in sustaining their organizations, and promo
tingtheir efficiency. The determination to give Jhe
men a cordial reception was well carried out by the
citizens generally, who were, assembled in large
numbers along the route of the parade*. Flags
and handkerchiefs waved all over the city, and the
day was undoubtedly one of great rejoicing. At
the time of the arrival of the soldiers rain com
menced to fall, and it continued during the pa
rade, cooling the atmosphere somewhat, and set
tling the dußt in the streets. The parade passed
by Independence Hall in the following order:
The 20th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, under
command of .Col. Wm. B. Thomas, passed the Hall
about three o’clock. It was here the regiment was
met by that of 001. X B. Jenks, who were drawn ud
in line, at present arms. y
Jheprocession passed in review in the following
Police Division of Seventeenth and Nineteenth
ward, Lieut. Witcraft commanding.
Custom House officials.
First City Troop.
Band, playing “Hail to the Chief.”
Brideaburg Regiment, Col. J. B. Jaaks.
In half an hour after the above passed along
came the Gray Reserves and Blue Reserves, in the
following order:. ’
Reserve Division of Police. Lieut. X>. Henderson
Corn Exchange ABHnciation.
Old members of Blue Reserves.
Gray Reserve Regiment,/ Col. Charles S. Smith
commanding. N
Division of Police of the Fifteenth and Twentieth
. The Henry Guards. Capt. John Spear. ~
Jefferson Cornet Band, playing “Hail Columbia.”
The Blue Reserves, Col. William W. Taylor
commanding..
The firemen intended to participate in the cere*
monies, but they did not. Their absence cannot be
attributed to a want of patriotic ardor. The com
panies have been pretty well thinned out, by volun
tary drafts made upon their numbers for the Union
army. The time or notice w&b too short for the fire
men to get up a parade to please themselves, who
therefore abandoned the attempt.' A number of
companies, to testify their appreciation, had their
apparatus stationed at streets on the route, and
rung the bellß of the hose carriages as the military
line moved on. The whole scene was thrilling to
every patriotic beholder, arid was witnessed by a
great number of people, notwithstanding the rain
fell during the march.
The Brideaburg regiment, Col. Jenks, which by
this time had escorted :the 20th Pennsylvania,
returned to the main procession and took place in
line.
Committee on Defence and members of City Coun
cils in carriages, Committee of Reception, cavalcade
of citizens on horseback, wagons* and cars*
In the above order the procession, or rather pro
cessions, passed over the route designated in the
programme, until it reached Independence Square.
Here the regiments the Blue and Gray
Deserves in-order entering the square for the pur
pose ,of receiving a stand of colors from the City
Council Committee of Defence and Protection.
The Reserves reached the square at about four
o’clock, - and a large crowd greeted their appearance
here. It was understood that regimental and na
tional flags were to be presented to the regiments by
the Council Committee. The flags were of beauti
ful manufacture —that to the Blues'bearing Car
lisle and Hagerstown conspicuously upon them;
also theincription, “The city of Philadelphia to
the Blue Reserves, July, 1853.” The flags of the
same make, which were afterwards presented to the
Grays, had not any inscription, as they were not
completely finished.
The Blues were drawn up in hollo w square, in the
centre of which was the of Defence and
Protection, the committee of citizens, and the Corn
Exchange, and a number of military and naval
‘officers of high distinction. The colors were now
taken from their cases. They were presented by Mr,
John Price Wetherill, of Select Council, chairman
of the Committee of Defence and Protection, in
these words :
Colonel Taylor : I have the honor, as chairman
of the Committee on Defence and Protection, irithe
name of the Councils, and in behalf of the citizens
or. Philadelphia, to welcome you home. I recollect
full well the peculiar and trying circumstance
which led you, with little preparation, with many
sacrifices and without bounty, to leave your homes
at the urgent call of the Governor. The early part
of. July will be remembered in the history of
this city and State. An insolent and revengeful foe,
large in numbers, and arrogating an assumption of
power and bravery which met with a speedy down
fall, had invaded our State, not as a daring raid, not
as adventurous troops searching food, but with the
bold front of the entire rebel force. Their track
waß marked by the farms laid desolate, the villages
and towns placed under humiliating contribution,
until they had almost reached the capital of our
State and placed it in a state of siege. Who stopped
the progiesß of that mighty army ? to whom is the
credit due for the change of purpose of their rebel
leader, and to the issuing of the order to fall back on
Gettysburg? [Dong cheers.] To the large force
which had been called out by the Governor of the
State ; todheirpromptaeas, to their energy, to their
gallantry, and to their zeal in leaving their homes
and going to the front with an iron heart and a de-
termined purpose not to return until the rebel horde
was driven from our State. -
This was accomplished, and to the Blue Deserves
is due the credit of being, with others, the means of
so desirable an end. It is a pleasant duty also, Colo
nel, as a reward for gallantry in the field, and a
degree of bravery which called for the congratula
tion of the commanding officer, that in the name
and with the thanks of. the city of Philadelphia, I
present to you this stand of colors. [Applause.] I
need not ask you to guard them with a jealous care
[applause]; I need not ask you to give up home,
country, and even life itself, in their defence; "for I
speak to tried men; I speak to men who have shown,
not by words, not by promises, but by act and deed,
that they are not only willing, but able, come what
may, to either carry their country’s flag triumphant
over every battle-field, or die in its defence. [Long
applause.]
Colonel Taylor called from the ranks a brace of
stalwart color sergeants, and to them transferred the
flags he had received. „ . .
Colonel Taylor, of the Blue Reserves, briefly re
plied: Ab a military man, he could notbeexpected
to say much, but would return the thanks of his
men for the handsome gift. The regiment, he said,
was composed of men of all ages and conditions of
life, and they have been found equal to the duty
they were called upon to perform. If'ever-again
the State would need their services they would, as
before, volunteer promptly in its defence. This re
ception by the citizens of Philadelphia filled them
with joy acfT gratitude, and was a full return for
whatever inconveniences their enlistment had oc
casioned.
This speech was greeted with loud applause, and
on motion of Mr. Davis, of Select Council, three
rousing cheers were given for the Blue Reserves.
Mr. A. G. Cattell, of the Corn Exchange, was in
troduced, and after the applause had subsided he ad
dressed the Eoldiere as follows :
Colonel and Citizen Soldiers:! ambyno means en
titled to these kind words with which Mr. Weth
erill has introduced me to you. I have only-endea
vored in thiß emergency to do the duty of an indi
vidiytl. I have often said, and Ido not hesitate to
say it again, that if I could have been of more ser
vice to the Commonwealth with a musket, than in
the position I occupy at home, I would have been
off with you and my musket. [Applause.] Sol
diers, I can now only join with Mr. Wetherill in
bidding you welcome home.. When the soil of Penn
sylvania was invaded by the tread of the rebel hordes
from the South, you sprang to her rescue, and that
wilhout reference to the muster orthe time, regard
less of all considerations but love of 'country. I
need not tell you how your course has been watched
at home. We heard of you at Hagerßtown, and the
opinion that raw recruits could not be depended upon
was, in that cftße, fully refuted. You have proved
thatthe citizen soldiers can make and repel a charge
with honor and success.. The flag of your country
is worthy of such soldiers as you. You.have just
been presented with two handsome flagß, which you
will accept as precious tokens of the good esteem
of the people of Philadelphia.
The speaker was frequently interrupted by ap
plause, and at the conclusion, there were cheers for
the Committee on Defence, for Mr. Wetherill, for
Mr. Cattell. and for the Union. The regiment then
marched off, with their colors flying, to the time of
patriotic music.
The Gray Reserves soon after entered the main
gate of the square, and a battalion on each side oc
cupied the entire length of the square.
Mr. Wetherill then; on. behalf of the committee,
presented similar flags to the Grays. He compli
mented'the regiment on the promptitude with which
they answered the Governor’s call for troops, and
the fidelity with which they maintained their high
military renown while in the service. Every man
reflectedcredituponthecity, State, and nation. The
regiment he knew to be composed of true and loyal
men, who would rather lay down their lives-willing
sacrifices than to see their flag trampled upon by any
foe.
Col. Chas. S. Smith replied. He said that this
honor was totally unexpected, but it was fully, ap
preciated'. He could say, without exaggeration,
that he had found the regiment composed of men
who, under ftTe, would have sustained the reputa
tion of veterans. Whatever might be reasonably
expected of soldiers, was obtained from them. They
never flinched nor left their post. These flags would
not be dishonored in tbe hands of the Gray Reserves,
for they have shown themselves true and valiant
soldiers. The Colonel-then returned his thanks for
the presentation- .. -•••• ■. : • v
Alter further and- long-coiitmued cheering, the;
regiments dispersed. ,
The 20th Regiment, Col. Wm. B. Thomas com
manding, was presented with a stand of colors previ
ous to leaving Harrisburg for their home. The
ceremony of presentation took place at their camp ■.
at tbe foot of Fort Washington,
i The regiment was drawn up- in mass columns, and
Governor Curtin,, who acted as the organ of the
donors, in presenting- the colors, complimented the
men upon their soldierly appearance and deport-
They had responded promptly to the call for aid
when the State was invaded, and they were the>
krst regiment from Philadelphia to take the field afc
the time of the emergency. The Governor congrs*
tulated Ms hearerß that th* emergency was now at
an end, and that he could safeSy returnthem to their
homes, as he had promised- I><>do. * ' _' "
Colonel Thomas,, in .response, thanked the Go
veicoribr the flattering manner in which he*, had
spoken of his command. He had no doubt at
airy time when the coualry needed their services,
the men of the 20th would respond cheerfrSly.and
promptly, without Tegard to bounty or pay,,
'Hie ceremonies closed with hearty Go
' vernor Curtin and Colonel Thomas. :
The soldiers speak in terms of great, praise of
their reception throughout PennsylvaiV4». Every
where they created enthusiasm.
On Sunday, tbe 26th inst., Governca-Curtin paid*
a visit to the Blue Reserves, Colonel Wv W.
! in camp west of the Susquehanna
He addressed them as follows:
AIHKRESS OF GOVERTS'O^GJfRTIK.
“Officers And men of the Blue Reserves: I meuftjpwi
here, this morniDg, with an degree otflttde
and pleasure. I nave had my es.e on your regiment
ever Eire? last fall, when I Jc&d. fee honor ta address.
you, at Hagerstown, after the enemy had abandoned
that region, where you had gome to meet hicor-but
without the opportunity* thejo, to fight him., Prom
whatl then.haw, I was convinced that your city,
your State, and youf country, could.rery-.upon you,
should any emergency thereatter again call you into
the field. My conviction of that time has now be*
come a confirmed, established fact. •...-•
“The insolent, traitorous foe hat again had the
effrontery'to invade our State and to threaten our
capital and our homes, and your officers and mea
have been among the firat to meet and repel him.
i your conduct has done you honor! Your, city and
I your State are proud of you I you met the assault
of the enemy near where Jwe now stand, In adranoe.
foremost among all our citizen*',-When his legions
and.cannon threatened our caplttN. Tou followed
“i! 11 ™ et h |m again at Carlisle, and withstood
?t*hot end shell during that
JS* 1 , 0 "" Sl ght 1 b . eheld the glare of the Sre of
® b *™clcg from the dome of the Capftot, and
whoi. c “ nn o“ eouU be heard during the
whole night by the citizens of Harrisburg, then
deeply concerned for your fate, for the news <*&
surprise upon you came with the report that you
< were all cut off. But thanks to ypur oouraee anS
—not ° f dU^y ’ i 1: waa the enem y that had given war
"You have withstood, without a murmur, through
storm and privation of every'kind, those long.
dreaTy r andexhaustive marches, over mountain
psssea and by-roads, leading you ultimately agaia
in the presence of the enemy, our traitor, our rebel
foe, at Hagerstown. _ There you fought, charged,
and repelled him with a daring and courage that
would have done honor to the valor and conduct of
the hardest-tried veterans In arms. That charge,
considering the circumstances under which it was
made, and taken in connection with its results,
would have'honored any regiment of the war-worn
veterans of the Army of the Potomac. As reported
by the gallant’ General Kilpatrick, who ordered the
charge, and by other citizens who witnessed it. any
one of the regiments of that old army would have
been proud to have had it inscribed upon its ban
ners, and that the* annals of war contained the hie
t£i° f few more S allhnt charges. **
w ha J r a re «»d for your city, State, and country is
yours, iou had been in the service but a short
month, when you met'the enemy in this gallant
charge, at Hagerstown, and I will venture to say
that no body of men have ever made a prouder re
cord than you have made, during, a campaign of but
one short month—a campaign distinguished in every
way by endurance, privation, fortitude under diffi
culties, as well as by conduct, gallantry, and courage
in battle! You have illustrated the honor of your
State 5 and the people of your city are prepared to
do you honor; and, to-morrow, when you return to
your home, you may expect to meet and receive an
ovation from blx hundred thousand grateful people
of your noble city, presenting themselves before you,
.to welcome youhome and to do you honor. May you,
long and happily live at home ! May your homes be
happy homes to you! May God bless your people,
your city, and you! May He look after, take care oL
and prosper your wounded l
Interesting to Philadelphians.— I The
following item possesses local interest to all Phila
delphians : A gentleman who haß devotedmuchtime
and service as a member of the Christian Commis
sion—an organization that attends to the wants of
all who battle for the Union—gives us the following
interesting scene, that occurred on the battle-field of
Gettysburg. He says:
“ While passing around, ministering to the wants
.of the suffering men of the lith..Corps, a brave
young man, from the State of Wisconsin, seeing
upon my badge that I represented the Christian
Commission of Philadelphia, said :
“Sir, I see you are from Philadelphia; your city
has done a great and good work for the soldiers; I
have been at your volunteer reft eshment saloons, and
it seems more like home than any-other spot X have'
seen since' I left home. But, sir, you not only feed
and care for us there; you follow us to the field,
with the very things we want just when we want
them
I travelled from Gettysburg to Baltimore with, a
limb. The wounded men were anxious to know
their destination. Those in the car in which I
travelled, and to whose comfort we endeavored to
contribute, expressed their deßire to be taken to
Upon arriving at Baltimore, and
learning that the train was to come on to our city,
I made the fact known to the men. Notwithstand
ing their already wearisome journey, they dapped
tbeir hands with delight at the thoueht of coming to
the Philadelphia The efforts of our poo
plefinTbehalf of our soldiers are not forgotten, but
are often spoken of with tears of gratitude.
Guardians of the "Poor.— A stated
meeting of the Board of Guardians ofthe Poor waa
held yesterday afternoon at the Almshouse. The
population of the house was reported as follows:
Present number....-:..... 2.299
Same time last year. 2,402
Decrease. „ 103
Admitted during the past two wfeeks, 197; births,
6; deaths,- 25; discharged, 107; absconded, 46.
Lodgings were given, during the same time, to 125-
persons, and meals to 52. _
The house receipts for two weeks were reported
at $107.40. .
The out-door agent collected $237.57,
Dr. Sheppard and Dr. Magoffin tendered their resig
nations as resident physicians.
A communication was received from, the Lombard
and South-streets Railroad Company, suggesting
the appointment of a committee relative to the lay
ing of rails on the AlmehouEe grounds, the company
expecting to bridge the Schuylkill at South street.
Mrs. Matilda Jove was elected matron of the
Children’s Asylum; MisaJFannie Potts teacher of
the same.
Mr. Whitall offered a resolution recommending
that means be taken to exempt four of the resident
physicians, who have been drafted. Agreed to, and
the Board adjourned.
The “ Star-Spangled Banner.”— At
the conclusion of the draft, in the Third ward yes
terday, Mr. B. Parvin, the blind vocalist who had
drawn the names from the wheel, Bang the “Star--
Spangled Banner” in good style. The audience,
which was large, joined in the full chorus, and made
the welkin ring with the soul-stirring patriotic
tune. How much better is this than to "riot, and
imirder innocent human beiogs, and burn property I
Tbe people have the matter in hand. Their intelli
gence and patriotism were exhibited in a style yes
terday that caused the patriot heart to beat with
rapture. The draft, so far, has been a scene of har
mony, showing in the most unmistakable' terms
that the masses of Philadelphia cannot be misled
by knavieh leaders, orators, or writers. The Bing
ing of. the “Star-Spangled Banner” at such a time
and place is significant; It may be considered as
the musical seal of condemnation of aymoathizing
traitors.
Sudden Illness..— -William H. Dennis,
one of the most active men in the Cooper-Shop Re
freshment Committee, was struck with paralysis on.
Sunday evening,.in. the upper part of the citvy and
fell insensible. He was kindly taken care of at a
hovse, and several physicians were Bpeedily sent fnr r
and yesterday morning he was removed to his resi
dence, in the southern section of the city. Last;
evening the physicians entertained no hope of his -
recovery. . v •
Boston Committee.— Gumston,
Bradlee, Ordway, Coolidge, and Bean were appoint
ed a committee by*the Common Counoil of Boston,
to proceed to Gettysburg, Pa., for the purpose of
collecting the deceased Boston soldiers* preparatory
to taking them to that city for burial. The com--
raittee are expected to arrive in Philadelphia in a
day or two! . ArraDEpsmcxiia were made last evening
by members of Philadelphia Counell-to meet them
off their arrival, and escort them through, the clty.^
The 'National Finances.—Jay Cooked
subscription agent,, reports the sale of $1,695,000-
five-twenties, on Monday, by the various agencies.
Deliveries of bondß are now being made to July
9th, inclusive. ,
Fatal Accident.— Yesterday afternoon
a man named James Simpson was killed- near Gun
ners’ run, by being jammed between a cart and a
car.
CITY ITEMS.
Views of the Battle-Ground at Get*
tysbttrg, Pa.—F. Gutekunst, 704 and 706 Arch
street, Philadelphia, respectfully announces that,
aided personally by a prominent lawyer of Gettys
burg, who was a useful guide to our forces- during
the battles there, he has succeeded in making several
fine photographic views of prominent parts of the
battle-ground at that eventful place.
They are published in a series of seven 10-by-12
views, andwillbe Bold by subscription only j the
proceeds of sales to be used for the benefit of our sick
and wounded soldiers.
The subscription books and samples are now
ready. The views are, viz.:
1. Major General Meade’s Headquarters.
2. TheTield of Battle, July 1.-
3. Our Centre—looking east from Cemetery Hill.
4. Gateway of the Cemetery.
5. The Seminary. ,
6. Residence of the “Old Patriot.”
7. Second Corps Hospital and Headquarters United
States Christian Commission.
The price of the set will be $10; Orders Bhould be
given at once to secure good prints and prompt d^
704 and 706 Arch street, Philadelphia.
Fine Cartes de Yisite of Distin
guished Men.— Messrs. Wenderoth & Taylor (for
merly Broadbent & Co.), Nos. 912, 914, and 9X6
Chestnut street, are constantly adding to* their ele
gant stock of cartes de viaite of distinguished per
sons, for the album, a variety of new and. popular
subjects. The famous picture which they recently
executed for Messrs. McAllister & Brother, of Gene
ral Meade, is having a very extensive sale.
Beef Tea Jelly.— Messrs. Davis &
Richards, successors to the late C. Mattson,
dealers in fine family Groceries, Arch and Tenth
streets, have now in store a superior article of Beef
Tea Jelley—a very desirable article for soldiers in
the army and the hospitals*.
Important to Drafted-Mbit—ln most
instances the friends of those who are drafted would
care but little about their relatives going soldiering
for a time if it were not- for the risks of battle*
These risks are immeasurably lessened by wearing
the iron-clad Vest for sale by Rockhiil & "Wilson, at
their Brown Stone Clothing Hair, Nos. 603 and 605
Chestnut street, above Sixth. Wc- advise att who
are drawn from the wheel to call- at the establish—
ment named and satisfy themselves of the impreg
nability of this light and- convenient life-preserver-
To Ladies Only;— To-tliose of our lady
readers who are happy in* the possession of one of
Grover A Baker’sMachines,.itis no secret that the
beautiful embroidery now all t borage is as well ami
as easily done upon itas-the plainest sewing. Our
object is to inform those-who are hot the happy pos
sessors of-one of thfcse- invaluable inventions that -
this is really the case* There are other and good.
Sevring; Machines, but- this,.by its marvellous pwv
parties/, combines the faculty of both sewing an&
embroidering, and, as it is,the only one in the markets
that does, no lady about to purchase S'Sewing Ma
chiue in these hesitate to &elect whoa th« -
important facfcwe have-stated haßdjeen brought to
hor notice*
TJ. S-. Gbant:- —la the torchlight proees
eion in honor of the-fcil of Vicksburg there wa* one
transparency with, aa inscription with quite a play
of words upon the- name of the- hero, TJ* & Grant i*-
some of thetitlea.were as follows
Unconditionah&srrender G-aaat.
Undaunted Soldaer Grant.
Unshackle Sirare Grant.
UncommoniSa&art Grant*
Unabated-.Sioge Grant.
Undoubtedly Spunky Goont.
TJiausuaUy Stylish Great.
This latter sobriquet psohably needs some explan
tioa. Ib refers to Ms new uoifoam*
made by Cfcas. stoke# & Co., under the Continent
in which he was arrayed on that jubilant Fourth,
iMPOETAST TO I'OBEI&NEBS. — We. ©all
the attention of onr readers generally, particularly
thoie residing in our midst from foreign countries,
to the advertisement', in French, of Granville Stokes,
Merchant Tailor, No. 609 Chestnut afreet. Mr.
Stokes liar, recently secured, at great expense, the
services of an experienced cutter fr-iia, Faxis, who
speaks' fluently the French, G-ermtur*. S&aniah, and
other languages. This step was doomed necessary
by Min Stokes in order to deal mpreisatisfactoiiliy
wiih foreigners, many of whom are but poorly versed
in ths English language, and pleased when
able to make, their wants ksP-om to one well ac
quainted witb their particulaftdlaleet.. The ohoicest
selection of goods will alvghga be found on hand at
unprecedentedly low rates.
: A magnificent gjOSEtyoon 7-octaye Pi
ano for sale; rie>V carved case and leg* made to
order by one of tag best makers in this oountry; ttve
months ago spat $6OO. Will sell for less than half
cost, cash, To be seen af V«3lioq>l»rd street, a fes?
doors ttew 3WW& ' P- *•
F. GUTEKUNST,
Photographer,