C|l fuss.
FBIDAY, JULY 31, 1868,
TUe Question of Governor.
It is a chief misfortune- of our politics
that when a brave word of frank counsel is
spoken by an independent journalist, the
•weight that should attach to .such counsel
•is often -impaired by the suspicions and
criticism of those - who habitually sup
ply the wrong motive for every patri
otic utterance, or, to further their
■own ends, denounce what they, know is
nothing but a desire to promote the best in
terests of the people. We are not, there
fore, surprised that our suggestions on the
-subject of the Union candidate for Governor
Jli Tt* ** *’ 1 * rl‘ .* !.* 1.1 Livt 1!.: 1! . ■.i wax e
surprise among friends, nmt HiggU CSUlttt
tion and reckless criticism on the part of foes.
As to. the friends, we need only say that we
believe they hnow we can haye no design
beyond the salvation of our State from the
most dangerous and abandoned men of this
or any other modern generation—men who
not only prefer slavery to freedom, hut
would drag their own State out of that Union
with whose growth she has grown, and
with whose strength she has strengthened.
To our foes, who are at once the organs
of disaffection to the Government,and of sym
pathy with treason, we have to say that their
pretended devotion to Governor Curtis’,
whose sacrifice they assume that we have
demanded, would have been a little more
valuable if it had been a little sboner mani
fested. hfo public man of any time has
been more foully assailed by these newspa
per echoes of the Charleston Mercury and
the Richmond Enquirer than Governor
Curtin. And most obviously and na
turally. He has not lowered the old
.flag, nor courted favor among traitors
atjd- then sympathizers. He has won the
--confidence of the troops and their friends,
and has borne himself honestly and firmly
in his high office. These are titles to our
confidence, precisely as they are titles to the
distrust of the so-called Democracy. Aud
hence, if Governor Curtin is re-nominated,
fiB iii'ilgßtly gufiuorti Him- Hy tolqb
ami. uj pon, a§ me umipniawi who
ii6w try to convince the country that he is
to be victimized, will oppose and traduce
him. A solid fact like this is worth a vo
lume of explanation or exposure. But
there are duties higher than personal at
tachment or the reward of official courage
and constancy; and, in saying what we
said in a former article on this subject, and
What we shall add here, we must not he un
derstood as seconding any of the attacks
upon Governor Curtin by . newspapers
-and men of his own party. We
■belong to none of the interests who believe
it policy to assail a good and faithful Ex
ecutive, and who, to gratify personal feel
ings, repeat and circulate assertions which
can only help the common foe by appearing
in judgment against common friends in the
coming campaign. While, therefore, we
shall "cheerfully support Gov. Cun tin for
Te-election if he is nominated by_the Pitts
burg Convention, we shall be content to
commit the views we presented in our last
SlOtiCO 911 tlilfl RubjUAt tA bfesflP ,„„.i U.,
and to be guided by their judgment.
The necessity of defeating the boid and ma
lignant sympathizer who has been selected
as the candidate of his party for the post of
G overnor oi' this Stuie— necessity is para
mount. Ordinarily, and in peaceful times,
a bad Governor must have been very
’“bad if lie could be tempted to do
mischief. But now, when, under the
impulse of party passions, and under the
influences of able and 'unscrupulous traitors,
preaching treasonable doctrines, State' au
thority, wielded by “ Democratic” Govern
ors, is too prone to throw itself in the path
of the proper prosecution of the war, by
recklessly seeking to embarrass the Federal
Government, it is the duty, first and last, of
every Pennsylvanian to do all and every
thing to. rescue his Commonwealth from
the direful disgrace that' has befallen New
York, .in consequence of the teachings of
men of the school of Woodward, -Reed,
Hughes, Glancy Jones, and Clymer. It
will not do to say that the. warning of New
1 OTlc Will llntOT tiinnn pnlltiaiaiia
an opportunity is presented. The belief
that they would not attempt to carry
their doctrines into practical effect, has
been one of the fatal delusions of our late ex
perience. If the victories of the Union
arms did not stay tlie mob in New York,
or prevent Governor Seymour from pro
mising to protect the “rights” of the mob,
how little hope will we have of better
conduct in those who make him their
apostle in Pennsylvania, should darkness
and defeat once more enshroud our banner ?
In the former article on this subject we
referred to the action of the Republi
cans in Ohio and Maine ("not Missouri, as
the types made us say), and we suggested
that that action might be fittingly followed
by our friends in this State. . In Ohio, Go
vernor David To®, a Democrat who had
nobly realized all the hopes of the friends
of the Government, was superseded; and
another Democrat, John Brough, nomi
nated in his stead. So far from regarding
this action as reflecting .upon himself, Go
vernor Tod cheerfully acquiesced, and
is now one of the most ardent sup
porters of. the gentleman, who defeated
him in the Union Convention.. In Maine,
the Republican gubernatorial incumbent was
defeated by tlie Republicans, and a war
Democrat chosen as their candidate for Go
vernor. A eotemporary gives the following
account of the scene which took place at
Bangor, Maine, in the Republican Conven
tion on the Ist of July:
. “Another fine example of generosity to the loyal
Democrats, on the part of the Republicans, was Bet
at the great Eepnblican Convention held at Bangor,
Maine, on the Ist of July. In the call of the Repub
lican State Committee, they invited not only the
Republicans,,.to participate,-but all loyal to the
Government and in favor of an -unconditional sup
p°i t of the Administration in suppressing the rebel
lion. The result was such a delegate convention as
has never assembled in the Commonwealth of Maine.
More than twelve’ hundred delegates; representing
two hundred and ninety-eight towns, appeared, and of
this number a very large percentage was composed of
those who have uniformly, acted with the Democratic
party, blit who now see in Mr. Lincoln’s Admin
istration the Government of their country in action
to preserve the liberties of the American
people. Among them were MoCobb, Jewett, Smart,
Lowell, Peters, and other household names of the
democracy. Gov. Coburn, the Republican execu
tive, who' has served with so much fidelity in
pnstf-.---rf-e mil by the USageß of
the Republican party to a re-nomination, through
his friend, Bon.' .Tames’ G. Blaine, member of
Congress elect from the Kennebec (Maine) dis
trict, generously offered to waive the honor of
a nomination, if a more worthy citizen could
be found to'make the canvass, and pledged
himself and his friendß to the support of the
nominee, whoever: he might be. After eleoting
a Demoerat, Mr. MoOobb, president of the Conven
: tion, the balloting for Governor commenced, with
the following result: For Abner Coburn (Kepubll
can), 442 votes; for Samuel Coney (Democrat), 488
votes) Joseph Williams (Democrat), 192 votes
Upon which Mr. Morris, the friend and business
partner of Mr. Coburn, withdrew his name. On
the succeeding and final ballot of nine, hundred
and eighty votes thrown,. Samuel Coney (Demo
crat) received eight hundred and eighty, upon
which bis nomination was made unanimous,
amid the most protraoted and enthusiastic cheer,
-lng. .It is significant that Mr. Coney, who was
“thus unexpectedly to himself selected as the Union
.candidate for Governor, was' himself a delegate
-from his own town, and voted for Mr. Coburn’s
nomination. Mr. Coney is a gentleman of high
.character and ability, having been chosen by the
Democratic party to the office of Judge of Probate,
Land Agent of the State, and State Treasurer for
five years, being the full term allowed by the Co
n. stitution-of Maine. His election is certain by an
intmcDße majority.”
" This is the spirit that leads to victory. It
is, the spirit of self-sacrifice and, the' sub
limest: patriotism. We repeat, all that we
plead for-is, to have such a candidate as
will defeat the sympathizing nominee on
■the anti-war and anti-Government ticket.
We present no- name, for w„e .have
BO 'favorites. Indeed, we could give Go
vernor Curtin • a support as thorough,
and from as strong , ; a sense of person
al attachment,' as we could give to or feel
for any other gentleman. And should the
Convention,, after surveying the, whole
ground and, weighing the suggestions we
have made, I®and 1 ®and ,so earnestly concurred in
hy many of our patriotic citizens, decide
■upon him as our, candidate, he will have no
more earnest advocate than The Press,
The Attack upon Charleston.
The want of interest in the attack upon
Charleston compared with what is -generally
felt in any great struggle for the perpetuity
of the Union must be attributed to the fact
that we have accustomed ourselves to re
gard the capture of that city as a great/
moral victory, and not so much in reference
to any power it would give us over the re
bellion. To us; Charleston is a great smug
gling port, through which the rebellion has
been imperfectly fed, but it has never been
a military point of/paramount importance.
It has not been attacked by a great army,
nor defended by one, and its capture has
been: justly deferred until other places of
more immediate value have fallen before
our arms. - It mattered comparatively little
that vessels from Nassau ran The blockade
of Charleston harbor, while the enemy con
trolled the Mississippi; for had we cap
tured Sumpter a year ago, the capture
""Aj 1,/,.,,'- asecte4 tb.e con
diticm of South, it- is very iliUeroat
now : the loss of the Mississippi makes all
the Eastern ports more valuable to the re
bellion, for these are now the only inlets of
European supplies. Charleston is, there
fore, now of greater importance to the
enemy than at any other time of the war,
though the fact is not yet generally appre
ciated.
Another reason why the attack upon
Charleston has not created more excitement,
is that we have accepted its success as a cer
tainty. The element of doubt which made
the siege of Vicksburg so interesting, does
not exist in the popular suspense about
Charleston. "We do not doubt that General
Gillmoub will succeed; we cannot believe
that the Government should fail, unless un
expected and improbable Federal defeats
elsewhere should'divert its energies. Charles
ton is not lightly attacked, and the land
force is strong and confident. Though the
first assault upon Fort Vagner was unsuc
cessful, .that repulse was merely an incident
in the siege, and does not determine the
result. Thus far, the monitors have taken
but littlepart in the attack ; a fact in itself
significant.
At Fort Wagner, another glory was added
to the brief but brilliant record of the co
lored soldiers of the United States. The
54th Massachusetts Tiegiinent repeated the
yalpi of Tim Sri Tiniiisiimalir. Enrt-Huilpnn
This! regiment—ln part offioerel iiy j-td
innt Philadelphians, some of whom fell
wounded—with the greatest bravery
stormed the entrenchments. A Charles
ton journal accuses the Fifty-fourth and a
white regiment of breaking up under the
first fire, and refusing to rally. We need
not expect that the enemy will be eager to
acknowledge' the valor of the blacks, and
can account for their calumnies. This ac
cusation is unconsciously contradicted by
the same journal, which compliments the
Southern troops for their splendid fight
ing in resisting the attack of our co
lored soldiers; for it would he impossi
ble for the defenders of a position to show
splendid fighting unless the attacking party
had displayed corresponding gallantry. All
other accounts unite in giving the Fifty
fourth credit for the best qualities of the
soldier, and were other evidence wanting,
the list of killed and wounded would be
sufficient. The employment of colored
troops has ceased to be an experiment. It
“u" 0 v*v '.l'jvsavii or their
earnestness, bravery, and efficiency, and we
shall welcome the day when one hundred
thousand of them are fighting for our flag.
Mexico.
The formal declaration of the establish
ment of an Empire in Mexico has not ended
the war in that wretched country. France
has- other victories to win before she can
control its resources and use its revenues,
and the throne of the Archduke Maximilian
must rest more securely before lie will cross
the ocean to ascend it. It is reported that
five or six thousand French soldiers are
marching on Matamoros from Vera Cruz,
and that the Mexicans arc resolved to fight
to the last. We cannot know what re
sistance the people are yet able to make to
• the invaders, in our ignorance of the posi
tion and force of Juarez, and his plans; but
if the advance upon Matamoros is opposed,
we may infer that the Mexicans have not
yet entirely surrendered their independence.
That all armed opposition to the French
authority will’be eventually crushed
have toy. muoli reason to believe," but the
moral opposition of the people will be In the
end sufficient. The Empire will not be per
manent; Louis' Napoleon cannot long
hold Mexico at liis mercy. We may; safely
leave this dangerous situation to timh ; the
Monroe doctrine will protect itself. Be
yond question, it would be unwise for the
United States now to interfere in behalf of
Mexico. Ours is a solitary task, a single
purpose. We can best protect the future by
taking care of the present, and the most
effectual method of baffling foreign inter
ference is by ending domestic strife.
We had thought that the Breckinridge
Democracy had no longer an existence in
the North, or at least that it had become
ashamed to bear the name of its old leader..
But we are informed that the National Com
mittees of the Douglas and Breckinridge
Democracy will meet either at Milwaukee
or Detroit, between the 17th and 23d of
August, to arrange a programme for the ap
proachihg Presidential campaign. The meet
ingiis not intended, it is also stated, to be
public, but a plan of operation is to be agreed
upon which shall settle all differences and
bring together upon a war platform all the
Democrats of the loyal States. This state
ment must he incorrect. Douglas men
would certainly'refuse to meet with Demo
crats still organized under the name of a
traitor. At all events, Jefferson Davis
and Breckinridge will not attend the Con
vention.
A glance at the map will inform the
reader of the vast territory wrested from the
power of the rebellion during the last two
years. In the West, we have acco nplished
a mighty work. If, in the East, the results
do not seem so decisive, it must be remem
bered that victory there is greatly dependent
upon factory elsewhere. Never before had
we so much reason to anticipate triumph in
Virginia and South Carolina. The loss of
the Mississippi involves to the Confederacy
the loss of Richmond and Charleston.
Every month w ill no w show the increasing
weakness of the rebellion. The concentra
tion of rebel armies’® in' the East may give
■for a time a superficial show of strength,
-.but the exhaustion elsewhere will have its
speedy effect. v
Jefferson Davis has appointed the 21st
day of. August as a day of humiliation and
prayer. We do not doubt that by that time
he will have additional reason to think this
appointment opportune.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, July 30, 1863.
• During a visit at the busy-headquarters of
the gallant Gen. Martindalc, Military Go
vernor of this department, I was greatly in
terested by his clear and cogent descrip
tions of his experience since he has been
occupying the important position he fills so
satisfactorily. Washington city and the
ten miles square of which it is the cen
tre, like a rare jewel in a gorgeous set
ting, is a prize that has been stubbornly
contended for by the rebels," and as stub
bornly held by the patriots. The, intrinsic
value of this Capital to the Government,
and its noble memorials and monuments,
in which the heroism and self-sacrifice of
other day* are symbolized, and the glowing
promise of future greatness illustrated; and
apart from these, the necessity of avoiding,
at every risk, the profound disgrace of being
unable to protect it from siege or capture,
have made the loyal people of-.every section
of the Union prouder of their national me
tropolis, and more tenacious than ever for
its successful defence against the enemies of
the country. * I have so often spoken of the
great and wholesome changes in the mi
litary government of Washington, and the
necessary capture or flight of the leaders of
the slave rebellion; and the emigration
hither of thousands of htrdy and intelligent
Northern people, that it is not necessary
again to elaborate the idea.
Among the most vexatious and difficult
questions presented to Gen. Martindale
has been the disposition of the escaped
slaves of, rebel masters, otherwise known
_as contrabands, who have flocked to Wash-,
ingtonin great numbers during the pro
gress of the war, and are daily arriving in
larger or smaller crowds. What served to
increase the difficulty were the incessant
complaints and predictions of the disloyal
papers, urged forward by treasonable and
sympathizing politicians. They deplored
the negro exodus as an indescribable calami
ty; and whenever a train of these forlorn
and persecuted people—men, women, and
cliildren—passed along our streets, they
were pointed at with sneers, and made the
subject of all manner of opprobrium.
“Who was to support- the families of
these fugitives?” ‘‘The men would not
work; they were lazy, thieving, and
ignorant.” These were the staple com
ments of this cigsj, Anti WllPii. under
line mi spices or ciirMinn men aM
voluntary organizations were formed for the
purpose of ministering to the immediate
wants of these poor classes, and of instruct
ing them in the plainest rudiments, and in
a knowledge of their religious obligations
and pi-ospects, this furnished other texts
oi ridicule. Contraband camps were es
tablished in the face of the most/trying em
barrassments. It will readily be seen how
hard it was to attain a system against such
opposition. But you will observe that, for
the last three months, the clamor, on, this
subject seems to have subsided. The rea
son is now made clear. Yesterday, in my
conversation with General Martindale, he
informed me that not only has a fair sys-
tem been established, but that it has already
proved itself to he profitable to the Govern
ment as well as to the colored people them
selves. The whole body, of able-bodied
blacks now in tho District, the former pro
perty of rebel owners—women and Children
excepted—have been turned into the Qi;e-r=
termaster’s Department, and are being-Suc
cessfully used for various purposes. But
what surprised me most was -the remark of
the General, that there was scarcely a day
that they did-not require more ,of this kind
of labor, and that if he had five hundred
stalwart negro contrabands at this writing,
he could give them immediate and com
pensating employment." You will ask what
hss lii.t.-,;„.. ViUWltf Hit)
infirm, the woman arid children v -How
are they cared for? The answer, to this is
most satisfactory. Early in the war, hut
more particularly-after the President's first
proclamation, Secretary Stanton issued
an order, which proves his own thought
ful and benevolent nature, to the effect
that where a contraband earned twenty dol
lars a month, five dollars were to he re
tained and set apart as a fund for the main
tenance of his-own family, or, if single, for
the maintenance of such of his race as
could not " work—including women, chil
dren, and old men. This fund, some weeks
ago, had amounted to many thousands of
dollars, and is being expended in the most
judicious and humane manner. As a class,
these negroes are well spoken of by those
who superintend them. By a regulation,
they receive one dollar for every day’s ser
vice, and some of them have been known
to earn forty dollars a month. In this way
the Government is indemnified. Experi
ence has clearly proved thftf i n yajjt WS
iwicnfi aitomiiuit iiiion ttits war, - especially
in this great military department, notwith
standing the thousands of whites who are
engaged: as teamsters, laborers, and in the
various mechanical > pursuits—government
blacksmiths, saddlers, carpenters, &c.,—if
it were not for the contrabands it would be
impossible for our military authorities to get
through with their incalculable and increas
ing responsibilities.
Another fact may be mentioned in this
connection, and that is the successful organi
zation into regiments oi the free colored
people of the' District. Nearly two regi
ments have been already completed, and are
in capital discipline, under white officers,
near Georgetown, and it is expected within
a short time that a full brigade will he
raised; which, with the recruits at and near'
Baltimore, will be placed under the distin
guished command of Major General Birney.
Thus you will perceive how effectually a
practical, humane, and systematic experi
ment dissipates all the prophecies, and re
futes all the clamors of the enemies of the
W,- V. !u ;v,g,-.;:,l U It.* of? Ik. <*«»•
trabamds, and free colored people. I shall
have something'.more to say on this inte
resting subject on another occasion.
Gov. Seymour. —“ The Grave Charge against
Gov. Seymour,” accusing that officialof conspiracy
to make the N. Y. State militia antagonistic to the
General Government, is emphatically dented by the
Rochester Vnion. The charge was made especially
by one Captain Saehlenon, who reported an alleged
treasonable conversation of Colonel Mcßae. ’The
captain’B statement is denied entirely by the colonel.
The following certification among others has been
made': . ■
We, the undersigned, do certify that on the 16 th
day of July, 1863, at the village of Lockport, S. V.
Saehlenon, Captain Company, D, 66th Regiment, in
a conversation with ns, in which we called his at
tention to the fact that,he hart reported that Col.*
Wm. Mcßae had used in conversation with him the
language charged to have bean used by Col. Mcßae
in the annexed address: (being the “address of the
commissioned officers of the 66th Regiment, N. G-.
S. N*. Y., residing in the 2d district of Niagara coun
ty,”) when he denied that he had ever so reported,
or Col. Mcßae had ever used anv such language in
his hearing. E. D. SHULER,
Col. Com’dg 66th Reg’t N". G. S. N. Y.
/ Wm. K. Jennky.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to The Press.
Washington, July 30, 1863.
The 11 th Army Corps Dissolved.
Advices from the Army of the Potomac, to-night,
state that the 11th Army Corps is to be broken up.-
The first division will go with Major General How
ard, who takes command of the 2d Corps. The 2d
Division wiU be incorporated with the 12th Corps
and the other. Card Scuurz’s, has an independent
position, to guard the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road from Manassas to the Rappahannock,
There have keen no important field operations for
some time. past. Our cavalry have been reconnoi
tring Jthe country between Warrcnton and Culpe
per, but they have met only small scouting parties
of the enemy.
Intercourse with New Orleans Resumed.
Direct Intercourse between the loyal Western
States and New Orleans is authorized, on giving
bonds, while the .trade at intermediate points con
tinues as heretofore, by special permit, under the
regulations of the Treasury Department. An agent
has been sent to General Gbamt to oonfer with him
upon the subject of the removal of existing restric
tions on the commerce of the Mississippi river.
Removal of" the Kansas Indians.
Commissioner Dole will next month visit Kansas
to make arrangements for the removal of the Indians
fiom that State, as provided for by.lhe act of Con
gress.
Remounts for Cavalry.
Within a few days past more than 2,000 cavalry
men, representing every regiment in the Army of
the-Potomac, have arrived here for horses to take
the places of those damaged by the late excessive
service.
ARMI OF THE POTOMAC,
The Rebel Position—General Mcadc’s.Re
rortcil Crossing) of the Rappahannock.
CCorreSponclence of- the New York Times.!, -.0
Akmy o* the Potomac, Va., July 29.—This
army to-day occupies practically the same line that
it did two month* ago. The recent active move*
ments will be necessarily loUowed by a period of
comparative inaction, during wluob it will be re
cruited and recuperated.
' For the next month the cavalry will do the most
of the fighting. - . '
As I have before stated, Longstreet’s and Hill’s
commands, after passing through Thornton’s (not
Chester) Gap, have: encamped between Culpeper
and Gordonßvillc. Ewell’s command covered their
rear and fiank by guarding the 1 Blue Ridge passes.
The bulk of this corps is now moving down the val
ley, and detachments threaten our lines. Yesterday
morning, at two o’clock, our pickets were driven in
near Amissville, and the indications to-day are that
our outposts are liable to be forced in At any moment
by superior detachments of the rebels.
.There is but little sickness, and the men are more
liberally supplied with rations than ever before.
This, taken with the recent Union successes, creates
a general good feeling in the army.
A large number of officers have recently been de
tached to bring on drafted men.
' CCorrespondence of the N. -Ye World. 1
Wahhimotok, July 29.—Advices: from the front
"lead" to the belief to-day that the rebel army is
moving southward to Orange Court. House,. and
thence on the road running directly east, through
’ Wilderness run to Rappahannock river and Frc
dericksburg, where it may again resume its old loca
tion on the heights in the rear of that place.
This impression seems to be quite general in our
army, and sustains the anticipation that the rebels
will. recommence offensive -operations, as soon-as
they are reinforced again. The resumption of the
jpldrebel line may Boon become a fact—much sooner
’rthan is generally believed.
. [Correspondence of the New York Tribune. ]
, Washington, July 29. — 1 t is reported here by
officers in from the front that Gen. Meade; threw
his ponto.on bridge across the Rap pah anno ok, near
the railroad, yesterday. There was some opposition,
made by the enemy, j
The press—prte
OCR ENTIRE FORCE IN THE!
FORT WAGNER, 13
650 Ct«IMKD TO HAVE BE
BY THB RBBBL
Onr Prisoners Wounded T»
Great Brutality.
The New York Tribune’s special
from Morris Man cl says our entire
aßßault upon Fort Wagner, accortTTne
report, in 1,617. The rebels claim t.
650 of them, This extraordinary
killed.could only have been reached
criminate murder of our wounded.
and eight of our wounded arc still
find Columbus. •
The officers and men or the 61th W»
colored regiment will not he given up ,
official reports say that the negroes h i
inta *laoiss. xsi 11.;. „s„ i, ;.jL
£lu<&l ah, , :>o ?rx
tbli hive been treated most barbarous [
nitles to Amputate were eagerly seized
rebel surgeons, and it was performed i:
slightest gun* phot wounds.
On the left our batteries were adyan ’
nearer Fort Sumpter on the 25th, And c
ere have been placed in position.
lileut. Col. Leggett, of the 10th Con
ft leg on the 24th, by a Bhcll from Fort J
Frfrrnin nn<l ScoU’b Rehcl Forces
Probalilc Cn jitiire of the Who
CiTTOiKTrATT, July 30.—' Yesterday moi
and Scott’s rebel forces, numbering abt
farnl five hundred, left Richmond, eros
tuclry river, and marched' to Paris,
attaolred our forces, and, after two
fighting, the rebels were repulsed and
It is thought they will make a flank f
that place, A large Union cavalry foi
rear of the rebels.
It is believed that the movement aeal
Jor the purpose of destroying the bridge
Squads of Morgan's men arc being i
Columbuß by the citizens and military.
There are now 1,300 at Clamp ohaso,
Morgan will be removed to Columbu
and conlincd in the penitentiary, I
Oinotknatt, July 30.— Pegranv’e
treated towards Winchester followed b'you
A number of prisoners have been capturiK
The rerreating.rebels under Pegram ijr]
by our oavalry. A. number oP prisoners
raady been captured, and the raid promiiei
that of Morgan. ' ,
Wkw "WmejCj .Tuly SO—TI.O Rle^TnSr
from Now Orleans on tiic H3J, arrived
o’olock thin afternoon.
Hon. Daniel C. Balter, of Lynn, Maes.
New'Orleans on the 19th.
Major General Franklin and staff arrive
Orleans on the 20th.
A hundred *nd forty six rebel officers
sent to New Orleans from Port Hudson.
The. New Orleans Kra says the guns/andlrauai
tion captured at Port Hudson prove larger} num
ber and quantity than was represented? the
rebels. j <r
The paroled prisoners from Vickiurif fho ar
rived at New Orleans lately, have\be< serf to
Mobile. I
. A Matamoros letter, of June 16th, toic T.ra ,
mentions a rumor that 7,000 "French soldit wertfon
theway there from Vera Cruz. ?
The Mexicans at Taraaulipas and Mata taewlU
Dive them a warm reception, and will figfhdn to
the last. . : /- 1 ,•
Some five or six thousand refugee
passed through -Matamoros, to escape the'i
scription or the alternative of being hu
all agree that Texas would be loyal if
troope.there were driven out.
The Km of the 23d says : “Reports a
trustworthy state that Johnston
been
whipped at Jackson, and that Brickinrid.
Bifln were ill nut tn ninnmi. ami tin uistsi,
innvwfi* cnmnlPtfl.” : I |
Tie post, office ticj been opened it, Port
The water in the Mississippi lad riseninfeet.
Several steamers from Mcraphi, Vfcksbm, Nat
chez, and other river cities, had atived at lot Hud
son. Colonel Ohiclccring, the yovost mesial of
Port Hudson, had ordered all dvilians ml of the
place. Two large river steamlrs had bdh found
near Port Hudson, which wcrejlmmcrtiaMy taken
by our quartermaster. A por|on of the|parolc'd
rebel prisoners have been sent iom Port Hilson to
Bed river under a guard of theSOth Massahusetts
■Regiment. I ij
Quite a number of cannon commie to be unearthed
at Port Hudson. ! r r]
A'"'mg the '
*iH)onp the passenger* fr(
ETsjdr General Augur and sta
Captain FisKe’s Exnei
Chicago, July 30,— Specit
Paul say that reports from C
tion state that , positive in<3
ceived of the.complete disco)
and the desertion of all his l
flight to the Yellow Stoneb
other chiefs are awaiting
render themselves and theii
Morgan in the OliJ Penitentiary. V
CiiTCTimATr, July 30.- and several of" h‘is
offlnera arrived-at. OnliimUß tbißftfternOQQrnufl'
were lodgedm the Deiittenptryi Alter
DeiDg- searched, they were commoted to the cells*
where they will be confine/ according to the' rules of
that institution.' I
Occasional,
Fugitive Slave, in Missouri.
St. XiOms, July so,—ToWvent further misappre
hension regarding the &cq»e of the act of Congress
of March last, prohibiting officers and soldiers in
the service of the United States returning fugitive
slaves, Gen. Schofield hal issued an order debating
that it extends to all tro/ps in. this department, in
cluding the enrolled milfia : in active service]
California.
San Francisco. Jult 26.—There is an ac‘ ive de
mand for pig iron, coal oil and petroleum, y th ad
vanced prices for the former article. ,
San .Franctscc/, July 29—001 e, the war Demo
candidate/or Congress, has been elasted to
Congress from "Washington Territory. Rayipr was
the Republican aandidate. - i
San Francisco, July 29.—Sailed, ship Qiarger,
for Boston, carrying 2,000 bales of wool and DO tons
of copper ore. / {
San Fbanctsco, July 30. —Arrived ateauer Ori
zaba, from Panama: sbips Orpheus and Black
Frince, from Hong Kong. '
!&. Great Wheat Show at Rochester. *
It having been arranged by the farmers if New
York that an exhibition of wheat, open to sfl parts
of the United States and the British Province, shall
he held at Rochester on the Bth and 9th of Septem
ber next, we commend the following list qjpremi
• urns’arid conditions of competition to ourr ftrmers:
For the heat 20 bushels of white wintei .
■Wheat. $l6O 00
For the second best do 75 00
For the best 20 bushels red winter Wheat. .!{ 100 00
FOr the second best do d 0....... .)) 50 00
For the best 2bushels white winter Wheat!; 50 oo
For the second best do . do. .....]. 25 00
For the beßt 2 bushels red winter Wheat...(. 40 00
For the second best do do. ..f. 20 00
Forth© best 2 bußhela spring Wheat....... i. 20 00
For the second-best do , d 0.... 1. 10 00
I “Competitors for these prizes will be recutred to
furnish samples of the wheat hi the ear end with
the straw attached, (say fifty ears of wheat and
straw,) also to furnish a written statemerib of the
nature of the soil on which the wheat? grew,
method of cultivation, time of sowicg. of
heed sown; manures (if any used,) and node and
time of application; also the time of ripehing and
harvesting, and the yield per acre, with such other
particulars as may beseemed of practica’Mmpor
tance; also the name by which the variety iiknown
in the locality >. where it was grown. The} wheat
must be .one variety, piuc and un mixed. Tie prize
to be awarded to the actual grower of the Iwheat,
and the wheat which takes a prize, is to become the
property of the society.” •••; \ ■■■'
Visit of the .President to New England,
New Yokk, .Tuly 30.—A: Washington correspond
ent states that the President will visit New England
soon* '
Boston, July 30.—The gunboat Winoskiwas suc
cessfully launched to-day at the Charlestown navy
yard. /
Baltimore, July 30.—Flour quiet ami unchang
ed: Howard Street, (super), $6 26;! Extra, $7,
Wheat—sales 1,700 bushels at sl.oO@_l,G3 for Red,
and $1.70®1;92 for White. Oats dull-at 70@720.
Whisky steady at 46c.
New York, July 30.—Arrived United States gun
boat Augusta, from Philadelphia; Bhip Louisiana,
from Barcelona; ship James Fisher, from Liver-;
pool; ship'Wm. Rathhone, from Liverpool; brig
Emma Lives, from Hamburg; schooner .T, W.
Miner, from Palermo. i
Holmes’ Hole, July 30.—Arrived, bark Revolu
tion, from New. Orleans for Boston; brig H. G.
Berry, from New Orleans for Boston; brig Sea
Lark, from Philadelphia for Boston. \
BRUTAL GUERILLA OUTRAGE IN TEN
NESSEE. —Mr. Bell, living. eighteen miles from
Clarksville, was robbed one night last week oJ $l,OOO
by a party of Confederate soldiers.. Learning that
he had $2,000 in gold, in addition, they dragged him
from his house into the woods; and bending a strong
sampling, they fastened a rope: around" hiß, neck
aDd tied, the other end. to the bending .aappling,
then-let th©.._voung tree swing upwards and dangle
the victinvwmting in pain, between- heaven, and
earth. After a / i*>w . minutes* hanging they let
him down again, and"i«ked him if he would tell
where the gold was secreted. He answered, as be
fore, that he eould not, as he'b«ver hadit. They
pretended to doubt his earnest assertions, and-huug
him no less than Beven times. When ce was let
down the last time, he ; was ; so near dead that the
- devils thought longer torture would be useless, and.,
taking the. $l,OOO, left him to his fate. He wab found'
in a helpless and almost dying condition, snd car
ried to the, house by his friends. His recovery is
thought to be very doubtful. Thisis the fruit of the
infamous guerilla -warfare, encouraged and sup
ported by fashionable rebel families.— Nashville
(Term,). Union,.’ '
MUNIFICENCE OF A. T. STEWART.—The
following letter was received by the Mayor of New
York from A. T, Stewart:
’. Brqadway and Chambers street,
July 29, 1863.
To His Honor Geo. Opdyke:.
Very Bear Sir : The bravery and devotion dis
played by the police, firemen, and soldiers, during
the late-riots,:were .of the highest order,entitling,
them to the grateful recognition.of every good olti
zen. I have, therefore, great .pleasure to enclose a
check for. $5,000, to be applied by the corhmitteo of
which yon are chairman, to the relief of Buoh of
them as were wounded, and the families of those
who were killed. !
Very respectfully yours,
ALEX. T. STEWART.
REBEL SUPPLIES FROM NEW YORK.-A
correspondent writes that, in a storehouse' which
was taken oh Morris Island, our: troops found, a
large quantity of clothing. The rebel soldiers were
well clad; having just received a supply.of better
pantaloons than our troops have.,’ These
clothed hAd wme from New York via Nassau,
THE ATTACK ON CM!
THE INROAD ON KENTI
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orlems are
Ition-—Oefett of
tittle C
despatches from St.
Jtain Flake’s expert!-
fmation has been rc-
Iftture of Little Crow,
/lowers but 60, and his
fond the Missouri. The
ft opportunity to aui>
dlowero. .
Launch of aGunboat*
Markets,
Ship News*
'HIA7 FEIDAY, JUM 31. 1863:
E XJ R Q r» E .
I4ULTI;
Remarkable Correspondence Between the
King and Crown Prince off Prussia.
CFrom the London Herald. 3 ■''* ■
We see do reason to doubt the genuineness of the
remarkable correspondence between the King and
the Crown Prlnoe of Prussia, which we published a
few daya since. The Frankfortnewapaper, ia/whicli_
it first appeared, was established to advocate the in
terests of Prussia in Southern Germany. It has
close relations with the Prussian Liberal party, and,
in the existing condition of the Prussian press, is.
justthe vehicle which the Crown Prince would:
select —for if the correspondence is genutnerit was
published with his authority and' by his orders —for
the explanatinn of his opinions and position*. The*
speech be delivered at Dantzic showed that .the..
Prince wished that the people should know that
he was oppoßed to the violation °f the Constitution?
and, actuated by that desire,' be is very likely to
have resolved upon giving a fuller explanation of
the course he has taken, aDd of the policy he-intends
to pursue for the future. There is nothing ia the
letters themselves to throw any doubt upon their
authenticity; and until the Prince gives theta a
categorical repudiation, the public may fairly accept
them as genuine. •* ,
This publication is calculated to, exert a , most
happy influence upon the conflict'now waging in.
Prussia. * The people have known before that the
Crown Prince did not approvet.be glaring violation.
nf tlo Onnatifurinn nDmatMtafl Up tfisilsnrMKrainit
tub nrpgßi Duc raej Will ii(iiv icara mat no mb injur
TficnrPt Tflvp pa wucb" venern«3ncc- w»
: coi>eiBt»»T>t with hla postrion, the reactionary policy
of his father. He objected-to the dismissal of the
Auerawald Cabinet, and was tauntingly told by the
King that, he had an opportunity of enacting the
usual part of a Grown Prince. As far as he could he
resisted-the subpequent steps in that downward
career upon whiohi'. William I. then entered. 5 He
made*.no parade of opposition, and ;.courted no:
popuiarify by censuring his father. But all his in-.
fluence was employed to disabuse him of the preju
dices and errors instilled into him by the reactionary
clique wliioh Surrounds.him.
At last, on the 31st of May, before setting out for
liis military tour, after the session of the Landtag
had been closed, but before ordinances were issued,
the Prince addressed his father a firm but respectful
protest against any invasion of the law. It had no
effect. The King signed the decree, which in one of
the letters of this series, he describes as being in ac
cordance with the charter. This decree determined
the Prince to keep, silence no longer. He addressed
a formal protest to the Cabinet against the decree,
which he declared illegal and injurious to the state
and the dynasty, addressing at the.same time a pri
vate remonstrance to the- King, and a day or two
afterward took the occasion to make publlo his sen
mentfl offered by the speech of the Burgomaster of
Dantzic. ;
ipondqjo
n the at
he om\t
re. t>url
:he ind
hitmlT
harlestt
Chailes-
Dpportu
h byjthe
os of the
cut, lost
on.
bated—
orco.
he’Ken
re they
rs 1 hard
n away,
meat on.
8 in the
These proceedings seem to have brought upon him
a severe rebuke from the King, which -provoked a
firm and dignified reply, in which, the Prinee de
clares that he owed it to his conscience and his posi
tion to profess, in the face of the world,-,his opinion
of a measure which imperils his future, and that of
his-children, avows his determination to retraot
nothing, and make as courageous astand for his
future as the King was making for his, but offering
at the same time to resign his commission in the
.army and hiß place in the Council of State, and re
side abroad. The conduct of the Prince, as thus
sketched by himself, was alike prudent and honora
ble. It must confirm the Prussians in their hope of
a great and free future under his Government, while
it will encourage them to bear with patience and
firmness all the provocations of the King and his
advisers.
Faris 'is
ia morn-
Irritating as it must be to them to Bee their Con
stitution shamelessly eefe at naught, to feel their
liberty of speech and of writing illegally curtailed,
to be ridden roughshod oyer by-a handful of poor
DBfl Brand lorflllßSß ana reiiEgaflfi Esmocratß: tlier
iriii B3T? si.'v msaTißJi k sssr tbhv aansjaasssr
to stand Ti-pon the leg;al -ground they have chosen,
bud refrain from any of the impatient and suicidal
outburts to whichthe soi-disant friends of liberty
in this country taunt them, in the conviction that
the system of illegality cannot last long, trad that
when it falls, law ami liberty will be established
upon foundations which cannot be shaken. They
know' that the Crown Prince will revert to the
Constitution and concur in its development as soon
•as he obtains power, and they know they will not
have to wait long for that; while bis influence will
be continually directed to the end of bringing the
King back to the constitutional path.
P i4i69)
s.at 4
■'l r
A Letter of JDouglas-
The Chicago Tribune publishes a letter written by
the great leader, shortly before his death, to a friend
in that city. This letter is highly valuable, as a de
cided expression of the views of that statesman on
the character and duties of the war:
All hope of compromise with the cotton States
wab abandoned when they assumed the position that
the separation of the Union was complete and final,
and that they never would consent to a reconstruc
tion in any contingency—-not even if we would fur
nish them with a blank sheet of paper and permit
them to inscribe their own'terms.
have
el cou-
They
e rebel
Still, the hope-was cherished that reasonable and
satisfactory terms, of adjustment could be agreed
upon with Tennessee, North Carolina, and the bor
der States, and that whatever terms would prove
satisfactory to these loyal States would create a
Union party in the cotton States which would be
powerful enough at the ballot box to destroy the
revolutionary government and bring those States
back into the Union by the voice of .their own peo
-5 xki L J. t» *L
anil SoutK, and toa.£ Sever USlil Actlial
war wan levied at Charleaton, and the authoritative
announcement made by the revolutionary govern
ment at Montgomery, that the secession flag would
be planted upon the walls of the Capitol at'Wash
ington, and a proclamation issued inviting the pi
rates of the world to prey upon the commerce of the
United States. >
arently
jverely
s divi-
Zl SUV
» Theße startling facts, taken in connection with the
boastful announcement that the ravages of war and
carnage should be quickly transferred from the cot
ton-fields of the South to the wheat-fields and corn
fields.of the North, furnfßh conclusive evidence that
it was the fixed purpose of the Secessionists
to destroy the Government of our fathers, and ob- '
literate the United States from the map of the
world. -
In view of this state of facts,"there was but one
path of duty left to patriotic men. It was not a
party question, nor a question involving partisan
policy ; it was a .question-of government or no go
vernment, country or no country ; and hence it be
came the imperative duty of , every Union man,
every friend of constitutional liberty, to rally to the
support of our common country, itß government
as. the only means of checking the progress
of the revolution and of preserving the union of the
States. . . . !
I am unable to answer your question as to the
policy of Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet. I am not in
their confidence, as you and the whole country
ought to be aware. I am neither the . supporter of
the partisan policy, nor apologist for the errors of
the Administration. My previous relations to them
remain unchanged ; but I trust the time will, never come
- when Ishallnof be willing to sacrifice any personal feeling,
. and party fccHrig,and party policy, for the honor, and in
tegrity of >my country...
. j_Trisnw.of natmode by which a loyal citizen may
BO Wtll UflOOnßufiti ilirtaTßH-niit-liiK sxuttHT&S'V.T'
mr #sbstw»w?si sssjss Y’afvsj
under All circumatAnceg. and under every Adnainig
l-ration of party politics), against all as*
Bailants v at horde and abroad. - The course of Clay
and Webster toward the Administration of Cfeneral
Jackson, in the days of nullification, presents a no
ble and worthy example fpr all true patriots.
The Politics of Major Gen* Grant.
* [From the Galena DaUr Advertiser. 3 -
It iB alike unpatriotic and ungracious to be hig
gling as to what may have been the. politics of any
of our brave generals in the field, who have been'
nobly fighting for tke republic. With truly loyal
and patriotic men it makes no difference as to what
party a soldier may have belonged to before the re
bellion. . Rushing to the defence of his Government
and his country, risking his life on.the battle-field,
he .challenges the respect and the gratitudeof the
good citizen. Yet we find that certain Copperhead
newspapers, that preach peace and denounce the
war, have the unparalleled|audacity to claim'certain
successful generals as “Democrats,” using the term
. in their,owri sense. Some papers sympathizing with
the rebels having claimed our fellow-citizen, Major
General Grant, as a “ Democrat,” it may be proper
for us to say a word touching his politics, speaking
by the best authority. Being in the army up to
within ft few years before the war.broke out, and
feeing a. military man, he never cast a vote'in his
• life.
In 1860 he was friendly to the success of the late
Judge. Douglas, though ne often expressed himself
as having great confidence in the honesty and pa
triotism of Mr. Lincoln. His father, the venera
ble Jesßeß. Grant, now residing in Covington,
Kentucky, is a staunch and voted for
Lincoln and Hamlin. His brother, Mr. O. H.
Grant, now in charge of his business-house Id this
city in which the General was engaged before en
tering the service, is one of our most active and
efficient Republicans and Union men. The Gene
ral himself is now a thorough and devoted suppor
ter of the Administration and its whole policy,
without qualification or evasion. In:ISG2 he was
one of the signers to the call on Mr. Waßhburne to
again become the Republican and Union candidate
for Congress for this Congressional district. He
looks with horror upon the “peace.party” of the
North, which is instituting a “ fire in the rear”-
of the gallant army which he has led to victory and
glory.
All his friends and supporters in this city are
Republicans or war Democrats, while the Copper
heads are cordially hostile to him.: In the late splen
did celebration here, got up in biß honor, as the
hero of the Mississippi and the capturer of Vicks
burg, the leading “Democrats” utterly refused
to participate in' it, and while the dwellings of our
loyal people blazed' in magnificent illumination,
the houses of the others mentioned Jyere closed in
darkness and were as black bb midnight. To
those interested we may therefore say that the
present political status of General Grant is not a
matter of doubt.
Tile Campaign in Ohiof
The Union; men in Ohio are, making a vigorous
campaign against . the Vallandigham faction.
Large and enthusiastic , meetings are-held'in all
paits of the State, and the utmost interest is every
where manifested by the loyal: people in the discus
sions of public questionsto which they are invited.
On Monday night an immense meeting was held in
Cincinnati, over.ten thousand people assembling to
hear John Brough, the Republican candidate for
Governor. Mr. Charles Thomas, .an old. and in
fluential Democrat, presided, and speeches were
made by Mr. Brough, Parson Brownlow, the father
of General Grant, who happened to be present, and
others. The demonstration, according to the Com*
mnercialy was one of the most Imposing ever held in
the city, and it afforded unquestionable evidence
that the people are fully alive to the importance of
a right* determination of the contest. *’■
The prospects of Vallandi*ham, it is. on all sides
admitted, are every day growing darker; and what
with the wholesale desertion of bis standard by the
German population of the State, and the active
efforts Against him ; of hundreds of leading Demo
crats, it will not be surprising if : he shall bedefeat
ed, not merely by fifty thousand votes, asSunset
Cox h»B conceded is probable, but by seventy-five
or a hundred thousand, as some of our friends are
already claiming.—Evening Post.
DEATH OF* GENERAL STRONG.—Brigadier
General George 1 C. Strong, who returned to this
city last week from Morris Island, where he was
badly wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner, died
at 3 o’clock thismorning, at the residence of his
father-in-law, Mr. Wm. A. Budd,in this city.
General Strong was bom in Stockbridge, Ver
mont.; On the breaking out of the rebellion he ap-
S lied for active service, web on the staff of General
IcDowell at the battle of Bull Run, and was com
plimented for his efficiency in that battle by. his
general. He was next appointed upon the staff
of General: McClellan, but immediately after was
detailed as ordnance officer to General Butler for
the Department of the East, and afferwards ac
companied Butler to the Department of the Gulf,
lie distinguished , himself at Biloxi, and in the
perilous adventure up the Tangipaho River. Gen.
Strong was but thirty-one years of age at the time
of his death. His career was brilliant, and prom
ised a still more brilliant future. He was brave,
skilful in his profession, a thorough BOldier, and a
tiue .gentlcman in-all the relations of life. ' At the
assault-on. Fort Wagner, he. commanded; the as
saulting column, and led it with distinguished
bravery and skill. If he had been supported his
noble column would have captured the fort.—
N t r. post.
THE DRAFT IN NEW YORK.—It is now well
understood that the Government has determined
to enforce the draft in this city, and that the com
pleteness of the work will be guaranteed by the pre
sence of a competent military force, t- There will be
no further-temporizing: with mobs, but the amount
of force to ;be called into requisition will depend
wholly on the exigencies of the oase, and inciden
tally upon certain arrangements nowmaking, which
it is unnecessary to describe.- Itia certain, however,
that the assistance within call will be: sufficient;
and if the Stateauthoritiesfail to do their duty in
preserving order;,While the drawings are going on,
(tboughthe provost marshals who make the draft
will: not need protection) the Federal troops will
take the whqle responsibility—an event which will
not be favorable to the operations of traitorous
law-breakers. .The mooted question, whether the
men Alreadyr drafted will be held to their responsi
bility is answered in the affirmative. The official
list of the names of the persons drafted in the
Eighth and Ninth districts of this oity, as well as
the original lists of names from which the draft was
made, are in nil essential respects quite perfeot.—
Evening Post*
NEW YORK.
Gen. Brown's Letter of Defence.
Gen. . Harvey Brown, late Commander of the. City
end Harbor of New York, hM,published an answer
to the reports of Gene. Wool and Sandtord. Hefer
ring to Gen. Wool, Gen. Brown Bay,:
Vl'iepoited to him as Military Commander of the
City of New York, whioh I was by orderof the Secre
tary of War, and claimed as auch the right to com
mand, whioh waa reluctantly granted me (vide docu
ment B), and I ni ordered to report to Gen. Sand
ford, and was instructed to co-operate with him.
Gen. Wool publishes two orders, signed by himself—
the one dated July 1-3, and addressed jointly to Gen
Sandford and ,to me; another dated July u, also
signed by him—and aidresoed Jo me. I never saw
or' heard of either of these orders until I saw them
in the Herald, and I h&vc asked the gentlemen asso
ciated with me in the police office, And they say they
never.heard of eitherof them. (See document Bin
corroboration of this fact,) Br it possible that two
moßt important orderashould have been issued, and
the Adjutant General have known nothing of theml”
A letter from the Commissioner of Police, denying
the statement of Gen. Sandford, is contained in this
defence. We extract:
■ It is proper to state that, in all instances, you acted
as.auxiliary to, and in aid of, the city police force ;
always in consultation with and at the request of
this fe&gitf. ARIL that ta naiMtanjietPflgfi the amuiii.
tioDi io. test out fly you omen or aerotm
Several military eispemtlonß were derentea ana
driven by the mob, thus affording them dangerous
encouragement, but they were in all cases ordered by
officers who did not act in concert with the Board of
Police, and were sent out alwayß without our know
ledge.:
' So far from your action hAving had the effect sup
posed by General Sandford, we are of opinion; al
ready expressed in ah address to the police force,
that through.your prompt, vigorous, and intelligent
action, and the intrepid and steady valor of the small
military force under you, acting with the polioe
force, the riotous proceedings were arrested: on
Thursday night, and that, without auch aid, mob
violence would have continued longer.
WHERE THE MOB CAME FROM.
The following is in circulation:
VOTE. OF GOV. SXTMOTTR*S “FRIENDS,” NOVBMBBB,
Seymour. Wadsworth.
Mackerelville. 670 53
Five Points ». 812 68
Corlaer’s H00k..,. 365 40
Waterstreet dance houses.. 360 16
Thirty-three other: districts
of equal respectability.,. .10,557
,12.661 . 1,631
Seymour’s majority, 10,981, or more than his en
tire majority in the State.
These; election districts figure upon our polioe
books as containing 2,743 groggeries, 279 notorious
brothels, no places where thieves and ruffians ha
bitually resort, 106 policy shops, with gambling and
dance-houses to match, and also embraoe the haunts
of the murderers, robbers, and incendiaries'who
figured in tbe recent reign of terror.
TUB LATE RIOT—WHAT A WOMAN ACOOMPTjTSITMT>.
In a quiet and respectable part of the city, says
the there resides a lady who ia her youth
received a superior education in a Roman Catholic
Convent, near Philadelphia, in which her father, a
man of profound learning, and well-known ia -the
literary world, was a professor. She is the widow
of the late Philip HoneAnthon, formerly a well
known memberpf the Bar in New York, and was,
with her husband, a warm friend of the late lament
ed Herbert—Mr. Anthon and Herbert living in the
relation of brothers. Mrs. Anthon is now living
Bumronflefl in all me snDUftnoes of art and refine,
mtnnnnf tinrnicttuii wiiiußiimti nna jaasra Lor
Time ip A iPRff 9f tilt
enthusiasm of an amateur Ixas given her the power
of an unusually impressive address.
This lady, fired by the bloody tumult that had
usurped the place of law and order, and believing it
to be the work of the Irish Catholics, conceived the
idea that Archbishop Hughes was the only person
potent enough to arrest the rioters in thier derperate
course—stop the further flow of blood in our streets,,
and prevent universal anarchy. Inspired with this
conviction, she set forth on Thursday morning of that
dreadful week in search of the head of this Catholic
diocese. She ascertained at his residence that f ‘ his
Grace” was at the house of Vicar General Starrß,in
Mulberry street, whither she hastened and demanded
an interview. The attendants repeatedly refused
her, but upon her sending word to the Archbishop
that her business was urgent, and that she would
not occupy his time ten minutes, she finally received
permission to enter his library and explain her mis
sion. She told the Archbishop that she had come
on an errand of mercy and not of charity, and en
treated him to go forth into the streets, on horse
back, and by personal exhortation quell the excited
feelings of his. laymen. Like. Mark Antony, he
must, she declared, address the people, and in rescu
ing this magbificeDt city—the commercial metropo
lis of the world—from vandalism, he would become
second Constantine—an immortal hero. laßpirA
tion told her that it was his duty, and he must
quell the riot. She was not, she said, a Charlotte
Corday, a Joan d’Arc, or a Madame Rowland,
but a plain, unassuming woman of the nine
teenth century, and as such she would ride by
his side, and if he was threatened would place
her body between him and danger, and receive the
blow. The old prelate said it would be presumptu
ous for him to appear on or even in a
oai-rinpc, rcmorKicfjtaa-irlic-w*. too smeb
wHLtUd, eutDakisna and $ wkereupon eke sua
vested that he call the crowd to hia house, and ad
dress them from his balcony. ,He remarked that he
was just then engaged in writing a reply to an edi
torial in the Tribune concerning the action he had
taken relative to the draft, when she persuaded him
that such a controversy would result in nothing,
and told him that he had a higher and nobler duty
to perform. Her manner and magnetism charmed
him into acquiescence, although he had some mis
giving that the military might interfere, but she po
sitively assured him that Buch would hot be the
case. The Tribune informs ub that the lady also
brought about the meeting between the Governor
and the Archbishop, and soon the placard appeared
calling.the populace together before the residence of
the Archbishop.
New Publications.
J. B. Lippincott & Co. have recently published
several works of considerable interest; they aIBO
supply all books issued by other publishers.
The most valuable of their own new books is the
“Pharmacopoeia of the United States of
(1 vol., 12m0., pp 399—xxvii.,) the fourth decennial
revision; published by. 'authority of the National
Convention for revising*the Pharmacopoeia, held at
Washington, A. D. 1860 y , This book, then, is .the
acknowledged authority ;upon the important Biibject
of, which it treats—a work which every medical
man, student, and compounder of prescriptions must
possess and study. Every ten years the work is re
vised and prepared for republication. In May, iB6O,
the committee* appointed by'the National Con
_ i_- Tu . T _ _ 1
of whom Dr. Franklin. Dache was chairman.
New York, York, Baltimore, Portland, and Boston
had one representative each: Philadelphia had four,
including the Chairman—viz, Mr. William Proctor,
Jr., Dr. Joseph Carson, and Mr. Alfred B. Taylor.
We learn, from tbe .Prefaoe, that numerous modifi
cations have been' necessary, that many addi
tions have been- made-to the work, and that many
alterations in the arrangement and details were in
dispensable. Fifty-five new medicines have been in
troduced and twenty.six dismissed. .One hundred
and eleven preparations have been introduced and
thirty-Beven dismissed. Five grades of fineness have
been adopted aB regards powders. The mineral acids
are now taken wholly by weight, as well as four fixed
oils and clarified honey—but, indeed, the amend
ments are too numerous to be detailed here. ATa
ble of Contents is now, for the first time, prefixed to
the work, and there is appended to it one general In
dex, including both Englishand Latinhameß—thelat
ter being accentuted.. The utmost care has evidently
been exercised to makeas complete as possible this
hand-book of medicine, without full knowledge of
which no practitioner or student can pretend to under
stand the healing art.
A new work of fiction by the Hon. Mrs. Norton
is always sure to have,many readers. “Lost and
Saved,” lately published in London, has gone into
a fourth edition there, and its reissue here, by Lip
pincott & Co., has beenat least as successful. A
cloeer dißßection of London society has rarely been
executed. So minute'is it that many English
critics object to it on the pretext that it tells too
much, and exposes vice in high places a great deal
too freely. Some parte of it—such aa a quasi at
tempt on the life of the Queen—are not probable,
and there is a certain flunkeyism in interrupting the
progress of the story to introduce a labored eulogy
upon the late Prince Albert. Still the tale has
many good points. «
Lippincott & Co. have published a new edition of
the Baronesß exocllent novel, “ Quits,’*
and have issued lier latest production, “At Odds,”
in German,.
A remarkable work, speculative to a degree, but
full of erudition, and evidently written with the au
thor’s full persuasion of the truth of his arguments
and proofs, is William Howitt’s “History of the
Supernatural, in all Ages and Nations, and in all
Churches, Christian and Fagan, demonstrating a
Universal Faith,” This book, containing over a
thousand pages, in two volumes 12m0., is a .monu
ment of the author’s research, industry, and tact in
collecting and combining an immense quantity of
information, much .of it very curious and hot gene
rally .accessible, from numerous sources, Mr..
Howitt seems to have collected materials from
every literature, in the world, We may not believe
all that he believes, but we must confess that he
shows, very largely, what has been accepted as true
at various times and by various reliable witnesses.
Not alone Tradition, but History herself, and the
inspired pages of Holy Writ, supply evidence which
Mr. Howitt largely uses. Indeed, deprive the Bible
of its miraculous records, and it is at once reduced
to a caput Tjwrtuum. Because an event, out of the
ordinary .routine, puzzles our mind, are we justified
in cavalierly rejectingit, vouched forby cre
dible witnesses t. If we are to believe only what we
.wida'stand, we shall not believe much. The Super
natural existsthat it does, that it has existed
from the remotest periods, these interesting
volumes abundantly prove. The value of this work
would have been greatly increased by the addition’
of a full, analytical index. It is astonishing that
such an extensive reader and practiced writer as Mr.
Howitt should have issued such a work without
having made it generally accessible by a copious in
dex. Wc could almost wish that it were legally
penal to publish an irulexleaa work.
The first volume of one of the best table-books in
the world, (we .mean “The Book of Days,”}, was
lately completed by the publication of the thirteenth
monthly part.' A book which you may take up* in
any odd half hour of leisure»and find it difficult to part
with, is more rare than many persons imagine. The
‘ ‘ Book of Day b,” simultaneously published by Lip
pincott here and by William and Robert Chambers
in Edinburgh, is a work of this character. Itis, what
it professes to be, a miscellany of popular Antiqui
ties, in connection with the calendar, including
anecdote, biography, and history, curiosities of lite
rature, and oddities of human life and character.
It is copiously illustrated with portraits, views, au
tographs, &c., and years must have been devoted to
the, collection of its varied contents. Parts XIV M
XV., and XVI., commencing the second and conclu
ding volume, are now before us. They include the
whole of July and to the Bbh of August. The Ame
rican publication, we-may add, is exceedingly regu
lar. V;
Publications Received-
From W. BZieber
Blackwood’s Magazine, for July; American re
publioation.
Braithwaitc’s Retrospect of Practical Medicine
and SuTgery. Part the forty-seventh. New York;
W. A..Townseml.
FromT. B. Peterson & Brothers, and also from F.
Leypoldt:•■■■■
Tbe Barbarism of Slavery. (New edition, with a
dedication,) by the Hon. Charles Sumner. New
York: The Young Men’s Republican Union.'
From Whiting & Oo.: .
The American Exchange and Review , for July, 1853,
From T. B. Pugh:
The Continental Monthly for August* -..
THE CITY.
[tob additiovax. out xoews :«»* »otmTH nei,]
In Memoriajm.-— Yeeterdav' morning, St.
John's Church, in Thirteenth street, Market,
w ® t 8 filled to overflowing, and its draped altar ana
pillars evinced a congregational grief, ail'd the large
and superb catafalque erected below the .'oaln alter
showed that it was In honor of a distinguished pre«
late or the Church. The occasion was the v'elebra
ttOß of a Pontifical Mass of Requiem in mem ory of
the late Archbishop Kentfok, of Baltimore. This
was done in accordance with custom, and every suf
fragan see of the Archiepiscopal Diocese will folh.'W
S.iESS1 1 J I Di,if I ]? h i bl^ op ?« nrick was formerly
Philadelphia, and .his residence was St
John’s Ohuroh.
The commemorative mass was celebrated by Rt.
Kev. Bishop Wood, with Rev. Father Carter as as
sistant priest, Fathers Nugent and Hartwell deacons
of honor, Martin as deacon of the mass, and P. R.
ReJJey sub-deacon. vAfter the recitation of the ser
vice, Rev. Dr. Byrne, of the Seminary of St, Charles
Borromeo, delivered a funeral sermon, detailing the
virtues and services of the late Archbishop. The
speaker said it was eminently proper, in fact obliga
tory, upon the faithful of Philadelphia, many of
whom had learned their earliest lessons of virtue
from Bishop JCenrioir, that they Bhould assem
ble in prayerful bodies and -do honor to his
memory. They would honor no ordinary man 'on
Ihiß occasion 5 the . deceased was the ggjflj and
ISmTh!.. Sir •yfytvys-
IO I*o Uflurak ftnu country were mlvUrted to. and
enjiFolally liia adminlgtntion aUKa qjiiseopal office
wften located in PfiiladelpMa.
In referring to tteßiatiop’a dourae durln? the anti-
Oatnolio_ notß of 1844, Dr. Byrne saldr Even when
we heard httn called coward, and it was said that he
nea from his duty to seek- security—even when it
was proposed to arm the Catholics to defend their
churches—he did one splendid act which is for him
a silent and eloquent vindication. In those parts in
which the churches were threatened, he ordered
them closed for one Sunday.
. The speaker showed the effect this act had upon
the consciences and feelings of the people at large.
Christian forbearance being opposed to their brute
ferocity and bigotry, disarmed them, and peace was
restored. Bishop Kenrick was a man of peace, and
ready with conciliation and moderation,
and thus hegained upontheaffeotionß of the peoble.
The sermon closed with an urgent request that the
congregation would remember in their prayers the
deceased Archbishop; he, too, needed prayer, for the
higher the station the more necessary was prayer in
its behalf.
a Underneath the catafalque was an empty coffin,
inscribed with the name and dioceses presided over
by Bishop Kenrick. In fact, the entire ceremony
had all the appearance of a real funeral. Mr.
Gartland displayed mueh taste in the'decorations of
the occasion. A good choir accompanied the ser
vices of the altar.
Recbptton of Captain Landis 7 Bat
tery.—At il o’clock yesterday morning Captain
Landis’ Battery, Company A, Ist Regiment of the
P. H. G., numbering 118 men rank and file, were
mustered out of service by Captain Sergeant. The
battery arrived very unexpectedly on Wednesday,
and in consequence of the fact that no telegram was
Bent to this cityythere was no reception upon ar
rival. The name of this battery is written in the
blood of its own men. They were at Carlisle, Pa.,
when the rebels demanded a surrender of the placed
During the greater part of the night the rebel horde
shelled the beautiful town, and Captain Landis’
battery replied with vigor.’ All the wounded were
present yesterday morning. Among them Sergeants
Patterßon, who lost hiarighthand from a rebel shell.
It is a gratification to know that only five or six of~
the men were wounded. Manfully, bravely,'they :
stood their ground ; defiantly displaying the Stare
1 Th 6 6ljj;ht££nd4AA rebels were found
in a wheat-field into which the batteryhad in the
night-poured its deadly fire. It was apropos to give
tbe officers and privates of this company a reception,
and, accordingly, at eleven o’clook yesterday morn
ing, the Second Company of Minute Men, Captain
Wilcox, tendered them a handsome collation, at the
City Armory. On this festive occasion Assistant
Adjutant General William Bradford addressed them
in a speech of welcome, oh. behalf of the general
commanding, and complimented them highly for the
prompt and patriotic manner in which the company
had responded to his call, and that of the Mayor of
Philadelphia, and .General Couch. He also ex
pressed the regret of the military and civic authori
ties at the casualties that occurredin battle, and ap
propriately alluded to the’ arduous services per
formed by the battery, even as far as Boonsboro.
The occasion w»b a happy one. The company
contains among its members some of the moat
learned and distinguished men of Philadelphia, and
all coming home as victors, from a bloody field of
battle, - may feel proud in ‘saying they belong to
Company A, Ist Regiment of the Philadelphia Home
Guard. .
Acknowledgment.—Mra.E. W.Hutter,
MieseeA. and Iff. Sager, and Miss Louisa E. Clag*
horn, gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the
following donations, sent them for the relief of the
sick and wounded soldiers at Gettysburg, viz : Mr.
Win. Esher, $lOO ; Thomas Mellor & Go,, sso;La
dies of Moorestown, N. J., through Rev. Mr. Weld,
$5O; Mrs. Amanda Kirkpatrick, $2O; Mr. and Mrs.
William West, $10; Miss Engel, $5; Bridget Sker
rett, s3* C. W., $1 j Cash, $1; Mrs.vß.iter, shirts,
drawers, bandages, &c.; Mrs. Dr. TUPOlenachan, pre-
Mia&X P*ala
iniitii KtoGtcingi, franaiterGtagri* ana towem Mrs.
Terkcs, muslin) A flax and muslin 5 13,
"Wiley, groceries and cologne; Miss S. M’Oalla, ilnt,
fans, and cologne ; Miss. Josephine Davis, large lot
of groceries, wines and preserves; Ladies of Alt
Saints* Church, through Rev. George Bringhurat,
picklefr, Jamaica ginger, preserves, lemon syrup,
port wine, cologne, lemonß, corn*starch, sugar, cof
fee, salt, soap, tapioca, handkerchiefs, linen, and
muslin rolls, lint, and bandages ; Mrs. Lee, large
parcel of useful articles; Atlantic City Association
of 1862, 60 pillows, 49 flannel shirts, 24 muslin shirts,
39 pairs of drawers, 6 dozen towels, 37 slings, 4 bot
tles of bay .rum, roll oiled silk; Elizabethtown
Ladies’ Aid Society, a large box of useful articles;
Mrs. Jacob Umstead, a lot of bandages Gilbert,-'
Royall & Co., colognes and bay rum; Samuel A.
Wertz, wines and brandies : Mrs. Hogan, rice and
corn-starch; Ladies’ Aid Society of Lewistown,
Pa., 27 jars jellies, cordials, wine, farina, dried
fruits, 24 shirts, 6 pairs of drawers, 18 pillow slips,
6 sheets, 16 cans of fruit; Miss Kates, Arch street,
a lot of useful articles; Mrs. Stairs and Miss Sally
Scott, wines, and a lot of clothing;
; LAYING OF THE CoENER-StONE OF THE
Mariners’"Bethel. —The laying of' the corner
stone of this church, which is situated on Front
street, below 'Christian, came off yesterday after
noon., The building was commenced in laßfc May,
and it will be finished by the first of January next.
It is built of brick, and its cost will reach fourteen
thousand dollars. It is being built under the
auspices of the Baptist Association of this .city.
Notwithstanding the severe storm, a large number :
of the members were present to witness the scene.
The exercises were opened by the singing of the 937th
a norfcion. of the Scriptures was
read by the Rev. W. Cailhopper, and a stirring
JWABir was
iiufi
eeed«d to lay the cornyj-gt<?ny, 'ftffcr Whiffh h Q aU=“
dressed the congregation, giving them a history of
the church, and some good advice coucefnltfg their
duty as Christians. He was followed by the Rev.
Dr. D. C. Eddy, of this city, who made a very elo
quent speech. He referred them to the time in the
United States when it was considered a crime to be
a Baptist; when men were publicly whipped and
otherwise-persecuted for expressing a preference to
.this particular sect of religion. "He proceeded to
thow how prosperous the church has been through
out the continent, particularly in this city, and how
they should be to live in a country where
freedom'of religion was acknowledged. Speeches
were also made by Messrs. Henson and Cooper.
Among the contents of the corner-stone were copies
of all the city papers. New York Times the Presi
dent’s reply* to the Democratic Committee, and a
history of the church. The proceedings were closed
by the Rev. Mr. Glover delivering the benedie tion
Another Pic-nic Tragedy.— Enos Mc-
Kee, sgefl 31 years, died athia residence, 1508 Willow
street, yesterday morning, from the effects of a wound
received on Wednesday night. Owing to the ab*
, eence of. witnesses, there has been no legal investi
gation made. The coroner has empanelled a jury,
who will assemble at the'Spring Garden Hall at 11
o’clock this morning, to commence their inquiry
into the cause. It seems there was a pic-nic excur
sion to the Strawberry Mansion on Wednesday,
which came off to the satisfaction of all concerned.
After the etorm of rain and wind subsided, the ex
cursionists proceeded to the car to return home. It
was soon filled with a party. ; The deceased was the
last one to get into the car, at. the gateway,of the
mansion. The vehicle started. Presently, two men,
who had not been with the excursion, forced their
way partly into it; and this led to a row, of course,
they being intruders. Oneof them drewa black
jack and the other a pistol, and commenced an at
tack upon the nearest of the men. The pistol was
discharged several times, and the unfortunate Mr.
McKee was wounded. The assailants then sprang
from the car and escaped. McKee got out, and soon
fell on the roadside. On examining the wounded
man, it was ascertained that the ball had entered
the back part of his right shoulder, and, passing
clear through his body, came out of bis left breast.
He was . taken to his' residence, where he expired
yesterday morning. :
.. An Aper6pru.te, Banner.—A very
pretty blue silkfiag, or banrser, haß been'nearly
finished for the Firßt Colored Regiment of the Dis
trict of Columbia. It was painted by I); B.'Browser,
(colored,) a professional artist, and will be ready for
presentation in the course of a few days. It is now
at a finishing store, to be completed in all its ar
rangements. The flag is made bf the best quality of
Bilk; eight feet loDg, and about five feet wide. On
oue side is the representation of the American eagle.
On the other side the artist has depicted a scene that
must enliven the latent spark of patriotism, .and thus
fire the Southern heart of the proscribed race of
mankind. In truthful colors, posture, and portrait
ure, a female is representsd in the act of handing a
musket to a contraband. Her very eyes seem to
flash with patriotism ; the lips, though dumb, seem
to speak the motto above her, ” God and Liberty.”
The [contraband, a stalwart fellow, of iron muscle,
has already, burst the shackles of slavery; they lay
at his feet. He graspß the musket, and with a look
of deep earnestness on his brown, manly face, he
seems to say,> Godbjess you! I’ll strike the tyrant
down. Though not the kind of a picture, yet it
means just the same as the armß ot Virginia, and its
motto, “Sic Semper Tyrannis.”.
American Dental Convention.—This
association resumed its session in the Assembly
Building at ,9 o’clock yesterday morning, and con
tinued in session without intermission until 2
o'clock in the afternoon, when they adjourned to.
meet this morning, at 9 o’clock.
The discussion on dental surgery and pathology
waß continued from the previous meeting by Drs.
Atkinson and Garrison.
At the conclusion of the discussion, the Committee
on Dental: Surgery was called upon to make a re
port. Dr. J. H. McQ,uillen then read the report of
the committee. The remaining portion of the meet
ing was occupied in discussion upon the Bubject of
the report, which was participated in by Messrs.
Atkinson, Garrison, Watt, Flag, and McCtuillen.
Previous to the close the members received an in
vitation from Dr. William Jansen to visit his Na
tatorium and Physical Institute on Broad street.'
The Guard Shoots a Substitute. —On
Wednesday night one .of the substitutes for. a
drafted-man, from the northern part of the State,
attempted to escape from the rendezvous at Twenty-,
second and Wood streets, All these men are sub
stitutes, having been sworn in- and receivedjaome
money. One of the party attempted to force the
euard, and-was driven back. He then procured a
bottle, which he threw at'the guard, grazing hfs
head. He attempted to escape, when the guard shot
him, the ball passing through bis right arm.; The
conscript substitute was at once attended to by the
surgeon in charge.. The wound is not dangerous,
the ball having escaped the bone.
Military only death,
in the city army hospitals yesterday, was that of
Fred. Frio, Company 3£,26th Wisconsin Volunteers.
He was a patient of the McClellan Hospital. .Those
who died on the day previous arenas follows :
j. Warner, Company E, 45th Pennsylvania.
Charles 11. Kembert, Company D, islst Pennsyl
vania. - . :
Adam HaFer, Company D, 71st Pennsylvania.
Brucbet L. Car, Company F, 2d New Hampshire
Volunteers.
X ‘ Members of the Press Drafted^—The'
members of thePreESdraffed r yesterday are Ernest
Wallace, ; Wm v F. Oorhit; 1 and;Joha E. Noreross.
The last uamed was in Pans, France, whenthe news;
reached that place that ;invaders- liad the.
temerity to make a foohprint upo’n the soil of;Penn
sylvania. YouDg Noreross of the
20th Regiment, Colonel Wm., B* Thomas. He im-:
mediately took paasage for America*, arrivediin due
time, proceeded at onceto rejoin hia which
he accomplished about ten days before its arrival
home; >
. Died prom his Injuries.—Mr. Cobben,
the photographist, who. was run over by aiTenth
street car, as already stated in The Press, died yester
day from his injuries. ; i
English Pictorial.—From J. ,T. Kromcr, 403
Chestnut street, - we. -have ■ the Illustrated* London,
News'‘of-July iBtb—a good number. ' •
TheDbaft of Yestebday.— The num
ber of name. placed in the wheel* and drawn from
fine game in the three wards are as follows:
First ward, whole number .... ..4,894
Number drawn 148 S
Sixth ward, whole number ••.•••••Oft *
Number drawn..........,,, * gvt
Eleventh ward, whole number.*t.sl4
Number drawn..,.. 4if
. B,ITS 2,43*
The number drawn includes the fifty per cent; the
quota required is 1,622. - , -
The Draft and the Telegraph
,’eeipients oftheir country’s f»vo?.™SCTmi? ,10r “
ti.'eir aerviceß.can be dispensed with. Y 80 ’ lf
on the Delaware.—During a
euddi tn squall yesterday afternoon on the Delaware,
a man'- named Daniel Murdock was pitohed from
the bot’m into the river. He was picked up by the
Harbor Police, and replaced on board the vessel.
At the ti me of the mishap he was endeavoring to
loosen the-.halyards to let the sail down.
The Na.tton'ax Finances.—Jay Cooke,
yobecTiption. the sale of ] 459
lAs.£.l Dblirerlaa o>i notr ma ie
to July Isth > motcfflve.
Shocking A.cotdent.— About elerea
o'clock yesterday ntorniog, r aan name! Horten,
employed on a train, was jammed, beteveen a
couple of care, near Jft'oad’ and CaUowhiir
He was so badly inju ted that hie life was despaired,
of. He was removed to his home, ?3D2'Pearl street.
Accident.—John Wooley, l6 years,
employed in the bakery of Mr. Starr, on Bbelr
street, had his right hand smashed in the machinery
of that establishment yesterday afternoon. The'
sufferer was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital,
where his mangled hand was amputated.
Died from Grief.— Mrs. Qiiian, the
mother of the -young man .who was shot at
Florence, on Monday afternoon, as has already
been stated in The Press* died on Wednesday night
from gr|ef at the loss of her son.
Her "Condition.—Mary BfcCarroh, who
was shot; as stated in the police column of- to-day’s
Pres*) wa- about the same last evening at the hospi
tal as when admitted. The ball has not*been ex
tracted. >•
For Cape Mat.—By the advertisement
in another column, it will'be seen that on and after
to-day the boats for Cape May will leave ’at B>£ in
stead of o'clock A. M,
Died from his Injuries.—Mr. Chris
tlan Schmtzell, brewer of lager beer, who was'shot
by his son on the 24th of .Tune, died yesterday from
the effects of his injuries.
FIMATJAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia, July 30, 1863.
Gold was more active to-day, with considerable
demand from the* importing class, who fear trouble
with foreign nations. It opened rather weak at
rose to 128, declined to 127>£, closing steady.
V Exchange waa also active at 140@141. Business*
ceptihie in operations. Sales of the five-twenties*
are progressing in an extremely satisfactory manner.
For nearly a week sales have averaged two millions
a day, and, at this rate, the Secretary will have no
need to issue the interest-bearing legal-tenders,
which, it is asserted in certain circles, he intends to
do soon.
There is no change m the tone of the stock m&iv
ket, dull but firm, expressing the total feeling.
Sales to*day were extremely limited; small amounts
of Pennsylvania Railroad brought 63%; Philadel
phia and Erie, 23%; Catawisßa, 7, the preferred 22%;
Minebill, 62; North Pennsylvania sold at 17%;
Reading at 64%; Beaver Meadow at 71.
New City sixes sold at 107; Philadelphia and Erie
sixes at 104%; sixes 1881 at 106%; .Lehigh Naviga
tion sixes at 109%; Schuylkill Navigation 1882’s at
80%. Spruce and Pine sold at 14%; 38 bid for
Green and Coates. Bank shares are Bteady, no
sales occurring.
Drexel & Co. quote Government securities, &c,,
as follows:
United States Bond*. 1881~~..******©106%
Certificates of Indebtedness, nfew......99%f<3> 99%
Certificates of Indebtedness, 01d....**........ .100%*»101%
: United States 7 8-10 Notes. *.. .1">6%<5H07%
Quartermasters’Vouchers 98£® 99%
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness....... @
Gold. -...'.127 ®T23
Sterling Exchange.. ...140 @l4l
The following is a statement of coal transported
on the Delaware and Hudson Canal:
_ , ,„ , „ enffln? July 25.. Hanson.
Delaware and Hudson Canal Co 28, *7B 347,345
Pennsylvania Coal Co-.... .23,407 357,033
Total tons..
For the same period last year
„ , . " week season.
Delaware and Hudson Canal Co 32,103 159,196
Pennsylvania Coal C 0.......... 28,011 160,462
Total tons.
The following is the amount of coal shipped over
the Huntingdon, and Broad Top Mountain railroad
for the week ending Wednesday, July 29, 1863, and
since January 1
“Week. Previously. Total.
Tods. ■ Ton*. Tons.
..8.031 133,980 172.011
..9,684 . 170,364 180,048
Decrease.
The New York Evening Post of to-day says
The Stock Exchange has been less excited than
ÜBual this morning. There was more disposition
to. sell/and a considerable amount, of cash stock
was pressed on.;the market. Government securities
arefirm. Coupon sixeß, 1881, are wanted at 106%,
and currency certificates have risen to 99%, with
every prospect of going to par.: Border State bonds
are strong, railroad bonds quiet, and railroads shares
weak and irregular.
The indications we pointed out yesterday of an
approaching reaction in the market are more de
veloped to-day, and the • consequence has been a
decidedly drooping tendency in almost all descrip
tions of railroad shares, the two Eries—in. which
there is a BtroDC party-being the firmest on the list.
Bafora 4h& fiisfc ssul&a. was & lirgs A&is.unt
ofliDfiinfiWLflamLiiLm-tlEfieLat mim Mmewhit
thftß Stained at the Doanh New York
Central sold at 129@129% r ETie at 104@104%, Erie
preferred at 106, Reading at 110, Michigan Southern
at 89%, Rock Island at i05%@i06. Pittsburg at 97®
97%, and Galena at 100.
The appended table exhibits the chief movements
of the market compared with the latest prices of
yesterday evening: •
U.S.6f, 1881,reg—«1G5K 105%
U.S.&, 1881, con—.-*..106?.; 107 .. M
U. 8. seven-thirties.... 106% 106% .. .
u.S. 1 ye&r Oertif. g01d..101 101% - .. u
U. 8. 3 vr. Cert.-cuxr’ncy 99% 99% V
American 501d..-*,-.127% 127% .. ,
Tennessee 65,.; .65% 65 %'
Missouri 6s. 70V 7n% %•
Paeifie MaU«~*—..~.«233 237 . 4
N. T. Centrals... 12S3C . . 19SV
Erie-.... 103% • -103% . %
Erie preferred 105% . . \
Hudson Rirer~~...*~«149% igo . U
Har1em......« . **~.123 124 .. 1
Harlem preferred. 115 ' 2
Reading...lo9k 101 k
Mich. l*6* .. • 1
Mich, Southern.~*~... fS% 89% .. 1
Mich. 80. guar...115 135% .. V
Illinois Con scrip .ezd .113% 114% .. i
Cleveland* Pittsburg... 65 97% ..
5a1ena............ 99% 100% .. lh
Cleveland&Toledo 113% 115 .. lk
Chicago & Bock Island. 10-5% 105 k .. ;-j,
Port Wayne.*........... ?8% 73% 1
Canton ...'r.......... 31 32% . 1*
PrairieduChien..67% 69 7. ' 1*
Toledoand WaTbasK.... 82% : 84% .. 2
Plillada. Stock Exch
Reported by S. E. Siaymaxbi
lange Sales. July 30.
!R. Philadelphia Exchange.
pOABD.
50 Union Can-. Pref.. 2k
100 Catawissa E prefbS 22%
5 d0....Pref.... 2?
1500 Lehieh6s....- 109%
1000 U S 6s. 1831.. cash. 106%
10 Beav Mead. .sown.' 71
-6 Pennaß 63%
PfESTuJ
17 NorthPennaß.... 36V
250 do.. ~17k
5 MineM11R,........ 62
8 . d0....2 dys... 62
4EeadingE.......... 54k
350. d 0.... 54 94
ICO do..sswu£ini.64 94
100 , ' do..sswn*int.64 94
SECOND
297.84 Schny Nav 6s J B2. 81
1000 do/............ SO*
1COO;■ , d0...........b550k
30 Sprnce&Pine R. 15
50 d 0............. 14#
AFTER!
19000 City 6sNew....
PblladelpUs Sfarketi.
The Flour market continues very dull, there being
very little demand either for export or home use;
sales comprise about 400bbls Ohio extra family at
$5.75@6.12>£ for common to fair* The retailers and
bakers are buying moderately at from $5 37*£<2>5 ; 50
for superfine; $5.75@6 for extra; $5.75@6.50 for ex
tra family; and $7@7.50 bbl for fancy brands, ac
cording to. quality. ; Rye Flour iB selling at $4.50 i?*
bbl.. Corn Meal is scarce at s4.2ofor*Brandywine,
and $4 bbl for Pennsylvania Meal.
GRAIN. —There is rather- more demand for
■Wheat; about 5,000 bußhels sold at 125@135c for
for fair to prime reds, mostly at the latter. rates,
afloat; and white at 138@T45c $ bushel, as to qua
lity. Rye is wanted at 95@105c bu. Corn—There
is a better feeling in the market; about 4,000 bushels
sold at 78c for prime yellow, and 75c brrfor- West
ern mixed. Oats are dull and rather lower, with
small sales of old at 73@75c ya small lot of new sold
at 6oc,‘weight.
BARK.—lst No. 1 Quercitron is held at $3O
ton, but we hear ofno sales.
COTTON.—The sales are only in; small lots, at
from 6C@62c S>, cash,, for .middlings.
GROCERIES. —We hear .of no sales of either
Sugar, or Coffee of notice; small lots of the
former are selling atloK@lQ&cs!b:forCuba; Bio
Coffee at 25(0)29c andTiaguayra at 30cS.
PROVISIONS.—There la very little doing, and
prices are without any material change. Mess Pork
is quoted at $14@14;50 fTbbl. Xard is dull at 10>4@
. -
WHISKY.—SmaII sales of Pennsylvania and
Ohio barrels are making at 47c, hhda at 46c, and
drudge at 45c gallon.
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain
at this portto-day
.1,200 bbls.
........5,900 bttßh.
.3,700 bush.
..8,000 bush.
Flour.
■Wheat..
Com... .........,
0at5............
Philadelphia Boot and Shoe Market*
The Shoe and 7 Leather Reporter* July 30th, says:
Trade continues to improve, notwithstanding there
haß been much excitement throughout the city and
State in regard to the draft. Many of our jobbers
have already bought large stocks of eastern-made
shoes, and others are- examining and buying from
the home market, and. also from other markets.
Jobbers have generally made fair sales for the last
week in July, which nave been mainly confined to
consumers m the West and Southwest, although,
some of the- near-by trade have been in town, and
operated to some , extent* At present our jobbers
are receiving large orders, and they find stock and
facilities for immediate production) much below the
demand. The draft is likely :to further reduce the
number of journeymen, shoemakers, which are
already scarce, and producers, are finding ;it much
harder work to get the' shoes than to sell them.
Prices continue very; firm. In' city goods,' the de
scriptions in most demand are advancing.; ladies*
thick-sole gaiter and balmoral boots have advanced
6@ioc a pair. In children’s work there has been no
material change.
The Assistant Quartermaster is asking proposals
for bootees, the bids to he opened August ißt; sizes
from 7tolt.
Philadelphia heather Market.
.The- Shoe , and Leather Raporier y July 30th, says:
There has been some slight improvement in the
leather market, although the sales, are not large. r
The receipts from the country yards continue,
meager, and the sales of slaughter leather equal the.
receipts. There are very few new features of im
portance in the trads. •* "• -
Slaughter Sols.— The request for . slaughter
leather, in the rough, continues fair; salsa, howv
• ever, are restrictedby the limited quantity offering,
The call for army bootees, to be made of oak tanned
leather, has strengthened the market, andj curriexs
are more busily employed. Prices have been steadily
maintained. .There is a disposition taSbscnup rates,
but the demand has not been sufficient to maintain.
an advance. We quote country twai at 59@410. f and:
choice selections at 4l££@42c. The latter-* arc ex
treme figures. City stock, as suns, is nominally
unchanged.'
’Spanish Solb.—Sales have been moderate. The
demand has been mainly confined to buyers ;
priceß arq not materially __
Por ike week s<m» Ike
.52,165 601,041
1862. 1862.
For the. For the
BOARD.
5009 Phila& Erie 63....104%
lO Snsq Canal 32%
2 Catawissa7
3 Penna R. 61
5 Phtia & Brie R.... 23%
30 ARDS. s
July 30—Evening.