SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1863 4611-We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. *if' Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. How Can We End the War ? .It would be an insult, to our humanity and a slander upon'the civilization of the age, to suppose that • the people of the Northern and Southern States were not anxious to end• the war. EVery day and hour, we find . ourselves discussing the pro babilities of peace, and endeavoring to dis, cover some method by which . it can: beob, tallied. How, then, are We to end - this war, • and 'return again to peace? It must end some time. We cannot make it a mutual massacre; nor continue to raise armies and send them into - the field;, nor is it possible that the future .of these States is to be like some African province, whose feuds are. continued through ages, and the first duty. of oitizenehip is to murder or, enslave the citizens of a neighboring island or peninsula.: The only interests which continued ' war , ean'serve arc those of glory and` aggrandize= • r ment-c We may continue war to• gratify the ambition or passion of those to whoin war . is.a profession, and Who 'gladly risk death An obtain promotion.. We may continue war to enlarge our territorial limits—to conquer Mexico, Canada, or Cuba, or the British Islands in the sea. We may continue war as a nomadic or 'predatory people, for gun , der or new homes, el): the privilege of the wilderness and the ocean.' None of these •considerations, however, can have any part in the future policy of this Republic. We 'are not a martial people, and glory to us in times of is as tinsel or brass, or the noise of cymbals. We are not a conquering people, for while We maintain our own in tegrity intact, we accept no allegiance from other States or countries unless by the peo ple's will. We live by the arts and mea sures of peace, and add to our greatness by fostering our industry, our comnierce, Our agricultural resources, and the treasures and blessings that. God has bestowed upon our soil. Therefore, war to us is a calamity, and the true patriotism is that which shows us how to end the war. . The war was begun to defend the inte grity of the American Republic, and it will end when we have succeeded in that Pur pose, or shown our inability to gain suc cess. Therefore, to end the war, we must prosecute the war. We might ,have avoided these contests in the beginning, and saved the country the calamities of battle and in— vasion, and the sorrows that weigh upoin many 'happy homes, but in doing so we should have passed out of the family of na— tions, and become as the provinces of Lora- - hardy-and Venice to Austria, or of Monte negro to the Ottoman.---Empire___lf r wd had granted the demands of the South when the rebel commissioners entered Washington with their terms of accommodation, we would have given it all the territory that lies south. of - Mason and -Dixon's line, the Ohio and Missouri. rivers . extending west wardly to the Pacific' Ocean., We Should have placed upon our borders a great con federacy,--proud, imperious, successful; and led by.the. experience and traditions of a' former umon to 'iegard the Northern people .as an _inferior race,--sordid money-get . ters, and fit subjects for invasion; plun-, -der, or. intimidation. We should have. had Southern counsels controlling the. North as absolutely _as Russian counsels control, Greece and Asia Minor ; 'our tariffs would be dictated by Southern interests,' arid our social laws and systems _would be. srubject to the apprdval of this Power. Sla very and Cotton would still have mastered us, and we' should have becoine abject and . despised among the nations of the earth. There can be no doubt that these considera tions entered into the councils of the South ea.n. leaders, and that those in the North who agreed With their scheme's were anxious to aid them, and, -if possible, throw the weight of Pennsylvania into the . Scale, by making that State an active member of the Confede . racy. We all remember the cry of "no coercion" that succeeded the election of Mr. LINCOLN to the Presidency, And that thou sands of good-men; and the organization calling itself -the Democratic party, were opposed to coercion, and willing to avert war by compromises that would have gra tified the South. There was, danger that such counsels would prevail, but the North arose as one`man, and answered the attack upon Fort Sumpter by drawing the sword and Smiting the enemies , of the nation., Peace was impossible then because it' would have been humiliation, and shame, and dispace, and a surrender of our nation afrighrs. It would have been the peace of the traveller with the highwayman after he had surrendered his money, and weapons. Has it been pOssible since ? There has - not been a day since the war began when peace might not have been made by the rebels withdrawing their unjust and criminal de mands and re-entering the family of the Union, for the awOrd and olive-branch have always.gone together. If that hope is dy ing away or no longer exists, it must be at tributed to the criminality of the leaders of the rebellion, and to their success in deceiv ing and oppressing the people of the South, and fittinggthem with animosity towards the North. War never pacifies a people ; and when the blood is seen to flow men . b& come angry and furious, and do not reason as those that are cool and temperate and peaceful. Two years of war, with the de vastation and grief that it must necessarily bring, have estranged the South and the North More and more, until we might say with Mr. COLBRIDGE "a dreary sea now flows between." These two peoples of one blood -- with one his tory, cne literature, and one language —bound together by ten thousand de licate and tender ties of feeling—these' two peoples who, when they meet as they did at Vicksburg, become warm and true friends— are now fighting each other with hearts that seethe and bubble with hatred, merely be cause a few ambitious traitors in Richmond have become possessed of the governing power in eleven States, and have gone so far in blood and crime that they cannot re treat. Their necessities and misfortunes the Southern people are atoning, and the people of the North, by a'sad necessity of self-pre servation, are visiting upon the heads of the betrayed masses -all, the, penalties that men inflict upon an enemy and a traitor. We say it is the .sad necessity of self-preserva tion, for our armies meet armies of and innocent Soyppip---Trynct red and suf. and ja a,....-rearfirimmals who rest securely . - fiigh places. And no matter what may be the condition or the terms of a re-union, the honor and faith of the North, the victo ries of our armies, the struggles we have undergone, the sacrifices we have made, the hopes that we give to the future, all demand that there shag be no rettoration of the Ame rican Republic, without freedom as the corner stone. Let this never be forgotten ; or the, spirit of the Northern people—we might say, the spirit of the loyal everywhere— would rebel against a peace which brought with it only continued dishonor and shame. We,,take Western Virginia, br even the great'State of Missouri, as the type of our future re-union and prosperity ; and we pro- claim what we believe to be inevitable truth when we say that the American flag in fu lure times shall float over a - redeemed and regenerated land, and that under it no slave shall ever lift his shackled limbs to make the freedom that is symbolled in its folds a mockery. How, then; can we end the war? By picfsecuting the war with fierce and Imre: tenting energy. Every man • that we can enrol; every dollar that we can raise, every. engine of destruction that we.san fashion, must be thrown into this WOrk.' Nor do we wish this from any desire to commit blood shed, nor fromany hatred, to the Southern people. We must be cruel only to be kind. We can only obtain peace by such au exhi bition of power and 'roiliest) , that the eop trivauce called the Confederacy will fall before it, as the palace of ice' in the sunny days of spring. It is in our power to do this, and we shall be criminal before God and dishonored through the ages, if we hesi tate or fail. We implore:the Almighty soto move the hearts of the men who are now possessed with authority, that they do not falter, or hold back, or permit themselves to be betrayed. Peace is ours—speedy, triumphant, glorious, permanent peace—if we are true to ourselves and our country—if we but arise to the dignity of true and pa triotic statesmanship. Push on the con scription, double or 'treble the quota, answer the call of JEFFERSON DAVIS by a similar call throughout the North, strengthen MEADE, and GRANT, and RosEcnaris, and in a feW weeks we can not only re'-establish the union and secure liberty to the people, but again , pursue our policy with reference to Mexico, and Canada, and Central Ame rica; and, with our army and navy and the military- experience we have gained, assume a far higher position among the nations of the world than we ever held before. The Terms of Victory in the Next Cana . paign. • The country is about-to enter upon a-new campaign. The conquest of tte Southwest is a glorious - termination of that which is , past, and the army of Gen. GRANT has little more to do than to enter into the enjoyment of its reward. There may be a battle in the West, for Banoo and RosEcnaxs possess fresh and well-disciplined armies, and seem to be eager for the fray. We do not know what effect the capture of Joan . MORGAN may have upon the rebel manceuvres, but to us it is a gratifying thing, as showing to the South that invasion in the West fared as badly as invasion in the East. Gen. MEADE seems to be pursuing LEE with energy, and the rumor that he has thrown a pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock seems to come from good authority. If this be true, then we have the summer campaignagainst Richmond almost under the walls of that city, and we do not see how a great battle for its possession cam be avoided: This is the military situation of the coming; cam paign, but it possesses other features that should not be neglected. During these sum mer and early-autumn months we are to fight a great political campaign against the enemies of the country, the results of which cannot be . less important than those coming from victories in the field.. When the enemies of the Administration fought their last fight, their hostility to the coun try was hidden under the most intense pro fessions of devotion to the Union- and to a war for its preservation. In the New York campaign, especially, we found Gov. SEY MOUR and those who aided him in canvass ing the State, arraigning the Administra tion for indecision and laxity in the prose cution of the war. In Pennsylvania the same arguments were used with foree,—and we saw the result in those parts of the State like the southern counties, where war had visited, and a plundered people were disposed to visit upon the Government their wrath and vexation. Events and'opinions have changed since the last campaign. We are another people in our mannermr - corAuottrqs-the.Avar=we are another people in our manner of using the elective franchise. We have recovered from the false and foolish prejudices that clung to us in the beginning, and prevented us from prosecuting the war with justice and power. We have given the negro a musket, and sent him to the front. We have abandoned hero-worship and laurel• gathering, and shown to the -world by the late victory at Gettysburg, that it is not un der the leadership of men we fight, but un der the leadership of a great idea,—that the attachinent of the army is not to men but to the country, and that the advancing followers of HOOKER to-day, may be the congliering followers of MEADE to-morrow. With this spirit animating the army, we feel confident of victory. A similar spirit animates the people at home. They feel bitterly and earnestly that in 1862 they were betrayed into believing the loyal protestations of such men as HORATIO SF:Jr - moult. The specta cle of a Governor so chosen, and presiding over a great people, becoming an ally and champion of the most brutal mob that ever disgraced civilization, shows how basely the people were deceived. There, will be no such deception in the coming campaign. The enemy has drawn the line closely. He has made the issue on high and unmistaka ble ground. Opposition to the conscription -the embarrassment of the war—a desire for foreign intervention—sympathy with riot and treason—all these are avowed by the so-called Democratic party—and in Mr. Justice Woof:I - wino they have made a felt eitous choice of a leader, for to him belongs the shameful credit of being the first Penn sylvanian of distinction to raise his voice in favor of the South, and, against the country. When we look at these things in their true light, we shall see that the prospect of suc cess was never •more brilliant. Let us strengthen the army by conscription, and raise every regiment to its full standard. Thus gathering strength, we shall fight with the assurance of victory. Let us place in nomination at Pittsburg men who have the confidence of the people, and give them a bold and loyal platform, and. Pennsylvania sus t u in-tas..--Aduisitustration - pritta bver whelming majority. Let us be constant, prudent, and firm, and:victory will be ours in the coming campaign. Let us Wait a Litle Longer. Those who have sustained the A.dminis tration from the beginning with affectionate and confiding trust, will find in the general triumphs of these proud summer days a just reward for their faith and constancy. They will learn another lesson which we cannot too earnestly commend to the loyal —and that is the duty of further confidence in the Administration The enemies of the Government have again arrayed themselves against it, determined that its overthrow shall be accomplished. They failed, at Get tysburg, in Mississippi, in New York, and they are now making a bolder and more ex tended attempt. We cannot imagine anything more shameless and unjust than the means they bave adopted to withdraw confidence from the national authorities. They assail conscription with every term of odium and re proach, and .tell us of France and Poland as the only-nations on the earth where simi lar horrors are witnessed. Those who as sail this measure now were its most violent advocates a year ago: We 'were told that the Government was timorous and afraid, because it did not call a million of men in the field. " Give us a million of men," it was said, "and let us fight the war with proper vigor." The GovePan etr „,„) , log to increase_,....the l lafflit the war to Inter with the social and business relations of the Northern people, preferred to use the" agencies in its power, without asking great er strength and numbers ; it preferred to trust to the loyal spirit of the people to sus tain its efforts, rather than resort to a direct requisition. Thus lar, we have proudly succeeded. We haVe virtually fought the war without the aid of conscription; for, so far as the great' battles are concerned, we may venture to assume that the war is already fought, and that the Government merely proceeds to enforce the draft, to ena ble it to finish * up, with promptitude, a work thus far so well done. Defeated in the east, in the, west; in the south, on the coast, and in the gulf; their Confederacy> severed in twain, driven to universal conscription as a last resort, the rebellion is so much .at our. mercy, that We have. only .to strike, ;and it will fall. Is it not strange and sat that,. "with the rebellion , thus at our feet, and the poWer in our hand to slay it, men should en deavor to stay the hand, and give it new life and,power ? But in_their ambition to accomplish these objects, the enemies of the Goveintnent are not content with assailing• its domestic policy in the conduct of the war. Their conservatism is • of too radical and violent a Stamp to permit them to rest here, and they now go - farther and assail its foreign policy. It is wrong, because it enforces the Conscription act ; it is wrong, becanse it ,does not enforce the Monroe doctrine, These are the two main charges in the indict ment against the Government, which its enemies have prepared and which disloYal papers all through the land, North and South, taken ,up as the texts for invective, calumny, and misrepresentation. Because the Administration enforces the draft it is charged with tyranny; because it does not enforce the broad and comprehen sive principles of polity enunciated by President NI ON.ROR in 1823, ,it is charged with timidity. The, general inference_frorn these charges is, that the Government can never, by any possibility, do anything that is right, or fail to do anything that is wrong ; and this is now accepted as the political platform upon which its enemies establish themselves ; it is the sole creed in their catechism of political faith. Speaking for such a faction, the New York World, re-' ferring a few days since to the erection of a French empire in Mexico, characterized it as "a bitter.humiliation Which might have been averted if the diplomacy of the coma: try had been under the guidance of courage, foresight, vigor, and high national spirit." The World added : "It is not easy to over estimate the ominous character of the resuit toward which the French proceedings in Mekico have been steadily tending for the last sixteen months." Can it be believed that this is the language of a journal, which, until within a month past, has per. : sistently affected to regard with favbr the filibustering Mexican .scheme, and has professed to regard NArbLEow less as an ambitious conqueror thirsting for empire, than as a royal benefactor, solicitous mainly for the peace, prosperity, and perpetuity of the Mexican republic ? Such, however; is the fact, remarkable as it may seem, and we . can only account for it on the presumption that the Ifor/a believes, with its peace-lov ing cotenaporary, the Daily News, that " it remains for the North to decide whether this civil strife, which threatens to be fatal to the progress and stahility of republican ism, shall still go on," or whether the dan ger of French intervention shall be averted by . " conciliation and compromise. "„ These are the only alternatives now left us, if the enemies of the Government are to be be lieved. They hope to make the invasion of. Mexico a pretext for dishonorable peace. In this hope they are destined to be disap pointed. Foreign intervention, whether it shall come as an infraction of the Monroe doctrine, or in a still more direct and tan gible shape, will never be brooked- by the American people. Honor is still sweeter to us'than peace ; our national integrity is still sweeter to us than peace ; and when the honor and the integrity of the nation are at stake, peace and submission will not Pur chase their security. If we would escape the 'dangers of foreign intervention which now menace us, we must prosecute the war to an honorable and speedy close ; and when_ we have crushed the rebellion, we shall at the same time have crushed the hopes and schernes of its foreign abettors, and given to the Monroe doctrine our adhesion and prac tical support-, The Palmerston Ministry. MACBETH must have been bitterly grieved when he exclaimed, "The Thanes fly from me !" Some such feeling must now cast gloom upon:_ Lora e - Aldblkatb OD. DO - resumed office, as Prime Minister, in June, 1859, then having a small working majority of about thirty in a House of Com mons elected, two months before, under his predecessor's influence. -This majority gradually increased during the, next, two years, but, after that, it was noticed that most of the newly-elected 'members were decidedly anti-ministerial, and this led to the impression that, early in the session of 1862, the Government,must lie reorganized or entirely broken up. But, a few daj s before - Christmas, 1861, • the unexpected death of Prince •ALBERT occurred, which was followed by Queen VidioßlA's almost total abandonment of her routine duty;•as ruler, for nearly eighteen months. It is only of late that she has even , shown herself in public. In this interval, which almost deserves to be called a volun tary interregnum, the State-coach, wholly at the disposal of PALMERSTON, was . left very much to itself. Parliament men were not satisfied with the Premier and his Ways, but - a feeling of delicacy prevented their taking active measures to oppose him. Whenever any question came up likely to cause the de feat of the Ministry, a convenient go-be tween. would insinuate the unkindness as well as the irnpolicy of doing any thing likely to effect a change, because that` would disturb the sad contemplations of "the wi dowed Queen." It really was suggested that, in her state of mind, the trouble of su perintending the formation of a new Minis try would be too much for her Majesty, and this may account tor the recent tolerance of the Palmerston Cabinet. Now that the Queen has somewhat -resumed the perform ance of her regal duties, there need be no further occasion for any exhibition of any false delicacy. Lord PALMERSTON is very weak in the House of Commons, where a Premier ought to be very strong. With the exception of Mr. GLADSTONE, who is too excitable' and irritable to be of much. use, PALMERSTON is the only effective speaker_now on the ministerial benches. The Foreign, Colonial, and War Secretaries of State, as well as the. Firmt-Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Council, Lord - Privy Seal, and Post master General, are all in the House of Lords. Sir CHARLES Woo]) and Sir GEORGE GREY, who are heads of the India and Home De partments, are wretched and confused speak ers. MILNER GIBSON 'and CHARLES VIL LIERS, respectively presiding over. the Board of Trade, and the Poor Law Board, are lazy, and speak only on subjects connected with their own departments. Lord CLA REECE PAGETT and Mr. LAYARD, able Under-Secretaries for tt e Admiralty and for Foreign Aftairs, do their work very well, but are only underlings at best. Mr. PORTEN:CIE, who represents the Colonial office, scarcely ever opens his mouth in the House. Sir ROBERT PEEL, now the very Hotspur of debate, confines himself to Irish matters, and does not get into a quarrel about them oftener than twice or thrice a - week. If any thing has to be said or done, all is confused or at a stand-still until PAL MERSTON comes down to calm the troubled waters. When the Ministry wanted. Run -BUCK to withdraw his, motion, on the 13th July, PALMERSTON himself, albeit suffering. with'gout, had to hobble down to the House of Commons, and, leaning on a crutch, per sonally solicit RohnUcK's acquiescence, as a personal favor. It is rather too much fora gentleman, who will be seventy-nine years old in October ; thus to have the work of half a dozen men 'upon his shoulders, The fact is, the Palmerston Ministry is weakest in the Commons, where it ought to be strongest. The effect of the Reform Bill of 1832 has been gradually to give increased importance and power to the House of Com mons, and to reduce the House of Lords into a sort of register-office in which the Common's proceedings are, endorsed. Two years ago, when the two Chambers guar; relied on the abolition of the tax on paper, the Lords exercised their old privilege of re jecting a measure of which they disap proved. The Commons rose against them inwrath, and insisted that this was an inter ference with their , peculiar right of impoiing taxes. The Lords argued, shrewdly enough, that to retain a tax (which they •wished), was not at all identical with imposing it. But the House of Lords had to submit in the end—a submission which would never have been demanded _nor made before the Reform Bill. There are several excellent speakers in the Upper House, who have very little to speak about. We may scarce ly count , in Lord LYNDHURST, the Nestor of the HoUse, though his last speech, two years ago, was delivered after he had at tained the age of ninety., But BROUGHAM is still to be heard, and Lords DERBY, GRAN VILLE, ARGYLL, CARLISLE, MALMESBURY, silver. tongued ELLENBOROUGH, sensible NkNYCASTLE, and others, could get up a brilliant debate—provided they could start a fresli subject. But when a subject, has been discessed over and over again in the Commons, who can expect that any thing new can be said about it in the Lords ? Nearly every single election since 1861, except where the seat was directly und i er Government influence, (and sometimes even THE PRESS.-PIIILADELPHIA, SAI then,) has resulted in the return of a mem ber hostile to the' Palmerston Ministry. The latest instances, just reported, are Lis burn and Berwick-on-T weed, where Con servative members have been returned. The graduarwearing away of his majority must very painfully impress Lord PAL MERSTON with a sense of the instability of power. A singular circumstance, to which we re ferred at the • time,- shows the caprice of a legislative assembly. PauvrratsTort, by dint of much "whipping-in" of errant mem bers, by official influence, and by hints that an affirmative vote would be personally gratifying to the Queen, obtained a majority of 135 to vote for the purcha ie, by the na tion, of the land upon which the Interna tional Exhibition of 1861 had taken place. A few nights after this, he moved that the Exhibition building itself - 7 -a singularly ugly and barn-like edifice, crowned with a couple of ugly domes, which obtained the name of "the Brompton Boilers"—should also be purchased. To his great surprise, his pro position was negatived by the tremendous majority of 166, One night ,he had a ma jority of 135 with him, and at the next vote, 166 against him. After this, he may well distrust, the stability of his administration. It occurs, too, when. England is drifting into difficulties with France BusSia, and the United States. Some English journals hint at a general election. It is more than four years since such a trial of political strength took place. A Parliament may last for seven years, but its average duration, in the present century, has not been much more than three years. Would a general election give F'iraatimnsmorr more strength in the Commons? If not, he might as well go on with the present Par liament, even though his prestige there seems to be gradually fading "oft The Thanes are flying from him, mfd•he may find it difficult to lure them back. A Democratic meeting held at Elbridge, Edgar county, 111., on the 4th ult,, passed the following resolutions : &solved, That we hereby undividedly pledge our selves one to another that we will not render sup port to the present Administration in carrying on this Abolition crusade against the South. That we will resist to the death all attempts to draft any of our citizens into the army, and that we will permit no arbitrary arrests to be made among us by the minions of .the Administration. .- Resolved, That we regard the emancittarthn procla mation as the final blow that has destroyed all hopes of reconstructing the Union as it was. We also view it as the entering wedge which will ultimately divide the Middle and Northwestern States from our mischlef-making, puritanical, fanatical New Eng land brethren, and finally culminate in the forma tion of a Democratic republic out of the Middle, Northwestern, and Southern States ; and for this we are thankful. These resolutions are not difficult to ap preciate. Briefly rendered, they mean "We will not support the Government, be cause we favor the South ; we will resist the draft, because we are opposed to fight ing against slavery ; in a word,.we are re bels." 'There is a certain candor in this in dicative expression, but it is the candor of shamelessness; the. impatient utterance of treason that ignores remorse or modesty. These resolutions must be registered AS a part of the rebellion of the South.;- 9f . tile" sameAplyit of candorA-nicli; after intriguing for a quarter of a Century, seized upon the national property and_ made attempt. upon the national life. -.The question presented,to the Elbridge meeting was simply, " tWo masters, whom will ye serve ?-L--the''South, which of necessity has rebelled against the institutions of freedom, or the North, whiCh of great& necessity must war upon slavery." The answer has been emphatic—" The South." This is candid, as far as such ex pression can go ; but still; gross enough in falsehood. It is the prejUdice of VAL Law -iiionAm and WOOD in its true statement= the perverse and monstrous lie of slavery opposed to Union. The restitutions we have quoted are not free from the:Cant hypocrisy of restoring the "Union as it was." No . power.-in the world,: Abolitionist or pro slavery, could restore:the Unica as it was, after such a rebellion as the present._ lii further comment, we can only remark the bad taste of mentioning Union with refer ence to the South in rebellion and disunion opposed to New England. The whole state ment, in brief, is an utterance of treason,. slavery, and disunion, - without apology or Will men of the North still deceive them selves as to the real issue, so fully eiplored in such evidences as these ? Shalkthe cause of rebellion become the i.latform df the De mocracy of the North ? ' IN FORT WAGNER rebel officers Were in dignant that negroes were permitted- to ij ght against gentlemen. This, they thought, was, to say the least, unchivalrous. In a word, it was wrong to set the slave against his master. With this view or justice and chivalry, We are credibly ii.formed that after the battle of Fart Wagner wounded negro soldiers were tortured by the gentle manly surzeons of the Confedkacy, and in several cases barbarously put to death by the rebel soldiers. Here, as at lkelena, Mil liken's Bend, and Port Hudsmi no quarter was given to the blacks. This fate the blacks aceepta\l and who shall say that they have not fouZlitq nobly ? Treatment such as we ha , ;4 rAntioned white spldiers have met from savage' one ; the negroes, however, have received it from the new civilization of , the South. \4 v ervile revolution, it was once complained, Would inaugurate massacre. Where, now, is the new St. Domingo of the blacks? The ease is reversed. Instead of the slive murder ng his master and the black bichering the white, we have the strange contrary of the mob in New York and the garrison at Fort Wagner. , AOADEMT OF Musrp.—Mr. J. S. Clarke will open the Academy of Mipie on the nth instant, with a very fine dramatic company. We do notdoubt that I the enterprise . twill be insured success by Mr. Clarke's own popularity, and his experience as a manager. Mr. Olerke has been for years one of the first favorites of the Philadelphia public which his return. THE ATV • PARDON OF BLUMENBERG.--Our readers will recollect the case of'-Rudolph Blumenberg, who was sentenced to the state prinon in 1861, for piracy ; In the cane of the slave trading ship Orion. The accusedwas tried three times. On the first two trials the jury disagreed. He was then ar; reigned .a third time by the present United States District Attorney, E. Delefield Smith, who procured a conviction. Yesterday Mr. Smith received from the President a pardon, granted at the request of the District Attorney and Marshal, because of important information given by Blumenberg in aid 'of their plans to prevent any revival of a traffic which a series of convictions have so thoroughly suppressed. The person thus restored to his liberty has two brothers in the military service of the Union. They ate both Marylanders ; and one of them, Colonel Leopold Blumenberg, has been twice wounded. Both are distinguished for their, loyall'g, emirate, and irreproachable ohoracter.—N. Y. Advertiser. Nil Admirari. . i . The Law Relative to Blockade-Runner's. 1 , he Acting Attorney General COFFEY all given an opinion in response , to an inquiry of he Secretary . of State, that persons despatching ve Bela from our, own ports, in ballast, to neutral portet with the in tent to load at such neutral ports, and thence run the blockade, are liable to pnnishmen) as criminals under the second section of the act of the 7th of July, 1862, chapter 195, " torppress insurrection,. etc. Whether such ves is actually run the blockade, or, after leaimg the neutral port, are captured in the attempt to run the block ade, or whether they /even fail to reach the neutral port, such vessels are liable to capture as prises of war from th4:rnoment they leave our ports ; and this light ,Of Capture imposes an our cruisers the duty of Capture. The 'mere fact of starting such- vessels l on their guilty errand, irre• spective of the point. they may reach on the voyage, amounts to assisting the rebellion within the `sta tute, fIED AND NAV _ , C+AZETTE 3 previously Pub lished by Messrs. Dyer & will henceforth be conducted by Capt. W. C. °Minus.; resign-ea his commission on Gen. Casey's "-f'.. in' ordei to take charge of the paper. Through thenruvineel of the Secretary of War, and other facilities of 'Wearing information, the Gazette will, no doubt, in futire, command even more popular favor than it did tinier its late'proprietors. We heartily wish Capt. Ohl& all the success which such a paper deserves. The Death of Gen. Strong. The following order ham been leaned by Gene Canby : "HEADQUARTERS - -UNITED STATES TROOP NNW YORK CITY AND Hannon, NEW YoRK, July 31, 1863. -" GENERAL ORDERS No. 6.—The commandi general announces with deep sorrow the death, this city, of Brigadier General George C. Stront, United States Volunteers, from wounds received in the assault upon Fort Wagner, Charleston hartxd, "The brilliant promises of this young officer, ju4. tilled by every act of his official career, his estimabll character in all the relations of private life, - endeati ing him to all with whom he was associated, hie di.' tinguished services and untimely death nommen his memory to our warmest sympathies: ; • "The Bth United States Infantry and a section from Battery 0, sth United -States Artillery, uncle the command of Col.—, will constitute the milita. ry escort, and will assemble at the church, corner Twentpsecond street and Fourth avenue, at a quar ter before ten o'clock A. AL, to-morrow. ".Officers of the command not immediately on duty, are invited to join in paying this last tribute of respect to our deceased comrade. "By order of Brigadier General Canby. "C. T. CHRISTENSEN, "Assistant Adjutant General." .AUGUST 1, 1863. ARMY OF THEE , LEE'S ARMY MASSED FOR BATTLVf% CULPEPER. RAPIDAN AND RAPPAHANNOCK GUARDED. MOSEBY'S RAID ON FAIRFAX WASHINGTON, July 3t.—information received to day from the Army of the Potomac, states that General Lee massed his forces at Culpeper on Wed nesday, and made other preparations to give us battle on the Rappahannock. His first advance south of Culpeper wee to foil us in taking the Fredericks burg route, but finding that we did not advance, he concentrated hie army at Culpeper. The RappahannoCk is guarded from Fredericke burg to Ely's Ford, and on the Rapidan by only one rebel regiment. The Rapidan is fortified south of Culpeper. Information was received today of a raid by Mose by's men on Fairfax Court House last night. They entered the place about 10 o'clock and captured a number of 'sutler's wagons loaded with goods. Col. Lowell, with the 2d Massachusetts regiment of cavalry, went in pursuit of then?. Congratulatory Order of Gen. Prince on the Battle or Maoissas Gap. HEADQUARTERS .S"KCOND DIVISTONi THTRD ARMY' 00 - RPS, Warrenton, Va., July 26. Glasmitat. Orman No. 51—The commanding of ficer of the Second Division, Third Army Corps, congratulates the divislos on the conspicuous part which fell to it in the operations in Manassas Gap day before yesterday and the evening previous, and desires them to notice that this part was only se cured by hard marching. The soldier-lihe manner in which it drove the en emy before it, and' at the same time maintained its formation, shows that the old division, reduced to its frame.work by continual service, needs yet to be closed up, able to act together to Inspire ' dread of the encounter. The charge of the Second (Excelsior) brigade was gallantly led and manfolly executed. By command of Brigadier. Gen. Henry A. Prince. ALBERT ORDWAY, First Lieutenant and A. D. C. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. General Grant Preparing to Move ou Mobile. Raw YORE, July 31.—The Express says : " Officers we have seen to-day, who have just arrived from Gen. arant's army, having left Vicksburg about ten days ago, report that the note of preparation fora march to Mobile was then heard on every side. The troops were in the best of spirits, and confident of success, The calculation was that the stars and stripes would float over Mobile by the lath of Au gust." The Rebel Defeat in Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, July 30.—At Paris, Ky., the rebels, 375 strong, drove in our pickets, when they were driven back two miles, and unsuccessfully attempted flank us, and turn the railroad bridge. The 45th Ohio came on their rear, captured fifteen, and drove the rest towards Mount Sterling. Colonel Sanders, at Winchester, attacked their main force, 2,000 strong, with 13 pieces of artillery. The enemy-retreated towards Irvine, Colonel San ders pursuing. None of our men were hurt. The railroad is all safe. General Burbridge, who was home on furlough, volunteered his services, and was complimented for his gallantry. General Rousseau spiritedly addressed a large and enthusiastic audience at the court liouse this evening. LEXINGTON (Ky.), July 31.—This morning our forces came upon the rebels at Lancaster, when a fight ensued. The enemy lost twenty killed and wounded, and nearly a hundred prisoners. - A rebel force of five hundred took scanford about noon today, but were driv.ai 'out by our cavalry with considerable loee. At the last advises they Were hastily r etreating toward Cumberland river. DEPARTMENT OF THE EU SQUEMN THE DISINTERMENTS AT GETTYSBURG PROHIBITED dIITTYBEITRO, July 31.—The following order has been issued : DEPARTMENT OP THE SUSQUEHANNA, nEADQUARTERS, GiTTYSBIIRG, July 30, 1863 OREURAL ORDERS No. 2.—During the months of August and September, 1863, no corpse will be al lowed to be disinterred from any of the burial grounds, cemeteries, or battle-grounds of 'Gettys burg. The health of the wounded , soldiers and citi zens of this community requires the stringent, en forcement of this order, and any violation of it re ported to these headquarters will meet with sum mary and severe punishment. By command of AL. ALLFOLIN,, - Colonel 36th Regiment, Commanding Post L. N. UTLY, Post Adjutant. A REPORT OF ALLEGED FRAUDS MR " REOTED—A NATIONAL OEKETERY AP GETTYSBURG HARRISBURG, July .31.—A. telegraphic despatch appeared in one of the Philadelphia papers this morning,. under date of Harrisburg, alleging — that certain frauds on the part of the State officials_have been detected in the supplies of clothing; fOod So to the militia lately called into the field by the Go. vernor. It is based on incorrect information. All the supplies of these troops have been furnished by the - United States. The State supplied nothing but the men. The error may possibly have arisen from certain reports in relation to a United - States officer who ha's been placed under arrest within a few days. It is alleged that in complicity with other officials and contractors, the Government was defrauded ,in large,ainounta upon contracts for horses-,furnished Our, troops were not sufficiently supplied with subsistence, and we understand that the Governor has Osked.the Searetary , of War to investigate the subjec;tin order that those who are liable may be exposed and punished. ' • ' Arrangements have been made to purchase a part of the battlefield.at Gettysburg fora cemetery, in which it is proposed to gather the remains of our dead.' The ground embraces the point of the despe rate attack , made upon the left centre of our army. Eight other States have already united with Penn sylvania in this project. Reception of Geneial TAgan at Rome. DUQUOIN (III.), July 31.—Major General Logan arrived here this morning. and was met at the (idea by a large. concourse of citizens. The committee bade him welcome as an honored son of Illinois and admired, of all loyal men. In a speech which he made at Carbondale, yester day, General Logan said he had no disposition to discuss politics, for he was not a politician, and thanked God for it. He only wanted to consider what was for the good of the country. When war was over we can ask who is the villain Now the house is on fire, and we must put it out. He showed who began the war. That - the President was forced at every step to take the measures he had, and yet some cried " unconstitutional." -We fought the Mexicans, because they made war on the Government, and if that was constitutional why was not this? He ridiculed the sentimentalism of those who objected to the war because it was against our brethren. He was no apologist for the Presi dent, but he would stand by him in all his efforts to put down the rebellion, even if he sent elephants South TO trample them down. All the exigencies of a war like this could not be enforced and provided for by the Constitution. The President was em powered to raise armies, and that was 'sufficient. If this war is unconstitutional, then Jeff Davis must be right. He defended and explained the conscription act, end denounced the New York rioters. If the leaders were hung to the first- tree there would have been no mob. He had seen- men smile when we were whipped, and frown like angry clouds when we were victorious ; but he expected that they all would do themselves hut justice not to die trai tors on account of the infamy they would bring on their famillei. We must be for our country, right or wrong. A man who is not for this Government would hate heaven, if he lived in it, and showed bow ridiculous was the," peace " cry, and said the %only way to peace was to soundly thrash the rebels, 'anti they would come back as humble as need be and ,ibis whipping they would get as sure as God was in heaven. He spoke ofthe condition of the Government .at the time of the breaking out of the rebellion. , Its armies were nearly all shipped South. With this disadvantage, what success had not been achieved? With regard to the emancipation pro clamation, be said, if the rebels wanted their ne gloes, let them stop fighting. If the proclamation was wrong, let them lay down their arms and appeal to the courts. If the question were left to the wo rsen and- children of Mississippi - and Louisiana, they would say they wanted no more negroes, for the rebel army had demoralized them, and ours had made them no-better. The institution would be worthless, whether they gained their independence or not. Be spoke three hours, completely carrying his au dience with.him. and many times affecting them to tears by hie manly and hearty defence of our brave soldiers. At the close of the meeting three rousing cheers were given for the Union and three for Lo gan, and a series of Union resolUtions were passed. About three thousand persons were — present. DUQUOIRE, ILL., July 31.—Gen. Login addressed about 6.000 persons assembled here to.dayto:greet him. He was enthusiastically . raceivedrami ap plauded throughout his speech. The drift of his speech was similar-to that delivered'at Carbondale yesterday. Be.argued that it is the duty of every one to, stand by the Government, and was espe cially. severe on those who find so' much - fault w ith the President, the army; the war, and every nag else except Jeff Davis & Co. He referred to the Springfield peace resolutions, and said if the sentiments expressed therein be correet, then all our glorious victories of July have been tending to sub vert the Constitution and the Government. If men are loyal they will favor the prosecution of the war t if not, they will find all manner of.excuses. ' If men oppose the war, it must be because they fear their friends will get hurt. Some objected to it because the soldiers committed depredations. When we started, he said, from J3ruinsburg, for Jackson and Vicksburg, with five rations, we fought five battles, and were reduced to one cracker apiece. The men were hungry and footsore. He told them to help themselves, and whenever his troops got into such a Position they should have what they could get. The rebels do the same. They steal every thing, even the negroes,.to keep us from getting any. But we never heard of that being denounced as a wrong. insisted that all citizens should be for their country, right or wrong, and that the people should give the soldiers their sympathy anti support. At the close of the speech, the following resolu tions were presented by. Gen. Harvey and adopted unanimously RfsoPeed. That we will stand by the constituted an thezitles of the country in their efforts to maintain, me t erve, and perpetuate the Union and the Constitution, at whatever coot, and against whatever power..domeatic or foreign. that may assail it: and that althongh,tve de plore ihe calamities of a civil war. yet all the States most be restored to the Union, and the laws must be ex ecuted alike over our country, and peace moot be se cured by victory, until. the last rebel lays down his - . . Resolved, That We tender to all ou r , brave and gallant soldiers. from the highest to the lowest: our warmest sympathies, and•scknowledge our gratitude to them For their heroism, their sacrifices, and for the imperishable renown eked upon ourerms by their glorious deeds. Destructive Fire at. Scranton, Pa. SCRAT:TON, PA. ' .Tuly 31.-A: fire broke out in the cellar of 111eitthew& Gilmore's drug store, oa Lacka wanna avenue, at 9 o'clock last night. The tire `extended to a fou r• story building on the north, owned by Sohn Koch, and from thence on the south. Koch's Ibuilding was badly injured. George Fuller & San 'derson's building. was totally destrOyed. with its contents. The property of H. & J. F. Fuller and Matthew & Gilmore, and the Union and Peter Wit- Eon Masonic Lodges was totally destroyed. The fire originated from benstne.' Marine. NEw YOnx, July 31.—A.rrived—Bark Sohn Ben son from Ponce; brig Scotland from Guyanilla; Pren tiss Hopp from Trinidad ; George E. Letts from St. Domingo; Ocean Pearl from Manzanillo; St. jazo from Port au Platt ; Idella from Neuvitnes ; &neella from Laguayra ; schooner Viarie from Martinique. NEW YORK, July 31..—Arrive41 bark Premie F ifrora Cardiff; and brig Courier, from Caen, France.-, rivateers and Blockade Runners. MOVEMENTS AT NASSAU, N. P. Tiik y Caw.; July 3l.—The steamer Corsica arrived The - Art,tp-daV from Nassau, N. P., whence she on the 2.5t14'..1th. , Charleston. Siiiq3eauregard returned to Nassau ser while entering Naineessful attempt to run into Ten blockade-running stet.tcl an American orul- Emu, on the Bth inst. Three, ton, and one from Wilmington, arrived from Was the 11th. qharles- The rebel steamer Raccoon returned to Nann on the 18th, from an unsuccessful attempt to r the blockade. Several cargoes of coal had arrived from Cardiff, consigned to the notorious ft.dderley, agent for the blockado.running steamers. The gunboat Tioga arrived at Nassau on the 24th, and sailed again, after communicating with our consul. IMPORTANT OAPTURES NEAR MOBILE. NEW Yonx, July 31.—The United States steam sloop Ossipee captured the James Battle and William Bagley, on the 20th instant, while trying to run the blockade from Mobile. They areloaded with cotton. The United States steamer &iota, when off the coast of Texas, on the 7th instant, chased two small vessels, both of which ran ashore and were burned by our men, there being no means of saving them. Their cargoes also consisted of cotton. On the Thursday following, while passing Corpus Christi, two vessels were discovered at anchor be hind Mustang Island. They were apparently loaded with cotton, and awaiting an opportunity to escape the blockade. A rifle twenty-pounder was fired at them, when both got under weigh and stood up the bay about six miles, where they grounded. An expedition, in charge of Lieut. Davenport, was at once sent across the island to capture them if possible, and if they could not be saved to destroy them by fire, which was done after an 'unsuccessful attempt to float them. While returning, Lieut. Davenport accidentally shot himself with a rifle ball, the ball passing through the right leg below the knee, and his left arm above the elbow. THE PIRATE FLORIDA. NEW YORK, July 31.—A. letter from Bermuda, dated the 2.2 d July, says:. The pirate Florida is still in port, her departure having been delayed by the refusal of the naval authorities to furnish fuel; but she is now getting a supply from the rebel steamer Harriet Pinckney, and will sail in a day or two on a voyage of destruction. Any American war steamer in these waters could have made an easy capture of her, Re her speed has been very defective. Thecoal she is now getting is inferior, and must also affect her speed. The. Exportation of Live Stock to Nassau. .NEW YORK, July 31.—The Governor of New- Providence has received an intimation from Lord Lyons, that his efforts to induce the Washington Cabinet to withdraw its prohibition of the exporta tion of live stock to Nassau have been wholly fruit less. A Schooner Sunk. PORTLAND July 31.—The steatner New England, from St. John's, N. 8., reports that when twelve miles east of Matinieus, she came in collision with the schooner Mary Elizabeth, from Trenton for Bos ton. The schooner was out down to the water's edge, and 81Ied. The crew were saved. The steamer sustained no damage. The Ship Morning Star Ashore. Naar YoP.x, July 31.—The steamer Morri4Star, from Havana, is reported ashore onv".v "esch• Nam YORK. July 31-.—The.O.ii-Mer Dllorning'Star, which is ashore at Loples - tsranch, will come off' at high water tier passengers have arrived totnio.r. Loss of a Whaling Bark. BOSTON, July 31.—Tbe whaling bark Newark, of New Bedford, was lost in Malay, Archipelago, in April last, with 1.700 barrels of sperm oil. The officers and crew escaped in boats. The vessel and cargo were insured in New Bedford for nearly $65,000. The United States Steamer Vanderbilt. BOSTON, Suly 31.—The 'United States steamship Vanderbilt was spoken by the schooner Archer. She did not know the whereabouts of the Florida. The U. S. Gunboat Penobscot NEW YORK, July 31.—The 'United States gunboat Penobscot. from off Wilmington, N. C , arrived at this port this morning. The Cultivation of Cotton in Jamaica. NEW Yon x, July 31 —Aletterfrom Somata% Stites that United St ates Consul Ruggles has arrived there. The experiment of cotton cultivation on the Olar cad& estate was highly successful. Our Iron-Clad Navy. The report submitted ou Monday last, of the con dition of iron-olads now in.course of construction, shows that the following formidable fleet will be afloat before a month : Tons. Where Building. .1,950.... New York. . 970....5t. Louis . 479....Pittsburg. . 578....1110und City . Louis. . 479....Pittsburg. .1,034.... South Boston. - .1,034.... Cincinnati. .1_034.... Jersey City. .1,034.... Jersey City. .1,034.... Pitt oburg. .1,034.... Cincinnati.. .I,o34....Wilmington, Del. .I,o34....Cincinnati. .1,034.... Jersey City. .1.564....P0rt5m0uth. .1,564. ...Boston Navy. Yard. .1,564.... New York. .I.s64....Philadelphia. Names. 1. —Onondaga-- 2..Xickapoo 3..Marietts 4..oaark 6..osage 6.. Sandusky 7..Canonicus.... S. . Catawba 9.. Manhattan.... 10..1Tabopac 11-11Tanayunk... 12—Oneota . 13..Saugns 14—Tippecanoe. 15..Ttcumaeh 16.. A gamentiPus 77. .Monadnock... 18..Miantonomoh 19..Imananda Treason In Illinois. Great extitement is prevailing at Olney and in the counties contiguous to the provost Marshal's office of the Eleventh Congressional district. On 'Wednes day evening. a courier hastened with the news that an armed mob was advancing on--the town of Olney from the direction of Edwards county, and simultaneously word- was brought that a large force was slso advancing from Crawford and Jasper counties. The news proved to be too true. The citizens Of the town and surrounding country immediately assembled at the court house, in which was thd marshal's office. A. com- mittee was quickly chosen to devise ways and means for defence, and to the shame and disgrace of the county, certain men appointed on that commit tee, apparently panic stricken, advised the immedi ate surrender of the office with all the books and papers, in order, as was said, to avoid the shedding of blood and the destruction of property. The peo ple outside of the committee room getting wind of this infamous and treasonable proposition, began immediately to organize into companies, armed with fowling pieces and revolvers, determined to defend the enrolling lints to the - last extremity. Thus organized, the citizens, under-- the leadership of Captains Berry, Higgins, Studor, and others, were stationed to the beat advantage to meet the traitors and give them a warm reception. In the meantime, Couimissioner Archer, the marshal be. ing absent on business, secured the books, papers, Am of the office, and took them into the country. The scouts of the attacking mob made their appear ance in town to reconnoitre, or confer with their friends. The danger was imminent, and an attack momentarily expected. But by the following night the people were thoroughly organized. An armed foroe of some 600 or 800, aided -by a train running hourly between Sumner and 'Olney for the speedy transportation of troops, succeeded in protecting the papers from capture until the Commissioner had them safely on the way to Springfield. The Philadelphia Hospitals. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette gives high praise to the hospital management of Phila delphia. He says : "Be courteous," is a divine precept which many office-holders ought to learn and practise. And they do practise it in the Philadelphia hospitals. This made my mission to them exceedingly pleasant. The uniform testimony of every Ohio soldier, and of many others, was that everything was conducted as well as they could wish in these hospitals. The order, cleanliness, and quietness, are of the highest order, and make the hospitals a pleasant home for the thousands of their inmates._ There are 4,600 patients in the hospitals of West Philadelphia and Chestnut Hill. One of the great excellences of the Chestnut Hill Hospital is its rural charms; being ten miles from the city, and surrounded with trees and picturesque scenery.. This hospital is the largest in the world, and capable of taking care, with ease and comfort, of six thousand invalids. Its culinary and sanitary arrangements seem perfect. It cost $160,000. The. West Philadelphia Hospital is about four miles from the centre of the city, and'has an ener getic and satisfactory administration. It moral and intellectual regime are admirable. It has a library of fifteen hundred volumes, a- reading room, inno cent amusements, a piano, a printing establishment, where a weekly paper is issued, printed and edited by soldiers, which does all the printing for the esta blishment. The lady librarian- told-me-that the largest portion of the books taken out were histori cal, scientific. and literary, thus indicating that our soldiers can think as well as fight. I cannot close this hasty sketch of the Philadel phia hospitals without commending the disinter. ested and unwearied work of the loyal ladies of the, city in behalf of the roldiers. A thousand of these .noble women make it their daily business to attend to the wants of all soldiers who pass through the cdty. and those in the hospitals. They have pre pared in the refreshment saloon sumptuous meals for 600,600 men since the war__he.san.. . atltlttlo ti to constant attendance - upon - the sick arid wounded. As I passed to and from the- West Philadelphia hospi tals for several days, I met large numbers of these patriotic women going to the hospitals with well tilled baskets and flowers for the soldiers. So con stant and unselfish' have they done this work, that the New 'School General Assembly, which met in May in this city, tendered the ladies of Philadel phia a vote of thanks, Heaven bless these good Samaritens—theim silent yet powerful helpers in the glorious - work of saving the Republic from this wicked rebellion. A KENTUCKY. SLAVEROLDER ON EMAN CIPATION.—At the dinner of the Alumni of Dart mouth College, on the 23d ult., Mr. Jacob Dins more;-of Kentucky, a member of the clase of 18i3, made the following remarks : "If in crushing out this accursed rebellion slavery must go overboard, then for God's sake let it go.- I am at the present time a Kentucky slave holder; I have been such for more than forty years, but I assure you -that during all that time I have been a firm and unwavering emancipationist. [Applause.] Under existing circumstances I cannot well set free my slaver, , but I pay every one of them the same daily wages that I should give corresponding white laborers. I want this war to be prosecuted ; and if slavery shall be crushed, then I cheerfully abide by its destruction. I ant a loyal Kentuckian ' and whatever fate in the course of the war shall befall the domestic. institutions of my State, I shall give way to no murmurings, but under all circumstances shall stand up for my country and her- flag. [Great spplause.] There is but one course for the loyal North to pursue, and that is to put down this wick ed rebellion. We must defeat the rebels, or they will conquer us. [Renewed cheering.]" THE CAPTOR OF SOHN MORG-A.N.—Briga dier General Shackleford,wbo was prominent in the pursuit and capture of John Morgan and his gang, fully deserves the commendation which the Western journals are, lavishing upon him. He performed his wm k with an energy and completeness indicating no mean capacities as a - commander; indeed, many higher officers might study, with profit, his example of blended daring and unflagging vigor. It is no small thing to hunt down and annihilate a veteran body of cavalry, such as Morgan commanded, with raw and imperfectly organized militia; yet General Shackleford achieved, with such material, this very result, leaving nothing whatever undone which 'the occasion demanded to be -done:: General Shackle ford is a native of Kentucky, and has risen' to his position from the command of a regiment . of Ken tucky infantry, which he raised at .an early period in the war. AN INDIAN RIOT:—The Montreal Gazette says: "There has been an Indian rioton Manitoulin Island, on Lake Superior, between the local authorities and the Indians with whom the Commissioner of Crown Lands oould notoorne to an agreement lait fall. A force of twenty police officers has been sea to arrest the ringleaders of a pnrty of Indians who have been acting in a lawless manner. We are told that many of theft Indians are from the United States and claim the island as their own; expressing their die -regard-of the British and Otinaditui Ciovernments." Personal. Among the celebrated and prominent officers of General Grant's army is Brigadier General Lawler, or, as he is known among the troops, "the °heck shirt general," and by others as the "Garibaldi of the West." General Lawler is from Illinois, where he owns an extensive farm, from which, by his in dustry as an agriculturist, he has attained a position of opulence. When the rebellion broke out, he was at work in the field, and, musing on the matter while following his plough, he determined to give his personal services to the Government. He raised a regiment of troops, and subsequently was elevated for meritorious services to his present rank. Gene -I.4wler is a fair representative of the Western aboallie is nearly mix feet in height, built in pro- lin rag eschews alto over two hundred pounds, and is Q. %. 6 t i v BSl enitrr i tTts7.lB64 wears an ordiritf.age• In his military position he U.S. lyearCertif_gola..lol tucked into his be An the field .and camp he lirallyarr; he 1 3L wears no insignia indicailueltennel, his trowsers Tennessee 6s •66 Missou3( cord on his hat. As a eoldielf,bite felt hat. He Pacificri z 0 happy conversationalist and hurnoiNtcept a gold N.Y. Centra1.—.........12654 ciplinarian is strict. He has served intellt in i n p re r a gX .--- :=1 , 3 2 X ties on the Mississippi. - Alit Hudson - —.la2K —ln reply to an address from the Edinburgh Da- - arlem preferred dies'- Emancipation Society, Mrs. Beecher Stowe rail says : "The great work of liberation, thank God, is 8 . 7 % substantially done I Thank God we live to feel that slavery is ended. No more ecifiles Ino more slave Cleveland&PolAT,&ll,,,_ markets ! no more scourgings ! no more fugitive- p o l i cago a !lock s " slave laws ! Instead, free labor, and an intelligent,Canto welltrained black army I My youngest brother, • P en, fl.ir ben ie r d la n D C d hien 67 Colonel „Tames C. Beecher, writes from Newbern, Chicago and Northw'n. North Carolina, where he has gone, under General Wilde, to assist in raising a negro brigade: 'The Degrees had been expecting, praying for them, week after week, and the first three days five hundred men enlisted. In each soldier's tent you may see a spell ing-book for each man ; in the Intervals of drilling they are cleaning their camp ground ; and, when all is done, they Fit down and study their spelling hooks. The colored women of Newbern who, last year, were slaves, met and subscribed, in ten and five cent pieces, a hundred dollars, their offering for a flag for the brigade.' * My dear friends, a thou sand grateful and pleasant recollections of good days in Scotland crowd upon me as I write, hut I am cramped and confined by neuralgia, which is brought on by writing, and cannot say much."- - -- The New York Comwrcial Advertiser says: "-Many of our readers will remember the Rev. :fag. H. McNeil, who was formerly one of the secreta ries-of the American Bible Society, and who fre quently and acceptably occupied the pulpit in this city and vicinity. That gentleman was from North Carolina, and soon after the capture of Fort Sump ter he resigned his office at the Bible House and re turned to the South. He entered the rebel army, and, we learn, was dangerously wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, where he held the commission of lieutenant colonel. When acting ae secretary to the Bible Society Mr. McNeill's residence was at Elizabeth, N. T. Only a short time before he left he lost two most interesting children by scarlet fever, which created great sympathy. While at Elizabeth a warm and devoted friend of Mr. McNeill was the late Rev. Dr. Murray, and in.the battle of Gettys burg, and of course opposed to Col. McNeill, waa one of Dr. Murray's sons." —Of Gen. Too. Morgan, Col. Estvan, late of Con federate cavalry, has written : "Of vulgar extrac tion and no education, hut gifted with extra.a.dinary courage and selt-poetteseion,ffou. ruiffgen had form ed a body of 'own_ stamp, who preferred e g hti ng _ a ,,..a*lne hardships of a roving life to any , T) ,, , ifful occupation. This band roamed abnut the - country with such audacity as to become a perfect dread to the enemy. Scarcely a day passed without some daring act being recorded of Tohn Morgan and his horsemen. Although he and his hand belonged, properly speaking, to General Hardee's division, and his duty was to watch the enemy's movements, he preferred doing a little business on his own ac count. His adventures made his name well known, and acquired for him a widespread popularity." Gen. Wadsworth was recently received with great cordiality, at his house in Genesee, New York. Replying to a speech of welcome, he said he had offered his resignation to the President , assigning as his reason that there were too many generals for the number of men. His resignation was not ac cepted. He never heard a word of complaint from the "soldiers—they are patient and of the most lofty courage and patriotism . . His descriptions of the battles of Gettysburg were of the most thrilling character. "I found myself first a freemanwhen on British soil," says Vallandigham In his address. Any Irish men could tell him that he lies. Any "Englishman could tell him that the exercise in Britain of a tenth part of the freedom with which he assailed his own country would have caused him to be hung - as high as Raman. The traitor boasts that be is "under the protection of the British flag." A.mericans un derstand that this is by no means the first time that the British flag has &Worded protection to their ene mies. Benedict Arnold boasted that he was pro tected by the British flag. The absurdity of the story does not prevent the currency among the newspapers of the report set a going by some Washington " Jenkins," that the Secretary of the, Treasury and-his daughters are on. their way t • WileWport, there to meet a Rhode Island Senator, who,fit that fashionable watering place, is to marry one of them. Miss Chase is betrothed to Senator Sprague, but it is not likely that they will hi married in such a way as "Jenkins" describes. The lady's father has a house in 'Washington, and when his daughter is married, it will probably be under his roof. Colonel Shaw, of a Massachusetts coloret regi ment, whose death was one of the results of the last assault upon Fort Wagner, was as brave and loyal a man as ever raised an arm in his country's defence. When the place Wa s tendered him by Go- Ternor Andrew, he consulted his mother—" Mother, shall I accept 1" "Go, my son," said she, - "and though death should overtime you -iu dcring whist your country asks, I shall still be proud of my boy V' —Miss Adelaide Phillips has had a most success ful season in opera at Lille and Amiens, and is at}out to sail for the United States on a short visit. She expects to return, to sing this winter at Paris and Madrid. The reception of Miss Phillips at most of the places she has thus far appeared at in Europe, has been such as to create for her a posi tion in the front rank of living artists ; and as her name is nowknown to the public, she will hereafter find the leading operamanagers eager to obtain her services Governor Gamble, of Missouri, is on his way East with his family. The Governor comes to Philadelphia to obtain surgical advice for his wife, who has been suffering from a partial loss of sight. A speedy recovery is hoped for by the friends of this estimable lady. Gen. Lew Wallace, of Indiana, has called for a court of inquiry regarding his conduct at the bat tle of Pittsburg Landing, predicating his action upon Gen. Grant's unfavorable endorsement of his (Wallace's) official report of the engagement. ARTILLERY.—A splendid and well-appor tioned battery left Philadelphia last evening. Auto the precise place of its destination it will make its own report if circumstances render it necessary. POSTPONED.—We were informed late last evening that the parade of the colored regiment an nounced for today was postponed. DANA Tnoor.—The Dana Troop received marching orders last evening, and at once started on their mission. FINANCIAL IND COMMKRCIAL THE MONEY MARKET. PHILADELPHIA, Jnly 31, 1863 The main features of the money-market remain the same as yesterday, with the exception of gold, which advanced about one per cent., and closed firm. The indications are that gold will remain floating between 150130 until the work at Charleston is settled, when, as that is decided, it will advance or recede. Money is remarkably easy, the absence of many operators from the city preventing the surplus being absorbed. This state of things may last a couple of weeks yet. Government securities are very firm, the demand, with the exception of the five-twenties, being some what meagre, but no one is willing to buy under the present figures. Sixes, 1881, are steady at t063 : 40 107 ; seven-thirties at 106;4.01107; new certificates at 9934' ; old at iioo3olol ; quartermasters' vouchers are 3;01 discount; foreign exchange at 1400141, firm. Sales aft the Stock Board continue to show the same lack of interest so much lately noticed. Very few orders coming from the public. Reading shares were steady at 55; North Pennsylvania at 17; Penn sylvania at 63% ; Little Schuylkill at 47; Camden and Atlantic preferred at 17; blinehill at 62%; 37% was bid for Long Island ; 35 for Elmira ; 41 for Tenth and Eleventh passenger ; 22.36 - for Girard Col lege; 10% for. Seventeenth and Nineteenth; 20 for Arch street ; 37 for Green and Coate* Philadelphia and Erie sixes sold - at 104%; new City sixes at 107 ; North Pennsylvania sixes at 92%; Morris Canal, 2d mortgage at 103; 104 was bid for =Elmira sevens ; SO% for Schuylkill Navigation, 1852'5; 110 for con vertible Reading sixes. The market closed dull. Drexel & Co. quote Government securities, Sta., as follows : • United Staten Eon &ABM •. . . Certificates of indebtedneae. new Certltlcaten of Indebtednem. old Fruited States 7 3-10 'Notes 9oartermlietere'Vonchers Order. for Certidcatee of Indebtedness (fold Sterling Excb an ge Messrs. M. Schultz & Co., No 16 South Third street; quote foreign exchange for th e s teamer City of London, from New York, as follows : London, 60 days' sight Do. 3 days Paris, 60 days' sight. • • • Do. 3 days Antwerp, 60 days' Melt Bremen, 60 days' sight. ifamburg. 60 days' sight Cologne. 60 days' sight Leipsic, 60 days' sight Berlin, 00 days' sight Amsterdam, 60 days' sight Frankfort. fin days' Blatt 'T arket firm The sales of U. S. five-twenties to-day, by Jay Cooke, Government agent, amounted to $1,553,450. The fnepections of Flour and Meal in Philadel phia during the week ending July 30, 1863, were as follows: Barrels of superfine... do. Corn Meal.. do. Condemned Total 7 9 4'7 The following ahows the trade of the Susquehan na Canal at Havre de Cirace July 29 am. a so.ss boats to Baltimers._ boats to Philadelphia. The statements of the banks of the three princi pal cities of the Union for the last week compare with the previous one and the corresponding time Of 1862 as follows : ILeane. Deposits Specie. Dirourn. N. Y., July 2.5 173,016,336 164.133,118 31.510,227 5.775.188 Boston, " 27. 72,84',716 28,011.671 7,811.613 7446.797 Phila.. " 27. -34,617,347 33 ; 418,430 4,227,418 2,418.463 Total. 281',404;049 222,593,550 '47,94088 15,440,448 Last week...... 2311; 9 7,2745 222.098 890 -50,43.9,148 . 13.765.061 . Last year 249,820,473 183,890.51 46,608,a59 : 90,918.089 The statement of the Boston banks for the last week compare with the previous week and for the corresponding week of 1862 as follows July 20. 1663. July 17.1663. July 29.i862. LOADS 473,1407,922 - 79,850,916 66,165, 806 Soothe • . 7.8E2.720 7,811,413 7.961,666 Deposits . •.. • • 2,9,287. M . 29.011,571 - 26, 699.811 (Itcutation... 7.401,462 7, 246, 797 6. 615.160 The statement of the present week, as compared with the preceding, shows a decrease of. $957,i,61 is the items of loans and discounts, $11,277 in specie, .$1 276 661 in deposits and $1.64 dr collate% - .." The New York Evening Poet of to-day says • -? The depression of the stook market wh pee. . veiled yesterday continued this morning up - ee . adjournment of the first seesion. After the Board there was a general rally of per cent, on nearly every description of railroad shares. Money is very easy, the nominal rates being isg per cent., though very few borrowers are willing to pay more than 5 per cent. The lending institutions have larger balances on hand this morning than at any time for the peat two weeks. Gold, on various sensation rumors relative to foreign complications and rebel movements, opened this morning at 129, but sold down to 1.28%(&i283I; The appended table exhibits the chief movements of the market compared with the latest prices of yesterday evening: Phi'Ada. Stock Exchange Sales - CReportedby a S. StArmAKBR. Philadelphia /km:hi:ca. FCBST BOARD.. 200011 . 8 7.30 T Nis A&O.1061' '41(1 Reading R b60..56 sew Pbila & Erie 65....1C4% 150 Del . ... b5..44 10r0 (MY 68. nciw. • • ••••107 000 North Penna 6e PM 100 Beading 17 Ali Dahill R 6'04" 100 do 64 7 % 100 Slug Cana b5••l3Yi BETWEEN BOARDS IfX) Cam & A Lien, .1711000 Morris Cll3l 65 2d. naLla 100 'Reading R ...55wn..54 811 SECOND BOARD. 20 Readin R,..bscrn. .5431150 North Penna R 42 Little Soh R 47 113 Penna B 50 do b 5-47 AFTER 20 North Penna B The produce markets continue depressed and dull, and for most kinds prices are unsettled and lower, with very little disposition to operate. Bark is stea dy and prices rather bettel.. Breadstuffs are very dull, and prices of Flour, Wheat, Rye, Corn, and Oats are rather lower. In Coal there is less notivi ty. Coffee is dull and lower. Sugar and Wfolaises are rather firmer. Caton is dull and unsettled. In Fish there is no change to notice. Green Fruit is arriving and selling freely. In Pig Iron there is no change to notice in price or demand. Lead is very dull, and prices rather lower. There is a fair busi ness doing in LUmber. Naval Stores are dull, and prices have declined. Linseed Oil has declined ; other kinds are without change. In Provisions there is very little doing; prices remain about the same as last quoted. Seeds of all descriptions are very scarce. Tallow is dull and lower. In Wool there is very lit tle doing, and the market is unsettled. The FLOUR market continues very dull, and prices are unsettled and in favor of the buyers. Sales comprise about 8,000 bbls., mostly at $5.75g1 e. 25 for Pennsylvania and Ohio Extra family, in cluding 250 bbis. Superfine at $5.37.g. The retail ers and bakers are buying moderately, at prices ranging from $5,313465,50 for Superfine; $ 5.760 6 for Extras ; $5.'75@6.51 for Extra family, and S 7I CO- 50 bbl. for fancy brands, according to quail. ty. Bye }lour is firm, and selling at $4.50 bbl. Corn Meal is scarce; Pennsylvania is beld at $4, and Brandywine at $420 'V bbl. GRAlN.—Wheat continues very dull, and prices are tending downward. About 30,000 bushels have been disposed of 1300135 c for fair to prime old Pennsylvania red. and 1200130 e for new do. ; white ranges at from 1.3.5@t500 t 3 bushel for common to good and prime lots. Eye is scarce, at 95.(t00c for paw, and 103@1050 41) , bushel for old. Corn—There is morein demand ; sales reach about 10.000 bushels prime yellow at 713Ciill9e, and 15,000 bushels Western mixed at 75@760 IS bushel. Oats are dull and rather lower; about 22 006 bushels have been sOld. at 73@.76c for old Delaware and Pennsylvania. Some small lots of new sold at 60@65c, weight. PROVISIONS.—The receipts are light, and there is very little doing in any kind. About 400 barrels New Mess Pork have been sold in lots at $ (45014 25, and old at sll_so@l2 hh. City-packed Beef I. selling - in small lots at $13@16; and Country at $l2 @12.50. Bacon is in steady demand at former rates. Sales of plain and fancy Hams at 11@13; Sides at 634Ce7c., and Shoulders at 50. for old, and 65.f.f46, 1 4c. for new. In Green Meats there is very little doing. Small sales of Hams in pickle are making at 100 I 050.; do. in salt at BX@9c.; Sides at 6 cents, and Shoulders at 5%c. cash. Lard is dull ; small sales of hhle. and tierces are making at 1.03V 210 14c-iflb., and kegs at 11%e. cash.. Butter—There is veryf ittle doing ; small sales are making at 13@200. B M. Cheese is. selling at 10@12c., and Eggs at 10S12c dozen. - SZMETALS.—In Pig Iron there is very little doing, but holders are firm in their views. Small sales of Anthracite are making at 8,31@35 ton for the three numbers. Old R. R. Bars are worth 84.5. Ia Manufactured Iron there is no change to notice. Lead.—The stock is very light, and the market dull. .Copper.—Small sales of Yellow Metal are making at 28c, 6 months. BARK.—There is rather more demand for suer. citron, and prices are better. About 50 hfids first No. 1 sold at $296)30 ton. Tanners' Bark is steady at $l7OlB for Special), and sl2@i4vY cord for Chest nut Oak. CANDLES.—The demand is moderate. Small sales of Western and city-made Adamantine are malting at 156722 c ?IL In Sperm there is little or nothing doing. CQAL.—Prices remain about the same as last quofid, but the orders front the East have fallen off. and there is lees doing. Cargo sales of Schuylkill are making at $6.25@6.75 % ton, free on board at Richmond. COFFEE is very dull, the stock being very light. Sales of about 300 bags, in lots, nre reported, at 26,.405)29c for Rio, and 29@31c Iff lb for Laguayra, cash and time. OOTTON—The market is unsettled and prices irregular. Moat buyers are holding' off for lower Prices. About 250 bales middlings sold at 60@63c cash. DRUGS AND DYES.—In foreign chemicals there la vett! little doing, and prices are dull and drooping. Alum is belling at 33‘ . .@83‘,c ; Copperas at 1.3,1101ge; Sulphuric Acid is firm at 2xc Indigo continues scarce. . . FEATHERS are unchanged, and good western quoted at 47050 c g 4/ It. FlSH—There are but few mackerel coining for ward, and they are held firmly. The arrivals of new fish are stored for better prices; 1,200 bbla sold on terms kept private. The sales are mostly confined to store lots at $1.2 50@l 3 for bay No. l's; SI6@IS for shore do; $10.52ai 11.50 for No. 2's; $5.76 @9 for medium and largellW. Codfish are lower, and quoted at $5.7666. Pickled Herring are scarce, and worth $3en3,50 bbl.. FRTJIT.—The market is- nearly bare of all de scriptions of foreign, and sales are limited. Pine apples are selling at $.8Q12 VY 100. Green fruit is arriving and selling freely at fair prices. FREIGHTS to Liverpool are entirely nominal. A:vessel is up for London at 2a ad 514 bbl for flour, and 27s 6d for heavy goods. Westlndia freights are dull. A. brig was taken to Jamaica and return at $2,300, foreign port charges paid. and a brig to load lumber for Matanzas at $l4 IR M. There is some coal shipping to. Boston at 82 but to other points there is not muchdoing. To Boston, the rates by the packets are 23c for flour. 6c for measurement goods. 70c for petroleum, and $2,60 for pig iron. GINSENG.—There is nothing doing in either Crude or Clarified to alter quotations. GUANO.—There is very little demand for any Lind ; small sales of Peruvian at 895@100 i ton. - HEMP is quiet, without sales to note. HIDES are very dull ; about 300 Lagnayra sold at about 240, on time. HOPS are hut little inquired after, and are quoted at 17@.22c. 4Q it. HAY is selling at from 80 to 100 s.. the 10016;_ for new and old. _ _ _ _ LUMBER.—There is a moderate demand, and prices are steadily maintained. White Pine sells at $21023. and Yellow Sap Boards at 20(2),M 7 M. MOLASSES.—The market is quiet, and the only sales reported are small lots of Cuba at 30@350., and New. Orleans at 3.5@45c., cash,-and 4 months. NAVAL STORES of all deseriptions continue dull. Small sales of Common Rosin at $30@32 'ft barrel, cash, and 100 barrels, for export, at $3O. Prices of Tar and. Pitch" are entirely nominal. Spirits Turpentine is dull, at a further decline 'since the close of last week. Small sales at $3.30 03 40 gallon, cash. OlLS.—Linseed is unsettled and lower, and quoted at 51.07p1.10, cash. Fish Oil sells slowly from store at former quotations. The market is bare of Rod Oil. Lard Oil ranges from SO to 90e for winter, with small gales at these figures. A sale of Bumpier Oil for export at 74c. Pine Oil to nominal at $3.60. Petroleum is rather better; 1,100 bbls of crude sold at 32c. Small sales of refined in bond are making at 49@ble, and free at 59ej361c 4g, gallon. COAL Ort,.=The following are the receipts of crude and refined, at this port, during the past week : Crude 2 660 bbl!. Refined 3,125 " PLASTER is dull; sales of soft at $3.75@4 ton. RIDE has declined Me, and '7OO bags Rangoon sold at 73e,n. cash. SALT.—A cargo of Turks Island has been diet. posed of at - -a price not made public. 1,900 sacks Liverpool also sold on terms kept private. ffSEEDS.—The market continues very dull.. Olo verseed is held at $5 50@5.'75 ft ho. About 400 btu, Timothy sold at $l.BO for inferior, and $2 2.6@2.60 45 bu for good and prime quality. Flaxseed ranges from $2.35@2.60, but-there is very little coming for ward. SPIRITS are unsettled and dull at previous rates New England Rum is quoted at 65@66c. Whisky ie dull, With small sales of Pennsylvania and Ohi o bbls at 470, hhds 46c, and drudge at 45,@493ic gallon. SUGAR.—The market is firmer, but quiet, am" Prices are 3.‘@3:47c better. NO hhds sold at 10'.1@1130 for 431/toic ana rirt. -- w-orb...s, and liji@l2c for Porto Rico, on time. TALLOW is dull at the late decline: sales o r country rendered at 9c, and city at 934@i0c cash. TEAS are firmly held, but there is very little do. ing in either blacks or greens. TOBACCO is dull, and the sales of both Leaf and Manufactured have been very light. WlNES,—There is nothing doing worthy of no. ti .~_:..._..._..ioes;t~in~ 993'0 9934 loose/lout •••••••• Kral 135 •-. -12s4ram ice and prices are unsettled. - WOOL.—There is very little stock in the hands of the dealers. and but little coming in. We quote nominally at 70@80e for fleece and tub, with a limit ed business doing in the way of sales. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port during the past week Flour. IQ oi iv "140%0141% .141 0144 :3137%0402% 3195 (14f .31973C01f02% . 102 0102$s .. 47%0 49 .. 94.0 9414- .. 94 94% .. 94 . (51 94% .. 51 (91 5334 &IV& • • asst LI 96K. 99 n 4 law , 35q Weekly Itet - iew of the Phila. Markets, .Tuly 31, 1863. New York Markets, July al. Assns are quiet and steady, at $6,91% for Pots, and $5 . 67,, , ,"(29 for : Pearls. BrocAnsTrn , ns.—The market for State and West et-v.-Flour is dull, and five cents lower. The sales are 5 SW hhls, at s4@4 35 for superfine State ; $4 841,gi6 for extra State; $4@4.40 for sunerfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &a. ; $1.80@5.20 for extra do, including shipping brands of round hoop Ohio, at $5 40@550, and trade brands at $5 55(4 , 7. Southern Flour is dull and drooping. The sales are 3ro hide at $5 SSQ6 45 for superfine Baltimore, and $6 50@9 for extra do. Canadian tour is dull and five cents lower. The sales are 350 bhls at $605.15 for common, and $5 20g7 20 for good to choice extra. Rye flour is quiet at $3.50@5.1.0 for the range of fine i*d superfine. Corn meal is quiet. We quote Jersey at di4, Brandywine ..$4 30, Caloric $4.20, and Puncheons $2121.25. . Wheat is dull, and one cent lower. The sales are— bushels at $1Q1.14 for Chicago spring; $1.08@1.20 for Milwaukee Club ; $1.21@1.24 for amber lowa ; $1.20@1.25 for winter red 'treat ern ; $1.26q31.31 for amber Michigan ; $ 1.29 for extra choice Green Bay Spring. Eye is dull at 8.4C@96e. Barley is dull and nominal. Oats are dull at 60@650 for Canada, e8g720 for Western, and Vairbie for. State. Corn is dull, and in favor of the buyer • the sales 26,000 bush at 66§ , 663ie for shipping, and 6465ge fors Eastern. Flour and Grain in Store in Chicago• The following table [shows the amount of Fleur. Wheat, Corn, are., in store in this city yesterday; compared with the amount in store a week ago, and the corresponding date last year : Jul 6- 18y 25, July 8, Jul y 24 163. lE6'2 Flour 32,433 48,983 211.0011 Wheat. ' 460.296 507,987 461,e66 Corn' ' ' 262.761 1,242.735 2,628.552 Oats • 217,286 873,688 ..•••• Bye . 21.956 87. 86.. 4 1 i • Barley - ' - -1,86 de% - •••••• 8,900 bblig. 44,800 bush. I 08,500 bulb. 34,600 bush.