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We have'. made arrangements for coating them ,on the . •reverse with a lifimilage similar to that used on Postage Stamps,""which is the most adhesive Preparation ever discovered. All difficulty about fastening them to pack . ..ageale thns,avolded, as the gummed side need only '-be moistened to insure its firm adhesion. ADDRESS LABELS .of this description are in alMost universal ruse among the merchants of England, and those who , lave need them in this env estimate highly their use frdness in avoiding trouble and delay, in the prepa ration of packages for delivery. whether they, are forwarded by distant points .or supplied to the local -trade. Give them a trial. AlGir- All orders, by City Post or Mail, will receive erompt ettettion. RINGWALT Bo BROWN, STE/131 POWER.PAINTERS, roe. 111 and 113 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. SEWING MACHINES. SINGER & CO.'S ".LETTER A " rii 4 MILY SEWING - MACHINE, with all -Vile new Improvements — Remme ,r . .Braider, Singer, Feller, nicker, Corder, CfOtherer; fro., lithe CREAPEBT ,iIIIIS.BEST Lee , ealstaebloes for ; 1 ... 'II.IWELY SEWING • - .LIGHT MANUPACTURING PURPOSES. Bead'tor &pamphlet aixd a copy of "Singer & Co.'s mfficette." I. M. SINGER do 7e16-8m No.•SIO CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia, ,SE.WINEk liiACHIINTES. THE "-BLOAT"MACHINE, WITH GLASS PRESSEE FOOT: sad other iskume xzw o ffr yai nal enti l3M . KU. BRAIDIX. ALso. TEPUTAGGART & FARR MACHENEEL Aulay-11301 MATH= Breit , gabs.o GAS FIXTURES, &c 411011 STREET. 0.. -A. VA.NKIRK & kAJUFACTV3BZI CI-HANDBEL - ERB AND OTHER. GAB FIXTURES. AWN_ Arelipah-Bronse Ifirt sad Ontamonia.Porupda LOW ;. and a va riety of FANCY 600 Di% W-18A1-11341:41 AND RETAIL. mall In iZalllllll roods qMiEttUTITRE, &c. inABENET., FURNITURE AND =LID TABLES. MOORE dt CAMPIONi %o. JI6I Honkh SHOOND Street. . . JUL Sonrieetiox with their extensive Ottbinet business, are ciao! alerittlitataring a =Peril article of ' , . • BILLIARD `TABLES. . . Wand hays now on land a full supply, Smiths& with the MOORS & CAMPION'S IMPROVED Afhleh are pronounced by all 'who hate used, them to be Anteerior to all others. For the nualltrandllnish' of these Tables, the menu referltas to their numerous patrons throughout the Mnion, who Cr. familiar with the eherseter of their Work. rmwTrwias, ENGRAVINGS, &c. JAMES 8. EARLE & SON, EXPORTiIitS AID MAAUFACITIFEREMI 01 LOOKING GLASSES.. mama( ut PAirrINGS, 11 .110RIVi1 08. PORTRAIT. PIOVINGS, and . _ PHOTOGRAPH THABRIL. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. - 10t0ASIVII LOOKIZIG GLASS WARS33.OOMII AAD GA.LLERIe QP PAINTINGS, 114-11 1116 OHRSTATP. P street. Philadelphia. ROBERT SHOEMAKER& 00 Nertibeast Corner FOURTH and RACE gireeta. PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS) IMPORTERS ATM DEALERS NAMUR AXD DOTat3TIO WINDOW AND PLATE GLAii; prewinraoTußase 01 WHITS MAD AND ZINO PAINT& PUTTY. Bsa: AGENTS 1011 TIN CIIIIMBRATBD FRENCH ZINC PAINTS Dealer and oonsamers en - wiled at won ,. YliBX KWYRIen ITE OA,; . DRAFTS, PROGRAMMES PAPER BOORS POSTERS, HATDBILLS. LARGE SHOW•CARDS BL /INKS. CHECKS, LABELS. PITILADELPATA DRUGS. _. :._ ..._ -- • - . . . .. . . . , ----- . - • fi,....." ' . ' • 1;71„...v . .... :...1.---k------.--..- .-- : -•.-.• -- t , ! . 11. _ . _ ,., _" --z-.1,..„.N•,;;,41%kq.1,/,...- liet —ll : . ~..7,- ... :-. ' . 1 .-,-...1.-. .. , •; .._- : . 7 -' . : (.410,175-irr. -z 4 - ' .::,. ; .. .• - - - • ....„ ~• .. . -,.:._4..\\,1. I/ A,.. r r ..: i it ' - • , . -a . ..• . . . ....."----'''....!"-- '• . - . AI . ~.__ , ..... , • . . _ ~, ..,„ ..rik...::., - - , _ ....... . ._ .. ~ ____,____,,• ..,---,,,,,,,,..„,, K.. , • ' .... 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Indian Read Sheetings and Shirtings. • Tremont Mills, Globe; Oxford, and Baltic. Bedford hianchang shootings and. Shirting& Drills, Brown. Bleached, and Sine. Printed Cloakings and Sleeve Linings. Vest Paddings and Cambria. Cotton and Wool Kerseys. Canton Flannels. 9-4 and 10-4 Bed Quilts. • CLOTHING. JOHN KELLY, JE., T 0 B; RAS UNDYED iritp*soi CHISTAUT STUMM ZDWAIT.D P. KELLY,S, iVrlionth THIED.StreW When; he presents to former patrons and the pallie the advantages of a. STOOK OF 000DS, equal tf not ea. aerlor.to any In the elt7—the anti taste of himself snit EDWARD P. KELLY. the two beat Tailors of the atty—at Miami much lower thhn any other hit-elan este. bliehment of the city. spl-tf • BLACK. CASS. PANTS, 0.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, !a.m. At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS; 15 5 .60, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. -PANTS, 5.60, dt,704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, 60, At 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN BUNTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. BRIG° & VAN BUNTEN'S. N 0.704 MARX ST Street. GRIGG & VAN , BUNTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. BRIGG & VAN BUNTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN teRINTEIVS, N 0.704 MARKET Street. ARMY GOODS. 1776. 1863. ACI- OM SILK FLAGS NIUNTING BTJRGE,ES. FENANTSI * - 0 , UNION IJAOIII3. • STREAMERS!. 13 YT N I' a N Gr . RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. EVA.NS raggtilkgs. .17174 , f No. 4111 'LECH STREET, Philadelphia. A RMY HATS, ARMY HATS. ADOLPH'iIs KE-EN; No. ea North SECOND Street. • , . Padelphis, • Natufasinrers of all kinks of FELT .HATS, hays on hand a large assortment of all the various and most 4proyed styles of "'\; A R-lilsr -H A T S. Orders VT mail from antlers or jobhers, will be promptly filled at:the lowest rates: GENT'S FTJRNISHMG GOODS. GEORGE GRANT, No. 010 CHESTNUT STREET. Has now ready . A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK GENTS' FURNISHING GOODk: Of his ma importation and manufacture. Me celebrated "PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS," Merm&ctured under the superintendence of • JOHN 7.'TAGGERT, (Formerly‘of Oldenberg & Taggert,) Are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age. .131 r. Orders promptly attended to. iY9-thstu-8m OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOCK, AND COLLAR EMPORIUM, WO. 146 NORTH 'FOURTH STREET CHARLEIE3.„, DRUM & Are prepared to exeoutoiall orders for their cerebrated make of Shirts. on ehortnotiee, in the most eetidaetorY manner. These Shirts are cat by measurement; on sci entific -principles. and sorpass any other Shirt for neat ness atilt on the Bieast, comfort in the Neck, and ease on the Shouider. arditatuthem ps. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET, ]PHILADELPHIA. JOIN O. AtERIBON; (Bosxma .r. Ewalt zoom.) 111 - PORTIN A.ND DEALER IN GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, lU&3I I aTFA.CfrIIRNIX OF THE EDIPROVED WILLITTS2I; COLLAR& BATISFACTION GUARANTIED. mrn-toel VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. The subscriber iroaldy r vi t risitentir to hie Which hema l hee p es l rLaini ED c t .' y in Me busine ss. Also son &antis receiving. NOVELTIES FUR GENTLEMEN'S WELL J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORM tf In ton a r doors b elo t t r Y . ,he S'ontinentaL WATCHES AND JEWELRY. WATOMES, JUST EATEIVIID FEB STEAMER EUROPA. GOLD WATCHES, LADIES' SIZES, OF NEW STYLES. SILVIS. ANOMIE AND OFLINDEES. GILT ANDRES AND CTLINDREF. PLATED ANGERS AXI) OTLDEDEEEA ior Rale At I.ow Faiths to the Trade, bi D. T. PRATT, eri OUKSTNUT STMT. PINE WATCH REPAIRING attended to. by the most experteneedworkraen. and every week warranted for, one year. • • " J. C. FULLER, Importer and Wholesale Dealer in FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY, Jo. TIM CHESTNUT Street, (Up-stain. opposite Masonic Temple.) 141 now open a LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK. NXBILLINN4I • j, HOWARD 6 GOLDSNS AMERICAN WAVIER. GOLD CHAIMPECTACLES, THIMBLES. AND PINI...TEWELST 01 EVERT DESCEIPTION. IniT-tan22 anAG. RUSSELL, FINE AMERICAN and Imported WATCHES. Fine Jewelry. Saver • Wed Ware. &e. JeS7 UM North SIXTH Street. O. FULLER'S . FINE GOLD _ PENS, • THE •BEST PEN 'IOU BALI IN ALL Sint3. gnir--3)3 FINE GILT 0 OMBS i 'mum vARIETT IMITATIONS OF PFATIL AND CORAL J. CL FULLER: No. 71A CRESTS= Street. asoil•Bat VITLOANITE RINGS. ♦ tall assortment, ill sizes and rtyleb J. O. FULLER. No. 7111 OnilliriTlT Street.' zny22-8s MUSICAL BOXES. IN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES, playinz from 1 to 12 tunes eboieePpers and Arne!. an Melodies. PARE & BROTHER, Importers, art *% 4 CHESTNUT Street . below Fourth. gc)F. . GOLDTHORP g9F, uwe.r. Manufacturers of 'LI e•faf• Tassels, Cords, Fringes, Curtains, and Furniture Curtain Loops, Centre Tassels. - Picture and Photogrih Tassels, Blind Trimming.. military end Dross - Trimmings, Ribbons , Beck Ties; its., et*., No. ISMS lIIARKBT Street, - arra-6ra , - Philadelphia. 8276 TO $325 WILL' GET AN ELE. PIANO; warranted flue rosewood; (4 0 0 vat j trung Iy26•swtf. IMITUTTEL spit Cfljriti 4 1 k /- - k- i t ' l t reo tO • '---- Al t —The newepaper world of Paris has lost one of its most inoffensive inhabitants. He was peculiar in 'several respects. He was a Jew, and he was poor; he was a German, and he wrote nothing but French; his body was short and, obese; his mind was light and sparkling. He was born in Bavaria. Ills father was the' singing-master of the Jewish synagogue in Paris, and destined the lad -to the paternal career, but the boy shied and leaped into ink, which is like criminal blood—indelible. Jules - Levy began to write amusing paragraphs in the Figaro of 1827, and' he wrote his last page—still an amusing paragraphin the Journal Ainusant just pre vious to hie death. He wrote six-and.thirty years, (what volumes his letter-pre-11s would formwere it as sembled in octavo form !). and so utterlyimpersonal werehis writings that he did not let a Phrase fall from his pen during this long period of time which wpunded a human being. He warisometimes bantered on his frivolity. Bah P! he would reply, 'Hs it worth while opining ink on serious , matters'? Hilliness wastes enough already !" tie was pressed onoe.or twice to . write a,emk,:and it was suggested that an unvarnished memoir of[ the men and things he had seen during the shc• and• thirty yearshe had lived in theheart of, Peril . would prOve and entertaining work. "No !" said I will write no book, no play—not so much as a pamphlet. I am a news paper writer, and "a newspaper writer I mean to be till the last day of mylife." He Waiabsolutely ferent to everything but a good joke ; in dne, he was an agreeable.,trider—no 'mere. As he was quite popular with many people of the world of news papers and theatres, there were many writers, au thors, and.actors. at his modest funeral. —Mrs, Elizabeth Sanford (formerly Mrs . . Streator) reached her 100th birthday on the 28th ult., - at Wind ham, -Portage county, Ohio. She was born at Mon son, Mass., and has resided - for 'several years with her son, John Streator, a lad of 77. Mrs. S. has re tained to a remarkable degree both her physical and mental powers. Her husband fought in the war of the Revolution ; she heard the cannon of the Brit ish at Bunker Hill ; and when, in 1777, gunpowder bad failed our troops, she, with other patriotic wo men, dug the soil from under old buildings, dissolved and boiled it, to form saltpetre. Her sons were in 'the war of 1812, and she again heard British guns at Platteburg, and her grandsons] and several of her greabgrandsons are now in the service of their country. The old lady has knit socks for-the sol diers of three wars ; and hopes to live to see her country for the third time victorious over the elle mies of liberty, united and peaceful. So says the Cleveland Herald. While Prince Alfred has joined the naval ser vice, it is the intention of the' Queen that Prince Arthur shall alopt the military profession. He will receive a commission in the army as soon as he has completed the usual studies, and attained the ne. emery age. During his sojourn at Blackheath, the young prince seas taken two or three times a week to Woolwich; to have all the benefit of that great practical military school. From his 'earliest - child hood, Prince Arthur manifested A - Very great predi lection for the army, and the selection of the Duke of Wellington as his godfather by the Queen and Prince Consort seems to have- been a most happy i y25-12t Thd success. met by the celebrated singer, Ma= dame de Lagrange,'at . Madrid,•is nothing to the ova tions she laiiii — receiVecl in other towns, especially Alicante aid valence., in these. two,towns,•during two, representations only, she had no less than five thougand four hundred bouquets thrown to her; `and; according to, the custom of the country, more than a himdred pigeons were sent on the stage to her. But this is Aiot all; without inentioninethe 1, serenades "Young Spain". -nightly gave her, under ii i er,veirkdows, an enthusiast bought the:_ glass she , drank out of paying two hundred and forty.franes PATTERN BEIM. UNDRIZOLOTEINCt. : G. IGISSILL. ate North SIXTH Street THURBDA.Y, AUGUST 6, 1863 PERSONAL. The famous John Merryman, of Baltimore county, Maryland : who took a leading part in the violent opposition made by Secession - mnipatlaizers in Maryland to the passage of the national ltroops from the East .to Washington city, .just atter' the war commenced, has been presented by the Grand - Jury of the United States District Court in Beni• more, for treason. He gave bail on Friday of last week, in the sum of $40,000, to answer the charge at the next November term of the court, ThEk..rapattins of HO'n.jOhn Crittenden were borne tetiMWautfful cemetery:at Frankfort, over-' looking 'the ifentuck3r river, with distinguished civil and military honors.: General J. T. Boyle Was ; chief marshal of the procession, and among the pall bearers were Ron. James Guthrie and General Peter Dudley. When President Benson, of Liberia, was in London, a Yankee, sojourning there, thought, he would sink dignity for . once and ask a colored Man , to dine with him. So said, so done ; but'Beneon paw litely declined, on thd_sufficient excuee_that he was already engaged to dine. that evening with the 'Queen:. Mr.- Jelin Y. Mason was as .exolusive Virginian, aristocrat and slavehelder as need he; ' yet, when minister to France, he conformed to the eticpiette of his position, and treated the minister from Hayti, black as the ace of spades, with perfect LITERARY. In the " Victoria Magaiine," an English peri odical, published and edited by Miss Emily Faithful!, and. composed (typographicallY) by female printers, Thomas:Mr. Adolphus Trollope, BOIL °Mgrs. Frances Trollope, the novelist, and brother of Anthony Trol lope, also a popular author, is now publishing a serial tale called "-Lindisfarn Masa.) , A second volume of .Mendelssohn's Letters, written from 1833 to 1847, will soon be published in Paris. An English translation, by Lady Wallace, will simultaneously appear In London and Sir Charles Lyell, whose new work on "The Antiquity of Man" has already run through two editions iii 'London and Philadelphia, has just re. 'ceived from the . Academy of Sciences in. Berlin, through the official intervention of the King, the honor of Chevalier of the Order of Merit id Science and Art. - The number of foreign knights of this _order is limited to thirty ; and among Englishmen, previously eleeted, are Sir Charles Lyell, Sir John Herschel, Professor Farraday, Professor Owen, Sir David Brewster, Sir Henry Rawlinson, and General Sabine, president of the Royal Society. —Kinglake , s , " Invasion of the Crimea" is now in a fourth edition, and it is announced that in this "some fresh notes will be found," including docu mentary proofs of controverted statements, but not a word of the text has been withdrawn, .and not a word has been added to it. —Lamartine is about publishing his autobi ography. . The poetical writings of Robert Browning, here tofore in seven, are now republishing in London in three volunies. The first appeared in May, and con tained Lyrics, Romances, Men and Women. The second, issued in July, contains tragedies and other plays. The third will be published in SepteMber. - _ —lt is said that tbe Rev. Charles Ringsley has in -- the press a volume of ifermonsin reply to the Bishop of Natal's eciTmentary on the Pentateuch. Rontledge, of London, is publishing a shilling edition of Cooper's novels and roinanees.. The letters which passed between Goethe and the Grand Duke Carl, of Saxe Weimar, his patron, are now in the- press, edited by Court Councillor Dr. Vogel, who knew both Writers. We learn that the two volumes will contain about Mx hundred letters, and among them a great number that have not only never been published, but the perusal of which has never been permitted beyond the family of the Grand Duke. They will embrace the letters of the Grand-Duke on the Campaign in the Pala tinate, Goethe's letters to his patron from Italy, and will, no doubt, form one of the most interesting of the collection of letters connected with Goethe that have yet been published. --Blackwood & Son, of Edinburgh, announce the narrative of the recent ,discovery of the source of the Nile. It will probably have a greater. sale than even Dr. Livingstone'm book. It will be drilled "An Account of Travels and Discoveries in Eastern , and Central Africa," by Captain Speke and Captain Grant' and will be published in a few weeks. . --, T helVesiern Advocate says that during the re cent Morgan excitement in Cincinnati; and the reign of martial law, Col. Gra7nville Moodyopera ted as cofnmandant of the Fourth militia district, ' _Hamilton county. The headquarters were Finley Chapel, Clinton street. Under him were , four colo nels. The total of infantry enrolled was 6,040 men. M. Phillips, Esq., of the Methodist Book Concern, figured as captain and chief of Col. Moody's staff, and executed hie duties With the sober exactness of a veteran. - Colonel Moody went so far as to say of him that if there were to be any more calls for the militia, the Concern must lose Phillips, as he was worth twenty men, any day, for straight-forward, intnitive, effective work. —Mr. Ohurch's new picture, "The Icebergs," painted from studies made in the Northern seas in "the summer of 1859, is attracting hosts of admirer's in London 3 so we learn from late English papers. Colonel Grierson, the hero of the ride from Tennessee to New Orleans, is at VicksbUrg. He will probably participate in Grant's new campaign. —Among the arrivals at the Grand Hotel, P i ties, are Mr. Jones, of the New:York Times, and-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn. Mr. Everts, of New York, is also-there on a visit from London. Count de Sponeck, the Danish Minister of State; who is to accompany the young King George into Greece, will probably pay a visit to England as well as to France. _ John G. Saxe, the poet, is at Union Hall, Sara toga Springs. following is new reminiscence of the great -song-writer : Moore is much younger look-, ing than I expected to find him. I don't know his - age, and if >I did I might not be disposed to name it here. I have mever seen an engraved likeness, of him, or any other representation that would have en abled me (Bs in the case of Wellington , or Brougham) to pick him out of a crowd at first sight. -He is a Mali- BiZed, dapper, bandy person, a smiling, I would - airdost say a laughing, expression of countenance, with a funny eye, and an Irish nose, (a alileslan turn•up), rather a retreating forehead, and but for a peculiarly prominent line from the brow above the temple, and running back to the hair, on this part of his head, 'the dome of thought and palace of •• the mind,' one would be at a loss to trace phrenological indications which mark him as ,the, first lyric poet of the age ; but there he sat cutting muffins, crack ing.jokes, and sipping, tea, chatting and laughing, and apparently totally unconscious that his tin . gent had scratched on paper lines and sentiments which had;, been. read and sung, and, Will continue to be iung in all quArtersi PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1863. world, so long as language and sentiment, and thought, and feeling, and music, contribute to human happiness and social enjoyment. As I eat next him, I looked at him, I listenetV to him, I watched the very twinkling of his eye, the very tone of his voice, and the motion of hie writing fingers. And I some- times lound myself perplexed and confused in the mingled feeling of doubt and surprise that from this little budget of unassuming humanity flowed that stream of beautiful conception, thought, and feeling, which finds its way to all hearts, in all climes, from the Canadian Boat Song.' orrthe St. Lawrence to the Vale of Cashmere.' " —Captain Grunow, a beau of Sheridan's time, and who knew George the Fourth when Prince of Wales, and was wont to hob-nob with Brominell and the. rest of the splendid sealliwrigs of that era, in ina :vo- _ lue of "Reeolleetions and Anecdotes;" just out in London, gives Hie folloWing recollection of Mali bran ('nee Gaicia Dlalibran was:not regularly handsome, but I al ways thought her, in her 'young days, remarkably attractive. As she grew older het features became coarser, and, a certain bold,- hard look settled on her fabe. Her head was well formed ; her mouth, though. wide, was prettily shaped, and adorned with very good teeth, and her small figure was grateful. Her voice was splendid,"full Of passion and pathos. Who that 'ever heard her in Desdernona could forget that cry of struggling agony, " Se 11. padre m'abban demi," or the sorrowful wail of the blighted heart in the romance "Assiido al pie (Pun Banger She identified herself so thoroughly;with the. part she' acted.that it required some courage to face her in the last scene. She died hard, and fought to, the last; and Othello had to make a kind of steeple chase' after her, and sutler many kicka and cuffs before be could, as an Irish friend of , mine re marked, ; '"bring her_to rason by taking her life." 1 And this of George IV as a snuff-taker : George IV alivaysearried a snuff box ; but it ap peared to me as if his Majesty took snuff for fashion's saki. He would take the box in his left hand, and opening it with his right thumb and fore finger, introduced them "into :this reservoir of snuff, and, with a .ponsequentiiil - air,. convey .the same to the nose, but never suffered any to enter; indeed, thorie who were well acquainted with 'his Majesty frequently' told me, he took .snulf for effect, but never liked it, end allowed all of it to escape from his finger and thumb before, it reached the We append a few more of these personal reminis cences: . . Twisleton. Fiennes was a very eccentric man, and the greatest epicure of his day. Ills dinners •were worthy of the days of Vitellius or Heliogabalus. Every country, every sea, were searched to find Some new delicacy for our British Sybarite. I re. member, at one of his breakfasts, an omelet being served, which was composed entirely of. golden pheasant's eggs ! He had every strong constitution, and would drink absynthe and curacoa in quantities which were perfectly awful to behold. These stimu lants producedino effect upon his brain, but his health:, gradually gave way under the excesses of, all kinds. in which he indulged. He was a kind, liberal, and good-natufed man, but a very odd fellow. I never shall forget the este nishment of a servant I had recommended to him. On entering his service, John made.his appearance as Fiennes was going out to, dinner, and asked his new master if he had any orders. He received the following answer: "Place two bottles of sherry by: my bedside', and call me the day after to-morrow." Hoby, the boot-maker, was apt to take rather an insolent tone with his customers. He was, how ever, tolerated as a sort of privileged person, and his impertinence Was not only overlooked, but was considered as rather a good .joke. He;was a pom nous fellow, with _a considerable vein of sarcastic. humor. I remember Horace'Chnrchill (afterward killedin India with the.rank of melon general), who was then an ensign in the Guards, -- entering Hoby's shop in a great passion, saying thathia boota were..ao ill made that, he should never employ Hoby:for the future. Hoby, putting on a .pathetic cast of countenance, called to his shop-man : - ' - " Sohn, close the shutters. It is all over with us. I must shut, up shop ; Ensign Churchill withdtaws , his custom from me." Churchill's fury can be better- imagined thin de scribed., • The• well-known Tom Raikes, whose lettera and memoirs have been lately published, and who was a. tall, large man, very much marked with , the small:Pbx, having one day written an anonymous letter to D'Orsay, containing some piece of imperti nence or other, had closed it with a wafer,; and stamped it with something resembling the top of a thimble, The Count soon discovered who was 'the writer, and in a room full of company thus addressed him: "Ha! ha! my good Raikes, the next time you write an anonymous letter, you must not seal it with your nose-!"- THE CASE OF CASIESFETENCE DISATEROVED 13Y THE SECRETARY OF WAR--THE COURT CENSURED AND DISSOLVED . In the base of Hazel B. "Cashel, a Wealthy citizen of Maryland, tried by court-martial for furniihing intelligence to the enemy, the following important decision 'and opinion has been given" by the Secre tars , : of:War. •The court was composed of Major General B. 9.. Hitchcock, president; Srigadier.G-en. Wforrell, Brigadier Gen...T. J. Abercrombie;' . , Brigadier Gen. 3. P. Hatch, Brigadier Gen. S. A. Meredith. The finding and sentence of the, court was RS follows : .1110 . 1001.11 t havingmaturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused, Hazel B. Oashel,,s, citi zen of the State of Maryland, as follows Of the first specification, guilty. - • - '' Of the second specification, guilty. . Of the charge, guilty. • - The court finds, that althoughlthe accused aniatver ed certain-questions put by rebels . which; in a strict literal sense; conveyed. Intelligence-Up:At 'enemy, it has not appeared in evidence that the Worn:tattoo NM volunteered, nor does the court perceive that such intelligence was given with that criminal de sign which the law contemplates...as the animusof a breach of the 's7th . artiele :of war ; and .the court, therefore, affixes no - penalty to the offence beyond. an admonition that in future he will be more on his guard in answering inquiries addressed to him.by an enemy; and it is further directed that the finding and judgment of the court in this case be published in three of the papers published in the city of Wash ington. Upon this linffing . .and sentence the Secretary of War expresses his *pinion thus : . WAR DEPARTMENT, July 29, 1863. The „findings of- the court upon the charge and specifications are approved. The sentence, as it is termed, is diaapproved. The charge and specifica tions of which the accused was found guilty neces sarily imputed criminality under the 57th article of war,„and the, declaration of the court that it has not, appeared' in evidence that tee information was volunteered, nor does the court perceive .that such intelligence_ was given with that criminal design which the law contemplates as the anthills of a breach of the 57th article of wan, was unwarranted by the law and the testimony. It appeals from the evidence in the record that the accused had at pasture on his farm in Montgomery county, Maryland, some five hundred head of cattle, which, with some five hundred others,' all the' pro-', petty of the United States, were driven away on the morning of 28th June, for their protection from` the rebel cavalry;_then approaching. • The rebels, riding up soon thereafter , ' demanded, inihe presence of. several persons, including witness Thomas Babbitt, and the accused, in what direction the cattle had gone. Babbitt, practising a 'rim which :war justifies, pointed them in a direction opposite the true one. One of them returned,- howeVer, in a 'feiv minutes froth" the-pursuit, and repeated the demand, when . the accused unhesitatingly indicated to him the road which the cattle had taken, and, in addition, stated •• their number; and that they were withoutany guard except the herdsmen ordinarily attending them, a statement which could have had but one object. The information thus communicated was most im portant to the enemy, and it was given voluntarily, without threat or persuasion, or the exercise of any undue influence whatever. When to' this prompt and complete disclosure made to the enemy is added the disloyal reputation, and -sympathies of the ac cused, as proved by the evidence, no doubt can be entertained as to the animus of his conduct. It sufficiently appears that the accused was ex pecting the arrival of the rebels, and, in referring to their coming, said there verb two persons in Rock- Ville, naming the United .States provost marshal and postmaater, who - ought-,to be, and he guessed they would be, captured. His guilt, under the 67th article of war, was fully established by the testimony, and that guilt was ag gravated by the trust which was so shamefully aid disloyally betrayed. Yet the judgment of the court was that there was present in - the action of the ac cused no such' criminal design as the law contem plates as; a breach of the Sith article orwar,'and therefore the court contents itself with admonishing him.that in the future he shall be more on his guard in answering inquiries addressed to him by`,:anene my and this is the penalty provided for an offenc e which, under the articles of war, is punishable with death. For such action by a military court, in the pre .sence of such flagrant crime, there is believed to be no -precedent. The court also directs <that their judgment shall be published in three of 'the newspa pets of the city of Washington. This publication will riot be sanctioned, since it would be'in effect a declaration to all disloyal Men that they may at will communicate intelligence-.to the public enemy without fear of any other penalty than the gentle suggestion of a court-martial that they. should be on their guard when doing so. Although the accused has been relieved of, all re- I. aponsibility under the 57th article of war, he is still liable to be prosecuted under the 2d section of 'the act to suppress insurrection, &c., approved July 17, 1862, for giving aid and comfort to the rebellion, and that the prosecution for 'this offence' may be pro ceeded with, he will be handed over to the civil au- It is ordered that this court be at once , dissolved,' and that another court.martial be organized for, the trial of the cases now pending._ It is further ordered that this review be published 'in The Army and Navy Gazette, as as expression of the strong disapproval with- which the action-of this court is regarded by this Department. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. The general court martial, of which •• Major General B. A. Hitchcock, United States Volunteers, is president, is hereby dissolved. By order of the Secretary of War. - E. D. TOWNSEND,. - Assistant Adjutant General. From the Dumferline Courier, Scotland:l Since the day John Arthur Roebuck appeared in Parliament as.the attorney of .the Canadian rebels, until the day on which he made his bow as envoy of his Majesty the French Emperor, the career of the member for Sheffield has been a strangely Chequered one. It cannot be said that during recent years Roebuck's reputation :has risen.:.:.lndeed % so far from rising, it has latterly suffered 'rather dis astrous eclipse, The restless spirit orthe -man is ill at ease amidst .the uneventfilbs'ineidePts of our home politics. Beyond- all things else, _Roebuck leVes, to be ,' conspicuous.., It would never do for • the world to forget the ,dear little man ! The idea that by any possibility it ociuld get on without him would. positively be his death. In aiming at notoriety, there is little that he has left untried. Nearly every artifice by which a sensation could be created has been exhausted. - ; , .,The poor fel lowlias'even at lebeliconsented tobe'the apologist of principles that through life he has - scorned; Roe buck, the mouthpiece -of the Emperor of Austria, and exerting his acrid eloquence against liungarian rights, was a spectacle perplexing as sad. The world wondered whether, after all, this "sea green incor ruptible.' had sold his virtue. Such as still thought his integrity unsullied sor row:a over the vanity that perverted so ~much real talent.' - Unfortunately,;every one seemed alive to the degradation of the people's tribune except him self. So far from being alive thereto, ,he- appeared to glory in his shame. • From the day he enter ed the antechamber of Francis Joseph,to the pre sent hour, he has never missed an opportunity of pouring contempt on the liberties •of those nu -fortunate enough to be .Austrian subjects. Our sympathies with Hungary are keen and strong as on the day her revolution startled Europe. Never theless, we are aware something can'be said in be half of Austria. A public ' man might defend the absolutism• of Francis Joseph who would yet hest— tate to become the apologist of the slaveooracy of Jefferson Davis. -Beyond even that deep however, there is a lower deep; to which Roebuck hali Mink. -Be has not'^ only become the apologist of a Con; federacy based upon a negation of human rights as impious as it is ostentatious,he has stooped to make himself the primed mouthpiece of.the,m.onash.uf Fano in the'ikitlikirmilguttent, Court. Martial. Mr. Roebuck. CHARLESTON. ~„ Operations of Thursday Last—Condittou of the Iron- clads and Batteries—Prospects of the Siege.. Worrespbridenceof the Baltimore American.] PORT ROYAL, July 3f.—l learn from Charleston Bar that the operations of the siege progressed yes terday very favorably, both by land and sea. The same routine of bombardment of. Fort Wagner from both the monitors and the siege battery of General GilmOre:was kept up through the day and late into ' the night, and floe progress was' reported to have been made on shore during the day. • 'I find that,.althouga there' is considerable confi dence entertained as to the ultimate reault of the undertaking, no very . rapid., progress is- looked for: Like all sieges, it, is a work of time, and it has' been undertaken by General Gilmore and Admiral Dahlgren with' no, anticipation Of progressing with any great rapidity.. The defences of Charleattin, by both land -and sea; were greatly strengthened 'since the first attack under .Admiral Dupont,_ which did. nothing :• but demonstrate- their. weak points, and enable them to strengthen them... All the works on the lotier end of - Morris Island, which have been taken 'by Gen. Gilmore,-were not then erected, and thkparapet guns of Sumpter were not regarded by the enemy as of any great , value. The guns of ; 'the Keokuk were also then in our possession. - Wagner responds and will continue to respond with an- occasional gun. Sumpter about once in ten - minutes thrown a heavy rifle-shot at the im penetrable armor,of our iron-clads, or hurli a shell in"the direetion of the land-battery, - and occasion ally there is a report coming from the direction of James Island, • shoWing that -General Gilmore is keeping close watch and ward over any flanking that may be attempted by the enemy., tie is also i assisted n this work- by some °Lille Mealier gun boats, and all was progressing well - t direction IN at - last accounts. i -. : ',O-• •.. As to the fall of-Sumpter goon- after -.t g'lall. of . Napier no one seems to have the least doubt. Fort Wagner, which was passed by in silence - by Adtnirai. Dupont, -is undoubtedly the key of Charleston, as evinced by the indomitable defence , made by the enemy, with such terrible does. There probably never was:a fortifitnitian besieged with such fright ful sacrifice of life to. the besiegers as hakbeen the case at Fort Wagner; and drork:.the preparatienti making, there. is no , doubt that bloodier times are. yet in store for them. ~ ~ , , . - • The results of the; siege so far as our iron-clads ' are concerned, ate einphatioallY satisfactory.' The Irprieldes , walls of solid:iron have proved Itnpene trable„though she does not go, into swill close range as tbe .. moniterieurlitill she has 'ohl3i so far re ceived numerous scars of war; which have beautified lather than 'disfigured her' appearance or leasened her efficiency. The pivots of her port-stoppers work emootblyouid- her maulers have been drilled.to a state of efficiency that is truly admirable. The monitors go in and come out, and the fight , daily progresses with the report "nobody Was hurt,"' so far as the iron-elads are - concerned. Of * course there are a few casualties in the ehore. batteriea, but very few in view of the magnitude of the undertaking, , orthe punishment of the enemy. The improvements on - the other iron -clads, sug gested by the fate of the`Atlanta, are represented by deserters as progressing. =They were giving her an interior lining of boiler iron; to catch the splinters and bolts, and may possibly come out; Anticipating easy work in Port Royal harbor. The Atlanta is a larger and more powerful boat than this new mon ster, though it was the opinion of these-men that her armor is stronger. Should she come she will find her old consort, the Atlanta, ready to encounter her in a fair fight, as she is fully manned, and ready fOrwork at a moment's notice. With regard to iron-clads generally, these deserters represent the, people as having got entirely out of conceit of them, and their whole enthusiasm' is now expended on sand banks. They even urge that the • guns be taken out of them, and placed in earth forts, especially as all idea of aggressive warfare on their part is regarded'as over. - . - . . THE SITUATION OFR CHARLESTON. [From the Charletton iffercary, July 28. The situation of affairs in our neighborhood re mained without material change yesterday. There was but little tiring. Occasionally, during the day, our batteries threw a few shells at the enemy's pri 7 sition on Morris Island, but no reply was elicited, either from the Yankee fleet or land batteries. The enemy le evidently vigorously at work with the spades; On the beach, immediately in . front of Bat tery. Wagner, the Yankees have constructed a small seratcircular work, containing (as far as can be ascertained by observation) only one mortar. - But few men appeared to be working on this new bat tery. The enemy's fleet off the harbor was increased Yesterday by the arrival of several transports. The *whole number - of vessels in sight last evening was twenty-seven. Among these were six monitors, and the Ironaides. There were, besides, some: Meaty five vessels, mostly transports; in Stono This would seem to portend warm work on James Island. The general opinion seems.to be that we shall pro bably have our hardest trial some time this week. , '-:-AN ACCIDENT ow THE wAnAw•r. BOsTow,.August s.—Aletter•to the Traveler, from the vicinity of-Charleston, contains some informa . tion of interest at the present time. - We quote : "Since leaving Charleston harbor I• learn that a number of the officera , al' 'UM iron-clads have been obliged to retireirt, censeverice of the exhausting character of their.dutiea on board, and theMplaces are supplied by others. •• ' — '-z , -- s , • . "There has been -another- serious accident on board,-the iron-clad Nahant They were condensing wateWand_ as the water had,been rather brackish much-pains was taken* reinedy , the evil. The offi cerof thedeck requeateff the captain-cif:hie. hold to bring him a little to try. As the tank was ufacreiir ed,the steamand boiling waterrushed out, scalding seven of - the mon terribly, income instances causing -the skin to peel off'. They were skilfully attended to byDr. ,Stedman, and are all on hoard of the 'Ver mont, at Port RoYal.and likely to recover. "-During the - recent attack upon Fort Wagner the Milani had two shots . penetrate her deeks, while the stern of the vessel was opened three inches by shiats from the fort." - , .. STATES IN REBELLION. TILEAdILITAIir 131711W01.1. n,era the Richmond Examiner, :Anglin 1. The military -situation has no longer that degree` of interest which.it Possessed during :the past three months. Lee harcompleted his retreat, and holds - his old lines of the Rapidan and Rappahannock in security. Meade'a army .is in front, but not proba bly near enough to render a battle imminent. .The general public, in which we count ourselves, do not anticipate immediate or extensive action in that quarter.. Both armies bevelled their fill of fighting,. lately, and will probably do little or nothing during thebeated month of Augint: It' is feared that Meade's inaction is due to the- delay required by a concentration of the chief ar mies of the East and West; that Grant, with all the force to be spared from the garrisons of Vicks burg and Port Hudson, will be transferred to Vir ginia ; and that the next battle will be fought by a combination of the Army of the Potomac and that of the Mississippi Valley. This supposition ap pears to be, ill-supported by any known facts save the oftrecurring report that Grant has wholly -withdrawn from the interior of the State of Missis sippi, and that he is shipping large portions of his men up - the river. But it is far moraprobable that these troops have gone home on the furlough pro mised them ae the chief reward of their late arduous campaign, than that they have commenced the jour- - ney to Virginia. Western , troops are averse to fighting the battles of the East. They came in large numbers to the battles before Richmond, and were beaten and slaughtered evert - more completely than the true Yankees, who are, despite the vulgar idea to the contrary, far better troops than the brutal horde of the Northwest. Since then, a resolution to mind its own affairs has settled in the heart of the North west.- They will fight for the Mississippi, but not the James. Grant himself has refused the com mand ofihe Army of the Potomac, And his troops will decline the honors of the Chickahominy. All the force of the Northwest will be necessary in the .autiimrCto hold their later conquest of the Missis— sippi Vicksburg and Port - - Hudson - were powerful:against the navigation - of the Hver, but are worthlees to defend it. For these and other reasons, it is thought improba ble that Grant and hie Vicksburg host will ever be seen on the banks of the James. But if- mistaken, we shall have .nothing to regret. Lee would be compelled perhaps to fall back onthe extensive for tifications of Richmond. But this place cannot be invested.; and if 'its thirty miles of batteries are manned by the Army of Northern-Virginia, it can never be taken.,' While the armies of . Grant and Meade would be shattered by assault, and wasted by disease, the Confederate generals of the South would have an opportunity to recover Tennessee and the Mississippi, which they could not allow to pave unnoticed. Meanwhile, Bragg and Rosecrans have sunk into a summer siesta. Middle Tennessee and West Ten nessee are alike under the hoof of the invader. The people have taken the oath of allegiance almost unanimously, and are reported to be worse treated since they did anthem before. They have been rob bed of ,everything that is capable of-being-robbed. from men; have no protection ," and scarcely - any hope ; are fixed in their miserable homes, sulky and bitter. The land lies without cultivation. What is the use of drawing produce from it for their Yankee masters to seize, even before it is garneredi The negroen are gone, and the cattle with them. Bragg has-abandoned a considerable tract of country, but he has at last gained a line which'. seems to be im pregnable. Rosecrans will hesitate long before he concludes to stretch away from his base to ward Chat tanooga, and knows too much _of that position to fancy it another Murfreesboro: ' Mobile is not threatened, and is not likely to be so, during-the three sickly months which havernew begun: Charleston is always threatened, now more than ever; but holds on gloriously well. Charles ton is safe. =lt has lately lbeen represented as a Ca peau. Not only the citizens of both' sexes and all ages, but the troops, from the generals to the pri vates and the drummer.boy, are said to have been steeped in luxury procured by smuggling and block ade running. The 'corruption is "reported to have extended to all classes, and it was supposed that every noble sentiment and gallant intention had,died before the lucre of gain. Happily the recent events do not confirm These gloomy views - of Charleston. The fire on the altar is not burned out; the'palmetto tree'le round tit heart, and its roots still hold firmly. We need never fear an ignominious surrender at Charleston ; and while its inhabitants and its army are determined to make use of their means of defence 1 o,the last, 'it will be the block on which As many Yankee heads will be laid low as there are stones in its walls. If it could be securely invested by sea and land, Charleston would fall at IheAPpointed tithe ;' but it cannot be so' invested while Richmond stands. The United States has not an army Of one hundred thousand men to employ on its circumvallation ; and if it had, that army would be cut into two and de stroyed by an attack- from. the interior. Before Charleston . can be- invested, Richmond. must fall,- Eastern Virginia be conquered, and the army that accomplished. these feats might, without doubt, pierce North and South. Carolina, lay siege to Charleston, and take it. But before: such events happen, there will yet Many &knight to earth be borne. And many a banner rent and torn. It lo a far cry to Loohow ; it is a farther cry to Rioh mond. difEXTELA. SESSION OP 'TEO3 LEGISLATURE. From the liiebniend Whig, Jri Attention, is directed to the proceedings of a pub lic meeting held last week in Halifax county, by which the Governor is requested to call the Legisla ture together for the rampage of providing more ef fectual means of local defence, especially against the raids of .the enemy. Experience has shown that the only- reliable protection against marauding parties and forays must come from the thorough military organization and drilling of the people, which can only be effected under the compulsory au thority law. . • . . By means a force, may be raised and disci-. plined sufficient to meet at all times and anywhere all irregular warfare, and this without calling the people from their necessary occupations for any period of . time seriously, inconvenient or - injurious. Men enough betweenthe ages of sixteen and sixty, not subject to conscription, can be raised to'render.a 'successful raid "impossible—but this cannot be done without slaw as obligatory in its requirements as the conscription laW itself. The time has come when it is nece.ssary to,.put our ,whole population on a military footing. We therefore fully aPprove the movement initiated-by the patriotic people of Hali fax, and trust; that it may commend itself to the favorable consideration of,the Governor. ,- • ,THE DEATH OF "1"/CNCEY. [Erom the Richmond Examiner, July 30,2 • - The'Clonfeilerate Senate'hai lost its most brilliant ornament. William L. Yancey is dead, and has not leftbis ,peer ins parliamentary oratory. %The style and manner of Mr. Yancey was so l far superior to ttic /owe, gaudy, and extravagant rhetorio which, is common throughout Ainerica r that those who list ened for the first time to the hautboy tones of his delightful' voice, and considered the elegant prod- - Ilion of his diction, the perfect order, of his argu ment, the ease of thought and expression with which he analyzed eyery subject, and .assembled its facts and principles into elaborate discourse, were tilled - with as much surprise as admiration: It was so different from the loMi eloquence of the hustings, and So devoid of that exaggeration which infests every species of composition in this countryi that the hearer could, with , difficulty, believe the sPealier to have been bred in the American school, or, that he,whoso smoothly uttered the polished sea- - , tenses was one of the most fluent and ready of American debaters. No man- was better qualified to address a innallassembly of , grave and cultivated men, such an a Senate - - Neither Clby, nor Webster, nor even Calhoun, though his superiors in power of thought, possessed his taste, his facility, orcharming elocution. , The Confederate Congress contains no successor to him, and it will, perhaps, be long before we shall see his like on'the continent. IVlr.. , :iranaey was identified With the Southern Revolution, and the birth of.. the Confederany. It appears to have been the policy of- that Executive with-which' the gear L .Regmblio was unfortunately and hastily aftlicterr4by Cie Convention at Mont gomery,to driveim froits-side the heart and brain of the South ; but -no slights, no -refusal' of confi dence, or supercilious indifference could chill his ardor in the cause, or dim his faith in its Ultimate success. The, death of : melt and disinterested men, whose names are thimbyfionymous with Secession, before they', have ieeletied . the reward of their labors, and in the middle of trobbles, is depressing: , WAR A NATIONAL BLESSING (From the Richmond *big, Jnly 30.] Bishop'Elllot, in, his Savannah , sermon, regards the war as a national blessing, and holds that its precious fruits, though dearly bought, are well worth the price. lEte.is unquestionably for peace. "But this yearninglforVeace;" - he" says, "has no smack of submission:teat, ?That has not entered into the thoughts of anybody. ,It is really nothing more than a natural Wish that a useless strife should cease • an earnest desire that • a struggle should be endedwhich'oan end but in one way. When the peace which in longed for is embodied in words, it invariably includes the ideas of entire independence and complete'qlationality—indeperulince from all the bonds; whether, political, commercial or social, which have hitherto hindered our development—na tiohality, with eur whole-territory preserved to Us, 'and with no. entangling ;alliance, binding us for the future. This is the whole scope and ,meaning, and is very distinct from any such fainting of the spirit as would precede , submission. It is rather the token `.of a restless energy, which pants to enter untram -inelled upon that new career of freedom which it is Working out for itself, and Which seems to rise be fore it in brightness and grandeur, and to beckon it onward tO glory and happiness. THE"IMPENDING BATTLE. [Pi OM the Richmond Examiner, Jaly 30.1 Passengers by the Central train hrought nothing new concerning the past, present, future, and pros pective condition of affairs in Gen. Lee's army of Northern Virginia; that would internist our readers, and not at the same: time be contraband news of General.Meade!s army, or several corps of it, has appeared in Fauquier, and a refugee from that sec. tion, describing their appearance, says'" they coveredthe whole face of the earth in that' region, spread out like an enormous ringworm. ,, The two armies were approximating gradually and surely, and 'it was the opinion of several oft3cers, who pre- tended to know, that a great _pitched battle was in. evitable a week or fortnight. hence, at the farthest. Our army, or at least a portion of it, imagine they have a black spot, received at Gettysburg, to wipe/ out, and rank and file are spoiling for an oppor tunity. The shock will be terrific when it comes, but on anything like equal ground Meade and his horde will be driven to the Potomac, and ler then— ORDERS FROM a, PAY ORLEANS.—One of our hea viest iron Manufacturers received yesterday a letter from a merchant of New Orleans, brought up by the steamer-Imperial, ordering thirty stoves to, be sent to him by the first boat. This is one of the symp, toms of there-opening of the _vast trade formerly carried on-between this city and New Orleans. As the latter city is pretty nearly deatitute of the very produce and fabrics that we are able to supply,. and at the same time is supplied with the very Southern produce that we desire ,to buy, we may expect a thriving and prosperous trade-to spring up at once. —St. Louis Republican. SUBSTITUTES IN VIE ARMY Mom the Richmond Whig, July 31.1 , During the last session of Congress, an eftbrt was made by the Military Committee in the Senate to secure the passage of a bill requiring all persons who had put into the army substitutes, who had deserted, to take their places. The bill did not pass, but we have no doubt it will be again introduced at the next session, and, under the urgency of the plea that "something must be done," the opposition to its passage may be overruled. , A•vniter in the Atlanta Appeal; referring to the reduction of our military,strength, says : We have lost many men in battle, and by wounds, disease, and death. But we still have the necessary number of arms bearing men in- the country, but they are not in the army. How did those who have been imand are not in, and who are not disabled; get out"{- = 'This is the rub that will grate hardly upon those who are bound by every duty to serve-their country, but who are not willing to do so. The im mense number of easy places that have been made , out of reach of gunshot is nne mode; the immense number of men who - have Others Goverament .eon tract, or a finger in one, fa another mode. Another still is said ‘ to be the favoritisin of conscript officers. Another atill-is aaidlo t hethe infidelity of army sur geons in granting " false certificates Of disability. But the great fruitful source of this mischief is the sub stitute law, by which, I am informed, upon autho rity. that I am not certain is correct, but which I have no reason, to doubt, the army has discharged Generally, laborers hate been taken in of old men who would from choice or necessity be -- . engaged producing somethirigl or of idle vagabonds,=whode bert the army the first opportunity they get: 'Those tvEo remain and do, not desert, are generally, from age and other causes, not of much value as soldiers. The army thus- swap off..a set of sound, active men, for a set of brokeit-downTivorthlesslelloWs, who do not much good. The field is deprived of many labo rers whose services are and.will be in great demand at home, while the - men who are discharged fronythera army thus, having the parttrolof means, seldom turn'e to work, but often to Vesting, to make back the moo- ney their substitute cosphem. Thus the'country is cursed with a speculator, - the - field — deprived of a la horer, and the armyof n soldier, all- resulting from a mostwoful blunder in - Congress• allowing men of means to buy their exemptio as - from the . duty of fending the country , against invasion. Noit, my proposition—startling as it may seem= is, that the Government is entitled to the services of ;these men now, upon the same priaciple that it was at the beginning, to wit : Ex necessitate ref. The saltation from utter ruin of the whole country de pends upon it. The Government will perish hope lessly- and speedilydf these men are not put back into the army. -The Government ought to keep the good faith implied in the contract of discharge and substitution as long only ea it can be done con-' sistently with its self-preservation and the preser— vation of the whole country from devastation and ruin. This it _has already done. A correspondent of the same paper, with the army in Tennessee, writes : , Among the despatches received yesterday, the one -regarded in many circles as by far the most import ant, is the one giving the points of the circular issued from the Bureau of Conscription, announcing the -future rules as to substitutes. The importance of the rule, and its probable practical results, may be de termined by the publication of a fact communicated to me by an officer of high rank, yesterday, that - there were in our army now more than 130,000 sub stitutes. My understanding of the rule is, that all of these substitutes under 45 take their own place in the. ranks, as well as those who have substitutes there. Say , that one-half of the present substitute force is under 45, the' effect of the rule will be; by sending those who have substituted them with them into the army,-to .give us an addition to the army equal to one-half the present substitute force—say between 60,000 and '70,000 men, and largely to be in creased by enrolment of those whose services as substitutes have been lost to' the Government from causes other than the casualties of war. No doubt this rule will give rise to much com plaint, and be viewed as a great hardship, and the Government will be charged with acting in bad faith by those who have` put 'in substitutes-Without discussing the legal aspect of the question, a discus- Mon more germain to times Of peape than war, and putting the rule upon the high ground of moral and political necessity, I am bound to justify' it. - This is no time, when the enemy is pressing us upon every point;and threateningto take everything which we posses:3,4or a man to value himself and all that be has, not to speak of - his honor, and the honor of his wife and children, at the paltry sum let it be of $5OO or $ 5,000, which he has paid for a substitute, proba blyincapable of service from age or infirmity, and has died, or morally indisposed to do his duty, and, has therefore straggled or deserted. THE UNION 'EXPEDITION TO WELDON. - EFrom , the Richmond-Enenirer, July' 29. We have advices, up to - Wednesday night from Weldon: The - enemy then were twelve miles dis tant, and weresaid to be retreating. The brigades of Generals Ransom and Jenkins - had united, and no fears were entertained of the - Yankee advance. General Ransom's rencontre with the enemy was most rialutary ‘ and he fell back simply to draw the enemy within his grasp. Our troops at Weldon outnumber the Yankees. We believe their repulse is final. Passengers Who' arrived last light from the South report that the Yankee raiders have posititelyre treated, taking a course, as was supposed, in the di re:oi°' of Murfreesboro. Whether they have fallen babk only , to obtain reinforcements, or have aban doned all idea of destroying communication with the South by railroad, was not known. Our forces did not pursue. • So far, the raiders have done but little injury be yond frightening the women and children, and steal ing a few negroes. The railroad is yet uninjured, • and the trains are running with their accustomed regularity. The loss on either side has nen very small, ours being not more than two killed and some eight wounded, while the enemy's loss is supposed to be some bitten killed and a dozen or two wounded. It is stated that, in addition to the force which moved out from Suffolk, a large number of Yankees landed at Murfreesboro, North' Carolina, on Sunday night last, where they - proceeded to rob the citizens, and collect all the negroes they could lay their hands upon. ' Garyaburg and -vicinity was filled, on Tuesday, with fleeing ; citizens from Murfreesboro North Ca. reline, Jackson, North Carolina, and other places situated in the route of the invaders. As many came on horseback, in buggies; carriages, wagons, ' &c., it afforded an excellent opportunity for General Ransom to supply himself with horses. He pressed all the animals, put mounted infantry on them„ . and was thus enabled to send a large force in pursuit of the raiders. - - THETETEREBURG .AND WELDON• ROAD CLEAR. CFrOM. the Petersburg Express. . So far, the road between this city and Weldon has not been reached at, any point by tne Vandals, and the trains are running; , regularly through as usual. The Government has',amPle force to protect the road, and intends to do so. Draft Reststance in Fayette County. [From the Pittsburg Chronicle of August 4th. 3 Sheriff Cope, " 'deputy provost marshal for Fayette county, brought to "the city last evening seventeen conscripts, who have ever since the draft last fall refused to report themselves .for duty, and who resisted the officers by force of arms, wherever the law was attempted to be enforced. - Mr. Cope in formed us that these men are from Springfield, Salt. lick, and Bullskin townships, and, as we noticed at the time of the draft, had built a felt in Saltlick township, called the " Mud Fort," or " Fort Adams," in whiclithey took refuge, and persistently defied the authorities to take them. On Saturday last, Sheriff- Cope started for the districts above named, with a force of some forty Men, and succeeded in surprising, : and capturing the larger part of the conscripts. Some of them. were armed with' rifles and revolvers, and only surrendered because of the superior force sent against them. One •fellow, -named Fritts, who was one of the prirdemovers in instigating others to re sist the draft; (he himself not being drafted,) was also brought along with the party. Ile acknowledged having taken an active part in counselling resistance tone law, and said he did so "because the Genii" of; Liberty said it, the law, was - unconstitutional." He also claimed to be the President of the Southern Confederacy of Saltliek, Springfield, and - Pallskin townships. Fritts was handed over to Provost Mar,. shal Wright, and will, ere long, doubtlgas, be taught, a lesson which he will not BOOR forget. Sheriff Cope _also brought down deserters, who' will be for warded to their regiments to.day. As this is the first instance where the law has been miforeed in the Copperhead region of Fayette, and as the misguided `linen who oppose the draft must - now see the foolish ness of their resisting the, lawful authorities, lt'is to be hoped thitin , the futurethey,will, reilounee their tielloon, and live ai bOactillei lawlbiang damp, THREE CENTS THE PRIVATEERS AT BERMUDA. Berintsdnithe' r ,preat Centre of Slocicades RtuoiiierssiiideOPition of the Pirate Florida 11 lotscrilFi.,C=Georges. TRH FLORIDA. fFreim the Bernmda Royal Gazette, July 21.] Most of our readers are aware that for some day. 'Past thefts-famed Confederate cruiser Florida has formed a'prominmstifind interesting object in the waters of nt. Georges harbor. Indeed, this port is at present alractstirsclusively in possession of yes uels ,Ci*B.Peted . ;.iivitir the South—the fleet of flue steameras:exelusive of the Florida, which now ocs cupyAt being all either regular blockade-runners or preparing for that trade. .. The Florida dropped anchor in Five Fathom Hole on Thursday last, and steamed into the harbor the following morning. She is, we understand, in want of coal, and needs some:repairs to , her machinery. In the destitution of the port in the matter of 'fuel, and in the almost hourly expectation of supplies from England, an extension of the regulation pe riod of stay has been granted. The Florida is a fine vessel, very long for her size, bark rigged and very lightly sparred. She is evi dently very fast. She carries - an armament of eight guns—six broad-side and two pivot. Our readers will bear in mind that the object of the Confederate cruisers for the present is rather to cripple the com merce than encounter the cruisers of the Northern States. The Federal navy is still numerically so. vastly superior that the risk is too great, and must continue to be so until the Confederate navy can show a closer parity. The skill and daring - of the commanders of such vessels as the Florida are rather exhibited, therefore, in dashing raids into un suspecting waters and rapid avoidance of danger than in ban d-toband conflicts. As an instance of the former it may be mentioned that Captain Maffit was within fifty miles of New York just before his arrival here. The officers of the Florida are all gen tlemen formerly belonging to the United Statestaavy, and consequently regularly trained and bred to-their profession. The crew are, in very large proportion, Irisff—a circumstance which may well account for some extra uproarious demonstrations in the quiet town of St. Georges. Captain Maffit speaks highly of them as seamen. A.considerable interchange of civilities has taken place between the officers afloat and ashore. The Florida saluted the forts and batteries. and the salute was returned from the heights. On Friday evening, Colonel Munro and the officers of the 39th entertained Captain Mart and his officers at the Mess, and the hospitalities of the Florida have been liberally dispensed to the numerous officers and others who have visited her. We learn she has an immense quantity of silver on board, and among other 4, spoils" a large collection of chronometers. To the Editor of the Royal Gazette: Sln : That glorious little steamer, the Florida, has made her appearance In these waters anclothe salute she tired on her entering the harbor of St. Georges was returned by ,the forts. I happened to be in St. Georges when this event took place, and heard many parties remark that- the saluting the Confederate flag was implicit recognition of the in dependence of the South. , I think—although I ' would like to consider the matter in that light—that it is a mere act of courtesy shown by the authorities of the Islands to a power acknowledged as a belli gerent—a courtesy which they were willing to pay to the gallant representatives of that power, Cap tain Mafilt and his brave crew, who were received, I hear, with the utmost cordiality, as well by the natives of these islands as by the garrison,: both being anxious to evince their sympathy for courage and patriotism. I do not, it is true, consider as a recognition by England of the independence of the South the sa luting of her flag by the forts in Bermuda, bat nearly equal to a recognition is the gratifying news received from Europe, via New York, which ought not to be subiect to any coming through such A channel as the New York papers. It is stated there that England and France are in perfect accord in regard to the great international questions. Now, the Emperor Napoleon, after he bad received' the good news of the success of.his arms in. Mexico, invited Mr. Slidell to a breakfast tetod-lefe, and they remained together until the opening of the Council of Ministers. This looks like an early recognition. Let us hope for it, because the South has long deserved it, for the struggle in America has proved to be something more than a rebellion of the South, for it him shown the determination and power of those brave men, who are- fighting, not - for any mercenary purpose, not • ffir a bounty of a few dollars, but are fighting - for and sacrificing their homes, heir health and their wealth, to that great principle of nationality, the defence of their independence. That independ, ence they have acquired de facto, and they now want but the :mere Sormality of being acknowledged by the great Powers of Europe to spring up as a great nation in the Western Continent, as a powerful and faithful ally for them in peace or in war in times to come. 'DiSTirRBANCES AT ST. GEO&GES From the same paper 3 The fracas mentioned in our last impression has proved unhappily only the prelude to a whole series Of kindred disturbances during the past week, and, which ended in the almost entire suspension of one Considerable branch of the trade of St. Georges for some hours. To dispose Heat of all of the affair al ready alluded to, we may add to our former account that•the judicial investigation has' ended in the com mittal of two men to take their trial at the next assizes, a third being allmitted to bail for the 'same' purpose.. All, three, we understand, belong to the Robert E. Lee. ,The charge is merely the commie- lion of a: breach of . the peace, whereby the soldier was wounded ;.but we understand that it will be in the power of the Attorney General, if he sees fit, to prefer the heavier "charge.' Everything, however, seems so far to indicate a chance shot—we have seen the bullet, a conical one. It was not even aimed in the direction of the wounded man, but has struck a wall heavily, glanced and reversed itself, penetrating , ' flat, or plunged first and carrying with it on its IlAt surface a portion of the man's canvas frock.Argr...; Subsequently to the disposal of this caertliere . Were several complaints of robbery eltfriog thei,weele i . : , one in particular, in which a seaman alleged that he had been robbed of-upwards of £6o`in dollars by a comrade; but, as he admitted he:Was so drunk as to render identification an nn...,, ~,,.trjwne, nha n3n s e .p___ of course, to the ground. • -'''' ~- - ' r „Then there were complaints -by . timid lodgieg keepers of the constant presence and use of firearms h , theiilodgers. One old lady related, with much .i." . , - . - ibr, how every` on f her six lodgers owned a 'revolver, loaded it eire . ght by way of a bed fel % low, and discharged th els in the morning. Another 'complained of ali 'abit one of her lodgers had contracted of occasionally-using her portly per son for a target, and was ready to stvearto two shots at least actually fired at her. Whatever may have beenthe amount of real ground for apprehension in such cases as these, certain it is that Friday and Sa . turday furnished at leafit some scenes of a very aeri one and alarming kind, not so much in the shape of assaults on the-inhabitants, as in that of reckless , , - quarreling. ' -,.. - On both these days the ranks ; of the rioters were swelled by parties of liberty . men froM the. Florida. Scenes of utter lawlessness in and around every li quor store were the speedy result. These stores were, of course, all full ; men might be seen stripped and fighting, some "knifed" in a ghastly fashioa about the head and face—eyes gouged out, jawbones broken, heads scalped, and floors sloppy with blood. In this way matters were proceeding during great part of Friday afternoon and night and of Saturday afternoon. ( On the latter day, however, the police magistrate went round, accompanied by a file of the guard; clolted all the liquor stores, made a number of arrests, and ordered the remainder of the rioters on boerd their ships. Risf orders being seconded by a ' gun from the Florida, 'the streets were at length cleared and peaceable, and St. Georges passed a comparatively quiet night, and felt considerably bet ter on Sunday morning. Such is a general" outline of the events of the_ week, events - which call for grave conside ration. Much that has happened has clearly arisen from the too prevalent American habit of going armed. Tack, ashore, is always excited, noisy, and sometimes quarrelsome, and the "Jacks" belonging be the - steamers engaged in running the blockade seem—perhaps from the very nature of the trade in which they are employed—of a more daring and' reckless cast than "Sacks" in general— in fact selected rather for seamanship and courage than for steadiness or sobriety—and when such men are inthe heat of a liquor store discussion, and every heave of the cheat laboring with wrath, rum, and eagerness, brings the ribs in suggestive contact with the butt of a revolver, or the handle of a bowie knife, it does not require any very great accession of stimulus to make the one or the other spring into . ugly prominence. It should be clearly impressed on all these 'men, in the first instance somehow, by printed notices seat on board every wade', for in stance, that the practice of carrying arms in the streets is illegal by British law. _ And , next there seems a growing doubt whether the present staff of police' is, adequate to grapple With the exigencies of the case. That a regular trade with the South is now established at St. Georges, on a permanent footing, we hold to be be yond a doubt, and the harbor is likely, therefore, henceforth to be seldom without the presence of three or four at a time of the, vessels engaged in the trade. This will require increased vigilance, nape - Melly when, as sometimes will be the case, there are also some half dozen vessels in the harbor as well flying the Stars and Stripes. Already, we under stand that the labors of the police staff—magistrate -and constables—are doubled, and there seems a growing' feeling that some increase of force is very much called for. The Draft, in New York. The last dodge of the rebel sympathizers in our city is to complain of the draft as unequal, in that a larger number are required from the Democratic' (city) than the Republican (rural) districts. The as. eumption is that different rules are applied in these cases ; but such Is , not the fast. A careful enrolment is made of all the males within the prescribed ages, and of these one-fifth are drafted, with fifty per cent. added to meet the contingency,of exemptions for disability. There is no shadow of partiality or die• But large cities, and especially growing cities con tain an unusual proportion of ryoung men. The. youth of our own country and Western Europe hie to New York in quest of employment as clerks, me chanics, laborers, &a., while our old men retire into - the country to spend the evening of their days in quiet and seclusion. Hence the enrolment would in any case seem to bear hardly upon us. But further : It is notorious that this city and Brooklyn have not to-day - anything like their proportion' of men now in the field. A good many have gone, but mainly for short terms ; while an extraordinary pro portion of those who enlisted here, for three years have deserted. The regiments recruited for three years, service in 'our city—those composing the Ea. celsior Brigade, the Mozart, Scott's Nine Hundred, etc.=were largely filled from the interior. We do know that men came here in large numbers from the interior in 1861 on purpose to enlist. . We ,do not believe there are this day ten thousaiut rank arid file in the national service from our city and Brooklyn together. It is notorious that our quotas of the heavy call of last summer were not half made up, while the Re publican rural districts. very generally filled the re quisitions upon them. Hence, the recent enrol ment shows a paucity of available force in St. Law rence, Chautauqua, Onondaga, etc., while our city swarms with vigorous young men. Had we sent the number required of us last year we should not be requires- to send so many now.—. New York Tribune. NBA ENGLAND AND ICENTIMBV.—In a letter to Hon. R. 0. Winthrop, of Boston, the well-known divine and patriot, Robert J. Breckharidge, writes ' , lt may be the will of God that the most dread ful changes await our country. If the veryr worst conies,-I look that true and regulated liberty will perish last in New England. In =past years I have spoken freely in disapprobation of much 'that has . been felt as an 611 influence "from New England, as it appeared to me. But I neva doubted—and now less than , ever—teat the roots of whatever 'produces freedom, equality, and high civilization, are more deeply set in New England than in any equal popu lation on the faceof the earth. As for Kentucky; I- will not trust myself to speak. I heard General , Burnside say that he considered the loyal people of Kentucky the most decided and disinterested hehad. anywhere seen; and that embraces two-thirds of:her entire population. It is a people held by its enemies to be boastful ; but they will do, always, more than they ever say they will do. GOOD Essovra or rns ~ correspondent, in reply to the question "Can the mob have done any goody' replies : "Certainly. Every element is positive and nevi.' tive. It may be positivelfbad,'and yet negatively gocd. You may remember the poor drunkard, who' said he was preaching temperance : Yaw preaching temperance °what uo you moan V Oh ! lam a practical illustration. , So, New York—which is so' great in many things—so rlike Tyre, a queen of. the .seas, and, like. Babylon, magnificent -in • itsw.ealth and its vanities — has been serving the rest of the "country'aa a practical illush•alian; and right glad mpat Beaton, and Philadelphia, and Oineinnati, Afore been." THE W A.ll rowns,B".' tPUBLISHKD WIIRKLY-1 THE Waft' Punea will be sent to enbectibers by: mail (per annum ba advance) ...... • • Three toplee " b pit rive copies " Cer T en {4 1. a 6 Lamer Clebe theta Tett_artll be charged at the OWNS rate. 61.50 per copy. The money meet cantata accompany the order. and in no fnetances can then terms be deatatedfront, 441 they afford very little more than the coat of the payer - Postmitetere are requested to act as Agelli4 foal . Tax WAS PREN 3 Kir To the getier-up of the Club of tea • or twenty. art extra copy of the Paper will be siren. THE INDIAN TERRITORY. Gen. Blunt's Victory at Honey Sprtnge. FORT BLUNT, CHOCTAW NATION, fuly 22—Write' tang at this date, a correspondent of the Missouri . Democrat describes the' battle of Honey Springs, fought on the 17th, between Blunt and Cooper : The enemy was about SIX thousand strong, with four pieces of artillery. Our whole force was not more than three thousand live hundred strong. iinp kin,' battery commenced ,the work upon our side, . and the firing soon became general upon both sides. The id Colorado and the let Kansas (colored) Regi ments were brought np to face the deadly fire of the ' 20th and 29th Texas. And here was the hottest part of the battle. The 2d Colorado, led by their cool and daring lieutenant colonel, pressed into the thickest, of the tight, regardless of the deadly havoc, which increased with every step. This regiment lost more in killed than any other. But fn this connection I cannot forbear-noticing - the conduct of both the officers and men of the let Kansas, colored. This regiment, under their fight ing colonel, came up nobly to the work. They ad winced to within about forty paces of the enemy : who then opened upon them a terrible fire of buck shot. This volley mostly passed over their heads, and their brave colonel was felled from his hiirse by three different shot ,, just after he had given the com mand to lire. and while he V 71115 in the act of com mending a " charge bayonet," 'NOW the hottest part of the work commenced ; the blacks fought with a courage rarely equaled. The whole of our forces pressed upon the enemy, who was finally compelled to retire in great disorder. Onr batteries had by this time completely siren ceetheir guns, and our whole force pressed on in close pursuit. The rebels made another stand- in a corn-field, about half a mile distant, but were goon driven from this position by the Indians, who always kept up close to their rear. After some severe fighting here for a few moments they again fled in the greatest confusion, and only kept hack a small party to cover the retreat of their main body, which was now fairly begun. We bad no cavalry fit to pursue. Before falling back they burned thousands of dol lars' worth of commissary stores to prevent theta from falling into our hands. The Rd gun was fired at just fifteen minutes before two o'clock. The rebel loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners cannot fall short of three hundred men. Our loss is about fifty, killed and wounded. We captured about four hundred stands of arms, one-twelve - pound - howitzer, and a small quantity of provisions. Our , forces, without exception, behaved gallantly, and we must give the rebels credit for the desperate courage they exhibited. This is an important victory—not a bloody one; but 'a victory of a permanent and significant charac ter. This is the first event of our army south of the Arkansas. Ever since the beginning ot the war, the rebels have made Honey Springs an, important re uniting depot, and it had. grown to ice fine of the afro upholds of the Southern Confederacy. It is the first time it has been disturbed, and now it is com pletely destroyed. Gen. flair's Return Home. Gen. Frank P. Blair, distinguished in the Vicksburg campaign, returned to hie home in St. Louis, a few days ago, and received an ovation. Replying to a ' speech of welcome, Gen. Blair said : He felt truly happy to be so enthusiastically wel comed by his friends. He had often been among , friends in other places; but never had he received such enthusiastic welcome as from his friends in St. Louis. He understood that this reception was as much due to-what had been accomplished by the Army of the Tennessee, (which he thought should be called the Army of thelVlississippi,) as to his own " efforts. 'He thought -that the' victory gained .by the Gradual Einancipationists in Missouri, was almost as great as that gained in the Valley of the Missis sippi. He was always in favor of emancipation— always with a due regard for the vested interests of the rights and dignity of free labor in Missouri. He would give freedom tolhe slave, but would not at the same time proscribe and persecute the slave- . bolder. He thought that seven years was short time enough for the slaves to be- liberated in, even if their welfare was to be consulted exclusively. As Mr. McPherson had said, he had advocated these doctrines fifteen years ago, when they were not merely unpopular, but perilous. He had come home for a short visit, and would return again soon. AA' AFFECTING INCIDENT At this juncture Dlr. Ned Stephens, the old hero who was wounded at Vicksburg, and for some time reported dead, met the General's eye in the crowd, - and a spontaneous compliment to the devoted patri otism of " Old Ned" by the speaker awakened feel ings of profound emotion in the hearts of all pre-, sent. It was the first time they had met since Ste - phens had fallen on the field in the first attack on Vicksburg. The meeting was cordial ; first a grasp and shake of the hand, when eye met eye, and the meeting culminated in a cordial "hug." It was truly an affecting scene to see these brother soldiers embrace each other, and the joy of such a meeting can only be appreciated by those who meet under like circumstances. The Hamburg IPtrhibition. The following is the list of prizes awarded to Americans up to date of the-Ifith • . Gold Medal—To McCormick for. the beat reaping machine, the only prize of the kind awarded to this branch of industry. Money Pries.—To George GaMpbell, of Vermont, two first and one second-class prizes for sheep--value 125 Prussian thalers. Silver Medals.—Thompson & Avery, for beat horse power ; Seymour, Morgan &.Co., for reaper._ Bronze ikleilals.--SolonP! Hubbell, for best broad cast sower ; John W. Free, of - Indiana, for best fan ning and separating mill.' James A. Saxton, for Biting mowing machine. • • L. P. Rose, of Michigan, for case of best finished •.agricultnral implements—the finest -exhibited. E. C. Taintor, of- Massachusettsclor planing and morticing machine. • George Carapbell, of Vermont, for Willard's root Whitmore, 13elcher & Co., of Nenn - T. • Borba mat of agiicultural implements. John Vanderbilt of. for the same. Fos heat harrOW. Hall, 'Spear & Co., for est plough. Other prizes may yet be awarded, as- some-Ameri can exhibitors ere , so late that their contributions have not yet been examined._ ' • Rion Mixiwrnas 3x New Yons —A. New York correspondent of• the Boston Post, in the course of a • gosaipping letter:to, that journal, touches on the , s u bject-of " rich ministers" in Gotham. At the bead: of the list the writer places, as Of course, Archbishop Hughes, whose private property (he says) amounts, to the snug little sum of a round million dollars. He is the millionaire minister par - Excatence. In-the - Lutheran Church there is a Rev. Geitenhahaer; who is. reckoned worth • $050,1X0, and whose secular .hours are for the most part Occupied in forging "the silken chain that • binds .two willing hearts." Thousands of couples matrimonially inclined have, - by ids aid, reached the consummation devoutly wished. His residence, in Fourteenth street, is literally besieged by the crowds . who desire to exchange the truelover's knot for that Gordian knot which nothing but death can cut. Among the Dutch Reformed clergymen, Rev. A. R.Yan Nest ranks as the richest. This gentleman has one or two hundred thousand dollars now, and "has a goodly heritage" in prospect of half a million more when his wealthy father reaches the shining shore. Rev. Dr. Hardenbergh, of the same denomi nation. is estimated worth a hundred thousand dol lars. The Presbyterians, perhaps, have more rich ministers than any other denomination. At the head of the list—the Nestor of the Church in this city—stands Dr. Spring, clan= venerabile ,omen-- - - who is easily worth a hundred thousand dollars, and whose young and interesting bride is set down as having three hundred thousand. dollars more. Rev. Dr. Adams no one thinks or estimating at less than one hundred thousand dollars. Rev. Dr. Potts and Rev. Dr. Phillips each are worth fifty thousand, and several others of the Presbyterian clergy are equally able to keep the wolf from the door. Bishop Janes, of the Methodist Church, possesses treasures on earth to the value of one hundred thousand dol lars, and co does:Rev. James Floy, the best politi cian in that denomination. Rev. Dr. Hafrany is worth about thirty thousand dollars. Among the Baptists, Rev. Doctors Dowling and Sommers are set down at thirty thousand apiece, and' Rev. S. A. Corey at about twentythousan'ddellars. Rev. Mr. Beecher and 'Doctor R. S. Storrs, of Brooklyn, own fine-residences,- and are called worth twenty-five or thirty thousand each. SUMMER HAUNTS OF OUR AUTHORS AND ARTISTS. —Longfellow is in his " House by the Sea,i , drink ing in the delicious breezes, and listening to the murmuring of waves at Nabant. Prof. Agassiz is in his own retreat on the opposite side of the same lit tle peninsula, and he and Longfellow often meet. Neither is idle, and it is fortunate for both that no convenient steamer runs from Boston since the war, bringing its cargo of admirers to break in upon deep studies of nature. Nahant was the favorite resort of Prescott, and there, too, Motley loved to spend the weeks when the dog star - rages. Allueroft has hie campage at Newport, where, surrounded by his books. he can enjoy, as well as at his residence in New York, the quiet study of history within sound of tierce breakers. Whittier's .little cottage nestles amid 'wipes and elms in Amesbury, Mass. A few minutes walk brings him to the summit of hills, whence, in different directions, he can view the White and Green Mountains, the lordly Merrimac, and the broad sweep.of ocean. Fields, "the Ame rican liloxon,” as Charles Lanman felicitously terms him, has been spending a few weeks in the White ;Hills," but is now back again to the " Old Corner) , Lanman himself has been fishifig and writing in the region of the Glen and Alpine' House. Church is at his home on the banks of the Hudson. His "Chimborazo" (not Cotopaxi) is about completed, and will add new laurels to him upon whom the Lyndon Art Journal said " the mantle of Turner had fallen." Gifford, brave and noble fellow, has been doing service -in his third campaign,with the New York. 'lth. Minerva never - loses when Gifford pays attention to Mars. Bierstadt is with Fitz Hugh Ludlow in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Bradford, our beat marine painter after James Hamilton, the illustrator of Kane, is on the coast of Labrador. Welby, a Danish marine painter of great merit, and brother to the artists° well known on the Continent, is among the islandkithat stud the shores of Maine. Welby is an inti .4"te friend of Hans Christian Anderson, and was well acquainted with the great Thorwaldsen. Heade goes to Brazil to paint scenery and huniming birds, and takes to the Brazilian Emperor some of Harley's exquisite thingi,l.--Anzerican Publishing Circular. JOSB . S . IE d. 'WARE, ESQ., who has been the editor Of the Daily Chronicle since its commencement, has accepted the position of private secretary to Adju tant General Thomas, who line just left Washington en a tour to the West to organize negro regiments. While we sincerely iegret to lose the services of Mr. Ware from the Chrorricle, - we are glad to see him ap pointed tan place for which heis so well qualified by his:experience, his talents, hie convictions, and his sense of duty. Since Mr. Ware has been con nected with the.Chronicte, he has adopted hie course of unhesitating and unquestioning support of the Government as a matter of.duty. He believes that in this emergency loyalty consists in absolute and unequivocal allegiance to the Administration, and he has always advocated with earnestness and zeal the cause of, human liberty, and the truth that "all men are created free and equal." We wish Mr. Ware well in his new position. He leaves many ivgarm friends behind him in Washington, who wilrbe al ways happy to hear of his success in his neiv field of operations.—Waskinglon Chronicle. • [From the Evening Post]• - To dohn Dorgan, After reading his " Studies,'" Vol.. 1. Thou bast unrolled before my gazing eye A strange bewitching land, with shadows deep, And sunny glancing lights, that rise and.die ; Their magic beauty made me laugh and weep, Deep longing swelled my sympathizing breast ;. - I would have:floated with thee on the sea, When, with triumphant glee; the billow's crest ' Thy vessel'cut, a conqueror to be..' Yes I there it lies, that island fair and bright,, Pdet-discoverer, long in dreams thine own, Now given to the world. Oh, - what a sight i• And on the steepest rook, as on a throne, , Psee thee watching, wrapt in blissful pain, Asir, a mantle,.pondering o'er a thought, A riddle odd and old, laurel or chain ' Which of the two is for Colombo wrought' . NEGRO REGIBIENTS.—Gert. Foster has issued an order directing the enlistment of a coloredyegt went within the - limits of-the late department of `Virginia, General Dix's. General Foster has also authorized General Wild, . commanding colored troops in North Carolina, "to - take possession of Unoccupied and trriowned land: on Roanoke Island, 'for the purpose of distributing the same to the fami. lies of nro ioldlers - and other contrejmnde tA Um le/Y/Se eg U.l9 WM MOON".
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