Cljt Vrtss. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863 *JP We earl take no notice of anonymous oommu. deation'. We do not return rejected manuscripts. *IP 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. THE SI rUATION. Charleston is now the point of interest, 'but that it will long remain so we doubt, as the interest of this war must inevitably re -turn to the situation in Virginia. It ,has 'hitherto been the case that great victories in other parts of 'the country have for a time interrupted the national anxiety for the Army of the Potomac, but, invariably the anxiety has returned with greater force. So long as the work of that-army remains-un finished this feeling must exist. The people have intense interest only in uncertainties. A settled campaign loses its power to at tract, and the greater an established suc cess, the greater is the indifference concern ing it. This feeling is natural, because, in this war, the advantages which we have gained are evidently permanent ; they are ,accepted as facts, and have a certain his : torical soberness ; but the victories yet to be obtained eclipse all those of the past. 'With the capture of Vicksburg, and the virtual subjugation of the 'Southwest; we are satisfied ; we - no longer look with anx ious eyes to the armies of ROSECRANS and GRANT, but consider they have already overcome the greatest of- their difficulties. Mit in Virginia, excepting as it is by events elsewhere influenced, the situation retains all its old uncertainty; the question of supe iiority is undecided. Bere have we been baffled for two years by that stubborn foe, the Army of Northern Virginia, which woirt be conquered, and cannot conquer others. A magnificent drawn battle 'of two years' duration, the Virginian campaigns are in effect. The amount of marching the Vir , ginian armies have accomplished must have gratified the desires of the most enthusiastic pedestrian. They have fought with despe ration, and have sacrificed over a hundred thous - and lives. Yet, thus far, they have decided nothing, unless it be that the strength of the rebellion is concentrated in Virginia, and that to strike down that terri ble right arm is the imperative duty of the Government. For the destruction of the enemy the Army of the Potomac was crea ted, and to out. plan General LEE six gene rals have had its command. But the enemy refuses to be destroyed, and LEE will not consent to be out-planned. Still confronted by its desperate foe, our gallant army threatens Ilichniond,— " Fierce sign of battle makes and menace high," and it is not in the probabilities that it will rest long in- such an attitude. In the West the work has been done ; at Charles ton the work is doing ; but in Virginia the work is yet to do, and we are not among those who believe it will be neglected. We do not forget what the Army of the Potomac has already won. in Pennsylvania, but we remember what it is pledged to do in Virginia. Itis crowned with the laurels of Gettysburg, but its indestructible wreath of honor is yet to be woven in another field. A victory is to be gained, which shall outshine any of the past, and certain ly a new battle must be fought before many weeks are over. The enemy now holds Gordonsville as a base, and our army on the line Of the Rappahannock, and south of the river, is either awaiting or preparing an attack. If we menace, the rebels menace, and it is not unlikely that the Army of the Potomac will again stand upon the defen sive, as at Gettysburg. The policy of the enemy, elsewhere irretrievably defeated, necessitates an energetic effort to obtain success at the only • remaining point *where .it is possible. Beyond question the Army of the Potomac is the only Federal army the rebels- can attack, and that they will not dare to do unless their own force is greatly strengthened. We consider it a matter of course that the enemy will at once concentrate his power in Virginia, and endeavor to extract from the next battle. fell compensation for his fearful losses in the •West. It is sure that no offensive movement will be made against GRANT or ROSECRANS, and General MEADE is the only commander who has any reason to anticipate assault. We must strengthen MEADE, for victory in Virginia is victory everywhere.. Reinforcernents each army must need, and that which obtains the greatest number in the shortest. time will begin the new campaign. The Gloom of the South. Every day and hour adds to the evidence of the distress, of the rebellion and the gloom of the rebels. The extracts we give to-day from late Southern newspapers of Richmond, Charleston, Montgomery; and Savannah, prove that this gloom is profound and universal. It exists in the- councils of the - Government, in the speculations of journalism, in the ranks of the • army, and in the lieartS of the disloyal people. JEF FERSON DAVIS, in his proclamation of a day of humiliation, advises his followers .to receive their recent reverses in humble thankfulness ; but his counsels they do not accept. lie himself, in his appeal to the soldiers, does not thank Heaven for the loss of Vicksburg and the defeat at Gettysburg ; but, on the contrary, exhibits a carnal spirit of despair and hatred. Nor is there one of the papers from wkich we quote which does not display the Basest ingratitude for the blessings which Generals MEADE and GRANT imposed upon them so generous ly. They confess the terrible calamities which have overtaken the rebellion while attempting to conceal them ; they vainly seek to persuade the people that the re sources of the South were never greater, forgetting that JEFFERSON DAVIS has dis tinctly asserted the inferiority- of his armies, and the wretched condition of his cause. After the battle of Chancellorville, accord ing. to a correspondent of the London Tones, General LEE -lamented that his army was too weak to inflict any further harm on our forces, though he professed to have had the opportunity. The most thoughtles'g mind cannot fail to see, in the extracts we have given, ample proof that the rebellion is tot tering, and trembling,to its centre ; that the gloom of the South is the gloom of a des pairing people, and the shadow of a terrible defeat. Whosoever should infer that we rejoice in the 'distresses of the Southern people ac cuses us unjustly,; but it certainly will not be considered inhuman, save by the disloyal, who bestow all thgir berevolence upon trea son, if we rejoice in the miseries of the re bellion; We shall be gratified to see that wretched monster, begotten of foul ambition upon slavery, in a worse plight. We shall be delighted to see it hungry, naked, and sick-a beggar vainly imploring Europ6 for alms. All loyal men will be happy to look upon its expiring agbnies, and anxious, not to smoothe its dying pillow, but to add to its pangs and shorten its misera ble struggle. All loyal men will con sider it a privilege to aid in digging its gran, and giving the abominated corpse, into the arms of delth, saying to that long-tan- Aalized and expectant skeleton, "Accept .this little tokeii of our regard, with which -we have for some years intended to pre sent you. You will excuse us from offering you our liberties, our honor, our Govern anent, as this never-to-be -sufficiently-detest ed monster desired ; but, we have no doubt that this demilition, damp, cold, Maples ::sant body,' which suit your maw as well as the Republic." The phantom will dmibt 7 :less reply that the rebellion was the very aneal he had his eye-holes on for a month, - :arid that he is fully capable Of - swallowing it 'whole. What a pleasure it will• be to wan der through the cemetery 'where the de funct " reaction against the mistaken-civili zation of the age" is, interred, and to read upon a mon ument the usual complimentary inscription, recording the many virtues of the deceased. "When a storm is coming, heavy clouds gather in the sky, vague winds move lightly, an unnatural stillness:, an unusual slkadow, is upon the earth, and gradually are heard in distinct mutterings of thunder which ever grow nearer, and are seen faint flashes of lightning which momentarily are brighter. The clouds Which at first hung low in the horizon how darkly veil the zenith, and from them falls, before the storm is loosened, a gloom that is profound, close, stifling. Over the South such a storm now impends, and a darkness that can be felt prededes it. This is a lull in which men measure with fear the majestic approach of those toppling clouds of threatening night up-piled along the Northern sky, knowing not, how soon they shall be illumined by consuming fire. These sombre clouds have gradually blotted from the sky the dint stars of hope, and their shadows lie from the ruined plains of Virginia to the fair fields of Alabania. The day does not dispel this shadow; it is in the noonday as well as the midnight. It is a gloom projected from those menacing clouds within whose sulphurous bosoms lie the bolts of victory, masses which turn their dark sides to the South, but to the North are bright and glorious with the sun rise of national triumph.. Out of this gloom which overhangs the South come dolorous voices to us bewailing its existence, or •denying it; prophesying its speedy end, or fearing its further growth ; entreating the people not to be frightened, or assuring them that they have much cause for fear—contradictory voices, but all trembling alike with terror. In tenor they are agreed, differing chiefly in ability to simulate the tones of cheerfulness and hope. We listen to this melancholy music, this chorus Of lamentation, with pleasure, for it is the swan-song of the rebellion—the elegy which it sings as it dies. To us it is 'a cheerful sound, for it tells- of exhausted ini quity; to us the gloom is more beautiful then light, for it enfolds the enemy of Free•- dom. Out of it will be born another day for the laud which it now shrouds, and a new radiance for the world. To us it is deep joy when those false lights which have misled a people prove to be "wander ing stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever." Volunteer Diplomacy. Those of our readers who have not seen Mr. WILLIAM CORNELL JEWETT, Of Colo rado Territory, have lived a certain part of their lives in vain. Who Mr. ,TEIVETT may have been, or whathi.s claims to notoriety may be, we hardly know ; nor would it be profitable to inquire. Enough for us to say that he .is a veritable human being, very much in sympathy with the traitors in the North, distinguished by his fascinating manners, great fluency of speech, inde scribable apparel, and a genial but irre pressible way of obtaining admission to the private rooms of newspaper editors; a quaint, queer, amusing creature, who finds a great plenum in addressing letters to the Queen of England, and opening a general correspondence with royalty. With the exception of a single reply from the Em peror NAPOLEON, who evidently saw in Mr. JEWETT such a . congeniality of tempera ment thdt he could not resist patronizing LIM, this eccentric chevalier's correspond ence has been, we are sorry to say, all on the one side. He has sent us a small pamphlet, containing his recent efforts, printed in London, and dated "Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate, " which bath a lofty sound, and suggests good dinners and airy chambers for WIL LIAM CORNELL JEWETT. His brochure contains sixteen letters, all signed " WrL- Lr.k3l CORNELL JEWETT," excepting one, from an editor in New York. NAPOLEON, COMA RECIIBURG, of Austria, ALEXANDER, - VICTOR EMMANUEL, ISABELLA, PALMER STON, RUSSELL, DISRAELI, LINCOLN, SE- WARD, and DAY'S, are all duly addressed. NAPOLEON is favored with two letters, the first of which concludes with an appeal that the writer be pardoned his obtrusion on NA POLEON'S " sacred privacy." Count IlEctr rico, the Austrian Foreign Minister, seems to have given JEWETT an interview, and to have stated that "Austria favors a mediation of American matters upon the friendly basis, inaugurated by NAPOLEON, and would cheerfully act in concert with France and other Powers for a just tribunal upon the favor of either North or South, and in his judgment mediation was not interference." All of which makes us regret that the Count was silly enough to have granted such an interview, and to have permitted himself to be dragged before the world in this unneces sary and - ridiculous mannei. Of course, Mr. JEWETT, having written two letters to NAPOLEON, could not com plete his mission without seeing ROEBUCK— ROEBUCK of Sheffield, commonly called the '"Dog Tearein." He does not write to ROEBUCK, but he speaks of an interview with him, and his urging upon the Sheffield refiesentative the necessity of an amend ment to his motion for recognition es tablishing "an international tribunal," which Mr. ROEBUCK declared he would not make. 'Straightway JEWETT pounces upon DISRAELI, and demands his adoption'of the amendment with this threat : " Should you decline, Iwill , in a future public position, hold England responsible for the cons . equences through your neglect." What this precisely means we cannot determine, but we suppose that it is the idea of JEWETT to return to this country and be elected President on a ticket with FERNANDO WOOD or some 'one of the glory-ripened generals who left- the army for the good of the service, and declare war with Eng land—a prospect very alarming, and which must have brought grief and care to the brilliant author of " Vivian Grey." Whether it brought grief or not, it seems that JEWETT obtained no satisfaction,- and was compelled to apply to the Government. Accordingly, we find him speaking or an in terview with Mr. LAYARD, in which he tells us what he said to that minister, but no word of the reply he' obtained—suggesting a pru dence on the part of the Englishman that Count RECHBERG might well have imitated. This ends the diplomacy, and the pamphlet closes at "Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate," on the 22(1. of July, Mr. JEWETT being then in the act of inditing a letter to Mr. LINCOLN, which is by this time in Washington, and. in some of the President's numerous waste-baskets. What JEwErr will next do we do not know. Perhaps re turn horhe and join'the peace party in New York ; perhaps find his way to Vichy or the Tuileries, or continue writing letters to the crowned - ..heads of 'Europe: We trust- that our volunteer diplomatist may have a plea sant time in London, and that the keeper of the "Palace Betel, Buckingham Place," will have no difficulty in being remunerated for board, lodgings, and stationery. The Substitute Business. The business of- obtaining substitutes to take the places of those drawn by the conscription has become very extensive, although, on account of the wise provision of Congress in reference to the three-hundred exemption bill, it has not been as lucrative as it might be. We have heard many stories of fraud and violence and perfidy in this matter, all of which may be at tributed to the villainy of a class of men, who call themselves substitute broker& and by the, management of capital are enabled to bring together large numbers of men, and dispose of them to the highest bidder. It is not our purpose now to make any reference to the many arts used by the agents,of these brokers to obtain men for merchandise, but to particularize a case developed yesterday. It seems that certain bad men went to the camp of Colonel Clntltricoo r and enticed a number of enlisted men away to be sold as substitutes. They had been recruited, en listed, mustered in, and placed in camp, and their absence became desertion. They were arrested, and will be punished as deserter& The promptitude with which Colonel Cutimmus acted deserves much praise. He brought the subject to the *attention of the Seeretary of War, who at once made an order governing all such cases. Conscripts obtaining substitutes will be compelled to assume the responsibility of their being valid. When a person is foisted upon the Government who has been previously en listed, the- Government will hold the con. script responsible for service. A substitute must be legal and valid andin all respects a prOyer pan before jaia Fut' olpal'a liability ceases. Our friends would do well to re member this. It will gave thiiim time, trou ble, and money. In the meantime, we trust that while our authorities are punishing the men who desert, they will also punish the men who prompted them to the crime. Public Opinion. Abroad. Such of the English journals as have not been subsidized illy Mr. LAIRD, the disintiy rested builder of the Alabama and- other privateering vessels, or by Mr. MASON, the Southern Ambassador to PALMERSTON and RUSSELL, (who decoriMsly avoid receiving hi m p u bli c ly,) freely enough confess that General IVIRADE's defeat of the rebels under LEE at Gettysburg, is a reality, and that it was not exactly LEE'S intention to be beaten, by way of diversion, They also acknowledge the capture of Vicksburg to be the heaviest blow that Secession could have received on the.banks of the Mississippi. In the farce of "The Irish Tutor," in which. TYRONE Powxn, as may be remembered, played the part of Doctor 0' Toole with great humor ; whenever his pupils committed any out rageous contretemps, he would wink at the wondering spectator, significantly shake his bead, and declare, in a rich brogue, "That's part of my system." Many English journals have represented LEE as a second 0' Toole, and, when he was soundly beaten in and fairly driven out of Pennsylvania, affect to be entirely in the secret, declaring "That's part of Ms system." The illustrated Times, one of the hest of the London pictorials, puts a fine portrait of General MEADE upon the first page of its issue of July 25th, and, not having any fear of Secessia in its heart, (surely a news paper may be hearty, as ARTEADJS WARD would say t) appends to it an excellent and impartial memoir of that gallant soldier. This biography, which would fill a column of. The Press, is fair as well as full. It de tails the leading circumstances of the Gene ral's public career, and concludes with this sentence : " As our readers are already aware, Gen: IVIE.IDE was appointed on the 28th ult. (June), to succeed General HOOKER as commander of the Army of the Potomac; and so vigorously did he set about the per formance of his duty that by the Ist inst. he had come up with General LEE at Gettys burg, and, after three days' obstinate fight ing, compelled the Southern leader to retire from the field, and thereby at once relieved. Pennsylvania, of the Confederate invasion and restored the spirit which a succession of defeats had destroyed in the Federal army." The same journal, it may be stated, while it is thus frank about the defeat of LEE, and its consequences, rather doubts the result of the capture of Vicksburg, though it con feases that it would enable the Union war ships to traverse the mighty Mississippi without rebel interruption. It is too much, perhaps, to expect that it should have been wholly logical and candid at once. The illustrated London News, also of July 25, has hitherto exhibited remarkably strong anti-Union proeb,yities. When we mention that it was conducted for many years by Dr. OiIARLES MACKAY, who, as a traveller among us, - wrote an able book strongly con demning the working of the "peculiar insti tution" in the South, trough he now backs up Slavery, as New York correspondent of the London Times, no one need wonder at 'the anti-Union tone which has long per -vaded it. - The success of General 111..EA:DE is admitted, in its' columns, to be "the only piece of real generalship that has been de veloped by the Federal leaders," but, mind ful of its old hostility to our cause, sug gesta that • " some people" think, that if LEE has received a - check, he only leans back the better to spring forward, as the French proverb has it. Again, though the capture of Vicksburg is undeniable, it insinuates that " some people" pro phesy a great Southern victory, and treat the surrender of Vicksburg as "an or ganized canard for Federal purposes in con nection with the chartered American anni. versary of the 4th of July." Still; it con fesses that LEE'S raid was an absurd design that came to a - bad end, and, on the very same page, gives full particulars of the un conditional surrender of Vicksburg, which it owns was a terrible blow for the rebels. All thrmigh these papers there is an evident under-current of contrition at their former folly in anticipating' that the South must eventually triumph. They appear ashamed of their ignorance of the American ques tion, but know not how to get out of the difficulty. So they begin by praising Gene ral MEAUE and his exploits, which they can safely do, and while . they pooh-pooh the capture of Vicksburg in one article, give long details in another of its " uncondi tional .surrender," In a week or two they may tell the whole truth. A Mexican Te Deum. The most cheerful reading that we have. encountered for a long time, is. contained in the despatches of General Fon - Ev to the Emperor NAPOLEON, announcing his victo ries in Mexico. French literature generally is very original and eccentric; and particu larly those 'portions of it devoted to the de seription of battles and victories. We re- 1 member the Carmagnoles of BARERE, and the extravagance of many of NAPOLEON'S early bulletins. The aisPutes that arose out of the imaginative propensities of ST. All- NAM), during the Crimean war, still agitate the English and French, and there are those that still smile over the valorous and harm less achievements of NAPOLEON in Italy, as duly recorded in the Moniteur. FOREY, however, seems to excel them all. We even forget BARERE and his Bappots in our admi ration of this prolific and Vivacimis writer. We are told that when his last despatch reached Paris, it was forwarded to Vichy, where the harassed Emperor is sojourning for the good of his health, by a special train.. And, furthermore, we are told that the Emperor became joyous, and had a Te Drum in •the principal church. First, the bulletin was posted up in the thermal gallery and a large crowd assembled to cheer the Emperor. Then came the Empe ror, with a wounded Mexican officer who had brought the trophies, on his right hand, on his way to mass, and when the Emperor met the officer, who before had been-merely a captain, he saluted him, "Bonjour, com mandant," after which the mass was so lemnized. The despatch, which was the occasion of so much felicitous stage display on the part of the Emperor, purports.to tell how FOREY'S heart, on the 10th of June, was thrilling with emotion—he at that time being in the city of Mexico, which city had 'been captured without a loss of life, in con sequence of its evacuation by JUAREZ., The army had- been received, he says, "with an enthusiasm approaching to delirium ;" the soldiers "were literally overwhelmed with bouquets," and with the officers of the staff" he attended a Te Dom in "the magnificent Cathedral," and so on, even to the :cries of "Vivo L'Empereur ! ATive L'lmperatirie !" The solemnity of this Te Deum was not at all affected by the fact that there bad been no fighting. It is a consola tion to know, howeVer, that as late as May 21 he had intended fighting, but the " ne cessity of waiting for convoys" delayed him until the evening of the 31st of May, when, learning that J - o - Amcz had evacuated Mexico, he immediately sent forward and took possession, after 'which the " enthu siasm approaching to delirium," as described before. Millis the- story of FORE'S. We have another narrativeywhich should , becarefully read, that we may understand this Mexican Te D61.1M. A writer in the London Times tells us, on the 211 of June, that FORICY'S delay was inexplicable ; that he might have at once advanced and taken the city, and that perhaps he was waiting until JuABEZ bad gathered enough men together to make his defeat something glorious. As FOREY evidently belongs to the class of military commanters that esteem glory at as cheap it, price as possible, any such suggestion is pure irony. Ile - waited—for " convoys," he tells us—inexplicably - waited until the Mexican packed up his specie and left the city. Then he came. " His reception could scarcely be called enthusiastic," says this writer, " still, triumphal arches were erect ed," (by fatigue parties, probably,) "flowers were showered down upon him balconies were filled with ladieo, and the whole 01 the THE PR ESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863. population seemed to have turned out, if for no other purpose, at all events to gratify their curiosity." We are' very sorry that the " delirium " seems to have been seen by no one but FOREY, and filhese two narratives so far differ as to:pain sensitive and good men, let us not be uncharitable, but remember that a Te Deunz is 'a precious thing, and, if one can be maauf4cturcd) out of these flimsy Mexican materials, let u.rnot be too curious, nor look closely at the shreds'' and patches. FOREY has been inde a mar shal, and the Emperor has said his prayers at Vichy, and Captain, the orderly officer who brought the news, has had his rank advanced with "Son jour, Commandant." It's alivery pretty and attractive, and let the Lord be praised Let the curtain fall, with the flowers clustering around the smiling FOREY, and JVAREZ, in the distance, gathering his forces for another and a deadlier struggle. We look beyond the noise and music and fanfaronadc, and say to the grim and gallant Mexican, God speed you in your cause, and when we have ended these rebels in the South a sword or two may be spared to aid you in your undertaking. TER POST OFTIOE.—The request which our Postmaster, Mr. WALBORN, Makes in his card, to=day, deserves general 'attention. Carelessness in letter delivery Mr. WALBonN proposes to remove in the simplest way—by inviting and investigating the coMplaint of those aggrieved. A spirit of efficiency has become characteristic of our post;office go vernment, and Mr. WALBORN is determined, to perfect its system. His present proposal affords double guarantee that the !postal in terests and the public comfort will be faith fully served. The Draft Completed. • The (Iran for the entire District of Clolumbia was completed to day. Outside the limits or liVashing. ton, the result of which has been already announced, the number is seven hundred whites arid, sixty-five colored. Mr. BLOCKFORD. the Commissioner of Enrolment, was drawn, causing much amusement to the specta tors. The drawing is generally adraittO to have been fair. Brokers are offering to supply aubstitutes at $2OO apiece. Several detectives have been stationed at the rail road station to prevent drafted persons frOm leaving the city, and thus far about one hundred have been turned back and others at various points , have been arrested by the military authorities. Some of the colored conscripts have already pre sented themselves for duty. The eollector of Internal Revenue hat been ap pointed by the War Department receiver of the $3OO commutation money. Contradiction of a Canard. Statements appeared in some of the Northern papers, after the fall of Vicksburg and the defeat of LEE, to the effect that the question of ,peace had been discussed in the Federal Cabinet, and that a Cabinet crisis had been caused by a pro Position of Mr. SEWARD to issue a Presidential, pro c tlamation, offering an amnesty to the Southern pe ple, with drawing the emancipation proclamation, suspend ing the confiscation act, and offering prtection to the persons, property, and rights of the Southern sl y people, except the leaders; that Attorne _General BATES and Mr. 111.0ETGOMERY BLAIR favor the scheme ; that Messrs. STANTON and CELAWE favored the scheme 'with modifications, and that Mr. WELLES opposes it, but not so strongly. I Here, where the public is accustomed t,-assump tions of this kind, these statements were n t thought of sufficient importance to demand attention. It seems now that they went to Europe, and were made the foundation there of new castles in the air built by the European enemies of the 'United States. It is, therefore, proper to say that these statements had,no foundation whatever ; In fact, no much debates or proposition, or any debate or preper sitions on the subject of peace, or of such an am nesty, have been made or had in the Cabinet, nor have any such differences arisen. I Order Repressing Rebel Depredations. The following is the order recentlyisin;ed by the General,in-Chief of the Army for the repirssion o guerilla outrages on the line of the Or nge and Alexandria Railroad. We find it incorpbrated in an order from General HOWARD to his command— the 11th Corps: ~ LESTRITCTIONS FROM THE GE'NERAL•IN• 111E.F. The numerous depredations °committed b citizens, rebel soldiers in disguise, harbored and corieealed by citizens along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad., and within our lines, call for prompt and, elernplar3r punishment. You will, therefore, arrebtan I confine for punishment or put beyond our lines every citizen against whom there is sufficient evidence of his hav ing engaged in these practices ; yeawill also notify the people within ten miles of the railroad that they will be held responsiblein their persons and property lot any injury cone to the road, trains, d pas or stations, by citizens, ,guerillas,, or persor sin ' dis guise, and in case of such injury, they country £ long the " I be ien pi ess.ed as laborers to repair all damages. If these niessines should not stop such depredation; , the en tire inhabitants of the district of, wil i railroad will be put across the lAne, and tl eir pro perty taken for Government use. I H. W. HALLECK, General inr Chief. Tile RocheSter Draft. The Eon. ALFRED ELY, of New York,rhas pre sented to the War Department the claim% of the corporation of Rochester, and the Twenty.eighth Congressional district to be credited on the present draft in his district the excess of men tun ished by it on former quotas. It is understood that the Department ac the allowance claimed, and that the order Ns -to other similar cases. Appointment The Sergeant-staring 9;" ttm @iaz!.te has T. W. SannINOS, And appointed HENRY of New Hampshire, postmaster of that body Naval. Commander WOQDWORTE has been order command of the Narragansett, Fire ilitadred Prisoners Taken "Lost Children." GEN. GILMORE'S NEW BATTERIES MOUNTED LARGEST GUNS IN AMERICA, BALTIMORE, August 7.—The American'B; special correspondent says : FLAG -SHIP AUGUSTA DINSMORE, 0E191%1010:LIS ISLAND, August 3. I find myself this evening located on the ag-ship Augusta Dinsmore, the guest of Admiral Dahlgren, by whom I have been most kindly received hnd wel comed to its hospitality. All here are confident of success. No one seems to entertain the slightest doubt on the subiect, and with such a feeling prevalent, failure is next to an impossibility. ' The grand ball will be opened in the elouree of the week, and it will be the most furious fight of the war. Mooring buoys have been located from each of the monitors, and the Ironsidee is within five hundred yards of Sumpter, and that 'Sumpter will fall, is, I think, as certain as that the day of attack will arrive. The enemy are also at work erecting batteries on „Tames Island, but we are putting up bat teries to command them also. There I+3 been but little cannonading to-day,. but some of the monitors will go in tonight to harass the enemy. Yesterday there was considerable can nenading all day and durine the night The guns of the naval battery, which is the advance battery, will be erected to-night. Yesterday, five ":hundred prisoners were taken by four companies of the "Lost Children" in the rear of Folly;lsland. They showed but little fight, and after receiving two vollys, laid down their arms. There have not been ado en guns fired today, and they were principally filoin our - water batteries. The enemy has been unusually: quiet, evidently ending that he has been wasting a great deal of ammunition lately. The sea is very calm and the weather very hot; but all are 'hopeful' and confident. The arrival of reinforcements has given new spirits to the troops on shore. BOSTON, August 7.—The correspondent of the Boston Herald, in a letter dated off Charleston, Aug. 2d, says that the new battery erected by tJ-eneral. Gilixiore on Morris Island is mounted by thel largest guns over oast at the North. When these batteries are opened against Sumpter there will be ik dread ful scattering of bricks, legs, arms, and bodies. 'An hour and a half will be allowed for the blomberd went of that fort before it will be compelled to surrender. The Siege of Charleston—The .Rebel Press Despaudent — An Appeal from Darls- - Lee Ready for Battle. FORTRESS MONROE, Auguit 6.—The steamship S. B. Spaulding has arrived. She left Stono Tnlet on the 4th inst. Her officers report the siege of ()herles ton progressing favorably. There was no important The fiag.of-truce boat New York,. under .oharge of Major John E. Mulford, arrived here last evening trorn City Point, with 9.50 exchanged prisoners- The Richmond papers contain no news of ante. Jeff Davis has issued an urgent appeal, to the Confederate officers and soldiers to return to their various camps and corps. He complains ofl a want of alacrity on the part of all classes in not leoming forward in this most dismal hour of the South. The Richmond Examiner is glooMy over tl e pros pect at Charleston, and says the fail of that. place will be the most mortifying and disastrous event of the war, and a fatal blow to the cause of the Con federacy. The-Richmond papers state that Lee has massed his troops and is ready for another battle. The Examiner says the soldiers are in excellent condition - and spirits, and that an engageMent is possible, if not probable, on the line of the Hopi- WA.SI-11P4T4G-'l'oPd.., Special Despatches to The Pxess. WASHINGTON, Augut4 7,-1863 CHARLESTON. THE BALL ABOUT TO BE REOP THE FALL OF. SUMPTER PREDIC NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONRIIE, It is believed in Richmond that General Meade, has been reinforoed by Genernl Grant to the extant of 15,000. The Richmond papers have no newe from Charles ton later than has been received through sedersl • IN WAR ICI THE SOUTRWCST. ARRRIVAL FROM NEW ORLEANS. BLOCKADE OF THE RED RIVER. An Important Movement-from Vicksburg, ishrw yoax, August 7.—The steamer George Washington has arrived with dates to the Ist inst. She passed on the 4th knit., in let. 27, long. 79, the Vatted States sfeamsloorr Richmond, bound North. Among the passengers on the George Washington it 3Brigadier Geneval.Dwight. Fa-Mayor Stitt:trig New Orleans, had arrived at that day, having been releaseditom Port Pickens; also Ex• Senator Leefe. They had been in Port PiCkeraysince last September.. General lierron , s command hati , arrived at N ew Orleans. The United States' steamer Tennessee, Admiral' Ferragut's flag-ship, was at New Orlean A largo number of invalids from the rebel gatriS. pipit of Vitaeburg had arrived at Pfbw Orleans, as had' some fifty registered' enemies. from St. Louis, their destination being Mobile. The new monitor Neosho was atltinkeburg, and the Osage was expected. The gunboats Choctaw andPittsburg - were block ading the-Red river. An important military and naval expedition was on foot at Vicksburg. General , Grant has some dozen skeletonvegiments of negtoes organizing at Vicksburg. DX F. X I 60' Q. American anal English Vessels Seized' by New Yonn, August 7.—By arrivals at this port, from New Orleans, we learn that Vera - Cruz ad vices received in that city to July 16th, report the death of the Ainerican consul on the lath. There were no.Amerlaito or English vessels.of-war on the coast: French vessels were engaged in seizing everything English or American. On the Bth ult., a French side-wheel steamer arrived at Vera Cruz , with an. English topsail schooner in tow, which was cap tured on the Rio Grande, with a cargo of arms. valued at $300,000, intended for the Texas rebels, though the schooner cleared at Liverpool for Mata moros. Her officers report five more vessels loading for Matamoros. From San Francisco. SAN FRANOJSCO, August 7,—Businese watt gene rally suspended yesterday.thoughout the State. The Union mass meeting and appropriate services in . the churches were the principal forms of the celebration. The city was brilliantly illuminated last night, and an extensive torchlight procession moved through the streeta. The Pioneer foundry, at Gold 11111, Nevada Terri tory, was burned this morning. Loss $lOO,OOO gno insurance. Arrived, steamer Golden Age, from Panama, bringing merehandize valued at $750,0001 The ship Tanjore, from Boston ' has also arrived. The steamer Sierra Nevada, with $950;000.in trea sure from Oregon, and $7,000 from British Columbia, hits arrived. . There is an increased inquiry for goods generally, indicating the early setting in of the fall trade. excitement in Illinois: Ouromto, August I.—The Muscatine Journal of the 9th, says that ten - Unionists who were most prominent in the affair last Saturday have been ar rested and put under bonds , for their appearance at court. The rioters, to the number of 100, are now encamped near Sigourney, and demand the imme diate trial for murder of those arrested. The excitement is said to be intense. At Wash ington a company numbering lid men has been raised, firlly armed and equipped, and ready to march to the scene of trouble. It is also understood that 300• 'Unionists are now under arms at South ' English. Ihe , Quebee Board of. Trade. PORTLAND, August 7.—The Quebec. Board of ~ Trade will arrive here . to-day. The delegates will meet our merchants on 'Change at noon, and in the afternoon will ride around the city and suburbs. A complimentary ball will De given theta. The Western press will be represented by eleven members. Large-delegations are also present from the press of New York, Boston, and other cities. United States Christian Commission. TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 7.—Two good meetings were held here yesterday, in behalf of the Christian Com mission, at which much enthusiasm was manifested. Address were made by Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, of Cin cinnati, and Rev. A. G. kicaLulfy, of youecity. A collection of over $2OO was taken up. The Conimer cl4l Excursion. PORTLAND, August 7.—A. ball was given to the Western delegates tonight. It was a brilliant affair. To-morrow they go on an excursion to the islands in the harbor. An invitation has been received for the several delegations to visit Quebec on leaving Portland. Mounties to Volunteers. Truarro - N, August 7.—The city, by the unanimous vote of the Common Council, has offered a bounty of- $2OO to volunteers to rill up its quota, and thus escape a draft. Important military enterprises are on foot to cap ture Mobile, and the fall of that city may be the next signal event.. Stirring news will soon arrive from that quarter. Return of Maine Regiments. PosTotr, August 7.—The 21st And 25th Maine Regi ments arrived here last night from Port Hudson, en route for home. - The Draft at Buffalo. El7 - 13TALO, August 7.—The draft has been resumed here. It will take several days to complete it. The Kentucky Election. CfNCINNATI, August 7.—The Gazelle has returns from twenty-one counties of Kentucky, showing a resjoytty of 16,041 for Mr. Branalette, the Union can for Governor. !Ceded to ill apply The American Dental Convention. SARATOGA, August 7.—The American Dents Convention closed ita se•aioca to-day. Markets by Telegraph. Onmiww.kil 'Y.—Flour quiet. Wheat active; red, 9841.00 c ; white 1096 , 110 c. Corn dull at 60@61c. Whisky, boge, and provisions unchanged; no sales of importance. Gold 26.@`27. , d to the A War with England. To the Editor of The Press : Sin : I was much pleased with the temper of your remarks, a few days ago, in regard to a war with England. I have been quite disgusted with the speculations of some editors on this subject, who speak of it as lightly as Ma sparring - match bet Ween two rowdies. War, as we , know to our cost, is a serious evil, and we ought to get rid of the one we have on hand before we provoke- another. The moral sense of our community would never consent to a war against the commerce of England, and the talk of " sweeping their commerce from the ocean', is unwise. Every reflecting man must be satisfied of the supreme folly of a war with England so long as by the it can be avoided withhonor. Our interests are too firmly united to be divided by the ranting , of a few Editors in England or here. At the same time our Government should, as we have no doubt they have done, firmly remonstrate against the British Government allowing ships to be built in their waters for the rebels, and they should go further, and let them understand, in case of the capture of any'of these vessels, every British subject should be made to walk a plank. If a few blockade-runners were served in this way it would soon stop the trader;--It would be serving the enemies 'of the country as they deserve. • I am; sir, truly yours, W. PHILADELPHIA., Aug. '7, 1863. Public Entertainments. THE NEW CHESTNIIT•STREET THEATRE Will re open on Monday with "The Martinetti Family and Marzetti"—a troupe of great versatility in the style of the Ravels. Their repertoire of ballet and panto. mime is very , large and popular, and their ability of performance unquestionable. Mlle Marietta Zan fretta, a distinguished member of this troupe, is re markable for her graceful and daring performances on the tightrope. The opening bill of the new exhi bition will comprise a grand ballet, of novel interest, in which a large number of talented dancers will take part, and the cheerful pantomime of "The Green Monster." MR, ADOLPH EIRGFELD, our famous Band. master, has gone to Cape May, and music, of course, goes with him—like a pail of his nature. Mr. Blrg feld is so intelligent a musicagleader, and hie band is so much in characler with its chief; that we feel assured our friends at the Cape will possess a new and positive luxiiry in music, worthy of neighbor hood to the sea in summer-time. Certainly, the presence there of so fine a bind adds something to he quality of the season. • Tir attention of gas fitters and plumbers is in vited to an advertiaement itt to-day , a paper. Dixprz..—The American Publisher's Circular states that Mr. Longfellow, the poet, - is engaged on an Eng lish version of Dante's "Divine Commedia.'l_ The only passable translations of this: noble poem, , into English verse, are by the late Rev.'Efenry Francis Cary, of the British Museum, and Mr. Ichabod 'Wright, banker, Nottingham. It would honorably crown Mr. Longfellors , s brilliant career to transfuse the great Italian's poetry into English. Lounox Irlus , ricAntu NEWS.—We have received the number for July 25, with a supplement, from 'Kr. J. J. Kromer, 403 Chestnut street. It is a superior number, with engravings of five picture% in thnLom. don Exhibitions, and portraits of eminent artists. By the President : J. P. ,BENJAMIN, Sec'y of State. The Gloom Throughout the South. SIGNS OF DISSATISFACTION REPROACHES AND REARTEDIMINGS—TONE OP THE SOUTHERN PRESS —INDICATIONS OF SUBMISSION—A REI.S.ARICABLE LORD BROUGHAM .AND THE BISHOP Or BEEPER. ARTICLE PROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER. —The appearance of Lord Brougham and the Bishop. OUR Bin Its FOREVER.—If any shortsighted of Exeter in the llouee of Lords, recently, is thus Confederates, of feeble knees and palid livers, have described by a lady : been deluding themselves with the idea, that, in case A noble and learned lord,, whose name is histori- of subjugation by our enerny, the worst that could cal; and which will live with the language, spoke a happen to us would be merely to go• bask into the few evenings since in the Lords, butnot with a spark "Union as it was," with the " Constitution as it of that vigor v hich shook that house during the me- , is," &c., it is time for them to assake• from , that dream. morable trial of . Queen Caroline, and afterwards at For us,n case of being overcome in. the field, there the still memorable epoch of the reform bill. The is to be no Constitution and no. law. The entire painfulness of the incident consisted in the almost possession of the whole Southerneountry,withevery decrepit weakness the noble and leernefi lord exhibi- house and estate ; the absolute fee-simple of all the ted; a weakness which was made themore painfully land, with its "woods and waters, mills and fish manifest when he stopped in the middle of his speech, hags, to have and to hold ea:lto Yankees, their heirs and, in order to render his articulation easier to him- and assigns ;" this Is the prizehar which our enemy self and clearerto his auditors, removed this fights, and without the paospect of which he would adjencta to hie mouth. It was with• no little Wi• not strike another lick. , To fully attain this, it will sully that he could do so, and, when he had =WM- be necessary for the Yankees to abolish the Genial plished it, his. articulation was worse- than it was tution entirely, so far se regards us Confederates. befOre. Be stood upon the floor of the House the Wearant be left witlaout rights, without legal reuae wreck of a great man indeed. Be is now eighty- dies, an inferior raze creeping on the Mee of our four years of age. Another legislative Neater that own land/ To make all ready far this sweeping ope eame'evenieg displayed the infirmity that must, of ration (which they think tieler will be in conditton necessity, attend extreme old age. An ecclesiastioal to enforce some time next VlTnter), the Yankee lefts cueetion was brought on—something in connection Wore, it iseems,'Etre preparing an ingenious law. The with the burial service=and the Bishop of Exeter, design of this law is thus explained by the New wi, is, I believe, near ninety years of age, came York Times: down to speak upon .'the subject. It was a painful "TEM Coxnnsos.TloP ACT.—The question of an. sight. The old man, attired in his full canonicals, amendment to [the confiscation act, so that the as all the bishops are when in the House of Lords, property of traitors once confiscated shall pass from rote from his seat, and, tottering to the table ad- then and their heirs forever, is being discussed by ()reseed himself to the subject under consideration; Cringressmen, and will be brought up early in the but he had not proceeded far when it was seen that - aext session. The law is now construed that after he 'could not battle with his infirmities, and he tot- - - the death of the traitor, the estate reverts to his tered beak to hie seat, and he Was allowed to DM.. 1 heirs, which renders the intended working of the act elude his observations while seated, practically void." the French. Mobile. LITE AND INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH. A 'FIGHT AT BRANDY STATION General Gloom Throughout the Confederacy. JEFFERSON DAVIS REPROACHES THE PEOPLE WITH APATHY SIGNS OF SUBMISSION AIM SUBJUGATION, The Fight Going on at Charleston. We have received from our special inwrespondent additional files of Southern newspapers to the date of August 6, as follows : • Richmond 154 via Richmond Regairel• . Charleston (S. C.) Courier..... Montgomery (Alm) Advertiser. Savannah (Cfa.y News Augusta (Ga.) Cenziltutionalist Fight near _Brandy Station. Special despatch to the Richmond EnVire?' Onatrar O. H., Aug. 6.—There was a , tight at Beniids , Station yesterday evening betwoon.a body of Stuart's cavalry and• Major Brockham , a horse artillery andthree brigades of Yanked, wlttitaval ry and twelva•pieces of artillery. Stuart brought on the fight by shelling the woods, in which the enemy were concealed. The 'enemy re sponded, and the tight became general, lasting from two o'clock until night. The enemy were driven within. a mile of the Rappahannock river, when, they being heavilq.reinforeed; our cavalry fell back. Our loss six killed and eighteen wounded. All quiet to-day. ALL - QUIET AT 0 lIPALLTISTON OITARLRE,TON, August quiet to-day. Bat tery Wagner is in fine condition, and far stronger than when the bombardment began. The people and troops are in good spirits: The War in the Southwest. GRANT AT NATairtm— 11.6.17115 ATTACKS DICK =KM Mowrow ' A. Miss., Aug. I. large number of the chiefs and braves of the Ohoetaw tribe passed: through here yesterday, on the way to visit the Great Father at Richmond. Grant has established`a' garrison of about 3,000 , men at Natchez: ' Wirt, Adams' scouts bring intelligence that Banks attacked.Dich Taylor at Donaldsonville on the 23d ult., and was defeated, with a loss of 6,000, including 4,000 prisoners ; and that Taylor's and Magruder's forces have since united on the Teche river, which, if true, will enable Taylor to place in position the siege guns captured at Thibodeaux, and blockade the river below. [SECOND DESPATCH.] MORTON, August 3.—The latest advices from the Mississippi river represent the river as swarming with gunboats and transports above Vicksburg. Eight gunboats and ten transports were counted between Vicksburg. and Natchez last Friday. This does not prevent communication with the trans- Mississippi , Department. Accounts from that side are cheering, but contraband. The enemy have placed a garrison of 2,500 men at. New Carthage. Logan is watching theii move ments ; the enemy will hear from him soon. _ . ' No troops have gone up the river, save McPher son's corps and part of Burnside's command. MortTor'', Miss., August 4.—Twenty-two trans ports, laden with troops, have passed Natchez, going down, up to Friday. A number of Banks ,- and Burnside'a regiments have been mustered out, their terms of service having' expired. Transports loaded with negroes are sent up-daily to Island No. 10, where a-camp for the instruction of blacks in the manual of arms has been established" East and - West Louisiana have been stripped to form negro regiments.- Rumor says that Sherman is furloughing one out of every company, and they leave daily for home. Pillaging parties are sent out daily from 'the gar risOns of Natchez and New Carthage, who strip the country of provisions and commit every species of vandalism. . The weather is extremely warm—thermometer 99 degrees. Later from Lee's Army. The non. arrival of the Central train last night left us without any direct intelligence from the army of General Lee. ' The news which we' have from Fredericksburg assures us that the Yankees have once more made their appearance on their old stamping-ground, in Stafford county. About 9 o'clock on Monday morn ing, some five hundred Yankees were near Brooks' Station, which is about nine miles from Fredericks burg, and four from Acquia creek - . The impression is that it was a mere raiding party. The detention of the Central train resulted from an accident between Waynesboro' and Charlottes. ville.—. Richmond Dispatch, August 5, MORGAN'S RAID We understand that, by those of Morgan's men who crossed the Ohio, the proposition to make a little detour in the direction of the Panhandle and "pick up" the Pierpont party, was seriously en tertained. Col. Adam Johnson (familiarly known as " Stove pipe Johnson," which sobriquet he obtained from having, in .one of his daring freaks, captured the town of Newberg, Indiana, and 150 of the enemy's troops, with two stovepipes, mounted on wagon wheels, and manned byhis force of 16 men) was just the man to carry nut the project, but the loss of the ammunition of his command in crossing the river prevented its execution. For this accident the seventy-two traitors may bless their stars.—Ricle mond Enquirer, August 6. THE LAST RAID INTO NORTH CAILOLINA The Yankee columns which marched into. North Carolina have retired. The two which went over North Carolina soil went bank to Newbern, and the party that marched into the State from Suffolk, composed of Spears' and Dodge's cavalry, reached Suffolk on Sunday forenoon, about lu o'clock. and at 8 P. M. took up their line of march for Norfolk. A battery of eight pieces, known as Howard's Regu lar United States Artillery, which also accompanied the expedition, proceeded to Murfreesboro, Whence it will be shipped to Newbern, N. C. The expedi tion was under the command of Colonel Spears, and the men freely acknowledged , in Suffolk that the ex pedition was a complete failure.—Richmond Dispatch, August 6• , A Proclamation from Jefferson Davis.' HE REPROACHES THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE WITH APATHY, AND CALLS UPON THE SOLDIERS TO RETURN TO THE CARPS. To the Soldiers of the Confederate Slates. After more than two yeara of a warfare scarcely equalled in the number, magnitude; and fearful car nage of its battles—a warfare in which your courage and fortitude have illustrated your country and at tracted not only gratitude at home, but admiration abroad—your enemies continue a struggle in which our final triumph must be inevitable. 'Unduly elated with their recent successes, they imagine that tem. porary reverses Dan quell your spirit or shake your determination, and they are now gathering heavy masses for a general invasion, in the vain hope that by a desperate effort success may at length be reached. You know too well, my countrymen, what they mean by success. Their malignant rage aims at nothing less than the extermination of yourselves, your -wives, and children. They seek to destroy what they cannot plunder. They propose as the spoils of victory that your homes shall be partitioned among the wretches whose atrocious cruelties have stamped infamy on their Government. They design to incite servile insurrection and light the fires of in cendiarism whenever they can reach your homes ; and they debauch the inferior race, hitherto docile and contented, by promising indulgence of the vilest passions as the -price of treachery. Conscious of their inability to prevail by legitimate warfare, not daring to make peace lest they ehouldThe hurled from their seats of power, the men who now rule in Washington refuse even to confer on the subject of putting an end to outrages which disgrace our age, or to listen to a suggestion for conducting the war according to the usages of civilization. - Fellow- citizens, no alternative is left you but vic tory, or subjugation, slavery, and the utter ruin of yourselves, your families, and your country. The victory is within your reach. You need but stretch 1 forth your hands to getup it. For this, all that is necessary is that those who are called to the field by every motive that can move the human heart, should promptly repair to the post of duty, should stand by their comrades now, in front of the foe, and thus so strengthen the armies of the. Confederacy as to insure success. The men now absent from their posts would, if present in the field, suffice to create numerical equality between our force and that of the invaders—and when with any approach to such equality have we failed to be victorious 3 I be lieve that but few of those absent are actuated by unwillingness to serve their country ; but that many have found it difficult to resist the tempts ton of a visit to their homes, and the loved ones from whom they have been so long separated; that others have left for temporary attention to their affairs, with the intention of returning, and then have shrunk from the consequences of their viola tion-of duty; that others, again, have left their posts from mere restlessness and desire of change, each quieting the upbraidings of his conscience by per euading himself that hie individual services could have no influence on the general result. These and other causes (although far less disgraceful than the desire to avoid danger, or to escape from the sacri fices required by patriotism) are, nevertheless, grie vous faults, and place the cause of our beloved coun try, and of everything we hold dear, in imminent peril. I repeat, that the men who now owe duty to their country, who have been called out and have not yet reported for duty, or who have absented themselves from their posts, are sufficient in number to secure us victory in the struggle now impending. I call on you, then, my countrymen, to hasten to your camps, in obedience to the dictates of honor and of duty, and summon those who have absented themselves without leave ' or who have r9mained absent beyond the period allowed by their furloughs, to repair without delay to their respective com mands; and I do hereby declare that I grant a gene ral pardon and amnesty to all officers and men with in the Confederacy, now absent without leave, who shall, with the least posiible delay, return to their proper poets of duty; but no excuse will be received for any delay beyond twenty days after the final publication of this proclamation in the State in which the absentee may be at the date of the publi cation. This - extend to all who have been accused of, or who have -nem convicted and are undergoing sentence for, absence without leave or desertion, excepting only' those who have been twice convicted of desertion. Finally, S conjure my countrywomen—the wives, mothers. sisters, and daughters of the Confederacy -to use their all-powerful influence in aid of tars call, to add one crowding sacrifice to those which their patriotism has so freely and constantly offered on their country's altar, and to take care that none who owe service in the field shall be sheltered at home, from the disgrace of having deserted their. duty to their families, to their country, and to-their God. - Given under my hand, and the seal, of the [sICAL.]: Confederate- States, at Richmond, this Ist day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three. JEFFERSON DAVIS.. A serious omission, certainly'? in the confiscation act; and as the time (so they fondly believe) ap proaches when the grand scheme of plunder is to be practically applied, they feel that nJ time is to be lost in arranging all the details of desvolliog us and disinheriting our heirs forever. To re sure the "Constitution as it is" forbid. expresay all for feiture for "treason", except during the Ufa' of the person attainted. But this is nothing; as are said before, that Constitution is no longer to be Con strued as applying tons. Our slaves shall becitizens under the Constitution. Our domestic traitors who can prove their "loyal" treason will have the benefit of the law, 'and probably re: , ti l fain their prdper y, provided they noon give very dis tinct evidence at they aided our enemies, and did their uttermo to bring ruin on their neighbors and On their native States; but for us there is to be no right, citizensbip,tranchtse,or legal status; we shall then be precisely in the position which the Supreme Judges in the Dred Scott case assigned fo the negro race; and thus, in Yankee cant, a stroking retribution-for our sins and sublime moral effect, will be combined with the profitable business of seizing upon the earth and the fulness thereof, to reward the saints and their heirs forever. hut ely, if our people fully understood and laid to &art the real nature of the strugg7e in which we are err gaged, there would be no whisper heard anywhere of any.possible termination CO that seiliggre except in victory OW" our enemies. Any man who should hint atpeace• and urge our Government to 'Ake peace, would be at once marked as a traitor, devising how to de serve well of his country's enemies, to win induts genre for himself by abandoning the common cause,. and tcsrom it rewards out of thephinder of his neigh bois. - We do believe Mei/ Confederate7universally compre.cd !hie men would be afraid to speak of peace or compromise, lest they should meet on the spot the doom of a traitor. One may observe sometimes in the Confederate newspapers phrases which we regard as of iltornem it has become common to talk sarcastically of the " last- ditch " men , and - the "last-drop-of-blood" . men—namely, those who declare that, rather than Yankee yield to rule, they will shed the last drop of their blood, and die in the last ditch. Has thirttecome a ridiculous gentiment, then? It is possible that bar room orators; ..or even the very gamblers, may have been heard to bluster in this sort of way without for a moment meaning to shed thefirst drop of their blood, or to die anywhere; save imtheir beds. But that does not make the idea in itself by , any means ludicrous. On the contrary, if there Lee not now within this Confederacy several hundrml thougand men, each one of whom is a " last dmap" man, and a "last ditch" man, then indeed, it with. •us this day-- with vs and our Weirs forever. if that "confiscation act " ever comes to be applied throughout our coun try, those 'who shall live to seu - it will often wish they had died in any ditch at all. The phrases may have become cant, and mean no thing in the mouths of Most who use them, tint the thing itself—the firm resolution to perish rather thaw submit upon any terms whatevew—is- precaselY , what wanted, and all that is wanted to keep that famous confiscation act forever in abeyance, a mere orna-. ment to the Yankee statute book, and to transmit' our bounteous soil, and. our unstained honor along. with it, to those unborn heirs forever, whom Wash - - insion law decrees to he born paupers and slaves.-- Richmond Enquirer, August 6; august 6.; ...... &tiguet 6. .... Suly 29. • • Amgust t. - -ELuguat 1.. ... . . 36. The Savannah News publishes the following appeal from General Wayne, in anticipation of an invasion of Georgia: Measuring the vital necessity of , this road to his army, General Bragg has urged that certain. of its important and exposed points should be strengthen ed and fortifts d, and has entrusted that honorable duly, and their defence; when completed, to . you. Engiffeers are now at work preparing the plans for defence, and within a day or two you, will be called upon to execute them. Some are already in hand. A feW dale of energetic work wall complete the es tential defences, and until they are done, I. ask you, each and all, officers and men, to give your whole soul and hands to the labor. Let individual wishes and Indulgences be all merged in the now great necessity, and let no man think of seeing his home until he has in his own heart an assurance that it is in security. This work is for your own homes, wives and little ones. Every stroke of iamb - you do is for them ; and in their safety will be that of your country. Do not falter, then, or hesi tate, but for the few days required for labor show that you understand a soldier's duty. I ani. no alarmist, nor Ito I seek unduiY to excite your ap prehensions ; but in soberness and truth I , tell you, that if this road is carried by the enemy, you will no longer enjoy the homes of free men, and the fate of Middle and West Ten nessee and of New Orleans will be yours. An infe rior race, and their agitators, the. Abolitionists, will thrust you from your farms and enjoy the fruits of your fields . ; and your lot will be, either abject sub mission to 'a vindictive enemy, or the life of fugi tives in the woods and swamps. For all that you hold dear and honorable, then, labor, hard at the work the engineers will lay out for you, and give no thought to leave or furlough until it is done. Then, I will cheerfully grant the-indulgences authorized by the Commander-in-Chief, and you will enjoy, them the more from the consciousness of safety that your labor has secured. - Until' then, I trust that neither regiment will - sand up an application for leave or lurlough, except in extreme, urgent cases of absolute, indispensable necessity. HENRY C. WAYNE, A. & In. General in Command. [Prom the Eavannah (Ga.) Constitutionalist, Ang. 1.1 We cannot be compered till our armies are de stroyed and the people become dispirited. Our ar mies may be forced to fall back and invasion may en tehd ?full, but what of ill It is only the temporary loss of the country abandoned, and-the outrage and insult and injury to which ita inhabitants are sub jected. And we must never forget this most im portant truth, that to the extent the enemy penetrates our country (with a hostile and un conquered peoule behind and, around him) by just rso much DI he really weakened. Every town he `captures must be, garrisoned, and the army of progression thereby weakened. Andmost important. ot all, there are natural, physical did:acui ties which must ever prevent-the penetration of the interior of the Contederacy, and its permanent occu pation by the A.bolitionthordes. No army d. , .t.re ven ture upon such an undertaking without vast num bers, and the very vastness of its numbers ialta weak ness. It cannot penetrato at all unless it oistnumbers our forces, and then its numbers must be sagreat that it cannot subsist itself = the country th.dough which it advances ; and failing that, it must occupy as a base some large river, always open for_transit, or must possess the moat ample and perfect railroad facilities. The alissitsippi, Cumberland, and Tennes see ate the only great rivers by which the Confederacy can be penetrated hy large armies, ow used as a base for such, and tho two latter cannolebe relied on for more than six months in the yeas: Why have not the enemy overrun and occupied Ploridal Because it bas no great river, and is protected effectually by the sparseness of its population, the poverty of its soil, and the scantiness of its subsistence stores. And as the enemy steals all from our people wherever he does penetrate, ills the best policy to destroy all provi sions which cannot be renzot , e4 before he comes, es other wise he will use them, and our people driven thence, must subsist on the stores accumulated from other soil. Physical causes, while a brave army and a de fiant people remitin, absolutely prevent the enemy from overruning, occupying, and conquering the Confederacy. HATS WE LOST OUR SPIRIT - [From the Montgomery, (Ala.) Advertiser, August 1 It is a matter of surprise that there is so little zeal manifested in this oily and the surrounding country in malting preparations for our immediate defence, and especially by those who have the meet at stake. To be sure, we have frequently met and passed very patriotic and self sacrificing resolutions, but where are the fruits of them) The army has not been increased, and we are to-day as defenceless as we were before any meeting was called. Rave um lost our spirit, or did the valiant young men and did who volunteered at the beginning of this unholy war lake all the honor, chivalry, and 'manhood with, Them? - Neither speeches, resolutions, nor Unending talk can do us any good without action. What we must have is a thorough organization; and every man capable of bearing arms should join it. There are now a few companies here half filled up, or perhaps with a full quota of names, but who do not muster more than a rsapectable squad, while there should be in this city at least a regiment, and they should turn out at every drill. If our soldiers can devote their whole time to the service, we certainly ought to spend a few hours of each week in preparing to defend our homes. Montgomery is one of the wealthiest cities in the Confederacy in proportion to the number of inhabi tants, andirt certainly seems to be the most defence lees. One of the Southern correspondents thus writee to the Advertiser: Heaven speed the time ! And to the attainment of this end let every able-bodied man in the Con federacy gird on his armor and go forth like men and fill up the skeleton regiments of their brethren, which have been decimated in battle with the hated foe. 'Why w ill you hesitate'! *.la the cause of South ern independence less dear than it was at the com mencement of the war? Shall the imperishable glory which our armies have won upon many victo rious battle-fields be ignored and lost in consequence of the want of reinforcements in the crisis now upon the country, which you can supply? Shall we fail in gaining a glorious result, after so much blood has already been expended? No! is the...universal re sponee. Then forget your mere private interests— forget your prejudice against this, that, or the other general—forget all, except your country, and, with one voice, as one man, rally to a cause, upon the success of which your liberties depend. Come with the weapons at your call, With musket, pike, and knife; He wields the deadliest blade of all Who lightest holds his life!" General News. THE GARRISON. AT VICKSBURG. HEADQUARTERS PAROLED PRISONERS, DEMOPOLIS, July 20, ISO. CIRCULAR ORDEIL—The President of the Con federate States, regarding the furloughs granted the paroled prisoners from "Vicksburg of too great dura tion in the present condition of the country, with the exception of those to the men more distant from this camp, tberefdre, under his instruction; all furloughs are rescinded, with the exception of those to the troops from the trans-Mississippi Department, and from the State of Tennes see, which will remain as before. The furloughs of the troops from Georgia are reduced to twenty days ; those from Alabama and Mississippi, to fifteen days. At the expiration of their furloughs all officers and men will report at this place, as far as practicable, in their former organizations. Brigade commanders are authorized and instruct ed to publish this order in the newspapers of the districts in which their respective commands were organized, and will supervise the gathering together and reorganization of the same. By order of Lieut. Gen. Pemberton. F. M. STAFFORD, A. A. G. Official. W iLLIAI,t ELLIOTT, A. A. G. - WILLIAM L. TAN=l".' [From lice menneotrier3• - anverriSei•:Y William Lowndes Yancey is no more. The an nouncement will fall with appalling effect on the country, the State, and the community of which he . was the able, earnest, and eloquent representative. Mr. Yancey died yesterday, at twenty minutes to 4 o'clock P. M., at his residence, near,this city, after a Severe illness of four weeks, from the effect of kidney disease. Such was the spir t with which he had borne up through all the struggles of a mo mentous life, that few even of his neighbors and. friends were pi epared for this sad intelligence • :but Mr. Yancey had been a sufferer from the gnachrigs of disease for years, and the summons- did note find him unprepared. He seemed to have &premo nition of death months ago, and repeatedly, during his last illness, expressed himself readyiend• willing: to die. He returned from the late session: of Cou— p ees greatly worn by his labors, and it was a real , pleasure to him to be again at his home in the coun— try, free from the incessant turmoil of official life-in— cident to the troubled condition of affairs. Still, even while endeavoring to recruit his shattered , health, his whole soul was wrapt in contemplation: of the great contest going on for liberty and inde pendence. Even during the last days of hislife, Where his body was racked with excruciating pain, his mind soared above his own sufferings, and• he/pewee. hotly engaged in field and forum combating, thpOne- Mies to the peace and independence othis ocnne,ter,i. TRADING WITH atRISONDRS THE, RDBELB: DOiEN GREENBACKS.. d practice as humiliating to good.aitizems.sealt is disgraceful to those who encourage iir,tras 11064 be come one of the most eager passions of lucre4oving filly.livered raan in our midst. No. Yankee can escape them ; they actually scent their prey wheuit is a hun dred miles away, and the ddpOt by which, itrarriires is besieged accordingly. Yesterday, morning. upon the arrival of the Central cars, bringing over seven hun drrd Yankees, some ten or fifteen of these traders met the at the el 6pOt and begged for `A•greenbacks in exchange for Confederate notes, giving ac high as six dollars in the latte 7 for one la the former! Such 1261) deserve to be hung. They. art; worse than trai tors, meaner than cowards, baser this brutes. E.wery man who trades at all in these socalled " green backs " should be tried as an enemy to his country. Ii is clearly a violation of patriotic duty an of na tional usage, and deserves commensurate' punish ment at the hands of the Government --dlichnicost Enquirer, Aug. G. • AMNESTY TO DESERTER& Yesterday was a bright day in the calendar for Castle Thunder. Over five hundred prisoners, in carcerated under charges of, or undergoing-punish ment for desertion, were released in accordanee with the amnesty granted:by the President in his lite • proclamation. All Seemed delighted, and having tasted to sortie extent the penalties of their defer), DANGER TO GEOW•TeAd WHISTLIN.G. AGAINST THE WIND "WRY SHOULD WE HESITATE'?" tion, expressed themselves grateltillyfor the "change of air" thus afforded them. Idmil of them stated that they were not deserters, and roe anxious to prove their assertion by their actions fn the field.— Richnumd Enquirer, August 6. PLaiss op TRIJOB.—On We,dneaday morning:: ist Haw of-truce boat, with three hundred paroled Muted's. ratea on board, arrived at linty Point. Ten of the number were sick and wounded. Three hundred Yankees were sent down in exchange. FEDERAL rnisonEns. Seven hnndred and fifty Yankee prisoners, being the het of those captured at Gettysburg, arrived by the Central train yesterday morning. They were marched over to Belle Isiand. nu - rousse. Large numbers of refugeea from Middle Tennessee continue to arrive in Chattanooga. THE' STATE. The 'Union Nominations—Gov. cverthro Pe eh.- of Acseptaikce—ifalthuoluafol of site e opNe. (From 143 Irani Lbws' Telefra,l l , Ant, 7. An immense concourse of the citizens of Harris , * burg, with an equal number of citizens and soldiers, assembled in the State Capitollwounds last evening, for the purpose of ratifying the re-nomination of non. Andrew G. Curtin:4er Governor, and lion. Dap niel Agnew, of Beaver c - muity, as Judge of the - Su.' prente Court. While tt was thts to ratify their no mination, the rosin purpoot of the assemblage ceeniedt to be a serenade to Governor Cartia. A splendid band of music was in attendance, and after the sere. nade was ended, Governor Curtin appeared to ad dress the crowd. His appearance was the signal of great enthusiasm, pax ticularlj among the soldiens,• of whom large numbers were present from--the dif ferent camps surrorndingthis efty. After order was , restored, Governor Curtin addressed the crowl'sdb. Blantial)y as follows 1)33 much obliged to you for this expression in favor of my nomination by the Convention whick• assembled in Pittsburg yesterday; • and I take the occasion to signify my acceptance of that nomina tion. [lmmense applause.] It has long been the custom in Pennsylvania to bring candidates for official position before the public by means of Bush representative bodies; and in this instance there are circumstances surrounding and connected with the election of delegates and the actiorrof the•Convia tion which I feel are highly ile.ttering.to me. Having-administered the ifacedutive Government of Pennsylvania for nearly three years, in times of great public encitement and distress, my course has been strictly observed, and all' my acts have been subjected to the severest criticism. In the coming canvass and election, they are to be submitted to canoid and generous people; upon their verdict I confidently rely, knowing that it is beyond appeal. But, my.lellow.citizens, the administration of the Government of Pennsylvania sinks into ;insignifi cance when compared with the great struggle in which we are engaged for then s... Hea t -ion and supr a. macy of the National Government—a struggle which involves the - preasrvation of thenational life itself. It is at our Government, my friends,lhe blows of the rebellion. are all aimed_ They world overthrow that great system of human freedom- which lies at the foundation. of our national stracture, that noble idea which struggled into life in the Revolution, and which found shape and form in the Declaration of Independence as it proclaimed to the world the equality of man and his capacity for self government. For such a Government:its founders passed through their ordeal of blood. and self-sacrifice, and handed it down to us with the teachings of the apostles of liberty in.that age. They gave us a National Go vernment with all the attributes of power and-inde pendent nationality,end within which the powers reserved to the Stateeare so well defined and in such perfect harmony, that there can be no conflict of an.- thority where properly understood and honestly ad ministered. In times of profound' peace, the theories which would set up. State authority against the power of the National Government might be regarded as the - 'dreams of thevisionary ; but now, when an armed rebellion is striking at the very citadel of the na tional fabric, the assertioniof rights to States which conflict with the powers dedicated to the Federal Government, or obstruct the execution of the laws by the President, its visible head, must be regarded as an insanity, second only to that which influences those in armed rebellion, and as giving them aid, ayinpathy, and comfort in their treasonable purposes. The people of Pennsylvania, with few exceptions, have, as set, been steadfast in their fidelity, to the Government. [Applause.l. We have given our wealth heely, when called upon, and have-more than answered all requirements made upon us in contri butions of our people to- swell the ranks of the na tional armies ; and I feel this night I have a right to say that in the past two years and a half of our eventful history, the adminiatration of the govern ment in Pennsylvania has been in perfect harmony with the sentiment of war loyal people. This is not a time, my friends, to differ as to men, or to. stand in the way a the full execution of-all the legitimate powers conferred upon the President, by the Constitution and the laws ; and I pledge my self, as heretofore, to give to the Government-of the United States an active and constant support, and to maintain its authority- and the execution of its laws within the State of Pennsylvania, with all the powers given to the Executive office for that pur pose. [Cheere.] Every Pennsylvania. freeman Iwho has suffered martyrdom in the eupito. rt and defence of our Go vernment, and every wounded and, maimed hero re turned to our midst-from the battle-field, strength ens the ties which binds us to, it, and increasee.our, obligation to prosecute this war to a perfect and sue cessful termination. Until then we have not per formed our duty to the living nor the dead, nor shall our trust to those who are to follow us have been fulfilled, nor our obligations to those who have-lived before us been discharged, until treason and rebel lion are driven from this hitherto prosperous and happy country. [Cheers.] There is nothing on this earth, in the works of nature or of art, which ran compare with sublimity of the struggle of this great people to maintain their Government ; and all our sympathies and all oar means, if: necessary, should be given to the comfort and support.ot the brave men who stand in arms in defence of our free institutions. [Applause.] They are there subject to the control of militat7eauthority, and we have encouraged them to go ; they are re strained and controlled by the needful rigors of military dieeipline; they are exposed to the trials, and vicissitudes of actual war; and every word, thought, or act which would either take from them their efficiency, - withhold from them proper sup plies, distract or divide public opinion, or, worse thanall, discourage the means. by which the Go vernment would replenish their diminished ranks, is -treason and ingratitude to. them, the best and, bravest of our fellow-citizens. [Great applause.] I rejoice, my fellow-citizens, that the Convention which placed me in nomination has declared iafavor of an amendment to the Constitution by which citi zens of the State separated from it and in arms for their country, shall enjoy.the right of sullage; sure ly they .have shown by their presence in the field. the highest and noblest exhibition of loyalty and ; fidelity, and ehould be permitted, wherever they are found, thus to exercise a right held so sacred by the- American citizen, underlying, as it does, all the ope, rations of our Government. Having accepted the nomination, I will make an open and vigorous contest for SUOMI F ~ and wall treat fairly the distinguished gentleman who has. been placed iimiomination as our opposing candidate by the political organization to which he is attached. I would not succeed by assaults upon his personal character, nor would I have my friends conduct the contest ;with defamation and detraction for their allies; neither that candidate nor myself ean Ci Bata any peculiar fitness over very many of our acne ; but we are made the representatives of oppo-. site policies, measures, and opinions. For myself, relying upon the right and truth, I expeet to prevail. in this election. For this end, I will use all honor able and fair means, and will give to the canvass my active, unfailing, and determined exertions. [Applause 1 A. voice; "Go on t old man ; the aoldiers are with you." I would not conceal my gratification at the pre• sence here to•night of a large number of the volun teer sOldiets of Pennsylvania, and the pride I feel at the constant manifestations of their confidence and respect. My relations with you and your brother soldiers. for more than two eventful years, have always been pleasant, and no man in Pennsyl vania, whether in official position or private citizen, has more highly regarded and esteemed you for your patience, constancy, and courage. "I would be insensible, indeed, to all the virtuous impulses of the human heart, could I fail in a feeling of gratitude to y&u and your fellows. for the services you have ren dered to your country. or in according to you al the sympathy and support of my office in your aftred mission. [Great applause.] Tax LBADERS OF REESELLICM—Of the conspire tors who planned the great rebellion, William L. Yancey, whose death was announced in yesterday's Evening Post, was one of the ablest as well as one of the most: indefatigable. He was, besides, in more ways than one a type of the men who are endeavor ing to destroy this country. It is a singular fact that scarcely one of the chiefs of the rebellion is without some stain on his private character ; Sohn B. Floyd,. while Governor of Virginia, swindled his State out of several thousand dollars, in selling certain stooks entrusted to him by the Legislature ; Benjamin was in his youth a thief; Slidell prostituted his influence as a Senator to push through Congress the Houma, land grant, one of the most barefaced swindles ever perpetrated in this country t Wigfall is a murderer ; Leta er a drunkard; Davis an impudent repudiator of debts ; Pickens a ridiculous braggart. Yancey was not an exception to this rule ; he was a tried and convicted murderer. While still living in South Carolina, his native State, he had a disagreement with his uncle, a Dr. Earle, then living near Green ville, and shot him dead, as the latter was approach ing a house on the verandah of which Yancey Witet. sitting. He way convicted, imprisoned, and after wards pardoned by the Governor.—Post. A FALSE PxoPur.r.—The Richmond correspond ent of the London Times, a few months ago, wrote as follows " Your readers will be prepared for the abandonnient of all hostile enterprises on the part of the Federals againstVieksburg or Port Hudson. It is certain that Vicksburg and Port Hudson are im pregnable : that the army of Grant is meltingaway Me a snow-wresth, and that Port Hudson is not likely to be again attacked from . [below or Vicks burg from] above. Does any one believe now that these is the smallest chance that these mighty efforts of the Federals will eventually be crowned with sus- USE 1 Never will the day dawn when the words ,Vicksburg has fallen,' will thrill the Northern heart with exultation and delight." MENRERS OF CONGRESS FROTiC KENTITORY.—The Ter sons known to be elected as members °lL:engross from Kentucky are the following: Mr. Robert Mal lory, a member of the last Congress, and a supporter of !the war, 'from the Fifth district ; Green Clay Smith, a strong Unionist, from the Sixth district; Brutus S. Clay, an unconditional loyalist, from the Seventh district : William H. Randall, Union, from the Eighth district; and William Ni Whelsworth. who voted in the last Congress with the war Dp-. 0- mats, from the Ninth district. Mr. Clay w;ueeds the late John J. Crittenden. Ilt.ooP - THANK THE. PEOPLE Or • THE INTURIOR_—There having been various statements made in regard to the treatment mani fested by the residents at Gettysburg, Caehtown, and other places, towerdi the Union• soldiers gene rally during the recent emergency, the following preamble And resolutions, passed'by the First City Troop, at a meeting held at the armory, on Thurs day evening, will be read with grateful interest by thecitizens of Philadelphia as well , as those of the interior of the State: a stated meeting of the First Troop F'hiladel pb:a City Cavalry, held August{ith;l6B3, the follow ing preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.: Wherias, The First. City Troop were stationed at Gettysburg for some ten days-previous to the or aiipation of that place by the-rebele, and, owing to its advanced position, the State was linable to fur -1 , aka' the company with commissary supplies ; and Whereas, The citizens of. Gettyaborg, during that - period, at all hours of the day and night, with a, whole-hearted generosity, threw open their houses,. furnishing the <troop with everything of which they stood in need, and humanely taking care of our rick;. and Whereas. This "Troop received many kindnesses from the citizens of: Cashtowo and Millerstown; and Whereas, We deem it- due- that a proper aahnow-. ledgement of the same shorsl4 be made; tLerefore, be it . Resolved, That the First Troop Philadelphia.Citsc. Cavalry tender-their, sincere and grateful thanks to ; the citizens of the aboveoatned places ; and. w.hilsh fully appreciating,,pessosiany, the kindness extend.- ell to them, they alsocanderstand and feel that the. same loyally and•palsiotisra would have. bestowed, similar favaraupos any soldier of theltepublic. SI3DEANZNA DE.A•va or A SOLAIT.II.—.IIi, sol dier by the name of B. F. G. =or, of the 157th Pennsylvania 'Volunteers, a patient- of thwebestratt Bill fleapit:A, went into a stable is the rear ofMr Fisher's, on - Filbert street, yesterday afternoon, and died in a few minutes afters:reads. Ilia body waa ta ken away by Mr. Hall, the army undertaker. • 'rum NATIONAL FINANOIDg.--3/ty Cooke, subscription agent, reports the &aloof 51, 032 , 900 vernment bonds. 'Deliveries are being made to Ju lg 2L; The devonding tone of the rebel =leaders malt give a freshlmpetus to these sales, and induce cap, taltsts, both here and abroad, who have heretofore held aloof, to make investments in the five-twea\tioa • DBOWNED.--The Coroner was notified last evening to hold an inquest uon body of s boy who w as drowned in the e afternoon. lE(e resided at the northwest corner of Jeffery= exengn arg Carpenter wee.
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