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COTTON YARN. 50,800 pounds Nos. 8 to 20's, In Warp Bundle and Cop N. B. 11l numbers and deecriptlone procured at ones on orders. ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS, ielp-fnhtivti OTWON BAIL DUCK AND CANV AS C — of au numbers and brands. Haven's Duck Awning Twills, of all deecriplions, for Tents, Awnings, Trunk, and Wagon Covers. Also. Paper Manufacturers' Drier Felts. from I to it fed wide. TarPaulin. Bolting, eau Twine, & a . JOHN W. STSHMAN & 00.. IOA .TONEW AMERICAN R 0 - 0 PING SLATES, FULLY EQUAL TO TES Mg WELSH HOMAS sEATBS. T. T Sri WALNUT Week deB6•4ia* of Aret-elaso makes. 18 North PONTII Street. ed r i , e 1, • o, i nu t -4r t s 0 4,,,., . MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1803 ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, (Special Correspondence of The Press.] NEAR BRANDY STATION, Va., :August 6, 1863 Lait night I slept upon historic ground. The white home of those who had been slain before gave forth a ghastly gleam when the soft moonlight shimmered down upon them through the heavy foliage. But a short distance from here can be seen the perfect ekeleton of a large-sized man. The bare skull, with its great, hollow, eyeless sockets, was there; ; the long linger bones and each particular rib was in its place All was bare and white and ghastly. No ; I forgot to mention that a well preserved pair of boots still encased what were the soldier's feet, but inwhose friendly cover now rattled the shin hones of" the deceased, The wayward winds played through the cavity of the chest, and sighed through the empty skull, which gave forth_ a long, melan choly wail—the only diree that has there been played, save the , reqpiem which the song-birds twitter from the neighboring trees. The bones of the horse bleached 'close by the side of his master. When the last great trump4f the mighty Arch angel summons forth the quick and the dead, whole armies will start from the banks of the Rap pahannock. Every ford is memorable for some deadly fight, from Kelly's to Beverley's, and in the trail of Pope's army the bones of the foe bleach and moulder, and mingle their ashes together. A dAVAL - ItY SKIRMISH In the midst of such cogitations as these, one is often taken by surprise when the clarion notes of the different bugles sound forth to the practised ear of the soldier "boots and saddle." Such was the case yesterday afternoon about o'clock. Soon all was hurrying to and fro ; but a shell dropping im mediately in front of the camp where the 6th Penn- sylvania bivouacked, admonished all to get readyto resist an attack, something which has, of late, been. unusual, for we are now frequently the assailants. A line Was soon formed, two squadrons of the 6th Pennsyivania on the extreme right, commanded by Captain Lockwood, of regular brigade, under Gene ral Merritt, which held the right flank. Colonel Davis was on the left of the railroad. The rebels only had a brigade, which they pushed forward to reconnoitre our front. I presume they thought the greater portion of, our troops had recrossed the Rap pahannock. But they were mistaken. Our men didn't wait for them to advance much further, but gal loped toward them. Their pieces were as poorly served this time as ours were during the fight of the Saturday previous. But today our gunners dis charged their pieces with astonishing and startling accuracy, near a great white house, close to the road the rebels were clustered in large groups. Captain Heaton soon had some of his guns in battery, and it was amusing to watch the area produced by shell ing. First one would leave, then two Would scamper hastily away, till at last every man took to his heels—occasionally looking over his shoulder when he heard a shell come shrieking along. This little episode the life of a cavalry man lasted till 6 o'clock . P. M. One man killed belonging to the 6th Pennsylvania, and two or three wounded. At this moment three dead rebels lie composedly decom posing in the woods, between our vedettes and the enemy, and for two nights one of their wounded lies on the ground moaning and groaning piteously. Night before a rebel lieutenant sneaked upon one of our outposts, and came near killing him. Strange how they will violate all compacts that look favor ably on civilization, and how at every opportunity they show themselves barbarians. All, the men are justly indignant, and they will soon learn that watchfulness will checkmate their ferocity. Shoot ing pickets does neither army any good, and has wisely been discountenanced. by all brave officers. It is, at the best, nothing but murder. GENERAL STUART INVITED. TO DINNER. In my last I forgot to mention a palatable circum stance of the war. Some people have contended that Stuart no longer had command of the rebel cavalry, but that Fitz Hugh Lee was the chief of thatbranch of the army. Whether this be so or not, as I before stated, Stuart fought Buford last Saturday, for Buford ate his -dinner in a cosy littl e house nestled, among pines, cedars, and jesamine, about one and a half miles from Culpeper, where General Stuart and staff were going to dine. Every luxury and delicacy that could be procured in this poor ransacked country was smiling on the white, eJotless linen which covered the table. The chairs were placed, the wine ready -to be uncorked, the piano in the dear little parlor open; as it was left but a few minutes before. The fair occupant of the stool (I hope I am not slandering her featues when I call them fair) had no doubt hurried on a sun-bon net; and slipped off to CulPeper. The "Bonnie Blue Flag" would not sound so well in the-old parlor, and she feared General Buford and staLdnuld not appreciate her selection of songs. However, the dinner was appreciaterty and if smacking of lips and looks of regret at the fragnients they could not eat was of any significance, the dishes prepared by these kind people met with the appreciation of all the partakers. There.was great rejoicing in the camp of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry—which Gen. Buford, in a complimentary way, calls the 7th 'Regulars—when they heard they , were to go to Alexandria and be re cruited. All the regiments composing this brigade-- _and I may include all the brigades in the Ist, Di vision—are worn to mere shadows. The 6th Penn sylvania had 600 men last April ; now. Maj. Hazel tene tells me there are but 180 left. So it is with all the cavalii. Now that it has proved its value and efficiency, it should not be allowed to dwindle into insignificance for lack of numbers. • BUN corps, which is estimated at 18,000 men, is still in the neighborhood of Culpeper. Eweii's and Longstreet's are about Stevensburg. Both armies are fortifying. Our means of crossing the Rappa hannock ia of the best kind. The railroad bridge at Rappahannock Station is now completed, and cars Tun over—an event the soldiers hail' with delight, because it brings them fresh bread. All along the road, from Wallington Junction to the river, equads of men are engaged in repairing the road and erect ing bridges Over ever; 'small stream.. B. povernor Aiken, of- South Carolina, in the Libby Prison. NOTE FROM PARSON PROWNLOW.-I have Vita day conversed with Dr. Everettolurgeon of the 6th East Tennessee infantry, who was recently con fined in the infamous Libby Prison, at. Richmond. Be tells me that be was confined in the same room with Ex Governor Atkin, of South Carolina, and held frequent conversations with him. So many ounces of, bread and meat were 'dealt out to each prisoner per day, and the venerable old gray-haired patriot received his daily allowance, while the boys in prison volunteered to do his cooking for him. The offences for which he was imprisoned were, re. fusing to take the oath of allegiance to the Con federacy, and to contribute means to sustain the re hellion. In conversing about his confinement, he would frequently shed tears. This venerable old patriot, who has served his State as Governor, as a Congressman, and as a member of her Legislature, is the largest slave holder in the Confederacy, and about the wealthiest man` in South Carolina; but he is a - Union man, and stubbornly refuses to be anything else. For this he is iffcarcerated in a prison"! His cruel confine.. ment has been kept a secret from the outside world, and it has been kept out of Southern papers, be cause his villainous persecutors were ashamed to let his imprisonment be known. There is no- organization in South Carolina; or anywhere in the seceded States, that can afford Go vernor Aiken relief, and I insist that our Govern ment ought, withnut a week'sdelay, arrestficepronti neat rebel citizens, and confine them in irons until this " old man eloquent'? is set at liberty. If Mr. Lincoln and Seward do not attend to it, I promise to General Rosecrans and Governor Johnston that they at once seize upon five prominent Tennessee rebels, and confine them in our State Prison until the old South Carolina patriot is released. It is due to justice, and above all to the loyal sentiment of the South. W. G. RROWNLOW. AUGUST 6,1863. Mrs. General John Morkai. [From the Dayton Journal. 3 Mrs. General John Morgan is a very bewitching woman. She used to be quite a belle in Washington when the South'ruled the nation. At that time she would have refused an introduction to John indig nantly. She belonged to the "blood stock" of the South. Her father, Hon. Charles Ready, a Cassius . like man, resided—and still resides therein Nur freesboro. where he ranked with leading lawyers. His dwelling was occupied by the Provost Marshal General of the Department of the Cumberland, jointly with himself, wife, and two of their "nig gers,"until the army moved "up Soutlitt—to use General McCook's language describing that coun try. He was considered a snake—not a copperhead— and our detectives watched his operations, but they never could convict him of conveying information to his soreln•law. Nevertheless, be received letters from him. But it was not of him whom we in tended to discourse. His daughter, now Mrs. General John Morgan, was fascinated by John's rank and reputation, and consented to marry him. Last November she ran the blockade into Nashville and provided herself with an elegant wed-. ding trousseau, aided by her elegant and beautiful sister,. Mrs. Cheatham. of Nashville, who is now Imprisoned at Alton, Illinois ' fur disloyalty. En deavoring to go back. under a flag of truce, she was unfortunately captured in suspicious company, one' of the party being charged with smuggling goods to the enemy under a flag of truce. The timid creature wet sadly frightened, but was finally permitted to proceed with her own wearing apparel. She, was married soon after in great state at the Court House, the walls of which were decorated with evergreen wreaths encircling inscriptions in evergreens / of towns which John had captured. -All the generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, brigadiers, colo nels &c., in Bragg's army gave eclat to the occasion, and ' Mrs. Morgan, true Southern woman as she is, was supremely happy—Southern women loving eclat, as well as other women do. ' When Braeg was driven from Murfreesboro, Ere. Morgan fled too, and, after a while, as we know from her own pen, she joined her husband at Tulla homa, where there was a great ball, and she "was the belle," in her "beautiful green silk dress, which my (her) dear .-husband brought to me (Mrs. Mor gan) from Kentucky—and it is the favorite dress of - my dear husband." .And she husband brought me when he came back from his last raid. My dear ids, Ido assure you that the bandit and his bride are very happy"—and so the honeymooned bride proceeded' in a very captivating style. But she was almost out of shoes. She couldn't get more until her "no ble husband went on another raid." Wouldn't. her "dear ate send her some No.ligaiters and some No. 21 stays, and some blue' velvet to bind her exquisite riding.dress," and some other wear which we can't mention. Then she went. off again into rhapsody about her "sweet promenades with her bandit hus band," and so forth. And then her "dear sis" wrote a Very Ambiguous reply, suggesting it was very : likely that the " bandit's„bride" was very much enamored of her lord, burlhe "wouldn't make fun of her just now"—the ladies have such a mischiev ous way of insinuating things, you know, that we men folks can't .help but think they mean to be mem Mous. That's the last we heard of Mrs. General- John Morgan. --But .we never heard anything ill of her, excepting that she WAS yebel.- After MartyritlC Sohn ehe coudn't help that PHILADELPHIA, MOISrDAY, AUGUST 10,. 18 IMPORTANT FROM THE BOUTS. GRANT REINFORCING MEADE. The War in Virginia and the southwesL THE 'DESTRUCTION OF COTTON. THE RAPPAHANNOON AGAIN TO BE THE OREATI /SATTLIZ GROUND (Fredericksburg corresppMenco (kopist O.! of tile Inch- mond Examiner.) Your correspondent, in picket phrase, has been " driven in." Stafford is again in possession of the enemy, and the old line of the Rappahannock seems to be reasserted, and will doubtless become the sub ject and scene of yet another Woody conflict. There seems to be, however, some hesitation on the partof the enemy in their advance in this direction. In deed, their movements indicate that the passage of the river is intended by way of the upper fords, and in avoidance of the fatal heights of Fredericks burg. This conclusion is drawn from the circuits.; stance that, notwithstanding the Yankee cavalry I have been scouring Stafford county, for the past week, yet their lines of advance in this direction have been held stationary some eight or ten miles distant, and with the exception of a dash of two j squadrons of cavalry, yesterday afternoon, in an attempt to intercept a company of oura which was picketing the, Hartford road, there has been no indi cation of an onward movement. The dash proved; a failure; the company was well handled and effect ed a safe retreat, and experienced no casualty, ex-I cept one horse wounded. To the credit of this company it should' be stated that when they en countered the Yankee lines in the morning, they, drove, not -only their cavalry, but also an infantry force, some three miles back' pon their reserves. The Yankeea, meanwhile, 'ending through their, scouts the insignifiCant number of our men,-re turned in force, and dashed down the road as far as Falmouth, which was held by them last night, , There is no advance from Dumfries, and no evidence , of the enemy's intention to constitute Acquia Creek! a base of supplies. Your correspondent hag just re *turned from this point, and when he left the. usual guard of gunboats, which have stood sentinel there: for the past sixty days, were even gone. '; The action of the War Department respecting thej .Acquia Creek Railway is a fine commentary on the Management of that branch of the Government; Those in authority were informed repeatedly, and in ample time, of the immense importance of this road, to the enemy, its intrinsic value to us, in the- hun- j . deeds of tons of the finest heavy railway iron, which' could have been readilyremoved and securely trans-' ported to Richmond ; yet such has been the inatten-' tion of officials and the miserable- mismanagement of the affair, that the work was not commenced un-; til the time when it should have been completed, and; then a force not one-tenth as strong as should have been employed were only engaged. The result is, that not more-than a mile of the road haa been secured, and operations now are necessarily sus.: pended by reason of the presence of the enemy. ; TIJE CROPS IN TUE SiTENANDOAII [Correspondence of the Richmond Sentinel, Angnst 5 ] The valley presents a flourishing appearance. The crops are very fine, particularly the corn and hay. Up about Lexington the war has scarcely been felt at all. It is really refreshing to visit a region of. country where everything looks so plentiful,_and where there are few or no marks of thin horrible war. OPERATIONS ON TNN JAMES RIVER arum the Richmond Exa ruiner, Angst 6 From below we learn that on Tuesday two mond., tore and three gunboats appeved in the Jamee river, and advanced up as far as Sandy Point, where they.ancbored and threw shells shoreward occasion ally,, for the purpose of starting any "rebels' , that might be in the woods. Yesterday one monitor and two gunboats started up, and halting within sixteen miles of Drewry , s Bluff, commenced a vigorous shelling of the woods; right and left. The firing was heard on the outskirts of the city. The object of the expedition appeared to be one of observation of the depth of water, and to ascertain the location of torpedoes, with hen•. roost theft on shore, if the opportunity presented itself. GEN. LEE'S ARMY RECUPERATING [From the Richmond Examiner, August 6.] • The arrival of the Fredericksburg and Central trains yesterday , afternoon placed us in possession. of very little information - from General Lee's army, beyond general movements rendered necessary by those of Meade's army. It was reported the enemy had in some force reoccupied Stafford Heights, and that Marye's Heights had been occupied by a portion: of our forces. General Lee's army was rapidly re cuperating and getting into excellent , fighting trim since the march to the new positions, and prepara. lions betoken a battle possible, if not probable. There was nothing of interest from the vicinity of Culpeper. GRANT REINFORCING GEN. MEADE. [From the Daily Examiner, kugust-6.1 There is no longer a doubt but that Gen. Grant, immediately after the surrender of Vicksburg, re.' inforced General Meade to the extent of fifteen' thousand to twenty thousand troops. The. troops: Isere sent on board transports, at Vicksburg, two' days after its fall, and arrived in the Chesapeake about a fortnight eince. The 6th - tinited Statee,4r tillery, batteries E and B, the 16th Penn - vivant& and the 32d Massachusetts Infantry, accompaniea the reinforoing column, which was under the corri mend of Generals Smith and Kelley. MILITARY OROAI4IZATIOIY OP YOUTHS !DELO* COY• SCRIPTION AGE CFrom the Richmond Examtner. August 6 7' . Enough of companies composed ()flouting 1)elow the conscript age will speedily be formed to take the place of veteran troops now doing guard duty in Richmond. Captain Figner is enrolling a company of youth between the ages of fifteen and eighteen for Major Munibrd , s battalion,tirid they are specially designed to take the place of a North Carolina company eta:. tioned here. The enrolling quarters of the company, are corner of Third and Broad streets. 'Craty a few% more youths are , wanted to complete, the organlza4 TEM SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI. [From the Meridian (Mise)letter, Sult . t.g, in the Atlanti • " Appeal. ] From Jackson we have interesting news. " .Ter; lads, just from there, bring the intelligence that the whole of Grant's army, excepting one brigade, had left Jackson, going towards Vicksburg. There were no Yankee picketethis aide of Pearl river, and our pickets had reached' that stream. Six prisoners ; taken not far from Pearl river, having been taken in the usual Yankee occupation of thieving, were brought in this morning: Nothing intelligible could be got out of them. In Jackson, nearly all of Blain street, the Governor's mansion, and many other houses, were burnedto the, ground. The railroad fro rm Brandon to Sachem' was effeotually'destroyed, not a rail reported to have been left in its place, and that portion of the road from she river to the site of the Confederate House, which we_had rebuilt, was torn up. The rails in many places were carried to the river and thrown in. When the citizens of Jackson sent Grant a fosg esf truce, formally surrendering the city, after;the evacuation by our forces, he promised that private property would be respected. It was a Yankee pro mise, for his soldiers pillaged every house, and stole whatever they could lay their hands on. _ On the line of their march from Jackson to Bran don, on the 18th, 19th, and 20th instants, they, in ad dition to the destruction of the railroad, laid waste the whole country. In Brandon they burned the whole of the south side of the public-square, two large blocks of buildings,. the railroad. depot, and pillaged every house in town; stealing from, and, robbing in open day; even the poor negroes of the town. A well-known negro barber' shop- of that town was robbed of every article it contained by these representatives of '‘ the best Government the world ever saw,',' and no article of domestic use was too insignificant for the peculant proclivities of low, mean, vulgar Yankees. If the harvest of--their plunder were diamonds of the first water, solid gold and pearls, instead of what they are, it would be but a poor compensation for the weight of infamy, which they aro laying up for their character on-the impartial page of history. The railroad from Jackson to Canton is deetroyed. They also burned a train of forty cars and two en gines between Canton and Jackson. We will lose heavily in rolling stock by their depredations north of Jackson. There are from ninety to - one-hundred lo comotives belonging, to the New Orleans and Jackson railroad and the lilississiypi Central railroad, which the destruction of the Pearl-me- bridge . prevented us from bringing off, which will fall into their hands,,and of course nearly all the rolling stock will share the same fate. 'From everything we can learn the enemy don't in tend occupying Jackson, nor does he intend leaving it in a position to be of any use to us. Ire neVer would have destroyed the railroads if he contem plated permanent , occupation. Jackson, he, knows as well as General Johnston knew, is no point of strategic importance, and he will simply make it impossible for its being of any service to us.' Mobile is now doubtless,the' next prize claiming ,his attention, and his movements would indicate an early approachto that city by way.of Madisbriville, La.. on the lake, landing at Biloxi, Ocean-Springs, or Pascagoula, thenee marching overland and,com bining with .a gunboat attack on the city with the iron. clads relieved by the fall of Port Hudson and' Vicksburg. Be is .by cunning an old fox to-follow this army up among the sterile hills of- Scott, when -he would be at the mercy of the climate, the drought, and the cavalry; his communication constantlyin. danger of being cut oft and his supplies destroyed. But we mud wait and Nee. THE REBEL GOVERNMENT'S POLIO'S!' WITH REGARD. TO THE DESTRUCTION OF COTTON [Correspondence of the MobileAdvertiser.] UNIONTOWN, Ala., July 25, 1863.* Having ceased to purchase cotton for the Govern ment in Mileissippl, and instructed ita agents ac cordingly, I beg leave through your columns , to.an. , nounce that the policy of the Government is that the same course be pursued with regard to public ad private cotton viz-:: apply to it the torch• whenever in imminent and manifest danger of falling into , the. bands of the enemy, but only in such cases.- In.pre. Bence of , a mere raid, cotton should not be burnt. On the other hand, where military and permanent occupancy is likely to be had, it is of the.laetimport: ance that cotton should not be the- trophy of the. enemy. The following is an extract of a letter received this day froin the Treasury Department. Your"obedient servant, y J. D. W. DEBOW. I enclose you a copy of a letter addressed by the Secretary of the T'reasury.to the Secretary of War, concerning the preservation or destruction, when necessary, of cotton belonging to the Government in Pilississippi. The Secretary directs me to rennest you to give special 'atte ntion to the matteres.to consult the military authorities and organize some system by which the cotton may be, preservedl:when erects. cabk, or destroyed if otherwise there us great dan-. ger of its'falling into the hands of the enemy ; but to be particular to guard against its unnecessary de struction. The letter Is as follows : • TREASURY DEPARTMEN7, 0. S. A, Rice - mown, July 16, 3863. Hon. J. A. Seddon, Se' crelary of Whi-: Sus : The fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson ex poses to the enemy the cotton purchased by the Go. vernment in Mississippi and Louisiana. I learn that many ofpthe planters, in whose care this cotton was, - will probably leave their plantations, so that there will be no person to whom the duty can be entrusted of preserving the cotton, if it can be preserved, or of h destroying it where it is likely to fall into the ands of the enemy. Under these circumstances I would restmetfully submit that the subject be placed under the control of the commanding generals, and that they be instructed to destroy all such cotton as can-- not be preserved from the hands of the enemy. With much respect, your obedient servant, EL G. MEMPAINGER, Secretary of the Treating. Accounts from Liberia state the. biennial elec tion resulted in the election of Hon. Daniel Bashiel Warner as President, and 'Rev. James'M. Prest as Vice President, the term of entice to commence' in January next. Nr. Warner is of unmixed African blood, born in Baltimore, . April 19, 1815, reached Liberia .May. 24, 1823, and has not since been out of, the country. He is a man of integrity and ability,: a:successful merchant, and has acceptably held seve ral prominent positions, among others that of Secre- , tary of State. He is now serving his second term as Vice President, and was lately acting as President during the absence in Europe of Mr. Benson. - -A. correspondent informs us of a certain colored woman, Mrs. Lydia Smith Whose sympathy for our wonded soldiers is deserving of speclal'notice. her'own expense she purchased a one-horse load of, provisions and clothing, and distributed them per sonally-in the hospitals. The rebels, as, well as the Union wounded ; received her attention. Emperor NapOleon has pnrchased the land, soaps near Kenilworth, by the English landscaile-' painter Mr.. Savem nOw at the exhibition of Idling • Artists: ' THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. From the correspondence of the Western journals, to the date of July 29, we gather the folio wing idea of the situation at Vicksburg and the campaign in the Southwest : Now that Vicksburg is ours, the Mississippi open, and all armed rebels chased from our vicinity or captured, the restless spirit peculiar to American minds is already beginning to inquire, " What next 3" To gather intormation of the future doings of an army. is, to a great extent, impracticable, and of none more so than this. Gen. Grant always keeps his own counsel. Few are Admitted .to his confidence. Probably, none ever fully foreknow the plans of his campaigns. To this, in a great measure, many as scribe his uniform success. "What's done we partly may compute," but are never safe in conjecturieg anything in this department. For the satisfaction of Mends at home, I send you the present location or home of our troops, and such information as seems public and reliable of a few changes likely to occur within a week. Gen. Mckherson's army corps (the 17th) has been mainly here, I believe, since the surrender, in occu pation of the city. Gen. Ransom's brigade was-sent to Natchez two weeks ago, and captured a large lot of ' cattle, among other things, and - remain there, garrisoning the place. Gen. McA.rthur's division .19/111 with Gen. Sherman, in pursuit of Johnston, but has returned. Gen. Ord's corps (the 13th, and formerly Gen. McOlernand's) is here, and likely to remain here•for all that I know to.the.contrary. Gen. Sherman's corps (the 15th) has just returned from Jackson. and is now encamped on Big Black River. It will probably go to Natchez within ten days. Gen. Blair and staff, of this corps, have a short leave of absence, and go North on the first boat. Gen. Hurlbut's old corps (the 10th) is to return to Memphis, and Gen. Burnside's to his department Gen. Herron's division_was transported down the river several days ago, and rumor says its destina tion was New Orleans. THE PAROLED PRISONERS Widely contradictory reports seem to be in circu lation in the North concerning the names of the rebel generals captured.here, and the'number of prisoners netually.paroled. > -The following list of generals is °facial : John 0.. Pemberton, lieutenant general '• M. L. Smith, C. -L. Stevenson, John H. - Forney, and John S. Bowenlaince dead), major generals; Thos. H.-Tnylor, Alfred Cummings, S. M. Barton, F. A. Sbaup, Louis Herbert, W. E. Baldwin, S. D. Lee, J. C. Vaughn, John V. Harris, and John C. Moore, brigadier generals. The number of names actually Abtained in parolling will not be far from 20,000 rather over than under. Pending the obtaining of :formal paroles, the rebels were continually snag ping, in spite of all precautions, so that the number stated (31,000) may not be so far from the number in (the city at the time of its surrender. The work of giving individual paroles to such a number was her culean. Twelve officers and about fifty clerks were employed constantly for five dayi in paroling the 25,000 effective men taken. Quadruplicate copies of Mese had to be made- out, to the reader may form some idea of the labor. VIE YAZOO The old steamer Star of the West, the original one fired into by the rebels at Fort Sumpter, and which made the perilous trip up the Rio Grande to relieve Stoneman's cavalry , in the early part of the war, was among the vessels recently destroyed by the rebels up the Yazoo river. It had been captured by them nearly a year ago. A great deal of the furniture and plate belonging to the rebel Yazoo fleetsbaving been concealed and buried, has been since found. THE CONTRABANDS General Grant has adopted the plan of hiring out the contrabands to their old masters, under proper restrictions and guarantees, wherever it is practica ble..Of course, it is never made obligatory upon the derbies to do so, but every inducement is held out to them to do so, but the. darkies "can't see it." I am Informed that .dcwn back of. Natchez, planters batingcotton crops being neglected, offered their old slaves half their crop if they would take hold and gather it. In a number of these cases the offers were refused. But the darkies will work for North ern men or for Uncle Sam gladly. The " attaphment of slaves to their masters," proverbial in pro-slavery logic, don't show itself in any of the regions round about here. THE PAROLE SYSTEM We will continue to hear of the admirable workings of the parole system with.Pemberton's army—admirable, I mean, for us. The last beard of Pemberton himself was at the head of his paroled army on the march to the Jordan of Dixie; he was having still more troubles, his force melting away like snow, and nary bayonet to hold them. General Dennis, who has recently been relieved of command in Louisiana, tells me that hundreds of parole d Secesh- stragglers come to his camp from Vicksburg, wanting to go over home by way of Kirby Smitti'a army, saying they were Texans, and many of their friends were there. Ile furnished them every facility for crossing the river, and even gave many of them a day's rations. And, afterwards, he beard that Kirby Smith was terribly rampant over his new and unwelcome reinforcements. Upon their arrival; they, of course, mixed 'in among their old comrades, and instead of telLing.tides of cruel treat ment and indignities received at - the - hands of the Yankees, they - had just the opposite tale -to tell—Of many a hot cup of nice coffee or fresh steak at a Yankee's mess; or many a.• cup of water, or'; - something stronger, from a Yan kee's canteen ; of many a compliment received from the Yankees for holding out so stoutly in Vicksburg; and you may be sure the general cha racter of the Yankee soldier was not belittled Any by them, nor the general prospects of the Confede racy, from the Vicksburg point of view, very' fiat teringly presented by the Texans to their fellows. The result .was. that General Kirby Smith soon found' a feeling of mutiny in hie army. Every pa roled man had sworn he wasgoing home to stay home; that's what they all said everywhe - re ; and many of Smith's men swore they were going too ! General Dennis informed me that Kirby Smith had to actually" correct the paroled men as fast as they came to stop the misohief.e;_'4,- , Why, some rebel commanders will have cause to wish the smallpox had come_ into their camp than these paroled prisoner s, before they all get to their ourztßAL GRANT General Grant is quite domesticated here now. His whole family are here; and the stern veteran of scores of well•fought and nobly-won battles has most appropriately called around him, during his brief interval of rest . from labors that the world is applauding, the sacred circle of home from which he has been so long separated. An expedition into Texas will undoubtedly be among the first movements upon the opening of it new campaign in the fall. if something is not done before. The guerillas who have congregated there will persecute to the bitter end what few Union men are remaining in that State. A brother of Gen. Marmaduke came down the•river not many days since, from St. Louis, ejected from that place by Gen. Schofield for disloyal sentiments, and goes over into Texas, avowedly with the intention to orga nize a guerilla and bushwhacking force in that State and Western Arkansas. JOHNSTON'S ARMY There are two theories in regard to the move ments of Johnston's army. One is that it is, at Selma, Alabama, and that Johnston intends to occupy, that as a new base of operations and the other is that it has gone to. Mobile, to assist In the defence of that city against an attack which it is generally apprehended by the rebels will soon be made. I now rather incline to the former theory, as thisAs a base from which'Johnston could keep open and defend the Mobile and Ohio Railroad as high up as Meridian, in the extreme western part of G-eorgia. Selma is on the Alabama river, which from that place rune nearly east to Montgomery. He is un doubtedly operating in that region somewhere. FIE3III I have enjoyed rare" opportunities, during my re. cent visit to Jackson, of ascertaining the public sen timent of -the State relative to 'a restoration of the Union. I have consulted wittia number of the lead ing men of the State, and .know there is a wide spread desire, constantly growing, for peace, and a willingness to accept itupon the simple terms of a return to the - Union from which they attempted to secede.. The withdrawal of our troops from Jack. son, and their failure to occupy any considerable .portion of the State, alone prevented any public de. monstration in favor:of theUrtion from being madeby . some of the most prominent citizens ofi I could mention the names of those who would have - cheerfully and voluntarily originated - such a demon stration; but the fact that they are today, by our Withdrawal from'Jackson, within the power of the ,Conlederate armies, renders it most proper that their names. should be withheld.- This statement is not based upon niere - conjecture, or from inference, 'but is draivn in part from the fact that on the -21dt and 2.2 d instants, meetings of the leading citi zenly of Mississippi were held in Jackson, to, consider the best plan of reorganizing the State Government under the , Constitution of the , United States. The matter of restoration was full discussed- in these meetings, and also the matters with those present deemed properly in cidental the return or the South. They were willing to take the Constitution just as they left it. If anything has been added during the rebellion, they wish it removed, and then, after restoration, if either party have any additions or subtractions to make, let a Convention of the States make the alterations in a legal and honorable manner, and harmonize the con flicting interests and opinions of all parties of the country. TEE, CODING ELECTION There Is now an election for Governor pending in thish State, in which the matter of an adjustment, though in an indefinite sense, will be one of the ques tions at issue: And were the President to strengthen - the „,hands of the Union party in Mississippi by some liberal anddefinite proposition t by which they could bring the State hack to its allegiance, they will be en abled to secure theoo-operation of a large party who are sick of Secession—because it didn't pay perceptar ble or prospective , dividends—and thus elect a Go-, vernor next' October who will co-operate with us :whenever-we see proper to occupy any considerable portion of the State. GENSRAL DOWEN. Major Gen. Bowen, of Missouri, the bearer of the flag of truce with Pemberton's proposal to sur render Vicksburg, died of pure grief and disappoint ment, about eight miles this side of Jackson, on the 22. d. He was one of the first of the paroled officers to leave Vicksburg, and had, passed out of the lines, and was proceeding to Jackson, when he was taken sick and lodged in a 'farm house. He was a proud, sensitive man, mush esteemed personally by hie ac quaintances, and linked his destinies with those of the South from the 'first. The conviction that the Confederacy was already overpowered and lost, and' that poverty and disgrace, for the part he had taken in the rebellion, were his doom, proved too much for Mir. 'He is buried in the door-yani, but a few paces from where he died. His wife was with him , at the time of his death, and is said to have-lost her reason from the many griefs and misfortunes crowd ing upon her. Marrpurs, Saturday, August I.—Since my last letter, the prineipal subject of discussion in military circles has been about Billies, Forrest, and Richard son. These officers of the ' , Confederate States of America" have, now under their immediate com mand—that is, available men—about . 3,300. This force consists mostly of cavalry, but not well armed, ,andin.an engagement with an equal number of Fe 'derals • would be defeated, without question; the superiority of, our arms alone would decide the con-. test.`. I am informed, by gentlemen from the head quarters of their commands, that arrangements have hemp made for the union, of, their forces some where in the vicinity of Jackson or Lexington, . Tenn. ,The movements of these guerillas are of ;special interest to the inhabitants of West Ten nessee, and they are gratified to learn that General. Grierson -has been plena in command of an army which will wipe them= outof existence. The. past few weeks' operations- of these guerilla , chieftains, have been burdens , to the...inhabitants of Shelby, Tipton, and a few other counties adjoining, of Which they never dreamed. Robbery, murder, and arson have been the principal occupation of these men and theinfollowers: Business during the past few days,- in the retail way, has been quite brisk, giving merchants and bu siness men generally considerable hope. The corn onercial community begin to feel confident that the restrictions on trade and the burdensome five-per cent. tax will soon be removed. When this is done' Meropids will again be a busy centre of trade. lIBLENA. HELENA - , July 29.--Geetral Steele has arrived from Vicksburg with a large army, and. is now- in- oom• mend of this post. It is rumored that a movement will, in a few days, be made in the direction of Lit. tie Beck. The estimated number of trop here is fifteen thousand. My opinion is ten thousand will count the last Alan. VICKEII3ITRO My last advises from this town date up to the evening of the 29th, at which time the Sultana, Lu minary, Southwestern, S. W. Chessman, Belle Cre ole; Prima Donna City of Madison, Jesse H. Dell, and Louisville left. All of these boats, save the Luminary, are loaded with• troops, most of which .are from General Banks' army, their term of enlist ment having expired. Generals McArthur, Thayer, and Mathias are passengers on the Sultana, on their way home. The health of the Federal soldiers here is hardly as good as it was two weeks, or even one week, since. Diarrhom is the,principal disease, from which it sesame almost impossible for a'patient to recover. Cases of intermittent fever are hardly so numerous as they were two or three days ago, but a great many soldiers are 2101 V sick with that disease. To guard against yellow fever is directed the oriental attention of the medical department in this place. Chloride of lime Is thickly spread all over the.town and in the suburbs, where necessity demands it. If yellow fever be prevalent at this city this season, it Will not be for want of care on the part of the sur geon commanding. Colonel McCook left here on the 29th for Memphis. I understand he is going home on a short furlough. The fleet of boats which left here on the 26th ar rived,at Port Hudson on the 28th. It is rumored its destination is Red river by some, while others state that it is bound for Mobile. General Herron's divi sion, among others, is with the expedition. General Grant, I am informed, is in commlind. His head quarters is on the Zephyr. All of the sick rebel prisoners of war in VicksSurg are sent to Mobile. A steamer sailed for that port a few days since with a big load of sick and Wounded rebels. A heavy wind occurred on the 28th, doing consider able .damage. The steamer moat disabled is the Morris. It will take some time to get her in good order again. 'I understand that General Grant has matured a plan of operatione against the South, or that portion of it in his immediate way, which, when developed, will prove that he is unquestionably an officer of great executive ability. The Draft—Official Orders. WAR DEPARTMENT, PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Weermiorow, August 6, 1863. CIRCULAR No. 64.—First - : The names of men who have entered the military service of the - United States for tbree years'or the war, and which may by chance be drawn in the draft shall be strioken, by the Board of Enrolment of the district in which they may be drawn, from the rolls of drafted men of that district. Suitable remarks, explanatory of the case, shall. in each instance, be entered upon the toile opposite the names thus stricken from them. The men whose names may be so drawn or stricken from the rolls of any district shall be credited on the quota of, that district, and.their places shall not be filled from the 60 per cent. drawn to cover exemptions under the second section of the Enrolment act. . . Second. Boards of Enrolment are reminded that sections 12 and 17 of the enrolment act require that substitutes shall be acceptable. Boards must satisfy themeelves in each case as to the acceptability in all respects of the substitute. All the conditions neces sary to decide as to such acceptability in every case, cannot be specified, but the condition which re cruits for the service of the United States are re quired to fulfil should be observed in regard to sub stituted. . Third. The following opinions of Colonel. Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General, are published for the information of all officers of this bureau, and for their guidance in the cases specified, and in analo gous eases : In case of. a father claiming exemption for a son, under the 7th clause of 2d section of the enrolment act, on the ground that 1w has already furnished two sons to the military service, site of whom is now dead. Gni - max.—The exemption claimed in this case cannot be allowed under the 7th provision of the 2d section of the enrolling act, - because that provision requires that there shall be two members of the same family in the military service at the same time to entitle the residue of the family to the privilege granted. With regard to liability to draft of Members of the ,En rolment Board and of Sutlers. Orrrirox.—lt seems that under the comprehensive and imperative language of the enrolling act, sutlers, together with the members of the enrolling board, are necessarily subject to draft If the latter are now in the military service it may- be a ground, should they be dratted, for relieving them from the duties of the field, but not having been in the mili tary service on the 3d of. March, the law gives them no privilege of exemption beyond that which is se cured to other citizens. In case of Exemptions Obtained by Means of Affidavit. OPINION.—So long as the certificate of exemption remains in force, it would not be proper to hold the drafted'man as liable to military service. The judg meat of the Enrolling Board is declared by the law to be final upon the question of exemption, but it is so only while that , judgment remains unreversed. Tbeßoartl, like any other quasi...judicial body, may revise its own action, and correct any errors it may have committed. If, therefore, the decision has been based on oaths or testimonies subsequently ascer tained to be false, the Board should, having first given notice to the party; proceed to reconsider its action; and if, for the reason mentioned, the judg ment should be found to be erroneous, it should be set aside, and the certificate of exemption based upon it should be vacated and held for naught. The party should then be held for military duty as though no such certificate had been issued. The persons making the false oaths in the matter would be sub ject to prosecution, but as the military authorities have the first claim uponthe partydrafted, heahould not be turned over to the civil authorities without the special direction of the Secretary of War. In case of persons who were exempted from the draft of 1862, by reason of being engaged in the manufacture of arms for Itte Government ' OPINION.—No ground is perceived on which the claim of exemption made for these men can rest. The letter of the Secretary of War does not touch the _question. It recognizes tbem, it is true, as in the service of the Government. but this they may well be without their being in the military service in the sense of the enrolling act. They do not seem to have been ever enlisted. or to have been formally en tered on the service for which they were drafted, but, on the contrary, were excused therefrom because of their being engaged in the Manufacture of arms for the Government in Colt's establishment. It is in reference to this latter employment that they are spoken of by the Secretary of War as in the service of the Government, and such service most clearly cannot exempt them. . In ease of a substitute who proves to be a deserter from military service, or a man already in that service: OPINION.—A man who is under obligation to per. form military duty on his own account cannot cer tainly be received as a substitute for another. To be acceptable in the sense of the law, he must possess all the legal qualifications for the service, but an en listed mantas - disqualified and absolutely disabled himself from . performing the duties of a substitute by engagements entered into with the Government. If the Board of Enrolment has been imposed upon, and has granted a certificate of exemption because of a substitute furnished, who proves to be a dekerter, or one already in the military service, the Roard'shouldr after notice to the party, proceed to reconsider its action, and should set aside itsformer judgment, and annul the certificate of exemption granted. Its right to do so upon a proper showing is undeniable, the act of determining upon the acceptability of the sub stitute being judicial in its character, and subject to revision and reversal. The certificate of exemption having been thus vacated; the party's original lia bility under the draft remains. SAS. R FRY, Provost Marshal G-eneral. Cavalry Service. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, Suly 28; 1863:. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 237.—The following in structions, intended to promote the efficiency of'the cavalry service, are promulgated for the - guidance of all concerned I. Inspections will be made of all cavalry troops: at the end of every month, reports -of whichinspec tions will-be forwarded without delay, through the. Army or Department commander, to the head of the Cavalry Bureau at Washington. These reports will exhibit the condition of the cavalry service - in. general, and especially the condition of the mounts. The reports shall state what service the troops in spected have done since last inspected ; how many miles their horses have traveled within the month what character of service has been required of them-, and under what circumstances it has been rendered ; what appears to have been the care taken of them as regards treatment, shoeing, &c. ; what has been the quantity and character of the rations of forage issued to them ; if there has been any deficiency of forage, and who is responsible therefor,. &c., &O. ;: and shall convey any other information pertaining to the objects - of the inspection which it may be ad visable should come to the notice of the Bureau. 11. Inspection reports shall divide cavalry horses into four classes : 1. Those which are to be condemned as unfit for anyuse"whatever he any branch of the service. With regard to this class, proceedings are to be had as re quired by existing regulations. - 2. Those now unfit for cavalry service, and not likely to be efficient again for such service, which may be used for team or draught horses, or for-herd ing purposes. Horses orthis class are to be, turned into the quartermaster% department. 3. Those which are now unfit for service ; or nearly so, but which, by timely care and treatment in depots, Will regain condition. Such horses are to be sent to such dEpOts as may be established for the army, to be - replaced by an equal number of good animals from the ddpots. As soon as serviceable the horses turned in will be eligible•for reissue. 4. Serviceable horses. The number of each class of horses will be given in every report of inspection, for each troop in the service. 111. A suitable number of officers of the quarter master's department will be directed to report at once to the chief of cavalry bureau, to be charged with disbursements for the objects of hie bureau, un der his direction, IV.' Purchases will• be forthwith made of a suffi cient number of horses to meet the present and the prospective wants of the service up to September 1, 1863, and the horses placed in dttilOts for issue from time to time. - V. Requisitions for remounts wili be made through the ;intermediate commanders on the chief of the cavalry bureau, who will give orders on the dept.ts for the horses needed to fill them. VI. Officers of the Quartermaster% Department assigned to duty under the orders of the Chief otthe Cavalry Bureau will make their reports and returns of money and property, as required by eicistihe, laws and regulations, to the accounting officers of the Treasury and to the Quartermaster General, and will also make to the Oli'mf of the Cavalry. Bureau such reports and returns as he may require for his information. . Estimates for funds will be submitted .to the Chief of the Cavalry 13ureau for his approval be fore being finally acted uponby the Quartermaster General. , VII. Major General George Stoneman is an nounced as the Chief of the Cavalry Bureau in \Arai hingion. By order of the Secretary of War. . E. D. TOWNSEND, Ant. Adj. Gen. Obituary. WE regret to announce the sudden death, in New York,. on , Saturd ay, of Madame Bertucca Maretzek, who in 1600 and subsequently was a favorite prima donna of, the. Italian lyric stage in, this city. She was at one time, in various rdies,,la conscientious and pleasing artiste of the Astor-place Opera: House, where as Bertruma, 'she won not only. the favor df the public, but the attentions efaldr. Max Maretzek, the impressario, who is now in Europe arranging engagements for the autumn. and winter seasons of Italian opera in this country. The circumstances attending Madame Maretzek'a decease will be learned with painful , interest by her numerous friends and the public. About , four o'clock , yesterday afternoon, a strange lady, having in her arms a boy of about two. years,of age, called at No. 6 Amity place. She asked for writer, and, before obtaining it, fellto the fi.oorand , expired. The body was removed to the Fifteenth precinct, station house, where it was soon - recognized ea that. Of Madame Maretzek. She haaresided for several years at the villa of her - husband, at Staten Island, and it is, supposed by, her friends that the cause of death was apoplexy. Madame Maretzek was a very estimable lady, and leaves a large Wrote of relatives and friends to deplore her untimely de-. , miss. :James K. Duke ' a nephew of the celebrated Chief Justice• Marshall, died in Scott county, Ky., on the 24 instant. Me was an eminent, lawyer and accom plished scholar. • John.D.' Campbell, general superintendent of the Michigan Southern railroad, died last week. Joseph -Oarepan; the pioneer of Detroit, died in that city on .theßad ult.; aged 94. From _his early years he had been engaged in the fur trade, and used to Make . his earlier voyages to Montreal in a bark canoe. He had accumulated immense wealth. The death or Mr. Thaddeus 'Mandis t Presid.ent ilf the:Union Bank, Boston, - is anu=ted. aWM IA ;ears Of ago. THREE CENTS. POLITICAL. GOyEarrod Gummi' has been renominated for the Gubernatorial chair of the State of Penn sylvania by the friends of the Union and the Administration. Never was each an honor more richly deserved. Governor Curti& has maintained an unspotted reputation• throughout his executive career, and has displayed a wisdom, and circumstances of the most perplexing dm , Teeter, which has been only equalled by his earnest and practical patriotism. The convention would have erred had they presented anyy other man to the` Union-loving people for their suffrages: Many able' and loyal sons as Pennsylvania has, we believe that no man at the present Juncture could have united upon himself the whole Union vote &Trendily and surely as her present excellent and jubtly popular Governor. There will be no hanging back froartite polls by the Union men with Governor Cantu fop their leader.--Washington Chfon icle. PENNSVLVANTA has reason to be proud' of'SiOv. Curtin. His administration has been guided by prudence, patriotism, and good sense. He he Veen the conservator of our beat interests; the frilimdbi a poor soldier ; the advocate of the State elottas and, in a period of great peril, the success of all his measures has been truly remarkable.—Berks-Courtly Journal. THE nomination of Gov. Andrew_ C. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, for re-election, by the Union Conven tion that has just assembled at Pittsburg, is a de served tribute to one of the truest and ablest,men that has filled the executive chair of any State, in these eventful times. Governor Curtin had his first election just on the eve of the Presidential election, and was not chosen especially because of his sup posed fitneas to control the affairs of a State during a period of revolution and war. But he quickly de veloped a capacity equal to the exigencies that met him in office. On the uncovering of the plot of trea son and war in 1861, he was one of the first Govern ors to present himself in Washington, and pledge to the incoming Administration the full support of the treat Commonwealth he presided over in upholding he Constitution and enforcing the laws of the land. And from that day to this, he he has never ceased to work, in season and out of season, to make good his promise. He has not only been zealous to meet demands on Pennsylvania, but has sometimes out run higher military authority in schemes to ward off tbe attacks of invaders. And events have proved his sagacity, as they also tried his patience and courage. But it is chiefly because of his devoted care and attention to Pennsylvania soldiers after they got into the field, and when they fell away into hospitals Irom battle or disease, that Gov. Curtin` obtained the confidence and affection of his people.* His conduct has been a model in this respect. No Governor of any State has exceeded, if equalled, him in persistent thoughtfulness and care of sick and wounded soldiers, and his popularity on this ground is deserved and.very great.---New York Times. Tux Louisville Journal, commenting on the late election in that State, says.: "We shall not say.much about the elections of yesterday until we get fuller returns. But what we have already heard, and what we give this morning, shows that the loyal men of Kentucky, the friends of tbe country, the true champions of the Union and the Constitution, the supporters of the war for.the Putting down of this horrid rebellion against the United States, against mankind, and r against God, have achieved a victory even greater and more sig nal than they dared to expect. Their majorities at nearly, all the points heard from are startling even to themselves. "" Many of our people know not, and probably they will never know, what dreadful evils they escaped yesterday by the crushing defeat of the dis loyal candidates. We confe - ss that we were deeply fearful of the result, for we knew what vast advan tages our opponents in some respects had in the contest. If they had triumphed. the genius of Ken tucky might have shrieked ' Woel woe'! woe P But the danger is paat. Truth and honor, and patriotism are victorious. The clouds of treason are dispelled, and the pure, blue sky, thick and glorious with stars, is bending over us. " We shall hear no more about the withholding of the men and money necessary to the prosecution of the war. The disloyalty that has been so noisy and threatening Is rebuked. It has received a lesson that it Is not likely to forget during the rest of its days. Its insolent crest is bowed. Kentucky, deeply and bitterly as she mourns this awful war, will, in her own strength and the strength of heaven, prosecute it until the Union shall be restored; and may a merciful God grant that the,time be short." REPORTED MAJORITIES FOR BRAMLETTE. Counties. Majorities lonoties. Majorities. Adair .... .. .. .. 1,000 Tefferson 3,000 Anderson ' 360 Kenton 1,575 Bourbon 475 Larue 500 Belle.— .... .. ... ... 450 Lincoln- ... ..... .. . . 697 Bullitt.... 269 Logan 469 Campbell " 750 Marion 800 Edmondson 350 Nelson 450 Estill 560 Nicholas 500 Franklin 500 Spencer 930 Green .... ...... . . .... Bno, warren , 666 1 Hard ill .... . . ......... 326 Washington 600 Harrison 370 Woodford 180 Hart 802 Total MEMBERS OF CONORES Dist. I. (Not reported.) 11. Mee. B. Yunnan 111. *Henry Grider. VI. Green ClitY Smith VII. 13rutua I. Clay. VIII. Wm. R. Randall. IX. , IV.P.T.Wade worth IV. *Aaron Harding. V. *Robert Mallory. * Members of the last Congress. All the above members are Union men. Cixourna.ri, August 7.—The Gazette has returns from twenty.one counties in Kentucky. - Bram lette's majority, so far, 16,041. THE Portland papers say that General George F. Shepley has expressed a willingness to address the citizens of that place on the all-engrossing subject of the rebellion, its cause and cure, before his return to New Orleans. THE Springfield Missourian runs up the names of Loan and. Brown for the United States Senators. Also, David Wagner and Major Fyan for Judges of the Supreme Court. Tux Hon. Draturin L. Fisher declines the noriii nation of the Democratic State Convention of lowa for Governor. He places his declination on the ground that, from representationa made to him, he is satisfied that he was not fairly nominated. THIS similarity in the organization of the _Demo cratic party and the slaveholders' rebellion is no less forcible than it is singular. It is worthy of the consideration, too, of all who really love their country. It suggests the question, whether, while we are engaged in crushing out rebellion, we should not also strive manfully to obliterate the dogmas and the tyrannies of modern Democracy. The blow which destroys rebellion will also bring low the cor ruptions of modern Democracy. One canost exist without the other. Both must flourish or perish together. In this fact there is hope, and for the an complishment of this glorious work let us be ever watchful and laborious.—flatri burg Te/egraph. THE Argus continues to feel bad over the result of the election in Kentucky. It tries to mask its cha grin by denouncing the proclamation of martial law; but anybody can see that its real quarrel is not with Burnside, but with the Kentucky Union ists, who preferred Bramiette to Wickliffe.—Albany Journal. .TEv , Davisrlibrary is captured. PrentiCe says if it taught him to be what he is, it must be a vil lainous collection of books. • • - JUDEIR WOODWARD, in hie speech in Philadelphia, December 12. 1860, calls slavery an "incalculable blessing." We are experiencing some of" its bless ings in ruined homes. desolated States, widowed women, orphaned children, money expended, life sacrificed. and the perpetuity of our Union endan. gered. These are thy blessings, 0, Woodward r Box. George W. Summers,. of Virginia, made a Union speech in Wheeling - , on Monday. GEN. LOGAN / in a recent !speech, made the follow ing remarks : In conclusion,let me give you this advice. Cease your quarreling. Be for your Government in spite of what anybody may say. Swear that you are for your country . any how, in spite of what anybody may say, and prove your faith by your works. Do the work. Assist the soldiery help him ; don't MD* port and sustain deserters. Be giad to meet a sol• dier. because he is a soldier. Be proud that you have a friend in the army that is a soldier. If you cannot light, you can work. You can show by your action that you are for your country. When these gentle- Vemen get to talking and saying, "I am for the Union as it was and the Censtitution as it is; T am for the Union, but then I - must have it constitu tionally ;" that is to say, they are for, sitting down quietly and telling the Government to go to thunder. They will do nothing, to save it. IT is reported that James Buchanan is greatly per turbed at the discovery of his correspondence with Jeff Davis, recently captured'at the traitor's home. 'Hitherto the "0. P. Ptniss been regarded as simply the tool of traitors; can it be that he was in the plot? Tux rebels on Morris Island' complain that they had to fight colored soldiers. These whippers of women and breeders-of babies for market, who call themselves "gentlemen," think themselVes dis honored by fightingwith honest Men, who earn their own_ living, and who do not - sell their children. Of course the Government - of the - United States will not hesitate to recall - all its colored soldiers. Of course it is strictly unconstitutionatto shoot rebels with rifles held by any other than lily.white hands. Of course " Cohservatism" - will have to :move in the matter, and protest that our erring brethren, the " gentlemen " of South - Oarolina, or of Texas, and Arkansas, shall not be so.sadly annoyed. Lin ounce of civet, good apothecary!`These preux chevaliers do not find it distasteful to beget mulatto children, but to be exposed to a musket in-the-hands of a.co hued man, tie positively shocking to theirdelkate nerves.—"Louner" in Harp6r's Weekly. THE CROPS THE recent moist and genial weather has very much improved the condition of the growing crops. The promise of an abundant harvest is excellent in Lymming county. Corn in particular looks rank and healthy.: The hay erop•was fairbut much was injured and , some destroyed by the wet weather. The wheat crop is the best and most abundant we have had for years. Pasture will be excellent. THE flax crop• of the United. States this year will be large/. than ever ralsed.in . the United States, and inquiries are made as to•thebest mode of disposing of it. eine of our exchanges advises the farmers, after threshing out the seed, to stack the straw care fully, protect the stacks with boards or a geod thatch, and await the coming of customers, who will appear between.thie and the close of the year.. it is import ant that the straw be kept dry, otherwise it will rot ani2 the fibre be destroyed... From present appear ances there is no doubt that there will be demand for every ton of flax raised ; and farmers, will do well to preservmall their straw rin good condition. The preparation of fibre had better be left for those who make that their special business. The flax crop in Chester and Montgomery counties looks remarkably well, and bids a fair yield. 13.13;;Hrurrariexs, of East 'Vincent township. Chester county, has oats that measure 5 feet 7 - inches, and timothy 5 feet 5 inches. Beat that who can 1•' Hurrah fbr Vincent MR. WM. LATVA DAVIS, of. Charlestown, Ohes. ter county, has a stalk of timothy, grown °alliance. miens, measuring 6 tfeet 8% inches. This will be hard to beat. , ' ALL the hay and most of the wheat and bal•ley in Erie county has been cut and hauled in. The har vest work is not so far advanced a short distance back from the lake owing to the fact that the crops are not so forward. Great difficulty hat. heen ex perien cod in obtaining heads, and in some instances the women have been compelled to turn out more general than usual, and assistintheweak.z Tobacco is becoming one of the staples. among. Erle-eaunty farmers. We were shown a spot otthree quarters of an acre near town, a few days ago, which, though somewhat backward, looks healthy, and promises an abundant Yield. It has been found:a profitable crop in this latitude, when properly cultivated, and i will be more extensively.plented /mother year. Tax harvest is in full blest'ijn the northern part of the State, at least as far as :we are enabled to learn, and we think about two weeks more will finish it. We have not learned how the grain is turning out, but hope it is good. The oats crop looks very fine, and we should judge, from some we looked at on Saturday, there will'be no scarcity of it. The buck wheat also looks - very fine, end, from what we see through ;the country, the pedtde intend , living on buckwheat cakes next winter. The hay crop, we arecorry to say, Is not very good, but still we have seen worse, FRurr of all kinds is very plenty this season with the exception of apples, which are not so plenty as might be expected. We have berries of all kinds in abl,Vidance, huckleberries, raspberries, and black b'erries ; we notice them being brought into town and sold at five Dents per quart; Cherries, there is no end to them, from what we have seen through the country ; the treat hang fie full ea they possibly ova without breaking down. 16,578 ' PEINBABLY ELECTED. Dist. TIME linnaLlirt, X 5l .1FE.M,..5;Z3. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) THE WAR PRESS Will be sent to enbacribers by mail (per annum in advance) at SE 50 'Arse copies " 500 Five copies " R 00 Ten copies " 15 00 Larger Clubs than Ten irtll be charged at the same rate, $1.50 per copy. The money must always aec - 0r77, , a,ny the order. and in no instance can these terms devia' led frton. as they afford very little more than the coy.f of the paper: 431- P s o et mast ers are requested to" aCt as - Agents for' TEE WAR PRESS. &if- To the getter•np of the'Club of fedi orTwearif, as extra copy of the Paper will be given. PENNSYLVANIA. TROUBLE IN TroGA SaturdrAfiket; while young Mr. Cortright and Lieut. N. W. ribtris,- ..gr.. were engaged in notifyine the drafted pekleins on the road which connects Wei Vic Settlement and' South Owego, nearly midway between these V.S'it plates, while passing a piece of woods they weir' fired on, and one of the horses connected witlt the earringe in which they rode was instantly' Before this they had been greeted with Ppm and acalding water. very urofuse/y administered, beeides a very liberal application of the fiercest billing-gate. The young men returned as soon as convenient, and notified Provost Marshal Battle of the state of affairs in the South—of Tim' counts , . The marshal at once ordered Grit a force of some 20 men, armed to the teeth, moatly returned soldiers, who proceeded in'carriages to the scene of the out rage. During the evening the rein fell in torrents. but the boys soon gathered up those they could find of the 71010081 Y disposed, and brought them to. the village, and handed them over to tire marshal. Two of them. Edward Briggs and Auldfg Goodspeed, have already been sent to the D. Sr. prison at Canandaigua, and Mrs. Fox., from the carne part of tie county, since arrested; may soon follow. She, it Said; was most liberal of scalding water and rot fen eggs. Tills opnosttion to the U. S. (government will lie found, to those young menra sorrow, to be a most serious offence. The United States cuurteirre eerious matters. An ibdictment for treason can be. sustained; and ample proof is already at hand to place their lives in ;jeopardy. We do.not, designed ly, enter on particulars, hut we most seriously ad vise all parties to obey the lawn, and not ter being • duced, by designing - villairre, who, litre the devil, will derer2 them in the hour of their necessity, to oppose the lbws. The menthol' has ample' force to subdue any attemptst Viblence; and' crush out any treason or rebellion thatmay manifest itself. -- The only persons who will be the sufferers will be the do lulled' victims who may resort to force and violence. We hold those no-coercion . peace Democrats, alias Copperheads the real - Mstigatora of this madness, and on their heads must the crime rest.—Chorga Times. THE regiment of Colonel' H. Alien, the tsist of nine•montbsrrnen, has been disbanded, and the' men have returned home. The regiment participated in but one battle—that of Gettysburg. Colonel Allen was at home at that time. - REUBEN EfAnt:Aim Esq., county treasurer of Chester county, paid into the State treasury at Har risburg last Monday $69 . ,691..03'5tate tax from this county in order to help meet the State interest due on the let of August. - UlO2, of our iffontgomers-county exchanges says that their treasurer paid $60.600 State tax, and con cludes its remarks thus r " This is, we believe. the largest eum paid into the State treasury from this county at any one time heretofore."' THE Board of Surrey appointed by the United States Government to examine the barracks at Camp Curtin, have examined and condemned every one of them, and rent their report to Washington. If approved by the authorities there, the useless barracks will probably be destroyed, and more con venient and substantial buildings erected in their stead. _ , Tux draft is to come off in Schuylkill county this -week. Many of the persons enrolled are miners, and a large majority Of those are foreigners, and opposed to the draft. That is said to be the only district in the State in which any serious difilculty is expected. The Government, however, is resolved to carry out the law there as well as in every other place. Two full regiments of infantry had . reached Schuylkill county, and a battery of six gum On Saturday last Dana's Troop and a battery of four guns arrived in Pottsville. The "four-gun battery" was at the battle of Fair Oaks, and the news of the arrival of a veteran battery in Schuylkill county produced somewhat of a sensation. PERSONAL_ —Henry Burden, the great ironmanufpturer, has commenced a suit in equity against Mashie Corning, Erastus Corning, Jr., and John F; Winslow, for an alleged infringement of his patent of 185 on ma chinery for making horse and mule shoes, so largely in use by the Government. The defence is said to be conclusive. The questions of law and fact are to be tested in the Circuit Court of the . United States for the Northern District or - New York, before which tribunal Samuel Blatchford, of Troy, will ap pear as plaintiff's solicitor, and David L. Seymour and Marcus P. Norton, of Troy, as counsel for de fendants. The patent upon which this case turns is a new one, and has - never been tested in the courts The defendants deny the validity of therpatent and also deny any infringement. The casein synonymous in affits aspects with what has been known inthe courts for several years as the Great Spike case. —The following notables are now at Saratoga: Judge Wayne, of Georgia, who is one of the staun chest Union men, and who is there for the' cure of his eyes; Judge Greer,. of Philadelphia, who is greatly broken in health, and whose working days are abcut over ; Chief Justice Taney, of the United States Supreme Court; Com. Vanderbilt, with his fast teariaiid his standing offer of s2o,ooofor a span that will "beat Bonner Mayor -Opdyke, who, with his family, is at the Congress ;.Thurrow Weed, who is said to be sad, and even despondent in view of the present condition of national affairs, besides others of note. It is rumored in tile Army of the Potomac that General Lee and Tell' Davis have quarrelled,. and that the former has resigned. A letter to the Boston Travellep•from the army says : "A-report is in circulation in Warrentoll;among the Secessionists that Stuart and Fitz - Hugh Lee. the notorious guerilla raiders, are to be relieved of their commands for intemperance and profligacy, and Brigadier General Wade Hampton is to-assume command of both forces, which areto be united. Through the same sources, I learn that - both Lee and Stuart were intoxicated at the cavalry fight at Brandy Station, and Jeff Davis has administered to both a severe reprimand for allowing the ' Yankees' to defeat them at that piiint) , General-Banks, General Bowen, provost mar shal of the department, and several other °Men, are on a few days , visit to Vicksburg\ With what feelings of mutual pride and pleasure will the hearts of Grant and Banks be filled, when they meet, and sit down to talk over the siege and fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson! What a scene for a painter —a subject worthy of a place is one of the niches-in the Capitol of Washington. A letter from Saratoga Springs says: "Mrs. Morissey is here, with her husband. A lady said something to her which she did not like. Mrs. M. gave her a blow between the eyes that felled her to the floor ; dared the prostrate woman to repeat the word ; offered to whip any woman in the place for $lOO, which she could do, as her husband - could whip any man in Saratoga, she said." The friends of Hammill, in Pittsburg, the cele brated oarsman, are determined to test his powerain another trial of skill with Ward of Wew - Ybrk, and $250 have already been for warded - to the friends of Ward to bind a match for $4,000.. The race, if agreed on, will come off in September, either on the Mo nongahela or the Schuylkill river. It is reported, by way of Cairo, that- General Banks had reached Biloxi, Miss:, and that General Grant is sending him men very rapidly. This, it is thought, insures the capture of 'Mobile. The place is but poorly defended. Biloxi is two-hundred and twenty-seven miles southeast of -Jackson. Governor Tod, of Ohio, in filling-a requisition of Col. Senter, of Oleveland, for one hundred'stand of arms for minute men of that city, says: "God grant, you may never have use• for them to preserve order in your city, but should there- be, direct the captain of the minute men -to use no blank car tridges The following officers of 'the Senate have been drafted, viz : George T. Browny sergeant.at-arms Messrs. Colbreth, Rees, and Andrews, meeeengers, and Dlr. St. John, of the , document department. Another messenger, IVIr. Lamer, had all his sons drawn, four in number. —lt is stated that the successor to Sir Joshua Jebb, as chairman of the directors of convict prisons and surveyor general of prisons in England, is to be Lieutenant Colonel Henderson lately comptroller general of the convict department-in-Western Aus tralia. -- The London Star is of the opinion that if Charles Mackay, the New - York correspondent so f the London Times, had'in his . poemsexhibited half the vigor and strength of imagination which he displays in: his aa tonishing letters from new York, he might• have achieved some fame. James R Clay, who, some months ago, left hts home in Kentucky and went to the South as a sym pathizer with tlia-rebellion, ianow atNiagaraPalls, on the Canada side, where he is said to be in the last Stages of consumption: Two distinguished artists Mr. Millais and Mr. John Leech, are at present,- in the Highlands of Scotland, fishing in the river Lochy. A . third, Mr. John . Phillip, is expected to join. and make the most - popar•artistie trio that. England atlas time could send forth. —The garxite Mwariadi apprises. us. that Adelina Patti has been ,"commanded?' by the Qneen of Spain 'tesing duringthe winter of 18634 in the capi tal of her birth, Pdadrld, and that he will, there-. fore, relinquish her engagemeat&ht. Paris. —The Washington correspondent or the Spring field RipuNicansays that " lilr. SeWSrd b 3 deeply en. gaged in a controversy-with Lord John Russell re ! spestirig the ating,out of rebel , privateers in Eng , lieb ports." —Gen. Robert-1h Milroy is to. be tried by a mill teas,' genera) court-martial; fovea offence specified in , an order of the General hi. Chief. General Hellenic has detailed °Mears to constitute the court. A Madrid journal , announces that M. Medina,. the eminentaculptor, has just-finished the statue. of Murillo, which. is to be placed en the facade of the Museum ofTaintings. — . The report- that President Lincoln intends to visit New Rogland . this. summer, we learn from, ex cellent authority, is without foundation. He has no idea of leaving Washington. It.ia rumored-that George Peabody, theeminent American banker is London, proposes to. donate Yale College the sum of $lOO,OOO for the purpose of erecting a geologleal eabinet. Among the second series of guesta at Fontaine : Wean is Iti k Meissonier, the painter. The artist is *ng aged: on a portrait of the Prinee Imperial, and is to remain at the palace until it is oampleied. Lieut. Jahn R. Meigs, son of Quartermaster General ' , deign, has been assigned as chief engineer on Gen. Kelly's staff. —There' are fifty vacancies in the West Point Militiry Academy, and somebody very properly suggests nit they, be filled with brigadier generals. -Brigadier General Sweeny, United States Volunteers, was ill Troy on Thursday, the eth inst. He still suffers from wounds. —Brigadier General Truman Seymour is at the residence of his father, a Methodist divine of the Troy Conference. -- The following honorary degrees were an. nounced at the close of Williams College commence ment exercises, on the 6th of August: • Doctor of Law... Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston. Doctors of Divinity—Philemon H. Fowler, John C. Holbrook. -- Secretary Welles returned from a trip to Old, Point on Saturday. Secretary Chase returned to Washington, Saturday.
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