E4t Vrtos.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1863
An Anglo-American Alliance.
. PALMERSTON has sustained some defeats
in his day, for not even the greatest leader
4s continuously successful, but NAPOLEON'S
,policy and success in Mexico is the greatest
'blow that the gay but aged Premier has yet
:-received. It is true that he was terribly
'taken, in 1846, by Louis PrirmrrE in the
-Spanish marriages, and that he was seduced
:by NAPOLEON into building up the prestige
of "the second Empire," by joining in the
Crimean war ; but here, with his eyes open,
and PALMERSTON claims to be a leading
member of the wide-awake club, he com
mitted the double folly of consenting to act
with France against Mexico, and then, after
having sent.ships and soldiers to Vera Cruz,
of suddenly removing them, thereby leaving
NAPOLEON what he wanted—the opportu
nity of doing in and with Mexico exactly
what he pleased. In- this, PALMERSTON
acted like a man playing cards with a Sharper,
on the- detection of whose unfair play he
throws down his cards, quits the room, and
leaves the cunning adversary to pick up the
stake.
Thorough-brcd, ingrained politicians rarely
forget or forgive. We may be confident,
therefore, that PAL3rEnwrox will have it out
with NAPOLEON, one day ere long. The
doubt, is---how? We shall answer this by
.stating the substance of a communication
which has just reached us from a well
informed gentleman, now in New York,
who has lived for many years in England,
well acquainted with politics and public
men there.
The nomination of Prince MAxnumAx,
`of Austria, to the Imperial crown of Mexico,
was a re:luau - tyre preconcerted at the Tuile
ries, and intended, our friend believes,
chiefly to deceive England. The young
Austrian Prince is as much a liberal as a
man in his condition reasonably 'can be. He
liar a thorough hatred for the "Napoleonic
Idea," 'and is a warm adherent of the Or
leanist party, being married to a grand
daughter of LOUIS PIIILIPPE and the only
daughter of King LEOPOLD, of Belgium.
MAximiktAx, now only thirty years old, is
said to possess more ability than even his
- brother, the Emperor FRANCIS-JOREPEL
Be believes in constitutional moriarchy,
hich, he thinks, has been most consistently
developed in England. If it were possible
that England could look favorably upon
NApoLy.olv's scheme, Prince MAxt - ArmAx
would be an acceptable ruler of Mexico. On
that account, he is the last man that NAPO
LEON seriously desires to elevate to that
dignity. It is almost certain that his refusal
is alieady an understood thing with NAPO
LEON and his allies, the rebels of the South.
Our friend's further reasoning is—that
Messrs. SLIDELL and DAVIS will join hands
with NAPOLEON . , having encouraged his
'Mexican - views, As long as the rebels had
a impe of holding Vicksburg . and the trams-
Mississippi States, they avoided committing
their fortunes - to tho care of their powerful,
but dangerous French:friend. With the
great river, they lose the country west of
it, and cannot hope to recover it alone. De
prived of it, the Confederacy is a nullity, and'
the dreams and projects of its traitorous
founders come to nothing. All that is left
for them is an alliance with France. If
they transfer Texas and Louisiana to NAPO
LEON, he may make terms with them. Our
friend thinks they will do more—carry the
whole Confederacy into the new Empire of
Mexico, in which Slavery would* an hr
stitution, under the Imperial. sceptre of one
of the Ponaparte family, (say j erince NA
POLEON or Prillee DITIRAT,) With4IIADELL,
DAVIS, & Co. among the ministers of the
Crown; a, nobility established, consisting of
the great sla.veholders ; the "mean whites"
as soldiers and traders..; and the whole EM
pire resting on the corner-stone of Negro
avery.
This is a bold and large programme, but
the .o)eading rebels have always contem
- plated founding an empire extending from
the Ohio to the Isthmus of Panama. Failing
to do this alone, they would gladly join
France, and immediately unite with Mexico.
Their calculation would be that 'this new.
empire would monopolize the cotton, sugar,
and tobacco soils of the North American
Continent, and would command and-control
the short-land communication between the
Atlantic and the Pacific. It might become
a great military, and, with NAPOLEONN,
help, a great naval power. To the North, it
would be a bitter enemy, as well as rival:
The establishment of such a Power would
be 'almost as unwelcome and hurtful to Eng
land as, to us. It is scarcely possible-that
England will submit to its creation. Then
(our friend thinks) England, always most
mindful of her - own interests, and rejoicing
at having rejected NAroixo'N's insidious in
tervention proposition, will join the United
States to prevent .the formation of such
an Empire. An Anglo-American alliance
against France and the rebels would crush
Napoleonism, Negro-Slavery, and Rebellion,
and triumphantly carry out the Monroe doc
trine.
These are the leading points'of our friend's
argument, which he concludes by express
ing his belief that in a very short time, lead
ing statesmen and journalists will unite in
urging our Government to send a large force
into Texas, to occupy the line of the Rio
Grande, and to push on the iron-clads into
the Gulf of Mexico. It fortunately happens
that having hitherto held back from any
decided measure against the North, Lord
PALMERSTON is free to act with the United
States, when the national honor, colonial
integrity, and commercial interests of Eng
land may force him to oppose the schemes
of NAPOLEON. Better than perhaps any
other English statesman, Lord PALMERSTON
has held in mind that the entente cordiale
must cease, and there never was a better
occasion to end it, and pay de NAPOLEON,
than the present. •
We repeat, these views are those of a
welbinformed, shrewd, loyal gentleman,
well acquainted with this, his native land,
and familiar' with England, where he has
long resided. His conclusions are, at least,
more sensible than the weak invention of a
coming war with England, lately cast be
fore the public.
" OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG," said
STEPHEN DECATUR, and though We think
it unnecessary to subscribe to an unnecessa
ry alternative, at this time when our country
is so decidedly right, we shall not now cen
sure a patriotic sentiment because it is ab
stractly in error. It is enough to say that
our highest duty is to the Right ; sufficient
to know that this duty .now makes it impe
rative on every loyal man to give his fullest
support to the Government. Few men, in
deed, excepting those who are cool enough
.to split political hairs in the hour of nation
al danger, deny that the great wrong of the
Rebellion forces the Government to be right
by the nature of an absolute opposition.
Given a positive wrong, and its antipodal
power is of necessity perfectly right. That
a rebellion which asserts anarchy and sla
very is diametrically opposed to a Govern
ment which embodies and protects law and
freedom, is too clear to need argument. Yet
'we End the hair-splitters endeavoring to
find that microscopic opportunity for ar
gument which will excuse them for
affirming that the Government is wrong,
without asserting that the rebellion
right. Such a compromise cannot be ef
fected. The gulf that divides loyalty and
- treason cannot be bridged. The men who,
like Mr. BRADBURY, the Democratic candi
date for the Governorship of Maine, toll us
in time of war that opposition to the Ad
ministration is not opposition to the Go
'vernment, utter an absurdity which the war
itself exposes. It is plainly impossible to
seek to injure' the Government without
striving toi aid the rebellion, and the Ad
ministration is to the Governrnent what the
body is to the soul. Can the Government
be weakened without strengthening the re
bellion? When this question is satisfacto
rily answered in the affirmative we shall
have increased respect for the log,icians of
the hair-splitting proclivities.
The Demonstration of National Power.
For two yt;t l -TSJAW Vainly endeavored
to capture Richmond, and to break the
rebel power in Virginia. Two years were
required to reclaim the Mississippi. Charles
ton, wrested from us at the beginning of the
war, until now we had no prospect of re
taking. For months the rebellion obtained
brilliant successes, which we knew to be
transitory, but which in the eyes of the
world were permanent. For nearly a year
the war - was waged without appreciable gain
or loss on either side, and when our tri
umphs came they were slow, interrupted
with reverses, and apparently unsure. Even
now, though-we have done so much, and are
forcing the enemy to abandon that arrogant
.attitude of superiority with which he began
the war, our task is very great. A. new
army of three hundred thousand men must
be-placed in the field to subdue the rebel
lion, and one battle, at least, which will,
transcend in desperation all the battles:of
the war, must be fought Besides this,
the war has imposed upon the nation
a debt which it will take many year's
to 'pay, and lies made necessary a sys
tem of taxation previously unknown in
America. All these facts prove how mighty
is the work which the nation has pledged
itself to do. A rebellion which drags nine
millions: of people into its support, creates
an , army of four hundred thousand men,
menaces the capital of the country, invades
loyal States, and for nearly two years main
tained inflexible resistance, is no common
toe. We have read many excellent argu
ments which show the weakness of the re
bellion, and know their truth, but the
strength of the rebellion is a fact 'far more
important to consider. Time should have
tatight us the danger of presuming upon the
weakneSs of an enemy, and though we
know now that the power of the South is
waning, that very knowledge should incite
us to greater energy. •
All the defeats, the fierce strugles, the fort
resses unreduced, and armies unconqUored,
which declare the strength of the rebellion,
also increase bur confidence bithe power of
the United - Statee. For we measure that Pow
er by the difficulty of the task it is evidently
bringing to an end: We know the might of
HERCULES by the magnitude of his labors;
the more terrible the danger the nobler is
the courage that confronts it. We must be
glad, therefore, not that the rebellion is so
formidable, but that being so, it illustrates
the superiority of the Republic.. The entire
strength of the war, power of the Govern
ment has hitherto been unknown, and needed
this extreme demonstration. Previous wars
have required but a partial exertion of power,
but this rebellion has forced the Government
to reveal all its might, and the revelation has
startled the world. From the first Europe
predicted our failure, and is now astonished
to see the growing certainty of our success.
The army we have sent into the Southern
States is the largest the century has known ;
the territory we have conquered is larger
than European empires. Thus; upon the
very stronghold of rebellion the superior
strength of- Government stands as upon a
pedestal, and we have gained -from the
very power of the conspiracy- assurance
that once crushed it will never be resumed.
In Missouri, in Kentucky, in Tennessee,
and Louisiana, for instance, the disloyal
inhabitants will not again endeavor to deny
the authority of the Government, because
they have. already attempted that iniquity
with all their energy, and have learned :that
it - 'islinsuffinient. This the- entire South
is' learning; and with the : fall of Charleston
and the .defeat of LEE it will :have - the
lesson by heart. „ .
The - compensation for the disloyalty of
the South is the proof it has, elicited of the pa
triotieth of the worth ; thus, by reason of the
tremendous force and vast extent of the pro
slavery- conspiracy is discovered how much
greater are the force and the extent of prin
ciples of freedom. Had the enemy been
less powerful the nation would to this day
have remained ignorant of itself; had the
rebellion been subdued in ninety days, we
should, have never ' known the resolution of
the people, their willingness to make any
sacrifice for honor and principle, their con
fidence in the Government and in them
selves. To the rebellion ,we are in
debted, also, for. the development of a
- wiser spirit of freedom in a people which
bad for years obeyed the mandates of South
ern slaveholders ; for so long as the slave
holder merely threatened disunion the North
weakly • sacrificed its principles to prevent
disunion, but the moment he attempted to
execute his threats his moral power was
gone. Until this war our belief in the
strength of the Republic had been merely a
matter of faith, but the rebellion establishes
the fact. In this way the, victory is made
more glorious by the difficulty of obtaining it,
and the American Republic, when this war
7 is ended, will stand upon a nobler and firmer
basis ; will have a higher claim upon the re
spect of all nations, than it possessed at any
other period of its existence.
Party Slavery.
If there is a creature in God's providence
for whom we feel an active sympathy it is
the slave of party. We can imagine a fana
tic, an enthusiast, a partisan—a man who
gives himself solely to •. the triumph of an
idea. From such w
tnen e - may differ, and
perhaps angrily, but, they possess- our re
speci. The party slave is another creature,
altogether. Attaching himself to politics as
the barnacles to a ship or the fungi to a
drifting wreck, he clings to it and follows it
into every eddy and stream and bay, and
is driven with it hither and thither to the:
end. A party slave has no idea, no policy,
no thought as to the welfare of his country.
This is not permitted to him. He is the in
- strument in the hands of, another. He
has not even a country left to him now,
for the leaders of the disloyal organization
known as the Democratic party have taken
it upon them to make opposition to the
country the test of party allegiance. So we
have the strange spectacle, strange indeed
:and humiliating, of a large party opening a
new campaign by the most infamous as
saults upon . public men. We do not look
for specific or moderate rhetoric in party
documents nor the resolutions of any po
litical conventions, but the numerous plat
forms and declarations of our local Demo
cratic clubs exceed in bitterness and false
hood everything we have ever seen before.
We have epithets applied to public men that
no respectable tavern-keeper would- allow
in his bar-room, and statements known to
be false, and published with that knowledge,
to deceive and betray the innocent and
ignorant, are scattered broadcast in every
county and township of the State.
We might ask, what good can come from
all this ? Truth and honor will be respected
in the end, if neglected now. There is no
cause that can triumph when such means are
necessary to accomplish triumph. 'Conscious
of the truth and justice of our cause, we of
course can afford to despise the arts of men
who debase themselves that others may be
elevated; and become the slaves of an or
ganization that can never triumph unless
to the grief and danger of the country. It
is with a feeling of regret for thetharacter
of the age in which we live that we refer to
these signs of the coming campaign. What
we should like to see is honest, manly,
independent thought ; a fair contest, in
which - reason and argument would su
persede declamation and falsehood. The
theory of representative government—of
the system called Democracy—supposes the
franchise managed in. this spirit, and- the
Government embracing the intellect and .
cultivation of the country, and it is because
this theory has so often failed through
the influence of bad men that our enemies
elsewhere mock and laugh and visit us with
their scorn. If -we we could rid the country of
party slavery, of that low, grovelling, degra
ded feeling which prompts men to a s sail and
villiTy the virtuous and. goad, and even to
go so far as to become traitors fettle coun
try ; if this could be driven forth and de
stroyed, it would be a noble thing.. We
must say that we have no such hope, and
we leave these creatures to their mire, and
all the enjoyMent that it gives -them. Let
the - friends of the country keep onward in
the true path, and, profiting by the-degrada
dation of their enemies, show the world how
a free people, in defence • of . their Govern
ment, can make an
_honorable canvass and
gain an honorable Tiotory.'
41, LETTER FROM ."00CARIONAL."
WASHINGTON, .August 9, 1863
There are two or three- ,
remedies for the
restoration of the Union, upon which all
loyalists, North and South, heartily unite.
These are the inexorable exclusion of the
authors and architects of the rebellion
from the vindicated Union, and the sub
mission of all the questions concerning
the future relations of the seceded States
to all the people of such States. At
the base of these remedies is the great fun
damental principle that there must be no
more rebellion against this Government.
To secure this end should be the study of
every patriotic and Christian statesman. If
peace should be made on any other theory,
the great battle for Liberty on this conti
nent will have been fought in vain. The
Union men of . the South will be left to the
tender mercies of the returned traitors and
their followers and the Union itself will
be liable to surprise and attack at any
moment. Some of the ablest publicists be
lieve- the loyal people of the seceded States
should follow the wise and compensating
example of Western Virginia and Missouri,
and should signalize their return to the
Union by such a precedent declaration for
the abolition of slavery as would sanctify
President Lincoln's emancipation policy.
There are also theories suggested by three
of our ablest generals—all Democrats
"which may now be profitably referred to :
First. That of General Butler, in his great
speech at the New York Academy of Music,
on the Bth of April, 1863, in which he states
the case thus :
Understand me; I was for the Union as it was,
because I saw, or thought I saw, the troubles in the
future which have burst upon us '
• but hating under
gone those troubles, having spent all this blood, and
this treasure, I do not mean to go back again and be
cheek by jowl with South Carolina as I was
before, it 1 can help it. [Cheers. "You're right.']
Mark me now, let no man misunderstand me, and I
repeat lest I may be misunderstood—there are none
so slow to understand as those who do not want to—
mark me, I say I do not mean to give up a single
inch of the toil of South Carolina. If I had been
alive at that time, and had had the position, the
will and the ability, .I would have dealt with
South Carolina as Jackson did, and kept her in
the Union at all hazards, but now she has gone
out,, and I will take care that when she comes
in again she comes in- better behaved [cheers] ;
that she shall no longer be the firebrand of the
Union ; aye, and that she shall enjoy what her peo
ple-never yet have , enjoyed, tie blessings of a repub
lican form of government. [Applause.] And, there
fore. in that view, I am not for the reconstruction of
the Union as it was. Yet-I have spent treasure. and
blood enough upon it, in conjunction with my.fellow
citizens, to make it a little better.- [Cheers.] It was
good enough if it had been left alone. The old house
was good enough for me, but as they have pulled
down all the L part, I propose, when we build it up,
to build it up with all the foreign improvements.
1 - prolonged laughter and applause.] Another of the
Logical cOnsequebces it seems to me that follow with
inexorable and notto•be•gthanned course upon this
proposition, that we are dealing with alien enemies,
is in our duties with regard to the confiscation of
theiroroperty, and that would seem to me to be
easy of settlement under the Constitution, and with
out any discussion, if my first proposition is right.
Has it not been held from the beginning of the
world down to this day from the time the Israelites
took possession of the Land of Canaan, which they
got from alien enemies, has it not been held that the
whole property of those alien enemies belonged to
the conqueror, and that it has been at his mercy and
his clemency what- should be done with it? For
one, 1 would take it and give the loyal man who
,was loyal in the heart of the South, enough to make
him as well as he was before, and I would take the ba
lance of it and distribute it among the volunteer sol
diers who have gone—[the remainder of the sentence
was drOwned in- a tremendous-burst of applause.]
And so far as I know them, if we should settle South
Carolina with them, in the course of a few years I
should be quite willing to receive her back into the
Union. [Renewed applause.] That .leads us to
deal with another proposition: What shall be done
with the slaves? Here again the laws of war have
long settled, with clearness and exactness, that it is
for the conqueror—for the Government lvhich has
maintained or extended its direction over the terri
tory—to deal with slaves as it pleases, to free them
or not as it chooses. It is not for the conquered to
make terms, or to send their friends into the con
quering country to make• terms upon that subject.
[Applause.] Another corollary follows from the
propositioja that we are fighting with alien enemies,
whlch relieves us from another difficulty which
seems to trouble some of my old Democratic friends ;
and that is in relation to the question of arming the
negro slaves.' If the States are alien enemies, is
there any objection that you know of, and, if so,
state it, to our arming one portion of the foreign
country against the other while they are fighting
us?" •
Second, and more recently, is the appeal
of General RoSecrans to the people of Ten-
nessee against guerillas and 'evolutionists,
and in anticipation of the August elections.
In his directions to his officers how to treat
those disposed to yield, he says :
"Deserters, conscript agents, and prisoners of war
desirous of abandoning the rebellion and becoming
peaceable citizens, will be paroled as prisoners of
war, and permitted to return to their homes, on
giving bones and security, or satisfactory assurance,
for the faithful observance of their parole, and wiU
not be exchanged'upless they violate their promises.
"All citizens are invited to unite in restoring law
and order, and in suppressing marauders and gueril
las. All-privileges and protection compatible with
the interests of the service will be accorded to the - se
who are willing and give assurance, by their parole,
oath, and bond, or other satisfactory voucher, that
they will conduct themselves peaceably, and do no
injury to the Government.
"Those claiming allegiance to the rebellion, or
who cannot or will not give satisfactory assurance
that they will conduct themselves peaceably, are,
on their own theory, by the law of nations, bound to
leave the couetry. This rule will hereafter be ob
served in such districts as come within our control,
at the diseretion of the commanding officer of troops
in the district.
"Persons desiringto vote, or to exercise any other
right of citizenship will be permitted to - take the
oath of allegiance, unless the commanding officerhas
reason to suppose a fraudulent intent on the part
of such person."
Third. The speech of Major General
John A. Logan, of Illinois; the intimate
friend of Douglas, whose splendid valor and:
genius contributed so much to our late vic
tory at Vicksburg, and to all the triumphs
that preceded and heralded it. In a speech
a few days, since, before the people of Du
quoin, 111., Gen. Logan said
"We have the men and means to crush out the re
bellion and restore the Union. All we want is the
sympathy of the people. When they are crushed
out, I hope the President of the United States will
have the nerve to say, Jeff, come forth; you have
forfeited your head by your treason to your country,
and it shall come off your shoulders. , [Applause.]
When that is done there will be no more treason in
this country. There will be no more rebels in the
United States—no'more foul commix dors against the
Government. Let.us do that, and when we have
done it we have another job before us. I want not
only to have the 'United States extend hi. the Ohio
river and the Potomac, but. I watt it to extend to
the Gulf of Mexico, and to have in it all the terri.
tory it had berbre the war commenced. I want it
just the way it was before they rebelled, I suppose
every law that was just and applicable to the entire
country before the rebellion, would not be after the
rebellion. Laws have to be made according to the
times and according to the interests and wants of the
people. So it has always been done. But we must
get the Government back just as it was so far as ter
ritory is concerned.
When we g , et the territory back, we will have the
citizens back, and laws will be passed beat adapted
to their interest at the time they return. That will
he the Constitution and the Union. I suppose that
will be as much as anybody can want. [Applause.]
If these men are so fond of the Constitution as it is,
and the Union as it was, that they want the Consti
tution in such condition that the Congress of the
United States will not prohibit Jeff. Davis, Toombs,
and that crowd of traitors from holding seats in the
Congress of the United States, so that they can again
break up the Government, .I am not for it. [Ap
plause.] lam not - for their holding seats in Con
gress again, in order to go into a conspiracy to break
up the Government. The leaders in this great con"-
spiracy should never again be permitted to have the
same constitutional rights they had before. [Ap
plause ]
, t If these gentlemen mean that. they want them
restored to the same rights, then I am not for it.-
They and I differ there. If they mean that they are
willing for these gentlemen in that part of the coun
try toeontrol this Government, to hold a lash over
it as they have done heretofore, I am not Tor that
either. [Applause.] lam for no such thing. lam
for the Union as it was and the Union as it is. When
I say I am for the Union as it was, I mean that I
am for all the territory that belongs to the Govern
ment, bringing it all back, every foot of it, and go
verning it according to the wants of the people, and
passing such laws as are, best adapted to their con
dition."
Such kre the thoughts that animate the
men who are risking their lives for the
country, and who have been leaders in the
old Democratic organization. There is lit
tle substantial difference between them, be
cause in each the great idea is recognized that
none but loyal men, or those ready to take
the oath and give bonds of their determination
to be loyal, shall participate in the organiza
tion necessary to effect the return of the
seceded States. That an immense social
and political revolution has taken place in
the South no words are necessary to prove.
The rebel chiefs themselves are perhaps the
best, witnesses of this fact. They see that
this anti-slavery revolution can never be
arrested ; that the chains and charm of
slavery have both been broken. Therefore
their desperation and despotism They
know that the defeat of the rebellion is
their own individual lasting overthrow.
And this for reasons outside of the fact
that they have placed life and fortune
upon the deadly hazard of the die ; for they
know they can never live after their defeat,
in a region which they have given over to
desolation and anarchy. They would be
eaten, like Acteon, by their own dogs.
Hence, every day drives away the. Southern
people from slavery and from the pro
slavery leaders. What if the people of
Louisiana, Arkansas, or Florida, should
determine to change their State Constitu
tions, and abolish slavery at a certain
period, after the example of Missouri and
West Virginia, would not that be legal and
regular ?. After all, may not the very best
way to save what is left of slavery to loyal
owners, be to limit its existence, and to fix a
time for its gradual abolition ? Where, in such
a case, would be the remedy forlhe flying,
expatriated, and banished traitors ? All their
human chattels, freed by the proclamation,
and baptized in the fire and blood of the war
for liberty and the American Union, would
be working the soil for themselves, and help
ing to protect that soil from the assaults of
their former owners. I grant you, this is
not a favorable perspective for alavery in any
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1863
sense, and that the contact between the free
and the umnanumitted blacks, and the result
ing contrast and comparison, is to render
most insecure the whole system of human
Servitude. But these are the natural fruits of
'a rebellion begun by, and prosecuted for,
slavCry. If the whole institution perishes,
let us write on its tombstone the emphatic
epitaph : " Died, by the hands of its friends,
who were mad enough to believe that be
cause slavery had flourished and been tole
rated in a land of liberty and law, slavery
Could therefore destroy both liberty and
law." OCCASIONAL.
" DEMAGOGUES," the World affirms, " are
now doing their best to convince the army
that those who oppose the arbitrary enforce
ment of the conscription act are either ani
mated by a positive hostility to the Govern
ment which they are arrayed to support, or
corrupted with a criminal indifference to
the welfare and the very existence of the
army itself." For 'once we agree with the
World; demagogues are doing their best to
convince the • army of this truth, as the
article from which we quote makes plain.
Do our readers know what follows this con
fession of the World? A declaration that
the needs of the army are exaggerated ;
that even admitting that reinforcements are
so badly needed, the conscription will not
supply them ; and that it is more likely to
disturb the civil order of the Republic than
to rebuild the strength, of the army: Truly
demagogues are doing their best; etc.
TAE AITERICAIi LAW REGISTIM—The August
number of this periodical, which is invaluable to
the legal profession, and has no rival in its own
special department, contains several important de
cisions recently made by the Supreme Courts. The
opinion of the judges of the Supreme Court of.
Maine upon the right of a town to raise money by
taxation for the purpose of paying the commutation
money of its drafted men. is ably sustained by_an
argument by the lion. Isaac F. Redffeltl, of Boston,
one of the editors of the Register. We quote the
fUlowing important statement :
"It must be obvious to every lawyer, whole not
absolutely infatuated by his devotion to pal:titian
and political preposeessions of opinion; thatsuch a
manse - is entirely without the shadow of the
slightest justification, either in reason or law. For
if we assume that the mode in which the United
States Government have attempted to bring the mi
litia of the several. States into actual service, in
defence of the integrity of . our - nationality, is
not justified by any fair or allowable construction of
the powers delegated to the National Government
by the United States Constitution. which is the only
mode in which they could obtain any such authority;
if we admit all this to be probable, and we have not
sufficiently examined the subject to be satisfied that
such a concession is justifiable upon any ground
except that of argument, we do not. make the
slightest advance towards obtaining a baeis for
taxation in order to relieve those who are thus
unlawfully subjected to unjust thirdens. The State
Goveinmente owe no duty of relieving the common
citizen of both State and national sovereignties
,from the urgent requirereents of the latter' Go
vernment. The State sovereignty has no more
authority to interpose its aid in such a case
than the State courts have to reverse the de
cieions of the National courts. upon the ground that
in their judgments such decisions. are erroneous.
Much less do the towns or other subordinate mu
nicipalities of the State owe any, such duty to its
inhabitants. Each euecessive ring of these -con
centric circles of emperiS, il7LpErill7/1 Tit iMperiO, must
be content with the performance of its own legit'.
mate functions. Nothing could have a more vicious
tendency, than to allow the subordinate sovereign.
lies to tejudge the decisions of its paramount sove
reignty.'
The Register is published in this city, and under
the immediate charge of Henry. Wharton, - Fig., and
James T. Mitchell, Esq., gentlemen whose ability
and industry have greatly added to its value and
reputation: •
THE Drar..—To.day, The Dial, a campaign paper
devoted to the interests of the National Union
party, will be published as an afternoon daily, by
Dlr. S. E. Cohen, at No. 516 Chestnut street. We
have not the slightest = doubt that it will be a valu
able aid to the patriotic party in this caMpaign, and
will, in the city and throughout the State, widely
disseminate those great principles and truths which
the people must understand if loyalty is to triumph
in Pennsylvania. -The Dial deserves the hearty sup
port of all loyal men. An energetic, intelligent,
spicy, and earnest journal of the kind is much needed,
and we hope The Dial will supply the want. It will
be a faithful record of the campaign, and, though
intended as a political organ, will also contain the
latest news, and maintain the leading features of a
first-class journal.
PERSONAL.—TIie lady who died suddenly, on Fri
day afternoon, in New York, from the effects of the
heat, was not Mrs. Max Maretzek, but Mrs. Sbriglia.
The mistake was occasioned by the fact that. Mrs.
Sbriglia had in her rocket a handkerchief on which
was worked
the name of Mrs. Maretzek. Maclaine
Maretzek is at present with her husband and family, ,
at her house on Staten Island, enjoying—excellent
health.
THE COST OF malt RIOTS.—The claims brought
Elgainst the city of New York for damages to proper
ty occasioned by 'the riots, amount thus far to
$1,305,740. This is not the only loss to New YOrk.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASHINGTON, August 9, 1893,
Official Despatch from the Sabine Pass.
The Navy Department yesterday afternoon re
ceired the following -
TINITE,iiSTATIeS GUNBOAT OWA.SCO,
SABINE PASS, July 22, 1863.
To the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Natty:
SIR: I have the honor to report that yesterday
I sent into Calcasse two boats from this vessel
and two from the Oayuga,--in regard to what ap•
peered to be a small vessel at anchor up near the
lake.
The result was the capture of a schooner, the Re
venge, of New Orleans. She being several miles
from the bar, and aground, it was determined -to
destroy her by scuttling her. Her cargo consisted of
18 liogsheads of sugar, =hides, and a small quantity
of mineral salt.
The- boats,- having destroyed the schooner and
cargo, returned without accident or resistance,
leaving the inhabitantsof the'vicinity undisturbed.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. MADIGAN, Jr., Lieut. Commander,
Commanding Owasco, Sabine Pass.
'Enforcement of the President's Order.
The order of the President, assuring those con.-
Caned that any outrage upon colored soldiers of the
United States, captured by the rebels, will be met
with severe retaliation, is thus applied practically,
by the following official direction of the Secretary
of War. The gunboat Isaac Smith was captured by
the enemy in the Stono river, a few months ago;
when the officers were released, three colored men
were held by the rebels. The policy of the Govern
ment on this question being now clearly defined,
the Secretary of- the Navy placed the matter before
Mr. STANTON, who has taken immediate action , :
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY,
August 8, 1863.
_
Srs: Your letter of the 3d inst., calling the atten
tion of this Departmentlto the cases of Orin H.
Brown, William H. Johnson, and William Wilson,
three colored men captured on the gunboat Isaac
Smith, has received consideration. This Department
has directed that three rebel prisoners of South
Carolina, if there be any such in our possession,
and if not, three others, be confined in close custody
and held as hostages for Brown, Johnson, and Wil
son, and that the fact be communicated to the rebel
authorities at Richmond. Very respectfully, your
obedient servant.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
Eon. GIVSON Wnixas, Secretary of the Navy.
MOSES'S'S guerillas still infest the regioh of coun
try between Alexandria and Fairfax, making occa
sional, attacks upon sutlers' trains. Some of the
property is recaptured from time to time by our
trcops and the marauders put to flight.
Yesterday TAMES COYLE, tavern-keeper, was shot
dead by the victims of the plunderers. He was sus
pected of aiding the rebels, and his recent conduct
proved the fact. The sutlers allege that Itl9sEur'S
gang is composed almost entirely of farmers and
others of, pretended loyalty In that section, who
share in the plunder. It is said that arrests of such
persons are being made, and other measures adopted
to rid the country of these thieves.
ti Trouble in Virginia.
..The deputation from Portsmouth, Virginia, had a
conference today with the President on the subject
of the recent conflict at that place between the mill:
fary and civil authorities. The matter was referred
by him to Governor PiERPONT and General FOHTER
for settlement.
Advicea from the Airily of the Potomac say that
our troops now occupy Beverley Ford—thus addi
tionally protecting the line of the Rappahannock.
General LARRISON has been detached from the
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and ordered
to command the steamer Namemond.
1/11iseellaneons.
While there is no difficulty in procuring other
officers for the colored regiments, there is such a
scarcity of surgeons that the Surgeon General is
compelled to advertise for them.
Chaplain JOHN BLAKE, of the United States
Navy, who was ordered on duty In June last, cannot
be found. Rim last official address was New York
city. Fears are entertained for his safety.
Lieutenant Commander JOHNSON, of the gunboat
Katandin, reports the capture off St. Louis pass,
on the 13th of July, of the schooner Excelsior; and
Lieutenant blanroarr, commanding the gunboat
Owasco, reports the capture on the 21st ultimo of
the schooner Revenge, of Philadelphia. Owing to
the latter vessel being aground at the time, she was
scuttled. Her cargo consisted of sugar, hides, and
mineral salt.
In the case of Colonel 13aLov,rt, tried for frauds on
the Government, it is understood, the court-martial
have returned a finding of " not guilty.” We inti
mated at the close of the proceedings that such
would be the finding of the court.
Ample Protection Afforded to Officers and
Soldiers of Colored liegiments.
`The following letter from Secretary Stanton has
been received in Roston : .
DEPARTMENT,. WASHINGTON CETY,
August 4, 1883.
Dean Snt: Every effort has:been and will be made
by this Department to obtain the release of Capt.
Russell, Capt. Simpkins, and the other gallant orti.
cers and soldiers, white and black, who fell into thp.
hands of the enemy at Fort Wagner.
You will perceive, by the papers, an order from
the President determining what the, action of the
Government will be for the porpoise - of affording all
the protection in its power against the barbarism of
the enemy.
Yours truly, EMMA' 1S1: syArirori.
WASHINGTON.
Mosebrs Guerillas.
The Army of the Potomac.
Perional.
STATES IN REBELLION.
The Neyva from Rich/aloud Papers—The At
tack on Charleston—The Rebel Conscrip
tion.
FORTltgee MOITROB, August 7.—The flag of truce
steamboat Drew York, Capt. Chisholm, arrived from
Oity Point last evening, with upward of two bun.
dred prisoners of war, to charge of Major Mulford.
The Richmond Examiner, August 6th, says ; "Prom
the Charleston Mercury of last Monday, the aspect
of affairs on Morris Island and elsewhere in our
neighborhood bee not materially changed.
"On Saturday quite a spirited bombardment was
kept up by the hostile land batteries, but the fleet
didnot participate. On Sunday some of the wooden
gunboats steamed in and tired 'at Battery Wagner,
but soon withdrew, leaving the fight, as the day
before, in the hands of the land batteries exclu
sively.
"Information from General 'Lee's army is of very
little importance beyond general movements, ren
dered necessary by those of Meade's army. The
enemy in some force reoccupy Stafford heights.
" There is no doubt but that Gen. Grant, imme
diately after the surrender of Vicksburg; reinforced
Gen. Meade to the extent of 15,000 to 20,000 troops.
The troops were sent on board transports at 'Mks
burg two days after its fall, and arrived in the Che
sapeake about a fortnight since. The sth U. S. Ar
tiffery, batteries E and 13, of 16th Pennsylvania, and
the 32d Massachusetts infantry, accompanied the
einforcing column, under command of Generals
Smith and Kelly.
"A flag of true boat reached City Point from Fort
ress Monroe yesterday morning, bringing up three
hundred paroled Confederate privates. Hereafter
the number sent off by our Commissioner will be
made to compare as minutely as possible with the
number and condition of them received."
RICEIBIOND MARRETEL—Wheat scarce; quoted at
$6.50 to $7 11 bbl. Corn $lO, with small sootily. Oats
scarce, and command $6 tit bu. Sheaf Oats, CID 'll
hundred weight. Hay and Straw• about to IR hun
dred weight. Cured Bacon. $1.60 to $1.70 $R Jh. flame,
$1.70 to $1.15. Salt 45 to 50 ots lb. Candles (tal..
low) $2.75 to, $3, Adamantine $4.60 to $4.75; Sperm
$660 to $7 r lb. Molasses $11„ to $l2 IR gallon.
Brown Sugar, owing to the fall of Vicksburg, com
mands $l.BO to $2 ifr It,. Coffee $4 to $5. Green
Tea $ll to $l2 lb. Black do. $9 to slollr lb. Rice
20 to 25 eta lfe lb. Soap 76 eta. to $1 314 Ili. Beef from.
$1 to $1.50 7 i4 lb. Lamb $1 to $1 60 it lb. Sturgeon
75 cts. to $1 3ft Spring Chickens $1.50 to $2.
Lard $1.60 to $1.75 9fl lb. Butter $2.50 to $3 $0 lb.
eggs $1.50 to $1.76 • - qp dozen. Irish Potatoes $l5 to
sSquashlB $0 hu. Onions $l5 to $lB lb bu. Cyrnblins (or
)75 eta to $1 dozen.
LIQUORS—French brandy $6O to $75 per gallon;
Alleorp's ale (quarts), $9O per dozen ; rye whisky
830 per gallon ; rum, $4O; gin, $l5, and champagne
$260 per dozen.
Oak wood $.2.5 to $2B per cord ; pine $22 to $25.
Gold advanced; buying $l.O advance; selling
$11.60 premium.
3. W. Gordon, a citizen, was sent to Castle
Thunder yesterday on some charge not divulged;
the papers in the case remained with Gen. Wilder.
William Mullin, a citizen, committed on the same
charge, died yesterday.
"Substitutes are beginning to command a large
price. Tbis morning, a man in Richmond offered
$5,060, and another offers $4,500, for a man to take
his place in an artillery company.
"This substitute system ought to be stopped, as it
has already done much mischief in our army. At the
Adjutant General's office have been received 60,000
substitutes in place of an equal number of able
bodied men, capable of bearing arms. Rad these
60,000 men been . with Gelieral Lee at Gettysburg,
we should have had a treaty of peace in progress
before this time."
The above are all extracts from rebel papers.
Major General Foster returned, at any early hour
this morning, from a reconnoisance up James river,
which has occupied the general's time for the last
two days. He Was accompanied by the turreted
gunboat Sangamon, also gunboats Cohasset and
Com. Barney. Captain Cox, of the Cohaseet, was
killed while at the wheels,
The Cora. 'Barney, when at a place called Dutch
Gap, several miles above City Point, exploded a
torpedo, by which two of her sailors were drowned.
The information obtained by General Poster from
this expedition is of great value.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
The Rebellion Crushed West of the Nis.
sisslppl-R - ebel Plans of Attack.
CA1130 5 August 8,-All the rebel territory west of
the Mississippi river will soon be clear of every or
ganized rebel force.
Gen. Davidson is marching down the centre of
Arkansas, and in several little affairs with the
enemy has been entirely successful. Already the
people of Jacksonport are said to be fleeing before
Davidson's approach. Another expedition is on
the point of starting into this Western country,
which will help to complete the work of crushing
the rebellion. It is not proper to speak of it in de
tail at present; but it cannot be long before this
entire scope of territory will be under undisputed
Federal control.
The-Atlanta Appeal urges guerilla operations on
the Mississippi river, and says a systematized plan
of operations on its banks will accomplish more than
can otherwise be devised to cripple the General Go
vernment. It wants to see travellers on the "father
Of waters" bushwhacked from every canebrake and
bluff below Memphis.
General Tuttle passed through yesterday, en route
for lowa. Before the rebellion he was a Democrat
in politics • but from a conversation we he,d. with
him, we feel assured that he is no longer a party
man. He is for the good of the country, and mew
pies the same ground as General Logan, and is in
favor of a .peace through flogging the rebels. Some
significance may be attached to his return to lowa
at this juncture.
CHARLESTON.
The Grand.Atiack Fixed-for Saturday.
• Naw YORE, August 9.—By- the arrival at this
port of the steamer George P'eabody, from Port
Royal with datee to the 6th inst., we learn that the
troops were busy building batteries, and it was re
pertedlthat a grand attack was to be made on Sump
ter, by both the land and naval forces, on Saturday,
the Btlx.iost.
NORTH MOLINA.
Supplies for the Rebels.
New Yon.x, August B.—The steamer Ellen S.
Perry, from Newbern on the 4th, arrived here this
morning. The news is unimportant,
A large side-wheel steamer, with a sehooner in
tow, was passed, on the sth, off Hatteras."
NEW YOlllCs August 9 —A. later from Newham,
N. 0., dated the 4th inst., says the enemy are daily
receiving supplies into their ports in spite of the
blockade, and among other articles, machinery,
railroad iron, guns, blankets, medicines, shoes, etc.r,
THE BRUT IN NEW YORK.
Letter from Goveruor,Seymour—Reply of
•President Lincoln.
WASHINGTON, Aughst 9.—Gov. SeymOur, under
date of Albany 3d, writes to the President in rela
tion to the draft in New York and Brooklyn. He
condemns the provost marshal for commencing the
draft without consultation with the city or State
officers, at a time when the militia was absent at
the seat of war, and while there were not even
soldiers enough in New York to man the fortifica
tions in the harbor.
The Governor complains of the unfaiiness of the
-enrolment, and thinks that in this lottery for hu
man life, -as he terms it, there should be a strict im
partiality. In the rural districts the draft had been
executed with justice, and the conscripts accepted
-their fate without murmuring, and sometimes joy
fully. In the districts of New York city, however,
with a population much less, the number to be draft.
ed is in some cases double that in the former. The
attack upon the enrolling officers, which subsequent
ly grew into the most destructive riot known in the
history of the country,',he pronounces unjustifiable.
Speaking further of the -riots in New York, he says
the disregard for la W and the disrespect for the -
judicial tribunals produced their natural results.
Robbery and arson, accompanied by murderous
outrages upon a helpless race, and for the time the
very existence of the commercial metropolis of our
country was threatened. It' is gratifying that the
citizens of New York were able without material
aid from the State or Union to put down this dan
gerous insurrection, for at the - time the nation
had not the means to protect its own- arsenals
and navy yard. A thousand men could have
seized them all, and then used their armaments for
the destruction of the shipping and the city itself,
to say nothing of the vessels which at that time
were engaged in burning our merchant ships almost
within sight of our coast. The Governor also com
plains that no credit has been given to the city for
the number of volunteers sent, and the noble exer
tions of the militia in times of peril. He, therefore,
asks for a suspension at least of the draft - till its con
stitutionality is tested.
The President in reply, under date - of A.ugust 7,
says that be cannot suspend the draft in New York,
because time is too important. He admits the dis
parity of the quotas in the different sections, and ac
counts for it by the fast that so many more persons
fit for soldiers are in the city than in the country,
who have too recently arrived from Europe to be in
cluded in the census of IMO. Still he would not con
sider that reason sufficient.- He would direst the
draft to proceed, drawing only the average quota of
all the districts. After thus drawing, the city dis
tricts shall be carefully re•enrolled, and the. Go-,
vernor's agents might witness every step of the pro
rm. Due credit will be given for all volUnteers.
The President would not object, to abide the decision
of the Supreme Court. He would be willing to
facilitate it, but could not consent to lose time. '
Extraordinary Scene in New prieain;---
Burial of a Colored Officer.
NEW ORLEANS, July 30.—The most extraordinary
local event that . has ever been seen within our
borders, and I think one of the moat extraordinary
exhibitions brought forth by this rebellion, was the
funeral of Captain Andre Cailloux, Company E,
let Louisiana National Guards. Here, in this
Southern emporium, was performed a funeral cere
mony that for numbers and impressiveness never
had its superior in this city ; and it was originated
and carried through it honor of a gallant soldier of
the despised race.
Capt. Cailloux was a fine looking mulatto, and, in
his military dress, had an 'imposing appearance. I
remember seeing him at Gen. Banks).beadquarters;
in company with at least fifteen of our prominent
military officers, and he was a marked personage
among them all. In the celebrated assault and re
pulse on Port Hudson by Gen. Banks, CaPt. Callloux
fell at the head of his company, on the 17th of May
last, while gallantly leading it on to the enemy's
works. _His body, along with others of the national
regiments, after the battle lay within deadly reach
of the rebel sharpshooters, and all attempts to re
cover the body was met with a shower of mince bul
lets.
Thus guarded by the enemy, or, I might say, thus
honored by their attention, the body lay exposed until
the surrender of the place, the Bth of July, when it
was recovered and brought to this city, to receive
, the astonishing ovation connected with the last rites
of humanity.
The arrival of the body developed to the white
.populatiOn here that the colored population had
powerful organizations in the form of civic moieties
as the "Friends of the Order," of which Captain
Oailloux
_was a. prominent —member, received ple
body, and had the coffin containing it, draped with
the American flag, exposed 4,11. state in the commodi
ous hall.
The body, as before' entioned, Jay in date in the
hall of the "Friends of the Order," on a raised plan
form in the centre of the room. The coma was
draped in the American flag, on which were placed
his sword and belt and uniform swat and' cap.
Around the coffin flowers were strewn hr the great
est profusion, and candles were kept continually
burning. All the rites of the Catholic Church were
strictly comptted with. The guard paced silently to
and fro, and altogether it presented as solemn a.
scene as was ever witnessed.
TrfE ORRE3CONTEB.
In due time the bard of the 42d Massachusetts
Regiment made their appearance and discoursed the'
customary solemn airs. The officiating priest—Pee
ther Le Nlalstre, of the church of St. Rose of Lima
who, we are glad to see, has not paid the least at.
tention to the excommunication and denunciations
issued against him by the. Archbishop of this diocese
—then performed the Catholic service for the dead.
After the regular services he ascended to the presi•
dent's chair, and delivered a glowing and eloquent
eulogy on the virtues of the deceased. He called
upon all present to offer themselves, like Cailloux
had done, martyrs to the cause of justice, freedom,
and good government. It was a death the proudest
might envy.
THE PROCESSION
Immense crowds of colored , people had by this
time gathered around the building, and the streets
leading thereto were rendered almost impassable.
Two companies of the Gth Louisiana (colored) regi
ment, fr6m their camp on the Company canal, were
there to act as an escort, and Esplanade street, for
more than a mile, was lined with colored societies,
both male and female, in open order, waiting for the
hearse to pass through.
After a short pause a sudden silence fell upon the
crowd, the band commenced playing a dirge, and the
body_was brought from the hall on the shoulders of
eight soldiers, escorted by six members of the society
and six colored captains, who acted as pall-bearers.
The corpse was conveyed to the hearse through a
crowd composed of both white and black people, and
in silence profound as death itself. Not a sound
was heard save the mournful music of the band, and
not a head in all that vast multitude but was un
covered.,
The procession then moved off in the following
order t The hearse containing the body, with Captain
W. Ringgold, W. B. Barrett, S. J. Wilkinson,
Eugene Maillieur, 3. A. Glea, and' A.. St. Leger, (all
of whom, we believe, belong to the 2d Louisiana
Native Guard,) and nix members of " The Friends
of the Order" as pall bearers, about a hundred con
valescent sick and wounded colored soldiers, the two
companies of the 6th Regiment, a large number of
colored officers of all Native Guard regiments, the
carriages containing Captain Oailloux's family, and
a number of army offloers, winding up with a large
number of private individuals, and the following
named societies :
Friends of Order.
Society of 'Economy and Mutual Assistance
United Brethren.
Arta and Mechanics' Association.
Free Friends.
Good Shepherd Conclave, No. 2.
Artisans , Brotherhood.
Good Shepherd Conclave,No. 1.
Union Sons' Relief.
Perseverance Society.
Ladies of Bon Secpure.
La Fleur de Marie.
St. Rose of Lima.
The Children of Mary Society.
St. Angela Society.
The Immaculate Conception Society.
The Sacred Union Society.
The Children of Jesus.
St. Veronica Society.
St. "Alphonsus Society.
St. Joachim Society.
Star of the Cross.
St. Theresa Society.
St. Eulalie Society.
St. Magdalen Society.
God Protects Us Society. "
United Sisterhood.
Angel Gabriel Society.
Saint Louis Roi Society.
Saint Benoit Society.
• Benevolent Society,
- Weil Beloved Sisters' Society.
Saint Peter Society.
Saint Michael Archangel Society.
Saint Louis,de Gorzttgue Society.
Saint Ann Society
The Children of Moses.
After moving through - -the principal down .town
streets the body was taken to the Bienville-street
Cemetery, and there interred with' military honors
due his rank,
Captiin Cailloux was a native of this city, aged
45 years, and was one of the first to raise a company
under the call of Gen. Butler for colored volunteers.
In conclusion, we cannot do better than quote from
the Union of this city. It says:
"By his gallant bearing, his gentlemanly deport
ment, his amiable disposition, and his capacities as
a soldier, having received a very good education, he
became the idol of his men, and won the respect and
confidence of his superior olfmers. He was a true
type of the Louisianian. In this city, where he
passed his life, he was loved anti respected by all
who knew him. .
"In Captain Cailloux the cause of the Union and
freedom has lost a valuable friend. Capt. Cailloux,
defending the integrity of the sacred cause of liberty,
vindicated his race from the opprobrium with which
it was charged. He leaves a wife and several chil
dren, who will have the consolation that he died the
death of the patriot and the righteous,"
CASITAtTIES IN,NEGICO lEGIMENTS
So much has been said by the rebel journals of the
South and the semi•rebel papers of the North about
the immense slaughter of colored troops before Port
Hudson, that we deem it proper to state the sinitde
facts, and let the public judge what grounds there
were for applying such terms as " wholesale massa
cre of the negroeli," 'r negro slaughter-pen," to
Ask
the c ase. There were engaged in the siege of Port
Hudson two regiments of colored troops, theist
and 3d, both together numbering 1,245 men. Of
these, 28 were killed, 123 wounded by gunshots and
46 by falling trees, making the total casualties 197.
Many of the wounds were slight, from which the
sufferers have since recovered.
EUROPE.
Arrival of the Hibernian oil Cape Race.
Sm. Joan9 s N. F. 5 August 7.—The Canadian steam
ship Hibernian, from Liverpool 30th, via Green
castle 31st, passed this paint at 8 o'clock this evening,
en route to Quebec. Her advises are two days later
than per Hecla.
Steamships Kangaroo and New York, from New
York, arrived, at Liverpool on the 29th.
ENGLAND
The London Globe, in reviewing the situation of
American affairs, contends that the alb els are far
from being conquered; and thinks that Lee, at Cul
peper, is as safe as ever. General Grant's campaign
is the most biilliant, but will be confined in its fruits
to the immediate neighborhood of, the river. The
Globe says, if the Federals are wise they will exert
themselves to secure what they have got for terri
torial arrangements, and abandon the impossible
enterprise of subjugation;
THE POLISH QUESTION.
It is rumored that the Emperor Napoleon has
made uPhbimaind to mane war in behalf of Poland
alone.
The Times' city article says that he panic on the
'Stock Exchange bas apparently received a sudden
check, and in some speculative securities a strong
rebound took place on the 29th. Adviees from Paris
indicate considerable subsidence of the war panic
there. Letters from Frankfort say that the money
and stock markets in that city are steady, owning to
the belief that the Polish question will be settled by
diplomacy.
The Paris correspondent of the Times also notices
the pacific tone of a particular Paris journal. which
seeks to refute the arguments of the war party. It
observes : "If the journalist has got his hints from
the same quarter whence he has so often sought
them, we may conclude that the Emperor does not
now mean to make war for Poland, unless joined by
England and Austria."
Le France strongly urges the necessity for unity of
the three Powers, and says the latest news from St.
Petersburg indicates the disposition of Russia to be
conciliatory.
It is rumored that Gortschakoff has resigned, but
this is supposed to be unfounded.
FRANCE
PARIS, July 30, 1 P. 111.—The Bourse' is firm
Bente", have improved to eif, 10e.
AUSTRIA
It is reported that the Emperor of Austria and
King of Prussia will meet at Luzelleta early in Au
gust.
LoNnox, July . 30.—The English funds have in
creased in firmness, and Consols are tending up
ward. The money 'market is easier.
Commercial intelligence.
LivanpoOL, VIA GRErafeasTr.ar„ Friday, August
3t.—Cotton—Sales of the week 49,000 bales, inclu
ding 12.000 bales to speculators, and 3,000 to export
ers. The market has been buoyant, with an ad
vance of 3.4 d on American on the week, and i;,'Oy.d
on other descriptions. The - sales to-day have been
-6,000 bales, including 2,000 to speculators and export
ers; the market closing quietoud unchanged at the
following authorized quotations:
Fair. Middling.
Orleans 24d 2.2.1fd •
Mobile 22%d
Uplands 2.3 d 2-Id
Stock in port 256,000 bales, inclusive of 40,000 bales
of American.
BREADSTUFFS.—The market is dull and down
ward. Corn dull, and declined 3d®6d per quarter.
PRovieroxs.—The market is steady. Tallow is
dull. Petroleum firmer, and advancing.
LONDON, Friday.—Consuls 93a933,, for money.
Bullion in the bank has increased X 123,000.
Amen - maw STOCKS.—Minois Central, 22@21 dis
count ; Erie Railroad, 70®71.
MANCHESTER, July 30.—The market is quiet, and
easier.
LATEST VIA..GREENCALSTLE
LIVERPOOL. Friday, July 31.—The ship Talisman,
from New 'York for Shanghae, and the Conrad, from
Montevideo for New York, have been captured and
destroyed by the pirate Alabama. Their crews have
been landed at Rio Janeiro.
The rebel loan again relapsed two per cent. on the
29th, closing at 17@15 discount. The amount paid
up is 45 per cent., and 10 of the other 15 per cent. is
due on the Ist of August.
Jeff Davis has appointed Robert Dowling, late
United States consul at Cork, agent at that city for
the rebel States.
Shipping.
Arrived from New York 26th, Cleveiugh, at Sligo;
Gessnsters at Folkestorie ; 28th, Casinova,
and Frederick, in Kings Road; 29th, Neptune, at
Liverpool.
Arrived from Baltimore 27th, Challenger, at New
_Roes.
Sailed for New York2sth, Doran, from Aixhaven ;
27th, Kensington, from Dover; 29th, Malta, Mo
narch of the Seas, Empire, and Echo, from Liver
pool.
Sailed for Philadelphia - 29th, Recovery, from
Liverpool.
LATEST SHIPPING-.
Arrived from New York, Anita, and Garibaldi, at
Genoa ; Reformer, at Queenstown.
Arrived from Baltimore, Admiral, nt Start Point.
Arrival of the China olt Cape Race—Two
dayslater from,Europe.
ST. Jones, N. F., August B.—The steamship
China, from Liverpool August Ist, via Queenstown
August 2d, passed Cape Race at noon to-day (Satur
day) en route to New York. She was intercepted
by the news yacht of the Associated Press.
The dates by the China are two days later than
those per the Hibernian. •
The steamship Asia, from Boston, arrived at
Queenatown on the 2d instant.
GREAT BRITAIN
In the absence of fresh advises from America the
English journals have little to say on American of
fairs.
. The London Morning Post labors to show that the
recent Federal summed ate not likely to prove ma
terially advantageous to the Federals.
The Army and. Navy Gazette takes a moat gloomy
view of the military prospects of the Confederates.
]t says the retreat of Goteral Bragg and the flight
of General Johnston before General Sherman's
forces shows sufficient signs of exhaustion. It adds,
"Charleston is in real danger, and if it falls Savan
nah follows." Still it thinks that the Federal ar
mies cannot be filled without a conscription which
may palsy the North and wrest notary Irani her
grasp.
The Confederate lon was heavy at 17 to 16 dis
count. •
English political news as usual on the close of Par
liament is quiet and lifeless.
Sir Crescent, the well-known judge, to dead.
• FRANCE.
In the Paris Bourse there was renewed Matneas,
and the Rentes on the let instant closed at Of. 85S.
Marrbal Forey, in an official report, gays Oat he
is occupied In forming a Provisional Government in
Mexico from men of moderate views belonging Wall
parties. _ _
POLAND
The war panic on the Polish question has sub ,
sided.
The Journals speculate on the responses of the
three Powers to Prince Gortschalioni note.
Nothing reliable in regard to the responses had
transpired.
The Pollak insurgents keep actively at work.
It is reported that an extensive conspiracy against
Russia has been discovered in Oancassia.
nitAzlL.
Rio de Tanerto dates of July ,9th are received
Coffee to quoted at 8009 to 711200.
Dates from Bombay to July Bth are at band. Cot
ton lower. Freights unchanged.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL, August 2—Theesteamship Great
Eastern is off the harbor awaiting a tide.
The Bonden Times- of to-day has an article °Tithe
speech of Archbishop Hughes to the New York
rioters, and says the speech defies analysis.
Commercial Ixitelltgence.
[The weekly Cotton report has been.received. per
Hihernift.]
LIVERPOOL BREATOSTUFFS MARKET.
Richardson, Spence, & Co. and otnere report: Flour
heavy. Wheat very dull and downward ; winter red,
Bs 3d@t3a 10d. Corn dull, and declined 3@6d per
quar. er ; mi 3 ed, lla 30012 a.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. —Big
land, Alliya, & Co. and others report Beef active,
and advanced 2@38. Pork firmer, and advanced I@ ,
2a. Bacon buoyant, with an advance of tg2c on
week. Lard firm at 37a Wiens. Butter steady- Tal
low quiet at 40@43a.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARRET.—The Bro
kers' Circular reports: Ashes steady, Sugar firm,
Colbe steady, Rice active, Linseed Oil firm at 465.
66@ns, Sperm Oil quietT Rosin quiet and steady,
Spirits Turpentine, no sales; Petroleum upward,
refined 2e. 6d; crude 19e.
LATEST VIA LIVERPOOL
LivEnroor., Saturday evening, August i.—Cot
ton--Sale to-day 4;000 bales, including 1,000 to spec
ulators and exporters. The market is dull but un
changed.
BREADSUFFS.—The market is very dull; Corn is
downward, mixed 2.6e@26a 93.
PROVISIONS.—The market is steady. Bacon still
advancing.
Lorroorr, Saturday evening, August I,—Consola
elope at 92%@93 for money.
AMERICAN STOCKS.—:•The latest sales Hero
Tllinne. 0r...rn1 Ball oad 22Ceiat di.oount. zrie Rail
road 67x@68„4 , ..
L &TEST VIA QUEEN"StOWN.
HAVRIt COTTON RIA.RKET.—SaIes of the
week 10,500 bales. The market is steady at un
changed quotations. Stock in port %,000 bales.
FURTHER FOREIGN NEWS
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER IMOLA.
NEw Yonx, August -9.—The steamer Heels has
arrived, with dates to the 29th ult. Though her ad•
vices are anticipated by the China and Hibernian: -
at Cape Race,the following extracts are interesting :
LONDON, July O.—The Tasmania arrived at
Southampton this morniog with $2,673,499 in specie.
Kingston, Jamaica, has been visited with three
severe shocks of earthquake. -
InCendiattem has been rife on I - tie estates at Bar
badoes, owing to a reduction of wages by land-own
ers.
The Times publishes a letter from its New York
correspondent, "S.,n on the present aspect of Ameri
can affairs, He thinks that throughout the war
there has been an alternate ebb and Row of the tide
of success. He styles Meade as a sensible man and
an able general, but he has now before him the
uninviting task of attempting the March to Rich
mond for the sixth time, and must make the attempt
in the face of a strong army.
THE CONFEDERATE. LOAN
The Daily Neva , city article says : "There was a
panic yesterday in the scrip of the Confederate loan,
the fall being aggravated by erroneous reports that
news had arrived of the capture of Charleston by
the Federals. The closing quotation on nonday
was 10 to B per cent. discount. Yesterday the
prices fell to 17 to 16 discount, and at I'7 a parcel
of £t5,000 worth of stock is said to have been
sold. The market was little more than nominal.
In the afternoon, however, a recovery set in, and
the closing quotation was 13,14@12M, being still
about 4 per cent. below that of the previous day. A
fresh rise of 4 per cent. tonii place in the United
States 5 per cents. There was an almost general
improvement in American securities, and on the
other hand Canadian Government bonds were
heavy.',
The London Times , ,city article says the Confede
rate stock is alleged to have been offered at 20 per
cent, discount, but it was not understood that any,
transactions took place at less than 16. Finally the
quotation was 14 to 13 discount. The fall in this
stock has been rendered more heavy by the fact that
the first success by General Lee in Pennsylvania
led to a great number of speculative purchases,
many persons having confidence that an early mail
would send the loan to a premium as remarkable as
the discount to which it has fallen. From the first
the loan has realized the anticipations entertained
as to the wide Auctuations to which the chances of
war would subject it, and there is reason to believe
that it will still experience changes of the most sud
den character. The Confederates have undergone
trials more severe than those that now beset them,
and have shown that from such trials they become
more at; ong.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH
MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by
her 'Majesty to dismiss 'y ou from further attendance in
Parliament, and at tbe same time to convey to you her
Majesty's acknowledgmems for the zeal and assiduity
"with width you have. applied yourselves to the per
forms nee of your duties during the session now brought
to a close. Her Majesty has seen, with deep regret. the
present condition of Poland. Her Majesty has been
engaged, in concert with the Emperors of Franca and
Austria, in negotiation on the subject which has been
opened to obtain the flit fatten& of the stipulations of
the treaty of Vienna of 1815 in behalf of the Pellet. Her
Majesty trusts that those stipulations will be - carried
into execution, and that thus a conflict distressing to her
Majesty and dangerous to the tranquility of Barone may
be brought to a close
The civil war between the Northern and Southern
States of the American Union still unfortunately con
tinues, and is necessarily attended with munh evil, not
only to the contending parties, but also to nations
which have taken no part in the conflict. Her Majesty,
hovrever, has seen no reason to depart from the strict
neutrality which her Majesty has observed from the be
ginning of the contest.
The Greek nation having chosen Prince William of
Denmark for their king; her Majesty is taking steps with
a view to the union of the lonian Islands to the kingdom
of Greene. For this purpose her Majesty in communi
cation With the Powers who were parties to the treaty of
1815. by which these islands were placed under, the pro
tectorate, of the Britieb. Crown, and the wishes of she
lonians en the subject of the onion will be ascertained
Several barbarous outrages committed in Japan, wenn
Btitish subjects, have rendered it necessary for her Ma
jesty to demand reparation, and her Majesty hopEs het
demands will be conceded by the Japanese Government
without- its being necessary to enforce them. The Em
peror of Brszil has thought fit to break off his diPlomatic
relations with her Majesty, in consequence of her Ma
jesty-not having complied with demands which she did
not deem proper to accede to. Her Majesty has no wish
that this estrangement should continue, and would be
glad to see her relations with Brazil re-established.
My Lords and Gentlemen, Her Majesty commands us
to convey to TWA her warm acknowledgments for the
liberal supplies which you have granted for the service
of the present year, and towards the permanent dock
: yards and arsenals; and her Majesty commands us to
thank you for the provision you, have made for the es
tablishment of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales.
My Lords and Gentlemen: The distress which the
civil war in America has inflicted on a portion of her Ma
jetty's subjects in the manufacturing districts, and to
wards which such generous and munificent contributions
have been made. has in some degree diminished, and her
Majesty las given her consent to measures calculated to
have a beneflcialintluence upon that unfortunate state of
affairs:
Symptoms of a renewal of ditturbances have mani
fested themeelves in her Majesty's colony of New Zea
land, but her Majesty trusts that by wise and concilia
tory measures, supported by adequate measures for their
repression. order and tranquillity will be maintained
in than valuable and improving colony. Her Majesty
has given her assent to a measure for augmenting"
the ineenne of a considerable number of small bene
fices, and she trusts that this measure will conduce
to the interests of the Bsiablished Ctralch. Her Ma
jesty has given her assent to an act for the revision of
a large portion of the statute-book, by the removal
of many acts which, although ;they had become obso
lete or unnecessary. obstructed the consolidation of the
statute law. Her Majesty has felt much pleasure in
giving her assent town act for basing upon a well-der
fired footing that volunteer force w.hich has added a
most important element to the defensive means of the
country. Her Majesty has gladly given her consent to
an set for carrying into effect the additional treaty.con
eluded by her Majesty with the President of the United
States, for the more effectual suppression of the slave
trade, and her Majesty trusts that the honorable co
operation of the Government of the United States will
materisdly assist her Majesty in these endeavors which
Great Britain has long been engaged in making to put
an ca d to the perpetration of that most dissracefal crime.
Her Majesty has assented with satisfaction to many
other measures of public usefulness, the result of your
labors during the present session. Jt has been gratify
ing to her Majesty to observe that, notwithstanding many
adverse circumstances, the general prosperity Of her em
pire continues unimpaired. r.Great 1 cal distress has
been suffered in Great Britain from !the effects of the civil
war in America, and in Ireland from the results of the
unfavorable season. 'The financial resources of the
United Kingdom have been fully maintained, and its
general commerce with the world has not been mate
rielly imreded. It has been a Wan* of gratification to
berMsjesty to find that her Eastern possessions have
rapidly recovered from the distress which recently over
spread thern. They are entering upon a course .of im
provement. and nodal. financial, and commercial pros
perity which holds out good promises for- the future
well• tieing of those extensive rea ions. On returning to
your several counties you will still have important
duties to perform , and her Majesty earnestly prays that
the blessing of Almighty God may attend your efforts
to p• smote the liappiness of her subjects—the object of
her constant and earnest solicitation:
Parliament Vita then formally prorogued until the 14th
of October.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, August B.—One hundred and twenty
three of Morgan's officers have been sent from
Johnston's Island to Harrisburg to be confined in
the penitentiary there.
Four fiundred and fifty rebels from Kentucky
reached Camp Chase yesterday.
The Columbus, Piqua, and Indianapolis Rsilroad
was sold, on Thursday, under the decree of the
Franklin-countyicourt, to the trustees of the stoilk
holders and bondholders of the road, for reorgani-
The Colored Relief Association.
NXIV Y 011 k, August B—P: M.—The merchants'
committee for the relief of the negroes have distri
buted the sum of $15,298 to upwards of 700 applicants.
The committee have registered upon their books the
names of 2;422 negro claimants for damages against
the city. Nearly all of these have been assisted in
the presentation of then - claims by the corps of legal
advisers who have volunteered their services.
Another , Rebel Privateer.
New Yonx, August B—P.M.—The brig,Nicholas,
arrived this afternoon, from Cienfuegos, reportathat
on the 23d ult., off Cape San Antonio was spoken
by a rebel steamer, who wished to know the pear
logs of and distance from land. Gave him thein
telligence. The rebel was a side•wheel steamer,
painted lead color, and loaded with cotton.
Collision.
PnovinNuon, August 9.—The brig Emaneline and
schooner White Sea, of Portland, came in collision
last evening while passing through Hell Gate during
a heavy thunder squall. The brig had her fore top
mast carried away and sails torn. The schooner
had ter headgear torn away, sails badly torn, and
went ashore `in the cove near Hallett's . Point. She
will probably come off without further damage.
The Kentucky Election—Uion Majority
32,974.
CINCINNATI, August 9.—The returns from the
If.entucky election show that in 68 counties Brain
lette , a (Union) majority for. Governor is 32,974.
From Nevi Orleans.
Naw You, Auguit B.—The eteamer_Continental,
from New Orleano on August let, arrived here thia
morning.
The Draft in Buffalo. " •
Burraio, August 7.—The draft has been resumed
here. It will take several days to complete it
The Steamer Glasgow.
- ST. Sours, N. F., August 7.—Tr .o steamer Glas
gow, for New York, passed Off Cape Race at 10
o'clock yesterday evening, Rer advina have been
anticipated.
Reported Abandonment - of the City of
Mexico by the FrOmen.
1../CAVETTWORTO, August 7.—The ,Santa F'e
has arrived.
A large number of Indiana were seen on the rogreo
but they did not molest the coach.
A large lot of mules were stolen from Fort Craig'
by Indians, but they were recovered after a sharp
fight, in Which quite a number were killed on both
sides,
The Banta Fe Gazettelearns, by the Southern mail,
that the French have abandoned the city of Mexico.
The Steamship Georgia Ashore.
HALIFAX, August B.—The steamship Georgia,
from New York for Liverpool, ran ashore northeast
of the bar, off - Sable Island, in a dense fog, between
one and two oYelock on the morning of the 4th inst
The passengers and' baggage were all saved and
brought to Halifax by tbe revenue cutter Daring,
which arrived here at noon today.
The Georgia wan aground off Nantucket on Sa
turday afternoon, but.threw overboard a part of her
cargo, and got off at high tde. The officers and
crew of the vessel remain on board,. and are - en
deavoring to get her off s 'but the nature of the bar is
such as to give but little chance of saving her.
HALIFAx, August 8---Evening,—The revenue cut
ter Daring will leave for the wreck cf the Georgia ,
on Monday.
It is reported that" the crew of the steamer, after•
the paseengere bad been sent ashore, rifted their lug•
gage of many valuables.
The brig Gordon, from St. John for Engi.and, was
a/eo wrecked on the south side of Sable Island oa
the 22d of. July. Her crew were saved.
The Steamer Commodore Astior-e."
PROVIDENCE, Aug. 9.—The steamer oommoderei
with the 42d Massachusetts Regiment, from New
York for Providence, went ashore at 5 o'clock this
morning, one mile west of Point Judith Light. The
steamer Delaware, from Providence for Roudout,
went to her assistance, and was lyingatanchornear
her. The steamer Westchester, from. New York
for Providence, lay by the Commodore 'one hour,
but did not communicate with her. The Commo
dore lay broadside on heading south. A boat from
the shore leported that she had sent to Newport
for assistance.
The Steamer Pacific Ashore.
ST. JonNs, N. F., August B , —The steamer Pacific
went ashore at Mistaken Point..but was got off and
arrived nee this morning. Her forward compart
ment is full of water, but her cargo is uninjured,
and she is being discharged for repairs.
Yellow Fever in New York Harbor.
NEW YORK, August 8, P. M.—The Yellow Fever
Hospital In the Lower Bay has now thirty patients.
Fifteen persons are sick with the yellow fever, and
fifteen are convalescents. These patients are chiefly
from the United States steamer Alabama, and the
French steamer Charles Martel, from Vera Cruz.
All infected vessels are now detained in the Lower
Bay, which, under the new law, is quarantine an
chorage. None are permitted to anchor in the Upper
Bay except whilst discharging by quarantine lighters
and stevedores.
Death of Colonel Chatfield..
WATERBURY (Conn.), August 9.—John L. Chat
field, colonel 'of the 6th Connecticut, died in this
city at 6 o'clock last evening from wounds received
in the assault on Fort Wagner on the 19th ult.
The Commercial Excursion.
PORTLAND, August 9.—The members of the West•
ern Boards of Trade visited the forts in the harbor
to-day. They return home on Monday.
The English Press on the Union Victories
Crrc.m tbe Spectator.
Though the "gleam of success," which has at
tended the Federal cause is, perhaps, as iortaut
as the news of the surrender of Sebastopol snd the
battle of the Tchernaya would have been to the Allies
in the Crimean war if received at once, it is yet quite
true that the not very highly colored anticipations
which we ventured to put forth last week of the
probable issue of the Pennsylvania invasion cor
respond far more nearly to the actual situation than
the rather imaginative statements of the Northern
press. On the 3d of July, the same day apparently on
which Gen. Pemberton proposed to Gen. Grant
the surrender of Vicksburg, not from any necessity
but "in order to atop the effusion of blood," Gem
Meade's army defeated the last and moat furious as
sault made for the third successive day on his posi
tion before Gettysburg, with heavy loss to the Con
federate army, and on the morning of the 4th July
the Northern forces occupied Gettysburg, Gen. Lee's
army being in full retreat upon Hagerstown, while
a thousand miles away in the Southwest the low;
contest for Vicksburg, and virtually for the Mises.
sippi, was closed by the unconditional surrender of
the city to General Grant. It was natural that
successes so great, after so long a course of at least
apparent failure, should have raised the mercurial
temper of the American press to that point at which
a rational estimate of the position becomes impos
sible. -
[From the ExaMiner
_lt turns out that the Federal accounts of the bat
tle of Gettysburg were nearer the truth than we
were disposed to think, previous exaggerations hav
ing caused us to take American boasts, even when
apparently most moderate, at a considerable dis
count. But we were right in our calculation that if
the success should be on the Federal side it would
not be of the decisive nature of a Southern triumph
almost at the gates of Washington. The event of
the 3d amounted to no more than a repulse; it was,
indeed, a repetition of McOlellan's stand in Mary
land, and conforms with what seems to be the set
fled law of this war, that defeat shall be the lot of
the assailant: Of Gen. Lee it may be said, magnis
eacidit antis. Re made a daring attack, and en
countered a brave and well conducted defence. Gen.
Meade-has certainly acquitted himself wonderfully
well, especially considering_ that the command of a
beaten and dispirited army had only just passed into
his hands.
[Flom the London Star. July 213
-No wonder the conscription provokes a riot in New
York, since even in the Cabinet there are men who,
at the first important success that has been - gained
for twelve months, treat the insurrection as at en
end, and the proclamation of freedom as a trick to
be revoked. Better a fatal disaster and compulsory
peace than: so base a use of victory. But of the
firmness of President Lincoln to the wedded cause
of the Union and of emancipation we have no doubt
at all; and, though faction or ambition may pervert
success in war to degradation worse than defeat, the
people of the North will assuredly, stand by the
great interests of America and of humanity, for
which they have fought and conquered.
TU E CITY.
(➢OB ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS 8118 YOTDITH want.]
A MAN SHOT.—A very unfortunate and
distressing occurrence took place at the coloredeamp
at Chelton Hilts on Friday night. It, appears that
a colored sentry who occupied the Most exposed
beat, and the one nearest to the public road, was
accosted by a man nained William Fox, abouthalf
past nine o'clock , in the evening. Fox is a gardener
to Mrs. Butler, who occupies the mansion in-the
vicinity. He was accompanied by two other men;
and three boys. and they were about returning front
swimming. The name of the sentry, is Charles
Ridley, and he is a recruit of the 6th Regiment. The
instruction of the officer to the sentry had been very
accurate. and he was required to have his piece
hoe ded. This post had been the way by which all
the desertions (recently made) had been accom
plished. It was on the other side of a creek from
the camp where the men bathe and get their water
for culinary and drinking . purposes.
Afto askir g.Ridley a number of questions, some
of them impertinent ones, he told them to move on.
All the party did so with the exception of the de-
CellEE d. He was urged by his brother-in-law, one of
the party, to come on, but he also bitterly refused to
move a step, saying he had the privilege of stopping
just as long as he pleased. The sentinel, in the
meantime. shouted twice for the corporal of the
guard. and was asked by some one (supposed not to
be the corporal) what was the Matter? In reply, he
stated that a number of men were at the fence, who
declined going away. After uttering this remark,
some one called out, "Shoot them. It was roll
call at the time, and considerable confusion in con
sequence prevailed in the camp. The remark was
made by some of the men probably in jest, but the
sentry believing he was ordered and that he was
doing his duty, then leveled his piece and said:
"Are you going to leave? If you won't fire at
you." Fox then replied, "I guess you won't."
The sentinel issued another warning of the noose.
venoes if he did not leave at once, But to this no
regard was paid. The sentry then pulled the trigger
of his piece and the ball entered th- right wrist and
passed entirely through the body. The whole camp
was at once aroused, and both officers and men in
considerable numbers were on the spot, and an ex
amination was immediately made by the post sur
geon, Dr. J. F. Holt, by whom the ball was ex
tracted. 'When found, the unfortunate man was
lying on his back in the middle of the road,
with his feet towards the, fence, bleeding contsidera
bly. Re was conveyed as soon as possible to a
house on the grounde of Mra. Butler, where he died
within an hour's time. The deceased leaves a wife
and foils children to mourn his lors From an ex
amination made by Cola Wagner, it appears that
the order '• shoot them" was not made by the corpo
ral, but by one of the men who had been getting
water at the creek. The corporal' did not reach
the spot until after the unfortunate occurrence had
taken place. It was the first time that Ridley ever
was on guard.
In conversation with the sentinel, he stated, that
be thought he saw the man broeeing the fence; and
pointing a pistol at him. He may have attempted
to get across the fence, Ent that he had no pistol he
ceitain, or else one would have been discovered on
him. But Ridley thoroughly believed that hehad a
pistol in his hand leveled at himself. The compa
:dons of the deceased stated that he had a great habit,
of jesting with the colored troops, and that he was
probably only doing it at this time. After being - shot
be spoke but very little, but said that the sentinel
ought not to have fired at him, and that the,. .inan
who did it would never have any luck. The sentinel
was at once placed under guard to await the result.
As soon as notified, Coroner Jacobus, of Norris
town, appeared on the spot. A jury was at once
empannelled, andthe following verdict given r"That
the deceased name to his death by a gunshot wound
through the wrist and abdomen at the hands of Fri.
vete Charles Ridley, of Company , A, 6th Regiment
United States Colored Troops." After the verdict
had been rendered, the Coroner then demandelthat
the soldier be given up. .To this Colonel Wagner
absolutely refused to give his consent, unless he was
commanded to do so by order of the War Depart
, ment. The case now awaits decision from. Washing
. ton. The opinion of the officer in regard to. the gen
; try Is that he is not to blame, and was merely doing
- his duty when the affair took place.
BASE BALL.—On Tuesday next the Athl
etics wiu resume play at Seventeenth and Master
streets, and the public are invited to attend. Ma
lone will pitch (Pratt having , gone to the.war) with
Colonel • Moore and several others of this patriotic,
club. Tbe base-ball players of Philadelphia must
now begin practice in earnest if they expeet to
make anything like a respectable stand against the
clubs which wilt visit us this fall. The Excelsiors,
the Eckfords. the Eurekas, the Mutual*, the Stars,
and other clubs, will certainly come to Philadelphia
in September and October and our players should
be on the alert, and see that skill and hospitality
of the city have a fair field for display. The Athle
tics, OlyInDiCS, Keystones, hlercarithes, Columbians,
Minervas, etc., should begin praetiee at once.
OPENING OF TDB BATTE'dORE AND OHM
RAILROAD.—This road, having been fully repairedy,
is now prepared for transportation of freight to sad ,
from all pointa in the West and Southwest. All
freight is carefully handled by competent persons,
and guaranteed against loss or damage from military
seizure•whilat in/transit over .the road. Full parti,
culars may be obtained by applying toColbum.
!Cowton, general freight agents, Broad et o.
Cherry, or John S. Wilson, agent, Sixth street„,
above Chestnut street
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DEATHS EOM THE FERA!P.—Coroftex.
• Conrad is the first incumbent of this &Wye, for
years, that bas been able to promptly attend t i =
cares of sudden deaths caused by heat, During the
greater part of the past -week he had. little or' no
'tiro ti to sleep ; he was going day and night On
Saturday he WBll called to hold. foux Inquesft of
cases of death from heat. Yesterday another case
came under his notice—that of Win. G, VFillsa, who
died from the effects of the sun.
AVOTION NOTICE—SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
-Tbe attention of buyers is called to the largekand
desirable assortment. of boots, shoes, Bstraorals,
&c., of city and Eastern manufaeture, to be sold thin
naming by catalogue, at 10 o'clock precisely, by
Philip Ford &Up., auctioneers, at their store, Nos,
025 Market and 022 Commerce street,