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ADDRESS LABELS of this deScriptfun are in nlmast universal CM among the merchants of England, and those who have used them in thls city estimate highly their use fulness in avoiding trouble and delay, in the prepa ration of packages for doliverY, whether they are forwarded by distant points or supplied to the local trade. Give them a trial. iNfr All order*, by City Post sr Mail, will receive Prompt attention. • RINGWATM & BROWN, STEAM. POWEit PRINTERS, Nos. 111 and 113 SOUTH FoTTRTH STREET. SEWING MACHINES. OUR LETTER "A." FAMILY e'EITING MACHINE, With all the new impro rem eats, is the best and cheapest, and most beautiful §ewi , g Machine in the world. No other Sewing Machine has so much capacity for a great T a n ga of work, including a delicate and ingenious pro .: esses of Hemming, Braiding, Binding, Embroidering, Felling, Tucking, Cording. Gathering, .Im., ace. The Branch Odloec are wail supplied with Silk Twist,. Thread, Needles, Oil, Stc . of the very best quality. *a- Send for a pamphlet. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 458 BROADWAY, 'caw Yong. Philadelphia Office -810 .1311ESTNUT STREET_ aull-taels :: SENV IN, G MACHINES. THE '" - 8110 " MACHINE,' o, With GLASS PRESSER FaOT, NEW-STYLE HEISIBIEII, BRAIDER, And other valuable improvements. ‘.THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES, 'Agency-951% CHEST UT Street. mhB-tf EIMM=IME:II 617 "OH STREET. O. A. VANKIRK & 0021 i NANU7I.OIITIIIIO opl IDHANDELIEBB AXD <MGR 13.6.8 FIXTURES. .4.lllo.7lhtith Irons* rigarita and Ornamenthrorsidodi Zit Mks Shades, and a warlety of FANCY GrOODIN WHOLAINADIN AND ICNTALIL rinse gall Ltd 4maiii.l2.o roods FURNITURE, ,fIABINET FURNITURE AND . BIL• " 61 WARD TABLES. MOORE eIstiMPIONJ No. NM &nth SECOND Street. sonaeetion with their extensive Cabinet business, are tam maanfutaxing a superior article of 811,1,1A1133 rr ABLESi sad have now on hand a full sironly finished with the MOORE - a oempioNT, CUSHIONS, iwidsh are pronounced by .01 who have wed then to be eperlor to all others. For the quality and Anton of these Tables, the MAE. Ostuzere refer to their numerous patrons throughout the welon, who are familiar with the character of their •orlf. mhO-Sus EZ:=I==MMM JAMES B. EARLE & SON, MILPOITEREI AND atAXIIPAOTTTEIZI ON LOOKING GLASSES. as MNI.PAMITINGS. HIGRA VIRGO ' PORTRATT, piCTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH ppWCHH, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS_ HITEMSIVI LOORTHO GLASS WASHROOMS AND GALLEiIIY OF PAINTINGS, laltf els CHEsT3rUT Street. Philadelphia. DRUGS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & Northeast Corner FOURTH and BAGS Streets. PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRTJGGIST3I LILMRIMAI AIM DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASEii ItI.III7PAOTORERS OP WETTI LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PETTY, ANL AGENTS POE THE OELEBRATED , FRENCH ZINC PAINTELI Outlet and eolieumers supplied at mss ' TIET LOW P.RIOES YOB OL T AXE SUPERIOR INGOT COPPER, from the Amygdoloid Mine. in store and topsail) 1i emuttitlldo 440 es to mat, . 4115 WO AMR MBATHI3, • Street DRIFTS, PROGRAMMES. PAPER BOOBS, POSTERS. TiGNDBILLS, LARGE SHOW-CARDS, BLANKS, CHECKS. LABELS, PEITLADELPITTA VOL. 7.-NO. 13. Unreserved Sale of Clothing. Unreserved sale of Clothing. Unreserved sale of Clothing, Unreserved sale of Clothing. Unrevrved eale of Clothing. Oak Hall, Oak Hall, Oak Hall. Oak Hall, Oak Hall, Oak Hall. Oak Hall, Oak Hall. - Oak Hall, Oak Hall. Previous to extensive alterations, Previous to extensive alterations, Previous to extensive alterations, Previous to extensive alterations. -Previous to extensive alterations. We want to reduce stock, we want to radon stock, We want to reduce stock. We want to reduce stock. We want to reduce stock. Will sell at lower prices than ever, Will sell at lower prices than ever, Will sell at lower prices than ever, Will sell at lower prices than ever. • Will sell at lower micas than ever. WANAMAKER & BROWN. OAK HALL, It S. E. corner SIXTH andlf &EGRET Streets CLOTHING. JOHN KELLY, 4-11.013.; IA XAMOVILD 1110111111211 OHISTAIIT STIBITI EDWARD P. KELLY'S, 1431 South TRIED Strestl Where he presents to former patrons and the rabbi the advantages of a STOOK OF GOODS. °anal if not en• vitriol.. to any in the osity—the skill and Mate of himself and EDWARD P. KELLY. the two beat Tailors of the eity—at prices mush lower, than any other Aret.elass eats kilahment of the atty. and-if BLACK CASS. PANTS, ,$5.50, At 704 MARKETSkeet. BLACK CASS. PANTS, 0.50, At 704 MARKET Street SLACK OASIS. PANTS, $6:50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, 55.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, S 5 50, At 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN OUNTEN'S. N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN OUNTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN OUNTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GIINTRIVB, N 0.704 MARKET Street. mh22-8m ARMY GOODS. 1776. , ~ 1863. ris. A G SILK .FLAGS! BYNTIMI - TLACISI BUltd-EES PENANTS, UNION JACKS; STREAMERS: HUNT Gr RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. EVANS & HASSALLi MILITARY FURNISHERS, 1717-tt Ho. 418 ARCH STREET. Philadelphia. ARMY HATS, ARMY HATS. ADOLPH it KEEN; No. 62 North SECOND Street, Philadelphia, Manufacturers of all kinds of , FELT EATS, kayo on hand a lane assortment of all the various and most approved styles of . ARMY HATS. Orders by mall 'from sutlers or jobbers, will he promptly filed at the lowest rates. je3o-Sm GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. NOB. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. JOILI C. LEBISOZ. broixvzilt I. slum Nom.) INPOR7EX AND DEALER. FIN GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, MAPUF4CTUREB Or THE IMPROVED PATTERN f3RIRT. WIAtI'PERS. GOLLLIIS. UNDERCLOTHING, O. SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. my 22-tool GEORGE GRANT, No. 610 CHESTNUT STREET, _ . Hae now ready A LAD.OE AND COMPLETE STOCK GENTS'' FURNISHING GOODS, Of hie ownimp_ortation. and manufacture. Hie celebrated "PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS," Manufactured under the superintendence of JOHIg F. TAGGERT, • (Formerly of Oldenberg Sz Taggert,) Are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age. Jar Orders promptly attended to.. jys-thstu-6m OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOCK, AZT COLLAR EIEPORIUM. JO. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET CHARLES L. ORUM al CO. fire Prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated mete of Shirts, on short notice, in the most aatisfaototY manner. These Shirts are cat by measurement, on sci entific principles, and surpass any other Shirt for neat lesenffit on the Breast, comfort in the Neck, and ease on the Shoulder. • aplB-stuth6m VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. ••- 'a'he subscriber would invite attention to his IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Whleh he makes a opinion,' in his business. Also, son otantly receiving. 11(0 1 73LTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAL J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE. • - No. 511 CHESTNUT STREET, Ja2G-tf Four doors below the Continental. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. WATCHES, JUST REOEITED PEE WEAKEN iiisorA. GOLD W ATCHES, LADIES' EMS, 07 NEW STYLES. MITZI AN037.0 AND CYLINDBEE. SILT ANDRES AND CYLINDRiIa. PLATED ANDRES AND OYLIADEEM for Salo at Low Nate; to the Trade, by D. T. PRATTi All if SOY CHESTNUT STREET. F IDLE WATCH REPAIRING attended to. by the moat experieneed workmen, ead every Witeh wuranted for one Tear. G. ItI7SSELL. - 211 forth SIXTH Street. J. 0.. FULLER, Importer aid Wholesale Dealer In FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY, No. 71% CHESTNIPI' Street, (Hp-stairs, oppoelto Masonic. Temple.) ilasi now open a LARGE AND . COMPLETE STOCK. EMBRACING I. HOWA_RD at CO.'S FINE AMERICAN WAVIER. GOLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES, AND FINE JEWELRY OP EVERY DESCRIPTION. 11727-tan22 - • G. RUSSELL, FINE AMERICAN and Imported WATCHES, Fine Jewelry, ,Silyer an lated Ware. &o. ice Mg North SIXTH Street. J O. FULLER'S ' - FINE.GOLD PENS] THE BEST PEN IN USE, FOR SALE IN ALL SIZES. m7M-mil F INE GILT COMBS Ix EVERY VARIETY. IRIITATIONS OF PEARL AND OOR4Ise • J. 0. FULLER: • 11721.31. Jo. Yl2 CHOMP Street. VIILCA.NITE BERGS. • full assortment, all "dm and st7ln:l J. O. FULLER; 71,1 OREST/lIT Street lign-Sit MUSICAL BOXES. TN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES, plAYIns from 1 to 12 tnnee,_ ebolee_Opern and Amerl• can agleam. FARR & BROTHER, ImbOrton, awl Mk CHESTS= Street. below Volum COTTON SAIL DUOS AND CANVAS of all numbers and brands. Raven's Duok /corning Pwllls, of all deaoriPtione, fog Tents. Awnings, Trunk, and Wagon Covers. Also. Payer Manufacturers' Drier Pelts, from 1 to d fog Wide. Tarpaulin. Bolting,, Sail Twine &e. JOAN W. RVEAMAN & swat? 10S TONES' Alley. A MERIOAN R 0 OFIN G SLATES, FULLY EQUAL TO THE BEST WELSH SLATES, THOMAS, le2S-4roo - 1114 WALNUT Street. O AN 8275 T P 2 7 5 -octav i e lai rose G w E oo l d o er! LE ; PIANO, warranted five years: 1 GOvlJainn i3.26-ewtf -SEVENTH and CHESTNUT. t t 5 SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1863 DEPARTMENT OF THE SNAIL On Shipboard in Sight of Charleston. [Correspondence of The Press.] Oil , HILTON HNAD, August 5, 1863. On the pleasant afternoon of Saturday, August 1, the good ship Arago, with its noble commander Gadsden, cast off the lines which bound us to our dock and majestically glided out into the current. By three o'clock the last passenger was on board and the last item of its very promiscuous cargo, consisting of every variety of "Government stores and shipments on private account, to say nothing of lot'of horses stalled in - the bow. We 'waited' sim ply the arrival of some marines, we purposely avoid saying how many, who having done their coun try good service in quelling the petty rebellion in. New York, were now summoned to aid in manning the heavy guns mounted against that nursery of the great rebellion on the South Clarolina coast. At length they- steamed alongside in their gay uni forms and glittering equipments, and with resolute front and martial tread were soon on shipboard. A. body of stalwart, active, well•disciplined men, we have no doubt they will give - a good account of themselves and deliver some telling blows' against the walls of that renowned fortress whose fall un der Anderson quickened the sluggish pulaes of our national life and set the heart of the nation aglow with patriotic fire. Our ships company proved a mixed but` agreeable crowd. Prominent among them were the gallant officers of the marines, whose winning courtesy and lively spirits will be long remembered. There were several ladies who -were about taking charge of. colored schools, and one who was hastening to the bedside of a wounded brother. Judge Stickney, the dignified and scholarly tax commissioner of Florida, was the most noted 'official of the party. Born and reeled in the South, he is a devoted friend of the Union, whose maintenance he places above all other questions. He believes the surest method for, thane by destroying utterly the institution whose purblind upholders have dared raise sacri •legious hands against the; noble handiwork of our . fathers. In the hands of - such men as be the may rest assured that society will-be properly reorganized in the--South. Nothing of interest occurred in our voyage until we got off the coast of the Palmetto State,- when a somewhat suspicious sail was descrried on our starboard, which, as it neared, proved to be a two. masted steamer, flaunting British colors. Quietly the captain made preparations for fight, for it is - a well-knowntrick of the oOnfederates to fling out the British ensign, and there, was no telling what the Stranger:might prove. The were beat to quarters, and provided with ammunition, with or ders to respond promptly to the next call. The heavier guns on the forward deck were cleared for action, and those also on the quarter deck. The passengers generally took it coolly, some even jest ingly, but, we doubt not, hearts beat lighter as the stranger kept on her course, and gradually fell astern. We cannot, however, too highly commend the cool and determined bearing of the captain, and the ready obedience of the crew. As we neared Charleston the passengers lined the taffrail; watching with straining eyes for the first glimpse of the blockading fleet, and 'one after an other was eagerly pointed out. At length we ob served a slight break in the low coast, a little mound as it were rising from* the sea, with slight projec tions against the horizon beyond. That mound was Sumpter, whose fame is historic. As I gazed on its diminutive outline I could not but recall the dark days that preceded its eiPture, and that magnificent outburst of patriotism which, following with light ning speed the insult offered the national flag, fired the nation into one heroic purpose that time and oc casional reverses have only intensified—to maintain at all hazards, and at whatever coat, the integrity of our national existence. Already, the guns are being planted which will restore the stars and stripes to the battlements whence they were torn for, though the second attack on Battery Wagner fail ed, our men are busy mounting guns of the heaviest calibre, whose range is far beyond the fort, and, when they are all in position, the hero of Pulaskideclares that the fate of Pulaski will befall Sumpter. Keyer have men worked more heroically and untiringly than the gallant band now investing EVA Sumpter. Under a broiling sun, over a waste of sand, unre lieved by a single tree, cut off not 'simply from the luxuries, but almost the necessities of life, they have toiled in the construction of batteries with the ener gy and tenacity of men struggling for existence, in spired with the absorbing purpose of reducing Sumpter and capturing Charleston. They are con fident of success, and they will, win it. I speak now on the hearsay which comes to me from every side. In a day or two, I hope to add the weight of personal • inspection. As we passed the Beet, we stopped off the Canan daigua and Wabash, delivering papers, which were gladly welcomed. We transferred to the latter Oapt. Reynolds, of Marine Corps, who has proved a moat agreeable compagncrn du voyage: To my landsman eyes it was a most impressive sight to see the agility and steadiness which the dexterous crew man aged their launches in the swelling waves, though the sea was not at all high. Night fell on us as we left Charleston sinking behind the receding horizon. Our captain moderated our speed, so that morning dawned before we accomplished the fifty miles to Hilton Head, which showed in the long low line of coast, as a cluster of white houses, thetas weneared, revealed most prominent the extensive hospital and the provost marshal's headquarters. The Beaufort boat coming alongside, we concluded to go right up to that noted spot for the present, avoiding the sandy, unshaded repulsiveness of the Head. We parted from the noble ship. and its gallant commander - with no little regret. We wish to sail under no cleverer, worthy captain than Captain Gadsden, who won the hearty good will of every one of his passengers. Op posite Hilton Head is Bay ' Point, some four miles distant. It projects into the ocean, a sandy bar, over which the surf ' breaks dangerously for mariners, but pleasantly for bathers, who, in former times, used to congregate here in crowds from the adjacent aristocracy. BEAUFORT• BEAUFORT, August 6.—1 write from Beaufort— stripped, plundered, war-scathed Beaufort—once the pride and the home of a refined yet arrogant aristoctracv, now the temporary quarters of the soldiers of the Union and the chosen haunt of thou sands of despised slaves. I never had the fearful lesson that war is waste so impressively forced on me as when I wandered through the desolated streets of this once lovely town. I felt inexpressibly aad as I marked the evidences, nqt simply of neglect but of - destruction, and mourned over the folly of the monomaniacs that fancied that, in the interests of an institution, accursed of God and man, they could defy the majesty of a free people. To an eye trained as mine has been to the bold outlines of mountain scenery, this country presents :a singular aspect. Not a single hill greets the vision, hardly an elevation along the river bank entitled to the name of bluff. - - Starting from Hilton Head, we steamed up Broad river several miles until_we entered Beaufort river, one of its branches, up which we passed until six teen miles froMthe head. The banks are low and sandy, and covered with a coarse grass that, down towards the ocean, had a decidedly yellow hue. It furnishes, .with the mud on which it grows, the best of manure for the famous Sea Island cotton. The tide overflows it and the marshy ground on which it flourishes, and, as it has worn slight chan nels here and there, separates the patches of land into islands of varying size; some containing but one or two plantations of three or four hundred acres each, and others thousands of acres.. Beaufort is on Port Royal Island; and, with its cluster of spacious mansions embowered in foliage, shows beautifully as you come up the river. Its streets are not "Wide, but lined with trees, whose branches interlace. The houses are spacious, double frame buildings, generally with basement and extensive porticoes. Many of them have beenbuiltregardless of expense, and the paneled and wainscotted walls attest the wealth and taste of their former owners. They were magnificently furnished, but they are now bare. The yards were in tire most exquisite order, but the trees and shrubbery wear a most neglected look. The yards were once handsomely cased, but most of them are now bereft of fences. Not a few of them are de voted to Government purposes, the airiest and most spacious being employed as hospitals. Some are Or cupied as stores, others by Government officers, and a few even are tenanted by 'negroes. As yet, no man owns what he occupies, and so valuable property is every day going to waste. There were a few civilians here; but the late order of Gen. Hunter threatening them with draft drove moat of them away, so that the homes where once flourished the proudest aristocracy on the continent are now handed over to the occupancy of soldiers or the negroes. THE MONITORS On my way up I encountered one of the monitors, whose perforated smoke-stack told of former con- tester, The crew were outside of the turret, en deavoring to make themselves comfortable under awnings. I have met several officers of these for midable craft, and they have somewhat modified my opinion of them. An ounce of practice is worth a hundred weight of theory; and while the monitors are theoretically the best ventilated 'ships in the world, practically they require iron lungs. It is impossible to preserve a comfortable temperature in a rough sea, It is impossible, too, in their present construction, to avoid a smoky, impure atmosphere. The temperature often is raised to 100 degrees"; and, the men sweat from every pore, and in action the heat is even more excessive. Flesh and blood can not stand 'the teats to which they subject men, and so the crews have to be relieved or they would be used up. But they speak in the highest terms of the fighting qualities of these unsightly craft, and think that by enlarging them somewhat, strengthening the armor of the decks, and making better provisionfor ventilation, the 'hopes of Mr. Ericeson, who I; re• garded as rather averse to suggestions of improve rnent, will be abundantly realized. The successful application of the principle of hors-clad batteries is glory enough for Ericsson ; he can afford to welcome every modification designed for their improvement, and the men who have fought and sweat in them are certainly, entitled to be heard. • THE GREAT EXPERIMENT. I am profoundly interested in the great experi ment now going on - in this department, of testing the sell:helping qualities of the black man. I have already made some interesting observations, but want a wider basis of facts, and propose visiting the plantations for myself, and shall give The Press a faith- PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1863. ful report of what I then learn. Those who arel strongly impregnated with the current prejudices against the blacks, speak sneeringly of the present state of things and of their future, while their friends ; are delighted with the progress they have made, , and !the aptitude and self-rellaßce and manly aspi rations which are steadily being developed. ONE SUBJECT OF AGREEMENT. On one subject, however, all the men in this de-' partment agree. They felicitate themselves and one another on the late triumphs of the Union arms. .They rejoice over the downfall of Vicksburg, and the am render of Port Hudson. They are elated over the redemption of Mississippi and the triumphant progress of llosecrans. They exult over the bril liant repulse of Lee at Gettysburg, and the loyal men of the South, especially the native-born, glory over the defeat of the left wing of the army of the rebellion in New York city, when the "friends" of Horatio Seymour and the dupes of Fernando Wood were foiled in their fell purpose of embarrass• ing the GoVernment and covertly aiding the rebels. "Loyal men here, whether in Uniform or not, have no sympathy with those who, under the pre tend of maintaining the Constitution as it is, and the Union as it was, are more bent on coMpromise than in using the military resources of 'the country in crushing out the rebellion. THANKSGIVING DAY AN, BEAU FORT.' Thanksgiving Day was observed with appropriate ceremonies in this ancient town. At 10 o'clock the . soldiers of the post assembled in the old Baptist church, where regular services were held, under the supervision of the poet chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Harris. They had hardly concluded before the colored people began to assemble, and ere long Col. Higgenson's regiment, the ist South Carolina, was to be seen marching up. They were'without mus-. kets, and kept most admirable time, marching as by one common impulse bat their other eiolutions did not strike usjarticularly as differing from other regiments of similar drill. The children passed into the body of the church, and were evidently exulting over their part in the programme. The services began by, their singing "The Sunday-school Army," which was superbly done. Whatever else may be denied the blacks, no one familiar with them questions, their musical capa bilities. I shall not venture on a full report of the proceedings. The steamer leaving earlier than I expected leaves me no time. Addresses Were de livered by the Rev. Mr. Clements, chaplain of the 116th, Rev. Mr. Hall, colored missionary, Rev. Mr. Fowler, chaplain of the lat South Carolina Volun teers, and by the Rev. Mr. French, superintendent of instruction,' who has labored rso untiringly in their behalf. The children sang between the speeches, and they did it with an energy and loving interest that their more fortunate Northern equals in age. could not have surpassed.' The- church was crowded, and it was a study to watch the 'speaking faces of the motley crowd. There were not ai many mulattoes as we expected in an assemblage in such a locality. They hardly coast'- . tuted a tenth of the audience ; nor did their faces wear a more intelligent look than some of those of most ebonylike hue. The people were well dressed ; much better than we expected. Their garments were better fitting, and of better texture; some of the women even were fashionably attired. We no tired a good sprinkling of the well-known white and bandana turbans. Though in thought the speechas were not unfrequently above the heads of the hear ers, it was most interesting to watch the flashes of intelligence and the broad grin that shone out in those dusky faces—the occasional hearty "Amen" and earnest ejaculation that followed every asser tion on the part of the speakers of the universal rights of humanity. 'Every allusion to their free dom ; to the inherent rights of manhood ; to the doctrines of universal liberty, awoke a pleased re cognition in their faces. THE SONG OF LIBERTY Toward the close of the exercises two striking scenes occurred. Rosa McKervey, the daughter and the slave of a planter near Georgetown, was brought forward by Mr. French, and led in. singing "The Song of Liberty." The words are simple, very simple, but the air is touching and stirring. She is a pleasantlooking mulatto of some thirty summers, and began in low, clear tones, her manner changing with electric enthusiasm as she proceeded; and when she came to the words " We must fight for our liberty" her.voice thrilled through the house with 'a magnetic inspiration that seemed to reach every one in it, and kindled the most intense feeling among the earnest singers. The other event was the presenta tion to the audience of a young lad who fought gal lantly by the side of Colonel Shaw, and was wounded by a grapeshot, that, piercing his, skull, is said to have lodged in his brain,,a fact of which he was himself unconscious for hours after.' He bore him self with a modesty and calmness that could not fill to impress all who 'saw him. I hope to give the readers of The Press that bora account of the fight, in which he is said to have behaved most gallantly; but for the present I must bid them adieu. FROM BATTLE-FIELD TO HOSPITAL—LIFE OF THE WOUNDED.I • - (Correspondence of The Prep 3. HILTON HEAD, S. C., August 6, 1863 It was an hotir before dawn 'on theeleventh of July, and since midnight the 76th (Zouayes) had been sleeping on their arms on the beach near Charleston Day. The night previous .they -sat crowded in boats without sleep, and at dawn the brigade, under the lamented Strong, stormed the batteries, and they were ours. All the previous day had they lain in the sun on •the scorching sands, many being sun-struck 5 for thirty. six hours they had not tasted food, and were parched with thirst, and these men were to storm an impregnable fort ! Fort Wagner was to be stormed, the generals said. The 7th Connecticut, 9th Maine, and the 76th Penn sylvania were selected for th e forlorn hope. And an hour before dawn the men sprang to their feet as the low, but earnest, command "fall fall in P , passed through the ranks. And in the morning twilight. the close columns moved steadily on toward the fort. Then the low, sullen outlines of the fort are seen, -but not a man ; all is silence. "Forward ! double quick!" with a yell! and as the Ith Connecticut and '76th rush forward, as if the gates of the Inferno had opened, a broad sheet of fiame bursts from rifles, cannon, and howitzer. The columns kneel, the storm of death passes over and among them, and then they pressed forward, Were there time amid the rush of, columns, the scream of shells, the hissing of bullets, and the cries - of the wounded well might the words of Dante rise in the mind, "Who enters here leaves hope behind." But while yet pressing forward, a stinging pain is felt in my arm, and it drops as I fall forward on my knees. As the shatterezed remnants of columns are ordered back - I begin the painful retreat. Back through the iron storm, faint, parched with thirst, staggering, dragging limbs that refuse to go, I am seen by a drurommer and supported to a hospital full of rebel wounded prisoners. Here the wounded lay on stretchers and on the ground, while the rebel nurses vie with our own to afford relief. They bring cups of cool water and bind the wounds., What an into lerable thirst theee wounds produce, and yet they coolly caution us to take a aup. Then ambulances and stretchers come, and we are taken to boats and rowed to Folly, and soon are lain on a - table in a hospital. The surgeon examines the wound and is ready to take off the limb in short order. My arm is extended. The sur geon probes the wound with his fingers; the bullet has made an ugly hole, and there is room for it to pass through the arm. "An ugly wound, my young friend," says the good-hearted Minnie doctor, "and came near the bones ; but you are lucky, and that will be tillright." A sigh of relief escapes, and then the wounded are taken to the tents and laid on beds. Soldiers, rough in battle, kind as woman -to , the wounded, speak cheerily, and the bloody clothes are removed, and the Smoke and dirt of battle are washed oft; and the 'cool linen of. the hospital is put on. Mr.. Day, of the 'Sanitary Commission, comes in with cheering words and little comforts provided by the Commission. And relieved by good care we sleep softly, while the waves , come "in silently on the beach as if fearful of wakening the sick. Morn ing breaks, and on the Cosmopolitan we proceed to Hilton Head. A long string of ambulances ,is in waiting, and we at last reach the general-hospital, with its cool wards, its beds with white nets, and its admirable arrangements. What a grateful change from -the hot sands, the jolting ambulance, and the burning sun, to the soft cot, with the snowy net gathered around it! As the twilight comes on, and the cool winds . steal in, I lay watching the palmetto tops hung froni the raft els overhead, swinging like chandeliers, and lending a Southern air to the ward. The bustling gradu ally ceased, and lulled by the wind passing through the ventilator overhead with a sound like a wind harp, the - wounded slept fitfully. - In the morning, at dawn, the ward is astir, nurses pass from bed to bed, the wounded are washed, and then the breakfast is brought in. Listen to the di motions of the wardmaster to his attendants : "this toast to the man shot in the breast "that gruel to the man shot through the cheeks ;" "that to the man with one arm and leg," and soon, till all are supplied, and the slightly wounded go to the table spread in the ward. Then wounds are dressed by nurses. And what an array of ghastly shots, in every part of the body; and, were they placed to gether in one horrible mosaic work, it would cover every spot oh the surface of the body—even the soles of the feet ! Then comes the doctor, with his note book, and every patient is examined. Perhaps an hour later the stretcher is brought in, a wounded man is carefully lifted thereon, and carried to the amputating room, and soon after is brought back, and an arm or leg has been taken oIT. Later in the day the hospital chaplain passes through the ward, with a hat on very much cocked up at the sides, and very mush cocked in at the top, and wearing, furthermore, a very gift pair of very shining collars, and a very seedy black coat, and creaking shoes. His labors seem principally to be to ask daily the stereotyped question, " How do you feel'?" and to distribute small tracts which reminded me forcibly of 'my earlier years, when small books of similar appearance were given to us infant scho lars. The thought occurred, Why cannot solid read ing matter be furnished to soldiers in the hospital' However, I am no profound theologian or metaphy sician, and Will not attempt to. discuss the matter at length. Every day we hear the shoes creak and see a basket come with little tracts. I fear:he boys are beginning to, regard with more favor the bearer of another basket, containing oranges, sweet and lus cious ! THE REBEL WOUNDED-LIEUTENANT BEE In our ward a number or rebel wounded lay. To the right of my cot lay Lieutenant Bee, of the Ist 5.0." Artillery, cousin to General Bee. Hissystem had received internal injuries by the explosion of a shell near his head, which, however, did not hit him. wawalle fair type of the South Carolina chivalry— haughty, arrogant, insolent. Ile was delirious most of the time. Sometimes he imagined himself drill• ing his battery; and his commands were flrm and quick; then he would reprimand some sergeant or. corporal for imagined offences, and order them in arrest; and anon, his fitful humor would change, and he would moan to go back to his Southern home, torn from it by this rebellion, to die under the flag he bad insulted. One morning at dawn, after tossing all night, his moaning ceased, and the South Caro linian rebel was before his Judge. ' Over a dozen rough longhaired, repulsive "rebs " were in the ward. They mostly slightly wound 'ed, and enjoyed hugely the . clean skirls and beds, the like of which they had, I fear, never Seen before. Mo deety was not among their weaknesses. As the meal times approached, their unkempt heads could be seen looming over the - tops of the mosquito bars, as they wistfully watched the setting of the table. No sooner was the word given, before they briskly :stepped up, never failing to get a good seat. Well `might the ward master affirm he would rather feed them " for a day than a month." It has been ' affirmed that first mouthfuls were heard to rattle hi their boots! Be that as it may, it is certain that one hungry looking defender of his rights stowed somewhere seven slices of bread (equal to a dare ra tions), besides sundry small chunks of meat, plates of soup, and little trifles of like natnre to fill in! Bad these rebels fought on Morrie Island as they ate in the hospital, we could never have landed! At the end of the first week they were sent to Charleston to be exchanged for our wounded priso ners. They seemed sorry to leave-; expressed their regret; but I fear the feelings that stirred them were caused more by reluctance to leave the good feeding of Uncle Sam, than by remorse for rebelling. What a different story had our wounded -to tell, when brought here after exchange! The bloody clothes, in which they were taken, had not been changed ; some were robbed of every thing but underclothes! Sisters of Mercy visited them, and treated them kindly, but the surgeons acted like fiends. Many with slight woundi were jorced to undergo amputation, and died from the 'bungling manner in which it was performed... The ,nuns, who brought.apples and 'peaches to the suffer. ing men, were forbidden to come tO the hospital. Such are the men who call themselves the true .chivalry of the world. If they are, let me glory in the title of barbarian. It is said the rebels who -, conducted the exchange looked very sheepish when thev.saw their wounded returned in clean hospital clothes, evincing signs of careful nursing, while many of our brave men were still covered with the dust and smoke of battle. So pass the days quietly, and, as webecorne convalescent, wearily, till cheered by the intelligence that in a few days the wounded will be.sent North, and every one is buoyed by the hope of soon again breathing the sweet air of the North, amid the green valleys and fields of our own proud Keystone. GR A.PEIE US. DEATHS OF PENNSYLVANIANS IN THE HOSPITALS -H. Smith, Co. A, 104th Pennsylvania, July 19, eordiac didease. ' 7. W. Stailey, Co. E, 174th Pennpylvania, 4tb, congestive fever. P. Fisher Co. El,l7lth Pennsylvania, 6th, typhoid fever. _ E. Waters,'Co. I; 55d Pennsylvania, Ist. Isaac Parfit, Co. 0, 65th Pennsylvania, Sth. Frank H. Smith, Co. F, 176th Pennsylvania, lath. A. A. Stone Co. F, 174th Pennsylvania, 16th. Moses Spin'ker, Co. A, 65th Pennsylvania, 224, wounds. Tracy D. Wait,- Co. C, 76th Pennsylvania, 23i, wounds. ' T. Cummings, Op. E, 97th Pennsylvania, 30th, sun stroke. • Andrew Keitzer, Co. G-, 176th Pennsylvania, 18th, jaundice. Jos. Mayor,- Co. B, 176th Pennsylvania, 19th, chronic diarrhcca. A STRINGENT ORDER FROM GENERAL GILMORE DEPT. OF THE SOUTH, HEADQUARTERS IN FIELD, MORRIS ISLAND, S. 0.. Aug. 7, 1863. GENERAL OEDEP.S, No. 66.-1. The practice of giving information to their friends or to the public press, on matters connected with military operations in progress or, in contemplation, so unscrupulously indulged in by officers, citizens, and soldiers in this department, and by employees on transports, is fraught with incalculable evil to our cause, and must be stopped at once. No information which could in any way benefit the enemy must be -di vulged, directly or indizectly. Upon the.. following subjects in particular the strictest silence must be observed, viz : 1. The names of division, brigade, or post com manders. 2. The strength of regiments, brigades, or divi sions. except after engagements have taken place. 3. The numbers and position of regiments, bri gades, divisions, batteries, or pieces of artillery. 4. llusions to the kind or quantity of arms, can non, or ammunition. - 6. The' number of transports, or kind of supplies transported in any movement. 6. The description of any movement, or any allu sions to its object, until the same shall have been accomplished or defeated. 7, Suggestions of future movements or attacks. 8. Any allusions whatever to scouts or reconnois sances, whether accomplished or yet in prospect. 9. The position or location of camps, batteries, pickets military roads, or outposts. 10. The publication of official reports of operations without special permission from the department commander. IL Violations of this order will be met with the severest punishment known to military law and usage in the field. By order of -Brig. Gen. Q. A. GILMORE. ED. &mu, Assistant Adjutant General. A SHARP ORDet FROM THE CHIEF QUAR TER MASTER. • To the Employees of the,guartermaster's Department: There must not be the leaat holding back or want oLinterest, or unwillingness to work all day, and all night too; when called on, ot hesitation in obeying the order of the officer or: chief man under whom you emplaced. Any men who is thus guilty shall be sent to work in the trenches, and in the works in the very front, at Morris Island. • I am determined to make short work of such worthless and wicked men as will not put forth every effort, and allow an. interest in the public ser vice at this important time. Any man that will "strike"' for higher wages in this emergeney should be shot. ' J. D. EL WELL, Chief Quartermaster's Department of the South. THE ISLANDS AND THE CLIUATE The troops do not seem to suffer at all from the climate. Barren, sandy, with no shade. Morris Island was at first rated a disagreeable spot for the troops. but longer accmaintance has resulted in very favorable opinions. -If there are no trees, the, sea breezes sweep across the island uninterruptedly ; if the sand bluffs are disagreeable to travel over, the beach is one of the finest in the world, wide enough fora general thoroughfare, solid and smooth R 3 a marble floor. - At Folly Island the water is disa greeable and unhealthy ; here, the absence of all vegetation renders it clear and sweet. The camps are 'well policed, and if they care well for them selves there need be no serious sickness among the troops. Kentucky 'and East Tennessee. [From the Louisville Journa], August 12 3 THE EAST OS' THE SCOTT RAID A special despatch to yesterday's Cincinnati Ga zette states that information received at Lexington on Saturday, from Wolford's expedition below the Cumberland, in pursuit of Scott, nearly concludes the history of the dashing entre and inglorious finale of the last act of the brilliant invasion so long threatened. The chivalric leader of the " Flower of the South"' (the ist Louisiana Cavalry) is not elated, mobably, with their late achievements, and by this time is ready to becoms-a--subscriber to the axiom that "raids don't pay." The scattereff frag ments of Scott's command took refuge among the hills along their line of flight, from Irvine to the Cumberland river. The collected remnants, num bering probably 400 or _5OO, under Scott, effected the crossing at Smith's Ford, taking with them seven of their guns. Pursued by Wolford, they again broke up, with the loos of one of Konkle's guns. The citizens of Wayne county, and refugees, blocked up the roads, infested the mountain passes, and re sisted their advance, until, harassed front and rear, they abandoned four more guns, and took to their individual heels. Our men are picking them up at the rate of ten to twenty per day, and those who escape will only be able to effect it each on his pri vate responsibility. No armed bands will, brobably, ~e tthrough the mountains. 1.4$04010.10:1-10:0;ip101n10*•19 , 1:1r , DAW , 00:1*5:1 Our news from Tennessee, though similar in tenor to what we have been accustomed to receive anytime - during the war, becomes unusually pain ful,. in view of the long suffering of this abused people. The late conscription act appears to have been the only one last piece of cruelty needed to complete the ruin of East Tennessee. The able. bodied men had either been forced into the rebel ranks, or made their escape. The rebel Government now demands the services of all between the ages of forty.five and fifty.five. A requisition has been made by Davis, on Governor Harris, for 6,000 of this class, and, as many will escape, this number will take About all that may be left up to fifty-five years. The most desperate and determined efforts to es cape on the part of rthe conscripts' are met by the most wanton cruelties by, the rebels, who don't attempt to take them, but shoot them down like wild- beasts whenever and wherever found. The inhuman slaughter , of theie poor fellows, taking place daily and openly, is absolutely horrible, and would be incredible but for the testimony of almost hundreds of witnesses daily. It is a worthy comment upon. the immitigable insolence and stu pendous irspoorisy of Mr. 'Vice President Stephens' pseudo mission to Mr. Lincoln "to mitigate the barbarities of war." Thin war, and scarcely any other, can surpass the inhuman Cruelties practiced by theme lying hypocrites in East Tennessee. Even this last conscription act is intended and employed more - as a cloak 'to their barbarities than to obtain soldiers, since it furnishes excuse to seize property, hang, kill, and vent the most infernal passions with impunity. Boys under twelve years have been shot on their "knees; at their mothers' feet ; Union men, old and young, have been shot mg hanged in presence of their agonized wives ormaliers ; females have been brutally murdered for concealing their sons or husbands, or violated in presence of their bound and helpless male protectors. , Rapine, pil lage, arson, Mpe, and murder, are no longer crimes in East Tennessee, and no rebel soldier has yet been punished for any offence against a Union man or The wheat crops in East Tennessee were large. The rebel Government pressed harvest hands and threshers, and assumed the ownership of 'the whole, collecting and moving it as rapidly as possible. The corn crop is an average one. The rebel Government orders details for its culture and preservation, and will gather that also when the time comes. . . Ne - ws of rebel forces di ter but little from previous despatches. Governor Robinson has received infor mation, however, of Bragg , s entry into East Ten nessee, 40,000 strong. Time will no doubt develop a new campaign on the part of rebeldom, whose base will be in Tennessee. We shall see. REORGANIZATION OF TENNESSEE: The Nash ville Union qs officially authorized to' state that Gov. Johnson proposes to issue writs of election for a Legielature, at the very earliest practical day; that is, when the progress of military operations is such that loyal citizens can go to the polls in safety, and when sympathizers with therebellion will no longer dare, backed by the presence of rebel troops and by guerilla terrorism, to control the policy of the State. Regard Will alto be had to the disposition manifested by the people to resume their former privileges in the Federal Union. They must, it says, indicate in some way a desire to vote for their officers as loyal citizens. Elections will not be forced upon them against their will. - - . Tan Weekly Chronicle (London), a bankers', insu rance, and commercial organ, thus commences an article condemning Mr. Roebuck's recent course in regard to America: "Mr. Roebuck is no more. The Canadian agent, Diogenes, Reformer, Censor, Li beller, Spitfire, Calumniator, Withered Adder, Tear 'cm,' Sheffield pensioner, king-guest, Bank Director, Tin-pot Patriot—the Man of Many Attri butes—is no more. The ungarnished truthfulness of the explorer of Nineveh [Mr. Layard] gave a shake to his tottering form; but the diplomacy of Napoleon smote him to the dust." The Weekly Chronicle is partly right, but it should have added that Mr. Roe buck's parliamentary status has been much affected by long-continued Nutcase, @rat threatening his lungs, and latterly his entire nervous oyster:Q. NATIONAL POLITICS. The Rebellion and the Draft—An Import- ant Speech by Ihr. - (3l.erritt Smith. In the Albany Evening Journal of a few days since we find the following report of a very interesting speech by the distinguished Abolitionist, Gerritt Smith. Mr. Smith, it will be remembered, recently assumed a new position in politics. He now stands pledged to the Union and the suppression of the rebellion above every other cause and issue: I WHAT IT IS TO SIR FOR TRU COUNTRY. Mr. Smith opened his speech by asking the ques tion, What is it to go for your country'? Emphati cally is it- our duty now to go for-our country when she is all right and her foes all wrong. To go for her is to go for all her domain—to' he unsectional— and to love her with that Jewish love for Jerusa lem, which took pleasure even in her stones, and favored the dust thereof. He who is a true patriot will never give up any portion of his country, even to secure the a bolition of slavery. To go for our country is to go for her chosen form of government—for her Constitution—not to prate for it, or to affect a re gard for it, for the very purpose of aiding the ene my, but to favor it for its great principles of Jus tice, Liberty, and Equality. But the most effective way to go far .our country is to go against her ene mies. We must stand by the Government. Not to stand by the Government . is not to stand by the country. The Government represents the country, and it is represented by strong, pure, and patri otic men. THE PRIZ9IDENT, The President, for whom I did not vote, is a pure and an intelligent man. Washington always ex cepted, we never had a President more to be honored' and more to be loved than Abraham Lincoln: What ever is pro-slavery in hie character is the result of early education, for which no man is accountable. You may not have detected this defect, as I have; for your thoughts have not, like mine, been concen trated on this one subject these twenty or thirty years. The evidence I have found in his recent re taliatory proclamation. In that proclamation lie says: "For every Union soldier taken and sold into slavery, one rebel prisoner shall be put to compul sory labor on the public works." But this is no due off.set ; for compulsory labor is not slavery. The minor and the apprentice are subjected to compul sory labor. The great calamity of the slave is, that he is deprived of the protection of law, and thrust down to the level of the brute. But a man put to compulsory labor on the public works is still under the protection of law. How could the President have fallen into such a mistakel For every Federal 'soldier sold into slavery, at least a thousand rebels should be put to compulsory labor, to render the re taliation equivalent. THE BEBELLION But I. said we must stand by the Government. The man who says the Government has changed the purpose of the war utters a wicked slander. No wonder there are mobs when men in high positions utter the slander that - the war is now waged to abolish slavery. The object of the war is to secure the unconditional submission`of the rebels—without armistice or terms. To buy them off by conces sions would dishonor the nation. No other nation would respect 2/b. If, compelled to yield, we might hope for both sympathy-and respect; but - to dis. honorably tr...tcumb would be endiming disgrace. We must not idly discuss what we will do with the rebels and their property when we conquer them. Such speculations are pernicious, and only tend to divide loyal men. It is time; enough to dis. cuss these questions when the enemy is conquered. Besides; no man can to day say what should be done with them. If they come back haughtily and still of a rebellious spirit; one course of action will be necessary; while, if they show a humble spirit, quite another course of action will be proper. We can then afford to be generous.- We must also insist, that, during the prosecution of this war, all other natiods must let us alone. Ours is a family quarrel, with which there must be no outside interference. - We will tolerate neither intervention nor mediation. The one we shall pro nounce impertinent, and the other we shall construe into war. • UNCONDITIONAL . SUBMISSION I have said, we must insist -on the unconditional submission of the rebels. Our opposition to the rebels must also be unconditional. We must make no conditions on behalf of the Republican, Demo cratic, or Abolition parties. We must make no con• dilione. If the rebellion triumphs, let all else die— for all, family, wealth, party—all would be worth less without a country. The rebellion must be put down at whatever cost, or at whatever sacrilege. The Republican. or Democrat, who is intent only on helping . his party, is in league with rebels. Are there Abolitionists who will not go for crushing treason unless Government shall pledge itself to posecute the war until slavery is abolishedl Let me say to them, I have no sympathy with you. I know you only as enemies of my country. The true doctrine is—let come what may of temperance, of Abolition ism, of Republicanism, of Democracy, the rebellion must and shall be put down. It is not now put down, only because we have not been as earnest in putting it down as the rebels have been in putting it up. We are, in this war, to be brothers. We are to know no man by his party name, but only as anti rebellion men. In the course of my long life, I have bad to do something against intemperance and sla very ; but singe the bombardment of. Sumpter, I have been ready to work with all against rebellion —to work, if you please, with the greatest drunkard on my right, and the greatest pro-slavery man on my lett. If Abolitionists refuse to work with me, without some pledge for the abolition of slavery, it it little to their credit that they allow the sic of sla very-to blind their eyes to the greater sin of rebel lion. If, as some say, slavery and rebellion are one, then put down the rebellion, and slavery fella with it. Gov. satnroult's NTE-ws. Gov. Seymour had said that the North bad an noyed the South by talking against. slavery. But talk is no justification for, war. Our Government tolerates talk even against better things than slavery—if anything better can he imagined ! But you legislated against slavery. Very well, perhaps so. But has not the South legislated unconstitu tionally in favor of slavery But for both North and South there was the open door of the Supreme Court. The South, however, preferred war to that tribunal: Dwelling upon this point at length. Mr. S. said he hid spoken somewhat disparagingly of one idea men. But I would we were all one•idea men in the sense of putting down the rebellion. I would not allow any other , idea to interpose. Then•we should conquer—oonquerspeedily—conquer grandly. THE DRAFT NOT OPPRESSIVE. Now, I wish to say a word on the draft, and the, conscription act under which the draft is made. It is held that the Constitution does not give Congress the power to' compel men to join our and drive back and subdue those who are seeking the life-blood of the nation. Why, then, does it mock Congress with the power to declare war, raise ar mies and create navies? It seems to give much power, while in fact it is only a source of weakness. But it has the right. ,It could not be a national legislature without it. Of course, lam glad the Constitution recognizes the right, but it don't create it. The right is older than the Constitution—it in heres in every nation. The Constitution no more creates the right than the Bible creates the right of a parent to govern and correct his child. The one is an inherent parental right, the other an inherent national right. But the people tell us that the law is oppressive to the poor. The State Militia law is oppressive to the poor, but the national conscription law saves the poor. Under the State law many minor officials are exempt; under the national law only the Presi dent and Vice President,' heads of the Executive Departments, the Judiciary and the. Governors of the States, and these in the main would naturally be exempt by reason of their age. In addition, none but the poor are exempt. Let us look at the exemp tions. [The speaker here alluded to, the different classes of persons exempt by reason of having de pendant relatives, and then proceeded.] Now, what think you of stigmatizing this law as oppi essive to the poor? Did you ever see a law so tender of the poor, so mercilessly unsparing of the rich? I never have. But it is said that three hundred dollar clause— that three hundred dollar clause You surely will not be so impudent as to claim that that does not op press the poor? I will be so impudent. [Applause.] There is no provision of the law so merciful to the poor. Were there no commutation clause in the law, the price of, a. substitute would run up three, four, and five times that fixed by this clause. That would put exemption out of the reach of every poor man, even though he had friends willing to aid him. With the clause ae it is, a large number of the poor may commute, either from their - own unaided re• sources, or by the aid of their friends. • But you say, we cannot let you off this way. If the Government desired -to serve the poor, why did it not place the price of commutation at say $5Ol Because, with- that money it , couldnot have obtained substitutes, and consequently,, repeated drafts would have been necessary. This would have resulted very disastrously to the poor. It would have ended in the final drafting of every man who could not raise $5O ; and if the Government had not then men enough, it would have to- go without. I have heard men say that all ought to be compelled to go that are drafted. Such comments are ill-na tured and illy considered. There are many among the poor and the rich who ought not to go. Where necessary, let the poor man stay home and attend to his family, and the rich man remain to keep his fac tory in operation, that those who- are home may have employment; that the country maylcontinue prosperous, and its wealth productive, in order that there may be something to tax to furnish money to carry on the war. CONSTITUTION.AI. " TREASON. The speaker next alluded to the clamor against the conscription law, and the demand of Governor Sey mour, in his letter to the President,.that the'draft be suspended, and its constitutionality tested. The country could not afford such suspension. Men were needed, and we must assume the constitution ality of this law the same as every other. Let those who desire to teat it, but in the meantime the draft must go on. The law must be enforced, because it is a law for the salvation of the•country. [Applause.] Governor Seymour makes the great question to be whether the law is constitutional, while I make the great question to be whether we have patriotism. enough among us to carry it out. [Applause.]; Had there never been an unpatriotic breast, there never would haVe been a question raised as to the consti tutionality of this law [Applause.] Was there ever anything so shameless as to see people—when rebels. in arms are stalking up to their very doors, intent on the disruption of their country and the overthrow of its institutions—to see therti sneaking up to the Con stitution, and poring over its provisions, that they may find some way by which they can constitutionally avoid doing anything for its protection I Colonel Shaw ; ON HEARING. THAT THE REBELS HAD BURIED , HIS BODY IN A TRENCH, UNDER A PILE OF TWENTY. FIVE NEGROES. Ignoble hate defeating its own ends t The act that meant dishonor working glory t Could any mausoletim built by,hands Lift his sweet memory nearer to the heavens, Or give it such a precious consecration' In every heart which Love has purified! Oh, young and sainted martyr, let them pile Whole hecatombs of dead upon thy ashes ; They cannot bar God's angels from receiving Thy radiant spirit with divinest welcomes ; They cannot cover from celestial eyes . The sacrifice that bears thee close to Christ ! Did I not see thee on that day in spring Leading thy sable thousand thro , our streets? Braving ttie scorn, and (what was worse) the pity Of many backward hearts—yet cheered with bravos From those who scanned the great significance Of thy devoted daring—saw the crown - • Behind the cross—behind the shame the glory? Behind the imminent death the life immortal! Weep not, heroic parents! Be consoled! Think of thy loved one's gain, lamenting wife; And let a holy pride o'ermaater grief ! All that could perish of him—let it lie There where the smoke from Sumpter's bellowing guns Curls o'er the grave which no commingled dust Can make less sacred. Soon his monument Shall be the old flag waving and proclaiming To the whole world that the great cause he died for Has nobly triumphed—that the hideous Power, Hell-born, that would disgrace him, has been hurled Into the pit it hollowed for the nation ; That the. Republic stands redeemed and pure ; Justice enthroned, and not one child of God• Robbed of his birthright—freedom I BOSTON, August 3. g, s, THREE CENTS. Flew Publications. The miserable who stands alone in the world without a friend to'give him good advice is an ob ject worthy of the utmost commiseration. It is very difficult, in a gregarious place like our own rectangular city, even to imagine such a thing, but such,certainly does exist, and that he does is attest ed by a small publication, twenty-four pages in ex tent, entitled "0 Tempura!" and bearing the re spectable name of .T. B. Lippincott 8-.• Co. upon the title-page,"as publishers. Having carefully waded through this very, anonymous production, we are compelled to conclude that' the author did not him self exactly know what he was about when he wrote it. Authors sometimes blame us for not publishing extracts from their works—that is, on the rare occa sions when our sense of justice, overcoming our proverbial good nature, we deliver an opinion that the said works might as well have been left unprint ed. The author of " 0 Tempora 1 0 shall not have any ground for that complaint. We mean to "write hire down an ass," out of his own lips; and only lament that he has no friend to advise him not to print„his nonsense. The heated term seems to have passed away. The glass is lower by seven or eight degrees than it was twenty•four hours ago. We have taken our usual frugal breakfast a cup of coffee, a glass of iced water, and a bit of butterless toast. We have read all the morning papers, and arrived at tie Impartial conclusion that The Press, which was six years old on the Ist of August, is the best of the lot. We have smoked the second of four charming cigars that .Tacob Hoffman insisted on our pouching yesterday evening. Our digestion is excellent, and therefore we are in charity with all men-1n short, we are thoroughly amiable from crown to sole. The air comes into our room in rather a cool manner, and the multitudinous volumes which surround us, appear better and brighter for "the draft) , That set of BlackwooeS Magazine ninety volumes, original edition, bound in calf and gold, (an unique set, for we have inserted in it all of Lockhart's original etchings, suppressed almost as soon as published ) gleams and glitters is the sunshine as if it loved it, and we sometimes fancy that books which we love have a sort of sen tient appreciation of our affection. They, seem almost to smile when, the day's labor ended, we take one of them in hand. With us the day's work begins early. For the most part, we get to bed by half past ten, closing the day with a mild Habana, and what Mr. Richard Swiveller was wont to call "a moderate quench er." Having an easy conscience, we sleep very , soundly, until morning, and are up, shaved, and bathed before the clock has struck six A.. DI: We then read the morning papers—the poetical North _American; the accurate, but sadly diminished In quirer ; the philosophical Dairy News; the - genteel straw-paper Ledger; and that terrible radical, The Press. By the time we have imbibed the very Va rying contents of these journals, breakfast is ready. With u; it occupies some five minute; for it is of the simplest, and soon toddle after us the children, who insist on having half an hour's horse-play with papa, ere he betakes himself to pen and ink, up stairs, while they rush off until their early dinner time, to ramble and revel in the adjacent square. In weather like this, as our readers know, it is really necessary to assist nature by cooling drinks. Our own ante-prandial refreshment, which we sip out of, the thinnest goblets in the world—imitations of French glass, made in New Jersey—is lemonade. Libellers, and persona of a scandal- raising nature, have hinted, we know, that we sometimes, take this mild fluid, as they irreverently state, " with a stick in it." This is a calumnious aspersion. When we want anything stronger than the lemonade, we don't spoil the fluid by putting spirits into it, but face the decanter or the demijohn in a manly fashion, usual ly taking our rye straight, and then making grog of it internally, by sending a half tumbler of iced water to bear it company. After dinner —probation est !—this mixture assists digestion, and, indeed, if not too often repeated, approaches the dignity of a religious institution. It is not hard to take. Unfortunately, with even small! sized lemons, •at five cents a piece, it is expensive to make a pitcher - of lemonade just now. As a substitute we dilute Leslie's ginger wine, made after the Scotch receipt, with varying portions of iced water, and thus im provise a drink that at oncewarms the stomach - and cools the coppers ; which is at once safe, pleasant, and refreshing. This is the coolest• draught that a man wishing to keep his brain quiet can desire to take. As a summer refresherit is superb ; in 'the • cold winter evenings add a little old Jamaica' to it, squeeze in some limejuice, fill up with boiling water, and it becomes. nectarious. After this burst of enthusiasm we finish our cigar, put a new pen into service, take another sip of Les- lie and water, and return to "0 Tempora !" There are various kinds of poetry—from the eery bad to the very good. The author of "0 Tempora writes the baddest of the bad—tio very bad, that •one is inclined to ask whether the production is not aheavy quiz. Perhaps it may be so ; but the title-pagels back ed with an announcement that it is "Entered accord ing to Act of Congress, in the year 1863; by J. a Lip• - pincott & Co., in the cleries'office," &c. - This seems real ; but the expenditure was needles; for as no one can steal wearing apparel from a naked man, so no is likely to pirate a line of " 0 Temporal" "Our times ! how much .to all of manners, cus toms, that- embalm our epoch, these words at once convey ! For, after all, the biped man is very like his fellow, who lived, perchance, a thousand years ago." There ! This sentence, which we print as the heavy prose it is, constitutes the opening six lines of " 0 Tempora!" Contrast it with the grand dignity of the opening of Paradise Lost, and own that our author is a "mute inglorious Milton"sui genesis. The next sentence, occupying fourteen lines, di vided into and printed as the very blankest of verse, runs thus : " 'Tis education that expands and opens up the mental man to knowledge of his neighbor; this in its turn with reason's aid developeth a system, by following which we each may play- a userel part in life. We are prone to follow where another leads, and hence arise our fashions,-those strange incon stant whims, that make one course of lifesawhile the rage ; these happ'ning customs of the day all tend to shape and make the man who stamoeth its peculiar features; these latter constitute the true and well-marked characteristics of our times."' Need we go beyond these -twenty opening lines of "0 Temporal!! to show that the gods have -not made their author poetical l This is prose, and bald prose, too, broken up into lines, devoid of Whin,. but presented as poetry ! Common place in thought, in fact a collection of feeble platitudes, this poem (!) has not even the as pect of rythm. Here are , lines to make criticism run rampant with anger and disgust : For bottled up humanity; the wildness of the times" n Upon an early morn, at some convenient spot" "They mostly die in harness ; public consideration." "To some heartless wretch, whose sole superiority consists" "These are all sui generis, all branches of the same" "And you, 0 disingenuous but verdant stranger" " Seem rather to confine us ; end the strange wild events" " A sensibility, denied to all, is full on certain points" Here, and in scores of other lines, there is neither the measure, tune, nor rythm of ordinary and de.. cent prose ; as blank verse it is abominable. Some of the lines have fourteen syllables, instead of ten, but, as a compensation, other lines are funnily brief. For example "I Bay full changing here.' "That God to each has given." "Perchance a few• months since." • " While men, immortal men." "I was not born an artist." "Felt sure lie was in pain," and so on, page after page. But we are tired of this absurdity. Enough to say, Mitt the writer of " 0 Tempora P , exhibits only one symptim of com mon sense in- his very foolish and badly executed attempt to scale Parnassus. He-has had the dis cretion not to let hie title•page declare his-perso nality. Slat nominis umbra! If the affair be only a joke of our excellent and facetious friend, Mr. LIS pincott, it is the heaviest he has everterpetrated, and a second attempt, in the same vein, would be the death of us, Among the numerous works of standard value which the War may be said to have created, those published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. occupy a foremost place in public estimation. Their latest, an octavo volume of six hundred and four pages, well indexed, and also illustrated with numerous wood engravings, is "A Treatise on Hygiene, with special reference to the Military Service," by Wm. A. Hamm ond,.M. D., Surgeon General, U. S. Army. We have a right to claim Dr. Hammond as belong ing to Philadelphia. (he is a Fellow of our College of Physioians,) and are proud to do so. That, amid his most engrossing public duties, he should have found or made time to write an important work, such as that before us, shows ability and energy'of the very highest quality. - As for the execution, we must say that rarely have the principles of sanitary science been so clearly laid down and illustrated. Military hygiene has hitherto received little attention from medical writers. Dr. Hammond, officially possessing an im mense quantity of information on that subject, has here given some of the results which its considera tion brought into his mind. The chapter on Race (pp. 62-80)', is especially interesting, and the author, while testifying to the capability of the negro race for all the purposes of war, refers to its singular im munity to attacks of malarious diseases, it appear ing, from official reports, " that while the white troops are affected to the extent . of 10.S0 percent. with diseases of malarious origin, the negro troops serving in the same army show. only o.so of such dis eases.” We strongly recommend Dr. Hammond's book, as treating, in the ablest manner, of a subject of infinite importance, to which medical writers have hitherto given very little attention. William Howitt, well known as a writer of poe try and travels, biography and history, has lately, given to the world two volumes of 1%. spethilative but highly interesting character. .They have been re published by J. B. Lippincott &Co., and are entitled k' The History of the Supernatural in all Ages and Nations, and in all Churches, Christian and Pagan,• demonstrating a Universal Faith: , In the conside ration of his subject, Mr. Howitt brings much learn. ing, great research, thorough sincerity, and conside rable credulity. He has heaped up - a Pelion upon Ostia of facts, proofs, speculations, and argument. Indeed, no one can deny that the Supernatural has existed from remote times. Weed its records from Holy Writ, and the Bible will be a feeble and de nuded record and revelation. If we believe only what we Mderda7ld—what our reason assures of—we shall believe very little. All that Mr. Howitt asks is that, because of our own unbelief,'we shall not brand as story.tellers, witnesses, credible in all ordinary cases, who assure us that they have had personal experience of very wonderful things. Mr.Howitt's veluarea are WU of Laciest. It is a pity that I),e has gr7El3O r"..rlloor-Zi. (PITELI9IIED WEEKLY.) Tun Wen PRIM Will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at 84 50 Three copies " y.. 09 Five copies " •• 13 00 Ten copies " " 15 00 Larger Clubs than l'eft will be charged at the same rate. $1.50 per COPY. YU:none?, =tot (rimy& accompany the order, and in no fiistance can these terms he deviated from, as they afford vary little more than the cost of the paper. Ali - Postmasters are reqteeted to act as Ngiattd far Tar WAR PRESS. Gr- To the getter-up of the Cltib of Cri.i extra cop> of the Taper will be given. not appended a good index. to enabfe hie readers at once to lay their hands on the treasures' hb Oaten , ' beforethem. Mr. Frederick Leypoi df roreign publisher, Melt: mit at: set, has brought out a very amusing vednmei' translated into Yankeeish verse by Charles T. Brooks, entitled " The Johaiad : a Groteico-comico .. heroic Poem, from the German of Dr. Carl Arnold Itortilm."' In other words, this is an English ver sion of "Vlie tare, Opinions, Actions, and Fate of Ilieronimus Yobs, the Candidate, a man who whilom won great renown, and died as Night-Watch in Schileliurg Town." Since -its first appearance, in 1784, "The Yonsiad " has been very popular in Germany. It now first appears in an English dred, and Mr. Brooks, adroitly imitating the wilful doggerel of the original, may be said to have natura lized the book in this country. The old, odd,'quaint, absurd wood-cuts are also reproduced. The London Read& of August 1, in a (Our:column review of this volume, says " It is somewhat curious to find a book of this odd kind—a book, we should say, suited onlyfor leisure ly reading by persons of quaint, grave tastes in the quiet of an old country house—coming to us from across the Atlantic at such a crisis of American. affairs as the present. Aa if to make the contrast of the publication with the element in the midst of which it is published the - greater, the form of the book is made as quaint - as - the substance. Ii is printed in old type on thick, yellowish ribbed paper; and the ludicrous wood-cuts of the original—one of which is the old traditional print of St. Luke Writing his gospel, made to do duty for Ifieronimus writing a letter to his father—seem carefully repro duced. Great is the vitality of humor if the Jobelad' should he in demand at the present mo ment in and .around Pennsylvania. The publisher, we observe, has a German name—which may have something to do with the exit of the book from the American press at so unlikely a time ; and, as for the translator's part in it—why, reader, if you were once to addict yourself to translating German poetry, not even the hot siege of the town you live in and the roaring of a hundred cannons round you would wean you from the occupation. A shot would take your head off' while you were seeking for a rhyme ; and your only regret for the - accident would be that you had left the rhyme unaccomplished. Next to the life of a naturalist in the country, the happiest of calm lives is that of a translator of German poetry." Mr. Lew°ldt has also commenced "The Foreign Library," of which we have seen only the third volume, a novel entitled "Skirmishing." The aeries will embrace reprints or good and new books, at a low price. " Skirmishing " . is an amusing novel of modern English society. FOREIGN GOSSIP. HERE are two wonderful stories. Says the Journal de Constantinople: "One evening last week two young men of the Isle of Prinkipo were returning in a caique from a sporting excursion on the coast of Asia,' when they suddenly heard'a noise for which they could not account; but soon after they per ceived over their heads an enormous bird, the sight of which filled them with alarm. Seizing their guns they both fired at it, and were still more amazed when they heard broken words and cries which could only proceed from human organs. They at - once steered for the spot where the supposed bird had fallen, and were struck With stupefaction on finding that what they had taken for a volatile was a man with an immense pair of mechanical wings. They, took him into their boat, and were not a little re lieved on ?ding that he had only received a few small shot i the legs. This new Icarus was flying from Anti.one to Plati to visit a youngperson whom he wished to marry, but whose parents were op posed to the match. To visit his lady love he had invented and made the wings he wore, and had already twice, crossed the strait between the islands. On his third journey his flight was cut short by this untoward accident. He is now at Plati.ll The London papers tell of a water-walker who has achieved success. He put'an air-tight vessel on his breast, and another on his back—both worn under his clothes. lie had also a sort of small pad dle on each heel fixed so that when his foot moved forward the paddle moved sideways, and when the paddle was subjected to a lateral pressure it offered a flat surface to the water. This arrangement en abled him to walk with came.. A Sm. - PwrEitsnuna letter in the-Cologne Gazette says : "By an order of the day, Prince Nicholas, of Oldenburg, a Wlation to the Emperor Alexander, to whom he is aide-de-camp, and colonel of a regiment of dragoons, has been removed from active service from illness. The prince is, however, in excellent health, and is nowin Germany with his young wife. His recent secret marriage with a Russian lady, named Bularel , has greatly-irritated the imperial family of Russia, and led to the withdrawal of his command."- A woman: has been arrested at Barcelona for prac ticing magic, and in the very act of making cabalistic conjurations ! In her apartment were found philtres to produce affection, pills to insure long life, pow ders to produce death, a magical cat, entirely black, with the exception of the required tuft of white at the end of the tail, and a quantity of diabolical eat bleroa THE affair of M. Didier, a Government member of the Corps Legislatif, who, being provoked by a libel in the Figaro upon a lady under his protection, took the law into his own hands, and committed a fero cious assault upon M. de yillemessant, was:sett tenced to a fine of 500 francs and two months' im• misonment, came on before the Court of Appeal. The judgment is confirmed, with the single varia tion that the imprisonment is reduced to one month.. MEMISMIS of the families of Skelton, of- Tahy more, and Carmel (cousins), were returning recently from a fair at--Limerick, when a quarrel arose re specting some land which had long been in dispute. From words the feud became one of blows,- and sticks and stones were freely used on both sides. Such was the deadly intensity of the fight that six persona received very dreadful injuries, the skulls of several of them having been fractured badly, and the lives of two of the Skehans are despaired of. A VERY ingenious improvement has been made in the polished steel scabbards used by the battalion of light infantry of the French Imperial Guard. When the sword is withdrawn the upper part of the scab bard contracts to • one-half its length, and *conse quently is much more convenient during the period of action. When-the sword is returned -to the scabbard it resumes its usual form. CLEMENT - PINE, a Brixham fisherman; the other day made the voyage from • Sunderland to Brixhatn i a distance "of 600 •miles, on the ocean, in an open boat nineteen feet long.: This-surpasses the -feat of the two Cambridge students who recently rowed from Boston to Bangor,-something over three hun dred miles, in a couple of wherries. ENGLISH. Gossirs say thatthePrincees Alice has the beauty of the royal family, and Prince Alfred the brains. The latter is a great favorite among the aristocracy, and has a face which shows much more character than that of his- elder brother. He felt keen disappointment at - not - becoming, king of the Greeks, a feeling in which- Ms subjects that are not to be fully , concurred. Tice Gre cian Crown, however, is not to -pass out of the family. It is given to Prince William of Den mark, brother to the new Princess -of Wales, - with the- understanding that he is to marry one of the younger daughters of Victoria. The London correspondent of the New -York Evening Post says the future Queen is Beatrice, and that the wedding will take place in 1664, but there is probably some mistake either in name or date, as -Beatrice is the youngest of the .family, and is only six -years old. This bit of royal-match-making is the work of Lord Palmerston, and is quite a diplomatic success. The Queen is ambitious, and desires that every one of her sine children should occupy a throne. The pretty Alice has indeed hardly attained that elevation. Hesse Darmstadt is .a sort of- poor re. lation. among the royalties of Europe, yet by her marriage with the hereditary prince she has become the niece of the Empress of Russia. There are five more children yet to be mated and crowned, and papa Palmerston is likely to find plenty of exercise for his diplomatic skill, It is hoped the happiness of none of them will be sacrificed, like that of- the poor Princess Mary, of Cambridge, who, it is said, Jell in love with the Duke of Hamilton, and would have married him, had not her cousin Victoria ia terfercd and forbidden the august spinster to marry a subject. TEE county and boron prnsons'of England re ceived within them door in the year 1862 - . - 13,255 debtors ; 3,012 persons charged with military or naval offences ; 3,033 persons ordered to Sod sure ties 9,260: persons remanded, but afterwards discharged; 20,282 persons committed for trial, and tried at assizes and sessions ; 92,895 per sons summarily convicted by magistrates—in all 141,742. This is an increase of 12,504 over the number in 1861, following an increase of about the same number in that year over 1860. From these , county and borough prisons 116,256 persona were discharged in the course of the year, 156 were removed to lunatic 'asylums ' 9-escaped, 16 were exo cuted, and 199 were released by death, 10 of the num ber being. suicides. From , the convict prisons 466 prisoners were transported to Western Australia, and 657 to Gibraltar, 34 were removed to lunatic asylums, 6 escaped, 70 died, and 2,650 were dis charged, 2,380 of them on ticket of leave, before their time. . [From the London Star. 3 Of America: A Voice from the Crowd. TO CHARLES MACKAY, " TIMES " CORRESPONDENT FROM AMERICA. .ipriise your laeksonnnd your South ! No, I've no taste at all that way ; Those words are not sweet in my mouth, Though dear they,stre to some, you say; A trick of speech I've somehow caught From Wilberforceis—Clarkson's graves ; I can'thate freedom-as I ought, Or love your barterens of slaves; In fact, if the truth must tell, I think your Jackson and his crew. Accurst of God, are fit for hell, Though they may fight and conquer too. Time was when nobly England rose, And grandly told - Earth of man's rights; Slavery and wrong, her ancient foes, In these you say she now delights. Der voice that once so sternly spoke, And, speaking, smote slaves' fetters off; That antique utterance is your joke, A grand dame's tale, at which you scoff: Your Times has taught us what to say, _ ' That years must change and so must thought; Jackson's your Cromwell of today; - Ah, ours for rights, not fetters, fought. Clasp you the hands that wield the whip Press you the palms that rivet chains! My curse will through my clenched teeth slip, , I'd brand your heroes all see/tins. For cotton, and through envy, sell Your nobler notions if you can ; I will not, and I hold it well, I loathe these men who deal in mak, Scott; sneer, or jest ; let him who likens Prate of their courage and their worth, Eight and not Might my fancy strikes, Though Might not Right may rule the earth. At times; God for his own good will, Gives hell, o'er men and nations, rile; But Right, though crushed, I hold Right still, Though worldly-wise ones call me fool. Brute force has Cossacked nations down, Yet Cossacks I do not adore, Than Poland's Bashkirs—nay, don't frown— I do not love your Jacksons more. No, Cavaliers that women sell, To their great nobleness I'm blind; Deices who cash their children—well, They're not exactly to my mind. ,- One's flesh and blood, you know, are here, Dear to one, not as current gold ; I would not be a Cavalier, By whom his son or daughter's sold; Curse those who sell their blood to lust, Their very flesh to stripes and toil; I spit at such—the thought, I trust, Of such should make my blood to boil. The very . meanest thing I see, A cringing beggar whining here, Rather a thousand times Pd be, Than a girl.selling Cavalier. God wills and darkly works his wily, His wisdom's hidden from our eynr.,.. Yet my faith rests upon Him still, To judge and scourge He will arise. 'Wrong seems to conquer often i--.R.ight :REM to be conquered ;—watch. and wait ;. The years bring seeing to our sight, - _Truth's triumph cometh, soon.or late. Therefore success I seem to sea Makes me not in the evil trus4 - - Nor seems its triumph sure to me, Rather its failure. GQd in Sitst. BLACREICATH. - W. Cl: BENNETT. Eve Lisa I.I6TORIAL. — FrOIa llr. J. J. Kromer, 403 Chestnut street. we have the illustrated Lpndar., News of August expellent witater t with. pottrait of eeeera/ Dieee.g.
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