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CLOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
T A ILO
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EDWARD P. KELLY'St
141 South THIRD Strain
Where he pressuts to former patrons and the bohlie
the wivantsses of a STOCK. OF GOODE. equal if not as,
Sorter, to any in the city—the skill and taste of himaelf
Ma EDWARD P. KELLY. the two beet Tailors of the
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IMPORTER AND DEALER 111
GENTLEIdEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
rci tIJVAI_Oi kln , 241
OF THE IMPROVED
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Has now ready
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GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
Of hie own importation and manufacture.
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Manufactured under the superintendence of
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O. 146 NORTH FOURTH. STREET
CHARLES L. ORUM iSa CO.
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(Up-stairs, opposite Masonic Temple,l
Irma now open a
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VULCANITE RINGS.
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No. 11.11"3HESTNIIT Street. at7212-31i
MUSICAL BOXES. lI
rN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES,
melodies. &malt° 12 tones. eboiciers, mad Amed •
an melodies- PARR & BROT H E. Importers
aye 254 CIIESTIIIIT Street. below Fourth.
CHAS- MAGARGE & CO.
WHOLESALE
DEALERS IN PAPER,.
WAREHOUSE,
NO. 80 SOUTH SIXTH ST.,
Offer to the Trade a FRESH SUPPLY OP PAPERS.
received direct from the Mills, since the fire on the 6th
July last (their damaged stock being mostly dispoied
of), and can supply all the varieties of WRITING PA
PERS at the lowest mill prices; also, Printing, Plate.
Map, Colored, Tissue, Hardware, and Manilla Papers;
Binders', Trunk, and Press Boards; Alum, Bleaching
Powders, Ultramarine, Feltinge. Twine, &0., Stc.
JOSEPH 13. SHEWELL
206 MARKET STREET,
DRIED APPLES AND PEACHES
PACKED
FOR EXPORT OR GOVERVAIENT USE
aun Fm
Hear what the Good Book saith : "Be not wiee
in thine own conceit." " Lean not to thine own
understanding." "Let no man among .you think
more highly of himself than he ought to think."
"Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spi
rit before a fall." Well, cotton lords' went, sure
enough. Saratoga, that once knew . them, knows
them so more ! But, behold, 'Saratoga still lives: .
The place is neither dead nor dying. ,It is not even
sick. On the contrary, it enjoys a_prosperity, since
the Becession, unparalleled. The seceders are not
even iniesed,.they nor their money ! Even saving
their presence, the place is crowded, over -crowded.
Every nook and corner is full to repletion. Great
is the perPlexity of the hotel-keepers to board and
lodge so many. Meanwhile, these self-same: Hots.,
spurs are themselves suffering every species' oflipv.
ration. Their own country is a cheerless 4460; 3 _
and-they are in need of the co . ongo pi6 e fivilist
of life! The invention has prove. the plague of-ffie
inventors. Like the spider,' they are -"rnes4l9ll
the net themselves have tiviu'd:" Whatu
turn!
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REMEMBRANCE,, OF , THE Ktfig4ke
It is a mistake to suppose that all.ivfin come to
.Saratoga are mere pleasure-mongers. Sortie there
are, no doubt, even among the opulent, whose hearts
..,are so steeled in insensibility that they 101 l here on
-Z ' eieuehes of voluptuousness, and quaff at the foun
tains of pleasure in utter and callous indifference to.'
-.the claimi,of the lililitoide kwofid. Tit these, even
the wants and auffOlniwof.pgr coniitry , s, brave, de-j.
lenders excite no emotion. Wltto7 - airtfigy
ask, fiAiii - 14kth.otherkeeperr , 414. , happily, is
not the character nor conduct of all the frequenters
at the watering-places. Others there are (God be
thanked) who have learned the happy secret of com
bining innocent and needful relaxation with active
and honorable usefulness.
UNDSHOLOTHIAO.
When we first visited Saratoga, ten or a dozen
years 'ago, there were encamped, in an adjacent
beautiful grove, between two and three hundred
Indians, of different tribes, comprising, in some in
stances, entire families of men, women, and chil
dren. They came from Canada, Western New
York, and some even from the distant territories,
to - sell to the visitors baskets, boxes, fans, bows and
arrows, and other articles, their own handiwork.
They annually carried away considerable, sums of
money. Besides the manufacturers and traders,
they then rejoiced in the, presence of a highly.dis
tinguished "doctor," who, over a fire kindled In a
secluded part of the grove, compounded his roots
and herbs, and distilled his invaluable specifics, war
ranted to cure the "thousand ills that flesh is heir
to." They were not withouttheir "fortune-teller,"
either; an aged matron, fat, filthy, and mysterious,
who, in a dingy apartment, carefully secluded from
outside inspection by extra canvas and blankets,
sat in magisterial dignity on a'huge, rough rocking
chair, surrounded by cards, dice, bells, cups, saucers,
horse-shoes, broom.sticks, and other implements of
trade. By common consent she was the High
Priestess of the place. By not a few stupid men,
and silly women, her oracular " givings•out " were
regarded as eminently cheap, dispensed at the rate
of four shillings per capita. Before she left for her
hoine, in,the distant wilds, much money had she put
into her pocket. •
This season again, the day succeeding our arrival,
curiosity led us back again to the old Indian camp
ground. But, alas, how changed I All told, not
over one or two dozen of these children of the forest
remain! A few scattered tents tell the story. We
asked : " Where's the old doctor 1" "Oh," said one of
his aged companions, "he's dead!" We asked:
4 , Where's the old fortune-teller'?" " Ab," replied the
same voice, with a deep-drawn sigh, "she's dead,
too!" And then the same wrinkled Red Man said,
mournfully "Yes, friend, Our tribes are getting
every year less and less. Soon we will all be in the
bosom of the Great Spirit, and then the Pale Faces
will haie the land all to themselVes." We turned
incontinently away, and found our own bosom
swelling with emotion, our own cheek suffused with
tears. Time was, when these races were themselves
the proprfelors of this delightful region of country,
with its wild forests, its table-lands, its mountain
ridges, its mirrored lakes, its multiplied creeki and
streams, and its charming_ medicinid fountains.
Then the forests supplied him with the objects of
the chase, and the rivers with fish and water-fowl,
and the pelts of the wolf and the bear shielded him
froni the severities of the climate, and the produc
tive soil spontaneously afforded him ample suste
nance. Then he was happy and contented. But be
fore the irresistible footsteps of "Civilization" the
poor Indian and his glories have disappeared as a
fraine-work of frost before a summer's sun., He now
hag scarcely an inch of territory, from the rising to
the'setting of the sun, he can call his own, and even
from that which he hath he is being gradually ex
pelled. Soon he will be without a "local habitation
or a name." Nay, far worse. Soon he will wholly
cease to be, and live only in the annals of the past.
Nerd we wender that the hearts of .the survivors
Sadness chills, and that on their rugged brow'ille
lancholy sits enthroned
PHILADELPHIA,
A word as to theme before we conclude. Saratoga
is justly celebrated, not only for its unrivalled wa
ters, but also for its capacious and well conducted
hotels. Among these, Congress Ha continues to as
sert the highest rank. It is still kept by Hawthorne
& McMichael, to whose skill as caterers the mend meed of
just praise is due. Mr. McMichael is, besides, the
proprietor of The American, a first-class house. The
extensive patronage enjoyed by both establishments
is the beat proof of the unexceptionable manner in
which they are conducted. H.
A Barimi ix IV.lrssounr.—Colonel Catherwood,
of the Missouri State Militia, was attacked at Pine
ville, Mo., on Saturday, by the rebel Colonel Coffee,
who 'wise -
_completely routed with_ over thirty
killed and a large number taken prisoners. We
captured - all hie ammunition, wagons, commissary
stores, arms, horses, &a:
It cfires,s.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1863
LETTER FROM SARATOGA. SPRINGS.
Immense Crowd of Visitors at the Springs—
Felsineation of Secession Prophecies.
(Correspondence of The Press:
SARATOGA, N. Y., Auguat 14, 1863
Saratoga has long been known as a classic place,
consecrated to classic thoughts and classic associa
tions. In former years it was the stereotyped sum
mer resort of the Mite of the land. Here we have
seen at one time, and seated at the same table, Web
ster, Clay, Scott, Benton, Silas Wright, Archer of
Virginia, Forsyth of Georgia, Mason and Slidell,
Dixon U. Lewis, Governor Pickens of South Caro
line, Frelinghuyeen, Hornblower of New Jersey, the
Van Rencellears, the Walworths, the Grangers, the
Tallmadges, not to mention other magnates, civil,
ecclesiastical, and military. The presence of these
celebrities, with their wives, and sons, and daughters,
rendered this the watering-place, of this country,
having in all things the pre eminence, memorable in
the annals of social intercourse and refinement. In
proximity to these sacred shrines, at each quadren
nial dispensation of the Presidential loaf, the point- .
cal wire-pullers of the nation gathered in caucuses'
and conclaves to make and unmake Presidents and
Vice Presidents, fulfil and destroy plots and counter- -
plots, and'platforms, and regulate the affairs of the
nation, specifically and generally. Saratoga then
was patronized most liberally by . the Wealthy
planters and aapiring politicians of the South, who,
spent the money wrung from the sinews of their
bondsmen moat liberally, and whose especial delight
it seemed to be, in this northern latitude, to exhibit
the high-born nobleness to which they, par excellence,
laid 'claim. .
Such was Saratoga, one or , two dozen years ago,
" when this old hat was new." In the course Of hu
man events, however, these' same chivalrous and
higlvtoned gentlemen of "noble southern blood" un
dertook to inflict upon the place of their farmer
idolatrous devotion irretrievable ruin. They sought
to write "lehabod" upon the very door-poste of Sara
toga. True, they did not propose, with Goth and
Vandal violence, to mingle bitter waters with these
delightful medicinal compounds, and. thus render
them nauseous and destructive poisons. Nor did
they essay to dry them up forever at their sources.
But the process of ruin, cif less violent and patent,
was to be not a whit less effectual.
,Tliey proposed
to ruin Saratoga (Heaven save the mark t) by the
withdrawal of their patronage! -Most exultingly and
Confidently, indeed, did these splendid "Architects of
Ruin" predict that the ;secession of the South, and
the consequent absence of the cotton lords'from this
watering-place, would effect its speedy and - utter
downfall. For, who would (pair "Congress water,"
who support the hotels, 9c/to perpetuate the "livery"
men, who impart life and vivacity to park and lake—
they no longer here? FITho?
Much has been done by the strangers here assem
bled for our brave and self.sacrificing soldiers. Yes
terday, a telegram came to George H. Stuart, Esq.,
(staying at Congress Hall,) as chairman of the Chris
tian Commission, announcing a sad scarcity of tce,
and consequent suffering among the men in front of
Charleston. The fact was announced at the dinner
tables of the three principal hotels—the Congress,
States, and Union—and the result was, that by next
day over three thousand dollars had been subscribed
and Paid by the guests for this purpose. An order
for a cargo of ice, to be sent to South Carolina, was
forthwith despatched to Boston, and by this time is
en route there by the steamer. Other vessels, laden
with ice and refreshments, will soon follow, as the
result of the Saratoga contributions.
MEETINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.
Under the auspices of Mr. Stuart, the chairman,
several meetings of this noble organization have
beenheld in the Baptist Church here, at which late
rest .
ing — exercises took place. Liberal collections
were, taken up. Among the rhiladelphia clergy pre
sent were Rev. Dr. Stockton, Rev. Dr. Brainerd,
Rev.'lTi. Bringhurst, Rev. E. W. Rutter, and Rev.
Mr. Mein ges.
SABBATH CONTENTION
The clergymen present at the• Springs, this sum
mer, cannot be less than from two to three hundred,
representing all Christian interests and denomina
tions. Their influence is, of course, highly conser
vative, and hence the religious status of the place is
en elevated one. Under their auspices, joined by a
number of laymen, a Convention was held, last'
week, to promote the better observance of the Sab
bath. Ex-Governor Ellsworth, of Connecticut, pre
sided. Among the other exercises wan the reading
of a learned and able essay on " The American Sab
bath," by Professor Philip F. Schaff, D.D., of the
Theological Seminary of the German Reformed
Church, located at Mercersburg, Penna. Dr. Schaff
is an eminent German and English scholar, a learned
divine, an accomplished gentleman, and - on this oc
casion added to his deserved celebrity.
"LO THE Pooir. INDIAN !"
EMEESEM
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, A_ITGITST 18, 1863.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TAE POTOMAC,
Visonsts., August 14,-1863.
The Army of the Potomac has had rest. No one
doubts they needed repose, and none can appreciate
how welcome was the season of relaxation after
their exhaustive marches and desperate battles.
But they are growing anxious to march onward once
more. Every man thinks this is their last tramp
through Northern Virginia. The late successes have
, flushed and made them so confident of easy victories
in future that I fear they will be unprepared for the
desperate, bloody fight which the rebels will next
make. The last ditch is close in their rear; but
I nothing ehort of superhuman valor will overcome
the steady firmness and ferocity of their despair.
North Carolina is the first to send forth the dove.
She pushed forth one from the front window of the
Confederacy a short time ago, but the meek-eyed
bird saw nothing but blood, and shuddered ; heard
nothing but angry words and fierce blows; so she
fled back to the " Old North State." A second visit
may be more successful. If not for all -the rebel
States, she may, for her single self, pluck an olive
branch, signal for her return to the old Union, em
blem of peace and penitence. North Carolina has
been treated unfairly by the Confederacy ever since
they have been joined by her, as every soldier from
that State well knows. They cannot be injured
more by returning to their old allegiance; and
as, for offending the Powers at Richmond, they
need have no apprehension. Never have they been
known to find favor in their eyes. If one State
more bold than the rest breaks the ice, and the frail
bonds which bind them to traitors, sues for, pardon
-and peace, and is sincere in intention and protesta
tion, others will soon follow.-':The.'cordon which
heretofore bound all togetherineeparably broken in
one place, all their resistance will but recoil on the
heads of those who, foolishly prove rebellious to the
last. Why do they a conflict which-every
eensible reaacmable person sees - can have but one
termination'? Perhaps they imagine that after they
have exasperated us as long as they possibly could,
then they would be offered easy terms of admisaion
into the Union. They know not what they lose by
Everydaydelay. -
we have rumors about change of com
mander, and, I am sorry to say, some show the bad
taste of selecting successors for our present chief
tain, General Meade. I fear he is too- honest for
such a command. He won't talk enough - ; he can't
brag sufficiently, and his proclamations are few and
far between. . .
Amoog the various accounts of the doings of Union
cavalry,' have noticed none which have mentioned,
eitherincidentally or otherwise, the very successful
scouts of Colonel Mann, with three hundred men,
detachments from his own regiment, the 7th Michi
gan, and also from the 6th. The guerillas, which
have of late become so troublesome, seemed to
swarm around the mountains of Loudonn and Eau,
quier counties. Colonel Mann had been out but
a few days till he learned from a reliable source that
the notorious brigands, White, Moseby, and Farren,
were to form a triumvirate, and with their united
forces make a: raid upon Alexandria. Moseby was
to be ence.mped on one side of the mountain at night,
ready to cross and join his worthy confederates next
day. The route they'Proposed pursuing was to cross
the country below Fairfax, come by way of Poiele
I Church, and march so as to get into Alexandria by
night. As soon as Colonel Mann had considered the
matter he made every effort to thwart their designs,
and started at midnight for their place ofrendezvous,
which he had been informed was near Gum Springs.
Their scouts gave warning of our approach—the
camp was instantly broken up. The whole band
fled incontinently, but not before several hail been
captured. Colonel Mann, by his activity, succeeded
in dispersing all large bands of these robbers, and by
the Artful and judicious disposition of his troops,
made the people believe he had twice as many;men
as he really had with him. Altogether, We captured
twenty rebels, eighty horses, and 200 head of cattle.
His prisoners confirmed the tidings he had of the
" contemplated raid on Alexandria. It was to be
made in the night; all that could be carried
oft' in safety was to be taken, and every
thing else burned or otherwiae destroyed
To- day, not three miles from Warrenton, one o
our'signal stations was broken up, and all the men,
-some ten-in number, save the captain, were cap
tured, also eleven horses. Thie was a very daring
exploit, and if some very rigorous measures are not
adopted to suppress these guerillas immediately, we
9;e4 not what atrocities they next will commit.
hould have General Buford try theinWhen
'the sarciethunaor the rebel spy Richardson
if • atronk rope, and a spectacle for, the
oun Ipeople to gaie on for .thrpe days. -.;0. deal
crow scares others of - the kind from the corn-field ;
guerilla suspended froin a tree would be a Painful
memento meri to birds of the same feather. -''
General Warren has been assigned to the - com
mand of the 2d Corps, the order dating from the 12th
of this month. This was General Hancock's old
command, and since Gettysburg General Hayes has
commanded. I presume Geheral Warren'a appoint
ment is temporary. '
Along our entire front universal' quiet. prevails.
Pickets indulge in little pleasantries, and exchange
their wit across the Rappahannock. A better feel
ing seems to possess them now than immediately
after Bu'ord's reconnoissance torulpeper. How
long it may last is uncertain. Everything indicates
a prolonged stay in spite of the assurances of many
who said we would all be at Falmouth long before
this.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST,
The Situation in Tennessee.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
FAYETTEVILLE, (Tenn.,) August :7, 1863
- There aie unmietak.able proofs,of returning con.
solemness, even at this; latelfour, in 'Tennessee.
Citizens are flocking to the provost marshal's office
eager to take the oath, and give bonds for their
future loyalty. Even the "Iron-clad" is weakening
in the knees, coming over, returning , to the good
faith. Bragg's last retreat has all but ruined the
"Secesh" cause in Southern Tennessee. His ene
miee are the more loyal, and his friends are com
pletely disgusted with him. iVlen who, a short
month ago, were intense in their treason, are now
asking as a privilege to take the oath.
The eyes of the people of the South are open
ing; they see the hopelessness of the Southern
cause, the uselessness of their past privations , and
sufferings, and are praying earnestly for returning
peace. Thoueands there are who have been "brow
beaten" into the vortex; with the presence of our
army and the disastrous defeats that have tran
spired to the Confederacy, they are becoming bold
and outspoken. The good work goes bravely on.
In the past three weeks, over live thousand cat.
zens of Lincoln county have subscribed to the oath,
and given bonds. Tennessee conscripts are deserting
by the hundreds. Wheeler is at Athens with 300
men. Forreat's main forces crossed the Tennessee
at the mouth of Limestone creek, and is making to
form a junction with General Armstrong. We have
troops in pursuit of them. The rebels have a small
stern-wheel steamer on the Tennessee, which they
use for the purpose of towing fiats upon which their
forces cross the river.
We are scouring the country in every direction.
Rebel deserters communicate to us important news.
Bragg is keeping Tennessee troops in the rear, for
they desert by squads when In the front. There is a
dearth of news, and we are taking the warm weather
as cool as possible under the perspiring airman
stances. We are promised a speedy forward move
ment. Our army is in fine condition, resting and
shoeing their horses.
The paymaster has just greeted us, and we are
revelling in an abundance of greenbacks." Con
trabands in innumerable squads are daily coming,
and we find something fon them to do. We have re
ceived no Northern mail for several days. Being ca
valry, we are kept in the front. The 9th Pennsyl
vania Cavalry came in from a three days' scout the
other day, having broken up several guerilla parties
and succeeding in capturing one of their number,who
is now awaiting trial by court-martial.
These bands are becoming " scarce" since Mitchell
issued his order in relation to them, for they know
that Mitchell is a man of deeds, not of words. Had
it been thus in the beginning—more fighting and less
talking-we had not been here now.
We are confiscating large quantities of cotton,
Which is being shipped North,
The dearth of news at present will soon be changed
to the clash °Lerma, I ant led to believe, when I
will favor you again. ' A. NE, O.
A LATE ORDER BY GEN. GRANT.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE,
V/OKSBURG, Miss.„.Tuly 30, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 49.—The Misedasippi hav
ing been opened to navigation by the valor of the
army and navy of theilinited States, and being now
only secure for the transit of steamers because these
two arms of the public service give them their im
mediate protection, the. General Commanding-esta
blishee the following rules to protect.: those men
against the exorbitant charges and otherimpositions
daily practised by steamboats of this department.
ist. Commissioned officers travelling by" autho
rity will only be charged three-fourths of a cent per
mile, on any steamboat, for a cabin passage, any
where south of Cairo, 111.- This will Include berths.
2d. Enlisted men will be charged not to exceed
one , half cent per mile, within the same limits—this
to include the privilege of cooking their rations. •
3d.- Meals furnished to officers or enlisted men Will
be at their,own expense, and charged extra, but not
at a higher rate than fifty cents per meal.
4th, No boat shall refuse to carry an officer or en
listed man, who Is returning to his regiment or
company, or who is going from it with a discharge
from the serlice, leave of absence, or furlongh from
his corps commander, or travelling, under proper
military orders. , •
61h; Where Officers or enlisted men are returning
to duty, and without the means or paying the fore
going rates of transportation and subsistence, rolls
or vouchers will be made of all so carried, upon
which the quartermaster, at their places of debarka
tion, will settle according to the terms of this order.
Quartermasters will report monthly to corps com
manders, the names of such men of their commands
(who were not entitled to transportation at the pub
lic expense, under their orders), and the amounts
paid 3n each case, which their immediate command
ingellicer will he dilected to 'oharge against them
on the proper muster and pay roll.
6th. All violations of this order will be punished
with fines and imprisonment; - or both, at the discre
tion of a military commission.
7th. All boats plying south of Cairo will keep Co
pies of this order posted in three or more
places on board.
Bth. All steamboats will carry authorlied military
mail messengers, furnish them subsistence at seven
tydive cents per day, and'assign a stateroom, with a
lock and key, for their exclusive use. '
9th. Provost marshals at all military posts will
examine the parses of all persons leaving on steam
ers, allow none to go who are not properly autho
rized, and see that boats comply with the foregoing
orders in good faith. ,
By order of Major General U. GRANT.
- FROM ROSEOP.A - NS' AllM.V.—Private advioes Irma
.Roseerans , army state that our forces have been di
vided into two grand divisions, and moved towards
Chattanooga,-on - Monday week, by different routes.
The siege of the' rebel stronghold will doubtless
soon commence, as it is not probable , that our forces
will meet with •any very serious opposition befm
reaching there. '
THE STATES IN REBELLION.
In the Richmond Enquirer of Monday last are some
interesting 'particulars in regard to the course the
North Carolinians are pursuing, in calling a mass
convention of the Unionists of North Carolina for
the purpose of sending a delegation to Washing
ton, D. C.
Apropos of this, we have an abstract of a highly
important discussion in the North Carolina House
of. Commons on the 6th of July, upon a motion to
print the correspondence between Governor Vance
and the rebel Secretary of War in relation to the
habeas corpus and the claim of the rebel Govern
ment• to conscript militia officers. The flre.eaters
opposed the printing, and the friends of Governor
Vance favored itlehlfhe Raleigh Standard publishes a
synopsis, of the speech of Mr. Grissom, of Granville
county, in support of the motion, from which we ex
tract the following significant paragraphs :
Mr. Grhisom said the correspondence and the his
tory of several startling events connected with the
subjects of which it treats, admonish us of a pur
pose orr the part of the Confederate Adminiatra
,tion to disregard not only the decisions of our courts,
but aleo`to construe for itself all questions touching
~the liberty of the citizens. It is the first time in the
history of this or any other people where the great
landmarks of English freedom are regarded, that the
great bill of rights, secured by Magna Oharta, has
been' trampled under foot with impunity. Surely
no people, not having lost all love of freedom, can
tamely submit to such aggression as this correspon
dence discloses on the part of a high official func
tionary and his subordinates. The bold-and unwar
ranted attempt to strike down our judiciary, es de--
veloped by the correspondence, indicates a rapid and
gigantic stride toward military despotism.
But a few days since a Confederate colonel re
fused to allow the sheriff of New Hanover to pass
his lines to execute a writ of habeas corpus. Seve
ral instances of the rearrest by subaltern officers of
pin:one discharged under this writ, and one (as I am
-informed) by the express order of the Secretary of
War himself, have recently occurred. Such-arbitra
ry exercises of power by the highest civil or military
functionary in England would not be tolerated to
day. It would shake that ancient and powerful
kingdom to the centre. Wellington, flushed with
victory and crowned with laurels, returning from
the field of triumph over Napoleon, would not have
dared to exercise such power, or deny this - right to
the humblest soldier' that followed him from the
scene of hie glory.
But we are told, in this correspondence that the
, r crude' , opinions of our local judges are not to be
regarded by the military authorities of this Govern
ment, and Governor Vance is, by inuendo, repri
manded for not 'suppressing the expression of these
opinions. Who are these local judges whose crude
opinions are thus to be disregarded? They consti
tute the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and have
entitled themselves to the lasting gratitude of the
country for the -manner - in which they have dis
charged their duties, regardless of powerful adverse
influences. .
North Carolina has sent severity-four thousand
volunteers and fourteen thousand conscripts to the
field. Has any State done more? Eighty-eight
thousand of her sons are now baring their breasts to
the - enemy, or sleep in the graves to which their
patriotism has consigned them. The bones of her
best citizens have bleached on every battlefield,
from Big Bethel to Chancellorville. They have
everywhere broken the ranks of the enemy, and
snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.- They
crowded the road to death as if it were the highway
to festivity and mirth. Yet all this has not saved
her from insult and injury. Why is it that in the
appointment of generals to command the troops, in
many instances, our own officers were put aside to
give place to those from other States?
Why is it that in one of these appointments a
major general was appointed, who, in an official
communication to General Lee, spoke of this Legis
lature in terms of derision as the "memorable" Legis
lature of North Carolina Why are various post
appointments among us in the Quartermaster and
Commissary Departments filled by, citizens of other-
States to, the exclusion of our own? Whir the at
tempt, in a measure successful, to force enrolling
officers upon us from other States to the neglect of
our own? And why could there not be found in all
North Carolina a suitable person to till the position
of Chief Collector of Tithes, but one must be sent
from - another-State to unlock our corn-cribs and
smoke-houses?
Why is it that" North Carolina is swarming with
officials and clerks from other States, who ought to
be in the army fighting for the principles they-advo.
mite ? •
Why is it that of about fifty hospitals in the city
of Richmond, with more than two hundred surgeons,
there are but three from this State I
North Carolina has assigned to her, under an act
of Congress,.approved October 27th, 188• ht hos.;
pitals, containing twenty-two hundred!lind`thirty
five beds. Only one of these, :containing not more
than one hundred and sixty, beds, iiii. - under the
charge of a North Carolina surgeon., The divisions
of Winder and Chimborazo, assigned to thiSlState,
contain eight ornine hundred beds,tvith eight ori
..,, i
nine surgeons each, every, one.O.t.whom is freirf
another State.
vt.
. I allude to these things witePirtigi sorrow, tint:
Idoit as a matter of sOlen*, ty,:in defence of
my position upon this floo*-1N 4..
These statements show h th - e , Sogthern people:
are ground to po - Vider by the Secession demagogues
who liave their heel on their neciiir4; The bold and
manly remonstrairce,Of_the member from Granville,
however, if followkli4in — North Carolina, must
create a publie - :oPetoohat State Which the
Richmond despotisM - Wpril4l — e 4 .able to Withstand.
.- x ..w.-Ra* ,
NlABlliEhc,n \ ~- -,
„,
News Mini” jtke Crops rrivals
from up the Ittrermtr,c.
.Nnig OnLICAIVS AIIIMO*B63. '
News from Mobile .by the last 'flag-of-tiuce boat
represents the feeling of the people there as being
very despondent. They are anticipating an attack
every day, and the expressed opinion here is, even
among Secessionists, that if :seriously threatened it
would surrender without waiting' for an attack.
They are terribly off for provisions; indeed prices
range so high that I dare not, for fear of being dis
believed, state the price at which flour was quoted.
They have asked that no more sick and wounded pri
soners be sent there, for they have no means of feeding
them, and no medicine.s to spare. It is thought, on
all sides, that an immediate movement on Mobile,
after the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, would
have given us the city upon asking a surrender. We
should have it at the earliest possible moment;
for it has been; and still is, although not as much as
formerly, one'of the best feeders of the Confederacy.
With Mobile, Charleston, and Wilmington in our
possession, and holding the. Mississippi river, the
work will be - about over. 'Maintaining our positions
will bring a "cave in" froni starvation, if from no
other cause. The squadron off Mobile is being
largely. increased, as the blockade runners. from
Mobile will discover when they snit' -attempt to
run in or out.
In conversation this morning, with a planter of
the lower section of the State, he informs me that
on those plantations where the negroes have - not
been disturbed by forcible recruiting for Ullman'a
Corps d'Afrique, the crops look remarkably well.
He does not think, however,
the crop of sugar will
exceed twenty five thousand hogsheads, although it
may reach forty thousand, but by no possibility over
that amount. West of the Mississippi, on many of
the plantations that were worked by the Govern
ment, or rented to Outsiders, the rebels have de
stroyed the crops entirely. Among them were some
very fine fields of cotton. So that the crop will fall
very far short of what we anticipated it would be
early in the 'season. Up the river the yield will be
but 'little, both shores having been too much the
scene of active hoitilities to render raising a crop
safe or profitable. "
OPERATIONS OP TEE REBEL STEAMTI73 BOSTON.
(From the Mobile Tribupe, July 11..]
About ten or twelve days ago, Captain James
Duke and some eighteen of our citizens, believing
that they could make as successful an excursion to
the mouth of the Mississippi as Captain Andrews
and his crew, who captured the Federal steamer
Fox some time ago, started to make the attempt;
but nothing was heard of their whereabouts or sue
cees until yesterday, when a- fine tug propeller,
called. the Boston, arrived alongside the wharf,
having the stars and bars flying-over the Abolition
flag at the jack-staff;
From the captors we learn the following particu
lars of the voyage :'
After lying in wait, like ltticawber, for something
to turn up, and fighting mosquitoes in the swamp,
on Tuesday morning week they saw the bark Lenox,
Captain Cole, from New York, with en assorted cargo of
Yankee. merchandise. making her way op the river to
New Orleans. They boarded her, took the captain,
passengers, and a part of the crew off; sent the offi
cers on shore, and then set fire to and burnt the bark.
The next day (Wednesday) they made chase after
another, a short distance outside, and which they
overhauled. She proved to be the bark Texaco, Captain
Wulff, also from New York, with an assorted- cargo of
merchandise. They boarded her, took the captain,
mate, and som.e of the crew on board, sent the
talance on' shore, helped themselves to "a couple of
cases of fine hats, and set fire to and destroyed her.
Afterwards, they saw the Boston towing the ship
Jenny Lind, with a load of ice from Boston. They
also boarded her, with their pistols drawn. Our, in
formant says it was quite laughable to see the con
sternation of the Abolitionists, many of them ex
claiming, "I told you that they were the damned
rebels !"." Here we are, boarded by the damned re
bels !" &c.
They cut the Boston from the ship, put all hands
on board, and made for home, bringing some seven
teen or eighteen prisoners, including Captains Cole
and Wulff, who are well known in this city as old
traders. • -_
We learn that the expedition was fitted out by our
townsman, Mr. Julius Buttner.
TEXi&
Cotton Regulations.
. .
aro& the Fort Brown Flag, July 17
An order was issued by. the military on Wednes
day, that no more cotton should cross the Rio
Grande, and all parties were requested to furnish the
commanding general with a statement of the cotton
they had on hand at this port. As a matter of course
this order created immense commotion, not because
it stopped cotton but because nobody seemed to
know what was 'behind. Some said that the Go
vernment intended to seize all the cotton ; others
said that-a seizure pro rata was to be made from-the
cotton of all, to fill the necessities of the Govern
ment, while others said that General Bee was
for some cotton sent out as Government pro
perty, but which found another owner on its arrival
here. -The official talk indicated that the Govern
ment had contracts to fill here, and that a seizure of
cotton was necessary to - do it, as the contractors had
. not come to time with the cotton. The effect was.'
to .unhinge everything, and parties unfortunate
.enough lo own property of that kind were buzzing
about with a large•inzed flea in their ear.
We understand that Gen. Bee has been ordered by
Gen. Sinith to procure cotton at this point to meet
the contracts now unsatisfied ; and we understand
that Gen. Bee intends -to carry out the order to the
best of his ability. It is his duty to do so, and he
will do it hi one of three ways : first, hp will buy
cotton and pay for it in cotton bonds, which are now
quoted at par in London ; secondly, he will borrow
cotton, promising to return 'it in sixty days; or,
thirdly, he will impress it as a military necessity.
The Government needs the, cotton, and while we are
at liberty to " cuss " the negligence or criminality of
Hart for not doing what he was sent to do, we can
:.have no cause to complain against Gen. Bee, who is
only the officer appointed to do a very disagreeable
, duty. In the meantime it is to be hoped that Gen.
Smith, who has done what he had no right to do in
this instance, will stretch his assumption of au
thority further and jayhawk Mr. Hart.
The Yankee consul in Matamoros says that if the
Confederate'Government seizes cotton, and pays its
debts with it, that he will have the same cotton
seized .on the high seas as enemy& property. Price
or Pierce will' never learn that threats are only
dreadful according to.the abillty•of the man that ut
ters them. - If Pierce or Price was at all responsi
ble, then he might intervene and frighten somebody;
but his position is so small in the official scale, that
his capacity to do evil is attenuated down to a very
spider's thread. Seward is too busy already with
foreign troubles, to tolerate such diminished agents
as a fourth-rate consul in embroiling him with for
eign Governments • and commanders of war vessels
are too well posted know that cotton bona fide
sold to a neutral, and shipped from one neutral port
to another, entirely exempt from seizure, although
it may have formed part of the breastworks at
Vicksburg. Yankee skippers are no doubt satisfied
with their efforts at annoying neutral commerce';"
and since they neither received pay nor praise for
piratical attempts in that line, they will keep their
hands clear of the business. Cotton seized and sold
by the Confederacy to neutrals, and, shipped from
Matamoros, is free from molestation.
ft
NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS
Passengers that arrived within the pant two clays
from New Orleans bring us news of the most cheer
ing character, if it is reliable. We have heard so
many false reports, however, from passengers from
New Orleans, that we almost discredit any and all
manner of news arriving from that direction until it
is confirmed by way of Houston. The runaways
from New Orleans are a unique class, being rather
hermaphrodites in politics, declining to bear true
allegiance to anything but money. They make it
convenient to tell immense yarns when they arrive
here, in order to account for their coming, and they
also manage to spread the wildest kind of stories
about Confederate successes, on the principle that
the messenger of good news is always well received.
CONFEDERATE MILITARY MATTERS
General H. P. Bee arrived in town on Tuesday,
accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Yager and Cap
tain Tarver. The General is in good. health, and,
in defiance of the sickly season, expects to quarter
in Fort Brown for several months.
Lieutenant Colonel Yager is at present attached
to the staft; in place of Lieutenant Colonel Gray,
who remained in San Antonio.
The 3d Regiment, Colonel Duckett, is at present
on Galveston Island, where the Colonel is in com
mand. During the sickness of General Scurry, Co
lonel Duckett is acting brigadier in command of the
Eastern district of. Texas.
The Ist Texas Mounted Rifles, Colonel Buohel,
are stationed on the San Antonio river, near Goliad.
The boys are In good health.
RACE IWADE
The favorites for Governor seem to be Murrah, of,
Harrison, and Stockdale, of Lavaca. The ticket
suits the East and it suits the West, and we sup.
pose it will be successful by a tremendous majority.
We hear that several negroes have made their
way across the Rio Grande into the country of
"God and liberty." Three darkeys lately stole a
bale of cotton at Freeport, at night,
cast it into the
river, and floated across the Rio Grande on it. Par.
ties are taking great risks when they bring negroes
to this frontier.
Edlio 'DROWNED
On Tuesday a negro man rode a horse down to the
ferry landing to water. The shores of Mexico in
vited Ebony to freedom, and he pushed his horse
into the stream and attempted to swim across. Al
ter he had gone about half way the horse sunk. The
negro was washed off, and that was the last of
/Mica. The horse turned and came back, thus
saving hie master that much.
• COAST DEMONSTRATIOI7.
Bya letter to Mr. Noessel we learn that the Yan
kees last week came up and wasted some ammuni
tion against a sandbank fortification at Mustang
Pass. They made no motion to land, and only
amused the boys with their shot and shell. They
afterwards captured two schooners loaded with cot
ton, and thereby managed to pay expenses.
31 30 C .
(Frcrc La .Bandera, July IL]
We are in receipt of full files of the Independencia
Mejicana, (Juarez's new organ,) from San Luis Po
tosi.
A provisional government has been inaugurated in
the city of Mexico, apparently under the auspices of
the French, with Almonte, Santa Anna, and Labart
tida as the triumvirate of rulers. They are directed
to form a single-headed Government for the conside
ration of the French commander. Forey is at work
like a statesman.
After a sound Government has been established, a
Congress will be assembled to make lawn.
An amnesty is proclaimed to all who lay down
their arms and adhere to the new government, and
those who don't will suffer the penalties due to tree;
son.
The press is subject to the same regulations that
prevail in France. •
We have a rumor that a revolution had broken
out in San Luis, and that Juarez has already been
expelled from his new capital.
The Fourth of July was celebrated in Monterey
by the Confederates. The new flag of the Confede
racy waved all day from the highest buildings in
the town. The Yankees were indignant. The
Abolition consul (a fellow named McKimmey, - who
voted for secession in San Antonio) addressed a note
to Governor Vidaurri,. stating that he had seen the
Confederate flag flying in Monterey, and, as he sun
mgd that it had been done without the Governor's
:p...ermission, he took the liberty of directing his at.
*rifion to it. Vidaurri took no notice of the note, ex
?ae'fir to say that the impertinent author might makeup
some warm morning and" find himself in the hands of
4 the Texans.
Considerable excitement exists in Matamoros be
cause a tax of three per cent. had been levied on
foreign' capital. The foreign residents refuse to
stand the press, but the Mexicans stick to it, and
the prospect is that the tax will be paid.
-
[From same paper.]
THE PASSPORT NUISANCE.
Of all the nonsense imposed on the people, noth
ing, in our, opinion, can exceed in absurdity the
passport syatem now in operation between Browns
ville and Matamoros. It is an absolute and un
mitigated nuisance, without an excuse for its in
terposition and continuance. It is 'an expense to
the government, an annoyance to the people, the
laughing stook of strangers, and the .merest imbe
cility to those (if there are such) who, were de
signed to be caught by it. A half-fool Mexican
stops in the office and gives a pass to any and all
who ask, for it. Hemalres, no inquiry as to who or
what the'person is, or what he is going to do with it.
A Mexican sentinel -"ritsifids on the river bank and
examines the dbcuMent . ,:siffilkalrows its owner to
pass. Neither ithe,,Mexierin;Athartgave, nor the
one that :examlliedp a oft interest in
the matter. exkOtit the ; one to Write:land the other
to read. The' Itat does not know the man he
gave it ,to,-AnC, the' )recond' 'Wes - not know it
the man '_:th'anits it is the one that re
ceived' it. 'WeAlNiftrrnen laugh and Bay that
'they thrive' passed the river:with a bill of lading,
a boarding , house receipt, a washerwoman's bill, or a
dirty preceVp)sper. Do officers institute such regu
lations to show their authority, or do they offer
them as proofs of their:incapacity? We are certain
ly allowed to believe that arrogance or ignorance is
at the bottom of the affair, for there is no reason in
the thing whatever. We suppose, however, that
while the great calamities of war. are forced upon us
by the Yankees, that we must suffer the thousand
inconveniences which disjointed times 'always in
vent, and among them is the passport system.
LOCAL PHENOMENA.
It is asserted very positively that President Jua
rez has already rented quarters at Brownsville, and
that the Mexican 'President expects soon to turn up
in this section of the country. The house hired by
the coming runaway is the same lately occupied by
another refugee Mexican Presiderlt who has - but
latelyieft Brownsville. Juarez is the last man who
out to seek safety on Confederate soil, for he has
certainly acted as an enemy to our Government in
all his relations with Mr. Corwin, the Yankee Min
ister. However, as we never noticed the offence, it
is a supposable case that the offender is hardly
worth notice.
The authorities at Matamoros have imposed a
tax of three per cent. on foreign capital in that
city. The Confederate authorities have intimated
their intention to borrow a quantity of cotton from
the merchants of. Brownsville. The Mexican tax
is a 'finality, and never will be paid back ; the Con
federate loan is only temporary, and will be paid
back in a few weeks. Money being worth in
Brownsville about one per cent. per month, the levy
is the same on both sides, for the lender may count
that he loses three per cent. while his cotton is
loaned.
The Davis Correspondence.
LFrom the Cincipt a ti Times.]
Some timethe library and correspondence
of Jeff Davis was discovered secreted in the attic of
a house in Mississippi,by a number of soldiers, who
instantly commenced appropriating trophies to their
own use. Bushels of letters were scattered over
the floor, and trampled under foot, the men little
regarding their value, save as -trophies, although,
undoubtedly, they contained a record of the plans
of the traitors, these many years. Davis was in
close confidential relations with both Pierce and
Buchanan, and, doubtless, the collection contained
a number of epistles from those two worthies in the
cause of rebellion and treason; but as yet only one
of them has Been the light; and though it related to
the slavery controversy, said nothing directly upon
the subject of secession. -
A few of the officers found and saved important
letters, and a number were forwarded to the New
"York Herald by its correspondent, but have not yet
seen the light. But a batch was sent by an Indiana
captain to the Indianapolis Daily Journal, and these
were Riven to the public in its issue of yesterday.
The "Northern letters are from ex-Governor Rey
nolds. of Illinois ; Prof. Hackly, of Columbia Col
lege, New York ; ex. Senator Brodhead, of Pennsyl
vania, and others, in all of which the warmest sym
pathy for the cause of the rebels is expressed.
Reynolds, is now one of the leaders of the But
ternut party in, Illinois ; is working with Rich
ardson and the Chicago- Times to break up the
Government, to-day, and is urging the people of
Ohio to support Vallandigharn.
Wm. Anderson, a small.fry politician of Ann
Arbor, Michigan, writes-for information, and to get
documents to show up Massachusetts. He says :
"I have insisted that Massachusetts refused to
come into the Union unless allowed to import slaves
for twenty years, and that the time expired in 1808.- If
this is the fact, you will confer a favor by informing
me of it, and where and in what work it may be
found. •
"If this is the fact, and you or some Democratic
Senator would state this :in some one -of your
speeches, and where it may be found, it would give
us a poweiful club to break their heads with.,,
John Cowden, of Hazlehurst, Mississippi,- details
some of the expectations he indulges in relative to
the nom belligerent qualities of the Northern people
and the euperior prowess of the rebels. He says that
the ".ball rolls gloriously on here. If old Buchanan
has any sense, he will surrender the forts at Charles
ton to South Carolina; this will , prevent a collision
and bloodshed, which for a time will leave half the
Southern States in the Union. But if he does not
deliver them to South Carolina, that glorious State
will open the war, the whole South will make corn•
won came; one or two great battles may ensue,
where two to four hundred thousand men will be
engaged ; the South will be victorious; the North
will grow sick of,the fun, for they will have three
million people at home crying bread or brood ; they
will be glad to treat with us; divide property (Fe
deral) at Washington. the army, navy, and Terri
tories. This will be the end of the.whole affair:,
. .
He predicts that Davis will be commander in
chief, and wants a place on his staff: There is no
doubt but the rebels all indulged in the halluci
nation that the people .cif the'North were 'cowards ,•
and. in the language of Douglas, expected a divided
sentiment ; and that civil war would be inaugurated
on-Northern soil. Jeff Davis himself, in a speech
at Jackson, before the attack on Sumpter, said that
if war did come; it must be prosecuted in the free
States. Had the insurgents anticipated the results
which ensued they would never have broken-the
peace of the country.
L. Q. 0. Lamar, a well-known . fire-eater, and ex-
Congressman from Mississippi, writec, under date
a December 24, that " any (concession from the
North will fail to restore the Union."
There is other evidence that the, heart of the
people—the poorer classee—was not in the war; but
they were carried into the gulf of treason by in
trigue on the part of politicians.
Prince Willianui, of Mobile, - writes, under date of
December 14:
The only terms upon which I would entertain a
proposition for compromise would be to let the
Southern States go into secession.
Let Lincoln and Hamlin resign. Without this
feature of their resignation heed no proposition.
That being done, then to repeal the liberty bills,
and amend the Constitution, so that any State which
fails to surrender slaves peaceably, should be dis
franchised in the Presidential electoral college.
We would suggest that those soldiers who have
copies of important letters should forward a cony
for publication to some journal of extended circula
tion. Had the collection of letters been carefully
preserved, we have no doubt but a great amount of
thesecret history of the rebellion would have been
brought to light, which must for years, and perhaps
forever, remain a mystery. If any of our readers
have received letters of this collection, by the hands
of soldiers in the Army of the Mississippi, we would
be obliged to them for a copy for publication.
MILITARY IVIOV.EMENTS IN Onio.—lt - appears that
men are rapidly voluntelsring in Ohio. The Cincin
nati Gazette rays: We understand that fifty-two
independent volunteer companies—forty.four infan
try and four cavalry, and four sections of artillery—
have been organized in this county within „the past
month. Out of these companies four regiments kiave
been formed In the city, and the other companies,
which are located in the country, will be formed into
battalions. It will take about $60,000 to uniform
all these companies."
THREE CENTS.
THE DRIFT.
General Dix to the Citizens of New York.
. HICADQUARTICRS DEPARTDIENT OF THEEAST,
NEW Yonic CITY, August 17, 1863.
To the Citizens of New York:
.The draft of men in this city to replenish the
ranks of the army, in order to complete more speedi
ly the suppression of the insurrection in the South,
having, in consequence of forcible resistance to the
execution of the law, been placed under my direc
tion as commanding officer of the forces of the Uni
ted States in this military department, I have
thought it not only out of place to present to you
some suggestions, for your consideration as friends
of the Union and of the good order of society.
The law under which the draft is to be made is for
enrolling and calling out the .national forces. It is
founded on the principle that every citizen who
enjoys the protection of the government and looks
to it for the security of his property and his life may
be called on in seasons of great public danger to
take up arms for the common defence. No political
society can be held together unless this principle is
acknowledged as one to which the Government may
have recouise When its existence is in peril. There
is no civilized country in which it is-not recognized.
The law, authorizing' the' draft has been pet
als' ently called a conscription law by those who de
sire to make it odious and defeat its execution. It
is in no just sense a conscription like that which
was put in force in the sixth year of the French•
republic, and abandoned on the restoration of the'
Bourbons, on account of its oppressive exactions.
It is a simple law for enrolling and calling into- the
service' the arms, bearing population or certain
ages, and differs in 'no essential principle from the
law authorizing the militia to be called out,. ex
cepting that in the latter case complete, orgarth
zations are brought into the field. The object of
the very provisions of the law which are most bene
ficial to individuals has been most grossly per
verted. If a drafted man finds it inconvenient to
serve, he is allowed -to furnieh a substitute, or to
purchase his exemption from service, by paying the
smallest - sum of money for which substitutes are
ordinarily obtained. Both these provisions have
the same purpose—to provide for cases of hardshipl
and if either were stricken out these cases would be
proportionably increased in number.
The draft about to be made is for one fifth part of
all persons between twenty and thirty-five years of
age, and of the unmarried between thirty-live and
lorry-five.` The entire class between eighteen and
thirty-five was long since drafted in the seceded-
States, and the draft has recently, been extendedqo •
embrace nearly , the whole arms-bearing population.
Compared with the burthen they. are sustaining,
ours is- as nothing. The contest on our part is' to
defend our nationality, to uphold the institutions
under the protection -of which we have lived-and
prospered, and to preserve untarnished the proud
memories of our history, brief, it is- true, but full of
high achievements in science. in art, and in arms.
Shall we, in such a cause, sluink from labors and
sacrifices which our misguided brethren in-the se
ceded States are sustaining in the cause of treason
and social disorganization? For the honor of New
York let us take care that the history of this rebel
lion more vast than any which has ever convulsed
a tuition, shall contain nothing to make our children
blush for the patriotism of their fathers.
Whatever objection there nifty be to the law au
thorizing the draft, whatever defects it may have, it
is the law of the land, and resistance to it is revolt
against the constituted authorities of the country.
If one law can be set at defiance any other may be,
and the foundations of all government may be bro
ken up. Those who, in the history of political soci
eties, have been the first to set themselves up against
the law, have been the surest victims of the disorder
which they have created. The poor have afar deep
er interest in maintaining the -inviolability of the
law than the rich. Property, through the means it
can command, is power. But the only security for
those who have little more than life and the labor
of their own hands to protect lies in the supremacy
of the law. On them and on those who are de
pendent on them social : disorder falls with fatal
The constitutionality of the law authorizing the
drat hat' been disputed. Near the close of the year
1814, when the , country was engaged in war with
Great Britain, a similar law was recommended to
- Congress by the Government, to draft men to fill the
ranks of the army, which was gallantly , battling, as
our armies are now, for fhe nation's honor and life.
Madison, one of the great expounders of the Condi
tution,which he took aprominentpartin framing, was
President. Monroe, his successor, then acting both as
Secretary, of State and Secretary of War, addressed
to the Rouse of Representatives a lucid argument in'
support of the right of Congress to pass such a law.
Alexander J. Dallas was Secretary of the Treasury;
Wm. Jones, Secretary , of the Navy ; Return J.
Meigs, Postmaster General; and Richard Ruah, At
torney Genera]. The measure could not well have
received a higher party sanction. All laws passed
with the established legislative forms are valid until
declared otherwise by judicial tribunals of compe
tent jurisdiction. What would become of - a people,
in critical emergencies, if no law could be carried
into effect until it had passed the ordeal of the
courtal or if State or municipal authorities -could
arrest its execution by calling in question its -con
formity to the provisions of the Constitutionl The
President has promptly consented to have it tested
by judicial interpretation ;.but while the car of vie.'
tory is moving on, and treason is flying before it,
God forbid that the State of New York on its -con
stituted authorities should attempt to stay its pro
gress until the judicial process can be consummated.
The accuracy of the enrolment in the city- districts
has been impeached, and a revision was immedi
ately ordered by the President, on a representation
from the Governor of the State. But as -the - men
are needed for immediate service, and as the correc
tion of the returns requires time, the quota was or
dered to be reduced in all the districts—in some
more than half the whole amount—leaving the --ac
count for future adjustment. The reduction in the
quota exceeds in proportion the alleged excess of
the enrolment; so that no personal injustice can
possibly occur.
Under these circumstances, no good citizen will
array himself, either by word or deed, against the
draft. Submission to the law in seasons of tran
quility is afways the highest of political duties.
But, when the existence of the Government is in
peril, be who resists its authority commits a crime
.of the deepeat turpitude. He is the voluntary in:
- Strument of those who are seeking to overthrow it,
and becomes himself a public enemy. Moreover,
resistance to the Government by those who are
living under its protection, and are indebted to it
for the daily tenure of their property and their
lives, has not even the palliation under which those
who lead the insurrection at the South seek to shel
, ter themselves • that they are acting under color of
authority derived from Legislatures or conventions
of the people in their respective States. With us
resistance to the constituted authorities is both trea
son and lawless violence ; and if there are any who
thus combine to re-enact the scenes of cruelty and
devastation by which this city has recently .been
dishonored, and to defeat by force of arms the exe
cution of the paramount law of Congress, they
will be treated as enemies of the country and of
mankind.
Returning among you from a distance fellow
citizens, after more than two years of military ser
vice in the cause of the Union, to uphold which this
city has, in all emergencies, stood forth with -a
manly patriotism worthy of her high position—
having no feeling but to see her good name pre
served without blemish, no wish but that she may
continue, as she has- ever been, the most orderly
of the great commercial towns of the age—l have
ventured to address to you these suggestions, to
exhort you to the maintenance of order, to obe
dience to the laws, and to the quiet pursuit of your
accustomed avocations, while the draft is in pro
gress.
Should these suggestions be • disregarded by any
among you, and renewed attempts be made to dis
turb the public peace, to break down the barriers
which the law has set up for the security of property
and life, and to defeat the execution of a law which
it is my duty to enforce, I warn all such persons that
ample preparation has been made to vindicate the
authd'ilty of the Government, and that the first ex
hibitions of disorder or violence will be met by the
most prompt and vigorous measures- for their re
pression. :TORN A:DIX, Major General.
COL. PRY'S REPORT
[From the Now York Tribune. ]
The plausible array of figures made. by Judge Ad
vocate General Waterbury, and the confident state
ment of assumed facts by Governor Seymour, did
undoubtedly lead many honest-minded people to be
lieve that great injustice had treed done in this city
in the manner of the enrolment. The belief, how
ever, is already dispelled by the rigid examination
to which those facts and figures have been sub
mitted within the past few days. It is an evidence
of how desperate 'a ame these men are play
ing, that they should resort to the moat un
scrupulous assertions, the untruthfulness and
baseness of which they better than anybody
else,.know must certainly be exposed, and that the
exposure would cover them with infamy ; and this
abandoned recklessness is only to be accounted for
on the supposition that they trusted either to in
timidate the. Government by their boldness, or else
to so arouse popular indignation against the draft
that its enforcement would be impossible and new
riots inaugurated before the truth could be known,
and the real character of the documents they have
put forth exhibited. However much they may have
ouped their own followers; they have deceived no
booy else ; and if the result shall be that misguided
men are led to 'deeds of violence, on their heads be
the penalty who have thus tampered with the un
bridled passions of a mob, - arousing them to fury by
falsehood and misrepresentation.. The intemperance
and dishohesty of the partisan politicians are too
often forgotten and forgiven when.. an election Is
over; but partizanship degenerates into treason
when, in the hope of riding into power, political
leaders attempt to light the flame of insurrection,
and bring upon' a peaceful Commonwealth all the
dangers and disasters of a sudden outbreak of re
belhon. The time will come when the men who fore
weeks have been attempting: to stir up sedition
among us, will wish that the earth had opened and.
swallowed them up ere they 'had done this thing..
We publish to-day the report of Prevost Marshal,
General Fry to the- Secretary of Wae, in reply to
the letters of Governor Seymour and his Judge Ati,
vocate. We believe that the public, whatever they
may have thought of these officials. before, will be
astounded at the exposures• which this document:
makes. Whoever has taken the trouble to read.care
fully the letters of Governor Seymour and the Pre
sident, has not failed to see, that the impression he
endeavored to convey from beginning to end ofthose
letters, was the gross unfairness' and, discourtesy
with which he had been treated by the Government
in neither consulting with him, nordeferring to him
about the draft, but that regardless of the constituted
authorities of the State it had left them in the dark,
proceeding with its work in a manner the most despo
tic, with a purpose both treacherous and tyrannical.
What-was the factl. On the very day. that the exe
cution of the act for enrolling the national forces
was begun by assigning, a provost marshal to duty
in this State, a letter was addressed to Governor
Seymour, acquainting him with the fact, and the
provost marshal, instructed to act ins accordance
with the views and wishes of. the Governor. And
we happen to know that that letter was duly de
livered; that the counsel and co-oporation of the
Governor was sought ; that from that time for
he was carefully informed beforehand of
every important proceeding relative to the draft;,
that all was done that could, be done by
the War Department and the Provost Marshal Ge
neral to afford to the Governor every facility to sa
tisfy himself that the enrolment was fairly made, and
to insure, if possible, that the National and State au
thorities should act in concert ; that he was advised
when the - draft in this city was tattle place ;'but
though thus fully informed of the progress of the
measures taken, he never once _communicated, of
his, own motion, with the Provost marshal of
this State till after the riotsbroke out. Why, if
these was any unfairness in the enrolment, if
the time for enforcing it was ill.chasen, if any of
the objections of the Governor had any force,
if for any reason it was proper that there should
be delay, or corrections, or revisement, did not the
Governor co operate with the - Deparment at Wash
ington, point out its errors, if there were any, and
prevent the injustice which he claims has been
done 1 Need we ask the question: Does not the
simple statement of Colonel Fry—capable, of
course, of being substantiated by documentary evi
dence...convict the Governor of - duplicity, and of a
foregone determination not to aid the laws, but to
make of this particular law an occasion of quarrel
With the Administration'? -
The unfairness of the,,enrolment, which is held by
Governor Seymour's friends as justification enough
for the resistance to the draft, is conclusively
answered by Colonel Fry in the report of Captain
Erhardt as to the method of procedure in the Fourth
district, and in the comprehensive and conclusive
argument that—
The enrolment is a question of fact, and there is
no pertinency in reasoning that it is incorrect, be-
Cause it differs from the census of '6O or tho vote of
'62—two-.things which are 110 more likely in them
selves to be correct than the enrolment, and by
which, if they were correct, the enrolment could not
be judged, on account of the tlitferent times at which
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they were made, and the fact that the elements or
Which they are composed are not the satue.' ,
in dealing with Mr. Waterbury'a figurefreolonel
Fry'a statementis equally conclusive. Lour much
credit is due to the advocate general's tables - fa shows
in the simple fact that his claim in relation to re
cruits, on which so much stress was laid, ut based on
cctimalea,•while the figures of the War Department
are based on official returns. The whole document,
in short, Which we will not follow into all Re details,
for few vvill'fail to read it, is one which, ho wefer
much the Governor and his friends may replsrlo,
they can never answer. Driven from all their subter
fuges, they willbe compelled, if they have the manli
ness to do that,. to fall back upon their true position
—that it le the draft itself they are opposed to, and
because they do not mean, if they can help it. that
the armies of the tnion shall be reinforced to put
down the Southern rebellion.
NATIONAL POLITICS.
FACTIOUS lIISTIGATIONS.—Governor Seymour,
says the Boston Journal, hers put himself in a fearful
position, where all that is corrupt and disloyal is
pushing and irritating and driving him on into open
opposition to the Government. As an instance of
the abominable instigations to which he is subject.
read the following in the New York News, which
occurs after a statement of the factious programme
which is merited out for Governor Seymour:
"The only danger, then, exists in a possible weak
ness and infirmity of purpose in our Governor. We
have every assurance that he will be equal to the
occasion, and that he will redeem his pledge that
the rights of the people shall not be violated. But
the ordeal has not yet been passed, and, until the
hour of decisive action shall have conic, we cannot
measure the courage of our champion. lie has
spoken brave words to the people; he has written
wisely and boldly in their behalf; he has thus far
approved himself their friend, their ally, and pro-
tector. None have causeto doubt his fortitude and
faith. The Democracy, not of his State alone, but
of the entire North, have given their cause into his
hands. He cannot betray the trust. He will not
incur the shame and ignominy pf betrayal. Through
out great political convulsions, When great questions
are at issue, and all feel deeply and earnestly upon
contested questions, the intermediate man, the shift
ing, shuffling, and uncertain statesman, the leader
who dare not advance, and.the apostle who shrinks
from practice of hie doctrine, is the most mischie
vous of political characters.- The hours are being
torn which will develope the attributer of Horatio
Seymour and unveil them to the world."
The Metropolitan Record (Catholic) is still worse in
its spirit. It has a long array—written in a bitter,
menacing vein—of the things which are expected of
Gov - Seymour by the Copperhead interest, of which
the following will serve as a fair specimen:
"They expect that if the State should be obliged,
by the continuance of the despotic acts of the Wash
ington tyranny, to resolve itself into its original so
vcreignty, that sufficient stores of arms and ammuni
tion of - all kinds shall be provided in time for such
an emergency. ' They expect that he shall not per
mit himself to be cajoled or played upon by the
wily tricksters who are engaged in doing •the dirty
work of the Administration in our State, and that
be shall take care that the freedom of the four mil
lions of its inhabitants shall not be given up to the
powers that be, as . *0 have seen done already with
the people of Marylanffilrentucky, Delaware, 'Mis
souri, and other parts of the country. All this they
expect, and more:' They expect that not a conscript
shall be allowed to be taken from this State, and
that any attempt to fasten martial law upon the
citizenaof. New York shall be resisted by force of
arms,".
Tam NEW CONORESS.—The Worcester Spy, the
editor of: which has been elected to the next Con
gress, searchingly analyzes the figures in which the
New York Herald attempts to show that the Ad
ministration will be in a minority in the next
House. The classification of the Herald is shown to
be false in several important particulars. The Spy
says:
"For instance, the Herald sets down the New York
delegation as consisting of eighteen Opposition, and
thirteen Administration men; but there are in it four
teen Administration men, and seventeen Democrats
and Copperheads. The Herald finds in the Pennsyl
vania delegation thirteen Opposition, and but eleven
Administration men; - and yet twelve certainly, and
probably thirteen Members of that delegation are Ad
ministration men. Two of the Pennsylvania members
were elected independently of the party organizations.
One of them is a Republican, and both of them were
vpted for by Republicans. The Herald makes the
Missouri delegation consist of three Administration
men and six Opposition. This is quite out of the
way. There are in that delegation tire Administra
tion men, three Opposition, including Mr. Scott,
just elected to fill a vacancy, and James S. Rollins,
described as a Conservative, whose position resem
bles that of the Kentucky Unionists.- Pour members
of the Missouri delegation are Republicans, and one
of the others is a Radical Emancipationist, and sup
porter of the President's proclamation. So they
are described to us in reliable private lettere front
Missouri."
Other blunders are pointed out, and the -Spy
shows clearly that even if all the Kentucky mem
bers are classed as Opposition, the Admin .tration
will still have a small majority in the next House.
GOVERNOR Cummu.—ln the following, from- the
St. Louis Democrat, the highest compliment is paid
to the great earnestness and patriotic- energy din
played by the Governor. of Pennsylvania. The De
mocrat regards his election of national iraportance
When we look at the period during which Gov.
Curtin has been called upon to administer_ the
affairs of the great State of which he has been chief
magistrate, the number of important and responsible
duties devolving-upon him, and the great amount of
patronage he has had to distribute, we can Welltur
derstand how liable he was to give dissatisfaction in
some quarters, and how liable to make occasional
mistakes. It would-be strange if both these things
had not occurred. There is one thing about Go
vernor Curtin's administration upon which all, we
think, must agree, viz: that it has at all times
been conducted with the loftiest zeal for the cause
of the Union. This fact has been made mani
fest on many occasions, and In many ways, and
is sufficient to make Union men all over the coun
try. who have no interest in the local jealousies
of Pennsylvania politics, to hope most anxiously
for his re-election. By all such menthe defeat of
Governor Curtin at this time would be melded as
a national calamity. The character of his opponent
—Judge Woodward—a Democrat of the -Seyniour
Copperhead school, leaves no question as to the
great 'issue involved in the contest.• It is true
Unionism against false Unionism. In such a con
flict, men who truly love their country, and desire
the unity of the Government, have -no alternative
in the bestowal of their sympathies and any influ
ence they may wield. Their voice to their brethren
in Pennsylvania, wherever they may be located,
cannot fail to be an earnest appeal for unity, zeal,
and industry in action. Let local disagreements for
the , time be forgotten. Let the great issue absorb
all minor ones. Let the cause of the country pre
vail, that liberty, national integrity, and true de
mocracy may be saved. If Pennsylvania proves
true in the trial hour, Governor Curtin will be
elected.
COL. BRAMLETTA. the Governonnlect. of Ken
tucky, has written the following card to the Louia
ville Journal:
I see that the Secession party, through its organ
the Louisville Democrat, is charging,that in my Car
lisle speech I approved "negro regithents.' The
charge is wholly untrue. In no speech have I failed
to state that I, with the Union Democracy, con
demned-the employment of negro soldiers, and was
pledged to use all constitutional and peaceful means
to get rid of them.
At Carlisle, as elsewhere, I contrasted our reme
dies for this and other evils with the remedy proposed
by the no-more-men-and-no-more-money Secession
ists. I showed that we proposed using all peaceful
and constitutional means,-through the ballot-box, to
correct them ; and, that, whether we succeed-in that
way or not, we would succeed in getting rid of s uch
regiments, not only in the Federal service, but of
the negro and Indian regiments: employed :by the
rebel authorities against us, by the certain and com
plete methods embodied in our, second resolution :
by "devoting our whole resources, if-necessary," to
crushing "tbe present causeless rebellion" and re
storing the national authority over the revolted
States"--whereas thelno-more-men-and-namoromo
ney Secessionists would, to escape "Lincoln's negro
regiments," fiy to the arms of the. Southern Con
federacy, and place themselves with. negro and In
dian regiments to fight us and destroy our Govern
ment ; that it is not, therefore, dislike to the use of
negro regiments, but dislike to the Constitution and
the Union, and as a means to distract and divide
the Union men, that causes these no-more-negro-and
nomoromoney Secessionists- to make- such an ado
about negro regiments. I maintained that they are
against the Government, and-for the "South," no
matter what means are used or are not used to sus
tain the Government, whereas we are for our Go
vernment in defiance of the measures of any party
or any Administration ; thatouropposition to negro
regiments is honest, and we propose two modes - of
getting rid of them, one of -which is-a certain one; but
that the-nomoromen-and-nomore-money Secession
ists set up a dishonest clamor and. opposition, in
tended to divide us, and gain strength to themselves,
and force upon us the rebel Government, thus in
creasing the very evil complained of, and indefinite
ly multiplying and increasing every other evil upon
our country. These views I have in all my speeches
endeavored to present with as much clearness and
force as lam capable of. Any charge that I fayor
or countenance the Arming of negroes, is not only
wholly untrue but wholly groundless.
- THOS. E;BRAMLETTE.
The Rebel General Cleburne.. •
FORT BARRANCAS, PENSACOLA, FLA,
July 23, 1863,
To the Editor of ,The Press
Sin : Northern traitors like Pemberton, and fo
reign ingrates who found an asylum in our once
happy land, are so numerous in the rebel service,
that I believe it to be a duty , to make known to all
true and loyal men, through the medium of our
public press, the names and history of all such men.
I intend, D. V., to furnish, you with such informa
tion as I can obtain from. undoubted authority, of
our own and the rebel side. I annex,. a sketch of
the life of the rebel Gen - eral Cleburne, as, obtained
from prisoners, and from a gentleman who formerly
knew him and his faintly. This rebel General is
becoming prominent t and has lately been spoken of
as Bragg , s successor in the Southwest. I will, from
time to time, furnish you with sketches of other
rebels for exposure it your excellent columns:
I am, sir, very respectfully, yours,
Major General Romagne Cleburne, C.:S. A., is the
second son ofDr. Joseph Cleburne, of the "Grange"
Castle, Bellingham, Ireland. He pursued his stu
dies with•much diligence, at Trinity : College, Dub
lin, and before their completion, entered the British
army, but not finding a soldier's life congenial to his
tastes, he resigned, and turned hie attention,to the
law as his future profession. On the deattnof his
father, Mr. Cleburne came to the United States and
settled at Helena, Ark., where he commenced the
practice of law under the auspices of his friend,
Judge. Hardy, of the Supreme' Court, sad soon
earned for himself *an enviable reputation at the
bar of his adopted State. On the. breaking out of
the rebellion he volunteered as a private in the let
Arkansas infantry, of which regiment he was soon
afterward elected captain, and eubaeonently became
its colonel. Col. Cleburne commanded the rear
guard of the retreating rebel forces at Bowling
Green ' and was commissioned a brigadier general at.
Shiloh. He served with Folk at Peglysville ' where
he was severely wounded. On his. recovery he suc
ceeded to the command of Buckner's,
and after the invasion of ; Kentucky, was made a,
major, general. At present he commands the bri
gades or cburehiu, Liddell, Polk, and Wood, and is,
considered by the rebels . -one. ci their most accom
plished general ' officers , . and. there is some talk,
among theni of his succeeding Bragg in command
of the Army of the Southwest.
Gen. Cleburne, •though an Irishman by birth, is
an intense - Southerner in feeling, considering the.
South Much oppressed_by the North, though, Orange
to say, his opinions are antislavery.
A cousin of the General's resides in Philadelphia,,
and holds a commission as surgeon in the United.
States Navy. Ilia, brother, Wm. Cleburne, Eark,
for some time connected with the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company as - civil engineer, is a num . of
high moral tone, and of great scientific attain
ments. --He, together with his family, remains true
to the flag which his rebel brother has so basely and.
ungratefully forsaken. It is said that Gen. Cle
burne has shown great kindnesa to such of our men.
as haYe fallen into his hands. His kindness to sick
'and wounded Union troops has been shown on
many ocoasions. ' Let us hope that this misguided
man may be one, of the first to return to Ids elle,
glance to the country that has afforded him an asp,
lam and a home. , The., names of Meagher ' Corso.
ran, and other 'eallsnt Irishmen, are in glorious
contrast with thelr rebel mutryrama is tb,g