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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1863
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The Military Situation.
The successful termination of GRANT's
c:mpaign in the Southwest ; the confident
expectation,' amounting almost to convic
tion, that General GnAionuts campaign in
the East will be equally sueeesstul in termi
nation •, the impression that Buenu has
slipped out of reach of llosEcnAws in Ten-
netilee ;- and the assumption, perhaps un
warranted, but still generally indulged, that
MEADE will not force LEE to battle until
the warm weather has passed away : these.
things have bad the effect, within a few
weeks past, of detracting temporarily from
the interest which in the public mind
has been felt in the progress of the war.
Very probably this effect has been en-,
hanced by the intensely hot weather, by
the fact that the conscription has mo
nopolized a large share of the thoughts
of men, and by the other fact that we
have just connuencedta political campaign,
as important, perhaps, to the interests of
the nation as any that has been waged with
the and sword. Our people have begun to
realiV.e the fact that a battle must speedily
be fought in Pennsylvania-, as important as
any that lies ever :been. fought in Virginia.
-It will be a battle Upon which the fate of
the Union may. depend. It will be a de
cisive battle. And if the enemies of the
Union amallowed to gain the slightest ad-
vantage, all the campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac, all the splendid battles our
soldiers 'have fought, all the noble victories
they have won, will be trampled in the dust
and thrown away
being, all else would seem to be forgotten,
in preparation for the struggle upon whose
result all previous struggles of the war must
depend for their validity.
Nevertheless, it will not do wholly to ig 7
nore the operations looking to a restoration
of the Union, in progress in more distant
fields, .It may seem pertinent to ask the
question, If we cannot triumph in Pennsyl
vania, of what avail will be a triumph in
Virginia ? It may seem proper enough to
inquire, if the enemies of • the Union are to
triumph here; on our own soil, of what ad
vantage will it be to the cause of the Union
that they are beaten at Charleston ? These
questions very naturally suggestthemselves,
and by their spontaneous character will
serve to show that within the whole territory
Of the United States there is not, at the
present titne, any campaign in progress so
important to the integrity, security, and
peace of the United States, as the campaign
just opened in our own State. Still,
it will not do for -us, therefore, wholly
to neglect the other fields of operation. If we
would understand thoroughly the progress
we are making, the weak points that need
fortifying, and all the complicated issues
struggling and contending with each for so
lution, we must take a survey of the entire
field. It is the isolated and comparatively
insignificant force which, hurried up at the
critical moment, oftentimes turns the scale
of battle; and in such a mighty struggle as
that which now engages all our thoughts and
hopes and fears, none of the elements of
strength that may be brought to bear in its
solution should be overlooked or forgotten..
We cannot hold a gubernatorial election
now as we did a few years ago. The en
tire - character of the issues involved has
been changed by the - War, -and we could no
more eiclude the question of the war from
the present canvass, than we could exclude
the doctrines of State sovereignty and the
right of secession from the degenerate De:
mocra'cy of modern times.
Therefore, even in a semi-political article
like the present, this question of the war
must arise for consideration. It is only by
a review of the present situation of our ar
mies that we can arrive at a just conclusion
as to the progress they have made, and the
further successes they are likely to achieve.
Whether. Charleston is or is not the chief
vital point in the Confederacy, certainly it
is the grand point of interest, North and
South, at the present time, and, unless we
are greatly mistaken as to the factS, it is at
the same time the best fortified post within
the territory of the seceded States. There
fore, when Charleston is rednced, the work
of finishing up the.. - war wilt every day be
come easier. ' But, when shall we be per
mitted to celebrate this grand victory, with
illuminations and bon-fixes, and the pealing
of merry bells, and the booming of noisy can
non? It isnot easy to arrive at any definite
conclusion upon the silbject. We know that
CharleSton will fall, but how soon we ,can
not prophesy. All of us feel that the victo
ry will be speedy ;
.but When we consider
the magnitude of the task; when we reflect
that many -foreign newspaper critics have
pronounced its accomplishment impossible,
with all the resources at the command: of
the North, we must likewise feel that, if it
is accomplished; not in. "half a dozen
,hours," not in days, not in weeks, but in
many weary months, in months as long and
weary as we spent before Vicksburg—even
then the work will have been a speedy
one. We do not say that such will be the
case; but we.Worild caution readers against
believing implicitly in the statement that
Sumpter can be reduced to brick-dust in a
few hours by our batteries, and in the nu
merous other sanguine predictions, of a like
character, emanating from: New York sensa
tion correspondents. Holders of brick-dust
may rest assured, we think, that there will
be no material decline in the market for
more than a fortnight to come.
While, then, there would almost seem to
be'something prophetic in the universal ex
pectation felt by our people, that the present
operations against Charleston will result
successfully, it must be borne in. mind that
what Admiral DUPONT and General Her/xTErt
failed to do completely, Admiral DAHLGREN
and General GILMORE cannot be expected
to do without immense exertion 'and, effort.
A Charleston
. correspondent of a Southern
paper, in a recent letter, said : "If - they
should succeed in gaining our batteriea on
Morris Island, it will be very doubtful, from
the number of guns - we can bring to bear
upon them, if they could:hold their posi
tion. Besides, admitting that they should
succeed, and even be able to batter down
Sumpter, they would then be just as far off
from their object as ever, and the struggle
- would then just commence, as Fort Moul
trie, Battery Bee, on Sullivan's Island, and
other works could still command the har
bor. They would then have to commence
the bombardment of 'Moultrie, and make
their approaches from Long Island, which
'is a quarter of a mile E. N. E. of Sullivan's
Island, and separated from it by B each
Inlet." General GILMORE has not suc
ceeded in gaining the batteries on Morris
Island, and hence does not commence the
bombardment frem as favrable a posi
tion as he had desired' to gain. His
siege-guns
,are at present mounted about
thirty-five hundred yards from the fort,
or almost two miles. This is a very long
range, but he ,hopes, with his powerful
rifled ordnance, to compass it. But if Gene
ral GILMORE has been busy, General BEAM
REGARD has not been less so. On James
Island he has thrown up a series of strong
works which enfilade our positions on Morris
Island, and, of course, these batteries will
open on us with a flanking fire the moment
our guns, open on. the fort. But,' supposing
Suinpter breached, the assault, an infinitely
more difficult task, will remain to be accom
plished. 'lbis will necessitate the reduction
of Fort Wagner, the strength of which we
have already tested. Nor, as the New York
Times observes, " does the work end even
when Wagner is stormed, for the approach
to the artificial island on which .Fort Sump
ter is built will have to be made by means of
launches, exposed to the fire of a dozen forts
and works.", It is, necessary that the' public
should understand these things, that they
may not be . too: hasty'in.anticipating "the
beginning of the end." At the same time,
With the skill and gallantry at out command,
these difficulties are far from insuperable, and
the more formidable their character, the
greater the value and the glory that will ac-
cruc to us in overcoming them
The situation in Virginia is not wholly
without interest at the present juncture,
although with the thermometer ranging
from ninety to one hundred in the shade;
one might almost infer that there would be
an indisposition on the part of both comba
tants to make any demonstration likely to in
vest the situation with interest. For more.
than a month past this has indeed seemed to
be the case. Yesterday, however, we had
a 'report that LEE is on the eve•of another
offensive movement, this time designing to
turn our left flank, if possible. We have no
doubt that LEE contemplates an offensive
movement of some sort. lie must retrieve
the loss of Gettysburg. In his general order
to the army, dated July 26, he used this
language : "The commanding general ap
peals to the people of the States to send
forth every man able to bear arms, to
. aid
the brave soldiers who have so often beaten
back our foes, to strike a decisive blow
for the safety and sanctity of our homes,
and the independence of our country."
Nothing could. be plainer than that he
had attempted to strike a decisive blow and
failed. Thereupon he determined; with the
energy of despair, not only that he might
repair his own defeat, but to retrieve the
fall of Vicksburg, and the retreat of BRAGG,
to make one more determined r effort. Know
ing the critical situation LEE is in—for our
army is being reinforced at the rate of one
thousand men per day—it is not possible
to doubt that he will speedily renew the
aggressive. If he could have a positive
assurance that Gov. SEYMOUR had the in
tention and the ability to interfere with the
operation of the conscription law, he might
not feel imperatively pressed to make an
immediate movement. But the case is
otherwise, and, as the New York Times ob
serves, "There is good evidence that his
army is this moment numerically supe
rior to ours. It is pretty certain that LEE
has been reinforced by one corps, or at least
one division, of BRAGG'S army. Our own
force is now at its minimum." This may
not be true, but itis not inherently improba
ble, and it is safer to assume that it is based
on good authority. Still, without inform
lion as to the strength -of the Army of the
potoniac,_ - or the designs of its able , com•
milder, we are willing to trust everything
to his skilful guidance, and to the valor of
the brave men he comb:lands.
Hence, for the time
In the ftir Southwest, the two great Union.
armies seem to be resting on their laurels,
and although it is hinted that another move
ment is already on foot, it seems more likely
that nothing will be done until the fall
months set in. Generals GRANT and BANKS,
we see, have just been exchanging congra
tulations upon their mutual successes, and
perhaps have been planning new campaigns
that shall result as gloriously as the one.just
closed. JOE JonNSTON'S force appears to
be - falling back on Mobile, which city he
intends to defend. We may readily ima
gine that the defence will not be a very spi
rited one, in the present demoralized condi
tion of his troops. The people of Mobile,
too, seem impressed with gloomy forebodings
of the fall of the city. The Mobile Hews
of the 4th instant . said " The telegraph
informed us yesterday that an improved
tone of feeling prevails in Mississippi. We
are glad to hear this, and. wish it may.be
true, tor the intelligence we have recently
been receiving from that State is of a very
unpleasant character." Certainly, if at
tacked siMultaneously by land and water,
Mobile must fall, and with it all its garrison.
Such, then, is the hopeful prospect in the
Southwest, where we have a right to .expect
success, if success is to behad anywhere. Of
G en.'lloSECßAlis' movements we have of late
heard very little, but it may be inferred that
the new campaign upon which he has just
started out will form as brilliant a - chapter
in the history of the war as that which em
braced - the victory of Stone river. Alto
gether, the situation has never been so full
of hope and encouragement, and if we con
duct our home campaign wit the same
indomitable energy with which we have
.advanced-our standard in the military field s
our; success will be as certain as glorious,
and fatal to the life of the rebellion.
The Canadian Mare's Nests.
THOMAS D' ARM/ - MAGEE, member of the
Canadian. Parliament, and lately one of the
Canadian Ministry, is a distinguished Irish-
man. For some reason to us unknown, he
is not a favorite with " the Men of '4B, some
of whom, headed by limn - Ann 0' GORMAN,
of New York, having suffered in the cause
of sacred Freedom in Ireland, have here
" turned their backs on themselves" (to use
Lord CASTLEREAGH'S celebrated expression)
and express the utmost sympathy with
Slavery and Slaveholdere in the South.
Moreover, Mr. MAGEE is an able journalist,
a popular lecturer, an excellent extempore
speaker, a thOughtful poet, a keen critic,
and may claim the credit of having written
(lately published by Messrs..SA:ow - En, New
York) the only readable and relhible His
tory of Ireland yet produced.
Mr. MAGEE, notwithstanding. his high
and admitted ability, has a twist in his mind
as regards the relations between Canada and
the United+tates. As far as we have been
informed, Mr. Mioxn has kept aloof from
that vulgar crowd of anti-American politi
cians in Canada who express sympathy with
the South, exult over every reverse reported
to have_ been sustained by the North, osten
tatiously express the strongest doubts of any
defeats by the rebels, and show their saga
city and " neutrality" by honoring such pa
triots as VALLANDIGHAM with a riotous din
ner. Mr. MAogE's weak point is a dread of
Canadian absorption by that terrible fee-faw
furn- of a giant, the United States. Hence
his letter in the Montreal Gazette, which•we
published yesterday, in-which he says, "I
speak upon no newspaper authority, upon
no doubtful information, when I say that the
plan contemplated at Washington for the
invasion of Canada, is to march one hundred
thousand men up the district of Montreal,
to cut - the connection between Upper and
Lower. Canada,' to abstain religiously from
intelmeddling in our local affairs; but to
force a separation of the provinces by the
mere.force of an army of occupation, inter
posing its military barrier to their inter
course." We rather think that at Washing
ton this contemplated action-against Canada
will be received as'a decidedly novel bit of
'very early news.
Mr. MAGEE, having thus sounded the
alarm, asks, as a Canadian statesman, " Will
England stand by us ?" says that the Cana
dian Government ought to be in a condition
to give an authoritative official answer, and
urges; that if .they are not` in that position,'
they must be forced into it, by every possi
ble constitutional pressure.'?.
This opens a new, and, indeed, the real
question. Canada, not desiring to be sad
dled with the heavy expense of maintaining
a standing army, declined a proposal by the
Tory Premier to raise a, very large militia
foice, and the Parliamentary rejection`. of
this proposal led, we believe, to the down
fall 'Or : Ministry, which included Mr.
MiioNa. In- its number. In a pet, because
Canada Would not raise this great and-cost
ly military-force, the British' Government
announced, in the House of Commons, just
before the recent prorogation, that as Cana
da would not defend herself, England must
not be expected to be at "the cost of defend
ing-her. We therefore, on Mr. MA
GEE'S letter; rather as a political feeler than
as the communication of a frightened alarm
ist. Meanwhile, one would like to know
what was the "no doubtful information,"
on which he grounded his alarm of the
American invasion of Canada, and a sepa
ration of the provinces.
The, fact is, the separation of the Ca
nadian provinces is dreaded, though any
interference on the part of the United'
States is not looked on as likely to effect it.
Lower Canada has -a large French and
Roman : Catholic popUlation, and Upper
Canada has been chiefly peopled from
Great Britain and Ireland. Exactly one
himdred years ago, Lower Canada, which
had been conquered a short time before,
Was ceded by treaty to Great Britain, knit
still largely preserves its original French
language and French predilections. In
1840 - the two provinces were formally
united by legislative enactment, but have
not smoothly amalgamated. Lower Ca
nada resists the principle of legislative re
presentation by population, which Upper
Canada generally desirefi, because it would
increase its power. The hour approaches
when representation by population will be
carried in Canada ; whenever it does, there
are -numerous stormy spirits in the lower
province who may throw themselves under
the protection of the Emperor NAPOLEON.
It may have been a desire to play a great
political part, and ale in averting such a
consummation, that induced Mr. MAGEE, in
an able and earnest article in a recent num
ber of a Canadian magazine, seriously to
propose that the whole of British North
America should be established as an inde•-
pendent monarchy, with a Prince of the
English reigning family for its Sovereign.
Be argued, in a very plausible manner, that
this would effect a thorough consolidation of
the present discordant elements, and would
at once elevate Canada and strengthen Eng
land.
Of course, if a Sovereign—a Court, Nobi
lity, Order of Knighthood, and all the other
"means and appliances to boot" of Royalty
—no doubt, many would be gratified with •
such gaudy and potnps, and even Mr. M&-
oRE himself—surely as worthy of a Duke
dom or a Marquisate as any of his political
fellow-laborers--would scarcely refuse, if
gracefully and, gratefully invited, to assume
the coronet ; especially as , this establish
ment of Royalty, in North America, might
be expected to neutralize the Democratic
element from the United States, which he
seems to dread so thoroughly.
Here let us notice the curious fact that NA ,
rormoN's conversion of republican Mexico
into an Empire, with an imported ruler at
its head, was simultaneous with Mr. T.
D'Ancx MAGEE'§ proposition to effect a
similar change in British North America.
The leading rebels in the South, it is be
lieved, would gladly place themselves under
the new Emperor of •Mexico,• whoever he
may be. It is curious that there should
simultaneously become manifest a desire to
place the United States between two mo
narchies ;—one in Canada, whickhas prac
tically been republican of late, and the other
in. Mexico, which has been wholly so for
the last forty years.
Neither Mr. MAGER's anticipated Ame
rican invasion of Canada, before the end of
1864, nor his wild project of erecting Canada
into a monarchy, under one of the duelph-
Cobourg family, is likely to take place.
But • even wise men sometimes speculate
very - widely and wildly, like Mr. MAGEE,
and his two mare's nests. -
MR. SUNSET Cox.—The person who gave
the Hon.'S. S. Cox, of Ohio, the name of
" Sunset " must have had poetic apprecia
tion. There is sentimental airiness in this
name of Sunset Cox, which is prepossessing.
The Sunset in question cannot be sanguina
ry, for we are told that Mr. Cox is frivolous,
primrosy, daisyish, with an amiable weak
ness for poetical quotations. Flower-Gar
den Cox is a good name, but Sunset is better.
When a gentleman with such a good-natured
name tells us he is a Copperhead, and that
" we must not drive the rebels to extremes,"
he is innocent; in his way, w' know, but he
is very provoking. Why will Mr. Sunset
Cox insist upon this? It is quite tithe for
• the most childish politician to have learned
that the rebels have been driving us ; drove
us at - Bull Run ; drove us before Richmond.;
drove us from Fredericksburg ; drove us in
Pennsylvania, until MEADE reasoned them
:out of Gettysburg, and GRANT persuaded
them to remove from Vicksburg.
Here, we suppose, the wrong commences,
but we wish the extremes we are not to
drive them to were expressly mentioned.
We have only to suppose that we must not
drive the rebellion to its end, the enemy to
the wall, JEFFERSON DAVIS .01.1 t of. Rich
mond, Secession out of the Union. All
theSe are dangerous extremes to the Con
federacy. We are not to eradicate evil, it
were radical to do so ; we must be conserva
tive and keep it. The war is itself an ex
tremity, and should never have happened.
Now, we fairly think that the rebels have
never been driven to their natural place,
and that to drive them out of • extremes is
the best we can do for them and ourselves.
More,over, we think that Mr. Cox and his
friends arc the extremes to which we should
not drive theth and to which they cannot be
driven. Mr. StaisEr Cox, too, (we beg his
pardon,) is extremely absurd.
DELIRIUM TREMENS.—That a Confede
rate lieutenant general; aged three-score
years and ten, lately died in delirium tre
mens, is one of the most melancholy evi
dences of the rebellion. We have hesi
tated to accept this report, but similar lin
stances have proved only too true—extrava
gances of fact more vagarious and miserable
than fiction. Besides, the event in ques
tion took place after the last 4th of July,
and if the whole Confederacy had the hor
rors, it would be justice not altogether im
poetical. To be aged seventy, and a rebel
lieutenant general, was more than sufficient
ly disreputable ; with all this, to die in
the delirium of drink outgrievps misery, and
disproportions disproportion. VAN DORN,, I
shot downlin villainy ; McCuuuocn, dying .
with an oath ; and a half dozen more such
chivalrous deaths, yurnish sad comment of
the rebellion, and. are examples hardly out
weighed by the Christian JAcxson, or the
"-gentlemanly" LEE. In the sin and shame
of rebellion, JACKSON nor LEE could be
christian and gentleman'enough. But with
a repudiator for President, it is to be won
dered that all the leaders. of the Confede
racy are not reprobates. Early in the war
We heard of a drunken blind man, who
went through the streets of Memphis
shouting for JEFFERSON
. DAVIS—a picture
too suggestive for comment. The death of
HoLMES seems the other extreme of misery ;
both types of that greater, wilder, and more
mournful phrenzy of rebellion—an ambition
without the virtue of reason, to build a Go
vernment upon the principles of revolt and
despotism, and set up an empire in chaos
and ruin. There is a certain decorum with
which we should speak of the dead, and
}fouling may-have been better, in some re
spects, than his fate. His death, however,
is useful as a symbol and, example. The
Confederacy itself has been on a long bender,
and is now in its last delirium.
ONE of Mr. FALLANDIGHAII'S prominen
supporters recently said -in a speech at To
ledo
"In case their State ticket was successful, Pugh
would appear at the proper time and be installed as
Lieutenant Governor, when, from the State House
steps he would call three times for Vallandigharn,
the Governor elect, and, if he did not come. he
(Pugh) as acting Governor would call out the State
militia, and, at the head of two hundred thousand
men, march to the Canada line and escort Val. to
the capital.z7
This is a charming picture, and it would
almost be a pity for the Union men to spoil
it. If the martyr should be elected what a
scene in Columbus'! Ir. Paco standing
on the State House steps and calling out in.
a solemn and stentorian voice " VALLAx-
Dion Alt ! VALLANDIGHAM VALLANDIG
BAm !" There being no response, Mr.
Puon, in the same sensible manner, will
cry out "The State militia ! The State mi
litia ! The State militia !" Two hundred
thousand men instantly rush forth,- and the
air is rent with shouts of " PUGH ! -PJon !
Puon !"
THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS is very
severe upon the miseries of what it
calls the " Bed of Glory," but, as It
will never be required to lie upon it, we
think it should let the bed alone. If
the young men of America choose, in self
respect and for the sake of their country, to
risk their lives upon the battle-field, the
.News might refrain from stigmatizing their
belief in the glory of fighting in such a cause
as " a blind, vulgar conception." Again,
when we find the apologist for the most bru
tal riots of the age eloquently advocating the ,
' , blessings of peace, we are reminded of Jo
eeph Surface lecturing Lacy Teazle on virtue.
TnE. TV old speaks of the " newly-fledged
Republicans," alias, the " War Democrats,"
who are to meet in I.ndianapolis on the 20th.
Among these gentlemen Gets LE wis CFSS
is. mentioned. The idea of this venerable
statesman and patriot being newly fledged is
very droll.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1863.
Tins EVENING, ward meetings, prelinal
nary to the election of delegates to the Ward,
City, Representative and Senatorial Con
ventions will be held, and officers chosen to
conduct the elections. Many months have
not passed since Philadelphia had a shame
ful instance of perjury on the part of men
sworn to conduct elections properly, and a
man not elected to th.e City Councils still
holds his seat by a legal quibble and upon
false returns. This evening the Union men
of the city should appoint officers who will
make such outrages impossible. Every re
spectable citizen should give his personal
attention to the ward meetings, for upon the
character of the delegates to the Conven
tions the success of' our cause, in a great de
gree, depends. Intelligent, upright, loyal
delegates will nominate candidates who are
intelligent, upright, and loyal. Each citi
zen has an individual interest in this matter,
and he cannot escape his responsibilities.
Ox vnii 7th of Septiaber the National
Democratic Committee will meet in New
York to determine the time and place of
the next National .Democratic Convention.
With the exercise of a little patience—per
haps - without it—this convention may meet
where the last was held, in Charleston. It
is to be devoutly wished that its delibera
tions may be more profitable than were
those of its predecessor. For the date of
the convention we may suggest the time
when the party returns to its loYalty, unless
that be too indefinite a period.
According to a private letter received here, the
article in the Raleigh Standard of the Slot of July,
throwing the entire responsibility of the present
war upon the Secessionists, and denouncing the
treachery of the Confederate Government, and ask
ing for peace, &c., was written by the speaker of
the North Carolina House of Commons and presi
dent of the Governor's Council. It is further stated
by the correspondent that Governor Varccis ap
proved of the publication of the article, copies of
which have been furnished to the President and
Members of the Cabinet.
It was ascertained today, on inquiry at the bu
reau of the Commissary General of Prisoners, that
it is proposed to exchange 18,000 of the paroled pri
soners for an equal number the South has in its pos
session belonging to our armies. It is not yet known
whether the arrangement has been perfected.
Acting Master FREDEP.ICK. D. STUART, formerly
of New York, has. been ordered to the command of
the gunboat Fulcbia. . '
FORTRESS MONROE, August 10 The steamer
Spaulding arrived this morning from off Charleston.
She reports having left Morris Island at 10 o , clook
on Friday morning.
On Thursday evening the monitors were all
stripped and prepared for action, and at daylight on
Friday,the batteries on Norris Island opened their
fire, which lasted an hour or two when it ceased.
The monitors did not fire a shot, and as soon as
the batteries ceased firing, the monitors put up
their awnings. No explanation is given of this
move. The strongest confidence is expressed of a
favorable result.
Our informant says that during the short engage
ment of Friday morning he saw several shots strike
Forrtumpter, causing the bricks and mortar to fly
profusely.
One of our officers, who left Morris Island on
Friday, says that upon receiving instructions in re.
gard to conveying news from Q,uartermaster Dun
lon, he asked him what he should tell a friend at
Fortress Monroe. The Quartermaster said, "Tell
them the great battle here will come off on Saturday
or Sunday, and that we will be victorious."
FORTRESS MONROE, August 16.—The United
States mail 'steamer Adelaide, Captain Canon, ar
rived early this morning from Baltimore. Among
her passengers were Hon. A. W. Randall, First As
sistant Postmaster General ; Hon. G. W. McClellan,
iSecond Assistant Postmaster General; C. F. Mc-
Donald, Third Assistant Postmaster General . ; Hon.
Green Adams, Auditor Post Office Department;
William Scott, Chief Clerk.
On the inth inetant, - the army gunboat Smith
Briggs was discharged from service, as was announc
ed. She was commanded by Captain 3. C. Lee, of
the 99th New York Regiment, and rendered efficient
service during the battles on the Nansemond river
and at Suftblk, last spring. We are pleased to learn
that General Naglee has restored Captain Lee to
his command of the Smith Briggs as an army gun
boat again.
NEWIIEIIII, N. 0., August 13.—A. conscript, just
from Wilmington, N. C., reports that within the
past few days seventeen large steamers have arrived
at that port,.haiing run the blockade, loaded 'with
stores for the rebel army ; among which were 96,000
English rifles, 160,000 army blankets, 132,000 ready
made uniforms, 23,000 cases ready-made army shoes,
lt locomotives, Six. rifle cannon (heavy 'calibre), five
cargoes of railroad iron, and skilful workmen ac
companying them.
UNION MEETING AT WASHINGTON, N. C.
NEIVBERN, August 13 —A meeting of the citizens
of North Carolina, representing every county in
the First and Second Congressional districts, and a
portion of the third, was held at Washington on the
11th inst. The let North Carolina (Union) regi
ment, which is stationed at this point, participated
in the meeting.
Addresses were made and resolutions adopted ex
pressing a sympathy with the great conservative
party of North Carolina ; declaring that an energetic
prosecution of the war in this department is the
only means by which the Union sentiment in the
interior of the State can be made practically useful
in restoring her to national jurisdiction ; asking the
Government for this purpose ; accueing the rebel
Government of perfidy and cruelty towards North
Carolina, and declaring her people absolved from
further obligation to sustain it ; placing the respon
sibility for the destruction of slavery upon Jeff
Davis and his co.operators against the Federal Go• -
vernment ; expressing the belief that North Carolina
will fin a ample compensation in the blessing of free
labor for the present inconvenience of einancipation;
rejoicing in the recent Union victory at the Ken
tucky election ; denouncing copperhead= at the
North, and commending the ability and patriotism of
the Administration in the conduct of the war, espe
cially that displayed in the national currency, origi
nated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
OVERTURES FOR PEACE.
WA-S_
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASHINGTON, August 17,1863
The Feeling in North Carolina.
Exchange of Prisoners.
Naval Orders.
CHARLESTON.
Favorable Prospects of the Attack.
FORTRESS MONROE,
NORTH CAROLINL
Running the Blockade.
The Washington New Era, of the 10th, republishes
from the Raleigh Standard, of the 31st, an article de
nouncing the treachery of the Confederate leaders,
showing the falsity of their promises;and the ill
success of their efforts, and stating that portions
only of but five of, the original States remain in the
hands of the Confederacy, and proposing that North
Carolina make immediate overtures to the North
for peace,
PERSONAL
Brigadier General J. N. Palmer is now in com
mend of 18th Army Corps, with his headquarters a
Newbern. •
Major S. N. "Whitford, of the rebel cavalry, visited
this city on the 11th; with a flag of truce, to inquire
as to the truth of the reports of the ill-treatment of
the prisoners confined here. He was informed that
the reports were untrue, and that two-thirtla of
them desired to take the oath of allegiance so as to
remain within our lines.
TUE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
From Cairo.
CAIRO, August 18 —A< bearer of despatches from
General Grant has passed through, here on the way
to "Washington. It is understood the despatches
have reference to the trade regulations on the Mis
sissippi river ; and it is said that General Grant fa
vors the opening of the cotton trade to all loyal
citizens, under proper restrictions, and recommends
to the authorities at Washington the immediate
adoption of this policy. This will bring out thou
sands of bales of cotton now hidden away in the
swamps, and have a beneficial effect on the manu
facturing interests.
General Logan made a speech here last night to
the largest out-door audience ever assembled in
Cairo.
Rear Admiral Porter returned here to.day, with
the flag.ship Black Hawk. A salute was fired from
the gunboats off the levee.
General Asboth, at Columbus, Ky., has been re
lieved by order of General Grant. General A. J.
Smith takes command there.
NASHVILLE.
NasiiviLLE, August 1.7.--Private Hiram Rey
nolds, of the 82d Indiana, was hung for the murder
of Washington Mouser of the same regiment.
Lieutenant L. C. Hodges has been assigned to the
Chief Quartermastership of the Department of the
Cumberland.
The river is falling, and there is only three feet of
water en the shoals.
MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, August 16.—The recentcavalry expedi
tion from Corinth released 250 conscripts, who were
taken by Forrest's company. Coleman's men came
into Corinth on Tuesday from Waynesboro. They
were conscripted, and had several fights with
Billies. They refused to go, and armed themselves
and reported at Corinth to enter tire United States
service. There is nothing new from below.
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, August 11.—The body of 061. Oarnyn
reached this city yesterday. The funeral takes
place this afternoon' with appropriate military
Gen. Onterhaus leaven this city to-day, to join his
command in Mississippi.
The extensive coffee and tea establishment of Ro
bert Charles was entirely destroyed by lire yester
day. Loss, $30,000. Insured for $20,000.
Return of New England Regiments
BUFrALO, August 17.—The 4th Massachusetts
and 28th Maine Regiments arrived here on Sunday,
and left immediately for homer The 47th Massachu
setts Regiment arrived on Sunday, and left in the
evening for home. Five soldiers died in the hospi
tal here, yesterday--two of the 15th New Hampshire,
two of 16th, and one of the 26th Maine.
CENTRAL A[IiRICA.
Arrival. of the Steamer America.
NEW Tonic, August rt.—The steamer America,
from Greytown, has arrived, with 330 passengers.
Gen. Chamorra, one of the revolutionary leaders
from Nicaragua, was recently killed in a skirmish
near the frontier of. Honduras. The war seemed to
be about over.
It vise expeeted that Gen. Martinez would be
elected President for life.
Report says that Dr. Segur, of San Salvador, has
been sent to
,the 'United States to raise a force of ad
venturers to aid in the war against the Central
American States.
Their landing in Nicaragua was feared. "
The building of a telegraph line in Nicaragua had
commenced. •
From Williamsport, Pa.
WiLrtioner.omr, Pa., august 17.—Copt. - Rhodes,
of Gen. Rosecrans , army, who was killed in Ten
nessee, was buried here with military honors yes
terday.
A barn owned by Wesley Moore, near William
sport, containing a large amount of grain, hay, &c.
was struck by lightning yesterday, and entirely
consumed.
About 9 o'clock last night the large frame soap and
candle factory, owned by fiTunday & Bro., a part of
which had just been fitted up as a cooking establish-
meat foi the United States troops and drafted men
quartered here, was destroyed by fire.
Dreadful Calamity—Flfteen Girls Burned
to Death.
ALI3ANY, August 11.—Information reedited here
this 'afternoon of the destruction by fire of Hurst's
Shoddy mill at Cohoes, and the burning to death of
fifteen female operatives. The flames spread with
fearful rapidity, and the only means of escape left to
the girls were the windows. Some were so terror
stricken that they abandoned themselves to their
fate and perished in the building. Others fell from
the 'windows into the fire below, and many were
badly injured by jumping to the ground. Twenty
flve are missing and fifteen are reported burned to
death.
'Fraudulent Exemption Certificates.
AnotisTA, Blaine, August 17.—Two young men
employed in the office of the Surgeon's Department
weriarreated on Saturday for tilting out certificates
of exemption for a pecuniary consideration. Only
five certificates were issued,; and $250 realized by the
fraud.
7,200 Drafted Men tor the Army
. of the
Potomac.
Bus Tort, August VT.—Twelve hundred drafted
soldiers embarked from Long Island, Boston harbor,
today, on the steamer Foreat City, to join the Army
of the Potomac.
The 4th Idaseachusetto arrived today from Port
Hudson.
Proelaination from Governor Seymour
--Citizens Warned against Disorderly
Conduct. •
ALBANY, .A.ugus 17.—Governor Seymour has pre
pared a proclamation warning all citizens against
any disorderly conduct when the_dratt is madeln
New York and Brooklyn.
The Pratt in the Eighteenth Congressional
District.
WiLlanusrowr (Pa.), August 17.—The draft for
the Eighteenth district is progressing quietly, al
though large crowls are in attendance at each
drawing.
The Draft in New York State.
BUFFALO, August 11.—The draft in this district
was completed on Saturday without the least diffi
culty. Drafting in - the Thirty first district will com
mence at Dunkirk today. No difficulty is appre
hended.
3EUrtOPIE.
Atriival of the City of Washington.
..
NEw Yong, August 17.—The steamer City of
Washington, from Liverpool on the 4th, via Queens
town on the sth, has arrived.
The Asia reached Liverpool on the morning of the
3d, and the Sidon on the night of the same day.
The ship Constitution, from Philadelphia for Val
paraiso. was captured on the 25th of June by the ,
pirate Georgia, and released on giving bonds.
The ship City of Bath, from Callao for Antwerp,
was at Pernambuco after having been captured by
the pirate Georgia, and released on a ransom bond
of $20,000. ,
It is reported that the bark Conrad, of Philadel
iphia, captured by the Alabama on the 19th of June,
was armed by her and not destroyed.
The ship Sunrise, at Liverpool from New York,
was, it seems, captured by the 'Florida in lat. 40,
long. 68, and released on a ransom bond for $.60,000.
The City of Washington passed August llth, in
lat. 50, long. 28, the Africa, for Liverpool. On the
45th, in lat. 43, long. 60, passed the U. S. gunboat
Tuscarora, cruising.
GREAT BRITAIN'. .• - 7 ,
0 . .
The change of - tone on the_ part of thefLo ' ,n,
At
Saiurday Review, hitherto one of the stronger sok ,
rates of the Secessionists in England, - excipes . 4 ?
comment. That,journ al looks upon the recentW
ral victories as great, if not decisive, and, in a merle
sure, gives up the cause of the South as virtually
•
• - •
The 'Liverpool Chamber of Commerce held its
semi-annual meeting on the 3d. The speakers ex
pressed the'opinion that the American war was not
far from its close, including James Spence, the no
torious Secession advocate,
' POLAND.
The Polish National Government has _ordered a
forced loan of 2,100 ) 000 florins. --A proclamation from
the same source reject's every compromise not based
upon the independence of Poland with a restoratiOn
of the boundaries of 1172.
Several insurgent leaders have been hung at War
saw,
TURKEY
The Turkish army is to be raised from 85,000 to
161)0300 men. Two camps of observation are to be
established in Bosnia, and on the 'Danube.
FRANCE
Official advices are said ,to have reached Paris
from New'. York, that the Government definitely
renounced the conscription, and the fact is attribu
ted to the - progress of pacific ideas at the North.
The Polish question is unchanged.
The Paris journals charge England with holding
back from the identical note, now that it is a ques
tion of taking a decided step, and place the respon
sibility of the solution on England.
A Vienna journal also asserts that no understand.
ing as to the replies to Russia is yet arrived at.
The London Herald asserts that England and Aus
tria are completely in accord, and will simply de
mend for Poland those treaty rights which Russia
in substance acknowledges and shows a disposition
to concede.
There were rumors of an intended outbreak at
Warsaw on the 7th.' The National Government
warned the people against moving before they gave
the signal. ' •
The Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia had
an interview at Gastein.
INDIA.
The Bombay mail has arrived. The arrest of Plena
Sahib is confirmed.
The cotton shipments from Bombay are heavy.
RUSSIA.
An Ukase has been issued declaring free the
2,000,000 ipeasants who are peasants of the Crown
domains.
Arrival of tha Steamer • Bremen" fro
Southampton.
The steamship Bremen, from Southampton, ar-
rived at New York en Iflonday, with dates to the
sth instant.
The Great Eastern and the Asia arrived out
August let,
ENGLAND
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
his Royal Higimeae the Prince of Wales to be cap
tain general and colonel of the Honorable Artillery
Company of London.
The Times says : Directions have been received at
Chetham dockyard, from the Admiralty, for the
construction of, a 12-gun iron vessel, the first of a
squadron of iron frigates of a somewhat smaller
size than the Warrior.
The Army and Nary Gazette says : The accounts of
Lord Clyde's health-are of a most discouraging kind.
The Star says: Mr. H. B. Hammond, for some
yeara American consul in Dublin, has resigned his
office, and will leave in a few days for New York.
The Times, in a leader, says : Welacknowletlee it
to be a sf mke of smart policy that the New,York
papers should declare that the new draft of three
hundred thousand men is intended only for a war
with England, and should blow thetrumpet of auda-
MOllll defiance to this country, which Archbishop
Hughes seemed to think the only point on which
he could be sure of sympathy from the rioters. But
with General Lee still threatenink them on the Po
tomac, the Federal Government will find enough on
their hands at home, and it would be wise to settle
their own affairs before insulting their neighbors.
However, they are no doubt right to resort to any
claptrap or violence to enforce the conscription, for
Ms quite'evident that if they cannot reinforce their
armies their invasion of the South must come to a
stand still -
The Pi ince of Wales arrived at 'Halifax on Mon
day, where he will remain until Tuesday, for the
purpose of opening the town hall. After the cere
mOny, he will return to Osborne. The Prince's visit
will be short, in consequence of the illness of the
Wales.
Arrangements
of ales.
Arrangements were commenced on Monday at
Woolwich for the embarkation of the. Queen for
Germany from the Royal Arsenal pier, Woolwich.
Mr. Elliott, the British minister at Rio, had de
manded and received passports for himself and lega
tion, but had not left Rio when the mail left.
The Prince of Wales has purchased Newstead
Abbey.
A despatch - from Rio Janeiro, of July Bth, says,
the Mary Hanzell brought on here the crews of the
Conrad and Talisman, captured by the Alabama.
The master 'reports that the Alabama boarded his
vessel in lat.'26 deg. south, and that the Conrad was
not destroyed, but arrived as a Confederate cruiser.
The Talisman, from New York for Shanghae, was
burned June Bth, in lat. 14 deg. south, long. 34 deg.
West
La France says r "Intelligence has been received
from London of the important fact that the,negotia
tions of the three Powets for a common reply to.
Russia are upon the point of arriving at a success
fur termination."
La France also publishes an article under the title
of "Compromise or Isolation." In case of Russia's
refusal one can foresee a situation without peril. At
the most might be anticipated a kind of blockade,
destined to effect the isolation of Russia,with a view'
of bringing about ulterior concessions. ,
The Pays confirms the statement that a complete
and unalterable understanding exists between the
three Powers. '
The Memorial Diplomatique says : We persist in
-
• affirming that the despatch of a collective and identi
cal reply has been agreed on between the three
Courts. We do not say too much when we assert
that, in their reply to the St. Petersburg Cabinet,
the three Courts will term themselves " allies "—an
expression which, under the circumstances, requires
no further comment. Authentic information enables
us to deny the report that the summons of M. De
Balabine to St. Petersburg will soon be followed
by the recall of the ambassadors of Russia from
Paris and London.
The'Memorial also formally denies that Italy has
endeavored to thrust herself into the union of the
Powers with a view of eventualities, and says that
Austria bas already paid dearly enough for her de.
fection in 1554 to deprive her 'of all desire of repeat
ing it. Her intimate agreement with the Powera
does not leave the slightest chance for Italy.
La France says the Emperor is expected at St.
Cloud on the sth. La France asserts that the English
Cabinet, which had appeared to adhere to the project
of addressing an identical note'to Russia, now hesi
tates to take that course, thinking it right to give
Russia time for reflection without immediately pro
voking a fresh reply.
The same journal says
• Prince Gortschakoffislre
ply to, Count Rechsberg seems to be a definite proof
of a diplomatic rupture between Russia and Austria.
The Prince's despatch has excited universal repro
bation at Vienna- The military and constitutional
parties are offended, and counsel the Emperor to
ereist in the Wt s' ern alliance.
The coolness between the two Powers appears to
be very serious. Certain documents state that the
Polish insurrection has just obtained great advan
teca in Lubin. The Paris correspondent to the
Times Says official`accounts lately pnblisbed esta
blishes the fact of the progressive improvement of
French trade in general.
Some excitement was created in the Paris corn
market by the report that the Czar hsd prohibited
the export of Corn and flout from the Russian Em
pire. -
The prospect of the French harvest is so good that
there is a probability wheat may be exported from
France, rather than a necessity for its importation.
The new wheat is of excellent quality. •
The Paris Flour market was quiet.
The Paris Bourse has been Inanimate, Rentes
closed at 67f.
FRANCE
AUSTRIA. AND PRUSSIA
The Paris Monileur publishes in conspicuous type
an article from the Weimar papers, called the
'‘Deutschland, ,, warmly congratulating Austria
upon being more than ever decided upon making
common cause with the Western Powers, whether
in the way of ulterior negotiations or for stronger
measures.
The Deutschland throws into strong contrast with
the conduct of Austria the selfish and anti-national
character of the policy of Prussia, who, instead of
acting in concert with her German neighbors, gives
moral aid to Russia by her equivocal bearing.
lIIMI
In the Chamber of Deputies, a bill for the repres
sion of brigandage was approved. The Chamber
sanctioned the purchase by the Government of the
- Victor Emmanuel Railroad, and the concession of
the Lailac Company of the right to construct a rail
road, facilitating communication between Calabria
and Sicily. The session ended August let.
A bard of fifty-three Neapolitans, Spanish, and
Bavarian brigands have entered Italian territory
near Soro. The Italian troops diapereed them.
.OLAIN D
The Jotatia/ of St. Petersburg publishes a decree of
She National Government at Warsaw, dated July
5, ordering a forced loan of 21,000,000 Polish florins.
The Polish leader Wieniewelti has been totally
defeated' by the Russians near Stranuch.
niewski is reported killed, and"only about forty . of
his detaehnient succeeded in escaping.
A proclamation issued by the National Govern
ment of Warsaw rejects every compromise not based
upon the independence of Poland with the restora
tion of the boundaries of 1112,
The proclamation calls on the people of Lithuania,
the Kingdom df Poland, and all Heuesen to rise in a
general insurrection.
Four insurgent leaders were hanged before the
citadel of Warsaw on July t 9.
Upwards of fifty persona have been arrested in
Kalisch and subjected to great ill treatment. Sixty
nine persons have been tom:m.oo6d to Orenburg
from. Warsaw and incorporated with the penal com
panies of tbe army. The force of the Polish leader
Ohurielinski defeated the enemy at Seeman on the
29th July,
RUSSIA
A telegram from St. Petersburg, of August 2d,
says a despatch hae been published from Prince
Gortschakoff to the Charg6 d'Affairs at Vienna,
with regal dto Count Rechberg's note. The des
patch expreEses surprise to find that Count Rech
berg has hinted the possibility of Russia en
tertaining a reservation, and proceeds "We
have deduced no approbation from the Aus
trian note of June 18th, and have anticipated, her
refusal for conference. We have not dreamed of es
tablishing any assimilation between-Gallicia and
Poland, but tradition precedents, and the assistance
received by the insurgents of (3-allicia, attest their
common interests, and show the necessity of an un
derstanding between the three Northern Courts.
"The proposition for a ctnference was received in
a friendly spirit in conformity with the relations and
interests of the two courts, and we should reject any
different interpretation."
The despatch terminates with an expression of
Prince Gortschakoff's regret that the note of Count
tieclaberg presages a different impression.
Intelligence from St. Petersburg says that the Em
peror of Russia has issued an ukase declaring free
landholders the 2,000,000 peasants who are tenants
of the Crown domains and appendages.
DENMARK AND SWEDEN.
The Copenhagen Fadrelandet considers an alliance
between the Scandinavian monarchies to be near at
hand. The Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, in
a note addressed to the Comets of London and Paris,
protests energetically against the intention of the
German Federal Diet to exercise its influence upon
the affairs of Schleswig by a Federal execution in
Holstein.
A telegram from FlensbUrg, of August Ist, says
the Government has decided not to sanction the re
quest of the Diet for an alteration of the 'regula
tions as to the use of the Danish language in
churches, for education, in courts - of law, and for
general business in the districts of Schleswig in
habited by a mixed population. '
MEMO
A telegram from Berlin, of August 2d, says :
"Accoming to letters received here from St. Peters
bui g, the Invalids Rinse contradicts the statement of
the 'Memorial Drplornatique' that Russia, in view of
the bad effect produced by .the replies of Prince
Gortschahoff to the three Powers, was disposed to
accede to the proposal of a conference of the Powers
who signed the Treaty of Vienna."
TURKEY
The Levant Herald contradicts the rumors of min
isterial changes, and announces that the Sultan has
addreesed a letter to Fund Pacha,Rapressing una
bated confidence in him. g
PORTUGAL.
The state of the Queen's health is very satisfacto
ry. The Duke Penthierve leaves shortly for New
York on board the American .frigate Macedonia.
There is every probability that the ministers will
not renew the tobacco contract, and that the com
merce in this article will be thrown open. The keels
of two new corvettes have been laid at the Royal
Arsenal.
MADAGASCAR
A despatch from Reunion, of July 4th, says IMM.
Dupre and Lambert have arrived here. Alter the late
events in Madagascar they had an interview with
the Governor in reference to the course which they
ought then to pursue. It is asserted that they re
solved to proceed to Tananarivo and demand the ra
tification of the treaty.
The sugar crop this season will only be a moderate
one, on account of the prevalence of the cane dis
ease.
Ship NOW's.
Naw YORK, August C.—Arrived, steamer Bre
;-12nen, from Bremen; steamer City of Washington,
from Liverpool; ship Compromise, from. Bordeaux;
bark Observer; from Dublin; bark Satellite, front
ißelfrat; bark -.Pibitz, from Cardiff; bark .Tobn
Gri t tin, from Sagua ; brig Gold Hunter, from Lin
gau ; brig Tereaga, from Cienfuegos ; brig Magna
Marta, from Lingau ; brig Billow, from Hillsboro.
N. S.; schr. Jammont, from Lingua; echr. Lone
Star, from Ponce, P. R.
Spoken August 15, Bark Celestial, from Genoa,
for Philadelphia ; Aug. 11, bark. Iris, 41 days for
Baltimore.
- Ships Constitution and General McClellan, from
Liverpool.
Below—Bark J. C. Rabming, from Nassau.
Slllol:3Liat AND 13.0 . 811113 LE DISIIAZE.—Some ten
months ago Mr. Chas. Monroe, of Fairhaven, was
at Lagos and at Acra, on the Guinea Coast, whither
he had sailed as mate with Captain Post, in the
bark Elizabeth, and while there he drank of the,
water of that part of the world, without thinking to
take the precautions commonly in use among the
natives for the prevention of a terrible disease
known as the Guinea worm. It appears that the
Africans always boil this water before drinking, in
order to destroy the minute, invisible egg of the
worm, which is so small that it is absorbed by the
blood vessels from the stomach, and is in that man
ner distributed in various parts of the body, usually
the legs, where it is hatched. and after a long time
makes its appearance -in the shape of - a white
threadlike NOOllll 3 pointed on both ends, and it
twines and twists all about the muscles, and veins,
and arteries, but produces no particular feeling of
uneasiness, until some part`of its body comes near
the skin, when bad inflammation takes place.
It was in March last that Mr. Monroe began to
be troubled with them, and for three months he has
not walked a step. He is now at the. Connecticut
State hospital, under treatment, and one worm has
been taken from the bottom of his foot that mea
sures over two feet long. The way it is done is this :
When the surface of the skin is so pricked or irri
tated as to show where the " critter is, a thread is
fastened to him, and a small weight attached to the
other end of the thtead. The worm gets tired of
pulling so steady a strain, and gives ground a trifle
day by day, and, as he conies out, a little spool
winds him up until he is all up. The pain is very
great. For forty nights Mr. Monroe hardly slept,
on account of the suffering.
One worm is now 11l process of being drawn from
his heel, and those medical men who have never
seen a case of the kind are much interested. Great
care has to be taken not to pull too hard, because
the worm would break- and trouble be much pro.
longed. Its medical name is drammacidus, and it
grows to be several feet in length. It is endemic in
hot countries. When the bother "commences, it ap
pears under the skin, like a varicose vein, and after
a painful boil has been formed and the skin broken,
the head ofthe animal is discovered. Mr. Monroe is
very patient under this strange affliction, and we
hope before long to see him restored to health.—
New Haven Journal.
BITTEN' BS A BATTLESZTARII.—The folly of making
pets of rattlesnakes by putting them in boxes and
carrying them about bra show. has been again ex
emplified at Harrisburg, Pa. On Wednesday Mr.
J. A. McKnight, of Perry county, was dangerously
bitten by one of these snakes under the following
circumstances : He had captured the snake in Perry
county, and had caged him in a box watch had a cir
cular opening in the top, over which he placed a
piece of glass. In this he brought the snake to
Harrisburg, and exhibited him to his friends as a
curiosity, the reptile being a very large one.
While carrying the box along Market street, about
ten o'clock that night, the glass was broken by some
means. Mr. WK. clapped his hat over the aperture,
but the serpent at the same instant thrust his head
out and struck his fangs into the side of the keeper's
hand. The hand soon began to awell from the bite,
and the whole arm became twice as large as usual.
The wounded man adopted perhaps the best means
of counteracting the virus, that of swallowing large
quantities of whisky, over a quart of which he is
said to have taken. He was at last accounts doing
well, although still suffering. The reptile was de
spatched immediately after giving the bite. He must
have been a patriarch among the rattlers, being
ornamented with fourteen rattles, which would
indicate that his age amounted to seventeen years.
Genrren.ar. Gmonon G. ATEADE.—A. letter from the
Army of the Potomac, copied from another journal
into the Chronicle of yesterday, and evidently writ
ten in a disloyal interest, in which the removal of
General George G. Meade from the Army of the
Potomac is foreshadowed, would have never ap
pealed had it first met the eye of the editor or pro
prietor. Without reference to the great deservings
of General Meade, and to his uncontested merits and
abilities, we must say that ":The Daily Chronicle,"
either by word or by implication, never attacks a
brave soldier while in the field serving his country.
The business of exaggerating or depreciating the
services of generals by army correspondents is at
once injurious and trifling, and can never bejustifted
save by illustrious talents or obscure incapacity. it
is enough for us to know that George G. Meade is clothed
with the confidence of his Government at the present
meriting. This fact protects him from our censure,
and assures and secures to him our undeviating sup•
poi t.-- Washington Chronicle.
MOVEMENTS OF TEE ARMY OP THE POTOMA.'6.—
A letter from Sulphur Springs, Va., 10% instant, to
the Boston Traveller, eays
"You will perceive by the beading of this letter
that, though the Army of the Potomac has not
moved with alacrity enough to compel Lee to fight,
yet it is by no means idle. The cal rn which appears
to prevail is but the one that precedes the storm.
Of the nature of our preparations it is not discreet
to speak at present, and any allusion to the disposi
tion of our forces at such a period would indeed be
criminal. Suffice it to say that General liteade is
moving cautiously, and with as much rapidity as
this' intensely warm weather will admit. The ex
pectant and loyal may rest assured that when the
trumpet shall sound the grand advance, our devoted
and unflinching army will be thoroughly organized,
and strong enough to prevent any more disgraceful
retreats over the Potomac."
A'DVEL IN NEW SERSET.—A duel occurred in
New Jersey, opposite the city of, New York, on
Friday last. The actors were a young officer of
artillery—son of an eminent naval officer—and a
lieutenant in the Bth Infantry, -a detachment of
which is at present quartered on Governor's Island.
Pistols were the weapons. Three shots were ex
changed without effect. The result of the fourth
was more sanguinary. The challenger, struck in
the neck by the bullet of his adversary, fell bleeding
and senseless, but reviving within a few momenta,
inquired' with undaunted pluck whether the time
had strived for another round." His strength,
however, failed to match his courage, and the duel
was pronounced at an end. Happily for the parties
concerned, the sufferer in the affair is rapidly re
covering. The duel originated from an alleged in
sult to a lady.
VILLAIIIY.—The Cincinnati Gazette says ::A das
tardly and villainous attempt was made last eve
ning to throw the train having on board the 129th
Ohio, off the track just before it would enter Xenia.
Early in the evening a couple of men entered the
Xenia ddpot office and inquired when thd train
would arrive. They were told that it would reach
there in advance oh the freight train, then on its
way to Xenia. Luckily, the soldier train was de
layed, and the freight train was thrown from the
track by a T rail. Considerable damage was done,
but no lives were lost. The two men referred to are
suspected of being the ones who committed the foul
deed, and their intention doubtless was to commit a
wholesale slaughter of the men belonging to the
129th.
IDIAIID SEA.-oapt. West, of
the r British brig Mountaineer, arrived here • this
morning from Cow Bay, ((Jape Breton,) reports that
on the Bth that., in latitude 42 degrees, longitude. 67
degrees, he heard a heavy cannonading. It lasted
two hours, and appeared as if an engagement was
going on. There Wes a dense fog at the time, and he
could not make observations at any considerable
distance,—lf, Post, rim,
FERSONLJ.
The latest landscape of Paul Weber, "Lego
Maggiore," is noticed in cordial terms by the Ger
man press. A. critical authority remarks that "it is
a picture of which his country may be proud. It is
in itself an idyl, although lofty in its dignity, and
everywhere undisturbed in the purity of its har
mony." Paul Weber is an artist, whom Nature, in
one of her happy moods, has selected as her disciple
and loved apostle.
—We are gratified to learn that Lieutenant Colo
nel E. N. Hallowell, of the filth Regiment, is rapid-
ly recovering from the wounds received at the as
sault upon Fort Wagner. He will shortly make a
visit to the seaside in Massachusetts, to facilitate
his convalescence, and hopes soon to rejoin his regi
ment. He speaks highly of the admirable valor and
courage of the 64th in the attack upon Wagner.
The recent report which placed General Couch
at Newburyport, on a pleasure party with several
distinguished Democratic politicians, is a mistake.
The General has remained constantly in hie depart
ment, and is now attending to his dutiea at Chain
bersburg,
The late rebel Lieutenant General Theophilus
Hunter Holmes was, we are told, an old man, unfit
for important command at any time of hie life, and
particularly unfit of late years on account of his in
dulgence in intoxicating liquors. Nobody but Jeff
Davis ever had any confidence in his capacity. Jeff;
however, adhered to him with the same 111. advised
and obstinate tenacity which has distinguished his
course in regard to Van Dorn, Pemberton, and other
unpopular men in the Southwest. General Sterling
Price succeeds Holmes in command; but as Davis
has heretofore kept Price—a man of but little self
assertion—in a subordinate position, it is presumable
that some new commander will be sent to Arkansas.
Holmes was upward of seventy years old. 'she
rebels lost a much more valuable officer while on the
march from Vicksburg to a paroled camp. Major
General John S. Bowen was taken sick about the
time he left there. His disease was one of those
malignant fevers so common in this climate. Being
unable to travel, he was left at a farm-house in the
neighborhood of Raymond, and there died—for want
of proper medical attendance, perhaps.
-- Walter S. Church, says the New York Evening
Post, has eceived the appointment of colonel to the
26th Regiment of the National Guard. Mr. Church
is the proprietdr of the manorial property, formerly
owned by the Van Reneselier family, in .Albany
county. He was opposed to the three million bill
passed by, the Legislature of 18611 and a personal
difficulty which he had with Palmer, the sculptor,
two years ago, when the latter reproved him for
uttering what he regarded as treasonable sentiments,
is generally remembered.
-- General Halbert E. Paine, who was seriously
wounded before Port Hudson, has published a letter
declining to be a candidate for Governor in the ap
proaching Union Convention of Wisconsin, and ex
pressing his earnest wish to return to the field as
soon as his health will permit. The letter closes as
follows :
"If I had supposed that so many of the people of
Wisconsin would honor me as they have done, in
respect of the State ticket and otherwise, I should
have hesitated to return borne from the Department
of the Gulf. for it is easier to meet the arms of este
mies than the unmerited praise of friends. But I
hope, on my return to the field, to engage with such
increased zeal and diligence in the service of our
country as shall contribute to thelmaintenance of the
honor of this State, and testify my gratitude to its
generous people." "
-- Among the prisoners captured by General
Banks at Port Hudson was Captain Lewis formerly
of Laneaboro, Massachusetts, but at the time in
command of a South Carolina rifle company. Lewis
was a native of South Carolina, but resided some
years ago in Massachusetts. He was a member of
the Legislature of that State, together with General
Banks, in 1851, and the two cast their votes for
Charles Sumner for United States Sgpator. The
General recognized his old Democratic fello w-laborer
among the prisoners. What is equally curious is the
fact that but for the vote of Mr. Lewis no Senator
could havebeen chosen.
Miss Lander, the soulptress, has presented to
the Emit India Marine Society, of Salem, Macs the
original east of one of her moat elaborate groupa,
"The Captive Pioneer Mother and Daughters."
—General ;fames Barnes, having sufficiently re
covered from his wounds at Gettysburg, left his
home at Springfield, Mass., on Friday, to join his
command in the Army of the Potomac.
The Cleveland Herald says that John A.
Gurley is lying dangerously ill at his home, near
Lick Run, Ohio.
--Senator Wade, of Ohio, is spending the summer
at "Watch Hill," a favorite resort on the Connecti
cut coast
Sword Presentation to General Wynltoop.
On Saturday evening last the citizens of Potts
ville, availing themselves of the temporary sojourn
of Col. Sohn Estelle Wynkoop, (called home by se
rious illness,) presented him with a magnificent
Sword, for his gallant services in Tennessee, while
in command of the' th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Col.
Wynkeop, true to the ancient instincts of his family,
has distinguished himself, from the outset to the
present era of the war for the Union;in a series of
bold and gallant exploits in the field, which elicited
from his fellow-citizens of Pottsville one of the
most magnificent testimonials ever .presented to a
soldier. Having been transferred (owing to the re
cent emergency) from his heroic regiment to a bri
gade command in the Department of the Susque
hanna, his friends availed themselves of his pre
sence to bestow upon Mai the testimonial refer
red to.
The Wynkoop family have figured in all the pa
triotic struggles of this country, to establish and
maintain free institutions, and we have now four or
five brothers engaged in high positions in the army,
on the side of Union and freedom. Of these I Col
•
John E. Wynkoop is unquestionably one of the
bravest and the most daring; hence, Schuylkill
county has presented him, after twenty seven months
of hard and unremitting service in the: field, with
the tribute mentioned, and heralds him forth to the
world as her champion and her offspring . B.
Public Entertainments.
NEW. CHESTNUT-STREET THEATRE.—The Marti
netti and Marzetti troupe, the membera of which
during the last week have nightly experienced the
pleasant greetings of full
~houses, has concerted
means of insuring` a furtherance of success. Within
a very_ short time they:will have attached to them
selves the prestige which has already attached else
where to THE GHOST. In a night or two this fasci
nating goblin will make his - abilf. Although one
is accustomed to ghosts ta tragedies rather than
in other branches of the drama, we should not be
surprised to learn that this first "appearance" will
take place in pantomime, a practical exemplifica
tion that there's nothing serious in mortality. At
Ibis rate, ere theinillennium, the stage maybe trans
figured into a charnel house ; the dry bones of the
dead drams.will be but feebly awakened, and at beat
present but a mummy-like aspect. To speak se
riously, however, of this very serious theatrical sub
ject, always remembering in connection with the
subject that it is a grave affair, it is certain that
THE GHOST will make his (or her) introductory
tongs at the earliest possible moment ; that he (or
she) will be supported by a pains.taking and dex
terous company; and that every measure, has been
taken to ensure the eclat of success. Perhaps no more
drlicate compliment to a' ghost could be conveyed
than by allowing it the pantomimic expression of its
emotions. Apparitions are not loquacious, akele
tons are not over given to waltzing. Their dance
of death is over. Banquo is addicted to shaking hia
gory locks, and the only pointed remarks he made
were those indicated at his throat with his fore
finger. Hamlet, senior, was exceptibnal, and must, in
his lifetime, have been a sort of royal conversationist.
The beings of another world have generally seemed
to be persuaded that the less said about their past
life the better. Probably they have the beat of rea
sons for thinking so. Pantomimes are not intelli
gible to everybody. The access of intelligence,
however, which will be crowded into the " Green
Monster," or the "Red Gnome," or whatever other
time honored piece of dumb-show may be selected
from.the Ravel archives, will doubtless become con
tagious, spread from the stage to the side-boxes ;
diffuse itself with alarming rapidity throughout the
, audience, and culminate in a legitimate " sensa
, tion. ,, If we , are to argue from the past, it may be
safely predicted that those who are ready to die of
ennui, and who are disparaging everything bearing
the name of amusement, are not willing to give up
THE GHOST.
WE anvil received from 13 ) . P. Reimer, photogra
pher, a photograph, stereoscopic view, and carte de
visite, of Camp William Penn, at Chelton Mlle, with
a view of the Third Colored Regiment in the fore
ground. The pictures are very finely executed, and
can be obtained at 11,Ir. ReilllEV'S gallery.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OP BOOTS, SEOES, AND
LEATIMIL—The attention of purchasers is requested
to the large and general assortment of boots, shoes,
brogans, balmorals, leather, &c., embracing samples
of 1,100 packages of prime and fresh goods, of city
and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold by
catalogue, on four months' credit, commencing this
(Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock, by Sohn B. Myers
.Sz. Co., auctioneers, Nr. 232 and 234 Market street.
EI4ZECTITORS' PEREDIFTORT SALE.- Estate of
James C. Fisher, Esq., deceased—over 68 feet front
on Chestnut street, adjoining the Kuhn estate, See
Thomas & Sons' advertisement, third page, in to
'day's Press:
FATAL ACCIDENT. — A gentleman, SUp
posed to be Alfred T. Marshall, an attorney at hcs ,
from < Carlisle, Pa., was run over, yesterday after
noon, in Broad street, and died soon afterwards.
C T ITEM
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPH' FRAMES.
—Messrs. Wenderoth & Taylor (formerly Broadbent
& Co.), the celebrated Photographers, Nos. 912, 914,
and 916 Chestnut street, have constantly on hand a
splendid assortment of Frames of all sizes and styles,
which they sell at lowest manufacturing prices.
They are also executing to order, for Messrs. McAl
lister & Brother, a splendid set or card photographs
Of distinguished persona for the album.
OLD PORT WINE FOR MEDIcIisTAL
rosx.9.—The proprietors of the popular old grocery
stand of the late C. R. Mattson, Arch and Tenth
streets, have now in store a fresh supply of pure old
Port Wine of the finest brand, expressly imported
by themselves for medicinal purposes.
EFFECTS OF MENTAL EXCITEMENT.—=A.
scientific writer says that bad news weakens the ac
tion of the heart, oppresses the lungs, destroys the'
appetite, stops digestion, and partially suspends all
the functions of the system. Powerful emotion
often hills the body at a stroke ; Chilo, Diagoras,
and Sophocles died of joy at the Grecian games.
The doorkeeper of Congress expired upon hearing
of the surrender of Cornwallis. We hope no such
effect will follow to any of the patrons of Charles
Stokes & Co.'s OrnoPriee, under the Continental,
from joy on trying on their first suit from that
establishment.
SniPS OF PROGRESsioN.—Mau creeps into
childhood, bounds into youth, sobers into manhood,
softens into age, totters into second childhood, and
walks straight to the Brown Stone Clothing, fall
of Rockhill Wiliam, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut
street, above Sixth, when he wants to procure an
elegant . and comtortable suit that is worthy of the
name. This great establishment keens on increasing
in popularity, and 'its facilities keep pace with the
strain upon. them.
Ecoxomy.—Speaking of economy, a writer
ottYs : " Economy is a clever fellow. The more you
know him the better he appears. For keeping a
man out of trouble with the tailor, butcher, boot
maker, and grocer, he is equal to a regiment of
police officers. Seek his rtcquaintance, therefore, by
buying only the elegant summer styles of clOthea of
Granville Stokes' make. No. 609 Chestnut street."
FINANCIAL AND 4)OMBIERCIAL.
TILE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, August 17, 1863,
The week opens actively in stocks, and dull is
gold and general business. Money is still very plenty,
but rather better rates are obtained for it, 5@6 being
the ruling figures.
The conversions into the flue-twenty loan fell off
last week to almost half a million a day. This was
not owing to any decline in the popularity of the
loan, but to the fact that the period of converting is
unlimited, and people, therefore, are merely taking
their time to invest, a very natural result of the
extension of the privilege. It is admitted on alt
sides that the Government is far stronger to-dae -
Wean it has been any time during the war, and con
sequently there is less reason to doubt the financial
ability to pay her obligations. The probabilities are
that the interest bearing legal tender notes will be
issued during the coming fall, which, with the con
versions, the certificatea and the sources of internal
revenue will provide the Government with sufficient
means for another year, by which time the rebellion
will be E 0 far gone that it will only take a good gripe
to crush out its' vitals entirely.
Gold was quiet and steady at 1253,1@%, closing at
the latter. The speculative interest appears to have
fallen off, and there are now in the field only those
who require the article for commercial purposes, and
some buyers who desire to hoard.
The Stock market opened with a stronger feeling
and a tendency to higher figures. The public are
beginning to take hold of stocks, and from the vast
amount of idle capital afloat, the indications are
that a period of great speculation is upon us. It
only requires a victory or two more, say Charleston
and Mobile, to fully satisfy those who were in
doubt as to the maintenance of the Union, and were
holding their means until an appareit security was
offered to the stock market by the absence of ti
dings which might create a panic. The increasing
confidence that Charleston will be captured, is hay
ing weight with operators, and orders are freely
coming to purchase.
eqovernment and State loans are steady. New
City sixes sold freely at 106 X, the old at 102.1‘.
Reading convertibles sold at 118. 114 was bid for
North Pennsylvania tens, 94 for the sixes, 101% for
Pennsylvania let mortgages, 105 for 23 do, 108 for
Elmira sevens, 103 for Camden and Amboy 1889's.
Reading Railroad shares were active at 59%1459,
closing at the latter. Catiwissa sold at 6, the pre
ferred at 943e,', an advance of If. North Pennsyl
vania fluctuated between 1934020. Philedelphia
and Erie was in demand at 26; Long Island at 40%;
Camden and Atlantic preferred at 19%; 35 was bid
for Elmira; 47% for Little Schuylkill ; 64 for Penn
sylvania; 'l2 for Beaver Meadow.
Canal securities were in. demand. Susquehanna
shares at 15, the bonds at 65% .. . Union Canal bonds
sold at 24%. Schuylkill Navigation common stock
sold at 62%, the preferred at 243f-1882 sixes selling
at 82; 68 was bid for Lehigh, 44 for the scrip ; 68 for
Morris • 42 for Delaware Division.
Lehigh Zinc. sold at 49 ; Girard Bank at 40. Pas
senger Railways dull; the market closed steady,
5,500 shares and $35,000 in bonds changing hands.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds. 1691. ..106lier6E
United. States new Cert. of Didebtellness...... 99%%637
United States old Cert. of Indebtedness 10DP4101%
United States 7 3-10 Notes.. 9107
Quartermasters' Vouchers ai3l
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness.—..... .7/6054 .xis.
Gold
Sterling Exchange • • • ............
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities,
ern., as fellows:
United States Sixes. 1891
Unitbd States 7 3-10 Notes....
Certificates of Indebtedness.
Dodo. .....
Quartermasters' Vouchers.
Demand Notes
Cold
1: Sales five-twenties to. day. $461:4500•
Messrs. yd. Schultz & Co., No. 18 South Third
street, quote foreign exchange per steamer City of
Manchester, from New York, as follows:
PHILADELPHI.I, Angnst 17. 1881.
London, 60 days' sight 138 80133% .
Do. 8 Sava 138%E139
Paris. 60 days' sight 4f 05 fie
Do. 3 days f 07%
Antwerp, 60 days' sight i f Rano
Bremen..o days' sight 100; 8 0 46
Hamblin 60 days sight 45%41 Mt
Cologne. 60 days' sight 92.W.in 93
Leipsic, 60 days' sight 921
93
93
Berlin, 60 days' sight 92k.
Amsterdam. 60 days 'sight MN et
Frankfort. 60 days sight
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The followhig statement shows the condition of
the Banks of Philadelphia at various times during
1862 and 1863:
57,046,E
33,617,960
33,&'59,.357
,S26la-.
11,514,Z15.
37,679,676
37,26&594
'7,901,06 0
36,603,571
3.9 56 364
SS 919,612
37.616 511
16 2.19 462
&6: 2 45,614
32,0.56
136 587,294'
36.693,179
36,547,301
37116,09'3
37.141.9'7
137, 07,7 M
,37,167,7 M
I. 7,219,216
37,240,663
4.5,93-,611
34,5e6,F4 -,
34 C6 ) ,966'
34 517,347 f
• 1,410,1791
I '4 6 5,241
‘35,111,2471
JanuarY 6. • •-• •
August 4. ..... .
September 1....
October 6
November
December 1.... •
January 5 1563
February 2.. • •
March 2. • • •
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Alfnat ii l
The. New . York Post of to-day says
- -
Gold is more firm this morning in consequence of
the news that the bombardment of Charleston did
not begin on Friday, as was _anticipated. Having
sold as high as 1903 : ,:, it closed at M 1,..
The bank statement this week shows an increase
of $581.927 in deposits, and a decrease in circulation
of $92 : 847 in specie of $581,635, and in loans of
$1,254,309. - The only important change is the de
cline of a million and a quarter in loans, while the
drain of the deposits, which has continued for three
weeks, has ceased. '
The loan. market is full to repletion. Capital
seeking investment is accumulating so rapidly that
lenders are glad to accept 5 per cent., and to go in
Anent of borrowers at this rate. We hear of few
transactions this morning above 0%, and of none
higher Than G.
Mr. Cisco, the Assistant Treasurer of the United
States, has given notice to the holders of Temporary
Loan Certificates, payable in gold coin, that he will
pay them on the 25th. inst., and that interest will
cease after that date. This amount, $2,350,000, com
pletes the re-payment of all the gold borrowed by the
Government here.
Governments are firm; border State bonds steady;
bank shares quiet'; railroad bonds strong, and rail
road shares buoyant.
Exchange is firmer. Foreign bills are selling
at 138%, with a fair demand. Of mercantile bills
the supply is small. . .
The appended table exhibits the chief movements
of the market compared with the latest prices of
Saturday evening:
Mon. Sat. Adv. Dec:
17. 8.65, 1/331. reg•----105 115 .. - • .
G. 8.65.1381. sou.-- -106 10634• • 3£
It B. seven-thirties. ••• 10734 DM 14
ME 1 year Corti! gold. .101% 101% i'...
G. S. I vr. Cert. zurr'ncy 99.34 99% K
American g01d..—.—.12.5.34 1243‘ 3:4 ..
Tennessee 65............656a............ 65 ..
--.
Missouri es. • ------. 70% 70% .. ..
Pacific Mail. --.........M5 235 .- ..
N.Y. Central 329% 127% 2% ..
Brie --.....10334 107.31 31 • •
Brie preferred. ....--104% 103% 1 • .
Hudson River— • ...-.149% l% ..
Elarlem.--_-... —.170 ' 163 7 -. Harlem preferred.. .....152 141 11 ..
Reading .. . . ... . ........117% 117 1.. i. ..
Mick. Centred .. . —....--.117.% lls % 134 ..
Sikh. Southern-.«...•.11134 '109% 2
Mich. So. gnar..........1183C 119% . - g
Wing& Can scrip 123 123 .. - • .
Cleveland& Pittsburg. - 97% 9.534 2%
Galena 106% lee% . •
Cleveland&Toledo 115 11554 •
... 34
Chicago & Sock Island. ICS% 1073 i 34 ..
Fort Wayne.. ........ .... 90% 06 4.`.4 ..
Canton 3234 31...34 -
Prairie du Chien £33 Gel . ii
Alton & Terre Haute. - 61% 6334 • • 1X
37%
Chicago ac Northweat'n 37.34 • • - •
lada. Stock Exch
CEeDorted Vs B. E. Ste
/LEST
2000 City 6s, new. rag 1065;
1500 do new. 106 Y.
1000 do new. ..2drs 1064
2500 do now • • •-b51 0 6.4 .
500 do, new....reg 1064
2000 Reading 6s, '56.... 115
10f0 do 116
100 Pf Penna. b 5 19%
100 do. s6O 1934
100 do b 5 .1930
200 o BY,
160 Soh d n Bay pref. .. b .• 5
2730
100 do prof...bswn 2434
Catavissan pref••• 204
50 do pref • • •• - 24.4"
150 do pref. •cash 244.
3 Phila. &Erie B
72 do 153,"
16 do 554
200 do 2.6
SECOND
SPrilee4criti.. .. . 15%
475 Pena a 6s.
8000 Susq Canal bds:l,3o 65
100 Soo Canal 15
380 do b 515
1:0 do ' bri 15
180 Wy orningValley 00
60 Lo3tir island 11..• • • 40%
80 Reb. iNav pref ....b5 24m.
Iooloeading R (SA
%106 X
...-10634%107
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Cl earin
. 4 4 3.11 1 ,165 17
2,972.327 51
. 2,6 4 3,349 16
. 2,61'0,732 95
. 9,643,5.9541
2,756,612 36
$17,219.762 59 SI
alancreis.
em. 822 79
aq6,475
278,849 86
,88,079 25
396.683 65
332,761 06
.1.990,661 76
4,145,2 D, 33,,246,012
5,026,070.414,658,289
- 7,071,35:". 14,597,599
5,095,704 Z,412,340
4,,990,..2,93%714
4,511,394! 25,235,928
1.504,115 i ,E,4,1.94
1,181,5433;•3),231,753
1,696,(27180,178,513
3,6;2,9741 10,679,259
3,581,880180,549,587
8,2A5,822 ' :0,108,135
3,M,104 1 29,171,353
2374.413120,531,559
3,296,635 :30,117,527
3,155,012131,059,644
3.078.921,21,027,799
12,924,428130,350,2 n
, 2,901,600' 80,049,723.
I 2.862,121 31,,303
'2,808,1091 02
32,455,153
12,7)6,953 ‘ 31,838,723
:2.649,2818!,54.9,:3N
12.619:233;31.519,539
12,596,115 ;31,2513,830
1 2555.3 55 5131.466,%4
~ ,5 84,59 ('35.501,544
2,507.
I . .,701,81:3
12,482,033129.931,608
2.413,463130,413,410
2,417,739'130,749,443
12,880,7201 80,513,981
i 2A11.315 ! 51,950,127
ge Sales. August 17.
Pkilladelphle Esau: m.. 1
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200 Phila &Erie 25
50 Cam Sr Allan pref.. 1034
50 do ... . .. . 1.93 g
150 do 19.1fi
50 Lehigh Zinc .:..:.. 49
100
150 Lone Island R. . .1) 40
do 5 40
WO do 40
200 do
100 do. .............. 40
400 do ...... ...... 40
30 do 40
SOO Bah Nav 6e, '83..•..
lt) SpruceSrPine 1i reg 1534
100 Sneg Canal. •-^•bs 15
200 do l5
100 do b 5 15
11000 Catawlesa B b 5 S
15 Girard 8ank....... 43
BOARD. - '
.
Green & Goatee R.. 4!
S 2 Phila & Erie R. 26
6 do. 26
It do 26
17060 Onion Canal ble... 244
I 500 City 64. 92 .......•102
15 N Penna l' 1934
4000 Sneq Canal 6e... b 5 65,ii
, 100)42 do 60.