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We have made arrangements for coating them on the reveree with a Mucilage 'trailer to that need on 'Postage Siamps. which is the most adhesive preparation ever di scovere d . &m en u, eueettnafantue thou., to pack. ages is thus avoided. MI - the gummed side need on ly be moistened to insure its firm adhesion. ADDRESS LABELS of this description are in almost universal nee among the merchants of England, and those who bare used them this city estimate highly their use fulness In avoiding , trouble and delay, in the PrePa-. ration of packages for delivez7. whether they are forwarded by distant points or' supplied to the local trade. Give them a trial. ow. All orders, bY City Fog or Mail, will receive wromnt attention., RINGWALT & BROWN, STEAM POWER PRINTERS, Nos. 111 sad 113 BOOTH FOURTH STREET. SEWING MACHINES. OUR LETTER' "A" 'FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, With all the new improvement% is the best and cheapest, and most beautiful Sewing Machine in the world. 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WEIOLESALE DRUGOISTS, IMPORTERS AND DIALERS . . /OR EM' AND DONESTIO - WINDOW AND PLATE GLAW3a XA.Ttr/AOTVRERi`ON WHITE LEAD AND ZING PAINTS.. PUTTY. &a Ann* Pen Tun OHLBERATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTSJ Dealer and sonsumer* salinlied at . 044. rimy LOW PRICES YOE OA S27F, TO $325 WILL ELF,. R- GANT 7-octave 'rosewciiid; Over - strung PIANO, warranted Ilve years. J. B. GOULD ins- tiirrififfTli *ad OGNSTNITT,, DRAFTS. PROORAIMBS, PAPER BOOKS, POSTERS LARGE SHOW-GARD% BLANKS, CHECK'S. LABELS. NOS. 1 AND 8 N. SIXTH STREET, WELPPERS. iplIN - E SHIRT 31A.NITFACTORY. = The subscribe'. would invite attention to his IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS. Which he makes s specialty in his busineu. Also. *on stantly receiving. NOTNLTIES FOR GEETLEMEN'S WEAN. J. W. SC/OTT, GENTLEMEN'S FITENISHINO STOBI. No. 514 CHESTNUT STREET, 1120-ti - Four doors below the Continental. NVA.TO . REB, TNT I.IOIITED PlUt ETELWEI 10110 PA. GOLD WATCHES, LADIES' 81Z1313, OP ABW WYLIE& 1/LVIR AIDER 3 AAD OTLINDEBB. IME=!! 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GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S. N 0.704 MARKET Street. mb2l-8m • ARMY GOODS. 1776. 1863. A 431- !I • SILK FLAGS!! BTJRGEES. PENINTS. UNION JACKS. STREAMERS: • - IS U N N GET BED, WHITE, AND BLUE. _ EVANS & HASSALJS MILITARY FURNISHERS, 1711.7-tf Ho. HIS ARCH SPRINT, Philadelphia. ARMY HATS, ARMY HATS. ADOLPH &I KEEN; No. BM North SECOND Street, Philadelphia, Manufacturers of all kinds of FELT HATS, _ - lava on hand it large assortment of all the various and moat approved styles of ARMY HATS. • Orders by mall from sutlers or Jobbers, will be promptly Ailed at the lowest rates. Je3o-3m GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. PELEULDELPHIA. JOIN 0. IERIBOR. ;70111:111LY MOORE.) IKPOILTRi ►DID, DEALER UN G4NTLIEMBN'S FURNISHING GK)ODS, DWINAI:MMIER OF TBS IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT. COLLARS, NATISTACTION au WATCHES AND JEWELRY. GILT AZORES AND .CYLINDREL ANORTS LID OTLIIIITIMSA For Sale at Lot► late. to the Trade, by D. T. PRATT. OMIBTITIIT STREW. FINE WATCH REPAIRING elkkZ attended to, by the mod experimmed workmen. did avoryArratoh warranted for one yeas. G. RIISISSILL. %% North SIXTH Strimkt. A O J. 0. FULLER, importer and, Wholesale Dealer In FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY, No. Yin CHESTNUT Street, Mr-stairs, opposite Mason% Temple.) Ku now open a I,AMGE AND COMPLETE STOCK', EMBRACING woWALED & CO.'S FINS AMERICAN WATHNS, GoLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES, /RD PIRS JEWELRY 07 EVERY DESCRIPTION. mr27-tan22' G. RUSSELL, FINE AMERICA [d and Imported WATCHES. sine Jewelry, S il ver and lated Ware, &c. Je27 ZS North SIXTH Street 0. FULLER'S FINE GOLD PEN% THE BEST PEN IN USE, 708 BALI IN ALL SIZES myr.-Sai FINE GILT COMBS DI EVART VARIETY IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND. COML.'," J. 0. FULLER: No. 112 CHESTNUT Streak s2l•s. VULCANITE RINGS. • tali assortment, all 'sizes and styles: J. C. FULLER, No. TIN CHESTNUT Stunk. maY92-ha MUSICAL BO)CES. r N SHE'LL AND ROSEWOOD OASES, playing from Ito 12 tunes, choice en and Arne* tam Melodlots. dt BROTH.E. Importers, 'awl SS* CHREPTTILIT Street- below lrnmils. WOOL 10,000 pounds Bat selected Ohio Fleece. Full Blood. WOOLEN YARNS- 70, 000 pounds, 20 to 30 cute, fine, Well-known makes. COTTON YARN. 30,000 pounds Nos. Bto 20's. of ftrot-class makes, In Warp. Bundle and Cop. .„ A. B. All numbers and descriptions procured at onus on ordain ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS, Sel9-pMALNITtf 18 North FRONT Street CHAS. MAGARGE Jr, CO. za WHOLESALE DEALERS IN PAPER. WAREHOUgt, NO. 80 SOUTH SIXTH ST., Offer to the . Trade a FRESH SUPPLY OF PAPER% received direct from the Mills, since the fire on the 6th July last (their damaged stock being mostly disposed 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, Felting% Twine. &c., Atc. JOSEPH B.• SHEWELL, 206 MARKET STREET, DRIED APPLES AND PEACHES PACKED FOR 'EXPORT OR GOVERNMENT USE; an1.4.2m • - • HOSPITAL - STORES-CONSISTING of assorted,Jellies ; Preserves, Byrom Condensed Milk, Mnninger's Beef Tea, Canned Fruits of all kinds, Oranves and Lemons. Farina, Corn Starch, ,Okoeoiero. Cocoa, Gelatine, Pickles, &a. RHODES & WILLIAMS, 1771 - WY /Kalb Walla - - - Obarge= - Drunkenneas on duty. Finding—Guilty. And the court does, therefore, sentence him; the said Second Lieutenant James H. Yen Nostrand. Company K, lit Regiment Long Island Volunteers, " to be cashiered.” 2. Second Lieutenant William H. Tanner, Com pany B, 65th Regiment New York Volunteers. Charge-Drunkenness on duty. - Finding---Giiilty. And the court does, therefore, sentence him, the said. Second. Lieutenant William H. Tanner, Com pany B. 65th Regiment New York Volunteers "to be cashiered." 3. Second Lieutenant Elisha B. Gregory, Com pany I, 65th Regiment New Yerk Vikunteers. Charge 1-Disobedience of orders. Charge 2—Disrespect towards his superior officer. finding—Cif the first charge, guilty ; of the second charge, guilty. -- And the court does therefore sentence him, the said. Second Lieutenant Elisha B. Gregory, Com. pally 65th regiment New York "to be dismissed the service of the united States?, IYNDEBOLOTHING. isfe. m - 722-too4 111. Before a general court martial, convened at headquarters, 2d brignde,-ist division, 6th corps, by virtue of special orders No. 44, July 29, 1863, of which Colonel C Edwards, sth Blaine Volun teers, is president. was arraigned and tried Private Thomas Jewett, Company sth regiment Blaine Volunteers. Chargc—Desertion. Finding—Guilty. • And the court does therefore sentence him, the said Private Thomas Jewett, Company. D, 6th Blaine Volunteers, to be shot to death with mus ketry, at such time and place as they Commanding General 'may direct," two•thirds of the members of the court concurring. • -IV. The proceedings of the general courts martial in the foregoing . cases having been transmitted, to the Major General commanding, the following are the ordei e thereon : - The proceedings, tinding . and sentence in the case of Lieutenant Hitchcock are approved: That officer aceordingly.ceases to belong to, the military, service of thetrnited States from August 4, 1.863, the date of the spetial order Issued ins hie case. i. The proceedings, -flndirigs, and sentences in the cases of Second Lieutenant James - Van Nos trend, Company K, let Regiment Long ,Island Vo lunteers ; Second Lieutenant William H. Tanner, Company B, 65th Regiment New York Volunteers, and Second Lieutenant Diem B. Gregory, Company I, 65th Regiment New York Volunteers, t are ap proved. These officers accordingly cease to belong to the military service of the United States from this date. , - • - In the ease of Private Jewett, the proceedings, finding and sentence are approved. The sentence will be carried into effect in presence of the division, on Friday, the 14th inst., between the hours of twelve M. and four o'elock P. M. By command of Major General MEADE. S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant General. Official—CaAs. E. PEASE, Ain't Adj't General. (Special Correspondence of The Press.] . AUGUST 14,1863 At 'Male, we could, now see what the engineer saw, who directed our movements in fortification, When we first came here. Our fatigue parties dug rifle pits, and prepared positions for batteries'where he placed his stakes. We cut down the Trees he de sign ated. Now the leaves are..deadened, Trees having been;out to the Big Black we have the'scope of it. The felled woods gives us a view of our whole posi tion, and of the uses of our pits. Every hill-top, and in the valleys below them, were covered and filled with our shelters. About the third of August the camps began to break up. We would wake in the morning to find the white spots had gone, like a dream, leaVing only the withered brush and the cane frames, the marks of former habitation. Gradually, day after day,- they melted away, until it became very desolate and lonely. - But I do not think troops received orders to - break camp with greater pleasure, fell in more readily, and !ramped off to the step of it livelier tune. I didn't hear one band - or drum corps play "The Girl Is Left Behind Me," a very commons tune when breaking camp in Kentucky. It was "The - Man in— the Moon," or "The Irish Volunteer," or some thing of that sort. It gave one a saddened feeling, to see a regiment march away to their music, the flags flying, their bayonets glistening in the morning sun, to think of the many who came with them with as buoyant step, with'a heart as full of hope, with as, manly strength, who go not back with them— whose being is marked only by yon little billows of earth, there on the hillside ;:but we see not the deep scars scored upon the hearthstones away off, up north. These mark our flow all along from the bluffs on the river of Death, across the Black to Jackson, and our ebb thus far. ' . We had the felicity (1) of being put on board the Emerald on Sunday, and have been,-.until to day, Friday, getting to Cairo. - Like the lizards-in-the fable, we were disposed to murmur because we crawled; but yesterday, stopping at a sunken coal barge to coal, we hailed the Leonora • passing us, asked who were on.board...".Bth Michigan." w long have you been on the wayl" "Nine days," growled . a fellow .that :was sweating on the guards, and probably swearing. This , closed. our mouths. "We would sooner be a lizard living than a stag It has been the fate of our corps to have passed much of our time on board of boats—from Anna polis, Md., to Fortress Monroe, to North and South Carolina, and in the varied waters , thereabout and since. We have experienced all sorts of treatment, at least enough to know who are kind and accommo dating and who are not, making every allowance for the limited circumstances that put comfort out of the power of the officers of the boat. Extortion was at a fearful rate on these steamboats until General Grant, with firm and discreet hand, prescribed their , bounds. Picking up'a Memphis Bulletin yesterday, and looking at the river news, there was a most nau seating half column of flattery of steamboat captains and clerks. The ingenuity of= the local itemizer in giving variety to it was the only refreshing feature. We know that some of it was false as it was ful some by personal experience. Officers after such a campaign'as we have been through have not enough money to fee these }fiscally Waiters, and, therefore, hadto suffer. Were we to particularize we might make ourselves as little as they were mean. But any one may imagine how, in a thousand ways, they made us uncomfortable. They were as cowardly as they were mean, and-had not our men been old campaigners, they would have created a panic among them when the boat struck a bar with such force as to make the boat shiver from end to end last night. WEST TENNESSEE CLEAR OF GUERILLAS— BR AGG AND JOHNSTON. PHILADELPHIA,. CINCINNATI, August B.—A despatch from Cairo to the Commerciid says that West Tennessee is clear ed of guerillas. Colonel Rowitt, commanding a bri gade that went. north, captured Colonel Campbell, of the 23d Temieasee, together with ten captains and Colonel Retch, of the 2d lowa, went to Paris and .drove out Richardson, Banes and Wilson's gueril las. - The 'lst Alabama cavalry returning to Glen dale with ten prisoners. The 18th <ivlissouri regi ment captured a captain and' five privates in the vicinity of Ripley. General Bragg at Chattanooga with 25,000 men. He has lost ten thousand by desertion. Johnston's army, numbering 25,000, is at Brandon and Enterprise. It has lost one-third by desertion. The mountains of North Alabama are full of de seiteis from Johnston's and Bragg's armies. The gunboat Cincinnati has been raised, and is now undergoing 'spell's at Vicksburg. Governor Shorter, of Alabama, has haled an ad- Unpins to the citizens of that State, urging upcin them the iinpressment of their slaves into the .Confederate eervice, - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1863. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Demonstratloni of the Rebels. HEADQUARTERS, AtTWA 16.--,A colored drummer deserted from General Lee's army , yesterday fore noon, and , came within our lines. Jle reports that on Wednesday morning the whole of General Lee's army, with the exception of General A. P. Hill's corps, moved from Culpeper Court House by the Fredericksburg road. He also confirms the stories of the demoralizatiOn of the North Oarolinn, Ten nessee, and Alabama troops. Those from North Carolina. In Hill's corps have openly revolted, and swear they will fight no longer. The Mississippi troops are clamorous to be sent home. The contraband deserter's story of the movements of the rebel troops is fully confirmed by the reports from our scouts. On Saturday a large force of rebel infantry and cavalry, with some artillery,. made its appearance on the south bank of the Rappahan nock, above Falmouth., Another story hi that they crossed at Fredericksburg on Friday night; but I consider the report of their crossing highly impro bable, ' Deserters, refugees, and prisoners are constantly coming, in from the rebel ltnes, and all confirm the stories of the great Want of confidence the rebel armies have in their Government, and say that the common talk in Lee's army in that its utter annihi lation is only a question of time. It is not thought that Lee intends to make any .violent demonstration by this movement towards Fredericksburg ; but rather that he Is making a show,of strength in our front to deter us from-'send ing troops to Charleston or elsewhere. General Humphreys, who is temporarily in coin. mend of the army, is fully aware of the rebel, movements, if not of their designs-; and I may - say, without trespassisg on forbidden ground, that such disposition of our own forces has been made as will checkmate any contemplated coup de main' on their - COURT MAIITIALB AND SENTENCES. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 73. ' -- READQOARFRS ARMY CO THE POTOMAC, CAMP NEAR MitEATITOWN, VEL., Aug. 7, 1863. I. Befere a ge eral. court martial, convened . at headquarters-2d Division, 12th Corps, in pursuance of General Orders No. 49; of Tune 22. 1863, and of which Lieutenant Colonel Eugene Powell, 66th Ohio Volunteers, is president, was arraigned and tried Second Lieutenant Valentine Hitchcock, Com 6 franc , G. 111th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Charge I—Cowardice in the presence of the enemy. Charge 2—Absense without' leave in the presence of the enerdy: . • Finding—OT the first charge, guilty; of the'second: charge : guilty. . And * the court does therefore sentence him, the said Lieutenant Valentine Hitchcock; Company. G, 111th Pennsylvania Volunteers,-" to be cashiered, and the name, crime, and place of abode, and pun ishment of the delinquent, be published in the news papers in and about the camp,.and of the particular State from which the offender eame, or where he usually resides." 11. Before a general court martial, cOnvened at headquarters. 3d Division, Gih Corps, by virtue of ‘Special Orders Nos. 98, 109; and 114, of which dier General Alexander B. shaler is president; were arraigned and tried : 1. Second Lieutenant James II Van Noatrand, Company L fat Lone lalandVOlunteera. TIIE IVAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. The Ninth Arniy Corps. GOV. SHORTER'S DESPAIR The Onvetnor undertakes to explain certain finan cial transactions, involving tivci Milliona of _dollars, Which he took the liberty of disbursing in the viten lion of- the Legislature—that being the amount of war tax amattti for the State ot• /I.labuqs. He re• PHILADELPHIA, VEDNKSDAY, AUGUST 19; MO. ports salt scare and high, and says he has made pro vision for supplying, as equitably as possible; them families of soldiers in the field. He orders that no more grain shall be distilled, except for medicinal purposes. He lurther states that he has ordered that shipment of wool and cotton card■ be made . from Nassau, to run the Federal bloCkade. Four shipments of this kind had come safely to hand, and the cards were sold at from seven to nine dollars per pair. Governor Shorter reports the following amount of clothes furnished the troops since his inauguration : 11,723 hats; 9,878 overcoats ; 14,870 jackets ; 16,220 pants; 31.780 shirts; 10,786 drawers ; 10.669 pairs Of socks ; 19,960 pairs of shoes, and 2,384 blankets. The Governor closes with a pathetic ap peal to the citizens of Alabama to stand fast to the rebellion cause and comply with all the demands of their rulers, winding up with the announcement of his candidacy for re-election. THE DEATH OF GEN. 'HOLMES. Mirairrnig, August VT.—Steamer Mary E. Forsyth brings dates froMHelena of the r3th. Gen. Holmes, the rebel, (since reported dead,) is said to have re signed, and is to be succeeded by Price. Holmes la unpopular in the army, and called', by wav of com pliment, "Old Granny." Price is styled "Old Pap" by the same sort of compliment. Holmes has been still more unpopular since the attack upon Helena, as he bears the blame of that failure: The abandon ment of Bayou Metairie, and the selection of Au gusta and Jacksonport by the rebels ass• base of ope. rations, would seem to indicate another expedition into Missouri. Two weeks since, forty of 001. Wat kins' Federal cavalry made their way safely from Wittsburg, on the St. Francis river, to Hopefleld, op. posite Memphis, and returned without loss, The Bulletin has reports of the 'death of General. Holmes, said to have been from wwounctrecelved on the 4th of July, at Helena. . FROM VICKSBURG-. VlCHeStrne, August it, via Cairo, Aug. 16.—There is no news of importance, except the moving of troops by the steamers. The general health of the city and army is good. Johnston is said to be at a point on Chunky river, where the Mobile and Ohioltailroad crosses. There is great trepidation on account - of Mobile and Charleston among the rebels-hereabout. They have losktheir hopes of success. ARMY OF THE FRONTIER, GI Meal Situation of ISizierall Blunt—His Detprinimation to Gil'e [Correspondence of The Trees.] ' " LHAVENWORTEr, Kansas, August 13. _ We have just returned from Fort Blunt; Oherokee Nation, and we have very important newnfrowthat quarter. General Blunt and a portion of his staff have been visiting at Tal.lah.quah trnd•Pitrk and returned to headquarters on the 30th of Slily. The cause of the visit was, they had , received news that' the rebelarmy, under GeneralD: If. Cooper, had received large reinforcements, and is now en camped on the old battleground of Haney Springs. On the same evening General COoper was reinforced by a mounted brigade under General.Cabed, who had fallen back to Fort Smith, Arkansas; after his unsuccessful effort to co-operate with' Stand Wattle in the fight with General Williants at Oibin Creek. This increased Cooperlia, force to - about 8;000 troops. Steele has arrived'there with a force of Texans, and assumed chief command of the rebel army there, which is preowned to be about 13X100 strong. General Baylor, when we left, was moving in the direction of our little artily with about liveregiments of Texans and six pieces of artillery. Some Union refugees from the Red river counties report passing him at Bowan, which is situated op the Bed river, and that he' is undoubtedly marching to the assiat ance of Cooper and Steele, who are role not far dis tant front General Bfunni army. This will make the rebel army at'least 15,000 'strong, with 18 guns. Geniral Blunt le determined to 13 1 ..tht them their own grotind, too. He would do this, we have not the slightest doubt, if the, rebel army was forty thousand strong, and Kansas in her present unpro tected and menaced condition, except bythat'little wall of heroes. His men are very eager and brim full of enthusiasm, and every officer in his command will sustain him with unyielding pluck to the bitter end, When the reinforcements which .- are rapidly being pushed forward to the assistance of the noble General Blunt arrive, our Man army will not ex ceed seven thousand effective men, and we are in cluding the colored and Indian troops. We feel confident that when the General attacks - the rebels, which he assuredly will, if they do not attack him instantly, there will be a division in their own ranks. We think that two at least eflheir Indian regiments will declare for their Great rattier at Washington. We are also credibly informed that' over one•half of Baylor's forces are Union -con- THE MURDER OF UNIONISTS 'Our spies returned from Fort Smith, Ark.; and • Van Buren, and report but three hundred men as garrison at those places. They also declare, and it is not doubted, that over two hundred Union men have beeh Murdered, within two months, in North western Arkansas. The loyalists have taken to the mountains to await the advance of a Federal army. As the alternative of starvation or submission is presented, they sometimes give up, and, invariably, they are shot or hung immediately. Yet, Schofield keeps the Union-Arkansas Brigade , lying idle, with rusting weapons ; at Oassville, Missouri. In Scott county, Arkansas, south of the Red river, .there is a bushwhacking party of Union men betWeeri two and three hundred - strong. Night before last a rebel bipdawhaeking gang name into Kansas, some thirty miles below this place (Leavenworth), and burned a whole train of wa gons-, but, fortunately, they were Soon.driven upon their.own soil. - Affairs present the appearance of hot work for 'Kansas within a short time, unless Blunt's army is able to resist the rebels; Whoie purpose it is to in vade our soil and lay waste our fair homes; but should such results visit us, which 'is more than likely, the people of Kansas will rise as a man and sweep thenilrom our soil. DING - 0. - THE FRONTIER WAR. A good deal of interest is associated with the battle in the Indian territory, which has been im minent for some weeks past, and which has pro bably been fought by this time. We publish this morning an interesting account of the prospects of the battle, of the forces arrayed on either side, and of the"respective. officers in command... , The commander of the rebels is one Steele, a renegade New Yorker, and the Union commander is General: Blunt, well known for his battles, marches, and victories in the Far West. The troops on either side will consist of the most notable mixture of colors and races that have yet fought during the war. There will be negroes, Indians, half-breeds, mulattoes, and white men. The rebels are said .to have about ten thousand men, of whom-three 'fourths are Indians, under command of Acting Brigadiers Sandy Walker, Standwaitie, and Chili Mclntosh. The remainder of their.troops are Texans and nondescripts from Western Arkansas. The Union force consists of a Kansas regiment, a Colorado regiment, a negro regiment, and three In dian regiments, with artillery and cavalry—or lees than 6,000 men. The Choctaws and Creeksare the principal rebel tribes, and the Cherokee is the principal loyal tribe ; but it is believed the two Creek regiments will desert in mass to our side as soon as the battle commences. Before the war the Cherokees were the richest community in the world, being highly civilized, having .splendid farms, handsome towns, and plenty of silver, and being , presided over by that shrewd and loyalman, John Ross; but' since the war began their lands have been desolated, their towns - sacked, and the people beggared by the ravages of the rebels of all coin- Gen. BlUnt .was so placed that he would be com pelled to attack the rebels, notwithstanding their . superior force, and it was his purpose to cross the Arkansas river. and begin the attack on Sundaylast. We await for the result of this battle with•great in terest, and hope for success to our arms.. If it be a victory for us, and if Blunt were reinforced„,he vcould quickly make his appearance in Northern Texas.—nmes, Aug. Is. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND; General Rosecrans' Advance—The Rebel Position. The following, from recent correopondence r may give some idea of the position of the rebels : "The enemy hold the Tennessee 'river from Har rison to Brideeport* - Harrison is their right, Chat tanooga their centre—the fortified citadel—and Bridgeport is the left. The whole line covers the important positions of Cleveland and-other points on the railroad from Knoxville to Atlanta: Bragg knows that if we move on Chattanooga - our line must accommodate itself - toat's. If we - do not, he' stands ready to accommodate himself to ours. At any rate, there is no fear that we are going to cool. mit the fault of leaving him on our flank again." A young German, belonging to Brooklyn,'lNT. Y., but who has been engaged in topographical service with Btagg's engineers, being impressed at filobile, lately made his appearance within Gen. Reo p ening , lines, asking and receiving the protection of our flag. The correspondent says of.him and of the in telligence he brought "For obvious reasons the name of the deserter in this ease is not given. He is an exceedingly intelli gent gentleman, and since he has been at headquar ters has finished a map of Chattanooga from actual field notes, giving all information of importance to us. The:heights of the hills, prominent peaks, rela tive altitude of the bluffs on either sidebf the river, looation of batteries and camps, are given with•what he says-great accuracy. He brings withliiin a large map of the country on the south- side of Tennessee river from'Bridgeport to Chattanooga—a map of the very greatest importance to us. It was while en gaged in the duty of mapping this district - that he crossed the river and came over to our side. He was dressed in his best- suit of gray, and 'his port folio, or haversack, was filled with maps, notes, and caricatures of different rebel officers—Polk, Har dee, &c. He had also some sketches of the Stone river battle. field. He is to be allowed to return to his' home in a few days.". - Concerning the arming the colored men, the supply of food to the indigent and destitute Union people in that department, and kindred matters, we quote the following: "General Rosecrans has issued an order arming all the negroes in this department. I have not seen the order, but understand it is to the effect that all negroes employed as servants by officers and other wise in the army are to be imniediately orga nized into regiments and armed. A second clause constitutes= a board of exathination, whose duty it is, to examine officers of the army applying for commissions as officers of these regiments. Among others named as constituting this board I remember only the name of Colonel Parkhurst, nth Michigan. He tells me that Officers thus applying are .to be examined as to their peculiar fitness to control negroes, as well as to their ability to drill and discipline them as soldiers. !There are now about 7,000 - negroeg in the, department who will:be thus aimed, anti the number is increasing daily. I should not be aotonishedAo report in two menthe hence JO,OOO negro soldiers- as forming part of this army. It has been discovered here that:a company pi free neeroes was at onetime organized *by the rebels in. Nashville, and the Nashville' rebel organ of - Isham G. Harris expressed the opinion that each one could whip ten 'Yankees. As the white rebels bad - never claimed that they could whip. more than five Yankees, the Nashville Union argues (and the army professes to accept-the argument) that a negro is twice as good as a Secessionist. The question is not likely to remain long without practical solu tion. • "All the citizens of the country in which the army now lies depend. entirely upon it for daily support. They go each morning in squads to the different divl sien headquarters and draw food upon ordera issued by the provost marshals of each division. It ia.esti mated- that many thousands in the vicinity, of Winchester are thus fed by.onr troops, . Most of these are women and' 'children whose : natural protectors are in the rebel army, or who are in our hands as deserters., The men are generally very old and - the boys are all under fifteen: - Those liable to military duty are gone and not likely to get home` goon.. -I talked with a great many Of the -women who came to Renee= for their rations, and find them in moat cases indifferent to •the return• of - their liege lords. There is• a• startling' amount'of immorality among them. In their habits', such as smoking, chewing, and 'dipping,' they are most Ms- Posting. I was sitting in the tent of. Captain Wit liame, at Roman's, a day or two since, admiring the'delicate, well-turned features 'of a woman'who, had-she been educated, would' haverbeen thought' beautiful, and was About to express some such idea to Captain Williams, when she turned' her head , to one side, and, with the air sind'appearance' of ,_a practiced chewer, 'spirted' a. stream of •saliva from her thin lips, and then throwing away the h.:s heen° she had been chewing, took-from het pocket's , small phial of snuff, and -with a spoon- shaped' bit; of wood, filled her mouth• with the - fil thy,. drug. 'Major allow me,' said another young and' beautiful damsel to a' friend of mine, who had just filled his pipe: At the same time she took a cob pipe from her pocket; and 'filled it with the Dialer's strong smoking tobacco, and putted away with the most perfect, but by no means charming, nonchalance. ' The ignorance -of these:' people is as disgusting as their manners: rani told by some members of the Christian CommiSsion that they have ten times the number of applications from • slaves for reading matter, primers, &a, than they have from the white citizens. At-the- headquarters of General Rosseau, nt Cowan. rations - are - issued to • two hundred and thirty:five persons daily, and the picture I have drawn of them will apply .to all Il have seen hithis vicinity. I have seen- no better' class of chivalry' 'as yet. I suppose and'hope they have gone South.” lE X IC C Archduke Maximilian, Louis . Napoleon; and the Porte. CFreze the Ports Correspondent of the London Times - 3 ROMI; July 29.:--The- Arehdulte Maximilian of Austria ha's sent the Pope a copy of the Etnperor Napoleon's letter, requesting him to accept the throne of Mexico;- if chosen by popular suffnge. -The Archduke has in.formed the Pope that he is greatly disposed to accept 'the oiler, and that in ga ing to Mexico religious interests,will largely occupy his attention. The Court of 'Rome is well satisfied witlithe prospect; AR4IVAL OF MEXTOAWFBASOFT:RB IN`FRWNOIE The first detacedent of Mexican prisoners, who are tcibe located in the interior of Prance, arrived at Evreux in Normandy, during the night of :the 27th ult. . 11 1 ,e detachment' consisted of, twelve generals, six colonels, one lieutenant-colonel, three majors, and .two captains. They were taken prisoners at Puebla, and are permitted to wear their swords,l3-en.- Forey having granted them that 'indulgence in con siderntien of the bravery with which they defended the; town agaisst the French, whom the prisoners call the first 'soldiers intlie world. ' - - While their lodgings were being prepared, the pri soners were assembled in' the large room of the BOW of the Grand Cert They appeared td - be much -affected at their position• . as exiles, and uneasy as to thereception' they might meet fronithe French peo ple. They wereehortly 'set at - rest 'on this point by a very friendly speech from the 'deputy mayor, who then offered them refreshments. The prisoners ;ex- 'Pressed their gratitUde in very warm terms.' Some of theni speak-French fluently; while many of them understand what is said to them. The arrival of the Mexicans excited considerable curiosity amoneheinhabitants'of Evreux. Crowds assembled in front of the hotel ire which the generals are temporarily lodged, and their surprise was great o Snd their uniforms similar to those of generals in the French army. Among them are two old men, whose white hair particularly' attracted attention. FRENCH. LOSSES IN- MEXMO—BE'AVIIRY OP THId I apprehend that the accounts given in the Mont term about the sanitary condition of the French army 11 parts of Mexico are not strictly correct. I have at this moment befffre me a letter written by a sot flier of that army, bearing date June 26. His mgt.` went, the number of which I do . ,not for obvious rea sons 'specify, has taken no trifling part in these ope rations ; consequently he speaks as an eye-witness, and a 'sharer in the hardships through which the troops have passed.' Of.the health of the . army he .says, .alluding to those at a certain' distance from Vera Cruz, that " the men were dropping off like leaves.", From the returns it appears that not less that - 4,500 have perished 'from "yellow fever alone, and out of the Egyptian battalion of 409, which the Pasha lent to the French for this - -" forced labor," only 160 remain. - . Owing 'to the heavy rains, they have great diffi culty iv getting the convoys through the' swollen streams. The railway was making very slow pro grees, rand' the guerrilleos; though, considerably checked by recent events-; he capture of Puebla and surrender of Mexlco—continually harasathem. The writer of the letter is loud in his praise of the ex tteme bravery shown by the Mexicans in the defence of Puebla. He speaks of, women and children taking part in that defence; of boys from 9 to 12 years old acting as officers; and readily obeyed as such, so that the conflict at - hrea became a butchery. Famine and the terrible effects of the French artillery made it totallyimpossible for them to hold out longer than they did. 'Every street and house watfundermined, and the Mexicans fought with such desperation that ai:long as a room was left whole they continued their The watchfires of the French were lit up with beautiful pianos, and every'speates of luxnrious fur niture,lhe property ofthe Mexican grandees. West Virginia. ThC,Parkersburg Gazetie, of the 13th inst., has the follewing glowing:account of the natural recources and attractions of the new free State: The largest portion of the State of West Virginia le diversified with hills, and much of it is mountain. ous;tbut 'nearly all is adapted - to some species of profitable agriculture. Yet the main value of this large tract of country will ultimately be found in its extraordinarTmineral wealth,-- and its capacity for manufacturing:`_ :-Inpropcirtion'to its territory it is superior, as an agricultural - field , to - .Massachtisetts or -Western Pennsylvania—for all purposes of manufacture, we tar surpass either. With all the water-power either of them 'possesses," our climate gives us better - use of the power, and it his, beside its streams, the most abundant,supply_ef coal for steam-power, and iron in immense quantities. But the great wealth of this State is in its mine rals, which are abundant beyond conception. The product of petroleum oil as a source of wealth is scarcely yet in infancy. Wells are often bored, yielding from one to two hundred barrels a day, and the oil is daily sold upon our, wharf at $8 a barrel, the cost of 'Which, with the present low water, is not over $4. A well is now equal: to a mint that makes its own gold. There is in the Eastern mar kets' a demand still greater than the supply. A question arises in some minds whether the supply of this oil will continue. It is inexhaustible and all the evidences bear us out in the hypothesis that it is neither an animal nor coal product, but formed of interior gases, as coal is formed, constantly being upheaved to the surface by the action of those gases, and slowly discharged through the rock into fissures, and there lying until the pump comes for it. It is in the power of the pump to raise faster than the supply.; but our whole earth, for a hundred miles around as is filled with these, seams of oil, and while one is being exhausted another will be filled. Undoubtedly oil is - among our richest sources of, mineral wealth, but there are others of no small magnitude. In the vicinity of the oil:wells lead has been discovered, evidently in sufficient quantities for profitable mining. The ore has been analyzed by competent men, and yields 80 per cent., of pure lead. This is, equal to the Galena mines, and we aveno doubt they will be profitably worked. We ave a specimen of this ore at our office, which can be seen by the curious or interested at any There are thousands of acres of iron ore within forty miles of - here, that is as rich as can well be worked, yet there is not a furnace - in the whole ter ritory. It would have forever remained so had we not been relieved from the oppressions of Eastern Virginia. Professor 'Rogers was employed eight years in' a geological survey of the' State, and what la now West Virginia proved so rich in minerals that the contemptible politicians of the East refused to publish his report because the West would thus become known and populous, taking the power from the East. The duty now devolves upon our Legislature to appoint at once a State Geologist, one perfectly com petent, who can stand the severest tears of the high est authoritif s, and secure from him annual reports to spread inoadcast over the country. Every dollar judiciously expended in that way would yield the State a•hundred fold annually in taxation. Address of Bishopßosecrans at Springfield. SPRINGFIELD,' Ohio, August 15 —The Catholics of this uity celebrated the festival of the Assump. - don today, and Bishop Roseorans made a speech this evening in the City Hall, on Liberty and Law. It had been generally understood that the Bishop would speak directly on the topics of the times, but he gave to an audience, composed chiefly of mem bers of his church, a metaphysical lecture, evidently suggested by public affairs of general moment He declared liberty and law inseparable ; delineilliberty to be the k free exercise of that which is right ; de clared the observance of just law the fulfillment of liberty, and insisted.upon.the obligation of the peo ple to obserye law because it was ordained of God. The indulgence of . passion was an abuse of liberty, and the obligation to observe - law was not- con tingent upon, men's opinion, but, upon its justice and necessity: to the safety of, society, or the secu rity of the State. In conclusion the Bishop said-his sympathies were with the men who were fighting in the-Union army, his dearest friends stood among them, or had fallen on the field of battle, and he was sure that the humblest one who fell for the Union cause did not fall in vain.. Unionism In Arliansas. It is a welllnown fact that all of Noithwestern Arkansas voted against secession. It is, however, not so generally known that there was a very strong Union party in the counties south of the river, and that in Scott county the. Union element was a majo rity. To-day, in that county there are nearly theee hundred Union men bushwhacking in,the hills and timber. Col. Phillips was in constant communica tion with them, supplied through secret channels with ammunition, and received .much valuable in formation from them. A Union lady, the wife of a. Union planter, has been the principal means of com munication. The stories of her daring and adroit ness are many and interesting;.Her husband was a slaveholder, but all of his slaves have been run off. This lady, at her last visit to, Fort Blunt, was stand ing in the adjutant's office when the colored, regi ment marched in and by to their quarters. Several officers were conversing with her about the matter, and she was quite surprised at their soldierly ap pearance, etc. Col. Phillips asked ler if she liked the idea of negro soldiers? - "Why, she replied, with the utmost earnest ness, "like it. We, in the South, think it ought to have been done long ago.. Slavery is the root of re bellion, and must be dug up.'? In answer to a further-remark cif Col. Phillips questioning whether the whites-would enders a free negro population, she replied: " The Union men will, and they are the only ones to be considered. I have been a elaveholder. It is a fearful sin, but came by Inheritance. I:would rather have the negroes for neighbors than the poor whites who, fill the , rebel ranks, or the arrogant planters who have made this rebellion and now, lead the Southern armies. Let the negroes, alone and they will be peaceful and industrious, and make good citizens." Such is the testimony of an intelligent Union lady born to the possession of slaves and.educated to .a belief of its rightfulness. It is reported that our friend was drowned in the Arkansas in a late attempt to swim the stream at night, for the purpose of:con vring intelligence. Her fate excites the sincerest mpathy and regret. The heroism and.devotion of t e few Southern Unionists have yet to be recorded. THE CHEROKEE INDTANS.—Probably the. Chero kees were before the war the richest community in the world. Besides large individual possessions, their communal wealth was enormous. The annui ties of the Cherokees and other nations in> the Ter .ritory were very,large indeed. Tait:loth-gush, when the;writer visited it; In the fall of 1858; was then a handsome town of 3,000, to 4.,009 inhabitants, with many fine buildings, public and private—being, in this respect, a better and more subatantial town than any, other I had seen, on the frontier or in the West generally.. It is reported to be almost deserted. The Texans and Choctaws have sacked; dt ruthlessly. The National seminaries, of which there are two, male and female, were the ,oat complete institutions of learningin the 'Union, outside , of the older States, have been plundered. Books, scientific instruments, &c., are torn, broken, affd scattered in all direotions. So with the ,Natiorial buildings and private reel. denote. The- country around Tah-lah, quail and i Park Bill (the "latter s the residence of President Ross) is most beautiful to look mpon. The fertility is boundless.and, .when _peace. shall bring again the arts of civilisation , : and the inflowing _tide of immi gralion shall flow to thff Arkanais and o.snatlian rivers, this region wid become Otte of the gre4t grAna. ties et the world.—Cer..Timm Tfio - Engitait Press out - ha - American War Progresso of - the Nailslssa Arm's. [From Mel:London Btar.l The Northern ins s urraation and invaaion gether come to en end. Order has been - restoreslin New York, and the last of the invaders has been chased from the soil of Marylmfd and Ohio. Thr rioters - haVe been . effectuatlY put down' by the atm , bination of loyal citizens is' support of thelaw and GoVernment. The draft is to be enforced in New York as elsewhere, though the Corporation , may choose to mitigate its operation by voting front the city funds an enormous sum for the paymentot ex emptions. While the Mayor offers a rewar' for the discovery - of 'murderers and' incendiaries, the Aldermen' and Common Council appropriate two anti'w' half millions of 'dollars as a premium won resistance lb' the draft. Of mmunicipal vote foitherelief of the Ile , groes we hear nothing. It is left s to the benevOlence of private citizens to compensate, so far as money can do it, the victims of atrocious outrage. Such are the consequences of the long abstinences from local poli• tics of men of 'chat'acter and conscience—throwing into the hands of the baser sort all the power and influence 'of civic legislation. "The election of Mr. Opdyke as Mayor was a triumph not only of Republicanism, but of respectability. How many such victories of the bat; lot it will 'take to - purify the corporation we do not. know. But-we look' with confidence to the sub-' scription for the negroes to-repel the foul slanders of pro.seceselon writers upon the humanity and I honesty of the great city that is so cruelly tormented by•theevilspirit of a spurious democracy. The final' disappearance of the Confederate army of Virginhiecross the-Potomac seems to have been attended with some sharp fighting. General Lee's cavalry; under Stuart, and a Federal division, under Gregg, encountered each other between Shepherds• town and Martinsburgh, the point of departure from Maryland ; • andtlielatter is'described as holding his ground, but not without - heavy loss. The retreating army is also said to have assumed a formidable atti tude toward 'it' pursuers, which was to have been expected. All experience' of General Lee forbids the idea of his army - falling into disorder, or of its making a headlong flight.. There is no doubt of its perfect discipline, its entire confidence in its com m ender' and of its ability to= make a desperate de .fence whenever it may-be' attacked. The profound 'disappointment attributed - to President Lincoln at the news that a majority of-his generals had decided "not to attack the Confedetates in the vicinity of Ha gerstown may be fully shared, without ascribing the :blame' of timidity to those cautious commanders. And•he may find consolation in the knowledge that time is effectually fighting the battles of the Union. He is making .the first conscription, but Jefferson Davis is for the third or foitrth time sweeping the male, population of' the •Sotith into' - his ranks. The Rich mond papers bewailing the heavy losses sus tained at every point, publish an order requiring every man between eighteen and forty.tive to repair to the camp under pain of , punishment for 'disobedience to martial law. - 'And every day brings news of some fresh disaster to the Confederate cause; some fresh diminution of its resources. The famous guerilla chieftain, Morgan, has paid even. more dear ly than Lee for his razzia upon the Northern villages. He • has been driven" into a' corner at Vooleyaville, on the Ohio river, between General Shackleford'a land force, and the gunboats. and corn pelted to surrender nearly the whole of his follow ers—himself barely escaping. Bonecrans has follow ed Bragg 'as far south as Rome; in Georgia ; and Sherman Ms driven - Johnston out of Jackson. That city, the - capital of Mistrissippt, is now again in the occupation of the Fiderals, and its defenders, estimated at thirty thOusand men, are believed to be dispersing, in the hopeless - effort to effect a junction with Bragg. :Yazoo city on. the one side of Vicks burg; and Natchez on-the other,' have been taken possession of by 'detachments from Grant's great army. Many prisoners, five thousand head of cat tle, and a great quantity of ammunition, have been captured at Natchez and in Weltern Louisiana. General Banks;•after receiving the surrender of Port Hirdson and its famished garrison of 6,000 •men, re turned to the scene of his former triumphs, and was again Marching on Beashear city. Gen. Blunt has also taken Little Briar; in Arkansas. The Red river as well as the'illiesissippi 'is subject to the Federal fleet ; and the famous Hartford hits steamed in tri umph down to New Orleans, where the loyal citi zens have celebratedthe recent victotierewith great rejoicings. The No'rthern extremity of the Union will re-echo these rejoreinga, for Lintilliftll4 is es pecially the prize of New England valor. Fort Hud son surrendered to Magsachusetts regiments, whose term •of service had expired, but •who would' not leave till their work was accomplished. - On the op pobite side of the great battle-fiela, the Union fleet • and arms , continued to press - hard upon' the de fences of Charleston. One 01 the papers of that city -the 'one, we believe, which gave to the world Mr. Spratt's famouazindicittion of slavery and the slave' trade---represents the surrender of the fortifications • as only a queStion of time ; and the bayonet' as the weapon by which the streets of Charleston must' be defended against the forces of the North.: It is to ' be hoped that Gen. Beauregard has a better appre-' efation of the value of streetfighting. The bombshell is an awful missile, but not so destructive to life as theritleand Bahrein - close quarters. When the . harbor harbor' defences have been beaten down, nothing can be gained by prolonging the resistance from doorways and housetops.- Thetis a species of resistance that may, be juatinable when the -besieger threatens the with ruthless vengeance. But' the fortes of the Union do, not make war upon the people of the ' South. They seek to deprive them of none of their rights conferred by nature ' or by the Constitution' of their country. They aim only to restore the lawful authority of lawful rulers. - They would enlarge the freedom of the South, not abridge• it. They would give liberty to every ma - n, - white or black, and to utter his thoughts on all subject a whatever. 'A third of the population of Charleston is deprived by the Confederate Constitution of all right., or privilege. The conscription ordained by Je troll' on Davis in his Congress excludes black and colored people, not as' an act of favor, but of contempt and yet of- presto'. lion. Since- Fort Sumpter was wrested from the Union, every negro in Charleston - has been a sus. •pect, for every negro has known that-the restoration of that fortress to the Union would -be the restora • tion - to hint of his human birthright.. The' world cannot forget this, fact in looking at the operations on Morrie Island and in the Stono river. Slavery has been abolished by the fall of Vicksburg through the whole length of the Mississippi. Slavery will be abolished by the fall of Charleston along the whole Atlantic seaboard. It is in the strength of justice, in the might of mercy, the Northern arms are crowned with victory. VALLANDIGHAM [From the London. Times ] At such a moment nothing can be more opportune than the reappearance of Mr. Vallandigham on the political stage. On the English side of the Falls of Niagara, no inapt emblem of the fortunes of his country, exile addresses to his countrymen words which ought to stir them up to bold and unanimous action. Driven from 'his State without a crime, forced into territories of the South, and compelled to run the blockade in order to avoid the treatment of a prisoner of war, Mr. Vallandigham has return ed to the frontier of the Union - to complain, not of his private wrongs, but of the outrages done by the President in his person to constitutional liberty and private right. He says, with much force, that it is vain to invite the people of the South to return to a Union without a Constitution. He declares it to be treason to his fellow citizens and to their posterity to surrender their rights and liberties to creatures of their own making. • The issue is the existence of free and popular Go. vernment—liberty on one side, despotism on the other. The President accepts that issue. Whatever he wills, that is law. Constitutions, State. and Federal, are nothing, acts of legislation nothing, the Judiciary less than nothing. In time of war there is but one will sapreme—his will ; but one law—mili tary necessity, and_he the solejudge. This is lan guage which ought tolinee been held much sooner, and much more universally, but which we trust does not even now come too late. We knew that in case of defeat the South had nothing to look for but sub jugation. We could not have supposed that the liberties of the North would have been the first to perish, and that while the contest was yet undecided the fate of the stronger party would be 'sealed, and that by its own hands. If the testimony of Mr. Vallandigham is to be believed—and we know no reason why it should not —the present successes of the Northern arms, great as they undoubtedly are, offer little probability of a termination of the struggle. "Travelling," says i\"' Vallandigham, " a thousand miles and more tleaSugh nearly one-half of the Confederate States, 4. met no man, woman, or child who was not Asolved to 1 6 perish rather than yield to the press re of arms ; and, whatever be the fortune of the - mr, they are better prepared than they were at th • commence ment of the struggle, or at . any . rind since. Neither did I meet any one who did a t declare his readiness, when the war shall have, eased and in vading armies have been withdrawn, to consider and discuss the question of reunion" Undoubtedly these words show very clearly. that, except by ex termination, war can do nothing to effect the objects of the North, and that the only chance—though that, we admit, is a very poor one—lies in con vincing the South that they will be gainers by the restoration of the Union which. they, have shed so much blood to destroy. • ." . • [From the Daily News,] The Times expresses a deep and anxious concern for the welfare of the' Northern people, and espe- ' daily for the preservation intact their rights and liberties. The danger is, in the view of our co temporary, by no means wholly imaginary or merely prospective. It is, real and imminent. -.The "'much enduring Northern people": have unconsciously been deprived of all their liberties, and the English journalist is naturally stirred with indignation at the affecting spectacle. , The, time for a true friend to raise the note of alarm has obviously come, and accordingly our cotemporary, ilassandralike, tells the people of the North "it is time to be up and do ing, if, indeed, it be not already toe late." It is, no doubt, a very touching instance of poli tical generosity that the Times ehould,be so much more concerned for the liberties, of these "mush enduring . people"•• than they are themselves. But we are afraid it will be hardly appreciated on the other, side of the Atlantic. The people of the North will remember that the journal, which now affects such concern for their liberties and Constitution, has for nearly two yearn past.opposed them and their Institutions in a spirit of fierce and bitter. hostility, , has supported the cause of their enemies with all the arts of ripassionate and unscrupulous partisan, and done its very utmost to blacken theinnational character and destroy their political system, Last year, when it showed its respect to the Fede ral Constitution bysuggesting to Gen. McClellan that he should destroy it by force and assume a mi litary dictatorsbip, there was atletiat some breadth 'and grandeur in the expression of its implacable hostility to the Federal Government and Northern people. But of late decency, self-respect, and even common English feeling, seem to have been alike, forgotten in the unscrupulous defence of obscure rebel conspirators and abortive Copperhead plots. The riots having prematurely oollapsed, the appear ance of a weak and inflated address- from. Mr. Val landigham is absurdly hailed as an ominous portent. The address is certainly seasonable so far as the faithful few in Ohio, who recognize Mr. Yallantlig- - -ham as leader, are concerned.-: They need console, tion at the present moment, the Copperhead plot, in, which for many weeks, for months past, indeed, they are known to be deeply implicated, having sig nally failed. The riot at New York.,was to be the signal, and had it succeeded, theAnithful in Ohio would, no doubt, in obedience ,to their Southern masters, have attempted A similar movement. But the first serious riot having been summarily sup pressed, Mr. Vallaudigham's .addness from beyond the frontier is as tho.forlorn voice of one crying in the wilderness. For the rest, the. notion that such an address can haver any pofftleal importance, or that the liberties of.the. Northern people are exposed to the smallest .real danger from the action of the Federal Government, is simply absurd. The Times may rest the people of the , Northern States understand their ownbusiness, and value their own liberties quii.e as much as atiy,Con federate journal Or journalist in this country can do. Mr. Lincoln is not one.of.the ablest, but he is, undoubtedly one of the most loyal and conscientious Presidents America e.veo had. He has none of the evil ambition which has, sometimes led Presidents, for the sake of power,to Intrigue witla political pea, ties opposed to.the Inteaests of the nation at large. The best proof of the. confidence w.l'itati his knowft. fidelity to the dutienand respenaibilities, of hit high, position inspiaes, a the remarkable unanimity all., the more remarkable from the few iselaterli,amil, I noisy encentiens,with which the President and his, policy are aumiorted throughout the Mirth= States. The Americana are doing now what exery people who have had lAbertiee worth defending would have done in time of danger—they trusted large`and suai powers to a ruler in whom they have ocinfl dence. This is the way in which States are pre" served. The free people of the North have not so little confidence.in ihentselves as to ha afraid to give the Government all the power it needs to sup- Tress this rebellion. And the suggestion that they should refuse that power, to Ur. - -Ldnooln comes with a singular grace frem those who, not vary long ago, were urging Gen. BleQiillian t 9 heecnite a usurper and It tyaltar, THREE CENTS. POLITICAL. Vniou State Central Couneattee; The State Central Committee of the National "Union men of Pennsylvania will meet at the Jones House, in the dry . of Harrisburg, on Thursday, August 0:0, at 8 o'clock P. M. The importsface to the country of the great issues involved in Ma cam paign, and the brief period now remaining in which to perfect an organization of -the loyal voters of the Commonwealth, will inspress'every member with , the necessity of a full attendance., . WAYIiIR MoVEA.GII,• Chairman of State Central Committee.. The' following comprieee'the members of the Nit.> tional "Onion f,itale Central Mmmittee: Wayne McVeagh, of Chestereounty, chairman. Edward G. Fahnestock, John 13. Painter, James Graham, Wilifmn Henry, W. B. Ffesley,' Sanittri'L. Russell, John W. Riddle, W. M. Baird, Robt. B. Carnahan,' James M..liewit, A. H. Spaulding; Lemuel Todd, George Lear, A. C. Finney, Chas: McCandleat; Jame% Chatham, A. A. Barger, Dr. Wilmer Virortbingtori, A. W. Lereeining; , Di. P. Joh n. , B. N. hicOallister, ' J. C. Heys. George W. Lathey; Joshua P. Eyre, W. W. Hayi, Jonas Gunnison, Henry Souther, A. K McClure, Smlth Fuller, H. W. Sayers, Samuel E: Duffield, W. M. SteWa:t, Henry S. Wharton, - John J.,Pattr.rsoo, _ Joseph HendersOn; Saml. P. Lonestreet, B: F. Baer, ' W. 11... Ar m -strong, • S„ W. Boyd, • Lucius Rodgers, Peter Martin, • J. H. Robinson, Frederick Myers, - D.. WI Woods,, John W. Wallace,''• .Tohn•W. Stokes.” John George, David Krause, John Oliver, M. H. Dickinson Dr; Sambel Hays, '• Chita. ThomPson Sonia, H. D. Maxwell, Henry D. MoOre, M. A. Taggart, James L. Claghorn, - . R. R. Guthrie, N, B. Browne, John M. Butler. - John M. PpmerOY,' Edward ll:Merrick, • John Strouse, C. A. Walborn, John S. Mann,' Denier Beitler,• Geo: De - Haven; . WM. B. Mann, Jsitoes Blakely, .Tames IL Campbell,'- John I. McPherson, John Myer, A. W. Acheson, William Picking, ' L. Tracy, Thomas J. Inghtim; - R.,McAfee, L. F. Fitch. A. S. Peckham,' Win: H. Cobb, Hiram Young. John B. Linn, ' I Maturin L:Ffsber'his peremptorily deClinedthe Democratic nomination for . " the Governorshili of lowa, alleging that his nomination was not gene rally regarded as fair, 111 Tuttle being al leged to have received a majority of the votes cast on the drat ballot. The St. Louis Evening News says, "He is a war Democrat to the back•tione ;" and adds: a conversation,. which the writer of this article held with Gen. Tuttle, * day or two since, the latter remarked that he would not, nadir any circumstances, accept the position of Governor of Iowa; if his election could be made sure; that he held already an honorable position, and did not wish a better one. Gen. Tuttle also stated that the only thing'he blamed the Presidentfor, washeCause. be had' not hung Mahoney, edit Clint the Dubuque Herald,long ago. The writer of this is willing to be sworn to the statement of Gen. Tuttle." --The prolongation of the war for the last eighteen months has sacrificed at least two hundred thou._ sand lives, created an additional debt of about eight hundred millions of dollars, and fdled.the land with widows and orphans. Recollect that the war would not have been thus prolonged, but for the aid and comfort furnished the rebels by their Northern al lies. No party hae charge of the campaign for the success of the Government against the rebels. That campaign is in the hands of the people, for prosecu tion and termination. So also with the political contest in Pennsylvania. The people are agalnek the politicians, and the politicians are against the country. -- Let it be remembered that this wicked bebellion .wonld have been crushed out at least eighteen monthsoago, and neither the first nor second draft would have been necessary, if it had not been for the aid given to the rebels by their Northern sympathi zers and suPporters. Those who are now most loud in denunciation of the conscription are alone respon sible for its enactment. The conscription law is an effect, not a cause. The New York Daily Hew utters the following threatening language in its editorial column: "If the Mayor's approval should be delayed until to morrow; the sudden cancelling of =hope may breed that desperation which begets violence and misfor tune." To speak of a " riot " which has been plot ting for months as a" misfortune," is certainly put ting it-very mildly. It reminds us of the Ethiopian minstrel who proposed to hang Jeff Davis, because he had "put us to a: great deal of inconvenience." —To show What loyal Marylanders think of Governor Curtin, we take the following from the - Hagerstown Herald: " Few men would or could have done for Pennsylvania what Governor Curtin has in these trying times ; and, feeling as Mary lenders, and citizens of the old county in Maryland which has materially. suffered , from the rebel in vaeion, that our perils were identified with those of our neighbors across the line, and our relief from those perila the-same, we should be wanting in gratitude were we to withhold this poor :need of praise from one who so richly deserves it" Words like these are entitled to much weight. The Harrisburg Telegraph says': "Ofir nominee for Governor, to become successful, must have every Republican and every loyal Democratic vote in the Commonwealth. Nor is it for us to dictatea mode of action to those loyal Democrats who have es-" poused the principle for which we contend." It is undoubtedly true that there are a very large num ber of loyal Democrats in Pennsylvania, as there are•in other States—men who have sacrificed old party associations, who have severed social ties, who have renounced political obligations, that they might be untrammeled in a contest in which the Unionund the Constitution are the all-absorbing issues involved. Such men are worthy of all honor and consideration, for they cannot prove recreant to the voice of duty. —The Dial, a spirited campaignpaper recently start ed in this city, is taking an independent course, but is thoroughly in favor of the true principles and the right men. It wishes the Democratic papers to re ply to the following questions : Ist. 'What can Pennsylvania a free State, want with a Governor who declares !that "slavery is an incalculable blessing?" 2d. What self , respecting citizen of foreign birth can vote for a candidate who proposed an amend ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania requiring all foreigners to reside in the Commonwealth tiven ty• one years before being naturalized? 3d. What title has any man to the support of loyal citizens who believes that "there must be a time when slaveholders may fall back on their natural rights, and employ , in the defence of their slave property all the means they possess or Command I" • . These questions will not be answered by the sup porters of 'George W. Woodward, but the voters of Pennsylvania will make a satisfactory reply. In regard to Governor Curtirt the Dial justly says. "he.will receive the votes'of many. Democrats who have hitherto strictly voted with their party. The reason is plain—he is not a party . candidate. He is the.candidate..o l ;the-people; and will be elected by the suffrages of all men"who think that partisan interests are not equal in impoitanceto-the interests of the nation. There are thousands of ati - catelli-. gent Democrats who have not forsaken their party, hitt know their party have deserted them.” The Reading . Gazette and pemocrat its delighted to hear of Judge Wooclward , s nomination. It says: "To have such a candidate, chosen without solicita tion on his part, and without the aid of the in triguing that has, of late years, too often disgraced the Nominating Conventions of both political par ties, is an honor of which the Democracy of Penn .sylvania may well be proud, because it augurs a return to the earlier and purer days, when office was con ferred upon men for their merits, and not sought by them, thtopgli trickery and demagogism, for merce nary and selfish purposes." We:agree with our co temporary, that it is high time there was some at tempt on the part of the Democratic party to return to its early purity. We fear, however, that it is beyond all hope of regeneration. '—ln the nomination of Judge Agnew, of Beaver county, as the Union candidate for Supreme Judge, the State Convention has given us a really first-class man, well known in all the western portion of the State as a sound lawyer, learned, clear-headed, and eminently fitted for the highest judicial position. His election will be a valuable addition to the bench of the Supreme COUrt. —Gettsburg Star and Compiler. Governor Curtin is a tried man, and the people know him.to be a true one. Burring a period of most unexampled peril he has adrainistered the affairs of the State Government with a degree of care and prudence rarely equalled. - He has looked faithfully after the in tercets of the Commonwealth under all circumstances, adhered rigidly to the strict letter of the law, and performed hie duties conscientiously. Speaking of Governor Curtin's renomination, the Meadville Republic= observes that this mark of confidence was due to him,.and is a. well-deserved reward for the' untiring energy with which he has devoted himself to the welfare of the State and nation in these perilous times. His assiduous labors, moreover, in behalf. of the soldiers who ohave gonc, from this State give assurance that their interests 'wilinot suffer in the fixture, and iain striking coa treat with the conduct. of Judge Woodward, the Democratic candidate, who approves c4f the decision of the Supreme-Court of this State, refusing tc,dhe soldiers the pfiviiege of saying by their voteekow the affairs of the country shall be managed., jook.upon Andrew G. Curtin AS invincible th aga at the Rower and popularity of ar.Y Men, by, what party aoever championed, who, can` be brOught, against, him, If every loyal man, in Penn; ylvania but does hiaduty from thin f,me until,the Dolls clOsa on the second Tuesday in Ocsober, there cannot be lees than 3.0,000 majority for Curtin, and-Agnew., , . Ti r ellabor , siAgiirdor. .--Tha.Weat Cheater I'llAtee Rem:d;c‘ontaixta . the following appeal to the I.7tionista of that seeVoo: it unpn men of ChesteX,, .netitit3N WOoall upcm.you to talt,g.immediate steps to:orga:nize every diatriotin the county for the ebrang campaign. The Owper beadsatre, and have . basil at w:ork.tor menthe. We Inuit go to work withpuY. a moment's delay. Let it be the. duty of every man - Mars reads this notice to call upon his neighthi,and 4 1 .) to,work afthice.n NO paper in the State is more earnest in its , support of Govervant; CurtiriN renomination than the Central Press,;or Hpliklap,burg ite,lefkissue it said : - " Andrew a Ctirtjn in the cholo a the loyal men of Pennsyvania, es their candidate for Govern or, and, as imoh, - trnet in God that. every loyal man will reeler him & hearty, and cordial support Let those who maY Itaye proposed. another gentle man remember that mere individuals are, insignia, cant whsxt. tin! Vnion and our beloved country are in peril.' —The Itleadayalle Ileghosi4n. winta these earnest worklareepeetil4 the.coming election. ,They should be voudered on, and app dated in their full 'Bigot fiaanee by 13vely loyal man, ae they, no doubt, will " Tee ;ipso° is the life or death of our common countryolnd 'the people understand it Thpy will not forget the great cause in which loyal men are engages ; they will not forget the soldier of the re public, pow is the 4elt4, nor will they forget the - "InIELM 17174%,.1a, P33MELSI. (PriaLlBlllo WEEKLY.) Tire WAX PRESS 1411/ be seta to subscribers by mall (per RIM= Ili advance) at. 85 50 Three copies " 1,1 . .5 00 Five copies '' O f 800 • Ten asides 15 00 • Larger ClOB than ten *tit be rbitried at the setae rate, 1111.50 per copy. The money must altetive cm:owlet* qte order. anal tn no instance can these &MU be deleatigfrom at Ow afford very little more than the cost of thegiieper. Poatioastota are ra4tieated to act ' tss Agetits Coe taa. Watt. Ping. itir To the ttetter•np or tat Club of teii etitl, se .13 Xi IS copy of the Paper will begiyeu: rliaiie dead—no- they immured& would do, if they Palled to ou-tnin Governor OThiti." We nelieye as the I. , anc'diter inquirer beltevelf, thaftlier&election of Goverilorturtinl.s.demeindeif by theliiteiests of the people and the soldiers of the' State r fOr both of whom he has littered as no man ever before billored. Rift it is dem:ended still more urgently in ie interest of the 'National Govern ment. Tile electiOn of Xudei 'Woodward would cripple the' President more than anrother political disaster we can think of. t —George. V". Woodward, the Copp'erliesid candi date for Gor.nilor of Penneyivania, c6riceived and advocated a foritisure for the entireoncondi disfrenegm iseent of the A.Aoptf l / 4 - 1 / eiiivnte. of PennsOvitnia. The aforesaid Geraft,,e'tr. 'Wend- Ward also FLlStairM the deOsirin of thsift , mocratio majority of the fang'es of the' Supreme' ,of Pennsylvania. {of w''n'om•he ie Opal to the iff'oct that the.soldiers of the Stale who areahsent fr ; :*.tiag the battles of the National' Government for felt" their_ right'to'ehparticipati6n in I)3e gOverh P n Pe nn sylvaiiiss. These are htisrfesilatits.and W. Wooda - ard in theTrizitfoit of antagonism - t:1 the free es:artifice , of the fratiOike hYfreenten. The" rioriistown oenabkiCen Ba:ye, as 4 f.! , 10 , &71.1- tiOil of the reritices of a patriot ang e,etateemporiove are proud * and glad to place at the head of our onlumns, reelection to Octolier, the name - of Governor Andrew G. Curtin. It Is, the aeltnowleilt.; went of nineteen twentieths of the Union- metrof Pennsylvania' that we have anoceciated his laborsi% and orilirPreilminary to the speaking of the popular, will, when they shall express it at the . ballot:box: PERSONAL. —Neither NapOle' . 62 nor Wellington , was partial to, tobacco. On 'We contrark,, , grant wept after Vicksburg smoking; ad smoked Mille Pemberton surrendered. GeneritiVecumeett Sherman is said to be an inveterate tnnt6l' besides, though . 13.9aecraruz is ,temperate tobliceo. Of our literary, people, Longfellow imareeivitif decorum, and Lowell cent whore. Hawthorne smokes as he writes, and the poetry of Stoddard end' Dorgan has been enriched and flavored in !, the -arab-resift of the pipe ;bowl. Tennyson, the Laureate -might have a tobacco leaf in his chaplet, and mu' t: have impaired blissfully when be wrote. the "Lefts Haters." .Of artists, JamekHamilton, our maii* - faiilifit, is a habitual orneker-:4 genitis ;in afmilfir and tire, in clonds and sunset. Church's tobacco, no•denbt, has grown into his "Tropics." We rerneurtizat Charles Lamb, our qu'aint and nver-meinrirableicElia," was one of the most genial of chimneys. Ty a litter to Words worth, he says: "Tobacco' Bee" 'been my evening comfort and My Morning curse these live year's. I have bad it in my head to write : tiffs poem for these two yeirs , '(‘ Farewell to Tobincer'); but tobacco stotid'in its own light, when 1t gave me head aches that preVented mYsingineits oien - praines.ls, Lamb, once, in the height of ftfir smoking days, was Puffing comsat weed froin & Ibng clay plpe in company with Parr, who was csreitrl in obtaining finer aorta, and the Doctor in astonishment asked him how he acquired this prodigious power t' Lamb answered : "By toiling after it, as some men toil after virtue," • • --- Professor Sou. S, Hubbard, of tha•Hnited States navy, died at New - Haven,' - on Sunday Fast, of typhoid fever.' Mr. Hubbard graduated at tale College about twenty years ago, and was far some time after leaving college employed as chief astronomer at tbe High School in Philadelphia., and" subse quently was employed by Government, and made his residence in Washington City. A Massachusetts exchange - says;"Tohn Brown, of North Stonington, an: active young- man of 94 . years, walked five miles on Monday: On businetsr, without apparent fatigue." Another "youth" of this clash. is the well-known Daniel -Hawkins, a - New Lebanon Shaker, for fifty Yeats, an "elder" of one of the fainilies, who can read the &nest print without spectacles,Works fourteen hbura a day in the garden, has the care of twenty hives of bees, and can walk five miles with .ease and comfoifat 'any Colonel R L. 8e11,.0f the regular army, died at Baltimore on Saturday night, after five months' ill- Dellß,.from old age and an enfeebled constitution, caused by hard service. He ; was the oldest cavalry colonel in the. service, having been through. the Florida and Illexican wars, and was twice brevetted for gallant services. built alLthe forts from the western border of Texas, to the Pacific, and was in command as general in California after its annexa tion to the United States. He served two years at Vancouver's Island, and after the rebellion broke out was ordered to Baltimore, and acted as muster ing officer. Subsequently, he was placed on the re tired list in consequence of old age. He had three sons, two officers in the national and one in the rebel army. —"Capt. Jeffries, at present Assiitant Adjutant General bf Gen. Schenck, has received an appoint meat as acting assistant provost marshal general for the Slates of Delaware and Maryland. —Madame Ristori intends, it is said, to visit Hun gary after fulfilling her . engagement in Loudon, thence to go to Germany, later to Spain, And to lin ish her artistic career at Rome where she will henceforth reside with her husband, Marchese Cap rinaco di Grillo. —A Washington 'correspondent writes: "The President still resides at the Soldiers' Home. Every evening, at about six o'clock, he can be seen leaving the Executive Mansion at the head of a mounted escort of fifteen or twenty soldiers. The cares and responsibilities of his office are obviously telling upon the health of the President. He looks thin and feeble, and his eyes have lost their humorous expression. His friends entertain much solicitude about his health, and have endeavored to persuade him to leave Washington to recuperate, but so far the pilot sticks to his helm, and does not teem dis posed to leave it so long as he has strength to hold it." Hon. Edward Everett, in a letter to Rev. Dr. Eliot, of St Louis; in relation to the latter's ser mon on the ordinance of emancipation, passed by . the Missouri Convention remarks : "I have my self no doubt that, like A; apprenticeship system in the British colonies, the ordinance will, at the in stance of the slaveholdera themselves, long before 1670. give way to another of immediate emancipa tion.. But whether it does er not, Missouri is, from this time forward, substantially a free State. and will, I doubt not, enter upon that career of prospe rity, for which her magnificent position and unsur passed resources so admirably fit hen • When I look back to the controversy which grew out of the at tempted restriction on the- admission of Missouri into the Union in 1820, and on the folly which-dicta ted the repeal or the Missouri Compromise in 1854, and then consider that the people of Missouri, as sembled in convention in r 863, have decreed that after 1870 all slaves then in Missouri shall be free, I am awestruck with the visible tokens of an over• ruling and an interposing Providence." A. Western soldier, at Nashville, Writes of Miss Nellie M. Chase, the Florence Nightingale of the Western army : "As a Western soldier boy, I take pride in acknowledging—and I speak of the We * stern boys in . the army—that we have the real Flotence Nightingale of the United States army with us, and, sa in any way been thrown under her, care, or within the range of her influence, would procure a picture . of Miss Nellie M. Chase, and preserve it as a memo rial of the chief deliverer of the suffering soldier in. this war, wherever she operates. I seek not the op portunity to speak of her noble deeds, but, as a pa- . tient of her hospital, and a witness of her unparal leled kindness and services, I wish to add the testi mony of one, not of her adopted State that by her deeds of kindness, her superior Skill, and judgment her cOolness and powers of endurance, both of body and mind, she has already gained a name that will be handed down tersnermeding generatiorus by„hun dreds of sick and wounded soldiers , who An have been the reciplents.of her care." —A general , meeting, representing nearly every class of German social life in New York, was held the other day, to, adopt measures preliminary to a general participation in the great festival to be given in Landmann's Hamilton Park, on the 26th inst., when the monument to the German troops who fell at Cross Keys is to be inaugurated. The idea now entertained is to make that occasion, at one and the, same time, commemorntive of the death al.Theotiore %Omer, deceased August 26th, ISI3, or just, half a. century ago. Thn.eall is so ex pressive that wetranelate from it an extract:, "Tlmedore.Kfirner; a soldier and a.hard of .free dom-lcis apfrit survives forever in _tie hearts of all German a.. " Germans ,ofAmerice ! Though far from ,Father land, forpt nob the faithful dead *liege deeds and lays rejoned,you in your childhood. tAaseinble, then; Stager:, Turons,-Killemen, ye Gorman warriors of. Anerica,.ye,mantafacturers, merchants, artisans, ye.. teachers- with your pupils, ye parents . with yor,r_. childrenrourd around this moanment of our man soldiers. and heroes, if you cenneit'siround the. .graves of our deg.rly.prized des...l.4:tbsong around-a. ;morumentwlthtle,ofter, the lenge of tilly.years,,pu ' ;the seine day, and far from Fatherland, is dedicated to the sans of Germany who felliu battle for their 'adopted country, and whose 'Arms° often Barr the stenzas.af the noble and faithful - departed bard, whone,:ast sigh was, Fano:Li': calf thee !' Forget ell party foaling, all politicelDrecot - ; be'ithited on the (lazy which will celebrate, thi memory °LEON , ner and- of our brothers Oroia,XcVs• Germans, come Carr* to; the reonutsce,t gar.. Janda and laurel ; sing to Nie.daied a lunges' -aerie; of Oar true poet, also dead, sad le4thia day - p.ax golemln :one to ua all, not to be forgOttee.” ~..Ons of our foreign one:naives describeethahome , . .of Niia Nightingale, at Sea liurst,tn Darby.shfre "The residence of ll.l4.Nitehtingele v pujd malice fi '"fine study for one of car artists. It fun geed- stmoi men of the English izrzet - dar architenizre, looking. ' like a mansion to whilekevicaessivo generations have added It suit their increase. It is fully a house ' of many sables ; ivy has a special, fnudrem for it, and will seldonk,permit a portion, of. the stone work to be seen. Situated. on an elevated plateau, ' it has around it at-ill- loftier hilLiy,while the brisht Derwent, the favorite haunt of az?.glers; sWeept by on the south, and, breaking_ obatruc tion, makes a fclut murmur. itere, are several sot ages on the eatato, and. near-by.is,a pstrfect gem of RD English village, with its twoceliapels and a school, which, being under th:e ausiNtes.ofi.the Nightingale family, is a model Or order , and. chgerfuineas. Be ' Fides the there is an, evening - class in the mansion for the instruction of young women; who worX in, the neighboring factories. One bill] easily ulderatand how a..n; easneat. and devoitt nro. - crewing . 141 amidst. the au.blimities of thise grendc hills, accustorn'ed to the beautlea of the valleys. end ravings, anditboire all, inhaling tlse inepirition of the rust: pious and perpetual peace which prey:ailrliere; should become heroic whin the cry ofsuffering came from the Crimea. In the house are many tokens of the gentle but brave spirit of. Florence: Curiously.congtructed match holders. formed - Of, small shrapnel, or some other shell, with three mus ' ket balls for feet, end many little tokens of - grati.; lude, wrought, perhaps, by some poor fellows in hour's of convalescence. ,I3utthe form, for a siklit. of which any true soldier Would travel far, is not there. Wise Nightingale inin'Mondon, sitill working for the al myin India, devising sanitary plans, and recording I he i . fruits of her obseriations for futgrebAnefit. I he unsubdued 'mind and the unflagging soul arena xarid in a failing tabernacle. At tree tob. e "or conversation, she conveys even her directionsg wr lung. Come When it ,Inay, death will awl (,); 44= spirit that bag '0134 aChieVed ItA W 04411.
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