'Vrtss.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1863
The New Conspiracy.
We have observed witlu some interest the
course of those newspapers, and pubiic men
.
irilhe tatewho- are devoted to the „interests
~ .
Of Mr. Justice WoOnwAnn - and the Demo
party.--, In many respects these gen
tlemen are , deserving of otir sympathy.
They have a candidate who prefers to keep
-the silence that the - courtesy of the 'bench
impales _upon its-occupants, rather_ than to
explain a record that contains no word of
sympathy - for the Union, and many words
of sympithy,for the enemies of the Union.
Nor'ean they fail to see in this a humiliating
poiltion, The "courtesyof the bench" did
not prevent Mr. Justice- Woo - ow/van accept
ing the nomination of the Democratic party
—why should it prevent his declaring the
nature of the platform he believes in, or, at
least, explaining that portion of his record
which loyal , men now regard 'with shame
and sorrow? The " courtesy of the bench"
did not debar Mr. Justice WoccwAno from
the utterance of disloyal sentiments at a
time when the country was on the edge of -a
civil_ war ; nor should it impose silence upon
him now.. All this is seen by the friends
of the Democratic candidate, for Governor,
and therefore we find them halting and
limping through their canvass, avoiding
every frank and honorable issue, and en
deavoring to deceive the peoples into sup
..
- petting a man they have not the courage
frankly to defend. - In this >isssue as in all .
others, - we must merely consider what is
right and what is wrong. If it was right
for Mr. Justice WOODWARD to call upon
the peopleof the , slave States to take up
anns in defence of
.slavery, and to insist
upon the rebels being permitted to break up
the Union peaceably, then why not make
the issue, frankly,' and allOw the people to
pagl upon it . ? If it was wrong; why not
spurn and disoWn the man who was disloyal
enough 'to declare such sentiments_?
6s "two months - have passed since. Mr.
Justice WoonwAntr was placed in nomina
-tion, and as- he has not •felt it a ditty to .
explain the charges against him that have.
alarmed the good and.oyal, it is.only frank.
for us to assume that,he is content with his
platform- and will be judged by it on . the
day of the election.
_As . loyal journalists
let us, see the precise rneaniag of that plat
form and the probable effect of the election
of a man who represents such ideas. Hi
is against the country. He is. opposed to
the AdMinistration'of Mr. LINCOLN, and to
everything that has been dons to prosecute,
the-war-the revenue, the taxation, the 'con
scription, the arming of the negroes, the
Proclamation of Emancipation. He does
not even make professions like those of Mr.
'Sorrnonn before his election as Governor of
New York. That gentleman, it will be re
.lnembered, was loud and valiant in his de- .
-olaration of loyalty and his determination
to crush the rebellion. Indeed, the objec
tion he made to - the President was an objec
tion arising out of what was called the
- weakness and vacillation - with which the
war bad been conducted. We now see to
what measures a man - elected on'such a
platform, but with associations and sympa
'Wee' among 'the enernies of the country,
will permit himself to` resort. We see Go
vernor Safiuou - a the patron and protector
of anarchy, the author Of- defiant messages
to, the President, and' the instrument of
-such men as:Mr. WOOD inthe effort to'array
Abe :State of NeW York in a revolutionary
.attitude towards the General-Government.
New York has done so much for the cause
that, any attempt to alienate her from the
:Union would bring execration and punish
raent upon its authors. The same may be
zaidof Pennsylvania, and therefore we may
1)e told to dismiss all such apprehensions,
for the public virtue is too-pure and firm to
be sedubed. We entirely, agree with such of
otif friends as make this reply. We believe
that if the people of Pennsylvania could see
the infamy of the men who are now con
. spiring to aid the cause of Smithern rebellion,
they would drive them from their midst. But
mll men know that such schemes are not fat
fined in a week, nor, in a month, nor by direct
antagonism, nor in the sight of day. There
, ia a:slow, insidious, hidden process byrivhich
the power of the people may be usurped and
their freedom* of action stolen away. See
'what has been done in-New York. No one
will for a moment suppose that the people
of that Mighty State endorse the opinions of
Governor SErmoun, and yet for all practical
purposes, and in the eyes of the world, the
machinery of the State Government of New
Yoik is as much opposed to the Administra.-
- tion at Washington as the machinery of the
State Government of North Carolina. We
nee what mischief has been done thus far,
and it requires very little effort to see what
mischief might yet bt done by Governor SEY
MOUR if he were disposed to make a direct
revolutionary issue upon the Administration.
The very fact of his being in power and in
possession of authority would steal from the
minds of thousands that feeling of venera
tion and respect for law which the people
feel, and which in times of tumult and revo
lution, and great public danger, gives color
and meaning to the efforts of those possess
ing it. , - •
For the present such 'a danger is confined
- to the State of New York, and, we may add,
the y State of New Jersey. Let us suppose
Mr. VALLANDIGHAM the Governor of Ohio,
and Mr. Justice WooDWARD the Governor
of: Pennsylvania. At once we have the
three great States of the_Union in opposi
tion to the Union. In Ohio and Pennsylva,
..Tli&Weihould - hgvetwo...men=:Who have/6
'opposed to the war from the beginning ;
who have never spoken a sentiment of-sym
pathy for their suffering; country—wielding
the power of two great Commonwealths.
The Executive patronage, the wealth, the
resources, the power to create and com
mand, would be all in their, hands. Nor
- would the danger be so much in what they
would do as in what they might refus.e to
do. - A cold and reluctant'friend, or, if- we
Might use the phrase, a friend by sufferance,
doing no act of violence to the Government,
but at the same time taking pains to do no
(act , of kindness or sympathy—such a man
would be as effective an enemy as the trai
tors, could wish. The power for evil .pos
sessed -by. a State Executive is very great,
but the power for good is far greater ; and
-when that power for good is withheld or
destroyed, the country suffers. With Mr.
Justice WOODWARD as Governor of Penn
sylvania we may be 'sure that his power for
good would never be invoked, while his
power for "evil would be called into action
whenever the necessities of the traitors and
the sympathizers with treason would de
niand.
We believe that such contingencies as
these are anticipated by the leaders'of what
is known as the Democratic organization in
Pennsylvania, and that if they succeed in
electing Mr. Justice WoonwAnn we may
anticipate great trouble and embarrassment
from them. Considering the chs.racter Of
the men - engaged in the work, their oppor
tunities for mischief. arid, the great necessi
ties of the General Administration at this
time,- we may -.regard the efforts o these
.-men in the light of a new conspiracyagainst
the Government, and the people should
.enter into the campaign with such a feeling.
In ANDREW G. CURTIN the people have a
bold and earnest Chief Magistrate ; the Go-
Nernment has a bold and earnest friend. He
has shown by three years of authority that
he,understands the duties of phis position.
Be has been the statesman and the patriot;;
ever-jealous of the interests of his State,
:and constantly laboring for the good of our
lirgthers and sons in the army. He will be'
the 'enemy of, any scheme or plan that doer
not seek the good of the Republic and the
preservation of the Union. Every loyal man
who desires to see the country secure from
the dangers that now threaten it should
enter into this campaign with energy and
purpose to secure the re•election of this man,
and bring defeat upon the, schemes of those
who, are conspiring against - the integrity,of
the nation. Let the people watch and wait,
for liberty is in danger, and; vigilance` is its
only,palvation. ' :. • -
Charleston.
A Washington correspondent of a Chicago
newspaper states.that the forces ordered to
reinforce Gen::Girmonn. willtmake his army
larger than' that with which, Gen. GRVIT .
took Vicksbnrg. If this statement is true,,
as we have good . reason for believing such`
is the case, it is avvidence at once of, the
magnitude of the task; and of the determi
nation of the Government that it shall be
accomplished. We have failed in the work
before, just as we have failed repeatedly at
',Vicksburg, because we did not commence •
in the:right Way not proceed with-the right
splut. , Whatever may be the result of
Gen. GiLMORWB present operations, neither
of these causes of failure can : be truthfully
alleged. Of course, we do, not entertain a
foubt that Chatleston will
. be taken, but
whether it will be taken as soon as some of
our very sanguiiie friends expect, is rather
questionable. It is gratifying to know that
Gen.
.thLMORE'S army Is to be large
ly reinforced. From what quarter •-the
troops are to be derived is not generally
known ; but we shouldimagine that if Gen.
111E.Anr, were to assurne a .position somewhat
nearer tile line of the Potomac, thus short
ening and securing his communications,
large reinforcements might be spared to
Gen. GAMORE from the Army of .the Poto
mac. "In a few months, at farthest, another.
'considerable army will be placed in the field -
by the conscription, filling up all the vacan
cies, and strengthening all the weak points.
However, we have no fear that Gen. GIL
MORE will not have as many troops placed at
his disposal as he can conveniently handle;
and although the fact-that the rebelh have
the advantage .of the interior lines, and can
reinforce as fast as ourselves, is an important
one, and must be taken into account, still
we feel confident that it cannot alter the
general result, for whose consummation
Gen. GILMORF. and Admiral , DAIELGREN
have united in so much zealous effort.
The Campaign in Virginia.
The Army of the Potomfastill fails to ex
hibit any signs of activity. What are the
reasons which induce General MEADE to
maintain his present attitude we know not.
It may - be that he considers the weather too
warm for important military operations It
may be that he considers it unwise to risk
an engagement now, when he has every
thing to gain and his adversary-has every
thing to lose, by the policy - of delay. At all
events, it is to be, inferred that the reason
which determines him, is sufficient and sa
tisfactory ; and we think it may likewise be
safely inferred that no advance movement
will be undertaken by the Army of the Po
tomac until General GILMORE'S batteries
have wrought out some solution of the
Charleston That such an event
will soonitake place is almost certain, and
its accomplishment will release quite a
powerful army for co-operation with Gene-
MEADE in the advance against Rich
mond. If this view is correct, there is
much good sense in the suagestion
.of
the New York. Times, that the Army of
the Potomac should fall back to some po
sition closer to its base of operations.
Nothing could be lost by such a movement,
and the most important advantages would
result from its execution. We do not know
the strength of our army ; we hear that it
is being reinforced at the rate of one thou
sand men per day; but there are no. good
reasons for supposing that it is superior to
the rebel army in point of nunibers. We
know that many troops have been with
drawn from its ranks to maintain law.and
order in the city of New York ; and although
their places are in a measure supplied by the
conscription, to,- whose enforcement they
are called upon to lend the support of their
presence, it is undeniable that a large per
centage of the men thus furnished will re
quire much drill and rigorous discipline
to convert them into soldiers. But even
should LEE'S army be numerically supe
-
rior to our own, this superiority will
easily be overcome by shortening our
line of communications as suggested'; and,.
it is even probable that if this were
done, a considerable force could be spared
for the reinforcement of General GILMORE.
Oftentimes an army'may advance as, rapidly
to victory by seeming to move backward as
by moving straight forward, and such an
opportunity seems to be presented now in
Virginia. If it is embraced, the designs of
General LEE will be once more foiled as
completely as they were at Gettysbura.
Already we have had an inkling of his in-
tentions. The despatehes we printed on
Monday, to the effect that he contemplated
attempting to turn General MEADE'S left
flank, have been to some extent confirmed ;
and yeaterday we had the news that on
Monday morning a demonstration, believed
to be a reconnoissance in force, was made
against our left wing. This is sufficient to
Show that LEE is growing restive, and we
may feel sure that if he sees the slightest
chance of striking an effective blow,- the
blow will come. However poor his chances
of success now, he cannot but perdeive that
they are daily becoming worse and worse
Impressed with this linoNyledge, he will Un
doubtedly gather up- all the available forces
within his reach and make a last desperate
effort to retrieve his sunken fortunes. In
our opinion, the cheapest, speediest, and
safest method of thwarting his purpose will
be for the Army of the Potomac to fall so
far back from its present line that all of
LEE'S efforts to bring on a general engage
ment will be rendered ineffectual.
Canada.
• ,
Mr. T. D'Aacy McGaan's plea for the
establishment of Royalty in the Canadas
appeared in the Anv.c29l,theßri..
iish American Magazine, a monthly periodi
cal p blit - Ifir - at Toronto, of which four
tubers have appeared. This periodical is
ably - conducted by Professor H. Y. HIND,
has a little army of good contributors, - and
fairly claims to represent the social, statisti
cal, literary, and national interests,of British
- North Ainerica..
Mr. MCGHEE, as we have;previonsly
mentioned, possesses great talent as a writer
and author, has a keen and infinitive taste
for politics, is a popular repreientative for
Montreal in the Prpvincial Parliament, has
already, though a young Man, (he was
thirty-seven in April last,) been a: member
of the Cabinet, and doubtless'still has high
political aspirations. A man in his position
would scarcely commit himself_ impulsively
to the principle and details of a wholesale
change in the Govern Mental policy , : of
Canada—he must have seriously, considered
such a plan ere he,proposed it, and, indeed,
it is not improbable that his party were
consulted previous to his putting',liis views
before the world.
He repeats,what was said in the 'Canadian
House of Assembly, two years ago, that
"the first shot fired at Port Sumpter had a
message for the„,, Canadians," and says,
"'Altogether irrespective of the civil war, it
seems to 'us the time could not have been
far distant when Canada would have been
compelled either to draw nearer to the
United States politically, or to sheer farther
off from them. Had the Union retained its
centrality, the law of a,ttraction, which re
sides as much in organized masses as in in
animate matter, would have drawn these
separated• colonies, with irresistible force,
towards New ork and 'Washington. A
Zollverein or customs union might have
been the next step towards the identification
of interests, which ultimately must have led
to an identification of institutions." He
argues that the question might be brought
to Canada by the adjacent Northern and
Western States, as " the new political ne
cessities of their position, the ever-in
creasing bulk of their commerce, must
lead them to desire a closer 'union of
„interests .with Canada." In 'it - word, Mr.
McGrrEp considers that the United States
cannot well avoid`-
.having the desire, as it
might be their interest, to annex the British
provinces. And he adduces proofs that
since Canada has bad a responsible govern
ment, it has " advanced constantly towards
the American, and receded from the British
standard of government;" one pregnant
fact 'being that " the, power and patronage
of the Crown has been reduced to the lowest
point "'in Canada.
Here; a gentleman who has lately ocen
pied a seat in the Canailian Cabinet says
that in substantial ,relations the 'Canadians
stand no nearer to, England than to. New
York or New England, except that her flag
flies in the Provinces, and that she is com
pelled, in honor_ anti : selfldefence, to be
where her flag is. There have been doubts
lately expreised in the' British Parliament,
whether it was worth_ while for England to:
maintain, large military' and naval force for
,_the purpOse of continuing owner of the Ca
nadas. Many British 'statesmen do not
think that this expense "pays," and would
not be dissatisfied at seeing British North
America separate itself from the mother
Country, so long as it did not go overto the
United States. Mr. MCGEEE thinlit there
are only two issues—annexation, or closer
identity with`the main body of the Empire.
Annexation, he declares, is "practicable,.
but every way objectionable." His_ other
plan is this : " The policy of the connection
of the provinces, from' the Atlantic to the
Pacific, under the vice-royalty of one of the
sons of her Majesty, advised by a legisla
ture, of which at least the upper chamber
shall be constituted so as to act as a true
conservator of our transcript or adaptation
of the British Constitution. It is a policy of
union which is strength.; of a new coin mer
cial route from England to the t East ; of the
elevation of the symbol and reality of au
thority on this soil ; a policy, attractive,
expansive, and progressive, as the most
earnest advocate of progress can desire."
Mr. McGEER points out that in South
America, the only Government which
has been stable is that of monarchical
B,razil, whereas " the great fe,deration
of the North, the model which BohivAuf
and his copyists all copied, has shown
the last and saddest example, of the ten
dency of the modern expansive Republic
to separation and civil war." He says, in
geniously begging the question, "'Hitherto,
the whole experience of. mankind has
known but one system of government which
combines, in fair and harmonious propor
tions, authority with liberty, and that,
is the limited monarchy, of which Eng
land furnishes the oldest and Italy the
.latest model." He forgets that until Trea
son' unfurled its flag, the most happy,
free, and prosperous among the nations
was our own great American confederacy.
The tendency of the, age is not towards mo
narchy in any shape. There are more re
publicans in England now than monarch
ists, could a poll be fairly taken to esti;
mate opinion. When Mr. MCGHEE, esti
mating the population of British North
America at four millions,' says that these
are " prOfessing monarchists, almost to
a man," . he greatly over-estimates the
" loyalty " of the people. We veritin'e
to' say that one man out of 'every
three in the Canadas-is anti-monarchical.
Yet, he asks, " Why not the united voice of
British America be heard, in respectful ac
cents, at the foot of the imperial throne,
stating the true position, wants, and wishes
of these`colonies, and asking from her Ma
jesty's wisdom and goodness the means to'
perpetuate constitutional monarchy, at least
in this region of the New World ?"
A Guelphoboutg prince as ; , viceroy of
Canada really means as King of these pro
vinces. and "the upper chamber," whatever
it may be at first, would soon become a
House of Lords. We suspect that Canadian
royalty could not flourish by the side of
Americanrepublicanism. In a dozen years,
the expense of royalty would irritate the
pTpple and ruin the cotintry, and Queen
VicTontA's son would have to return home
the sad embodiment of a great failure.
THE DEMOCP:ATIO PROBLEM:—How to
injure the Government, without injuring
themselves—how to commit the crime,
without earning the punishment—how to
outrage the sphit of the law, without vio
lating its .letter—this see..llS to be the great
problem of disloyal Democratic journal&
We give the New York_ World, Express, and
News, the Boston Courier, and their co
?borers, the solution of this problem, which
they seem unable to discover. Let them
employ in defence of the Government the
same, sophistry which they now use against
it, and they will be sure to injure it more by
their false friendship than is possible by
their open hatred. We offer this advice
with heSitation, fearing that it will be
taken.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.--/-11 New York are
several prominent newspapers hostile to the
Governme.nt, continually endeavoring to
shake the public confidence in its ability and
integrity, misrepresenting all its measures,
and now, especially, devoted to abuse of
negro troops, and opposition to the draft.
These 'papers have great power. In Phila
delphia, on the contrary, all the influential
journals are loyal and earnest in their sup
port of the Administration, giving their un
conditional support to its wise policy, and
affirming with sound argument the necessity
and justice of the draft. May not this dif
ference largely account for the riots in New
York, and the peace and order of Philadel
phia ? Without an exception, our leading
journals are loyal ; it will be long, we trust,
before our city is favored with a Wer/c1 or
an. Express.
TRANSLATED horn Democratic hieroglyph
ics into plain English, the disloyal argu
ment is this : "We propose to restore the
Union by opposing the Government of the
Union, and to obtain an honorable peace by
a•. feeble prosecution of the war." The
'absurdity of, this argument, when expressed
in syllogistic form, is its own refutation.
TEE DRAFT IN NNW YORK AND BROOKLYN.—
Preparations were made ye:terday to insure the
peaceful operation of the draft in these. cities.
Orders were issued for the assemblage of the 9th and
22d Regiments of New, York, and all the regiments
of Brooklyn, at their armories, in the evening, tci . be
in,Teadiness for service, if it should be necessary,
during the draft. No disturbance is probable, but
piecautlonary measures are taken to meet tlfe pos
sibility. ilhe Brooklyn Times says the Metropolitan
Police Department has received an abundant supply
of Ketchum's three-pound S hand-grenadPs, which
have beerVistributed to all the precinct station
'puns in New York and Brooklyn. -These grenades
are of the same manufacture as those used at Picks
burg with such excellent erect. .
From the Express, we learn that the arrangements
to :commence the draft to-morrow are nearly com
plete. Two companies of regulars from EVA Schuy
ler are on duty there to-day. They will be rein
forced towards evening, and, by to.morrow, it is
thought, a sufficient number of troops will be eta-.
tioned in and near the building to overcome any
riotous demonstrations, if attempted.- All the regi
ments will remain on' duty during the night; and
await orders. - '
It has been decided that the , persons drafted five
weeks ago, when the draft was interrupted,- are not
to be considered as drafted, but will have another
chance under the new quota and drawing.
The Evening, Post of yesterday, says :
The ordinance .passed by the Common Council,
exempting firemen and others from the operation
of the draft, 12.0111 in abeyance, the Mayor-re
maining unv illing to sign the bill as it was passed.
He is indisposed to approve any measure that -will
virtually prevent the United &atm(' front receiv
ing conscripts and substitutes as the result of the
draft, which he believes would be the effect of the
present bill. Be has suggested such amend
ments as will snot -only exempt all active fire
men, but will relieve the families of conscripts,
and aid those not wishing to go with the use of
money in securing substitutes, and which will at the
same time procure to the United States army as
many or more men than the quota calls for. These
changes have been. proposed to one of the leading
member. of the board in which the bill originated
it remains to be seen whether the Common Council
is willingto pass such a bill as the mayor can coasts-
Jenny sign,
without defeating the replenishing of
the army. The mayor has not expressed a determi
nation not to sign this ordinance, but from what is
known it is believed he will not do so.
The mayor is strongly in favor of the exemption
of the firemen, and it is said the suggestion to do so
was first made by him.
Bishop Timon, of Buffalo, recently issued an ad
,
dress to the people of his diocese, which is now
placarded in the streets of New York, and attract
ing much attention. The Bishop says : -
"In New York many misguided men, yet very
few, we believe, of practical Catholics, have shed
blood in the riots';-'and the-voice of their brother's
bleed cried to the-Lord from the earth.' Some of
the rioters have fallen; many more will, we' fear,
suffer much; many will, perhaps, be ruined, and
will feel the painful sting of a guilty conscience
during the rest of life and on , their death-bed, (if,
indeed, rioters who aid in murder could die other
wise than as itis written: 'He that shall kill by the
sword must be killed by the sword.' Apoc.
they will either, through God's mercy, sincerely re
pent for their participation in the riot, or be lost
forever. Dearly beloved, listen to the advice of a
father who' dearly loves you; submit to law, and
God will protect you. Should there be a draftfewer
will be drafted than would probably, be killed in an
unholy struggle against law.
"And if any of you be drafted we will try to Iwo
tect and aid you; God will proteot and aid and bless
you in more ways than we know or can name.
, "Withdraw yourselves, then, we beg and.exhort;
from all who would excite to association 'against
the law of the land, or to violence, and mob law.
For God , ' sake ;'for the sake of your dear families
—for the sake of your fathers and mothers, whether
still pilgrims on earth, or minglimrwith the 'blessed.
crowd of witneirees , who from Heaven watch over
your conduct on earth—we exhort you to trust in
God, and not lend yourselves to any excite, to mob
or violence which leads so often to murder."
Major General Rousseau, of the Army of the
Cumberland, arrived in Philadelphia yesterday, and
.
took quarter" at the Continental._ He was waited
upon during the afternoon and evening by a number
of distinguished gentlemen, military and civic. The
objecthis mission to Washington, D. C., having
been complisked. lie is on his return to the
West. He will, we understand, take his departure
to.roorrow. Colonel John P. Sanderson, Chieflol
General Rousseau's Staft; is also rape Continental:
This is Colonel Sanderson , s native city, where he is
widely known and respected. ' ' .I'.'
THE PRESS. - PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1863.
THE ATTU 0 CHARLESTON
Rebel Accounts of Saturday's Battle.
WasurNoTotr, August despatch was re- •
ceived thismorning by the. Government, dated the
17th,-from a distinguished militmloflicerlinTennes-,
glee, stating that the Chattanooga Re6e/ of theleth
announced that the bombardment in Charleston her
bor on Saturday was awful, and that the firing froni
Gilmore's land batteries on Morris island, and from
the monitors, was chiefly directed against Sumpter.
The combined land and "
naval force of the Federate
seems to be engaged.
Tbe information published in the Rebel was re
ceived at Chattanooga from Charleston by tele
graph, and the ,fight was going on when the ;paper
went to press on Sunday. • •
The officer who communicates the contents of the
Rebel to the Government Bays "the editor, instead
of making any boaetii about the result, ormanifest
inkthe least jubilant feeling over the situation of '
affairs at Charleston, exhibits the most positive
evidence of gloom: ,
The Rebel states that Ironsides .and all the
monitors were not only in the action, but that the
whole fleet and a large number of transports were
inside the bar during the engagement.
Among the prisonern now at the headquarters of
the Army of the Potomac is Captain , RA:NDOLPIE, of.
General BwELL's staff. ' He and another °Meer
were captured in the Bull Rurivalley.
Nothing of interest is at present transpiring On
our front.
Balm. F. HALL, late chief justice of Columbia
Territory, has accepted the appointment of consul a
Valparaiso. This was some ttme ago'conferred upon
ex-Governor HAMMING, of 'Utah, who now takes the
place vacated by 'Judge. HALL. In other -worde,
they have exchanged offices.
R' The order heretofore issued, dismissing Captain ft,
11. S. Ryon, of the 109th New York Volunteers, on
the ground of disloYalty, has been revoked .by the
President, the evidence submitted in behalf of Capt.
HYDE proving the laharge of disloyalty to be entirely;
groundless.
The. Draft in NelY York.H.The:Proclama
tion of Governor '
pates Danger,.
Naw Yonx, August 11 The proclamation of Go
vernor Seymour will be printed.to.morroW morning.
He says he has• received informatioo that there is
danger of disorderly and riotous attacks taking place
in New - York and Brooklyn during theo6ming draft.
Such acts do no good. The courts are now Consign
ing to punishment many of those who were guilty,
of acts which were destructive to' the lives and pre
Perty of
_their fellow-citizensduring the shameful
scenes of last month. He concludes as follows : "I
hereby admonish-alljudicial and executive officers,
whose duty it is to enforce law and preserve public
order, that they take vigorous and effective mea
sures to put down any riotous or unlawful mem:.
blages, and if they find their power insufficient fer
that purpoie, to call upon the military, in the man
ner pointed out in the statutes of the State. If
these measures should prove insufficient; I shall
then exert the full power of the State, in 'order that
public order may be preserved and the persons and
property of citizens;be fully protected."
Roonns , rxn, N. Y.,'Aug. 18.—A number of influ
ential gentlemen from this and other States are in
this city for the purpose of having a consultation.in
regard to the next Presidential campaign. They
Ifilve assembled in accordance with a call signed by
RI:. Stevens. A private caucus is now being held,
and the meeting will be convened at noon. Among
those in attendance are Hon. Leslie Coombs, and
Hon. Garret Davis, orKentuoicy. Other prominent
and distinguished men are expected to arrive during
the morning.
ROCHESTER, August 18.--The caucus to-day was
attended by_ about thirty representatives, and was
somewhat prolonged. At the close the formal meet
ing was postponed until three o'clock. Representa
tives from several States were present, including
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Wisconsin.
Letters were received from ex-President Fillmore,
and other distinguished men. The object of those
present seems to be not to hold a convention, but a
series of private consultations in the different States
in which the old Whig elements still exist, and cre.
ate a national heed to act in the next Presidential
campaign as a balarme•of-power party. -
It is expected that a definite coulee of action will
he determined on this 'evening. The appointment of
a National Committee, and the isstie of an address
to the people, are among the things , contemplated.
Representatives continue to arrive.
Rocintimie, August 18.—The Convention 'held a
secret conference this afternoon, remaining in ses..
sion for three hours. A committee was appointed
to prepare business for to-morrow , s, session and to
submit an address. Thirty delegates. Were present.
. ,
SAIT FRANCISCO, August'l7.—The ship 111azeppa,
from Liverpool, arrived ...here on the 15th, and the
steamship St. Louis arrived this evening from Pa-
new sensation was created here to-day ; by i‘sus;
I:Adorn schooner 'being reported as cruising for four
days off the Heads. She, was supposed to be a ten
der to a pirate steamer, which was farther out. The
schooner when last seen, was apparently. chasing a
.
barkleaving the harbor, when both were lost in the
distance.
0-en. Wright, the collector of this port, had been
warned of the cirmunstances, and the revenue cutter
Shubrick despatched to learn the character of the
strange vessel, In the meantime the - town Was
filled with absurd rumors, The Shubriclk returned
this afternoon, and reported that the !mysterious
schooner was found to be only a harmless whaler
The Conqueet and' the Belle of the Sea arrived
from New York on the Inth.
The Daring, from New York, arrived on the 11th i
bringing a large quaaity of war material for rthe
Government, including one 11. inch gun, 330 barrels
of gunpowder, and 1,000 packages of ordnance.
The bark'flamburg sailed on the 17th for Otago. -
The War in. MexicciHilecognition_ of the
SAN FRANCIEI9O, August 18.—The steamer St.
Louis has arrived here,with news, via Acapulco,
from Mexico to the 92d of July. •
General Foley was issuing decrees daily.
The French-Mexican newspapers urge the recog
nition 'of the Southern ConfederacY. They state
that France will recognize it
Mexican jealousy and prejudice is being provoked
against the United States, The Government paper
says the Northern States are in favor of Juarez,
while the Confederates are fora Mexican monarchy,
and everything looks to the immediate recognition
of the Confederacy by Mexico.
The guerillas were fighting on the road leading
to the city of Mexico. The Mexicans make no pri..
Boners, but slay a/1 they caPture. They wage a war
of extermination. •
Numerous assassinations have taken place at 'the
capital of persons sympathizing with the French.
The Triumvirate Government was daily imprison
ing and shooting persons who refused to take the
oath of allegiance to the Empire. Mexicans have
been publicly flogged for refusing to supply quarters
to French officers. One Mexican lady, riamed
his, bad received two hundred lashes for refusing to,
receive French officers into her house. Her hus
band offered to pay a fine equal to her weight in sli
ver rather than submit to this indignity, but' Gen.
Foley insisted on making an example of her.
The foreign ministers had declined to remove to
San Luis, on the- offer of Juarez to protect their
transit
BOSTON, August 18.—Captain Merriman, of the
bark-P. Alexander, from Sydney, CAI, reports
that on August Sth; at 10 .o'clock P. M., he picked.
up, three boats, containing 87officers and seamen of
the British steamer Georgia, which was wrecked on
Sable Island. The men had been three days arid
nights in the boats. At 7 P. Mon August
when twelve miles, N. W. by W. of. Halifax, she
spoke the schooners Cutter and James Rose, on
their way from Halifax for Sable Leland, to the as.
sistance of the steamship Georgia. Fiftrsix men
were transferred to those vessels.
NEW Yonx, August 18.—The establishment
known as the New York Tattersalls, located at No.
660, - 662, and 664 Sixth avenue, was entirely destroy
ed by firethis afternoon. Several firemen were in
lured by, the falling of the walls, and twenty-five
bonier were burned to death. The loss, which
amounted to $40,060, is mostly 'lnsured. The fire's
supposed to have been the work of an incendiary,
and part of a concocted' scheme on account of the
approaching draft. ; _
BOSTON, 'August 18.—The United States bark-
Ethan Allen arrived here to•day, from a cruise';
also, the steamer Guide, from Newbern on the 14th.
Nniv Yonx 3 August 17.—The British Govern
ment has appealed to the Supreme Court Of the
United 6tates in the case of the i3teanier Peterhoff
aml her crew and cargo.
Many contradictory reports of the health of
Garibaldi have lately been in circulatiori. It Will
s
be seen by the following letter from hini, just re
ceived by his old friend, Mr. Meucci, bf: Staten
Island, that the hero is rapidly recovering, -and - is in
good spirits : 4 ,
" OAPRERA, June 20,1863.
"DEAR MEUCCI': I have not, at this moment, any
likeness of mine. therefore it is impossible for me to
please you for the tinae. .
" My health is getting better every day, and I hope
to coon see nay wound completely healed.
"I anticipate my thanks for the' coal oil which
you promised to me. I will. paint my fishing boat
with it,as soon as I , receive it, in , your boric% 0;
Captain Fairweather ! •7* .
"My respect to your wife; and you accept a
squeeze of the hand from
":Yours; with -my heart,
'"Ct: GARIBALDI."
WASHING row.
Special Deepatehes to The Press.
WASAINGTON, August 18, 1863
Rebel Prisoners.
All Quiet with the Army:
Recent Appointments.
Dismissal Revoked.
The Next Presidency.
From San Francisco.
The Loss of the Steamer Georgia.
Destructive Fire at New York.
The U. S. Bark Ethan Allen.-
The Steamei Peterhoir Case.
K r 'OUR FRIENDS IN SCOTLAND.—The Edinburgh
Noes of the let inst., publishes the following :
" When the news of the fall of Vicksburg and GOL
neral Lee's retreat reached the village of Bankfoot,
in Perthshire, the friends of the North got quiteju
bilant. A banner was hastily painted with the
motto on one side Vioksliurg is •taken on the re=
verse, 'God speed the North .
,' A floral device on a
large scale was also externpolied, and at 8 o'clock
a procession set out through the' village; *loom=
panted by the music band. "`'at the .cleibe of the pro=
cession, the Political lions of the place and the mem..
bets of the band repaired to the inn, where Presi
dent Lincoln and Ihis successful generals' health
WAN drunk with rounds of cheers, and then all went
peaoesblrand gladly to QM hoakes.,,
EUROPE•.
Arrival of the , ;? Steamskip Asia—The
Prot!p4)et of War.
Cern RAOll,> August 17.—The steamship Asia,
from tiverpOol On'the Bth;•and Queenstown on the
9th, piuMed this mint at him o'clock on Sunday
evening.
The Paris Bourse was again excited.
In the London money market funds are weaker.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The London Morning Post having repeated the
stattment of the 'New York Herald, that the Federal
conscription is avowedly a_menase to:England, the
Globe announces, apparently upon authority, that
no authentic intelligence has been received giving
the assertion the slightest assurance of probability,
The, Globe continues : " Although pertain's 'thei
American Government, expects from our own sea
tion interference with the fitting out of war vessels,
Which the law of England does not appear to sane.
tion, yet there is no interruption of the general
amity between.the two, and in face of the language
lield toward us in the name of the authorities at
Washington, it is, we may say, impossible they
could have made any such declaration menacing us
as that set forth."
The rebel loan rallied on the 6th instant to 23@21
discount, but relapsed 131:1 the 7th to 270215 discount.
Nine sample bales of cotton from Java, a new
source, had reached Rotterdam. Half of it was
grown from New Orleans seed, It is reported equal
in many reepects to middling fair American. The
other half. was grown from East India deed, and
falls below this standard.
The Directors of the,Atlantic Telegraph Company
received, on the 26th of July, tenders from several
different firms for themanufacture and laying of the
cable, and referred them to a committee consisting
of two eminent mechanics and two distinguished
electricians, namely, William Fairborn and Joseph
Whiteworth ; Professor Wheatstone and Professor
Thomson, who will report which application shall
be incepted.
The committee of eight appointed by the English
Government to investigate the question of a sub
marine telegraph, had signed a certificate favorable
to the laying and working of the Atlantic Telegraph
cable.
. The London Times says > "It Janata that the Three
Powers have agreed to send a Commission to Russia,
to be accompanied by separate despatches from each
of their respective representatives, and unless Rus
sia makes some sign of yielding, a diplomatic rup-
ture will be announced as impending. In the com
mon note, whatever course the mere forms of
negotiation may 'take, the reality consists in a
growing but not very threatening antagonism be
tween Prance and Russia; which will leave England ,
a neutral, though not an unsympathizing spectator.
An iron-clad for Ruenia, building in England, had
been hurried oft to Russia incomplete, in view of
eventualities. .
.RUSSIA.
A. despatch from Warsaw states - that, in pursu
ance of orders from St. Petersburg, a council of war
hadimen held in that city.
At its termination, notice was given to the War
saw and Vienna Railway to the effect that, for the
space of one week, they should suspend public traffic,
and prepare all their carriages for the conveyance of
..AUSTRIA.
At a cabinet council in Vienna, the reply - to be
sent to RUBBiti. was taken into consideration.
The 'contents of the Austrian and French notes
are not known. Itis believed, however, that they
ale, by no means ideptical, although six are main
tained in both.
The Paris Bourse had again been influenced by
the energetic efforts of the war party. The Rentea
deelinee on the 7th inst., 3f, per cent.
Late advices asserted that the Emperor was about
to review the army of Paris and the National
Guards.
GERIVLIN)C
.
-.The invitation of the Emperor of Austria to the
German iovereigns to meet in conference on Ger
man affairs, at Frankfort, had been accepted by the
Kings of SFIXOny and Wurtemburg; but there is a
report that the King of Prussia had declined the in
vitation: The Emperor had • resolved to admit
newspaper-reporters to the conference.
-- -INDIA. AND CHINA“
The Calcutta mails are forwarded per the Aida.
News anticipated..
LONDON MONEY'IIIARKEP.—In the London
money market the funds were weaker, in sympathy
with the Paris Bourse and speculative operations.
The demand for discounts was more active, and the
rates of the bank continued on an increasing scale.
There - was an influx of gold, owing to the rates of
exchange.' ,
LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.
LONDON, August 9.—The, advices from America,
by the steamship Persia, are regarded as more
favorable to the and the protraction of the
war is caiculated upon. .• •
• The Confederate cotton loan has advanced, and
closed yesterday at 24@‘22 discount.
Commercial Intelligence.
TRADE REPORT..—The Mandiester market was
firm. with an upward tendency.
. .
LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFF'S MARKET.—
The market is generally quiet and steady. Richard.
son, Spence, & Co., and Bigland, Athya, & Co. re
port Flour quiet and steady at 20@265. Wheat qui
et ; winter red, 8s 6 , :i®88 9d. Corn active ; mixed,
26s@2Ge 3d. -
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET.—The
mallet is generally buoyant. Wakefield, Nash, &
Co.. aral Gordon, Bruce, & Co., report: Beef_ firm.
Pork has an upward tendency, the inferior qualities
improving . most. Bacon advancing ; quoted at an
advance of 6d@ls. Butter firmer, with an advance
on finer. qualities.. Lard active, and advanced Bd.
Tallow steady ; quoted at 40@435.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.-Ashes
steady. Sugar firmer. Coffee quiet and steady.
Rice upward. Cod Oil steady at 215, 3d. Linseed
Oil firm. Rosin quiet and steady. Spirits Turpen
tine nominal. Petroleum Oil steady ; refined 21e,
sd,` crude 19r, 60, Denzine,aotive and dearer , LONDON INTArtlfETS.—tieadatias quiet.' iron
steady. Sugar steady. Coffee quiet -and 'steady.
Rice dull. Tea steady. Tallow very dull: Spirits
Turpentine declining. Petroleum steady ; refined
2s 4d. Cod Oil advancing; .quoted 658. Linseed Oil
Ltismorr, FridayEvening.—Consols close at 92%@ -
927.. Bußios has increased to £98,000.
,
AMERICAN STOCKS.—lllinols - Central leg@
Io.V. discount; Erie Railroad, loWitg ; New. York
GEntral 78@SO • United States fives 68@71. .
LATEST 'VIA LIVERPOOL
'AVM:POOL, August B—Evening.---CoTTox.—Sales
7,000 bales, including 3,000 to speculators and ex.
poitera. The market is firmer, with a slight ad
vance on all qualities.
BsynaDart:lP - Pa.-The market is quiet and 'steady.
Ritorlsiows.--The market is firm. Bacon is quiet
and steady.
Loignorr, Saturday ivening.—Consols closed at
92%092% for money.
AMERICAN' STO. OKS.—The latest saleswere
Erie Railroad at-,7oen ; Illinois Central Railroad
16@15 discount.
LATEST VIA. QUEENSTOWN, 9-ra
HAVRECOTTON DIARKEr.---Sales of Cotton
for the week were 11,500 bales.- The market i s steady
and unchanged. Stock in port 25,000 bales.
General:Banks , Campaign Against Port
Hudson:
Under date of the Bth, s New Orleans correspond
ent writes to the Boston Journal:
The campaign of the summer is over. After the
siege of fifty days Port Hudson fell. As General
alleck said, in his complimentary order to General
Banks, a it was reserved for this army to strike the
last blow to open'the Mississippi river." Vicksburg
fell first; This uas a glorioue victory. How the
artillery boomed forth the joyful thanks from shore
and stream when the despatch from. General Giant
was received- announcing the surrender! . He had
over, a hundred thousand men in his own army to
rejoice with him in the capitulation. Nothing is
further from my purpose than to take one word of
praise from the gallant commander of the Union
forces at Vicksburg; but the siege of• Port Hudson
and the distinct ,assaults upon it demand a larger
weed of praise for the success of our troops. Those
who have studied the fortifications of, both points
have decided that, though not so extensive and ela
borate as at Vicksburg; the defences at Port Hudson
showed better engineering, and were calculated for
a stronger defence.
Two desperate and valiant charges were made on
the enemy's works by General Banks' army—on the
27th of May, and the 14th of June—and in these as
saults some four thousand men :were killed and
wounded. Then, in the trenches for weeks at a time,
with the spade and pick, or in support of batteries,,
the ranks of his never-too-large army :became fear
fully lessened by disease; so that when the almost
impregnable fortification was forced to surrender its
garrison, the number surrendered was about equal
j to the number of the besieging and victorious Union
army. When the order was given for the Confede
rates to " ground arms," and their rusty muskets
and dilapidated equipments were . laid upon the
gmund, the line of prisoners Was considerably long
er than the line of Union troops which, witnessed
the surrender,. All - this is a tribute to the perseve
rance, skill, brain, , and will of - -the Major general
commanding; but no more so than to the gallant
troops who comprised the Army of the Department
The New Orleans Era says "The impression
conveyed - to the Northern press by certain-corres
pondents in this quarter, that the Lafourche and
Teche districts, commonly called the Attakapas
country, have been abandoned by our army, and are
recovered by the rebels, is entirely without founda
tion, and could have been suggested only by an im
patient comprehension of the 'situation. , An army
may control, without occupying a country. This is
the happy result that has been' accomplished
by our arms in these extensive' districts. The
force under command of General Banks was not
sufficient to justify holding the numerous posi
tions which have fallen into our - hands. Instead
of providing for an indefinite number'of garrisons,
military necessities have suggested the evacuation
of, several posts, which could be otherwise held ; but
they have been, and still are, in our control. A
wise disposition of military forces is one that covers
the largest:extent of country, with as few detach
ments or garrisons as possible. Our troops have
been Withdi awn from numerous isolated positions,
for the purpose of conce.ntratingetheir entire force ;
'as near as possible, in one column, at the sametime
covering and controlling, by strategic Movements,
all.the positions Which were apparently abandoned.
This is true of every post we have held, with the
ciception (of Galveston—too far removed from the
operatidins of the Army of,the Gulf to 'receive bene
fit from the most skilful military dispositions. It
could only be retained by the concentration of a
naval and military force superior to any -that the
enemy:coUldjcollect andihurl upon it—and for this
reason ought not to have been assumed."
Thee Terrible Calamity at Cohoes.
The Albany Argus of yesterday publishes the fol
lowing account of A calamity which was briefly re.
ferred to by telegraph :
"About half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning,
the shoddy 'mill of Mr. Richard Hurst, at - Oohoes,
was discovered to be on fire, and in a - few minutes
the greatest consternation prevailed throughout
the village.. .
" The mill was a large five-story brick building, on
either side of which were extensive wooden struc.
tures. One' f theee, which was used-as an elevator,
reached to the top of the main building.
"The fire, it is said, originated on the lower floor
of the main building, and the oily, combustible ma
terial with which it was covered fed the flame with
fearful rapidity. Most of the operatives were engaged
on the upper floors, and the flames made such rapid
headway that the ordinary means of egress were cut
off from most of them before they were apprised of
their danger.
"When:notified- by the ascending smoke and
flames of their imminent peril, it is said by those
who escaped that the scene on the upper floor ' was
most heartrending. The wildest excitement pre
vailed, and all rushed for the windows. But it was
impossible for those gathered on the outside to reach
them. Some,-becoming perfectly terror-stricken,
sank down and resigned themselves to their terrible
fate without making even an -effort to escape.
Others jumped from the windows upon the adjoin
ing wooden building, and reeling off, fell to the
ground, sustaining very serious, if not fatal injuries.
Others, it is reported;Jumping upon the same struc
ture, a few minutes later, fell in the flames below,
the roof giving way under their weight, -while
.othere, - it is feared,lell in the narrow space between
the tworbuildings, and so perished.
"-We understand that some.twenty-five girls are
missing, fifteen .of whom Are known t 9 have been
destroyed by the fire. "
"The mill was entirely consumed, and the loss
to the owner is estimated at thirty thousand dol-
The:Troy Timesinsys :
. .
Di the knitting roorn, - in the fourth story, forty
girls were , employed, under charge of Peter
Before intelligence could be conveyed to them, they
were entirely hemmed in, and none of them could
escape by the stairs. It therefore became necessary
for them to escape by the windows. Mr. 14'0 - Hugh
remained as long as it was possible for him to do so,
and then mewed by jumping out.
"The spectacle presented at this time was per
feetli horrible, and made more so by , the impotence
of-those who saw it to render any help. Some of
the poor creatures accepted the alternative of their
'fate, and dashed frantically from the windows. One
struck upon her head, her neck was broken, and she
died instantly.,Others had limbs broken by the con
cussion of thefallr.
One, a _yeung woman named Donnelly, in her
deiceit, was caught by her hoops upon a ladder, and,
in full sight of the screaminu, horror-stricken spec
tators, roasted to death, her blackened body. falling
to the ground. Another 'sprang through the Magee,
aad l el she denuded, her garmegti teak fire, mud
she was burned to death upon the ground before it
was possible to reach her.
"Others ran to the windows, and stood there wildly
calling for help, until the wild sea of flame behind
swept irj, on and wrapped them in its shroud of
death, and they dropped out of sight"
NEW YORK CITY.
[Special Corretpondenco of Tho Press./
Dam Tons, A.uguat 17, 1863
BEFORE THE DRAFT.
This morning, an official notification fixes Wednes
day, the nineteenth, for the recommencement of the
draft in this city ;,and in•connection, appears an ad
dress of General Dix, containing pointed sugges
tions to the Copperheads, and warning the "friends"
of our inestimable Governor, that " ample prepara
tion has been Made to vindicate the authority of the
GOvernment, and.that the first exhibitions "of disor
der or violence will be met by the most pregipt and
vigorous measures for their repression." What the
effect of this proclamation may be upon the Inoue ,
rectioiliets and Furies of " The Points," and' the
Avenues, remains to be seen. Cowardly by nature
stabbing only when the friendly shroud of ds.rkness ,
can conceal the sharp gleam of the butaherly knife ;
attaching only when in bands and 'hordes, and hurl
ing the torch of arson only when none are near to
trample it under foot, these wretches, more degraded
and more inhuman than'- the ouvriers of the
Faubourg St. Antoine and the purlieus of
Finis! ; they may this time hesitate before
rushing upon the bayonets that now bristle
in the harbor forts, and which will, at the first alarm;
crowd the avenues of this sink of, political corrup
tion. We can only speculate on the quality of pru
dence in men devoted to the fierce insanity of igno
rance,' men who inevitably choose the partisanship
of crime and brutality. Thoroughly we understand
the creed of pitiless and bloodthirsty Proscription to
which their leaders are striving to , commit, them, '
and the crime and havoc Which those leaders seek
to establish es a normal state of society ; but here
the certainties end, and the speculation on Orobable
contingencies wises. There is a mute but forcible
appeal in the two hundred graves, which now stand
as monuments to the awful days of July, which they
may not disregard wholly, and which may serve to
soothe the frightful elements of discord, but such re
mits cannot be counted upon. Ever since the riots
the howlinedernagoguea of Secession, the apostles
of butchery and pUlage, have been engaged in fan
ning the smouldering embers of insurrection, and
urging the ragged rabble once more to inaugurate
the reign of bludgeon, cord, and torch in our streets;
but the bayonets stand as subtle arguments against
THE EVENT OP OUTBREAK
But little can bejudged from the feverish feeling
of the people to-day, save that they are preparing
themselves for . the contingency, be it what it may.
If the lame is to be one of blood, it will find them
ready; if it be one of peaceful submission to the
laws, so much the better. Apprehension there cer
tainly is, and that, too, based upon seemingly sub
stantial grounds. The menaces of the rabble have
not been motet, but open, and free to the ears of all;
and many of our citizens now await in breathless
anxiety the test which is to involve not only their
property, but their lives. The proclamation of
Gen. Dix has served to allay the general apprehen
sion to some degree, but not wholly. Not, indeed,
that any fears are entertained of the Ultimate re
sults of a second Copperhead insurrection ; but that:
incalculable damage might be wrought by the limn
ken rabble before the bayonet could curb its fierce
energies. Two day, more will finally decide these
fears—two days of fearful anticipation and feverish
hope.
In the event of an outbreak, the mobs will be
quadrupled in numbers, when compared with those
of July. A more thorough organization will be de
veloped,-for -the Copperhead factions trent every
contiguous city will. flock to the banner of revolu
tion, bent on one fierce endeavor to test the power
of the Government finally, and in such a manner as
to leave' no appeal. It will be the last struggle ; a
grim and awful struggle, which wilt strew our
streets with the red harvest of the cannon and tinge
the skies with Dames. If the Copperhead party
chooses to fling itself into the annihilating fires of
Federal artillery; if it chooses to melt away before
the charge of an army of bayonets, surely the coun
try will never suffer by the loss, and the only wail
which arises will be from the maddened traitors at
the South, who will bowl over the graves of those
who, at the North, had striven to inaugurate scenes
of horror, which a slave insurrection at the South
could scarcely equal. Fiat, juslilia, rued tutum!—
though, practically speaking, there would be no
imminent danger of finding any Copperheads among
the debris. _
' THE WORLD OF AMUSEMENT
which, through a 'mathernatial paradox, is supposed
to be comprehended within the city limits, starts the
week with a fresh infusion of vitality, or rather new
vitality, if the " ghosts " are taken into account.
The fact is, that we are now thoroughly infested,
possessed, and haunted; : by these debilitions of the
real. Ghosts, genuine and burlesque, are flitting
upon no leis than five of the metropolitan stages,
until the forces of Pepper (the inventor) seem to be,
to adapt one of Terrold'ajokes, pretty well mustered
in' our midst. Anything less sensational than a
brace of murders, and a phantom dance (Pepper's
patent) in a charnel vault, would be rejected by the
taste of the public, since 'the new innovations. The
Ghoit is the -pivot on which the theatrical world
now revolves.
Mr. William Wheatley, wialom the well known
Philadelphia manager, and zww lessee of Niblo's
Garden, announces the close of that establishment
for the last of. August,' The "Duke's -Motto" has
proVed an astonishing success, and Wheatley's co&
fers are full , to overflowing. Mrs. D. P. Rowers
opens a season at Winter Garden, to-night, with
"Natalie"-La dramatic episode of the French Revo
lution, by the late diaries Selby.. Fallon's " Stere..
opticon," a most magnificent optical e3Flibition, has
returned tiro= a brief tour of the provinces to Irving
Hall. The "Stereopticon" took the public' by
stern', during its previous exhibition in New York,
and now bids fair to become domiciliated among us
for a long season. It is understood that some specu
lating geniuses , are now cudgelling their faculties for
the discovery of some method by which the "Stere
opticon" can be made available for the production of
stage sceneiy. In case'of a success, We are to have
Macbeth, with the genuine "ghost," and photogra
phic scenes from nature as it is in that portion of
Scotland where Macbeth once lived, and moved,
and had his murder regularly after supper.
STUYVESANT.
Falsehoogs of the Disloyal Press.
[From theNheeling Intelligepcer.]
Tux SLAVIC.D.RIVER'S LASH,—"At Wheeling, on
the 21st (July), the jailor of Ohio county was held to
bail in the sum of two hundred dollars to answer be
fore the next county court for whipping and beating
brutally a female political prisoner. The testimony
before the alderman was direct, positive, and shock
ing, and included not only lashing her across the
shoulders with a cowhide, but dragging her down
stairs by the hair and kicking her on the way to the
cell, against the incarceration in which she resisted.
The facto need no comment, The woman was a
Confederate,'—so the report in the Wheeling Regis
ter calls her."—The Crisis Columbus, 0 , July 29.
When shall we hear from Horace Greeley on this
subject of lashing white men and women? In former
days the land resounded with his frantic shrieks
when some negro, guilty, no doubt, of crime, hap
pened to be punished. . -
Will. the loyal leagues get up a photograph of
this woman's haCkt. It will well match one they
lately exhibited.—Exchange.
Now, we think the Oopperheadehave made'about
as moth political capital out of , this affair as the
facts in the case will justify. The subject is about
played out. We do not believe that any man, no
matter -for what cause, can ever be justified in
raising his hand against a woman, save in the way
of kindness ; but we know.that thefacts in this case
bave been maliciously used by all the Copperhead
papers, to excite the prejudices of the ignorant, and
to subserve the meanest kind of political purposes.
The Copperhead woman alluded to was sent here as a
spy, charged with having waded Buckhanon river,
to give information 'to the enemy previous to an at
tack upon the town of Buckhanon. She was taken
to a hotel in Buckhanon, and, while confined in one
of the upper rooms of the house, spit down upon the
Federal officers walking along the sidewalk. below,
She was brought here, and confined in the best room
in the jail, but acted' in such a disorderly manner
that the jailor found tt necessary to put her in a cell.
Sberefused to, change her quarters, and used lan
guage to the jailor and his family that would have
put, er London fighwonian to the blush. The jailor
then, in a fit of passion, seized her and conveyed her
to a cell below, inflicting upon her, with a raw-hide,
more punishment thah ought to have been inflicted
upon any woman, no matter what the provocation.
The girl is now boarding at a respectable boarding
house in this city, we. suppose, at the expense of
the Government. She toifs not, neither does she
spin, yet Solomon in all his glory never was gayer
or more festive. ,' She Visits all public amusements,
and is much sought after by Copperheads of ali
grades. She repeats the story of her wrongs to,the
rebels of this city, who circulate the highly.colored
details broadcast among the Copperheads of the
North; who dish them up to feed the prejudices of
their ignorant followers and the woman has become
a famous specimen of injured. - innocence. We re
peat, that the affair has been . garbled and lied about
and made to subserve the mean purposes of dirty
men and a traitorous cause.
ARREST OS COLONBLUREAGER.—For a weak or
two . paat considerable feeling has prevailed among
the farmers in Frederick county, Aid., in conse
quence of some of their slaves having, it is alleged,
been enlisted in the military service by Colonel J.
F. Creager, formerly of this city, who is said to be
recruiting for Colonel Birney'm negro_regiment. The
circumstances are related in substance as follows:
Among a number of recruits obtained were seve
ral slaves, including one owned by Mr. E. Creager,
a Union citizen of the county, and a relative of the
colonel. This gave rise to expressions of disappro•
bation on the part of the Union men of the county,
but nothing transpired in opposition to such a odurse
of 'proceeding until Sunday last. On that day, it is
alleged, Col. Creager visited Frederick city and at
termed .the African Church. After service be ad
dressed the colored.. persons present, and succeeded
in inducing several to enlist, among them a slave of
Dir. John Loats. Col. C. soon after left the town
for his camp at Union bridge, in Carroll county.
During the afternoon Mr. Creager obtained a writ
for his arrest and placed it in the hands of the sheriff
of Frederick, county. The latter officer summoned
a posse eon:Rohm, and about nine o'clock at night over
took and arrested Col. C. at the house of a Colored
man named John Stanton, ten miles northeast of
FledEriek, near Walker's mill. He-was immediate
ly taken back to Frederick city, and, after an exami
nation before Justice Mahony, was, in default of
$l,OOO bail, committed to jail to answer the charge
of enticing slaves to escape from their owners..` Un
der n law of Maryland every person convicted of en
ticing slaves to escape is subject to an imprison
ment in the penitentiary for not less than six nor
more than fifteen years.—Balfinzore Sun.
CAPTURES r.v THE PIRATE GEORGIA.—A. Per
nambuco paper, of the 15th July, says: "The Con
federate steamer Georgia, Maury commander, cap
tured the American ship,City of Bath, 736 tons, W.
J. Cooper master, on the 28th .Tune, in latitude 20 0
30' south,- longitude 29 0 30' west,- off the desert
island of Trinidad, belonging to Brazil. This vessel
was from Callao, with a cargo of guano on _French
account, . bound for Antwerp. The master being
compelled to give a, ransom bond for $29,000, the
vessel was allowed to proceed on her voyage. ' The
Georgia'had taken- the American ship Constitution
on June:-25th, with 1;300 tons Of, coal, from Phila
delphia, bound for Shanghae, and was discharging
the'coal for the purpose of fitting out the ship as a
cruiser; also, the ship Good Hope, released on giv
ing-ransom, and the Dictator burned. The Vander•
hilt has proceeded to , Trinidad.. The American ship
Samuel Robertson, 421 tons, Monter master, which
vessel put, in here on the 15th June, on 'her voyage
from New Bedford to Honolulu, having been con
demned, was sold b 7 auction for 8,040. reale." It is
reported that the Conrad, which was captured by
the Alabama, OR the 19th of June, had been armed
by that vessel, and not destroyed.
Vicksburg was laid out in 1842 by Nsivitt Vick,
and incorporated in UM. It has-always been cele
brated for its fine fruits and vegetables, and- for its
short-lived editors. Seventeen of this unfortunate
class have'come to an untimely` end by the duello,
street fights, or suicide, since the . establishment of
the Vicksburg , the first newspaper pull.
Whed there. . - • •
Federal Spies in a Rebel Fort.
A Confederate officer, one of the prisoners taken
at Port fitidion, is writing an account of the siege
of that place, and what was taking place while
the siege lasted inside the post. We extract the
following story frchn one of the chapters of this in
teresting history t
One pleasant morning two ladies crossed over on
the ferry fiat from the Pointe Voupee shore and
directed their steps immediately to the office of the
provost marshal. The eldei of the twain was
dressed in deep mourning, but with due regard to a
display of elegance. The younger deported herself
in attire more suited to a fashionable evening pro.
menade than for travelling, while her, countenance,
..glowing with natural and artificial colors, and radi
ant with, smiles, rivalled the, gorgeousness of her.
costume. After such a lapse of time,l.'epeaking
calmly and dispassionately, she can be said to have
. been "gotten up regardless of- expense." As the
folds of her dress were lost to sight within the envi
ous walls of. the provost marshal's building, a tall,
stern-featured soldier from the piney woods turned
slowly away, and after delivering himself of a long
drawn sigh, exclaimed with an earnestness of tone
that showed it came from the inmost recesses of the
heart, "Oh I aren't she a screamer, though l"
With all the ease and nonchalance of one experi
enced in the world, the younger lady introduced
herself and her venerated parent as refugees from
New Orleans. Their tale of wrong and oppression,
of individual sufferings and of hair-breadth escapes,
was not soon told, though delivered with a graphic
skill and a rapidity of utterance which proved the
relator to possess rare conversational powers. Mi
nutes lengthened into hours, and hours rolled by
unheeded by the constantly. increasing auditory,
whose sympathies were so keenly enlisted that some
of the younger and more impressible were ready to
Saddle their horses and start off at a hand gallop,
esolved to avenge that fair - creature or return never
more.
IBother and daughter expressed themselves
anxious to go and visit a son and husband who,"
they asserted, was battling for their beloved cause,
on a distant field of glory, but yet such was their
fatigue they would be compelled to remain - a few
days in Port Hudson to rest. Escorted by gallant
young - officers, who exerted themselves to render
the stay of their fair visitors as interesting as pond-
Me. they saw all the works then in progress, as well
as the different camps, where at dress parade the
number of troops could readily be ascertained
by a looker-on. The ladies were' charmingly ig
norant about artillery and fortifleations,,and after
obtaining an accurate explanation of everything
they, saw, would protest that it was such an in
tricate subject, and there were so many technical
terms necessary. they could not see how one could
ever understand such things. "Now do tell me,
bow far can this thing shoot?" asked the younger
one of her chaperone. The officer carefully ex
plained the range of the gun up and - clown the
riven "And don't it fire any further than that
tree?" asked hie attentive listener. " That is its
extreme range," he answered, "at least for the
highest elevation we can give it here." "You don't
say so," she responded, with the merriest little
laugh in the world ; "I am a perfect child in such
matters ;-why. I would have thought it could shoot
five times as far."...
But at hen another day had passed, the "maid of
the radiant smiles" and her mother had departed,
bound, so they said, for Jackson, Mississippi, leav
ing a cloud of sadness, perhaps, over a heart or tivo.
The presence of such charming visitors are green
oases in the desert. of a soldier's life, and their ab•
sence was still being mourned when it ayes learned
that instead of going to Jackson, Mississippi, they
bad made Their way without loss of time back to
New Orleans, Madisonville, and Lake-Pontchar
train. The tact was not generally known, however,
and those who had so generously NA assiduously
helped the visitors to obtain the particulars they,
came to seek, hugged to their bosoms that good old
motto which consolingly says, " Least said soonest
mended."-
,
O'Connell and - Slavery.
[From the Teledo Biade 1
EDITOR BLADR: Having lately seen--the publics
tion'of a letter written by the late Daniel O'Connell
upon the subject of slavery, I enclose you an extract
of a speech delivered by him upon that subject, and
I send it to sou with the hope that you will publish
it in the Blade:
Mr. O'Connell was a 'strong Anti-Slavery man,
and, as ah evidence of-this, I beg leave to state that
in 1827 the people of Great Britain and Ireland
were intently discussing two subjects of-emancipa
tion—one was Catholic emancipation; the other
was the negro or West India emancipation bill.
The members representing the welt India influence
in the British Parliament called upon Mr. O'Con
nell and urged him to keep silent upon the
subject. of West India emancipation, assuring
him that should he do so they would give
him Catholic Emancipation. His reply to 'them
'was: " No, gentlemen, I would not purchase the
emancipation .of .my Catholic countrymen at the
Expense of rivetting the fetters upon the limbs of a
single human being that God Almighty ever made ;"
a reply worthy to be inscribed 'in letters of gold
upon a column of adamant. 'Many of his' country
men seem now in this, the hour of their liberty and
prosperity, to forget the years they spent -in the
galling chains of slavery ; and to some of these I
hope the publication of his speech may not he with
out effect. Respectfully, HIBERNICUS.
EXTRACTS FROM O'CONNELL'S SPEECH
Slavery, wherever it exists, is the bitterest
tion that can be commended to the lips of man.
Let it be presented in any shape, and It must dis
gust, for a curse inherent to it grows with it, and
inflicts oppression and cruelty wherever it descends.
[" Hear, bear !" and cheers ] _
We proclaim it an evil ; and though as a member
of this Association I am not bound to take up any
national quarrel, still I do , not hesitate to declare
my- npinion ; never faltered in arty own sentiments.
[Cheers.L
I never said a word in mitigation of slavery in my
life; and .T. would consider myself the baseat criminal
cti human peings if I had clone so; [" Hear!" and
cheers.) •
Yea, I will say shame upon every man in Amierica
who is not an Anti-Slavery man! shame and dis
grace-upon him ! .
I don't care for the conseguefices. I will nbt restrain
my honest Indignation of feeling. I pronounce
every man a faithless miscreant who does not take
a part for the abolition 'of slavery. [Tremendous
cheering for several minutes.]
It • may be said that offence will be taken at
there words. Come total may from ifiem, they are my
wcrrds. [Renewed applause.)
Good Heavens !'can Irishmen be found to justify,
or rather to palliate, (for no one could dare attempt
to justify) a system which shuts out the book of hu
man knowledge, and seeks to reduce to the condi
tion of a slave 2,500,000 human beings; which
closes not only the light of human science, but the
rays of divine revelation, and• the doctrine which
the Son of God came upon the earth to plant?
The men who will' do - so belongs not to my . kind,
C" Hear. hear !" 1 --•
Over the broad Atlantic I pour forth my voice,
saying, Come out of- such a land, you Irishmen ; or,
if you remain, and dare countenance the system of
slavery that is supported there,-we will recognize you '
as Irishmen no long . erl [Cheers.]
I say the man ra not .a Christian ;.he cannot be
lieve in the binding law of the Decalogue. •
He may go to the chapel or the- church, and he
may turn up the whites of his eyes ; but he cannot
kneel as a Christian before his Creator, or he would
not dare to palliate such an infamous system.
No, America! the black spot a slavery rests upon
your star-spangled banner; and no matter what
glory you may acquire beneath it, the hideous,
damning stain of slavery rests upon you, and a just
Prpvidence will sooner or later avenge itself for
i your crime. [Loud and continued cheers.]
Sir, I have spoken the sentiments of the Repeal Associa-
HOW- " [Cheers.] There is noraman among the hun
dreds of thousands that belong to our body, or among
the millions that will betong to it, who-does not con
cur in what I have stated. •
We may not get money from America after this
declaration, but even' if we should not, we do not
want blood stained money. p Hear, hear I") If they
make it the condition of our sympathy, or if there
be implied any submission to the doctrine of slavery
on our part, in receiving their remittances, let them
cease sending them at once.
But there are wise and good men everywhere, and
there are wise and good. men in America; and that
document which you have read, Mr, is a proof, among
others, that there are. And I would wish to culti
vate the friendship of such men; but the criminals
and'-the abettors—those who commit and those who ,
countenance the-crime of elavery—lregard as the ene
mies of Ireland, and I desire to have no sympathy.or
support from them. [Cheers.] -
LITERATURE Di WASHII , iGTON.—" Agate," the
Washington correspondent Of theCincirtnati Gazette,
writes thus - of literary life at the capital :
" Count Gurowski is understood to be quietly
accumulating materials for.an - additional volume.
In spite , of the enemies he made by his' unreserved
revelations and piquant criticisms in his Diary,'
the old Count still has access to the beat sources of
information.
"The Quartermaster's Department here contains
a couple of enthoresses. Mrs. Swisshebn% is a
name that needs no introductory explanations.
The St Cloud (Minnesota) paper, proved a pdor
support in war times, and Mrs. Svvisshelm came on
to Washington to lecture on the Indian outrages,
and remonstrate against Mr. Lincoln's proposed
clemency to the Sioux. Pima that she settled
down into ministrations in the hospitals and a
clerkship under General Pileigs. Mrs. E. A. Akers
(one or two of whose recent , contributions to the
Atlantic have been widely copied) is likewise in the
Quartermaster's Department.
"Mrs. Southworth works away with prolific pen
at her highly.seasoned novels, in a pleasant little
cottage in Georgetown. 'Howard Glyndon,' an
occasional none de plume that stands for a lady, forma
another on the list of Washington authoresses. She
Is contemplating a collection of her ' War Poeiirs,
chiefly from Harper's Ikronthlii and Weekly, to be
brought out this fall or next spring.
-"'When I - have added that Governor Boutwell,,
-late Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has com
pleted his work on the tax law ; that Mr. Callan,
long clerk to the - Senate - Military COMmittee, is
bringing - out a new edition - of - his United States Mi
litary Laws ; that-Mr. Lanman has another edition
of his Dictionary of Congress ready for the press ;
- and that our-A. R. Spofford (formerly of Cincinnati)
has been hard- at work, with all the force of the li
brary employees, in preparing a catalogue of the
Congressional Library—now the third; if not the
second, in extent anti completeness of the public
libraries of the United States—that shall, with- its
triple arrangement of subjects, titter], and authors,
come nearer perfection than any library catalogue
the country-has yet .produced, I believe .I have
about exhausted the list of Washington book
makers and magazine-writers."
RECEIVE.—The WHAT SUBSTITUTESWILL r,ECEIVE.—The Ro
cheater Express has the following relative to thioay
of, persons who may enlist as substitutes of drafted
men. It tells its own story •
. -
"The figures below are , given in the event that
the war lasts three years, but if sooner brought to a
close (as we earnestly pray it may), the average pay
per month will exceed the amount stated in propor
tion to the brevity of service:
United States bounty $lOO
State bounty 75
Substitution fee 300
Three years' pay at $l3 per month 468
Clothing for three years, at $4O per year 120
Three years' board, at $lOO per year 300
Total receipts. $t,363
" This sum divided into thirty-six months makes
$3B per month ; which, sub. divided into the twenty
six working days- in the =lath, makes: i 1.46 per
day. No allowance is made for doctor's_ bills,
which are to the United States soldier nothing.
What ordinary workingman would not .consider
this good pay on a contract for three years T
"'lt the war lasts but a year—and every intelli
gent, candid person believes it will close before that
time—the substitute will receive for his year's
work $773, or $64.41 per month and $2.47 per day !'
If you do not believe this, figure for yourself."
FEEDING THE REBEL POOR IN VIRGINIA.—In
lieu of something more important to do, we have
actually sunk into the " utter insignificance" of feed
ing the citizen rebels of -this neighborhood. I say
citizen rebels, because, no matter how apparently
sincere a man may.be, if he is a native, he is looked
upon in the light of a rebel, or A sympathizer with
those who openly fight against us. The arrival of
this corps here, as, in fact, the arrival of the whale
army is to the country for...miles around, warts Pro.
vidential blessing to many Southern families. These
made early application for articles of subsistence,
and got them;but so numerous did the applications
become that it . wan found necessary to adopt firegu.
lar authorize& system in the matter. "Hence, ruleS
a n d regfilations have been established . whereby the
natives can procure mibsistence for their families at
reasonable prices: All applications M this. corps,
have to be made to one officer—Lieut. Thinly, sta.
tioned at corps headquarters. Here the citizens. apo .
pear and make their applications. 'lftheylakiii‘he
oath of allegiance, they are well supplied or allowed
to purchase in reasonable quantities for their fami.:.
lies , use. Many take the oath. ,They appear to
take" it very willingly. Ifis thought they are sin
cere at least it seems so. By this means, those
who live and move near where we are now fare fa
vorably every day.--aerald correspondence,
COLORICD RECRUITING 1N rdARTEAND.--air.
C. Hardin, of Church Creek, with fifty-six colored
recruits, left here .oxi.Pdonday_ morning last for Bair
timers. Immediately upon their arrival in the city
they were marched out to Colonel Birney , s encamp. ,
Meat - and *Worn into the - 'United States' service.
Those, together with those before recruited; make
a hundred - and filly colored soldiers that. Dorchester
haifurnished to the, Governnient. If we:Min: sue
- (wed imrecruiting. as many , more, which is highly
• probable, there.wililm ne draft in herionety.--
Inknigenceav -V - . - •
- -r General Doubleday \
To the Editor of The Press::-
Sra : The Army and Navy Gazette, of May last Ow
quoted by "L. A." in treday's issue), as well es" L.
A.." himself, gives some generals undue praise, fend
omits the names of others whose loyalty is and
always has been above suspicion, and who have
never feared to express their anttelevery senti
ments, their determination to sustain the Admiral"-
tration in all its ineasureii, and to combat treason,
whether in the armed rebel of the Souther the more
insidioue and cowardly "Copperhead"' of the
;forth.' -
It iff surprising • that • your correspondent should
hive omitted in his list the name of Major G-enerai.
Abner Poubleday; the man Who, from Fort Sump
ter, fired the tint gun in this contest to sustain and
-vindicate the honor of the "old flag:" the only offi
cer at the pOst, whosi detestation of the "curse of
slavery," and whose vlews-in regard to the "pecu
liar institution," were even then so well known and
fearlessly expressed ae to render him a marked man
in Charleston, whilst his brother-officers were re
ceived with favor. We should *judge men by their
acts, not by their words. Whilst most of our gene
rals have waited "for the war to open their eyes to
the iniquities of the slave system," he has long
known and abhorred them, has written, spoken, and
fought against them. Re has, from the commence
ment of the rebellion, been in favor of using "every
means which God and nature have placed in our
power" to suppress it, and, to that end, has always
urged the importance of employing colored troops.
MS sentiments are so well known in the Army of
the Potomac, that, after sustaining indignities and
insults on their account, he has floolly asked to be
relieved from service with that army, and is noW
waiting orders.
I am, sir, very respectfully, yours,
PHILADELPHIA, August 18, 1883.
Periodicals Received.
FROM W. B. ZIEBICR, SOUTH THIRD STREET
Edinburgh - Review, No. 241.—This is the New York
reprint. There are nine articles, of which the most
striking is a very able review of Sir Oharles LyelPs
great work on the Antiquity of Man, another on
the Scots in France and the French in Scotland, and
a third on 'Louie Blanc's now completed History of
the French Revolution. Other subjects discussed
are Druids and Bards ; Sir G. C. Lewis ; Clever
house; the Sources of the Nile; Modern Architeo
turn; and the Navies of France and England.
The Art Jammed, for August —This, besides nu
merous wood- engravings, has three engravings,
in line, after Turner's " Whalers," ,PickersgilFs
charming family group, " Beating on the Hill," and
Allom'a recent view of " Sardis," one of the seven
churches. A-highly interesting illustrated article is
"The Art Industry Exhibition of Constantinople."
The fact of such an exhibition being sanctioned
there is a remarkable proof of the advancement of
civilization.
FROM J. J. KROMER, 403 CHESTNUT EITRIZET
The Cornhill Maga=ine, and also Temple Bar for Au
gust. These low 7 priced but excellent periodicals
are more lively than they have lately been. In the
"Romola " is concluded, and three new
chapters of - "The Small House at Allington" are
given, and, among. several readable papers, we
specially commend "Medical Etiquette," " Farm
ws," and "Mrs. Archie,"—though the last is im
probable. In Temple Bar we have much more va•
riety. Two novels are running a race in its pages—
" John Marchmont's Secret" not being quite . as
good, this month, as "The Fortunes of the Tred
golds." Mr. Sala has two papers, Edmund Yates
has one, and there is a graphic account of Mar
montel, the French story-teller, and a good, bnsi
ness like account of the recent discoveries of the
Sources of the Nile.
A "FEARFUL SCENE AND WITHERING REBITEB.-
Ex-President Buchanan and suite, en route from Bed
ford. Springs to Wheatland, passed through Harris
burg on Saturday last. After alr. Buchanan had
changed ears. and a. few minutes before the train
started, a crowd was collected in front of the car he
occupied, gazing with mute curiosity at the infirm
old man, whose unsteady look wandered from object
to object, as if he hesitated to meet the gaze of the
citizens and the soldiers present upon the occasion.
Just then a soldier who bad lost an arm began to
shake the slump in the face of the 0. P. F., exclaim.
ing fiercely, "I am indebted to you for this!" (peiut•
ing to the maimed arm,) "and the devil will liquidate
the debt when he gels you!" At this point the whiatle
of the locomotive screamed the signal of departure,
and Buchanan, with the rebuke of the wounded
soldier blanching on his already pale and withered
cheek, was soon lost in the distance with the train.
But, what an existence! What a career for as
American President!
DECIISIONEr OF THE SECOND CIO3I2 , TEOLLIER OW
THE Tnnesusx.—The Second Comptroller of the
Treasury hal decided that when a non-commissioned
officer or private is discharged after two years ger.
vice. -
on account of promotion, his one hundred dol
larsof bounty, is payable at the time of such dis
charge. It Is also insisted that biennial exemp:
tions of invalid Pensioners must be bir two mirapqns
or physic's:oil, Officers who may be relieved under
the act of Congress of 1851 and 1862, and who were
on duty at the date of the retirement, are entitled
to a continuation of their full pay until relieved
from duty. -
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THEE UNION PRELIMINARY MEETINGS.—
The Union party favorable to sustaining the Ad;
ministration in a vicorous prosecution of the war to
a successful issue, held their primary meetings last
evening in every wardr throughout the vast
city of Philadelphia. Many of the meetings
were largely attended. There was quite a
clever sprinkling of War Democrats there.
They seemed to understand the ?difference between
Democratic principles, and the principles; or want of
principles upon which the Democratic - party is
fnunaod.-- ..y.sc4hes _were made- by these
gentlemen, who said that however much a political
party . nafty change its movements, still the'principle
of Democracy remains the same. ' Whether the
people charge front, at the simple dictation of
their leaders,,, depended, pretty much upon the ge
neral'intelligence of the masses. In the southern
partof the city, there are a large number of
Union refugees from Eastern Virginia and other
parts of the South. They have felt the iron
heel of the oppressor. Their Democrary did not
save them from rebel invasion and robbery, even at
their own homes. These men seemed to fairly beg
the people of the North to forget everything but
the Union, and thus gain a moral victory at the
ballotbox that will astound the rebels.
• ACCIDENTS.—Patrick McGittigan was ad
mitted into St. ,Togeph's Hospital yesterday, having
bad his hands mashed between the iron rollers of a
mill, near Fairmount.
About I o'clock veaterdsty morning, Mr. McNutt,
aged 60 years, walked out of Ida bedroom window in
hie sleep, and fell to the pavement. Hewes seriously
injured. It was thought, last evening, that he would
die before morning. •
FIRE LAST EVEIVINgp.—A building, as we
learned by thePire.alarmTelegrarM, used for storing
charcoal, attached to Tackawana Print Works,
at Frabkford, was .destroyed by fire about 9 o'clock
last evening. The loss is estimated at $lOO.
FOUND DhOWNED.—The body of an un
known white man was found drowned in the Dela
ware, at Walnut-street wharf, yesterday morning.
The deceased had red hair. It was thought that he
had fallen into the river some time in the night.
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DELIGHTFUL CHANGE IN THE WEATttr,R.
—The delightful meteorological change in the state
of the atmosphere, experienced by our denizens
since Monday morning, has had the effect of making
everybody amiable, and putting em on the qui
rive for good news from Charleston. It has had one
other effect also, namely—reminding the people that
now is the time to send to W. W. Altir's great Coal
Emporium, Ninth street, above Poplar, and order
their Supply of elegant Lehigh Coal for the winter,
as the prices are sure to advance.
DELICIOUS SUMMER CONFEOTIONS
RAU PaIIITS.—Mr. A. VAIISSIIt, the popular
'Confectioner; gitith and Chestnut streets, is now
selling his dells:lona Confections to. everybody of
good taste about leaving the city. We would also
invite special attention to his elegant Black Ham
burg and other hot-house Grapes, large-size Peaches,
and other luscious Fruits not found elsewhere.
PREPARING FOR FALL TRADE.--MeSsrg.
C. Somers & cone, the enterprising and' well-known
clothiers, No- 625- Chestnut street, under .Tayne'S
Hall, are already opening their new importations
for fall trade, ,a casual examination of which leads
us to suppose that their inducements to buyers will
be even greater than heretofore. They are now
closing out the balance of their , summer stock at
greatly-reduced prices, and the consequence is that
their Store is daily crowded with customers.
,BRANDIES FOR PRESERVING- PURPOSES.
—Nreisis. Davie & Richards, (successors to the late
C. H. Blattson,) dealers in Fine Family Groceries,
Arch and Tenth streets, have just received a fresh•
invoice of Biandisuitable for preserving purposes,
to which we invite the attention of our readers.
MESSRS. CHARLES OARFORD & SONS,
"under the- Continental Hotel, are now selling their
entire stock of elegant Summer Goode for Children
and Youth at and below coat of importation.
FOR' THE LEMIETRY AN - _ELE9ANTLY:-
FITTrNe. SHIRT, go to the popular Gentlemen's
Furnishing Store of Mr. George Grant, No. 610
Chestnut street. .
FIRM 'MILITARY GOODS, of every deserip
tion, suitable for Army and Navy Offtsere, can be
had at _moderate prices, at Oakford Fr. Soaa', under
the 'Continental Hotel..
$275 to-$-825 will get an elegant 1-octave
rosewood over.strung Piano, warranted five years.
J. E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. jr2ii%ssvtf
CONTBIiTMENT.—There is. but little• ra •
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tional cause for discontentment in this world, hard .
and bitter as life may be, unless our own vices are
the sources of our misfortunes. Such misfortunes
axe abnormalT they are invited guests, who come
not of their own accord. The natural misfortunes
incidentto existence are few, and easily overcome
by the practice of- patience, philosophy, and good
sense. The latter trait is displayed by all persons
who purchase their clothing - et the one-price esta
blishment of Granville, Stokes, No. 609' chestnut
street.
SECRETS- OF THE UNION LEAOHES.—Ab
person who has been expelled from one of these In
etitutione has eonelujled to "blow" the whole con•
When you‘mett" a member you present your left
hand and say, "It's . very warm."
Theother, Meditating, says,. "Yes, warmest- day
of the season? , when in trouble or in a tight yon
cry put "Hi ! hi!!' to lee if them are any members
about to help you. 'lf there are any they put the
thumb of their right hand-on the end of their nose
- and let their four fingers vibrate at random. in the
open air. On entering a League-room, at the first
door you. say, ...One. prlee,"-at the second door, " Con
tinental."- On leaving,,you shout abthetop of your
rases " Charles Srakes Fr. Co." •
SAGE QUERIES.—If a pair of stockings are
Bose, is a singlestooking a hoof! If a pair of glasses
are spectacles, Is one a spectacle? And if SCI, is it
not a bad show for a sight? And thirdly, if panta
loons for one form 'n'pair,What proportion of them
will it require to form a pantaloon I We pause for
a reply, and.in thii meantime we would recommend
all our masculine friends to .proeurn not only, their
pantaloons, but their costs and veeharat the famans
Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson
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