L ~!f -,~L~ + THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1863 We, We can take no notice of anonymous commu• nioations. We do not return rejected manuscripts. air Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and eapecially from our different military and naval departments, When used, it Will be paid for. irowertni Southern Argument against the RebeZlion. The masterly article transferred to our columns; from the Raleigh, N. C., Sandard, of the 31st of July last, and known to ema nate from the pen of one of the ablest states men in that Common Wealth, and to be pub lished with the sanction of Gov. VANCE himself, is one of the marked events of the times, and points.'out the road to the speedy overthrOW'or the traitor -chiefs of the great Conspiracy. We gather from this article some most significant facts. We see in it the increasing weakness of DAVIS and his associates, and the increasing boldness and courage of the true friends: of the old Union in the seceded States. We find in 'it a tremendous argu- Melt in support of the entire war policy of Mr. TAWCOtN'S Administration, considered in reference to the contrast so startlingly drawn between the moderation and resolu tion of the Federal Government, and' the. false, arrogant, and disreputable course of the authors of the, rebellion.' If the men who send forth this manifesto do so at the risk of . their lives, then is their intrepidity entitled to the'applause of all the civilized races ; and :if they speak these strong words because they know their strength with the southern people, then in deed is the boasted edifice of the Slave Power tottering irresistibly to an early and a lasting fall. And what a. rebuke this great appeal, and the statesmen making it, to the Northern sympathizers with secession, who, in their safe seclusion and in their •comfort able distance from all danget, deny or con• demn the truth so plainly and elocetently presented to the Southern people ! There is not one of the self-constituted leaders of the Northern Democracy who will not read the paper we reprint from the Raleigh Standard with shame and remorse. The Democratic masses' can now realize for themselves the baseness . of these leaders, when they behold them constantly repudiating the facts and ptinciples,so earnestly uttered by the op pressed and imperilled patriots of the South. We de - nef, of course, agree as to the mea sures hinted at in this fine article as likely to produce a peace ; but that is a point that May.well he .waived at this moment. All that we now insist upon is, that thete can be no'negetiations with the rebel con spirators or their usurping Confederacy. The first are traitors .and outlaws, and the last has always been held by the Administration and by our loyal ptiblicists as the spawn of Treason. The only persons that can ever be received as the envoys of submission to the Federal Government are those who have suffered from the cruelty of the tyrants of Slvery, and who know that their only safety and security will consist in the over throw of their oppressors, if not in the gra dual and permanent desiruction of slavery. The Republican Principle. In all the world's history there, is no in stance-of the establishment of a great and pernianent,, reptiblic. In all empires, power has passahnperceptibly from the people to the few, or has been Wrung: from .their re luctant hands..by:the violence of sudden tyranny. ,W,e . need not multiply examples ; it is sufficient to recall with what enthusiasm glory-maddened France, after her first revp lution;threly herself at,the feet Of NA.IPOLEON, `and with what ease the' second French . Re public.was betrayed by its own President. Thus, partly because history records no successful experiment of self-government on a large - scale, chiefly because of natu ral hostility to the republiCan principle, the ,advocates of limited monarchy have . for fifty years predicted the ruin of America. Englieh statesmen; especially, have prophe eied of the time when this great'Republia, an imposing but imperfect Structure, should be rent apart by the stress of Its own weight, to shock the world by its fall. In. the belief of such that trine has now come, when they behold the Union shaken: to its foundation by civil war, and all the years. of past brotherhood forgotten :in the desperation of the strife. But, because all republics have failed, it is illogical to infer that no 'republic can-suc ceed. Eighteen hundred years, ago, the seine objection might have been made to Christianity; for, previously, all religions, however pure in their intent, had become in-_ struMents of oppression and deceit. Would it have been reasonable to argue that, there fore, Christianity must become an instru ment of oppression and deceit ? On the contrary, there never was and is, in reli gion or in republicanism, any reason- to in fer the failure of the abiding principle frOm that of the transitory facts In which it was imperfectly embodied. Show to us a thousand unhappy marriages; we will not, therefore, disbelieVe in the possibility of a perfect marriage. Picture for the discou ragement of human hope a thousand ruined republics, destroyed by the folly of their own citizens, betrayed by the wickedness of their public servants, or conquered.by foreign enemies ; we ,shall not, therefore, deny our faith in _man and freedom ; we shall not cease to believe that the American experi ment of self-government,•the, latest and the noblest, is to be the successful, vindication of the sublime principle by which it lives. Bven if the' tomorrow, Republic should fall to utter ruin to:morrow, freedom would not be proved utopian; it would simply be proved that the American people were unfit to ap predate their own system of government, or that the world was yet too ignorant of its own wants to protect 'its highest good. We have recently been told that the Uni ted States is " the last and saddest example of the tendency of the modern expansive Republic to separation and civil war." An assertion vague, and showing a blindness to the plainest:facts which is very discredi table to the intellect of its author.. The re hellion is not a consequence of any centri fugal tendency Of republican institutions ; it is not an evidence that the American people • are too ignorant or passionate to govern themselves for centuries without disttutance. But it is, unmistakably, a proof that in the formation of this Republic, an element of discord was introduced, which could not fail to produce civil war, (hav ing been permitted to grow to its present strength), and which, unless.removed, must inevitably cause separation. This disco' , dant element is, the anti-democratic institu tion of slavery, upon which has been found , ed an anti-republican aristocracy. It is- not because'of the vast extent of the territory. of the Republic, of its immense population, or of its expansive- tendencies which : pro- mice to extend its dominion over the whole continent, that civil war has haPpened.' It is the result, of the " irrepressible conflict" between slavery and freedom, and no hu man power could have prevented it. The ,republican principle must not be held responsible for evils it did not pro duce: Plant" slavery and freedom side by side in a monarchy; and conflict is the certain result. The greater the intelligence, the higher the spirit of 'a 'people cursed with this element of dissension, the fiercer will be the struggle ; therefore, in America no lasting compromise was possible ;- but as surely as fire must evaporate mite'', or water extinguish fire, Slavery was destined toput its foot on the neck of Freedom, or Freedom to place Slaiery in chains. To us, this war is an assurance of the proud future of the_ American .Republic, for it demonstrates daily the fecblenets of the wicked spirit. Proof upon ~proof has been given of the tendency of the ,American people to union, for they for thirty years sacrificed their principles to maintain it. , No where in. our history is the tendency to civil war evi dent, except upon the'solitary question of slavery, nor would that have' ever been the cause of war had it been possible to ,regu late its monstrous evils, and to . provide for its gradual extinction.- For years. we thought this possible, but suddenly .and - without warning, the South taught us our error. The Republic, then, has not failed, though the clement of ruin it contained was power ful enough to destroy the strongest of em pires. Nor, had it failed, could the mo narchist have justly accused the republican principle, for the United States would then have fallen to the earth in disgrace, not that it was a Republic, but that it was not enough of a Republic ; because within it existed the pure monarchical principle—the enslavement of man by man. Thus all the world would have learned that monarchy, after all, had destroyed its enemy, and that republican ism had not again •failed from any weak ness of its own. Ours is, however, a nobler fate and, a prouder future, and the very war which threatened to destroy the nation will become the instrument of its redemption. For in this mighty struggle slavery has already received its death-blow, and America, pilrified of evil, will hereafter have no internal enemy, and republicanism no stain. We shall decide the question of man's capacity for self-government, and re publicanism shall cease to be an experi ment. "Rome was, and young Atlantis shall become The terror or the wdhder of the earth." Let her be as she IS,- . the winder ; but if the terror, still let the world dream its beau tiful dream, for Freedom is the mightiest, and her lovers shall be rewarded in the end. The : Five-Twenty Loan. No matter what captious critics at home and abroad may say about the causes which have led to the success or failure of our ar rnie,s in the conduct of ' this war, there can be no - question as to the wisdom and ability displayed in supplying its pecuniary sinews, The prowess and sagacity that have charac terized the financial arm of the Government since the commencement of thewar—how ever mortifying it may be to sympathizers at home, or unpalatable to jealous capital ists abroad—cannotfail to command the re spect and admiration of the world. , In the " five-twenty" loan, (a six-per cent. interest bearing loan, so called on ac count of its being redeeniable by the United States any time betwe s en five ,and twenty years hence, the management of which has been entrusted to the great bank ing house of JAY COORE & CO., of this city), the Treasury Department at Wash- . ington has struck the most responsive Chord in the financial heart of the Republic. The promptness and liberality 'with. which this loan is being taken by all sexes and classes throughout the loyal States, we regard as One of the grandest exhibitions of the intelligence and patriotism of our people. Through this conversion of le gal tenders into a handsomely-paying, non-taxable loan to the Government, there has been . for months a steady stream of wealth ponring'from the pockets of our peo ple into the treasury at an average•rate of half a million to a million and a half dollars per day, the conversions now teaching abont three quarters of a million daily, or nearly five millions per week. —_ And yet, great as this amount seems, when we consider the .extraordinary abun dance of money, and the unequalled attrac tiyeness, in every respect, which this loan of fers to persons having money to invest, in large or small amounts, the wonder is that the entire halance of it—which is now not very large—is not absorbed alniost instantly, andt here are no doubt thonsands of persons now procrastinating, for no particular refl.- - son, who, in less than .a fortnight after the conversions are discontinued at par, Will buy the bonds at a premium. The universal confidence felt in this loan by . men-of all parties and opinions is striking and significant. From letters constantly being received by the agent in this city, it is quite evident that, whilst, sympathizers with traitors rail at our GovernMent, they have the fullest confifience in its "promises to pa - Y." They are in this respect, to their credit - be it said, like that son in the 'icrip tm-es who, when he was told to_go to work in his' father'S - vineyard, said `''.l will not," but afterwards...e,hanged his mind and went. However these men may affect to love their "brethren in arms," the vineyard of Secession presents to them.a, barren field. From accounts; deemed rediable,,, the South ern armies are dwindling from desertions,. and it is not improbable that in a little while JEFF DAVIS, with a few - straggling sa tellites, will be left to tread the wine press alone in his anger, when of the :people none will be with him. The rebel loan abroad has met a staggering blow from which it cannot even recover under the resusci tating galvanism of "the Thunderer," and it is not surprising, therefore, to find a num ber of "eleventh-hour" patriots turning their attention towards an investment in which the true friends of the Government had the most Abounded confidence from the beginning. - The Confederate Loan. The last monetary report from England, dated August 8, represents the Confederate loan as having settled down to a discount of; 24 per cent. It may be remembered that, iihen started, with blast of trumpets loud enough to have knocked down the walls of Jericho, twenty times over, it was bulled up to a premium ofl2 per cent. The present situation of the , Confederate scrip is this : The holders, either purchasers of the scrip or persons who originally' sub Scribed for it, are under an obligation to pay ninety pounds in cash for every hundred pounds of scrip. This would be a Clear profit of ten-per cent., provided that the scrip -holders and cash payers had a certainty that their investment was safe. At this moment there has been paid,.on every nominal £lOO of scrip, the :actual sum-of £65. Therefore, there re mains tfie sum of .£25 to be further paid, to make up the promised £OO per centum, on each scrip certificate for one hundred pounds. At first, the market-price of such certificate was £l2 above its nominal value, (with the obligation ,on the purchaser or holder, of course, to paY up the sum of £9O upon it, when "called for,) but it now is £24, and has been £35, below pax. In other words, holding a bit of paper on. :which £O5 had been paid, frightened speculators had been content to lose that money, merely to'avoid paying up The - other instalment of £25. - Selling at a discount of 24, the vendor about gets out Of this obligation, and loses all that the scrip originally cost him. -. This This is not the brightest lookout for dabblers in Confederate stock. But, when people gamblrin the money-market, or any where else, they must expect to abide by the ha lard: FOr instance; Mr. ZACHARY PEAR SON; a great English shipowner and.mer chant, doing busineas at Hull,. got into a great traffic with. " the so-called Southern Confederacy," and had a little fleet em ployed in running the blockade. He owned the Peterhof', of which our readers have heard, which wa . s seized by . the United States_., Government, and " all went merry as a marriage bell," until, ene fine day, it ap 7 peared that he had been swifter than a pub lic functionary whom debtors do not like to meet—in a word, ZACHARY had "outrun the Constable," the inexorable hand of Law put its strong grasp upon him, and he was brought :up on the flat of his back, on the floor Of the Bankruptcy Court, helpless in deed, ?but spasmodically active as a lively turtle, after his captors have turned him over on the strand of the Tortugas isla.nds. PEARSON had contrived to owe $15,000,000 more than he could pay.. That amiable and vi , ealthy discounting firm, OVEREND, & Co., Lombard - Street, London, (fa mous as large subscribers, ere our war, to the Ariti-Slavery Society . of England,) thonght fit to aid Mr. Pkinsow in the risky businas - Of running the blockade,. in order to '"ahl; abet, 'and comfort" the slave oWners of the South, and find, as the result, that theJsenkrupt owes them $7,500,000 for cash advanced. When the estate is "wound up," Tit is " run down" just now,) Mr. Gun- NEY and his partners may possibly receive a dividend of five cents in the dollar. Of course, nobody pities them. The game was hazardous, they chose to play it, and they haVe lost. But it will be some time, we suspect, ere any other English house of wealth and serious character will risk seven or eight million dollars on the pretty game called "running the blockade:"- People who went into the n Confederate loan were more or leg influenced by the gambling feeling which has brOught the great Lombard-street discounters bite -grief. LrNDSAT and LAIRD; SPENCE and MollErs.:- nr, GREGORY and Roanvcx, either' did not, 'subscribe to this loan, or, having done so, to save appearances, got rid of their scrip at a premium, and greedily drew, on the mo ney that came in, for the respective amounts of their own "little bills." The persons who now hold the scrip will suffer—niany of them may be ruined. Their own securi ty, after having parted with their money, was a Confederate promise to be repaid by shipments of cotton, invoiced at such low prices that, when sold, the profits would bp within one or two hundred per cent. We never have been able to learn how the cotton was to be conveyed to Europe, and whether at the risk of the rebel Government or the individual scripholders.- , But, now that the cotton-produeing States are being hemmed in by our brave troops, now that the bubble Confederacy is about to burst, the rebel Go vernMent has issued strict orders to all its officers to burn all cotton on hand, to pre vent its being seized by, or for, the United States GovernMent. That is, the cotton which the Confederates represented was held by them as tangible security to those who subscribed to the loah, is now or dered by the Confederate Govermnent to be burned when -it cannot be safely removed. The moment this little fact is known in Ea rope the Confederate loan may be expected to dwindle down to its :full market value; of one hundred per cent. below par. The fool ish people - who parted with their money did not know, perhaps, that JEFFERSON DA.v.is, the pseudo-head of the-pseudo-Southern re public, was the champion of repudiation in Mississippi ; his- great principle - - is, that a State should borrow as much as it can, and. not pay its debts unless compelled to do so. Mr. JAMES SPENCE should have mentioned this amiable weakness in his employer's cha racter, and The Times should havepublished it. Mark the contrast between the true and the false republic. In the case of the Con federate Lohn, we find capitalists seduced by false representations to advance their money for the permanent maintenance of slavery in the Southern States, and orders given to destroy the property which is the only security these capitalists could have against loss. In the case of the United States, we see an expensive war conducted, to the approaching, issue of success, without borrowing a single dollar from, any foreign capitalist. The war has necessarily been costly, but the patriotism and the wealth of our population has advanced all the means required to carry it on. As a nation, the United States has always met all its pecu niary obligations. Were it to go into the European money market to-morrow; .and ask for a .$250,000,000 loan, at four per cent., the whole would be sitbscribed for in twenty days, and the stock would start at a premium and-so. remain. That is the difference between the mock and the real republic, and the Confederate scrip -holders know it by this time. Peisonal. Fleet Surgeon J. K FOLTZ, who has`been in the Southwest with Admiral FARRAGIIT, has arrived in this city, having returned on the Hartford with his gallant chief. He is now in this city, at his residence on the-cor ner of Broad and Cheatnut, receiving the calls of his numerous friends., He is in fine health and glorious spirits, and speaks, with -pride . and exultation of the doings of the navy in the Southwest, and, more particu larly, of the results achieved by the activity, the courage, the genius, and the patriotism of that distinguished naval chieftain, Admiral FARRAGIFT. Dr. FOLTZ has been in - the service since boyhood, and -it merely a compliment to his high skill, and no refine; tion upon those associated with him in the service, - when we say . - that he stands in the first rank of surgeons of the navy, and holds an enviable position among the.sur geons of the country. A large number of the crew of the Hartford,. now in the Northern States on a furlough, reached Philadelphia last evening: The gallant sailors were enthusiastic and public in their:;:-appreciation of the kind, con stant, And attentive care shown Ito them by. Fleet-surgeon Forrz, and affection ate- in "their - devotion to their gallant old admiral, FAIMAGITT. Dr. FOLTZ has had many opportunities of observing the temper of the people of the Boutb,.and more par ticularly of those leading the rebellion. He thinks that the victories on the Mississippi have done much to overturn- the spirit of the Southern rebellion, and that the re sistance to the Federal authority is weak and timid compared with what was seen in the beginning. All that he has observed in the Southwest, however, convinces Dr. : FOLTZ that there can be no real peace; no permanent triumph over the rebels, no re storation of the Union, no lasting peace, until slavery is destroyed and extirpated. THE LATE ROBERT WILSON, ESQ —This forenoon all that was mortal of Mr.'` Wilson, silversmith, corner of Fifth and Cherry streets, will be committed to the grave. He•has died, in his twenty-ninth year, and his family may be assured that he never dis graced the high reputation which made his name de servedly honored in this city. Mr. Wilson's grand father came hither, from Scotland, we •believe, ere the close of the last century, and founded the Mist. Dent which was carried on by the late William Wil son, Esq.- Of the gentleman whose early death we deplore, we need not say a word, --every one knew and respected him as a high-principled, honorable, genial, and liberal gentleman. To his young chil dren and their amiable mother he leaves that best legacy, the character of a good man. ' PHILADELPHIA BOOK TRADE S ALE.-WE have already announced that the sixty-first trade sale of boolcs, stationery, copper and steel plates, en gravings, stereotype plates, &c., would commence at the auction rooms of Thomas & Sons, in South Fourth street, on Tuesday; September 15. We now have the catalogue before us. It is a stout octavo of 230 pages, and contains the invoices of nei.rly ninety publishers and stationers, in all parts of the Union. There has not been a better catalogue than this for years, and we anticipate that our friend T. B. Bell, the beet of book ,auctioneers, "spread himself" thereon accordingly. As usual, the sales will be wholly without reserve. WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to The Press; WASHINGTON, August 19,1863. The _ Poet Office: Instructions were to-day issued by the Post Office Department that all mail matter deposited in' any post office, and addressed to any executive depart ment, or to any officer therein, on which the postage is unpaid, and which is not properly franked, must be forwarded to the dead.letter office. Diplomatic. Count Ni cnotas GRORGI was to-day introduced to the President by the acting Secretary of State, delivered his credentials, and was received as minik ter resident of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, The Retaliation. _ The following is the language of Major General HALLEox to the agent for the exchange of prisoners "It is, directed that immediately on receiving official or other authentic information of the execu tion of Captain Sawyer and Captain Flynn, you will proceed to hang W. H. Lee and the other rebel officer designated as herein above directed, and that you notify Robert Ould, Esq of the said proceed ings, and assure him that the Government of the United States will proceed to retaliate for every similar barbarous violation of the laws of civilized war." Collision in the Chesapeake. The schooner Statesman, one of the Georgetown and New York packet line, with a valuable cargo, while on her way up the Chesapeake, last night, off Point Lookout, was run into by the steamer Illi nois, cutting off her bow to the water's edge, and otherwise Injuring her.. The steamer Baltimore went to her assistance, and towed her into a harbor. No lives were lost. The Political Gathering at Rochester. ROW:LESTER, Anglia 19.—The committee of the Constitutional Union Meeting is still in session here with closed doors, considering the resolutions to be adopted. Not more than a dozen delegates are here now. The committee commenced its session this even ing, with closed doom, and adopted a long series of iesolutions instead of an address, the purport of which' denounces the Abolitionists, ,Secessionists, &c., and favors the.union of all conservative men in' the next Presidential campaign.. About twenty dele gates were present. Attempted Eseape or Lieutenant Iteed;tlte• Pirate. :BosTorr, August 19.—Lieut. Reed, formerly of the pirate Taoony, now a prisoner at Port Warren, came near escaping, last night. He got out of his case. mate, and was found this morning in the grass. Three other pirates did effect their escape by float ing on a target over to LovelPh Island. They there stole a sloop boat 'of ten tone, and were to come back for their leader, but in this they failed. As the wind was southwest and fresh, they must have steered north along the Coast. Lookouts are after theni. From New Orleans. , NEW YORK, August 19.—The steamer Columbia has arrived from Drew Orleans, with dates to '.the 13th. The paperx axe barren of news, THE PRESS. - PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1863. Foirrnass MONROE, August 11.---Steatner City of Richmond, Captain Kelly, sailed for Port Royal, S. C., last evening. U. S. transport steamship . S. R. Spaulding left here, this evening, for New YOrk. FORTRESS . MOIVROE, August 13 —Captain Hodg hiss, commander of the navy gunboat General Put nam, and one of his men, were killed, yesterday morning, by guerillas, on the Pasquotank river; The Captain's remains have arrived at Fortress Monroe, and will be embalmed today. U. S. steam propeller Mississippi arrived, this morning, from Boston. U. S. frigate St. Lawrence arrived at 11o'clock, to• day. She will remain here as ordnance ship. The Rev. Father Ouilet has arrived at Fortress Monroe, and is to remain at this post: lie has been with General Foster at Newborn, N. C. The U. S. transport Creole arrived to.'llay, noon, from New Orleans, but brings - no news. Two gentlemen (brothers) have just arrived here from Richmond, residents of Beaufort, North Caro lina, and left North Carolina on the last day of last May. They were arrested for being Unionists and ta ken to Richmond and incarcerated in Castle - Thunder, where they remained till the 25th of July, when they were conscripted by order of - Confederate States Attorney Aylett, (after having been relieved from their imprisonment from Castle Thunder.) When conscripted, they Were taken to Camp Lee, where they remained nine days, when they succeeded in making their escape and came down the 'Peninsula, via pamunky river, to Yorktown. They proclaimed.themSelves sworn enemies to the rebel cause from beginning to end. They report that most of the fortifications about Richmond have no guns mounted, and they saw none to mount, and the rebel forces are my limited in or about Richmond. Jenkins' brigade, only mustering 3,500 men, are sometimes in Richmond and sometimes in North Carolina, Gen. Wise is near Richmond, and has opt over 900 men in his command. Gen. Lee's men are deserting him by hundreds—co inpaniesat a time. Orders of Gen. Grant in Relation to Cotton. Cain°, August la.—General Grant has issued an order that all persons having cotton or other pro duce, not required by the army, be allowed to bring the same to any military post within the State of Mississippi, and abandon it to the agent of the Trea sury Department, to be disposed of-in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of the Trea sury. At posts where there is no agent, the quarter- master will receive, and, at the option of the owner, hold it till orders are received from the -agent, or send it to Memphis. The 63d Massachusetts Regiment, Col. Kimball, am.l,the 23d Connecticut, arrived here to-day, enrOule for home. NEW YORK, August 19—Noon.—The draft'in the Sixth Congressional district is progressing 'quietly. There is no trouble "in any part of the city, nor Is any apprehended. Business is going on as usual, .and a general feeling of perfect security ilervades the whole community. The military arrangiMents are - most perfect - for the full maintenance of order. NEN% YORK, August 19--Evening.—The, draft, to day, has proceeded without other demonstration than jolly remarks relative to the "elected." The military arrangements, however, will continue of the most perfect char:icter, and Gen. Canby, who commands the Government forces here, is unceasing in his vigilance, remaining, with his staff,' at-head quarters day and night. It is proper to - state that througlLthe measures taken by this officer a mob could not exist one:hour either in New York city or Brooklyn. About 1,000 names - were drawn to•day. The militia are all at their armories, but will not be called upon unless private property cannot be pro tected by the police. The provost marshal and other Government officials are fully protected by de. taohments of the 37th Massachusetts and other-regi ments. S CONCORD, August 19.—The draft in the'Second district commenced to-day. Good order prevailed. The names of 572 conscripts were drawn, and among them was that of the Hon. William E. Chandler, Speaker of the House of Reprecentatives. Rebel News. MEMPHIS, August la.—The Selma (Ala.) "papers of the 12th inst. say that the subject of foreign in• tervention has ceased to be a theme of discourse. A despatch from Columbia pronounces the story f r about` ice's resignation untrue. He 11 on White' river, rlrMisas, in command of his division.' ',, • ' A espatch from Horton, Missh, August 9; says that General Logan attacked the Federals, seven hundred strong, a few days before, near Jackson, Alabaina, killing -a large number and capturing twenty, with two pieces of artillery. Fourteen hundred conscripts from West Tennessee were at Okolona awaiting arms. • There is no news of interest from Vicksburg:" *'- General Sherman's headquarters were two miles • from the Big Black, near General Osterhaus' old camp. .- - General Dodge is muchbetter. He will'probably go North to recruit his health. HANOVER (N. H.), August 19.—Professor E. D. Sanborn, of St. Lords, has bees elected professOr of oratory and Belles Lettres, and Professor Oharles'A. Young, of Hudson, Ohio, professor of mathematics, Death Or Captain Cannon. HAVRE DE GRACE, August ie.—Captain L. Cannon, of the Ist Delaware Cavalry, son ,of Go vernor Cannon, died yesterday at Bel• Air, Md.: His death was caused by fatigue and exposure incidental to hie duties. PTRiv YonK, August 16.—The United States steam. er Vanderbilt was passed July 14th going into lto de .Taneiro. The - United States steamer Mohican sailed from Rio July 16th. NEW YORE, August 19.—The 12th and 19th regi ments of lieg - ulars arrived here to-day , by steam, from Washington. , BUFFALO, August 19.—The 28th Connecticut Regi ment left for home at 8 o'clock this morning via the Central road. ROCHESTER, August - 19.-The Diocesan Conven, tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church met here this morning. There is an unusually large attend ance. ---- • - - - BOSTON, August . 19.—1 n the trot to-day between Fullinkham and Butler the first-named hors won the first, 'second, and fourth heite, Butler vi ring the third. Time-2:32, 2:28, 2:27M, and 2:30U. BOSTON, August 19.—The steamship Africa sailed at eleven o'clock to•day. She takes out $40,000 in specie, and ; LS passengers for Halifax and 63 for Liverpool. ST. Joings, N. P., August 19.—The steamer Sido was boarded this afternoon off Oape R.:3011. Sh brings Liverpool dates to the 11th, and via Queens town to the 12th inst. The steamers City 'of Limerick and City of Lon don arrived out on the - 11th inst. It was rumored that reinforcements will.be sent to the army in British North America. The American and Polish questions remained in atatu quo: The latest news via QueenstoWn states that it is generally asserted the* Prince Maximilian will ac cept the Mexican crown. The United' States corvette St. Louis sailed from Cadiz, August 2d. The London Times Jaya a rumor is current at Chat ham, that in consequence of the recent menacing news from America the Government intends send; ing additional troops to British North America. The Times says it should not be surprised if some thing arose out of the alleged proposition of Jeff' Davis to Napoleon for an offensive and defensive al liance between Mexico, under the French protec tion, and the Confederates, which would be quite consistent with the late French policy. The"' world might look with - favor on such a contingency, but absolute neutrality_would be England's poligy. The Times looks upon the election of the Arch duke Maximilian in Mexico as important, and says it will have a tendency to a union between France and. Austria, and a division between France and America. The Northerners must be incensed against Napoleon, and the Federals can hardly fail to come in collision with the new empire. The Daily News Is bitter on the French policy, and does not believe that the Archduke will accept the throne. La Patric asserts that the Archduke made the ac ceptance dependent on the consent of the Emperor of Austria. La France says that if he accepts,France and Eng land will recognize him immediately, and the other Powers will follow. The Emperor and Empress of the French cent congratulations to the Archduke. The Paris Bourse was Rat. Recites; 671.15 c. The Polish question exhibits no neiv phase, but the public opinion is for peace. It is reported that Austria sent a proposition to Russia containing a slight modification of her late note. La. France asserts that the French note• firmly maintains the claims advanced by the three Powers, but is drain up in a spirit of moderation. Engagements continue to take place between the insurgents and troops. Twenty. seven of the German princes have ac cepted the Emperor of Austria's invitation to a con ference at Frankfort. A telegram from China announces that the :Japan question has been temporarily settled. The Ameri can legation has been burned. SHIP Nmws.—Arrived from Philadelphia, ship Al lessandria tit Belfast. - , Commercial liitelligene e. I IrERPOOL. I ugnst sales of Cotton for Satur day and Monday have been 18,000 bales, at an advance of N'('‘l)Rd. The sales to speculators and exporters were 5 COO bales. The market closed firmer with an upward tendency. The advises from Manchester are favorable. Breadstuffs are .dull and unchanged. Wheat is still di alining.. Richardson'm and Wakefield's circulars quote as follows: Flour dull and nominal; Wheat heavy at a decline of ig2a; mixed Corn steady at 26s lklakia 6d. Provisions steady. Beef steady; Pork steady; Bacon firm; Lard quiet and steady; Tallow steady. " PRODUCE. --Flagar firmer: Coffee quiet and steady; -Ashes-inactive: Linseed Oil firm: common Rosin with out sales; Spirits Turpentine nominal; Petroleum sales LONDON. Angustll.—Breadetuffs easier; Wheat steady; Coffee firm; .Tea quiet and steady; Tallow quiet at 4389 AMERICAN SECURITIES.-Illinois Central - Railroad 75.%©14,4.di5c0unt ; Erie Railroad 713b072g. LIVERPOOL, August 12.'-The sales of Cotton to-day at Liverpool were 10,000 bales, including 4.000 to specula tors and exporters. The market, is, unchanged, though having en npwafd tendency. Breadstnffs inactive. Corn firmer. • LONDON. August 12.--Consols for money. NM. BAL.m.ronx,.August i9.—Flour dull ; Ohio extra $5.15@5.81,g. Wheat declined 3@sc for Kentucky. white ; Southern steady.. Corn very dull; white 82@83c. Whisky firm at dit@aMo. THE "NAVAL ,FIGHT ON THE COAST OF MAINE." —The newspapers, it seems, were somewhat sold by the report of a naval tight oft the Maine coast; Dr. Crabtree, of this .city, writes .to the Press that he witnessed the affair, and all there was of it is this : -The United States gunboat Montgomery was prac tising her guns, and.fired twenty. one in an hour and a quarter. There was no rebel craft about, unfor tunately.—Hartford Courant. THE. NATIONAL DEBT OF 'ENGLAND.—At the close of the last financial year—that is to say, on the 31st of March,JB63—the British national debt consisted of .£783,33GA39 funded debt. and ..C.16,49.5,- 400 unfunded—making . .in all ..£199,832,139. This shoWs that the debt of Great Britain is more than three and a half times larger 'than was that of the United States on the Ist of July last FORTRpg'.IIIONROE I , The Draft in New York. The Draft in New Hampshire. Prolessors Elected. Naval Altars. Arrival_ of Troops. Return ot'a - Connecticut Regiment. Episcopal Convention. The Boston Baces.- peparture of the .Africa. T.T co The Steamer Sidon Olt Cape Race. THE LITEST QUEENSTOTN. Markets py Telegraph. NORTH CAROLINA IND . THE REBE LLION. A Rentorkable Article from a:Tourism( in the Rebel States—Rerietr,of the History of the Secession Holieinent—What the Lenders Promised To Do —Whitt fr hey Have Foiled to Accomplish. The following is the remarkable article with% ap.. peered in the Raleigh (N . . C.) Standard oil July 31. It is reported to have' beerrwritten by Floe. I?. H. Donnell, speaker of the House of Commons of North Carolina,.eided by F. 13. Satterthwatte, president, the Governor's Council, and to have been published with the approvaimf Governor Vence. We publish the article, and italicize; &c., as it was printed In the Standard: TUE SIZCIESSIONISTB—TIEBIR PROMISES AND 19114 ItORMANCICS—THE CONDITION INTO WHICH Tif ICY RAVE DROUGHT THE COUNTRY-I'llB RIMEDY, ET(I. Mn. EDITOR. : There is, so far as I remember, nb war to be met with in history entirely analogous to the one Dow raging between the North and, the South. That- produced by an attempt'-on the part of three of the Swiss Cantons to separate themselves from the Confederation, a few - years since, in some re spects, resembles it moat nearly. That attempt, it will be remembered, was arrested, and the rebellious Cantons speedily reduced to submission by the arms of the Confederacy. It is frequently compared to our old Revolutionary Struggle with the mother country, but there is scarcely an analogy between the two eases. The thirteen Colonies were not like - the Southern States, equal in political rights with the other States' of the British Empire. They possessed no sovereign power whatever. They Were not, as we were, entitled to repro eentation in the common Parliament of the British Union, but were mere colonies—mere de pendencies upon the' mother country. In an evil hour the administration of George Grenville, and afterwards that of Lord North, attempted to impose a tax upon the colonies. This oppression was re sisted, and the resistance was made the pretext for other oppressions, more unjust still. The colonies continued their resistance in a constitutional way for nearly ten years, by representationg, remon strances, and petitions for the redress of grievances ; but all in vain. At- length they took up arms, with the avowed object of enforcing such redress. They solemnly disclaimed all intention of sepa ration from the parent State, for they were as loyal in their feelings of attachment to the British Constitution as were the inhabitants of. Surrey or Cornwall. This resolute step they confidently expected would procure the desired re dress ; but the advice of all the ablest states men at that age—of Chatham, of Camden, of Burke, of Fox, of Rockingham, and others—was thrown away upon the narrow. minded monarch and the bigoted ministry which then 'swayed the destinies of the British Empire. Still in hope, they continued the struggle for one whole year. At length the British Parliament declared the colonies out of the protection of the parent State.' -And. then, at last, no other course was left them but to proclaim their. independence and defend it, if need he, with their life's blood. The battle of Lexington was fought on the 19th of April, 1775, and on the 12th of April, 1776, the Provincial Congress of North Carolina "empow ered their delegates in Congress to concur with the delegates* of the:other_ colonies in declaring inde pendence and forming foreign alliances ;" and onthe 16th of the following month Virginia, through her Convention, instructed her delegates in the Conti nental Congress " to propose to that body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, ab solved from all allegiance to, or dependence on, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain." and on the 4th of July following the ever-memorable Declara tion was made. But how different has been the course 'Of the Seces rioniats ! They seem to have resolved. years ago, that the Union should be destroyed, and then to have set themselves to work to forge such grievances as would seem to give them a decent pretext for the ac complishment of their premeditated schemes. The first effort was made in the days of nullification by the Secessionists of South Carolina. The grievance then complained of was the tariff; although the State of South Carolina, herself, had been from the founda tion of the Government nearly up to thatperiod, as strong an advocate of a high tariff as any State in New England. That question was compromised —South Carolina obtained all that she ostensibly de manded. A revenue tariff, with incidental protec tion, became the settled policy of the Government, and, except for a short period under the tariff of 1842, was never departed from. But still they were not satisfied. Immediately after Passage of Mr. Clay's Compromise bill, the - newspaper organ of the Feccesioniats at Washington declared "that the South could never Abe united on the tariff question, and that the slave question was the only one that could unite them." And Mr. Calhoun, if I mistake not, said the same thing in a speech at Abbeville, in South Carolina, about the same time nand, of course, was followed by all the lesser lights among his adhe rents. Then commenced that violent agitation of the slavery question which had nearly' culminated upon the admission of California, in ISSO. Again, by the efforts of those immortal statesmen of the last age, Messrs. Webster, Clay, and others, was the matter compromised. The - whole country at first appeared to be satisfied with the settlement, but it soon- appeared that there were a number of restless spirits among the extremists of the South, that would-be satisfied with nothing short of a disso lution of the Union. Of this class of politicians W. L. Yancey may be fitly selected as representative man. He immediately began to agitate the - question again. He went to the Democratic National Con vention at Baltimore, in 1852, as a delegate froth' - the State of Alabama, and there proposed as the ultima tum on which he could continue. to act with the De mocratic party, and upon which, in his opinion, the slave States could consent to remain in the Union, that the doctrine of non-intervention by Congress in regard to slavery in the Territories should be in corporated in the Democratic platform. In this he failed, and therefore did not support.the nominee of the Convention, Mr. Pierce. He could not, how ever, at that time. succeed in creating a great schism in the Democratic party, so great had been the calm which the Compromise measures of 1856 bad produced. 1856 he again went as a delegate from the State of. Alabama to the Cincinnati Con vention, with his old ultimatum in his pocket. Con trary to his wishes and expectations, it was incorpo rated into the Cincinnati platform, and being thus left without an excuse, he supported Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency in the fall of that year. In the meantime, however, that fatal measure, the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, had been consummated. It was brought about by the extremists of the South, aided by, a few partisan Democrats -at the North. The avowed object of its author was to open to :slavery the Territories north of the Missouri Coin promise line, notwithstanding the agreement of 1520, that said line should forever divide the Territories between the slave and free States. It is said, how ever, that the Compromise of 1820 was unconstitu tional, but what is that to 'the purpose? It was a most solemn compact between the two sections of the country, made for• the settlement of a most per .plexing question, and without- any reference to its constitutionality, should have been regarded as an organic law, and observed as sacredly as the Consti tution itself. _ . . . The effect of this measure was great and rapid, and there can he hnt little doubt that it was such as a majority of its authors contemplated. The result was the formation of a great party at the North op posed to the further extension of slavery, and which party very nearly succeeded in electing their candi date for' the Presidency, Mr. Fremont, in 1856. After the election, this party seemed to be on the wane, until the antl•slavery spirit of the whole North was aroused to madness by an attempt-on the part of Mr. Buchartan'a Administration to force the Lecompton Constitution, with slavery, upon the people of Kansas, in opposition to the known and ex pressed wish of three-fourths of them. But for this most unjustifiable measure, the Republican party would undoubtedly have dwindled down to moderate proportions; and even after this, it is doubtful it they could have succeeded in the Presidential election of 1860, if the Secessionists. with Yancey at their head, had not determined that they should succeed. After Mr. Yancey and his party had, against their wishes, succeeded in getting their ultimatum of nomhoterven lion incorporated into the Cincinnati platform, they wentt work to conjure up another totresent to the Charl- rn Convention. Abandoning their doc trine t inon• intervention, .they went : to the op posite xtreme and demanded that the inter vention of Congress for the protection of slavery in the Territories should constitute a part of the Charleston platform. This demand . they well knew would not he content . d with, nor did they de sire that it should be. Their object was to procure the secession of the delegates of the cotton States from the Convention, and hus by defeating the nomi nation of Mr. Douglas, and rending asunder the De mocratic- party, to insure the electiop of Mr. Lin coln, and thereby forge for themselves a grievance which would seem torustify them in the execution of the long.meditated designs of destroying the Union. All of this they accomplished. and the elec tion of Mr. Lincoln was perhaps hailed with greater joy at Charleston than at New York. I will do them the justice to state that they also claimed to have some other grievances ; among them, 'that some of the Northern States by their statutes obstructed the execution of the fugitive slave law, but the only States that could:complain much on that score were willing to remain in the Union, while South. Carolina, the State which set the ball in -motion, ,perhaps never lost a slave. , But it must be borne in mind that no act of the. National Government constituted any part of their grievances. They did not pretend that any net of Congress infringed their rights, and the decisions of the Supreme Court were mainly such as they would themselves have made. Nay, even at the very time of Mr. Lincoln's inauguration, if the Cotton States had allowed their senators and representatives to remain, they would have had a decided majority in both Houses of Con gress in favor of the extension of slavery, and in opposition to the policy of the party which erected The great cause of complaint wasi;that a man op posed to the extension of slavery in - .the Territories had been elected President of the United States, ac cording to the forms of the. Constitution which he was sworn to defend and protect, and who disclaimed any other than constitutional means in the accomplish ment of his objects. Under such circumstances it seems that if they had labored under any real griev ance, their course was plain. They should have taken the course of our Revolutionary - fathers. When the States assembled in Convention, instead of proceeding at once to declare their independence —for the idea of secession,. peaceable of rigid, seems, as Publius says, to have exploded and given up the ghost—they should clearly and concisely.have stated what their g rievances were, and demanded redress in respectful, yet firm anti decided terms. They should have exhausted every constitutional means of obtain ing guarantees—if any were needed—by representa tion, by remonstrance, by petition ; and, failing in all these, they should have done as our Revolutionary sires did; i. e. fight in the 'Union for th - eir rights until they were driven out of it. Such a course would have procured for us, as it did for our fathers, the respect, the sympathy, and the assistance of other nations, Instead of that, 'we have not a friend in Europe. But such was not the course which these—in their own estimation—wise statesmen chose to pursue. When such a course was suggested or recommended to them; they evaded it bye long list of magnificent promises, which looked so splendid as almost to daz zle the mind with their brilliancy. - First and foremost, they promised that secession should be peaceable. . Sccondly. They, promised that if perchance war should ensue, it would -be a very short war; that it would riot last six months—that-the Yankees would not fight—that one Southerner could whip from ten to one hundred of them—that England and France would speedily recognize us, and render us every assistance we might desire—that whatever might be their abstract opinions .of the subject of slavery, their interests would Impel them to promote its perpetuity in the Southern States ; that if, after all, they should not be disposed- to assist us,' Colton was King, and would soon bring all the crowned heads of Europe on their knees in supplication to us; would compel them. to raise - the blockade—should one he established—in thirty days. in sixty days, in ninety days, in one hundred and twenty days. in six months, in nine months, in one year at furthest. Thirdly. They promised us that all the slave States, except Delaware, would join the Southern Confede racy ; that slavery should not only be perpetuated in the States, but that it should be extended into all the Territories in which the negro could live ; that all the grievances occasioned by the non-execution of the fugitive-slave law should be speedily re dressed ; that slave property shou d be established upon a basis as safe as that of landed property. Fourthly.'- They promised us that the new Govern ment should be a mere Confederacy of States, of ab solute sovereignty, and equal rights ; that the States should be tyrannized over by no such "central despot ism', as the old Government at Washington; that the glorious doctrine of State rights and nullification, as taught by Mr. Jefferson and. Mr:Calhoun, should. prevail in the new Confederacy.; that the sovereignty of the States and their judicial decisions should be sacredly respected. - - - Fifthly. They promised us the early and perma nent establishment of the wealthiest and best-Go vernment on the earth, whose credit should be better than that .of any _other-- nation ; whose prosperity and happinese should be the envy of the civilized 'And,lastly, they promised us that if war should en aue„: they would go to the battle-field and spill, if ne cessary, the last drop of their blood in the cause of their beloved South. While such have been their promises, what have been their Serformances? Instead of secession being peaceable, - is they promiskd that - it would, it has given.rise to Bush a war as has never before desolated any country aince the barbarians of the North over-- ran the Roman-Empire. , - So far froin the war's ending in six months, as they maid it would, should it ensue, it has already lasted more than two years ; and, if their policy is to be pur-• sued, it will last more than two years longer; and, - notwithstanding-their predictions, theliankees have fought on many occasions with , a spirit and determi nation worthy of their ancestors of the Revolution—. worthy of the descendants those austere old Purt. tans, whose heroic Writ and - religions zeal made Oliver Cromwell's army the terror of the civilized world—or of those French Huguenots, " who, thrice in the sixteenth century, contended with heroic spirit 'and various fortunes against all the genius of the house of Loraine, and all the power of the house of Valois." England and France have not recognized us—have not raised the blockade—have not shown us any sympathy, nor is there any probe flinty that they ever Will, and that cotton is not king Is now universally acknowledged. And Maryland has not joined the Confederacy, nor has Kentucky nor Missouri ever really been with us. Slavery has not only not been perpetuated in the States, nor ex funded Into the Territories, but Missouri has passed rut net of emancipation, and Maryland Iv ready to do on rather then give up her place in the Union, and the lot hope of obtaining one foot of the Territories for the purpose of extending slavery has departed frnM the OnntedOraey forever. The grievances amused by the failure of some of the Northern States to execute the fugitive-slave law have not only not been remedied, but more slaves have been lost to the Mouth forever since secession was inaugu- Wed than would have escaped from their masters in the Unlen in live centuries. And how have they kept their promises that' they would respect the sovereignty and rights' Of the Statesl Whatever the Uovernment may be In theory, in filet we have a grand military ranitatidtalon, which almost entirely ignores the existence of the States, and disregards the decisione of their highest Judicial tribunals. The great central despotism at Washington, as they were, pleased to call it, was at any time previous to the commencement of the Secession movement, and even to some time after It haul commenced, a most mild and beneficent Government compared with the central despotism at Richmond, under which we are now living. Instead of an early and permanent establishment of the "wealthiest and beet Government in the world, with unbounded credit," what have we got 7 In spite of all the victories , which they profess to have obtained over the Yankees, they have lost the States of Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, <Lad Tennessee, and in my humble opinion have lost them forever ; and, in all probability, Alabama will soon be added to the number. This will leave to the Confederacy but fire States out of the original thirteen, and of these five -the Yankees have possession of many of the most important points, and one-third of their territory. So far, the Yankees have never failed to hWd every place of importance which they have taken, and -present indications are that Chill lesion will soon be added to the number. The campaign of General Lee into Pennsylvania has un doubtedly proved a failure, and with it the last hope of conquering a peace by a successful invasion of the enemy's country. Our army has certainly been very much weakened and dispirited by this failure and the fall of Vicksburg, and'how long even Richmond will be safe no one can tell. As the Richmond En quirer said some time ago: "They are slowly but surely gaining upon us, acre by acre, mile by mile," and, unless Providence interposes in our behalf—of which I see no indication—we will, at no, great ,dis tance of time, be a suhjugated people. A a to our unbounded credit based upon thessecurity of Kirg Cotton, it is unnecessary to speak. When we see one of the most influential States in the Confede• racy discrediting a very largepart of the Confederate currency, and the Confederate Government itself re pudiating, to some extent, its moat solemn-- obliga tions, we cannot but suppose that the confidence of other nations in the good faith and credit .of this Government is small indeed. - -As regards their promise "to-go to the war and spill the last drop of their blood in the cause of their beloved South," I will say nothing. Everybody knows how the Se cessionists of North Carolina have kept that promise. Everybody - knows that the leaders, with a few honorable exceptions, will neither fight, nor nego tiate. What a deplorable spectacle does the foregoing history present to our view To what a desperate pa atthess they did have it beca brou ghtuset us, he North and Mr wh would at? Thive ey say thy DO guarantee in the slavery question. I have g before stated that not one of the Conventions of the seven Cotton States ever demanded any guarantee what ever. Nay, they even refused to accept of any, if their friends of the Border States would procure it for them. The Legislature of North Carolina, at its regular session in January, 1861, adopted resolutions ap pointing Commissioners to the Peace Congress at Washington City, and also to the Convention which assembled at Montgomery, Alabama, in February, 1861, for the purpose of adopting a Constitution. and establishing a Provisional Government for the Con federate States of America. On the motion of the writer' of this, the resolution appointing Commis sioners to Montgomery was amended so as -to in struct them "to act only as mediators, and use every effort possible to restore the Union upon the basis of the Crittenden propositions as modified by the Legisla ture of Virginia." The Commissioners, under these instructions, were the Hon. D. L. Swan, Gen. M. W. Ransom, and John L. Bridgers, Esq., who, upon their return, submitted a report to his -Excel lency Gov. Ellis, which was, by him, laid before the Legislature, and was printed among the legisla tive documents of that year, where it may be con sulted. In this report they gay that they had the most ample opportunities of 'ascertaining public opinion in the Cotton) States, and then add : " We regret to be constrained to state, as the result.of our inquiries, made under such circumstances, that only a very decided minority of the community in these States are disposed, at present, to entertain favora bly any proposition of adjustment which looks to ward a reconstruction of our national Union. In this state of things we have not deemed it our duty to attend any of the secret sessions of the Congress. The resolutions of the General Assembly are upon the tal:le of the Congress,and having submitted them BB a peace offering, we would poorly perform the duties assigned-to us by entering into discussions which would serve only to enkindle strife." But it will be said thattheso guarantees could not have been obtained from the North: This I admit to be true, and only produce this piece of- history to prove that whatever might have been obtained, nothing would' have been accepted. But the Con gress of the United States did pass, by the; constitu tional majority of two-thirds, the proposition re ported by Mr. Corwin, from the committee of twen ty-six, to so amend the Constitution as to perpetuate slavery in the States. What stronger guarantees could be given, so far as the States were concerned. it would be difficult to conceive. -What then would have been left to quarrel about? The Territories. During the session of Congress which closed on the 4th of March, 1861, acts were passed to provide tem porary Governments for the three remaining new Territories, to wit : Colorado,. Nevada, and Daco tab. These acts contain no trace or indication of the Wilmot Proviso, nor any other prohibition against the introduction of slavery; _but, on the other hand, expressly declare, among . other things. that " no law shall be passed impairing the rights of private property: nor shall any discrimination be made in taxing different kinds of property, but all property subject to taxation shall be in propor tion to the value of the property taxed." Now, when it is considered that all three of these Territories are north of 36° 30'. and that in the new. Territory now owned .by the United States south of that line, slavery actually eriAfs, and is recognized by - the Territorial law, the question may well be. -asked, What was there worth quarrelling; much less fight ing about 1" Here was a settlement of the ques tion. in the Territories, made by a Republican Congress, which-gave-the South all that, up to the time of the Charleston Convention, she had ever asked, and far - more than she could hope to gain, in any event, by secession. Indeed, I think :it must now be apparent that secession, even if it could have been effected peaceably, would have been no remedy for the grievances of which they complained. Nay, so far as any grievances arising from a failure to obtain a return of our fugitive slaves was concerned, I think -it must now be ap parent that it would have been an aggravation in stead of a remedy for the evil. I think all calm and dispassionate men everywhere, are now ready to admit that it would have been far better for us to have accepted the terms offered to us and preserved peaccand the Union, than to have plunged this once happy country 'into the horrora of this-desolating war, which has spread a pall over the whole land— has brought mourning into every family—has ren dered hundreds of thousands of hearthstones den late—has filled the land with maimed and disabled, with widows and orphans, and squalid poverty— haa crowded our poorhouses and almshouses—has sported away many hundreds of thousands of lives and many hundreds of millions of treasure, only to find the institution for which they profess to have gone to war, in a thousand times greater jeopardy than ever before. Such being the condition into which they have brought the country, the question presents itself, "Is there any remedy 1" A fall,•complete, and ade quate remedy there is not; for what can restore the loved ones lost—repair at once the desolation, or remove immediately the mourning from our land? Yet there is a remedy, which with the helping hand . of time, will accomplish much, very much indeed and which, with the energy that usually follows deso lating wars, will, perhaps, remove most of its traces in a half century. This remedy is peace, SPEEDY PEACE ! But they say-that we are so situated that no proposition for peace cam be made by us ; that having proclaimed our independence, we mull fight until it is voluntarily acknowledged * by 'the 'United States, or until we are com pletely subjugated. On the meeting of the British Parliament, which took place on the 13th of Decem ber, F 192, the King in his speech to the two Houses, intimated his intention of going to war with the French Republic. On moving. the address in answer to the speech, a memorable debate arose. On this oc casion, Ohas. Jas. Fox delivered one of those powec ful speeches which have made his name immortal, which have forever stamped him as the ablest of Bri tish debaters, and the first of British statesmen:.: In the course of that speech he said : •' But we now dis dain fo negotiate. Whs ?Because we have no minister at Paris. Why have no minister there? Because Fiance ls a Republic ! And so we are to pay in blood and treasure of the people for e4notc/ilio * * * 1 he road of common sense is simple, plain, and di rect. . That of pride and punctilio is as tangled as it is serpentine." In the impassioned language of far. Fox, I would ask, are we to pay in blood and trea sure of the people for a punctilio? Shall we pursue the path of_ pride and punctilio, which is as tangled as it is serpentine, or shall wetake the simple, plain, and direct road of common sense, which may-lead to the happiest Jesuits? Four-fifths of the people of that portion of North Carolina bordering for many. miles on the Yadkin river, and , -believe of the whole State,are in favor of the latter course. . . _ . The, one. great demand of the .People of this part of the State is peace • peace upon any terms that will rot enslave and degrade us. They may, perhaps, prefer that the Independence of the South should be acknowledged, hilt this they believe cannot now be obtained, nor, in viewing the situation of affairs, do they see much to hope of it in the future. They naturally .ask—if with no means of recruiting to any extent, we cannot bold our own against the armies which the Yankees have now in the field, how can we; meet them with their 300,000 new levies which will soon be in- readiness, .while -they can :keep their army recruited to - a great extent, if `not up to its maximum number, from adventurers which are constantly arriving in their ports from every country in Europe 1- But if independence cannot be obtained, then they are for any terms that are honorable—anyterms that do not degrade us. They would be willing to compromise upon the amendment proposed by Mr. Corwin from the Committee of Twenty-six, perpetuating slavery in the States, to which I have before alluded. But in what precise way overtures shall be made, or the movement inaugurated, I leave to wiser men and abler - statesmen than myself to propose. I would, however, suggest to the people to elect, members to the next Congress who are in favor of •an. ar mistice of six months, and in the meantime, of submitting all matters in dispute to a convention of delegates from all the States North and South, the delegates to be elected by the people themselves, in such manner as may be agreed upon by - the two parties. Others there are who desire that the people o(North Carolina should be consulted in their sovereign ca pacity, through a convention—that thee Legislature should submit the question of- "Convention or no Convention,u to the people, as' was done in February, 1861. Such a convention would, un doubtedly, speak the sentiments of the people of the State, citizens as well as soldiers, as all would be consulted. But I propose nothing definite, and only make these suggestions to bring the matter before the public. I would, however ' most earnestly appeal to the friends of humanity throughout the State, to tee their utmost efforts to, procure, as speedily as possible, an honorable peace. In the name of reason, 'of suffering humanity, and of the religion which we profess, would I appeal to the public men and statesmen of North Carolina, and especially to that eminent statesman who possesses in a greater degree than all others the confidence of the people of the State, and who has recently been elevated to a high place in the-Confederate Govern ment, to lend a helping hand and use their influence to bring about an honorable peace, And lastly, I would appeal to the ministers and professors of our holy religion to pray constantly—without dictation of terms—to Almighty God for an honorable peace. Having but recently occupied a large'space in your columns, I feel that I am intruding, and will there fore. after expressing my obligations to von. close for th e present. DAVIDSON, CLBMONSTILLE, N. C., July 16, 1883. TRIAL' or , w SLavit OVERSEER.--An overseer of a plantation in Lafourche county, Louisiana, was lately tried ;in New Orleans for cruelty to a slave. The only evidence introduced was that of- three, slaves Upon the plantation, whose testimony was objected to, by the counsel of the accused, as not teed evidence according to the laws of the State, but his objections were- overruled, the accused was found and sentenced to six months at hard labor in the parish prison: , TETA RAG BRIGADR:—There is in London witat is known as the "rag collecting brigade," composed children.of belonging to the "ragged schools ". of the metropolis. Seven !trucks, each managed by thiee boys, pass over Assigned districts, and gather un paper, rags, bones, and old metal, Much valuable material; that would be other Wile wasted, is utilized by, means of-lhe ." brigade," and reoort showelhat F ince it was established, .a gross profit of twelve hun died dollara ham been made, • „- Publications Received. PROM GEORGE W. CHILDS, CHESTNUT STREET : The American Publishers , Circular and Literary Ga zette. New series, No. 8. It is scant praise to lay that this semi-monthly publication is excellent, for its leading English, French, German, and Spanish rivals unanimously admit its great superiority. It is by far the best of its class, and the public at large should not be deceived by its name—for though it is a "Circular," through which. American publishers may announce their works, it is entitled to rank still higher, and alone, as a " Literary Gazette," contain ing more about books and authors, at home and abroad, than ever before was communicated to the public, in any shape. In all our exchanges we find its racy and readable articles quoted—usually with out the slightest acknowledgment. Mr. Childs merits the highest praise'for the manner in which he has made this publication a live thing. Book readers, who are far more numerous than book sellers, ought especially to subscribe to this periodi cal. They should do so early, as Mr. Childs, not caring to be bothered about " back numbers," does not stereotype the work. PROM' .TOITN PENNINGTON & SON, SOUTH SEVENTH STREET : Hints op Health in Armies, for the use of Volun teer Officers. By Professor Ordronaux, Columbia College, New York. Second edition, enlarged. This is one of Mr. Van Nostrand's useful publications. Asa brief and clear synopsis of the leading princi ples of military hygiene, it will be found useful and is a regular mulium in parvo. FROM T. It PETERSON & BROTHERS : Shoulder-Straps : A Novel of New York and the Army, 1861. This book was to have been published last Monday, but the great demand for it, much - In advance of the most sammine expectation, has com- pelled Messrs. Peterson to hold back until steam presses and binders could enable them to meet the demand. Mr. Henry Morford, of the New York press, is the author, and has certainly i.roduced a startling, political, personal, and sensation story of considerable merit. It is just ttie sort of story, fall of romance and fact, most likely to interest a great number of readers. PROM CHARLES DESILVER, CHESTNUT STREET : New Maps of Texas and (what was) the Republic of Mexico. At this moment, these, being recent and accurate, are of in finitevalue. Soyer'a Standard Cookery for the People. This is a reprint, from the 110th edition of the best cookery book for persons of moderate incomes ever pub lished in Europe. - • Standard Handbook of Household Economy for the People. A suitable companion to Soyer's very popular, useful, and low-priced cookery-book. It is, to a house, what his manual is to a kitchen. A Correction. To the Editor of The Press: Sin : In The Press, of the 18th instant, I notice an article entitled "A Page of Impartial History." It contains one or two errors which I will take the li berty of correcting. Flue companies, instead of i2llO, responded to the Governor's despatch—viz Ring gold Artillery, of. Reading ; Allentown Rifles, Lo gan Guards, of Lewistown ; Washington Artille rists, and National Light Infantry, of Pottsville. The above-named companies did not pass through Philadelphia en route to Washington. They went by the Northern Central Railroad. • The first correction, I think, id due to the other three companies that so promptly responded. I am, respectfully, yours, - H. C. R. POTTSVILLE, August 19. United States Grand Jury. To the Editor of The Press Sin: It is stated in one of to-play's newspapers that the petty jury, in the United States District Court, were unable to proceed with any business on Tuesday, owing to no .bills of indictment haying been sent down by the Grand Jury. I beg to say that the Grand Jury, of which Frederick Brown, Esq., is foreman, was sworn in on Monday, and found two true bills on that day;'they found another bill before noon on Tuesday. So the petty jury had plenty ofmaterial to work upon. THE NITIMER .A.T ISLAND NO. 10.-It appearm that, so far from having engaged in this atrocity, the part which the negro soldiers who were in the vicinity really took in the matter was to hunt up, arrest, and deliver to the authorities all the alleged mur derers who could be found, The real facts of the murder are furnished as fol lows by a correspondent of the Missouri Democrat A negro woman, the mother of two children, had been for months severely abused.hy the faintly of her owner, and finally escaped to - the contraband colony at Island No. 10, leaving her two children with her master. It soon came to the ears of the mother that her children were daily flogged and otherwise tortured in consequence of her escape, with an intimation that this remedy would be faithfully followed up' until her return. Under this state of the case, al party of negro laborers on the island—men who were not, and never had been, in the military service of the United States, went down to the plantation (in Teis nessee) to recover the children. On arriving there they found but one of the children • the other had been " run off." High words pass'd at this meeting, and there were threats of shooting on both sides, the negroes promising to return in a few days for the other child, and threatening summary. vengeance upon the slaveholder unless the absent child should be forthcoming. Promptly as they lad promised, they returned. The child was not found. An alter cation occurred in which the negroes were the vic tors, 'the killing ensuing as has been published. Whether they fired first, or were, fired upon, I am unable to learn. Some of the party were desperate characters, made so by the ineffable brutalities of slavery, but not one of them had been enlisted into the United States service. They were simply casual laborers, and had stolen away unobserved. Their absence was a secret to all but those concerned in the raid. . RUSSELL ON BENIN - NM—The Army and Havy.Ga zelte, edited by Kr. Russell, formerly the correspond ent of the London Times, - publishes an article on American affairs, in which it condemns the reckless and unscrUpulous course 'of Bennett in conducting the New York Herald, and indicates the following relations between that paper and the, New York rioters. It thus savagely concludes: The mob—the demons—of ruffianism and rowdy ism—the pet pupils of the New'York Herald, have just given specimen of their teaching. It is a pity their master did not share the fate of the wicked dupes who met their death in committing brutal out rage on defenceless negroes, and in the perpetration of congenial pillage and murder ; though the worst enemies of the North can desire nothing better than that he may long live to be the evil genius of the North." LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF DRY GOODS, &e.,—The early and particular attention of dealers is re quested to the extensive and valuable assortment of American, British, French, and German dry goods, &c., embracing about 900 packages and lots of staple and fancy articles in woolens, worsteds, cottons, linens, and silks, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue on four months' credit anti part for cash, commencing this morning (Thursday), at 10- o'clock, to be con tinued all day and part of the evening, with out intermission, by John B. Myers & Co., auction eers, Nos. 02 and 234 Market street. AUCTION NOTICE—SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES. —The attention of buyers is called to the large and desirable assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, bal. Morals, &c.,to be sold this morning, by catalogue, at 10 o'clock precisely, by Philip Ford & Co., aim tioncers, at their store, Nos. 525 Market and 522 Commerce streets. • COMPRESSED AIR AS A ItioTon.—ln Birming ham, England, a general , plan has been adopted to convey compressed air as a motive power for driving machinery in cities, in the same manner as gas is supplied for general illuminating purposes. instead of being made in small retorts at each public build ing, manufactory, &c. In carrying out this idea, it is proposed -to concentrate all the waste steam power in Birmingham, and employ it in compressing air, which is to be conveyed in pines to drive machinery in the different workshops. It is also stated that a company has been formed in Liverpool for employ ing compressed air in this manner for hoisting pur poses, to be used in no less than three hundred ware houses. TRE OIL TRADE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. —This valuable trade is increasing rapidly in the exportations. The following figures will exhibit some of the products and shipmenta of the oil Wells of the West. In the twelve months of 1862 the ex yortation was 111,802 barrels of 40 gallons. In the Fix months of 1863; ending July Ist, the amount was 450,990 barrels, being an increase of 343,188 barrels in rix months over the entire export of the previons year. - The beet estimates of the production of the Oil Creek region give the round figures of 5,000 bar rels per day as the net 'product of the - Allegheny oil region, or about 1,800,000 barrels per• annum, which will yield 1,160,000 barrels of refined. ELECTION TIMES AMONG THE KENTIICHIANS.— After the late contest a Mr. Papineau, of Hastings, sent in a modest little bill for refreshments supplied to 200 thirsty voters, He charges for 6,500 glasses of liquor, which would be 27;c , glasses to each person present, and 18 glasses per minute for five hours' steady drinking.. He also charges 1,500 cigars as smoked by the same 200, each of whom, if the charges are right, drank over a gallon of liquor and smoked seven and a half cigars. Dureirm a divorce suit in London the wife testified that, upon one occasion, her husband: put his hand on her hand. in the .presence of her mother, and cursed her. He said : "-May you surfer such ago nies, both of body and mind, on your death-bed, that no one may stay with you, and that there may be no one to close your dead orbs." Her mother said it was dreadful, and that they had better separate. The court took a similar view, and relieved the wo man of the brute's name. II 31:0 C 'Jr [FOR ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS 81INAPOURTH PAWL) SERENADE TO GEN. ROUSSEAU.—Last evening Major General L. R. Rousseau, of the Army of the Cumberland. was tendered the compli ment of a serenade at the Continental. A large number of persons had assembled, and after the Playing of various patriotic and spirited airs by the band, Gen. Rousseau appeared upon the balcony, and was greeted with great applause. After expressing his thanks for the honor of the serenade, he referred to the gallantry of the Army of the Cumberland, with which he was identified in this war, and with which he desires to be identified_ till the close. He spoke of the injustice done his native State, Kentucky, and claimed that at heart no State was more devotedly attached to the Union cause.- The last election proved this conclusively. That State had fifty odd regimente in the field, and was as fully entitled to the merit of patriotic effort as any of her sisters. With respect to the war itself, there was but little to be said at this late day, as to the duty of the citizen respecting it. There are but two parties in this country—one opposed to the war and one in favor of it ; one for the Government and one against it. [Applause I am opposed, he said, to every man who is against the Government of Washington and Jefferson. He who puts himself between the Government and the rebellion is your' foe. I love the Constitution of ray country in my humble way, but I never thought it right to travel all over the country advocating the constitutional rights of those who have over thrown the Constitution. ' Who are these men that the -'° Constitutional Union , ' men are so anx ious for? They are the men who scorn companion ship with Yankees, and would hold their noses if you go among them. I. do not know what the Northern traitors want. Their rights, they say, are invaded, and yet they cannot say what those rightly are which are invaded. Is treason to go un punished in:this country? Shall we make a hero of 'a traitor? No traitor has any oonatitutiOnal rights except such as we give him. The North ern friends of the Southern traitors -under take to tell us what:-,'we cf the loyal South shall do with the negro,. They attempt to teach us in the premises. I .was never a politician, but was always a conservative Whig. The conservatism of that party attracted -met and I was never ft political Abolitionist. But slavery was made a political power, and I opposed it as such. On the subject of slavery, men North and South went into office, and held ofBci3 according to their prejudices on that subject. I have determined that that subject shall not stand between me and my alle tiance to the Government. This is a Government of he people, and while protecting it we- shall let ,slavery look out for itself. This - Government must be . sustained, and riots must tot crushed. -He who would address rioters as Nisi friends must also be ONE OF THE JURY put down. [Great applause.] This Union is worth preserving at any sacrifice. I have seen too many dead lying uponthe battle field to ask for affiliation with those men who are their enemies. This war was commenced by Jefferson Davis and his party to retain the spoils of office. Revolutions are never justified, except by great oppression. It was not an oppression on the part of the Federal Government that caused the war. No Secessionist nor any Cop perhead, whom I consider worse than the • Seces sionist, will give you that as a reason for the out break. If Secessionism is to be acknowledged, there is an end to the Government. If the present peace party prevail, the same result will follow. On what terms do they want peacel How can peace be brought ahoutl Only by withdrawing our ar mies. „Mir Davis can make whatever demands then he pleases, and when they are granted, the principles of the peace party will prevail; Let us have only a conquered peace—a peace worthy of yourselves and your ancestors. Peace by separation is no e live in harmony with our P'S ae o c ut a h t a erri lL bre Y trre so c n a li no t close to us as a separate Power. I believe I have as much friendship for the South as any man. I have no kindred born north of Mason & Dixon's line. This is not a war of North against the South, for if it were, I would be with the South. It is a war of the United States against its enemies, and I am against its enemies. The day was when Benedict Arnold was despised. The times must be out of joint when men like Benedict Arnold receive the plaudits of the people. Let us now brand treason as a crime, and its abettors as the ene mies of the Government. I hear complaints all over the countryagainst the authorities. We cannot help it if the leaders make mistakes. They are but human, and, of course, liable to error. We only make the head of the Government weak when we find fault with all it does. The weaker they are, the more reason is there fo us to strengthen them. A great many arrests have been made in the loyal States. Some of them were undoubtedly wrong, but this is also true that not one man out of a hundred was arrested that ought to have been. [applause.] On the_question of slavery, I have a word to say. The &lath have made slavery the idol, and have called upon us to bow down to it. The system of slavery, is upheld by the rebels became it is an assistance to sustain the rebel cause. Let us strike at that institution and we take awayithat much of the rebellion's sup port. The Copperheads would have no negroes to enlist to put down the rebellion. Well, I don't know that I would fight with them myself. But let the negroes go a step beyond me and fight it out where they can be of service in whipping the rebels; for a negro is not the inferior of any man who rebels against his Government. It is for you to sustain the Government. Do it sincerely and you will have Performed your duty. Stand together and six months longer will close the war. It would have been closed before now but for the divisions in our people. Gen. Rousseau finished by calling upon his hearers to stand by the Government and give a hearty support to the Administration in its efforts to crush the re bellion. Gen. Steele, of Indiana, was introduced and 'de livered a short speech, and the audience dispersed at a late hour. . CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.—The locomo tive Melon, on the Camden and Atlantic railroad, ex ploded yesterday morning, just after passing out of the deipet at Camden. It was attached to the B o'clock mail train. This locomotive had been in service nearly ten years, and the supposition is that there was a defect in the iron, which finally gave way with the wear and tear of the boiler. The ex plosion occurred directly in front of the dwelling of itlr. J. Glendening, an attachd of the road. The house was somewhat damaged. Two canary birds, in cages hanging at the second-story front windows, were killed. Whole loss will reach at least 0,000. The express train due at half past 13 o'clock arrived in due time, and the locomotive attached to it was fastened to the mail train and started off. The pas sengers were not even aware of the explosion until some time after it had happened. The engineer and firemen were not injured, nor was the track in the least damaged. A large steam boiler, at the foundry of Messrs. Hogan & Son, at Main and Adam streets, Frank ford, exploded about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with a tremendous report, shaking the buildings in that ancient borough to their foundations, and frightening the peoplegenerally. The large chimney attached to the works was overturned, and in fall ing crushed everything in its way. Pieces of iron, large splinters of wood, were hurled to a great dis tance. The troller itself, or a great part of it, was hurled to a great height, and it fell about three hundred yards, distant from, the place whence it started. Some of , the wood-work took tire, but the incipient flames were extinguished speedily. None of the operatives at the foundry were injured. The loss is estimated at $2,000. Yesterday afternoon - a little girl, named Annie %Wagner, was severely injured at the mast - yard of Mr. Bartlett, near the water works wharf, in- the Eighteenth ward, by a heavy spar rolling over on her bead. She was conveyed to her residence in the vicinity. - )3etween six and seven o'clock last. evening, a locomotive on the North Pennsylvania Railroad came in collision with a passenger eat of the Second and Third street line, at the corner of. America and Oxford streets, by which several passengers were injured. On visiting the place of collision, we learned the following particulars: A new locomotive attached to a train of cars was running up America street at a dangerous speed. The thoroughfare is about 130 feet wide, and has two rail tracks. Os, ford street is about SO feet wide. The passenger car, No. 69, containing about 20 passengers, was crossing the track from the westward, at the usual rate ; the driver did not hear the engine.bell ring nor the steam whistle sound. When he had passed the houses on the west side of America street, he had seventy feet, at least,' to go before he reached the track where the collision occurred. The locomotive was about one hundred yards distant, on the right-hand track, but came up with such reckless speed as to cause the col. lision. The engine struck the passenger car over the hind wheel. The attending crash alarmed the whole neighborhood. The car was whirled or pushed around to the dis tance of twelve feet, where it lodged in a deep gut ter. The hind wheels were torn from their fasten ings, the side of the car smashed in, the floor torn up, the seats split, and much of the glass broken to atoms and showered among the terror-stricken pas sengers. It was at ftrst thought that half the people in the car were killed or wounded. Fortunately, all of them escaped—some with slight bruises—except tivo persona. Mrs. Hanna Henan, the wife of a eabinet•maker, residing in the rear.of America street, above Oxford, was-dreadfully injured. Her right arm was mangled to a pulp. Her spinal column was also so•much hurt that should she survive, her lower limbs, it is probable; will be - paralyzed for life, Dr. Philip Boyle and Dr. Stein were speedily called into requi sition, by Mr. John Young, an energetic attachd of the road, and every. attention was paid the sufferer. Her arm was amputated about two and a half inches below the shoulder. A son of Andrew J. Holman, formerly member of Common' Council, was jammed in the wreck of the car. He was extricated as speedily as possible, and conveyed to his father's residence, in Dauphin street. 'Upon Making an examination, it was ascet , tained . that his injuries were not so severe as first supposed. - - One of his ankles = was shockingly sprained, and his legs bruised. No bones were broken. . Another young man was led away, whose name we did not learn. He was somewhat bruised about the head..; ••. • . - The neighbors are somewhat divided in opinion as.to whether or not the signal was given by the engineer of the train. They all say they did not hear anything but the crash. One thing is certain, they agree that the engine was going at the rate of from 12 to 15 miles per hour. Several of the residents on this wide and thickly populated thoroughfare, say locomotives are often propelled along the track at the rate of twenty miles per hour, and the only wonder is that more serious accidents than that which happened last evening do not more frequently occur. There was a great deal of excitement in that vicinity . for some time after the occurrence, and some of the people were decidedly emphatic in their expressions as to whether it would not be better to take the steam , track up, and thus effectually pre. vent a recurrence of such accidents. THIRD UNION LEAGUE REGIMENT. —This regiment, now in camp at Egglestield, under the able command of the veteran Colonel P. McLean, were visited yesterday by the Regimental Com mittee; consisting of the following patriotic gentle men, viz-: Colonel J. R. Fry, Colonel G. H. Oros rnan,'and James L. Claghorn, Esq. On their arrival, Colonel McLean handsomely welcomed them, and passed the regiment in review. Colonel McLean made a speechin behalf of the regiment, which Was handsomely responded to by Colonel Fry and Colonel Crosman. James L. Claghorn, Esq., also delivered a highly patriotic speech, which elicited the hearti est applause. After regaling themselves, the com mittee returned to the city highly pleased with their visit. - CITY ITEMS. A MOTEL EXHIBITION ON CHESTNUT STREET.—For several 'days past, there have been crowds of persons gathered every afternoon on the pavement in front of the large sewing-machine este blishinent of Messrs. Grover 8; Baker, No. lan Chestnut street, to witness ;the operation of their celebrated machines by little children. We had Yes terday . the pleisure - of witnessing the process ourselves, and, from the perfect ease with which two,infantile specimens - of humanity worked these instruments, we were more perimaded than ever of the time, life, and labor.saving character of the Sewing Machine. The two little operatives—one a girl of seven and the other a boy of three years, both children of Mr. Eddy, :the gentlemanly agent of this establishment—seemed to enjoy the attention which their nimble efforts with the machines attract ed. What increased the novelty of the affair was the new application of a self-acting fan by Mr. Eddy, which kept the little operatives in: a 'delightful breeze all through their easy toil. This fan, by the way, is a capital idea, and is worthy of being gene rally adopted. The effect of the exhibition, on, the. whole; will be beneficial, as it will unquestionably add to the popularity and sale of the machines; and we regard everything that increases the popular use of these as humanitarian in its tendency. - One gen tleman remarked in:our hearing yesterday, that :kis decided hie mind on the question of buying a sewing machine for his family. He had had some doubts as to whether his wife could work a machine if she had one, but, after what he saw in Grover & Baker's window, all such doubbi were dissipated.. There will probably be many others influenced in a similar way by these afternoon exhibitions. POPULAR I.J.IETES DE - VISITE FOR THE ALBUM, 111 - WENDiIiOTIC & Tar.r.on.—Messrs. Wenderoth & Taylor, Nos. 912, 914, and 916 Chest nut street (late Broadbent & Co.), have recently issued, - in their own peculiarly artistic style, for Messrs. McAllister &Brother's counters, Cartes de Visite of the:following distinguished persons : Rev. W. R. Gies, Captain McDaniel, Clement C. Bar clay, Esq., General Naglee, Brigadier General Whipple,: Major General Meade, Rev. T. Walden, Lieutenant Colonel Gwinn, Prof. CoppBe, and others. FRESH CANTON GINGER IN SYRUP.— Messrs. Davis & Richards (successors to the late C. H. Mattson), dealers in tine family Groceries, Arch and Tenth streets, have now in store a fresh supply of Canton Ginger in Syrup, to which we invite the attention of our readers. SECRETS OF THE UNION LEAGITES.-3 person who has been expelled from one of theiie"ln.- ;dilutions has concluded to "blow' , the whole con- When you meet a member you preaent your left hand and say, "We very warm. 32 . - The other, meditating, says, "Yes, warmest day of the season.".. When in trouble or in a fight you cry out "Hi! hi t" to see if there are any members about to help you. If are any they put the thumb of their tight 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. price," at the second door," Ora. tinental. ,, On leaving, you about at the top of your voice, "Charles Stokes Sc Co." SOFT. SANDER FOR THE MILLION.—For a lieutenant, call Mm captain; for middle-aged lady; kiss her, and say that you mistook her for .her, . daughter; for young ladies, if you know their eolo-r -to be natural, accuse them of painting ; for a man or taste, take it for granted, in talking to,him, that he proaured the 'suit' he wears at - the Brown'Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill & 'Wilson, Nos. 603 and 606 Chestnut street, above Sixth. TEE NATOIIAL ALONE IS PERMANENT.— Fantastic idols may be worshipped for awhile ; but at length they are oysrturned by the continual and silent _piogresa of Tiuth, as the dim statues of Cophant have been pushed from their pedestals by the growth of forest trees,` whose seeds were sown. by the wind n et walls, or the,ungainly the ruined fashions, f other times,' by the elegant and graceful styles 01 Ctrunille 1 .5t01Ee.3, No. 659 Oheatnut stmt.
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