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Trim isitianeissi,
rusratunD DAILY (SUNDAYS SKUNKED),
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
OFFICI. No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREIT
grim DAILY PIVESS.,
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FlPTuutt Omrre PER WEEK. Payable to the carrier.
naiad to Subscribers out the City at SEVEN Domain'
Pau ANEVIC THREE DOLLARS AND Firrr CRETE FOR Six
Nom& ONE DOLLAR. AND SEVENTVEIVB CENTS FOR
eHREIC ]boric. ' Invariably in advance for the time
or
dared. • . .
SW Advertisements inserted at the usual rides. Bii
'Hoe compute a square.
THIS Tivi-WEEKLY PRESS,
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Mailed to Subscribers out of the Ci ty at Fotra DOLLLES
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rag A/STInG la advance,
BOON AND JOB PRINTING,
A coxpLETE
PRINTING OFFICE.
Vonnanny relying upon the patronage of a generous
End amereelatiye public, we have, at great expense.
Proenred all the, necessary TYPE, MAOgissamr, new
rllllllBlll3. Ott., to organize a
COMPLETE PRINTING GrriCE,
rulli tarnished With all the. facilities for execatins
•••17 deSilliptlon of Printing, from the
SEAtLEST CARDS
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ILIA.RGST POSTtRaII
Ohosply, Expeditiously,
AND ‘I , IN A SUPERIOR STYLE.
Orders -ari Texpecitslip solicited for Prilitint
EIMPHLL'TS.
BILL MUDS,
4311ETIII(31.711 8 ,
lIITZLOPES.
HA IDSILLB.`
MOTIOES.
111,1(IFISTS.
SILLS 07 LADING,
'LITTER HEADINGS,
NOTE HEADINGS.
Aid STOIT ether description of
PLAIN ' AND ORNAMENTAL PRINTING,
rrofeeslonsi. Artistic, Mercantile, or Mechanical
Pursuits may reonire.
We POMO mimeo' facilities for printing largo Fos•
iSars for THEATRES, CONCERTS, OPERAS. PUBLIC
VERETINGS. and RECRUITING OFFICES.
IN BLACK OR FANCY COLORS,
70IC LLIMSTRATING TEEM WITS
IMILVITML AND ORIGINIL.RESIGNS.
We also dabs to sell special attention to the fact.
ghat to 1011110111101 H of the want generally felt for oon•
violent
ADDRESS 'LABELS.
Whin med. arrantsmests for coating them on the
reverse with a Mucilage similar to that need on Postage
stamp. Whist is the moot adhesive Preparation ever
discovered. All digiculty shout fastening them to pack.
gins is thus aviided. is tits gummed side need only
lbe moistened to insert Its firm adhesion. ADDRESS
71.Ad8i.E1 of this /description are in almost universal
Mee airing the merchants of England. and those who
Save used them in this city estimate highly their we
irdness in avoiding trouble and delay. in the prolon
gation of paekagss for delivery, whether they are
forwarded by distant points or supplied to the local
trade. Give them atrial.
*a- ill orders, by City NO or Mail. will receive
Drama attention.
RINGWALT ea BROWN,
STEAX POWER PRINTERS,
Fol. 11l ma 113 601TPH "1"01711TH BTREST.
SEWING MACHINES.
OUR LETTER "A"
FAMILY SEWING. MACHINE,
With all the new improvements, is the beet and cheapest.
and most beautiful Sewi ng Machine in tlie world. No
ethhr Sewing Machine bas so much capacity for a great
range of work, including the delicate and ingenious pro
cesses of Hemming, Braiding, Binding, Embroidering,
Belling, Tucking, Cording, Gathering, dtc.. "
' The Branch Offices are wall supplied with Silk Twist,
Thread, Needles. 011, &c , of the vex* best =tins.
air Send for a pamphlet.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
458 BROADWAY. NEW Yong.
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Philadelphia Office— •
810 CHESTNUT STREET..
aull-taelb
SEWING MACHINES. - •
'THE".BLOAT" MACJIIINE
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with GLASS PLESSE'R FOOT,
' NEW-STYLE HEMMER, BRAIDER,
And other valuable improvements. -
ALSO,
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES,
Agency-991A CHESTNUT Street. .mliB-tf
GAS FIXTURES, &c
617 ARCH STREET.
O. A. VANIIIRK d 002
tuitriurrimati
CHA ND:ETA-VERB
AND OTfIU
*AA PIS:•XI7REI3.
a l la r gat:?a l dn fri r ri t :T m g
FANCY i3.OODISIJ
WHOLESALE AND EBTA/ii.
MINN 011 tllalriatia4 ano dic
FURNITURE, &c.
fIABINET • FURNITURE AND. BIG
Limo TAELEs.
MOORE dit CAMPION;
No. *GI Soot! , SECOND Street.
bh iwnissatlon with thelz ertensive asbinet ass
now manutastarint a auPorior article of
BILLIARD TABLE%
mit have sow on hands full supply. finished with the
MOM campioun IMPROVED CUSHIONS.
ppithh ere pronounced try CI who have used theta to ho
Mellor to AU others.
of the quality and Inita of these Tablas, the Mgi .
Viarm refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
t t oia, who are Maley with the eharseter of- their
Work. =MAR
=IIEW=Z=
JAMES 8. EARLE Ils - BON,
r. MPOZTIEB 1.300 MANCIPACITIIIiii
LOOKING , GLASSES.
NHL PAINTINGS.
IX oNLVINon,
PORTULIT.
PITITVER. and
• .PROTOGRAIN YEAXid.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS_
MUMS LOOKING GLASS WAREROOM AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS;
ham • Sia CHIATERPP gtreat.lshifiL.
r,OK.AXES;
SIHNGLING HATC2TIETS,
BROAD HATOHETS, AXES,
WAIL HAMMERS,`
SHOE HAMMERS,
E/YETING HAMMERS, and
ENGINEER lIAM KERS,
NANtIIACTIMED AND FOR BALI BY
O. HAMMOND & SONi
CTEESI
548 cotagißCS Street. Ph
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out).
DRS' GOODS.
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HOOD, BONBRIGHT,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
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DRY GOODS;
No. 435 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large
Stock of
STAPIMD FANCY GOODS,
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
: ing 'and Shirting Muslim,
__.Madder Prints, De Laines;
Gin ha s and
'ABLE DRESS GOODS. •
ALSO,
MEN'S WEAR
T 3 GREAT VARIETY.
REAT INDUCEMENT'
G S OFFERED TO
CASH BUYERS.
an2o-2ro
4pti_FTS,
PROURAIIIMIB.
PAPER BOOKS,
POSTERS.
LARGE SHOW-CARDS,
BLANKS.
CHECKS.
LABELS.
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VOL. 7.-NO. 19.
Unreserved Sale of Ulothin,.
Unreserved. sale of Clothing,
Unreserved sale of Clothing,
Unreserved sale of Clothins, •
Unreserved sale of Clothing..
Oak Hall, Oak Hall,
Oak Hall; Oak Hall. '
Oak Hall, Oak Hall, •
Oak Hall, Oak:Hall,
Oak Hell, Oak Hall,
Previous to - extensive alterations,
Previous to extensive alterations.
Previous to extenstve alterations,
Previous' to extensive alterations.
Previous to extensive alterations.
We want to reduce stock,
we want to reduce stock.
We want to, reduce stock.
We want to reduce stock,
We want to reduce stock.
Will sell at lower prices than ever,
Will sell at lower prices than ever.
Will sell" at lower prices than ever,
Will sell at lower prices than ever.
Will sell at lower prices than ever.
WANA.SIAKER:& BROWN,
• OAK HALL
it • S. E. corner SIXTH and MARKET Streets
DRY-GOODS iJOBBERS.
1863 FALL IMPORTATION:' 1 563
,EDMUND YARD iSc 00. i
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS, SILKS AND FANCY
..DRY GOODS
617 CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Street,
Have now opened their Fall importation of Drees Ctoodi,
viz:
DIERINOS, - *
COBURGS,
REFS,.
'ALPACAS,
DELAINES,
PLAID AND STRIPED POPLINS
FANCY AND BLACK SILKS.
Also, Alarge assortment of
SHAWLS, - •
BALM.ORAL SHIRTSrmGOODS,
LINENS,
Dp&BROIDERIES, etc.,
Which they offer to the trade at the
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
atal•tf
CLOTHING.
JOHN KELLY, JR.,
TA.ILOB;
lii SZNOVED ?EOM 10Y1 CHEMIN 'BTEIIIII
KLIIWASE KELLY'S'
South,THISD Strada
Where he presents to former patrons and the publie
Lke advantages of a STOOK OP GOODS, equal if not lop
Parlor, to any in the idly—the shill and taste of himself
sat EDWARD P. Bsl.Llr, the two best Tailors of the
dty-at prices mash lower the.", sAY other itrat-sMas esta
blishment of the sitv. apl-tt
BLACK OASS. PANTS, $5.50,
_ At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CABS PANTS, BA 60 At 70LMARKST Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 446.60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.50, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, t 66 60, At 704 MARKET Street.
ORION - & VAN. GIINTELVS, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN 017NTEN'S, No.7O4AELRE ET Street.
GRIGG. & VAN :01TNTEN'S, - N 0.704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN 01MSTEDPB, N 0.704 MARKET Street.
maL22-6m
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
GEORGE GRANT,
N0..010 CHESTNUT STREET,
Has now readY
A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
Of his own importation and. manufacture.
• me celebrated
"PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,"
Manufactured tinder the superintendence of
JOHN P. TAGGEET,
(Formerly. of Oldenberg & Taggert,)
Are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age.
Orders promptly attended to. jy9-thstn-ens
OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOOK,
AND COLLAR SMPORMSL
NO. 1- IAORTH FOURTH STREET
CHARLES L. ORUM as CO.
Are prepared to execute all orders for their eelebrate4
make of Shirts, on short notice, in the most eatisfactory
manner. Then Shirts are ova by measurement, on sci
entific principles, and SIISPREIS any other Shirt for neat•
nestroffit on the Breast, comfort in the Neck, and ease on
the Shoulder. &pie-anthem
NOB. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
JOIN U. ABRI11011;
UOl/01111,2 7. stria moon%)
IMPOYTBX AIM DRUBS. FLi
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
- Auto,
ikuiNima.cTußzit
OF TE ThIPROFED
PATTERN BEI/RT;
WZArrue;
00.L1A1113.
' imi IIATISFACTIO3I OttAYAATIBD. m722:t0a4
FINE SHIRT MA_NUFACITORY.
The subscriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS.
Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also. SON
stantly receiving.
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAN.
• J. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
No. sis. CHESTNUT STREET.
11110-ti Four doors below the anntinantsl
WATCHES AND 4EWELRY..
G. RUSSELL, FINE . A MW,RICA NT 4i peWATCHES, Fine Jewelry. BUM
ui mgt .
J723-6in , WA North SIXTH Street .
Importerind Wholesale Dealer in
FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
No. 'lln CHESTNUT Street.
J. •C. FULLER,
(Up-stairs, opposite Masonic Temple,)
Hu now open A
LARGE AND. COMPLETE STOCK.
EMBRACING
HOWARD & CO.'S TINS AMERICAN WATRES.
GOLD CHAINS, GOLD S.PROTACLES. THIMBLLES,,
AND
FINE .TEWELRY 07 EVERY DESCRIPTION
1777-teaßt
43iFINE WATCH REPAIRING
attended to. by the moat experienced workmen,
an every Watch warranted for one year.
G. RUSSELL,
jY23-6m 22 North SIXTH Street.
C. FULLER'S
FINE GOLD PENS;
THE BEST PEN IN USE,
FOB. SALE IN ALL SIZES. unim_ft
FINE GILT COMBS
nx Irma VARIETY.
IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND OORAL.
J.O. FULLER:
No. Ti' CHESTNUT Strad.
sarra-am
VITLOANITE RINGS.
a. fall asaortment, ell adzes and eilleei
J_ O. FULLER,
IIs.CEIESTIKUT Street. 7119 -Ell
MUSICAL BOXES.
IN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES,
flinfigZa. front I to fitftnas ) r i t i „ o su r tAza r .4*.
art VA* CHESTS= Street. below Fourik.
8275 TG$325 WILL GET AN ELE-
Lf GANT 7-octave rosewood, over-strung
PIANO, warranted Ave years. J. B. GOULD,
1726-swtf .SEVENTH and CHESTNUT.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
• Every day brings in its quota of.deserters from
the rebel army. They come in pairs. Very seldom
do 'You find more than four arrive together. De
sertions have grown to be such an annoyance to the
rebel °Macro, every precaution Is taken to prevent
the men from leaving without their discharge.
Under such strict surveillance, it is, difficult and
dangerous for any one to make an attempt to get
within our lines. When a man concludes to come
over to our side, he is generally unaccompanied, for
the more confidants in such delicate undertakings,
the greater the danger. I conversed with two of
these individuals yesterday, and, with the ex•
'Section of:-the sincere desire. both manifested to
get safely to their Western homes, I could place no
reliance in their stories.
Frotfr their old fortifications at Fredericksburg
the rebels complacently watch our cavalry on this
side the Rappahannock. They exhibit no desire to
annoy us, but ride into the river. daily to exchange
papers vyith our.men. This exceeding good nature
is, of ,course, assumed, and when - the object for
which the mask was donned is accomplished, we will
find them furious 'as ever. But they do not wish
to fight at present, unless I misinterpret their ac
tions; so that, unless something unexpected should
transpire, or the conscripts become very suddenly
efficient, there will be no great activity in the Army
of the Potomac for a considerable length of time.
Everything about Warrenton has been remarkably
quiet since our signal station was broken up' by
guerillas, thice miles from the town. There is no
ddubt the guerillas are as thick c in.that portion of
the country as ever, but General Gregg has a picket
path there, which they find difficult to avoid and
dangerous to cross. With the vigilant cavalry force
stationed near Warrenton such surprises will grow
very rare. '
'VIRGINIAN ECOENTRIOITIES.
Virginia can - still boaat of eccentric men and pru
dent women: There is one venerable man, an in
veterate sinoker, whb travels with two large saddle.
bags filled with smoking.tobacco. - He frequently
goes visiting, and enjoys it as much. al the senior
quid nunc of a small village. But the totiacco is in
variably brought in and placed at his side, so those
who would converse- with him must submit to be
smoked. His reminiscences of George Washington
("George was' a good boy," he eays) are somewhat
new, but with' the peculiaritiea of Chief Justice
Marshall's dress- he seems.-much better acquainted.
One of the Chief Justice's sons was a most forgetful
fellow, frequently going into bed with the hot poker,
after he had raked his fire. It was nothing uncom
mon to- aee him walking to hia office in the morning
with one boot on his foot and the other in his hand.
But a short distance from where I write is a piece
of timber, haunted by the 'wrath of some dog. It is
positiVely asserted that no "possum" can be
"treed" here, for the most sagacious dog refuses to
be forced over the mysterious boundary line. In
the same neighborhood resided one of Virginia's
legislators, who came near going to Congress. He
had five children, and upon each's back should have
been written the old-fashioned endorsement placed
on a false -indictment : "Ignoramus." The eldest
was taken by his father to Richmond, and placed in
a Baptist collede. When the liable represen
tative of the people returned he found his
precocious heir had- arrived first. He told his
father they made him lie on corn•husks, and
with tearful eye - and appealing voice he exclaimed,
"-You know, father, I have never been accustomed to
sleep upon a mattress when at home !" He grew to
-be a man—he became a preacher. Then his dieter
died. He came to see his mother and said.: "He
supposed the people would expect, him to say some
thing over the corpse!" Here, I am Berri , 1 must
mention a circumstance which invoked a smile upon
the countenance of all in the dining room, where e ,
dozen of handsome cane.bottomed chairs had lately
-been introduced upon an equal footing with the
rest of thifurniture. A cousin, from some uncivi
lized 'county of the State; was ushered in, and,
gazing with astonishment on the assts before her,
and the unsOphiaticated creature wondered in a
loud and perplexed tone of voiCe, "Whereupon
yearth Uncle— got so many sifters." The friends
of the,deceased had scarcely got their features drawn
to a decent and decorous length, when lie who was
to perform the last ministration over the inanimate
form of a sister, jumped to his feet, and abruptly re.
marked that "He supposed they all expected to
hear him say something about her, (jerking his
thuinb over his shoulder. in the direction of the
coffin.) He was happy to inform them that she died
far from God, that's all.'! And he began to give out
a hymn. This well-l3orn and pious, man, is now
strengthening the arms of those who fight for
the Confederacy. He_ is . a chaplain. The sole
surviving sister is unmarried and very wealthy.
Ms covertly whispered among the friends of the
family that elle had a lover call on her twice. But
she alarmed him by producing a written agreement
to marry her, and the courtship ended. Miss —is
now thin, thirty, and thrifty. Many of thefamilies
in the. _County purchaaed a large stock of groceries
and dry goods prior to the war. Some have plenty
of thie store now. But our "Rich Lady's" has ex
handed hers, and with plenty of money in her cof
fers and negroes in her house, must walk to com
missariat to get some common brown sugar—"ouch
as the Yankees sweeten their coffee with." In no
Stste in the Union,Or any struggling to get out of
the - Union, are there so many family traditions as in
Virginia. 'As for legends and ghost stories, you can
scarcely hear ad many, except you should traverse the
cakes and brither Scots,-
Free Maidenkirk's to John 0. Groats."
RECONNOITRING-CANNONADING NEAR
We have small reconnoitring parties out every
day, and in every direction. Seldom are they op
posed, for every one who lingers in this desolated
region seeks safety in night upon the approach of
our uniforms. At Hartwood Church and Stafford
Court house we have a considerable cavalry force.
From these points they roam all over the surround
ing country, some going to Acquia Creek, and others
as low as St. George's Court House. Our old camp
ing ground, in and around Falmouth, looks very
desolate, and the railroad running through the
former place
_to Acquia Creek is sadly in need of
repairs. But if we undertake to do
_it new rails
must be furnished, for they seem to have disappeared
in great quantities. Now we are not so much
annoyed by the oPpressive heat, the cavalry grow
restless, and long for the old excitement. But,
unfortunately for them in, their present mood, no
large number of the enemy happens to be seen. So
they must quietly look at the pickets on the other
side of the Rappahannock.
I have noticed quite a number of ladies visiting at
the different generals' headquarters. Gen. Illeade's
headquarters are entirely free of visitors of that sex.
It is co excessively dull no lady could live long and
maintain her senses. Like the young, friends of
whom Prince Arthur apokeito Hubert, they would be
sad and not know Why.
This morning heavy cannonading has been heard
in the direction of Dumfries, about which there are
numerous conjectures and explanations. The true
reason is, a gunboat.firing on the POtoniac. B.
[Army Correspondence of the New 'York Tribune.]
HEADQUARTERS, August 19.—N0 discoveries have
been made by the cavalry up to midnight of any
rebels at Enmities or for twenty miles on our right.
Where Lee's headquarters are now is not exactly
known. Ewell has moved his corps to Fredericks
burg. Longstreet continues at United States Ford,.
and A. P. Hill at Orange Court House. The firing
of Monday is not yet accounted for. The firing
heard northward this morning is supposed to be ar
tillery practice.
tINDIEOLOTHINCf. ao.
- WASKINGTON 2 Wednesday, August 19,-1661,
Although there is at present no evidence of an ag
gressive movement on the part of Gen. Lee, still,
all the information received directly from Richmond;
and corroborated by the statements of deserters and
exehringed prisoners, tends to show that along time
will not elapse before the rebel commander, who is
now getting ready for the fail campaign; will take
the initiative, and push his columns forward.
A gentleman of foreign birth, and holding an ofn.
Mal position in Richmond, writes to his friend in
this city, that the ',report is current, that Gen. Lee
will shortly offer battle to Gen. Meade, and if'that
general refuses to accept it, and falls back wafts the
protection of the fortifications of Washington, en.
Lee will then invade Maryland, where preparations
have been made by'the Secessionists of that State
to receive him and give him all the assistance in
men, money, arms, and provisions, that they can
procure.
This time Gen. Lee will avoid Pennsylvania, upon
which the Richmonders look as a Northern State,
hostile in its principles and in feelings to the South,
while Maryland, they hold, belongs to the South.
Gen. Lce's -invasion will not have, 'however, the
permanent occupation a that State for its object,
but sirup y the selection of a field of battle where he
can wait tbe approach' of the Union army. His aim
is not to carry operations northward, but, as before,
to take possession of Washington, if the fortunes of
war are in his favor;. if not, he will fall back upon
Richmond, and will wait for, the Unionists behind
the fortifications of. that place. •
Notwithstanding his presence on the Rappa
hannock, General Lee is said to be organizing se
cretly an army of reserve, the location of which. will
be either Winchester or some place in the Shenan-'
doah Valley. This army, to which all the conscripts
passing through Richmond are directed, will be
40,000 strong. The mission is not yet known, al
though it is generally believed that it will have an
independent organization and a particular' task to
perform. General Longstieet is talked of as its
most probable leader. •
All the rebel officers.who were at Richmond on
leave of absence, have gone back to their regiments.
The city, wfrch was full "of them a week ago, con
tains now no other persons than civiliansnmeinva
lids. It is also reported theta-whole division, sup
posed to have been detached from the Army of the
West, passed through Richmond during the night
- of the 12th inst., to take part in the operations of
the fall campaign, whose. opening will take Place;
according to public rumor, in. the earlier part 'of
September.
SCUM ON TUE Pdrssissirpr.—We noticed Satur
day that the river was dyed the deepest green, and
That the water was overspread with a thin scum of
the same color. It has been in this remarkable con
dition for several days, and we can find no one who
is at all capable, of giving a single reason for it.
The matter perplexes the oldest steamboatmen ' who.
declare that they never beheld anything like it be
fore. This scum ia on the water as far up as Cin
cinnati, we understand, and perhaps above there,
for we have no intelligence on the subject above
that point. The same is the case down the river for
hundreds of miles. Such a thing is certainly a very
mysterious phenomenon here, and we do not know
howto account for it. Great fears are entertained
that it will produce sickness in this neighborhood,
and along the river.---Louistrille Journal,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1863.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC;
HEADQUARTREs, ARATI" OF THE POTOMAC,
VIRGINIA, August 18, 1863
PRODI THE REBEL AR[IY.
DTIAT.FRIES
EIIIIIORS OF
_GEN. LEE'S INTENTIONS
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1863.
The Slander Against Gettysburg.
GETTY,9I3IIRG, PA., July 29, 1863.
Major General 0. 0. Howard :
GENERAL : A correspondent of' the New York
Times, L. L. Crounse, in a recent letter to that pa
per makes the following statement :
"And before the blood of the heroic men shed
among the batteries in the Cemetery was fairly dry
upon the ground, a bill of seventeen hundred dollars
damages was presented for payment."
As the president of the Ever Green Cemetery re
ferred to in the above quotation, and at the request
of its Board of Directors, it is my duty to call your
attention to this injurious charge. You may per
haps remember, General, my friendly call upon you
on the Rh of July inst., at your headquarters, On
the same day I made congratulatory visits to Gen.
Carl Shuiz and Gen. Shimmellinning, at their quar
ters, in our cemetery grounds. You and they will bear
testimony thatnot the most distant allusion was made
by me to the injuries done to the cemetery, but
that I acted as if wholly unconscious of them, re
garding them as nothing when compared witlethe
glorious achievements of our army—the blood with
which our brave soldiers consecrated its sod, and
the grand consequence of the victory they there
achieved.
Our board of directors having been called to
gether, all stated that this damaging accusation was
utterly without foundation, and that no demand of
any kind had been made,nor any complaint.
Will you be kind enough to state, in reply, whe
ther any demand for damages was made by any one
professing to speak on behalf of Evergreen Ceme
tery, and if not, then to negative it, andthus vindi
cate us from what, in our judgment, is only less in-
Diplom than the reckless publication of so offensive
a slander.
Most respectfully, your obedient servant
L, Mc°minimal', President
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg
HEADQUARTERS, 11TH CORI'S, August 2, 1863,
SIR : I am directed by General Howard to Bay, in
answer to your letter relating to the accusation in
the New York Times, that no bill for damages oame
to him from you or any member of the board of
directors of the cemetery;, that, on the . contrary,.
when you called upon him you expressed the hearti
est sympathy with us, and gave evidence of the
warmest patriotism.
The general is of the opinion that the incident
which gave rise to the reportiu the Ne.w York Times,
was the presenting of a bill for damage done to his
private property—by the keeper of the cemetery.
The general, is glad of an oppcirtunity to vindi-
Cate you and your official associates from false and .
slanderous charges. .
I have the honor to, be very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 0. H. liow.ann,
Major and A. D. 0.
To D. MCCONAirally, President of Ever Green
Cemetery Association.
- AUGLFST 10, 1863.
Pan. EDITOR : The keeper of the cemetery, Peter
Thorne, was absent at the time of the battles, on
service in the 138th Regiment Pennsylvania-Volun
teers. His wife left- home, and their personal pro
perty was almost entirely consumed and destroyed.
On her return on the nth of July, an officer came to
her, and bad a statement made of her losses, amount
lees than',s2oo, which `he stated he would see Paid;
She did not volunteer a claim, nor present it to
'General Howard. "
Respectfully, D. IVlcdowiuortr,
President of Ever Green Cemetery.
* ♦ The American question in Europe.
TAE HOPELESSNESS OP THE SOUTHERN CAUSE
(From the Loudon Star, August 6.3 .
The cause of the Southern Confederacy is past
help, past hope. The most infatuated, the most in
terested partisan of that - taupe in England can no
longer close his eyes to the, impending ruin. We
need no copjecturee, no speculations, no compari
sons of our own to prove the fact. It is proved; it
is, acknowledged in every line whichhas just reached
us, telegraped from the columns of Southern news
papers. The Southern journals do not affect to be
under any delusion. They do not attempt to keep
up the deception which was maintained in 'England
until it fairly collapsed, under the pressure;of over
whelming lasts. Prom Richmond, from 111ontga..,
mery; from Mobile, we hear the same. story. The
Confederacy is playing its last desperate game. The
Southern organs do not indeed acknowledge total
failure, and cry out for peace,. but they speak in
tones which only tell of disaster and defeat irre
trievable.
Peculiarly significant are the utterances of the
Mobile Advertiser. It is too soon, says this journal,.
to talk of_ submission yet. The Southern cause
does not look dark enough yet to justify-those who
are ready to submit and anxious for peace." There
are, then, such, even among the • indomitable, the
irresistible Confederates, over whose supreme suc
cess some London' journals were shrieking with ex
ultation only a few weeks back. And all the - answer
which the Mobile paper can make. to those who talk
of subinission is, that the cause is not quite dark
enough yet to justify surrender ! Truly a pitiful ral
lying cry, 'not 'likely to inspire the hearers with
much fresh enthusiasm. Cold, too, is the, console
„Ilion which the same journal finds for the fall, of
Vicksbufg. Had Vicksburg not surrendered just
when it did, Johnston would have' marched upon.
Grant's entrenchments, and must infallibly have
been cut to pieces. How differently this sounds
from all that we used to hear five weeks ago, about
the impossibility of Grant's sustaining himself
against Johnston, whenever the Confederate general
chose to march to the relief of the- beleaguered fort
ress.
.The Richmond Whig speaks' of the losses caused
by the evacuation ot.Jackson: and >the immense
railway rolling stock thus thrown into the'Union
bands as incalculable and irreparable. The Mont
gomery Advertiser tells its public that Bragg's retreat
before Roeecrane opened up the Northern counties
of Alabama and Georgia to the enemy, and that
presently there will be a Union army-in Alabama, in
face of which every man must gird up his loins,
and prepare, to enter into a struggle for mere exist-
ence. In Richmond, at least, there seems little in•
clination to enter into this despairing struggle. The'
Richmond Enquirer raises a frenzied outcry against
the Southerns who will-not fight. <lmmense crowds
of foreigners, says this journal; are thronging the
provost marshal's office, clamoring for passes to
proceed North—anywhere out of the limits of the
warlike Confederacy. More than that,' the same
journal says that at least.loo,ooo men throughout the.
South have hired substitutes for military service,
and will not fight.
- They used to love to read the brilliant accounts of
" Stonewall " Jackson's daring swoops and of Lee's
successes, and they exulted, no dotibt, over the im
pregnability of 'Vicksburg, and possibly rubbed their
hands over the expectation of a captured Washing
ton. But these golden dreams are gone, gone? and
the cold, uncomfortable, ugly reality succeeds; and
they see only ruin before them, and they will not
fight ! Therefore, the Richmond Enquirer urges that
a clean sweep should be made, and that all the recre
ants should be driven to the war. All, all ! it de
mands—no exemption for any, even the foreigners.
Let the entire country be proclaimed under martial
law, and every one who demurs be impelled into the
battle by the force of the baYonet. ,Should even
this fail, as the Richmond Enquirer seems to fear
that it will—should the armies of the South be " dis
integrated " - -should the Government have rio spot
to rest on,
and be forced to become " itinerant "
these are the wends of the Southern journal, not
num—why, then,what
will remain ! guerilla warfare can be kept up on
This is the sole hope which the distinguished:re
fugee who edits the Richmond Enquirer has to offer
to his adopted countrymen. The tone of frantic
vehemence and bitterness in which this nonsense is
poured out, proves plainly enough how little hope
its author has that even in Richmond his demented
counsels will be accepted as anything but the shriek
of despair.
We do not know from what elements in the recent
news the _London champions of the slaveowners—
more South ern• than the Southerners themselves—
can extract the customary assurances and encou
ragement. Perhaps they may find consolation- in
the fact that the New York Hcraid cries out for
peace at home and war against France and England.
The correspondent of the 'Ames a day, or two back
spoke of the Herald as a semi official journal—an
assertion which might have been taken as jocular if
any one could believe, that the correspondent- in
question had ever attempted a joke in his life.
Perhaps, therefore, we may be told- that the New
York Herald acts as the organ of Air. Lincoln in
proclaiming war against France and England. The
New York Herald is, as all our readers know, just
as much an official organ as the interesting- publica
tion called Peter Spy, issuing from the precincts of
Clare Market, and on Tuesday made the subject of
an application at' Bow street, is the recognized
mouthpiece of the British Government. Perhaps
the consoling assurance may be baaed upon the
"opinion" prevailing, as we read, "in some quar
ters that Lee is again about to invade the North.
Perhaps our pro-slavery cotemporaries may sketch
out by anticipation anew series of splendid victories
for their hero, culminating as before, in the capture
of Washington and New 'York. But even this will
hardly raise the confederate loan from its present
'fallen position. 'Credulity has limits.
If the Richmond people will not believe in the
success of the South, it is rather too: much to-ex
pect that the Londonimblic should place their faith
in it, We leave ingrudgingly to the Southern parti
sans-all the 'scraps of comfort they can manage to
extract from the late news. The rays of hope, will
be little clearer than the sunbeams - which. the La- •
putan philosopher professed to draw- ROM his cu-'
cumbers. We read what the Southern journals say,
and We learn there that even if the South does not
yield, it no loneer hopes to win ; that even if it still
defies, it likewise despairs.
THE CONFEDERATE LOANLETTER FROM -THE
['From the Times' City Article, August 6.
The following correspondence with regard to the
Confederate loan has passed between one of the
holders and Mr. Mcßae, who acted as agent from
the Confederate States for its negotiation '
No. 34 ST. .TAXES' PLACE, LONDON, August sth,
1863 —SIR The present position of -the seven per
cent, cotton loan on our Stock Exchange is such as
to give anxiety to the holders, of whom I am one.
At the same time I, for one, have not for a moment
lost the confidence I always had in the ultimate suc
cess of the Confederate cause nor, - putting aside
this view for the
,present, do f doubt that the en
gagements the Confederate Government have en
tered into with the holders of the bonds of this loan
can be and,will be faithfully fulfilled. .
However, in'order to have a-clear -idea of the po
sition of affairs - , I should like to know from you, the
accredited agent in_this country for, the cotton loan,
some few particulas on the subject:
1. Whether there exists within the- Confederate
States in possession of the Government, cotton suf
flcieneto' discharge its liabilities on this , loan; if. so,
What amount they possess.
0. Where the cotton is stored, and how; andif the
taking of Charleston, Mobile, and Savannah by the
Northern army will cause the destruction or capture
of any portion of the Government stock of cotton,
and of how much.
3. Whether lor any holder of paid-up bonds, on
demanding cotton in exchange for bonds, can get im=
mediate possession of the same within the limits of
the Confederacy, and whether, havingpossession of
the cotton forthwith, I shall, on return of peace, or
having privious opportunity of exportation, be ex
empt from. all duty except the stipulated-duty of an
eighth of a cent per pound.
4; Your candid reply to these queries will - much
Oblige me. •
I am, sir, your .obedient servant,
• H. W. SHWARrZ.
To IHr. C. J. Moit.3.!, Agent for the Cotton Loan of
the Confederate States of America. -
BURLINGTON HOTEL, CORR STREET, August 5. -
-Sir r_in reply. to the inquiries contained in your
note of this morning, I have to say that on the drat
of March last, the Government of the Confederate
States had purchased about 320,000 bales of cotton.
The purchasing was still going on, and it is fair to
presume that by this time the quantity has been in
to at least 500,000 bales.
This cotton is principally in the States of Ge6rgia
and Alabama, and some, also, in theeasterst part of
Mississippi,
,Northweatern Louisiana, and Texas,
- and is stored on the plantations of the farmers from
Whora it was, purchased, in sheds or warehouses SOO
feet from. any ottierhuildings, and in all cases the
planters have agreed with' the Government to take
the same care of the cotton as if it still belonged to
them, and to deliver it to the order of the Govern
ment when wanted.
The capture of all the sea ports would not endan
ger theloss of a single pound of- cotton, as there are
no stocks of cotton at any of them, nor are there
any considerable stocks of cotton at any one place
in the interior, care having been taken by the Con
federate as well as the State Government that no
cotton should, be stored at any point •within live
miles of a railroad station or navigable stream.
That any portion of the crop of Mil which had been
brought to the various interior ddpdts has long since
been taken back to the plantations by special order
of the. State Governments. -
The c.tton will be delivered to any holder of the
bonds on demand, as provided far in the fourth arti
cle of the contract. In the States of Alabama and
Idieshisippt, where I have-personal knowledge of
the manner in which the business has been trans.
acted, the cotton has been sampled, weighed, mark.
ed, and invoiced, and the agents of the bond-holders
can examine the samples at. the offices of the chief
agents of the loan in the different States, and take
their orders on the planters for the delivery of the
cotton, without trouble or expense; The cotton ob.
tamed under this loan will not be subject to any tax
or duty, except the export duty Of one-eighth of a
cent per pound, existing at the date of the contract.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
O. J. MoRA.E, Agent for the Loan.
Mr. 11. W. SCHAVARTZ.
CIiARLESTON.
Progress or tile . Siege.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore American.]
FrAG•SHIP AIIdIISTA DINSMOBB,
OFF TVIORRTSISLAND, S. 0., Aug. 16, 1863.
The steamship Fulton is expected to stop here
to day for te . raalls,•on her way to New York, and
I, thereforerblose up my journal of- events since the
sailing of the Arago on the 11th. I will state, at the
outset, that the great assault on Sumpter, Wagner,
and Gregg, by land and water, will certainly take
place toonorrow, unless bad weather shall cause
further delay. All is in readiness on land and water,
and all are of the opinion that these three strong
holds will be in our "possession, with the old Bag
floating
-over them, before you, receive this letter.
There is no difference of opinion on this subject. I
will, therefore, resume my journal of events since
the 11th inst., and will give you an idea of the pro
gress of the siege.
.OPERATIONS ON TUESDAY.
FIRING BY THE REBELS.
_
TunSDAv, August 11, 1863.—The rebels kept up a
constant fire throughout the day, yesterday,princi
pally from Battery Gregg, on Cummings' _Point, and
their new batteries on James Island, which enfilades
come.. of General Gilmore's batteries on Morris
Island, and although fully two hundred shells were
fired 'by them during the, day, I learned, at a late
hour last evening; that not a single casualty had oc.
curred. Afew return shells were fired from one of
our shore. mortar batteries, principally directed at
Battery Gregg and Fort Wagner. The evening
doted quietly, and during the early part of the night
few shot and shell were exchanged, but all passed
quietly up to the hour of retiring.
AN ATTEMPTED REBEL' ASSAULT
About 2 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning a fierce
cannonade, with grape and shrapnel, was commenced
by Fort Wagner on our advanced batteries on Jamess
Island, leading to the impression that the rebels were
about to make an assault. A despatch from General
Gilinore was received; informing Admiral Dahlgren
01 the fact,Who immediately signalled to the monitors
to pieparelbr action, get under way, and move to
the. assistance of the army.- The Admiral imme
diately ordered .his barge, and, accompanied by En
sign Adams, proceeded to the monitors Passaic,
Calfskin, and Patapsco, joining them in front of
Fort Wagner. They were engaging the fort at the
time_and,.as the Admiral stepped upon the deck of
the Patapsco, a nine-inch shot passed within as
many feet of him, and buried itself in the water. It
was- a narrow escape, though altogether. a chance
shoVas the darkness of the night prevented the pos
sibility or the enemy having discovered the move
ments of the Admiral. * '
Fleet-Captain George W. Rodgers, who still re
tains command of the Cattskill, also proceeded to
that vessel and directed her movements in the fight.
Re went in so close to Fort Wagner that the enemy
fired musketry at some of the officers and men who
exposed themselves on the turret, but fortunately
hit no one. Under the impression that the enemy
were about to make an assault on our advanced
batteries, Captain Rodgers threw grape and shrap
nel along the land front of Wagner, effectually put
ting a stop to such a movement. The Patapsco
threw a number of fifteen-inch shell into Wagner,
and the Passaic also fired a few shot. At the same
time the mortar batteries on the island poured their
shell into. Wagner and Gregg, with a rapidity and
precision that must have done great damage. One
shell from 'the Patapsco's rifled gun is reported to
have gone off screeching•towards Charleston, giving
rise to a rumor in the camps that Beauregard had
complained that notice should be given him to re
move the women anti children before shelling the
city.. Of course there was no truth in the rumor.
Fort Wagner this morning presents the appearance
of a shapeless mass of sand, there being no flag to
mark its existence, the one they had having been
shot sway at the ast assault, and none has- been
raised since.
The ret*l forte kept up a furious cannonade from
two o'clock to nearly rive, when the monitors re
tired, arid the flrhigeoon after ceased. Fort Sump
ter threw a number of - shell from the parapet guns,
and Fort Gregg threw a number of mortar shells,
principally, at the monitors. The Patapsco was
struck twice, one ball passing through the upper
part of her .smokestack, and the other making a
slight indentation on her turret. Fort Wagner also
engaged.the monitors with two guns on the sea face
of that work.
The cannonade was most furious, as many as ten
shell being observed at• one time curving and ex
ploding in the air, which, with the flashing of can
non, and the rapid reports in the darkness of the
night, presented a scene of imposing grandeur, The
number -of shot and shell tired during the night
could not have been leis than three hundred, and
the result on our side was no one injured on the
iror,clads, anti two killed and two wounded on
shore. As to the damage done to the enemy no
thingis known ; but it is evident that no demon
stration whatever was intended:
DESERTION 4* TWO. SITIERS.
'The cause of this assault on the part of the rebels
is understood to have been the desertion of two sut
lers last night from our entrenchments, where they
were sentenced to work for twenty-four hours on
Account of some offence they_had committed. sThey
escaped during the night, and doubtless gave such
information to the rebels, as to the position of our
'Working parties, as induced them to believe they
could do -great damage by opening on them with
grape and shrapnel. •
--- The Patapsco was commanded during the fight by
'Lieutenant Commanding Bruce, who has command
-.of this - vessel during. the. absence or Commander
Badger, who is acting as captain of 'ordnance on - the
staff Of Admiral Dahlgren on the Dinsmore.
' nitlinti ExPLOri.
.
Ensign Benjamin H. Porter, of the New Iron sides,
who has been detailed for special service by Admi
ral Dahlgren, on account of the high character he
has obtained in - the fleet for daring, bravery, and
prudence, - perfornaed a feat on Monday night, during
this furious bombardment, that will ensure him high
commendation from theAdmiral..The duty assigned
to him was to ascertain the character and nature of
the obstructions axiom; the harbor of Charleston,
between Sumpter arid Moultrie. He had been up in
one of the lronaidea , citttere, with a picked crew, for
several nights on this mission, and was prevented
from accomplishing it by encountering the picket
boats of the enemy. He was pursuing this investi
gation when he saved the lives of eight of the crew
of the Wabash's captured boat.
On Monday night lie was scouting around Sump
ter when the furious cannonade commenced. All
eyes. rebel as well as loyal, were centred on the forts
and the work they were doing, but Ensign Porter
saw that the opportunity for his work had now ar
rived. The flashing of the cannon from Sumpter
and Gregg guided his moVemente, and he was ens
-Wed to reach the obstructions without being ob
served. He, spent fully half au hour on them, tho
roughly investigating their construction, and moved
of towards the fleet in time to reach it by daylight.
He immediately reported to the Admiral, who de•
clared himself highly gratified with the information
obtained, declaring that he now knew all that he de
sired to know. 'The information obtained is, of
course, kept secret, brit will be availed of by the
Admiral in a few days. Ensign Porter has undoubt
edly made his mark, especiall3i' when his extreme
youth is taken into consideration, he not being over
twenty years of age.
HEAT AND SUPPLIES
We have now had twenty daya of dry, hot weather,
there not having been a drop of rain during that
period, When this fact is considered, with the other
fact that there has been a great scarcity of ice and
fresh provisions during moat of this time, the suffer
ings of the gallant besiegers of Charleston may be
conceived. The supplies of beefsent out in schooners
were delayed by head winds, and arrived here in a
putrid condition ; the.ice all melted, • consequently
there were numerous 'cases of scurvy in the fleet.
The arrival last evening' of the supply steamer
Tonawanda was consequently a festive occasion,
and she was soon surrounded by boats from all the
veseels of the squadron, in pursuit of ice, fresh
meat, and small stores.
It is a sad fact that there is so much suffering here
for ice. On board the monitors especially it is•al
m mat a necessary of life, and the loyal at ho me should
see to it that these gallant men, engaged in the holy
work of humbling Charleston, should not suffer on
this account.
OPERATIONS ON WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY, August 12, 1863
PORT SUMPTER BREACHED
The cannonading on Wednesday afternoon was
light, but during its progress General Gilmore tested
one of his siege guns on the walls of Sumpter. It
was one of his smallest guns, and the first ball struck
on the top of the parapet, raising a-cloud of dust
and sand over the whole structure, and making the
bricks fly in all directions. Several more solid shot
were-Bred at the fort; three of which struck the rear
walli• near the parapet, and • made hole's through.
This is regarded as settling the question that Sumpter
will fall. If a 150 pound Parrott will produce such
a result on Sumpter, we may expect a general s mash
in., to take place when soo-pound and 500-pound shot
and shell are rained upon it and against its walls.
The side of Sumpter facing the batteries of Gen.
Gilmore is what Is called the rear or land wall. There
are no casemates on that side. ,The top of the, wall
is heaped up . at least ten feet with sand bags, from
embrasures in which a number of heavy guns pro
trude. It was in the-solid wall below the edge that
the three apertures were made by the few practice
shots fired.
OPEtZ ANIONS ON THURSDAY.
•
' ARRIYAL OF MONITORS.
THURSDAY, August 13,1863.—There was not much
firing last night from the rebels, though our mortar
batteries kept up iti pretty severe shower of 11-inch
shells on Wagner and Gregg.
'All the monitors' intended' to paiticipate in the
assault on Sumpter arrived here last evening. They
are as follows,: .
Weehawken, Patapsco, Montauk, Passaic. Na-
Kant, and Cattskill.
They are all making -their final preparations for
the conflict, such as piling sandbags on their decks,
and loading upwith ammunition. The Wissahickon,
the Ladona; and a number of other gunboats having
long. range rifled guns, have also arrived and come
inside of the bar.. The fleet no . w presents quite a
.formidable appearance, and will, throw a weight of
metal beyond all experience in naval warfare.
General Gilmore is now ready, having mounted
his last gun last night. TO-morrow, Friday, the
14th of August, the great assault will probably com
mence. .
'it will be observed that Admiral Dahlgren has but
six monitors, whilst at the April attack there were
seven; besides the Keokuk; it being necessary now
to keep the Nantucket at the mouth of the Ossibaw
river to prevent the coming out of a- rebel iron-clad
now ready for operations at Savahnah.
130MBA.RD312.NT BY THE FLEET
At about 11 o'clock this morning (Thursday) one
of the mortar schooners (Racer) took position in the
mouth of the Swag' channel; about two miles from
Fort Wagner, and commenced throwing shells into
that workland Cummings' Point. - The first two or
three shell's fell short, but, having got the range, she
dropped her shells with remarkable accuracy in and
around the rebel works. The shelling was continued
until'2 o'clock, when the firing ceased. During the
whole morning not a shot was fired from any of the
rebel batteries, although some of. our mortar batte
ries on shore occasionally joined in the amusement,
many of their shells falling around Sumpter.
Attwo o'clock firrs of our gunboats, the Wa
basket., the DEli Ching,. the Wissahickon, and the
Ott owa, having crossed the bar and
Sullivan'srone around to
IVlaffit's Channel, at the Vase of l Island,
on the, north side of, the harbor, opened on Fort
Moultrie, which, in this position, they were enabled
- to enfilade. ^ - The Ottawa, commanded by Lieutenant
'Commander Wm. D. Whiting, threw several 'shells,
although two miles and a half off, to the vicinity of
Fort Sumpter. They in "turn paid their oomph
_Meets to Gregg, Wagner, and Moultrie. but they
continued silent. The mortar schooner Racer also
put in an occasional shell, and the occupants of all
the rebel forts doubtless spent a very uncomfortable
afternoon.
The. gunboat Wissahickon, Lieutenant 01)II1
fmanding Davis, during the bombardment exploded
two shell in Fort Sumpter, and struck the parapet
with 'a third one, which, considering the distance of
m
twoiles and a half. was remarkable practise.
The rebels did not fire a single shot during the en•
tire day, the return of the four monitors from Port
Royal doubtless satisfying them that the day of re:
'tribution was at hand, and that they had 110 time for
the amusement of long•range firing..
Doling the last three- daya the rebels have been
busy hags of sand to Sumpter, using rafts,
steamers. and even sailing vesials for the purpose.
Thousands of men are engaged, along the interior
creeks, filling the bags.
• The 'liquor law is to be violated by Admiral Dahl
gren to morrow. Twenty barrels of good whisky
were distributed among the iron-clads and the gun
boats this evening, for the use of the crews during
the engagement.
TRACTIOR ON PORT aUfkierna.
On Thursday evening, after there had been a gene
ral cessation of the shelling, one of the guns of Gen.
Gilmore' siege batteries, a 200-pound - Parrott, opened
on Sumpter, and tired several shot with most decided
effect. Three shot struck on the parapet, the first
one scattering scores of sand bags through the air,
She second making the bricks fly in a similar man
ner, and the third one throwing a gun off of the
parapet into the parade grOund of the fort. This is
the only gun that has yet been opened, and it is not
one of the guns from which the most serviceable
work is anticipated. The rebels fired a few guns in
response, from Battery Gregg and the James Island
battery, but none from Sumpter.
OPERATIONS OF FRIDAY.
ARRANGEMENTS • FOR THE iTATTLE
FRIDAY, August 14, 1863.—1 had an interview last
evening with Admiral Dahlgren, who informed me
that the grand land and naval assault on Forts
Sumpter, Gregg, and Wagner would probably take
place today. lie expressed great confidence as to
the result, but was not so certain as to the time it
would require to accomplish it. It might require
but a few hours, nr, perhaps, as many days, or
weeks, but it was altogether a question of time.,
THE ATTACH POSTPONED
We all retired last night confident that the attack
would commence this morning. The navy was
ready to commence work at any moment. At a late
hour in the evening, however, a desptach from Gene
ral Gilmore announced that it would be necessary
to delay matters at least another day, and probably
until Monday. The cause of this delay was the in
ferior and unreliable quality of the army powder:
The gunners had reported that the same charge of
powder, with the same elevation, would not give
the same distance for two consecutive shots. s This
had been discovered two:days previmis, and Admi
ral Dahlgren had tendered five hundred barrels of
navy powder from his supply, which had been sent
for to Port Royal, but had not, yet arrived. The
steamer Convoy, however, arrived with it this
morning, and is now landing it on the island.
OPERATIONS OP SUNDAY.
SICKNESS OB',GEN. GILMORE-SIEGE i.P.O6IIIISSiN6
SUNDAY, August 16, 1863.—There is no firing this
morning, both parties apparently keeping a quiet
Sabbath, in preparation for the work to-morrow.
There is now no doubt of the grand assault taking
place to-morrow. The weather is settled and most
propitious. •
One cause of the delay has been the serious illness
of General Gilmore, who has been confined to his
tent for three days. He wrie, however, much better
last evening, and WWI visited by Admiral Dahlgren,
to whom he expressed the hope of being able to be
PROBABLE EVACUATION OP EIIAIPTER
It Is hourly becoming more and more evident that
the rebels were satisfied in April last that Sumpter
canpot stand a systematic attack by, the monitors,
and that they intend to evacuate and blow up For.
Sumpter. It has already been announced that most
of the casemate guns had been removed from Sump
ter, and the embrasures closed up with sand bags.
Within the past week it has been discovered that
the guns on the parapets were daily diminishing,
and that, instead of twenty-six, but six now remain.
That we will have the honor of reducing Sumpter is
therefore by no means probable at present, and we
will to-moirow have to devote our operations on
Moultrie, Gregg, and Wagner, the outward line of
rebel defences.
E=l
The rebels are mounting guns in a mile of their
ncw works on :Tames Island, extending from Fort
Johnson to Sccessionville: This would indicate au
intention to endeavor to so flank, the works of Gen.
Gilmore as to prevent their successful use, and, if
possible, to drive him •to the western side of the
island. He, however, has batteries which enfilade
the rebel works in that direction, which are un
known to the enemy, and will greatly astonish him.
THE STATES IN REBELLION,
General Lee's , Army.
[From the Richmond Sentinel; 15th.)
A gentleman from'above, who came down yester
day, says the fiaest spirit pervades the army, all ex
pressing the most unlimited confidence in their noble
chief. General Lee is in excellent health and fine
spirits. General Ewell, the worthy, successor of the
lamented Jackson, since his severe wound last fall,
prefers a small horsed as he can mount him with less
difficulty. - Yesterday the General was mounted on
a mule, and ready for anything in the fighting line
that might turn up.
Smith, Governor elect of_Virginia, has been ten
dered the appointment of major general in the Pro
. . .
visional army.
The Examiner gives several, extracts from letters
from Little Hoek, Arkansas, to show that " the
,people of that section are running a four-State
power Confederacy on their own hook, and hope to
be able to continue in well-doing, notwithstanding
the interruption of communication across the river."
The Examiner thinks these extracts crush out the
notion that the backbone of the rebellion is broken,
and says there is a genus of creatures which are not
destroyed, but multiplied, by being cut in twain.
The Examiner has the following :
The Central cars last evening brought down a gen
tleman direct from the headquarters of Gen. Lee.
His reports concerning the condition and numbers of
the Army of Northern Virginia are cheering, and
this must satisfy the public for the present. Meade's
army are said to be lying . along the_country from
Orange Court House to Culpeper, and on towards
Fredericksburg. His headquarters are supposed to
be at Warrenton.
Army movements were at a perfect stand-still an
both sides, the intense heat enforcing quietude. It
was rumored that the Yankees had evacuated the
Valley, and brought their available forces east of
the Blue Ridge._ This may be true to some extent,
but a force will be kept there, in the vicinity of Win
chester or Pllartineburg, for the: protection Of the
-Baltimore and- Ohio Railroad, close enough to the
Potomac to put its current between themselves and
Imboden's troopers, in case he should come down
upon them. _
It is believed that Meade is concentrating in Staf.
ford and ,Fauquier, but nothing reliable 15 known
outside of headquarters, and what is known there is
as inviolate as the Dead Secret. Fighting was at
such a discount, that even the cavalry were enjoying
a season of repose.
The court of inquiry to invectigate the capitulation
of Vicksburg arta Port Hudson convened at]illont
gomery, Ala., on the 15th. " •
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
MORTON, August 12.—One of Gen. Kirby Smith's
staff Officers, who has just arrived here, says that
four transports laden with troops, passed Rodney,
going up, on Friday.
The troops sent down by Grant _were to replace
the troops in Banks' army whose term of service
had expired,
Gen. Price was at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. -
Gen. Dick Taylor's army was at Berwick Bay.
One of the field batteries struck two transports near
Donaldsonville last Tuesday.
Gen. Smith's headquarters were at Shreveport.
Re has called on the Governors of the Trans-Missis
sippi States to meet him at Marshall, Texas, on the
The Governor of. Texas has taken the field with
10,000 State troops.
Gen. Magruder's headquarters are at Galveston.
MORTON, August 13.—The 46th Texas regiment
(cavalry) captured twenty-two Yankees from wa
gons, eighteen miles the other side of Big Black,
yesterday, and brought them safely to this place.
They belong to Steele's Division, 6th army Clorps.
Their pickets have been withdrawn fromthis side of
the Big Black.
Gen. Dick Taylor has captured thirty-five -New
York planters, whowereplanting cotton for the Lin
coln Government. - They were sent to Texas for
safe keeping.
MORTON, August 1.2.-,-Nothing has been 'heard
fr int the river lately. The health of the army is .
improving finely, only six sick were sent off yester;
day. Numbers are returning from the - interior
daily. Most of the volunteers have returned to their
respective commands. The weather is exceedingly
dry and warm. .
KIRBY SMITH'S DEPAILTILMITT. -
A letter from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the At
lanta Appeal; dated July 19, gives much information
relative to the condition of things beyond the Mis
sissippi. The letter says : -
Although Vicksburg has fallen, and communica
tion between this section and the States east of the
Mississippi is difficult, and all transmission of ma
terials of war is out of the question, for the future,
we are not as those without hope. General E. K.
Smith possesses the entire confidence of the people,
and the army. It is most fortunate for the country
that so able and proper a man should be in command
here at such &juncture. .
He has taken steps to learn the whole resources of
the country—mineral, agricultural, and manufac
turing. Lead mines ate being worked in a • safe
interior district, foundries established, - the nitre
heavier is in .operation ; in short, all is being done
.that -a ~wise forecast could suggest in an exigency
such as is upon us, and which, unfortunately, has
been'neglected ,until - just • now. He has called the
Governors of - the four States of his department to
meet him, with theiseveraljudges ofisupreine courts,
in conference on the 15th proximo, when it is hoped
that all the changes circumstances require will be
done to defend and redeem our country. -
The crops are made, and are more bountiful than
Were ever before known—ample for three years,
An editorial in the Richmond Disputtah !daughters
Admiral Porter, in a measure, accusing him of
doing many things unbecoming an officer. The
paper has a long editorial upon the gallant Ad
miral, in which occurs the following, which is the
chief ,cause of the editor's ire :
We see it 'stated that Admiral Porter, during the
bombardment of Vicksburg, availed himself of the
agency of. bombshells to transmit a large number of
handbills inside, addressed to the private soldiers of
that city, endeavoring to excite their prejudices
against their , otlicers as aristocrats, who would get
all the .ory, while they will do all the fighting, and
who would never permit their names to be given to
the world, no matter how great their valor andiell-
EX-GOV. AMEN.
The Examiner contains many little items of inte
rest, among which are the following
The Yankee papers publish a report emanating
from that repository of liars, Parson Brownlow, that
ex• Governor Aiken, of South Carolina, is held a
prisoner by the Confederate Governthent in Rich
mond. The report is hardly worth the ink and paper
required to brand it, but it is necessary to say that
the paper has as much truth in it as the most of
the reports concerning affairs in the South published
North. Governor - Aiken is at his hone, doing as
much for the Southern cause as any man in the Con-
STEAM ON THE OANA.L.—We have often read of
the astonishment of the South Sea Islanders on
first beholding a ship in full sail, which they mis
took for some monstrous aquatic bird, floating along
with itswings uplifted, like the' swan, to catch the
breeze. The astonishment 'evinced by the rustic
populace , of England, was almost like that of the
savages when first steamboats appeared on its rivers
—for .grapheaded old men and women, who had
dwelt beside the rivers for more than half a century,
stood , With uplifted hands, and staring eyes, and
mouths agape, when they saw little steamers dash
ing against strong currents, with the wind right
ahead, passingfield and farm and hamlet, as if pushed
along by some hidden and gigantic hand. No mar-,
vel that in those days, the banks of tbe rivers were
lined with , wondering faces, and thekold men and
women asked - each other what the world would be
fifty years hence. Thelifty yearn have passed and
. numberless inventions have miming into'existence to
astonish alike the enlightened and the ignorant. But
the last and most astonishing wonder presented to
our vision was a canal boat propelled by steam,
which passed through our city yesterday on its way
south from Yankee land.- Nearing the lock; a
scream from its whistle put the loek-tender on his
taps, who rushed to the door of his dwelling to as
certain .the cause of such an unusual noise on the
"raging canawl." Be allowed the boat to go
through, gazing with unfeigned astonishment atthe
antics of the " critter " on - his waters, which
steamed off down ,the canal, making the water fly
to the tune of four miles an hour, until lost sight of
in the distance. Loaded wit,h lumber, and driven
forward without horse-power, the new steam canal
boat attracted the attention - of hundreds 'of lazy
drivers, whoWOndered what they would turn their
handi to do, should the " darned tug boat " prove
successful and be favorably received by our leading
boatmen.—Harrisburg Telegraph.
THREE CENTS.
FINANCIAL AND CONMERaILe
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILkDBLPICIA, AUglISt 21, 1863
Third street was entirely devoid of exciting ru
mors to.day, and a quiet market was the result.
Gold opened rather stronger than for some days
past, 125012534 being offered, and cloned at the same
figures. The demand for money is increasing, owing
to the large amounts being used at the Stook Board.
One evil often corrects another, and it is so in this
case—the plenitude of money induces speculation,
and speculation induces a stringent money market
by absorbing large amounts of capital-6 per cent.
may be named as the governing rate.
Governments continue , unchanged. Any other
result, while the books of the five-twenties are open,
need not be expected. 1881 sixes are firm at 1083:4@
1063,4. ; sevemthirties at the - same. New;certificates
are worth 99,1 2 '@99X; the old, mix to i01.3i". Quar
termasters, vouchers are selling at 3gal..k . discount.
Exchange Is only nought when necessary, and bank
ers are drawing at 138@138m.
Operations at the Stook Board were not so large
as yesterday, and there was more fluctuation in
pried. Seven-thirty notes sold at 106%; State fives
sold freely at 1013.1, an advance of ,ir; ; City sixes were
steady; Long Island sixes sold at 102; Camden and
Atlantic 2d mortgage at 603.4 ; Sunbury and Erie
sevens at 107;4 ; Philadelphia and Erie sixes at
'105; North Pennsylvania sixes at 05; 115 bid for the
tens ; Reading sixes, 1886, sold freely at 120 ; 108%
was bid for Pennsylvania tat mortgage, 106 for 2il do.
There was considerable disposition to realize on
Reading, which was freely offered at 60, closing on
that bid for it. Philadelphia and,_Erie fell off to 27),C;
Catawissa preferred declined %; Little Schuylkill
rose %; Pennsylvania, 3.4 ; Long Island, 1 ; Elmira
sold - at 86, the preferred at 53. Passenger railways
are again attracting attention; Second and Third
sold at 80 ; Spruce and Pine at 1634 ; Race and Vine
at 10% ; Green - and Coates .at 46 ; Seventeenth and
Nineteenth at 12%.
Canal "Eccurities were neglected. — .Susquehanna
sold at 15 ; Schuylkill Navigation'at l 291", 243,f but
for the preferred ; Wyoming Canal sixes sold at 94;
Lehigh Navigation sold at 63 ; 68 bid for Morris ;
Big Mountain Coal sold at 43,1; New Creek at 1.
City Bank at 50. The market closed somewhat irre
gular.
Drexel & Co. quote :
United States Bonds.
United States new Cert. of Inde:btedness. » 99%0 9931
United States old Cert, of Indebtedness... .... 1013,1 . 01004
United States 7 8-10 gamy
rt
Quaermasters' 111:.
Orders for Certificates of indebtedness..... 310% die.
Gold
Sterling Exchange............ . . ... (4035:5
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities,
&c., as fellows: .
United. States Blase. ISSI ....... . „ ..—.......--106340107
United. States 7 3-10 Notes 1063y0107
Certificates of Indebtedness 101;;;010134
Tto. , do new 99 V 9931,
1 Quartermasters' Vouchers 9 94 95%
Demand Notes . 12456. 1253
°old 12,134@12.14
Sales .fice- twenties $359,450.
Messrs. M. Schultz it. Co., No. 16 South Third
street, quote foreign exchange per steamer Glas
gow, from New York, as follows
London, 6i? daYs' eight
Do. "3 days.
Paris, 80 days' sight
Do. 3 days
Antwerp, 60 days' sight
:Bremen, 60 days' sight.
Hamburg. 60 days sight.
Cologne. 60,days'
Leipsic, 60 days' sight...,
Berlin, 60 days' sight,.
Amsterdam. 60 days' sight,
Frankfort, 60 days' sight.
Market steady.
,The inspections of Flour and Meal in Philadelphia
during the week ending August 20,1863 2 were as
follows
Barrels of Superfine..
Do. Rye
Do. Corn Meal.
Do. • Condemned,
The following 18 the business of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company for the month of
July:
1863. 1863,
f6306.qc0 72
Received from Coalmer $3
merchandise.... ' . 6 74 80 39,67.5 11%
- travel, ac 66.120 63 42.118 86
$451,884 57 $389 724 69
Transportation, roadtv ay, damp
age., renewal fund,s. and all _
charges.• ••• •• •••••• ••• .. •.• .. 4232,405 04 $176,732 65
Net profit for the month c $219 479 53 $211,993 el
•• for previous 7 months.. 1, 360, 760 54 5°6,573 14
Total net profit for m onths .$1,580, 230 37 $1,038.56118
The following are the statements of the banks of
the three principal cities of the Union for the last
week compared with the previous one and the
corresponding time of Last year:
Loans: Deposits Specie. Circul'm
N.Y.,Au.g 15-- 175,305,471 155,950,041 32.674,913 5,613.177
13ostonokmg.17. 71.860.078 27.898.073 7.613.497 7,198.817
Phila.. Ang•l7. 89,111,247 29,930.127 4,112,542 2,353.396
252,276,796 213,837,243 44,800,952
1283,200,6,961214.129.313 . 45,066,8:371
1254 ,M 9,7511192,654,642 ; 48,829,810 i
Total ..
Last week
Last year.
The statement of the Boston banks for the last
week compares with the previous week-and for the
corresponding week of 1862 as follows':
Ans. 18, 1862. Aug 10. 1863. Anz.17.1863:
$68.254,981 71,997,503 71.861,073
7.973.427 7.798,276 7.513.497
26.572 677 28,247.266 26,898,073
.6 . 776,260 7.440.212 7,195,917
Loans
Specie
Deposits..
Circulation
. -
The statement of the present week, as compared
'with the preceding, shows a decrease of $1.37,.426 in
the items, of loans and discounts, an increase of
$15 ; 221 in specie, a decrease of $310,193 in deposits,
•
and $211,295 in circulation.
The New York Evening Post of to-day says :
There is a very limited activity in loans, and from
various inquiries made the balances are on the in
crease. The rate on demand is 6 to sy, per cent.
The demand is much less than yesterday. From
Philadelphia, Boston, and Providence we hear of
considerable - balances of idle capital seeking tempo--
rary and safe investment.
The stock market is strong. The disposition to
realize is counterbalanced by the speculative feel.
ing, and the depression of prices which might be in
dm.rd by the first of these causes is at present pre•
vented in a good degree by the second.
Governments are strong, border. State bonds firm,
hank shares quiet, and railroad shares excited and
Before the board gold was selling at. 125,4'01.25X,
Erie at 118@l19, Erie" Preferred at 110; Illinois Cen
tral at 124, Michigan Southern at 108, Prairie dii
Chien at 88 and New York Central at 100@130.q.
After the board the market was scarcely so strong,
and the quotations of some of the leading fancies
slightly receded. •,
The appended table exhibits the chief movements.
of the market compared with the latest prices, of
yesterday evening:
Fri. Thur.l Adv. Dec.
U. 8.65, 1881, reg 106
H. 8.66, Lati. ou 167 ..
U. 8, seven-thirties. 107 ..
1 year Certif goid..lolX 1013‘
U. B. yr. Cori. CUM noy 9914 99.14 •
American g01d...124% . ,
Tennessee 61 61
Missouri 85.... --.—....... 71% 71%
Pacific flail »230 231 - 1
Fr
y, Central 331 X • •
ie .... 121. 121 ..
Brie preferred. .... »« ..10% 110% • • 1
Hudson . 148.
--
--.165X 166 .. X
Harlem preferred...-...1a2 150 2 ..
Reedit:ix .4...4...120 121% .. 1%
Mich. 9% 120 • • X
Mich. Southern...loB 108
Mich. So. guar .-....136 136%, X
ilinois Can scrip .124% 5 2,134.
Cleveland & Pitte burg...lo3X 102% 1% • .
Galena... 1113 E
Clevelani&Toledo tt7 116% %
Chicago & Rook Island. 114 113 X • % ..
Burlington & Quincy...l2s 125 .
Prairie du Chien 85% 90 . . 4%
Fort Wayne . 91 91% X
Alton Jr Terre Haute— 64 66 .. 2
Canton 31% 31.7
Chicago & Northwest'n.. 35% 36 • X
Philada. Stock Each
(Reported by R. R SBA
MYST
100 New Cieek ........
3 Elmira B. ' 35
3 do prer 85 533
60 Lang Island 4434
ICO do 45
• 1(.0 d 0....
]OOOO City 6s, new - 1063
9000
1000 Londo g island 65.... 1013 i
••..... - 102
60 Reading, B. .... 60
100 - - .do ' 60 '-
26 do 60
100 do . —"GO
100 do b30603.<
BET WEE
10017th andl9th-st R, 1234
19 Green and Coates R 45
150 Cataw R pref ...b3O 243
100 do pref...b3o 24%
100 do 24%
100 ?bile & Erie R..b80 27%
60 do ..2735
100 Race and Vine It . • 1034
20000 t hila and Erie 65.105
SECOND
10 2d and Id-st R SO
1000 Cam & Atlan 2d m. 6034
1000 S 7100 II -30 Trees Nt5..1053i
Ido IDR
100 o
d Reading R. ... ...
s3O 09% b3O 60%
...
100 Schny Bay 1230
Weekly Review of the Phila. Markets,
AUGUST 21, 12.63,
The produce markets continue very dull, and prices
are without any Material change. Quercitron Bark
is in steady demand. Flour continues very dull at
former prices. In Rye Flour and Corn Meal there
is very little doing. The receipts of Wheat are light
and the demand is limited. Corn is, scarce and in
demand. Oats are in request. Coffee is very scarce. -
In Cotton there is very little _doing, but holders are
firm. There is less doing in, Coal, but prices are
well maintained. There is a fair business doing in
Fish -at full prices. Foreign Fruit Is scarce and
very high ; Domestic is coming in and selling freely.
Naval Stores of all kinds are dull. • T./lere is a fair
demand for Coal Oil at full prices. In, Provisions
there is very little doing and prices areunchanged.
Seeds—there is very little doing in CloVer;;Timothy
and Flaxseed are selling at fulipricee.
The demand for Flour, both for export and home
use, continues limited. Sales comprise about 7,000
bbls, including 2,000 bble 'extra family at $6@0 2 5,
800 bbls fresh ground family at $6.00, and 2,000- bbls
City Mills do. on terms kept private. The sales to
the retailers and • bakers are in small lots at prices
ranging' from $5.121405:373‘. for superfine, $6.00@
6.6231' for extra, $5.75Q6 50 for extra family, and $7
EOM l bbl for fancy brands, according to quality.
Rye Flour is selling in a small way at $4:50@5
bbl. Corn Meal is scarce, and the sales are limited.
Pennsylvania is held at $4, and Brandywine at $4 20
bbl.
receipts of wheat are - mederate,
and prices are unchanged ; about 20,000 bushels sold
at 110@la0c for common to prime new red;, 135@138e
for old do., and white at 145@160c'-per bushel, the
latter for, prime Kentucky. Rye is Belling.in small
lots at Ms for new Delaware, and 105 e per bushel for
old Pennsylvania. Corn is - scarce, and in demand ;
about 18,000 bushel have been Bold at 800 for prime
yellow, and 78c per bushel for Western mixed. Oats
are quiet;.about 22,000 bushels. have been disposed
of, mostly new Delaware, at 53@55c ; the last sale of
old Pennsylvania was at 70@71c, weight.
The folloWing are the receipts of Flour and Grain
at this port during the past week
• Flour..
Wheat.
Corn...
Oats...
PROVISIONS.—There is very little doing in any
kind. Small aides of mess Pork at $14@14.25 for
new, and $11.75 .IfY bbl for old. Beef is very quiet,
and - the Bales mostly confined to small lota for ship
stores at $13@16, and country. at sl9,@r2 50 cash.
Bacon—There is a fair demand for Rams at full
rates, but other desoriptiohe are neglected. Salo of
• ..: , ,L37,‘ gi3sx
138 013814
f
4(0736 flO
......4f05 f 07%
4(074' In°
99gg 461 i 00
46
91Yat 9111
1
8114 01h
9134 91%
52 52.3.5
52 523,1
115,165,4 M
15.528:116
1_1,021,817
nge Sales, August Al.
. Philadelphia Rzehange.
100 Phila & Erie it ..b3O 27.14
1000 Phila & Erie 65.... let%
1 City Bank. - 50
2 Lehigh Nay.. ... . .. 53 - 25Penna,.R. .. . . 653/ 4
DO Lit 6ohnYli 4731
2 do - ..473',
500 Reading 6s, '66 120
1000 d 0...... 120
2000 do 120
500 do .... —.120
2000 N Penna 6s '95
3000 do 95
BOARDS
6000 Penna., 5s 10034
2C03 do 1855 • . • - 1.• 1001;
100 Spruce andPine-b3O 155(
100 do •• .. 1516'
100Tig Mountain
100 Snag Canal b3O
1000 Snn and Erie 78—.107X
5000 Wyoming Can Os:. 91
15067 Phil & Erie R... b3O 2754
. do 27 it
L 0 do ..... • •-••-b30 270
150
RR Sc do
huy R. 43 b 5 2714
I
6000 Long Island 6s 102 -
I 50 SUM Canal b3O 1534
.9,000 bbbs.
55,600 bush.
30,200 bush
.54,700 bush
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The money met always accompany the order, and
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extra copy of the Paper will be given.
360 tierces canvassed at 12@l3,ve ' and'plain fl@l2C*'
Sides are nominal at ; Shoulders sold at 6c.
Green Meats—There is little or none coming for
ward, and the stock here is about:exhaunted ; Bala('
of Hams in pickle at 10;,, , c, and in saltS3.fc ; Shoulderir
in salt Sc cash. Lard—There is but little stock here;
and it is in demand at an advance of ,licc • sales of
1,000 tierces and bbls at 10)4E010,1/c. and kegs at
-11;,‘@11541C. Grease Lard is worth 848,40. Batter
comes forward slowly, and is in steady demand; 100'
packages Ohio dairy sold at 18019 t, and 40,000 %a
solid packed at 12@13c. Cheese sells at firmax.
IRON.—There is but little demand for Pig Metal;
and sales of Anthracite have been confined to a few
small lots at $3O to $34 }fr ton for the three numbers,
and 600 tons forge at $3O. Scotch Pig is held at
$34@38. Charcoal Blooms, of prime quality, are
scarce. English refined Bars have slightly declined.
LEAD.—There is but little stock of Pig. here ; 2,000
pigs Galena sold last week at $7.60, cash.
COPPER.—There is nothing doing - in English
Sheathing to fix prices; sales of Yellow Metal at
27c, six months.
CANDLES.—There is nothing doing in Sperm to
fix prices; , Adamantine range from Lic to 23c Sp , n.
for city manufactured and full-weight Western.
COAL is less active, but dealers are firm in their
views in consequence of the late advance in the
rates of toll: Orders Irom the Eastward come
forward slowly, and consumers are purchasing
sparingly.
COFEEE.There is none here in first hands, and
there is not much demand. Sales of 300 bags good
Rio in lots at 27@28c, and Jamaica at 27c •ift
COTTON.—The market is very quiet, there being
no disposition on the part of buyers to operate to
any extent. Sales of 200 bales, chiefly at- &Se cash
for middling Upland.
DRUGS AND DYES.—There is very little de
mand for any description. Among the sales we
notice some lots of Soda Ash at 33163/334c. A cargo
of St. Domingo Logwood at 18c, and ground Alum
at 33,0.
BARK.—The receipts of Quercitron Bark have
been very light, and it is in fair request ; small sales
of fine ground No. lat $3O iff. ton. Tanner's Bark is
steady at $l3 50@14 it cord for - Chestnut, and $lB
V cord for Spanish Oak.
BEESWAX is scarce, and prime yellow is worth
4334'@440 cash.
FEA,THERS.—There are but few offering. Good
Western are worth 48@50c L.-
FlSH.—Supplies of new Mackerel come forward
slowly, and sales of 800 barrels were made fromthe'
wharf of No. le at $l6, medium No. 2s at $9 50,4 kid •
medium to large 3a from $4:75t0 $7: The store quo-a
tattoos are $l7 for No. Is, $12.50 for No. 28,
$4.60E07.50 for medium and large No. Is. Codfish
are held at 65.0, and Herring at $2 50@4 qp barrel,
according to quality.
FRUIT.—The market is nearly bare of Orangeii
and Lemons, and prices are extravagantly high, re
packed lots ranging from $l2 to $l5 V box, and but
few to be had at these figures. Pine Apples are sell
ing: - at s9@l2 100. green Fruit is abundant.
Green Peacnea are lower, and selling at 3731 c to $1.50
%t basket. 'For dried Fruit, prices are nominal.
FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool and London there
have been few engagements, and the rates are en
tirely nominal. West India freights continue dull.
A vessel was taken to Barbados at 90c bbl, out.
A schooner was taken for Petroleum to Boston at
70c V bill. 'Coal freights are steady at $2 to Bos
ton and Portland ; $l.BO to New Bedford; $1..75 to
Albany and Troy, and $1.50 to New Fork.
GINSENG continues in good demand, and further
sales of Crude are reported at iffic, _cash.
GUANO is steady, but there is very little demand
for any kind. -
HEMP is quiet without sales.
HlDES.—There have been no transactions singe
our last notice.
HOPS continue - very dull, and sell-only in a Small
way at E7@22c 11 for fast sort Eastern and
Western.
LUMBER.—There is a steady demand for the
season, and sales of yellow pine sap Boards are re
ported at $20.60@22, and white pine at $21.50@.23 /¢1
in feet ; hemlock Scantling is worth $lO, and Boards
$13@13.60. _ _
MOLASSES.—The market is very quiet; sales of
100-bble New Orleans at 39@400, on time.
NAVAL STORES of all kinds are dull, and the
tendency of prices, except for Spirits of Turpentine,
is lower ; small sales of common Rosin at s3o@ -
30.50 bbl ; Tar and Pitch are entirely nominal.
Spirits of Turpentine sells slowly at $3 le gal. which
is an advance. .
OILS.—The demand for Fish Oil is quite limited,
and prices are unchanged ; Linseed Oil is rather un
settled, and ranges from $1.t0151.0.3 'ift gal; there is
very little Red Oil here;:Pine_Oil has declined to
$3 20. There is a fair demand for Petroleum, at 340
35c for crude; 1,000 bbla refined, in bond, sold at 530,,
and 1,600 bble free, in lots, at 61@634 gal, as to
quality. The following are the receipts of crude and
refined Coal Oil at this port'during the past week':
Crude, 3,700 bbls ; refined. 2,680.
PLASTER is unchanged. Sales of Soft at $3.75
@4 qp ton.
RlCE.—There is very little stock here, but the
demand is limited ; sales at 7,.3‘@7,10, cash.
SALT.—There have been no arrivals or'sales since
our last report.
SEEDS.—The receipts of Cloverseed are trifling,
and it is worth $5 50@5.,5 bushel. Timothy has
been in better demand, and some large transactions
are reported at $2.25@2.75-f bushel. The receipts
of new Flaxseed are increasing, and it is taken by
the crushers at $2.25.
SUGAR. Not much doing, but prices• are firm.;
sales of 450 hhds Cuba at 103‘40116, and Porto Rico
at 11,11@125fc.
SPIRITS.—There is very little doing in foreign,
and prices are without change. -
WHISKY is firmer, and the stock in the hands of
the receiver is very much reduced. Sales of 300
Pennsylvania and Ohio bbls at 47@47340 ; hhda at
48c, and drudge at 45@46c.
TALLOW is unchanged; sales of city-rendered at
10c. and country at 00934:c.
TEAS are held firmly, but with limited sales of
both Black and Green.
TOBACCO is dull; the only sales reported are
some smalllots of Pennsylvania Seed Leaf, at from
12 to 20e, cash.
WINES.—No sales worthy of notice have been
reported....
WCOL.—The receipts, as well as the stocks In the
hands of the dealers, continue extremely light ; we
quote at 65@572c for fair and tub-washed.
New York Markets, trognet kl.
ASHES are selling. poderately at $l for Pots, and
.ts for Pearls.
BICEADSTMTBS.—The..markot for State and West.
ern Flour, is dull and drooping ,for coniraon - grades,
but steady fox fresh-ground State. -
Southern FloOr is dull and lower ; sales of 600 bbls
at $5.30@6.30 for superfine Baltimore, and $6.35@9
for extra do.
Canadian Flour is dull and heavy ; sales 490 bbla
at $4.8C@4.95 for• common, and so@7 for good to
choice extra.
Rye Flour is dull at $3;60@5.10 for the range of
fine and superfine.
Corn Meal is inactive and prices are the same.
We quote Jersey at $3.90 ; Caloric $4.20; Brandy
wine $4.35 ; Puncheons $21.60.
Wheat is dull for common and inferior grades, and
prices are steadily declining. Prime lots are scarce '
and steady. -
...
The sales are 76,000 bushels at SOcasl.o9 for
Chicago spring; 90c@$1.18 for Milwaukee Club;
$1.19'.01.23 for atelier. 10wa;;51.15@1.22 for winter
red Western; $1.23@1.28 for amber Michigan; $1.25
for Green Bay spring, and $1.42 for white Kentucky.
Rye is quiet at 'Bo@9oc for. Western and. State;
sales 7.000 bushels Western at Sec.
Barley is dull and nominal.
Oats are dull, and selling slowly at 40 @Mc for Ca
nada ; 52@56c for Western, and 55@660 for State.
Corn continues in fair request, and prices are again
a shade better ; sales 48,000 bushels at 69c for ship.
ping, and 68Q68 34c for Eastern.
Chicago Breadstuff's 2.larket, August 19.
Itorrn,z-Received, 2,181 bbls ;. shipped, 5,575
bbls. Market dull and drooping for all grades, ex
cept strictly choice fresh ground, which is in azode
rate request. Old Flour is slow of sale, and holders
have= to make concessions. Sales were : 300 bbls.
"Nashville Eagle' , choice white winter at S6.SIK ;
145 bbls "Bartlett's XX , ' choice Spring at .$5.25;
100 bbls "Union , ' good do. at $4.75 ; 400 bbls Spring
super, in lots, at $3.50; 200 bbls unsound extra at
$3.50. Other sales were made, but the terms were
kept private,
WEBAT—Rsceived, 20,081 bushels: shipped, 2,200
bushels. New Wheat was ill better demand, and
prices advanced y„,§l ti bushel, but old Wheat was
dull and difficult of sale. The demand was moderate..
Sales were : Winter Grades-5,000 bushels No.l Red
Winter at $1.04%; 1,000 bushels ditto at $1.01; i,OOO
bushels ditto at $l.Ol ; 1,400 bushels No. 2 Red at
93.i4c ,•3,400 bushels ditto at 93c—all in store; 800
bushels ditto by sample, at 94c. No. 1 Spring-I,ZIO
bushels at 90c ; 400 bushels at 903‘c ; 12, 800
bushels
at 91e ; 10,000 bushels at 91)4c ; 800 bushels (in North
western Elevator) at 92c—all in store. No. 2 Spring
-400 bushels at 85Xc ; 1,200 bushels at 86c ; 4.000 bushels
at 86%c—all of the above new; 1,200 bushels old at
Sec; 800 bushels ditto at Sic—all in store. Rejected
Spring—Soo bushels at '71.34c ; 400 bushels at ; 1,400
bushels at 'loc—all new in store.
- -
Cons—Received, 137,408 bushels ; shipped, 195,600
buaheta. Market active and „.I.4's better, closing firm
at the advance. Sales were Ollixed-50,000 bushels,
in lots, at 48e ; 5,000 bushels at 48%c ; 70,000 bushels
at 483.--all in store, 17,000 bushels free on board at
50Re. Rejected-1,000 bushels at 46%c; 30,000 bushels
at .47e ; 18,000 bushels 'at 47g. Afloat-6.000 bushels
Mixed at 4930 ; 22,000 bushels ditto at 50t; 6,000
bushels High Nixed at 15%.
- Brighton. Cattle Market, August 20.
The receipts of- Cattle larger than last week, but
the average quality not so good ; best grades of Beef
sell about the.same as last week, but poorer quality
declined 25@80c "fil 100 lbs. Sales active;.l,ooo cat
tle sold yesterday.
STon - as-200 at market; prices—yearlings, $9
I 2; two years old, $15@25; three years old, $25@ , 35.
Trade active:
WORKING 1:). - EN-40 pairs
at market. Sales $75,.
$B5, $9O, $lOO, $110@125. -
Dimon Cows.—Trade dull. We quote sales at
s2B, $33, $35, $38@45. - The prices depend alto.
gather upon the fancy of the purchaser.
&HEMP AND LAMBS.—Trade is dull. Lambs. sell
at from $2.75@4 . 2 5 5 "ft head ; old Sheep, ,4.34:05%-c.
Swrige.—Colambia "county Pigs, 531@63ic IR lb, re-.
tail ; 607.30 `43 11) .wholesale; 180 at• market. Fat
Floga-669 at market ;.5@5%c VI lb. But few in mar
ket ; not much demand.
AT MARKET FOR THE CURRENT WEEK —Cattle,
1.574; Sheep and Lambe, 8,000 ; Swine, 820. Num
ber of> Western Cattle; 913 ; Eastern Cattle, 436;
Working Oxen and Northern Cattle, 470; Cattle.
left over from last week, 55.
BEEF CATTLE.—Prlcekextra, $8 76; first quality,
.$8.25@.5.50; second quality, $7.25@7.75; third quoin-.
ty, S6@G.5O "i 3 100 Its, (the total weight of hides, tal
low, and dressed beef.)
HIDES 830 It, (none but slaughter at this .mar..
ket.)
Tarzow.—Sales rough at 7)0 ta'
LAMBSKINS; $l. Sheepskins, $l.-
Cambridge Cattle alaritett, August Roth.
At market 1,112 Cattle, 900 Beeves, and 212 Stores,
consisting of working Oxen . , Cows, and one, two,
and three year old. - .
MARKET BEEP.—Extra (including- nothing- but
the beat large fat stall-fed Oxen); $8i50C@5.75';-first
quality (including'nOthing .but the best large fat
stall-fed Oxen), $7.50@8 ; second quality (including
the best grass-fed Oxen, the hest stall-fed Cows,
and the beat three-year-old Steers), WO® —; third
quality, $4.50@ —; ordinary —.
STORES.—W orking Oxen at $90@1.50 ; Omit. and
Calves-at $20.28, $35Q50 ; Yearlings $.12011.; Two
years-Old $l6OlB ; Three years 7 old $21024.,.
Sheep and Lambs-6,800 at market. Pricesin lots
$2 .50@3. Extra at $3.75@4.
Sheep includes Cossets; and when those of infe
rior quality are thrown out.
Calfskins 1.2614 c ifY lb.
Remarks—There .was double the stock at market
that there waq last week ; prices opened about the
same as last week, but afterwards declined. Sheep
in the morning sold at $33..(4, but are not all sold
116 Canada sold at $3..143p head ;- GOO sold at $33,/04;
anotLer lot sold at $3 to head.
PLAIN TAI.,k.A London correspondent of a.
New Yotk cotemporary has tb e following plain talk:
regarding the draft. Let all falterers read and pon
der : " The resolution of the Government to carry
out the conscription. in
-spite of mobs or governors, is.
a sign of " conscious strength that has, not failed to,
make an impression here; To have - Impended it,.
because of the riot, would have been an acknowl
edgment of weakness or defeat. The right of ithe,
thirg is in a nutshell, ' The war cannot be carried,
on without it. Now, as the logicians would say,
the war is either right or it is wrong. If wrong,
stop it. If right, carry out the ,conscription. The
talk about its inequalities, and the three hundred.
dollar: exemption, is sheer:nonsense. Where WAS ,
them ever a draft in which those who had money
could not hire substitutes'! Illy father was drafted
in 'lle war of'lBl2, and wished to serve, but he mast
the agent of a manufacturing company, and could
not be spared, eo he hired s substitute. The French
Government has a regular price of exemption. A.
Government that reannot fill up its armies by a levy
en maw, when such a levy becomes necessary, has
no force It onnha live, ee, i 4 Qimi t z t g0.0t.,1