ri15331 3PWILEJESES, Miamian DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFION, Ncx Alcso - orri FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, PIETISM CENTS PER WEER, payable to the carrier. Maned to Subscribers out of the City at SEVEN DOLLARS PER ARNIM, THREE DOLLARS AND .FIFTY CENTS FOR Six MONTHS, ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS NOR THREE MONTHS, invariable in advance for the time or dered. Air Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. MX tines constitute a square. TITS TM-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subset:there ont of the City at Font DOLLAR! PER immix. in advance. DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. CASH BUYERS, • AT WHOLESALE, Are invited to examine our FLANNELS, BLANKETS,MERINES, POPLI NB, BLACK BILKS, FANCY SILKS, IRISH. LINENS, WRITE GOODS, DRESS GOODS, aud other articles adapted to the seatoa. •JAMES R. C AMPB ELL 64; CO., au2s.tf CHESTNUT STREET. 1863. FALL 1863. rvicy GOODS. 11000, I3ONBREGHT, & WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, No. 435 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large ifitook of STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS, Among which are choice brands of Sheet ing . and Shirting Muslims, Madder Prints, De Laines, Ginghams, and EIe&SONAI3I.E. DRESS GOODS. ALSO, MEN'S WEAR IK ORE.AT VARIETY. GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CASH BUYERS. anso-2m 1863 FALL IMPORTATION. 1863 DMUND YARD do 004 IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS, SUS IND FANCY DRY GOODS, 617 CHESTNUT and 614 JAYNE Street, Bave no opened their Fall importation of Dress goods, viz: MERINOS REPS, ALPACAS, D EL AINES, ?LAID AND STRIPED POPLINS FANCY AND BLADE SILKS. Also, A large assortment of BALMOR AL 'SKIRTS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS, . EMBROIDERIES, Szo., Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES. null-tf , COMMISSION HOUSES. THE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE - 4 - Di CALLED TO OUR STOCK OF _ SAXONY WOOLEN CO. all-wool PlainTlarucels. TWILLED FLANNELS, Various makes, in Grey, Scarlet, and Dark Blue. PRINTED SHIRTING FLANNELS. PLAIN OPERA FLANNELS. PREKTERE QTJALTrYIP Square and Long Shawls WASHINGTON MILLS Long Shawls. BLACK COTTON WARP- CLOTHS, 16, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 03. FANCY CASSIMERES .AND SATINETTS. BALieORA.L SKIRTS, all grades. BED BLANKETS, 10 4, 114, 124, 134. COTTON GOODS, DENIMS, TICKS, STRIPES, &0., from various Mills. DE COURSEY, HAMILTON- 8a EVANS, 33 LETITIA. Streit, and 32 South PEWIT Street. aul7•mws2rn BAGS 1 BAGS .1 BAGS 1 NEW AND:SECOND HAND. , SEAMLESS, :BURLAP, AND GUNNY IAAGS, Constantly on hand. JOHN T. I BAILEY a co., No. 113 NORTH FRONT STRUT. Mr WOOL SACKS FOR SALE. SEWING MACHINES.. OUR LETTER "A" FAMTLY,SEWING NtiCRINE, • With all the new improvements, is the best and cheapest. land most beautiful: Sewing Macbje in the world. No other Sewbir Machine has so much capacity for a great range of work. 1=114411mi; the delicate and ingenious pro cesses of Hemming, Braiding, Binding, Embroidering. Yelling. Tacking, Cording, Gathering. &a., &c. The Branch OffiCel are well supplied with Silk Twist. rhread, Needles, Oil, & .of the very best quality. Mir Send for a pamphlet. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 458 BROADWAY. Nem Yoga'. Philadelphia Office— -810 CHESTNUT STREET. SEWING 101.A.0 lIINES. THE " SLOAT " MACJEIINE, I With GLASS PRESSER FOOT, NEW-STYLE HEMMER, BRAIDER. Anti other valuable improvements. ALSO.' THE TAG GART & FARR MACHINES, eienor—ssus CHESTNUT Street. uthB-tf CLOTHING. JOHN KELLY. lE., TA LOB; .A►! surovlD riam tai OMISTWEIT 'nun abwARD P. KELLY'S' t*% South THIRD inn oil Wham he preasnts to former patrons and the midis the adYantases of a &TOOK O GOODS, squeal' not int- Valor, kt any in the sitp—the skill and' taste of himself and EDWARD P. BELL T. the two best Tailors of the wity—at prices mush loser than any other Ind-slaw eats iblishinent Of the sits. apl4l BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARK E T Street. !LACK CABS. PANTS, 0.60, At 704 MARKT Street. LACK CARS. PANTS, $6 60, At 704 MARKET Street. LACK CASS. PANTS, 0.60, At 701 MARKET . Street. 'BLACK CASS. PINTS, 4:5 60, At 704 MARKET Street. °RICO & VAN GIINTEWS, N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG it VAN GIINTEN'S, N 0.704 'RAREST Street. GRIGG & VAN GIINTENE, N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, N 0.704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & via GI:INTENT. N 0.704 MARKET Street. mh22-13m GAB FIXTURES, &c § l7 AMR BTREET, O. A. V ANICIRK & NAiIIPACITIMILAS CIHA N DE LIERs AND 4171135 GAS. FIXTURES. AP% Troia Bronze !ultras and Onuusliate.rorseliii lisit his Nudes. and t **zloty of FANCY GOODS] WECOLIt3ALB AND NITAI/6. aen.v risillie .all sail incsaahail tondo U1111:11ELLAS. t UMBRELLAS 1 UMBRELLAS! 1 WM. A. DROWN do CO., NO. 246 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, 'Mannfacturera of SUPERIOR UMBRELLAS. anN-2m lEMI= CABINILLFRNITURE :AND 'BILi! MOORE di OAMPIONJ No. lIMI Nonto SECOND Street. , tta 40.1Holton With thee. Rmtensive Clabinet bulimic VI SiOw mannfietaxinz e stonrior artiele of BILLIARD TABLESi and Uwe now on halo'. a :nll ulnas finished with the Wolt irt z a OIIIPIOis impßov ousaIONO , Whl.h an pr „ onnee d o en who have used theta to be uzieriorto all others. for the quality and finish of these Tables. the mans. aiduren refer to their numerous patrons throughout the slalom. who aro fataillor with ins simulator of Moir !Work. S 2 7 F , TO $325 WILL GET , AN Ma •-• DINT 7-octave rosewood, over.strrtng PIING, warranted tiro years. J. B. GOULD. fTli cwt ( SEVENTEE and CERSTM. It ' f i f fi / 11 / - /%1/. 4 vr.'"41111111: • . 4 r * A . . . • fdpin . • . . ; , OMNI • N • - •-• - 'T.,' -" ' MO M M I NIe I I 4 . . VOL. 7.-NO. 22. FINANCIAL. T HE SECRETARY OY THE TREASURY HAS AUTHORIZED ME TO CONTINUE MY AGENCY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. Andl. until further notice, I ene.ll eontinite to receive Subscriptlomi to the 5-20 LOAN T PASS AT MT ornoE. I AND AT THE DIFFERENT BUB-AGENCIES Whroughout the Loyal Statelli JAY COOKE. SUBSCREPTIOX AGENT; No. 114 South Thtrd Street, SHARVEY THOMAS, • STOOK AND SILL BROKER, No. 313 WALNUT Street. Stocks and Loans bought and sold on Commission at the BOARD 01' BROKERS. Subscriptions to the MO year six per cent. LOA.II still received at par. No charge for Commission, COLLECTION OF 11. B. CATBS 07 INDEBTEDNESS. —The ADAMS' BX PEESS'COMPAITY are now prepared to collect at the Treasury Department, Washinalon, with despatch, and at reasonable rates, the One - Year Certiftcates of In debtedness of the United States now dne or shortly ma turing'. Terms made known and receipts evert at the °Hsi, No. 3210 CHESNUT Street. my64l GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. NOS. 1 AND 3 , N. SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, JOIN C. LIRIBOAI (rOIMBILY 1. ZIIMI N00R7,) IMPORTZX DRUM{ Mr GRNTLEMEIVS FURNISHING GOODS, KAWUFAOTTIIiBIa OF THE IMPROVED PATTERN BECIRT; wzArnms; COLDER. BATISFADTIOI GUARAXTIED. myl2•toe4 FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. The subscriber world invite attention to hie IBIPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a rpecialty I his business. Alco. sox *Why receiving. NOVELTIES PON GENTLEMEN'S WEAL J. W.. SCOTT, EINNTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, Jo. 61.4 CHESTNUT STREET, 15.2041 Your doors below the Continental. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. ,•") G. RUSSELL, FINE AMERIOAN )C and Ireportell.7WATOßSS. Fine Jewelry. Sliver an. 'late& Ware. iY23-6in AZ North SIXTH Street FINE WirCH REPAIRING' , t attended to, by the 'ost experienced Workmen, an. every Watch warranted for one year - G. RUSSELL. 22 Nortti SIXTH Street MUSICAL BOXES. ITN (IRELL AND ROSEWOOD OASES, Melodies. from I to 12 tunes. eboiee Opera and Amer!. anMelodies. FARR & BROWSER Importers, ap4 CEMSTNUT Street. below Fourth. REMOVALS. R El 4 dOV AL. A. 11. FRANCISC,T_TS, WHOLESALE DEALER IN YABNS, BATTS, WADDWGS, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW DRUBS. LOOKING GLASSES, CLOCKS, FANCY BASSETS. REMOVED From 433 MARKET and 5 Korth FIFTH Streets 513 MARKET and 510 COMMERCE Sta. ant. 3m "REMOVAL.- JOHN C. BAKER, Wholesale Druggist, has removed to 715 MARKET Street. Particular attention is asked to JOHN .0. BAKER St CO.'S COD-LEVER OIL. , Having increased facilities in this new establishment for manufacturing and bottling, and the avails of fifteen years' experience in the business, this brand of Oil has advantages over all others, and, recommends itself. Constant supplies are obtained from the fisheries, fresh, pure, and sweet, and receive the most careful- personal attention of the original proprietor. The increasing demand and wide spread market for it make its figures low, and afford great' advantages for those buying in large quan tities. an4-dtf BBIG}G UN - R E MO V E D.—PHILIP . WILSON dc CO., kfarinfactfirers and. Importers of Guns. Pistols, Rifles, Fishing Tackle, arc., have re moved. to 409 CHESTNUT Street, where their customers and. friends will be snpplied with everything in the sporting line. , _ . .' lyso.lia pI C K-A XE S, SHINGLING HATCHETS, BROAD HATCHETS, AXES, NAIL HAMMERS; SHOE HAMMERS, RIVETING HAMMERS, and ENGINEER .HAMMERS, MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY C. HAMMOND Bs SONS artl7-Im* 538 COMMERCE Street. Phila. WOOL 30.000 pounds light selected Ohio Fleece. Full Blood. WOOLEN YARNS.; 10, 000 pounds, 20 to 30 outs. fine. Well-known makes. COTTON YARN. 10,000 pounds Nos. 6 to Ws. in Warp. Bundle and Cop X. B. •ll numbers and descriptions procured at once oxiordenk ALEX. WHILLDIN & SONS. Jel9-fmliwtt ,FAMILIES RESIDING IN= THR RURAL DISTRICTS. We are prepared. as heretofore, to supply Families at their Country Residences with EVF.RY DESCRIPTION OF FINE GROCERIES, TEAS, ttO ALBERT O. ROBERTS, ay2l-t} COSNER BLIVINTH AID VIU PHILkDELPHIA: 'UNDERCLOTHING. ace: „The Shelling , ot Chattanooga—Strengtii:of of dret-elase make.. 181 orth FRONT Street Et2,e Vress. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1863, TM WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST, Condition of Memphis—What the War has Done—An Accident to the 51st Pennsyl -vanla One Soldier Killed and Several Wounded. [Special Correspondence of The Prom.] (1. - NoiNNATr;O., August 20, 1663. Memphis looks very differently now from wnat it was when we went along there two months ago. It was a desolate, forlorn.looking placedirty, no life, no business. It seemed like the change of a conju rer—bustle, stir, hotels, billiard rooms, restaurants, and drinking houses (the peculiar life of many Southern towns) in full course. But Memphis has other than this peculiar life ; it has fine buildings, has a rich surrounding, and the easiest modes of transit. It was said that the taking of Vicksburg was not believed in Memphis until long after the papers in the North contained the news. But North ern papers of the 9th and 10th of July, received at Memphis on the lath or lath, with their graphic ac counts of it, dispelled the lag lingering doubt. It was like a dose of nauseous medicine which stuck fast to the top of the tongue, where the taste is, and would not go down. The place is full of Secession ists, and they would not believe returning soldiers who had actually been in the place. So late as the 9th bets were freely offered, and one loud-mouthed, wealthy fellow offered that morning to bet ten thou sand dollars that the place had not been taken, and, strange to say, bluffed eterybody, and made those who had bets the other way feel very dubious. They have been so long accustomed to regarding all bad news as Yankee lies. Troops returning have been landed at Cairo, and passed over the railroads from there to Sandoval, then on the Ohio and Mississippi Road, of broad guage, and very comfortable. Indeed, the officers of that road are to be commended for the promptness with which they have furnished transportation on all occasions on which it has been required by the Government. There has never been any delay longer than necessary to transfer the baggage. Cars in abundance were always ready. Some accidents have occurred which have given rise to speculations rather painful. A train, on Sunday night, having on board the 51st Pennsylvania Regiment, and headquarter staff and horses, was thrown from the track a mile and a half east of Shoals. It was the third or fourth car from the engine that seems to have been thrown off, and went crashing along over a bridge spanning a deep stream, cutting the ends of the ties and sleepers completely off, and fifty yards from the bridge caused the catastrophe, teiiing up the track some distance. A car having the officers' baggage rolled down the embankment, and another, with horses, fell on the top of it, crushing it to pieces. Strange to say, of four or five in the car, who had to be cut out of the wreck, but one was killed, and he was sitting on a chair at the open door of the :car, and was precipitated out by the first shock. Over these two cars, two others were raised up, end against end, like the rafters of a house. One had horses, and the other a company of men, (If, 51st P. Y.,) with some on the top, and, except the jamming they got from all being slid into the one end, were not at all hurt. One horse was smothered. One man in the baggage car was saved from smothering by happening to have his nose pushed through the opening in the seat of an army saddle. On the left hand side of the track was an other 'car with horses. They are put within the side openings of the car, and boards nailed across, leaving the centre of the car open, in which were lying four or five negroes. The accident threw horses and negroesi all pell-mell into one end, but none were hurt, though they scratched their wooly heads with astonishment at this unexpected de liverance. One man of the 11th New Hampshire had his head and legs crushed, and he had jumped from the cars; The tops of the cars were full of men who had made their beds there. Not one was hurt; though some werelanded on the tops of the trees, and went tumb ling away down into the ravine. One in his descent was , caught by a limb under the chin and hung there. It was about 8 o'clock in the evening, and Most were asleep. A. _telegraph operator brought from the neighboring town immediately cut the wires and telegraphed both ways. Dr. Martin and son and Dr. Peck came from Washington about midnight, to find all very coolly sleeping and all things quiet, notwithstanding ten cars were -put hors de course, freighted with living beings. - Indeed, the moat wonderful thing was the coolness of these soldiers. There was no noise or confusion. The colonel superintended, and as many men as could conve niently work were busy ; the rest laid down and slept. Many within a car or two of the accident hat dly raised themselves more than on their elbow, and at ‘ that distance you would hardly believe there. was such a fearful scene so little in advance. Old railroaders, who had ham in numberless smashes; said they never saw such a wreck. The work of re ievini the horses wiis a difficult and dangerous task, and required the coolest and steadiness of men. The horses were Plied all together. mcro minent danger of the cars falling, especially the. - I two rafters. Old wreckers would not have done as these brave men did. One went bravely in among the heels of the horses -to rescue a man. Some were cooking coffee *bile the others worked; and all lay down to, sleep when they were as sured that every lifer was reached. The sue. geon of the regiment, Dr. Duffield, was cool, calm, and prompt; naturally so—perhaps something of it acquired on the fields of Antietam, Fredericks burg, and such like. Col. Hartranft and Lieut. Col. Shall were able and energetic in their management of the fractures. I have heard these men speak with grateful affection Of these officers; of their care in their long campaigns, and of late, especially in the campaign in Mississippi, where Lieut. Col. Shall was incommand. of the regiment. Col. H., in command of the 2dßrigade, 3d Division, as this regiment filed off at Jackson, to enter the front, said,' "Take good care of the men, Colonel." He need not say he would; he had, and did. It was what "Old Johnny," as the men call Col. H., always did for them.. I would not wish for more honor than to. have my name written on the hearts of the men of a regiment as theirs are. A following train ran off the track on the other side of Shoals, east of Seymour. A rail was found' taken out, and nails and rail carried off; and a train. most providentially saved. The first accident was said to be from the breaking of a king-bolt—such as may happen any time and anywhere. But the other' following so soon, has suggested very painful thoughts. Whether the first was caused by inten tion, or whether its happening suggested the devil lish malignity of the second, is conjecture. The.. , officers of the railroad did all that promptness,. energy, and thoughtful care could do. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND: the Enemy in Fiont. FORT Mainz, August 22.—The Richmond papers of the 24th contain the following despatch : "CHATTAIWORA s August-22.—The Yankees. com menced shelling the city-of Chattanooga yesterday, without giving notice; All is quiet to,day." ST. Louis, August 24.—An officer just from the army of General Rosecrans, reports that - the centre of Bragg's army was at Chattanooga whea be left, -and that the left wing,was at Bolton. General Buckner was at Cleveland with a force of ten thousand rebels. • General Bragg can mister an army ofrabout thirty thousand fighting troops. The previous reports of desertions froth the army of General Bragg are fully confirmod. The mountains in East Tennessee 3re swarming with rebel deserters, and it is estimated that one thousand of them come into our lines weekly. Parties from Stevenson, Alabama, report that there are hundreds of loyal mountaineers engaged in piloting deserters through the mountains. The let Louisiana Guard, at Bragg's headquar ters, are reduced, by desertion, to less than one hun dred men. The steamer that was disabled by our ° fire is be llevedito have,been subsequently totally destroyed, as there was a heavy explosion and fire up the river last night. A force had been sent in pursuit of her. Furloughed men from Pemberton's army are coming into our lines. They say that his army can never begot together again. Seven deserters of one company,trom a Mississippi regiment, came into our lines in a body on the 20th. They say that Bragg's army will go to pieces if again attacked. CHARLESTON, INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GENERAL GILMORE AND GENERAL BEAVREGARD Since the occupation of Morris Island by General Gilmore a very interesting correspondence has been going on between General Beauregard and himself. By reference to the date of the first communication from General Beatiregard to General Gilmore, it will be observed that the former was, figuratively speaking, cocked and primed, ready to give General Gilmore a terrible volley of gratuitous advice for his special edification on the anniversary of the natal day of the republic. Fortunately, the communica tion was sent to our naval authorities—through whom at that time all intercourse under flags of truce was maintained until some days after, and General Gilmore passed that holiday in quietness and peace, undisturbed by gratuitous lectures from Gen. Beaure gard on subjects which he understand(' quite as wall as the rebel chieftain. The long elementary trea tise on international law,"as it affects the conduct of war between two opposing forces. was evidently written for the eye and information of Major Gene ral Hunter, under whose authority these oftencee against the laws of nations (Eis General Beauregard characterizes them) were committed. The ehange of commanders in the department undoubtedly induced General Beauregard to suspend for a time the trans mission of the communication; but the fact that General. Gilmore had in his 'Command, operating against Charleston, a regiment or "two of negro troops, which bad but recently whipped the chivalry on James Island, in a little contest, impelled the writer to change the date and compose a new intro ductory, in which To( nr it came to hand. am able to give only a synopsis of the correspondence, which will, however, be found to be very full, and covering all the points. It is as follows : GEN. BEAUREOARD TO OEN. OILILORE Under date of Headquarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Charleston, S. 0., July 4, 18G3, General Beauregard . says that it is his duty, in the interests of humanity, to address Gen's ral Gilmore, with a view of effecting some under standing as to the future conduct of the wariwthitr quarter. And then, after alluding to the expedition set on foot by his predecessor, Major General Hun ter, to the Combahee river, which seized and carried away negro slaves oft' plantations on its banks, ravaged the plantations, &e. , he says he does not pro pose to enter upon a discussion touching that species of pillaging, but desires to acquaint Gen. 'Gilmore PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1863. formally that more than one plantation was pillaged, buildings burned and crops destroyed, acts which were not rendered necessary by any military . exigen cy. He shows. in a manner satisfactory to himself, that this military exigency did not exist, and then en ters upon a lengthy elementary treatise on the laws ot nations governing the conduct of belligerents, quoting Vattel and Wheaton to sustain hie proposi tions, and to define the rights of the victor as well in civil as in national ware. The exercise of the right of eminent domain after being conquered is admitted, and its boundaries defined. Then he takes up the question of the employment of negroes, and quotes. Napoleon and "Abbott," a new authority, to show the "atrocious consequences which ever re sulted in the employment of a merciless, servile race as soldiers ;" that Napoleon refused to employ the serfs in his campaign against Russia, because he dreaded the results of a civil or intestine war. He characterizes all who call to their aid such material, in the language of the publicists ' as barbarians, &v. Tn conclusion, he asks whether the acts which re sulted in the burning of the villages of Darien, Ga., and Bluffton, and the ravages on Combahee, are re garded by General Gilmore as legitimate measures of war, which he will feel authorized to resort to hereafter. He forwarded accounts taken from North ern papers of the raids on Darien, Bluffton, Combs hee, Sm. GENERAL GILMORE TO ORNERAL BEAURECIATCD General Gilmore addresses General Beauregard from headquarters, in the field, Morris Island, under date of July 16, and arknowledges the receipt of General Beauregard's communication of-. July 4, written with a view of effecting some understanding as to the future conduct of thc^war in this quarter. Re states that, while - he and his Government will scrupulously endeavor to conduct the war upon principles established by usage among civilized na tions, he shall expect from the commanding general opposed to him full-compliance with the same rules, in their unrestricted application, to all the forces under his command. In conclusion, after expressing Ms surprise that General Beauregard should choose the navy as a channel through which he communicates with hhn, whenithe opposing pickets on Morris Island are in speaking, distances, he desiree thatoliereaf ter all com munications be sent to him througli hie own lines, and not by the way, of the blockading fleet. IrBAIIitIICI RESPOiNDS General Beauregard, under date of July 21, 1833, says he is at a loss to perceive the - necessity for the remark that General Gilmore will expect from him "full compliance with the same rules (established by usages of civilized nations, &c.), in their unre stricted application to all his forces," inasmuch as he is wholly unaware that any departure from the same has ever been alleged on his part, or by any of his troops, from the established laws and usages be tween civiized peoples"; and then he calls for more specific charges. As to the channel of communication, he says it need not cause surprise. Until made ace uainted with General Gilmore's views, he believed he would naturally prefer that route for flags of truce, inas much as it- was clearly the one least calculated to interrupt his operations for the reduction of Bat tery Wagner, and he is quite unable, he says, to understand the grounds of General Gilmore's sur prise or his objections. He assures Gen. Gilmore, in conclusion, that, so far as he is concerned, he shalt avoid all provocations, either for cavil or coin plaint, and he shall do what he may to conduct the - war upon principles recognized by other nations. GENERAL DEA7JREGARD DEMANDS A DESEP.TER; In a communication, bearing the same date the preceding, he states that during a suspension of hos tilities on Morris Island, on July 19, 1863, Private Thomas Green, Co. H, lst South tfarolina Infantry, deserted and entered the Federal lines, and requests that he be returned to the commanding officer at Fort Wagner. GEN. GILISCiRE TO GEN. BEAT/REGARD In reply to Gen. Beauregardls two despatches of the 22d ult., Gen. Gilmore, on the sth of August, after noticing the remark of Gen. Beauregarcl that he was at a loss to perceive the necessity for his statement that he (Gen. G.) should expect a full compliance on his (Gen. B.'s) part, with the same rules, &c., in their unrestricted application to all the forces under his command, states that he consi dered his remarks as pertinent and proper at that time Events, he adds, since transpired, show them to have been eminently so. In proof, he quotes the cir cumstances of agreement for mutual paroling and returning to their respective commands the wound ed prisoners in our hands. You declined, General Gilmore goes on to say, to return the wounded offi cers and men belonging to my colored regiments, and your subordinate in charge of the exchange asserted that the question had been left for after considera tion. He could but regard this transaction as a palpable breach of faith on General Beauregarilla part, and a flagrant violation of General Ws pledges as an officer. In regard to the case of pri vate Green, claimed as a deserter during suspension of hostilities, he states that he did not enter our lines during the existence of a flag of truce. Gen. Gilmore also states that his request to bury our own dead was refused, and that his (General G. , s) batteries were silent on the following day, because his (our) wounded could be seen lying exposed the entire day outside the fort. Here the correspondence closes for'the present. THE STATES IN REBELLION. (From the Richmond Sentinel 3 CHARLESTON, August 16.—The bombardment haa been much more violent during the last two nights - ; and to•day the enemy's long-range guns have shelled Fort Sumpter without doing material damage. FROM FREDERICKSBIIRGF FREDERICKSBURG, August 17.—A small force of the enemy appeared on Saturday, and some firing ensued, with no casualties on our side. Cannon are heard this morning, and it is believed that a considerable force of the enemy is near the town. The cannonading seemed to. be north of the city. The pickets are firing this morning. "XORE SHIPS." [From the Stironter Watchman Build them, launch them, arm and man them, and turn them loose on Yankee commerce. Aside from what the Government is doing, let each State builds ship in England for this purpose. The silver plate will do it—silver plate now lying idle in bank vaults and dwellings—silver plate, whickd now offers a tempting bait to Yankee raiders;. and which;_okuti_ brans' .about an honorable peace than the additibn of half - a million men to our armies. Will South Carolina take the initiative—give up its gold and itssilver for this hallowed object, and send forth an armed • cruiser, bearing its gallant name, to harass the ene my, by striking at his only vulnerable point? Di veining ourselves of jewelry, watches, chains, and gold and silver ware generally, for this purpose, is, in our judgment, one of the beat and most effectual ways of "stripping for the fight.i , Mama the loss of a man in battle, the Florida and Alabama have already damaged the enemy more• than the blood stained fields of Gettysburg and Mammas. And will not beauty lay aside its ornaments, and men resign themselves to horn and pewter, in order to send forth one more daring rover on the high seas? A call from the Governor might accomplish the object. Will the Governor make it l: - [From the Richmond Enquirer, Angnst 19;1 The above suggestions of the Survizr Watchman are worthy of the most earnest consideration, and should be acted on without a moment's hesitation or delay. Let naval-men of well• earned reputation— and there is no lack of them in the• Confederacy— signify their willingness to fit out anditake charge of privateers, and an appeal to the women for the necessary funds will, we doubt not, meet with the ' same generous response that has ever characterized their patriotism.. Witness their efforts heretofore toward the construction of a navy. Had the Navy Department passessed,an hundredth part of the fore. eight and energy the women of the Confederacy have indicated in this direction, not a single Yankee craft would now ride in scornful defiance in•our harbors. They would have vanished as the morning mist be fore the sweep of the tornado. It is only necessary that men of energy, nautical skill; and bravery unts. questioned, take hold of this matter, to insure suegi CUM Rather than continue, through the war, a life of inactivity at some post which can be as well filled by landsmen, let them resign, and on their native element show the world that to Semmes and itlaffit shall not be left the exclusive work of making the naval history of this war. The Sentinel; in a long editorial on. the "Situation of the Confederacy," argues that the South has no cause yet for despair, and that they can yet put 880,- 000 men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the field, and that (according to Dir. De Bow, who has compiled the statistica,) "in no event during a long war can the Confederate strength be reduced under 700,008 if the people are in earnest." The male population betweeriehrhteen and forty-five is said to amount yet to 1,181,500; during the two' years of war, not less than 120,000 males having passed from under to over eighteen years of age. The Sentioie/ and Whig are at loggerheads over the character of Jeff Davis. The Whig ; in its issue of Thursday last, charges :Tell' with wicked and un worthy motives, which the. Sentinel promises to re ply to in its next issue. - The Sentinel of the 21st has a long editorial claim, ing that the Federals have gained a loss "by the cap ture Vicksburg, it being '"a terribly "unhealthy, place" .5z0., . - Brig. Gen Roger A. Puot has tendered Ida realg nation to the War Department, and we learn that it has been accepted. The Sentinel hits an extract from the Charleston /Itasury in relation to negroes taken in arms, and notices the fact that the negroes captured in South Carolina have been turned over to the civil authori ties. The Mercury says : - "The status of the negro and the white soldier of the institution of the South and the conduct of this war—are all involved in this business. We cannot, of course, pit ourselves against negroes ; we cannotignore and belie our own social organization ; we cannot countenance and tamely permit this spe cies of warfare." . The Sent fact bee a long editorial, containing com plaints against those persons and papers who make attacks and accusations against the administration of Jeff Davis. From the tone of the editorial one is led to suppose that complaints are the rule, while acquiescence in the acts of the Administration are the exceptions among the Confeds. Brigadier General Wilcox, of Alabama, has been promoted to major general, and Cola. B. G-. Hum phreys, of Miss., and EppaHunton, of Va., to Briga diers in the rebel service. Gen. Sigel Commanding in Pennsylvania. Major Gen. Couch, commanding Department of the Susquehanna, has issued the following general order : HEADQUARTERS DEP'T OP THE SUSQUEHANNA, August 20, 1863. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 11.—The district of coun try including the counties of Berke, Schuylkill, Le high, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Luzerne, and Columbia, is placed under command of Major Gen. Sigel, headquarters at Reading, Pa. By command of Major Gen. D. N. Couosr.. ROBERT LE ROY, Captain and A. A. *G. Tan hicautom DOCTRINE.—Mr. Everett closes an • able paper in the last number of the N.Y. Ledger,upon the policy of the United States in Central America, with the following remarks upon the Monroe doe tithe and its present application: .1 will add but two remarks at present on the subject of this much-maligned Monroe Marine. First, that when the ground on which it rests was originally assumed by President Monroe's adminis tration, it was, as far as it bore upon the affairs of Spanish America, with the concurrence and warm • approval of the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. George Canning. He regarded it as a very important, step, in furtherance of the policy then deemed of vital importance to England, viz : that of counteracting the design - entertained by Spain, backed by. the Holy Alliance,of recolo. nwing the Spanish American • States. Secondly,' that when Louis Napoleon has established _a'-few more empires on the-American continent, England • will ptrhaps again view the Monroe doctrine with Dlr. Canmng , s favorable' eye. She may then also regret the countenance she has extended to the Calhoun doctrine of Secession, which, by paraly zing the Government of the United Ste tes, has arm; bled imperial France to commence the execution of the most high-handed measures of the Holy Alli ance. But the end is not yet,' DICTATOR.--In a letter of, recent date to Epes Sargent, Captain Ericsson ' writes: 1, The Dictator is fast approaching completion, with her ten-an d.a.half•inch iron side armor and fifteeminoh thick turret. Her new wrought iron ordnance is also nearly ready. Mark my word : this vessel will as surely prove a Dictator as the first one of2,..her size has proved a Monitor. The golden Monitor'llitis been exhibited, I understand, all over the country. It will be presented to me in a few days, when I expect to be charmedwith your 'Life on the Ocean Ware,' , which its machinery is made to play," GENERALS ON THE wAR. Speech of General Nathan Kimball. At the recent extraordinary mass 'meeting of pa triotic citizens at Indianapolis, speeches were made by Gen. Kimball, (president of the meeting,) Gen. Jno. A. McClernand, Gen. Ebenezer Dumont, all sustaining the Administrationfas necessary to sustain the cause the and Government. Gen. Kimball deprecated partisan discussion at such a time. The country was putting forth all its energies to suppress a wicked and unholy rebellion. The supremacy of the Constitution and the laws must be maintained,.and it was the duty of every man to aid in the work. He was for peace--a per manent peace. He wanted, when he returned to his home, that it might be with the assurance that he could remain there. Such apeace, in his opinion, must be conquered. He was for the Constitution, and would restore their constitutional rights to each and every State that would return. In his opinion, the Constitution recognized ela very. This was no war for the abolition of slavery. It was a war for the preservation of the Government. The eman cipation proclamation did not_liberate a single slave. The seceding States, whe they fled from the shelter of the Constitution—when they rejected it and would have none of it, themselves gave freedom to their slaves. The power of the Government to restore the Union was ample. He pictured eloquently the success of the Union army, and contrasted the condition of the loyal States with that of the tottering Confederacy. He spoke of Indiana and Indiana soldiera as a brave and gallant leader should speak of his comrades in _arms. He was an Indianian, and was proud of the distinction. 'While the war was continued and his life was spared, he would continue to battle for the rich inheritance of our fathers—the Constitution, as handed down to us. We have scarcely glanced at the points of thia speech—by far the ablest and best delivered from that Stand. It was manly, frank, and displayed ability of a high order. There was very little indul gence of cant or chtp.trap. It was the speech of a gallant soldier,and would have been well received in any Democratic crowd. Even the Abolitionists present, could not, or at least ma not, object to it. ?AI hen the- General thanked the meeting for the honor conferred upon him and took his seat, three rousing cheers were given for him. General IllcGlernand'a eloquent speech began as follows We have met here to take counsel with each other concerning matters affecting the honor and existence of the Democratic party. Demagogues, beguiling the confidence, and fomenting the passions and pre judices of the Dethocracy, are hurrying them head long into a yawning abyss of infamy and ruin. The occasion is urgent ; the danger imminent, and appeals to every true Democrat to put forth his hand to avert . the threatened catastrophe. [Cheers.] What do we see? What do we hear'? Men mouthing the cherished name of Democrat, crying, "Compromise,?" ."compromise"—Peace," "peace" —when there can be no compromise short of consent to disunion-short of grounding our arms to rebel lion.; when indeed, every loyal impulse and instinct is struggling and striving to preserve the national existence. And shall- this be? Shall our victorious armies stay their onward march shall ,the fields that are fertilized by the carnage of martyrs to their country —shall the towns and cities, the great rivers and numerous States that have been- wrested from the enemy—shall the millions of treasure that have been drawn from the toil and substance of a generous and patriotic people—shall all these be ingloriously surrendered, that] the devilish work of disunion of these States, and disruption? of the Government, may be consummated in peace . ? God forbid ! [No, no !] Yet, alas ! such is the plan of the peacemongers. "Tell it not in Gath , publish it not in the streets of Askelon not only would they do this, but they would do more—they would ratify the spoliation of lands, our ships, our arms, and our treasure ; nay, a monstrous conspiracy to subvert the Government iteelf, by signing a treaty recognizing the indepen dence of the rebel Government ; and what concerns you and 1 sectionally and directly, they would sur render the main Mississippi to a foreign jurisdic tion—reserving, perhaps, in doubtful diplomatic terms, the privilege, not the right, to navigate it. [Applause.] - And are you, gentlemen, prepared for such cow ardice—such dishonor—for such an act of self destruction? Are the fire-breathing, thunder-spoken Democracy prepared for it? Are the restless and daring spirits of the great Northwest prepared for it? Not so ; war—war to the bitter end, first. Perish, perish: rather—" leaf by leaf, and land by land ; dower by flower—flood by flood—and hill by hill, away.) , Perish all these first. [Cheers.] The outraged ghosts of three hundred thousand brave men who have fallen in battle or by disease, in the field would, shriek aloud their condemnation of such ignOminy. Our own infamy, too, would sink us down, down, far below the reach of any mortal power of resurrection or redemption, if, like lost spirits, we were fallen so low. [Applause.] GEN. WILLIAM B. LYTLE, an old Democrat of Ohio, in a recent speech at Bridgeport, Alabama, apoke as follows of the peaceniongers "Am I told that Union restored by force of arms is not worth having? Am I told that if the States now in revolt are whipped in fair fight—beaten and humiliated—they will be unworthy and degraded members of the Union? We must have peace first, says a certain school of politicians, and then, if we can, we will argue the South into a reconstruction. In [other words, these gentlemen would have the Government and the loyal masses of the country -drain to the dregs the bitter cup which they would dash from the hands of traitors and rebels. The territories you have occupied are to be abandoned, the public property, the dockyards and fortresses you have recaptured, after two years of war, are to be surrendered; the victorious armies of the klissis tippi, the Cumberland, and the Potomac, followed by the jeers and scoffs of the enemy, are to sneak with arms reversed and flags trailed in the dust across the. Northern border ; and your:Government —the Government of Washington, 'arid Jefferson, and Jackson—is to cower, dishonored and disgraced, a byword and hissing among the nations. If the rebel armies (I will not say the rebel States nor . thei4Censtitutional rights)if the rebel armies`and ;the oligarchs, who control them have:their pride• thci.ta umme themselves. They have sown the • wind, let them reap the whirlwind, till the bloody problem is finally worked out, - eye to eye, foot to foot, sword to sword, bayonet to bayonet, if need be, for ten• years longer. With iron hearts and iron fleets, and iron hail, this generation of loyal men will, by God's grace, endure its heavy . cross, and, until the broad daylight of peace and otder and victory shall come, will stand to arms.'s GEN. Ave= P. 'HOVEY, who fought so gallantly in the yieksburg campaign, says : "'The Constitution as it was,' cannot be restored to the rebel States until the people of those. States shall fully prove their love for the Government, and devoted loyalty. Until this happens, the madman must wear 111 straight jacket. A little reflection will convince the most sympathetic that this must be so. Suppose the Union restored, the Constitution gua rantees the right of trial by jury in the district where the offence was committed ; but broad indeed would be the farce, when a rebel should be punished for treason and tried by a rebel jury. The Constitu tion provides that the writ of habeas corpus shall remain inviolate ; yet I need net. tell you that a rebel, judge would release the- prisoner, ,that charged with the blackest crimes of murder and treason. The Constitution proclaims- liberty of speech and liberty of the press. This, with the rebels, would include the right to denounce the Go vernment and keep up an undying hatred of one section against the other, until another revolution would inevitably follow. No, these sacred rights cannot now be conferred upon the- madmen of the South. They were given by our fathers to men capable of self.government, and cannot now be en trusted to those who have so shamefully attempted to destroy the institutions under which we live. A long day of probation must await their readmission." Gov. Seymour and the New York Militia. FURTHER PROOF OF HIS PURPOSE TO .11'11.1ER IT A COPPERHEAD ORGANIZATION An editorial in the Oswego Commercial Timesgives an account of the action of a colonel in that city. The colonel, of the 48th Regiment of the National Guard having entered th army, an effort was made to.advance the lieutenant colonel, who is a Demo crat, but a loyal man, to the position. But under the influence of Brig. Gen. John A. Greene, a notorious Copperhead, Jas. A. Beckwith was appointed. It was about the time of the riot in New York, and there were apprehensions that the " friends" might at tempt a similar demonstration at Oswego. The sheriff had obtained from the presiding acting colonel a detail of ten men from each company in the regi ment to stand guard at night to protect the jail, which had been threatened, as well as other property in this city. The men had been detailed by the lieutenant colonel puirmant to orders from the sheriff. Just then Colonel Beckwith took com mand. He then set „himself to work to thwart the sheriff. The arms Of - thelSth had been taken to the fort for safe-keeping. Beckwith carted them back to the armory, an old wooden building which any mob might take., in five minutes. 'When the sheriff called on the captains to bring out their com panies, Beckwith stationed a guard at the armory and refused to let the captains have arms. The captains and lieutenants who obeyed the sheriff; as by the statutes of the State they are bound to do, he placed under arrest to be Court martialled at S p ractise by a court of Brigadier General Green e's chriosing. The upshot of this affair was thatllle Grand Jury of Orange county hes indicted the colonel for ob structing" the sheriff in the discharge. of his duty. Still another development of the programme for organizing a Copperhead militia in New Nork, we find in the Lockport Journal:' "We now learn, on what we regard reliable au thority. that William S. Farnell is appointed briga- dier general by Gov. Seymour. Can any gentlemen tell us why tlr. Farrell is appointed to this high mili tary positiont If there is one man in this community who, more than any other, is notorious for his undis guised hostility to the war for putting down the re hellion, it is William S:Farnell. Throughout,- thr. contest he has been notoriously opposed to the war, opposed to furnishing men and means L or aid of any kied, for the prosecution of the war. It is notorious that he has no claim whatever to knowledge of military affairs. Why, then, is he selected as the best qualified of all others In this section of the State for the office of brigadier general'? Clearly for the unifications which he has, and which are so con spibuous, not for those which he has not. Heis ap pointed, as we have a right to assert, because of hii optn hostility to any and all means for suppress ir g' the rebellion by force of arms, and because of hiswell.hnown Southern sympathies." . THE COURAGE 01, A SOLDIER.—An " Old Soldier," of the Louisville Journal, furnishes some remarks ble instances of personal bravery : In the Indian fight which took place near the mclith of Canon De Chelle, in November, 1860, pri vate Wilson of "Co. Mounted Rifles, displayed the most remarkable courage. When he saw his captain surrounded by the howling Navajoes, he dashed recklessly into the fray, killing two Indians, and wounding one or two others in an incredibly abort time. In the melee he was wounded, but he never left the field until after he had travelled some mike in pursuit of the flying foe._ In this fight the gallant Captain McLean, of the Rifiee, was killed, and, strange to say, his fate was foretold in a jest which pasted between him and Gen. Canby, at the setting out of the expedition. They were standing near -the headquarters of the latter, when a litter was carried past them: McLean jestingly remarked that the litter was not long - enough or stong enough to bear a wounded man, to which Canby replied, "Take care, Captain, how you jest; you may try it first youieelf. , " The words proved but too true. Capt McLean was the first man placed - upon that litter; it was too short, and it broke under his , ln June, 1860, Corporal Coney, GOmpany K, 7th infantry, was attacked by a party of some twenty Indians.- •Vet, - such was his presence of mind that - he let them wound him once or twice before he fired a shot ; but every shot he tired (he was-armed with ' a revolver) brought a' man. He killed three and wounded two of the enemy, and, knowing that to. Bre his last shot would: be certain death, he kept them at bay by continually turning and pointing his pistol at them, until succor arrived from a herd guard which overheard the tiring and hastened to his relief. This brave man was wounded In six different places, still he continued on his feet for some time, even after the Indians had been driven away. It may not be amiss to state here that the Navajoes were armed principally with bows and arrows, the arrows being pointed with large, heavy iron points. The force with which they discharged these arrows was truly surprising. I- saw one drive an arrow • through the pummel of a saddle, a soldier's great coat strapped thereon, and, had the watatbelt plate not - stopped its progress, it is probable it would have killed - the soldier. EUROPE Arrivals of Steamships—Archduke Maxi milian will Accept the Mexican Throne— The Polish Question—More British Neu- trality., The Steamer Great Eastern, which left Liverpool at 714 A. M. on the 12th inst., and Queenstown on the 13th that., arrived at New York at an early hour yesterday morning. The steamer City of Baltimore, which left Liver po of at 6 P. M. on the 12th inst., and Queenstown on the 13th inst., also arrived at New York about the same time. The steamer City of London reached Liverpool early on the inorning,of the 12th. The Hansa arrived at Southampton on the 12th. GREAT BRITAIN The English political news is a blank. Queen Victoria had embarked for Germany. 'I he Russian Government bad instituted a prose cution against a young gentleman in London, for recruiting in England for the insurgent army in Poland. The prisoner was remanded by the magis trate before whom he was brought. There is nothing to confirm the rumor, to which the Times gave currency, that additional troops were to be sent to British North America ; and the statement is regarded as improbable and unfounded. The Daily News looks upon the advicee from Ameri ca, per Oity of London, as confirming the opinion that the disasters which have lately befallen the South are permanent. Thersamejournal has an article showing , that it is the paramount duty of the Federal Government not to • allow the Secessionists to retain the captured colored troops, but to see that they are treated as soldiers and not as slaves. Americans in Germany, to the number of about one hundred, had recently assembled at a banquet at Hamburg to celebrate the Union victories. Ex- Governor Wright, of Indiana, presided, assisted by ex-Governor Dyer, of Rhode Island. Numerous patriotic speeches were made, and the festival was a great success. A Paris telegram of the llthsays it was considered certain that the Archduke Maximilian will accept the throne of Mexico. The Paris correspondent of the London Morning Post is also assured Wet such will be the case. The London Times, in its city article, says the general impression is that the Mexicans generally will rejoice at the establishment of a definite Go vernment. "Any protests from the United States are likely to be received with little regard, since for earsi past the leading organ of the present Wash, ington Cabinet, the New York Times, has reiterated the declaration that it was the policy and intention of America to make Mexico 'drink the cup of an archy to the very dregs,' and there can be no sym pathy in any part of the civilized world with the disappointment that may now be felt at Washington at the prostration of these prospects." FRANCE PARIS, August 11.—The usual reception by the Emperor of the ministers of the corps diplomatique and the constituted bodies will take plaoe at 11.30 A. M., on Saturday next, his Majesty's fi•te day. After the,reception a Te Deum will be chanted. In the evening M. Drouyn de P.Fluys will enter tain the corps diplomatique at a grand dinner. The Emperor will preside to-morrow at a Cabinet Council. It asserted that the notes of the three Powers will not be handed to Prince Gortschakoti before Monday or Tuesday next. LeFrarce. of this evening, referring to the despatch of the notes to St. Petersburg, says that, should Russia formally refuse to do justice to the claims of the three Powers, the period of the negotiations might be considered at an end. The same paper asserts that the Emperor will re view the army of Paris and the National Guard on Friday next, upon the Champ de Mars. It is considered certain that the Archduke Maxi milian will accept the throne of Mexico. 3.26 P. 15L—A firmer tone prevailed at the opening of- the _Bourse, which was maintained throughout the day. Rentes closed firm at 67f. 45c., or 30c. higher than yesterday. M. Drouyn de l'Huys, who has recovered from hie late indisposition, presided to-day at the distribu tion of prizes among the students of the Louis le Grand Lyceum. He concluded a speech, giving good advice to the young students, as follows : "Thanks to the wisely and sincerely democratic institutions which prevail in France, each of you may find his marshal's baton at the bottom of his desk." Ls Tenzps says the Emperor' of Austria will au thorize the Archduke to accept, provided that the new Empire of Mexico is placed by treaty under the protection of the Powers. PRUSSIA BERLIN, August 11.—The Nord Deutsche Zeitung, of this evening, says: "We are in a position to declare totally devoid of foundation the report circulated in various quarters that the Crown Prince has been summoned by the King to Gastein for the purpose of proceeding on a mission' to the Congress of Ger man Princes to be held at Frankfort." TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The Russians were concentrating troops at Surnri, and the Porte had demanded explanations from the Ruin lan Government. The old Seraglio,at Conatantinople had been de• stroied by fire.W:flf. 04:040L111 , 4303W1?:'1.ogiMPFA11.10:Cial , .;0.h1001f.I.Soleiti:41 .: .. ~: [Correspondence N. Y. Herald.] Low now, August 10,1663.-In my last letter, dated from Liverpool, I informed you that the first of the great rebel turreted rams was nearly completed. She was launched earlier than I expected; and is now in the. graving dock at Liverpool, completely plated, with her masts and boilers in and on board, and also a large part of her machinery. It is ex pected to have her ready for sea by the 18th of Au gust. Her consort was launched on the 2d day of August, as well as the one at Glasgow, and both will be ready to r ail late in this month or the Ist of Septem ber.. You now see that I was, not wrongAvhen, months ago, I informed you that these reLlen clads wovIA in-soptomber - To - be frank, unless the most strenuous effb are made, you will have another Newport News tragedy enacted in the waters of your _own beautiful bay; terrible scenes will transpire Under your own win dows. The speed of these vessels will be greater than any of your tron-clads t and of course, if not early prevented, they will sail about doing all the harm they can. It is generally supposed here that the blockading squadrons will be their first prey ; but my own im pression is, and it is founded on a good basis, that a dash at New York wilk-be made . and I have no he sitation in saying, and that from a long experience in gunnery and ships, that with these three iron clads, in bread daylight, they could enter New York harbor by the way of Sandy Hook, and burn and destroy all your ships of war, on the stocks and afloat, and dockyards, and then pass out by the way of the Sound, ivithout receiving any material da mage. These assertions are strong, but none the less true. What is your Government about? What are the people about?> What is the press about? Cannot you do something towards rousing them to a sense of their impending danger? Your fleets, your towns, and your cities are in danger. You may avert it by instant measures, and even then it will be only a palliation ; for as far as I can see, these vessels will have complete control of your coast until the Puritan and Dictator are fitted out, and that will be several months. Financial and Commercial LONDON, Thursday, Aug. 13.—The Times. (city article) says : The English funds, as well as more speculative classes of securities, exhibited, yester day, an increased tendency to improvement, which seems to be kept in cheek only by the absence of any decided rebound at Paris, and the activity of the demand for money our discount market, a de mand which, judging from the rates at all the princi pal cities of Europe, and favorable symptoms of foreign exchanges, would appear, likely to be tem porary and exceptional. The applications for discount at the bank yester day were not very numerous, but the demand in the open market shows no diminution. In the Stock Exchange short loans are offered at 2y to 3 cent. In the 'market for foreign securities there was a further average improvement of about 3. 4 1. to ,14 cent. , In Mexican, the transactions were rather exten sive. Some of thrm are supposed to have been on French account. The quotations advanced to 38% @a9M, or per cent. higher than on Tuesday. A circular from Messrs. Arles, Dufour, & Co., of Lyons, says that Swiss and German silk manufac turers, acting under the influence of the late events in America, have effected important, purchases of silk, particularly in Italy. In France less confidence is entertained respecting the end of the American war. - The Daily lima' city article says : A belief is be ginning to be entertained that as soon as the demand in connection with the harvest is satisfied the influx of gold will cause the bank rate of discount to be reduced. - A small failure took place yesterday in - the Stock Exchange in connection, apparently, Nyith the de cline in the Confederate loan. The Herald says': The Dutch houses in addition to the French, were operating largely in - Mexican stocks, and seem confident of successful organization of the proposed Mexican monarchy. The. MIMS, in noticing the remov`al of qir, J:-Hud son from his post at Turin, says it is impossible to conceive any public reason for his being displaced, except to'make room for Mr. Elliott. The Times has a leader on Lancashire, in allusion to the increase, last week, in the number of unem ployed, and says Lancashire 'must be gradually emptied as it was gradually filled. There is no remedy but to distribute the population. Centres of trade and wealth are perpetually changing. It is useless to struggle against necessity. Lan cashire has had its turn, it may have its turn again ; but its people cannot be supported at the public ex pense till that time arrives. LONDONDERRY, Thursday, August 13. The steamship Nova Scotian, from Quebec, arrived at Greencastle this morning, and having landed de apaches - proceee.a Liverpool. THE MARKETS. LIVIMPOOL, August 12, F. M.—Covvorr.— The market is buoyant, and prices are generally called 3,‘@md over Friday last. Sales of the past three days 28,000 bales, including 9,000 for export and speculation. Trade at Manchester is strong in tone, and prices tend upward. ERI:ADSTITFFS.—Weather fine for the crops. Rich. ardson, Spence, & Co., Wakefield, Nash, and others, report: Flour very quiet and nominally unaltered. Wheat dull, and 1624 per (rental lower since the Asia sailed. Corn a shade firmer ; mixed 26s 3(10 26s 6d. PaoviatONS.—Beef and Pork keep firm: Bacon very firm at 25@325. Lard in good demand at 39e 40s. Tallow steady. 41@43s for N. A. PlcOptroa.—Asbes quiet and unchanged. Sugar in good demand at full rates. Coffee unchanged. Rice steady. Hemp advanced. Naval Stores lose. tive. Petroleum in better request ; relined 2s pd for future delivery. LONDON MARKETS.—Breadstufla dull and in some cases rather lower. Sugars quiet and un changed. Coffee steady. Tea in moderate demand at former prices. Rice—small business at late rates. Tallow steady ; Y. C., 435. Linseed Oil, 44s ed. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—The funds on the 12th were firmer. Console 90%. Discount mar ket unchanged. Demand for money moderately ac• tive. Gold continued to flow to the bank. The Confederate ioan keeps very sensitive. La test price. 260)24. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, August 13. Consols for money, 933,i(§933.4,'; for account, 93.i..-c@ 0334. New threes, 03340934.. LIyERPOOL COTTON MARKET, August 13. The sales today amount to 7,000 bales, including 3,000 bales to speculators and for export. The mar ket closed firm and unchanged. - - - - Breadstuffs are generally quiet but steady. Wheat easier. Provisions_:. steady. - Produce quiet but LONDON, August 13, P. M.—Consols closed, at AMERICAN STOOKS.—lllinois Central 16 per cent. discount. Erie 73,4@74. _ - PAUls.—The Bourse on the 11th closed at 67,46. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA. The following telegrams are received: CALCUTTA, July goo.. tending up ward. Indigo prospects better. Exchange, 20 %d. Freights improving ; to Londom 6 s 6(.1. BOMBAY, July 15.—Cotton unchanged. Cotton goods better. Freights dull. CANTON, June 28.—Shirtings higher. Tea, dull. Exchange, 4s 103 A. SHAXGHAE, June 22.—Slairtinvi active but un changed. Tea firm and active. higher. Ex change, 65 MELBOURNE, June 26"=-Trade - dull. Gold ship. ment since last mail 36,000 ounces. THREE CENTS. POLITICAL. The Canvass in Pennsylvania. grom an Occasional Correspondent] Morrrnose, Pa., August 22. Writing from this beautiful spot, situated upon the summit of a lofty mountain, your correspondent generously indulges a feeling of pity for those of the ~B ohemian " fraternity doomed to spend the present month amid the heat and turmoil of the city, especially when he remembers that, under the beneficent (1) rule of modernized Democracy, the glory of the streets of the municipality of brotherly love has become a thing of the past. Susquehanna, the banner Union county of the Slate, is one of the most beautiful of Pennsylvania's many beautiful districts, and Montrose is its most charming spot. The lovely scenery on every side, the- pleasant drives, the pure mountain air, and, more than all, the unconditional loyalty of its inhabi tants, render it a most delightful place of resort. The nomination of Governor Curtin has awakened great enthusiasm in Susquehanna county. He was her first choice. Her delegates were instructed for him, arid she will give him two.thirds of her popular vote in October. The patriotic Pennsylvanians re sident her feel that . Andrew G. Curtin, as the sol dier's friend, is eminently deserving of their suf frages, and they will unhesitatingly cast them for him. I find, scattered among the voters of this county, a most remarkable pamphlet issued by the Demo cratic State Central Committee as an electioneering document. It is a defence of slavery, written by John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of Vermont. It will be remembered that, at the, Episcopal General Con vention, held in New York city two years since, this same reverend gentleman was appointed to draw up a pastoral address to the members of the church in the United States. He performed the duty; but so dielOyal in tone Was his address that the CoaVention rejected and repudiated it, and, divesting him of the honor, conferred it upon the Right Rev. Bishop Mcllvaine, of Ohio, who discharged the task in such a way as to merit the applause of every loyal Christian patriot. This rebuke of Bishop Hopkins, by the Convention, at once led our Northern traitors to canonize him, and to lament over him as a martyr, sacrificed at the shrine of political prejudice, for such Churchmen as Sey mour and Woodward cannot distinguish loyalty from polities. > Peeling keenly the rebukes and scornful disapprobation of loyal men, the reverend Southern sympathizer felt called upon to unequivocally cast hie lot, with his disloyal friends. Accordingly, at the request of George M. Wharton, Peter McCall, Charles J. Biddle, and Sam Jacksom all of whom are known to be of doubtful loyalty to say the least, he has 'written a Woodward campaign document, defending Mr. Justice Woodward's well.known de claration that" slavery is an inealculable blessing." Such opinions will do more harm than good to the cause of the Democratic party in this region of the State. The general opinion is that the Bishop of Vermont is ambitious of having bis name enrolled alongside of that of Leonidas Polk. On all subjects, theory is considered as subordinate to practice; hence, your correspondent disregard, ins the hundreds of able argumentative discourses that might be brought forward to completely refute the positions of our Northern champion of rebel dogmas, will merely ask the attention of your readers to a few extracts from a letter written by Major General William S. Roseerans, detailing his opinions on the slavery question, which his actual experience in the field has forced him to adopt. It should be remembered that General Rosecrans was, prior to the war, an unvarying Democrat Writing from Murfreesboro, he says`: "I am glad to see the splendid stand you have taken against slavery, with all its horrors, barbari ties, and shocking immoralities. Slavery is dead , and nothing can resuscitate it. To understand this filly, you should pay us a visit *- * Slavery is doomed, and those who !LOW uphold it will soon be held up to public odium and execration. No states man will vindicate it, no friend of human progress will stretch forth a hand to break its fall. * * Almighty God has certainlyordained the deetrue ton of slavery in this country; where it has been more offensive and immoral than in any other." • W. S. ROSECRANS. I notice in The Press, of the 19th instant, a corn munication signed "F," which professes to eorrect 9ny article headed "Loyal Generals," which appear ed in the columns of your paper on the 15th instant. That article did not profess to give all the generals who had expressed their opposition to " Copper headism " and slavery, but only those who were known to have done so. am moat happy to hear that General Doubleday is entitled to a place on the list of honor, and doubt not that there are many others. I emphatically deny the statement of "F," that I have named any general as opposing the two vile dogmas above spoken of, who has not done so, or that I have given any one of them "undue praise." If General A. Doubleday has "sustained indignitiee and insults" for such opposition on his part, it is certainly the duty of that brave and gal lant officer to - demand the punishment of his perse cutors. The President, in his- proclamation of :Ta nnery let, 1863,Ileclared the doom of slavery, and Congress, at its last session, authorized the arming of negroes. It is the undoubted right- of_every,offi oer to sustain Measures 'thus promulgated by the highest authorities of:the land. L. A. The Canvass in. Ohio. [Sp ecial Correspondence of The Press. CMCINNATI, August 20, 1563 Seldom has a political campaign in this Statebeen conducted with so much energy, and brought out so much of the talent and ability of both parties, as the one now in progress. Not that the result is con sidered doubtful, but the issues are momentous, and, therefore, even in the face of every probability of success, supineness on the part of the friends of the Government would be in the highest degree cul pable. The Union Gubernatorial candidate, John Brough, ia considered one of the ablest and most popular stump orators in the West. He is canvassing the State thoroughly, addressing Multitudes of the loyal people of Ohio almost daily. Associated with him in this good work, are Senator Sherman, Gov. Tod—so far as his official duties will permit— Charles Anderson, and a host of other able speak ers. The campaign on the part of the Copperheads is being conducted, also, with great energy, but with unequal success. Ex-Senator Pugh, the Copper head-candidate for Lieutenant Governor, is devo ting all his time and talents to the canvass. He is alternately for the prosecution of the war, (consti tutionally, of course), and for peace with the rebels at any price, as he may judge best suited to the lo cality he may be in. Cox—tuneful Cox—too, is on the stump. He wooer peace in the'most mellifluous of strains but he never fails to say something which may be construed in favor of the war, but which really means nothing. He is a most consummate political juggler. Their meetings have been most discouragingly small in comparison with the grand Union gatherings that have taken place all over the State. You have doubtless seen the report that Mr. Vallandigham is being urged to resign his place at the head of the ticket, that some man more accep table to the people might be substituted. There may or may not be truth in this report, but in view of the fact that before the meeting of the Conven tion which nominated him, the more sober and thoughtful men of that party were known to be, op posed to his nomination, knowing there was not the shadow of a chanee of his election, it seems not im probable. The apparent unanimity of the Conven tion ,in nominating him is easily accounted for. In many of the county conventions for the appoint ment of delegates to the State Convention, it was resolved> that all Democrats who would - attend Might act as delegates. The result was that Vallandighain , s friends in those counties sent great numbers to Columbus to influence the Convention and secure his nomination. Thus Montgomery county, the home of Yellen digham, sent nearly two thousand delegates to the Convention; and his friends in thii manner overwhelmed all opposition. I happened to be in Columbus at the time, and heard the mut terings of dissatisfaction of these men, but they all seemed to acquiesce in the nomination, however impolitic they may have regarded it. It is not im probable, therefore, that these men are now endea voring to induce Mr. Vallandigham to resign, that a less objectionable man may be put in his place. r The conduct of the Republican leaders in this State, since the rebellipn_broke_out, has been in the hignebt cegree - patriotic and praisewonthm. servos to be recorded. Their - sole - Meet nas been to unite all, without distinction of party, who desire the suppression of the rebellion, upon a common platform, sacrificing all merely personal or party in tenets upon the altar of their country. Two years ago they yielded a majority of the highest places on their State ticket to the war Democrats, including the candidacy for Governor. In the present cam paign, the Union candidates for Governor, Lieu tenant Governor, State Treasurer, and several others on the ticket, always opposed thediatinctive creed of the Republican party. Mr. Brough has always been a Democrat ; was, not many • years back, editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and was, in tooee "good old times' , Democracy was not, as now, al most the synonym of treason, considered one of the most effective stump speakers of his party in the State. In a recent speech in 'this city, he said he bad never failed to vote for the Democratic nominee for President till 1856, when he would not vote for James Buchanan, because he saw very clearly the purpose of the extremists of the Cotton States, in their unreasonable demands and exactions in behalf of slavery. They only postponed the attempt to split the Democratic party then, because they thought they could have another lease of four years of pow er in which to cripple the Government and better prepare themselves to accomplish their purpose to destroy the Union and establish a Southern Confe deracy. Mr. Brough did not, _however, support Mr. Fremont. In the last Presidential election he was a Warm supporter of Mr. Douglas. To such men, who havabeen for years their political opponents, -the Republican leaders yield the highest offices of the State, and, indeed, nearly all. What could bet ter commend their patriotismt KEYSTONE. SING SING CONSECO.VATISM.—ImmediateIy upon the election of the Honorable Fernando Wood to the Speakership of the House of Representatives, it is understood that the policy of the Sing Sing conser vatives will be further illustrated by the , appoint. ment of Mr. Isaiah Ryndera as chaplain of the House, of Mr. McCunn as Chief Suatice of the Su prone Court of the 'United States, and of Mr. An drewa, now of Fort Lafayette, as Chief of the Me tropolitan Police. When Mr. Wood is elected Speaker, his " conservative" friend, Mr. John B. Floyd will be called to the head of the 'United States Treasury in place Of Mr Chase; General irxxm 1017.23.70. 1= 0 11.3EOL'U. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) THE WAR PRR93 will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at 52 50 Throe copies • " 500 Five copies " " SOO Tea copies " .. 1.5 00 Larger Chiba than Ten will be charged at the same rate, 51.50 per copy. The money/ =Net Ether:We accompany the order, ana In no instance can then terms be deviated from. ae they afford very little more than the cost of the paper. Wig - Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for THE WAR PRESS. Air* To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twenty. ea extra copy of the Paper willbe given. Meade will be superseded in Virginia by the " con aervative" General Robert E. Lee ; and Mr. Val landigham will be made Secretary of War. These will be but the first steps of the Sing Sing pro gramme for the restoration of peace to the country, and of dignity, unity, and perpetuity to the national Government—Harper's 'Weekly. " Lounger," of Harper's if y, says "The letter of James Buchanan to Jefferson Davis, dated March 16, 1850, and lately made puklic, is a striking illustration of the servile obsequiousness of the Northern political allies of the alaveholders who governed this country until two years ago: The cringing, fawning, supplicating, shivering,- slobber ing tone of this letter is that of an eastern slave ad dressing a despot. It makes the disdain of the master respectable. How could Jefferson Davis and his fellow-conspirators possibly persuade themselves• that a country which, at their bidding, could elect as President such a craven tool as they knew Bu chanan to be, would even try to resist the fate which they, with his connivance, had prepared for the country? The sole aim of this ,man was to pro pitiate the alaveholding class.. His only desire was to impress a scornful Southern leader with the con viction that he was "more Southern than the South." He knew no country but " the South." He knew nothing to be served but slavery. He was grateful if he might pander to it, and he thanked his. masters humbly for the wages of a pimp. " Don't' chastise me," he cries ; " I have always worked: for you ; I went to Congress in December, 1821, and I have always done more for you than any other man. To be sure, when I was very young I was once so excited as not to be responsible, and I did happen to be put upon a committee to do something that was honorable. But I humbly beg your pardon. On my knees I swear to you that I didn't mean it. Cameron is a scamp for betraying me. Just see how consistently base I have been ever since ! Please honor me by reading the speech I send, which, being utterly mean, vvhoify pleases me." And what Bu chanan said in 1850 the Copperheads say now, in the . same spirit and for the same purpose. This was the . man who succeeded Franklin Pierce as President. After the two, civil war or national death was inevitable. The Wellsboro Agitator mays : With unremit ting labor, we can elect Andie Curtin by a majority of 30,010. Without labor we can have nothing that is worth having. Every loyal man must off coat and, up sleeves. The election of Curtin and Agnew will not be less damaging to the rebellion than was the fall of Vicksburg. Pennsylvania must be snatched from the vortex into which the Vallandigham- Wood ward faction is endeavoring to hurry it. It can and muit be rescued. PERSON L. The Confederate officer who is writing a de tailed account of what took place inside Port Hud son during its beleaguerment, says that when, on the 29th of June, the last quarter ration of beef had been given out to the troops, on the Ist of July, at the request of many officers, a wounded mule was killed and cut up for experimental eating. All those who partook of it spoke highly ,of the dish. The flesh of mules, the writer describes as being of a darker color than beef, of a finer grain, quite tender and juicy, and as having a flavor something between that of beef and venison. There waran immediate demand for this kind of food, and the number of mules killed by the commissariat daily increased. Some horses were also slaughtered, and their flesh was found to be very good eating, but not equal to mule. Rats, of which there were plenty about the deserted camps, were also caught by many offi cers and men, and were found to be quite a luxury; superior, in the opinion of those who ate them, to spring chicken. General Bowen, of the Confederate army, who died recently at Canton, Miss., was a native of Sa vannah, Georgia, and an gave of West Point, gra duating in the same class with young Jerome Bona parte, of Baltimore, now in the service of his cousin. Louis Napoleon. The two were much attached, and young Bonaparte more than once sought to in duce his classmate to become his brother in in the French army. Though a youth, he had the military enterprise of a veteran strategist. In his death the Confederates have lost one of the bravest, and mayhap the most promising of their young gene rals. Commander Geo. W. Rodgers, who was killed in front of Charleston, was a native of New York, but a citizen of Connecticut: There are three other officers of the name of Rodgers in the navy— Commander C. R. P. Rodgers, a native of New York, but appointed from Connecticut; Captain John Rodgers,-a native and citizen of Maryland, but appointed from the District of Columbia, and Lieut. Frederick Rodgers, of Maryland. —A. few days, since, as Mrs. George H. Cutter was riding over Nahant Beach, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. John S. Tyler, a boat, in which were two lads by the names of Phelps and Bush, upset. As no effort was made to save them by those stand ing around, Mrs. Cutter, divesting herself of her shawl and hat, entered the water, and pressing through the waves until she was nearly.beyond her depth, drew the lads to shore, both being insensible. It was a heroic act, and but for her daring there is no doubt two lives would have been sacrificed. Gottschalk; says the Post, is at Saratoga, where he gave a concert on Saturday evening. Colonel PercrWindham, who won distinction in Command of the Ist New Jersey Cavalry, is also at Saratoga. He has a wound unhealed in one of his limbs, and limps somewhat as he walks. The wives of General Banks and Senator Harlan are also at the springs. The latter has becoine noted for her attentions to the soldiers in hospitals and camps. She was with General Grant when Vicksburg surrendered, and went into the city, and saw the caves where the in habitants lived during the bombardment. Admiral. 'Wilkes has been staying for some days at the Cla rendon. Among the slain in Gen. Sibley's expedition was Lieut. John Seaver, a wealthy Englishman, a graduate of Oxford, and formerly an officer on the staff of Lord Raglan. He had come from England on a buffalo hunt in the Northwest, and took a no minal. position upon Gen. Sibley's staff to gratify his taste of adventure. Sent on a reconnoitring ser vice, he was caught in ambuscade and shot down with iron-headed arrows, the savages scalping him and hacking off one aide of his head while he Was yet alive. He leaves a splendid yacht and a large library in New York. The notorious Major Dick McCann, with a dozen of his men, has been brought into Nashville captive. He was captured by Captains Clifford and Mackey about thirty-one miles from that city. McCann was formerly a trooper under Morgan. Major General Foster and staff arrived in Bal timore one morning at eight o'clock, and left at seven o'clock P. M. The object of the flying visit of the General with his staff to Baltimore was the nuptials of one of their number. The New York correspondent of the Boston Saturday Eyening Gazette hears that there is no pro bability of Boucicault revisiting America, but that he proposes selling the real estate he owns in New York and elsewhere. One of the facts revealed by the information now being collected by the bureau of military sta tistics, at Albany, is that Major General William H. Halleck Is a native of 'Waterville, Oneida county, N. Y., and that.his grandfather, Jabez Halleck, now in his 103 d year, is still a resident of that town.— N. Y. Commercial. —The King of . Holland has just barely escaped a total smash in crossing the line of the Utrecht and Amsterdam Railway ; the horses of his carriage and part of the vehicle being swept off by an ex press train. The moat celebrated organist of Italy, Father Davide, ofpeigaino, died recently at Piacenza. Au Interesting Document. (From the Detroit Advertiser of August 18. The following interesting document, now in the possession of an officer of the 9th Michigan Infantry, was-found recently at Winchester (Tenn.), having been in the possession of the family of Mr. Turney, former United , States Senator from Tennessee. The agreement is in his handwriting. The signatures are all autographs: " We will avail ourselves of any and every means, which a majority of thase signing this paper may determine, to prevent MI admission of California as a State, unless her southern boundarybe reduced to 36 0 30', and, if California be admitted with the boundaries prescribed, that such admission be al lowed only after the people of California shall have assented thereto. This adrnissiorugasin s tidew -- if necessax,%p r -^ ,---- z —• • necsesEol.l.7,Air ,, A. P. Butler, -- D. R. Atchison, D. L. Yulee, Pierre, oule Jeff Davis, ~.. Jere Clemens, I J. M. Mason, _D.R. W. Barnwell, Jackson Morton, "Auousx 2, 1850." On the back of this paper was endorsed the follow ing, in Mr. Turney?s handwriting: August—Mr. bould moved that we resist by all parliamentary means the passage of the bill ; and the vote stood as' follows : for the motion were Pdesers. Davis, Turney, Soule, Morton, Yulee-5 ;, against it were Messrs. Barnwell, Butler, Mason, Minter, Atchison-5. Lost by a tie vote." The reader familiar with the debates of that day, will recall the circumstances under which the above.- pledge was probably made. The Southern leaders, as is well known, were opposed to the admission of, California as a free State, contending that it would break the balance of power, which had so carefully been maintained in keeping the number of free and slave States equal, and thus endanger •the rights of the South. It became apparent, how-. ever. that California could not be kept out of. , the Union, and that it must come In as a free_ State. An effort was`made by the amendment of Senator Foote, of Mississippi, to fix the southern boundary of that State on the line of 36 deg. so min., with the intention of organizing the Territory of Colorado south of that line, and subsequently bringing this in as a slave State. The above secret agreement shows how clearly the leading Southern men saw that freedom was getting, the aavantage, and how desperately they were prepared. to .resist. As is well known, they utterly failed. We should say that Mr. Foote was willing the State should be . admitted • with the boundaries she presented, and the division made afterwards. Dlr.. Davis op._ posed this, and, advocated the division before the admission contending that after admission the whole Territorywould come under the operation of the Wilmot proviso. It will be seen that- Foote's, name is not appended to the above. This secret, agreement is now doubtless brought to light for the. fast time. Smoking in Cars. To the Editor of The Press: Sin : It is gratifying to. have this annoyance. brought before the public,. An. ma:image took . place on an afternoon last week, which shows that shepractice is not con Fined to the platform. 'V hitst on the on e.horse car running from, Twenty. third and South to Gray's Ferry tkres.inen got in, one of whom had a cigar in his mouth, and having takes hie coat off, deliberately spread himself out to enjoy a good time, without the Slightest dtgapt probation on the part of tloa conductor. Upon ree turning a like irregularity was permitted, I am, sir, yourrtruly,
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