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French Opiniion on Olexico.
As might have been anticipated, the con
-quest of the capital of the Mexican Republic
has excited the liveliest interest in Paris.
This IS manifested in three distinct ways:
in newspaper articles, in pamphlets, and in
conversation. Of the last, only a murmur
can reach ; hut newspapers and pain'
j)hlets are tangible realities, the contents of
which, as the old adage says, "lie who
runs may read."
There is nothing like unanimity of opinion
on the Mexican question. The Emperor
Itaroißms is puffed up, by his own organ's,
as having shown himself a 'second Cmseut
in Mexico—though the parallel is not exact
1y after the manner of PLTITARCII, seeing that
Czasmt did not fight by RiOxy, and that Mar
shal FOREY'S twenty-one months' delay be
French arrival at Vera Cruz and
the French capture of Puebla, does not bear
the slightest resemblance to the rapid " Veni,
vidi, vici," of the great Roman. The Em
press, who has a journal of her own, and is
intensely pro• Papal, exults in the prospect
of the property and power of the Church
bei n g undiminished in Mexico, in conse
quence of the interference of the French.
Lastly, Prince IiAPOLF,ON's L' Opinion ilra
-donate quietly ridicules the : idea of making
a second Rome of the city of Mexico, by
keeping fifteen to twenty thous-old soldiers
in occupation of it,—of "giving France an
American India to he governed and exploited
as England governs and exploits Asiatic
India,”—and of drifting into a war with the
United States on account of that occupa
' tion. It estimates that French intervention
in Mexico has cost 300,000,000 francs (sixty
million dollars), and says it is better to lose
this, by bringing back the French troops
tend French flag, as soon as possible, rather
than expend a thousand million francs to get
back the three hundred millions.
The number of pamphlets and other bro
chures--geographical, histdrical, and topo
graphiCal--lately published in Paris, about
'Mexico, is great. The _Reader, a literary
journal of high character which is rapidly
supplanting the one-sided Atheneum in
England, thus sums up the leading items of
information which it has been able to col
lect, with much labor, from some scores of
these ephemeral productions. It says;
"Ever since Mexico, fourteen years after
CORTEZ'S conquest, received her - first vice
hing:(VIREINADO DE NUEvA- EsFANNA), she
has always been ruled by-'a strong and iron
rule. The Spanish dominion, represented
by sixty-three viceroys in all, lasted exactly
'three hundred years—from Augnst, 1521,
when CORTEZ took possession of the capi
tal, until 1821, when (again in August) Don
JuArr O'Dorcorir signed with ITURBIDE the
treaty of independence in Cordoba. What
ever Mexico has still to show of great
works and inner resources, :dates from
that dark, heavy, but great period. After
forty-two years of transition it now stands,
one of the purest and best of her Presidents.
BErrrro JuArrEz, having fled, at the grave
of her independence,' as one of her last
Presidents has foretold would be the case
ere long. It would have fallen out differ
-ently -if FERDINAND VII. had accepted and
maintained the imperial crown offered to
him at Cordoba ; but a Spanish Bourbon
was not, it appears, the right man in the
right place. Thus . the liberated people
staggered from 'the Regency' (1821), to
the Empire' (1823),, which was followed
by a Provisional Government' (1823-
1824), a 'Federal Republic' (Oct 1824),
a Republican Central Government''(lB37.
41), and the Dictatorship' of SANTA.
ANNA, which again was succeeded by the
' Central Government' (1844), the 'Fe
deral : Republic' (1840), and the ' Se
cond DiCtatorship of SANTA ANNA''
(1853). Expelled in 1855, SANTA ANNA
made room for JUAN ALVAREZ, who again
was sUpplanted, in rapid succession, by
COMONFORT, JUAREZ, ZULUAGA, MIRAMON,
and again JUAREZ. Of this same Mexico,
BITTER" says that no. spot on our planet is
better situated for the highest civilization of
mankind, and that early or late it must, de
velop the highest culture of the _human
race;' and Don LUCAS ALAMAN concludes
his f.llistoria de Mexico' .(1852) with
thesb' 'Mexico will, doubtless, be
come a pro,sperous land, because its natural
resources qualify it for. this ; but it will not
reach this goal under the races which inha
bit it at present. Whoever,' he adds, has
been, in Mexico, and knows that magnifi
cent country, its people, and circumstances,
will join with us in the fervent wish that the
- providentitil SALVADOR may soon come
-across the sea."
What sort of a political saviour Napo
LEON may prove remains to be developed.
With MAxymmAN, of Austria, as his Vice
roy in Mexico, kept • there by French bayo
nets; he would seem to be repeating his
uncle's policy of nominating rulers, nomi
nally sovereigns, who would yet be his vas--
sals, to all intents and purposes. < We must
still doubt England's viewing French policy
in Mexico with friendly eyes, and still ap
prehend that this may break up the compact
allianoe, quite as soon as it was established
at first.
The Massacre In Kansas.
There is something stern in the order we
Fprinted yesterday, in reference to the mas
-sacre in Kansas. The general commanding
the district directs all persons living in
Jackson, Cass, and Bates counties, of Mis
souri, with the exception of those immedi
ately surrounding the towns and settlements,
to remove from their present places of resi
dence, Within fifteen days. No exception is
made to the order. Those who are loyal,.
and make affidavits of loyalty, will be per
to remove to any military station in
- Missouri or Kansas ; but those who do not
will have no other alternative than to emi
grate to the Southern Confederacy. It is
further ordered, that all grain,in these coun
ties be taken to the various' military eta
lions, and district headquarters, where it
, will be received and paid for. All grain,
however, found after the oth of Septe,mber,
- will be destroyed. The district thus sub
jected to general depopulation lies on the'
borders of Missouri, forming a strip of terri
tory that runs from the 3lissouri river,
‘southward to the Osage river, and
is about eighty miles in length. It
is one of the most thrifty and prosperous
districts of Missouri, and contains a number
of flourishing towns and settlements. It
embraces what might be called "the Border
Ruffian District," so Celebrated in the time
of the Kansas troubles, as the rendezvous
of the pro-slavery bands that came from
the South and attempted by force to inter-
Care with the peaceful settlement of free-
State men. Since 1854 has been in
tensely pro•slavery, and 'when the war be
,gan its sympaLlty was manifested with the
South. In these C,_ , unties, and, indeed, in
other counties in the - kl.wer part of the,
State, General PRICE recruito the bands
that went with him to Arkansas. 37 Ye gue
rillas made it their home, and, until appa't2ed
by the terror of the military power, they
-succeeded in causing a universal feeling of
dread. Robberies were frequent, and the
trains of the Government were often plan-
tiered and their escorts murdered and taken
„captive, The country has been so much
, •occupied with the doings of the army else
-where that the troubles on the western fron
tier of Missouri were neglected or forgotl;en.
A'strange apathy crept over our friends in
- Kansas, and on a clay of fancied security
- and ,comfort, QUANTRELL, a leadina Bor
der Ruffian, with a bandbf his Confederates,
made a midnight assault upon Lawrence,
and massacred its inhabitants. As an , act
, of punishment, the order to which we refe r
bait •been • issued. We know that such an
order is a terrible thing, and can only be
justified by extreme crimes or extreme dan'-
gers. In this the danger and the crime
both demand it. As we have said - before,
the massacre of QUANTRELL is a deed that
no military necessity can justify. He may
have been in the interest of the Southern Con
federacy, but we trust, even for the credit of
this most infamous rebellion, that such is not
ate ease. QUANTRELL and his fellow mur
derers should not be permitted to claim the
shelter of any military power. They should
be made outlaws upon the face of the earth,
and if the authorities of the rebellion throw'
over them their protection we should inflict
retaliation upon the rebels in our midst. A.s
it is, the present order is terrible enough,
and if executed, vengeance may welt be
satisfied.
The Late General Welsh.
Among the many persons who, during
the present rebellion, have laid their lives on
the altar of their copntry, none will be more
regretted by those who know him than the
late Brig. Gen. Tnomns WE Lsa. He was
born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and at the
time of his, death was about forty years of
age. He served as a private in the Mexican
war, and for gallant conduct at the battle, of
Buena Vista was promoted to a lieute
nancy. To the day of his death he bore
the scar of a serious wound he received in
that memorable engagement. Shortly after
the breaking out of the present rebellion, he
eve up his lucrative business, and again
entered the service of his country as haute
Dant colonel of the 45th - Pennsylvania Re,gi
ment. He was subsequently promoted to
the colonelcy of the regiment, and last win
ter was made a brigadier general. In the
latter capacity he took part in the siege of
Vicksburg, and that be did his duty well,
those who were under hint bear ample, tes
timony. He died suddenly at Cincinnati on
the 14th inst., from fever contracted on the
Mississippi, and was buried in his native
place on. Tuesday, the 18th inst. general
WaLsir was respected as a citizun, admired
as a patriot, and beloved as a husband and
father. He sustained a familiarity . with his
men which secured their esteem, and at the
same time was strict in the enforcement of
discipline. He died as he lived, a lover of
his country, and his memory will be.che
rished as that of a hero who sacrificed his
life in the effort to crush this unholy rebel
lion.,
THE FOLLOWING gloomy and terrible pic
ture will, it is whispered, be incorporated
in a forthcoming address of Mr. CLEMENT
L. VALLANDIGHANI to the Ohio Democracy,
as a faithful picture of the present condition
of the country. It is a ghastly production.
PEALE'S "Court of Death'' is exalted into
a marvel of bewildering beauty in compari
spn with it : " A brimstone moment flasheg
sacrifices, and derision mocks at truth. Se
pulchral ghosts hug madness with a crawny
power. Bones leave flesh, and crimp the
vitals. Hags suck blood, and mark fresh
game. A yawning chasm laps pale agony,
and lunatics grasp, clutch, and stagger
under frenzied influences. Back stagger
dungeons ! Vamp the flame with hill-tops of
volcanic ashes. Sour, stale, sad silence
scars sardonic Samsons. Crush, hope,
stamp villainy, away sorrow, and o'erleap
the heaviest evidences of unknown exist
ence." We are not disposed toquestion
Mr. VALLANDIGIUM'S literary abilities, but
we assure him that if he attempts to palm
off the above paragraph upon his constitu
ents, as an emanation of his own mind, his
plagisrism will most certainly be exposed,
and he will be doomed to suffer shame and
disappointment. We assert, without fear of
contradiction, that Mr. VALLANDIGHAM did
not write the words we have quoted. They
are original with ." Dr. J. W. FRANCIS, an
American," and may be found in a new
sensation novel, entitled "Inside Out,"
just published -in London, and noticed in
the Athenceum, the repository of all literary
good things. Very likely, after this deve
lopment of his pet project, Mr. VALLANDIG
HAM will abandon the idea of issuing another
address, for his main purpose, when he en
tertained it, was undoubtedly to avail him
self of the scintillating genius of Dr. J. W.
FRAN cis, American.
THE SYMPATHIZERS are nervously appre:
heusive lest the Administration may confer
the privilege of the elective franchise upon
the free negroes of the North. It is singu
lar that . the sympathizers are so oblivious of,
the fact that free negroes were permitted to
vote in. the slave State of North Carolina
until the amendment of the Constitution in
1835, when a prohibition was adopted. In
the debate in Congress upon the admission
of Minnesota into the Union, Senator
DOUGLAS asserted, without contradiction
from the North Carolina Senators present,"
that a distinguished slaveholder of North
Carolina having been made a candidate for
the State Legislature, emancipated a large
number of his negroes, so that they could
vote -for him. It was right, in the Demo
cratic view, to have free negro voters in a
slave State ; it was right enough, in the De
mocratic view, to have all the negro slaves
of all the slave States represented in Con
gress. But when it comes to the question
Nether they shall be entitled to the same
representation in the free States, it i not
right, in the Democratic view 1
Timm is no English writer on American
affairs who has been more uniformly just to
America than Mr. RUSSELL, of the Times,
and now the publisher of the London Army
and Navy Gazette. Occasionally severe, and
sometimes tempted to injustice by the desire
to point a paragraph, he has hesitated
to speak kindly of America whenever the
opportunity occurred. In the last number
of his paper received, he sums up the results
of the various American campaigns, and says
that "it requires philosophy, metaphysics,
historical parallels, and immense faith to be
lieve that the. South can continue her resist
ance to the North in the field, or preserve
her States from the sway of Washington pro
consuls." What is thus said by Mr. Rus-
SELL is gradually becoming the opinion of
the English nation generally. Success is
the surest argument, and we find one good
victory does more to strengthen the' cause
than any appeal that truth or justice _can
make.
IT WAS slavery that caused the present
war ; but it was not merely "theslavery of
Southern negroes. To a very great extent
it was the slavery of Northern white men—
the slavery of prejudice, of ignorance, and
of blind partisanship. The war for the
Union has emancipated the Southern slaves.
To completely fulfil its mission, it must like
wise emancipate the political serfs of the.
North. The latter species" of servitude
is quite as degrading as the former,
and quite as dangerous to the integrity of
the Union. Until the spirit of faction is
eradicated, and more liberal views take the
place of the stale political aphorisms, to
which ignorance and prejudice too long
have pimied their faith, the people will
never be truly free ; and if the people them
selves are not free, how can they expect a
free Government to endure ? There must
be emancipation in the North as well as in
the South, -er the struggle between light
and darliness, truth and error, freedom and
slavery, will be an eternal one.
By THE AUTHORITY of the Government,
Gen. MEREDITH has nearly completed, with
representatives of the rebel leaders, a cartel
for the general exchange of prisoners The
whole country will share , in our satisfaction,
that the humane efforts of the Administra
tion are at last crowned with success. By this
act Ahousands of brave men, who have long
languished in Southern :prisons, will be re
stored to liberry. The war loses something
44' its stern character by this concession to
mercy, but upon the side of the Govern
mutt, at least, nothing of its steady purpose.
It will be especially gratifying, if, as we
infer it will, the cartel should practically
decide all questions of retaliation. The
firm position taken by the Government in
regard to the threatened exeCution of CaP
tains SAWYER' and FLYNN has had good
effect. Ilad the Richmond a.uthorities slain
these prisoners of war, and had 'General
LEE and Captain WINDER been 'executed
in retaliation, a precedent would• have been
dstablished for unknown evil. The black
flag has not been raised by the rebels, and
all pretext for giving such an outragevto the
winds is-removed.
TRH STATEMENT of the Toronto _Leader
that Mr. ARCHIBALD, the British consul, has
knowledge of a plot to place Canada in the
power of the United States, and that he has
informed the British Government of the
Facts, is positively denied by that gentlemaa.
The report is entirely without foundation.
The attempts to create a Canadian excite
ment arc not very successful.
A Bit or Nepotisia.
Sir JAMES HUDSON, who may be remem
bered as British Secretary of Legation at
Washington'several years ago, and has been
itish Minister at Turin since January, 1852,
where be rendered good service to the sacred
cause of freedom during the Italian war,
was confessedly one of the best diplomatists
in the service of Queen VICTORIA. Without
any cause assigned, he has been dismissed
from the'ltalian Embassy by Earl RussaLL,
Foreign Secretary of England, who has ap
pointed the Hon H. J. ELLtoT as his suc
cessor. The principal, if not the only
claim of this person to any office whatever
consists in his sister being Earl Russeaa.'s
wife. Mr. ELLIOT is the Earl of Minto's
son. 'The salary of the mission into which
he has dropped so easily is $25,000 per an-
MIDI. The English nation takes some ;jobs
very coolly, but is very indignant with Lord
RUSSELL, who pretended to be a jurist in
office, thus turning out an efficient public
servant In order to provide a nest for his
own brother-in-law. If he had done this
while Parliament was in session he and the
Ministry would not have heard the last of
this jobbery for along time. Of course, he
hopes that, by next January, when Parlia
ment is to meet again, the whole will have
been forgotten.
Im ra a common trick with disloyal news
papers to make false premises the basis of
conclusions reflecting upon the honesty or
ability of the Administration. The New
YOl'k World yesterday contained the follow
ing illustration of this species of partisan
tactics: "The substitution of the musket
for the ballot in Delaware and Kentucky has
led many thinking men to anticipate and
roar that it is the intention of the party in
power to perpetuate its hold 'upon office by
the same or similar unscrupulous means,
`and by means of the army to prevent elec•
tions or control their result if not, indeed to
inaugurate an avowed military despotism."
In the first place, it is not true, as here al
leged, that the musket was substituted for
the ballot in Delaware and Kentucky, so
that the inference that the party in power is
endeavoring "to inaugurate an avowed
military despotism" falls to the ground.
And in the second place, it has not been a
fortnight since tlte same World which pub
lished the above paragraph, contended that
the ballot in Kentucky was a rebuke to " the
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party in power . There are various spe
cies of consistency, but this consistency is
the most unique and versatile we have ever
heard of.
Tau Boston Courier attempts to show
that the " Abolitionists" have never con
ferred any substantial benefit upon the negro
race in this country, and that the surest
method of ameliorating its condition, is by
encouraging Liberian colonization. But,
says the Gov:pier, "The difficulty of difficul
ties in all this is really not that the return of
the negroes to Africa is impossible, but that
there is no political capital in the idea." If
theie is no "'political capital" in the idea,
how comes it that the Courier is so earnest
in its advocacy ? ,
A NEW YORIC journal speaks of Mr. WIL
LIAM CORNELL JEWETT as the ally and
coadjutor of Mr. GREELEY, in his attempts
to persuade the Poweis of Europe to inter
vene in American affairs. We are afraid
that our cotemporary does Mr. GREELEY
WO much honor.• Mr. JEWETT says he de
termined to return to Europe to re-urge
international action, " and through the act
vice of J. G. BENNETT, Esti., concluded,"
&c. Prom this we must understand "J. G.
BENNETT, Esq.," is the accomplice, friend,
and instigator of JEWETT, and that
, the
scheme of the eonfrel'es is only another of
the many plans of the Herald to assist the
South.
THE PROCEEDINGS of the National Union
City Convention, yesterday, were honorable
to the intelligence and patriotism of the
delegates. The Convention is evidently
impressed with the necessity;of making good
nominations, and its business is conducted
with dignity and earnestness. We remem
ber no City Convention equal to this in re
spectability, ability, and conscientiousness.
the nomination of WILLIAM TAYLOR, M.
D., of the Tenth ward, for Coroner, is for
tunate for the city. His election will give
the public a faithful and intelligent officer.
A GENTLE .6..xlumumsrs.—The Lebanon
Com-ler, a Democratic newspaper in this
State, haViug run short of " copy," recently
published in one column a portion of the
Gospel of St. Luke, and in the next column
J\ T ALLANDIGICAIes Address to the Ohio De
mocracy ! It was a beautiful and touching
idea! • "
THE THEATRICAL SEASON at the Acade
my of Music will be successful, if merit in
sures success, for Mr. CLARKE has secured
a very good company, including several
artists of no, ordinary quality. That Mr.
EDWIN BOOTH will take good care of Mel
pomene, all who.know his love for that lady,
and how well he has gained her favor, may
be assured. If Mr. CLARICE. wishes to con
firm the success already obtained, it is easily
done. He has -only to announce upon the
bills the name of illctjor Wellington De Boots.
An Opinion from Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
on the Conscription Law.
The Lancaster Express publishes the following
opinion of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, in regard to the
effect of the payment of the $3OO commutation by a
drafted man, which sets forth the law of the case in so
clear a light that we cannot see why there should be
any conflict of opinion on that point. The conclusion
arrived at is not only law but it is common sense ;
and laws ought certainly to be construed in accord
mace with common sense:
LANCASTER, August 27,1.863
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens:
E DEAR Sin': Different decisions have been made
under the 13th section• of the "Act for Enrolling and
Calling out the Nagional Forces," as to the effect of
the payment of the $3OO commutation ; in the uncer
tainty so caused, may I ask you for your opinion as
to what the taw of the case is?
What is the'ettect of the payment of the $3OO com
mutation, and for what lengthof time does such pay
ment exempt the person payingl
Yours respectfully, EDWARD REILLY.
LANCASTER, August 27,
DEart. Stu: In answer to your inquiry, my
opinion is that the payment of the $3OO commuta
tion and the furnishing a substitute have precisely
the same effect. Either of them frees the drafted
man from further draft for three - years. He is in
effect in service, either by himself or another. The
payment of $3OO makes the Government his agent
to procure a substitute. The Government has con
sented to act as such agent. The law says he may
"on or before the day fixed for his appearance fur
nish an acceptable substitute, or pay such sum not
exceeding $2OO for the procuration of such substi
tute, and thereupon the pereon furnishing the sub
stitute, orpaying the money, shall be discharged from
further liability under that draft," No one doubts
that furnishing a substitute excuses for three years.
To give a _different effect to the payment of the
commutation seems to me little less than an absur
dity. It is a very mischievous misconstruction,
which, if need be, I have no douht, Congress will
correct. TH A DDETJ. STEVE NS.
ED. REILLY, Esq.
A Blockade Runner—A Rebel Steanier
Sunk.
Nr.w YORK, August 21. —The Arago reports that
when off Cape Lookout she chased a blockade run
ner, but lost sight of her in a heavy squall and fog.
The Port Royal New South has a paragraph stating
that the rebel steamer Everglade, with a cargo of
cotton and a large number of passengers, including
a full complement of officers for the new pirate
craft at Nassau, has been lying for several weeks
up the Savannah river. On the night of the 2lst
she attempted to sun out, but was overhauleg and
sunk near Tybee Island. Twenty-two ofi her pas
sengers and crew were captured ; the rest escaped.
Among those captured were several embryo pirates,
whose uniforms were thickly studded with gold
lace, stars, anchors, &c.
Capture of a Mississippi Steamer by the
Rebels.
LEXINGTON, Mo., August 7,—The steamer Live
Oak was captured last night at Berndt by a small
gang of guerillas who, after taking off several
cases of boots and robbing the passengers of $7OO,
allowed the boat to proceed. •
Wreck ,of the Ship Sunnyside.
PLYNOTJTII, ,Mass.,> August Dl—The British
schooner Loyalist put in here today from Havana,
bound to Boston, being in a leaky condition!.
She reports having on board the crew of the ship
S'unnyside, from Cienfuegos for Philadelphia, which
was wrecked on Colorado reef.
Wreck of the Ship Minor.
Asry DAY, via SACKVILLE, Blaine, August 26.
Thee hip minor, from Yarmouth, N. S., to Quebec,
in ballast, was wrecked on the south side of St.
PauPs Island on Sunday niorning, in a gale The
crew were saved, but the ship is a total loss.
Tne Siege of Charleston.
Naw'Y mu, August 27.—The French war.steamer
Xlphon, from off Charlestonsm Sunday, reports the
siege of Charleston still progressing at that time.
Foit Sumpter was a heap of ruins, but had not yet
surrendered.
Prisoners to be Exchanged.
WAsxmcvrow, August f.'7.—General Meredith
telegraphy that negotiations are pending for an ex
change of prisoners ; and that in course of a few
days arrangements will be completed to insure the
speedy discharge of all our prisoners in the hands of
the rebels.—Evening Post. ,
PRESS. PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1863.
THE
THE STATES IN ,REBELLION.
Startling Letter fronAtibert Tooib s
RE DECLARES THE CONFEDERACY BANK-
The National and. Rebel Cirreney Compared.
United States 'Notes at a Discount of Less
The Confederate Currency at More than
REBEL SYSTEM INSUPPORTABLE.
[Special Deepaioh to The Press.]
WASHINC4 TON, August 27.—The Chronicle hiss're•
oeived the Georgia Con-slitutionalist of the 21th of
August, containing a letter from ROTtElta Toosrns,
late Senator of the United States and late rebel Sec
retary of State. It is undoubted and startling evi
denee of the utter bankrirptcy and failure of the
Confederrloy. He boldly exposes the wickedness
and corruption of the managers of the bogus Go.
vernment, and says that the whole rebellion is rotten,
useless, and winked. The laws are weak, and the
rulers oppressive, and a starving community are
impoverished and plundered. I quote the follow
ing remarkable paragraph:
“Can I say more to expose the boundless folly of
our present financial system? The history of the
currency of our enemies, since the beginning of this war,
ishumiliating to us. Either had foreign credits. Both
had powerful and established Etate 'Governments to
back Them. We were united in favor of the war.
. - •
They were divided. They have kept twice the number
of men in the field that we have, upon hitifthe money, and
paid their sof dit'rs better than we itavei = Tyr frf 4 M
notes sell at a discount of less than thirtyper cent; ours
at more than ONE THOUSAND, The reason-is `solely
that their Government has bette! usideratood and
more firmly adhered to the true_principles of cur.
reney than one. In all else we had the advantage.”
Toombs proceeds, and says that taxation, rigid
comprehension, and loans, are the only ways by
which sound currency can be obtained. He thus
concludes: •
ti We must act, and Mai quickly. 'The puldic interest
and public safety will no longer allow delay. — Our pre
sent system is utterly insupportable. It ill upsetting the
very foundations of private rights ; daily weaken
ing public confidence in our cause at home and
abroad ; cowing among the people dangerous dis-
contents, which are daily 'deepening and widening.
Patriotism demands that all good men should unite
to correct this evil.",
Special Despatches to The Press,
WiLEMNEITON, Augußt 2, MS.
Army of the Potomac— Postponement of
the Banging of Deserters.
Advises from the Army of the Potomac state that
the execution of the five deserters of the 118th Penn-
Sylvania Regiment has been postponed until Satur
day, in accordance with a desire of some of them to
be allowed further time for spiritual preparation.
Presentation of a Sword to Gen. Meade.
Governor CURTIN, and several- prominent mem
bers of the Republican party of Pennsylvania, ar
rived here to-night. Among others were WArmit
IVlcVmaccm, chairman of the State. Central Commit
tee, Hon. A. R. RicOr.una, District Attorney Wm - .
B. MANN, and 1 1 1011.TON . M.CMICHAECL, ESQ., of Phi-
ladelphia.
The Governor will
.go to the Army of the Poto
mac tomorrow morning, accompanied by a number
of general officers and others, to participate in the
presentation of a sword to Major Gen. Mating by
the Pennsylvania Reserves.
The Navy Department to•day received from Ad
miral DAHLGREN a speciinen of a rebel torpedo. It
is four feet in length, tapering from the main body,
which is about a yard in circumference. A sinker
and float are attached. The removal of the percus
pion cape has rendered the powder inside harmless.
Commodore THATCHER has received preparatory
,orders to command the frigate Colorado, vice Cap
fain GoLosnonorron, detached, and ordered North.
Captain Joan DECAMP has been ordered to corn
mend the steam frigate Wabash. Commander ARM
STRONG has received preparatory orders to command
the steam sloop San Jacinto, vice COM. FRBINGER,
detached, end waiting orders. '
Commander MACOMI3 has been detached from the
command of the Genesee, and ordered to return
North. Commander NEWCOMB hes been ordered to
command the gunboat Tioga. Commander COLLINS
has been detached from the command of the Oeto
rare, and ordered to return North. Commander
CLARY has been detached from the Tioga, and or
dered to return North. Commander RFUND has been
detached from the command of the Wabagh, and or
dered to command the gunboat.'-Pontiac`.`Com
mander BANRHEAD has been detached from the
command of the Florida, and /ia waiting orders.
Comniander HOWELL has.been detached from special
duty at New York, and ordered to command the
lEetacomet. Commander LEROY has received pre
paratory orders to command the sloop-of-afar Oneida.
Lieut. Commander WALTER W. Quenti has been
detached froMordnance duty iii the North Atlantic
blockading squadron, and ordered to command the
steamer Florida. Lieut. Commander War. W. Low
has been ordered to command the gunboat Octorara.
Lieut. CoMmander GRAFTON'S order to command
the Sagamore has been revoked, and he has been or
dered to command the guntoat Genesee.
The President, General HALLECK, and the Secre
tary of War were engaged, yesterday, in filling the
appointments to the Military Academy at West
Point from the rebel States. Nest of the appoint.
meets will, of course, come from the North and
West. Thtapplicanta for this patronage .are legion
in number.
Captain HUNTER, of the 13th Virginia (rebel) Re
giment, and four men of the rebel topographical
corps of engineers, were captured on Monday by
our cavalry, in King George county, while engaged
in making a survey.
Foraging on Private Property Prohibited.
The organized bands of depredators in the army,
whore custom it has been to forage on private ac
count upon the impoverished inhabitants of the
surrounding country, have nearly all been broken
up by the prompt and stringent measures inaugu
rated by the present provost marshal.
The Five—Twenty Bonds.
There is authority for saying that the delay in the
delivery of the five-twenty bonds to subscribereis
owing mainly to the riots in New York, which pre
vented the engraver from furnishing the plates for
the third series within the stipulated time. The
plates have been delivered, and it is believed that
within ten days all the arrearages of deliveries will
be brought up, and that they will thenceforward
keep full pace with the subscription.
Unauthorized. Sutlers and Pedlers.
The Provost Marshal has in confinement about
thirty unauthorized sutlers and pedlere, who 'have
found their way into our lines unauthorized, with.
opt passes, Such pppiprqq3.9.y htretofore a' ,- au the
. .. r .artment, much trouble, but hereafter' 171:4 , will
be dealt with summarily.
The Supply of Newspappr:s to the Army.
The mail arrangements, as organized by General
PATRICK, Provost Marshal General, and executed
by Lieut. DAVID B. PORTER, Superintendent, are as
nearly perfect 'as possible. The daily newspapers,
under the contract made by .Mr. LAMEARE, are
promptly received and distributed throughout the
camps. Under the present arrangement, reading
matter is hot confined to any locality, or political
class, but the humble private can obtain the paper
or Lis choice by giving notice of such desire to the
nearest army newspaper agent: The contractor is
bound to procure and deliver it, if accessible, to the
newspaper dealers. • • -
Opinions of the Pickets.
Both our own and the pickets of the rebel army
below hold friendly intercourse daily, but no intel
ligence of importance has been obtained through
that channel. The latter generally think that the
heavy fighting in Virginia is over for this season.
While no offensive operations have : taken place
daring the recent warm weather, our cavalry, under
General PLEASANTON, have been . constantly on the
alert, engaged in scouting, reconnoitring and pick
eting. Not a day has passed which has not added to
the list of rebel prisoners... Some Of these captures
have been of an important character.
FAVORABLE REPORTS FROM
REBEL SOURCES.
The Fall of Charleston Fi - edieted—Lee
Defeated by Meade-HSuccessfal Advance
of Burnside's Army.
STEVENSON, Ala., August 27.—A part of Geneva
Wilder's force met thirty rebels at Hanover to-day,
killed two and captured three of them. The latter
state that the Chattanooga Rebel of yesterday pre
dicts the fall of Charleston. It also states that Lee
has been defeated by 11Ieade, - and learns that Burn•
side's advance, after a short engagement, whipped
Forrest's force.
Gen. Bragg's army is repelled to be mowing to
Atlanta, Georgia. •
Death of Mrs. Admiral_ Voote.
NEW HAvwx, August 27.—The widow of Admiral
Foote died here last evening.
=SAN FRANCISCO, August 27.—The Los Angeles
papers continue to publish flattering accounts from
the newly discovered mining regions situated one
hundred and fifty miles east of Fort iTahone and
leo miles north of Gila river, in a region of country
watered by the San Francisco, Salt Puerto, and
lingua rivers. The mines extend over 160 miles in
length by 30 miles in width. A large number of
miners aro flocking thitherward fr,om the southern
counties of dalifornia.
More than five hundred - were at' work three weeks
ago.
The steamer Sierra Nevada has arrived from' the
northern coast; bringing $177.000 in treasure from
Oregon, and $163,000 from British ColumbiaLbesidea
$lOO,OOO in the hands [of passengers from other
places.
The Bellmvs Falb, nines understands thatifon.
Lucius B. Peck, of Montpelier, one of the .ablest
Democrats of Vermont, entirely disapproves of- the
Vallanclisham platform, and that he will probably
rote the Union State ticket,
DIIPT AND DISSOLUTE.
than 35 per cent.
1,000 per rent.
NVILSIIIIV4GM'aN".
The Navy.
West Point.
Capture of• Rebel Officers.
Operations : of the Cava'lrk.
California.
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
Fort Efflupter a Pile of Rubbish.
GRIND ,ATTACK. TO BE MADE ON MONDAY,
THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE CITY,
BEAUREGARD ASKS FOR A TRUCE.
GEN. GILMORE DEMANDS AN UN-
CONDITIONAL SURRENDER
rerat a'roluible lin Charleston,
Draw-Yortz, August 27.—The steamer Arago, from
Charleston Bar on the 26th, arrived here to-day.
The following despateh is from C. E. Fulton, edi
tor of the Baltimore American:
OFF MORRIS IBLAND,' Aug 24, Noon —On Saturn
dap at midnight, Admiral Dalklgren, with five moni
tors, advanced in the darkness on Fort Sumpter,
opening fire at three o'clock, and keeping it up until
nix o'clock.
A dense fog then arose, which shut outthe fort
frets view,
The fort, during the five hours , fire upon it, was
struck over a hundred times, the balls tearing
through the sea wall, and doubling the number of
port-holes. The whole parapet was also carried
away.
No signals were given until the whole. fleet open
ed, and then the fire was one of the most terrific
descriptSon. Sumpter ilred one gun in response five
timer, but Moultrie, Gregg, and Beauregard, for
three hours, rained shell on the monitors, failing to
ist
do the any harm. The monitors were struck seven
or eight times, but no one was injured.
Sumpter is defunct, and an immense pile of rub.
_Th@ only guy 44 wag thrown Ott the wall
yesterday afternoon.
To-day, the grand army and - naval attack on Forts
Wagner and Gregg will be opened.
It being now ascertained that Fort Sumpter is de
funct, the rebels will be driven from Morris Island,
General Gilmore is determined to have full posses
sion of it to-night.
General Gilmore, on Thursday, notified Beaure
gard that if he did not surrender the forts he would
shell the city within twenty-four hours. At the
same time, -he requested him to remove the women
and children.
No attention was paid to thin notice, and, on Fri
day night, General Gilmore threw a fifteen•inch
shell into Charleston, charged with "Greek fire."
On Saturday afternoon, Beauregard sent down a
flag Of truce, with an urgent protest, denouncing
"Greek fire" as a villainous compound, unworthy of
civilized nations, and demanding that more time be
allowed to remove the women and children.
The English, French, and Spanish Consuls also
denounced the short time given by General Gilmore,
and claimed more time to remove the subjects of
their respective countries.
Gen. Gilinore yesterday replied by a renewal of
the demand for a surrender of the forts and public
property. Beauregard replied by asking for a truce
of forty hours.
Gen. Gilmore refused to give any more time or
accept any other terms than an unconational sur
render.
At 12 o'clock Met night the shelling of the city
with "Greek fire" was resumed,
It is generally thought that the " stars and stripes , '
will wave over Fort Sumpter to•night..
The Monitors and Ironsides are preparing to go
up at the hour the steamer sails.
There is evidently great trouble in Charleston. It
is not believed that there are over twenty men in
the ruins of Sumpter. The whole rear wall is down,
and our shells pass entirely through the structure.
The sea-wall is terribly disfigured. -
All the guns of Sumpter are now mounted on
Sullivan's Island.
The balls and shells from the monitors went with
crushing effect into the walls of Sumpter. Had not
the fog been almost impenetrable, Admiral Dahl;
gren is convinced that he could have destroyed the
whole wall of Sumpter with the monitors in a few
days.
The ruins of Sumpter are now held by.the guns of
Fort Moultrie. There are only sufficient men in the
ruins to keep the rebel flag up. The latter is shot
away every few hours.
This morning the south (sea) wall of Sumpter is
a ruin down to the front tier of easements. The
Keokuk's guns, mounted on its walls, were toppled
into the Rea by a well•directed shell on Sunday af
ternoon.
The end is approaching !
Expedition tip the Chieliaho °Any River.
FORTRESS MONROE, August 2.3.—Major John J.
Stevenson, Lieutenant D. H. Chambers, and sixty
men of Robei , s 3d Pennsylvania artillery, left here
Sunday night, on the armed steamboat C P. Smith ,
and reached the Chielfahominy river on Monday
morning. They proceeded about ten miles up, land.
ing scouting parties at different points along the
shore, and destroying a number of small boati,
When about nine miles up the Ohiokahominy, they
met a detached partfof thirty rebel cavalry, belong.
ing to Robinson's regiment. The latter were re
pulsed, without any injury being sustained by our
side. They then shelled and destroyed the building
used as the headquarters of 001. Robinson, of the
rebel army.
Two men were captured, who were released, after
all the information that could be obtained from them
was received.
The expedition returned to Fortress Monroe this
afternoon, having succeeded in the reconnoissance,
with the moat eatiafaotoryreaulta.
THE LATE RAID IN KANSAS,
The Pursuit of Quantrell—Eighty of the
Murderers Killed Orders of General
Ewing.
KANSAS CITY, August 2:l.—Quantrell , s men are,
scattered in their fastnesses throughout the border
counties, and are still being hunted down by all our
available troops, gathered from all parts of the dis
trict. Many of them have abandoned their worn
out horses and gone to the brush afoot. They were
all remounted at Lawrence with the horses cap
tured there, leading their own bare-backed animals
laden with the plundered goods. Nearly all of the
latter were abandoned in the chase before they got
far into Missouri, and over three hundred horses
have already been taken by our troops, including
some of those taken at Lawrence. Most of the
goods' and money stolen have been retaken, and
will, as far as possible, be restored.
Reports of twenty-one more of the marauders
having been ki led have been received since yester
day, making a total of< about eighty, which will
probably be largely increased before any considera
ble part of our troops withdraw from the pursuit.
No prisoners have been taken, mid rime will be.
All the houses in which the stolen goods have been
found secreted have been destroyed, as well as all
the houses of known guerillas, wherever the troops
he.ve gone.
- General Ewing intends to destroy the houses of
all pereonsin the border counties outside of the mili
tary stations, who do not remove by the 9th of Sep
tember, in obedience to a general order.
RICSP ONSIRILITY OF THE RAID
[From the Chicago Tribune.]
ST. Loris, August 24 —The Lawrence raid has
caused more of a sensation in this city than any
event since the capture of Vicksburg. Though the
responsibility rests on Gen. Schofield, in the esti
mation of the public, it is understood thEit he •dis
mita it. an emit ue made, probably, to
throw the blame on Gen. Blunt for urging Schofield
to consent to the expeditioa to 'ort Gibson, and
foe disobeying hie order to retreat , after hie Ritual
tion became so perilous, on .account of rebel rein
forcements arriving for Cooper. It is 'claimed that
hadJiltint retreated, he could have prevented the
QUantrell raid to Lawrence. There is another fea
ture of this business which- many think more di
iectly rests - on General Schofield. It was by his
order that Gen. Davidson started off into Arkan
sas with 6,000 cavalry last June, from Pilot Knob.
The absence of this immense force of cavalry coin
pelled the General to scatted the remaining troopers,
to such a degree that the western counties were left
comparatively defenceless; QuantrelPs gang have
been so active for the past - month that a resolute
effort to catch them ought to have been made. The
fellow has had such experience and success that he
had long been recognized as the only dangerous
bushwhacking captain at large. Probably there will
be a general shifting all round to avoid the blame of
this" Lawrence affair, but, whether- correctly or
otherwise, the - public severely censures Gen. Scho
field jn the lights at present before it
The pebel Press.
From the Richmond Whig of the 21st, and the
Examiner of the 24th, we gather some items of in
texest
FAST•DAYS "HATEFUL."
The Examiner disapproves of the "Yankee" insti
tution of fast It says . :
" Fast days and thanksgiving days strike the
Southern ear with a puritanical sound, always dis
agreeable, and now preeminently hateful. They
smack of Latter• Day sanctity; savor of the nasal
twang, and' recall disagreeable reminiscences of
Praise God•Barebones, the Pilgrim Fathers, and
their Yankee descendants."
It is also '!'down" on political preachers. It
slays:
" This revolution should secure us social, as well
as political independence. We should get rid of
Yankee manners as well as of Puritan laws and
one of the most obnoxious is the vice of political
preaching. * * * Let not our preachers
discourse of Lincoln, or of Seward, or of Davis, or
of Lee. Let them fulminate against Pharaoh and
Holofernes, and exalt Gideon and David. We have
broken asunder from Yankee statesmanship and
government, let us, eschew their morality and man
ners: We have lowered the portcullis, and manned
the battlements against the assaults of Seward,
Greeley, and Lovejoy. Great will be our mortifica.
tlon and sorrow if Beecher and Cheever should slip
in by the postern."
squIRBEDEKIN SHOES.
'The scarcity of leather in rebeldom is compelling
the " superior race " to resort to some curious shifts.
The Whig says
" Squirrel skins, tacked doWn to a board, the hair
next to the board, with hickory ashes sprinkled over
them, for a few days, to facilitate the removal of the
hair; and then placed in a strong decoction of red
oak bark; will, at the end of four days, make excel
lent leather, far stronger and tougher than calf skin.
Four skins will make a pair of lady's shoes.
• "We hear that the lathes of some of the interior
counties are wearing these shoes, and find them
equal in softness and superior in durability to any
others. The longer the skins are left in the decoction
of bark the better , the leather. By this plan anybody
may have a tan yard and make their own leather,
as the skins are easily and cheaply procured, and
any vessel holding a gallormill serve as a vat. Our
readers will do well to try it."
One of the victims of Quantrell's atrocious
guerilla raid,'lnvolving the destruction of Lawrence,
Kansas, is George W. Oollamore, Mayor of the city
of Lawrence, a native of Boston, and formerly well
known at the North End. He was about forty years
Of age, and - leaves a wife and four children. Hie
eldest son, John Hoffman, a lad about 1B years of
age, is reported to have been killed at the same time
with Ids father.
:1E; U RC..) 1 E .
Stpamer Hibernian at St. Johns, N. F.
Sr. Joplin, N. F., August 26.—The Galway
steamer Hibernian, from Galway on the 19th, passed
oft Cape Race at 2 o'clock on Wednesday evening.
GREAT BRITAIN
The London Times says it looks in vain
for any signs from America, that the Federals
are prepared to pursue with vigor the successes
recently gained. At all points each Northern army
his become an army of occultation ; and instead of
endeavoring to assist hie military measures by a
Conciliatory policy, Mr. Lincoln, by employing ne•
groes to fight, is doing his best to make it necessary
for him to hold every inch of ground in the Southern
States by sheer force.
The London Num eulogizes President Lincoln's
proclamation' announcing a system of retaliation
on the -South, with reference to the treatment of
Degrees as prisoners of war. It thinks that it can
not fail to have a very important influence In the
prognise of. the war, and give immense impulse to
negro recruiting.
The United States war steamer Kearsage timed
and took possession, Fayal. or the steamer Juno,
which, after a atrial aearotr'ehe released, and allowed
to proceed on her passage.
A characteristic letter from Garibaldi, dated Ca
proms., August GM, is published. It is addressed to
" Abraham Lincoln. Liberator of Slaves of the Re,
public of America," and rejoices at his noble ef
forts for frecdom and human progress "
La France asserts that the acceptance of the
rilleitican crown by the Archduke Maximilian, is not
doubted, and believes that negotiations have been en
tered into to obtain the adhesion of England. La
France also states that the present government of
Mexico will be allowed to administer the affairs of
that country for the ensuing year, in order to orga
nize it in a proper manner. -
Commercial 'intelligence,
LIVERPOOL 00TroN /LUKE r.L-Livy.a
poor., August . 19 —Thesaleato.day reach 10 000 bales,
Including 4,000 bales to. speculators and exporters.
The market is firm and buoyant, and holders de
mand an advance.
LIVERPOOL. BREADSTI7FFS MARKS r.-
LIVERPOOL, "August 19 —The market not Bread
stuff-a le generally easier, with a downward tenden.
oy. Wakefield, Nash, & Co., Richardson, Spence,
&_oo., and others, report Flour very dull. Wheat
dull 'and still declining. Corn quiet; mixed Ina@
10c 3d.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKEL—LI
VERPOOL. August 19—The provision - market is
generally firm. Messrs. Richardson, Spence, & 00.,
Bigland, !Viva, & 00., and others, report: Beef
firm. Pork firm, but unchanged. Bacon quiet and
steady. Lard buoyant. Tallow steady.
O L O I L V ,
A E u ß g p u O st O l L 9
—PARshOeDIU
quietilE + Ls . ma mon;
° Bred& fi C al e eßtioTal no sales
v-" S i P c i e riL te o a f dY T rp L e t ri ll :
tine, no sales. Peticleum quiet.
LONDON MARKETS, August I.9.—Breadetuffs
dull. Wheat heavy and declined ierns. Sugar firm.
---'^* and atead , . Aloe inactive. Tea quiet.
Tallow firm, with smAll sales,
Lotrnort, August 19.--Oonsola close at 635,P3k,' for
money.
AMERICAN STOOKS.—The latest sales -were
made at the following rates : Illinois Centralßail.
road 123'@113' discount; Erie shares 77(07.9,
OBITUARY.
FIELD MARSHAL LORD. CILYDE.—The Persia
brought the intelligence of the death of one of
England's most honored soldiers, Lord Clyde, bet
ter known by his former name of Sir Colin Camp-
bell, which he derived from a maternal uncle,
hie father's name being MeLiver. He was born in
Glasgow, October 20,-1792.. He entered the army in
May, 1808, and became lieutenant in the following
year, in the 9th. regiment of foot. With this regi•
ment be was engaged in the descent upon Welche
m'), at Barone Corunna, under Sir John Moore,,
andthe defence of Tarifa. He was severely wounded
in the thigh at the passage of the Bladossa, and was
twice wounded in 1813, at the assault on St. Sebas
tian, at which place he displayed all the soldierly
qualities which ever afterwards distinguished his
career. As Captain Campbell, he was in active ser
vice in America in 1814-15, and in 1823, as brigade
major of the troops, he was engaged in quelling the
insurrection in Demerara.
For a period of nearly twenty years his name was
seldom mentioned; but in 1842, having meanwhile
become lieutenant colonel, he was actively employed
in China, and toward the end of the year became a
full colonel, His Indian career commenced about
1844, when he led the 39" h at Manarajpore. Through
the Punjaub war (18489) he commanded the third
division of the army under Lord Clough, and distin
guishrl himself at Ramnugger. at the passage of
the Chenab, and other hard-fought battles. In 1819
he was created a B. C. 8., and received the thanks
of Parliament and of the East India Company for
his services at Goojerat.
Sir Colin returned to England in 1853, with his
fame already established, as a general of consum
mate ability. On the breaking out of the Crimean
war, he accepted the command of the Highland bri.
Fade. In 1854 be was promoted to the sank of ma
jor g eneral , in consideration of his gallant services •,
andin the following year he was made a Knight.
Grand ()roes of the Bath. In 1856 he attained the
rank of lieutenant general. On the outbreak or the
Indian mutiny. he was appointed to the chief com•
mend of the army in India. His exploits at Luck
now, and other places, are too well.known to our
readers to require repetition here.
In 1868 he was created a peer by the title of Lord
Clyde. He returned to England in 1869, where he
received the thanks of both houses of Parliament,
and in 1860 was appointed to the colonelcy of the
Coldstream Guards. For some months previous to
his death his health was notgood, and it was evident
to his friends that he was destined soon to pass
away. His death was hastened, it is thought, by the
loss of his earlylriend, Lord Herbert of Lee, whom
he loved and mourned with deep affection.
DELACROIX, THE PAINTER.—The latest received
English paper inform us of the death of Delacroix,
the celebrated French artist, at the age of 66 years.
He had been ill for about two months with disease
of the cheat, and for a longtime his life was despaired
of. He painted a great deal, and painted every
thing, portrait, landscape ' the historic, the my
thologic, the sacred, the profane, flower pictures,
fruit pictures, sea pictures, all kinds of pictures.
A list of the subjects of this artist's works would
be a curiosity, "Hamlet contemplating the skull
of Yorick," "Mme. George Sand, as a man,
with a negligi cravat," (so often engraved),
" Christ at the Tomb," " The Shipwreck, from Don
Juan," "The Death of Sarah," "Lady Macbeth,"
"Resurrection of Lazarus," "Othello and Heade
mona," and a s long catalogue besides, showed that
nothing came amiss to the ever-ready and facile pen
cil of Delacroix. Like the witty fellow in the play, he
was "for all waters." He painted the great Telma.
and the picture was placed in the green-room of the
Theatre Francais. He wrote, moreover, and was ac
counted a good critic. He contributed to the Revue
des Deux Mondes some highly-finished articles on
Michael Angelo, Raphael, &c. He weevers , popular,
and at one time of his life the centre of a very bril
liant circle, which included such people as Ouvier,
Telma, Mme. Mars, ftc., He was highly honored
for his talents, receiving the second medal of the
Academy in 1824, the first in 1848, and the grand
medal of honor, in 1855 ; was made chevalier of the
Legion of Honor, in 1846 an officer, and in 1855 com
mander thereof. In 1857, he was elected a member
of the Institute in the room of Paul Delaroche.
'life of Delacroix (especially if by his own hand)
would be one of the most delightfully amusing bits
of biography, ever given to the world.
GEN. PEMBERTON OE THE REBEL ARMYi—The
St. Louis Democrat of the 25th inst. says : .
"From all accounts, the reported death of General
Pemberton is correct. He was on his way to Mont
gomery, Alabama, where a military court of in
gully, to inquire into the causes attending the stir
render of Vicksburg, was ordered to lie held. While
at Selma, Alabama, he waaapproached byan officer
of a Texas regiment, who accused him of selling
-Vicksburg to General Grant. This was denied,
when, after further canversation, Gen. Pemberton
attempted to shoot the Texan, who, however, before
he had effected his purpose, drew a revolver and
shot Pemberton,the wound producing almost instant
death. Our information as to the death of this
double-dyed traitor is derived from parties direct
from . Greenwood, Mississippi, where the report is
generally credited."
MRS. ADMIRAL Foam—The widow of Admiral
Foote died in New Haven, on Wednesday evening,
after a long illness. "The Palladium says : 'Just two
months, to a day, have intervened between the
death of the Admiral and his wife. The illness of
Mrs. Foote has been considered critical for many
days by her friends, and especially by her physi
cians; so that this announcement of her decease will
not be unexpected. -She died of quick consumption.
She retained the full vigor of her mental powers
until within a few minutes of her death."
The . Steamboat Disaster at Vicksburg.
EXPLOSION OF TOUR NIINDRED TONS OF AMMUNI-
TION-GIMAT LOSS OB LIFE
A Vicksburg correspondent of the St. Louis De
mocrat gives an interesting account of the explosion
of the steamer City of Madison, of which we have
had meagre reports by telegraph. At the time of
the explosion, on the morning of the 19th, the
steamer was loading with ordnance stores.
Seventbousand six hundred and twenty rounds of
artillery ammunition, two and a half million rounds
of infantry ammunition, and about two hundred
packages of powder, makingin all over four hundred
tons of explosive material, had already been placed
aboard. As several packages were about to be
passed into the bold one of-the deck hands let fall a
box of percussion shell, which instantly exploded,
The account continues;
"In the hold at the time of the explosion were
elghteen pelsone, all of whom, with the exception
of Martin B Day, of the 14th Wisconsin, and James
Connelly, second mate, were negroes. ,
"The explosion of the first shell was light, but in
&second's time bang, bang, went hundreds of others,
With, communicating with the powder in packages,
the explosion culminated in a dull, dead sound that
made the very earth tremble, tearing the hull of the
City of Madison into a million of pieces, and leav
ing the entire boat a complete wreck, not one por
tion of the franiework remaining attached.
"The lose of life on the City of Madison is esti
mated at from thirty to fifty—it will not exceed the
latter number. Of the eighteen souls in the hold
all Were killed except Connelly, the second mate,
Martin 11. Day, and a negro, all of whom, as soon
as the box fell, and before the dischaige of shell had
become general, made their way through the after
scuttle, Jumpedinto the river and were picked up
by a yawl and saved.
" The boat's crew consisted of forty-one persons,
fifteen of whom were killed and a number wounded.
"A detail of soldiers, numbering between one and
two hundred men, had been ordered to assist in
loading the boat. Of these, it is estimated, twenty
nye were killed, although no data for the statement
can be given, as it was impossible in the excitement
to learn from what regiments they were detailed.
"It is estimated that 7i4t One-fiftieth part of the
ammunition exploded, which Wilt account for the
compsratic Cy small loss of life. The City of Madi
son bad up steam at the time, but the boilers did not'
explode. .
"Connected with the damage to the Walsh a
strange incidentoecurred. which is worthy of note.
In the room occupied by the captain, in the forward
part of the texas, AVM a bureau,
every lock of which
was wrested from its place. The bedstead, wash
bowl, pitcher. etc ; etc., were entirely destroyed, as
was everything_ in the room, except the looking
glass on the bureau, which was not injured in the
slightest, but faithfully reflected the disordered
scene around.
"About an hour after the explosion the bodies
of three persons were found on the roof of the texas
of the Walsh, where they had been carried by the
concussion. Two of these were dead, while'the
body of the third, at the time of discovery, was cook
ing, the Mesh in places having been burnt black.
The poor fellow was 'still alive, with both legs and
arms broken, and suffering the terrible torture of
being burnt to death, the dame from his clothes
having. communicated to his body. He lived but a
few minutes afterwards.
" The body of a negro, with both legs torn off, was
found on the larboard side of the Walsh, the poor
unfortunate at the time showing signs of life."
MR. SAMIIIIWTO'S HEART-NOVEL:—In. thenum
ber of Forney's War Press for the present week; we
find the closing chapter of "Florence Liston; a
Story of the Heart," by Mr. Ferdinand L. Sarmi,
ento. The scene of this tale shifts from New York
to Europe. and the dinouement occurs in Washing-.
ton. The main incidents occur in France, England,
and Germany, but the author's local knowledge,
great as we admit it to be, is exceeded by his power
of producing events, startling but not out of reason
able probability, and his delicate' delineation of
varied character. Of course,' we shall meet him
again, and soon, in the field of fiction. Meanwhile,
we can assure any publisher who desires to produce
the work in - book form that "Florence Ligon' , is
well worthy of his consideration. It is difficult to
believe tlaat it is the first sustained production of a
very young man. _
ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS. J. firmer, 403
Chestnut_ street, has sent us the News of the World
and the lllustrated London News, both of the 15th
August. The riots of New - York and the visit of
the Prince of Wales to the north of England supply
the picture paper with numerous subjects for the
engraver. It has been noticed, by the way, that
Whereas .4ueen Victpria.seldole, if ever, has wet
weather on- any formal appearance in public, the
,Prince-of Wales as seldom hes a tine , day when he
shows himself to his fellow-subjects.
Public Amusements.
AOADEMY OF Musco.—We regret to see that Mr.
Booth's engagement at this establishment closes
this evening. A splendid bill, however, is offered
on the occasion, the attraction befog Hamlet, with
a oast including, besides Mr. Booth, Mr. Jamison,
L. P. Barrett, Lewis Baker, and Mrs. Alexina
Fisher Baker. Mr, Booth's benefit takes place to
morrow evening, when Mr. J. S. Clarke will ap
pear, and the programme will include tragedy, come
dy, drama, and farce. Surely this is variety enough
fora single entertainment.
THE GHOST AT MUSICAL FUND HALL.—The
Ghost last night, in consideration of the difficulties
attendant upon tits first production, was a fair
success. We are informed, by those who saw it in
New York, that it was more perfectly produced here
than upon its first appearance there. Part of the
apparatus employed in its production was brought
into the hall, we are told, after the audience had
assembled. We shall speak of the Ghost more fully
when he gets his prisms in perfect order.
rltisawn ASYLUM.—General Hooker still remains
at his quarters, at the Insane Asylum.—Exchange.
In this statement great wrong is done to a very
reepeetable building. The Asylum spoken of is not
insane, but is an asylum for the insane. There are
many crazy buildings, almost ready to tumble down ;
to them the term may be correctly applied.
POSITIVE SALE OV CARPETS, 'COTTON AND
WOOL, &e —The attention of buy ere is requested to
the valuable assortment of carpets, mattings, Ten
nessee cotton and wool, to be peremptOrily sold, by
catalogue, on four months' credit and for cash,
commencing this morning , at half pailt ten o'clock
precisely with the cotton and wool, by John B.
Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market
street.
ar IC• 40 IT
[1703 ADDITIONAL CITY NDWES 6113 YOURTD.
LOCAL PoLITIce. -- YeeterdaYtofining the
delegates to the (Jity Oonvelitto° of the National
Union party assembled -
at Sansom.street Hall for
the purpose of .
"omb:tiding candidates for the ap-
Proaglio 1 election
ea .
./..ne Convention was called to order at 10,5;„ o'clock
by the nomination of Mr. William S. Stokely, of
the Ninth. ward, as temporary chairman. Mr. R.
Leeds and David W. Sellers were appointed tem
porary secretaries.
A committee of one from each ward on credentials
was appointed, each delegation naming its own
member.
The following named
on the committee : -
Wards.
1. Daniel Mahon,
2. S. Hepburn,
3. H. G. Simpson,
4. Adam Hill,
5. James Gillingham,
6. John Pidgeon,
7. --
8. F. S. Johnston,
9. A.. N. Hoskins,
10. Hiram Horter,
11. E. I. Simpson,
12. William Connell,
13. Alfred Rohl,
Owing to a contest about the seats of the Seventh
ward, no member was appointed from that - ward.
The Convention then took a recess of thirty Mi
nutes.
On reassembling, the committee reported the
names of the contestants, which were about fifteen
in number.
On motion, the President appointed a committee
of seven to hear the case of each contestant. The
committee consisted of Plesers. J G, Butler, Sixth
Ward; J. ,S. Thompson, Ninth do.; E. Simpson,
Eleventh do.; F. S. Johnston, Eighth do.; O. T.
Jonee, Twenty. first do.; J. Green, Thirteenth do.; J.
H. Parker, 12th do.
The following committe
ti on was nominated
Wards.
1.. Richard Pelts,
2. George Hardy,
3. R. G. Pidgeon,
4. T. R. Irwin,
6. W. T. Pierce,
6.' John Pidgeon,
7,
e on permanent organiza-
Wards.
14. Edwin Barley,
,15. IL Clark,
is. J. C. Smith, Jr.,
17. Wm. H. Ovington,
113. Darid Mercer '
19. William Neill,
20. Tames I. Allison,
21. W. T. P. White,
22. Spencer Roberts,
23. Robert Murray,
24. Marshall . Henley,
26. Frank Rerbaugh.
8. William King,
9. A. Stimmel,
10. S. P. Hannook,
11. John Sehreeves,
12. William Andress,
13. Alfred Ruhl,_
on adjourned till '2 o'clock:
On motion the' Convent
P. M.
The Convention re-assembled at two o'clock, and
the committee, through its chairman, W. J. .P.
White, reported the following-named gentlemen as
permanent officers :
President--William S. Stokely.
Vice Presidents—S. Snyder Leidy, E. Harper
Jeffries, Henry E. Wallace, Richard Wildey.
Secretaries—D. W. Sellers, Stephen Coulter.
Treasurer—W. J. P. White. -
Doorkeepers—William Fleming, W. P Gregg, H.
P. Calvert, A. W. Wright.
Messenger—Aaron .TOaephi.
' Mr. Stokely, on taking the chair, returned his
thanks to the Convention, trusting in the intelli
gence of the members to assist him in maintaining
good order, and 'thus presenting - to the people of
Philadelphia such a ticket that the friends of the
Union and the old hag can rally around and support,
and triumphantly elect in the coming contest, in
October. All that we have to do is to act as gentle
men should act ; I feel that we shall do so, and thus
we can go before the people without the slightest
blush to crimson our cheeks. The coming contest
is one of the most important ever before the people
of the whole country. r We shall cast our ballots as
our gallant navy and army are casting their bullets,
their balls, and their shells, and thus gain a moral
victory that : ill cheer the gallant tars of Columbia
and the soldiers of the army. We have the material
from which to select excellent standard-bearers, and
on the coming second Tuesday of October we will
assault the Nricksburgs and Charlestons of our com
mon foe, and plant the good old flag over their ruins.
The speech of the president awakened the most
.enthusiastic applause.
Mr. Charles Heritage moved that the delegates
return to the other end of the room, and that as
each name is called the delegate shah step forward,
pay 'a quarter to the treasurer, and take a seat.
Agreed to.
Mr. D. W. Sellers, the secretary, called the roll.
A motion was agreed to that hereafter any dele
gate desiring admittance into the Convention shill
announce his name at the drib; to be announced by
the doorkeeper to the president.
On motion of Mr. Sellers, three assistant secreta
ries were appointed.
Mr. Parker. from the committee on contested
seats made a report, which was adopted.
==!
Anthony Conrad,
Chao. T. Overbook,
Cyrus Horn,
Isaac Lamplugh,
Sam'l Zane,
Wm. Taylor,
John V. B. Hahn,
'Dr. Wm. Gregg,
George Cress,
John S. Warner,
Abel Lukena,
Joseph Heritage.
City Treasurer.
Henry Burom, M. H. Diekinson,
Sam , ' Shaffer, Wm. T. Reed.
Clerk of Court of Quarter Saelons.
Tames Barber, F Le.wia Bitting,
Geo. H. Moore, 'Geo. K. Wise.
Bard Robinson,
Prothonotary
Alex. H. Harper,
Fred. M. Adams,
Win. B. R. Selby,
George Kelley,
rDistrid Court.
[Robt. P. Bender,
Thos. Dickson,
Win. H. Butler,
Fred. A. Trego.
Recorder of Deeds.
Lewis R. Broomall, , i3ohn Dyer, .
Geo. Q. Ginnodo, ( George P. Kern,
Matthias Meyers, F. T. Walton,
H. Shoemaker, D. I. Cochran.
City Commissioner.
A. B. Dunlap, Bertles Shee,
Philip Hamilton, John W. Hinkle,
James Davenport, Amos A. Gregg,
James D. Shaw. E. A. Merrick, -
James M. Gibson, S. S. Money,
Lewis Thomas, Parkhurst illeC4-loughlia,
- B. B. Jenkins, W. H. Middleton,
0. H. Ramborger, Geo. 0. Rickards.
-Tellers appointed—Adam Hill, Jackson Leidy,
Marshall Henszey.
Committee on Resolutions—Charles M. Carpen
ter, C. Thompson Jones, Erastus Poulson, Hanna
nus Neff, William H. Barnes.
A motion was now agreed to that a recess be taken
until 5 o'clock, to allow the secretary time to obtain
a printed alphabetical list of members of the Con
vention.
The convention was called to order at 5 o'clock,
and at once proceeded with the balloting.
When the fourth ballot was announced, the name
of Dr. Gregg was withdrawn from the contest.
The chairman announced that the lowest candi
date would be withdrawn after the nest,ballot, and
$0 continue on each successive ballot until a nomi
nation iS made.
On the sixth ballot the name of Cyrus Horn was
dropped.
Able Lukens was dropped on the seventh ballot.
There was a tie vote between Messrs. Zane and
Cress on the eighth ballot. Both, therefore, remained
in the field.
On the tenth ballot Samuel Zane was dropped.
On the eleventh ballot George Cress was dropped.
The excitement among the outsiders at this time
was decidedly enthusiastic.
Charles OverbaCk was dropped on the twelfth
ballot, and the conteetwas now between Dr. William
Taylor and Anthony Conrad.
The excitement was great. Any attempt to ad
journ was shouted down, and ballot, ballot, ballot,
wee loudly called for.
Quietness was restored, and with admirable calm
ness the - roll was called, which resulted in the choice
of Dr. WILLIA.:d TAYLOR, of the Tenth ward.
The nomination' was made unanimous. It was a
fair race. The enthusiasm was almost unbounded.
TIALLOTING FOR CORONER.
- Brulots— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12
;etbeck
Gregg
Lamplugh
C e-s
Lukens .
Warner.
Heritage
Adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow (this) morn
ing.
THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
This body resumed its session yesterday morning.
The first business in order was the nomination of a
candidate for Recorder of Deeds. The candidates
were Abraham R. Paul, Edmund 11141:1.elmbold,
Isaac M. Post, George W. Wunder, Samuel C.
Thompson, Jacob Nullet, John H. Cook, B. F.
Jackson, and James L. Barron.
The balloting was as follows : -
BALLoTiwos.
Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. 6th. 7th.
Paul 33 33 33 36 6 - 2 16 117
Wunder ........ .25 30 32 35 57 71 92
Heltsboht. ..... 20 34 23 33 44 60 • •
Thompson.. .... 22 21 23 32 43 • . • •
Post 17 21 23 2'
-••• • • •
Cook 29 18 27 2 .. • • -
Barron 19 29 20 3 • • • • • •
Nullett •
Jeckson 3 1 • - - • -- • • • •
Mr. Panl was declared the nominee of the Con-,
vention, and it was made unanimous:
Resolutions similar to those adopted by. the City
Convention were then passed. • -
Mr. Paul was brought • in, and being introduced,
thanked his friends for the honor they had conferred
upon him.
Mr. Lowry, President of the Convention, then:
made a speech. .
Nr. Paul is the present representative of the Six
teenth ward in Common Council-
After other speeches, by Messrs. Donovan, Pine,
and Curtis, the Convention adjourned eine die.
DARING 13.0l3SEET.—The dwelling house
of Mr. Stokely, on Eighth street, below Market,was
entered by a 'daring thief last evening and the upper
part thereof ransacked. The invader lighted all the
gas burners, and inspected the contents of bureaus,
wardrobes, closets, &c. It was not ascertained
what had been stolen. Mr. Stokely was attending to
his official duties as president of the Union City Con
vention, and members. of his fimilY were in the
lower part of the house when the place was robbed.
This is the second instance within a short time past .
that this dwelling has been invaded by thieves.
THE subscription agent reports the sale of
$733,700 in five-twenties yesterday -by the various
agencies. Deliveries of bonds are being_ made to
• ~,,
bITDDEN DEATU —A woman named nein
ruing, residing in Lentz street, below Thirteenth,
died lery suddenly last evening about 11 O'clock.
entlemen were appointed
Wards..
14. Henry Johnston,
16 T. B. McGinly,
16. George Gillingham,
17. Jacob Curry,
18. Joseph Barr,
19. John Jeffries,
20. S. S. Kennedy,
21. George Myers,
22. Reuben Sande,
23. L. Vankirk,
24. Erasing Poulson,
25. William Paul,
EZEEMI
ACCIDENT.—WiIIiam Coleman was caught
in a belt of the machinery at Bader fr. Delany and
Anderson's manufactory yesterday afternoon. Re
received a fracture of one arm s and the flesh wag
torn off the other.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
IL/LIVELP RIA, Allgtlet 27, 1863.
A review of the financial history of our country
since the opening of the war presents many feas
turea parallel to the military annals of the same
period. March, 1861, discovered a worthless armory
and a-depleted treasury, both robbed to emptiness
by Southern sympathizers. When Fort Sumpter
was assailed an army was to be raised, and a finan.
cial system created to support it, The opening ope.
rations of war and finance were similar—a few en.
thtudastically volunteered for the one, a few liberally
resolved to support the other. Both were assailed
by treachery, public contumely, and newspaper
scorn ; suffered all the pangs of defeat, from being
inadequately provided; experienced seasons of ter.
rifle doubt; were almost overwhelmed by the most
gloomy forebodings, officious, predictions, and un
warrantable meddlinge ; were subject to all the
caprice of a mercurial public, who now rushed
wildly to arms; and now deprecated the cause ; now
gave freely, and now holding their purse•strings
with a miser-clutch; mistakes were made in the
Conduct of each ; movements made and losses
realized ; 'plunderers hung to the garments of the
one and ensiled the coffers of the other; but
in spite of calumny, treason, plunder, gloom,
and terrible loeres, both have nobly triumph
ed. With able men and true at the helm of
each, who managed, as well as could be, the reins
of a gigantic war, the cause has triumphed, and to
day, with the neat of treason probably in our hands,
We hare a right to pronounce upon the military and
financial policy of the Administration. We do pre
nouacethat the cause of the North has been nobly
vindicated ; that a great people, possessing the re
sources of a wonderful continent, and the energy
to develop them, can support an exhausting
war as easily as a people whose means are
corroded lay enormous taxes, or one ruled by a cor
roded despotism; that is this contest we have
learned a lessen of self-reliance which will be of
considerable advantage to ourselves just now, but
very little to certain neighbors abroad hereafter;
and that we have now a moral hold upon the throat
of Europe that will compel a silence whenever it
roars too loud. These are a few of the mighty
things upon which the country has to congratulate
itself in suppressing the rebellion. Triumph has
dawned upon the nation, and a renewed army and
full coffers are the reenit. "Other battles," as the
hero of Gettysburg said, "are to be fought ;"
but we shall fight them with the feeling
that they are the last blows at a crumbling
edifice, which a few more vigorous efforts will
cause to topple into ruins. With resources
more wonderfully developed ; with a country richer,
not alone by the issue of paper money, but by the
institutions of wealth, manufactures, and oommerce,
and the inventive genius which has been fostered
and advanced by Government disbursements; with
an army and navy befitting the greatness of a vast
Republic; abilities to command respect at home and
abroad, and a people who have risen from the
lethargy of a long peace into the startling energy of
war, and with enormous amounts of capital °outlast
ally seeking the commercial centres, preventing any
thing like a heavy collapse, we do not see that
gloomy period of commercial distress and financial
panic which some herald with such dismay as the
natural result of the war, Certain securities will
suffer when trade is re-established all over the coun
try ; the opening of the Mississippi suggests a lose of
business to some of the Western railroads, the price
of whose stock will fall, perhaps, heavily. The tone
of the stock market may be given by these, other se
curities may follow, and a general tumble be the tee
suit ; but we think such a movement will be antici
pated, and the decline gradual.
Gold this morning was somewhat excited by the
demands of the "aborts," and run up to 125 ; flumes
diately after which it was offered freely at 1.2435, and
finally at 124, at which figure it closed, Govern
meet securities are stronger. Sales of the five
twentiee are being made steadily.
Speculation at the stock board seems to have
come to a hale, and a desire to realize is prevalent.
Reading shares : under it pressure to sell, declined t.
Philadelphia and Erie was steady at 271.1. Long
island sold at 46. Arch-street at 23%; Ridge-ave
nue at 21; Spruce and Pine at 16%. Susquehanna
Canal sold at 1636, a decline of %; Schuylkill-Navi
gation at 123 i; Lehigh _Navigation at 68%. State
fives and city sixes, railroad bonds generally, steady.
The market closed firm.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds, ISM ...• . 106X1411ill'
U. S. new Certificates or Indebtedness 99+4* 99X
11. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness.. ...... .1013/(0101,1
United States 7 310 Notes 166:Cdi107
Quartermasters' Voucher. 99 Inl 519L'
Orders for Certiflcatee of Indebtedness '
Gold 124 (a}i•MiG
lterling Exchange 136 (41134Yi
Jay Cooke & Co, quote Government Securities,
kc.; as follows:
United States sixes. IESI
United &tees 7-317 notes....
Certificates of Ii debtedness
Do. do new..
Quartermasters' Vouchers.
Demand notes
Gold
Sales five• twenties. $7: 4 3.700.
The following shows the receipts of the Delaware
Division Canal Company for the week ending Au
g-oat 2, 1863:
For week to date .
Previously in ISO
Corresponding time last year
Increase in UM
The following is a comparative statement or
the earnings of the Morris Canal. Company for
the present season and week, and the same periods
last year:
Total to Atig.tist 15, MA--
. .4173,145 54
Week ending August fa, 1383 11,414 66-3151.561 sa
Total to Augast 16. 1862 $139.169 32
Week ending August 23,1862 8.141 59—5139,241 911.
Increase in 1563 $46.310 fit
The following is a statement of coal transported
on the Delaware and .Eludeon. Canal
1363.
For the weak
. . _
ending Ann. 22, season.
Delaware and Hudson Canal C0......29, 6.38 410,993
Pennsylvania Coal Co 22.947 314,7141
Total tons
For the same period last year
.
week. BEMBOIL
Delaware and 'Hudson Canal Co 26.395 257.531
Pennsylvania Coal Co 27,17'2 261..56
Total tons
The New York Evening Post of to-day says :
Gold has advanced this morning on w e"ale ids.
surd rumors, and closes at 124 ; Exchanr - 361 00n '
sequently, been very much disturbed. .ad is quoted
at 1361@i37%, with little doing.
The loan market is so welt.....pplied with capital
that first-class borrowers no difficulty in effect
ing loans for thirty 4r -x ty days on the leading
'
railroad shares, at sre- ‘,..'• The current rate for de
mand loans is 5140., the activity being small.
The Stock Ex.lange this morning has been per
turbed by tht everish anxiety of a number of holders
of securities €o realize, and by the efforts of Bears to
depre ss tie market. Governments are firm, Border
State vends steady, bank shares dull, railroad bonds
str,g and railroad shares heavy. -
13efore the first board gold was selling at 124%
125, Drew York Central at 134;i.M134%. Erie at 1.1834
Erie Preferred at 109®109.1.‘, Illinois Central at 1323,f
@1333.4", Galena at 112%, Rock Island at 113;!„, and
Michigan Southern at 106@.106,4, Reading 19.11i@
121 X.
The appended table exhibits the chief movements
of the market compared . with the latest prices of
yesterday evening: -
Thrs. Wed. Adv. Dec
-11. 8 65,1981, reg ..,-....--.-.106 ' 106
If.S.Es, BM, con-........ 10710514 • •
11. S. seven-thirties.... 107 107.. ..
11. S. I year Celtic g013..10134 101% • •
U.S.] yr. Cert. currncy 99X- 9911
American g01d....•-•-.......124 I'w 3; k
Tennessee ea....-. 65 06
Missouri es. ••• •-----.-.-... 71% 7034 34
Facile Hail.-- -22814 231
N.Y. Centre.] . .........153% 135;.i
Erie .... ......—...-.-117% 119:i
Erie preferred. . . .. . --led; 1:1934
Hudson River...............-. 143 1153 ,
Harlem-- —..........-.161 IE9A
Harlem preferred-----160 160
Reading 12011; 1213.1
Mich. Central.....-...... 120% 123%
Mich. Southern ........:10431 10634
such. - So. guar .-....-.1353,1 1:14%
Illinois Cen scrip. ..... .13036 134
Clereland&Pitteburg...lo3 104
Galena. 10934 112
Cleveland&Toledo 117 119
Chicago & Bock Island.llo% 112 X
Fort Warne, ...... 91. 013
Prairie do Chien TS 79
.Alton'Sr Terre Haute.... 6234 65
Chicago & Rorthwest'n. 35 36
Canton 31% 32%
Chicago SE Alton 94 84
ge Sales, August S 7.
Philadelphia Exchange. )
°AND.
1370 Penna. ss. • •• • ..... .1.00
194 49 do 100
000 do 100
100 Ridge Avenue .. 21
100 Susq Canal A/ LW
23 Lehigh Nay 5834
100 Phila 3 Erie R...b5 273' 4
120 do. ••• • ......... 27 3
100 Sehuyl ifay. ...... 1211,
14 Girard......4.0
100 Big Mountain ......
122 Spruce dc Pine 'DX
BOARDS.
Philoda. Stock F.x.ch
(Reverted - by. S. F.:SLAT
FURST
100 Reading R bSO 60X
100 do ..•.. .; 601 i
100 do ...... ...IS 803 f
60 do b 5 60. X
3O
bdo 80 619).;
50
aCO do 6ox
20 Arch St R
200 Long Inland R..... 46
20 Ones Hill 52
5000 City
BETWEEN
ICtlO Read 6s, —cash 119 1
2000 American G01d....124,:.
BOARD.
SECOND
NCO City 6s, 1564 100.0
S Green & Coates R.. .1.5 k
ISO Susq Canal Scrip.. 623
100 N Penna R... .... 19
100 d 0.... IS%
2000 Penna Coupon Sc..lo2Xi
11300 do 103
61X0 Snn Brie 7. - 109
CM/Penna. R Ist m0rt..1 0 5
Si 'Lehigh Fay. ..... 59
1000 N Penna es. . .....
Jo tt
SCO S 740 Treas Bates .100
10,000 Penna ss:. 10034
50 Phiht R
10 do.. ... •••• • • 273 i
so Penna b 5 6.5%
- 50 do 65.54
;00 Reading R • • • •b 5 60
50 do KT MC
Inn do.. ..... blO 60
50 do 60
100 Spruce At Pine R. 1534
ICO Long Island -1.5 N.
100 Sch NaT pref .blO 25
OARDS.
AFTER
Lf bigh Scrip, .. .. .14.4
100 Sch Vav pref.... blO
lon Elmira R 36
16 Reading R 00%
Philadelphia Markets.
ATIGIIST 27—Evening.
There is very little demand for Flour, and the
market is dull ; fresh•ground is generally held above
the views of buyers ; sales comprise about 300 bble
W. B. Thomas' extra and extra family on private
terms, 400 bbls old. stock extra family at $5.25@5.50,
and 300 bble late-inspected extra at $5.50; the re
tailer& and bakers are buying in small lots at $4.750
5.25 for superfine, $5.37@5.75 for extra, $5.7506 50
for extra family, and $7@7.50 qH bbl for fancy brands,
as to quality. Rye Flour is selling in a email way
at $4.'750)5 g 6 bbl. Corn Meal is scarce at $4.2014
bbl for Brandywine and $4 for Penna.
GRA.lN.—Wheat is dull and prices are rather
lower; about 4,000 bus sold at 125@1300 for new
Southern red, and 1300137 c for old do, as to quality;
white ranges at from 135 0)r V bus for common to
prime. Rye is selling at 1.03@100c for old; 600 bus
new Delaware sold at 900 V bus. Corn is less abtive;
about 4,000 bus sold at 190"500 for Western mixed,
and prime yellow at 62e V bus. Oats are without
change ; 2,500 bus sold at 53@55C for new Delaware,
and lec, weight, for old Penna. .
BARK.—There is a steady demand for Quercitron,
, with sales of IS hhds Ist No. 1 at $3011). ton.
COTTON.—There is very little detng in the way
of sales, and the market is very dull. We quote
middlings at 66c 11),•cash.
GROCERIES.—Coffee is scarce, but holders are
firm ; small sales of Rio are making at 26&220 ip lb.
250 }dais Cuba Sugar sold at 113®12c lb.
PROVISIONS.—There is very little doing in the
way of sales. illess Pork is held at $14@14.50 clft
bbl. Bacon Hams are , in demand at iVtac V lb.
sales of 60 packages prime Ohio Butter was made
at 20c /p lb. Lard is held,at ilc V . It. for bbls and
tierces.
WHISKY is firmly held ; 100 bbls Ohio sold at
473 c ; hhda at 4630, anti drudge at 46c gallon.
The followin are the receipts of Flour and Grails
st thia portto•d g
ay
Wheat
Corn
Oats
.1064@l0136:
.106 4(01071 ,-
.101Y01013'
• 042 94
90i pis
r an%
iza @1.2-0
.$4,616 26
.:83 ? 077 :N
$92,623 6;
46,761 99
543, 841 66
52,5135 785.20
For the F0 1362. r the
2,'2450 bbls,
9.200 bus
,-
4 SOO bat.