.z , . IEPFLMISII,I9I, TITILIEWID DAILY (BIINDAYs EXOEPTED). ay JOHN- W. FORNILCY orrION. No. 111 9017TH - FOURTH STREET THE. DAILY eituss, FIFTEEN CIENTs PER Woos., payable to the"Varrier /fatted to attbsoribera opt of the City at SavaN DoLLARB Pea Asstrit. THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY r.F.Nrs FOR BIZ ONE DOLLAR AND tisvENTY-FiVii CRRTB . FOR TIMM MOMS. Invariably in advance for the time Or . . Idea. Stir Advertisemente ingertod at the usual rates. Six anal edtistititto a scinare. wua TRI-WEEKLY P.ILESS, Nailed to Subscribers out of the City at Fonn DOLLARS IN I SR ARROR• in advance. EDUCAT 10 N A L. /CIL ASS 1.43 AL INSTITUTE, DEAN •••••• Street. above Sprace.—ThK 'hales of the Classical - .:inatitnte will be resu sled S au27.2m* J. W. r AMES, 1). D., Prinelna.l. KBNDALL'S OLA.SSIO AL AID - 11151 • INCttlsta sCITOOL. S. B corner of T RTRENTEr :;and LOCUST Streete, will reopen &TOM) IY, qmatAm :ler 7th. an 9.7 -I m* m - EP. p. HALL'S .INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG L &ME 4. southAßAt cornor oft,LW YN •Find GREEN Stfeeto. The dutieß of thin lugtitutiqo will The resumed on MOND A.Y. Swt. Y.'1463 nrlR-lit* TNSIRUCTION THROUGH. ROOKS, OBJECTS, AND PECTURE; —T hattp reonen'iny School for Boys and Girls on the 7th of Sentemhsr. etOf OTIKiOE. an27•thetn tf 'lOB South ETGRTEEVPti gOHOOL FOR BOYS AN - 0 (4IRLS, CIIERRY STRUT. WEST OF Twg,nrrt Erg A School for BOW and (MTN will be np tned in 'he lrat lloor of the NEW JERUSALEM 011011 , 1 FT, in fig Egfty, - west of Twentieth street, en the ctt^o ND Mf" , Np &Y La 'September, by Mica N. S PkESTON. 1111 x.. Preston has "had many years of surcessful , experience ac a Teacher and Principal of one of the largest Grammar Schools In the city . of Vew York. The coarse of studios will coin- Prise the usual tranches of instruction, bssidec Latin, 'French, and Drawing. at the option of the parents. Terms—For Pupils over ~0 years of ago, per school :year of 10 months For Pupils of 10 years of age sad under 35 Appligations may be addressed to the care of W. .IBENADE, P. 0., Philada. . an26-1.1e,' j HENRY WOLSIEFFM pßovEs. • - 9OR of Mode No. ISO N. SIX ea R. an264m• 1 1 BRA NTLY L GTO N A.O A.- -A- • DENY for Boys. No. 11. North TENTH Street, will be reopened on MO ND &Y; September 7th au2B.lm THOMAS BALDWIN'S ENGLISH/ Mathematical dnd Classical Scheel for. Boys, corner BROAD and ellfl ,trill reopen Sept 1. male lm* FRIENDS' SCHOOLS Po R. BoYS and Girls, SPRING 0 aRDE.f . INSTITUT& re .opene 9th month (September), 1, - anll-tuthe2m* E. (4uIsITTNGTIN. Prin. MRS. MARY W. D. 80F1 A.PFEB, will open her SCROOT, FOR GI a.Lq, fro . rn eight. to fifteen years of age, at 1.037' WaLNUT t•treet, on MONDAY. Septembr r 7,1863. an'.6•lm' 11131 CLASSICAL. M A.lll. WM AtlijA.L, -•-• and BUSINESS INSTITUTE f'nr Yes as' 'Vett antl Boys, corner of EIGHTH and BUTTON WOOD streets, reopens on MONDAY September 7th. au26-1m f. P. IRO g, A. Princtnal. MARGARET ROBIN;-ON WiLL RE OPEN her School foiGirls. RACE Street, above RANKLIN, on the 7th of 9th Mouth Apply to M. ' -F ROBINSON, COTTAGE ItftW. Germantown, ..rP GIL LINGHAM, 1.235 SPRING GAR,)EN Street. Phila delphia. an2B-12t* (1 GILLINGHAM No, 1217 - •-•, • THIRTRBN7H Street, will 'resit oe bleit in 'Mathematics, Physics. and Chemistry, ()OTOS &' 1. He will also give instruction in the new or ltglieGVm mastics. Address. till Sent,.mber 25, Dr. Din LEWIS/ Boston, Mass. , for C. GILLINIMAN a. 07. thOnISV, WOODLAND SIN IN A EtY.-A BOARDING AND DAT SOHOOL FOR. YOUNG LADIES, with Elementary and Academic Departments. 'Fall Term opens September 7th For &mile. with references' apply DIiF.FR JENNING DRONWITH, Principals, o. 9 WOODLAND TER RA (IE. Neat en7tl thettOlt* WEST ARCH. STRE lIIT INSTITUTE, M 3 ARCH, Rev. O. GRIFFIN ' A. 8., } Principals. Mrs. GRIFFIN, The NINTH . SEMI ANNUAL SESSION 'commences" MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7A h For terms and drip:dant appl3 as above yOUNU L INSTITUTO OF HATBOILO, Pa., Rev. 080. BAND. %. a , Prin cipal. A Fam.ly Boarding S-hool, deligirfally and Imalthfally located. lb miles north of Philadelphia, Duties resumed. MONDAY, SRp , embe, 7th. For circulars, call at 530 ARCH ttr et, or addreis the principal. aviBBt•, GERMANTOWN FEMALE S !WIN A.- BY, • OMEN street, sonth of We. Mir LAIRS, will reopen September 9. Clint:Liars may be obtained at the Seminary. Professor WALTER S. FORTSS ME, A. al., au26.tt Principal. MISS C. A. BURIN WILL REOPEN her SCHOOL FOR YOUN 863e1) [ES. N. 1037 WALNUT St.. SRPTESIKERI.4. an2s-3st* TpBrENDS' .A.CADERY FOR BOYS, rear of 41 Forth ELEVENTH Street I $l2 per term •of twenty-two weeks. All denomination , . admitted. ' , One session from 9 till 2. Reopens 9th month, Sept. let. an24-Im* W. W fITaLL. "YOUNG LADIES' SUHOOL, AND MASSES FOR HOUR STUDY. No. 90:4 CLINTON Street. Established by Prof. C. D. CLEVELAND in 1831. Fall Term commences September 14. an2l-2m PLINY E. C CENTRAL INSTITUT E. N. W. corner TENTH and SPRING GARDEN Streets, will REOPEN SEPTEMBER let. Boys prepared for any Di vision of the Public Grammar Schools, f nollemor for ifinsiness. Can2l-Im.3' H. a McGMEE, A. H. Prin. MADAME MASSE AND M'LLE MO RIN will rep en lhelrFEENGii AND ENGLISH BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL. FoRYoUNG LADIES. 134-A SPRUCE Street, on tne 14th of $E 'r EMBER. For ciroulars.or other particulars apply at the above cumber. - _ --art24-2,n M BE OPENED ON MONDAY, 11 - — Sept. 7th. BROAD-STREET AD &DEIST, for BOYS. 337 South BROAD htreet, opposite Deaf and Dumb Asylum, EDWARD ROTH, A.Of ' Princip d . A Pre- Lparatory Department for. smaller boys. (ivmnasiam, Drillingß &e., without' extra charge. For .Proso.ctus. .direat Box 2221 P. 0 or call at Hr. LEYPOL D'S, HI :DUPER and CHEE,THITT. or at the Academy. from .August Slat • - an. 2412.0, SELEOT .8131100L' FOR GIRLS,. 1030 SPRING GARDEN' Street, will be re-6pened. on September 7th. For Circulars Imply to .ati22-12t* MISS R. T. BIICKM N; Principal. ALEXANDER PAC 13111 ANN, PIANIST and ORGALNIST, will resume the duties of hie profession September Ist. Residence 621 North ELEVENTH Street. xn22-lm• TROY FEMALE SEMINARY.---THIS Institution offers the accumulated advantages of ratty years of successfal operation. Every facility is provided for a through course of use -7111 and ornamental education. tinder the direction of a 'corps of more than twenty professors and teachers; For Circulars, apply to aZ)-3(it JOHN H. WILL kRD. Troy, N. Y. PROFESSOR X ROPESSOR WILLTAM H. FENEY • announces to hie Pupils that he will return to the roity, so as to canape his lessons. on the 24 or Sib of SOP tember at the latest. Address Messrs MADRE & CO.'S 'Music Store. 1104 CHESTNUT Street. att'al-tseB* HE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN FOR WOMEN, 1334 CREST I MT Street, 4re-opears on SEPTEMBER 14. For terms of admission -apply at the School Rooms. aul3•lBt T. W. BRAIDWOOD. Principal. WEMAIE INSTITUTE, rENNING-- -a- TON, N. J.—Thu FALL TERM opens &UGUST 30. Ttiimber of Pupils limited to twenty. Board, &c. with CorninOtrErigliah, $32 Per quarter. For other informa. Con, address A. P L &SHER. anl2-lm Principal. rf 1 E MISSES CASEY & HRS. BEEBE'S LE. -French and English Boar.) ing and Dav-School. No.. 1403 WALNUT street, will re-open on WEDNESDAY, (September 18, ang 7-2. n VEMALECOLLEGE BORDENTOWN, N.S.—Pleasaiitly situated on. the Delaware River. thirty miles north of Philadelphia. The very beat ad 'vantages in all departments of a thorough and accom olished. BLIMATION furnished in connection with a :pleasant home. Only a few vacancies for the Fall Term, commencing September 16th. Foe catalogues address ams6w Rev. JOHN H. BR MURAT. A. M. ' pHILADELiPHIA COLLEGIATE IN STITIITE for Yonng_Ladies, IMO ANOH Street. Rey. CHARLES A. - CTE. D. D., Principal. The ninth Academic Year will begin on MONDAY, September 14th. For circulars, and other . information. addrees Don 2,811 P. O. ie23.Sm. • BRISTOL BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. will re-open on the 7th of Ninth mouth. For Circulars, apply to WITH ARRA. PEIRCE, Bristol. "Bucks 00.. Pa. iel7•Rm* CIRESTN IN STREET FEMALE S •-• NARY. —"English and French Boarding and Day School. Principals, Mies Bonney and Miss Dillaye. Te - twenty seventh semi-annual session will ppen Wed niesday , September 9, at 1615 Chestnut Street, Philadel- Thia. Particalars from circulars. ' cull-tool VATS VIEW BOARDING} SCHOOL, NORRISTOWN, PennsylvanlEt, for Boys and Young ,Td'en, will commence the next session on the 29th SEP TEMBER. For circulars address the Principal, anl9-2m 5 GEO. A. NEWBOLD. T HE HANNAH MORE AO A.DEMY, •WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.—The dntleg of this Seminary will be resumed on MONDAY, SeptemSer 7. 1863. For terms apply to the principals anl9-1m C. & J. °RISME( S.W. THE OLASSIOAL AND ENGLISH aL SCHOOL OF H. D. GREGORY, A. No. HOS :MARKET Street, will REOPEN on TUESDAY. Septem ber let. aml9-Im* MISS MART E. THROPP WILL RE. open her littlish and French Bearding and. DAY School for Young Ladieag at 184-1 OIdRSTrnTr Street. ,on the 14th of September. For circulars, until Saptem 'ber let apply at the Sunday-school Times, 148 Sonth FOURTH - street, Phila., or address Miss ThroppVal ley Forge . Penna. . myls-4m. SEIDEN STICKER'S CLASSIC • INSTITUTE, t2'7 North TENTH street. for instruc tion in all English Branche_s, Latin Greek, German. and Trench, will be reopened, MO RD AY. September 7th References— Benjamin Gerhard. Eels., Charles Short, • Teo., Rev. W. J. Kann, Rev. James Clark, Direct andpersonal knowledge of the eagniette scholar -ship of Dr. O. SEIDENSTICKER, (late of the University -of Gtittingen, enables me to recommend him warmly as -a Classical Teacher of the highest order GEORGE ALLEN, anSiltuths - Ims Prof of Greek and Latin,Penna 17ntr. BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS. AT CHESTER, Delaware County, Pa. The School is pleasantly located, and has ample facili ties for outdoor exercise. it is accessible from Phila 4elphia via the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti more Railroad. The School year commences on MOIsipAY, September 7th and continues forty-two weeks. Tot/ ExpenseB. including books. per year Sim op. mber of pupils limited. F.cir circulars,.wits rare ,:rettces. address CHARLES W. DEANS. Chester, Pa. N. B.—The Principal may be aeon any SATURDAY , :from 9 to 12 A. M.., at the American Hotel, DHSS CNUT 'Street, below Sixth. Philadelphia. an2Ath slat. "ipENNSYLVANIA MILITARY ACA DEMY, AT WEST CHESTER. (For Boarders only.) 'The duties of this Academy will be resumed on T HUBS DAT, September 3d. The following gentlemen of mparse :.:be Board of Tra, tees : Hon. JAMES INILLOCIT, President. Capt. N. M. APPLE, Vice President. .W• E. BARBER. Esq., Secretary. JAMES H. OHNE, Esq., Treasurer. L'Hey, Thos. Newton. D. D., James L. Claghorn, ram Thos. Brainerd , D. D. , Charles B. Dungan, tam. Oswald Thompson, Geo. P. Russell, EHon. Chas O'Neitl, Wm. L. Springs. Mon; John Hickman, Cleo. L. Farrell, Mon, W. S Lehman, • Addison May, 'Col. Wm. Bell Waddell, T. B. Peterson,. -Jas. B. Townsend, ,Theodore Hyatt. The advantages afforded for the acquirement of a tho 'Tough military . education are second only to those of - West Point. The Academic Staff is composed of tho roughly competent instructors. The Educational De- Tartment embraces Primary, Collegiate. and Scientific 'courses. The Mathematical and Military Dermrtment 'is under the charge of a Graduate of the United States Military Academy of the five.years coarse. Careful attention is paid to the 'moral 'net - motion of •lhe cadets. Circulars may be had of TAMES H. ORES, No. 080 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. or of THEO. nY &T, aul2-1m Col. West Chester. Pa. Colonel HYATT will be, at the Continental Hotel. !Philadelphia, on FRIDAYand SATURDAYblornings, %from 10 to 12 o'clock. on the and 20th instant, and hirhappy to see any of.the patrons of the Academy, ~ ,c othere, on official business. an2B.4t VAIRMOUNT COAL OIL WORKS, THIRTIETH Street. below Wire Bridge; .oMce. J 34 WALNUT Street. Burning Oil. bonded or free, always on hand Tar ntine, for Painting, equal' to Carolina. Deodorized spe Denzine. Lubricating Oils, - very superior, always' on hand, warranted_good for all kinds of Machinery, Railroad Care, &c. Price 90 to BO cents. aI:LW-attn. $976. TO $325 WILL GET AN EL& (Lain - 7.lletave rosewood over PIANO. warranted fire years., J.. G01T4147 1 - iir2a-mwtt B&VsaTH and CHEST3uT. 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Have just received a large Stoc,.k.of Choice FALL AND WINTER GOODS, AND t\ . • • FALL STYLES,`'' ,: : TERMS CASH: at prices much lower than any other ist-class establishment. att27- tf BLACK CASS. PANTS, .$5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, 165 60, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS, PANTS, $6.50, At 704 &LOCKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, *5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG Sr VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN's, No, 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG 6r VAN GIINTRN'S, No. 704 MARKET .Street. GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GLINTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street. mh22-6m ' GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. GEORGE GRANT. No. 61.0.CIRESTNIIT STREET, Hag now ready _ A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK , OF GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Of his own importation and manufacture. His celebrated • , " PRIM MEDAL SHIRTS," Manufactured under the superintendence of JOHN F. TAGGERT, (Formerly of Oldenbeis & Taggero Are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age. Mr- Orders promptly attended to. jrg-thstu-gm OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOOK, AISED COLLAR EMPORIUM. NO. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET CHARLES L. DRUM & CO. Ars prepared to !aerate all orders for their celebrated make of Bhfrter. on- ahori notice, in the moot satisfactory Manner. These Shirts are cut by measurement, :onsod "tattle prbieiples, and surpass any other Shirt for neat temfofflt on the Breast, comfort in the Heck and ease on tlil Shoulder. apl6-stnthem NOS. 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. JOIN 0. ABI.IIIOIII tros~u7 i . suss:moose.) MORTIS ANDAEALFE TIP- . GENTLEAIEN'S FURNISHING istounp, _`ALSO.-- SIMMACTITRER • . 'OF THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT. WRAPPERS • . COLLARS. UNDERCLOTHING. kik SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. mTEI-tost WNE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. •-•- The subscriber would invite attention to his . IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Whisk ha makes a specialty in his business. Also, eon. tautly readying. NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAN. • J. W[SCOTT, empriamEN's FURNISHING STONE, No. 814 OHESTNIFF STREET, "Jam-tt Your doors below the Continental. GAS FIXTURES, .kc 517 ARCH STREET. C. A. VANKIBE & CO.. MANUFACTURERS OF CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES Also French Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Poreelain and Mica Shades. and a variety of FANCY GOODS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Please call and examine goods. delB-ly DRUGS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER it 00., iortheast Corner 70IIRTH and MACE Streets. PHILADELPHIA.. "WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IN:PORTERS AND DEALERS roulicur Arm DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS• NAIRMAOTURBRIS OP 'WHITS LEAD AND ZINC FAINTS. Turn, dem • AMITE PDX THE CELEBRATED PRENCH ZINC PAINTS.I !Maier and sonsumers supplied at J 44-Sni VERY LOW PRICES JOE OA PAINVINGS, ENGRAVINGS, &c. JAMES B. EARLE & SON, EMPOETEES ♦ED MAN1771.0713Z1E1l Or LOOKING GLASSES. IMAMS IX - SIL rAngnicts, DIONAVIIKOS, TOITHAIT, "PIGTIM, and pacrrocutern mum, PHOTOGRAPH• ALBUMS. =mann .LOOKING GLASS WARBROOMS AID GALLERY * OF PAINTINGS, WV Ulf OHNSTXUT Street. Pbtladelehte. REMOVALS. REMOVAL. A. 11. .VIIA.I'VC IS C WHOLESALE DEALER, IN YARNS, BATTS, WADBINGIS, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES. LOOKING GLASSES, - CLOCKS, FANCY BASKE.TS. REMOVED From 433-MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Stieeta 513 MARKET and 510 COMMERCE Ms. anl.3m REMOVAL.-JOHN O. BAKER, Wholesale Druggist, has removed to 118 MARKET Street. • Particular attention is asked to JOHN C. BAKER et CO.'S COD-LEVEE 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 fig - ares low, and afford great advantages for those buying in large quan tities.• an4-dtf • pm GUN REMO VED.—PHILIP • A-. WILSON & CO., Manufacturers and Importers of anits. Pistols. Billes,—Fiehing Tackle, &c., have re moved to 41111 CHESTNUT Street, where their customers and friends will •be smiled with everything in the sporting line, • Jy3034, gE) t Vrtss. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1803, CHARLESTON. Before the Fall of Fort S pter—The Born. bardment. [Correspondence of The Press.] OFF O.IIAVAISTON, Await 24, 1813. The rebel flag still floats over Aumpter, not as it once was, calm, defiant, apparently invulnerable, with its garrison proud, insolent, and confident of its impregnable but ever•broken and battered walls, two of which are little more than heaps of rubbish over a dismantled parapet and abandoned casemates, over the mere apology for a garrison, 40 in number, who have volunteered in their perilous service OM. ply to keep the rebel ensign afloat, and -with no thought of averting the final doom of the fortress' or of retaliating the injuries hourly inflicted. - . The correspondents who predicted the surrender of this renowned stronghold within a fen% hours after the opening of the bombardment, did them selves and the country injustice. It was not built in a day to be battered down in an hour, and though ordnance bas very much.improved of late years, it was a poor tribute to those constructing the fort to suppose that they had built a house of cards. The bombardment was continued, not a' few' hours, or for the day simply, but for seven. On the tirst, Ron= day last, as you have been informed, they were aided . by the fleet, and Captain Rodgers and his paymaster; J. G. Woodbury,.ynet the fate of brave men by chance - shot,Tuesday the wind Was. high, inter fering with the bombardment, but for the,rest of the week it was continued steadily from the land batte ries, and limas easy to mark the progress of de struction. In the tight of Monday the monitors silenced ef* - lectually one gun in Battery Gregg, and did no little damage to Wagner. The rebels were sanguine of damaging our fleet by floating torpedoes down Light-house creek at high water, but the project was discovered in time, and the vessels withdrawn from danger. Two deserters from James Island, who floated for forty-eight hours toward our works, were floolly picked up, too exhausted at first for speech. Oa being brought to, they asserted that moat of the guns had been withdrawn from Sumpter some time age, and that no garrison was there, except a voluti• teer force of fOrty, who are pledged to keep the 9.sr, afloat. THE PIA.RSTI"ANGEL.,, The famous Marsh Battery, which is one of the many proofs of Gem Gilmore's daring and energy, to the surprise of the oliarlestonians, commands their houses and homes, to say nothing of the other' heavy ordnance. This battery is in the midst of the marsh, 2,600 yards in advance of Morris Island—was located at night by the men making theirway to it on their stomachs. A path, two planks wide, was then constructed, which was hid from rebel observa tion by the marsh grass. Planks three inches thick Were driven down as the substratum; on this were laid several layerS; on them logs, and on them boards. In the meantime the ordnance was floated up by night, and sand bags innumerable from - every direction, and one night a large force piled them up, and, to the surprise of the rebels, a dangerous bat. tery greeted their eyes next morning in dangerous proximity, as if evoked by the mysterious hand of magic. SHELLS THROWN INTO CHARLESTON Shells have been thrown into Charleston, and any quantity of rumors are rife as to the results and to the - correspondence between the commanding gene rals ; but I know nothing. But this Ido know, that when the whole story can be told of our operations before this inevitably doomed city, it will be a mag nificent tribute to the genius and daring of Gilmore and the heroism and endurance of the troops that the annals of modern times cannot surpass, if, in deed, they can equal. The old story of indifference to a danger once familiarized is here steadily, repeated. The soldiers judge of the proximity of shells and shot by the vibrations 'in the air. "Gregg," you will hear them cry out. "Johnson ;" "cover." " Toddlers "—that means the batteries from James Island, to which they pay but little, heed. Men will lie down and sleep calmly with shell exploding around them, that every now and then consign some unfortunate to the sleep that knows no waking. I do not venture a prediction how soon Charleston will be ours. General Gilmore may speedily shell it into submission. lie can do it if he will, or, at least, so expose it to conflagraHon that little of the city will be left. He may resort to the system of gradual hpproach ; and, if the enemy have been half as diligent as- they claim, it may take weeks yet to reduce the potteries they have constructed. But the enemy know as well as he, knows that the Federal . army is ere long .destined to, marchthrough the streets or over the blackened remains of this grand nursery' of the most -accursed rebellidn that 'ever threatened a nation's life. THE SIEGE OF CHIRLESTON. Bombardment of the City- - Panic of the People. Correspondence of The Herald.] MORRIS ISLAND ' S. C., Aug. 23, 1663. SIMIPTEIt IN The tiring from our batteries has nearly completed the work of destroying Fort Sumpter. It is no longer of value to the Confederacy as a work of defence. Practically its reduction is accomplished. Its walls have been torn down ; tts guns, with per haps a single exception, dismounted, and the few hardy spirits who yet maintain their tenure there are compelled to take refuge from bursting shell anti flying masonry as best they may, without the power further to help themselves. The navy can pass it. This is the fulfilment of the commanding general's promise to the Government when he un dertook the herculean job of breaching its walla over the heads of Wagner and past the guns of Gregg. -A WARNING PROM GILMORE TO BEALYREGARD On Friday morning, at about eight o'clock, Lieut. Colonel Tames F. Hall, Provost Marshal General, and Captain limas, aid• ae•camp, left General Gil+ more's headquarters, bearing, under cover of a flag of truce, a sealed letter front the Union commander to the original rebel chieftain. It is understood that the document was a demand for the surrender• of Morris Island and Fort Sumpter. To. this was added a formal notice 'that a failure to comply woulclbe followed' by turning our guns upon the city of Charleston, and a desire that the noncombatants, women, and children, might accordingly be removed beyond the limits of the town. • • After proceeding to our batteries upon the left, and notifying them to cease their firing at the pro per time, Col. Hall and Oapt. Brooks rode out to our parallels upon the rfght, and were soon among the sappers in the trenches at the front. Here, amid the storm of bullets, and the occasional volleys of shrapnel which burst from Wagner, they franti cally waved their white handkerchiefs until a simi lar emblem of - peace was displayed upon the parapet just before them. Lieut. Colonel Durgin,abf the 21st South Carolina Volunteers, came out to receive the communication, and met our flag about midway between our pickets and the fort. But. few words passed between the parties, whose hands did not meet during .the interview. After formally introducing himself, Colonel Hall ventured to remark that it was a warm morning, to which the. rebel colonel gave his concurrence so stiffly as to deter any further conversation, except on matters purely official. The parties delivered and received the documents, bade each other good morning, and returned to their lines with a dignity which, in the hot August sun, must have been pe culiarly refreshing. THE FLAG OF 'Timer. WAS - NOT ALTOGETWEE ItE r SPIEOTED. • , During the parley, which was necessarily brief, only the fire of Wagner and of our batteries was suspended. The rebel works on James Island, and the mortars and columbiads at Vinegar Hill, or Bat tery Simpkins, poured in their shells as usual. Gregg kept popping away at one of the monitors, and the latter, unconscious, under such circum stances? of any violation of "the proprieties,o maintained her fire against the offender with be coming and justifiable rapidity. THE BOMBARDMENT RENEWED As Colonel Hall and Captain Brooks returned to the trenches and the rebel handkerchief disappeared behind the ugly face of Wagner, our batteries 're opened, and all along the line from right to left and left to right, our briefly suspended work went on without further interruption during the day. The proud structure which hasao ion& commanded the channel was still snore humbled during the firing of Friday by the effect of our shot and shell. Where her• flagstaff had stood the parapet was knocked away, leaving the bare and shattered pole stand-. ing at a very awkward angle amid the rapidly ac cumulating ruins. Projectiles from our right batte ries went tearing through the easterly face and crushed the opposite wall in their flight,- while our batteries on the left continued their firing upon the gorge. Still the brave fellows inside kepttheir flag flying over the ruins. Moat uncompromising re bellion showed itself in every flutter of their muti lated but defiant banner. Out of its fold most per sistent treason shook itself in' every passing puff of wind. The rebels would not lower the flag nor abandon the Work. • I.ITOHING SHELLS INTO .CHARLESTON Making good his notice to Beauregard; Gen. Gil - . more directed Lieutenant Selimer, commanding the Marsh Battery, to open with his heavy rifled gun upon the city of Charleston during the night. Ac cordingly the piece was trained in that direction, and between (me and two o'clock on Saturday morning fifteen shells of Birney's invention were pitched_ over the James Island batteries across the island aqd the harbor, and into the town. Their: flight was wonderful. .When last seen, the :mon strous projectiles were still soaring ' upwards, as if on their way to join the stars. The effect .of this demonstration against the city was quite satisfactory to ourselves, if not to the re maining:inhabitants. Perhaps General Beauregard had considered General Gilmore's threat to shell Charleston at the distance of four miles too prepos terous to demand attention. Certainly the city had •not been evacuated by all the non-combatants. The visitors which our "Swamp Angel " sent them ere. ated a most uproarious panic. The people were roused by their advent, and that universal confusion followed, and a general skedaddle ensued, was evi dent from the light of burning buildings, the ringing of bells from every steeple, and the screeching and scream ing of locomotive whistles. ANOTHER FLAG OF TRUCE At daybreak there was a white flag On the para pet of Wagner, and the sharpshobters ceased their deadly labors fur a few moments while the field °Ul cers of the trenches went out to receive it. " A communication for General Gilmore," was the -an nouncement, and the white flags separated, the hos tile officers retired to their respective lines, and the .rore of artillery was resumed. The contents of, the rebel message did not transpire ; but in a couple of hours General Gilmore's answer was at the front, and, after a brief delay in attracting the attention of Wagner, was delivered to the rebel authorities. If Beauregard wanted more time he did not get it. If he proposed terms they were not satisfactory. The fire of all our batteries was resumed, and the most vigorous and spirited contest of the week followed. THE FIR& OF WAGNER, after the message of General Gilmore had been re ceived, was most terrific. Against our right bat teries eta blazed continually. - The new Ironsides, Which since Monday hadtaken but little part in the bombardment,"now came up, with a couple of moni- PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST' 29i, 1863. tore, and from ten till two o'clock poured into the ragged fort a tempest of shells that completely silenced every gun. A neat way the Runners on the lronsidee have of exploding their projectiles within I the fort, It is impossible to drive them through the sued and cotton of which the work is made, nor can 1 the guns be so elevated as to toss them in as from a - mortar, So the pieces are depressed, and the shot, striking the water about fifty yards from the beach, jumps in. In nearly every instaace this manner of making the Missiles effective la auccessful. " Those are what I call billiards," said the Captain, watching the firing. "They carom on the bay and beach and pocket the ball in the fort every time." STRAIIAN'S BATTERY . . was also turned against Wagner, and no doubt as tonished the natives within by its rapid and enc• five tire. Over one hundrelimil fifty shots from the Ironsides and from Strahan's guns took effect upon the work, and after ten o'clock it gave us no trouble Whatever. ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM CHARLESTON. Late yesterday afternoon the rebel batteries sud denly became silent, and, looking towards the har bor, we saw a little lead-colored steamer coining; swiftly down, with a white flag at her fore. Opera tion s- were _accordingly suspended, and the silence aroused every one to the fact that "something was up.", Getting abreast of Fort Wagner, and still showing no signs of slackening her speed, Colonel Turner fired several blank cartridges at the craft to bring her to. To these she paid no attention, steam ing down the channel very much as the Planter did, when Hebert Small's flag of truce came out. On -she came, down to the Beacon House; still further, where she could look into the rear of our batteries, and where those on board, all of.whom were equipped with telescopes and. marine glasses, could count every gun. Then the Ironsides, which was anchored in aafety down the cannel, woke up tb the fact that this impudent and bold reconnoissance in - open day .was hardly the proper thing for the enemy to per form even under a flag of truce, and acelordingly fired a solid shot at the steamer. The latter checked her course with evident reluctance, and returned to the buoy, where Admiral Dahlgren's tug, the Daffodil, met her and received the despatches she luelikought downy FOREIGN CONSULS INTERFERING, - - • . . . . ... . -The, contents ef these deepatches cannot yet be published ; but it Is understood that they were, first, a savage and indignant protest from General Beau regard against what he considers General Gilmore's unchristian and uncivilized mode of warfare in shelling the city of Charleston ; and. secondly, •a batch of notes of similar purport from the consuls of the various fpreign Powers represented in that city. The despatches were answered promptly, and as I write there is - another suspension of hostilities while Colonel Hall is delivering General Gilmore's reply, under still another flag of truce. .-- There was very little firing during last night on either side. This morning at daylight the monitors. went into the harbor, receiving three shots from a single gun on Sumpter, and a rapid and well-directed fire from the Sullivan's Island works. A dense bank: of fog hung over the bay, and it was not till the iron clads steamed out of it and came to their old anchor age, that we could see anything of their movements. The feeling of disappointment and. exasperation at the conduct •of the navy in these operations is be doming more and more manifest on shore. - MORE DESERTERS. . The,monotony of the bombardment was broken on Fridey'by the arrival of a party of seven deserters from the rebel force onSullivan's Island. They had been stationed where a full viewof the effect of oar shots upon the eastern face of Sumpter was always before them. Upon the side of the work which is yet hidden to us they saw the bricks go down by caffloads, the guns:dismounted, the casemate! re vealed, and then destroyed. and they know that Sumpter must fall—that, indeed, it was fast falling. So these seven men, knowing that victory was cer tain to the Yankees, tired of fighting longer for the Confederacy, and' anxious. if possible, to get back to their homes in the old North State, procured a pass from their commander to visit Mount Pleasant, stole a boat, and rowed out in the darkness of the night to the Montauk. Capt. Fairfax picked them up, and sent them ashore in the morning.. QUESTIONING THE NEW COMERS. The sight of seven able bodied men in the rebel uniform, as they marched down the beach to the provost marshal's office, was sufficient to attract the attention of every one in camp, and by the time they reached Col. Hall's quarters they had been subjected to a pretty thorough pumping. The curious and in• quisitive sent volleys of questions at them as they passed along, and to all these the graybacks respon. ded with as much good nature as if they had drawn a bead or pulled a trigger upon their questioners. In the hands of the provost marshal they were put through another and more systematic course of sprouts. "What regiment do you belong to ?" asked that official. "-Eighth North Carolina." - - "When did you leave your command?" "Last night, after moondown." ~ "How did y . ou getaway?" .- - " We came in a small boat, air, out to the Mon " Have you seen. Fort Sumpter'. on the Sullivan's Island side?" " Well, we caw what was left of it last night," "What effect have our shots had on it?" - "Well, sir, you've giv 'ema heap o' trouble, sir. The bricks is all knocked away, and you can see daylight right through the fort." "Are any guns tlismountedr "Yes, sir." - "Are they repairing the damage at night? Ate they putting in sandbags so that they. can stay there?" "'Deed I don't know, sir. -. When we came by last night, we hadn't time to stop. They was a right smart rehollerin' there, like as they was Mullin'. or liftin' momethin'." "How came so many to desert together? Were you not afraid to talk to each other about coming away I" • "Well, we was all of us neighbors afore the lwar, an' we knowed who we was talkin , -to. The whole brigade would desert if they could git a chance." -- " How do they feel about Sumpter?" r— - `.. ," ' "Oh, the papers is full o' big talk, like - they anus_ was; but we could see it, an' We knew 'twee comin' , down. - They'reegoinetoehold - iteAseicng.4o - they can. The soldiers over to Moultrie - feet pretty safe, but somehow they're kind o' discouraged. Battery Bee will give you une tebeltire though. She's got some big rifles, an' they feel safeen all the rest." • "How large a force is therein Charlestondiow?" " Deed I don'tknow, sir- It's six weeka Since we ' was in Charleston." ' - .• . e So the questions were plied, and the answers re turned, until every conceivable - subject' was ex hausted. The deserters express a strong desire to return to their State, which they think, is soon to come back into the;Union. They were provided 1 with quarters, and assured, that when the proper time arrived they should bepermitted to go North. . AN EXPLOSION. . [Correspondence of.the Times. ]- Since Monday we have been unfortunate with three of the heavy guns. A shell prematurely ex ploded in one, killing one man and wounding five -others, and dislodging a portion of the breech, mak ing the piece of no service for present use. Another gun of the same pattern and calibre, belonging to the same battery, was temporarily disabled by - a shell exploding in the chamber: The shell became fast before reaching the breech, and to force it home four marines seized a crowbar, and were in the act of striking it, when an explosion ensued, killing in "- atantly three marines, and mortally wounding the fourth. The muzzle of another very important gun % was blown off, after having fired but few rounds. Fortunately no one was injured. Men are at work this evening with file and chisel, and probably the gun will be in working order again to-morrow. It is said by judges that the accuracy , of its aim will not be destroyed, but its efficiency is somewhat lessened, inasmuch as one mile and a-half is - taken off its range: This same gun has already had a good share . in tumbling down Sumpter. - ' . The following are among the wounded: Lieut. R. R. Selmer. Co. 11, 85th Pa., neck. Serge Ottie Pollard, Co. A, 40th Mass., back. G. C. Peck, Co. I, 17th Cone., head—dead. Walter JermOD," Co. I, 17th Conn., dead. Wm. H. Bowers, Co. G, 851,Ll'a , hip. Henry B. Potter, Co. G, 8514111 Fa., thigh. Geo. Groin, Co, K, 85th Pa., back. _ .. . . 0. A. Comstock, Co. K, 67th Ohio, dead. David Beitzel, Co. A, 62d Ohio e severely—dead. Wm. Graham, Co. E., 85th Pa., hip. A MONITOR RECONNOISSANCE. 1 [Correspondence Baltimore American.] . i The sea having somewhat abated on Wednesday, at noon, Admiral Dahlgren ordered the wholemoni tor fleet to prepare for action at three o'clock, and directed the Ironsides to go up at once and shell Fort Wagner. This was done, and the great iroe monster laid off and poured her shot and' shell into this stubborn sand bank for two hours, nearly every shot striking and exploding on the parapets or in side of the works. They, however, have an ha mense-bomb- proof cave into which the garrison re tire whenever the atmosphere becomes unhealthy above ground. She fired but.; one gun in response, 'and during ' the balance efthe bombardment there were no signs ofelife. -- 'e • ,- -,-e- ..• The Admiral left theffiagehip' about half past three o'clock and repaired, to his fiag•monitor; the Passaic, and moved off towards Fort Sumpter, fol lowed by the balance of thee fleet; Captain le. C. Badger, fleet ordnance officer also `:repaired ; to - the Patapsco, accompanied by your correspondent, :who was anxious to accept the invitation of Calif, Bence, _ her executive officer, to take an eleven inch shotot Fort Sumpter. After, getting'unAvithin'alette f Sumpter, however, the Admiral. found' the , ' sek 9 0 rough for a proper and efficient management oft "e vessels, and immediately ordered _them all to retire, hinceelf leading the way. , As we turneffaround le rebels lowered their flag, raised a Target . one, andlr d one gun from Sumpter at the Weehawken 4 , fch was nearest at the time. I had .an. opportunityof_aeeing a inonitonf6tred for action, and the men at quarters, with the decks and ventilators battened down, the powder passers. and the shell passers at their posts, the'men at the guns, the surgeon at his table, with baridageerniff ell the essential articles required -for_ the dreiisied.of -Wounds e the men stripped to the buff, perspiration rolling, and amid the clanking of Machinery, gienip ing around in semi -darkness, with alose lanterns, in silence, thence down into the engine rooki, with the thermometer at 120, through narrow PsOagesr .stooping to enter low doorways, and to eyes unac customed to the darkness everywhere pervading, it required but a slight stretch of imagination to con ceive oneself at least in an outer court of the in fernal regions. On returning to our anchorage.we enjoyed a glass of wine with Captain Iltuace; and Were soon moving through a rolling sea in the barge of Captain Badger back to the flap ship. THE CREWS OF. THE. MONITORS. . • • In the midst' of the storm, a circular was received from the Medical Director at Washington recom mending the commanders of the iron-clads to keep their decks dry as a means of preserving the health of the crews, and also to give ; them "iced" coffee for dinner, as a sanitary measure. There being no ice in the squadron, it would have been about as easy to comply with one recommendation as the other. Suffice it to say, they have had neither dry decke nor iced coffee, though some good wheat whisky lies been substituted by practical men instead of. the " adoption of impracticable recommendations. A much more agreeable notification was, however, re ceived from the Secretary of the Navy, and read to the crews of the monitors this morning, Worthing them that their pay was advanced one-fourth; and that a recreation vessel would arrive here in kfew days, on which the crews would be allowed to pass part of their time, and also a vessel'supplied with ovens and bakers to furnish them with soft bread. The bluejacket' are in ecstasies over these practical recommendatons, and have had much amusement over the "dry.deck " and "iced. coffee " ideas of men Who have never seen a monitor in a - seaway. ' THE REBELS ASTONISHED. ,The Richmond' Examiner of the 24th inst., after stating that Gilmore has thrown twelve sheltie "Into the inhabited part of Charleston," says: But what does startle is the distance from which the shells are thrown. • The battery is in a marsh five miles from the city. - It has long been claimed by the in ventors of..the modern ordnance that the new artil lery was available for such purposes at that dis tance, but this is the first practical teat of their. pre• - tension on record, and, necessarily, attracts much attention. Not a doubt now remains that the spirit of Charleston is about to be tried in the terrible or deal of a bombardment. Charleston will be shelled. But that will , be a circumstance of minor import. ance in the successful defence of its fortifications . and harbor. If we can retain them, and foil the , enemy, that glorious 'victory will amply ,compen sate for all the injury Elliott bombs can do tff empty houses. . 1, ' ' • . REBEL rROPHEOY When the rebels fired on Sumpter, on the 12th of 1861, they had a gathering in Montgomery, Ala., when the traitor Secretary of War Walker spoke as follows : "No man could tell where the war this day com menced would end, but he would prophesy that the flag which now flaunts the breeze here , would float bver the dome of the old Oapitol at Washington be fore the-tat of May. Let them try Southern chl valry_and test the extent of Southern resources, and it might float eventually over Frinettil Hall itself." TORPEDOES BROM CE4RLICSTON. (From the Washington Frani Thellavy Department received this afternoon dne of the infernal machines planted by the rebels in Oharleston harbor. It is a novel efiatr, and attracts considerable attention. The main portion of it ap; pears to be an ordinary keg, bound with iron hoops, to the , ends of which are affiked conically-shaped editions of solid wood, secured, possibly, by means of edreays, the Whole encased in a thick covering of tar. ;On the sides of that portion designed to remain unosrpost are two iron plates, fastened down by four strews and nuts eaoh. These plates are about fourtien inches apart, and in the centre of each are tubesdeading to the powder, into which are screwed two percussion craps. Just the cap is a solid stem of braes, which plays in a cylinder of the same material. This stem being struck, passes down the cylinder, strikes the cap, and causesthe ... explosion. . The machine resembles a buoy in shape. To'one enditiaffixed a-heacy weight to keep it under water, and to the other a rope passing through two small, round blocks of wood, the object of which we could not determine. If, as suggested, these blocks were tit signed as floats to mark the location of the torpe do.to the party'planting it, the ohject would be rms.:. tratedj as it would also define its position to those for whose injury it was designed. Thtexplosive material it contains is of a peculiar 'chazacter, .resembling pitch or tar very closely. It is imPiecee, sonic as small as musket shot, others as large..es grape. A small quantity was taken out, and -a match being applied, it exploded. It' is thought to be what is known as " patent powder," which -explodes as readily after -being placed in water : as-when dry. ?cAriother Letter to Jett. Davis. fFroritithe Chicago Tribune Theslollowing :letter was found in the house of. Ted liavie , brother Joe, in Jackson ; the original is in thejands of an Illinois soldier. It is printedjust eci Ta written : PLATTE CITY, May 29. 1859. HdtttAreff. Davis: _ rirmit me• to introduce my ,friend Judge Saml Veat,,et St: Louis, in this State. Judge Treat is a Gentleman of Talent and a politician of the Nultift srgtig.:Secession, and Hi94.Treason school to which. I be longrt.Be understands the true position of parties andlnen in this State: -I-desire that you will receive him with kindness and courtesy, listen to him and act as you think best 'Yours, truly, D. R. ATOHISON, We need hardly inform our readers who D. R. Atchison is, especially in the light of the terrible re minissences called up by the recent sacking of Law rence. Atchison, a native of Kentucky, removed to Misteciuri in 1830, and Wei 'elected -to the United States Senate in 1841, where he remained until 1855. He was always the leader and adviser of the pro .slavery party. In 1856 he led the Border Ruffians in the 'attack upon LaWrence, and under his orders were perpetrated the'• infernal enormities which have found a supplement in the recent sacking of that ill-fated city. His. principles are indicated in his own letter--Hullification, Secession, and High Treason. Whatever else may be said of Atchison, Ehe should !have the credit of speaking his mind freely and without evasion or equivnca. lion. Ten years ago Mr. Atchison writes to Jeff.' Davis that his friend. Judge Treat, belongs to the " Secession " school. It seems the word was known then. and was not a chimera, but an absolute cer• faddy That conspiracy was in full tide of, opera• lion, the object of which was secession and high treason.., unblushingly proclaimed, without a quail:- lying, condition. Time is rapidly unravelling the knotted skein. Reynolds,' Larmon, Brodhead, Beckley, Thichanan, Atchison, and Treat. How many more were engaged? How many more names are to be inscribed on the page of history with Ar nold and Iscariot? Important Order of General Grant. HE RECOMMENDS THAT THE FREEDOM OF THE NE• GRO BE ACKNOWLEDGED. HEADQ'RS DEPARTMENT OP THE TENNESSEE, VICKSBURG, Miss., August 1, 1863. GENERAL ORDERS No. 80.-1. All regularly or ganized bodies of the enemy having been driven from those parts of Kentucky and Tennessee west of the Tennessee river ; and from all of Mississippi, west of the Mississippi Central -Railroad; and it being to the interest of those districts not to invite the presence of armed bodies of men among them, it is announced that the most rigorous penalties will hereafter. be inflicted upon the following class of prisoners, to wit: AR irregular bodies of cavalry not mustered and paid by the Confederate authori ties ;. all person engagethin conscription, or in appre hending deserters, whether regular or irregular; alt citizens encouraging or aiding the same ; and all persons detected in. firing upon unarmed trans ports. It is not contemplated that this order shall affect the treatment due to , prisoners of war, captured within the districts named, when they are members of legally-organized companies, and when their acts are in accordance with the usages of civilized war- 2. The citizens of Mississippi, within the limits above-described, are called upon to pursue their peaceful avocations, in obedience to.the laws of the United States. Whilst doing so ingood faith, all UniteeiStates forces are, prohibited from molesting them in any way. It is earnestly recommended that the freeaom of negroes be acknowledged, and that, instead of compulsory labor, contracts upon fair terms be entered into between the former master and servants, or between the latter, and such other persona as may be willing to give them employment. Such a system as this, honestly followed, will result in substantial advantages to all parties. - All private property will be respected except when the use of- it is necessary for the Government, in which case it must be taken under the direction of a corps commander,and by a proper detail under charge - of a commissioned officer—with specific in-- etructions to seize certain property and no other. Astafr officer of- the Quartermaster or Subsistence Department will in each instance be designated to recent for such property as may be seized, the pro :PqrtY tOhe paid• for .at the end of the war, on proof of loyhltY, or °rt.proper adluetment of the claim, under such regulations or laWs as may hereafteebe. established. , All_proparty seized under this order Innst betaken up on returns by the-officer giving re and dispoied of in accordance with "existing regulations:. . 3. 'Persons having cotton or other produce net re quired',by4jhe army, will be allowed to bring the same to;anymilitary post within the State of Mis eissippioind abandon it to the agent of "the Trea sury Department at said post, to be disposed 'of in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the- Treasury " may establish. At posts' where there is no such 'agent, the Poet Quartermaster will receive all such property, arid, at the option of the owner, hold it till the arrival of the agent, or send it to Memphis. directed to Captain A. R. Eidy, A. Q. M., who will turn it over to the properly autho rized agent at that place; 4. Within the county of Warren, laid waste, by the long presence of contending armies, the follow ing rules to prevent suffering will be observed: Major General' Sherman, commanding , the 15th Army Corps, and Major General McPherson, the. the 17th Army Corps, will each designate a commissary of subsistence, who will issue, articles of prime necessity to all destittte families calling for them, under such restrictions for the protection of the Government as they deem necessary. Fami lies who are able to pay for the provisions drawn will in all cases be required.to do eo. 6. Conduct disgraceful to the American name has been frequently reported to the major general com manding, particularly on the part of portions of the cavalry. Hereafter, if the guilty parties cannot be reached, the commanders of regiments and detach ments will be held responsible, and those who prove themselves unequal • to the task of preserving disci pline in their commands will be promptly reported to the War Department for tt mustering out? , ,Sum mary punishment must be inflicted upon all oflisers and soldiers apprehended in acts of violence or law lessness. - By order of Major General U. S. GRANT. T; S. BOWERS, A. A. A. G Geheral Schofield's New Order to Return- • ing Rebels. ST. Lours, August 9. - General Schofield to-day promulgated the following order. It will be seen he offers liberty to returned rebels who take the oath and give. bonds HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OE MISSOURI, ST. Louis, August 25, 1863. Large numbers of men are leaving the broken rebel armies in the Mississippi valley, and returning to Missouri. Many of them doubtless come back with the Purpose of following- a career of plunder and murder, under the form: of guerilla warfare, while others wouhl glatily return to their homes as peaceable citizens, if permitted to do so, and pro tected from violence. The State is in danger of a repetition of the scenes of violence and bloodshed which characterized the months of July and August, 1862. The united efforts ..of all loyal and peaceably-disposed citizens, as well as of the troops Ifof this department, Will be required to avert this - evil. It is the desire of the commanding general that all those who voluntarily abandon the rebel - cause, cause, and desire to return to their allegiance to the United States, shall be per mitted to do so under such restrictions as - the public , peace shall require. All such persons may surrender themselves and their arms at the nearest military post and will be released mpon taking the oath of allegiance and giving bonds for ,their future good conduct. They Will be required to reside in such portion of Missouri ,or other-State as the provost marshal who releases them shell direct:. All who shall fail to comply with these conditions and shall remain within our lines without renewing their allegiance will be treated as criminals, according to the laws of war. Those who shall engage in robbery, murder, or other similar crimes, will be exterminated without mercy. Humanity demands of every citizen active and earnest co-operation with the, military authori ties in putting down these common enemies of man- The commanding general demands of every citi zen the full discharge of his duty in _this regard. Those who neglect it will be held responsible, in their persona and property, for the damage that may result from their neglect, and will be punished at the discretion of a military commission. If -milder means shall fail, the commanding general will order the destruction or seizure of all houses, barns, pro visions and other property belonging to disloyal per sons in those portions of the State which are made the haunts of guerillas. To enable them to protect '.themselves from violence, and to aid the troops When necessary, all, loyal and peaceable citizens in Pdissouri will lie permitted to bear arms. As far as practicable arms which have heretofore been taken from such citizens will be returned to them. By command of Maj. Geri. SCHOFIELD. Tun CoLon OF THE- Ithesrestevi.—Some days since wenoticed `the peculiar change which had taken - place in the • color of the water of the Missis sippi river- The Louis Ville Journal, in referring to the phenomenon, says : "It is now the opinion of the most of those well ioformed that the scum on the river is to be attributed to coal oil, or petroleum, which has in some way broken from the beds 'or wells, so frequent around Pittsburg, and run into the water, thus creating the scum' alluded to. It is no uncommon thing for the Allegheny river, one of the Ohio's tributaries, to become in that condition, and sometimes, too, so thick that it will burn by putting Are to the surface of the water. The -quan tity of oil which has been, by some unexplained ac cident,- emptied in the Ohio from the Pennsylvania wells has been much greater than ever known be fore, of %course. The scum is of a greasy consistency, partaking strongly of that nature, and adheres to the wheels of the steamboats going up and down the river; until the accumulation is one-fourth of an inch in thickness—retarding navigation to some ex tent." THE GIVE= Fine.—The Greek fire was invented about a thousand years ago in the 'East, and was employed in the crusades against the Uhristians, to whom it was a source of the utmost terror and con fusion. It is composed of whatis known as " arseni cal alcohol," and is chiefly made of pitch, myths, and bitumen, and- readily burns on and under water. , . It was originally:-projected on arrows and javelins, around which flax was twisted, saturated with the compound. It emits a most offensive - odor in its dis charge, and 'every destructive in its effects. The secret of the Composition of this fire was lost until the commencement of our civil war, when it- was discovered or-reinvented-singularly enough by a Virginian—who offered it to our Government, and tried to procure a patent for it. Parties who were in Washington a - year and a half ago may remember the efforts - of , this individull to obtain a hearing from the 'Government officials. How THE BLOWS no RING I—The Lancaster Ex press Wonders what the chivalry of South Carolina think of Gilmore and his band now performing an "engagement) , at Charleston. If they are as good at catching a tune as the Italians, they are by this time acquainted with the anvil chorus in " Halle lujah" measure ! What an anvil Sumpter makes ! and what heavy hammers Gilmore uses ! flow their blows ring , throughout the world ! Jolu BEGIN's AVt io marching OA. NEV.C,S FROM THE SOUTH, Letter of Richert Toombs on the Finances of the. ConJetleracy—Bankruptcy of the Rebellion. WAsourromorr, 0-a., August 12, M. 7'd Hie Editdr of the Vrta f thaionalist The Confederate 'government have committed two radical errors in the management of our firoln ces, Which produced .111 r present calamitous con dition by the operatiOn of laws of currency as' fixed, certain, and immutable as the laws which govern the planetary awtero. At the beginning of this struggle we had tars,* national resources and unequaled elements of publAr credit ; we borrowed l a g e t: l o d u e t a o r tfaePueag augment r a:n r n d t " o p r u o poverty e"rntdys resourcesswe ei le i t . 1 i t ,. i t e d t d iy m i i t tg t a ter t tf r a e'l p r a r u o l l r v l e t: has'mainly nontributed to the dryitfrup of this living fountain of public supply. The Out - great error was in attempting to' carry on a great - and expensive' war solely on meat, without taxation, This is the first attempt> of tile kind ever madeby a - civilized people; the result' of the experiment' Will' hardly invite its repetition: During the first year of its existence - the - present Congress neither levied nor collected wangle's-est of taxes, and postponed the collection' of those levied forlthe second year to aperiod fatafirtbolete to support our currency. The second errornatural ly resulted from the first, and consummated the de struction of public credit. This error was the - use Of the public, credit almost exclusively in the'fornif of currency. The natural result of this pllicy was, plain, inevitable,' overwhelming.. It .is a well-set tled and sound principle in currency, that a nation. which has a sufficient . quark:thy of circulating me , diem "properly to' answer the wants of its trade and' commerce, cannot add to the value of that currency by any further addition to its quantity. In the ordi nary state of trade, any excess of the proper quota', ty exhibits itself in the form of the exportation. of bullion; any deficiency in importation. When.- ,from any cause whatever the operation of this law Is prevented, any redundancy of, currency must ne cessarily depreciate the whole mass, and this depre dation will exhibit itself in the rise in price of all commodities which it circulates. It is also true, that if this redundant' currency exists in the form of Paper money not convertible into coin at the will of the holder, the measure of this depreciation is the difference between the standard or mint price of bullion and, the market price when paid in this currency. Tested by these plain and sound principles, the solution of the causes of our present financial trou bles is easy. When this revolution commenced our currency was in excess of the wants of society. The proof is that nearly all of the banks within the Con federate States kad suspended cash paymenta. and theirrnotes were depreciated ; therefore, the first treasury note which was put intq circulation added its nominal value to this excess; _ each succeeding issue enlarged it, and increased the depreciation of the whole mass. This depreciation soon began to manifest itself in the rise of commodities ; yet the Government has unwisely continued daily by a forced circulation to add to this excess, increase the depreciation, and enhance the price of all the com modities which it is compelled to purchase, end is thus exhausting the national resources in the ratio of geometrical progression. • This ruinous policy would have long since ran its course but for the fact that law, intimidation and, above all, the ardent, sincere, honest, but m istaken patriotism of the people have been invoked to up hold it. But, the principle being radically wrong, no human power 'could uphold it long, and in spite of all these powerful proofs, our .national currency is depreciated more than one thousand per sent. be low gold and silver, four hundred per cent. below suspended bank notes,.and prices and payments are rapidly adjusting themselves to the inexorable facts. Many unsound reasons are given for this state of things by the supporters or apologists of this per nicious policy. Many able and excellent persons affirm, and honestly believe,-that from the peculiar circumstances which surround us bullion is no long. er a standard of value, or a true measure of the de- - predation of our currency. This error has produced ' infinite mischief. - It is true that gold and silver do rise and fall in value like, but in a much less degree than other commodities, and it is mainly for this reason that they have been adopted by mankind as the stAndards' of value ; and howeverthey may rise or fall, that in no degree affects their value as a test of the depre ciation of Inferior currencies; they certainly still remain, if not the infallible, yet the moat accurate measure of such depreciation which the wisdom of the world has as yet been able to discover. This is no pleasant picture for us to behold, yet this is better than the still more gloomy one which a continuance in the paths of error will speedily present to our visions. The consequences are frightful; let us pursue them a little further. Let us suppose that we have live hundred millions of currency now in circulation, worth fifty millions of Standard ,bullion;' the issue of an additional five hun dred millions of such currency will not add a sin gle dollar to its value. The thousand millions will be worth no more than the five hundred millions were before the last issue—to wit: fifty millions of bullion. The‘additioni•has only depreciated the whole currency by one-half, and this depreciation will invariably exhibit itself in the rise of the com modities for which it may be exchanged. The Go vernment, therefore, if it expends the additional issue in commodities, loses first- the whole amount of depreciation existing at the beginning of the issue, also all the additional depreciation produced by its daily expenditure, and the note-holders lose one-half the value of their notes. It will, therefore, follow that if the market price of wheat is eight dollars per bushel , under the issue of five hundred millions of treasury notes, it will.be sixteen dollars per bushel under the issue of a thousand millions, and The sixteen dollars will be worth no more than the eight dollars, and will exchange for no more of other commodities. • This being the, uniform law of currency, when you fix an arbitrary price on any given commodity and leave all other commodities to the natural opera-, lion of this law, you utterly destroy all sound prin ciples of exchange, and must in, the • end ruin the producers of ...the regulated_ commodity.unless' they abandon that business at least to the extent of pro diming a surplus. This mutt. be the effect of this, impressment, unless the law is throttled by the wisdom and power of the people. But is this prin ciple true I That commodities will rise or fall in proportion to the increase or diminution of money, I assume as a fact which is incontrovertible." This is the language of Mr. Ricardo, and he iaimpported by Adam Smith and all of the great inters and • thinkers on currency who have flourished within the last hundred years. The same great truth is daily pressing itself upon our observation and de monstrating itself before our eyes every day. The pay of our officers and soldiers, the pay of the civil employes of the Oonfederate and state Govern ments, the compensation of all, eitherin military of civil life, at wages established on the old basis of &sound currency, has diminished and is daily di minishing, real exchangable value to a- sum for which the actual necessaries of life cannot be pur chased. -They feel the misery andgenerally know not its law. The capitalist lends his money to the Government, and finds at his first half-yearly dividend he receives in payment treasury notes not worth one-third=-in money what they were when he made the loan. Yet the Government wonders why people will not buy its bonds. Investments in gold for the last six months have been the safest and among the best in the Confederate States. They have paid one hun dred per cent. per month on the original investment, in treasury notes. Can I say more to expose the boundless folly of onr present financial syeteml The history of the currency of our enemies since the begin ning of this war is humiliating to us. Neither had fo- reign credits, both had powerful and established State Governments tp back them. We were united in favor of the war; they were divided. They have kept twice the men in the-field that we have upon half the money, and paid their soldiers better than we have. Their treasury votes sell at a discount of less than thirty per cent.; -ours at more than one thousand! The reason is solely that their Government has better understood and more firmly adhered to the true principles of currency than, ours. In all else we had the advantage. I have eqdeavored to point out the main difficulty in our financial po licy and have,.to the best of my judgment, traced it to ifs true source—excess in currency—not national debility. I have labored to illustrate the disastrous effect on. prices of this excess, and here I wish to be clearly understood. I do not say that currency is the sole element in the price of corn, or of any other com modity, but I do affirm that it is one of its main ele ments, always present, ever active, and, other things being equal, "that the price of commodities Must everywhere rise or fall in proportion to the in crease or diminution of the money which circulates them." Suppose lam mistaken in the application of this principle to our present circumstances ; sup pose, as many able and excellent men do firmly hold, that from our peculiar circumstances gold and silver are not now either the true standard of value or the true test of the depreciation of our currency. What then I I will not deny the truth, but I will waive it, in deference to honest patriots seeking the same end, the public good,- but- I will not waive the terrible truth, as plain as the noonday sun, that any and every standard which any intelligent man can apply, and at a velocity rapid and daily increasing, our cur rency is depreciating, dying, and without our most vigorous efforts must soon pass away.' This depre ciation of the currency, therefore, whatever may be its regulation, or by whatsoever standard you may test its amount, is our monster evil. The mischief is still within our power, and we may still remedy it, if wehave the wisdom, firmness, and courage which the crisis demands. It involves our - independence. We must do it; we have no alterna tive which - a freeman should consider ; any-settle ment with those miserable miscreants on our north ern border, short of eternal separation - and We pendence, would be the consummation of all evils which even the power of God could inflict on us in this world. -Therefore, whatever may be the cost in wealth of a return to a sound currency,_we must pay the penalty of our past folly, and pay it now.- This depreciation of currency having been shown to have resulted chiefly from the excemaive lune of treasury notes, we can only correct this evil by stopping instantly any further issueunder any pre— tence whatever, and by reducing as rapidly as possi ble our present outstanding issues. It requires large, comprehensive, and efficient measures for their continual deduction, until they shall rise in value and approximate, as nearly as our Chaucer - stances will allow, to the stanard value of gold and silver. Taxation and loans are the only means of attain- ing this result—taxation, comprehensive, simple, rigid, and equal. The present tax law does not pos sess these qualities ; it is partial, unequal, and com plex; fosters vulgar prejudices, and will gather an abundant harvest of frauds and perjuries. The tax in-kind principle is subject to many grave objections. This mode of taxation should never be resorted to when the currency is redundant, but with all of its faults -may be a necessary evil wherever there is a great deficiency in the circulating medium. The exe cution of such a law is necessarily difficult, irritat ing, wasteful, and productive of much fraud. But, certainly, in our present condition, the war can• not be• carried on and the currency sustained by taxation alone ; we must: resort to loans. I am not in the least dieccsereaged by the ill• success of the Governnientlately in funding its treasury notes. Treabury'it tes are in great ex. sees ; the holders are anxiously hunting for a safe and profitable investment for them. The Govern ment is perfectly able to supply that want; hereto fore it has not done so. We must issue new bonds, with principal and interest payable in gold and sil ver,- or their equivalent, and adopt measures to - make such, payment certain. This can be done by mortgaging a specific portion of the revenue to the new bondholders, adequate to the payment of both principal and interest as each may respeotively fall due, coupled with clear provisions that their taxes shall be is-repealable until the mortgages are paid, and that these taxes shall only be paid in gold and silver: or the coupons of the- bonds for which they are pledged. _ By making the provision for our bonds ample at the beginning, so that no future legislation shall be necessary to preserve the public faith, we give the public creditor the best possible security for his money which we are able to offer. The overthrow of Government will be his only - danger ; that cannot be provided against. We greatly lessen the chances of repudiation, because,in this ease, it would require the . direct concurrence of the Executive and both branches of Congress to defeat. the security ; where as, in the case of bonds charged on the general reve nue, it may be defeated by the Executive or either branch of Congress—even the non-action of either would be fatal to it. What are called the cottoMloan. bonds, though they have but one of these principles engrafted upon them, to-wit : The payment of inte rest in clash sell for a large premium. The fifteen million loan was based precisely on these principles, and, although the = Government has violated its pledge to pay these bonds in coin, and they suffer,- under the great disadvantsge of being secured by an export duty on cotton, which is made nearly una. variable for the present by the blockade, their market value is nearly 'double that of alt other *eight -per cent. bonds. These facts demonstrate the soundness of the theory - which I advocate. If the cotton bonds had been secured -by a land tax; upon the terms I have,briefly sketched, adequate to meet them, their'coupons would instantly very , nearly approximate to gOK 4iAd gih r et value, the THREE CENTS. premium upon them, payable In roue eurreleBl, would be large. We must act, and that quickly; the public interest' and public c safety will no longer allow delay. Our present system is utterly insupportable; it is upsetting the very foundations of private Melds, weakening daily public confidence in ottr cause at flame and abroad— sowing dangerouv distontents among Me people, which are daily deepening and widening: Patriotism demands Mal all good men, should ttnite to correct these arils. I am, very reepeatfullY, your obedient aervant, It'f TOOMBS. ARMY OF THE CIIMVERLUVR. Importance of *AC' Situation. fbr amerf, NORTH OF STE9I7III4ION, COr. respondent of the Oinchmatt Gazette Writer: • The story of the rebels having fortY thousand men areliattatooga is all bosh. Bragg had not a' man aye than that previous to the departitre or corps to reinforce Lee ; and, at the present time, the commander of the rebel army of - Tenneasee can not, with his utmost exertions, musem More than twenty.2ife' thousand men. 'Buckner hag" peril/spa' ten thousand more, and these are, under preEient cir; cumstances; the only force upon which the rebels can count fbrresietinrthe progress of our'arrriY and that of General Burnside. And the Union , soldiers under Burnside' and Ifosecrans 'are ttreate.Ohig the very vitals of the 'Confederacy. Nothing better proves the vreakness of the• rebel• lion today than' this contrast of - opposing forte in the neighborhood of allitinooga. SPEOTTLATIONE , .-"TtiREIC •MPoRTANT POTSC7JB.- `Should we wish to 'occupy Atlanta and Macon, we" can do so <in spite ofßreen. and the possession .of those points by our ankles; together with that c. 4. Chattanooga, would . in'velve• The ruin of the rebel; lion, so that even its ileeperathwnd determined chief- - tains would abandon it as hopeless, throwthemselves upon the clemency of tlieGovernment. qr. take re fuge in flight. The occupation of Chattanooga, At lento, and Macon by the T_TniOn armiesis the final se paration of the Gulf States FromVirginia,the destine- Hon of all possible communition between Johnston and Lee, and the severance of 'what remains of the Confederacy, as completely as the whole was divided by the capture of Vicksburg arid Port Hudson. One great reliance of the rebel leaders is; thetas our armies close around them. driving all their troops within a circle whose diameter becomes continually less and lees, their opportunities for concentration will be corne more and more formidable, and they will be able to crush in detail the various portions of our more extended line. Of course; it will be easier, tee, for us to concentrate as the' circle contracts; but as it will take less and less time for the rebels, operating upon their interior lines, to effect any desired combination, our opportunities for know ing their intentions will Continually diminish, and. we shall be ever less and less prepared to baffle their concentrated armibs by counter concentra tions of our men. But let the Gulf States of the " Confederacy " be severed from the Atlantic, let the armies rallying around Johnston be cut off from those whose inspiring, soul is Lee, and the whole scheme by which the rebel leaders hppe, even in the most desperate extremity, to baffle and defeat us, will fall at once to the ground ; and the utter futility of continuing the contest will become mmarent even to themselves- Johnston's army, cut off from Rich mond and the rebel Government, will inevitably go, to pieces ; Lee's, deprived of its supplies from the Gulf Stater, must disperse or starve; and the armies of the Union, encouraged and reinforced, and press ing everywhere upon the broken and disjointed frag. ments of the "Confederate" hosts, will scatter them like chaff before the whirlwind, or slaughter them like sheep. . . These views, slightly modified, are the same which, not long since. I beard expressed hp an intelligent ffi rebel ocer, who was a prisoner in our hands and with whom, through the kindness of a valued friend in this army, I was permitted to converse. HOVE BY WHICH WE MIGHT. BE CHICCIEDIATED I know of but one way in which a movement of ours, having. in view the occupation of the three great railroad centres I have named, could be check mated. Should Johnston resolve to leave Missis sippi and Alabama, abandon^ Mobile to its fate, march rapidly northward. destroy the railroads, Sze., behind him, so that Grant could only follow slowly and with difficulty, form a junction with Bragg and Buchner, and then fall upon General Rosecrans—should he resolve to do this, I Say, only the,most energetic operations on our part could pre vent him. Should he succeed in effecting the junc tion* the bravery of this army, the excellence of its officers, and the genius of RoSecrans could alone save it from defeat Superiority in numbers would no longer avail it ; that superiority, would be trans ferred in all probability to the other sidefor John ston's 30,000, Bragg's 25,000, Maurey's 15,030, and Buckner's 10,000 would form an army 70,000 strong. Should the rebel forces at Charleston and Savan nah be released about the same time, Johnston and Bragg would find themselves at the head of one hun dred and ten thousand men. The Story about the invasion of,Canada— D'Arey, McGee's Bugbear Destroyed. Some time ago, Mr. Thonias D'Arcy McGee pub. Hailed in the Montreal Ga . zette a communication in timating that he knew that it was the purpose of the American Government to invade Canada, by sending one hundred thousand men to Montreal, to out the country in two. This announcement, coming from an. ex• Cabinet Minister. occasioned no little excitement in the' Oanadas, which, however, was allayed by subsequent qualifications of the alarming statement.. showing that its only foundation was an alleged conversation of one Mr. Hart, of Montreal, with Secretary Seward. Mr. Hart now comes out under his own name, giving an account of the conversa• tion in question. which, it will be seen; was not with Mr. Seward at all, and only a military, opinion as to, the tactics to be pursued in the event of a war. The followineis Mr. Hart's letter: "Qv - Banc, August 21,1663. . • "DEAR HOLTON: You Imagine ..my. surprise 'and mortification, on tailing up this morning's news paper, to find that Mr. McGee had dragged Mr: Seward, Mr. Grinnell and my name before the public in his speech, last night relati,ve to militia= affairs. As his version of the conversation, as coming from me to you, is not correct, but the reverse of what I stated of my interview. with Mr: Seward, I wish you to take "the-earliest'moment to place them right. I did not-state to you that Mr. Grinnell was with me at WaShington. I took a letter of introduction from Mr. Grinnell to Mr: Seward. I did not state to you,-nor did Mr; Seward. to me, of any thought on his part, or that• of the , United States Government. of invading Cana da, but the reverse. Mr. Seward spoke confidently of amicable relations, and in the highest terms of our present .position and >form of Government. You will thus see bow wrong has been the use of Mr. Seward's name. I did tell you'of a commu nication a high military man had with me in Wash ington, about the tactics that would probably be fol lowed in the event of a war with England—that 100,000 men could, at .short ,notice, be concentrated and thrown across the St. Lawrence; about or below the Island of Montreal, Br.e., &a., and you may pos. , sibly have confounded his remarks with Mr. Se ward's. Some confusion of. names and circum stances in respect of a casual conversation .held more than a year ago, to which no particular im portance was attached by either of us, is not to he. wondered at. But the' reference to Mr. Seward and Mr. Grinnell, as well as 'myself, having been made, I deem it my duty to these gentlemen to give a true. statement of the facts. "Yours, truly, THEODORE HA.Er.,, Serenade to Mr. Forney. [From the Washington Chronicle, August 28.] Last evening the band of the land New York Re giment, at present stationed on Capitol Hill, ten dered the compliment of a serenade to Col. Forney, at The Chronicle building, on Ninth streetnear T. A. number of the officers of the regiment accompanied the band, which, we believe, has recently been or ganized from men in the ranks, and has already acquired-great proficiency in the art of music. After performing several epirited airs, in response to re peated calls, Col. Forney appeared on the talcony and spoke as follows: GENTLEMEN OF THE BAND OF THE 1530 1 4 Taw. - YORE REGIMENT : I have the honor to thank you for ithis compliment, and to regret ; that I was not at my residence on Capitol Hill when you called there to tender me the manifestation that you have this night repeated. I - am the more obliged to you be cause you have the second time paid me this compli ment. I. scarcely know why it is tendered, unless it be on account of my acquaintance with your colonel, which bids fair to ripeni-as I trust it will ripen, into along friendship. I 'am not disposed to utter- party sentiments upon the issues involved in this mighty struggle.,' It would be scarcely proper to do eo. Yon are here to • fight the battles of your country. This much. I'may say, however,. that, standing as you are, under this clear, moonlighted sky, and under that great banner, that illustrious standard, that glorious orifiamme which will flash through generations the signal of freedom—[ap plause]=/ congratulate you upon the rapid ap proach of a conquered peace—a peace without dishonor • a peace - without stain ; a peace that will bring back all the seceded and deserted sections of the Union—a peace, which, in my opi nion, will not only be the seal of perpetual Union, but of-perpetual liberty—a practical peace—a peace of the abolition of slavery. [Applause.]Because we have learned that unless we have , such a peace we must have renewed and never-ending war. There are those about me, doubtless, who at the be ginning of the war said-thatf the Southern States .could not-be "subjugated." It was not proposed to " subjugate" them. They said they could not be "conquered," It was not proposeito "conquer" them. The misguided men and " Tome of the South believed, when they took uo arms against that flag. that they could succeed. Why, -they might as well - ,have tried f to tear from the firmament that luminous . moon, or to pluck away, the bright stars that are looking down: pon us--as they have looked down upon man from the beginning of the world—as to make'any such attempt. "Subjugate !" Why, gen tlemen, to save thie country everything • should be " subjugated."' I said at the beginning, and I still hold, that the hand of God is in this contest. I recognize Him in that flag, and in the constant blessings poured out upon my country. - This is my faith. Call it fanati cism, if you please, but it is the devotion which alone can save our country. It is the devotion whichl feel, and which I trust we-all feel to-night. It is the devotion which is to bring us out of this strife successfully. Yes, we are on the eve of a great peace. The nations of the earth stand appalled at this majes=- tic spectacle. Within an hour I have received papers from all parts of the Southern country. Despond ency, gloom, and despair are written in every line of these journals. They feel that they, have tempted their fate; they feel that their hour of doom has come. lam not here to exult over them. lam here to see the fulfilment of the prophecy which the true patriot has felt from the first. I thank God that I have lived in this era ;-that I have seenthis struggle ; that the' Government is bound to prevail, and to prevail by no hollow peace, by-no flimsy compro-, raise made between convenient and easy negotia tions, but to prevail upon eternal•principles ; and if the Southern States choose- to come back to the Union, and submit to that potential power,: hat puissant majesty, which can never be defeated, well and good ; but if they do not, let the war go on until there is not a foot of their soil that is not covered by our flag, and until there is- not a slave from whom the shackles have not fallen. I am very much obliged to you for this compliment RAPID. EMANCIPATION IN Missomil.—The slaves in the western border counties of Missouri have been practical emancipationists for some time, and the war is.making what is left of them immediatei of the active persuasion. The St. Louis Union, of the 18th, states that the negroes are leaving the western border counties in droves, starting some times from fifty miles in the interior and travelling, unmolested, directly along the publio.highways, through towns and villages, to the Missouri river, wherejlisy are promptly aided to cross into Kansas. In som instances they are guarded and protected on their journey by 'Kansas jayhawkers and Missouri, troops, who prevent attempts by their masters to Arrest them by armed force. • The St. Soseph Herald states that, during the last two months, the slaves have been leaving Platt county at the rate of about thirty per day; the slave population of the county in 1860 was 3,313, and now there are but two or three hundred left. The Herald says from all portions of North Missouri we have the same information. The slaves are leaving by day and by night. Few owners pretend to stay the exodus. Such is the slave situation in Missouri, and the St. Louis Union declares the fact to be that "there is no longer any slavery in the State. A negro is just as free as the man who pretends to own him. There is hardly a single darkey who eaUllOt Olr, oz even Iva, I zl WALMi. 3 111 .I=l-EiSiSa (PIrBLISItIID t o rirror.) Tim WAR PERM will be sent to ariboctibers mall (per annum advance) 511 Three copies " 500 Five copies " " 900 Ten copies " " • _1504 Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged 'at the equal rate. St.so per copy. The money/ must always ekconmana trye arde, an d fn no instance can these terms be dcitc . r . .terkrri*. ae theg afford very little more than the cost Q f the 2>arier. Fifie - Postmasters are requested to act as Agents fog The Wes Pares. tar To r the getter-up of the Club of tert or twenty. 44 extra copy of the Paper will be given, Poirticu. The' Pr°spear for the re-election of Governor Curtin VOW brighter every day. The people are rip and mating.. They begin to realize the terrible caliiMity of electing a sympathizer with 'Vahan , stich J3B I eOOSBYEATIT is known to be. It Woukl not only be e diskrace. but a calamity. rt - would not Daly Prolongthe war, by encouraging the rebels' to hold out still longer. but wouldjeopardizi3 the' life of the nation: itself. Thoughtful men of all parties see this. They have resolved that it shall not be done. Leading and getlVe Deatocrati all over the State are, coming out openly and above boord for Curtin. likrtriumpharifelectlerliga' certainty. - - The Erie' gazttle says: We have received let term informing ZEI that , GoVernor Ointitt•will be in Erie county on Me loth of September, abd address a' • 'Union mass - ineetbg at place as may be select: for the purpose: the' atrattgemefitis subsenixent to that datewill re der it iMpracticable for him' to Make more than oneepeeeh"in thrreOunty,.and'hence a desire his been expressid that.the proposed'ineet ins be called at Erie, lathe most at:cep:4le paint - to' a majority of our citizens. Not doubting that, the proposition will be acceded to'generally, we would call upon our friends to prepare for thegreat 'Union cOnvOcation of the campaign in Northweitern Penn sylvadia. Let us turn out' in our misfit, and , giYe our noble candidate for Governor a fittingledeption. S. Biddle commences a letter to the chair . , man of the D'emod Committee ommittee of Butler county with these words : "Dear Sir? Dy your favor of the 17th instant I am informed of your action in rela tion to a proposed organization of "secret character in Bailer cotinfk." The chairman of the committee thereupon publishes . the letter, adding.: "I hope that this will satisfy the people as ',`.6 the propriety of abandbning any organization that 'tray hoie Beek' fdima under - misapprehensions) , He thiis exposes file secret Which Mr. Biddle fancied waisafe when he referred only to a proposed organization. Un- ' doubtedlY there are Knights of the Gorden Circle La Butler countf, Cie above correspondence means anything. We have just been Shown a copy of the Consti tution of "The' Democratic Anti-Abolition State Alights Aisociation, of the town of Sereno, Colum bia county', Pii4" alio the oath of, the laide; which is as follews "You do solemnly and sincerely swear that you will support the Connitution of the United States; and. that you will stand by each other in all emergencies ; and that you will rof . retteal that rahicii is aboat to'ba . rettettlecito you, under thi penalty of Death. So help you God." How, the a'bove pro. citrus documents came into our possession it is not necessary here to state further than that they have been furnished us by 'one who wag "in the ring." For the presenthe dbernot feel that it would be safe for him to allow his name to - be made public as the leaders of the catial swear vengeance upon those who reveal the secrets.:—Colunstria Reineblican. The Secession organ in Johnstown has become so notoriously and" openly treasonable in its teach ings that its continued publication is simply an evi dence of neglect of ditty on the part Of the,United- States oniders in the district. The issue dated August N . is filled with the most inflammatory appeals against the enforcement of the conscription. Under the heading, "The Lincoln Draft, ,, the leading arti cle commences thus "In our localColumna will be found the roll of victims drawn in the great Lincoln lottery, at Huntingdon, on ThinsdaY last. It is a humiliating spectacle to see names embraced within that roll who work 'hard for the small pittance which gives their wives and children a scanty sup ' port, vet who must be driven 'like bullocks to the slaughter pen,' to satisfy the craving maw of the Lincoln horde for blood, while the pimps who are so loudly loyal, if not able, will be assisted to • evade the responsibility of Serving the Administration. In a few weeks more the wives and little Ones of the poor consbripts will be deprived of their protection and support, and ere many months a nameless grave will probably be the penaltY of being poor, and of living under the benign Administration of Abraham Lincoln." 'The. article closes by'adviaing Democrats to go armed to the polls in October, to "prevent the game so successfully played in - Kentucky." • —The Easton Free Press says The time before us is abort, but the work - is great. Let every one be willing to work 'during the few weeks before the election for -the success of the - Union cause. Visit yotir neighbors, and discuss the great questions at stake. Prepare for the election in every possible way. Spend time, labor, and money, if necessary, to bring out every - voter to'the polls. There 'are aged men, and Erick men, whose hearteare warm for the Union cause, but who cannot walk to the pone. Drake arrangements for these to come to the elec.- lion. GoV. Curtin can, nay must, be elected if we wish to have peace, a nation; and:a Union. We can elect hiM, and thatwith a large majority, if we work and do our duty. The eyes of all loyal men every where are fixed on us, and if we fail in Pennsyl vania, gloom will overshadow the Union cause. Of , . not' the noble qualtiegof ourieader we need speak again this week, but -a re-election is due to him for his activity and incessant labbrs to subdue - the rebellion. • —The Easton Argus says . : "The contest is them narrowed to this : Shairthe negroes - of the South -4,000,900 of them,.and not halfcivilited—be set free add made the equals and companion% the - coterie*. tors in labor of the white men of the' Werth 7 Shall we be overrun by this horde - of semi- barbarians of a different race and cOlor, and wages brought down by competition? Curtin is for this—WOodward against it. Let the white men of Pennsylvania decidewhich of the two they will choose." -If we- are.- not mis taken, Awes not Gov. Curtin, but - a' venerable im becile of :fudge Woodward's partY, late an occupant of the Presidential mansion, who -expressed the opinion that ten cents a day was sufficient wages for the " whiten:ten of Penns yivania." Leading Democratic papers have at tempted to pooh-pooh the charge that there is a society of the Knights of the Golden Circle existing in this State. The following from an Erie paper, shows that the charge is correct : " A friend from Fa ~ v iewinforms us that a society of the Knights of the Golden Circle • has been Organized at that place, and that by the promise to'secure them against the draft, - a goodly number of young men who have hitherto favored the Union cause 'have been induced to Join it. The vow Or oath taken by members of the society embodies a pledge to vote for all the candidates of' the Dem ocratic party. This, -of course, is the particular ob. jest contemplated in getting supporters of the Union cause within its circle. .. To every m who desires - to stand identified with the Government, we would say, Eaware of 'this organization." • all means let the soldiers vote. They feel a deep interest in the issues-to be decided at•the ballot boxthis fall, and none but cravens and the 'disloyal can refuse them the privilege of voting—of having - a voice in the decision of these issues. Because a • man is willing to take his life in his handslo defend, his imperilled country is no reason that he should be disfranchised. NO, let him vote. —• The Columbus Republican says : "It is reported that there is a certain president of a secret Demo cratic club in one of the Democratic townships, who • is drilling themembers of the party, mustering them into the club," and swearing them 'to stick together, and vote , as the loaders say.' After once:' clinch ing them,' he chuckles over the idea how slick he can trade them off.' He is sharp, concludes a herr gain with the aspirant for office who pays ,the best, and will then make the sworn members of his club vote-accordingly, both at the delegate and general • elections !" —The Fort Wayne (Indiana) drazette-anys ,that a Copperhead in-thit place declares that he is opposed to the draft "because every Democrat who goes to 'the army and lives to return home is sure to come back an Abolitionist.” —Who said tbat all men are created equal Thomas Jefferson, the father of Democracy. Who gave. negroes the right of suffrage-in New York? The Democratic party. Who presided• over the Convention which gave this, privilege to. negroes ? • Martin Van-Buren, a Democrat. Who afterwards elected Martin Van Buren to the Presidency of the. United Stales I The Democratic -, party. Who made the negro a citizen of the State of Maine The Democratic party. Who enacted a similar law in Massachusetts? The Democratic party. - Who gave the negro a right to vote =in New Feral:whirs? The. Democratic pirty. Who permitted every colored person owning two hundred and fifty dollars in New York-to become a voter? The General Assembly. purely Democratic. Who repealed the laws of Ohio which required negroes to, give bonds and security before settling in that State? The Democratic party. Who made mulattoes..lft?al voters in Ohio? A. Democratic supreme court, of which Reuben Wood was chiefjustice. What became of Reuben Wood? ••The Democratic party elected him Governor three times, and lie is still a leader of the Democratic party. Who helpedto give free negroes the right to vote in Tennessee, under her Constitution of 17961-Gene ral Jackson. - A BRAVE MAN'S Arrswea.—General Butler. in a speech he made while stopping over night in New Hampshire on his way to the White Mountain& was now and then interrupted by Copperhead& He In two years we have seen three-qUarters. of a million of-men raised. Before the sentence was completed one of the Pierce Democrats asked• in a sneering air, "Where are .they now I" "'Some of them," replied,General Butler, with his customary promptness, "lie sleeping; beneath the lodi- and others are still fighting the battles ofrtheir. coun try; while:you remain here athome aiding the cause of traitors." In another portion of his speech General Butler said : • Will you volunteer 3" a voice replied, " No." " You voted for- Breckenridge," said a voice to General -Butler, Butler, alluding to the last Democratic National Converdion. " Yes," . said. Butler, and if I were so cowardly as you, I might be tempted to deny it" - He then went on to show to these New Hampshire partisans that-one might very, properly vote for a man under certain circumstances and op pose that man under certain other circumstances when Judas Iscariot, was a true follower of hiss Master, he was no doubt a worthy example to be followed ;. but he was not aware that a man to pre serve hie consistency must continue to follow Joitae,. after he had betrayed his Lord." QUICK RETVICIIS.--The Alabama Legislature met in extra session at Montgomery on th -- P :l9th instant, and the Senate at once pm:B9A the P jllowing roolum tion : - -, Whereas, lathe opinion of Mils General Assembly, the people and the army b.' Ave lost confidence in Gene. Holmes and Isembeelon without questioning the integrity, patriotism. " Generals. _Resolved, That the i* - - or loyalty of either of said Lo m od an o d f taboehaTgeseir_. i h m e pe se r ali s v p e e l o y . Uterest of the service, and the lave generals. . ~.v fih s e o c od em a m r la ny d lo s v o e f , . The- T " nintJ '.on Wall hardly passed—indeed we do not know th, ..t it was passed—when the dint of the officers-31 F med, General Holmes, - died 'of delirium tremens; and this morning we have a:telegram that the ens i officer, General Pemberton; is also dead, heti,' ~, ..g 6 it is said, been killed by 'a Texan soldier l ' cl- ' el l last weekprobably on the 19th. " These „ at ay - ,..spective generals" ' both " changed ',their com mands" without the intervention of Jeff Davis, '1 for which the - Wallow% iosidiktult wast—Timat,
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