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El3t Vress.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1863
CHAIII,:.gsToN.
If we can credit the news that comes to
- us by Way Of Fortress Monroe, of the occii-
Dation of FOrt Sumpter and. Morris Island ;
we have gained-the. most gratifying triumph
of the - war,. Although we do not anticipate
much - advantage from - the occupation of an
island fortress .in the middle of a bay, with
its walls battered down, its guns removed
•or dismounteil, and any permanent posses
sion untenable by reason of the rebel batte
ries oh Sullivan's Island, and the others-stir
-rounding it; yet the war would have been
insufficient and purposeless if. we had con
cluded it without making an example of
-Charleston and the great fort in Charleston
harbor. General OILMORE has added to his
military fame a renown that every soldier in
the Union army will envy. He has shown
:what energy and a perfect knowledge of his
profession will do. Boldly taking pos
session of the lower part of Morris Island,
ihe - trained his guns, erected batteries,
and threw himself upon the enemy with
a zeal and courage that all men must
admire. His campaign his known but
one repulse, and that will, be remem
bered among the bravest events of the war.
The - assault upon Battery Wagner showed
the temper of the men' who were sent to
take Charleston, and to that failure we May
fairly 'attribute much of our present gain.
His plan of operations seems to have been
a bold movement upon the enemy, as soon
as he landed, and when he found he could
make no impression upon the works by a
land attack, an immediate and overwhelm
ing assault by every. means in his power
upon the works surrounding the harbor.
As "Admiral DAnionint says, this has been
almost entirely a military movement. The
guns of the vessels-of-War were merely em
ployed in diverting the attacks of Battery
Wagner and Fort Sumpter. The rain of
iron..catue from the batteries on the island,
and`frona these batteries came the first shells
that fell upon the metropolis of treason.
The attack upon Charleston possesses a
scientific interest. We have shown conclu
•,sively one or two results that will go far
"towards revolutionizing the of war. It
has always been. a debatable question as to
the power of stone or granite fortifications
to resist heavy guns, and in" England thou
sands of : pounds have been spent upon ex
periments. At Charleston.we have an ear
nest experiment, and we think the results
cannot be questioned. It is Fort PPulaski
-on a larger scale. In the reduction of 'Fort
Pulaski, we showed that, granite and stone
were of no avail beffire a well-directed ar
tillery fire. Fort Sumpter is another exam
ple. Here was a fort of remarkable strength,
with :every appliance that science -and
money could obtain, and, since its capture
by the rebels, strengthened in every possi
"ble way. This fort we see shattered into
ruins in a few days—its walls, sixteen feet
thick, crumbling—its guns battered - out of
their position. and swept into the sea—its
garrison reduced to a mere forlorn hope, and,
according to the news we have this morn
ing, its possession surrendered. England
and France and Russia will read these re
sults with strange interest. If General GIL
MORE can reduce Fort Sumpter so easily, how
long would the fortifications around the Eng
lish cbast, or at Cherbourg, orat Cronstadt, re
sist our - navy of iron, or a general of skill and
energy ? In addition•to this, much surprise
will be manifested at the wonderful range
and accuracy of the artillery fire. We-do
not know the exact distance, but we think
it is ,frorn four to six miles. Sothe of the
rebel journals estimate it as high as eight ;
but it is farther than we have ever known
'an artillery fight to be made before, with
any degree .ot efficiency, and in this case
the best witness of its efficiency is General
BEArit.EOARD himself, as he speaks of, the
projectiles of the batteries as "the most de
structive missiles ever used in .
We do not know enough of Charleston to.
speculate upon the contingencies of 'Ek cam
paign in which an army and a navy. are
both engaged, and which presents many
features of peculiar embarrassment.
we ire 'satisfied with what is done, nor do
ise,Care Lo pause and sPeculate.upon a cam
paign in the marshes, and whether we are
to have a long siege, or a short siege. We
have gained triumphs. enough for one cam
paign. -We have humbled treason in its
stronghold, and made Charleston a sealed
and deserted city. The country will re
joice at a retribution so just, and adminis
tered with so much gallantry and skill.
General Dix and Governor Seymour.
ThQlcorrespondence between Major Ge
neral Dix and Governor SEYMOUR. illustrates
. very clearly the opposition of their opinions
and motives, - and suggests a comparison
which will riot add to the Governor's repu
tation for sincerity and loyalty. We are
indebted to one of the characteristic slanders
of the 'New York Express for its publiea-
tion, a result which should teach the enemies
of the Government a, more cautious method
of abusing it. The Express blames the Ad
ministration for - withdrawing troops from
'the Army of the Potomac to protect the city
of New York from riot, on the ground that
it thus suspends the campaign in Virginia.
'Unfortunately, the correspondence, which
common fairness obliges it to publish,
proves that all blame in this case attaches
to Governor SEYMOUR, whose action made
the transfer of Federal troops necessary.
Governor SEYMOUR is tl us struck heavily by
his own friend, who, in amusing uncon
sciousness, aimed the blow at the Adminis-
tration. The correspondence shows that
/ had Governor "SEYMOUR desired it, not one
Tegiment would have been taken from the
Army of the Potomac to insure the peacea
ble enforcement of the draft in New. York.
General Dix, in his letters to the Governor,
emphatically assured him that he desired to
prevent the withdrawal of troops from the
.army, and expressly asked him if he might
rely upon the military power of the State to
enforce the execution of the law, in case it
was forcibly resisted. "If under your au
thority to see the laws faithfully executed,"
said General Dix in his first letter to the
Governor, "I can feel assured that the act
- referred to will be enforced, I need not ask
the War Department to put at my service
for the purpose, troops in the service of
the United States. lam the more un
willing to make such a rap:test, as they could
not be Withdrawn any considerable num
ber from the field without prolonging the
war and giving aid and encouragement to
the enemies of the Union, at the very mo
ment when our successes promise, with a
vigorous effort,lthe -speedy suppression of
the rebellion." This hint about giving aid
and encouragement to the enemy was not
lost upon the Governor. So long as evasion
was possible,, upon the slight pretext that
tie hoped the President would suspend the
draft, Governor SEYMOUR evaded . definite
answer. When evasion was no longer pos
aible; at the last, moment, he informed
General . Dix that he would, if neces
sary, • enforce the law by the power of
the State ; but
,Gencral Dix, unable to
depend any 'longsr on a Governor who
required seven days to reply to a simple
;question, which might have been answered
in an hour, and utterly ignorant of what
force he could: depend upon to prevent
riot, had then applied =to the Secretary of
War for troops, arid had received assurance
Oat an adequate force would be at once
pliw ; ed at his command. Hid Gov. SEYMOUR
.chosen to say yes, or no, to a plain ques-
Lion a'ar,ed of him on the 30th of July, he
would have been spared the necessity of
making a clwnsy explanation on the 20th
of August.,
General Dix conducted his part bf-this
correspondence wifg,:the utmost candor and
fairness: It was his desithat . there should
be perfect harmony of 'aCtilin: betty e 4 the
Federal Governmentandihltt of , 0.1 , State ;
he believed that resistance to the law should
be put down by the authority'•of the State
in whick it &caul ; he wish/A.4 avoid
-weakening the_ armies in thel:fitid.,,.-And
all that he asked of the Govern was
an answer to this question—" Can I rely
upon the military power of the State to sup
press possible riot, or must the Government
furnish troops which it really needs else
where ?"
Governor SETMOUVS solitary pretext for
refusing an answer to this question was
that he had sent a communication to the
President, and that he believed his answer
would make the question, unnecessary. But
this was altogether irrelevant. Governor
SEYmOUR'6 speculations had nothing to do
with General Dix.'s .responsibility, and if he
really believed that. the, President would
suspend
: the draft at his request, that belief
could not have prevented him from giving
General Dix-satisfaction. If withthat be
lief had been coupled a desire to ob
tain harmony of, action between the.
Federal Governinent and 'the Govein
ment of New York, he might have
said, .at once: "I do not think that, after
what I have written to the President, the
draft will be enforced, but, if 4 it , O, you can
depend upon the military force of the State to
put down any riotous resistance to the law.".
He was forced to, assure General Dix of
this at last ; but his assurance was then
too late to prevent - the withdrawal of troops
from the army. The evasive course he
adopted was ingenious but net ingenuous,
and in our judgment unworthy of the. Go
vernor of a great and loyal State. " Had
my application to the. Governor been. suc
cessful," says General Dix, " I should not
have asked the General Government to send
into this State a single soldier to aid in as
serting its authority, and in protecting its
officers from violence in the discharge of
their dutieS.''
If the Army of the Potomac is. weak
ened, Governor SE MOUE is responsible ;
if any irritable opponent of the Govern
ment dislikes to see the national troops in
the streets of New York, he has Governor
snrmoun to blame ; and if the enemy has
received aid and encouragement, he may
thank this same disingenuous diplomatist
for the fa—vor.
An Explanation of the Mystery.
Assuming, for the sake of argument, that
such a personage as Mr. Justice WooDWARD
is now in existence,- we have on repeated
occasions endeavored to ascertain Why .it is
that everything pertaining to him• is in
vested with such imposing mystery. There
is a household maxim in vogue, we know,
that little boys should be seen and not
heard ; but Mr. Attorney NORTHROP has
distinctly asserted that Mr. Justice WOOD
WARD "is no boy ;" and besides, he has been
neither seen nor heard since the day he was
nominated with plaudit that almost re
echoed the booming of the rebel cannon.
We know where Mr. VALLANDIOnAM is ; we
know where Mr. FERNANDO WOOD is ; we
know where MT. HORATIO SEYMOUR is ; but
we cannot tell where Mr. Justice WOODWARD
is, or whose system of philosophy he is
studying to brace himself against the hu
miliation-of his next defeat. In fact, there
is much of the weirdly Mystic character of
Poe's Raven in the character of the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nominee, so far as we can
judge from the faint gleams of information
we have .had concerning it. It impresses us
with the dim feeling of awe that may be
supposed to be inspired by witnessing the
freaks and strange contortions of a Chinese
juggler. We stand aghast, and hold our
breath, as we see . him swallow the sword,
and tilt the huge globe of iron from his nose
- to his chin, and then back again to his nose,
and a glow of sublime enthusiasm kindles
in our breasts, as we confess that the Orien
tal being is nobly and wonderfully gifted
'above ordinary men. So, as we stand and
contemplate the -Character, of Mr. Justice
WoODwAnn, its more than oriental mysti- 1
cisrn stirs our nature to its very depths, and
we confese that we are standing in no ordi
nary presence. Its impressment steals upon
the senses, and overcomes them like the
sweet perfumes of Claude Atelnotte' s ideal
orange. groves. We cannot be 'sufficiently
Prosaical, amid such delicious surround
ings, to ask the strange prisoner .whence
it • comes, or whither it is going. In
fact, we cannot be inquisitive -with Mr.
Justice WOODWARD. It would be irreve
rent to play the Yankee with this superior
Order of being, and crOss-question him like
a common felon at the dock. Still, it would
be very interesting to know why he is, in
the language of the reporters, so. extremely
" reticent." ..Men have sometimes been
lent, that their silence might be mistaken
for wisdom ; but the mistake is one not
likely to occur in the present case. Men
have, in * numerous 'cases of recent
.occur
rence, assumed. to be dumb, in order to
escape the draft ; but as the Democratic
candidate is a Judge, and of course has a
drawer-full of blank writs of habeas corpus,
it would only be necessary to fill u g one Of
these blanks to escape military duty.
Men ha r ve sometimes been dumb, in novels,
that they might be restored to speech in the
last chapter, and render some special assist
ance to the plot. But we know of no
plot in which the enemies of the Go:
vernment would • engage, •aud this theo
ry likewise falls to. pieces: Men of
eleemosynary habits have sometimes feign
ed :to -be dumb, to ingratiate themselves
into the purses of charitable people ; but
Mr. Justice . WOODwARD is not of eleemosy
nary habits. In fact, it is very questionable
- whether he ever begged more than twenty
nominations in his life, and in each case, so
far as we recollect, the request was respect
fully declined. Having exhausted-supposi
tion, therefore, in the vain attempt to ac
count for his weird and sombre silence, we
are, with the utmost reluctance, compelled
to accept the only other explanation at pre
.,sent within reach. - We find it in the follow
ing verse from a pretty poem entitled " Si
lence," which has been - going.the rounds of
the press for some weeks past :
When the heart is bare of gladness,
And the helpless sense of ill.
Goads the apathy of sadness
Onward through a whirl of madness
To a darkness drear and shill—
Then the palsied tongue is still.
The theory is not a pleasant one, but it
is confirmed by a late statement in the Har
risburg Telegraph, that Mr. Justice WOOD
WARD is sick with a "helpless sense of ill,"
so thoroughly is he convinced that he is
desti,ned to be defeated at the coming elec
tion. It is the "apathy of sadness," and
we may look for "the darkness drear and
chill" upon the night of the' second Tues
day in October next.
THE Distant, men in oil midst whd
complain because negroes are not taken as
substitutes for drafted white men, are ne
vertheless constantly contending that the
negroes will not fight. The assertion is as
false as the men who make it are inconsist
"ent. - A life-long Democrat, now an officer
in General GILMoEE's command, writing
to a friend in Freemansburg, Northampton
county, in this State, says of the :colored
troops : " They can hardly be equalled in
coolness and bravery. I have fought side
by side with them in the late battles'near
Charleston, and am able to write and speak
from what I saw and heard." The man
who wrote these words is a Democrat, such
a Democrat as was General JAcEsox, who
commanded negrci soldiers in the war of
1812, and who said to them, " You surpass
my hopes: I have found in you, united to
these qualities; that noble enthusiasm which
impels to great deeds." It was the fervent
hope of Kr. JAMES BucrrANAIT, and the
base men who conspired with him to bring
ruin upon,the Democratic party and disas
ter upon the country, that when our North
ern armies penetrated the Southern country,
they would be swept away. by pestilence
"like rotten sheep," to: quote his own
phrase. That hope has notilleela realized,
although the war is speedily drawing to a
close, and the military power of the South
is irreparably broken. But if it had been
as Mr. Buortmcmc Predicted, would it not
have been an additional argument in favor
of the employment of colored troops, who
are by nature adapted to the climate of the
South? •
MARVELLOUS PRENOMENON.—Before the
draft took place, it was said by disloyal
newspapers that all the Democrats had
gone to .the war. Since the draft took
place, it is said by disloyal newspapers tluit
none but the Democrats were drafted
The Confederate Loan.
The unlucky,,capitilists who, by going
into the Confederate Loan, have lately
proved the truth of the old proverb about
the facility With which fools part with their
money, appear to meet with very little sym
pathy from independent British journalists.
The London correspondent of the Belfast
Morning News writes as follows :
If your heart-is naturally compassionate—as I
am sure it ie—you will feel much pity' for a certain
class of persona here in London just now. ' I allude
to those who have invested their Money in the
Southernpan. They do not expect, Poor fellows, to
get back 'a shilling of all they have paid out. The
early Southern victories were so brilliant, mid the
Northern leaders generally proved themselves so
miserably incompetent, that ;the feeling here was
that the South must win and become a great Power.
In qne week the tide of fdrtune - has turned against
the South. In one week the South hie lost sixty
thousand men. What Power can struggle against
such oddel • Lee driven back across the Potomac in
his very hour of victory Morgan's army captured
in Ohio ; - Vicksburg and ' Port Hudson surrendered,
and the Mississippi made free for all purposes of
commerce; the rere of Charleston possessed by the
Federale, and Bragg& fine army in full retreat—such
results in one weekfind no parallel in the histnry of
ancient and modern Narfare. All seems to indicate
that the poor,Southerne must succumb .: But,-then,
what about the debt? Who will pay the Southern
liabilities? Surely not the conquering North. The
little Jewish gentleman (who is called Sampson, pro
bablybecausehetenot five feet lour inches high) who
writes the Times' city articles, must feel considera
bly embarrassed just now, considering how ardently
he wrote up the Southern loan, of three millions
sterling. '
The same letter-writer refers to a pam
phlet lately issued in London, saying :
It is from the pen of a distinguished American
gentleman, the Ron. R. J. Walker, formerly Score
tory of the Treasury, and Governor of Kansas. Air.
Walker is a lawyer of grent reputation, and, noose
quently, well qualified to argue an intricate case.
Somebody recently hinted that Mr. ..Jefferson Davis
was the person who first boldly advocated the "re
pudiation" of the "Mississippi bonds," by which
English speculators lost such a lot of money. Mr.
Slidell, in Southern Commissioner.here at present,
was rash enough to deny this, thereby practically
confessing that, if Jefferson Davis had done the
thing he was accused of, he would have been "a bad
boy." Mr. Walker has settled the question com
pletely. In his pamphlet, he quotes bir. Davis'
speeches and letters word for word, and he proves,
beyond all question, "Jeff" was the man who
recommended that "repudiation" which robbed
English fundholders of so much money. The pam
phlet has canned an unpleasant sensation here; for
our London speculative friends cry out furiously,
" Why, hang it, we have lent our money again to
the very fellow , whQ ctia us before We shan't get a
shilling bnokOt - •
WE murrix we have heard Democrats of
the Vallandigham school asert with, ye-
Lenience, that they were in favor of " the
Union as it was and the Constitution as it
is." Judge-WompwAßD, who claims to be
conservative, evidently does not pin his
faith to this romantic quotation, , for we are
told, upon good authority, that he .favors
the establishment of two independent Con
federacies. CLEMENT li. VALLANDIGRAM is
evidently just twice as conservative, for he
has expressed himself in favor of a division
of the country into foitr Confederacies,
" which shall be virtually independent of
each other, have a common Congress."
So it would seem that neither WOODWARD
nor YALLANDIGMAM is in favor of " the
Union as it was and the Constitution as it
is." Our impression that such is the case
is not at all impaired by the fact that VAL
LANDIGHAWS own organ, the Ohio States
man, has declared that" the restoration of
the Union as it was, with the Constitution
as it is, is impossible !"
WE DID not suppose that any Christian
could read the accounts of the atrocities that
have been - committed on the defenceless
people of Lawrence, Kansas; by QUAN
TEELL'S rebel outlaws, without having his
synipathies . excited for the victims, and his
indignation aroused• against the soulless
savages who perpetrated the fearful deeds
already recounted in our columns. . The
editor of the Harrisburg PaPriat and Union, a
Democratic organ, prefers to be the solitary
exception to the rule. His sympathies are
with QuArimaELL's gang/of desperadoes;
his indignation is reserved for the unfor
ttniite victims of , their rapacity, and he vo
luntarily assumes to justify,the deeds of the
rebel guerilla in the following heartless lan
guage : " The Abolitionists of Lawrence,
Kansas, who in times of profound peace
used to make raids into Missouri to steal
negroes, . burn and destroy property, and
sometimes, by way Of diversion, hang slave
holders, have had the poisoned chalice forced
to their lips, and have been compelled to
drain it to the very dregs." The journal
which prints these infamous words is the
chief supporter of Mr. Justice Woopwelin's
cause in Pennsylvania. That is the secret
of its sympathy for QUANTRELL.
ALL THE OFFICERS thus far nominated by
tb* City Convention are men of high stand
ing, and deserving of the earnest support of
all citizens who understand the necessity of
an intelligent and upright discharge of pub
lic duty. The • National Union candidates
for City Treasurer, City Commissioner,
Clerk of Quarter Sessions, and Coroner, are
gentlemen whom we have every reason to
believe worthy of the trust of the people.
The loyal ticket offered loyal voters will
have no name of which they cannot tho
roughly approve. -We are glad .that Na
tional candidates are worthy of
National Union principles.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WASHINGTON, August 28, 1863.
The New Governuieut of VoirgiVl,--Adtress
of Governor Pierpont.
Governor PIEEPONT, in an address to the people
of Virginia, announces that he has established the
seat of Government at Alexandria. He says that if
resistance to the civil authority be , attempted, and
the posse comilah,s prove insufficient, the aid of the
military, as a last resource, will be invoked to en
force the laws. He is happy to be able to say that
the President manifests the most lively desire for
the restoration of order in the State, and a disposi
tion to assist by every , means at his command to re
store the civil government, and produce harmony.
Mails of the Army of the Potomac Robbed.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF. THE POTOMAC,
August 28.—Lieut. Colonel Lockwood, coinmanding
the 7th Virginia. Union Regiment, reports a 'ekes of
robberies of the 3d diVision 2d Army Corps mail,
running from the Bth to the 28th of August. Seve
ral thousand dollars, in Government and private
drafts, checks and funds, have been purloined, and
the letters covering them found along the route.
The mail.caniers are under arrest. The public are
cautioned against negotiating checks or drafts from
this division, unless coming through responsible
channels.
The Sword Presentation to Gen. Meade.
A superb sword was presented to Gen. Meade this
afternoon by Brigadier General Crawford, com
manding the Pennsylvania Reserves, in the name of
the division. -
The presentation took place near Rappahannock
Station at General Crawford's headquarters. The
grounds were tastefully decorated by evergreen
bowerc, arches, and avenues.
Gov. Curtin and stair, Mr. Morton McMichael,
and others were present. The sword was presented
to Gen. Meade in a brief but approprinte speech, to
which the recipient responded, followed by Colonel
Roberts, of the division, Governor Curtin, and
others.
The addresses generally were of a patriotic cha
racter, and highly appreciated by the large assem
blage present. The remarks of General Meide, as
he rehearsed the various battles in which the Re
serves. had sustained a prominent and honorable
~,c z ittion, elicited great applause.
The f ee Lkl Portion of the programme was progres
sing as the report,"_'' left.
English Blockade ! l owlier captured.
The Navy Department has receii7.° l l ti °minimi
sation from Commander TRENCHAIiD, of the Stegner
Rhode Island, reporting the capture of the Englidh
screw steamer Cronstadt, for violating the blockade
of Wapington, N. O. Her cargo consists of cotton,
ttirperitine, and tobacco. She has been sent to. 808.
ton for adjudication.
Serious Capture by White's Rebel Cavalry.
Two hundred and 'eighty.three' of. SCOTT'S Nine
Hundred,were=vaptured this afternoon, by 'Wl:ma's
rebel eaVailynear Edwards' Ferry. T.
ommutation of Sentence.
A letter from the Army of the Potomac states
that about two hundred Germans, of the 20th New
-York Volunteers, who mutinied and were sentenced
to hard labor during the war, have received a com
mutation of their sentence through the exertions of
Provost Marshal General PATRICK.
The Substitute Deserters.
Jewish rabbi from Baltimore, the wife of one
of the condemned, and several others, were here to
day, to make an appeal to the President for his
clemency in behalf of r the five privates of the 118th
Pennsylvania Volunteers who are to be shot to
morrow, for desertion. Their mission does not ap
pear to have been successful.
Rebel Movements.
Accounts from the Neck show that the rebels
have a considerable infantry force at Port Cerny,
and are proiecuting their conscription with vigor.
Gen. KiLra.Turcar. had a skirmish with them
several dayr ago, and was compelled to fall back
from his reconnoissance. ,
The Steamer Ruth.
The investigation in the case of the steamer
Ruth proves that the Government money was not
stolen, but destroyed by fire,• as boxes containing it
.were consumed, and the guard of fifty soldiers never
left till the fire drove them oft: This is the testimo
ny,. given by responsible Officers in charge of the
guaid.
Rumored Death of Mosby.
It is currently reported, and believed at headqusr
tete, that the famous guerilla Moser was 'wounded
in the fight of Tueiday evening, having been carried
through Di snesville to Leesburg, at which place
he died on the following day.
Pardon.
The President has pardoned Wm. DUNE, charged
with divers offenses committed by him against the
United States and in aid of the rebels in Kentuoky.
TILE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA: SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1863
The five conscript deserters from the 118th Penn•
eylvsnia Regiment, of the Army of the Potomac,
sentenced to be shot on Wednesday last, Will euffer
the awful penalty of the law to day, at 12 o'clock,
in the presence of the 6th Army Oorps,
The execution was postponed from Wednesday to
Saturday, byorder of Gen. Meade, to afford the out.
pits time to appeal to the President for pardon,
which they have done; but the latter, understand
ing the case to have been, flagrant in the extreme,
each man having, on his own account, offered to act
as a substitute, and received his pay for so doing,
and then deserted with the purpose of swindling the
Government out of the money, in addition to his
services, declined to interfere in the matter, and in
structed Gen. Meade to so,notify them.—Washington
Star.
The repor s ted telegraph of the occupation by our
forces on Monday last of Forts Wagner and Sump
ter is not fully credited here. Certainly nothing
official to that effect has been received hcfre.
It is doubtful if Gilmore will deem itlrth while
to . occupy at all the now heap of defenceless rubbish
lately known as Fort Sumpter and it is not thought
that the mining operations,,being carried* in the
vicinity of Wagner were sufficiently adianced,to
secure the possession of that fort So long ago as
Monday last, though its speedy surrender or de
struction was sure to follow upon the completion of
that work.— Washington Star.
Admiral. Porter's River Expedition. -
.Rear Admiral PORTER forwards the report of
Lieutenant BACHE, relative to the late river expo.
dition. Re first stopped at Des Aro, on the White
River, and burned the rebel stores, destroyed the tele
graph wires, &c., and then sent the Cricket after the
steamers Tom Gregg and Kaskaskia, which he had
reason to believe were hid up the river, - while he and
the Marmora proceeded to Augusta, thirty miles
further. There be obtained valuable infOrmation
of the enemy, which was subsequently confirmed,
namely; that the Grand Southern army was
concentrating at Brownsville, to make their line'
of "defence on Bayou Pdeto Paton was • there,
and KIRBY SMITH at Little Rook. Pda.usrannku .
had crossed the river a few days before, and was then
crossing the Little Red river; Leai , ing the Mar.
more off the mouth, Lieutenant BACHE tvenrup the
Little Red with the Lexington. When about twenty
five miles distant, he met the. Ceicket with two
prizis, which she had captuied at Scuroyi.fifteen
miles further on. She also destroyed areliflSKADirk K'S
pontoon bridge, leaving a portion of the latter's
brigade on the other side of the river. The Ceicket
was fired into by IdansiAnu*E's men, and had
about twenty eoldie.ra Wounded out of &hundred and
fifty.-'Both mach: were atteyaked coming down the
river, porn, cotton and a few prisoners were cap-
tined with the prizes. .
The Tom Gregg is a fine aide-wheel steamer, as is
alio the Kaskaskia, though, a little older. They are ,
now officered and manned, and are retained to co
operate with the army. -
All along the river the farmers were glad of our
presence, and many Union, demonstrations were'
made. The captured boats were the only Means of
transportation the rebels had on the river, and
therefore our taking them is a heavy blow initiated
upon them.
Lieut. DONNINGTON, who was formerly.captured
while in command of -Arkansas Post, is. now
fitting out, at Little Rock, the Ponchartrain, the
last ram • the rebels have in these waters. If she
ventures outside the shoals, Admiral PORTER says
she will be captured. ' •
Admiral PORTER, in communicating the results
of the last expedition up the Yazoo river, to recover
the Baron De Kalb (the particulars of whiCh have
already been published), says that the visit cost the
rebels more than was at first supposed.: Captain
WALKER has received information, to be relied on,
that besides the live steamers at or near the city of
Yazoo, ISAAC Bitowsr (late a lieutenant 111 the
United States navy), in a panic, and for fear they
would fall into our hands, set fire to and destroyed
fourteep others, among them- nine large steamers.
Their machinery was intended to be sent to Selma,
Ala., for the gunboats building there. There are no
more steamere.on the Yazoo. All the vessels which
sought refuge there "as the safest place in rebel
dam have been destroyed. .
Another Fleet of Iron-Clads to be Built.
WASHINGTON, August 27.—{Special to the Tri-
Itne.]—Notwithstanding the/numerous vessels added
to the navy within the past two years, the work of
contruction is still to go on. The Navy Department
has just decided to build another fleet of . iron-clad
vessels. _They will be longer and more formidable
than any now in the service of this or any other
country, being perfect copies of the great Ericsson
ocean ships Puritan and Dictator, which are now
building in New York.
This last new batch of vessels is to be the most
perfect in the entire navy, and in order to render
them unexceptionable in every way, they are to be
built at the navy yards of New York, Boston, Phila
delphia, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Naval
constructors alone are superintending them. Work
on the vessels will soon commence. Each will have
two turrets of enormous thickness, and the side
armor will be some feet in thickness. Therewill be
for each vessel two pairs of direct-acting engines
with jet condensers, the cylinders of which are to
be vertical, and placed immediately over the ihafts ;
the diameter of each is to be fifty-five inches', and the
stroke of piston three feet. As there 'are two of
these engines, the speed of the vessel will be rendered
as great as if the cylinders were much larger.
The boilers are to, be of the horizontal tubular kind,
with 900 square feet of grate, of not: -exceeding 6,1-.:4
"feet in - length, and 22,600 feet of heating surface.
The tubeste De of brace; shell to be three-eighth
inch
thick plates, with 7 7 16-inch bottoins and
furnaces, and braced for a 'working pressure 0f.35
pounds per equare inch. The screws to be of com
position of copper and tin, 16 feet in diameter, of 22
feet main pitch, to have 4 blades and lo be 2 feet
long. They will be sustained from the counter of
the vessel by a brass hanger, and the ehaftwill re
volve in a brass pipe connecting the hanger with,
the hull. There will be required 8 blowing engines,
with blowers equivalent to Dimpfers No. , 45, to
blow into an air-tight fire-room. Each boiler will
be required to have 811 auxiliary steam-pump. The
usual number of duplicate pieces, tools, instruments,
store, &c., required in such naval contracts are to be
furnished.
Tbe Department'will advertise at once for turrets,
which are to be built as rapidly as possible..
STEVENBONt Ala., August 28 —lt is probable that
the rebels are evacuating Chattanooga and' all of
East Tennessee.
Deserters who come into General Reynolds lines
-report that they are moving their guns and all the
useful and important machinery of the foundries at
Chattanooga and Atlanta.
The rebel cayalry are reported to be concentrating
at Rome. •
YOux, August 2.B.,—General Dix has fur
nished the correspondence between himself and G 0...
vernor Seymour rpative to employing the State mi
litia to enfeirce the 'United States laws in this city.
The Generil says he publishes this correspondence
in order to explain his reasons for asking for a mili
tary force from the General Goveinment. He says
Had my application for the State military to the
Governor been suecessful, I should not have asked
the General Government to send into this State a
single soldier to aid in asserting its authority and
in protecting its officers from violence in the dis
charge of their duties."
The Board of Supervisors today voted an ap.
propriation of two million , dollars to exempt fire
men, and the militia and police force from the draft,
and to provide for the families of drafted men in in
digent circumstances.
Fonnress MONRON, August 27.—The steamship
Daniel Webster 'arrived here last. evening, froni
New York, with 700 Confederate prisoners. They
leave for City Point this afternoon, in charge of
fiag.of-truce officer Major Mulford.
The English corvette Jaion, Captain Yon Danop,
from New York, arrived in HaMpton* Roads_this
morning, and anchored abreast of the Fortress. --""
SCRANTON, Pa., August 28.—Secretary Seward
and the party of diplomats accoinpanying him leave
for New York this afternoon by special train. -
MEMPHIS, August 25.--Advices from New Orleans
to the 20th instant, were received here to-day. The
papers contain but little news of interest:"
The ship a C. - Duncan, from Boston, with 75,000
bushels of oats, had arrived there. : -
Eighty bales of low middling cotton had been sold
at 56;(c. There was a very BEAU quantity on the
catalogue.
The steamer Courier, haying aboard the 49th Illi
nois Regiment, came in collision with the Steamer.
Deg Ere *boil: , thirty miles booty. Nemphis.. - 1 . 1/@
courier was sunk and several littgaengem
Were drowned. The total loss has not yet been as.
nee ained. -
Frol4 Nassau, N. P.
NEW YORE, August 28.—The steamer Oorstea,
from Nassau on the 24th, arrived here today.
Quite a riot took place at.Granttown, between the
inhabitants and soldiers. Two or three on both
sides were killed. .
Several blockade runners had returned to, Nassau
from unsuccessful attempts to get into Southern
ports.
Au arrival at Nassau from Havana states that the
old walls of Elavana havebeen demolished.
The gunboat Juniata sailed from Havana, on the
12th, in pursuit of the rebel steamer Nate, which
hadeailed the same day forlklobile.
Advice. from Naeaau to the 22d inst. state that
the rebel steamer Oronatadt was captured by the U.
S. gunboat R Node Island, off Abaco: She was from
Wilmington, N. C.
BALTIMORE, August .18.—The gunboat Meigs ar
rived at Point Lookout at ii o'clock on Wednesday
night, and reports having met the gunboat Curd
tuck in Chesapeake Bay. Her captain reported that
the gunboat Satellite and tugboat Reliance, Captain
Dungan, with the crews of both vessels j were cap•'
tuned, on Tuesday, near the mouth of the Rapjpahan•
nook river The captain of the Satellite was re
ported killed, and the captain of the Reliance
wounded.
Rebel Reports of National Operations at
FORTBB/313 MONROE, Aug. 27.—The Mobile Daily
Tiibune, of , August 18th, says: "There are sixteen
vessels in the harboiat Pensacola, ten, of which are
vessels of war, and six transports. The Yankees
are building two immense hospitals at the navy
yard, each of them 300 feet long and three stories
high. All the negroes are being sent to New Or.
leans, to be placed in the Yankee army there."
Nsw Yonx,August 25.-Arrived ships Tuno, from
"Glasgow : ; Antoinette, from Liverpool ; Cultivator,
from Liverpool ; Empire, from Liverpool ; bark
Anna Pelona, from Havre ; schr Antelope, from
Turks
The Substitute Conscript Deserters.
Sumpter and Wagner.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
Reported Evacuation of ptiattduooga.
The Draft in New York.
Fortress Monroe.
The Diplomatic Excursion.
From New Orleaus via Memphis.
Capture of U. S. Gunboat Satellite.
Pensacola.
Marine Intelligence.
CHARLESTON.
OFFICIAL. ACCOUNT OP THE ARMY
OPERATIONS TO THE 24t11.
Report of Gen. Gilmore and his Chief of
Artillery.
Forts Magner and Sumpter Reported Occupied
-by our Forces on Monday' Last
BATTERIES WITHIN EFFECTIVE RAMIE
OF THE HEART OF CHARLESTON.
Our Projectiles designated by Beauregard
the Most Destructive ever used in War.
FORTRESS MONROE, August 28:-The gunboat
Western World, Capt. Gregory, arrived this morn
ing from off Wilmington, N. O, and reports the
arrival there of the United ,States steamer Ploridis
from Charleston, with intelligence that our forces
occupied Sumpter and Wagner on Monday last.
OFFLOIAL REPORT OF GEN. GIEMORE.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OP THE SORTIE,
MORRIS ISLAND, S. C.,• Angora 24, 1863.
To Major General H. W. Hailed, Generatin-Chief
S. A.,Washingto.:4 3 D, O. e -
Sul: I have the honor to report the practical de
roolitihn of Fort Sumpter as the result of our seven
days' bombardment of that work, including two
days during which a powerful northeasterly storm
most seriously diminished the accuracy and effect of
our firm .
Fort Sumpter is to.day a sbapelese and harmless
mass of ruins. My chief of artillery, Colonel J. W.
Turner,teporta Its destructioniqrfar complete that
it is no longer of any avail in the defence of Charles
ton. He also says that by a longer fire it could be
made more completely a ruin and a mass of. broken
masonry, but could scarcely be more powerless fOr
the &fence of the harbor.
My breaching batteries were located at distances
varying between vac) and 4,240 yards front the works,
and now remain - as efficient as ever, .
I demi it unnecessary .ckt present to continue the
fire Upon the ruins a sunipter. -
I have,alN Itt great labOr and under a heavy fire
frfari James Island ; established batteries on my left
Within effective range of :the heart of Charleston
city, and have opened with them, after giving Gen.
Beauregard due notice of• my intention to do so.
My notification to General Beauregard, his reply
thereto, with the threat of retaliation, and my re:
joinder,. have been transmitted to The army head;
quarters.
The projectiles from my batteries entered the city,
and general Beauregard himself designated - them
"as the moat destructive missiles ever used in-war."
The report of my chief of artillery and an accu
rate sketch of the ruins of Fort Sumpter, taken at
32 M., yesterday, six hours before we Cased firing,
are herewith transmitted. .
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Q. A. GILMORE,
Brigadier General Commanding.
REPORT OF GILMORE'S CHIEF OF ARTIL-
LERY.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ARTILLERY,
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTFI,
MORRIS ISLAND, Auguat .23, 1863
GENERAL : I have the honor to report the' effect
that our breaching batteries have had upon Fort
Sumpter, and the condition of that work to-night,
at the close of the seventh day's bombardment.
The gorge wail of the fort is almost a complete
mass of ruins for the distance of several casemates
about midway on this face, is removed nearly and
in places quite to the arches, and:but for the sand
bags with which the casemates were tilled, and
whinh - have served to sustain the broken arches and
masses of masonry, it would have long since been
entirely cut away, avid with it the arches to the
floor of the second tier of casemates.
The dEbris on this front now forms a rampart
reaching as high as the floor of the casemates. The
parapet wall of the two northeasterly faces is com
pletely carried away, a small portion only being left
In the angle made with the:gorge wall, and the ram
part of' these faces is also a total ruin.
Quite one•half of our projectiles seem to have
struck the parade and parapet of these Iwo faces,
and judging from the effect they have had upon the
gorge wall within our observation, the destruction
of masonry on these two sides must be very great ;
and lam of the opinion that nearly every arch in
these fronts must be broken in.
But one gun remains in position in theie two
fronts, and this is in the aligle of the gorge, and, I
think, unserviceable. The ruin extends around,
taking iu the northeasterly face as far as can be
seen._
.A portion of this face, adjoining the angle it makes
with the southeasterly face, is concealed. From the
great number of my missiles which have struck in
this angle during the last two days, it cannot be
otherwise than greatly damaged, and I do not think
any guns can be left on this face in serviceable con
dition.
The ramparts in this angle as well as in the South
'easterly face must be plougtted up and greatly shat
tered, the, parapet in this latter face being torn off
in many places, as we can- see ; and I hardly think
_thevlatformit of the three remaining guns on this
:face could have escaped. '
~With the assistance of a powerful glass, I cannot
determine that more than one of the guns 'ma be
limed, and it has been dismounted once. The car
,riages of the others are evidently more or less chat
'tired, and meals the ruin of the parapet and parade
in the immediate vicinity of this gun, that 'it proba
bly could not be served for any length of time.
In tine, the destruction of the fort is B o far com
plete, 'that it la to-day of no avail in the defence
of.the harbor of Charleston. , •
By a longer fire it can be made more completely a
ruin, and a masa of broken masonry, but could
scarcely be more powerless for the defence of the
harbor. I therefore respectfully submit my opinion,
that the continuance of our fire is no longer neces
sary, as giving us no ends adequate for the consump
tion of our resources.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN W. TURNER,
Colonel and Chief of Artillery.
To Brigadier General Q. A. Gilmore, commanding
the Department of the South, Morris Malta, &c.
EUROPE
Additional per the Steamship Hibernia'
Sm. :forms, N. F., August 28.—The following Is a
continuation of the news received by the steamer
Hibernia
The London Times, in its "city article," in refer
ring to the affairs in Mexico, says : "It is vain to
deny the feelings of the London merchants. They
believe that the Emperor Napoleon has' done a
great service, both political and commercial, to the
world—poiitically, so far as conforming to the pre
vious fictional Spain in extinguishing the Monroe
doctrine, antlillbmmercially, by restoring intercourse
with a nation of such importance of territory."
A British war ship, from Rio de Janeiro, reports
as follows : Passed a ship (name not given) burnt
to the' aterts edge, on the 2d of July, in latitude 26°
south, longitude 38° west. Shortly afterwards spoke
the steamer Alabama, which had captured and burnt
this ship.
The Polish question remains unchanged.
The Poles had defeated the Russians at Searzyat,
and captured 200 009 roubles.
The Emperor Napoleon's fete day at Paris passed
off quietly, and without any political significance.
Drotryn de L'Huys had given a grand banquet to
the Corps Diplomatique.
The Congress of the German princes was in session
at Frankfort. It was headed by the Emperor of
Austria, and largely attended.
The agents of the Confederate loan announce
that the September dividend will be paid in due
course. -
LoisuoN, August 18. —The French Government
had revoked the measure of confiscation-irchlexico,
and withdrawn the propositions in regard to specie
exports.
Shipping Intelligence.
LIVER'POOL, August lB.—Arrived from New York,
Rhuba, at Plymouth; Stedenka and Lady Head, at
Bridgewater ;• Renoca, Bristol; Order, at Ham.
burg ,• Benefactor, at Hong Kong; Centurion, at
Hamburg ; _Examiner, St. Nicholas, from San Fran
cisco i Granville, at Hong .Kong; Amphritite, at
Dial; Plymouth and American Eagle, at Deal; Au
gusta, at Belfast; Eidelia and American Union, at
Liverpool.
Arrived from Callao, August ii,Erin.go-Bragh, at
at Liverpool.
Exchanging Colored 'SoldieFs.
- - _
Says a Washington despatch to the Daily News:
"In reference to the exchange of prisoners,the
RichmonCEizquirer says the first decoyed of . the
Yankee commissioners' will be,-'that we at once
consent to put-the negroes on the footing of our
- own troops, and value them against each other,
-man for man.' It says , this is an attempted outrage
by the Yankee Government, the 'fruit of their tem
porary luck in an excess of prisoners. , It finally
says: 'Will Lincoln's Government treat us as
criminals] If there is to be
u o exchange on equal
terms, better there should be. no exchange at all:
It deprecates the imprisoning of Co!. Morgan and
his ofikey tpc -
tkiditte`the ral!Als of this logie The
rebels have how some thirty thousand prisoners of
war, mainly paroled and at home, while we have
some eighty thousand of their men in our hands, in
cluding the garrison of Vicksburg and some others,
paroled. Our commissioner proposes to exchange
even until we • shall have exhausted their list,
officer for officer, man for man. Why, that is
an "outrage," says the Enquirer: "You require
us to exchange negroes and all, and that is not
equal." But why, gentlemen! We offer you a
white rebel of even grade--one of your regular
soldiers—for every black Unionist you have on
hand. Do you really mean to contend that one of
your whites is not equal to one of our negroes? If
he is, what are you grumbling at! If you mean to
insist that your whites are better than our negroes,
then you have the best of. the bargain every ex
change we make. Suppose we were to offer you
greenbacks for your Confederate notes, dollar for
dollar, would you complain that the two currencies
were not equal! If not, and your whites are worth
as much as or more than our blacks, what is there,
to cavil about on your part I—Tribune.
SLAVRICY.—A correspondent in the Southwest
writes :
For over forty years the Abolitionistk of the East
have contended against slavery, but were restrained
by the conservatives. Now, even these- are for the
disruption of a political element, though not on as..
count of its social wrong. By hundreds the no.
groes come to the river, clad in scant garments, and
a bundle of trifles; their only savings after sears of
toil. The great principles of right and wrong seem
to be befOnd the control and ken of the wisest, and
governea and decided whether we will or not, as is
beat for future and present. A. resident just said in
my preeence, " I shall- know whether .slavery, is
right or wrong, by the result of this war." •
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.-We had the pleasure,
'yesterday, of wishing good speed to three of the gen
tlemen belonging i to .the lately.organized Territory
of Arizona, namEry : the Hon. John N. Goodwin;
Governor; Hon, Richard a. McCormick, Secretary,
and the Hon. Joseph P. Allyn, Associate Justice of
the Territory. They arrived in Philadelphia, from
New York, on Thursday evening, and proceeded
last night via Pittsburg to Cindinnati, en route for
TllOBOll, the, seat of the government, only two hun
dred miles east of the Pai3ific and one hundred miles
from the Mexican prOvince of Sonora.
WE bivivit'especial attention to-the Oolleotioq of
fine oil paintings to be sold at auction by Gillette &
Scott, auctioneers, No. 619 Chestnut street,•• this
morning at 10;„1 o'clock, and evening at 6 o'olook.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS:
Dlttsw A Trogter.—F.. B. MeOrum, Esq., editor of
the Altoona Tribune, says he received a " ticket of
invitation to Uncle Sam'. balls ' a series of which
are to come ofr ..to the Southern States, during the
ensuing" winter.
- Astoria the drafted men in Northumbeiland coun
ty are four clergymen : Revs. Creighton, of Sunbu
ry, Wampole, of Bleysburg, Riley, of pforthuakber
land, and Sprecher, of Milton..
DRATII OF All EDlTOR .— Samuel McElhoee , editor
of the Brookville Star, died at East Liberty on Sun
day, the 1646 Mr. IVicEihose, although in delicate
health, on the call of three•months men, shut his
office, and with his two boys entered the service of
the State to repel the rebel invasion. Re was soon
prostrated by disease, and died in camp—a victim to
,the wicked rebellion. Peace to his remains "I
MR. 011ARLES ELLIS, of Johnstown, a member
of the 21St Pennsylvania cavalry, was killed on
Thursday last, at the camp near Ohambersburg, by
his horse rearing and falling on him. He survived
but a short time.
Ton ground having been purchased for laying out
a national cemetery at Gettysburg, preparations
are being made to fit the place for the reception of
the bodies of the gallant dead who fell on the Penn
sylvania bathe-ground. It is to comprise twenty
acres, and the origization of, the project must be
in edited to the Governor of Pennsylvania.
CHAIWICD wrrn Plin,runv.—Levvis Aurin was be.
fore Commissioner Sproul, on the 21st, and entered
into a recognizance in the Bum of .$l - 600 for hie ap
pearance at the next term of the United States Dis
trict Court, to answer the charge of perjury in
swearing that he was the only support of aged and
infirm parents, dependent on his labor for support.
We are informed, that since the information was
made against -Dlr. Aurin, he has paid t4OO, and
thereby become exempt from military' duty.--Piffs
burg Gazelle.
[From the N. Y. Poet ]
GeUeral Dix and GOyernor Seymour.
nirORTANT CORRESPONDENCE-WHY
==!
An important correspondence has passed between
Major General Dix, commanding the Department of
the East, and Governor. - Seymour, concerning the
enforcement of the draft in this city. The corres
pondence fully shows the respective positions of the.
Federal Government and of Governor Seymout, and
explains why it was deemed necessary, to send a
bilge force of - Federal troops hither to protect the
•officers of the draft in the discharge of their ditties,
and to , guaranty the peace of the city and the safety
of loyal citizens. We condense the correspondence:
GENERAL DIX TO GOVERNOR.SEYROUR
The first letter was written by General Dix on the
30th of July: He apprises the Governor that the
draft in this city will probably be • resumed at an
early day, and desires to know whether the military
pnwer ol the State may be depended-on to enforce
the execution of the law in case of forcible re
sistance to itt He says he is very anxious` that
there should be perfeot harmony of action between
the Federal. Government and' the State, and' adds
that if he can feel assured that under the Governor's
authority the laws will be faithfslly executed, he
(the General) need not ask the War DepartMent to
put.at hie disposal, for that purpose, troops in -the
service of the United States,
. .
GOvanltott. envideumls REPLY..
. .
On the 2.:1 of August Governor Seymour replied,
informing General Dix that he was in communica
tion with the President in relation to the draft in
this State . , and that he hoped the President's answer
Would relieve both himself anti General Dix from
the "painful questions growing out of an armed en
forcement of the conscription." Upon receiving the
President's reply be FOuld again communicate with
General Dix.
SECOND LETTER PROM- GENERAL DIE..
On the Stri of August General Dix acknowledged
the receipt of Governor Seymour's reply, and pro
ceeds to Bay, that hie position as commander of this
military department compels him to anticipate'the
President's answer by some suggestions arising out
of _Governor 'Seymour's reply. Re then explains
more at length his motives in soliciting Governor
Seymours' co-operation, and dwells upon the object
and necessity of the draft, objecting to the-Goven
or'a use of the phrase "conscription act," as calcu
lated to "bring the enrolment into reproach and de
feat its execution." .
The General supposes, however, that Governor
'Seymour uses the phrase inadvertently, and. does
not believe that he will "throw the influence of his
high position against the Government in a conflict
for its existence.,,
General Dix then shows that the burden, which
the draft imposes on the loyal States is not in pro
portion to population one-tenth as onerous as that
which has been assumed by the seceded States, and
argues that we should do as much for the preserva
tion of our institutions as they are doing to destroy
them. He believes that the people of this State will
respond with alacrity and enthusiasm to the call now
made upon them. .
He refers to the deep disgrace cast upon the city
by the recent riots, and says that the courts having
done their duty towards vindicating the majesty of
the law, "It now remains for the people to vindi
cate themselves from the reproach in the eyee.of the
country and the world by a cheerful acquiescence in
the law." In this connection Gen. Dix declares
that those who array themselves against the law
" are obnoxious to far severer censure than the mis
guided and ambitious men who are striving to sub
vert our Government."
In conclusion, he renews the expression of his
anxiety to be assured by Governor Seymour, at the
earliest day practicable, that the military power of
the State will, in case of need, be employed to en.
force the draft. He is the more urgent in asking
this assurance, because, should it not be granted, he
will deem it his ' duty to "call on the General Go
vernment for a force which shall not only be ade
quate to insure the execution of the law, but which
shall enable him to carry out such decisive measures
as shall leave their impress upon the mind of the
country for'years come?,
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR'S REJOINDER
. .
On the lfith of August Governor Seymour ap
prised General Dix that he had received the final
answer of the President, who, he regrets to say, did
not see fit to comply with the requests made to him,
and Governor Seymour adds thaVhe was confident
that a "generous reliance upon the patriotism of
the people to fill the thinned ranks -of our armies
by voluntary enlistments would hereafter, as it has
heretofore, prove more effectual than any conscrip
tion."
6.. With reference to General - DixVim:miry as to
the position which will be held by the State autho
rity, Governor Seymour says :
"Of course, under no circumstances can they per
form duties expressly confided to others; nor can
they undertake to relieve others from their proper
responsibilities. But, there can be no violations of
good order, no riotous proceedings, no disturbances
of the' public peace, which are not infractions of the
laws of the State, and those laws will be enforced
under all circumstances. I shall take care that all
the executive officers of this State perforth their
duties vigorously and thoroughly ; and, if need be,
the military power will be called into requisition."
GENERAL DIX TO GOVERNOR SETROUR
Three days subsequently, on the 18th of August,
General Dix reminds Governor Seymour that in an
interview had with him on the 18th of July, imme
diately after General Dix's arrival in this city, he
(General Dix) had expressed a wish that the draft
in this - State should be executed without the em
ployment, of troops in the service of the United
States, and that afterwards, by a letter addressed to
Governor Seymour, he had renewed more formally
the expression of this wish.
In the same spirit, when some of the marshals in
the interior applied to .General Dix for aid against
threatened violence, he referred them to the Gover
nor, that they might be protected by his authority.
General Dix again declares that it vps his ear
nest wish that the Federal arms should neither
be teen nor felt in the enforcement of the draft, but
adds that, baying received no answer from Gover
nor Seymour, lie had applied to the Secretary of
War, on the 14th of August, for a force adequate to
the object.
That call had been promptly responded to, and .he
would be ready to meet all opposition to the law.
He still hoped, however, that Governor Seymour's
course would be such as to render it unnecessary to
use the troops under his command for that purpose.
CLOSE OP THE CORRESPONDENCE.
On the 20th of Auguat, Governor Seymour wrote
to Gen. Dix, complaining that he had received no
notice of the time when the draft would be made in
the city, owing to which he alleged he bad no op
portunity to consult with the generals commanding
militia in the counties of New York and Kings, nor
to obtain credits for volunteers, as he hoped to be
able to do.
It will be observed that the concentration of
- United States troops, here to enforce the draft, was
wholly owing to the neglect or tacit refusal of
Governor. Seymour to give a satisfactory answer to
General Dix, or make suitable preparations for the
enforcement of the laws, while the draft should be
in progress.
SOUTHERN MARRETS.-FlOm a late number of
the Richmond Dispatch, we clip the following:
Flour is still quotable $45 for superfine and $5O for
extra.. The stock on hand is very light. Corn $lO 50
611.25. Meal $ll. Butter s2@2 50 lb Lard $1 S 5
Th. Potatoes, $11011.50 V bus. Baled Hay $l2 ig
cwt. Peas slo@ll 11 bus. Pine boards sell at $95
WI DI feet. Nails $lOO 111 lbs. Brown Sugar $1 80
61.90 g 1 lb. - Molasses sl3@a 141p' Cone $425
4.25 ip lb. Salt 52@58c. Corn Whisky $26a30
gallon; rye $25@30 /9 gallon. Apple Brandy $28@34
ip gallon. Pork 85c.? ib.
Public Entertainments.
ACADEXY of Music.—This is to be a gala night
at the Academy. The performance will be as varied
in character and as excellent in style as it is possi
ble .for any performance to be, and will embrace
tragedy, comedy, farce, and melodrama, interspersed
with musical gems by Mr. Bedworth's able orches
tra. The occasion will be the benefit and last ap•
pearance of Mr. Booth—the announcement previous
ly made that yesterday evening was to be his fare
well appearance, being erroneous. He will appear
to-night as Shylock, in the "Merchant of Venice,"
and as Petruchio, in the Taming of the Shrew."
Mr. J. S. ,Clarlte—the a inimitable, the irresistible
Clarke—is likewise announced for the occasion, and
will take the parts of Jacques Strop, in "Robert
Macaire," and Cousin foe, in the "Rough Diamond.V
As the season at the Academy is announced to close
with this evening, the house should be crowded.
THE REAM GHOST AT CONCERT iIALL.—The
cc
sence of a ghost is said to be unreality; but, if we
may borrow a Celtic' expression, the real ghost will
Make his first appearance at Concert Hall this
evening, under the protection of Mr. Watkins.
The other ghost has not, gratified the public imagi•
.tiatiOn of what a ghost should be, and has
proved a failure for two nights. The Concert Hall
ghost is the original Jacobs, and the same apparition
that made Such a sensation at Wallaok's theatre,
New York, and previously in London. We can as
sure all disappointed ghost-seekers that, to the best
of our belief, they will find a first-clasa spirit at Con
cert Hall, and a thrilling and satisfactory perform
ance.
NATIONAL UNION WARD TICKETS.—The
ward conventions of the National Union party as.
iembled last evening, for the purpose of nominating
the ward tickets. In someof the wards the contests
were quite: spirited, and kept up until too late• an
hour to be in time for The Press of this morning. The'
following nominations were made :
First Ward.—Alderman, ThomasJ. Dallas; Com
mon Council, Jab. G. Peale. Dr. John B. Haines.
Second Ward.—Wm. H. Ituddiman.
FourtlrWard.—No returns.
-Fifth-Ward.—Postponed:
Sixth Ward.—Select Council, George F. Ormley ;
School Directors, A. B. Sloanaker, Geo. R. Beam,
N. Watson, Wm. Taylor.
Seventh Ward.—Common Council, John Quincy
Adams. School Directors, A. M. Walkinshaw,
Lewis Elkin. Wm Lawrence, and G. W. Lott.
Eighth Ward.—Seleot Council, Alexander L.
Hodgson. School Directors,. J.H. Atwood, Morrie Patterson, and Dr. A. W. Galley.
Ninth Ward.—Select Council, John Price Wethe.
rill. . _ .
Tenth Ward.—Common Council, Isaac Sulger
Eleventh Ward.—No returns.
Twelfth Ward.—Did not meet. '
Thirteenth Ward.—Select Council, :fames Lynd.
School Directors, Philip Fraser, Geo. Rocimnberg3
John D.T.anderson, Chas. Baker.
Fourteenth Ward.-- Common Council, Amos
Brims, D. C. Orem. School Directors, Samuel
Sobeidy, W. Fisher Xitehell, Ed. Leighton, Isaiah.
Stratton. - . •
- - .
Fifteenth Ward.—Select Council, Henry Davis
Common Council, Robe Evans. Alderman, Rob
Hutchinson. ' •
Sixteenth Wird.—No return.
Seventeenth Ward.—No return.
Eighteenth Ward.—No return.
Nineteenth Ward2:--No return.
Twentieth Ward —Common Council, Harri
son, J. H. BillLngton. School Directors. Charles
Reeves, Soo. F. Pdarcer, Chao. C: Colladay.
Twenty-that Ward.—No return.
Twenty-Second Ward.—Common Council, R. H.
Twenty.fourth Ward.—No returns.
Twenty fifth Ward.—No returns.
TTY" COOKE, subscription
: agent, reports
the sale of $781,650 in five-twenties yesterday by the
various agencies. Deliveries of bonds are being
made to July 27th.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIIL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, Allglitt 214 1868
Gold was again somewhat excited to-day by the
conflicting reports from Charleston, and fluctuated
frequently between 123),‘ and 124 g. On the recep
tion of the news that Forts Sumpter and Wagner
were in our possession, there was no perceptible
change, save that it was a little. more freely offered
at the same figures. Gold is so
_low, now compared
with 170, that almost everybody thinks it necessa
rily cheap, and not a few are buying it. The most
likely change in gold will be a decline, but slow and
subject to reactions and fluctuations, - the wants
of the importing community keeping it at least 116
and from that to 120.
Government securities are firmly held, 1881 s sell
ing at 14634Q107, seven-thirties at the same. One
year certificates, old, at 101@t01,4, the new at 99%.
The conversions into the five.twenties amounted
yesterday to nearly eight hundred thousand.
The condition of things to-day is the same as that
noted at the Stock Board yesterday—some anxiety
to realize, but sufficient buyers being on the ground
to preserve the tone of the market from weakness.
State fives sold at 10034', a decline of %; new city.
sixes at . 106%. 108% was bid for 168 ts Government ;
107 for the seven-thirties. Pennsylvania Railroad
second mortgages sold at 107; Camden and Amboy
1889 s at 108 ; North Pennsylvania sixes at 96-116
was bid for the tens ; Reading 1886 s at 119 M, 1810 s at
108. 108 was bid for Elmira sevens ; 100 for Lehigh
Valley bonds.
Reading shares fluctuated between 60@69,44, closing
at the latter. Norristown sold at 60'; filinehill at 83 ;
Long Island at 96 ; Little Schuylkill at 47, adecline
of ; Pennsylvania at 65x ; Pniladelphia and Erie
at 27; Camden and Atlantic preferred at 2134. North
Pennsylvania declined to 18 bid. Fifth and Sixth
sold at 86. 42 was bid for Tenth and Eleventh ; 1234'
for Seventeenth and Nineteenth ; 29 for Thirtemith
and Fifteenth ; 15M for Spruce and Pine.
Canal securities were neglected. Schuylkill Navi
gation preferred sold at 2494', a decline of y. Sus
quehanna scrip sold at 62k. NOthing doing in bank
shares. The market closed dull.
Drexel & Go. uncle;
United Stater Bonds, ......... ........106 1411034'
U. S new gertificates of Indebtedness 09% 89X
11. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness ... . . .101X@IOEi
United States 7 3-lo Notes 1064 coal
Quarcerruasuirs'..Vonchers 93 984
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness Ndls
Gold
t terling Each ange_ 136 137-
A LAR6IC
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Crovernment Securities,
&c., as follows :
United States sixes. 1881 10611071 i
United States 7-30 notes 10631. 1071:f
. .
Certificated of Indebtedness
Do. do new..
Quartermasters' 'Vouchers.
Demand notes
Gold' .
a~eg 6vB twenties, s7g, 65Q
. .
The inspections of Piollt and Meal, in Philadel
phia during the week ending August 27, 063, were
as follows : '
Barrels of superfine
do. Middlings
do. Rye
do. Corn Meal
do. Condemned....
• The following is the amount of coal shipped ov
the Iluntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad
for the week ending Wednesday, August 22, 1863, did
since January 1 : .
Increase.
Decrease
The statements of the banks of the three princi.
pal cities of the Union for the hist week compare
with the previous one and the corresponding time
of 1862, as follows:
N.Y..dug
Poston, Ana. 24.
Phila.. Ang.2.4
Total ..
Last week
Last year.
The statement of the Boston banks for the last
week comperes with the previous week and for the
corresponding week of 1862 as follows :
Aug 17, 1263. Aug 24. 1863. Aue.25.1362.
..$71.861,078 $71,447.596 $63,843,323
7,613.497, .• 7,780.905 8.1155.402
27, 638, 073 29,516 154 26,791.627
•• 7.193.917 ' 7.303,757 6,772,215
Loans
Specie
Deposits...
Circulation
The statement of the present week, as compared
with the preceding, shows a decrease of $412,553 in
the items of loans and discounts, $32,592 in specie,
$381,919 in deposits, and an increase of $104,840 in
circulation. •
The New York Evening Post of to-day says
The loan market is working with much ease.
Yesterday afternoon and to-day several unusually
heavy, loans have been negotiated, and from the
abundance of accumulating capital, and the in
creasing confidence of our money-lending classes in
the permanence of our national institutions, the suc
cess
of the war, and the consequent soundness and
value of our chief railroad securities, especially
those of the Western roads, that to-day several of
them are accepted as collaterals with moderate mar
gins, although a short time_ ago they would have,.
been instantly rejected. -
The stock market is steady. Governments are
scarcely so active; border State bonds are - quiet;
bank shares dull; railroad bonds strong, and rail
road shares lower.
Before the first session gold was selling at 124 X,
Erie at 11 . 10118 New York Central at 1343@1343,
Illinois Central at 133%013,5. and Michigan South
ern at 105@i053.
The appended-table exhibits the chief movements
of the mxrket•"%mpared. with the latest prises of
yesterdaV4sienW:
4,1,r.1:3, Fri. "Thrs. Adv. Dec.
17. 6a, 18131Zreg.4•-•••••.-106 106 ..
U. S.6s, tow low
U. cs, se: en-thirties.• • • 107 107 ..
U.S. 1 year Corfu goia• • MN. .1.013 i • . •
U. S. 1 yr. Cert. crizr'ney 99% 99%
American gold 124% 124
Tennessee . C6K 66 3£
Missouri 70% 70X
Penile 229
N.Y. Central ...-334% 35534
Erie 115%
Erie preferred • 111
Fladson River--......... 143% 145
169%
Harlem preferred 160
Reading 119
193
11ch. South 1951( 10.5.3.4
Mich. So. guar ....136 136 . •
Illinois Con scrip ~ . ... .133: 135 '
Cleveland&Pitteburg...lo3,Y; 10334
Galena.. .... 111% . •
CleTeland&Toldo..•. • . .17 119 ..
ag
Chico & Rock Island.ll2 1111 ..
Fort Wayne.... 93
Prairie dn Chien 77 79
Alton & Terre Haute.... 6334 6234 1
Chicago &Northwest'n 353 E 36 ..
Canton. .. . 2( 3 234
Chicago Alton
85 -1' 1
Phffada. Stock Exch
(Reported by, & X tirdericurz
FLEST :
20 Pelusa. E 2dys 66.51
4600 0 & Amb 6e,'&) 1.t.108
143 66 Pen= 58,1055....100X
£6OO do ....
N Penne R 1811
200 Reading R.2daddut 60
• 100 d 0...... .. . b3O 60
SOO do • b3Own 60
100 do 99%
BETWEEN
100 Reading R.. 693 1.
(.1) ila & Erie
50 do - b 5 27
SECQND
6000 C & Amb 65.,'59 mt 108
2(00 City 6s, new 10634
1250 000 U S 6
dool year option. 1
1.02
%
90 Penna. R b 5 6036
2000 01 S 7-S0 Tress Notes
_ . .
' blank A & 0 107
HOU S 7-80 Treas Notes
blank F & A 107
Weekly Review of
the Phila. Markets,
AUGUST 28, 1884
Business is gradually iMproving, but the markets
are still inactive; and the transactions in most de
partments of trade very moderate. Bark is quiet.
Flour continues very dull. Wheat is rather dull and
lower. Corn is firm. Oats are in fair demand. Can
dles are without change. Coal moves off slowly.
Cotton is dull and prices are rather lower. Coffee
is very scarce, but holders are firm. Sugar and 'Vio
lence are better. Fish are selling more freely.
Foreign Fruit is very scarce and high, but domestic
is coming in and selling freely. In Pig Iron there is
very little doing. Naval Stores of all kinds are
scarce and firm. Coal Oil is firmly held, and prices
have advanced. In Provisions there is very little
doing, and prices are without change. There has
been more doing in Seeds. Tallow and Tobacco are
unchanged. In Wool there is very little doing. In
Dry Goods there is a moderate business to note, and
plices generally are firm, and the stocks on sale
light.
There is very little demand for Flour, either for
export or home use, and for old stock prices are un
-settled and lower; sales comprise about 4,500 bbls
at $5.25@5.50 for extra, and $6.50@6 for extra fami
ly, as to .quality; the Inquiry is mostly for fresh
ground. The retailers and bakers are buying mode
rately at from $4,50(W.20 for.super4ne, $5,24.010
fOr extra, $5.15@6.60 far extra family, and $16)1.50
for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye Flour
is selling slowly at $4 766)5 t bbl. Corn Meal is
scarce, and there is very little doing ; Brandywine
is held at $4.25, and Pennsylvania at $4 ict bbl. •
GRAIN.—Da Wheat there is not much doing, and
prices are rather lower • about 25,000 bus fair and
prime old Western and Penna. red sold at $1.30@
1.38; [new do, at sl.ls@tm by bu, and white at
from $1.36®1.58 bu, according to quality. Rye
is without change ; 800 bthunew Delaware sold at
90c, and small lots of old Penna. at $1.03@1.05 t bu.
Corn is less active, but prices are firm ; 30,000 bus
sold at SlErB2c for prime yellow, and 79@80c bu
for Western mixed, which is better. Oats are in
fair demand ; about 27,000 bus have been disposed of
at 53@We for new Delaware, and 700 weight for old
Penna. Barley and Malt remain quiet.
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain
at this port during the past week :
Flour
Wheat
Corn
Oats'
PROYISIONS.—The market is quiet, and prices
are without any material- change. .About 400 bbls
mess Pork sold at $14@14.50 for new; city packed
mess Beef commands $13@16, and country 5124
12 50; cash. There is a fair demand for Bacon Hams;
000 tierces sold at 11@133,10 for plain and fancy bagged,
including 150 tierces of the former at 111-,io Wes
are selling at 73:1'.®Thcc, and 30,000 its Shoutders void
at 6c. In Green Bleats lthereis very little, doing.;
sales of Hams in pickle at 10MG410,10 ; 300 boxes do
in-salt at fiXe, atm 25,000 ibs shoulders at bi.V(o6d, cash
and 60 days. Lard—there is a moderate demand,
and prices are better; 250 tierces and hbls sold at
103@I1c casb, now held at 11c. Butter is in fair de
mane ; 50,100 lbs solid packed sold at 13@150, and
350 packages Ohio at 19Q20c. Cheese is selling at
11@12c. Eggs are worth i6@170 doz. -
METALS-There is very little demand for Pig
Iron and the market is dull. Small sales of anthra
cite are making at $30034 per ton for the three
numbers. Sales of Scotch Pig are reported at $34
035 per ton. There is less dentand for manufac
tured. Lead—There is very little stock here and we
liter of no sales. Copper—ln Sheathing there is
nothing doing. American Yellow Metal is steady
at 270, six months. •
BA Rl{.—There fs very little demand for Querci
tron ; about 40 hhtls Ist No. 1 sold at $3O per ton.
Tanners , Bark is unchanged.
CANDLES.—There is more demand for Adaman
tine with sales at.lS@22o cash. ,Sales of short
weight Western are reported for export at 13@20c.
Sperm and Tallow are without change..
COAL.—Supplies are coming forward freely, both
by railroad and canal, but the demand is moderate,
and prices are without material;change. Schuylkill
ranges at from $6.50Q6 75 it ton on board at Port
Richmond. The toll will be advanced 300 per ton on
the Ist of the month.
•
COAL OlL—The following are the receipts of
crude and refined at this port during the past week:
crude, 3,190 bbla ; refined, 2,560 bbla.
COFFER—The market is firmer, but there is very
little stock here to operate in. Small sales of Rio are
making at 27@28,3i'e, and 300 bags Oape on terms
kept private ; Laguayra is selling in small lots at
29§300.11 lb, cash and time.
COTTON is dull and drooping, and prfoes have
declined 1@2.3 lb. About 150 bales of middlings
have been disposed of, in lots mostly, at front 660
67e IR lb, cash.
DRUGS AND DYES.—There is very little de.
wind for any kind, and prices are without change.
Small Bales. of Soda Ash ere reported at 3X(43 , 3M,e ;
.101i(411519 - 1
•
99 9933 991
.
12 lts
124 125
Week. Previously.
Tons. Tons.
.9.113 3.97,427
.7,915 199,365
Loans. Deposits Specie. Cireorn.
'175.713.139 15 , ,,98 9 ,095 31,529.499 5,545,970
71,447,•520 27.516.154 7, 1 80.905 7.303,757
35,376,714 29,975,917 4,113,050 2,323354
1282,537,M 214.0ff1.195 0.414.154 15,17-3,057
'L52,276,796121307.243, 44.300,952 2 1,165,493
257.00.802 19 %1175.8:19i 0,076,09 21.131.268
< ge Sales, Aitgidet SS.
Philadelphia Exchange. 3
'3O .BD -
100 Healing R
1000 Read 68.'86—cash 1193(
14,000 do 1870 108
200 City 6s. new 106 X
50 Soh 2Mil;
5 Academy of Music 33
2430 Plula &Erie R. b3O 27,Vi
60 Cam & tl pref... 213 i
BOARDS.
50 Little Schwyl R
2000 N reniim"
BOARD.
1000 Penna R 2d m0rt...107
15 Lit Sehrty It
I 6 do 473 6 -4
150 Long Island R ...s5 46
5 Reading It pref.... 56
6 folinehillß 63
16 Norristown R 60
10 Fifth & Sixth 56
270 Sus/ Canal Scrip.. 62.3;
10,610 bblll.
60,100 buz.
46,000 bus.
45,300 bus.
Blue Vitriol at 1.23;@130; Sulphuric Laid at 330,
and Logwood On terms kept private.
FEATHERS are scarce. Prime Weatem range
at Nun 48(050c lb, cash.
FISH.—Phe receipts of Mackerel have failed. off,
and for No. 3s price. are firmer ; some of the resent
arrivals have been stored for higher rates; sales of
new Is from store at 818017, 2s at sll.o@i2, and 3s at
$6 60 for medium, and $8 for large. In Codfish and
Herring nothing doing, and very few of either here.
FRUIT.—The market is nearly bare of foreign 4
and Lemons have been sold at very high rates. In
Oranges and Pine Apples nothing doing. Domestic
Green Fruit is arriving. and sailing freely. Peaches
range from
sl@2 'basket, according- to quality.
Green Apples are worth $2 to $3.60 IfY bbl. For
Dried Fruit prices are nominal.
FREIGH. I'S to Liverpool and London are en
tirely nominal. West India freights are dull. IL
- schooner was , taken to Saguia at 505, a British
schooner to Barbadoee $179 bbt out, and one for
Demerara at the same rate. The Boston packets
are getting 35c #3‘ bbl for flour. and s@6c 33 foot for
measurement goods. A schoonerwas chartered for
Boston to load with petrOleum at 70c bbl. Coal
freights are unsettled and lower.
GIN&E.Na.—But little offering ; small sates of
crude at 88@90c 7p lb cash.
GUANO is hut little inquired after. We quote
Peruvian at s9s@too r ton for large and small lots,
and Sombrero at $3O ton.
HEMP is firmer, but there being but very little
stock here to opetate in. we hear of no sales.
HOPS.—The demand is limited, and sales are in
a small way only, at 17@205 3i lb for Eastern and
'Westerik.
LUMBER—There is a steady demand for most
kinds; sales at $20032 for yellow sap boards ;-
$226823 for white pine do; $lOOl2 for- hemlock
Joist and scantling, and $45 0 50 for . sawed ship:tim
er .
IYIOLASSES:The market la firm but quiet ; sales
of New Orleans at 40c i v gallon, and Cuba at 35@
45e. The latter for Muscovado, on time.
NAVAL STORES —The market is nearly bare
of common Rosin, with small sales at $35@40 bbl.
Prices of Tar and Pitch are nominal. Spirits of
Turpentine is in limited request and has declined ;
small sales at $2.86@ 2 90 "ill gallon.
OILS.—For EishOils prices are firmer with steady
store demand. Linseed Oil is also rather firmer;
small sales at 98c to $l. 'Lard Oil is dull, and ranges
from 72c up to 90e for spring and winter. Petroleum
is very firm, and prices are better; about 1,800 bbla
have been sold at 36@360 for Crude now held higher;
57060 c for refined in bond; and 67070 c Ift gallon
free as to quality. -
OIL CAKE sale of 100 tone Calcutta was
made at $4O, cash.
RICE.—Tbe stock is very light, and prices range
from 7 to 7% e /5 lb.
SALT is firmer ; an arrival of 1,950 sacks of
Liverpool remains unsold ; a cargo of Turks Island
was taken by a packer on private terms.
SEEDS.—The market is bare of Cloverseed ; we
quote at $5.25@5.3D Ift . 64 tbs. Timothy is in good
demand, and has advanced, with sales at $3.76,3
bushel. Flaxseed is taken by the crushers at $2(
2.20 ift bushel.
SPIRITS.—Brandy, Gin, and Rum are quiet,
and prices the same. Whisky—there is a moderate
demand and prices on the advance ; sales of Penn
sylvania and Ohio bbls at 473‘,@48c, drudge at 465,
and blids at 463.1 '#t gallon.
SUGAR is firmer, and there Is rather more in
quiry at An advance ; sales of 1,400 hhds Cuba at -
10@i2c. and 1,500 boxes low-grade Havana brown
at 93401024 n, on time.
Ta LLOW is unchanged; we quote cityrendered
at 101-4"@10,14c, and country at Voxe
TEAS are held firmly, but sales have been ex•
tremely limited of both blacks and greens.
TOBACCO.—There is rather more inquiry for
Manufactured, but Leaf is neglected and dull.
WOOL.—The market is quiet, and the sales corm
/pc about 60.00 ibis at 65a70a for medium and fine
iece, net. Buyers and sellers are apart in their
-'vleteri.
715
. 458
New York Markets, August 287
Agnes are quiet at $7 for Pots, and $9 for Pearls.
BmiensTnees.---The market for State and Wen,
ern Flour is dull, and be lower.
The sales are 6,000 bbls at $3.8004 45 fer superfine
State ; $4.55@4.80 for extra State; $3.80@4.45 for
superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, ; $4.20
@x49o for extra do, including shipping brands of
round-hoop Ohio at $5@5.30, and trade-brands at
$5.40@7.
Southern Flour is dull and heavy; sales 600 bbls
at s6@6 26 for superfine Baltimore, and $6.25@8.75
for extra do.
Canadian Flour is heavy and declining ; Ba/ea 460
bbla at $4.6004.85 for common, and $4.90@7 for good
to choice extra.
Rye Flour is dull at $3.60@5.20 for the range of
fine and superfine.
Corn Meal is very quiet. We quote Sersey at
$3 90; Brandywine $4.35; Caloric -$4.245; pun
cheons $21.50.
Wheat is less" active and one cent better. The
sales are 40,000 bushels at 750351.05 for Chicago
spring; 860241.13 for Milwaukee Club ; $1.15 li.t7
for amber lowa ; $1.13@1.19 for winter red Western;
$620@1.24 for amber Michigan.
cjir"V TrirICRIS_
A POPULAR CLOTH.MU EMPORIUM.—Pow
business establishments have ever won their way
more effectually into popular favor than the re
spectable old - house of C. Somers & Son, No. 626
Chestnut street, under Jayne's Hall. They have
based their efforts upon correct principles. They
buy cheap, and sell cheap. for cash; treat every cue.
tomer that enters their store as if he were a mil
lionaire, and had come to spend half his fortune;
and if he goes out without being suited, (a 'rare oc
currence,) invite him politely to call again; and,
above all, their garments are always recommended
to be exactly what they are. Their new fabric's for
Fall sales, which they are now opening daily, dis
play the usual good taste of this firm.
GREAT DEMAND FOR WHITMAN & CO.'s
CONFECTIONS. —Large as is the uniform demand for
Mes4rs. E. G. Whitman & Co.'s fine confections, on
account of their superior purity and general excel
lence, their business has experienced a marked im.
petus within the past few days on account, no doubt,
of the large addition made to the fashionable part
of our population by the sudden emptying of water
ing places and inland resorts, caused by the cold
weather that has dropped down on us very muck
like a chunk of ice in a bowl of smoking-hot tea.
Their store, No. 318 Chestnut street, has been filled
with customers all the week, and the cry is, still
they come."
NEW ATTRACTIONS FOR THE ALBUMS.—
Messrs. Wenderoth & Taylor (formerly Broadbent
& Co.), - Nos. 912, 914, and 916 Chestnut street, have
just taken, in their usual excellent style, cartes de
ittsite of Major General Doubleday, T. S. Waterman,
Esq., Rev. C. W. Thompson, Lieut. Col. Downing,
Dr. Bracket, Prof. E. 0. Kendall, and others, dupli.
Wes of all of which may be had at McAllister &
Brothers, opticians, No. 728 Chestnut street.
EFFECTS OF THE COLD WEATHER.—
Among the most noticeable effects of the sudden
change from heat to cold, within the present week,
we have noted, as worthy of record, the sudden
exodus of prudent sojourners in the country to their
city homes, the sudden change of the beautiful Slur
tars in our model grapery from a pale grAm to a rich
purple, and last, but not least, the significant fact
that hundreds of our citizens have been ordering
their supply of winter coal from the famous yard of
Mr. W. W. Altet, Ninth street, above Poplar.
Fi?-bum sat sapiemti.
FUEL CONFECTIONS AND FINE FRUITS.—
The delicious Confections manufactured and sold by
Mr. Vanaant, Ninth and Chestnut streets, have di
vided their fame lately with the cooling and elegant
fruits exhibited in his windows and on his counters.
The latter are now in great demand for invalids, as
in many cases a tempting bunch of grapes or a luz
clone orange is of more service to a patient than an
other medicine they can take.
NEW CARTES DE VISITE, BY GUTEKUNST.
—Mr. F. Gutekunst, the eminent Photographer, Nos.
704 and '706 Arch street, has just issued, in his usual
superior style, Cartes de Visite of Clement B. Barclay,
Esq., Miss Nellie Chase, and Governor Curtin.
SUPERIOR HAMS AND OTHER SALT MEATS.
—At this particular season, when, by many, salt
meats are preferred to fresh, it may be desirable to
know that Hamm, Tongues, and Driest Beef, of the
choicest and most approved curing, can be had at
the popular old Grocery Store of Messrs. Davis &
Richards, ...Tenth and Arch, streets, formerly C. H.
Mattson's.
MESSRS. CHARLES OARFORD & SONS, un
der the Continental Hotel, are now selling their
entire stock of elegant Summer Goods for Children
and Youth at and below cost of importation.
FOR THE LUXURY OF AN ELEGANTLY
FITTING Smarr go to the popular Gentlemen's
Furnishing Store of Mr. George Grant, No. 610
Chestnut street.
FIRE MILITARY GOODS, of every descrip
tion, suitable for Army and Navy _Officers, can be
had at moderate prices, at Oakford & Sons', under
the Continental Rotel.
UPHOLSTERING, CARPETS CUT, ALTERED,
and laid; old Furniture reupholstered, IVlattresses
and Bedding overhauled and made up equal to
at Pollen's West-End Store, 1408 Chestnut at. Lai
jobs•contracted for at lees than usual prises. au2T
Mosqurro NETS.—AII the patent frame!
or any other simply constructed Net, made to at ti
bedstead, at Patten's . , 1408 Chestnut street. au27-
WINDow attApEa.—Patten, the old ma.
faeturer and dealer in Window Shades ,at No. 1
Chestnut street. sun.:
IRON BEDSTEADS, - HUSE, TrATR,
Spring Mattresses, of superior make, at Parte'.
1408 Chestnut street. au27 31
OLD CARPETS CET, ALTERED, AND LAID.
Upholstering of any description done 'the mome•
the order is received ; no one has to wait who L
an order to W. H. Patten, 1408 Chestnut et aul
THE No. 9 .3192 , 1TIFACTITRTNG 3LkCHI
(Shuttle Stitch) recently brought out by Grow
- -
Baker, and sold at fortptive dotiars, must, we tL
take the preference over every other. Examint
at '730 Chestnut street.
A MAN has a shrewd suspicion that
avierfaken hint, when he keeps assuring
that he feels as young as ever—and he doesn't
but—younger. Poor fellow, he whistles to key
courage up ; but, alas ! he Cannot recall youth
calls hie pointer—with a whletle. Only one re
is left him—that is, to enrobe himself in the
and faroinating styles of clothing made to order
Granville Stokea, Merchant Tailor, No. 60e C 3
nut street
CLE.Ait AS 31nrn."—An English sciern
miter, in a recent essay on the "mode of the r
formation," says :
"A formal idea of the heaven and the earth
be obtained by imagining the heaven as at fin
effiuviant generation from a monooentral point
currying, or creating and occupying space; the ea)
as the arrest or end Wench generative action, v
the gradual relaxation of central tersion and al
gation of such centre, the consequence being
formation of < a huge internal spherioal yam
termed in the Genetic record ' earth."
It is a good thing this writer is not (swa t ,
write " notices " of Charles Stokes and Co.'s ",
price) , clothing store, under the Continental,
the public would have no more information ah
that establishment - than they have about "
earth's formation.”
A FRUITFUL FAMlLY.—Spenser, the pot
thus describes the family of some ancient genius
whom he *iota :
t• An happy man in his first dayes he was, '
And happy father of fair progeny;
For all so.many weeks as the year has,
So many children hedid multiply ;
Of which were twenty 'mines, which did apply
Their minds to prayse and chevalrous desy - re.”
In other words; the respected parent had flfty.t
children, and twenty of the boys were in the sol
ing • line. •What a convenience it would have
jn eo large a famDy to have had inioh an eat
meat as the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of
bill & t Wilson,. NOI. 603 and -1 606 Chestnut
above Sixth, to apply to, where civilian r
military uniforms could have been procured 1m
Young gentlemen; and the parents of the "faire
gent'" saved from considerable trOuble and 601
anon.