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Et't Vrtss. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1863. Sir We can take no notice of anonymous eommu• SiCations. We do not return rejected manuscripts. Imo' Voluntary correspondence solicited from all I l a nfatlS of the world, and especially from our different ptnilitaxy and naval departments. When need, it Zia be paid for. An Army of Slaves: JEFFERSON DAVIS, if the rumor be true that he has resolved to arm the slaves against the Government, has again confessed the weak -ness of the South. "It is not probable, as the North tremblingly fears," said the indae 'sof August 13th, the London organ of the rebellion, " that the South is even thinking of resorting to the extreme measure of arm ing its slaves." This is significant incredulity, and expresses the repugnance of the friends of slavery to such a method of defence. The war wag begun by the South in the interest of slavery, no war measure could be so unwel come to the slaveholder as thit which libe• rates his slaves. The Emancipation proclama tion of the President was, therefore, de • nounced by them as barbarous and cowardly, and to this day excites the bitter hatred of the fiisloyal journals of the North, and the ene mies-of the country in Europe. The negroes Were, therefore, declared unfit to fight; they would prove cowards in the presence of the, enemy, it was urged, and murderers of women and children where no fear restrain ed them. It would be a disgrace for white Men to fight for a flag which negroes aided to defend. Thus the South, and the friends of the South, revealed their hatred of an ex periment of which the results were evidently dangerous to slavery. Nor do they hate it less now ; nor, could such a measure origi nate with the people of the South. On the contrary, if the slaves are really to be armed, it will be so because of stern necessities of the leaders of the rebellion. They will impose it upon their people, beeb use defeat will be their personal and irretrievable ruin, and to prevent that they will force any sacrifice on their followersi ; because ,TEFFERSON DAVIS underatands that soldiers are to him more important tha)i slaves. By abandoning the lust principle of the rebellion—the protec tion of slavery —he proclaims to the world the weakness of the South ; he confesses that the white population is exhausted ; that be is at last forced to trust the Confederacy ;10 the magnaiimity of its victims. .Another reason why such a measure might be adopted by the rebel Government is, that . the war has proved that the fate of slavery on this continent is extinction. "-At any rate," it may argue, "the war will liberate our slaves ; ,this is clearly the opportunity to liberate them to our own advantage." This .argument may suggest itself to the intelli gent classes of the rebels, and reconcile them to the measure. But their feelings in regard to the emancipation of their slaves will be similar to those of Isaac of York, in Ivanhoe, who, to save his money bags, sub mitted to have his teeth extracted. But it is not by asking slaves to fight .against a free Government that slavehold ,ers are to make their rebellion triump4nt. The United States is first in its appeal to this race, so long trodden under foot, and every colored man in the South looks to our Government as his friend. The bribe of freedom after the war; and fifty acres of land, speaks to his Self-interest but not to his en- . thusiasm. Soldiers it may bring, but not friends. The promise of land is amusing on the part of a band of conspirators 'who cannot keep the territory they have claimed. Nor will the rebel leaders ever be able to trust the negroes they may arm, nor can these repose confidence in the pro fessions of their masters. Whatever MT. DAVIS may ostensibly pro pose, actually he dare not create an army of slaves. If he does, farewell at once to slavery. Regiments he may raise, and use, but he will not depend upon them for vic tory. Let him beware of them at that mo ment when the issue of the battle depends upon their advance. The South has alrdady employed negro troops in this war ; for the sake of the Republic we hope she will in crease their number. The War Debt. It is proposed, as a means of conciliating the south, and reuniting the Repalic, that the loyal States assume the Southern war debt. We have heard this advocated by many men notorious in the Northern States for their advocacy of Southern rights ; and we now see the New York . World feeling its way into the minds of the people. "If the Southern year debt is distributed," says that newspaper, " and assumed by the seve ral rebel States, it will make the pressure of State taxation so heavy as to seriously impair their ability to pay their proportion of Federal taxes." This is an argument in favor of the integrity of the Southern debt, and the way in which its integrity is to be maintained is thus indicated : " Whether the 'exchange of Confederate scrip, at its market value, for United States bonds, would. not, by its tendency to produce good feeling, save an equivalent expense in • maintaining troops in the South; is a ques tion on which it is premature to hazard any opinion." Although the journal from which are quoting does ,not propose to assume this debt in so many distiiact terms, we yet know enough of the tac tics of disloyal newspapers to know what such a suggestion infers. The disloyal , newspapers are opposed to eonscription. They declaim against it Violently, and yet we know that some Months ago, this opposition was foreshadowed as gently and with as much timidity as we now see foreshadowed the advocacy of the assumption of the Southern war debt. The disloyal men who ask 'the Northlo assume this burden are likewise debating the propriety of repudiating the war debt of the North. So the issue, plainly put, is this : The Northern States shall repudiate their - war debt because it was incurred in support of an Administration that "made " a war 1 favor of the negro," and at tlie same time assist the Southern States to pay their debt because it was incurred in " a war of self-defence," and, against the aggressions of the North. There is nothing extravagant in such an issue. It presents, Ina financial way, what is ...really 'the hope and . aim of the disloyal men in the North and what would be the objeat of Mr. justice WOODWARD and his friends if they cram into power in Pennsylvania. - Is there any reason why a loyal man should ask to see the Northern States assume the responsibility of the Southern war debt? Would it be just ? The Northern States gave their resources to prosecute a.war that was. forced upon them—a war, too; that would have brought desolation ancL death to their hamesif it had been successful. '=They gave these resources to the Government to aid it in prosecuting the war. They pledged them to enable it: to raise money. They stand pledged' for the redemption of many railliens of dollars now held by the people as securities and means of -revenue. And because these resources are so pledged, the - credit of the Government to-day is beyond suspicion or doubt, while that of the Confederacy is in the most dismal and forlorn condition. As a mere Matter of business honor with those who havein vested in our loans, it would be unjust for us to add other burdens to our debt, when it is now so grievous and oppressive. Taking another view, such'a policy - Vvould be giving ;treason a precedent and rebellion a premium. If in after times men saw proper to conspire ,against the Government, there would be no more urgent inducement than the remern trance:that in a former rebellion the nation .spent millions to crush the rebels, and then .aided the rebels themselves to pay the debts incurred by their treason. There could be no greater exhibition of weakneas and bad faith than this. Foreign nations would laugh at it, :and compare it with their own stern policy in tealing with rebellions. When England and France enter into wars, they never think of en d-ing them without, if possible, making their enemies reimburse them for the expense incurred in proSecuting the war ; and in deal ing with a subjugated South, it would be a far more appropriate policy to compel its citiszens to pay the T.ederal debt than it would' be .'for us to assume their many re noOnsibilities. If the holders_ 41 . or the South- em loan lose money by the investment, they alone are to blame. It was S speculation with them, and if they lose, they deserve no more sympathy than the loser in a specu lation with stocks, and sugar, and cotton. Napoleonic Ideas in Mexico. It is doubtful whether NAPOLEON really expected that the Archduke MAXIMILIAN of Austria would accept the proffered crown of Mexico. In the event of his refusal, the Assembly of Notables in Mexico, who pro- claimed MAxn,riLIAN Emperor on the 10th of July, had provided for the emergency by leaving the selection of another and suitable person to NAPOLEON. Practically, this would be equivalent to placing a cadet of the house of BONAPARTE upon the throne of Mexico—perhaps either Prince NAro- LEON or onfref the MIIRATS. It is declared, however, that MAxistimArt 'ass accepted the crown, conditional only , on no objection being raised by his brother, the Emperor of Austria, and upon the great, Powers of Eu rope guaranteeing that he will be maintained upon the newly-erected throne. The Prince, who completed his thirt3r-first year only four days before the French-Mexi can party tendered the imperial purple to him, is next brother to the Emperor of Austria, is son-in-law to the King of Bel. glum, and is cousin by marriage to the Queen of England;and also to the Count DE PAnia, and the other Orleans princes, be surviving children of Louis PIIILIPPE, who was dethroned by the French revolu tion of 184 S, and died in exile in England. He is vice•admiral and commander-in-chief of the Austrian fleet, is colonel of a regiment of Austrian lancers, as well as of a regiment of Prussian dragoons, and, for some years before _1859, was Governor General of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. When the Italian war of 1859 began, MAXlmmux was recalled from Venice—it was said at the time on account of his liberal .opinions and humane feelings, and he has'the reputation of being a man of high principle and, great courage, with enlarged views of government. By his marriage with the Princess OE[A.It LOTTE, of Belgium, which took place-in 1857, when 'the young lady was only seventeen, MAximarrAN has no issue. If Mexico is to be ruled by a foreign prince, MAXIMILIAN is as worthy as any one for that dignity. The Vienna journals do not approve of MAximmAN's being placed upon a foreign and remote throne, on the nomination of NAPOLEON the Third. They would rather not have Austria placed under an obligation to the Emperor of the French. They point back to the time when, a conqueror, the first NAPOLEON compelled the Emperor FRANCIS I. to give him the Archduchess NIA.RIA LOUISA of Austria in marriage. They con sider that alliance a blot on the escutcheon of the House of Hapsburg. They show the hazard of introducing Monarchy, and under a foreign prince, into the North American con tinent, and ask with what force from the Austrian army the new Emperor is to be maintained upon his throne, or whether, as at Rome, the . prince-regnant is to be pro tected by French bayonets. They, also dread the probability of a collision between the new empire and the United States. Nor do they alone apprehend opposition from the United States, but also from the South American republics. They are afraid that this present from France to Austria indicates a close alliance between these, great Powers, and they forebode evil to Austria from any conjoined polity with France. The elevation of MAyaaina - Arr is said to haVe been favorably received by Spain. On the other hand, it is impossible that the King of Italy can complacently view the prospect of a close alliance between France and Aus tria; it would be a death-blow to his hope of annexing Venetia, to the Papal territory, and the city of Rome to his Kingdom. Neither can l'russia feel entirely easy at the relations of France and Austria, both of which are more or less antagonistic to her self becoming more intimate. Russia would probably not formally oppose the demission of an Austrian prince to the Mexican throne. Belgium and England, on account of family connection with MAXIMLIAN by marriage, might be expected to receive MAximmtAx's elevation with considerable favor. Whether any of the European Powers, with the ex ception of France, would guarantee to main tain the new Emperor in Mexico by armed force is extremely doubtful. Say that they declined, and that a French army re- Maimed in Mexico to put down all opposing factions, the result would be the establish ment there of a French protectorate, politi cal and physical, and the conversion of Mexico into a remote province of the French Epperor, governed by an Austrian prince who would really be the mere viceroy of NAPOLEON. The Mexican Empire, established by command of NAPOLEON'S lieutenant, Mar shal FORRY, is expected to form an alliance with " the so-called Southern. Confederacy, and it is even said that, not alone the sur render of Texas to Mexico, but of Louisi ana to France would be yielded by Mr. JEF FERSON Days as the price 'of that affiance. There is not much to apprehend from that. Even should MAX-nrimAx become Emperor of Mexico, some months will necessarily elapse before he can ascend the throne in person and commence his rule in that coun try .By that time, no one can doubt, the South will have been thorolighly defeated. It may be, asked, what purpose, besides placing , Austria under a great obligation to him by giving an empire to one of her princes, NAPOLEON could have in his Mexican policy ? Generally, that man is inscrutable, but, in the present in stance, he- has not succeeded in concealing the object of his policy. ,NAPOLEON'S de mands upon Mexico are the payment of her debts to sundry French creditors, (whose claims he is said to have quietly purchased at a heavy discount,) reimbursement of all the expenses of the war, and the surren der of the ,province of Sonora, adjacent to California and the Pacific, as a substitute "for cash-payment. We may see this carried out, ere long, and cannot believe that it Will be creditable to this country to -permit it. *But what can. we do .? We have pro tested against the proceedings of the French in Mexico, but the annexation of Sonora to the Empire of France may be a fact accomplished long before we can re ceive positive assurance that it is intended. NAPOLEON'S great purpose in the invasion of Mexico must have been the acquisition of territory that would give him -a firm Stand ing in America, with the great advantage of contiguity to the Pacific. He may become a troublesome neighbor to the United States, and experience has shown him at once crafty and audacious, pliant and' firm, plau sible and .unscrupulons. Besides, France is eager for military glory, and also additional territory.. Sonora contains 128,466 square miles, which is much more than half the ex tent of France proper, and is larger than the whole area of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, with all the islands adjacent and there - unto belonging. This would indeed, be an important aequisition to the French em pire, and NAPOLEON - will show his usual adroitness if he use the Archduke NI AXI mn,TA* as, a cat's-paw to get tins chestnut out of the red embers. It would be worth his while, for such a gain, to make an Aus trian. prince a crowned head in Mexico. TICE New York Eppreis is endeavoring to pre - ye that the draft is a failure, and quotes from a Massachusetts" paper to show "that:it will not add materially to the strength of our armies, and that it will cost much more than it is worth." The Express was one df the papers which, until - within a week or so past, contended that the draft would drag away all the poor men from their homes, and that it was mainly aimed as a blow at the Democratic party. If it was right then, it must be wrong now. It must be observed, however, that the Er preis is a paper of rather questionable loyalty. THE Star of the North, a disloyal news paper, published somewhere in this State, says : " The fact that A. - innr.w G. Cunalx stands pledged to sustain; lke Federal Ad ministration in all its measures, is one among the many sins with which he stands charged.". Doubtless, Governor CURTIN has committed a fearful offence in ~ sup porting all.the measures of the Administra tion, but. it is an offence that loyal men will be charitable enough to forgive. The Poor, North and South. The disloyal newspapers are constantly clamoring about the injustice of this Govern ment (and particularly in its act of conscrip tion) towards the poor.- We, of course, know that all such cries are the mere schemes of the demagogue, and intended to mislead the ignorant and unwary. It would be well, however, to show how the rebel fiends in the South manage the poor in their con scription. If we look at the exemption list of such a Etate as Georgia—and Georgia we select as an example—we shall see that there is hardly a poor man in the list of those ex empt, and that every class that can, by any possibility, exclude a poor man, is 'nein - ded. Thus, on the part of the North, we know that no class is exempt ; that every man capable of service must go, or give the Government an equtvalent for his service. In the South we see the following among the classes exempted:, Regular clergymen, reg ular teachers, common-school teachers, editors, foremen of the press, druggists, physicians, lawyers, Government agents, judges, clerks of courts,.sheriffs, justices, and bailiffs. :It is well known that there is scarcely a rich IDP i in the South who does' not cone within the designation of these professions; while the poor man, and we use ; the term in its most popular sense, could scarcely claim either. In the South the aim is to have a governing class—an aristocracy —and all who belong to that class are pro tected. The rest bear the burdens. In the l'orth we have7,a democracy. No one is favored. All alike—rich and poor, high and low—must take-their lot and bear their burden. THERE are hundreds of ways in which a man may be disloyal. He may speak against the Government, he may write against the Government ; he may inculcate resistance to its authority by precept and by example ; he may endeavor to depre ciate its financial credit ; he may screen and protect its , enemies ; he may be disloyal by silence as . well as by speech ; ho may oc cupy a responsible public position, and, by refusing to throw the weight and influence of that position in favor of the Government, may be as truly disloyal as though he should openly contend that the dissolution of the Union is proper, and that the States should be allowed to go peaceably ; he may be dis loyal by sustaining partisan organizations at a time when the countxy needs the ser vices of all its citizens ; he may be disloyal by endeavoring to disfranchise the soldiers, or by endeavoring to create a feeling of pre judice against citizens of foreign birth. These are a few of the many ways in which a man may show himself disloyal. There is but one way in which a man can show himself to be loyal—by supporting uncon ditionally the Government which protects him, and maintaining the supremacy of the laws enacted for its preservation. wA~]3TI~TQ FO . Special Despatches to The Press. WASamorrou, , August 30,-1863 Skirmish with Moseby's Gacrillas. Some of Scorr's Nine hundred cavalry have re cently been making reconnoissances on the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. There was no ap pearance of the enemy on. Thursday, but at-10 o'clock yesterday morning two pickets belonging to a force of 61 men who were stationed at Edward's Ferry, when about two miles above, were tired upon, one shot striking ALONZO PICKET, of Company 13, going through the jaw, inflicting a dangerous wound. They were both captured, and after being deprived of their horses and arms were permitted to return to camp. On their arrival, Captain RALLECK im mediately set out with 16 men to reconnoitre the country. Without encountering any enemy he ar rived within half a mile of the ferry, when his ad vance of four men were captured by a party of re bels, and on looking towards the camp he saw it in possession of between 300 and 400 of the enemy, sup posed to be WEirrWs .or Mosnnv's men. During the absence of the reconnoitring party this camp was attacked, and one of the rebels is known to have been killed._ The reserve which had been left here scattered and fell back on another encampment of the regiment, - under Captain Cazfroura., at Muddy Fork. The entire body, numbering BO men, then re• tired from the line of the canal to the hills in the rear, when last beard from, drawn up in line of bat tle. Our forces 'at 'Muddy Branch yesterday cap tured two men, one of whom admits that he piloted STUART into Maryland, previous to the, battle of 'Gettysburg. Official information was received to-day at Gen. 11EINTZELIIAN 4 8 headquarters of a skirmish, on Monday last, between a detachment of the 2d Mas s fechusetta Cavalry, the California Regiment, and Mossay's men. This attack by Mosnav was made s at Covrit's tavern, on Little River turnpike, some four xbilee thienide - cilYitirfaxcabout two o'clock in the afternoon. Our men, only twenty-five in num. ber, were attacked front and rear at the same time, but fought manfully. Their loss was two killed, three wounded, and nine taken prisoners, together with all the horses they had in charge, fifteen of which, however, were afterwards captured, leaving eighty-five still in the hands of the rebels. The loss of the rebels was one captain and one lieutenant killed, and one lieutenant and three privates wounded. MONDRY was himself wounded in two places, the side and thigh, and his wounds are re garded as fatal. Col. Lowinn pursued the enemy from Centreville as far as Snicker's Gap, but they succeeded in making their escape by reason of having constant remounts of fresh horses. The Steamer Ruth. The investigation as to the loss of the Govern• ment funds by the burning of the Ruth has thus far developed the following facts Three milllondollars in Government bills and postal currency, with a complete invoice, were sent to the Sub. Treasury at St. Louis. Of this Major BRINTON, paymaster, re ceived in the original package §¢2,600,r00, and the original invoice. The money was placed on the cabin deck of the boat, &c., directly over a large quail- • tity of coal, pork, rosin, &c., which was stored on the deck below. The guard. never left the,boxes, three of the soldiers being burned to death. The invoice was placed in Major BRANTON'S private safe. The fire lasted over six hours, and the heat was intense. At the time the boat 'struck the shore, a man and his son living near the spot took a skiff and rowed around the boat until morning, thinking something night drift away from the wreck. They even went to the wreck where they could' pee the interior, and represent it one mash of fire. • Since then the wreck has been carefully watched, and divers have been employed- to examine the h?ld ; no traces can be found of the boxes or the money. The cabin deck hid fallen through, and the money dropped in the red•hot mass of coals below. The debris of the fire at this point was three feet deep. Search will now be made fqr Major B.u.,7rox's safe, containing the invoices. It is due to l%lajor BRINTON to say that the investigation thus far removes the suspicion before entertained, and the result of the inquiry will undoubtedly be an honorable and free exoneration. The Army. General IVlnrcs has been absent for some days td the Army of the Potomac, inspecting the transpor tation; the buSinitst 60 - bnected with which reflects much credit on GendrBl inciem,s, the chiefquarter master of that army, and his assistant, Captain Pearce. Notwithstanding the repeated raids on sutlers' trains on the way to the army, the supplies there are abundant. The country adjacentfumishes nothing but a scanty supply of green corn and grass. 'A large tiain of sutlers' wagons Will start hence to-morrow with an adequate cavalry escort. Surgeon General HAMMOND is about to proceed to Port Royal and New Orleans to look after the Con dition of the hospitals. Internal Revenue.Deelsion. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de cided that in making payments to persons in the service of the United States, who, are employed by the day, the three-pet' cent. tax should be withheld on the amount in excess of $6OO per annum. Ai- Bruning that there are three hundred working days in the year, the' amount of $2 per day is exempt from the tax, Capture of the Blockade Runner Cionstadt. The Navy Department has received a communica• tion from Com. Tuanonann, of the steamer Rhode Island, reporting the capture of the English screw steamer Cronstadt, for a violation of the blockade of Wilmington, N. C. Her cargo consists of cot ton, turpentine, and tobacco. She had been sent to Boston for adjudication. The Capture of tile Satellite. Although there is no official confirmation of the capture of the gunboat Satellite, and the tugboat Reliance by the rebels near the mouth of the Asp pahannock river, the naval authorities have no doubt of the fact. Arrest of a Government Contractor. A Government contractor named PI.TOHE, from Pittsburg, has been committed to the Old Capitol pilson, on the charge of having sold in Baltimore fraudulent quartermissters , certificates of indebted ness to the amount of forty,thousand dollars. The arrest was made in Philadelphia, where another ne gotiation was about to be made. • Arrest of Belie Boyd. The notorious BELVE BOYD was arrested at Mar t 3 insburg Va. last night, by Captain JOHNSON'S detectives, and to-night lodges in her old place in the Old Captol Prison. It will be remembered that she was sent to Richmond some months since with orders not to come beck. Captain Jonwsow first learned of her having returned about two months ago, and went to Philadelphia after her. There it was ascertained that she had been living at a house of ill-fame on Twelfth street, dressed in male attire.: She bad, however, left town, and was lost sight of until a week ago, when Captain Joimeow heard she was at Martinsburg, where she had been for some time. Her arrest speedily followed. , Letter from President Lincoln. SYnacues, N. Y., August 29.--President Lincoln has telegraphed the Republican Union State Com mittee, in accordance with their request. , He has sent the committee a copy of his letter addressed to the Loyal Mass Convention to meet at Springfield, Illinois, next Thursday. This letter will be read to Men's Young Men mass meeting to be held in this city on the same day. Specie for Europe. NEW Y ORX, 28.—The steemete City a Washington and Bremen take out one: to specie. - THE PRESS.-PHIL A,DELPRIA; MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1863. Execution of the Five Substitute De- _ RIZILDWARTBAS ARMY ; OF THE ARMY, - August 29. —The execution of the substitute deserters, sea tanned to the penalty of death in General Orders, No. 84, took place to-day. More than ordinary in terest was exhibited in this execution of military law, and it is estimated that not less than twenty five thousand persons were present. The ground was well selected, and every arrangement so complete that no accident. occurred to mar the solemnity of the proceeding. The position of. the spectators was upon a eend•circular elevation, partially sur rounding the place of execution. Previous to the execution the scene presented a remarka. ble ~,view to the spectator. , Two of the Ben tenoed were Protestants, two Catholics, and the fifth a Hebrew. The spiritual advisers of each were present, administering the last consolations of reli gion. The criminals were sitting upon their respec tive coffins with the yawning graves in the rear. The troops were drawn up in close column by divi sion; covering the complete semi -circle, separated from the spectators by a creek. The order for the immediate execution was issued by General Griffin, at three o'clock P. M., and the officer or the guard, Captain Crocker, 118th Pennsylvania, recalled the clergymen from their spiritual duties. The rest is briefly told. At the order to fire, thirty-six muskets were 'discharged, and instant death, as announced by the surgeons in attendance, was the result. The bodies were placed in their respective gravel, azd the clergy performed the religious services over the deceased. The spectricle was an unusual one ; the Catholic, the Protestant, and the Hebrew stood side by side, each uttering prayers for the departed souls. The names, ages, residences, am, of the deceased are as follows George Kuhn, Hanoverian, 22 years old, resided in Pennsylvania, unmarried. John Felane, Italian, 26 years, Pennsylvania, wife and family. Charles Walters, Prussian, 28 years, wife and child. George Reinese, Italian, 29 years, wife and child. Emile Lai, Prussian, 30 years, wife. The Clergy who attended the ttnfortunates were the chaplain of the 1113th Pennsylvania Reeiment, the Rev. a. L, Egan, of St. Dominic's Church, Washington, and the - Rabbi B. S. Scald, of Balti more. Theme gentlemen were unremitting in their attendance upon the deceased until the final hour. • ST. Louis, August 29.—The DentocreB special despatch from Leavenworth says d The largest meet ing ever held here assembled last night. General Lane offered reeolutions, which were unanimously adopted, calling all loyal men on the border that can be spared for home . protection to assemble at Panola on the Bth of September, with such arms and ammunition as they can procure, organized into companies of twenty men each, under a captain of their own choosing. Gen. Lane spoke for two' hours, saying that the people of Kansas must de pend upon themselves for protection, .ex.horting every man to be ready to meet at a moment's no tice. Hon. A. C. Wilder offered a resolution in behalf of the committee on resolutions,. stating that the tragedy at Lawrence was directly chargeable to the imbecile and inefficient policy of the commander of this department, and demanding the immediate re moval of Gen. Schofield. Mayor Anthony offered resolutions . that the coun ties of Platte, Clay, Buchanan, and Andre, in Mis souri, be held responsible for any rebel outrages north of tle river, the penalty to be a total devasta tion of a 10e forty miles wide along the frontier. All the resolutions offered were unanhnously and • enthusiastically adopted. Several speeches were made denouncing Generals Schofield and Ewing, and the policy in this depart ment. General Ewing telegraphed General Lane today, saying that he would defend Lawrence and Kansas, and requesting him to use his influence to prevent any raid in Kansas. Be replied that be would as semble with 6,000 men on the sth of September, and tender their services to him, and, if rejected, he would appeal to a higher power. The enemy has placed two companies of troops in Platte city to protect its citizens against the avengers from Kansas. Large numbers of men, returning from. Price's rebel army, are organizing into guerilla bande in Alday and the adjoining counties, preparing for raids on the border. The Lawrence , I4aseacre—Aid for the Kai LEAVENWORTH, Aug. 29.—1 n behalf of the suffer ers by the Lawrence massacre, we make this state ment and appeal. The loss of life already reported by the press is substantially correct. The loss of property exceeds a million and a half. liimdreds are homeless and destitute; the business portion of the city is en tirely destroyed, together with nearly a hundred dwelling's. Leavenworth and-the neighboring cities have already contributed largely, but much assist ance is yet needed. Aid can be sent to Peter T. Rednous, chairman aid committee of Lawrence, or President Mr. Wilder, Mr. J. Parrott, 'H. J. Adding, and Nelson hlcCrac ken, Leavenwoith committee. . From Cairo —Movement towards Little Rock, Arkansas, CAIRO, August3o.—Gen.Steele is moving towards Little Rock, and the rebels are concentrating 9ppci eite him. The rebels in the Trana•Mississippi department are organizing for a better concert of action. General Grant and Adjutant General Thqmasleft Memphia for Vicksburg on Friday., most of the cotton lying at the- mouth of the White river has been accidentally burned. NEW Yon z, August 22.—The smack Pacific has arrived from Bermuda, with advices to the 24th inst. The rebel steamer Gladiator, from Wilmington, IC 0., was going into Bermuda on the 25th. The rebel steamer Robert Lee arrived at Bermuda on the 23d, reported being chased nine hours by one of our cruisers, and threw overboard three hundred bales of cotton to escape. On the 26th in lat. 35 0 , ion. 67°, the Pacific passed the pirate Florida with a ship in tow. The Bermuda Gazette gives an account of pro ceedings in St. George's, showing that serious trou bles are occurring there relative to negro laborers, who have demanded higher wages for work on die• charging rebel Vessels. Several assassinations have occurred and incendiarisms are frequent. A large quantity of cotton has been burned,. and a quantity thrown into the bay to extinguish it, The rebel steamers Qolumbia and Eitguniu were at, the wharf when the fire occurred, and sent their crews to extinguish the flames. A meeting of citizens was held and a reward of £2OO offered for the arrest of the hicendiary. The steamers Fanny and Jennie, from Halifax, and the Florida from Nassau, had arrived consigned to Pewee, the weli•known rebel-agent. The rebel steamer_ Phantom, from Wilmington, with cotton, arrived on the 10th, SAN FRANCISCO, August 29.—The steamer .Con stitution brings dates from the city of Mexico to only July 24th. A portion of the united Mexican and French troops have moved 60 miles westward from the capital, to Cuernavucea. The intentions of the Triumvirate to recognize the Confederate States is continually foreshadowed hy the •Imperial press. The recognition is to take place as soon as news is received in Mexico that Maximilian accepts the crown. The news from the Juarez Government is unim portant. Juarez is understood to be busying him self in encouraging guerilla expeditions, some of which are led by Americans, ._ „Teimanuuo, Pl - 21111.Assa, August 29.--Governor Evans and Major Lane, commissioners to treat with the orrapahoes and Cheyennes, are here on their way, to the treaty grounds on Republican Fork. The Prospects are favorable for getting a council together. ga-rox, August-3o.—The steamer Hibernian has arrived froi... Liverpool, with 2.22 passengers. -The Menzoi , iai _Diplomatique of the 10th Wit, says : We are happy to stat!3 , that his-Iniperiallfighness, the Archduke Fell:42l=i acCepte, with' the consent of his august brother, the' Emperor of Austria, the crown of the new Mexican. Empire. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. sorters., The Protection of the Border. THE WAR IN KANSAS. vivors. Bermuda. From San Francisco; Indian Commissioners in Nebriika. Arrival of the lkliberniau Arrival of the Prize steamer Cronstadt. BosTort, August 30.—The prize steamer Cron stadt has arrived. She has on board 600 bales cot-, ton, 200 barrels turpentine, and 200 barrels rosin. A Movement at New Orleans. "Cimixrremr, August 29.—There were 600 lain°la troops on the steamer Conner, when she collided with the Des Arc, and 60,000 pounds of ammunition, All the knapsacks, guns, and baggage of the soldiers were: lost. The 14th Corps has been transferred by General Grant to the Army of the Gulf. '• Preparation% were being made at New Orleans on the 19th, for a movement in some direction. Theo Captured Steamer Reliance. Baimaiong, August 29.—The steamer Reliance, captured by the rebels at the mouth of the Rappa. Bannock, Ives the gunboat belonging to,the Potomac flotilla, commanded by Acting Master Dockray, and not the revenue steamer of that name. Destruction of a Union Newspaper Office. LBAVENIVORTH, August V.—The Sentinel, pub. lished in Western Missouri, was destroyed by a party of Missouri enrolled militia. The paper was loyal; and has done much good for the Union cause in Missouri. Volunteering in New *Toney, Tnerrrow, August 29;—Volunteering in Drew Jer sey is proceeding very briskly. About.five thousand men have been obtained since the Governor's procla mation was issued. Three new batteries are al most complete, and one regiment of cavalry and one regiment of infantry .will be completed during - the coining week. Almost every townehip in the State is at work, and it is expected-that in a few days tie quota will be furnished. The Death of 'Gen. Peimbertoo; CrncirrxrATl, August 29.—Late information from "Vicksburg confirms the report of the death of Gen. Pemberton. He WAS shot by a Texan soldier. Ifo palticulars of the affair "are given. Guerillas in Maryinnd. The line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is still infested with gu,erillas. A large party yesterday Messed into Maryland at White's ford, and captured a number of stock canal teams. Democratic Nrominatioa. BEDFORD, Pa., August 29 —William .1 - -. Baer, Esq., of. Somerset, was nominated as the Democratic candidate'for State Senator, in the Nineteanth 'Wet, composed of Bedford, Huntiniplart, and Somerset. CHARLESTON. Fort Sumpter Surrendered and Bat tery Wagner Destroyed. INTERESTING REBEL REPORTS. FORTRESS MONROE, August 29.—The Richmond Dispatch of this morning has the following : ORAP.LESTON, August 21.—The enemy's attack on our rifle-pits on Wednesday night, was made about seven o'clock, in overwhelming force; on Thursday, the firing on both sides was slow, with no unusual incidents. SECOND DESPATCH CHARLESTON, Auguat 28.—The bombardment of Sumpter and Wagner premeds sluggishly. The enemy is working hard in the trenches. in front of Wagner. No further attempt has been. made to shell the city. FORTRESS Mormon, August 28, 1863.—The gun boat Western 'World, Captain Gregory, arrived this morning from off' Wilmington, reports the arrival there of the United States steamer. Florida, from gharieston,' with . the intelligence that the. Union forces occupied Forts Sumpter and Wagner on Mon day last. LATER FORTRESS MorinoE, August 2.B.—Plearn by the steamer Western World, which arrived from Wil mington at midnight, that Fort Sumpter has Bur rendered, and :Battery Wagner been blown up and destroyed. This report was brought to the flagship Minnesota., off Wilmington, N. C., by the steamer Florida, Cap tain Banhhead. News all favorable. THE LATEST. BALTINORE, August 29.—The following comes specially by telegraph from the highest authority. I can vouch for its truth FORTRESS MoNnon, August 28,--The United States tugboat Western World, just arrived at Fort. ress Monroe, to• day, from the'fleet oil Wilmington, reports that on Tuesday, at 3 o'clock in the after noon,- one hour before she started, the United States steamer. Florida arrived from the fleet off Charles ton; with the positive news that Fort Sumpter and Battery Wagner bad 'fallen, and were occupied by the Union troops, and that the Stars and Stripes were triumphantly waving over both fortresses. The Union troops were in the highest spirits, and certain of possessing speedily all Morris Island, and reducing Fort Moultrie. The capture and occupation of Charleston in a few days by the Union troops was morally certain. NEWS. FROM THE SOUTH. Half a Million of Black Troops to be called oat by Jefferson Davis—Formidable Na- vta Movements. FORTRESI3 MONROE, A.ugust 29.—The steamer C. W. Thomas arrived here to-day from Newbern, with Lieutenant Sterling, of General Peek's staff; who is a bearer of despatches. A. deepatch from the blockading fleet says that, on the morning of the 17th a large eloop-of•war, of ten guns, with the British flag flying,: swept past the blockading steamer, and immediately hoisted the rebel flag and passed into the port of Wilmington. This is the fourth rebel war vessel that has nun.the blockade within the past six weeks. Southern papers received at Morehead City, N. C., say that Jeff Davis has decided, after a con , ference with the Governors of the Confederate States, to call out half a million black troops, who are to receive their- freedom and fifty acres of land at the end of the war. Extracts from the Richmond Dispatch. JOHN B. FLOYD DEAD CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN BEAURE GARD AND GILMORE. A copy of the Richmond Dispatch of date of Au gust 27, courteously sent by one of the military family through our lines, with his " compliments 35 to either of three of our generals, designated by name on the margin, contains the following inter- eating news : DEMAND FOR Tint SIIIIIVENDER OF CHARLESTON CORREBPONDENCN BETWEEN DEA.TINGARD AND GILMORE-THE CITY SHELL AD. The Charleston papers of Monday contain some very interesting intelligence from that city._ The Courier furnishes the following particulars of the new and important events in the bombardment which have taken place The following is a copy of the communication of General Gilmore, received Friday night at Battery Wagner, by General Hagood, in relation to the fir ing on the city. It is endorsed on the back, " head quarters Department of the South, Morris Island, Q. A. Gillmore, Brigadier General commanding," demanding the immediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort Sumpter, or he will open on the city of Charleston from his batteries : Coomg HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, MORRIS ISLAND, S C , August 2L 1563. GENERAL: I have the honor to demand of you the im mediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort SuJnoter by the Confederate forces. The present condition of Fort Sumpter, and the rapid and progressive destraclion which it is undergoing from my batteries, seem to render its complete demolition within a few hours a matter of cer tainty. All m 3 heaviest guns have not yet opened. Should yoll refuse compliance with this demand, or should I receive no reply ,thereto within four hours after it is d ed into the halide of year subordinate at Fort Wagner, for transmission, I shall open fire on the city of Charleston from batteries already- established within easy and effective range of the herat of the city. • I am, General, very respectfully. your obedient eerv't, Q. A. GILMORE. Brigadier General Commanding. Official: E. KEARNY. A. A. G. To Gen. G. T. BEAIIREPARD, Conimanding Confederate Fottes, Charlt sten, - 5...0. General Beanregard being absent on a reconnoissance, the communication, which was-unsigned, was received at headquarters about a greater to eleven o'clock Friday night, by. General Jordan, and by him returned for the signature of the writer. The communication was signed - by General Gilmore, and again returned. It was received. . at General , Beanregard's .headquarters at nine o'clock Saturday morning Between one and two o'clock, however. 'Saturday morning. the .ellemy commenced firing on the city, arousing our peg pie trom their slumbers. Twelve eight- , inch shells fell late the city, thirteen in all having been fired. Fortunate no person was injured. Several shells flew in the direction of St. - Michael's steeple. and fell either in the vacant lots in the litimardistrict on King street, or more generally struck - in the centre of the streets, as exhibited at the corder of Queen and Rut ledge, where au eight-inch shell tore up the plank-road and dug a large bole in the ground. Another shot en tered the warehouse of G. W. Williams & Co., at the corner of Hayne and Church streets, entered the -root' and exploded in the upper story, making a large opening in the brick wall of the Medical Purveyor's storeholite next door; and scattering 'things in great contusion. Some loose straw or naming was set on fire by the ex plosion, which caused the alarm bell to ring and brought out the firemen. It was extiv gnished with little effort before it bad made any progress. Four shells fell in this locality. One large piece was picked up and exhibited at the guardhouse, where it was the subject of much. en riosity. There was a gcod deal of excitement and some sur prise expressed at the enemy 'being able to reach the city from his present position. The battery, we learn, is located in the marsh between Morns and Black Islands, distant frilly five miles from Charleston. It is said to be a superior fortification, and believed to mount from three to four Parrott guns of different calibre and long range. A report was in el-L.0111;W° a on Saturday and. Sunday that Battery Haskell, on James Island, had brought its heavy guns to hear upon this new fortifica tion and silenced the enemy's fire. The report, however, WS not credited, no authentic information being re ceived to that effect, although our battery is said to have bombarded the work on Saturday and, yesterday with good effect, The exit My have erected another battery within four hundred and fifty yards of Battery Wagner, from which • ' a continual artillery duel and-musketry firing is main tained between the pickets in the rifle pits. On Friday night a party of the enemy, estimated at about one hun. dred end filly strong, advanced with the supposed object of flanking and storming the position of our pickets. The latter, only eighleeit in number, allowed the enemy to advance until within short range, when a volley was ponred in among them, every eltot , telling, end causing the whole party to retreat to their works. Several are known to have been k.lledund wounded. The fire upon.. Battery Wagner has not slackened since our last report,' but it still exhibits no marks of the fiery ordeal, and it is semi-officially reported will bear -as mach pournling as ever. Battery Gregg, which bas been subjected t 3 the same heavy fire, is also repTeirted in the same good order and condition. Our casualties - at Battery Wagner on Saturday wets four killed and twenty-one wounded On Saturday afternoon the steamer Spalding. Captain Dexter, went down_ to the fleet with a flag of truce fly ing-, having on 'board H. P. Walker, Bsch. British con sul, and Colonel Roman, of General Beauregard - s staff, bearing a-communication from Geaeral Beauregard to General Gilmore. They were met by Lieutenant For . rest. of the lronsides, who received the communication and returned .to his vessel for orders. On hte return, Lieutenant Forrest stated that he was instructed to say that the despatches addressed to the Admiral would be replied to and sent under flag of truce to the"north char" net, AViki/i. the despatches for General Gilmore would be cnuteyed to him, and the reply necessary sent by flag of nine to Battery . Wagner. The object; as we lessen, ef Mr. - - Wen:We — Viet Wag to sou- itii interview am/ request more time be allowed for the removal of non combatants. It being late us the evening, the inter view could not be had, but a reply was expected Sunday morning. The following ie a copy of the reply of General Beau relgard to the- communication of General Gilmore, con vyed by Colonel Roman under flag of trace to the enemy's flagship for delivery :. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF . SOUTH CAROLINA, GIEOROTA, AND FLORIDA, CHARLESTON, 8. C. ginenst 22, 1863 gIR : -Lest night, at fifteen minutes before eleven. o'clock, during my absence on a reconnoissance of my fortifications, a communication was received at these headquarters, dated "Headquarters Department of the South, Morris Island, S. C., August 21, 1863," demand ing the " immediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort Sumpter by the Confederate forces," on the alleged grounds that the present condition of Fort Sumpter and the rapid and progressive destruction which it is under going from an batteries seems to render its complete .demolition within a few heti% Matter of certainty:" and that if this demand was • not complied with, or ne reply thereto WRS zeceived within four hones after, it is delivered into theliands of your (M 9) subordinate com mander at Fort Wagner for transmissien," a fire would - be opened on -the city of Charleston from batteries already established within easy and effective range of the heart of the city -" This communication to my ad dress was without signature, and wail of course re turned.- About half-pest one o'clock one of your batteries did actually open fire, and threw a number of heavy shells into the city, the inhabitants Of which, of course, were asleep and unwarned. • About nine o'clock this morning the communication alluded to aboVe woe returned to - these headquarters, bearing your recognized official signature, and it CAD now be noticed as year deliberate official act: Among nations not barbarous, the usages of war pre scribe that, wheti a c.ty is about to be attacked, timely notice shall - he given by the attacking commander, in order that non-combatants may hare an opportunity for withdrawing beyond its limits. Geueratise'-the time allowed is from one to three days; that is, tithe for the withdrawal, in good faith, of at least the women and childrem You. sin. gave only fonr lours, knowing that your notice, 'under existing circumstances, could not reach me in less than two -hours, ante that not less than the same time would be required for- an answer to be conveyed from this city to Battery Wagner. With-this knowledge, you threaten to open fire on thie city, not to oblige iM surrender, bat to tree me to evacuate these works, which you, ass sled by a great naval force, have been attacking in vain for more than forty days. liatteries Wegner and Gregg and Fort Sumpter are nearly due earth from your batteries; on Morris Island, and in distance there'rom varying from half a mile to two aid a quarter miles. This city, on the other hand, is to the northwest, and quite five miles distant from the battery opened against it this morning, It would appear, sir, that, despairing of reducing these voila, you now resort to the novel measure of:turning your guns you_ old men, the women am children, and the hospitals of a sleeping. city.an act 6f inexcusable barbarity from your own eon/eased poiat of sight, inas-- as you allege that the complete demolition of Fort Sumpter within a few hours by your grins seems to you "a molter of certainty." Your omission to attach your signature to such a grave paper must show the reckleseness of the course upon which you have adventured. While the facts that you knowingly fixed a limit for receiving an answer to your demand, Which made it almost beyond the peel:ability of receiving any reply - within. that time, and that you actu - did open fire and throw a number of the most de tructive missiles ever used in warlinto the midst of a city, taken unawares, and filled with sleeping women and children, Will give you a had - " eminence . " in his tory, even in the history of this war I am only surprised, sir, -at the limits you have set to yotir demands.' if, in order i o attain the abandonment of Morris Island and Fort Sumpter, you fee 1 authorized to fire on this city, why did - you not also latitude the works on Sul]ivsn's and James' Island—nay, even the city of Charleston, in the same demand? hinge you have- felt warranted in inaugurating this method of reducing batteries , in your immediate front. "Which were found otherwise impregnable. and a mode of warfare which I confidently declare to be atrocious. and unworthy of any soldier, I now solemnly warn you that if you tire again on this city from your Morris 's-land batteries without giving a somewhat more ne gotiable time to remove non-combatants, I shell feel im pelled-to employ such stringent means of retaliation as They be available during the continuance of this attack. Finally. . .I reply that nelther the- works on Morris . Tellind nor Fort Sumpter' will be evacuated on the de- - tonna yon have been pleased to make. Already. hew -ever, I am taking measures to remove all" non com batants, who are' new fully aware of and alive to what they may expect at year hands. Respectfully, your obedient servant. G. T. BEA/Mg:UR% General Commaniing. The following despatch was received at headquarters at three P. hl-: ffioiints Isr,ArD 2,55 P. M., Angast 23.4 To General Jordan: - .411 o'clock today General Gilmore's ommtitmloatbm Was received. He gives until eleven P. M. to-morrow to remove non-combatants. GENERAL LUGO 0 O. On recelut of the communication, however, at head quarters. it was discovered that General Gilmore dated his despatch in reply nine P. IK., of the 22d. (.3aturdaY night.) but did not cause it to be delivered at Wagner until 12 meridian. Sunday. The date was not then no ticed, and hence General Hagood's telegram that until eleven P. ed to-morrow was given for the removal of non-combatants„ The fire upon the city was therefore. renewed Sunday night about eleven o'clock. At the same Ulna an answer was received to the commtmica- tion of nefior lhoncada. Epanieh Consul, who had atop Bent a note to Gen: Gilmore requesting forty-eight bonne notice for the removal of n on-co mbatante. MMEET:2 - - Major General John B.' Floyd died yesterday morning at BIN o'clock, at Lis residence in Abingdon, Virginia. THE CONFERRNUE ABOUT THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. The conference between Commissioners Gold, for the Confederate States. and Meredith, for Lincoln, relative to the exchange of prisoners, did not attain a final remit,. The Yankee commissioner has gone back for the purpose of consulting his Government upon the terms required by the Confederate Com miesinner. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Tennessee REver Crossed by Roseerans. CAPTURE OF REBEL PICKETS. GENERAL BURNSIDE NEAR KINGSTON STEVENSON, Ala., August 29.—The Army of the Cumberland crossed the Tennessee river at four points to-day, with infantry and cavalry. The 2d Kentucky Cavalry captured thirty-Ave pickets at a point opposite Stevenson. General Reynolds - captured a large force at Shell mound, and took a camp on Falling Water creek. Among the prisoners captured are the notorious guerilla Mays and the rebel Tennessee Congress man Cannon. Little or no resistance was made. The rebels are reported in force at Rome and Cleveland;and along the Georgia State Railroad. Gen. Burnside was in the region of Kingston, and will attack that place before long. No Draft in Ohio. CINCINNATI, Aug. 29.—1 t is announced this morn ing that no draft will be made in this State. Offi cers of the army who were sent home to secure drafted men were instructed to open recruiting sta tions for enlistments. Ship News. NEW YORK, August 30.--A.rrived—Ship Sirius, froln Havana; brig Troubadour, from Sisal; brig Hawk, from Aux Cayes ; schooner William Cou sins, from Mayaguez; schooner Matamoros, from Matamoros. Below—Sbip Energy, from Liverpool; ahip Eliza lilathilde, from London; bark Artisan, from Eng land ; bark Mary Edson. Returned—Brig Camille hence for Cork, leaking TREASON IN _IOWA.—The West Union Pioneer, the organ of the Democratic party in Fayette county,_ lowa published an article a few days since upon the conscription law, in'which it addressed the follow ing counsel to its partisans : . . "You should resist the conscription with your rifles, I•ourshOt guns, or whatever weapons you can get hold of. If you, young men, do not resist the conscription, you are unworthy to be called Ameri can citizens. Will you permit Lincoln and - his shouldepstrapped Phillipees any, longer to make laws and put them in force at the point of the bap> net 1 * • * * The conscription is unconstitutional, and it is no use to leave it to Lincoln's court to decide such questions:, Public Entertainments. WALSOIT•STREET THEATRE.—The alterations in this theatre have improved it in many respects. The first and second tiers of boxes have been brought forward, adding about two hundred seats. An orna- mental lattice railing, constructed of iron, and at once light and strong, runs all along these two tiers, and is delicately painted in white and gold. The orehestra has been pushed back, thereby allowing an additional number of orchestral - chairs to be in troduced. The parquette has been elevated. A new proßeenium hee been put up, allowing every one, in the house to see all that passes.on the stage. The proscenium boxes have been enlarged and lowered to the level of the stage. The seats are Upholstered with crimson damask. The papering, by Mr. Thos. Murray, 625 South Eleventh street, is particularly tasteful and neat. The old red i.aper is replaced by delicate pearl and gold, and in the private boxes is a variation of pink and gold. The papier mache and other ornamentation has been executed by Mr. Jobn Gibson, South Eleventh street. An extensive supply of- new scenery has been painted by Mr. "%Huard Lewis, and a new and complete wardrobe by Mr. Leonard Petrella. Mrs. Garret son continues lessee, with Mr. Tilton as her stage manager, and Mr. W. H. Paul (Barney Williams' managing man, last year) as her business-agent. Walnut-street Theatre opens for the season on Wed nesday evening, necessary alterations occasioning the postponement from' this evening to that date. A new drama will be produced, called after and founded on George Borrow's story of "Lavengro,” - in which Signora Oubss, following the example of Celeste, will appear in speaking male characters. On this occasion, for the first time upon any stage, , Cubes will speak English. The play is said to be full of fine situations—one is a combat, in which Cuban shows herself unusually "cunning of fence.” A few words are necessary in regard to the manage ment of the ensuing' season. That of the past sea son was by no means as gratifying as it might have been, and its remembrance would not .seem 'to pro mise 'auspiciously. It cannot be denied that the Bowery proclivities were apparent, and that these proclivities were encouraged, rather than checked. A theatre, in order to be first-class, must be very different from what this theatre was last season. Not only should the semblance of respectability be • kept up, but a very apparent degree of merit should mark'the spirit of the entertainnients. It is not enough that a succession of stars should be pre sented. The lesser luminaries are likewise expected to possess a lustre which shall be effective ; an abili ty which shall at least bear a relation to the pOwer of the star performer_ corresponding to the relations of the characters in the play. The public of- Philadelphia is a thea tre-going public, and one which can appreciate as well as criticize: To secure its permanent pa ' tronage, it is only necessary that the theatrical management should thormighly understand the de tails of the profesaion, and have energy and means sufficient to see that these details are uniformly attended to. The miserable character of the stock company of last season, its gradual dwindling down both in quantity and quality, the shab by manner in which new plays were produced and old ones reproduced, the meagre and gin gerly manner hi which the house was lighted, the sudden and unsupplied loss of one or two pleasing and popular members of the company, were, not the most worthy means of insuring success. From the pains which have been taken in the re fitting of the theatre, and from the apparent wish of the manageress to gratify the public, both with the character of the entertainments and with the moat comfortable accommodations for viewing them, we are induced to argue well for the fall and winter campaign, and to wish it every success. TIMNEW CHESTVIIT.STREET TIECE4T/114..—Mr. S. S. Clarke closed bisi dramatie season at the Ace,de iny of Miele on atuiday evening, with what might be called a sensation bill. Although-the afternoon was stormy and the night dark and threatening, he had one of the largest audiences we have ever seen in that magnificent building. The bill was a kind of melange, little of everything, and a great deal of Mr. Clarke and Mr. Booth. Mr. Clarke appeared as 1 Cousin Joe in " the Rough Diamond," and Jacques Strap in "Robert Macalre;" while Mr. Booth gave us the fourth act of "the Merchant of Venice," and a kir dor running paraphrase of the " Taming of the Shrew." We will say of Mr. Clarke that he never played to bettEr adVantage, although the vastness of the house prevented him from showing hie mar vellous facial power. As Shylock, Mr. Booth acted, in . a most impressive and beautiful manner. Indeed, the whole scene Was played so well that even Mr. Jamison could not mar it, al though he did his best. The more we see of Mr. Jamison the !more we sympathize 'with him. It was evident that Mr. Clarke did not have a proper appreciation of his abilities, or he would have reserved him for "Robert Illacaire,'? and given him the fancy beat, and the snuff-box and cane that Mr. Wallis adorned. Mr. Jamison, as an old man with a cane and and ifiliff.eo+ talking in hie dreary , weary, sing-song, cynical way, without life or eX pression, and with as much idea of the meaning of his part, as Mr. Chadband had of the true beauty of the prophets, would have been a most refreshing spectacle; but as Antonio, he was entirely out of place; and there was an evident feeling of disappoint ment among the people when Shylock dropped his knife and left the stage, for we have no doubt that if he had insisted upon silencing Antonio, the audience would have deemed - it according to the laws of Venice. Mrs. Baker, as Portia, played in her usual style—carefully, earnestly, and correctly—but still, we will not pause and criticize. If Mr. Booth's Shy lock was as Sire a piece of acting as we have seen at hie hands, hie Pelruchfo was as bad as it was possi ble to be. He rattled, strutted, tossed his feathers, mouthed and shook his sword in a most singular way, evidently under the impression that it was late and the audience were anxious to get home:. All of which was very amusing, and made many laugh, but we were pained to see, for Mr. Booth is too great a man to lay violent hands upon Shak.speare, and if he had not time to play Pctruchio properly, he should not have played at all. Mr. Booth recommences his engagement at the Chestnutstreet Theatre,. ans will play for a few evenings. This is good news. The Academy is too large for an actor of Mr. Booth's style, and in the cosy little. Chestnut be will be at home. To-night he will appear as Sir Edward Mortimer and Don Ccesar de Baran. ARCII-STREET THEATRE —DIM John Drew, - who has returned from the sea' side with renewed health, opens this remodelled theatre next. Saturday even; ing, with "a play In which she will herself perform. Of the old theatre scarcely anything but the outer walls have been left. The interior is almost entirely new. Mr. Fredericks as stage...manager, and Mr. Joseph D. Murphy as treasurer, will continue to attend to t he interest and pleasure of the public, in their respective departments. • THE GHOSTS.—We have two ghosts here—phan tom " Montague " and " Capulets"—and great is the tribulation among those who are impressed by mysterious appearances. "The Musical Fund Hall" Ghost la at last a success, and was ap plauded by a large audience on Saturday evening. "The Concert Hall Ghost" made a first appearance on Saturday, but it did not appear to frighten any body. The apparatus did not seem to work exactly right, for the peraon representing the_ phantom was rather too obvious. Still we will notbe unjust. Both of the ghosts, however, are marvellous enough, and those who are anxious to witness one of the most peculiar optical delusions of the age shOuld not fail to visit either Musical Fund or Concert Stall. GERMAN OrßßA.—There will be, after all, but one German opera troupe for the next season, under the management of Mr. Carl Anschutz. The per , formances in. New York will be at the Academy of Music, and commence in December. It Is said that Theodor Formes, the`temor, Dalt' Aste, the Vino, Madame Johannsen, and Madame Laszlo, the so• Irmo, are engaged. klnsto AT TIM Partx.--Mr. I3irgfeld has Come back from hearing what.the wild waves are saying, with salt and eavor enough for the remainder of the year, and will take charge of the concerts at the Park until the summer days are over. We call this music in 'the Park happiness for the million, and with so' expert and enthusiastic a musician as Mr. Bit gield, the million may anticipate a most delight• ful time.- LEXICOGRAPHY FOR THE Tuane.—The following new definitions, not to be found in any dictionary, may be of service to young lexicographers. They have been obtained from official sources, and are warranted " good until used :" Greenback.g—U. S. Treadury notes. Graybacks—Soldiers in the rebel service. Drawbacks—Officers drawing pay for hanging round 'note's. Gumbacks—U. S. postage stamps. Comebacks—The counterfeit fifty-cent notes. Boorbacks—The articles in the World, POSITIVE SALE OF FRENCH DRY GOODS, &c.— The early particular attention of dealers is re quested to the choice and attractive assortment of French, German, Swiss, and British dry goods, embracing about 350 packages and lots of fancy and staple articles, in silke, dress goods, with a large assortment of brocie, cashmere, and woolen shawls, &c., to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months' credit, and for cash, commencing 'this morning, at ten o'clock, precisely, by Sohn' B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. t 22 and 234 Market street. CITY. 4'he The AUGUST 29, 1862. AUGUST 29, Ma. G A.m.-12x a a. M, 6 68 B 4 ......8670.. . .. ..83% wrzm. ." SW W W'SSVir....SSW..SW by S AUGUST 30, 1862. I AUGUST 30, 1863. I 6 A..3a.....12 x..... 8 P. M. 6 A. nt.....12 la a p. x. 62X 72 76 57 " 67... ... ... . 68 WIFD. - WIND. NNW.....ENE.....E5E.,NW........NW NE NATIONAL. UNION CITY CON7ENTION.— The Convention closed its labors on Saturday even ing, with great cheering for the ticket, as nominated. Cheers were also given for Governor Curtiiird(disi ral Dahlgren, General Gilmore, General , Grant, General Rosecrans—the whole country—the army and navy, &0., &c. Never, in all our experience, did we attend a more intelligent Conirention, or a more enthusiastic one. The following are the ballotings on Saturday : ,PROTHONOTARY OP THE DISTRICT COURT. Frederick Adams. Wtn. B. R. Selby 'Alex. Harper Wm B. Butler... Geo. Ke11y........ Tb3tnas Dickson . RECORDICR OF Lewis R. Broomall Rio. Dyer .6. H. tthoeinaker— Geo. P. Hera F.T Walton J. - Q. 4innodo.— • D. T. Cochran E&BOLUTIO The Committee on Resolutions reported the fol lowing which were unanimously adopted: The Union men of Philadelphia, represented by their duly elected delegates in City Convention as sembled, bearing in mind the serious nature of the crisis in our national affairs, and feeling deeply im pressed with a sense of the responsibilities resting upon us at such a time, deem it necessary thus to make their public declaration of sentiments upon the leading questions now agitating the mind of this people. We do, therefore, resolve 1. That the war now waged for the preservation of the National Union, and the suppression of the rebellion is righteous, and should command the ear nest sympathy and support of all who love freedom and are devoted tb the great Democratic Republican principle—the right of the majority to govern; that in this war we can know no friends but those of the republic, one and indivisible; no sovereignty but that of the nation, entire, perfect, and complete; no peace but that which shall consecrate this vast empire to such liberty as our forefathers bequeathed to us for an inheritance. 2. That the Administration of Abraham Lincoln has raised this great Republic from the dissevered, broken. and ruinous condition in which the imbe cile Administration of James Buchanan left it, to a state of national power, glory, strength, and splendor, such as should make every American feel proud of his country. It found the treasury bankrupt, the bureaus plundered, the arsenals emptied, the army and navy scattered to the winds, the national credit paralyzed, and the prestige of the Union gone; and in two years of unexampled energy and vigor it has erected for the nation a stupendous naval, military, financial, industrial, and commercial power unsur passed by any other nation. 3. That those who pronounce such an Administra tion weak, or its career one of mismanagement, are too much biassed by party prejudice or sympathy with the enemy to enable them' to pronounce an en lightened judgment; that more especially the ma lignant assaults of Copperhead demagogues and newspapers are but efforts to create a party in the North on which they shall ride back into power in the Presidential contest of 1864. 4. That it is the bounden duty of everytrue and patriotic citizen to sustain a man who has raised the nation into a new and splendid career, and an.. Administration which has proved so triumphantly; in a crisis without any precedent in our country's history, its capacity to govern, its devotion to Demo cratic Republican liberty, and the soundness of its public polity ; that those who, from any mere habit, association, or prejudice, still cling to the Demo cratic party, while their own honest convictions tell them that it has fallen into the hands of men who are not Democratic in any sense, who are in league with the enemy, are guilty of a gross dereliction of duty as citizens, and are responsible for any misfor tune which may ensue in consequence. 5. That the canvass in. Pennsylvania, more im portant than any in her previous experience, de mands the earnest, active, and untiring efforts of every 'Union man in the Commonwealth to insure the re-election of our noble Governor, Andrew G. Curtin,-to the office which he has adorned by his private virtues, not less than by hie eminent states manship and patriotism ; and that we appeal to every man in the State, without distinction of party, to stand by the soldier's friend, the true and tried leader, the able pilot 'who has guided the Blip of State Bo safely in the midst of it terrible storm. C. That to the -enion men of Philadelphia, more especially, is confided the post of honor, since their city has proved herself the staunchest and most faithful adherent of the Union in all this fearful war; as d that we, therefore, conjure them to work with out ctasing, for the success of the whole National Union ticket, State and local. CORONER'S INQUEST. Coroner Conrad commenced an inquest yesterday morning at the Punch Bowl tavern, in .the case, of a young man named Bernard Barnes, who had died from a wound alleged to have been received on Thursday night. The evidence before the coroner's jury elicited the following facts • James Ford. testified that shortly after he had gone to bed on the night of the 2'7th inst., he was aroused by the report of a gun ; on running out from the house he saw Bernard Barnes lying on the ground ; think he said a soldier shot him ; this was on Mr. Haines' property, on the north side of York street; Barnes had been raised by Mr. Hiddffman, and was employed by him ; the persons residing in the neighborhood bad organized a patrol to protect their property from the depredations of soldiers; we all have suffered from such depredations ; I had received. authority or orders from officers• of the camp to shoot all soldiers who came upon my pro perty ; two pistol shots had beeb fired at Mr. Hid deman ; Barnes was killed by a shot fired by a sol dier ; I expected something of this kind would oc cur. Question. What officer told you to shoot the soldiers who trespassed upon your ground? Answer. Major Hess told me to do so. Q. Was there anything taken on that night? A. I understood that some corn had been taken from Mr. Hiddeman's field; he had sent three pe titions to Gen. Cadwalader about the depredations, but no redress was obtained. Q. Did you ever make any application to the civil authorities? A. No, sir. William. Heinen testified that soldiers had been caught on his property committing depredations. George Egolf testified that he was out with the party on Thursday night; one- of every farm was out ; saw three soldiers. in Mr. Hiddeman'a field ; we ran down there and one of our party fired; stopped one, and he drew a knife on me; our party soon came up, and we knocked him down; we all struck him • he struck me ; the adjutant took him to the camp he brought a party out ; we then went through the field and seated ourselves on a fence ; we heard a gun fired ; we ran down there and I was arrested ; the lieutenant saw Mr. Hiddeman, Sr., and helloed to him to - stop; be would not stop, and the lieutenant fired two loads from his revolver at him, one ball from which bit hie hand; the guard with me said, "I put a load of lead into one of your fellows, and be won't want any more ;" we had loaded guns with us • the man who was killed had no run ; my gun was'taken from me; I think it was William Hiddeman who fired the gun from our men ; I was told by a cavalry officer to shoot any man on the property, and that Major Hess would be thank ful ; the soldier guarding me said he had shot the - man insidethe fence ; that man was Bernard Barnes. Mr. Berger testified that he belongs to the 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry ; he saw the man who was shot, and saw the person who shot him ; some one called to Barnes to stop ; he did not stop ; he was shot in the field ; I did not hear any command given to shoot ; I did not see the man who fired raise his gun ' • he was about twenty yards from. the man he shot: the man helloed he was shot; he has since died there were from seven to ten soldiers around 7:4: . sti , house there was rmlv one who was near the man Wto Was a l lot ; theileirtetadyt evtia, bOII ad not fire; Jacob Hiddeman wag with the party; n hen the gun was tired he and his son ran oft; an effort was made to take the gun from hint, and when he resisted, the lieutenant -fired' two shots-from a re volver at him ; he was then taken to the guard house ; the young man who was shot was in the party beating the soldiers. Dr. SyStney R. Morris sworn.—Was called to at tend the deceased ; had been requested by him to re move the ball, but I refused on account of his pros trate condition ; be expired about one o'clock on Friday, the 18th; I made a poet mortern examination; I found that the gunshot had penetrated the body, from his back, on the left side of the spine at the side of the twelfth dorsal vertebra, breaking the rib and passing through the stomach, coming out from Nneatit the colon, and stopped just under the face of the skin to the left of the umbilicus ; I fond the minis ball and a piece which had had been torn from the clothing of deceased; that wound was the cause of his death. • . There being no other witnesses present, the fur ther investigation was postponed until Wednesday next, when the most strenuous efforts will be made to discover the soldier who fired the shot that caused the death of Barnes. ARRIVAL FROM CHARLESTON.— u rate(' States supply steamer Bermuda, Acting Volunteer Lieut. Smith, commander, arrived - on Saturday evening, from the coast of Texas and from Charles ton. She towed the United States steamor Antonio to Pilotown, her machinery having broken down. The Bermuda reports having* captured two prizes, one of them a schooner having on board one hun dred and seventy halts of cotton, the other a schooner loaded with sundries, from Havana. bound to Mata gorda. Both were sent to Philadelphia. She also reports at least one hundred vessels off' the Rio Grande, nearlysll of them loaded-with contra band cargoes. Among them are several large English steamers. One of these steamers a short time since dragged- across the boundary line, and was immediately chased by two. of our vessels —the Princess Royal and the Cayugst---but she ma naged to get back into Mexican waters. Sbe was loaded with a full cargo of arms and munitions of war. Prisoners on board the Bermuda say that the rebel Government have contracted to: deliver nine thousand bales of cotton at Matamoros during the month of August, and that the steamers now off the Rio Grand are waiting to load ,it. The Bermuda brings some very interesting inftirmation from Charleston. It appears that. Fort Wagner had not been taken when she left, which was a few days af ter the date of last report. Dahlgren had left the work of taking Wagner to Gem Gilmore and was proceeding to silence the batteries beyond. A MARINE SPEOT.—A Marine named TOim Phister, hailing from New York, was shot yesterday morning. in his arm, by a man named Patrick John eon, the keeper of a liquor store at Seventeenth and Seibeit streets, Twentieth ward. The fracas origina ted in reference to a certain Rower, of the name of which both entertained different opinions. A. row ensued, and It is alleged that Johnson seized a gun and fired it at Phister, the contents taking effect in one of his arms. The wounded man was taken to ' the hospital. Johnson was arrested, and on being questioned said that Phister stria& him with a glass, Ile then ordered him to leave, or he would shoot .Phister would not leave, and the threat was put into execution. The prisoner was detained at the Twentieth ward, to await a hearing. It seems to be pretty well authenticated that the whole party wore under e infinenoe of liquor. HOSPITAL ITEMS.—James Nichol, aged. sixty years, was adrni'ited to the hospital yesterday, in an insensible state. Re is supposed to . have fallen out the. window while laboring under a tit of wania.a.patti, at his residence on. Bedford street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. Joseph Devlin, a lad,.six years of age, received a compound fracture of the left arm by falling into a cellar, in Gaffney's avenue, below Fitzwater street, between Sixth and Seventh, He Wad also id,! BERM FOE SICX WOUSIYED BOL DIEnS.—The bird season cinnes in tomorrow. 4 la regard to our recommendation that some el' the "game" should be appropriated to the very sick and wounded soldiers, we have received quite a number of affirmative responses, asking what:piatt is the best to effect the desired object. The best plan would be to have the birds cooked at home, and that the ladies then take or send them to the hospitals. We know of one instance in which it may be said that a soldier's life was saved by a single reed-bird. The son of Mars" was indeed so low and his stomach so weak that nothing would remain in it. A lady, with a few cooked reed-birds, stopped at the hospital at the time and the soldier, With his Skinny hand trembling with weakness, re ceived one of them and put it to his mouth. It re quired some effort on his part to swallow it. The bird was simply a mass of fat. It was the first thing that remained in the soldier's stomach for several days. From that time he commenced to recover, and was finally able to return to hie regiment. We find in our travels around the hospitals many very weak soldiers, to whom a reed-bird or a rail would be very acceptable. These birds are luxuries; let them be freely given to the gallant men who have become sick, weak, and wounded in battling for the beet Goverment ever devised by patriotic men. ALLEGED SWINDLE BY A SIIIIBLITUTE.— During last week a colored .man named Cyrus A. Ball, who had been accepted in Pittsburg as a sub °Mute, was discharged from military custody by Judge Cladwalader, on the ground of being> s minor. Immediately after his discharge he was arrested upon the charge of obtaining money under false pre tences, and was held to answer at the Allegheny County Court, by Alderman Beitler. Yesterday Ball was taken before Judge Ludlow, in the quarter Sessions, upon a writ of habeas corpus. Before the hearing had progressed very far, Judge Ludlow sug gested that the only question that could be before him was the regularity of the proceedings connected with the commitment. The argument on this point was deferred. °meter, INSTIT'OTTON FOR THE BLIND.—The POllll - Institution for the Instruction of the Blind Is announced to open to-morrow, September Ist. The Wednesday exhibitions will continue as usual through the term. The small-'charge at the door, which became necessary to regulate the large num• bers that attend these exhibitions, has produced annually a most benevolent fund, which is bestowed in outfits upon needy graduate pupils, to enable them to start in the art or mechanical business they learned in the institution. '2907 3946 19 22 17 20 1 47 .0 21 KICIMINGTON HOSE STEMiLETL—AL very handsome and serviceable steam engine has been housed by the Kensington Engine Company. It was bui3r by Mears. Chapman & Co. Its cost Wag $3,600. It rates as third 'class, is painted vermilion picked in with gold, and in the hands of the mem• hers who have it in charge will prove of great ser vice in suppressing the burning property of their fellow•eitizEns. 5. 6. 7: 60 72 95 4 38 37 60 79 75 ,[712. 114 2. 3 69 62 81 .19 51 174 10 IS CAPE MAY.—We understand that the sea eon at Cape May has, been so successful, and the desire of pleasure goers "tcroee the luscious, autumn days of September by the , side of the sea so pressing, that the hotels will be kept open until the gat of Oc tober. Mr. Cake, of the Columbia House, one of the most pleasant tavern keepera on the island, an nounces that he will receive guests for a few weeks still. ANOTHER FLAG FRRSENTATION.—A_ gay time may be expected at Camp Cadwalader on Tues day afternoon, at which time a flag presentation scene will take place. The members of thd Corn Exchange Association, who ordered the flag to be made, will be in attendance at the camp. The Union Cornet Band will be present. PERBONAL.—Captain J. L. Englebert, of the 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, haying recovered from - .the wounds received in late hattPes, has returned to rejoin his regiment at Warrenton. Captain Engle-- bert entered the service as a private, and by him uniform gallantry and good behavior bas never felled to command the respect of hie superiors FLAG PRESENTATION.—TO-morrow after noon at 3 o'clock a very handsome flag will be pre sented by our colored citizens to the colored soldiers at Camp William Penn. The occasion will be unn. sually interesting. ACCIDENT.—Jacob Webster, who resides near Fifth and Norris streets, was run over by a coal car at Broad and Willow streets, on Saturday after noon, by which one of his legs was fractured. Driows - ED. A little - boy, son of Dr. Brown, reeddinc on Front street below Norris, was drowned in Hart creek, Nineteenth ward, on Satur day evening, while bathing. TB NATIONAL FINANCES.—Jay Cooke, subscription agent, reports the sale of 043.250 Jive twenties on Saturday by the various agencies. The deliveries of bonds arc to July 27th. [Before Mr. alderman Seiner.) Riot and Assault and Battery. On Saturday afternoon the following named par. ties were arraigned; at the Central Station, on the charge of riot and assault and battery on the night of the 27th instant, near the Lamb Tavern,: Jacob Heddeman, Wm. Heddeman Jesse Thomas Anthony Gross, Julius Gross, - George Egolf, and Samuel Lewis. The' defendants were charged on 'l7 .11 POLJOE. the oath of Charles H. Hamm, with firing upon an unarmed soldier (named Edward Williams) on the night of the 27th of August, and also tiring on an armed patrol, under the command of deponent on the tame night. S: District Attorney Coffey, appeared for the prosecution and Anson V. Parsons, Escp, for de- . . During the progress of the inveshgatien one of the witnesses, Mr. S. L. Hutchinson, identified a man among the spectators as an active participant in the riot. Re was at once arraigned., He gave the name of Win, Root. The followisg evidence was elicited : 13. Realm, aworn.—l reside at the camp of drafted men, near Islington lane, beyond the Ridge road; I am adjutant of the camp, and adjutant of the 118th Regiment, P. V. • this affair happened on the night of the 27th of August; I was returning from the Falls of Schuylkill, in company with Mr. Hutchinson and Taggart; as we were near the Lamb Tavern, heard a shot fired, and presently saw ten or twelve 'armed men beating a soldier, whom they had knocked down ; they were maltreating him badly ; these men were armed with double-barreled shot guns, sabres, and clubs ; the men came from the corner of a cornfield, just a little beyond the place where they put the horses up at the tavern premises; the soldier had been sired at, when he was _knocked down and beaten, the men crying out "Kill him;':' Jacob Hiddemar seemed to be the leader; he had a double-barreled gun in his hand; I don't know what the soldier had been doing; I in quired who they were? they replied, armed citizens ; That they had called upon the commanding gene- ral of the camp to protect their property, and if he did not they would protect it themselves ; I went to the camp, nearly three-quarters of a mile off; and stated the circumstances to the officer of the day, and asked him for a guard of twelve men ; they were told not to road their guns ; as we went along, I took the sergeant, and told him to load up ; while I. wee passing up the road to the. left of The Lamb Tavern, a man stepped out into the highway, and deliberately fired at me; thesergeant was fifty yards behind me with one section of men, the other sec tion being on the main road ; as soon as the man fired at me, I ordered up the guard, and hastened to 'the house in which the man had taken refuge ; three men had run into that place ; I ordered the guard to surround the house, and then made a demand that the men secreted there be given up ; one of the men, Hiddeman, had a double-barreled gun and horse pistol ; a second shot _was fired ; this was at the guard ; the party in the house were arrested, and others were arrested in the neighborhood of the,. - house; I arrested Hiddeman, and he resisted ; he had the gun in his hand when I arrested him; I did not-see any of the guard fire. Jacob Taggart - sworn.—Resides near Fifteenth and Buttonwood; while on the return from the Falls of Schuylkill, in company with Adjutant Hamm. and 51.r..Hutchinson, I hear d the report of a gun as we neared the Lamb Tavern; nest observed a dozen of armed men beating a soldier on the highway; heard the men cry out "kill him," "kill him;" we rescued the soldier and took him to the camp, after which Mr. Hutchinson and myself returned to the city ;• don't know the soldier. J. L. Hutchinson, residing at 721 South Ninth street, testified as to hearing the report of the gun, and saw a number of men having a soldier down and beating him; the adjutant stopped them ; they said the soldier and some others were taking corn from the field ; the man whom they were beating had nothing about him ; the men admitted they had fired the shot, the report of which had attracted our attention; they also said they hid" knocked the sol dier down ; at this stage of the proceedings, the witness selected- from the spectators . Wm.. Root as being the most uproarious of the whole party; he had a double-barrel gun, and talked a great deal - about shooting and; I told him that if the 'soldiers took any thing, the United States Govern ment was able and willing to pay for it all ; I most positively recognize .Rune, for 1 was talking with him ; cannot recognize any of the others, because they were in the shade of the tavern; the moon was shining. Edward Williams, Co. A, Ist Pennsylvania Ca vany.—Two men and myself went to the tavern to get a drink ; and on our return, when we got near a corn-field, we all went into it; first thing we heard was a shot Hred ; we had been in the field about two minutes (the gun was loaded with small shot ; one struck me in the face, one in the car, and snottier in ,The hand : we ell ran away and got Oyer the rails; I; lien 'eaine. tied surrolifulea Me . ; Wini knocked - flow§ ; they commenced kicking me, and just at this moindiat as adjutant came up and stopped Picini' come of the party struck me with their fists. Thfil witness identified Julius Gross as one of the party; he could not identify any one else. Croisexamined.—There was nobody In the tavern beside the landlord and ourselves 011ie affair took place five or six minutes after we left. Sergeant Charles -Fell, Company G, 82d Pennsyl. vaniii, testified, that all he knew was, the adjutant coming to camp and asking for a guard of men.; twelve or thirteen of us went with him ;as we were ' going along the road near a brick house, not far front the Lamb tavern, a shot was fired at the adjutant ; I had loaded my piece ; we got orders not to fire ; after the shot-was fired, I saw three or four men run to the back door-of the hack house; the adju tant ran after one of the men ; I saw another run across the field ; he had a gun; I 'made a grab for him but missed ; some of the men . had swords ; Beddeman was identified as the man • one of the shot struck witness on the nose; I think I can re. 'cognize 'Julius aeone of the men. • Wm. D. Young, Company It. 1422 Pennsylvania, was with the guard; heard a shot fired ; saw a man run limonite road arrested George Egolf ;he had a double gun ; he ran towards the house ; lieddeman was one of the party there—at least I think so : I could tell if he had his uniform on. "Uniform I" exclaimed the counsel for ere - readmit ; "why, he never had a uniform on in his life." The witness replied. "Re looked like a Johnny Reb." (Witness evidently meant the party bad on farming clothes, and thus to this extent looked like many in the rebel army.) Tavern Kirk, member of Independent Cetealry Company, Captain Strickler, testified that he-was with the guard under Adjutant Hamm.; when: the first gun was fired, I was with the rear guard; think the shot was fired at the adjutant, who was on the public road at the time; after thin shot was fired; I saw three or four men run into a house; don't know -whose house ; these men were armed with shot guns and sabres ; I recognize Julius Gross and Jesse Thomae-as two of the men who ran into the house n the guard was drawn around the house ; the adju tant asked the proprietor to come down and Barren.- der the men ; he put his head out of the window, and said that no men were there; his wife put her head out of the window and said the same thing;: that if there were any men there, they must have broken in ; one of our men- fired a shot up the road at three men ; one of the men fell, at a distance of one hundred yards ; I don't know who fired, nor do I know who fell. - Samuel , B Bahl, Company POlBth Pennsylvania Voluntems, testified that he recognized J. Hidde man, Wm. Hiddeman, Julius - Gross, and Geo. Eugolf as four of the party from which The shot was first tired at the adjutant; a second shot was tired at us from the corner of the house, one of our guard fired because we were fired at first; I do not know who of the guard fired ; I do not know that any man was killed. The evidence here closed. Mr. Parsons con tended:that there was nothing to warraaf the magis trate in binding the defendants over. The soldiers bad ns eigheto go -to the house of Mx. Gross; had they stayed away, then Bernard Barnes, a young man whom Mr. Gross had brought up from boyhood, would not have been killed. °obeli, on behalf of the Ocitarmonstrealth, said he did not stand here to justity the guard in their tip toe. He was simply here to investinte the charge of riot and assault and battery on sesoldter on the public highway. lie thought that a case had been: - made out against 'some some of the parties. They may all have been engaged in it, but - ell this there is no. evidence. He thought, however, that some of the defendants bad been identified as being active lathe riot, and, therefore, he would ask they be bound , over. The. alderman made the following disposition of the ease:: Jacob Hiddeman, $1,200 to- answer at court; Julius Gross, $l,OOO, Win. Root, $l,OOO - to answer. The remainder of the defendants, not hav ing been connected with the riot near the Lamb Tavern were at once discharged. The office -was crowded with spectatorh and at times considerable angry diseussions - prevailed, which was only suppressed with threats and looking . up the disputants.