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IMEXIEI 31PFILMIS9I31,
ITEMS= DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED).
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
MICE. to. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STRUT.
THE DAILY PRESS,
FIFTEEN CENTS Its WEN N, payable to the carrh3r.
galled to, Ehtbacribere out of the City at SOVRN DOLLARS
PBS ANNUL THREE DOLLARS AND Fiyyv CeNTO FOIL Bis
diONT4S. OAS DOLLAR AND eRVENTY-FPr6 CENTS ' FOR
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etered.;-: - •
air Advertisements inserted at the nand Mites. Sim
linen eonstttute ■ square.
!grim TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Nailed to Subscribers out of the pity at Foos DOLLARS
VIER ANNUM. in advance.
EDUCATIONAL.
WM.:S. 4000 - LEY, A. M., WILL RE=-
open hie Classical, Mathematical, and. Eng
School; at $0.: 4 11153 MARKET Street, Monday, Septera.
ber 7, . an.3l-Im*
TNSIRUOTfON THROGGFI BOOKS,
OBJECTS, AND PICTURE 4 shall reopen my
,School for Boys and Girls on the 7th,of September.
4,NN DICKSON.
108 South ETEIRTEEIMI Street.
an 27. tbsta tf
- VILIENUS' SCHOOLS FOR Boxs
. 1 - and Girls, SPRING GARDE: ? INSTITUTE.'
.opens 11th manth-(September), I.
anll-tatlaain* • E. -M. ITUNTINGTON. Prin.
GILLINGHAM No: 121.7 NORTH
1 .--/• THIRTEENTH Street, will resit ne hie Le4eone in
:Afathematios, Physics," and Ch.ratatry, OCTOBER 1,
'He will also give 'instruction in the new or light Ovm
- mastics. Address, till gentemher 2fi, Dr. DID LEWIS.
:Boston, Mace ; for C. GILLINGII ~u.27-thstn.lsts
WOODLAND SEM TN ARY.-A
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR. YOUNG
ADIES, with Elementary and Academic Departments.
rail Term opens September 7th For, details. with
references, apply to Aliftfttql JENNTNG St BECKWITH,
Principals, No. 9 WOODLAND TER R S. West Phila
delphia. en2o-thettillt.
:SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTE, FOR
YOUNG LADIES, No. 61.1 Mall MA LT, Street, re.
topened Sept. 7th. GILBEST COMBS, A. M.,
an29-Im* Principal.
''MISS HOOPES WILL REOPEN HER
BOABDTNO and DAY ScTIO - IL for Yonne' Ladies,
:at 1109 LOCUST Street, on TUESD &Y, the 175th of Sea
vtereber. au'2-I.m*
A ITGUSTITS , 'TEACHER . OF
Ancient and Modern Langnages, has rasnmed the
•practice of his profession, at No. 1A31.. CHESTNUT
- Street. an2.l.3t*
MISB ROBB WILL REOPEN HER
• • •7 -n- SCHOOL for Young Ladles and , ildldren, No 3118
South ELEVENTH Street, below Soruc, , , on SEPTICH
13SR 2d, ISBS, ntrTg.St.
,fIALEB S. HALLOWRLT, A. WILL
- M.,
reopen his SCHOOL on the 7th o' Ninth Month,
ISeptember ) Rooms, N 0.1.10 N ,rth TENTH Street.
Residence. 1126 W Wall& Strert. an2S-1.215
AuNDERS' INSTITUTE (MTLITA-
P- , RY) rpopens 7th SEPTESIBRR Address Profee.or
'E. D. SAUNDERS. D. D., MARKET and THIRTY
NINTH Streets, Philadelphia. an2B-106
ANNA KAIGHN WILL OPEN . HER
SCHOOL FOR VOLNG LADIES.
At No. 2044 141411 NT VERNON Street,
an2l3-18t* On the 7th of Ninth Month.(September.)
A GRADUATE OF 'l'H UNIVER•
SITY OF PENNSYLVANIAN already engaged in
-teaching, 'wishes further engagements-to teach Latin,
Greek, or the English branckes. - in on^ or more Schools
in or near the city. Address ' Graduate," at this °Mee.
an27-6t*
pOLYTECHNIC COLLRIGE 1863-64:
—The. SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL for the general Sm
dent of Mathematics, Experimental Science, and Natural
History. begins September Stb
The TECHNICAL SC 1100 LS for professional training
in the principles and practice of Civil Mine. and Me
chanical Engineering, Analytical and industrial Chemis
trv. Metallurgy, and Architecture. be rie Sentember 15th.
The 0011Tfie on MILITARY ENGINEERING includes
Field Fortifications, Siege Operations, Strategy. and
Tactics.
The Labora'ories for Practical Chemistry have been
refitted during the year, and large add.rions to the Mo
dels, Instruments. and apparatus' of the College made
by importations from Franca and GermenY. •
Catalogues at College Building, W ESP PENH Square.
ALFRED L fiVINEDY, IL D.,
Pre-id en tof Faculty.
VILLAGE GREEN 8 1+; PA LN A R
SELECT. BOARDING SCROOL. NEAR MEDIA,
PA.—Thorough course in nathematics, Classics, Eng
lish Branches, Natural Sciences. Arc. Military Tactics
taught. Classes inßook-keeping, Surveying. and Civil
Engineering. Pupils taken of all ages. School opens
September let. Boarding, per week, $3 NI. Tnition,per
quarter, $6. For catalogues, or Werra ation. address
Rev. J. HERVEY BARTON.
Jy24.Sm VILLAGE GREEN, Pa.
("ILA SS I CAL INSTITUTE, DEAN
Street, above Sprrice.—The duties of the Classical
Institute will be resumed SEPTEWBSR 7•h.
au27-2m 5 J. W. FAIRES. D D., Principal.
BKENDALL'S CLASSTO AL AND
• ENGLISH SCHOOL, S. E eorn.r of TftIRTEENTH
and LOCUST Streets, will reopen atoND AY, Septem
ber 7th. an27-lm*
MRS. E. HALL'S INSTITUTE FOR
YOUNG LADIES. southoast corner of DILLVY N
and GREEN Streets. The duties of this Institution will
be resumed on MONDAY. Soot. 7. 1863 an2B-13t°
gonooL FOR BOYS ANT) GIRLS,
P- 7 CHERRY STREET, WEST OF TWENTIETH sr.-
A School for Boys and Girls will be opAned in the ant
floor of the NEW JERUSALEM GH 711. , ;EF. in CHERRY.
west of Twentieth street, on the SE 10 ND MONDAY in.,
September, by Miss M. S PRESTON. Miss Preston has
had many years of successful experience as a Teacher
and Principal of one of the largest Grammar Schools in
the city of New York. The coarse of studies will cent
prise the usual branches of instrnetion, besides Latin.
French, and . Drawing, at the option of the parents.
Terms—For Pupils over 10 years of age. per school
year of 10 months $OO
For Pupils of 10 years of age and nu der 25
Applications may be addressed to the care of W. H.
ERNADE, P. 0.. Philada. an26-Im.
BRANTLY L A.NGTO AWL
• DEWY for Hoye, No: 1.4 a North TENTH Street,
will be reopened on MONDAY, September 7th. aa26 lm.
THOMAS BALDWIN 'S ENGLISH
Mathematical and Clitealeal Schwa for ITD.r,-
-Corner BROAD and ABM will reopen Sept 1. ault3-Im*
MRS. MARY W. D. san iFFER
Will open her SCHOOL FOR GIALi, from eight
to fifteen years of age, at 1037 WALNUT Street. on
MONDAY. September 7,1863. an26-lei*
THE CLASSIC] AL, M A.Ta PIRATICAL,
- 2 - and BUSINESS INSTITUTE for Voting Men and'
Boys, corner of EIGHTH and B.ITTON WON) streets,
reopens on MONDAY, September 7th.
art2B-1m J. P. BIRO 4, A- M.. Principal.
MARGARET ROBINt-ON W(LL RE
OPEN her School for Girls, RACE Street. above
YRARELTN, on the 7th of 9th Month, Apply to M.
cROBINSON, COTTAGE ROW. Germantown, or F. GIL
LINGHAM, 1M35 'SPRING GARDEN Street, Phila
delphia, au.2B-12t*
WEST ARCIIISTREET, INSTITUTE,
1733 ARCH,
Rev. CI. GRIFFIN, A. 8., } Principals.
Mrs. GRIFFIN.
The NINTH MU ANNUAL SESSION commences
MONDAY, SRPTEI4I BRA 711 t
For terms and circulars appll as above
'YOUNG LADIEF . ' INSTITUTE OF
HATBORO, Pa., Rev. GEO. HAND. A. H . Prin
•cipal. A Family Boarding School, delightfully and
healthfully located. 16 miles north of Philadelphia.
Duties resumed MONDAY, Sept embe , 7th.-
For circulars, call at 530 ARCH etc et, or address the
Principal au.2661*
,dITERAIA N TOWN 'FEM A.l B SERIN A,
RYI GREEN street, south or WALNUT LANE,
will reopen September 9. Circulars m4y be obtained at
'khe Seminary.
Professor WALTER S. FORTES JUL' A. M.,
au2S-t( Principal.
MISS C. A. BURG-IN WILL REOPEN
her SOROOL FOR YOUNG &DIES.-No. 1037
WALNUT St., SEPTEMBER 14, 1863. . an24-36L*
VMENDS' ACADEMY FOR-BOYS,
- , A• rear of 41 North 13LBITENTH Street I $ll2 per term
of twenty-two weeks.- All denominations admitted.
One session from 9 till-2. Reopens 9th month, Sept. let.
an24lm*
VOUNG -LADIES' SCEOOL, AND
CLASSEWFOR HOME STUDY, No. 003 CLINTON
Street. Established by Prof. C. D. CLEVELAND in 1834.
.Pall Term commences September 14
an24-2m
JENTRAL INSTITUTE, N. W.
• -corner TENCH and SPRING (3 s.RDEN Streets. will
:REOPEN SEPTEMBER at. Boys prepared for any Di
..712/011 of the Public Grammar Schools, fns College, or for
Business, Can2l-lm*J H. G. MoGIIIRE, A. M. Prin.
MADAME MASSE AND M'LLE
MO
MNwill reopen their FRENCH AND ENGLISH
WARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YoUNG LADIES,
1:4312I SPRUCE Street, on the 14th of SEnEiIIERR.
,For circulars or other particulars apply at the above
=tuber. au24-2m
TO BE OPENED ON MONDAY,
Beyd:7ol, -BROAD-STREET ACADEMY, for BOYS,
337 South BROAD Street, OPPOSitfl Deaf and Dumb
...Asylum, EDWARD ROTH, A. Princin ti. A Pre
maratory Department for smaller boys. Gymnasium.
Ar.., without extra charge. For Proansatus.
direct Box 2223 F. 0., or call at Mr. LEYPOLD'S, JU
VIPER and CHESTNUT, or at. the Academy. from
Augast 31st an.2l-I.2t*
RELECT SGHOOL FOR GIRLS 1030
v--"SPRINCI GARDEZT Street, will be re-opened on
Beptemberlth. For Weill arc anply to
an29-12t. MISS It. T. BUCKMA N, Principal.
-13-LEXANDER BACHMANN,
PIANIST and ORGANIST, will
resume he duties
ci hie Profession September Ist. Residesee 6214 North
rf,RVENTH Street, an22-Im.
TROY FEMALE SEMINARY.-THIS
Institution otIV accumulated advantages of
filly years of successf ration.-
Every facility is prow ed for a through -course of use-
Cul and ornamental education. under- the direction of a
'corps of more than twenty professors and teachors.
/or Circulars, apply to • •
420;38t - • 'JOHN H. WIL - L Troy, N. Y.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM H. PENNEY
announces to hie Pupils that hi will return. to the
city so as to resume his lessons, on the 2d or sth of Ser.
tember at the latest. Addreae Messrs ASDRS Si CO. 'S
linsic Store 11.1.01 CHESTNUT Street. an2o4see
VHE. PHILADELPHIA. SCHOOL OF
-A- DESIGN FOR WOMEN, 1331 CHEST VDT Street,
.re•opens on SEPTEMBER let. For terms of admission
Nappigitt the School Rooms.
anlß4Bt T.W. •BRAIDWOOD, Principal.
E INSTITUTE, PENNING
-x- TONt N. J.—The 'FALL TEAM opens AXTGIIBT O.
...Number of Pupils limited to twenty. Board, &0., with
'Common English. $32 4".er .quarter. For other informs"
address A. P L A.4HER,
aol2-lm Principal
'THE MISSES CASEY & MRS. BEEBE'S
-A- French andlanglieh 'Boarding and Day-School, No.
1.703 WILNI.TT street, will re-open on WEDNESDAY,
it3eptember ang 7-Brn
• VEMALLECOLLEGE, BO RDENTOWN,
- -a- N. I.—Pies a sally situated on the Delaware River,
rthirty miles north of Philadelphia. The very best ad
• vantarys in all departments of a thorough and accom
!..allsbe REIFICATION furnished in connection with a
:pleasant borne.
Only a few vacanciers for the Fall Term, commencing
t September leth. 'For catalogues address
au/5-8w Rev. JOHN H. BRUME'''. A. M.
pHIL.A.DELPHIA. COLLEGIATE IN
--a- STITUTS for Yortita. Ladies, 15,30 ARCH Street. Bev.
'CHARLES 'A.. S KITH, 1). D. Principal. The ninth
:To
Tear will begin on MONDAY, September 14th.
r circulars, mid other information. addreee Box
°Mill P. . 1e25-3nr.
TtRISTOL BOARDING SOROOL FOR
- 11 - , GIRLS, will re-open on the 7th of Ninth month,
To Circulars, aPPI7 to 10:1TH MINA VEDICE, Bristol,
Books co., Pa. r 14317-am.
( CHESTNUT STREET FEMALE
SEMl-
NARY.—English'and French Boarding and Day
lichee'. Principals, Bias Bonner and Wes Billare.
'The twenty seventh semi-annual session will open Wed
gaesday, September 9,at 1615 Chestnut Street, Philadel
phia. Particulars from circulars. anl9-tool
VAIEVIEW BOARDING SOHOOL,
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania, for B,oya and Young
S ten, will commence the next session on the 29th SEP•
rEMBER. For circulars address the Principal.
aul2-2m. GEO. A. NEWBOLD.
crHE HANNAH MORE AO ADEMY,
La- WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.-The ditties of this
Neminary will he resumed on MONDAY,- September 7,
5863. For terms apply to the principals
C. & J. arumstrAw.
9'HE CLASSICAL ANT)4 4 ,ENGILISH
-m- SCHOOL OF H. D. GREGORY. L r, No. 1105
MARKET Street, will REOPEN on TUESDAY. Septem
13er Ist. anl9-Im*
MISS IKA.B.Y. R THROPP WILL
open her Bulb& end French Boardlna
_and DAY
&hoof for Young Ladle/yet 1841 CHESTNUT Street;
on the 14th of September. For_ stream'. or other par.
salculars. apply at the School . .myle-4m+'
T HENRY WOLSIEFFER, PROFES
.." • 808 of Music, Nor ISO N. BIXTR St. su26-lip•
VOL. 7.-NO. 27.
S. M. CLEVELAND'S
SCHOOL FOR BOYS
WILL RE•OPEN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 71%.
The School will be what is usually called "
Classical, and Mathemattcal;" or, to define its aims in
terms less vague, the branches taught are, to those pre
paring for commercial life. such as should be included
in a generous English Education: and, to those fthing
for Colleges, the requisite Mathematical and Classical
studies.
Application may be made at Ibe School-room, No. 920
CHESTNUT St.; between 9A. M. and IP. DI Can3bet
AR. TAYLOR, TE &WIER OF
Singing and Piano, 1228 MELON Street, will
resume September 1. att3l-Im.
MISS BROOKS AND MRS. J. E. HALL
will re-open their Boarding and Day School, for
Young Ladies, at 1218 WALNUT Street, on the 14th of
SEPTEMBER au.3l-2m
p,UPPLEE'S INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG.
L. , Ladies. S. E. corner MARSFIATA. and. SPRING
GARDEN Streets. Duties renamed Sept. 7th. ENOCH
R. SUPPLER, A. M., Principal. • anSl.lm
M P. GIBBONS INTENDS REOPEN
-LTA- ING SCHOOL.' on thel4th of Ninth month (Sen.
tetnber). in the Rooms on ORANGE Street. second nate
below Eighth street. an3l-121°
RELECIT SCHOOL AND PRIVATE
, s- 1 INSTRUCTION. N. W: corner of TENTH and ARCH.
Duties resumed on MONDAY. Sept 7 ,
art9l.l2t. It. STEWART. Principal.
B EVERLY INSTITUTE - FOR BOYS,
BEVERLY. N. J , Reopens Fentember 15. Special
advantages afforded for thorough INSTRUCTION. health
ful physical exercise, and sound moral training. For
Circulars, address Rev. DI. L. I.IOFFOR Prin'l. au3l-6t
SEIDENSTIORER'S CLASSIC MA
n
• INSTITUTE:I2I7 North TENTH street.for Instruc
tion in all English Branches, Latin, Greek, German, and
French, will be reopened, MONDAY. September 7th
References— Ben3amin Gerhard, Esq., Charles Short,
800, Rev. W. . 1. Mann, Rev. .Tames Clark.
Direct and personal knowledge of the exquisite scholar
ebip of Dr. 0. SEIDENSTTOKER, (late of the University
of Gottingen, enables me to recommend him warmly as
a Classical Teacher of the highest order
GEORGE ALLEN, '
an24-tuthe-ints Prof. of Greek and Latin, Penna. Univ.
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR
BOYS. AT CHESTER, Delaware County, Pa.
The School is pleasantly located, and has ample facili
ties for outdoor exercise. it is accessible from Phila
delphia via the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti
more Railroad.
The School year commences on MONDAY, September
7th, and continues forty-two weeks.
Total Expenses, including books, per year 6175 03.
Plumber of pupils limited. For circulars, with refe
rences, An , address
CHARLES W. DEANS, Principal,
Chester. Pa.
-•• . • •
K. B.—The Principal may be seen any SA.TIIIID&Y
from 9 to l 2 A. M., at the American Hotel, MISS rotur
Street, below Sixth, Philadelphia. au2Othsta9t*
THE DIVINITY SOHOOL OF THE
P. E. CHURCH IN PHIL ADELPHIA will commence
its second year on THURSDAY. September 17th, at the
new buil din gs in West Philadelphia. Fall and thorough
courses of instruction, adapted to candidates for the
Diaconate and for the Priesthood, will be given Stu
dents desiring to room and board in the main building
should give notice of their wishes immediately. Board
can he obtained in the vicinity, and in Philadelphia (east
of the Schuylkill), at different prices, from SI upwards.
The Library, enriched by the books of the late Pro
fessor Turner, and by handsome contributions from two
or three members of the Church, comprises all the works
most needed for study and reference.
Application may be made to the undersigned, or to any
of the Professors of the institution
JOHN A. CHILDS. Secretary.
tuflOt Episcopal Rooms. 70Ft WALNUT street.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, .Sce.
TAXES 8. EARLE st SON,
(MPOZTERS /AD MAN'ttr ACV:FREES O
tIL PAINTINGS,
ENGRAVINGS,
PORTRAIT,
PP:MITER end
PHOTOGRAPH raking,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
lICTSISPTS LOOKING GLASS WARBROOMS AIM
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS t
lal-t! in CHAMP? Street. Phtledelithle.-
ROBERT SHOEMAKER &CO.,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS;
FOREIGN ADD DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS;
WHITE MAD AND ZINO PAINTS, PD7I7. Na.
ACIMITS POI THE OELICI3RATRO
FRENCH ZING PAINTS)
--- A,aller end eoa.em...
VERY Low,TiraosiVOß
517 ' ARCH STREET.
C. A. VANKIRK igc CO..
Also, French Bronze Figures and.Ornamente,Forcelain
and Mica Shades, and a variety of
FANCY GOODS, , •
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please call and examine goods. delS•ly
C li W ptl - . IT
I LURNITDRE AND BIL.
at CAMPION.
No. Sel. South SECOND Street
conneesion with their exteIISITO Csabinet bucineae. Ara
leer manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLE%
tad have now on hand a full 'supply. finished with the
MOOSE-. 31 CIAMPION'S IMPEOVSD cusHron,
Irma are pronounsed by all who have used them to be
la rw riot
ge tollat'Llialty other.
knish of these Tables, the mann
tasturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Won. Who are familiar with the charaeter of their
work. • role-ter
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA,
PLINY E.-CHASE.
Estate OF JACOB F. PR ALL. deceased.
The Auditor appointed by the Court to• audit, settle.
and adjust the account of JOHN SMITH. Administrator
of the estate of Jacob F. Frail. deceased, and to report
,distribution of the balance in the hands of the accountant,
will meet the parties interested for the purposes of his ap•
pointment, on WEDNESDAY. September 26. 1863, at 11
o'clock A. M., at his office, 136 South SIXTH Street, in
the city of Philadelphia.
au2o-thatu6t JOHN DOLMAN. Auditor.
TN THE ORMAN& COURT FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA..
Estate of SUSANNA LUNGREN, deceased..
The Auditor appointed by the Court to and% settle,
and adjust the account of WILLIAM BUTLER, Executor
of isartua, Thingren, deceased. and to make- distribn
tion of the balance in the hands of the accountant. - will
inset the parties interested for the purposes of his ap
pointment on TUESDAY, September 15.1665. at 4 o'clock
P.DI.. at his office, No. 131 South FIFTH Street, is the
city o Philadelphia,.
au29-studithsk, GEORGE H. CO,VARROE, Auditor.
IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF
TUE STATE OE DEL/WARE.
WILLARD A. SHUMWAY, and others, vs SARAH
ROBINSON, and Wit A. ATKINSON, Sheriff of Kent
county,
Petition and Affidavit for Injunction Afterwards Bill.
Bled. Subpoenas as to defendant SARAH _ROBINSON
returned 'Non est."
(The object'of the Bill in this case is to prevent the ap
plication of the proceeds of the sale of Potter Griffith's
real estate to a judgment of Sarah Robinson, charged
by the complainants to be fraudulent.)
M. March 26th.; Affidavit of Geo. W. White
that the defendant, Sarah Robinson, does not reside• in
the State of Delaware, but resides in the city of Phila
delphia.
(copY OF ORDER.)
• . -
And now, - to wit., this 3d- day of April, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,
this cause coming before the Chancellor. upon the mo
tion of Jos. P. Comegys, Esquire, the complainants' mallet
tor, and the writs of subpcena aforesaid, and the Sheriff's
returns thereon being seen and examined, and the affi
davit of the aforesaid G W, While being heard, it is
ordered by the Chancellor that the aforesaid defendant,
Sarah Robinsoncappear in this cause. on MONDAY, the
28th day of September next: And it is ordered and di
rected by the Chancellor, that a copy of this order shall,
at least thirty days before the next Term of this Court,
be inserted in The P7'558. a newspaper Published in the
city of Philadelphia, in the States of Pennsylvania, and
shall be continued in said newspaper for the space of
thirty days next after its publication; and also, that a
Copy oftbe said order shall, within the said thirty days.
be posted up in the Office of Register of this Court, and
at the Court-House door of this county.
STATE OF DELAWARE, KENT COUNTY, BE:
[SEAL.] I, William R. Cahoon, Register, in the Court
of Chancery for the State of Delaware, in
and for Kent county aforesaid, do hereby
certify that the above is a correct abstract
of the proceedings in the before-named suit
in Chancery, and also a correct COOT of the
order made by the Honorable SAHURI, N.
HARRID GTON. Chancellor of the State of
Delaware, in said case. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the eeal of said Court. this 11th day
of August, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty. three.
aulB-30t. WH. R. CAHOON. Register in Chancemr•
EXECII TORS' SALE OF COAL
Lehrft.—A. valuable tract of Coal Land, containing
about 680 acres, situate in RUTH township, Schuylkill
county, Pa,. known as the Catherine Barger " tract.
Bounded by the Valley Furnace lands, and the Big
Creek lands.
On the lands adjoining and contiguous to this tract are
several first-class Collieries, which mine annually
from 20, 000 t 0125.000 tons of superior White Ash Coal.
This tract has been shafted in two or three places, and
the veins of coal proven on the same. The title is per-
For furtherparticulars and .terms address the un
dersigned, No. MNIS WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
HENRY D. IdOoftg, or
G,BOlittE P. !OLEAN,
Executors of the estate of 'JOHN MOCANLES, de
ceased. au3-.lm*
QIIICK SALES, SMALL PROFITBI-
At DEAN'S CIGAR STORE, 335 CHESTNUT Si,.
you can buy FINE-CUT CHEWING TOBACCO 211 Par
sent. - ! less than anywhere else. -
Anderson's Solace, Hoyt's Sonnyside, Lilienthars
Standard, Old Continental, Young America, and Good
win's N. 'y, Patent Pressed. for eight cents each.
Pla.ntation.Cornish's Virgin Leaf,Yellow Bank,_sOnd,
Dew, Amulet, National, Heart's Delight. SavorY. Nodal
ion, Nonpareil, and Mrs. Miller's Fine-cut Chewing To•
basso, for four cents each:.
- FINE CUT IN YELLOW PAPERS.—Vlientbars.
Backus Is Campbell's, Yellow Bank, Grape, for :three
-tents each.
FINK•CIIT CHIMING TOBACCO IN BULK. —Wt.
son's Solace. Hoyt's Sunnyside Dean's Golden
-Dean's Philadelphia Fine Out, Honey Dew. Michigan.,
and Pride of Kentucky for six cents Dim ounce.
Fine-cut Chewing Tobacco by the pound, 40, SO, 75. 90
saute, and al,
IhrPORTED 11AVAlis AND TANA CIGARS, and do
mestic Cigars of all kinds, 24 par tent• less than others
sell, at wholesale or retail at
DEAN'S CIG/Gt. STORE
335 oaskrnirr Street.
Wilmington and Newark Corporation Notes taken at
CLARET. -1,200 OASES OF DIF
FERBNT qualities reesivea,for sale by
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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY; SEPT. 1, T 863.
Vrtzs.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1863
The. Canvass for Governor.
THE RECORD OF it. JUSTICE WOODWARD f AND: AN
EXAMINATION. OF HIS CLAIMS FOR THE OCHER ,
NATORIAL CHAIR.
Hon, Geo. TV. Woodward:
Sin: It has been decided by an eminent jurist of
this country, that "the right to canvass the'claims
of candidates for public favor belongs to each citi
zen." This right, in the present crisis, becomes a
duty, which no one, however humble, can innocently
disregard. I, therefore, propose to inquire concern
ing your fitness for the position to which you aspire
in Pennsylvania. In doing this, ,I will confine my
self, at least temporarily, to a speech delivered by
you at "The Grand Union Demonstration," which
took place in "Independence Square," Philadelphia,
on the 13th of December, 1860. To this neither you
nor your, trained champions can object. That
speech was not extemporized. -It was "read," and
hence must be regarded as containing your matured
views and principles. That it was "eoolly. re
ceived" by your auditors, as appears from the fact
that it called forth no expression of approval, is not
surprising. For carefully prepared as it was, it was
a very ordinary production. Moreover, it was en
tirely out of place—replete with misrepresentations
—incorrect in its premises and deductions—coarse
and unfounded in its invective, and sectional and
unpatriotic in its positions. All this, and more,
may clearly and briefly show. .
In the execution of this purpose, I will not be in
fluenced to the slightest extent, by the appearance
of the prefix "Judge" to your name, or by the an
nouncement that you are of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania." Positions- requiring honor . and
ability are not unfrequently rashly or unwisely be
atowed on individuals, " The doings of Time" have
- convinced many that they greatly erred, when they
assisted in placing " the judicial erinino , on your
athletic form. Besides, it is only when you are ac
tually invested with the ermine, when you are
" mounted upon your tripod," that you can expect
especial deference, or claim peculiar courtesies.
On all other occasions, you are only George W.
Woodward. So I shall regard you. And,•first, I
will refer to the part which you acted in "the Union
Demonstration."
How it happened that you were an actor at all in
that "great assembly of freemen," it would be use
less to determine. Perhaps, it was the result of
"factional intrigues," with which you are not un
familiar, or perhapa your appearance was attribu
table to mistaken conceptions of your character and
abilities. Be this as it may, you participated in the
proceedings of the demonstration. But how, sir?
As an enlightened statesman? As a pure patriot?
As a magnanimous and wise counsellor? No, sir ;
but as an artful demagogues- a heated partisan.
What a manifest impropriety was there in this!
The nation was disturbed in her long repose of
quiet and security. Hearts were inflamed—minds
excited. The demon'of discord was abroad in the
land. The hands of conspirators rudely grasped
"the grand old stars and stripes." The eyes of
traitors rested on the marble of the nation's capi
tol ? her invaluable and sacred institutions were
imperilled.
Men of almost every political sentiment were
gathered "In the City of Brotherly Love," near the
spot which the deliberations of Washington and
Jefferson and Franklin and their compeers had hal
lowed and consecrated, to do what they could to al.
lay strife and to preserve unshattered the great edi
fice of our liberties. How important was the as
semblage t How thrilling was the occasion! How
sacred the hour! Then, if ever, partisan aims should
have been forgotten, and factional passions sh!?uld
have slumbered peacefully as the unruffled billows
of ocean. So others felt, so others acted. It was.
however, otherwise with you.
Their visions extended beyond their parties, and
embraced the whole nation. Yours was confined
to the narrow and pitiable limits of your "political
sect."
They stood up in the purity and dignity of patri
ots.
You in the form and•garb of a cabalist,.
Their words were mild and conciliatory—yours
harsh and denunciatory. Most infelicitous and ill.
tinted. was yOur "read
"' speech !' It was SO' rgr*.ed
at the time. For it must have been in reference to
it and you, that the President of the Select Council
subsequently exclaimed, "'the people, no matter to
what particular household' they belong, forgetting all
party ties, and all questionwof mere political axpe
dienoy, animated alone by love fbr their country, havg,
broken the green withes 'with whioh-politicat
and', to-day , the people, one great, united people,
animated by a common heart, and moving with an
equaliread, keep step to the music of the Uniomn
This utterance of Mr. Cuyler was received with
significant approval, with "pi stringed and vociferous ,
applause, ,, and if your sensibilities had not been pe
culiarly seared, this "applause"would have crim
soned your cheeks and fallen with stinging reproach:
upon your heart. It was enough, however, that you
were thus directly and promptly rebuked.
Not content with marring the sacredness and dis
turbing the harmony of the demonstration with the
aspect, voice, and opinions of an abject partisan, you
moat glaringly misrepresented the principles and
designs of the then "President elect."' This you did
by a false reference to a speech made by him at
Springfield, Illinois, June 17, 1553,-insisting that he
designed to " divest the people of the South of their
'peculiar property,' 'and to revolutionize as respects
it their 'habits,' 'social condition,'" etc. At the
same time you passed by all his subsequent speeches,
in which his policy and views were clearly presented:
These were published in Columbus, Ohio, in IS6O, by
Follett, Foster, & Co., in a volume styled "Political
Debates, etc." In several of them he. explicitly
stated that he had no intention to make war "on
the institutions of the South." On the 10th of July,
1888; at Chicago, he said : " I have said a hundred,
times, and I have now no inclination to take it back,
that I believe there is no right, and ought to be no
inclination in the people of the free States, to enter
into the slave States and interfere with the question
of slavery at all." And he then added: " And when:
it •is said that I ant in favor of interfering with slavery.
where it exists, I know it is unwarranted by anything I
have ever INTENDED, and, as I believe, by anything r
have ever. SAID. If, by any means, r have ever used
language which could fairly lie so construed ( as, however,
Lbelieve .1 never have), I now correct it')
At Quincy, Illinois, on the 13th of October of Ma ;
he repeated the same sentiments, and said that all
he wished, "in relation to the institution of slavery,”
was to hare it placed upon the basis that our fathers
placed it on." These views he subsequently, in
September, 1869, uttered at Columbus, Ohio, and in
Cincinnati. In the latter place he said, "I- assure
you that I never had any purpose, in any way; of
interfering with the institution of slavery where• it
exists." * * "I think
slavery is wrong morally and politically.. I. desire
that it should be no further spread in•these United
States, and I should not object if, it should gradual
ly terminate in the whole Lisbon " -
* * And, addressing his. " Democratic
slaveholding Kentucky hearers," he used this lan
guage—viz : *. *- * - I will
tell you, so far as I am authorized to speak for. the
Opposition, what we mean to do with. you. We
mean to treat you, as near as we possibly can, ao
Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, treated you. We
mean to leave you alone, and in no way to interfere
with your institution ; ,to abide by.all and every, cam.
promise of the Constitution," 4w. * * *
And then, turning to his political friends, he spoke
thus : "I say that we must not interfere with the
institution of slavery in the States where it exists,
because the Constitution forbids it,"•Aco.
" We must not withhold an efficient fugitive slave
law, because the Constitution requires us, ae I 'un
derstand it, not to withhold such a law. But we
must prevent the outspreading of the institution,
because neither the Constitution nor the general
welfare require us to extend it. We must prevent
the revival of, the African slave trade, and the enact
ing by Congress of a Territorial Slave Code. We
must prevent each of these things being done by
either Congress or courts. The people of these United
States are the rightful -masters. of both Congress and
courts, not, to overthrow the Constitution, but to over
throw the men who pervert the Constitution.",
Now, why was it that you, maintained a profound
silence with regard to all these utteraneest The an
swer is obvious. They were mild, conservative, con
ciliatory, containing, In the words of Mr. Lincoln,
as found in his message at the extra session of Con•
gress in July, IE6I, "repeated pledgee against any
disturbance to any of the people or ady of their
rights."' It did not, therefore, comport with your
object, to allude' to,them.• You had determined to
maintain that he and the Republican party were
responsible for the agitation of the oountry, and to
justify South Carolina, Georgia, end their compeers
in their conspiracy, sedition,and treason. To do so,
it was necessary for you to indulge in the suggestio
falsi, and also in the svpressio veri. You found no
difficulty in doing both. It was done too, not spas
modically, or incidentally, but with the pen of tran
quil tliought, and the voice of studied malignity.
Yours, therefore, was the "deep damning guilt" of
deliberate wrong.
It is not difficult to conjecture what your reply to
all this will be, You will exclaim, with an air of
triumph, "Is not Mr. Lincoln and his party in fay&
of coercion ; of the subjugation of those in rebellion
against the Government; of the emancipation,pro
olamation ; of arming the negroes 7" eta. Ib is true
that Mr. Lincoln approves of all these things. So
does the Republican party. So do a large number
of pure and noble Democrats. With united hearts
and voices they declare, in direct antagonism to
your views and wishes, that " The Union must he pre
served; the rebellion must be put down, and that, in the
accomplishment of these ends, all the mans should be em
ployed which the civilization of the agvorthe laws of
modern warfare will permit." But this has nothing
whatever to do with your , misrepresenfations of Mn
Lincoln and his friends, in Independence Square.
Philadelphia, in December, 1860, It in no way
affects -or modifies the sentiments which he then
"held, and which you garbled and perverted. It was
his peace policy which yeas were considering. His
war policy, incipient or ultimate, was not then an
nounced, or the subject of consideration. In fact,
he then hid none ; for was, although threatened,
bad not been inaugurated. To-day, however, he
has a war policy; which you do, which you may, as
sail, but which you cannot impair or overthrow.
The best men of the nation sanction it ; the worst
men of the nation oppose it.
The fallacy and weakness of your oppooftioa may
in due time be shown. In the meantime you must
remain Ey' convicted libeller' , and exposed caltim•
rdator.
Having thus basely aosiealed and peryer ted the
views of the "Presiderrelect," and the original
aims of "past, masses of the Northern people," you
proceeded to state that "the South 'memo inclined
to accept the judgment." "Everywhere in the
South the people are beginning to look out for the
means of self" defence. Oould it be expected that
they would be indi f ferent to such events as have oc
curred 1 That they would be idle and see_ measures
concerted and carried forward for the annihilation
sooner or later of her property in slaves Suoh ex
peotationa,:if indulged, are not reasonable. The law
of self defence includes the right of property as well
as of person ; -and it appears to me that there must
be a time inlthe progress of this conflict, if it be in
deed irrepressible, when slaveholders may lawfully
fall back oa their natural rights, and employ in de
fence of their slave property whatever 772V171,8 of pro- .
tection tluy passess or can command."
I cannot dwell on all the_ points of this extract.
What, sir, do you maintain in it? That the people
of the South, as rational beings, could not be "
or, in other words, inactive or dilatory, as to their
"means-of self-defence," i. e. preparation for their
enormous rebellion. That the seizure of our custom
houses, arsenals, garrisona, and fcirts under the ad
ministration,of the docile and peaceful "traitor of
Wheatlandn'wao right! That the transportation of
arms and ammunition to •the'South, the scattering
of our troops by Floyd, and his attempt to remove
the guns of the arsenal at Pittsburg were right
That the dispersion of our vessels of war, and of our
seamen by Toucey, was right! That the reaignation
of general, 'field and line officers was right I That
the plunderof our treasury was right! That the
violation of; the most solemn- oaths of fealty to
the nationaktiovernment,. by Davie and Dreekin,
ridge, and lheir4 assoaiates, was right ! In short,
that all of the nefarious acts of the "vilest traitors
that ever.: Cursed God's earth" were right? They
could not l be "indifferent" They could not be
'' idle." As intelligent creatures they were required
to not as they did.'
. ,
But, sir,S ; upen what did you rest this infamous
defence, tlfis monstrous pleat Upon two allega
tions. First, that the slave property of the South
was endankered, and would sooner or later be aunt
hilated by,flepublican vandalism. But not a word,
not an act of that party did you, or could you pro
duce to support your position. It was " a
fancy sketch." It was with Out even the plausibili
ty of a dignified conjecture. 'Let Barnwell Rhett,
of. South Carolina, Hon. A. H. Stephens, Vice Pre-
sident of "the Southern Confederacy," and its Com
miiiioners to Great Britain, determine this point.
In the South Carolina State Convention, in the
latter part'of 1860, in discussing her "Declaration of
Grievances," Mr. Ellett said: "The secession of
South garolina is not an event of a day. .11 is not -any
thing ptiluced by Mr. Lincoln's election, or by the non
escrutionllf the fugitive•slave law. It has been a
matter which has been gathering head for thirty
years." - [Annual Cycioyolia, 1861, p. 122.] This is
brief, hut demonstrative. Mr. Stephens, in his
speech in the Georgia State Convention, in Novem
ber; net spoke thus :
"Pollee, I entreat you, and consider for a moment
what reasons you can give that will even satisfy
yourselves in calmer moments. What reasons can
3 ou give to your fellow-citizens in the calamity that
it will bring upon us ? What reasons can you give
to the nations of the earth to justify it—(secession 1)
They will be the calm and deliberate judges in the
case. And to what cause, or one overt act. can you
name or point on which rip rest the plea of justifies
lion? What right has the North assailed? What
interest of the South has been invaded? What
justice has been denied? And what claim, founded
in justice and right, has been withheld? Can either
of you to-day name one governmental act of wrong
deliberately and purposely done by the Government
of Washington of which the South has a right to
complain?' I challenge the answer."
Still more direct, and, if possible, still more co
gent, is the letter of the Commissioners to the Bri
tish Government dated 14th August, 1861. In it they
xaY
"Vizi from no fear that the slaves would be liberated
that secession look place. The very party in power has
proposed to guarantee slavery forever in the States,
if the South would but remain in the Union. Mr.
Lincoltt's,inessage proposes nolreedlint of the slave, ')ut
announces subjection of his owner to the Union
--in other words, to the will of the North. Even
after the battle of Bull Run, - both branches of the Con
gress Washington passed resolutions that the war
is only waged in order to uphold that (pro-slavery)
Constitution alid to enforce the laws ('many of them
pro-slavery), and out of 172' votes in the lower
House, they received all but two, and in the Senate
all but one. WM. L, YANCEY,
P. S. Rou'sr,
A, DUDLEY DIANN,
Southern Commissioners to Europe."
—(Appleton'a Encyclopaedia, etc.).
Ho* conclusive is this ! Superior to. you- in can
dor and truthfulness, these representative men "of
tics South " utterly sweep away the first allegation
or.. ground of your defence of the - rebellion. It is
ever thus that ,
"No falsehood can endure
___.e.e.Lei..*Jech of. truth ; but returns
-- --"e-eam likeness." -
But as to your next groune.—__ r
two parts. 1. You .contended that in defence or
their " slave property," the South had a right "to
fall back on the law of nature." That is, to disin
tegrate,to dissolve the National Government. It
was not simply an act of secession which you justi
fied. It was more it was revolution ;it was de
struction. You went even beyond the doctrine of
Calhoun- In his letter to Hon. Wm. Smith, (" Extra
Billy ").a Virginia, he says "The right of revolu
tion can be resorted to rightfully only where govern
ment hem jailed in the great object for which it was
ordained—the security and happiness of the people;
and then only when no other remedy can be applied."
(Cluekere Political Text Book, p. 720).
These conditions, important and controlling, as
they were in the opinion of "the great nullifier,"
you omitted, or more properly, rejected. And imi
tating the most reckless of "the fire-eaters," you
"stepped out" on the platform of "an absolute de
atructionist." It is not, however, the first instance
' of others than "fools" rushing in where "their
masters feared to tread." For prior to 1860 few of
even the most truculent and radical of your faction
sustained your theory. Even the artful and ignoble
Pierce, in his annual message of January 1856, in
the most direct terms condemns it. He says: " Our
system (Timis no justification of revolutionary acts; for
the constitutional means of relieving the people of
unjust administration and laws, by a change of
public agents and repeal, are ample and more prompt
and effective than illegal violence," etc.
But while your "silly notion" has been condemn
ed by Pierce, it has called forth the most decided
disapproval of America's best and purest statesmen.
Douglas has denounced it, Clay has denounced it,
Jackson has denounced it. The former, on the let
of May, 1661, in the "great Wigwam" in Chicago,
when on his way to his home, to close his eyes for
ever on the scenes of earth, cried out to the vast
multitude who eagerly listened to his last public
address, " Wecannot recognize Secession. Recognize
it once; and you have-not only dissolved govern
ment, but you have destroyed social order, and up
turned the foundations of society. You have inau
gurated anarchy in its worst form, mad will shortly
experience all the horrors of the French revolution.
. Then :we have a solemn duly—to maintain the Go
vernment. The greater our unanimity, the speedier
the day of peace. We have prejudices to overcome
from the few short, months since of a fierce party
contest. Yet theee must be allayed. Let us lay
aside all criminatione , and recriminations as to the
origin of these difficulties. When we shall have again
a country with the United States flag floating over it,
and respected on every inch, of American soil, it will then
be time enough to ask who and what brought all this upon
us." - (Rebellion Record, Vol. I, 299.)
Clay, in his great speech on the Comprondse reso
lutions, in February, 1850, thus spoke : " And, air,
I must take occasion here to say that, in my opinion,
tbere is no right on the part of any one or more of
- the States to secede from.the Union. War and dis
solution of the Union, are identical and inevitable.
in my opinion. There can be a dissolution of the
Union only by consent or by war. Consent, no one
can anticipate from any existing state of things, is.
likely to be given, and war is the only alternative by
which a dissolution could be accomplished. *, *. *-
Sir, I have said that I thought there was no right on
the part of one *ninon Stales to secede from the Union..
I think so. The Constitution of the United States
was made not merely for the generation that then
existed, but for posterity—unlimited, undefined; end
less, perpetual posterity. And every State that then
came into the Union, and every State that has since come
into the Union, came into it binding itself, - by
soluble bands, to remain within the Union itself. and-to.
remain within ildtgila posterity forever. Like another
of the sacred connections, in private life, it-isea mar
riage which no human authority can ,dissolve or
-
divorce the parties from."—(Coltonis Deed Years of.
Henry Clay, pp.. 343, 344.)
Jackson,. in his Menage on the South Carolina
Proceedings in 1833, says : "The right of the people
of a single State to absolve themselveleat will, and
without-the consent of the other States, from, their
most solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties and
happiness - of the millions composing this "Union,
cannot be anknowledged. Such, authority le be
lieved-to be-utterly repugnant both to the principles
upon which the General Government is constituted
and to the Objects which it is expressly formed-to
attain." -
To these "masterly opinions" might- be added
those of Idadliff.n, Benton, 'Webster, and others no
lessillustrions. , But this is unnecessary. It is suf.
ficiently shown that, while the. second ground of
your vindication of the rebellion " appears" clear
to you, it has been refuted and.denounced by the
purest and best statesmen of:America. Do not mis
understand me. I do, not expect yew to be in the
least influenced by tits-views of men who belonged
to the "higher regions of politics." But others may
be—others will, be. And with the result I will be
fully satisfied. Bub you, did not stop with simply
maintaining the right of secession, or of revolution
on the part of "the slaveholdors in" defence of
"their slave property." You dared to go further.
You affirmed that this alleged " right " might be
vindicated, or, supported, not merely according to
the laws of war—the established rules of civilize•
tion—but by , - " whatever maw they (the South) possess
or can command." -
What, sir, could surpass this in atrocity? Let us
look at it. You are a jurist. You aro, or should
have been, well read in the jus gen/ism—the law of
nations. Of at least its. elementary principles you
cannot be presumed to have been Ignorant. You
knew that it required parties engaged in either fo
reign or domestic wars to "do as little harm" as
comported "with their real Interests." And
yet, discarding this well-established rule—attempt
ing to put back the beneficent march of the °elan
riee—y on dragged up "the violent maxims and prac
tices of the ancients and usages of the Gothic ages,"
and proclaimed in the noon of the nineteenth cen
tury, in the centre of eivilization, that the rebels of
America, in the execution of their nefarious de
signs, might properly employ any means within
their power 04 . 4 41, Myr termo t whatever cruelty
Might suggest, malignity demand, treachery sup
ply, frauds secure, desires solicit, or exigencies
require. Thus sustained and emboldened, what
have they not donel They have revelled in false
hoods and perjuries. Thousands of the noblest and
purest of earth's heroes have they maimed and
slaughtered. Virtue, in its purest forms, and inno
cence in its remit lovely garbs, have they insulted
and jibed. Age, with its feeble steps and dim eyes,
have they crowded to their dungeons, and loaded
with their fetters.
In fine, they have noted as if 4 ' war was a dissolu
tion of all moral ties;• ands license for every kind
of disorder and intemperance." For all this, to no
small extent,: you are responsible. not wholly
the result of your teachings, it was entirely in har
mony with them. And, therefore, from every battle
field where the defenders of the "stars and stripes"
have fallen—from every fireside which has been
agonized and desolated—from the eaves, and moun
tains, and gorges of Tennessee, where oppressed
loyalty has fled, and suffered, and died—from the
dungeons of Virginia—from the pale cheeks of dis
ease—from the gaunt forme of starvation—from
smoking towns—from sacked - cities—from`blasted
fields—from manhood, in its sternum and sacrifices
—from woman's tears and sobs, and from childhood's
wails and infancy's plaintive moans, there come
voices of 'cursing and of censure upon your infamous
conduct and sentiments
Nor can they he hushed. There is a poetic justice
in the world. There is an avenging Nemesis on the
earth. In the words of Carlyle, "the unjust thing
• has no friends in the heavens, and a majority against
it on the earth," and that majority may be the aveng
ing Deity which will meet you on the second Tues.
•day of October, at the ballot•boxes in Pennsylvania,.
and hurl you to merited obscurity and the "gnaw
ing feast" of disappointed ambition.
It cannot be that the people of Pennsylvania will
elevate George W. 'Woodward, the champion of
wrong, the vindicator of rebellion, the sympathizer
with the South, to the Gubernatorial chair I
For the present, sir, I close. Hereafter I will
"comeback again" to your " read " speech, and
expose more of its startling fallacies and unpatriotic
utterances. Yours, &c., WESTMORELAND.
AUGUST 29, 1863.
THE STATES IN REBELLION,
Richmond Reports from Charleston—Af-
fairs in the itebol Capital and Army
We have received from our special correspondents
copies of the Richmond Whig and Enquirer, of the
28th ult., from which we make the following im
portant extrauts.—[Eos. PRESS.]
FROM CHARLESTONANOTHBR ASSAULT ON BAT.
TERY WAGNER REPULSED
CHARLESTON, August 25.—The enemy's land bat
teries have been maintaining a steady fire on Fort
Sumpter all day. The fighting at Battery Wagner
was chiefly confined to the firing of our pickets on
the enemy's sappers, who continued to approach
Wagner.
This evening about dark the enemy's batteries
opened a furious fire on Wagner, preparatory, as
was supposed, to an assault. .
The following official despatches have just been
received-:
-
FORT SUMPTER, 7.35 P. M.
There is an assault now being made at Battery
'Wagner. ALFRED RREPT,
CploneTCommanding.
FORT jORTZSON. 7.45 P. M.
The enemy is assaulting Battery Wagner, evi
dently in heavy force. C. 11. OLMSTEALD,
• Colonel Commanding.
The musketry has ceased. The enemy is firing a
few mortar shells at Battery Wagner. The first
assault has been repulsed. No more shells have
been thrown at the city since daylight , on Monday
morning: - -
[The above telegram was received Wednesday
morning, but, from some inadvertence at the tele
graph office, was not delivered' to the agent of the
Associated Press until yesterday forenoon.]
AFFAIRS IN TEE SOUTHWEST
JACIREION, Miss., August 26.—A gentleman from-
Vicksburg reports an important military movement
on foot. Its character has not transpired. A per
son from Benton also reports a • force of three thou
sand Yankees moving from Yazoo City towards
Benton.
_ .
A party of our cavalry lately crossed the Big Black
and went with at eight miles of Vicksburg, where
they meta line of negro pickets, and chased them
from their posts. The. Yankee cavalry came up to
their assistance, when our men retired.
SECOND DESPATCH
JACKSON, Miss , August 26.—Grant has taken a
force from 'Vicksburg up, the White river, after Gen.
Price, who has lately given the Yankees a tremen
dous thrashing in that quarter.
General Grant has lately issued orders to the citi
zens of Warren and Hinds counties to return to their
homes and resume their usual avocations ; he says
that they shall be- protected in all property except
such aaas necessary for the army; and that all pro
perty taken by the army shall be duly purchased by
commissioned officers and paid for. Ste advises the
people - to regard their slaves Se free, and contract
with them for labor or dispense with- their ser
vices. The order, was to go into effect on the 25th.
Federal officers condemn the pillaging of their
troops east of the Big Black, but say if our cavalry
is not withdrawn, they will advance with a- large
force BIM 1., - 'rite the whole country. .
• NEI' WITTED DEFEAT IN
ATLANTA, August 27 —A special despatch to the
_Appeal, dated Canton, August 245th, says : The Van.
kees are reported defeated in Arkansas, on White
river, by General Price. Reinforcements have been
sent from Vicksburg. Grant has gone to Natchez.
The Federals have left North Mississippi, and trains
are again running to Grenada and Panola.
FLAG OF TRUCE-YANKEE INTENTIONS REGARDING:
ATLANTA, August 27.—The flag of truce has re
turned from Vicksburg. The character of the com
munication is not known,
Gcn. Sherman rays if Gilmore has taken Charles
ton, and fails to lay the city in ashes,
he will be
sacrificed by his troops. His superiors, the Northern
people, demand , the utter destruction of Charleston.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
GOSEEN, Va., August 27—(via Staunton, 27th.)—
The Yankees have fallen back, to attack General
Jones, at Lewisburg, in the rear, while another de
tachment is about attacking him in front. Jackson,
during the last four days' lighting, behaved gallant
ly. After having been flanked and surrounded
several times he heroically cut his way out. A de
tachment of Major Lady's battalion went in the
enemy's rear and destroyed part of his wimon train.
Our loss thus far, all told, is from co to MO:
In reply to a remonstrance addressed to the Yankee
General Gilmore, by. Senor. Moncada, in relation
to the security of Spanish subjects residing in
Charleston, the following letter was received on
Sunday last:
- DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
HEADQU.A.RTERS THE FIELD.
MORRIS ISLAND, S. a, 9 P. M., August 22.
The Spanish Consul, Charleston, S. C.:
Slx : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of this date, desiring of me a sus
pension of the bombardment of Charleston for twen-'
ty.four hours, to allow the subjects of the Spanish
Government to depart from the city.
I had supposed that' ample time had•been given
for this purpose. The commencement of the attack
on the defences of Charleston, some forty days ago,
is regarded as having given plain and emphatic
warning, that the city might be fired on at any time.
Nothing, however, is farther from. my wish than
to endanger the lives or property of subjects of the
Government which you represent, and I cordially
accede to your request. No further bombardment
of Charleston need be apprehended until , eleven
o'clock P. DI. to-morrow.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, _
Your obedient servant, Q. A. GILMORE,
Brigadier General Commanding
GENERAL BEAUREGARD'S RETALIATION."
[From the Richmond Whig.
The reply of General Beauregard to the demand
for the surrender of Fort Suinpter and =Morris Island
under Gilmore's threat to bombard Charleston, at
first provoked a smile. The idea of retaliation im
plied returning the fire ; but it could not have been
retaliation in kind that General Beauregard threat
ened. We are not advised as to the nature of- the
retaliation ; but we believe that Charleston can be
protected from another such barbarous shelling by
transporting from Libby and Belle 'tile a -few thousand
Yankee prisoners, and confining them in the ware
houses of Charleston. They can be as easily fed there
as here, and the citizens would guard them if they
believed that their confinement would enable-them;
to remain with safety at their homes. Fill as many
of the warehouses as possible in different parts of
the city, distribute the Yankee prisoners well over
the city, and then inform General Gilmore that
Charleston invites his shells. Should he get into
the lower harbor he would not fire into the city. As
there is no prospect of a speedy renewal of ex
change, these prisoners might as well be defending
Charleston and Mobile from a barbarous shelling as
basking in the cool shades of:Belle Isle, while the
noble soldiers of the Confederate army are baking:
"and stewing in the foul furnace of Fort Delaware.
Let the Yankees from Libby and Belle Isle be sent
to reinforce the defence of Charleston. This kind of
retaliation;will teach Gilmore how to conduct the
siege according to the rules of civilized warfare.
A REVIEW GENERAL LEE'S ARMY.
[Correspondence of the Examiner.]
ABNY . OS NORTHERN VIRGINIA S A,ugust 25
I attended, yesterday, a review of General Ander
son's division, by General A. P. Hill. It was a most
creditable affair, and as some of our good home folks.
may never have seen anything of the kind, I will
attempt• to give them something of this oacasion.
The division, consisting of. five brigades, was drawn
up in an open field as in lino of-battle, and in the
following order :. General Mahone's brigade of Vir
ginians, commanded by General Mahone, being on
the right; General Wright's brigade of Georgians,
commanded by, Captain Andrews, the senior officer
present for duty, occupying, te left; : General
Posey's; Mississippians, commanded b i t General
P., being on the right or centre, a General
Wilcox's• old brigade, under Colonel "Saunders,
being on the left of centre,, and General Perry's
brave, though thinned band of. Floridians, being on
the centre. In front of the column, and near the
centre was General Anderson, attended by. his Adju
tant-General, Major Mills, and the other members
of his staff. The whole division is now formed in
two lines, but in close order. At the word of com
mand they open order, and all the officers, field and
line, march to the front. Suet then General A. P.
Hill and staff ride up to. General Anderson, and the
order. is given by. General Anderson to. the men to
present arms, as a mark of salutation. This is read
fly obeyed in true soldier style. General Hill and
staff then begin the review by passing from left to
right in front of each of the lines until they have
passed entirely around the lines; the bands, mean
time, are allplaying handsome airs. Having passed
around the lines the reviewing officer goes back to the
camp colors, which was his position ;: the point from
which he starts to review the troops on observing that
they are in position and ready for his presence. The
troops in line are immediately commanded to close
ranks, and then, wheeling into columns of compa
nies, they pass in review before the reviewing
officer—each brigade and regiment being led by its
commanding officer, and the field and staff officers
being now all mounted, A band preceded each bri
gade, and, tiling out on getting oppositeto the camp
flag, discourses its music at that point until the
whole brigade has passed, when it follows on,
making up the rear. Every mounted officer, in
passing Gen. Hill, gives him a salutation with his
sword, which is returned by the General lifting his
hat and standing uncovered until that officer's
command had gotten by. Altogether, it was a
fine, refreshing display, and'both officers and men
elicited the highest encomiums of all present, among
whom, of course, was no slight sprinkling of the
fairer portion of creation. The only drawback to
all the pleasure was the reflection that,ln the corning
fight, many a one of these brave spirits, who walked
so proudly and looked to defiantly, would either be
laid IoW in death or afflicted with torturing wounds.
In the hands of such men as compose Anderson's
division, the cause of the South will ever be safe.
Chancellbrville along" ought to immortalize the
leader and the men.
As showing the healthy condition of the. army, I
will mentienthat the average of men leaving Ewell's
corps daily' on sick furlough willrint exneelA tea. X.
THREE CENTS.
LZTTEIS. OP ‘" A 0 T:l4 TREASITZ '
MR. HURTER
The. Sentinel Of yesterday publishes the following
letter from Seci"etary Memminger to the Hon. R.
M. T. Hunter upiin the subject of the currency :
TRE.A:*SIIRY DRPARTMRNT C. S. A.
RICHMOND, August 24, 1863.
Hon. R. M. T. Bunter, Lloyds, Va. :
SIR : In reply to yot‘r inquiries about the finances,.
I send you a condeneed statement of the issue of
treasury notes, and of tl.:Nefundingoperations of the
treasury. You will see Isom this statement that
the funding has been eminently successful;' and you
will learn, also, that the amount of outstanding
treasury notes is still within' the limits of the de
predation which I reported to Congress at the last
session. My report then estimated the amount of
circulation which the country tould'probably bear
at $150,000,000.
The statement now made showethatthe outstand
ing treasury notes, used as general currency, amount'
almost exactly to three times this , amount. But,
when it is considered that a very huge portion of
these notes are across the filtssissippli.it•will beltp•
parent that in the Atlantic. States tile- estimateof
three to one is rather over than under' the mark.
Two absorbents are now added, which will keep
down the excess from new issues-namely-:.the taxedr
and the sale of cotton bonds—and when thetax in
kind begins to contribute its portion to the support
of the army, there is every reason to believeihat the
currency can be well sustained.
It le obvious, from this statement, that the popu
lar notion of estimating the value of the currency
by a comparison with gold, is altogether fallacious ;
for, while the actual volume of currrenly has only
been increased three•folcl, its proportion to gold rates
at more than double that amount. The fact is,. as ,
,you well know, that situated as we are, gold teas
much a commercial commodity as plating or tin, and
its price is governed by the law of demand and sure
ply, As I have already shown, in the report referred
to, wbeat and corn afford much more reliable stand
ards of value, when their price is not controlled by
some local obstruction; and, by referring to these, it
will be seen that the currency has maintained itself
at the ratio which the outstanding issues indicate.
You will perceive, by the statement, that, •uniting
all the various appliances for funding,lhere has
been funded in b0nd55232,404670; to which, ac
cording to estimate, there is yet to be added about
aeo,coo,oro =OM, winch - are yet in the hands of the
treasury officers to be funded; maklllg7m-artraeout
s3o2,ooo,ooo—add to this $15,412,000, deposited in the
five per cent. call loan, and we have an aggregate of
nearly $318,000,000 withdrawn from the currency.
This result is certainly very favorable, and shows
that the measures adopted by Congress have been
quite as successful as any of us had anticipated. It
is somewhat remarkable that the Yankee Govern
ment should have adopted exactly the same Measure
for withdrawing their circulation, and, according to
a statement published in Hunt's Merchants' Maga
zine for July, they have funded, in call loan and
bonds, not more than $200,000,000.
These figures show that there is no reason for dis
trust as to our currency; and if, when Congress
meets, you will address yourselves vigorously to
measures which will restrain its further increase,
we shall be•fully able to maintain our cause. I
would suggest to you two measures Tor considers,-
Hon : One is, the export duty which I proposed ,•
and the other is a renewal of the call loan for all
treasury notes, upon the same principle with the
six-per-cent. call loan which was reported at the
last session.
It is worth the experiment to try whether, by al
lowing a deposit in the treasury on interest, we may
not be able to attract and retain there all the trea
sury noteenot actually required for circulation.
Very truly, yours, C. Ct. 111EIYISIINCI-Eit,
Secretary of the Treasury.
STATEMENT OT OUTSTANDING TVEASURY NOTES,
AUC4UST 8, 1863.
Total of all kinds of general currency
notes $523,114,406
Estimated on hand for cancelation 70,134,600
$452.979,606
And probably beyond the Igindeaippi,... 150,000.000
$302,979,806
STATEMENT OF BONDS INTO WHICH CURRENCY HAS
BEEN FUNDED, INCLUDING AVAILS OF THE PRO
DUCE LOAN.
Total of 100 million loan $100,000,000
Funded since February 20th, 1863 124,318,370
Funded of notes, May 16th, 1861........ 8,036,300
$232,401,670
On hand, to be funded, by estimate 70,000,000
Total funded $302,404,670
Five per cent. call, partly funded 15,442,000
Total $317,846,670
FATAL 'AFFBAY—EIILING OF DR, JAMES O. OURS
RIB, OF KENTUCKY, BY MR. BBORGE BASSFORD,
OF GEORGIA.
A fatal affair occurred on Wednesday evening last,
at Dir. Thornton's, about one mile from this city,
between Dr.- James C. Currie, a clerk in the War
Department, from Kentucky, and Mr. George Bass.
ford, clerk in the First Auditor's office, from Georgia;
which resulted in the death of the former. A corn•
ner's inquest was held yesterday on the body, and a
verdict of wilful murder rendered in the case.
Thomas B. Lincoln sworn.—Yesterday I was sit
ting in the yard, by a tree, in company with Mr.
and Mrs. Danford, in social conversation ; Para.
Danford proposed to take a short walk ; Mr. Bass.
ford objected, saying he did not like to leave her
aldne ; Dirs. - B. replied that they would be back be
fore I read Foote's letter, which Bassford had
handed me; my back was to the gate; Bamford
and wife walked off towards the gate; in a few
momenta heard loud talking, and thought I re
cognized Dr. Currie's voice; I then turned around,
and discovered Bassford holding Currie by his
wrists, holding him at arm's lengthg I then
turned my attention again to- the paper ; still
hearing loud conversation, I turned again, and
discovered that Currie was evidently intoxicated ;
his limbs were tremulous, and he staggered ;
them.thought they had talked long enough for no
harm to happen, - whon Larose to go to them. Just
at that moment 1 - woe oanoa• Das, Bassford. I
then walked up to them ; Currie was theo-e5.....n.g_
with his right side to me; I took hold of him, hold
ing him by the left arm, and. said to him to be quiet
—that it was no time or place, nor was he in a con
dition to have a difficulty ; Mr. Bassford said he
had better do as I suggested ; Bassford, was still
holding Currie ; I was particular .to hold Currie so
that Bassford might see that Currie could do him
no harm ; Currie said he would nob go—that Bass
ford must withdraw his offensive language;
some
other remarks were made,.when'Currie told Bass
ford he was a liar, or " I deny that ; you are a liar."
Bassford then let go his hold; I did the same;
Bamford took a step backward; and struck Dr.
Currie—l think slapped him, from the sound ; it
was done very quickly ; Currie kicked at him,
and Bassford knocked him down. At this mo
ment Bronaugh, who had come up before I let
Currie go, stepped in between them, I suppose
to prevent further difficulty, when BasefOrd• passed
over to the side Currie was on ; said to Currie; " Put
down your stone, sir;' I then went to Currie and
asked him to give the stone to me ; Currie was then
lying upon his back with the stone in his left hand ;
Bassford stood a few feet to the left of Currie at
that time ; just then I looked up at Bamford and
eaw in his hand his bloody knife. Mr. Bronaugh at
this moment said: "For God's sake don't stab him
again, he is down." I then discovered blood on the
Doctor's clothing ; at this time noticed his left hand
resting on the ground grasping the stone • his hand
relaxed, and the stone rolled out of it. t said,
"Doctor, are you hurt)" he said, "No, not
much," and added, "Bamford, it is all right;
will settle with you-.for this." Bronaugh then
stepped up to .13assford• and persuaded him to go
in the house, walking in with him. t then re
quested Thornton's son to send for a doctor, when I
learned there was a surgeon at the battery,.and ran
up to bring him down. Twenty minutes elapsed
from the time Currie was stabbed until the surgeon
reached him; about -the time we got back he was
pronounced dead. Before Bassford letgo his-hold of
Currie I said to Danford, "let him alone, I will
take care of him," (the Doctor ;) that he was intoxi
cated, and all would be right after a while ; that the
Doctor was not t in my opinion, armed, and that I
would take care of* him. Bamford them charged
Currie with being armed ; Currie replied to him, " I
am not arm ed—have no'arma about me." This oc
curred before the stabbing, and before Bassford let
go Currie's wrists.
The jury rendered a verdict that- the deceased
came -to his death by a stab- inflicted witffia bowie
knife in the hands of George Bassfordt without.
provocation.
`:i re s: r r; i. sraz~i: i 4 Y:~H tIIY ~: ~:i :~ Y;7:a i s iH:d Y: i N o::+o-!
MY REPULSED
[From the Richmond Whir, August 29
The following official despatch was received at the
War Department yesterday :
WHITS SULPHUR SPINGS, Aug. 27,
Via DUBLIN, Aug. 28.
To Gen. S. Cooper:
We met the enemy yesterday morning about a
mile and a half from this place, on the road leading
to the Warm Springs. We fought him from 9A.
M. to 7-P. iii. Every attack made- by the enemy
was repulsed. At night each side ocoupied the same
position they had in the morning. This morning
the enemy made two other attacks, which, were
handsomely repulsed, when he abandoned his posi
tion and retreated towards Warm Springs, pursued
by cavalry and artillery. The troops engaged were
the first brigade of this army, Col. Geo. S. Patton
commanding. The enemy were about three thousand
strong, with six pieces of artillery, under Brigadier
General Averill. Our loss is about two hundred
killed and wounded. The enemy7slosais not known.
We have taken about one hundred and fifty pri
soners and a piece of artillery.
SAMUEL JONES, Major General.
FROM - THE PENINSULA.
Six hundred Yankee cavalry advanced upthe Pe.
ninsula on Thursday, as far, as New Kent Court
House, and a detachment came up later in the day
to the vicinity of Bottom's Bridge, over the Chicks.
hominy, fifteen miles below Richmond. At this point
they exchanged a few shots with our pickets, and it
is said that several on each side were killed and
wounded. We do not believe that much blood was
spilled. Our pickets were, however,. driven in,"
but, before retiring, they removed the floor of the
bridge, and prevented the further advance of the
enemy in that directfon. It is by nomeans certain
that the Yankees do-signed to extend their recoil ,
noismance to this side of the Chickshominy, as they
made no attempt to do so, but, on the contrary, re
turned down the Peninsula. Whether they came
from Williamsburg, or were landed from transports
at the White Rouse, we have not ascertained. An
officer of General Eizey's- staff, who returned yes
terday afternoon from a scout-as far as New Kent
Court House, reporte that he saw no indications of
the presence of a hostile force, but was informed at
the Court House that-the six hundred had visited
that place on Thursday,
The strength ofthe invaders was greatly exagge
rated by the first reports which reached the city, and
the military authorities, from abundance of pre
caution, tookauch steps as.the exigency seemed to
require.
The Governor deemed it expedient to arouse the
citizens before dawn, yesterday, by caueing,a gene
ral ringing of the alarre,bells for, two hours ! His
motives ware unquestionably proper. but it is al
most the universal judgment of the community that
he should have waitedientil he had ascertained that
there was actual necessity for spreading an. alarm,
and summoning the militia.
The bell.ringing failed, however, to_ produce any
excitement. The militia promptly assembled at their
appointed rendezvous, fully armed and equipped for
the field, and marched to the seatof war. In future,
we faar, when the belle sound an alarm, they willbe
disposed to inquire, " What's up l".• before donning
the habiliments of war. '
EROM TRZ LOWER nerrassArirrOes..
We learn that Lieutenant S. Taylor Wood has
captured, with his prize gunboats, two Yankee
schooners, one laden with coal, the other with an.
chore and chain's. Another large aehooner, in bal.
last, was captured and destroyed. If Lieutenant
Wood continues to cruisealout in the Chesapeake
with the Satellite and Baliance his may make more
important captures. Rit-he has, already done well,
and deserves the plaudits - of thecountry.
t-e'l'OF -LETT :'.:it . • .
~ississiprr.
" The loss of;Vicksburg for want of provisions was
most' shameful and inexcusable, and whoever is in
fault ought to be severely punished. Last NOIIOIII
- andDecieMber, sufficient corn could have been
throWn into that place in the course of a fortnight to
have lasted, its consumption for aboutitwo years, if
necessary. Planters in Mississippi had put in very
little`cotton; but a very large crop of corn. On the
Ist Ilol.cember, when I abandoned my place, I left
sib:P.lo.o,ooo bushels in my cribs, and about the same
( 1 1 '.:intity in the field, whilst my consumption was
.bout 4,000 bushels.. All my neighbors had planted
rorn to on equally large' extent, and the Govern
ment officers could have had it at their own price, if
they had sent for it." - .
The'assessors of the Confederate war tax are corn
plaining of the failure of persons with whom they .
have left, blanks to render their returns, promitlyi
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Larger Clubs than Ten VIA be charged at the same
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The money must altoays ace: 9 " 7 4mnb' the order. and
to no instance - can these terms be ‘leerored from. ae thew
afford very little more than the cast' Of the -MVO'.
46g - Postmaaters are requested to Ort ea Agents for
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extra copy of the Paper will be reran.
inex
as they should do. This remissness is ve 'Wy
cusable; nothing can be gained by it, and v. "a hope
that every tax payer, with a spark of patriot. '6M i s
his breast, who may happen to read this parag.
will act the part of an honest citizen, by sendir, at
once to the assessors the required return. Let ev . try
tax payer do his duty, with promptitude, and
will see a different state of affairs, financially. in 111
very short time. There are many persons who pro
fess to regard Confederate money as very little bet
ter than mere papery but they take very good care to
get all of it they can, and hold on to what therget
'with a miseolike grasp.
LOBS OF A CONPEDPICATi STZAMER
The Confederate steamer Oconee, Lieutenant G,
F. Johnston commanding, which left Savannah for,
Nassau, on Tuesday week, laden with na bales of
cotton,alumna a leak on Wednesday atsea and went
down. The officers and crew took to the boats, three
in number, and two of them got safely to land, but
the third, which was in the rear and distant from
the others about half a mile, was cut off' by the ene
my and captured. The cargo of the Oconee wee
valued at #15.000, and the steamer at $50,000, alt
owned by the Confederate Government.
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The militia of Lynchburg, together with the pro
vost guard and the convalescent soldiers from the
hotpitals in that place, making a large foroe, started
to meet the enemy, then reported to be at the Warm.
Springa,and supposed to be en route for the Virginia.
and Tennessee Rtrilroad.
THE SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.
The number for the present week is unusuallyat
trnctiye. It contains a- portrait of Hon. Tames A..
Seldon, Secretary of W ar, and another engraving
entttled " Recognition,” besides the usual quantity
of interesting reading, both original and selected,
including various selections from European journals.
DEPARTIHEST OF THE IHISSISSIFI%
'Twenty Thousand of Pemberton's Soldiers: ,
Desert—Strong UTIJOIL Sentiment- at Nat
chez, Miss.-Ex-Governor Brown and:
Other Prominent Men Renew their- Al
legiance.
VICKSBURG
VicEason°, August 14, 1863.—The very sight of
this city as you approach it from the north is enough
to make one despair of our ever taking it, by force
of arms. It risen out of the surrounding swamps.
'and plains, a frowning mountain bristling with can
-non and bayonets, and furrowed from the foot to the
sumnlit by - formidable earthworks. The darlng.that
could plan, no less than the endurance and skill that
could execute tbis great feat, will make the army of
Tennessee memorable to all future ages. I do not
wonder that the rebels were so confident. They had.
seen, and knew the place, and I suppose, thought it
strange enough that we should even dream of trying
to take it. They, undoubtedly, think it stranger
still that we have taken it. It is very easy to form
in the imagination an idea of Vicksburg, but no
such idea can come anywhere near the truth. It
appears to be positively impregnable.
CONQUEBD\OA. PEACE.- - Ex.GOVERNOR BROWN AND
JUDGE SHARKLE.
I think it is safe to say that we have got fairly rid
of thirty thousand rebel soldiers by the capture of
Vicksburg. The people in the country between
Vicksburg and Jackson have sent to General Grant
a great number of petitions for protection. They
acknowledge themselves beaten, and now apoeal
most piteously to be protected against their late
protectors. They have told Johnston, in unmis
takable language, that they do not want to see
him nor any of his men any more. Every time be
comes among them, they say, the Federal army will
also come and pursue him, and thus they will be
subjected to the devastation of the two armies.
They have had enough of this sort of experience,
and do not wish for any more. This is the uni
,versal public feeling, and it is not too much to hope
that it will extend throughout the South so fast
as our victorious arms progress. It will effectually
prevent the guerilla warfare that has been so destrnc.-
rive in Missouri and Kentucky, for there will not be
even the distant prospect of the success of the Con
federacy that sustained the marauders in those
States. Ex-Governor Brown and Judge Sharkie of"
this State have both taken the oath of allegiance,
and in fact all the prominent citizens of the country
about here have long ago decided that they want to
come back into the Union ; the only question is how*
shall they get back. Can any State election be held
that will result in a true expression of public senti
ment? We have not force enough to protect voters
against Johnston's army, should that general propose
to interfere. If the Legislature already elected could
be relied upon, it might be convened and pass an act
repealing the ordinance of secession, and asking pro
tection from the Government of the United States.
The question Is a difficult one, and I learn that'
there is to be a meeting' of prominent citizens of
MissisSippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, somewhere
either-just within or just without our lines, to
consider the subject and devise some means- of
getting the matter into such shape that it can be pre-'
sentcd to Congress. I fear, • however, that it will
be a long while before any thorough solution of the
question can be reached, and that for some to.
come the people of this country must rely entirely
upon such precarious protection as can be afforded
them by the military forces occupying the country.
Of one thing, however, rest assured. They have:
lost all hope of protecting slavery or preserving
the Confederacy. They have been driven by hard.,
knocks to an acknoivledgment of theirerrors, blun
ders, and crimes. We haVe literally "conquered a--
peace." So much for the, aggressive policy whisk.
Mr. Buchanan so much deprecated a year or so ago,
because it would "excite the South !" I almdst tor
got to mention a good thing that Judge Sharkie was
guilty of. He said, "Jeff Davie told us last fall that
if Vicksburg and Port Hudson fell the Confederacy
would be annihilated—that the opening of the Mis
sissippi river would split it into two, parts, and it
could not survive. The fate of the Confederacy de
pended on maintaining the defence of those two.
places, and they should be protected by the whole
power of the Government.. Now Vicksburgis taken,
and_Port Hudson also. The Confederacy Is split in -
two, and lam going to take Jeff Davis at his word,.
and leave him for the only Government that can af
ford'me protection. By the declaration of its author -
the Confederacy is no more." Sound reasoning:
this.
GEN. THOMAS VISITS NATCHEZ
I understand the object of this trip to have been.
that Generals Grant and Thomas might confer with
the citizens as to the status and the amount of pro
tection and aid that should be afforded them by the
military authorities. It is peculiarly fortunate that -
General Thomas was charged with this mission; for
he was stationed at Natchez thirty years ago,. on re•
cruiting service, and remained here two - years.
Nearly every one he met remembered him,. and as
be rode about the city, among the old familiar
scenes, he really renewed his youth. The men and ,
women who were his companions then, are all
touched, like himself, with the Treat of declining
years, but like him, they, too, are reaping, in the'.
enjoyment of a genial old age, the reward of a life
of honorable usefulness.
Little did they believe when they were disporting
themselves among the graves, and in the gardens of
these elegant estates, and making the spacious -halls
ring with fun and merriment, that by the time their -
children had reached the same age, they would meet
together to consider the best means of reuniting a,
divided country. Shortly after returningto General
Ransom's headquarters, a dozen or fifteen of the old
'est and wealthiest citizens of the place came in, and z
two or three hours were spent in full and free con
versation between them and the military gentlemen.
The most friendly feeling prevailed, and all parties •
manifested a desire to do in good faith all they could. ,
to lessen the privations of war.
THE UNION SENTIMENT AT NATCHEZ.
I am going to tell you now what I know you will .
believe with difficulty, because I, though on the very
ground, could not fairly understand it for a long time.
There is a strong union sentiment in Natchez, and it 'has
existed ever since the breaking out of the war. The •
wealthiest people are almost universally for the
Union. They opposed secession from the beginning,
and have continued to oppose it to the end. There •
are several who have stood out - in spite of danger
and the loss of their property, and have obstinately
refused to give their adherenceor their countenance,.
much less material support, to the rebellion. Many.
have, of course, been forced into acquiescence; but:
they are sincerely glad to see the old flag once•
more. The order of nature seems to be reversed.
Elsewhere it is the rich men who have been-
Secespioniets, and the Union feeling, if there.
is any, is confined to the - lower classes. Heres
the millionaires—the large slaveholders —have.
held fast, through good report and evil report ,to the.
Government under which they were born and have.
always lived. The only reason I can assign for their"
.not being plundered and .murdered, one by one, as
fast as they could be got at, is, that there are a great
many of them, and they represent-a large proportion.
of the wealth, intelligence, and respectability of the•
country. They live in houses of regal magnificence,.
own plantations by the mile,
and slaves by the•
hundred, and they have been for two generations
identified with the history, the prosperity, and-the•
development of the country. It is dangerous:
business to - play at hanging such men. The
instinctive reverence of the Southern people for•
wealth and position prevented them from practising
on this determined band of old heroes the means.
of compulsion they found so effectual, in. other ,
parts of the country. One of these gentlemen, Dr..
Duncan, is a man seventy-seven years old. He hasnot.
been inside the city for two years until yesterday,
when be came -to see the hero of Vicksburg, the
Ouverture" of the Mississippi. Ilia life has. been.
repeatedly threatened, not only on account of his.
persistent attachment to the Union, but also. hie
very disagreeable way of expressing his opinion of
the Confederacy in just such terms as he- thought
appropriate. Mr. Marshall, too, • though- living
nearer to town, has never yielded. an inch. He:
occupies a magnificent house, I -think the finest in.
the city. Mr. Merin, who, though very wealthy,. is
quite a young man, has imitated the example of his
elders, and has been conspicuous for his devotion to
the - Union. Most of these gentlemen are old-friends
and acquaintances of- General Thomas, and we-I
corred him perhaps with more pleasure- than they
would any other representativeet the-Government.
They have suffered- severely from the rebellion,
having lest from half a million to amillion dollars'
Worth of property.
SIoATERY.
The best evidence thatnot only these, but all the
other citizens -of Natchez, believe that slavery_ is
gone forever, is that they scarcely allude to the sub
ject. If you ask their opinion they will give it
freely. They say that it will be impossible ever
again to reduce the negroes to the same subordina
tion as foz..merly.. The abandonthent of slavery is
taken for granted, and all conversations, proposals
for coming back to the Union,. and. all stipulations
whatever,. are based upon this tacit understanding;
so well. understood, in fact, that it seems unneces
sary to allude to it. General Thomas told these
gentlemen that he should , take all the able bodied
slaves he could find for soldiers; that as to
the others, ha would much prefer that they
should remain on the plantations to. which they ?
belonged, for there they could be taken care oZe
more easily than anywhere else, and when collected
in camps they sicken and 'die very fast Wagoa.
must be paid for the labor-of those wbc. could etnz,
more than their support, and he desired every eLerY ,
to. be made to induce the negroes to work for
This is perfectly satisfactory to than. It vzill*,be,
some time, however, before the negrees left ce„,the.
plantations learn the necessity of laboring to sup-.
port themselves. There are now about six •dcmisand,
contrabands in camp at Natchez, out of we.
shall get three hundred fit for military d.tly. Two,
regiments have been started, and will be. filled in a,
week. One is to be commanded by Ca.ptain Stone,
the commander of the contraband camp,_ The other.
is to be an artillery regiment, and is t o.be ammo/ids
ted with the 30th Missouri Regimfmt, which is,re,
duced to about two hundred men. These men wilt
form two companies by themselves,anci the others..
will be formed of blacks. General Thomas retuned.
to Vicksburg to-day.
Publications PRAciTe4l.
FROM J. B. larenzoovr keo.
Hatimes Magazine, for Sitember sn. excellent
number—already noticed,
FROM SAMUEL S. WRIAT 3 ARCS weeetar
The Dental Cosmos, (pew series), for August. An
excellent periodical, devoted tathe interests of the
dental profession,
FROM W. P. nAzARD
Heart and Cross, a tale ; by Mrs. Oliphant. This
the third number of the new standard series of pravat.„
lar works of action, published by Jamea G. G;sege
rY3 New. York. It is s story—which migh+4" have
been true—told with simplicity and ease, and very
Slightly sensational. The best character, next to
little:Derwent, a sharp child, . .who -bounces out
truths at awkward time'', is Alice Ell laley, the hero-
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