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rumanato DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED).
BY JOHN w. FORNEY.
077108, No. 1.11 SOITPH FOIIRTIC STREET.
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I'SH ANEW. TRREB DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR BIS
MONTHS Oin DOLLAR AND SSVENTINFP7S CENTS FOR
THREE MONTHS. invariably In advance for the time or.
awed. • •
.11Aertbements inserted at the usul rates. Six
tileteOhatitnte a sanare.•
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Mailed to Balmer'berg out of the Clty at FOUR DOLLAREI
.137111 f, 1 advance.
SEWING .141ACHINES.
LONG -LOOKED FOR
COME AT. LAST!
THE PERFECTION OF SEWING MACHINES.
SAMPLES OF THE CELEBRATED
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINES
Can be seen at
No. 439 CHESTNUT STREET (second Mr),
where all persons interested in sewing machines are in
vited to call and examine this wonderful Machine.
It has been the object of the FLORENCE SEWING
MACHINE COMPANY to supply a machine free from
the objections attached to otherfirst-class machlues.-and
after the patient, autiring labor of T ears and, a liberal
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they are now offering to the Public the MOST PERFECT
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let. It makes four different stitches on one and the
came machine, each stitch being perfect and alike on
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2d. Gry innotnp from one kind of stitch to (mother, as
1,411 as the length of the stitch, can readily be done while
the machine is in motion..
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secure and. uniform, combining elasticity. strength and
;beauty.
4th. It has the reversible feed motion, which enables
the operatorto run the work to either the right or left,
or stay any Tart of the soon, or fasten the ends of seams
without turning the f abric or stopping the machine.
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cility, without change of tension or breaking of thread.
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Bth. Ite simplicity enables the most inexperienced to
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.-most noinless.
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ciated.
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Street, up stairs. an29-t(
ODB . LETTER "A."
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With all the new improvements, is the beet and cheapest,
and meet beautiful Sewing Machine in the world. No
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range of work, including the delicate and ingenious pro
tease's of Hemming, Braiding, Binding, Embroidering,
Welling. Tucking. Cording. Gathering 81c. -
.. , The Branch °Eyesore well supplied with Silk Twist,
Vaud, Needles. 011, &a , of the very beet Quality.
ior Bend for a pamphlet.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
• ,8S BROADWAY. NEW Yoag.
Phliatielphin. Office— • •
810 CHESTNUT STREET.
tail-teels - •
SEWING MACHINES.
THE' . SLOAT" MACHINE,
With GLASS PRESSEN FOOT,
XEW.STYLE HEMMER, BRAIDER,
And other valuable improvements.
ALSO,
'THE T.A.GGART & FARR MACHINES,
Agency—NlS CHESTNUT Street. LehB-tf
CLOTIIfI G.
EDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHN RELLY:
FORMERLY C'H.ESTNUT, ABOVE SEVENTH,
LATE 10 a% CHEETNET STREET,
TA OR S.
14,1 SOUTH THIRD St., NE &It THE EXCHANGE.
Have' just received a large Stock of Choice
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
Ajao
FALL STYLES,
TERMS CASH, at prices.mueh lower than any other
srst•class establishment. an27.tf
BLACK CASS. PANTS $5.50 ,
At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CABS. PANTS, 4;5 50, At 704 EilAßKET,Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $4.50, At 704 MARKET Street,
BLACK CASS. PANTS, %500, At 704 MARKET Street,
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $4 40, At 704 ,MARKET Street.
GRIGG ;& VAN GENTIAN'S, No, 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No, 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG '& VAN GUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG & VAN GENTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street
GRIGG ' & VAN GUINTEN'd, No. 704 MARKET Street.
mh22-6m
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
ARCH STREET. 606
606.
FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OP
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
AT MODERATE PRICES.
FOUR FREMIDMS AWARDED FOR
SHIRTS, 'WR A PP ERS, AND STOCKS,
G. A. I-I OFF
Successor to W. W. KNIGHT,
4306 ARCH STREET. 606.
NOS. 1 AND 9 N. SIXTH STREET,
PiilLA DELPHLS.
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ILIfTIFAMMTU4
OF TUE IMPROVED
PATTERN SHIRT,
'WEBITIES,
I:WI.x.JAES.
NATIEPAVTIO2 GIIARANTTAD. mi22-tool
VINE SHIRT •PAANUFAOTORY.
-I- The subscriber von is invite attention to la
IMPBOV.F.T. (TIT OF SHIRTS. •
IPhliph he wakes n comisity in his bulbous. Able. eon.
etantly receiving.
myyzaaßS roy , . tiEIfTLRISRN'S
J. NV SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORN,
Jo. 814. aIIESTNIIT STREET,
.1"10-tt poor doors below the Continental.
DRUGS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER as 00..
lorthexat Corner YOCIRTH and BAOZ Streetn,
PHILADELPHIA.
IiVHOLES ALE DRUGGISTS;
LISPOETBEtii, DEUBBS
FORNIGY 1.15 TD DOMBSTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASSG
KANT; rkOntRERS 0/
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AGENTS PLR THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH . ZINC PAINTS)
Dealer and soniumor supplied at
JIS4.3IIVAST LOW PRIOSS FOB OA SIG
GAS FIXTURES, ac
517- ARCH STREET.
0. A. VA. NTKIEVIK & 00..
.14,01.`t'ACTURERS OF.
CHAN DELIE RS
AND OTHER
'GAS FIXTURES
Alec) French Bronze Fizares and Ornaments Porcelain
m,nd Mica Shades , and a variety of '
FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please call and exandu e goods.
r 4 ovALs.
REMOVAL
A. H. F Fe. ANC IS C
WIENiLERALN DEALER, IN
YABNS, BArrs, WADDINGS,
V'iTOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
OM CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES.
LOOKING GLASSES, CLOCKS,
VANOY BASKETS; tic.o.;
REMOVED
irOm 433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Streets
1313 MARKET and 510 COMMERCE Ms;
aul•9m
EMOVAL.--JOHN O. BAKER,
AA ,
Wholesale Druggist, has removed to 7118 MARKET
rdtreet. Particular attention is asked to JO Elf( C.
AKER. di CO.'S COD-LIVER OIL. Haying increased
Sactlities in this new establishment for manufacturing
and bottling, and the avails ofilfteen Years' experience
qn the businese, this brand. of Oil has advantages over
all others,. and recommends itself. Constant supplies
are obtained from the ilsherien, , fresh, Pare, and sweet,
and receive the moot careful personal attention of the
original proprietor. The increasing demand and wide.
spread market for it make its figures low, and afford
eat advantages for those buying In large (man-
VOL. 7.-NO. 28.
S M. 'CLEVELAND'S
SCHOOL FOR BOYS
WILL RE.OPEN , MONDAN, SEPTEMBER 7rtt.
The School will be what is usually called "English.
Classical, and Mathemat!cal;" 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 filling
for Colleges, the requisite Mathematical and Classical
studies.
: -
ARlication may be made at the School-room. No. 920
CRESTNOT St.. between OA.M. a ad IP. DI Can3l-61
WM. S. COOLEY, A. M., WILL RE
open his Classical, Mathematical, and English
School, at No. 1112 MARKET Street, Monday. Septem
ber 7.. anal-lm.
SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTE, FOR
rdurra LADIES, No. 6111, M&RSH ALL Street. re
opened Sept. 7th. GILBERT COMBS, A. M.,
an49.lm• Principal.
MISS lIOOPES WILL REOPEN HER
BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL for Yonne' Ladies,
at 1400 LOCUST Street, on TUESDAY, the 15th of Sep
tember..:and-Im'
MISS ROBB WILL REOPEN . HEEL
SCHOOL for Young Ladtee and flbibiren, Nn 31
South ELEVENTH Street, belowSprun3, on sEFrai-
BER 24, ISe9. 4 anW,-St.*
CALEB S. HALLOWELL, A. M., WTLL
reopen his SCHOOL on the 7th o 4 Ninth Month,
(September ) No. lAD North TENTH Street.
Residence, 1126 WALLACE Street. au25.1•21"
\SAUNDERS' INSTITUTE (MILITA.
RY) reopens 7th SEPTEMBER. Address Professof
E. D. SAUNDERS. D. D., MARKET and THIRTY
NINTH Streets, Philadelphia. au2S•lot,
A NNA KAIGHN WILL OPEN HER
SCHOOL roR VOTING LADIES,
At No. 2044 hItHINT VERNON Street,
au2S-..Bt* -On the 7th of Ninth Month, (September.)
A GRADUATE OP THE I:WIPER
SITY OF PreiIiSTLVAMA. already engaged in
teaching, wishes farther engagements to teach Latin,
Greek, or the English branches. in one or more Schools
in or near the city.. Address " Graduate," at this office.
:an27-fit.
pOLYTECEINIC COLLEGS.. 1563-64.
-Tire SCIENTIFIC, SCEOOL for the general Stu
dent .of bratitematics, Experimental Science, and Batumi
Hiatory, heel neSepterober Bth.
. . .
The TECHNICAi, So EfOOLS for professional training
In the principles and practice of Civil. Mine, and Me
chanical Engineering. Analytical and Industrial Chemis
try. Metallurgy, and Architecture. begin Semember
The course on. MILITARY ENGINEERING includes
Field Fortifications, Siege Operations, Strategy, and
Tactics
. .
The Laboratories for Practical Chemistry have boen
refitted during the year, and large additions to the Mo
dels, Instruments. and. Apparatus of the College made
by importations from France and Germany.
Catalogues at College Building, WEST' PENN Square.
ALFRED L. KENNEDY. M. .1)
an29.12t President of Faculty.
VILLAGE GREEN SEMINARY--A
SELECT BOARDING SCHOOL, NEAR MEDIA,
PA.—Thorough course in Mathematics, Classiov, Eng
lish Branches, Natural Sciences, &c. Military Tactics
taught. Classes inßook-keeping. Surveying: and Civil
Engineering. Pupils taken of all ages. School -opens
September let . Boarding, per week, $2-26. Tnition,per
Quarter, $6. For catalosuee. or inform ress
Rev. J. HERVEV BARTON
31-24-3 m • VILLAGE GREEN. Pa.
iILASSICAL INSTITUTE, DEAN
Street, above Spruce.—Tbe duties of the Classical
Institute will be resumed SEPTEMBER 7ih.
an27-2.m* J. W. FAIRES, D. D., Principal.'
R KENDALL'S CLASSICAL AND
L• ENGLISH SCHOOL, S. E co rnsr of THIRTEENTH
and LOCUST Streets, will reopen MONDAY. Septem
ber 7th. au27-im•
MRS. E. HALL'S INSTITUTE FOR
•L'-a- YOUNG- L &DIES. southeast corner of DILIAWYN
and GREEN Streets. The duties of this Institution will
be resumed on MONDAY. Soot. 7, 1863. a 07,6420
R,CIIOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS,
CHERRY STREET. WEST OF TWENTIETH ST.—
A School for Boys and Girls will be opened in lhe - erst
floor of the NEW'JERUSALEM CHURCH, in CHERRY,
west of Twentieth street, on the SECOND 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 .N.AY. York. The coarse of studies will com
prise the usual branches of instruction, 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 $lO
For Pupils of 10 years of age and under RI
Applications may he addressed to the care of W. IT.
HENADE. P. 0., Philada. ' an2o-I.m.
BRA.NTLY LANGTON'S ACA-
"• DEMI" for Boys, No. 111% North TENTH Street,
will be reopened on MONDAY, September 7th. an 26 lm
THOMAS B A..LD WIN' S ENGLISH
Mathematical and Classical School for Boys, N,B
corner : BßOAD and. ARCS, will reopen Sept. 1. an26.lm*
MRS. MARY W. D. ''SCHALFFER
4 , -• will open . her SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. from eight
to fifteen years of age, at 1.037 WALNUT Street, on
MONDAY. September 7,1263. an46-Im*
THE CLASSIC CLASSIC AL DIATREIAA.TIC AL,
and BUSINESS INSTITUTE for Yonng Mon and
Boys, corner of EIGHTH and BUTTONWOOD streets,
reopens on MONDAY, September 7th.
an26-lm'- " J. P. BIRCH, A. M.. Principal.-'.
MARGARET ROBINSON WILL RE.
OPEN her School for Girls, R6CE Street, above
FRANKLIN, on the 7th of 9th Month. Apply to M.
ROBINSON, COTTAGE ROW. Germantown. or F. GIL
LINGHAM, 1235 SPRING GARDEN Street, Philat.
delphin. . an.%-12k.
WEST ARCHSTREET INSTITUTE
1733 ARCH,
Rev. C. ORIFFIN, A. 8., /
Mrs. GRIFFIN, Principals.
The NINTH SEMI ANNUAL SESSION Commences
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 7th.
For terms and circulars apply as above a n2S-rit
fI,P,RMANTOWN FEMALE SEMIN A
•-4 EY, GREEN street, south of WALNUT LANE.
Will reopen September 9. Circulars may be obtained at
the• Seminary.
- Professor WALTER S. EORTESINE, A. 5f.,
au2s•tf .. Principal.
MISS 0. A. BURGIN WILL REOPEN
her Fr,HOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, No. 10:37
WALNUT fit., SEPTEUBER 14, 1863. an 23-360
citIENDS' ACADEMY FOR . BOYS
rear of 41 North ELEVENTH Street 1 $l2 per terra
'of twenty-two weeks. denorainatione admitted.
One session from 9 till 2. Reopens 9th month,. Sept. Ist.
an2,4-Im* W. W
Y OUNG LADIES' SCHOOL, 'AND
CLASSES FOR HOME STUDY, No. 9O CLINTON
Street. Established by Prof. C. D. ChayshAND in 1834.
Fall Term commences September 14 '
an24-2m PLINY K CHA;',E.
CENTRAL-INSTITUTE, N. W.
1 - 1
corner TENTH and SPRING GARDEN Streets, will
REOPEN SEPTEMBER let. Boys prepared for any Di
vision of tb , s Public Grammar Schools, for Colter% or for
Rnaness, Canli-Im*J H. G. McGUIRE, A. ePri.e.
MADAME MASSE AND MLLE MO
w- BIN wilt reopen their FRENCH AND ENGLISH
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOILYOLING LATDIE
131% SPRUCE Street, on the 14th of SE P FRIO ER.
For circulars or other particulars apply at the above
number. - au24-2
TO. BB OPENED ON MONDAY,
Sept. 7th. BROAD-STREET ACADEMY, for BOYS.
337 South BROAD Street, opposite Deaf. and Dumb
Asylum, EDWARD ROTEL A. M., Prineip ii. -=.A Pre
paratory Department for smatter boys. Gymnasium,
Drilling, &c., without extra charge. For Prosp,ctes.
direct Box 272,... P. O.' or call at Mr. LEYPOLD'S, JU
NIPER. and CRESTXIIT, or at the Academy. from
August Slot . au24.l2t*
UNDERCLOTHING. &s.
RELF.CT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 1030
"-) SPRING GARDEN Street. will be re-opened on
September 7th. For Circulars apply to
an22-12t* MISS It. T. BIICEMAIs. Principal.
ALEXANDER
PIANIST and ORHANIST. Will resume the ditties
of his profession September Ist. Residence 624 North
ELEVENTH Street. ' an22-Im*
TRCIY FEMALE SEMINARY.—THIS
Institution offers the accumulated advantages of
fiftyyears of successful operation.
Every facility is provided for, a through course of use
ful and ornamental educatift. tinder the direction of a
corps of more than twenty professors and teachers.
For. Circulars. apply to •
a20.36t ,:-JOHN H. WILLARD. •Troy. N. Y.
THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF
•-• DESIGN FOR WOMEN, 1334 GUEST TNT Street,
re-ofens on SEPTEMBER let. For terms of admission
apply at the School Rooms.
ann. ISt T. W. .BRAIDWOOD, Principal.
FEMALE INSTITUTE, PENNING
a- TON. N. J.—The FALL TER'S" opens AUGUST W.
Number of Pupils limited to twenty. —Board, &c. , with
Common English, $32 per quarter. For other informa
tion, address A. P LaJiHER,
anl2-lre ' Principal.
TI - 1 E MISSES CASEY & MRS. BEEBE'S
French and English Boarding arid Day-School, No.,
1103 WALNUT street, will re-open on WEDNESDA.Y.
September 16. ang 7-2 m
VEM ALECOLLE GE, BORDENTO WN,
-A- N. 3.—Pleasantly situated on the Delaware River,
thirty mires north of Philadelphia. The very beet ad
vantages in all departments of a thorough and accom
plished :EDUCATION-furnished in connection with a
Pleasant home.
Only a few vacancies for the Fall Term, commencing
September 16th. For catalogues address
auri.Ow _Rev. JOAN H. BRAS:ELM A. IL
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGIATE IN
STITITTE for Young Ladies, 1630 ARClEStreet. Bev,
CHARLES A. .8 KITR, D. D..- Principal. The ninth
Academic Year will begin on MONDAY, Serstember 14th.
For circular's. and other information. address Box
2,611 P. 0 ie2:s-3m*
pRisToL BOARDING SCHOOL FOR
A- , GIRLS, re-open.on the Rh of Ninth month.
For Circulate, appli to RUTH ANNA. PEIRCE, Ertsto„
Bnotr. Pa
B ESTN UT STREET FEMALE S E
r,
NARY. —En gllsh and French Boarding and Da7
School. Principals, Miss Bonney and Miss Dillriyo.
The twenty • seventh souk-anneal session will open Wed
nesday. September 5, at 1615 Chestnut Street, Philadel
phia. Particulars from circulars. anl9-tocl
VAIBYTFAV BOARDING SCHOOL,
rroRRISTOWN, Pennsylvania. for Boys and Young
Bien, niti commence the nest session on the 29th' SEP•
TIMBER. For circulars address the Principal.
aul9-21cs GEO. A. NEWBOLD.
91.13 E `HANNAH MORE AC ADI MY,
-a- WILMINGTON. DEL P.WARE.—The duties of this
Seminary will be remnaedMONDAY. September 7,
1563. For terms apply to the principals. _
antil-lm C. & J. GRIMSHA.W.
THE CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH
-a- SODOM; OF H. D. GREGORY. A.'M . No. 1.109
MARKET Street. will REOPEN on TUESDAY, Septem
ber let. - anl9•lm*
MISS MARY E. THROE? WILL RE.
open her English and French Boarding and DRY
School Or Young Ladles, at 1841 CHESTNUT Street.
sn the 14th of September. For circulars, or othar par.
nectars, apply at the School, .
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MISS BROOKS AND MRS. J. E. BALL
Aj-2-
will re-open their Boarding and Day School, for
Your g Ladies, at 1218 WALNUT Street, on the 14th of
SEPTE 1113 ER - an3l-2m
SUPPLER'S INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG
Ladies. S. E. center .11A.RSILLLL and SPRING
GARDEN Streets. Duties resumed' Sept. 7th. ;ENOCH
R. SU t•PLEE, A. M. , Principal. . an3l-1m
M P. GIBBONS INTENDS REOPEN-
In o fiCHOOL, on the 14th of .Ninth month (Sep
tember). in the Rooms on ORANGE Street, second gate
below - Eighth street. . • an3l-120
p„ELECT SCHOOL AND PRIVATE
LI INSTRUCTION. N. W. corner of TENTH and ARCH.
Duties resumed on MONDAY. Sept. 7 -
an31.12t. R. STEWART. Principal.
IREVFBLY INSTITUTE - FOR BOYS,
-I- , BEVERLY. N. J , Reopens September 15. Special
ad yentas:es afforded for thorough INSPRUCTION. health
ful ,physical exercise, and sound moral training. For
Circulars, address Rev. M. L. NORFORD, Prin'l.an3l.43t
PROFESSOR :WILLIAM R..FENNEY
announces to his Pupils that he will return to the
city, so as to resume his lessons, on the 2d or sth of Sep
tember at the latest. Address Messrs. ANDRE & CO. 'S
Music Store 1104 CHESTNUT Street. au2o-tseiP
JBENRY WOLSIBFFBR, PROFES
• SOR of Musk. No. 480 N. SIXTH St. au26-I.m*
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EDUCATIONAL.
lIN NFOOD 'HALL ON OLTEN
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Avenue. seven miles from Philadelphia by the North
Pennsylvania Railroad, near the York Road station.
The fifth session of MISS CARR'S BO aRDING SCHOOL
for young Ladies will commence on MONDAY, Septem
ber 7.
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For theaters. apply at the office of Jay Cooko & Co .
Bankers. No. 1.1.1. South THIRD Street. or to the address
of the Principal, Ethoemakertown Post Office, Montgo
mery county, Penna. sel-tit
MISS ELIZA W. SMITH'S SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES. No. 11.21.0..5PR1J0E street,
will be reopened on Monday. SEPTEMBER 14 The
course embraces the elementary and higher branches of
a thorough English edctcatlon, with French, German.
Mimic, Drawing. Ste eel-2m.
EDIT . CATIONAL,--SIGNOR CORTES"
w
resume the Singtni Lessons on the loth test,.
and the Class for beginners on theist of October Rest...,
deuce 100 S WALNUT. street. sel-126
AR. TAYLOR, TE &CHER OF
• Singing and Piano, 1226 MELON Street, 'will
resume September 1. auSI-lur•
A_CADEMY OF THE PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH. LOEUST and JUNIPER
Streets. —The Autumnal Seasion will op.!' on MONDAY.
September 7th, at 9 o'clock A. 91 Applications fur ad
mission may be made daring the week' preceding, be
tween 10 and 12 o'clock A. M.
JAMES W. ROBINS, A IL,
aul7-mwf Sur Head blaster..
THE MISSES CHAPMSN'S BOARD
INO AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES
Will reopen SEPT. 1. Circulars may be obtained of Mr
-HILL, 344 Walnut-et. of Messrs. LINDSAY BLACK.
ISTOII, 25 South Sixth at., or by application to' the Prin..
cibale at Holmesburz iyIS mivfBm.
TEE MISSES ROGERS' ENGLISH
AND' FRENCH BOARDING AND DAY. SCHOOL
for Young Ladies will reopen TUESDAY, September let,
at 350 South FIFTEENTH Street. au26-wfmlSt
TREEMOUNT MINARY,
NORRISTOWN, Pk-,
FOR ! OUNG MEN AND BOYS,
Twenty-third Year.
au2.5-mwE9t. JOHN-W. LOCH, Principal.
RIENDS' SCHOOLS OSLE & AVE
-DUE. north from Noble street, below Sixth—will
reopen Dth MO.. (September ) let, under the care of the
`School*Corporati on. ' composed cf members of the "Re
ligious Society of Friends. " The building. is particularly,
adapted to Educational purposes, the Boys occupying
the first floor, and the Girls the second. The course of
instruction embraces all the branches of a good English
and Mathematical Ed ucation,and the constant endeavor
of the Principals will be. not only to instil habits of
thoroughness and ..self reliance in their Papile, bat to
Rive particular attention to their moral training..
Chars*, for tuition, $1.2 per term of five month§,for Boys,
and $lO for Girls.
.A.ll denominations admitted.
T. C. EAKINS has charge of Writing Department in
both' Schools.
THOS. SMEDLEY, Principal of Kale Department.
M. SMEDLEY, Principal of Female Department.
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SCHOOL, BOOKS.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1863
Rcent Blography
Biography ought to rank high, because, whereas
History tells us what things have been done, Bio
graphy shows us the men who did them. The his
tory of France, ; during the FirskNapoleon's reign,
would be a comparatively dull record if the biogra
phy of the great masterapirit of the place and time
had not made us acquainted with the motives which
impelled him and the machinery he employed to
work out his ends.
The third volume of "The Life and Letters of
Washington Irvlng,"-by his nepheW, is a valuable
contribution to the history of American literature. -
It includes the period front Irving's return to his
native land; in the spring of 1832, after seventeen
years' absence, to his - final settlement at Sunny
side, near Tarrytown, on the banks of the Bud
eon, in 1847. In the fifteen years' thus chroni
cled in this volume, Irving had visited and: writ.
ten about the prairies, had published the legends
of the conquest of Spain and Astoria, commenced
the Life of Washington, declined the Secretaryship
of the Navy, and fulfilled the mission to Spain. - 2llis:.
letters from Europe, in this official capacity, are.eir
tremely good ; those from Madrid shoe/ hew 'Om
pletely he understood the personal politics of the
Court of Spain. The first line •in this volume,'
noting the contents of Chapter I, runs thus: "Peter'
Irving at Paris—An autographical, sketch of Min=
self." This must mean either written-with his °sin
hand, or an autobioirapby; if the former, it is not ,
remarkable, as the simplest letter is autographt._
cal; if theJatter, who ever heard of an autobingia
phy of any one but the writer himself? We nage
that the-reprint of this volume, published by , B .
Bentley, of London, contains a great deal 'of addi
tional and interesting matter introduced therp.'
Part of this, we- can state, is too good not to be:
woven into the-fourth and final volume of the life,l
now in progress. Let us hope that the work mkt?
be rendered complete by a very copious index.
is scarcely necessary, however -to suggest this , to
Mr. G. P. Putnam, the intelligent publisher.
In his day, which has so lately closed that it is ouz
day also, the 'leading magazinist in the ivorld
Professor John Wilson, of Edinburgh, whose nom di
plume, in Blackwood's Magazine, the only periodical:,
in which he wrote, was "Christopher North.'l_
Among other contributions of his were the article's,
subsequently collected as "Recreations of Christo 7
pher North," and that wonderful series, entitled:-
" Noctes Anibrosianro." Wilson died early in 185 i;
and his daughter, Mrs. Watson, of Edinburgh, hais
written his life, having not only a filial renieni
brance of her subject, but fullest access to
family papers and other sources of information.
It is a memoir. which shows us the man as :he,.
war, and it will rank high 'in literary history.
gives all the secrets of Blackwood's Magazine, with
sketches of. the leading writers therein. It is illus.
tinted with a portrait of ,Wilson, at the age of
sixty, engraved on steel from a calotype by Mr.
Hill, and Jac•csmiies of eight personal caricatures :
by Lockhart, of, the Quarterly Review. This volume
is published by
, W. J. Widdleton, of New York
(successor to J. S. Redfield), and in typography;
fine paper, and general getting up has not been sm.;
passed by the finest work yet produced in'Boston,
whether from the press of Houghton or Welsh. It
is one of the hest• printed books yet produced in this
country.
Mr. D. D. Home, the well-known spiritualist, who
has attained great notoriety in Europe, where, the
on dil is, Napoleon frequently.consults him, has zro•
duced an autobiography which he calls Incidents
in My Life." It has been republished here by Mr.
Carleton, New York, with a special Introduction by
ex-Judge Edmonds, which, sooth to say, we vainly
endeavored to understand. Mr. Home, - to do him
justice, tells his own story in a plain and apparently
truthful manner. It is evident that heis in earnest,
and equally clear that he believes in himself. Very
much of what he relates is almost too surprising,—but
it is not fair to declare that is story-must be untrue be
cause our philosophydoes not comprehend it. We have.
not seen spirits float in the air, write with a pencil,-
play on the accordeon, shakenands, ring bells, and
so on, but credible witnesses declare that they have
witnersed such things, and much more. Mr.
Home's system of mentioning such witnesses by
mere initials weakens their evidence. One gets
tired of the Countess 0., Mr. H., Count de K., the
Marques de —, BountJ..., Mrs. S., the Count and
Countess de 8., Mrs. P., of Regent's Parkrand so
on, who are frequently referred to in Mr. Home's
pages. Two or three known witnesses Would be
more credible than two orthree score of merely Int.
tialed Peranns. Mr. Hon'e's revelations, howeter,
seem made in good faith, and his book is decidedly;
one of gre at and peculiar merit, •
. .
Mr. Carleton, who first. published "Lt o t r MisdraL'
Ws" in English, has no ei-brought out, nsekstritible
pendaatthereto, a singalpebiography of - the author,
called ",Victor Hugo, bya Witness of his Life.”
It is understood that the witness is-Hugo's wife. In
fact, however, - whoever held the pen, this, to all
intents and purposes, is an autobiography, written
in the third rather than the first person. The trans- .
lation has been very fairly executed by Mr. C. E.
Wilbour, who rendered "Les Miedrables" into
English. The story of the great author's life •is
brought down, in this first volume, (all that has yet
appeared in French,) to the year 1841, when he was
admitted member of the Academy. The events of
Victor Hugo's life have more variety than usual
with men of letters, and his recolleetions of emi
nent persons whom he encountered in his career
are singularly vivid, interesting, .and lively. It
may truly be said that, fully to understand "Lea
hlis6rables," one should read this life of its brilliant
and thoughtful author. ,
A very different character from either of the
above, is the Autobiography of Stephen C. Mae
sett, which he calls "Drifting About; or, what
Jeems Pipes of Pipesville saw—and—did." It is
illustrated by Mullen.. Wenever could comprehend
that there was any humor in writing Jeems for fames,
especially as the bad spelling was not original,
an author named Thackeray having first used it.
Mr. Massett has travelled in Many parts of the
world, as a vocalist, an elocutionist, and story -tel
ler. He has experienced the ups and downs of life,
but one may ask, what special interest is there in
himself or his adventures to make a book of? His
great effort is to make the reader smile, but it can
not be conceded that he succeeds. Chapter IX is en
titled " IlloreFunnyScenes,” but is notpreceded by
even onocomic incident. He evidently has mistaken
his vocation. The readable parts of his volume are
those where he is serious. The account of his foreign
travels, Minus the perpetually-recurring statement
of his profit and loss as' a performer, is written
very well, indeed, and his des.cription, of blowing
Sepoys from the cannon's mouth in India is thrill
ingly impressive. As a comic performance, the book
is an ostentatious failure.
The Life and Speeches of Stephen A. Douglas, by
H. DI. Flint, published by John E. Potter, No. 611
Sansom street, is a reprint, with a new preface, and
a few additional sentences introduced into the body
of the work, of a volume published by Derby &
Jackson, New York, in 1860. It gives a sketch of
the great mans career, but the biography of Senator
Douglas has yet to be written.
The Effect of the War on the,South.
[From the National Intellilencer.
The very interesting letter inserted below is from .
a gentleman — of intelligence and honor, personally
-well known to us, and whose statements of facts are
entitled to full credit. He is, moreover, a thorough
loyalist, and has been a uniform and decided friend
of the Administration. The result of his observa
tions in a recent and extended tour in the South
he has thought of sufficient interest to be.commu- ,
nicated to the public here, and we are sure that all
of our readers will agree with-him.-What he re
lates of Southern feeling and Southern hopes can
hardly surprise any one who can imagine the ex
tremity of suffering and the, multiplied woes which
the causeless rebellion has brought to everyfamily
of the South but it is only those who from birth
or long association understand the feeling in the
South regarding their slaves, who can appreciate
fully the fixedness and intensity of the South
ern mind, on that subject. We - are not surprised,
therefore, that the extremity of suffering and the
hopelessness of the rebellion combined should in
spire even many of those who were eager to enter
into it with the desire to retrace their steps and re
turn to. their allegiance, as well -as the masses who
were forced into it,; and we can well understand the
writer when he represents the question of emanci
pation—regarded in the South as involving utter
and irremediable ruin to their country—as the only
substantial difficulty in the way of a restoration of
the Union. It is for those who rule the destinies of
this great country to say whether it shall, so far as
depends on them, have Union and the Constitution;
or immediate and forcible emancipation with ruin
to a moiety of -the country, protracted war, and a
violated Constitution. How eloquent and forcible
is the appeal with which the writer closes his letter,
and which, notwithstanding its personal reference
to the Chief Magistrate, we take the freedom
,of
placing before him
NOaPOLIt. August 26, 1553,
•
To the Editors of the „National Intelligence?:
Having just returned from a tour through portions of
the States of Virsinta,North Carolina,Georma, Alabama,
Tennessee, and Kentucky, and-having met in my travels
many of the former prominent politicians of those States;
and, as was most natural under the circumstances, had
frequent conversations with them on the subject of the
war, its origin, objecte r , bearings on the present and fu
ture of our country, and its probable result, I feel assured
to some extent that a brief synopsis of the impressions
made on my mind will not be altogether unacceptable to
your readers.
The war, they argue, was instituted for the - purpose of
recurin g further guarantees to their own peculiar institu
tion (slavery), and to repress Abolitionism or Northern ag
gressions
oens
to - weaken
hrights.eirth lts hear g on the institution
E s
and endanger its entire overthrow.
They admit that they have been deceived by their.polith
eel leaders, and that nearly all their promises have pro
ven failures.- They me, they feel, theirushing effects of
thewar upon- the slave btates. and admit, it it indefi
nitely continue.-that the institution of slavery.will not
only be in danger of annihilation, but that their former
slayss will be drafted tete; the army of the United States
for the purpose of continuing the war on the South.
This ono single fact bears .more heavily.moon them,
than any thing else connected with the war; and to escape
this now appmently inevitable fate, they express a wit- -
Runless to accede to any terms which shall not humiliate
and. 'degrade them. They affirm (in fact, they expect,
they hope, they pray for it) that it is not. for them to
beg for peace, but for the President to hold out the olive
branch ; and if the President were to issue a proclama
tion bolding their leaders to a strict accouttability for
the rebellion, and offer the people protection in person
and property. I saving the institution of slavery to the
constitutional immunity of Sate laws, they will not
only accept it, but will hall the act PS magnaatmons,
noble, great, -
Thue. it will be perceived that the. great masses of the
Southern peoplerare standing on a point of honor, which
to them is of far greater import than defeat in battle, the
loss of strongholds, or the reduction of their armies. ,
All this they can hear, but dishonor they cannot bear,
and they hope. they expect, they pray that the President
will spare them this unspeakable humiliation. -
In view of these simple truths I would ask, Meyers.
gditere, , through the medium of your invaluable jour
nal. if the President cannot afford to be magnanimous?
If, after the fall of Charleston, - he cannot afford to offer
anise terms• which shall induce the great body of the
Southern people to return to their allegiance to the l'efie
ral Union and the Government of the United States 7 If
he be ambitions of enviable fame, he will do it ; if he
desires to be remembered " as the second Washington. he
will do it ; if he wishes to secure to himself the s appella
tion of Abraham the Great, he will do it; if he wishes to
imitate the example of Him who said "go thou and sin
no more," he will do it ; and, I may add, if he wishes to
proclaim the popular sentiment of the American people,
and the sentiment of humanity, civilization, and ;Ads
tianity through the World, he will do it; which God
grant, for peace's sake. Yours,
very
A truly,
SOHO. DAKS, Jo.
A REPLY TO THE ABOVE
The Evening Post, of Monday evening, in comment
ing upon the above, says :
These rebellious slat eholders coolly told Mr. Adams
" that the war was instituted for the purpose of se
curing further guarantees to their own peculiar in
stitution—slavery." Let every man, woman, and
ohild in the land, who has lost a relative or friend in
the war, bear this inmind ; let it never be forgotten
while the tears and sufferings of widows and orphans
remind the country of this struggle! The slave
holders own that they made war for the sake of
slavery, and for no other sake; and they dare to tell
this ; they are not ashamed to confess to this enormi
ty ; they did not hesitate to cause the death of term
of thousands of their countrymen, to bring sorrow
and Buffering to tens of thousands of homes, to make
our country a by-word and jest to foreigners, only to
extend and fortify slavery, the interest of about four
hundred thousand persons of the whole of our thir
ty millions of population. Let not this confession,
recorded by Mr. Adams, be forgotten.
Nor let it be forgotten what Mr. Adams' interlo
cutors went on to. Say : that the fact that their
former slaves will be drafted into the army of the
United States, "this one single fact bears more
heavily upon them than anything else connected
with the war." Mr. Adams does not tell the Intent
gencer or the public that our victories, filled these
rebels with despair; they did not express de
spair at the loss of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, at
the defeat of Lee, or at the advance of Rosemarie.
That which destroyed their hopes, that which led
these arch.rebela to despair of the success of their
attempt to destroy the Union and to subvert the
liberties of America, is the carrying into effect of the
President's Emancipation Proclamation.
Theie.rebellious slaveholders said, in effect, to
Mr. ..Adams : "St is this which breaks up our
power; it ip this, and this only, which makes it
impossible for us to continue the war against the
Union ; we can meet you in the field, we can fight
you for years to come, we'can continue the struggle
till every home in the free States has given up its
men—till you are all exhausted by the bloody strug
gle—if only you will leave slavery untouched ; but
when you attracted our slaves to you by proclaim
ing them free, and when you began to enlist them
in - the 'Union armies, , then you atruak the blow
which is 'fatal to all our hopes and prospects." That
is the sense of the confession which Mr. Adams has
recorded.
We are not _surprised to read that they appealed
for a withdrawal and "repudiation" of the procla
mation. They even expressed a willingness to listen
to terms on this condition. Only let the Govern
ment play false , to the -negroes, they said, and we
will "accede to any terms." But we are surprised
that
any loyal man, in his sober senses should fall
into_so transparent a trap. The. emancipation of
the slaves was the most. effective measure by far
which the Government has adopted against the
rebels, ' , by their own confession. But what
has made it effective? Is it not the trust, the
simple and undoubting faith of the negroes,
in the word of the President and the Government?
Would it have had any effect if- the two. and a -half
millions oT people whom , it freed had doubted the
integrity of the President? Certainly not. What,
then, is the best way to make the proclamation of
non effect now?, What is -the - only way to save the
rebels from ,that which "bears more heavily uprin
them than .anything else connected With the war?"
Plainly, thmbest and only way is to tell the black .
people of the South that the proclamation is a lie,
a deception, and a snare - for them. Let the Presi
dent do that, let him do it only in a single case, and
the rebels--are saved from the crushing effect of a
blow which' "bears more heavily upon them than
anything eke connected with the war." The enc•
tiveneeß of the proclamation dependa upon the good
faith of- the nation and the Government. • No doubt,
the shrewd rebels would give their eye-teeth to see
the Government take back its gift of liberty, and
tell the negroes that they must go back to their for
mer masters. That would be a glorious day in Rich
mond which- should find the proclamation with
drawn.
We wonder. ett the simplicity, of a loyal man who
is deceived by rebel sophistries into becoming their
spokesman in the free States. But there is no
danger of the President and his constitutional ad-
Vises falling into the fatal error which Mr. Adams
suggests. if anything were wanting to enlighten
them and the nation on the importance of the most
literal and truthful - observance of the proclamation,
the confessions contained in this letter of Mr. Adams
would supply the needed proof. These show the
eminent wisdom of the emancipation proclamation ;
they declare in decided words the immense import
ance and effectiveness of the measures which have
followed from it; and they warn us against doing
anything which can in the slightest degree tend- to
weaken the confidence of theblacks in our good faith.
The public will see now the trap into which it was
attempted to lead Mr. Lincoln, when he was urged
to withdraw the proclamation in North Carolina.
Suppose ho should do so ; suppose him to declare
that, E 0 far as that State is concerned, theitnegroes
shall be returned to bondage; is it not easy to
see that every • black man, woman, and child in
the South would at once lose faith in the Govern
ment? 'ls it not evident that thereafter all that we
could 'say or do-would not procure their confidence
or allegiance to us ; and that from that fatal mo
ment the rebels would be relieved, by our o wn folly,
of that which bears more heavily upon them than
anything else connected with the wart" Set aside
the public infamy of breaking faith with the blacks;
set aside, the probable effect of such an act upon our
relations with foreign Powers ; think only, ff you
will, of its bearings upon the duration of the war,
and it is clear to the meanest perception that no
greater service could to-day be done to the rebels,
nor - any greater injury inflicted on the Union cause,
than to give the black people of the South reason to
doubt the good faith of the Government towards
TEE STATES J REBELLION,
Dlexteo anti the Soutlx—R.'lll:'l`.thintei' to
be seut as Aretbassailkw to Blextco.
CCorzernandence of - the Tribune:7 -- •
WASHINGTON, August 30, 1863.—1 t is rumored
among politiCians in Richmond that Robert M. T.
Hunter will be sent to Mexico as the representative
of the Southern Confederacy, in order to prepare the
way for an offensive and defensive alliance between
the Emperor of that country and the Government
of Richmond. It is said that this gentleman has
received instructions for the immediate recognition
of the futiare Emperor Of . Mexico, in return for
which, it is hoped, his Majesty will be led to recog
nizethe Southern Confederacy.
Mr. Robert M. T. Hunter is now at Paris, where
hif was sent nearly two months ago by his Govern
ment, with a special mission to the Emperor of the
French. -The principal object of his visit there is,
however, to act conjointly with Mr. Slidell, in all
matters appertaining to the Mexican: question ; to
give his support to the action of. France,Austria,
England, or Spain, having the defeat of te Monroe
doctrine for its end, and to promise the co-operation
of the rebel Cabinet in all measures tending to noun
tcract the policy of the Federal Government in the
Mexican question.
Mr: Hunter will leave - Europe and will accompany
the Emperor of Mexico to his capital as soon as the
candidate for that throne shall assume the govern
ment of his dominion.
THE ARMING OF SLAVES ES THE SOUTH - .
WOrreSDOlldente of the Tribune
IVekerrixerroa . , August 30, 1863.
Although your paper has. recently alluded to the
arming of the slaves in the South, I do not remem•
ber to havteseen anywhere an account of the manner
in which this question happened to be introduced
into the politics of the South, nor any mention of
the importance itcannot fail -to assume in the eyes
of European Cabinets. I will therefore add to the
information you have already given to the public,
by communicating to you the contents of a letter
written in Richmond a week ago on that subject.
This letter came from B. source which I he.ve the best
reason to believe 'well 'informed on these matters,
and is entitled, in my humble opinion, to the confi
dence of the people.
Converting the blacks into soldiers for the defence
of the national territory is not a new idea with the
Confederate Government. As early as iSet,• when
.the Union forces under McClellan were scattered
along the extensive line of the Chickahominy
swamps, many of the -most prominent and weal
thiest planters, frightened by the danger of the
fall .of Richmond, which they then considered
as an inevitable event, proposed to arm and
to lead their slaves, and to bring them to
the rescue of the threatened capital. But pub
lic opinion having not yet been prepared by re
peated reverses and losses in men to overcome
one of its strongest prejudices, 'nor to contemplate
without a shudder of contempt the possibility of
seeing one day a free man tight side by side with a
slave, the proposition was looked upon as dan
gerous and visionary, and so treated by the great
majority of the people. ' Still, it was rumored at
the time that the members of the Cabinet would
have. willingly accepted the proffered aid had_ it, not
been for the , ake of their popularity. Jeff Davis,
who, since the beginning of, this war, had been
pressed by. European Cabinets to adopt some refor
matory measure in reference to slavery, said, on
that occasion, that it would 'be desirable to seethe
tide of public prejudice recede, from its course, and
blackeeghnents formed for the defence of cities and
strongholds. It was obvious,
then, that the Cabinet
was .already contemplating the feasibility of arm
ing the 'slaves; and that they were deterred from
doing. so only by the fear of hurting too violently
existing prejudices, and thus weakening their own
power.
The series of victories won by Gen. Lee inflated
the pride and vanity of the Southerners to such an
extent that, for a moment, they believed themselves
to be indebted for their success to the holiness of the
institution - of slaver/ as well as to the superior
valor of their men. The victory of Gettysburg and
the conquest of the borders of the Mississippi by the
Union armies caused this stupendous edifice of
pride and error to crumble down, and demonstrated
to them the emptiness and folly of their iniquitous
theory. They then turned their eyes towards their
four millions of blacks, and asked themselves
how it was that the Government had not yet availed
itself of the resources offered by this large recruiting
field, and why as army of blacks was not raised.
forthwith. I may say, however, that those who
wished at first to use the blacks as soldiers did not
think that their services in that capacity were enti
tled to a reward; they would have held them in
slavery all the while. It was, I understand, the
sentiment of the army which modified the views of
the planters in that respect. The army refused to
fight unless the slaves be made free before entering
the ranks, and received equal advantages withthose
enjoyed by the whites.
Before this question was ripe enough to be brought
before the rebel Government, Beauregard, supported
in this by the opinion of the Governor of South
Carolina, had been asking for authority to arm a
few negro regiments for the defence of Charleston,
and Governor Shorter, of Alabaina, pressed by the
necessity of providing for the defence of Mobile, had
addressed the same request to Richmond, and recom
mended, in a public proclamation, the arming of ne
groes in his own State.
These unexpected demands coincided too well with
the eecret eentimente of the Cabinet not to be need
by it as the ground of a new policy. Thus, while
Beauregard's claim might be considered as justify
ing the arming of ne-groes under the plea of military
necessity, the proclamation of Governor Shorter; of
Alabama, and the endorsement of the Governor of.
South Carolina, more important still, unreservedly
placed at the disposal of the Government a force of
several ihousand men, and paved the way, for , a
powerful military organization all over the extent
of the Confederacy. Jeff Davis was too shrewd not
to avail himself of these fortunate circumstances.
Ey his order, every Governor in the rebel States
was consulted concerning' the - propriety of--arming
edaveifor the war, &llamas ,invited .to RiChmond to
confer with the President on that subject. This in
vitation was, it seems, immediately complied with,,
and after fifteen days of close conference between
the Governors of the States and the members of the
Cabinet, it was decided that the aalvation of the
country required the arming of the slaves, and that
a call of four hUndred thousand blacks, one from
every eight inhabitants, should take place forthwith.
Outside of military and social considerations,
the importance of which cannot be fully estimated
now, one of the motives which urged the adoption of
this measure is, I understand, the effect it is likely
to have upon European Powers. While - the dis
cussion on the measure was going' 'on, a member
of the Cabinet removed all the objections raised
by stating that the enlistment of- the blacks in
the Confederate ranks, and the gift of their free
dom and a portion' Of land as their,reivard for : their=
services, would cause the great majority of the
. European people adverse to slavery to become
friends of the South . ,.and force their Governments to
interest themselves in its behalf. It would at the
same time show that the black, who had been repre
sented as the enemy of- his master, was, in reality',
his friend ; and the greatest mark of this friendship
waist° be found in the confidence,the white man has
in the obedience and fidelity of the black, who, by
this call, was suddenly elevated to a position of
trust and confidence unparalleled irL the history of
the world. All these considerations could not fail,
it was said, to engage the attention of the European
public, and to place the Southern Confederacy upon
higher political and moral ground. It was these re
marks, am told, which destroyed all opposition,
and led to the unanimous adoption of the measure.
The proceedings I have just related have been
kept secret, and will not be divulged until Jeff'
Davis , proclamation, submitting the whole matter
to the'people, is issued.
BRAGG AIM ItOSECRAICS
(From the Richmond Enquirer, Aug. V.]
We have received a letter from Knoxville, which
fully describes the operations of last week on the
part of the 'enemy, and the greater part of which
we extract :
SZTITIMAY, August 15.
Friday last, Bragg's headquarters, then in com
mand of Lieutenant General Yolk, were startled by
a shot from the enemy on the opposite side of the
Tennessee river, where the enemy had suddenly and
unexpectedly appeared in small force, not exceed
ing two thousand. Shot and shells were thrown
into the town throughout the day, . with little
damage either to. buildings or persons. We re
plied with our field pieces (there are no siege pieces
mounted there), but with little or no effect. Satur
day the enemy resumed the firing, and continued
throughout that day; this resulted in nothing.
Friday, at about 18 o'clock, a column of cavalry
and infantry, estimated at about tea thousand,
entered the little country town of Washing
ton, Rhea county. They destroyed the property of
two or three citizens totally, and proceeded up the
valley in the direction of Kinston. Saturday they
halted as if to rest; where they are to-day Ido not
know. Saturday also a force of several (a few)
thousand appeared liefore Harrison, and threw some
shot across the river, (so I am told,) into that place.
The enemy at this point have commanding ground,
and have been throwing up earthworks. We have
rumors of several other detachments on the north
of the river, but these have nowhere made any im
posing demonstration. Along with all this, Knox
ville, I hear, is full of rumors, to the effect that
Burnside is pushing one or two columns toward
Knoxville. Dio portion of the enemy, has made any
threatening movement west of Chattanooga. Hence
it appears that the time is at hand, when the, strife
is to be for the occupation of East Tennessee.
General Bragg, am: happy to say. to yon i I be
lieve has his troops admirably disposed. Thepas
sage of the Tennessee river at and point betweenLoudoun
and Bridgeport can be, I think,. successfully contested.
There , are but tivo or three fords, and these can be
.easily commanded, and, indeed,--along the entire
river line, generally speaking, the low - lands - are on.
the north bank, while the commanding hills are on
our side.
The 'general, I am sure, is hourly postEd by his
signal corps, extending their line for many miles up
and down the river, and by a most perfect system of
couriers ; so that, with the railroad broken or the
telegraph line interrupted, he will still have unin
terrupted communication with the extremities of his
lines on either hand.
The Army 'of the Tennessee is now to have its op
portunity to achieve as great, if not greater fame,
than the Army of 'Virginia, and I feel sure they will
do so. I cannot give you the exact strength of this
army; it is, however, considerably inferior to that
of Rosecrans. I understand reinforcements are ar
riving from Misalsalppi.
I believe it will be the policy of the enemy not to
attempt the passage of the Tennessee -at any point
west of Loudbiln. These demonstrations I regard
Cs mere feints, so I think you -will hear that the
bloodiest scenes will be in front of Knoxville, if
Bragg should choose to fight there; if not, Buckner
will be constrained to yield the place, and with it all
of East Tennessee north of - the
_Tennessee. 'rig
true, the occupation of that portion of East Tennes
see by the enemy might become to them a cut de. sac,
'but I should distrust such strategy on our part.
So should we. By this kind of strategy the enemy
?night get into the whole Confederacy by way of a cal de
sac, and would never wish to escape from ii again. East.
Tennessee and our great inland
. line of railroad are worth
fighting for, and must be fought for. General Bragg
Ms given up just about enough of Tennessee ; and,
with the army that lie now has, and in such condi
tion, and driven to bay as he is, too, in the very
heart of the Central Mountains, it -is time that he
turn upon the Yankees who thus beard us in the
fastnesses of our.hills. -
A Generous Tribute,
[From the N. Y. Tribune.]
The death of Colonel Robert G. Shaw, of the
Massachusetts 54th, who fell in leading his regiment
of.black troops in the desperate assault on Fort
Wagner, has added a new name to the roll of heroes
never to be effaced so long as this country has a his
tory, or. the race for which he died a representative
on this continent. His sterling qualities of charac
ter,
his modesty, his devotion, his earnestness, his
ready surrender of all the world can give, and all
that makes life pleasant. to a sense of - duty which
he never dreamed could gain him applause, his
utter disregard of the popular odium that might
attach to one who should first lead to the field
the men of all others the most ,despised and
hated, and the crowning act of that life—the cheer
ful courage with which he went forth to what he
felt was certain death—all these have been recog
nized by a grateful people, and multitudes have
learned to honor and revere a name which, till they
knew it as the name of a hero dead, they had nevir.
beard. We published soon after the death of Col.
Shaw the feeling address of General Saxton to the
colored soldiers and freedmen of the Department
of the South, proposing that they, who had the beat
right, should erect a monument to the memory of
one who had fallen not less for their cause than his
life was given in his country's service. We are per
mitted now to publish the response of General Gil
more, henorable to him as a spontaneous tribute to
the worth of Colonel Shaw, and well deserved by
one who unflinchingly obeyed Ids Orders to lead a
forlorn hope. General Gilmore's letter is as
_ HEADQTrAItTFAIS".DEPAILTNENT OF THIg . SOUTH,
- AroRRIS ISLAND S S. Tl 3 - 11.ug. - 11 - 1863. -
'GENERAL: I'have seen in the papers your' ad
dress " To Colored Soldiers and Freedmen of this
Department," on the heroic conduct and death of
Colonel Robert G. Shaw, 54th Regiment Massachu
setts Volunteer - Infantry.
I desire to add my testimony to the worth and
gallantry of that estimable officer and gentleman.
He was not only a good, but a brave man ; brave,
indeed, to a fault, and I feel his loss severely.
Should an opportunity offer, I desire you to con
vey to the friends of the deceased, miff to your sub
ordinates ht this Department, the assurance of my
high appreciation of his . transcendant-patriotism
and valor.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Q. A. GILMORE,
Brigadier General Commanding.
Brigadier General R. Saxton, Military Governor,
Commanding at Beaufort, S. C.
Loyalty in Berks County.
SOUTH MOITINVAIN HOUSE, WOMELSDOEF,
Berke county, Penna., August 28, 1863.
To the Editor of- The Press:
Sin: If our "peace men;" who see in the
further prosecution of this'war for the preservation
of constitutional Government, only growing disaf
fection among the masses, and who confidently pre
dict that our staid and substantial farming commu
nities will support a class of men who indirectly, at
least, give aid and comfort to the enemy, they can
have their eyes opened, if they ever honestly erred,
by a trip to some of
e the old strongholds of the fle-.
mocracy. The place from which lam writing was
today the scene , of a splendid and enthusiastic
Union demonstration, on receipt of the news of our
successes before Oharleston. '
At meridian a beautiful flag was flung to the
breeze, and appropriately welcomed with a national
salute, under the direction of Mr. Scheetz, the ticket
agent of the Lebanon Valley Railroad Co. at this
place, and Mr. Ilerman Pete,rs, late of the Missisip ,
pi flotilla.
After the singing of our national anthems, and
the reciting of an appropriate ode by a lady, Oscar
Thompson, Esq., of your city, gave utterance to the
sentiments of all present in a neat anti patriotic
speech.
Kr. H. H. Manderbach, who is "a host in him
self," followed in a few practical remarks, and, at
his request, all pledged a hearty support to ".the
powers ;that be," in finally crushing out rebellion,
and restoring the Union to its former prosperity and
greatness. Respectfully; yours,
Afraid of their Leaders.
To the Editor of The Frees
Sin : was conversing, a few days, since, with a
candidate for office on the Democratic ticket. He
spoke of the campaign with some hope, but said
that he " was , afraid the- Democrats would begin
to hold meetings, and get such mbn as Carrigan and
Ingersoll, and a parcel of lawyer's clerks speaking,
and making fools of themselves, and saying things
they should not say." This he considered the only
danger. The people,_ho_thausht. could not stand
the talk of the Democratic leaders.
I am anxious that the opinions of my political
friend should be known, and, therefore, enclose my
card and ask you toprint this.
Very truly, your obedient servant,
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1, 1863. N.
Publicatious Received.
From W. B. ZiEnun, South Third street:
The Quarterly. Review for July, and Blackwood's
Magazine for August. These are the New York re
prints supplied at one-tenth of the present English
price. In the Quarterly there is an appreciatiVe ar
ticle upon Washington Irving. In Blackwood are
several readable papers.
From the EDITORS
The Eclectic Medical Journal of Pennsylvania, for
September and October.
From Jonx CAMPBELL, Chestnut street
Reverdy Johnson's Defence of Major General
Fifr John Porter.
The Trial of the Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham,
by a Military Commission, and the Proceedings un
der his application for a writ of habeas corpus, in
the Circuit Court of the United States for the
Southern District of- Ohio.
PRENTICEANA.
Beauregard denounces' the Greek fire with
Which Gilmore's shells sent into Charleston are
charged, "as a most, villainous compound, unwor
thy...civilized nations.".. We have no doubt the
people of Sodom thought the rain of brimstone and
fire out .of heaven, which consumed them in the in
iquity of the_ city,was a villainous- compound, but
the hand of retribution, was not stayed on-that ac
count'?
We expect soon to have a visit from our old'
,friend,'Henry S. F.oote. „He has.been - beaten in the
late election by John H. Savage • for Representative
in the rebel Congress - from ;the Nashville dis
trict of Tennessee. Having-Jost his rights in .the
Confederacy, he will becoming this way to seek new
fortunes and run for other offices:"
The Charleston papers swear that their people
will fight from " street to street." Let them fight
Gilmore's bombshells and hot shot from street to
street" if they are so 'very pugnacious. We guess,
that, in all their fighting from street to street,”
their weapons will be fire-enginen, hose, and water
buckets.'
—For many yeara Charleston has held ib3 head
u high u a oobia-dieapeilO. We gum that the
vain city will soon find il!s leveL
--"
We havejust been through portions of Tennes
see recently held by the rebel troops. The whole
region is stripped. It to as bate !111 John
gap's easlp.
The Anstrilos View of the-Mexicaw %nes-
[From the Memorial Diplomatiene, August 15.]
We are happy to be able to announce that Werra
pedal Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi
milian accepts, with the consent of his august
brother the Emperor of Austria, the crown of the
new Mexican empire. The first overtures made ter
the Court of Vienna touching the candidature of the
Archduke Maximilian to the throne of Mexico date
from the month of October, 1861. The Emperor
Francis Joseph then replied, that, although appre
ciating at its just value the preference accorded to
his dynasty, he left his brother sole arbiter to decide
when the moment should come to take a definite
resolution. But as it was important to know if and
to what point the Court of Vienna would be willing
to realize the wishes of the Mexican nation, his
Apostolic Majesty sent Count Rechberg imme
`diately after the first confidential overture with the
Court of the Tuileries to the chateau poeseasedbylthe
ArchdukeiMaximili an at Trieste, - where his IMperial
Highnere habitually resides. The Minister of Fo
reign Affairs was metructed to represent to the
Prince the high destiny to which the Mexiean
people and the personal sympathies , of Napotton
would call him on the successful issue of the French
expedition. As we have said, Count Hecht:ere was
authorized to declare to his Imperial Highness that
the Emperor Francis Joseph, as chief of the impe
rial family, left him full and entire e libertyle take
the part which suited him best. The Archduke Fer
dinand Maximilian was strongly moved to.find that,
at the moment when he had built the retreat of-alt
gamer, in order to remain henceforth a stranger to
politics' the Emperor of the French should have in
dicated him to the choice of the Mexican people to
fulfil so great and -- elevated a mission as the pacitica6
lion and regeneration of the ancient empire of Monte.
...rum. But, at the same time, the Archduke. made
the acceptance of this mission, beset with so many diffi.
culties, dependent on certain conditions, which to be
well understood and estimated merit ulterior explee
nation. We shall at present confine ourseivea to
stating that the essential condition—namely, that
the re-establishment of the monarchy -in Mexico,
as well as the election of the Prince as future
sovereign, shall emanate from the " spontaueous
movement of the country" has already beenAccom
pushed. The other conditions, which are more
within the domain of diplomacy, are no less assured.
From the month of October, 1861, the Archduke
Maximilian has received the most unequivocal
proofs that his arrival in Mexico would be looked
Anion by all parties as the dawn of an era of peace
'and prospetity. A few Months ago the venerable
Archbishop of Mexico went in - person to.the Palace
of Misamorto urge'the Prince, in the name of re
ligion and the whole Mexican Episcopate, to accept
the holy and glorious mission to which Divine
Providence had predestined him. The worthy pre
late had the consolation, on leaving Misamor,
of knowing that the Archduke would no longer heal
.tate' in the event of the Mexican throne being re-:
established under the conditio es specified by his Im
perial Highness at the"opening - or the negotietineen
The Archduke had, therefore, already entered into
more than a moral engagement towards the Mexi
can Episcopate and the Notables of the country,
who, before proclaiming his election, were anxious
to have a certainty of his acceptance. At the taking
of Puebla the Archduke addressed his congratula
tions to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, in
an autograph letter. The bearer of this letter was
Baron de Pont, Councillor in the Ministry of Fo
reign Affairs at Vienna, who, from the origin of the
candidature of the Archduke to the Mexican throne,
was attached to his Imperial Highness as private
secretary. The tenor of this letter, which was
lately delivered at Fontainebleau to the Emperor
Napoleon by Prince Metternich, was itself the pre
lude to a definite acceptance by the Archduke at the
proper time and place. The letter in question having
been presented in an official manner to Napoleon
111 by the ambassador of Francis Joseph, implied
also the anticipated consent of the august chief of the
Hapsburg dynasty. It may be seen, from the pre
ceding, that in announcing the definite acceptance
of the Archduke Ferdinand-Maximilian, we do not
put forward a single conjecture, but a resolution
based on authentic facto,
The following official announcement had been
published in Paris. The Government has sent in
structions to Mexico revoking the measures relative
to the sequestration of the property of those who
had taken up arms to oppose us and. cancelling the
prohibition of the exportation of specie. Although
the state of affairs in Mexico has greatly improved,
there' are still some armed bands in existence who
find sources of support from certain custmmhouses.
In order to hasten their dispersion the French ad
miral, after the 25th of Armlet, will establish a
blockade extending from the Lagunes, ten leagues
south of Matamoros, to Campeachy. -
The London News says a good effect has been pro
duced amongst merchants . engaged in trade with
Mexico by the announcement that the Emperor Na
poleon has promptly acquiesced in the representa
tions addressed to him, and has rescinded the prohi
bition to the exportation of specie from Mexico.
This willingness of the Emperor to redress, the
grievance induces' a hope on the part of the holders
of Mexican bonds that a full equivalent will be
given to them for the portion of the customs duty
which has been relinquished by order of the French
"authorities.
VIEWS OF AXERICAN AFFAIRS.
A LETTER FROM M, F. MAnur.—The Times
publishes a letter, signed K. F. Mew, on the pros
pects of the Confederates. He asserts they were
never brighter.- The North, he points out, is fight
ing for conquist, and makes the attack ; the South
is fighting to be let alone, and acts on the defensive.
The South, therefore, cannot stop the war, but the
North can. The Union, the bond of which was vo.
hintary fraternizing, cannot be restored by force of
arms. The Union is gone—neither party can subju
gate the other—and it follows that the war is not to
be ended by the sword. Other agencies must be called
into play. The war is becoming more and more un
popular in the North. _New York is threatening
armed resistance to the Federal Government. New
York =is becoming the champion of States' rights,
and to that extent is taking the Southern ground.
There are, besides, dissensions in other quarters.
Even now Mr. Lincoln has to keep an armed force
not only in New York and Kentucky, but also in
Ohio, :Indiana, and other_States, rite ie even_now
marching-upon lowa to put down there a cry of
peace. He is likely to hare occupation for all the
recruits- his conscription will give him in keeping
down his own people. The writer concludes by
saying that all we (the Confederates) have
.to do is
to maintain the defensive, watch our chances, and
strike wherever there is an opportunity for a good
blow.
[Richmond Correspondent of London Times, July 28.1
There is, in my judgment, only one circumstance
connected with the-present Federal attack upon
Charleston which justifies apprehension in regard
to the possibility of its success. It is to be found
in the character and ability of the naval officer in
"command. All. Englishmen who have the advan
tage of knowing Admiral Dahlgren will bear testi
mony that in scientific . knowledge of all that per to ordnance and gunnery he has not a living
superior. To this knowledge he adds a tranquil
energy of character which is a refreshing contrast
to the bombast of moat Federal officers. Any attack
conducted wholly or in part by such an officer
cannot fail to be formidable.. But up to the
present time there is every reason to think that
it will be impossible for the Federals to reduce
Battery Wagner (which is the nut that they are
at present trying to crack) before the season which
introduces the equinoctial gales shall have com
menced. Nothing is more common in the latitude
of Charleston than gales of great violence about the
middle of August. The Federals will then have no
other method of assailing the battery than from
their land approaches upon Morris Island. These
approaches must be conducted entirety along the
surface of the ground. If a trench to the depth of
two feet is dug in the sand', it fills up instantly with
water. There is, therefore, little possibility of ad
vancing by parallels. It is doubtful whether" any
batteries which the Federals can construct upon the
island eaa reduce a casemated work like Fort Wag
ner. But, even assuming that Fort Wagner is taken,
the Federals will then have to take the work at
Cumming'e Point (a less strong work than Fort
Wagner) before they can open breaching batteries
from the end of Morris Island against Fort Sumpter,
the distance being 1,260 yards: - After the destructiOn
of Fort Sumpter (and it may be conceived in what
condition, if it be reduced, it will be handed over to
the Federals), the work of reducing Charleston will
only have commenced. The conclusion to which all
who are admitted to some knowledge of the resources
of the defence cannot but come, is, that if Charleston
is seriously endangered, the task of reducing it will
severely task Yankee patience and pertinacity, and
were it not for the experience of the past, might be
considered certain to exhaust even such long-suffer
ing endurance as has been so long exhibltedhy Eng
land and France.
The Victoria Theatre, Berlin (one of the hand
somest in Europe), has just produced a drama in five
acts, by Herr F. Halm, entitled the. "Begat's.
Somru," the scene of which, as implied by the name,
is laid in India. The chief' character, the Begun of
Serdhana, is played by Frau Sufic Rettich, the
- Rachel and Ristori of Germany. The time chosen
is that of Warren Hastings' government in India,
and that Englishman, and his countrymen in gene
ral, are brought forward by the author in anything
but enviable positions, in a moral point of view.
Another Englishman, a certain "Sir iVI. Dyce," is
made to enact a compound of villainous parts, and
to act in the most abject manner. It appears that
Frau Rettich is highly effective in some scenes, and
that the other chief artists, Herr Schmill, Herr
Schmidt, and Fraulein Puts, are 'very successful in
their respective riles. The costumes are very splen
did, being the same as those employed in Spontinrs
opera "Nourmahal," when produced at the - Royal
Opera — noueo, — DcaLtar — J3 - 0 - cnintu. -- verstort of the
four-act tragedy of "Medea" has been several times
represented at the Victoria Theatre, with Frau Ret
tich as the heroine. The Access was incontestible.
Having mentioned the Vienna dramatic company
at present in Berlin, it- may be stated that some of
the Autrian critics are angry with the Prussian
ones, not for censuring, but for praising too highly,
the performances of the company in question. Such
an ebullition of temper certainly comes with a very
bad grace from the countrymen of the Vienna ar
tistes. In general there is a tendency on the part of
the Vienna critics rather to point out the defects
or deficiencies of actors and vocalists than to dwell
with satisfaction on those points where talent is
preeminent, and thus their critical acumen is
exercised to the sacrifice of that real pleasure
which-ie implied in a cordial perception and gene
rous appreciation of artistic genius and ability.
I. N. Beck, a leadnig tenor of Europe, has crea
ted an indescribable enthusiasm in Bruenn (Mora
via). His talent as an actor is just as eminent
as that of a singer. His" William Tell" electrified
the audience, and' a perfect rain of bouquets were
showered upon him.
RITE-FLYER.
Important News from Ireland—Revel&
lionery Meeting on. Slieimamon Moun
• tain.
(From the Dublin Daily Express. ]
A monster meeting of Irish Nationalists was con
vened, on Saturday, on the heights of Slievnamon
Mountain, county Tipperary, a locality rendered
historical during the repeal agitation of ins. On
the highest point of the mountain is a rock which,
ever since that period, has been known by the name
of " Meagher'sßock," and this it was determined
should be the rallying point for the great Nationalist
meeting of Saturday. The unfavorable character of
the weather prevented large: numbers who would
otherwise have attended, but about seven hundred
were present, principally' of the laboring class. On
the topmost pinnacle of the mountain was a flag of
red, white, and green, on which an Irish harp with
out the crown was depicted.
_At about 4 o'clock Charles of
Mullinahone, wits called on to preside.
He said the object of the meeting was, in the first
place, to renew their vows, never to cease_ until they
had achieved the independence bf Ireland. [Great
cheers.] In the meantime the Nationalists of Tip
: perary were ready to give aid to any non-parliamen.
tary movement which was, likely to dagood to the
poor, oppressed, and down.trodden tenants.at-will of
Ireland. [Hear, hear.l He did not believe that the
cause of Irish nationality could be served much by
speech-making.: If you crowded every mountain top
and proclaimedyoue wrongs in language the most pa
thetic and passionate that ever fell from human lips
—if you proved the justice of your claims by reason
ing the Most convincing, and hurled defiance at the
Saxon in words the most vehement, for how much
would your wail or your defiance count in the minds
of English statesmen, rulers, or people? Would
English statesmen tremble lest the machinery for
the destiuction of the Irish nation—which it has
taken six hundred and odd years to bring to perfeo
tion—might 'recoil on the hands that moved it
"Would the chivalrous Frenchman, pondering over
past disasters and humiliations, and fretting in the
trammels of an insincere and unnatural alliance,
would his- eye kindle at your words and his heart
beat with the, anticipation of brighter and
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mere welcome glories than Solferino and hlstiSiv
to I Would the eitiien of the great Western rin.
Lion, maddened by the destruction of the great free
Republic - , and stung by the insects of the bitter'
foe of .that Republic, would he cross the At- -
lantic, and at one blow discharge a debt of
vengeance and of
. gratitivie; and. establish a
republic upon a basis which would be everlasting?
Would the Irish patriot_ himself' accept your words
as an assurance that the our was'opproaching when
he would be summoned to a war tolwhich he would
hasten as to a bridal? No. Their'wordsvrould pro
duce none of these results • and whywan this Was
it not because Irishmen had been 'known to-assem
ble in their might, and, after vowing,' with bands up
lifted, they had separated to rush terror - Stricken to
the emigrant ship or lie down and die'patiently of
hunger? (Hear, hear.] If Irishmen , wotild , serve
their country they must earn for themselves kvery
different character ; they must copy n.d.' examples
set by other oppressed people, and begin' in earnest
to woo the goddess of Freedom in the - only way
which she ever-would be won.
- A Voice. _"Hurrah for the Poles, as an example: ,
[Great cheering.]
Mr. Gill, of the Tipperary Advocate,.sald 'he had
been requested to propose the following resolution,
and he did so with his whole heart, becausei - as am
elector of Tipperary, he never intended, andle - this
day pledged himself never to' exercise the - paltry
privilege of giving a vote to send a member to 'the
British Parliament. The resolution was as follbwil:
Rf solved, That Parliamentary agitation in this corm.-
try be discouraged and discountenanced, inasmuch' as
all hopes of redressing the wrongs of Ireland and egging
ber from utter rein, through the agency of the London
Parliament, are now and forever more senseless and
illusory. By all true Irishmen these wrongs are felt
more keenly than words can describe. though means of
redressing them for the present we have not in out
hands; but we watch and wait for their - coming with
eager hope, resolved, as God may aid us, to grasp ,
them when within our reach, and to nse them-as the
means of our salvation. In no other land in the
world was love of country a crime; in no other land'
was a patriot sneered at but in Ireland. [Hear.
An Irishman might fight for Polish liberty; he might
fight for the Dalian people; he might fight for North or
Borah America, but he must only talk of Ireland. and
he must talk. too, in a parliamentary style. [Hear.
hear.] Behold boor Ireland to-day in the agonies of ex
termination and, exile! Look at her brave sons and
virtuous daughters flying away from the land of their
birth. Our children go away to fight the battles of every
countrylint their own. Mean ] Did they demand any
thing unreasonable? No. They merely demanded
what was given to every English. calony..—self-govern
meet. self-legislation: Yet they were denied it—Chearl
—and-lately . Lord Palmerston said, in his place in. the
Bente of Commons, that he would not interfere be
tween, butwould let them fight their battles out be
tween landlord and tenant Meat No; England
cared nothing for Ireland, and the British Minister did
not care if twenty -landlords were shot a day. or iffifty
peasants were hung for every one of them.
A voice. There Would want to be more of them
shot. [Hear, hear.]
Another voice. So there will. [Cheers, and
cries of Down with the landlords..]
-Mr. Gill. No Christian nation was ever subjected
to the same amount of humiliation, tyranny, and
persecution that the unfortunate Irish race have
-bssnsubjected_to -in this country. ("Hear," and
awful yelling.] 'But, thank God, there was hope for
Ireland still. He saw a thpuiand honest hearts at
that meeting, with the representatives of 50,000
more. Here they would make a pledge that while
their country lies bound and bleeding at the foot
stool of their oppressor they would never"relit
—that British . rule was a pillow on which Irishmen
would never rest. [Hear.] He called upon them to
counsel their comrades and brothers to stay at
hbme, and not be flying to America.
A voice. They will come back. [Hear.]
Mr. Gill. They will come back with a vengeance,
I hope, for there is a just God in heaven, and there
are decrees registered that a faithful, moral, and
virtuous people, as the Irish have ever been, that
struggles on, hopes against hope, and resolves never
to lie down while the foot of an alien is upon them—
God will aid that people one day or another and
.0:m them a chance of deliverance. That the day of
our deliverance may be at hand we pray to - heaven
this day on the summit of this mountain.' The speak
er concluded by stating.that it was intended to hold
a series of Nationalist meetings on the mountains of
Tipperary, and he called on the IrishNalionalists to
adopt the resolution which he had proposed, and to
show that they were determined not to lick the rod
which bound them to the dust. He - concluded amid
loud applause.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Roderick
Hickman.
Finnerty, "a young Nalionalist, who stated
that he had come from the North Riding, or Tip
perary, next addressed the meeting in a vehement
speech, and called on Irishmen to imitate the ex
ample of Poland. If, after years of petitioning to
British Parliament—if, after years of sending repre
sentatives and miarepresentatives to Parliament,
they had won nothing, how was it to be won?
A voice. By the pike.
Mr. Finnerty. We are unarmed, but scythes caw
be turned to some use if they provoke us too -far.
[Heard The speaker concluded by calling on -Na
tionalists to rally round the green flag till they
planted it forever above the red on the highest para
pets of Dublin. .
The reeolution, having been put by the chairman,
waa carried by acclamation.
POLITICAL.
—lf there is a man living whom loyal men can
trust, Andrew G. Ourtin is he. First of all, he is for
tt e Union. He wants to see this great country at
peace, and the old prosperity restored to the Worth
and South. No bitter feeling against the South ex
ists in his mind; but no one more earnestly detests
the principle of rebellion, and the bold and wretched
men who have dragged their countrymen into its
toils. He firmly and independently upholds the Go
vernment, knowing that it needs the support of us
an, and that if it falls the country goes with. it. From
all sections of the State, we hear the glad tidings of
his immense popularity, both with the civilian,and
the soldier, and, to insure his election, it only re
mains for us to work, work, work, from this day
forth, until it is accomplished. Every man, be he
ever so humble, has some influence, and let all use
the influence they have, and all will he
diMircam-e-fitair.."
The Boston Post complains that the Adminis
tration is about to furlough conditionally sixty
thousand soldiers, " that! is to vote for
Loganisro." We were under the impression that
none but Democrats had gone to the war, at least
Demooratic papers say so. But they are always
very much alarmed to see them-coming back about
election time. .
—The Chief justice and Am:aerate Justices of the
Supreme Court of Maine, in replying negatively to
the interrogatories of Governor Coburn, as to the
legal rights of towns to appropriate money to pay
the commutation of citizens who may be drafted,
remarked as follows upon the power of Congress to
order a draft : "The power of Congress in the pre
mises is supreme. In a great national emergency,
when the national unity and republican institu
tions are in peril, Whether from foreign foes or,
worse still, from domestic enemies, treasonably
endeavoring to bverthrow the Union and subvert our
institutions, it (Congress) has the right to command
all the resources of the nation, the lives of its
citi
zens,to prevent by any and all proper means that fear ,
ful anarchy which would be so imminent if its dis
solution should become an accomplished fact."
Winter Davis, a slaveholder of Maryland, a few
days since delivered "a speech at Portland, Maine.
In the course of his address, he said, as to employ
ing negroes in the, suppression of the rebellion :
" Colored men in Maine, New Hampshire, and In
many other States, have all thirights and privileges
of a white man. They voted in Maryland and Nolth
Carolina at one time. John Bell said he was twice
elected to Congress by negro votes. 'tilt entirely a
new idea that they are not citizens, originating with
Judge Taney, in his decision in the Dreg Scott
ease." . •
It is one thing to boast of thrift and economy,
and another to practise thesevirtuee when in power.
With the Democratic leaders it has always been the
custom thus to boast, but when they managed to
foist themselves on the people and achieve power,
their promises of economy were like their profes
sions of patriotism—al/ false and fruitless! In corn
parison with such men, the action of Governor
Curtin, during his present administration, stands -
out in bold relief, the evidence not only of a wise
course followed by the man,, but the proof of an
enlarged statesmanship adhered to by the Governor.
In two years G-overnor Curtin sent into .the field
nearly two hundred thousand men, to aid in crush
ing a causeless and wicked rebellion. In one year -
he reduced the ordinary expenses of the Govern.,
punt ninety five thousand three hundred and seven
teen dollars, actually saving that amount of money
to the tax,payers of the State. In one year he in
creased the receipts from ordinary- sources one
million thirty thousand one hundred and seventy
six dollars. This increase was effected by forcing
payments from the old debtors of the State—from.
men who had postponed paying their honest dues to:
the Commonwealth for years, and-who'imagined
they could escape, and who would have repudiated
- theifiiidebtednesirhaWrc - nov peen 'for - rne - sleepless
vigilance of Andrew G. Curtin. Tax.payers of •
Pennsylvania, the election of Andrew G. Curtin
Governor of the State will secure, three years of
similar economy, thrift, and vigilance in the. State.
administration. It is foi you to decide that election.
—llarrirbitrg Telegraih.
--Justice Woodward's speech was.. on the record ,
at least ten years ; his sentiments, in reference to
foreigners, an he had uttered them in the Constitu
tional Reform Convention of Pennsylvania; had
been quoted and approved by his friends for years,.
and never denied by him until he discovered that
they clogged up his way to preferment and position
in the Democratic party. If his speech on the dia._
franchisement question was a forgery, why did he
not state the fact immediately after its appearance 1-
If it was a forgery, why did not the Democratic
majority in the United States Senate, when Wood
ward was before that body for confirmation as the.
nominee for Supreme Judge, accept his denial and
reject the sworn testimony of John_ Agg, who re
ported the speech in questioni. The question is
easily answered. Democratic Senators, who were.
acquainted with the impartiality of reporters, in-.
dignantly rejected Woodward's explanation and
Woodward's nomination, thus branding him not
only as a falsifier, but as a hypocrite in action.
towards those on whose support he now hopes to.
mount to position anti power. Can any honest,
Pennsylvanian vote for such a maul—Harrisburg-
Telegraph. -
- When George W. 'Woodward received and so:,
cepted the nomination for Governor, as the °ann.
date of the antiwar, pro-slavery, and. treason-sym ,
pathizing party of Pennsylvania, he announced,.
with the mock dignity which he is in -the habit
of clumsily assuming, that his poaition as a Judge.
of the Supreme Court would prevent him from, par-
ticipating in the campaign for his own election: .11. -
the time, we considered this position justitlable-and
proper; while Many good men Were of the cowrie.
•tion that Woodward would be paying a tribute to
his seat on the bench of the Supreme Court, as well
as to the confidence of the mob which placed him in
nomination, if he resigned. Indeed, if Woodward.
had any regard for his position ass, judge, or confi
dence in the polder of his party , as an influence capa
ble of electing him Governor, he would immedi...
ately resign.. But it appears be has neither resne'd
for the one or regard for the other—while he is o.,aily
violating his unsolicited pledge that he we:uld re
train from taking any part in the contest.. for Go
vernor. Instead of taking the stump a r a i n _
instead of inviting his opponent to meet hi m fairly
before the people—instead of del:wrath:l the grave
questions iuvolvedin the contest, ra aarge w. Wood.
ely
ward leperambulating the StV, e privat and se.
cretly, button.holing men tO • vote for biro. for Go
vernor for purely persOnal v ,tasone.—Harristnirg Tele
(park.