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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1803
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The Letter of the President.
The country will thank the President for
laving written the words we print this
morning. It is a charactiristic of Mr. LmT
.CouN, that on every opportitnity he admits
the whole nation to his' confidence, and
speaks to the people as frankly and earnestly
as a father to> his children, or a friend to
There is, of course, the
friends beloved
prudence that must always be observed by,
men high in authority, in reference. to mat
ters of diplomacy and statesmanship. Be
yond this, we think we can say for the Pre
sident, that at no time since he assumed the
duties of the Chief Magistracy, has he hesi-
tate to tell the world the thoughts that were
within . him, his motives, and his hopes.
We are never in doubt as to what he
thinks, for be is frank and plain to all men
:His spirit of frankness was never more ap
propriately shown - than iii his letter to the
liepublicans of Springfield. The times de
nianded such a letter, and the President has
shown' the highest statesmanship by an
swering the demand. The glow of recent
Yictories still suffuses the Republic, and
while loyal men are rejoicing and preparing
for further triumphs those who are timidly
loyal or boldly disloyal have been en
deavoring to weaken the faith of the nation
in the Administration by discussing terms of
reconstruction, and endeavoring to make
the people believe that the war was being
conducted for vindictive purposes, — mere
ly to ruin and devastate the Southern
territory, and at the same time add to the
glory of those who make the army a method
of gain or advancement. There are thou
sands of gpod men who desire the prosecu
tion of the war and the reconstruction of the
Union on the strongest and grandest princi
ples, and spare nothing to aid the Govern
ment in its mighty struggle, who have been
led to think that peace might be made if the
Government were only anxious for peace.
We are told that war shas e.xhausted the
South, and that out of its exhaustion it
is willing to come back to the Union,
repentant and loyal ; that it is only
necessary for the President to offer honor
able and soothing terms to have the Union
as it was; that the time has come for the
Nortlito put away the sword and offer the
Oihre branch. In other words, the President
has merely to issue a proclamation amend
ing or withdrawing his emancipation edict,
offering amnesty to all, and assuring the
'States of their rights under the Constitu
tion, for the Southern armies to dissolve,
the Confederacy to expire, and the repre
sentatives of the slave States to come again
to their seats in the National Congress.
As we never believed the assurances of
our officious conservative friends, we have
reframed from entering into a discussion
that could do the cause no good, and might
lead to harm. 'We are among the journals
that desire a speedy peace, and we hold our
selves
ready to welcome any offer or enter
into any negotiation that is honestly made
with a view to peace. We are willing to
discuss any plan of reconstruction that will
save the shedding of blood, and enable us
to heal the wounds from which we are now
suffering. The difficulty, however, is pre
cisely that indicated by the President. We .
can only discuss terms of reconstruction
- with those competent -to speak of re
construction. We can only accept the alle
giance of the South in a legitimate way.
That is to say, by the men who have com
menced the rebellion admitting their error
and throwing themselves upon the mercy of
the Government. If we grant this, we do
more than it has been the custom of any
nation to do. When the Irish rebelled
against England, their leaders were hanged.
When the Sopoys rebelled in India, and
- with jar more cause for diSaffection than
any alleged by the k outherners, they were
blown from the mouths of cannon. The
Poles are in rebellion against Russia,
and although the war 'is ,in progress, we
read by every foreign mail of the execution
of leading retels. After every Russian vic
tory there is a drum-head court-martial, and
the leaders 'are immediately executed. It
- will thus be seen, that even in permitting
the rebels to return to their allegiance, and
promising mercy, we extend a clemency
that it is not the custom of nations to show.
What more can we do? There has not
been a Single attempt, since the war
began, on the part of the rebels, to ask
the forbearance of the North. Mr. WOOD,
. of New York, gave currency to a story of
that kind some time ago, but the people,
rightly judging that, beyond the deplorable
condition of the lottery business in Geolgia,
his knowledge of Southern affairs was unre
liable, it was unheeded. Mr. VALLAacnictirAm
brought back a contrary• assurance, giving
his authority as " every man, woman, and
child in the Confederacy." The Southern
newspapers breathe defiance, and now that
they can no longer speculate upon the de
struction, of the coal mines in Pennsylvania,
or what must be done in Philadelphia
by. LEE and ' his army, they arrange
their rhetoric into defiant and angry me
naces. What, then, are we to do ? To
- whom are we to speak? Who are to be the
high contracting parties ? On the one hand,
the President of the United States—who
upon the other hand - ? Will it be the military
- or the civil power—DA - vas or lax ? And
how can we ask a negotiation when we
know the dissolution of the Union must be
assured before the conference can organize?
This is the difficulty that has oppressed
-every loyal man, and we thank the President
for having settled it. "Let me assure you,"
he says, "that no word or intimation from
the rebel army, or from any_of the men con
trolling it, in relation to any peace compro
mise; has ever come to my knowledge or
belief." Here is a fact, and it, of course,
ends the discussion of theories. Our timid
and anxious friends may take the word of
this man—a man whose character is the
embodiment of truth—and dismiss their
doubts and fears. The desire for compro
mise has not been expressed, and we are
-assured that when it comes we shall be ac
quainted with it. The . Government cannot
go before the Southern armies with schemes
of peace. Such schemes would only bring
ridicule upon us, and weaken our power.
Nor . could we avid - meeting the South
ern armies in any plan we might pro
pose. Any _other parties would be out of
the question. " Suppose," says the Presi
dent, "a refugee from the South and the
peace men of the North get together in the
Convention, and frame and proclaim a com
promise embracing a restoration of the
Union, in what way can that compromise be
atsed - to keep General LEE'S army out of
Pennsylvania?" This is the plain issue.
We must meet LSE's army. The peace
men propose to meet it with olive-brauches
and proclamations. The President pro
poses to meet it with General MEADE and
many_thousands of men. The President is,
of course, right, as any reasonable man will
see.
We pass from this to more profitable con
fsidefations. The President meets the negro
.question with a quaint and irresistible sim
plicity. This negro question men surronnd
with so much unpleasant and false rheta-
Tie that it is gratifying to hear. it discussed
-with common sense. The matter of slavery
is in itself very plain and simple, mind the
words of the 'President will do much to
convince and disabuse the minds of men.
The President accepts the issue made upon'
his emancipation policy, and answers it.
Is the slave a chattel ? Then the military
stakes possession as it does of other chat
tels—gunpowder, horses, and corn. Is the"
slave a man ? Then the army throws its flag'
tver him, ilia he may speak as a man.
Does he ask protection ? The flag gives.
him protection. Does he ask - to fight against
the enemy ? We give him a musket or a
spade, and put him under an orderly ser
geant. He is so much strength, and we - add
him to the power of the Union for,,hisin!
trinsic value, as we would add a wagon, or
a cannon, or a recruit: This is the military
view—the view of common sen Se. We are
humane and just men, however, and go far
ther. The negro gives his strength to the
Union, and we" must answer it as men.
"Negroes, like other people," says the Pre
sident, "act upon motives. Why should
they do anything for us, if we will do no
thing for them? If they stake their lives for
us, they must be prompted by the strongest
motives, even the promise of freedom; and
the promise, being made, must be kept."
This is plain language, and the President
would have gone down to infamy if he had
failed to say otherwise. In this war we
take high ground. The nation will follow
its Chief Magistrate, and honor him for the
brave and true words he has written to his
friends in Springfield. Let us welcome this
as the true policy, for we can see that
nothing is needed now, but to let the
people of the Sonthern States feel that
they will be protected when they rise
against their betrayers, and that they will
be furnished with such moral weapons as
will enable them to conquer and to hold
public opinipn in that quarter. As to
the question of slavery, we, cannot, doubt
that the example of Missouri and West
Virginia will be gladly followed, in the
returning States, especially when the
leaders and authors of the rebellion are
driven to foreign clinics, and forever- de
-barred from taking part in any of our future
elections. Slavery has received its death
blow, and when the great slaveholders are
expelled, disfranchised, and disgraced, the
institution upon which they have rioted and
depended, during so many years, will cram•
ble to, pieces, and in a short time be heard
of no more forever;
War In America and Crime in England.
The war in America, looked upon simply
as a war, ought to put human nature in this
nineteenth century to shame. It is not even
war on modern civilized dimensions ; it is
war upon 'a barbaric scale. It is ancient
war revived. Its carnage, its devastations,
its famines, its pestilences, are barbaric."
Thus speaks the Times, of London, in spe
cial reference to the battle of Gettysburg,
.where 40,000 men were killed or wounded.
It is horrified because of this slaughter, in
which 10,000 men were instantly slain.
America cannot, please Europe. Like the
old man in the familiar fable, who took
his ass to market, America, whatever she
does, displeases. We remember that when
Sumpter was bombarded so furiously in
1861, and so few were injured, how
unmercifully the Times ridiculed that
mountain of smoke and fire`which brought
forth such a v ery little mouse of death. It
was in keeping with American bragga
docio. But now we fight in deadly earnest,
and the Times complains that we kill too
much, just as it then laughed at us for kill
ing too little. We wonder what " civilized
dimensions " are ; what is the humanitarian
allowance of killed and wounded in a'great
battle I Nor was it very long ago that the
Times sneered at American devotion to the
"almighty ttollar ;" but now that we have
shown that we can fight as well as trade, it
inquires, " Ten thousand dead bodies on
one field ! Is it a scene of a civilized,
mercantile, cotton-growing, cotton-spinning
age ?" Such a question is in Mr. Chad
band's style. It is a scene of a civilized,
mercantile, cotton-growing, cotton-spin
ning age, but not of a cowardly; mi
sefly, and degraded people. The armies
who fought at Gettysburg were composed
of brave men ; and if there be barbarism in
battle, it is altogether independent of the
courage of the combatants. That, at least,
is honorable in human animals ; and though
we profoundly regret the destruction of hu
man life, we are proud that Americans,
when they do fight, fight as men should.
War is indeed a splendid but cruel barba
rism, but warriors are not therefore barba
sians ; it is barbaric in kind, not in degree,
and whether one man or a thousand men
be slain in battle, the barbaric nature is the
same.
NAPOLEON justly defined the object of
war as the destruction of the enemy. The
enemy is seldom a nation, of which by-far
the largest portion is non-combatant, hut an'
army. The destruction of an army is
not, necessarily, the deitruction of all the
individuals which compose it. It is sim
ply the annihilation of its fighting power
as a'. mass. It is plain that the destruction .
of the enemy is the only way by which the
United States can obtain peace; - that only
by the destruction of our military power
can the rebels achieve the independence of
the South. Each army is, therefore, justi
fied in attempting to destroy its opponent,
by all the laws of war and common sense ;
and until our English critics are bold enough
to affirm that war is not intended to deci
sively settle the question of superiority, by
hard fighting, they are inconsistent in ac
cusing America of barbarity, because her_
battles are fierce, and - bloody, and terrible.
Barbarism, however, is not visible in war
alone. Peace is not without brutalities and
beastliness ; and if America has her furious
battles, England has her shameful infanti
cides. Here, men slay each other - in open
battle ; but there, mothers secretly poison
their babes to an extent which is Unpara :
lelled in the modern annals of crime. A
book was recently published upon the con
dition of the poorer classes of England,
which startled intelligent Europe. Crime
in England is multiplying with alarming
rapidity, and baffles - the attempts of law and
morality to restrain it. There are now 'two
thousand six hundred and thirty-seven
known thieves in London alone, and
'thirteen thousand two hundred and ninety
eight known crimes were , committed in
that city last year. In the same period
twenty thousand five hundred and ninety
one coroner's inquests were held in Eng
land and Wales. AIr,HAWTIEOftNE might
well say that while in England he felt
an indefinable sense of insecurity, as if
he was treading upon a hidden earthquake.
Child-murders have become so fearfully nu
merous that the 'attention of Parlianient
was recently called to the crime, and it was
then stated that one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty-seven cases of infanticide
:were known to have occurred in England
and Wales from January, 1861,
.to July,
1862. The undiscovered child-murders
were probably as numerous, for infanticide
is easily concealed. Have the English, then,
such moral superiority; that they can de
clare that " the war in America puts human
nature to shame ?" Does their civilization
entitle them to accuse other nations of bar
barism ? Are their withers unwrung, that
they can unconcernedly laugh when the
galled jade winces? TENNYSON, in his
" Maud," tells, in indignant -verse, the
story of. crime `in England, and welcomed
the Russian war, as a nobler method of sa
crificing human life. He pictured in bitter
words the meanness, the cruelty, the wick
edness of the social life of England ; he de
clared it to be -
" , Civil war, as I think, and that of a kind
Viler, as under:ltand, not openly bearing a sword."
.Rather than 'see this moral corruption he
would have seen "the heart of the citizen
hissing in blood on his own hearthstone,"
and to end it would have welcomed
4! War with a thousand battles, and shaking an hun
dred thrones.,,
“THERE is not, in reality, a more thoroughly
loyal State in the Union than this same New
York, which, under the administration of Governor
Seymour, has acquired the name of being half.
hearted and halting. This could hardly be other
wise ; for no State has, in other days, derived such
immense advantage from the Union, and none has
now so much at stake in its maintenance. Yet the'
moral influence of the Empire State, through the
last year, has been perverted against the war. It
has kept faction and rebel sympathy in countenance•
through the whole breadth of the land.”
This melancholy confession of a leading.
journal of New York should be a warning
"to - Pennsylvania. If Governor SEYk.OI7B
.C - 0111€1 in one year force a loyal people -into
an attitude of disloyalty, how long would
it he before Mr. WooriwAun would, if
eleeted, betray this State into the - service of
the rebellion? Governor SR:moral may be
caled "halthearted ;" but Mr. WOOD
iV.ARD'S whole heart is with slavery, which
he calls "an incalculable blessing;" with
the South, whose doctrine of secession he
has publicly justified. A Governor has great
power to degrade a State ; Mr. WoonwAno,
we trust, will never,have an
_opportunity to
. exercise it.
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
He Discusses Reconstruction.
No Peace Proposals from Southern Leaders.
PEACE TO BE MADE BY WAR,
The Negro Gives us His Life—We Give
Him Freedom.
The Glorious Condition of the Republic.
WHAT IS THE DUTY OF LOYAL MEN
CIUcAGo, Sept. 2.—The following is Presi
dent Lincoln's -letter to the Springfield Mass
Meeting :
_ EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsirmoTorr, August_ 26, 1863.
Hon. James C. Conk:ling.—My DEAR SIR :
Your letter inviting me to attend a mass
meeting of unconditional Union men, to be
held at the capital of Illinois, on the 3d day
of Eeptember, has been received.
It would be very agreeable to me thus to
meet my old friends at my owu home, but I
cannot just now be absent from this city so
long as a visit there would require. The
meeting is to be of all those who maintain
unconditional devotion to the Union, and I
am sure that my old political ,friends will
thank me for tendering, as I do, the nation's
gratitude to those other noble men whom
no partisan malice or 'partisan hope can
make false to' the nation's life.
nef; are those who are dissatisfied with
me. To such I would say, " You desire
peace, and you blame me that we do not
have it. But how can we attain it ? :There
are but three conceivable ways : First. To
suppress the rebellion by force of arms.
This lam trying to do. Are yen for it?
If you are, so far we are agreed. If you
are not for it, we are not agreed. A
second way is to give up the Union. I
am against this. If you, are, you should
say so plainly. IT you are not for
force, nor yet for dissolution, there only
remains some imaginary compromise. •I
do not believe that any compromise em
bracing the maintenance of the Union is
now possible. All that I learn leads to a
directly opposite belief. The strength of
the rebellion is its military—its army. That
army dominates all the country and all the
people within its range. Any offer of terms
made by any man or men within that range,
in opposition to that army, is simply
nothing for the present, because such
man or men have no power whatever
to enforce their side of a compromise,
if one were made with them. To illus
trate—suppose a refugee from the South
and the peace men of the North get to
gether in Convention, and frame and pro
claim a compromise embracing a restoration
of the Union, in what way can that coin.
promise be used' to keep General Lee's
army out of Pennsylvania ? Gen Meade's
army can keep Lee's army out of Pennsyle
vaiaia, and I think can ultimately drive it
out of existence; but no paper compromise,
to which the controllers of General Lee's
army are not agreed, can at all effect that
army. In an effort at such compromise we
would waste the time which the enemy
would improve to om disadvantage, and
that would be all.
A compromise, to be effective, must be
made either with those who control the rebel
army, or with the people, first liberated from
the domination of that army by the success
of our army.
How, allow one to assure you that no word
Or intimation from the rebel army or from
any of the-men controlling it, in relation to
any peace comproMise, has ever come to my
knowledge or belief. All charges and intima
tions to the contrary are, deceptive and ground
less, and 1 promise you, chat if any such
proposition shall hereafter come, it shall not
be rejected and kept secret from you. I freely
acknowledge myself to be the servant of the
people, according to the bond of service,
the United States Constitution, and that as
such I am responsible to them.
But, to be plain, you are dissatisfied with
me about the negro. Quite likely there is a
difference of opinion between you and my
self upon-that subject. I certainly wish that
all men could be free, while you, I suppose,
do not. Yet I have neither adopted nor
proposed any measure which is not consist
ent with even your views, provided you are
for the Union. I suggested compensated
emancipation ; to which you replied that
you wished not to be taxed - to buy negroes.
But I had not asked you to be taxed to buy
negroes, except in such a way as to save
you from greater taxation to sue the Union
exclusively 'by other means. You dislike
the emangipation proclamation s -and perhaps
you want to have it retracted. You-say it
is unconstitutional. I think differently. I
think that the Constitution invests its Com
mander-In-chief with the law of war in time
of war. The most that can be said, if so
much is, that slaves are property.
Is there, has there ever been, any question
that by the law of war the property, both of
enemies and friends, may be taken when
needed, and is it not needed whenever taken
it helps us or hurts the enemy ? -Armies,
the world over, destroy enemies' property
when they cannot use it,- and even destroy
their own to keep it from the enemy. Civil
ized belligerents do all in their power to
help themselves or hurt the enemy, except
a few things regarded as barbarous or cruel.
Among the exceptions are the massacre. of
vanquished foes and non-combatants, male
and female. But the proclamation, -as law,
is valid or not valid. If it is not valid, it
needs no retraction; if it
-is valid, it cannot
be retracted any more than•the dead can be
brought to life. Some of you profess to
think that its retraction would operate favo
rably for the Union. Why better after the
retraction than before the issue ?
There was more than a year and a half
for trial to suppress the rebellion before the
proclamation was issued ; the last one hun
dred days of which passed under an ex-
plicit notice that it was coming unless avert
ed by those in revolt returning to their alle
giance. The war has certainly progressed
as favorably for us since the issue of the
proclamation as before. I know as fully as
one can knckw the opinions of others, that
some of the commanders of our armies in
the, field who have given us our most'im-
portant victories; believe the emancipation
policy and the aid of colored troops consti
tute the heaviest blows, yet dealt to the re
bellion ; and that at least one of those 2:M-
portant successes could not have been achieved
when it was, lut for the aid of black•soldiers.
Among the commanders holding these
views are some who have never had any
affinity with what is called Abolitionism, or
with the Republican party politics, but who
hold them purely as military opinions. I
submit their opinions as being entitled to
some weight against the objections often
urged that emancipation and the arming of
the blacks are unwise as military measures,
and were not adopted as such in good faith.
You say that you will not fight to free ne
groes. some of them seem to be willing to
fight for you ; but no rnatter—fight you,
then, exclusively, to save the Union.
I issued the proclamation on purpose to
aid you in saving the Union. Whenever you
shall have conquered all resistance to the
Union, if I shall urge you to continue fight
ing, it Will be an apt: time then for you to de
clare that you will not fight to free negroes.
I thought that, in your struggle forthe Union,
to whatever extent the negroes should cease
helping the enemy, to that extent it
weakened the enemy in his resistance to
you. Do you think differently ?.' I thought
that whatever negroes can be got to do as
soldiers, leaves just so much loss for white
soldiers to do in saving the Union. Does it
' appear otherwise to you ? But negroes,
like other people, net upon motives. Why
should they do anything for us, if we will
do. nothing for them ? it they stake their
lives fora us, they must be prompted by the
strongest motives--:even the promise of free
dom ; and the promise, being made, must be
kept. .
The signs look better. The Father of Wa
ters again goes unvexed to the sea ; thanks
to the great Northwest for it - ; nor yet wholly
to them. Three hundred miles up they met
New England, the Empire, the /ieystone,
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; THURSDAY, SEPT 3, 1863.
and New Jersey, hewing' their way right
and left. The sunny South, too, in more co
lorktium one, also lent a hand, on the spot;
their part of the history was jotted down in
black and white. The jobwas a great nation
al one ; and let none be banned who bore an
honorable part in it, while those who have
cleared the great river may well be proud.
Even that is not all. It is hard to say that
anything has been more bravely and better_ l
done than at Antietam, Murfreesboro, Get
tysburg, and, on many fields of less note.
Nor Irma Uncle Sam's web-feet be forgot
ten. At all the water's margins they have
been present, not only on the deep sea, the
broad bay, and the rapid river, but also up
the narrow, muddy bayou, and wherever
the ground was- a little damp they have
been and made their tracks. Thanks to all
For the Great Republic—for the principles
by which it lives and keeps alive—for man's
vast future ; thanks to all I •
Peace does not appear so distant as it did.,
I hope it will come soon, and come to stay,
and so come as to be worth the keeping in
all future time. It will then have been
proved that among freemen there can be no
successful appeal from the ballot to the bul
let, and that they who take such appeal are
sure to lose their case and pay the cost; and
then there will be some black men who can
remember that, with silent tongue, and
clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well
poised bayonet, they have helped mankind
on to this great consummation, while I fear
that there will be some white men unable to
forget that, with malignant heart and deceit
ful speech, they have striven to hinder it.
Still, let us not be over-sanguine of a speedy
fmal triumph. Let us be quite sober. Let
us diligently apply the means, never doubt
ing that a just God, in his own good timo,
will give us the rightful result.
Yours, very truly,
Special Despatches to The Preso.
Captain TirAratzu, of the U. S. steamer De SotO,
advises the Navy Department of the enptore of the
steamer Alice Vivian, for a violation of the blockade.
She represented herself as from Mobile to Havana,
laden with cotton, and admitted that she had thrown
her papers overboard.
Among the passengers transferred to the De Soto
were several of the staff of General SLAUGHTER, of
the rebel army. SLAnonTarthimself had embarked
on board of the steamer with all his staff; but a few
hours previous to her leaving Mobile bay, he re
tinned to the city with the intention of rejoining the
vessel as. soon as he, could remove the baggage
thither. But for this he too would have been cap
tured. His destination was Texas to raise a bri
gade. _
Other rebel captures are reported.
Commodore THATCHER. has been ordered to the
West Gulf Blockding Squadron, to command the
steam frigate Coloradn.
CoMmander BOWERS has been detached from the
naval rendezvous, at Portsmouth, N. H., and order
ed to command the receivingship Vandalic
Commander lin Ror has been ordered to command
he sloop-OP war Oneida.
Lieutenant Commander E. P. WILLIAMS has been
detached from the Powhatan, and ordered to com
mand the Huron.
Lieutenant-Commander CmAs. E. FLEMING has
received preparatory orders to command the Saga
more.
Lieutenant-Commander ROBERT Born has been
detached from the receiving ship at Boston, and or
dered to the Posvhatan.
The life Interest of seventeen different owners of
valuable real estate, in Washington, was to have
been sold to-day. A large number of persons were in
attendance, but after the provost marshal had read
the decree of the eourt, Provost Marshal TODD pro
duced a letter from the military authorities stating
that they would give up no part of the property of
which they now have possession. A postponement
of the sale till Wednesday next was then announced.
The Swiss Uonsulstaip.
The President has recognized PAUL GuYE as Vice
Consul of the Swiss Confederation, at St. Louis, for
the States of Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, and the ter
ritory of Nebraska.
FORTRESS MONROIZ, Sept. I:Write of election,
dated August 26th, for a judge of the First Judicial
district, composed of the counties of Princess Anne,
Norfolk, Nansemond, Isle of Wight, &a., were re.
cebred-yesterday by Mr. R. G. Staples, chief clerk
to assistant quartermaster, to be forwarded to the
sheriffs of the different counties in said district, for
an election to be held on Monday, September 28th,
to supply the place of Richard S. Baker. who has
failed to take lhe oath of allegiance to the United
States Government
The steamship S. R. Spaulding is hourly expected
from Charleston.
Gen. Gilmbre , s Reply to Beauregard.
Wesairccrrox, Sept. 2 —The following is Gen.
Gilmore's reply, a brief notice of which has been
published from the rebel papers, to Beauregard's
communication, already printed at length, of the
same date:
Sin E I have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your communication of this date, complain
ing that one of my batteries has opened upon the
city of Charleston, and thrown a number of heavy
ride shells into that city, the inhabitants of which;
of course, were asleep and unarmed.
My letter to you demanding the surrender of Fort
Sumpter and Morris Inland, and threatening, in de
fault thereof, to open fire upon Charleston, was de
livered near Fort Wagner at 11.15 o'clock A.M., on
the 21st instant, and should have arrived at your
headquarters in time to have permitted your an
ewer to reach me within the limit assigned—namely,
four hours. The fact that you were absent from your
headquarters at the time of its arrival may be re
garded as an unfortunate circumstance for the city
of Charleston, but it is one for which I clearly am
not reaponsible. This letter bore date at my
headquarters, and was officially delivered by
an officer of my staff. The inadvertent omis
sion of my signature doubtless affords ground
for special pleading, but it is not the ergo,
rent of a commander solicitous only for the safety
of eleeping women and children and unarmed men.
Your threats of retaliation for, acts of mine, which
you do not allege to be in violation of civilized war
fare, except as regards the length of time allowed as
notice of my intentions, are passed by without corn
ment. I will, however, call your attention to the
well-established principle that the commander of a
place attacked, but not invested, having its avenues
of escape open and practicable, has no right to
expect any notice of an intended bombardment,
other than that which is given by the threatening
attitude of his adversary. Even had this letter not
been written, the city of Charleston has had, RC
cording to your own computation, forty days' notice
of lier danger. During that time my attack upon
her defences has steadily progressed., The ultimate
object of that attack has at no time been doubtful.
If, under the circumstances, the life of a single
noncombatant`is exposed to peril by the bombard
ment of the city, the responsibility rests with those
who have first failed to remove the non•combatants,
or secure the safety of the city, after having held
control of all its approaches for a period of nearly
two years and a half, in the presence of a threaten
ing force, and who afterwards refused to accept the
terms upon_which the bombardment might have
been postponed. From various sources, official and
othetwise, I am led to believe that most of the
women and children of Charleston were long sincei
removed from the city. But upon your assurance
that the city is still full of them, I shall suspend the
bombardment until 11 o'block P. M. to-morrow, thus
giving you two days from the time you acknow
ledge to have received my communication of the
21st inst.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Q. A. GILMORE,
Brigadier General Commanding. ,
G. T. BEANREGARD, Commanding Confederate
States forces, Charleston, S. C.
The Battle of Honey Springs, Arkansas—
Conduct of the Negro Wroops—General
Blunt's Official Report.
WABRIVOTON, Sept. 2. 7 -General Blunt, in his
official report of the battle of Honey Springs, Ark,i
says: "The Ist Kansas (colored) Regiment I .darticu
larly distinguished themselves. They fought like
veterans, and preserved their line unbroken through
out the engagement. Their coolness and bravery I
have never seen surpassed. They were in the hot
test of the fight, opposed to the Texan troops, twice
their number, whom they completely routed. One
Texan regiment (the 20th) that fought against them,
went into the fight with three hundred men, and
came out with only sixty."
MARIVIADDKE , S CAVALRY DEFEATED, AND
COLONEL BURBRIDGE CAPTURED.
ST. LOMB, Sept. 2.—General Steele telegraphs
General Schofield from Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas,
on August 26th, that our advance, under General
.Davidson, has driven filarmadukes cavalry, about
a,OOO strong, Out of Brownsville, capturing. Colonel
Burbridge and some privates.
At the last accounts, General Glover's 'Srigade was
pnahing the enemy towards'Bayou Melorie.
A despatch from Pilot Knob says that deserters
from Burbridge's command report that Prices forces
had been driven across the Arkansas on the 29th ult.
The zrebels were in full retreat, and Steele and
Davidson were in hot pursuit of them.
IllirmadukePos command was completely routed
and scattered, and Little Rock was within the grasp
of the Federal army.
LotrisviLLn, Sept. 2.--Hughee, with from fifty to
a hundred rebels, appeared in Burksvile to•day.
It id reported that Hamilton, with from five to six
hundred rebels, had reached Jameston, near Frank
lineville.
A Contradiction.
Sept.STavENBON, Ala., p statements impli
cating Colonel William Trueedale, chief of the army
•
police, in cotton speculations, are, on the authority
of thejudge advocate, declared to be false.
A. LINCOLN
wA ITING Sor
WASHINGTON September 2, 1967.
Naval Capiuree.
Confiscation.
Fortress Monroe.
CIIMESTON.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Headquattere in the Field,
MORRIS ISLAM,, August 22, 9 P. M.
TRH WAR IN ARKANSAS.
The War in Kentucky.
The fladicar Emancipation Convention of
Missouri..
JEFFERSON GITV, NO., Sept. 2.—ln the Emanci
pation Convention this morning a committee of one
from each county in the State was appointed to visit
Washington, to lay before the President the grie
vances of the loyal people of Missouri.
A resolution was passed inviting the Union men
of Kansas to send a delegation to Washington, to act
in conjunction with the committee appointed by the
Convention.
Henry A. Clover, of St. Lords ; Arnold A. Kre.
lad, of St. Charles, and David Wagner, of Lewis
county, were nominated by acclamation for Judges
of the Supreme Court.
A resolution was adopted instructing the State
Executive Committee of the Emancipation party to
prepare a public nddreae, calling upon the people to
form a State organization and a central organiza
tion in the "United States, to give efficacy and power
to radical reforms in our Federal relations.
A. resolution was also adopted, providing - fora
committee of five to prepare a system of organiza
tion for the friends of freedom, in this State, that
shall take cognizance, not only of the dangers now
impending, but for future emergencies.
The Committee on Resolutions reported' a plat
form, in substance as follows
Fired. Sustaining the Government in a. vigorous
prosecution of the war to complete the final sup
pression of the rebellion.
Second. Denouncing the military polioy pursued
in this State, and the delegation by the General Go
viimment of the military powers to a proviiional
State organization, the whole tendency of which is
to throw back the people under the control of the
pro.slavery party, and by reactionary influences to
paralyze the Federal power in suppressing the re
bellion ; to prolong a reign of terror throughout a
large sestion of the State, and extend aid and com
fort to then who are meditating hostility to the na
tional authority in other States.
Third. Endorsing the President's emancipation
proclamation, and asking for its prompt execution;
declaring thitt they wilt support no one not pledged
to its principles ; believing that those liberated under
it cannot be reduced to slavery, and refusing to sus
tain any reorganization of the country that does
not . embody the freedom principles therein con
tained.
Four/h. Referring to the French influence in
Mexico, and calling on the General .Government
to resist it.
Fifth. Arraigning the Provisional Government as
untrue to the loyal people of the State, and giving
eight reasons therefor.
Sixth. Demanding immediate emancipation in Alia
.
Bouri.
&Tenth. Favoring a constitutional amendment to
disfranchise all who have taken up arms against the
Government or adhered to the enemies thereof.
Eighth. Demanding that the Legislature call a
new State Convention, to take into consideration
the grievances under which the State now labors.
in iize of their refusal nothing can stop the right
of the people to mien the mattef..
A committee was appointed to attend the Union
meeting to be held at Springfield, 111., to-morrow.
Additional resolutions were adopted requesting
Governor Gamble and Lieutenant Governor
Hall to resign, and the President to remove
General Schofield ; denouncing Quantrell's raid
on Lawrence, and expressing tc,e warmest um•
pathy with Ile survivors of the massacre ; in
viting all lovers of "free labor, free soil, and free
speech," to seek homes in Missouri, and guarantying
them protection ; thanking the gallant soldiers, of
Missouri ' • thanking the President for arming ne
groes to kill the rebels; warning the members of
the Legislature against disregarding the will of the
people; requesting the radical members of the Le
gislature to vote for 13. Gratz Brown and Benj. Loan
for Unitt. d States Senators.
The Committee on Public Safety reported the
following:
.12esolved, That in view of the serious complica
tions arising out of hostilities on the part of the
Provisional State Government to the National au
thority and National policy, and the absence of pro
teotion from the inroads of g - uerillas. we hereby in
st: uct the present Convention to appoint a general
committee of public safety, composed of one from
each Congressional district, whose duty it shall
be to confer with the loyal men of the State,
to organize and arm them for protection, and
in the event of no relief being obtained from
our present troubles. to call upon the people of
the State to act in their sovereign capacity,and take
such measures of redress as shall be desired neces
sary. The proceedings of the Convention were at
tended with much enthusiasm.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 2:—On re-aseembling, Postman-
ter Wakeman, of New 'York, was made perinanent
president of the Convention. 'A. number of vice
presidents and secretaries, were also elected. The
following ticket was then nominated:
For Secretary of the State, Colonel Peter A. Por-
ter, of Niagara'; for Controller, Thomas W. Clark,
Albany ; for Attorney General, John Cochrane, of
New York ; for State Treasurer, George W. Schuy
ler, of Tompkins ;Ifor Judge of the Court of Appeals,
Henry R. Selden, of Monroe ; for Canal Commis
sioner, General Benjamin Y. Bruce, of Onondagal;
for State Engineer and Surveyor, W. B. Taylor; for-
Inspector of State Prisons, Tames X. Bates.
The resolutions adopted declare that while we
would joyfully welcome peace, we will not consent
to a peace which involves a separation of the Union
or the recognition of the right of any State to
Secede [denounce the action and policy of Gov,
Seymour as unpatriotic . , invidious, and unjust; up
holds the foreign policy of the President; denounces
the feeling which prompted the New York riots, and
invites all men, irrespective of party, to rally
around the ticket.
From New Orleans.
Naw TORN, Sept. 2.—The steamer Morning Star,
from New Orleans on the 27th ult., arrived here to
night She brings 670 bales of cotton on freight.
A movement was on foot in New Orleans to pre.
Eclat the 26th Maisachusetts Regiment with a stand
of colors, for their good behavior while posted in
the city.
Many vessels are advertised to leave for St. Louis
and other ports up the river.
All the vessels of war engaged in the recent ope
rations on the Mississippi are to be surveyed, and
such of them as need repairs be sent home.
Three hundred bales of cotton were sold on Go
vernment account on the 25th, bringing prices from
67 to 5614 c. An order has been issued to. regulate the
enrolment, recruiting, employment, and education
of persons of color.
The New> York Union State Convention.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 2.—The Ulan, State Conven
tion met this morning at 10 o'clock, and after ford
ing a temporary organization, took a recess till 2
4:Polack, without transacting any business of impor
tame.
Ward Hunt was elected temporary, chairman.
In the afternoon a committe on permanent organi
zation was appointed, when a recess was taken till
5 o'clock P. M.
Death of Pemberton Dented.
NSW YO.IIW, Sept. 2.—A letter from Memphis,
dated the 25th ult , denies the death of General
Pemberton;'but says-that his men and officer? had
sworn to kill him He had been tsken to Rich
mond under a strong guard. Fully two-thirds of
his army are in the field under General Hardee.
Johnston is in command at Mobile.
Departure of stearMrs.
NRIN , Yolt, Sept. 2.—The steamer Asia, which
sailed from Boston today, for Liverpool via Hali
fax, took out $lOO,OOO in specie. The Sidon, which
sailed from this pork took no specie.
Fires at Williamsburg and Brooklyn.
New Yowl', Sept. 2.—A fire at Williamsburg, last
night, destroyed the agricultural implement factory
of Nashmitz & Brothers. The loss amounted to
$20,000.
A fire in Brooklyn, this morning, destroyed Robin
son's tin factory. LOBEI, $40,000.
Declination of James T. Brady.
NEW Yonx, Sept 2.—A. note from James T.
Brady is published to.day, emphatically declining
the candidacy for any office, and refusing to accept
any nomination from any political organization.
The Steamer Pact°lns.
Sm. Join's, Sept. 2.—The steamer Pactolus was
boarded off Cape Race at 6 o'clock last evening.
Her dates are to the 22d tilt., but have been antici
pated.
Attempted Bribery.
SARATOGA, Sept 2.—Dr. Levy Weed was arrested
at Ballston Spa, yesterday, on the charge of attempt
ing to bribe the examining surgeon at Seheneo•
tady.
General Doubleday.
New Yoirg, Sept 2,--A. special deepatch to the
Commercial nap that General Doubleday has been
ordered to report to General Banks.
Arrival of the Steamer Shannon.
HALIFAX, Sept 2.—The steamer Shannon arrived
here to-day from Liverpool, with forty passengers.
Her advieee have been anticipated.
Lord Lyons at Quebec.
QUEBEC, Sept 2.—Lord'Lyons is nere, the guest
of Gov. Gamble. He attended a review of the
troops to-day on the plains ofr Abraham. He will
leave to-morrow for Saguenay.
Tampico.
Nver Yous, Sept. 2.—The New Orleans Pica/Now
of the 32d ult. contains Tampico dates to the 16th,
stating that that place was occupied by the French.
Burnside's Army Rapidly Advancing.
The Cincinnati Commercial of Monday eayl
\We have late advicrs from General Burnside's
army,i indicating that his movements have been
made with extraordinary rapidity, and that a report
of decisive results may be expected in a few days.
His advance is by this time very near= ICnoxville,
Tennessee, and at latest accounts the General, in
person, was pestling on with his cavalry.
Quantr ell and the Illinois " Democrats*"
A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat says:
c'Quantrell, the Kansas assassin was in Spring
field, Illinois, on the 11th of June fast, at the great
Democratic mass meeting, and was also closeted
with some of the leading Democrats of the State
on that day. He fully approved Singleton's twenty
third resolution, which was submitted to him before
it passed the meeting.) ,
The resolution here referred to was one of the
most infamous adopted by the Convention.
Markets by Telegr4ph.
BAvriivroun, .Sept. 2.—Plour is dull and heavy.
Wheat dull and unchanged. Corn quiet; yellowB6o
Plc. Oats firm; Maryland, 60&53. Whisky advanc
ed 3‘c. Coffee firm.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 2.—Flour dull. Wheat firm;
red 93@.19.3.14:0 ; white $6.12,,W1 20. r Whisky active
at 46c, closing buoyant and unsettled. Mesa Pork
sells at 100 for old. There is a firmer feeling gene
rally for other articles.
A Flour CONSCRIFT.—The Pittsburg Chronich of
the lith instantiesys : t , We had a visit yesterday
from an exceedingly interesting specimen of hu
manity named Lewis Greene, who was among those
drafted in Blonongalia township, Greene county,
but who, from his extreme diminutiveness, was re
jected by the board. Lewis is twenty.two years of
age, Setts scarcely larger than a boy of eight, but
far better made than any dwarf we have ever seen,
and a vast:deal more sprightly, intelligent, and in
teresting. After - he Was drawn he received - his no.'
lice the same as other conscripts, and presented' him
self on Tuesday before the board of examination.
The provost marshal ordered his exemption on sight,
whereupon be affected to be greatly . disappointed,
remarking, in-a loud voice, that in rejecting him the.
board had refused - a 'thorough-going Union man,
and deprived the army of one of the beet eoldiers of
the State.' "
NEW YORK CITY.
(Correspondence of The Press.]
Ninv Yozr, September 2, 1863.
" CATCHING A TAMAR."
There is now resident among us Mr. James Mores,
a gentleman whose courageous course during the re
cent riotaibronght him' into prominence, and whose
connection with the primary nucleus of the Aboli
tion party, Ms already rendered him somewhat
notable. Mr. Morse was an intimate friend of the
lamented Lovejoy, who was assassinated by pro
slavery murderers, at Alton, Illinois. When the
latter gentleman took refuge in the building where
he was ultimately alas, Mr. Morse accompanied
him, and caught him in his arms, after the- fatal shot
Was fired. Re was, also, the only man, claiming to
be poor Lovejoy's friend, who dared, in the then
murderous state of public feeling, to follow the body
to the grave. When Governor Seymour'', "friends"
attacked the house of Mayor Opdyke, Mr. Mores,
unarmed as he- was, sallied out to protect it from
sack. Long before the police appeared upon the
ground, he, in conjunction with other gentlemen,
resisted the mob, and saved the building from demo
lition. In one instance, a stalwart, desperate-rioter,.
rushed up the steps, intent on forcing an entrance,
and leading his accomplices on to the work of ruin.
In the doorway he encountered Mr. Mores, and a
desperate struggle ensued. Mores, who is a tall,
athletic man, finally succeeded in wrenching the
bludgeon from. his -assailant's hand, and al
most brained him with a bloW which sent
him down headlong into the • street, and pre
vented any aggressive act on his part there
after. After the grand charge >of the police,
which he describes as something absolute terribl&
finding that the, safety of the building was perma
nently assured, he hastened to other infested locali
ties, lending his aid most freely to the authorities
in their endeavors to crush the ineurrectiontsta. In
many of the most stubborn conflicts he took a pro
minent part; among others, in the struggle to save
the Tribune office; and as a practical testimony of
good service, his wrist and hand were bruised to
discoloration from the constant use of the locust
which he wielded so effectively in the cause of
law and order. The Copperheads, in their insane
enthusiasm for killing the Abolitionist& literally
caught a Tartar, in this instance. Although residing
in a menaced locality, and indeed within hear
ing of the mobs, Mr. Mores boldly offered an asylum
to houseleas negroes, and in a nlanner less cau
tious than most men would have cared to adopt;
this, too, when,his own family dared not retire
at night, for fear of an attack from the Seymour
ites, who were unfortunately for themselves,
practically acquainted with his sentiments in
regard to putting down rebellion, whether it raged at
home or in the South. If, as the'Copperhead press
asserts, the Abolitionists were the instigators of the
slaveholders' rebellion, and Mr. Mores being an
Abolitfoniet,the logical sequence follows from these
two premises that Mr. Morse was one of the insti
gators. But when, opposed to this Byllogism, we
naVE the fact thilt he treated tte N:ortftgril fricri4
shabbily, and enlarged the phrenological develop
ments of many of them so abnormally with his
"locust" we certainly find ourselves confronted by
a strange political paradox, to say the least of it.
THE PRECAUTIONS OF GENTRA.L DIX
The troops who were summoned here by General
Dix, for the preservation of order, and the protec
tion of our citizens against murder and robbery by
the "innocent people," are, as far as I am able to
ascertain, to remain at the North until the draft
shall have been enforced throughout the State.
Strong detachments are stationed in Brooklyn,
where the draft is now in progrCES. The river is
still patrolled by the miniature navy of armed tug
boats, and our parks, notwithstanding tbe ceaseless
moan of the disloyal press, are yet "infested" by
the presence of blue coats. At the custom house,
the detachment of marines remains on guard. These
facts would seem to indicate that the Government
suspects more than the generality of a confiding
public is able to appreciatm The suspicious course
of our disloyal Governor, at all events, must con
tinue to justify apprehensions. An ounce of pre
vention is better than a pound of cure, and it is poa
sible that we may yet have this maxim proved prac
tically enough. Quien sabe?
A-SPLIT IN THE COPPERHEAD PARTY.
The famous correspondence between General Dix
and Seymour, which resulted in the appeal to the
Government for aid, ir still the subject of general
discussion, and, In the culminating arguments, the
Copperheads find themselves rather unable to keep
up their end. The people are becoming thoroughly
awakened to the character of Seymour, and even
those who were originally his staunchest sup
porters are, in many instances, disposed to forsake
him and his affiliators, if they have not done so al
ready. Democrats of fabulous persistency do not
hesitate to avow their dissatisfaction with the dis
graceful policy which he has inaugurated, and his
friends are now to be found only among those whom
he so plainly designated, in his childish and sympa
thetic speech from the City Hall steps, during the
riots. In fact, the Seymour-Wood party is now dis
membered; the respectable wing having severed it
self when the mob, patted on the back by his Excel
lency, stood forth as the exponent of his principles.
To-day, were Horatio Seymour - a candidate for re
election, he would not poll a tithe of the respectable
votes which his sophistical assurances secured be
fore. Men, now that the enthusiasm of party
spirit has cooled, are enabled to observe and
appreciate the character of the man for whom they
threw up their hats in the heat of the canvass, and
it is very certain that unless he is able to patch up
his reputation by some act of ostensible decency,
some hair brained, unwilling performance, savoring
of loyalty to the cause of the Union, he is p-olitical
ly dead, buried, and out of remembrance. This is
one of the political suicides where all genuine men
are enthusiastic to pay the undertaker, and impress
upon him the necessity of promptitude in the per
formance of hie functions.
A NOTABILITY -
has recently appeared in our midst, in the shape of
Colonel Estvan, an Englishman, who was lately an
officer in the Confederate service. Estvan, it will
be remembered, is the author of a work entitled
" War Pictures from the South," which gave a
rather unprejudiced view of the war, as far as mili
tary operations were concerned. He is transiently
in New York on literary and artistic business.
Jefferson Davis' Letters.
The Indianapolis Journal of Saturday last says:
"The other day a carload, more or less ' of the pri
vate paperwol Jeff Davis, found by our troops' near
Jackson, Miss., passed through Vincennes on the
way to Washington. Among them were all,, or
nearly all, the really important lettere that were
found. A few, no doubt, are kept by the soldiers as
cmiosities, but the greater portion were collected
from their captors, by order, for examination by the
authorities. Before long the public will learn what
revelations are made in these interesting documents,
but we may anticipate a fuller disclosure so far as to
state that one letter from Judge Wick, of this city,
and another from Jesse D. Bright, both dated in
1861, and full of the moat virulent rebel sympathies,
are among them. Captain Conner, of the 12th Regi
ment, was the fortunate finder of Judge Wicks' let
ter, which, he assured us yesterday, ' was a regular
Secesh harangue.' intended to have kept it, but
it was deemed by the officers charged with collect
ing and forwarding the papers to the Government
too important to be omitted, and was, therefore,
sent with the - rest. That of Jesse D. Bright was
found by another officer, who told Captain Conner
of it, and of its thoroughly treasonable character;
but it, too, was seized by the official collector as of
too much consequence to be kept in a private col
lection of mementoes. If these facts will give
the gentlemen particularly interested any com
fort we ate happy to be the means of conveying it
to them." -
Colored Soldiers.
From the Nashville Union, August 20
The city,police recently arrested several negro
soldiers for infractions of the municipal laws. Their
offences were investigated by Recorder Shane, who
sent them to the, workhouse. On the iSth instant
the following notice was sewed upon the Recorder,
and the negroes were accordingly 'turned over to the
military authorities :
"HEADQUARTERS ENGINEER HEPARTACENT,
" NearivlLLn, Tenn., August 15.
" William Shane, Esq., Recorder of the city of Nashville:
"Sin :'I understand that there are now confined
in the Nashville jail or workhouse the following
named colored men : James Moore, Willis Moore,
James Brice, of Company B, and Renry Miller, of
'Company E. These men are enlisted and mustered
into the service of the United States, and belong to
the - army. They are under military rule, and not
subject to civil authority. You will deliver, or order
them to be delivered into the custody of Lieutenant
Samuel G. Webb, adjutant of this department, and
if .you will give a statement of their confinements, I
will have them punished, if they, have deserved it,
when they are returned to their camp.
"I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
"JAMES R. WILLET',
6, First Lieut. Sth Illinois Infantry, conVing.n
It will to seen from this communication that it is
the intention of our military authorities to place all
United States soldiers on the same footing, without
regard to color. In the management of the police
affairs of this city, the offences of soldiers who may
be arrested are investigated by military tribunals ;
citizens by the civil tribunals, unless their offences
are such as require the investigation of the military.
Negro soldiers will, like their white comrades, be
tried by military authority.
THE New York Jourrial of Commerce reminds
Beauregard that he threw hot shotinto Fort Sump
ter, and cannot see the difference between throwing
red-hot shot into Sumpter and setting fire to its
wooden buildings, making that place -a miniature
hell for the brave men who were in it, and throwing
cold shot with fiery mixtures inside of them to kin
dle flames in Beauregard's quarters in the city of
Charleston.
Public Entertainments.
WALNVUT•STEEET THEATEO.—This establishment;
was reopened last evening. Its beauty and bril
liancy have been materially increased. The repaint
ing of a portion of the curtain, and the abolish.
meat .of that imitation of Mrs.. Siddons were im
provements. Of the character of both play and
company we have not at present a great deal to say.
Cubes did not succeed, we think,in her speaking
character. As a danseuse and pantomimist she ex
eels. Her gifts of nature, united with those which
art has granted her, render her alhandeorne, woman,
and successful artiste. We are inclined to think
she has stepped out of her line in the play of " Ls.
vengro." her voice is effete, indistinct ; _her pro
nunciation inexpressibly amusing. We do not
doubt she has taken much pains to pro
nounce even. as well as she does. But what
distinction is to be accorded to the artist, who, un
unsolicited, assumes a foreign tongue, and pro
nounces love loaf; miserable :mania meoseyrable
OSSOSSin, and et cetera ad infinitum l The Senorita
should either adhere to her hitherto successful and
very pleasing line of business or else perfect herself
in her new role. =The crowded house last evening
was due, of course, to thafact of its being a first
night, as well as a tribute to the ability of Cubes.
The play was excessively tiresome and incompre
hensible. The old members of the company were
warmly greeted, and the new ones were not coldly
received. Of these, more anon. .A first night is al
wa3 a a nervous affair Nut so much painstaking was
evident in the production of " Lavangro " that, in
this respect, little or no fault was to be found with
it. The success of the r Walnut this season will
probably equal that of the last.
LARGE POSITIVE ILICD EtiTIINSII4I SAME DET
GOODS, &C.—The partiCular attention of dealers is
rceuested to the large and valuable assortment of
MA, French, German, and American dry goods,
&c., embracing about, Soo packages and lots of very
dcairable staple _and, fancy articles, in woolens,
tvorateCs linens, cottons, and silks, to be perempto
rlly sold by catalogue, on four months' credit, and
I art for cash, commencing this morning, at ten,
o'clock', precisely; to be continued all day and part
of the evening, without intermission, by Naha 13:
Myers Co., auctioneers, Noe. 232 and 234 Market
street.
Arrivaf of Prisoners in New York.
Lieutenant Commander Charles S. McDougal, of
the United States steamer Liendrik Hudson, brought
to this port yesterday forty-four rebel 'prisoners,
captured attempting to run the blockade out of Mo.
bile in the steamers Alice Vivian and Nita, this
being their fourth attempt to get to Havana. The
prisoners were delivered into the custody of United
States Marshal Murray, and a ferw of them, who
were aliens, were discharged. The remainder were
sent to the house of detention to await further or
ders from Washington concerning them. This is by
far the best looking set of men that have yet been
brought to this city !from rebeldom, Among
them are Major H. Borland, Confederate States
Army, son of the late Senator Borland, of Ar
kansas, recently of General Slaughter's staff;
of Mobile; Surgeon T. T. Pratt, Confederate
States Army ; and Carlo Patti, Confederate
army, also of General Slaughter's staff: Patti is
own brother of Adelina Patti, and made most
ALIXIMS inquiries after his family, whom he has not
heard from fora long time. Our reporter had an in.
terview with the prisoners, and Patti stated to hint
that he bad been in eight dfferent battles, including
the that Bull Run fight,.and had served principa ll y
in the signal corps. Ma jor Borland is a West Point
graduate, and a young gentleman of culture and re•
finement. He said little, but evidently felt his Pe
solar position very keenly. Another of the prison
ers is Captain George A. Preston, Confederate
States army, of General Kirby Smith's staff.
Preston is a nephew of Kirby Smith also, of
the lion. William Ballard _Preston, at one time
Secretary of the Navy of the United States.
He was quite communicative on matters not
nearly related to military subjects, but said little
regarding his capture, or the cause in which he had
been. engaged. On this latter point the general
opinion among all the prisoners seemed to be that
they had been acting right, although as things now
appeared, in a hopeless cause. J. B. McDonough
and IL Forest had been actors at the Mobile Varie.
ties, but held minor commissions in the rebel army
to exempt them from the eonscription. M. B. Mo
ses was agent tor the Southern Express Company
at Mobile, and had also held a commission in the
rebel army to exempt him from the draft. The re.
=hinder were clerks in stores and hotels, one or
two were merchants, and a few were seamen. EL
bag, containing letters and despatcriee ' was also de
livered ro Marshal Murray, and will be forwarded
to Washington. The nature of these papers has
not transpired, they being tightly sealed and ad
dressed to the Secretary of the Navy. Some of the
prisoners represent some of the first families.--He.
raid, &pi. 2.
Coy. Kirkwood on the Dthurbances in
At a recent Union meeting in Dubuque, Gov.
Kirkwood, of lowa, addressed his fellow-citizens
as fellows, in the course of a vigorous speech :
" You remember a draft was commenced the other
day in New York, and a mob was raised to atop it ;
and threats have been made that the same thing
would be done here in Dubuque. And I wanted to
talk here in Dubuque just long enough to tell you
that it will be a bad thing for yditto start a mob
here in opposition to the draft. It is for your own
interest that no mob is started here ; but if you do
not see to it that no mob is started, I tell you that
I will see to it that any mob which is started shall
be put down for you l You see that I am not only
a plain-looking man, but a plain-epeaking man ; and
I intend to speak plainly.
"When this war began, lowa had no history.
People in the East knew there was such a State
west of the Mississippi, but they supposed it was
inhabited by a few white persons, a good many
Indiana. and that the balance of the population W 53
composed of wolves. But lowa's soldiers have been
Making a patriotic name for her. On every battle
field since the commencement of the war in the
West, they have fought, and fought with a bravery
not surpassed by the troops of any other State in the.
Union. lowa has a naniehow. And it will bee shame,
a burning shame, men and women of lowa, if the
soldiers who are in front of the enemy, cannot
be assured that their wives, and children, and
loved ones at home will be protected from
traitors in the rear. thy, down in Keokuk coun
ty the county records were packed up, and
about: to be carried to some more safe place
of deposit; and the wives and families of absent
soldiers trembled, and tied in fear from their homes.
What will the soldiers think—what did the soldiers
from Keokuk county think, when they learned that
their homes had been in jeopardy, and that their
mothers, and wives, and daughters, and sisters,
were made to tremble for their lives, unprotected,
because they had given up those who once eared
for them to the service of their country? Such a
burning shame shall not disgrace our. State. and
grieve the hearts of our noble soldiers again, With
out-punishment, dire, swift, and sure, reaches the
traitor that engages in it. The homes, and families,
and property of those who have gone to fight their
country's battles must be protected; and may My
God forget me in my hour of sorest need if I do not
see to it that they are protected P,
Ilavan a—Removal of the Walls of the City.
[Correspondence of the Jotfrnal of Commerce.]
HAvama, August 10, 1863.—0 n the morning of the
Bth inst., at 7 o'clock, began the work of demolition
upon the walls of the faithful city of Havana, ac-
cot ding to the programme which had been duly pub
lished, for free air and thoroughfares. The first stone
was displaced and dropped in the ditch by the Cap
tain General Governor Dulce, and salvos from the
walls followed the act, uttered by heavy ordnance,
to give echo from the heavens- of progressive power
over the moss covered towers and walls representing
the ancient idea of strength and safety. The walls
are to go down. "Once begun the work is half
done," says the Diane, with due commendation,
from the supreme power down to all who have
labored for this end. The construction of the walls
commenced in 1633, under the administration of
General Juan Bitrian Viamonte, and were finished
in 1740, under the energetic and most important ad
ministration of the early history of Cuba, that of
Field Marshal Juan Francisco Guetnes de Ron
csaitas, who was retained twelve years in the com
mand on account of hie brilliant services to the
State in saving Cuba from the rapacity of the British
under . General Vivian. That administration is
memorable for the establishment of a postal system
through the Island, the building and launching of
five ships-of-the:line of seventy guns each, four
frigates of fifty guns, and two corvettes or sloops of
twenty-four guns, and various other important
measures, which made the basis of subsequent pros
perity of Cuban industry and the safety of the people
fit= niere piratical incursions. The ditches and
covert way were not entirely-finished until the year
1797, under the administration of the Conde de Santa
Clara ; so that the walls from completion are but
one hundred and twenty three years old, and the
fosse and coverts sixty-six years.
TOBACCO IN CHESTER COUNTY.—A number of
farmers in Chester county have gone into the tobac
co business, and on almost every farm you can see a
small patch 'sown with tobacco. Some of it looks
very line, and is nearly fit to cut. The price that
" weed " now demands, makes it about as profitable
as anything our farmers can plant. Whether it
will lead our farmers or their sons into the practice
of its use, We cannot say ; but we should not be at
all surpristd to see many of our farmers seated on
the fence, in the shade, enjoying the " luxuries " of
a good pipe, the same as they now do a good apple,
and instead of saying to the passer-by, " Come and
have an apple," it will be, " Come and have a whiff."
—Record.
DEATH OP A COLORED CENTENARIAN.—Died
August 8, 1863, at the Montgomery county alms
house, Mrs. Lydia Cox ' (colored), aged, a few days
lacking, one hundred and six years. The deceased
was born in the State of New Jersey a slave
in 1787. She served as a slave until she was
married t when she was taken as a house servant ;
she always made a distinction between a slave and
servant, considering the latter more honorable. Af
ter she had served 28 years she was granted her li
berty. She felt great pride rdi speaking of the kind
nr ss of her masse. In conversation with her, many
incidents of the Revolution came into her recollec
tion, and she seemed highly pleased to converse
about the scenes and incidents of those bygone
times. She recollects of having seen the American
army, under Washington, at Trenton, previous to the
battle there, and part of the British, or red-coals, as,
she called them. She was living at that time on the
spot where Washington defeated the British, and re
lated with much amusement, the incident of a British
soldier taking refuge in the bake oven attached to
the house, and how her mistress sent her to tell the
guard of his concealment and capture by the soldiers
of Washington. She often went to see the army of
Washington ' and rejoiced in the victories over the
British and Hessians. She also saw. General La
fayette several times, and spoke of him as the
second Washington. The house she resided in was
riddled with bullets. In the year 1823 she became
thus being deprived of her sight for forty
yea] -
STUYVESAINU.
ON SICK LIZAVE.--Colonel John F. Hartranft ar
rived at his hoine in Norristown, last week, from
Vicksburg. He 1,0 on a = thirty-days sick leaves
having been attacked, while at Vicksburg with
chills and lever, which prevails to a considerable
extent in our army there. .The Colonel has been
for some time in command of a brigade in the 9th
Army Corps. But few officers have rendered such
efficient service to the Government since the break
ing out of the present war, and we cannot see why
his claims for promotion are passed over. The star
of a brigadier could not be more worthily bestowed,
'at this time, than upon Colonel Hartranft.
PRAvaits von °nit SOLDixus.—We> would . call
the attention of the citizens of Pottstown to the
fact, that on eVery Tuesday and Friday morning, at
8 o'clock, the Episcopal Church of this borough, is
open for prayer in behalf of our country and her
soldiers. These services havab- been kept up ever
since the late raid of the rebels into Pennsylvania,
and we believe they have been very well attended.--
Pottslownpaper.
BEERS COUNTY Porrrics.—George J. Eckert,
Esq , chairman of the Union County Committee of
Berks county, has issued a call for a meeting to be
held in Reading on. Saturday afternoon next, for the
purpose of placing in nomination a 'Union ticket to
be supported at the election this fall, and also to
ratify the nominations of Curtin and Agnew.
NEW DErox.—The Lehigh Talley Railroad Com
pany have erected a fine new brick depot building
at Lehighton station. It is located about one hun
dred yards east of the Weiseport bridge.
Ix OPERATION.—The rolling mill at Allentown
went into operation week before last. Nothing but
merchant iron is manufactured. About fifty hapds
are employed at present.
COUNTY CONVENTION.—The Democratic County
Convention, of Lehigh county, will be held at the
public house of E & P. Bitner, at Pleasant Corner,
in Heidelberg township, on Saturday, the P2th of
September.
THR POTATO CROP of Cheater county is very find
this season, end there is a fair prospect of coming
down to the - old-time price of fifty cents per bushel.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Gold was very firm to-day, opening at 127%, closing
128,V , steady. There is a large bull interest at work,
and they make the most of unfavorable rumors.
The "short" interest also helps to sustain the
market, and when the latter is satisfied and the
former neutralized by good news, we shall see if the
present price will be maintained. In the event of
trouble with France, gold certainly would advance,
but we think it would be more in accordance with
the necessities of trade than speculative motives. It
- rose to 170 because many were making money out of
it, and everybody desired to do the same thing, and
almost everybody had their lingers into the great
bullion speculation, and not a few had their fingers
burnt. It was not the legitimate purchases which
put the price up, but the inflation caused by buying
on time—buying at to.day's figure with an agree
nient to deliver at any time within thirty, sixty, or
ninety days—in most cases parties merely paying or
receiving the difference in the value at the expire
lion of the time, or when the option is used, no
gold whatever passing between the parties. The
act of Congress effectually shuts up this business
by restricting operations to three days or lees, under
the penalty of a heavy tax.
The condition of the money market remains the
same ; large amounts are offered at 6 per cent., bor.
rowers being compelled to pay 6. Government
Securities are firm, 10634 for 1881 s being bid. In New
York they and the seven-thirties are selling at 107.
Tee five twenty loan is progressing very favorably,
from five to eight hundred thousand dollars being
taken every day. Jay Cooke, Esq., the agent, re
ports the subscriptions as coming from all parts of
the country, and-he anticipates a continuance of the
same until the entire loan is taken.
The stock market opened active and strong, but
fell - off later in the day. At the close prices were
but somewhat lower. A entail lot of State
fives sold at 100% ; new City 6s were in demand at
106 X, the old at 101% ; Pennsylvania Railroad first
mortgage rose X"; 10734 was bid for second do;
Beading bonds were steady, 109 was bid for 1880,
107 for 18 . 70 ; 122 for the convertible ; Elmira Sevens
sold at le9 ; 106 was bid for Philadelphia and Erie ;
109 for Sunbury and Erie sevens.
Reading sharses opened at 60%, closing at 60;
Little Schuylkill rose %; North Pennsylvania was
steady, at 163 f,; Catawissa preferred, at 24; Hunt
& ingdon and L liroad Top, at 21; IYUnehill, at 01 . ; Nor
•
PENNSTLYANIA ITEMS.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2, 1863
riatown, ; Pennsylvania sold at 66,4@)&53‘;
Camden and Atla.otic preferred, at 22; Long Island.
at 47 ; Philadelphia and Erie, at 27. Paesenger rail
ways are stronger. Seventeenth and Nineteegth sold
at 12x ; Race and yine, at 10,1¢ ; 42 was bid for Tenth
and Eleve n th ; 22 f or (3i card Avenue; 44 for Green
and Coates; 16 for Spruce and Pine ; 66 for Market
street; 80 for Second and
Canal stocks were dull. W)'oralttg Sold at 52 ; Le.
hlglt, at 68K. 12 war bid for se k huylkill Navigation ;
24% for the preferred ; the fsixe,s, 1882, aold at 83K ;
Susquehanna scrip gold at 62, sixes at 63.
Hazleton Coal sold at 62 ; New Creek, at s.; Me
chanics' Bank, at 27. The market closed firm.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds.
11. S. new Certificates of Indebtedness......... 99%99/5
U. S. old Certificates of Indebtedness... ---,PA XIOW
United States 7 2-10 Notes -106% .6.17
Quartermasters' Vouchers 89 993 g
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness 3i Vdts
Gold 127ig Lax
kterling Exchange 140 X 141
Say Cooke Is. Co. quote Government Securities,
&e., as follows
United States sixes. 1881...
United States 740
Certificates of Indebtedness
Do. do new..
Roarterrlasters' Vouchers.
Demand notes '
Sates flve.twenties, tp,493.5c0
The following is a statement of the business of the
Philadelphia Custom House for the month of Au
gust, 1863, as compared with the two previous
years:
August.
Merchandise in warehouse,
let of month 1 232,909 77.516 932,40
Received in warehouse from
foreign ports 10,619 69,806 150.241
From other districts 3,460 3.656 41,276
Withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption 117,573 33,714 295.872
Wiihd'wn for transportation 5,751 4,143 2,326
Withdrawn for exportation. 15 .... • 3,506
Remaining in warehouse,
last of month ..... ... .:1,126,679 107,553 612.465
Dutiable goods' entered for
consumption direct from
foreign poets 120.828 426,058 291.605
Free goods- entered 242 508 16.413 57.844
Domestic goods!exported.... 563,610 1,049.481 549,426
DITTIES RECEIVED
1860. 1861. 1862. 1863.
Außust 863.218 63.587 240.404 288,678
Previous 7 m05...1.616,556 1.006,24 2,696.285 L 6aitt 975
1,979,773 1,069,809 2,856,689 1.984.e53
The following shows the receipts of the Delaware
Division Canal Company for the week ending Au
gust 1863:
For week
Previously in 1863
Corresponding time last year
ncreape 1111863
The following are the comparative receipts of the
Susquehanna Canal Company for the week and sea
son ending August 31, 1863
Week. Previously. Total.
Tons, Tons. Tons.
1969 $6.C94 69 $94 017 24 $lOO,lOl 93
1162 5,947 15 92,482 07 97,526 2.5
$1,037 51.
Inc eaee
The following ehowa the amount of coal trans
ported over the Lehigh Valley Railroad for the week
ending August 29, 1863, and previous since December
1, 1862, compared with same time last year
Week. Previously. TotaL
Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
<1,(Y26 02 166,916 03 170.940 0.5
ITEBEi
- - -
East Sugar Loaf 4.16 . 3 . 113 161,916 07 109,140 06
Connell Ridge 1,346 12 69,337 07 70.633 10
?forint Pleasant 1.014'06 21,357 10 22.171 16
Spring Mountain. . ... . . . 3,125 16 75,813 18 74,944 14
Coleraine 955 17 35,818 01 36.803 13
Beaver Meadow 11130 3.163 ID 3.275 411
Neer York and Lehigh. 1,263 02 26.231 11 27.517 13
N. Spring Mountain 1.8.3812 86.4.1.5 01 38,063 13
Jeddo
2,852 09 87,906 03 90.753 12
1.411 07 33,310 00 39.773 07
1,163 11 41,490 01 42,653 15
72313 30,312 02 31,034 15
HarMid)
German Penna
Ehervale. ......
496 03 22,4313 00 19,432 03
Illnesville
967 07 XllO 09 1. ,
C 67 16
23,512 OS 23,542 03
Luck mountain
Other Shippere.
Total
25,8(5 09 810a40 15 866.036 01
Corresponding week last
5 - ear 27,713 02 514.809 15 572.148 11
Increase
Decrease
The following shows the business of the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company for the week ending
August 29, 1863
FROM MARCH CRUNIC.
&MIRA Mines
Room Run Mines.... ... . .
E. Lehigh Mines .....
FAST MARCH CHUNK.
Coleraine Mines . •
Spring Mountain
Smith'e Spring Mount... ..
N. Spring Mountain Mies
B. Spring Mountain
Hazleton Mines
Back Mountain— ... ...
Council Ridge......... .....
leddo Mines
Fulton Mines
Harleigh. Mines
Mines
P. and Duet Coal
The following shows the shipments of Coal over
the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad.
for the week ending Saturday, August 29, 1863, com
pared with the same in time 1862:
Week. Year.
Tone. Cwt. Tons Cwt.
. 7,69: 08 209.00 01
• 19,416 03 676,351 07
Shipped North
Shipped South
Total ?7,1L311
For the corresponding time last year
Shipped North 6.639 02
Shipped South
Total..
Increase
The aggregate amount of exports (exclusive or
specie) from New York to foreign ports for the week
ending September 1, was $2,536,164.
The New York Evening Post of today says:
Before the first cession gold was selling at 127%e@
127%, New York Central at 136, Erie at 117%@117%.
Illinois Central at 133, Reading at-I21;%, and Michi
gan Southern at 108%.
The appended table exhibits the chief movements
of the - market compared with' the latent prices of
yesterday evening:
Wed. Tries,
11. S 6s, 1881, rag 106
U, S. Es, 184.4, 107 107
U. S. seven-thi. - ti..,. 107 107
U. S. 1 year Corti! z01d...161% 101% ;%;
U. S.l Tr. Cert. curr'roy 093 E 99%
American gold 1.27% 127 X
Tenneesee 65 65
Missouri 70% 70% -
Pacific 229
N.Y. Cor.tril 136% •
Erle ... 116% DIX • •
Eris preierred.....— -107% 107%
Hadeon River 148% -
Er 163% ..
Harlem preferred.--. 150 150
Reading...... 15 1 121
Bich. Central. 122 ..
511. ch. Sonthern----.107% 107% • .
Mich. So. guar 136%
Illinois Gan scrip. 1323fi 13134
Cleveland&Fittsbnrk. • AAR% 101%
Ga1ena...:...... 111%
ClevelandatFoledo 119% 120% 1 4 ,
Chicago & Rock Island.ll2% 112 % • .
Fort Wayne._ - 91% 92% .. I
Prairie du Chien 77 • 77 • • •
Alton .1: Terre Ratite-- 62% 64 • • 1%
Chicago &Northweat'n. 35% 3534
Canton-- .32 32%
Cumberland... .. . 293$ 20% • • 34
Quicksilver. Co 69 59 ..
Phllada. Stock Exchange Sales, Sept. S.
i:. ~~
• FIRST BOARD.
2000 City 6s new ga5....10134 ' 200 New Creek
5500 do new 106 N 50 Lit &hay U.-- • • 4731
13 Lehigh N. .... , • 583 4 73 do 473 i
100 PhilSekrie R • •..b5 27 8 do .. • 47N
50 do h6O 2.734 50 d 0... ... cash 47.74
50 do .. ... . . • .cash 26% 100 Race & Tine R.... 10.4
NO Long Island 47 240 (abt) Penne 5s ....1003$
lee N Penna. R 18)i 3517th 3t 19th st R.... 1234
304 1 0 Snsq Can 6s 63 100 Reading R......... 60%
25 Catawissa R pref . 24 1000 Penna. R Ist mt.-110)i
100 do.. .. ... pref.. 24 25 Wyom'gVal. bswn 52
5 Mechanics' Bank.. 27 5000 Elmira R. 7. 5....b5 IMO
1000 Schny Nay 6s. 'B2. 5334 5 Norristown 11 60
240 Susq Canal Scrip.. 62.
—"SECOND
25 Hazleton Coal • •• 62
210 Heading ...aluflat 603£
ICO do
ICO d 0...... slO 60 '
100 do
100 do
200 do .
200 do
300 do.
200 do,
6102 at 60
.slOwn 60
....slO 60
Philadelphia
SIEPTEMMIER 2—Evening
There is some little demand for fresh ground Flour
for shipment, but prices remain about the same as
last quoted. Sales comprise 1,500 bbls City Mills ex
tra and extra family on private terms, and Boo bbls at
$5.50 for old stock, and $6Qs la , barrel for fresh
ground family. The retailers and bakers are buying
moderately, at from $4.75@5 for superfine, $5 25
5 50 for extra, $5.50@6 50 for extra family, and $7(O
750 bbl for fancy brands, according to quality.
Bye Flour is selling in a small way at $4.75(55'
bbl. Corn Meal is scarce ; 2,000 bbis Brandywine
sold on private terms. Pennsylvania is held at $4
la' barrel.
GRAlN.—There is not much demand for Wheat,
and paces are lower. About 9,000 bus have been
cold, at 1300137 c %t bush for old Red, the latter for
choice; 79.0@130c for common to prime new do; and
140@1550 VP bush for White, the latter for prime
Kentucky. Rye is dullott 105 c for old, and 90c If
bush for new. Corn is in demand ; sales comprise
about 8,000 bus Western Yellow, at 820, and mixed,
at 79 ChEoc t bush. Oats are in fair demand; about
5-000 bus sold at 55@56c for new, and 70c, weight, for
old.
BARB.—lst No. 1 Quercitron is dull, and offered
at $lO ton, without sales.
COTTON.—The market is firmer- about 50 bales
of middlings have been' disposed of at from 67Q68e
ib, sash.
GROCERIES.—Sugar is firmly held, with Balmier
200 bhds Cuba at 10%,@lic $9 16. Coffee is scarce, and
there is very little (Ding; small sales of Rio are
makina ' at 263‘022e go , lb.
PROVISIONS.—There is very little doing, and
the market is dull. Bacon Hams are in fair demand
at 11@l3c ?lb for plain and fancy ; small sales of
Mesa Pork are making at . $14.50@15 et bbl. Butter
is firmer ; choice is scarce at 20@23e i lb. Lard is
dull, and offered at 10.34(010,V,c lb for bbls and
tierces.
WRISKY'is firmer, and 100 bbls sold at ,50c ; 160
ironboundirobound packages at 61c, and drudge at 48e ift
gallon.
The following are the receipt' of Flour and Grain.
at this port today
Flour -
Wheat
Corn
Oats -•
New York Markets, Sept. 2i.
/leans are firm, with sales of 50 bble at $7 for
Pots, and $9 for Pearls.
BREADEITTDITS.—The market for State and West-i
ern Flour is dull and drooping for common grades of
old, but fresh ground is steady and in moderate re
quest.
The eales are 7,600 bble at $3.90@4.45 for superfine
State ; $4.65(04.90 for extra State; $3.90@4.50 for
superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &a. ; $4.30
@6 for extra do, including shipping brands of
round-hoop Ohio at $5,10@6.36, and trade-brands of
do. at $5.4007.
Southern Flour is dull and unchanged • sales 700
- bbls at $510@6 . 25 for Superfine Balti more,i and
$6,30& 76 for extra do.
Canadian Flour is inactive and heavy. The
sales are 550 bbls at $4.'75@4 95 for common, and
OW for good to choice extra.
e flour is dull at $3.60@5.20 for the range of
fine and superfine.'
Corn meal re firm. We quote .Tersey at $3.90
Brandywine $4.35 • Caloric $4.25 ; Puncheons
$2l 50.
Wheatis generally dull, and common grades rule
in favor of the buyer. The sales are 38,000 bushels
at 83c@51.05 los Chicago Spring; 910051,12 for Mil
waukee Club; $1.1601.18 for anther Iowa; $4.14(0
.1.20 for white: red -Western; $1.21@1.25 for amber
Michigan, and $1.2134 for Green Bsy.
Bye is quiet at 80©90c for Western and State.
Bei ley is nominal.
Oats are in active demand, and the market is very
ea cited ;'prices are two cents higher, witha fair bust•
ices
at 436'65 for Western, and 58@63 for State.
Corn is 2023 c higher, under reports of great
damage to the crops in the West, by frost. There la
quite an active inquiry, in part speculative. The
Bales are 60,000 bushels, at 76c for shipping, and 73e
74e, for Eastern.
Beans are dull and heavy at s9o@3 for manta,
and $3 20@3.30 for marrowfats. Canada peas are
nr minal at $l.
PiREIGHTIS.--To Liverpool 2,000 bbls flour at le Td.
@ls 9d; per Great Eastern, 1,000 bble flour at le
10Xd '• 7,060 bun wheat at 73rd , To London 2, 60 s
bble d our at 2s 3d. .
.Uors are very firm with a fair demand for brew,
ine - at 15@20.
GI - LEM:E.—We notice sales of 300 pkgs at 8X:
WHISMY is decidedly firm, bat not active; sales
450 bbli at 411;00+
1063 1073 i
i
.106'4 1073.4
1013 f. 101
.54s
119.3 i 993 i
99 _ 99
127,Nr4rAfbi
(girl2io"
1562. 1363
'17,095 77
92 623 65
• - -
42
60.092 :-03
$1,534 17
*2,572 68
Z 5,395 00 Z 3,487 07
For theWook. TotaL
Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
—11426 07 227.23410
.... 2,552 05 55.613 10
•••• 1,237 17 10,739 05
EMMf=
343 07 1,1X38 15
2,77003 21.707 15
1.496 07 16 415 16
2.7113 15 46, 2559 11
814 19 1,207 00
730 06 10.273 00
905 18' 17.254 63
606 1.9 10,118 05
950 13
1,759 08
2,176 14
414,967 C 6
eSS, 21 11
212.2981 T
.502.893 05
7'7.663.02
.67a59 CO
Adv. Dee.
100 Reading R. ..... b 5 60
4 13.00) City 6s ...... ....10111;
2000 do new 1020
60 Cam & Atlan pref.. 22
38 Pen na R. 65"
72 do 6.5. K
1 Norristown R 5911.
N Penna R 19
15 Hunt & TR. 21
10 ininehill R • . 63
_2,200 bbls.
....9,775 bush.
....2,700 bush.
....6,000 bush.