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ruSLISHBD DAILY (3171iDALYS EXCEPTED),
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
0/1105. No. Di SOUTH - FOURTH STREET
THE 'DAILY rams,
OIPTHEN NEI% PER WEEK, payable to the carrier.
ailed to Sabacribers ont of the City at SEVEN DOLLARS
AN ANNOY, TERRE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SIR
Worm. Ors DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-FIVE DENTS TOR
BSI 'gong% invariably In advance for the time or•
tiered.
. .
Ad.rartisentents Inserted at the tuinal rates. BIZ
tines constitute a square.
TAM TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to ktbearibers out of the City at Foun DOLLARS
PHs Anson. in advance.
sEWINc MACJUN
LONG-LOOKED I FOR
dOME AT LAST!
RERFECITION OF SEWING MACHINES.
SAMPLES OF THE CELtßrt &TED
FLORENCE BEIVINGI EICRINES
Can be seen at
o. 439 CHESTNUT STREET (second floor),
.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 other first. class machines. and
after the patient, untiring labor of sears and a liberal
expenditure ace - ghat in seourhag the drat mechanical
• -talent, their eifortithavo been crowned with success and
'they are now offering to the ?bite the MOST PERFECT
SEWING MACHINE TN HE WORLD. Among its
-many advantages over all other machines, may be mem.
tinned:
Ist. It makes four di f ferent stitches nn one and the
same machine, each stitch being perfect and alike on
both aides of the fabric.
2d. Chnnoino' from one kind of stitch in another, as
well as the length of the stitch, can readily he done while
.the machine lain motion. .
Egte•p7stitch is perfect in itself, making the seam
-secure and uniform, combining elasticity, str, ngth and
qseanty.
4th. it has the reversible feed motion, which enables
the operator to run the work to either the right or left,
or stay any rant of the seam, or fasten the ends of seams
without turning the fabric or stopping the machine.
6th: It is Outmost rapid sewer in the world, making
live stitches to each revelation ' and there is no other
machine which. Will do ao large a range of work as the
FLORENCE.
6th, It does the heaviest or finest - work - with equal fa
cility, 'without change of tension or litre-king of thread.
7th. It hems.- fells, binds, gathers, braids. quilts, and
gathers and sews on a ruffle at the same time.
at.h. Its sip:l2,ll6qm enables the most luoxparieneed to
ate It. Its motions are all positive and there are
—gdltritigg to get out of order, and it is adapted to
anef cloth-work, from thick to thin, and is ad
most noisele-ss. •
9th. The FLORENCE SEWING. MACTIINF, is unequal
led in beauty and-style, and must be seen to be appre
°fated. -
t" Call and see the FLORENCE, at No. 439 CHESTNUT
Greet, up -stairs. ati29-tf
OUR LETTER "A"
FAMILY SKWI!G MACIILSE,
With alt the newimproyernents, is the best add cheapest,
and most beautiful Bowing Machine in the world. No
other Sewing Machine has so much capacity for a great
range of work. including the delicate and ingenious pro
... of Hemming, Braiding, Binding, limbroidering,„
Tucking, Cording; Gathering. dm., &c. ,`"
The Brew:lll.ofßees are well supplied with 811 k Twist,
Egwead, Weedlea. Oil, dc., of the very Itai. quality.
Sir Send for a pamphlet
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
458 BROADWAY, ?Aim YORK
Philadelphia 01flee
,
810 CHESTNUT STREET
,
SEWING MACHINES.
THE " S.LOAT" MACHINE,
With GLASS PRESSER FOOT,
NIRr-STYLE HEMMER, BRAIDER,
And other valnAble Improveraente.
ALSO,
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES,
Agency-922 CHESTNUT Street ml2B-tt ,
CLOTHING.
EDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY.
FORMERLY CHESTNUT, ABOVE SEVENTH,
LATE 10%2 CHESTNUT STREET.
TAILORS,
MA SOUTH THIRD St. NE AR THE EXCHANGE.
Have just received a large Stock - of Choice
• FALL AND WINTER_ GOODS,
AND •
FALL STYLES,
TERMS CASH, at prices much lower than any other
[first-class edtablishment. tp27-tf
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CANS. PANTS. $5.50, At 701 MittRET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 51ARKEr Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 50 50, At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MA.KKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN'S, No. 7P4 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GTINTEN'S, No. 704 BARKET , Street.
GRIGG & VAN satraTElvs„ No. 701 MARKST,Street.
mbs2-6m -
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
ARCH STREET.
606.
NINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
ELFAANT-.6S3ORTNENT OF
GENTS' - iIIYWNIBIIIN'G • ‘3lO-111i1r;
dT MODERATE PRIORS.
FOUR PREMIUMS b.WARDRD FOR
SHIRTS, WRAPPERS, AI4D STOOKS,
A. HOFFMANN.
Successor to W. W. KSTEGHT,
606 ARCS STREET. 606,
GEORG-B ,GRANT.
10. 610 CHESTNUT STREET.
Hu now ready
♦ LABOR AND COMPLETE STOOK
GENTS' FURNISHING (ODDS,
Of hie own importation and manufacture.
Hie celebrated
"PRIZE:MEDAL SHIRTS,"
(Hannfacturect under the superintendence of
JOHN IF. TAOGERT. •
(Formerly of Oldenberg & Taggert)
,Are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age. •
W Orders promptly attended to. jyg-thstn-6m
OLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOOK,
OOLLA BMPORIUM,
NO.. 19113 NORTH FOURTH STREET
CHARLES L. ORUM da CO.
Ara prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated
snake of Warta, on short notice. in the miSet eatiefactorY
manner. These Shirts are cut by measurement, on set
°utile principles, and *moan any other Shirt for neat,
nesioffit on the Breast, comfort in the 'Yea, and ease ex
the Shoulder. solB-stuth6m
NOB. I- AND 3' N. SIXTEU STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
a OEN 41.
110101:111.LY T. nu xoova.)
EXPORTVE LID DEJ,I3II. !EN
ONNTLEBERN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
CdAITUFAVrtTABB
OF THE IBTFROVELI
W7A.LI' rILY.3
COLLARS,
EAVIREACTION GUARANTIED
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
She subscriber would Invite attention to his
IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS,
Which he makes s specialty In his business. Also, COI.
enuttlyreceiring,
EOVELTIES YOE OENTLIIMEN'S WEAR. •
,_ J. W. SCOTT
eIIePTLX.MBICB FURNISHINO * STOnIi.
-,.••• No. Sl4 CHESTNUT STREET,
Safe It • ~ —.Your doors _below the ContinentaL
ROBERT SHOEMAKER &CO..
Northeast Corner 70171tTE and RION Streets,
PHILADELPHIA
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTSi
IMPORTERS' AND DEALERS
7011,110 X £LW DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
LNUNA.OTMINItII OD
WILTS LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, POTTY, ma.
.Acunav 101 xBB OBLILBRATHD
FRENCH. ZINC PAINTS-I
Dealer and einuiamers implied at
11114-3 s VBRX LOW REIM FOR. 0/ SH.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, &c.
JAMES 8. EARLE do SON,
SiIIPORTERti LID MAITI3'ACTIJIaIIaO 07
LOOKING GLASSEIL
MALI= 111
COIL rAimrrxem
sccuAymag,
PORTRAIT.
PIOTUU. and
PHOTOGRAPH PRAIM
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
crummy]; LOOKING GLASS WARM:COONS AND
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS,
510 CHESTNUT Street. Phi Waled&
-.GAS MIXTURES, d‘c
517 -SROR STREET
0. A. VANKIRK & 00..
MAMITAOTURERS OF
OHANDELIE RS
AND OTHER
GAS 'FIXTURES
atrkliola'rlClATl.r:Ederrgaurl:[l::t Ornaments,Porcelain
F.A.NCTY GOODS,
WHOLESALE .AND RETAIL.
riOaricogifinfrertioint good's. 403-17
606.
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VOL. 7.-NO. 34.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
TortANCISC US,
YARNS, BATTS, WADDINGS,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES.
LOOKING (LASSES, CLOCKS,
FANCY BASKETS, dao.
513 MARKET and 510 COMMERCE Sts.
ma. 3m
GREAT OPENING OF
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE.
THE LARGEST STOCK IR THE CITY
NOW . SELLING AT BARGAINS
3,000 DOZ. CORN BROOMS
3,000 DOZ. FANCY PAINTED BUCKETS
1,000 NESTS CEDAR WASH TUBS
2.000 CEDAR STAFF AND BARREL CHURNS
I,IXV DOZ. WILLOW MARKET BASKETS.
3,000 BALES COTTON-WICK AND TIE YARN
2,000 BALES BATS AND WADDING
RETICULE BASKETS, OIL CLOTHS,
LOOKING GLASSES, CORDAGE,-&c., &o
All Goods are sold at the Manulachwer's Lowest Cash
Orders promptly filled.
IiOWE (To EUSTON
157 and 159 NORTH THIRD STREET.
sel•tntbslta Three doors below. Race
FALL. • 1863
WRITE 41: PECHIR •
• N0..4W3 MARKET STREET,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WOODEN. AND WILLOW WARE,
BROOMS, CEDAR WARE,
OIL-CLOTH, LOOKING' GLASSES,
-- FANCY BASKETS.
CORDAGE., 133
Aar-Agents for
"HALEY. MORSE. & BOYDEN'S PATENT SELF-AD
JUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER."
THE NOST _RELIABLE WRINGER NOW IN USE.
.eel-2m -
J. H. COYLE & CO.,
Wholesale Deals; s in
iYARNA, BATTS,
CARPET CHAIN,
WOODEN WARE,
BRUSHES, Se.,
310 MARKET.. STREET,
PITILADSLPHIA. •
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, ace.
REMOVAL.
•
J. F. t.t E. B. 0 RNE
HAVE REMOVED FROM
519 CHESTNUT STREET,
Deposita the State House, to their
NEW-WA_RIEHOUSE,-
904 CHESTNUT STREET,
In the "HURD BUILDIND," and have now open their
FALL STOCK OF
NEW C.49.IR.PP.MINCif.S.
904 CHESTNUT STREET.
set-tra
GW BLABON & • CO.
. • MANUFACTURERS OF
OIL Ci-mino l ViSEM,
No. 12.4 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Offer to the Trade a fall stock of
FLOOR, TABLE, AND CARRIAGE
C>XL
GREEN-GLAZED OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW
sel-2m SHADES.
'GLEN ECHO" MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.'
11,1cCALT...UM & CO,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND. DEALERS IN
CAR.PEPINGS,
OIL C'LOTHS, 6so
WAREHOUSE, 509 CHESTNUT ST.,
OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL.
GEORGE W. HILL,
Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in
CARPETINGS, MATTINGS, RUGS.
ALSO,
COTTON AND WOOLLEN YARNS,
At - very Low Prices.
NO. 126 NORTH THLED STREET, ABOVE ARCH,
, sel-lm* Philadelphia.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
BAGS I BAGS 1 BAGS !
NEW AND SECOND *HAND,
SEAMLESS, BURLAP, AND GUNNY
• BAGS,
Constantly on hand.
JOHN T. BAILEY t 00.,
No. 11.3.N08TH FRONT STREET. •
/Mr WOOL SACKS FOE SALE. ' anl9.9n
CABINET FURNITURE.
C-DINET FURNITURE AND, BIL
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
now manufacturing a superior article of
'BILLIARD TABLES,
and have now on hand a full supply. finished with the
MOORE at CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced by all who have used them to be
superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables, thenstann
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union, who are familiar with the character 'of their'
D I K-A XE S,
SHINGLING HATCHETS,
BROAD HATCHETS, AXES,
NAIL HADIMEffS,
SHOE HAMMERS,
RIVETING HAMMERS, and
ENGINEER HAMMERS,
MANUFACTURBD AND FOR SALE BY
C HAMMOND & SON,
518 COMMERCE Street. Phila.
HERMETICALLY .SEALED FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES.-
200 dozen cane fresh Peaches. •
2:000 -do do do Pineapples.
600 ,do do do Strawberries.
NO do do do Blaakborries.
- 300 do do do Whortleberries.
2ro do do , do Cherries.
4,000 do do do Tomatoes, as., atm
On hand and, for sale by
- RHODES dr WILLIAMS,
Auld 107 South WATER Street..
CHAMPAGNE. -AN INVOICE OF
"Gold Lac." and "Gloria " Chemnitz : lie, gnartg
and pints, just received per French ship Mee Amelia.
for sale by . CHAS. 8..1k JAS. ce.RSTAINS.
Sole Agent
au27 N05:126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Ste.
MA ORE REL, HERRING, SHAD, ; &c.
2400 bbls Mass. Nos. 1. S. and 8 Mackerel. late (aught
fat Ash, In assorted packages.
2,000 bbls. New Eastport. Forttute Bag, and HaMbti
Herring. •
2_ , 600 loxes Lubec. Sealed, and No. 1 Herring.
160 bbls. new Mess Shad:
950 boxes Herkimer 001:11lii Cheese, .
In store and' for Vas by MURPHY. & KOONS
114144 t 1f0r146 zoa
SILK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
CASH' HOUSE.
HILLOWELL &
615 CRESTNIIT STREET,
RAVE NOW IN STORE.
DRESS GOODS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, BALMORALS,
RIBBONS, KID GLOVES, &a., &c.
Bought exclusively for cash, and which will be sold
at a smaltadvance.
TI3OS. MELLOR dis Co.,
IMPORTERS,
Nos. 410 and 4X NORTH THIRD STREET
We invite the attention of the trade to our large stock of
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
GERMANTOWN FANCY WOOLENS,
LINEN CAMBRIC HDKFS.,
4 4 LINENS, AND. SHIRT FRONTS.
km7-flu'
INSKEEP TRUEFITT,
AltE NOW OPE2ICI6I*--",'",
VEIL GOODS,
Bareges, Green, Brown, Blyte. and Mode
Grenadines,
DELAINES,
All-wool, plain, in all 9210rz.
All-wool, checked.
SHAWLS,
Broche-Border Stella% new and choice designs and colors.
All- wool Long and square Talbot, with wool fringe, in
Black Diode colors.
Thibet, with rich knotted. Silk fringe, in black
and assorted colors.
Paris Shined all-wool Long and Square Cashmere.
All-wool - Long and Square Plaid, &c.
LINEN CAMBRIC) HDKFS,
% and X (lorded Border.
3f, add % Lismetitcbed.
• X and )4' Colored Border, &c.,
se7-6t AT No. 216 CHESTNUT Street.
TO WHOLESALE BUYERS.
THOMAS. W: EVANS & CO.
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
WHOLESALE BUYERS
TO THEIR LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED ASSORT-
MED, T OF
FANCY DRY GOODS.
FALL AND WINTER SALES
.. . .
This Stock is princiPally of-T. W. 13. & CO.'S own IM
PORTATION,
and will be offered at the
MOST REASONABLE 1":RIOES.
BUYERS are solicited to call and examine
SlB CHESTNUT STREET,
UP STAIRS.
FALL STOOK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS
A. W. LITTLE & 00.
eel-2m No. 325 MARKET STREET
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE. dc CO.,
IMPORTERS AHD 'JOBBERS OF
•
DR ' Y GOODS,
Noe. An and 211 - N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE,
PHILADELPHIA..
Have now; open their usual
C.O.KPUT-R-STOPIC
OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Among which-will be found a more than usually attrac
tive variety of • •
LADIES' DRESS GOODS;
Also, a fall assortment of
MERRIMACK AND COCHECO PRINTS,
and
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS,
To which they invite the SPECIAL ATTENTION OF
CASH BUYERS, au27-2m
BLACK ,SILKS,
AT VERY LOW PRICES
111. L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
No, 615 CHESTNUT STREET
sllomLs,
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN, IN 'GREAT VARIETY.
M. L. HALLOWELL 45c bo,
No. 615 CHESTRITT STREET
DRESS GOODS.
An immense assortment, 121. French, Engllsh,nnd Saxony
L._ _HALLOWELL & CO.,
No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET.
CASH BUYERS,
AT WHOLESALE,
Axe invited to examine oar
FLA_NNELS,
• BLANKETS,
• MERINOES,
POPLINS,
BLACK SILKS,
_ FANCY SILKS,
IRISH LINENS, WHITE GOODS,
DRESS GOODS.
and other articles adapted to the season.
JAMES R. CAMPBELL do CO.,
a026-2m CHESTNUT STREET.
1863. - FALL 1863.
DRY GOODS.
HOOD. BONBRIG-HT, do CO.
WHOLESALE. DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS.
No. 435 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
The attention of the TRADE le invited to their large
Stock of '
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS.
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
ing and Shirting Muslims,
Madder Prints, De Laines,
Ginghams, and
SEASONABLE DRESS GOODS.
ALSO,
MEN'S WEAR
•
IF GREAT VARIETY.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
CASH BUYERS.
su2o.2m
1863 FALL IMPORTATION. 1863
j''EDMUND YARD dic CO.,
meowrgus AND JOBBERS, SILKS AND FANCY
DRY. GOODS,
611 ORESTRUT and 814 SAYRE Street,
Have now opintei their Pail imnortation of pries GOod,
viz:
MERINOS,
COBURGS,
REPS,
D ALPACAS,
ELAINES,
PLAID AND STRIPED POPLINS
FANCY AND BLACK SILKS.
Also, A laree'neeortment
SHAWLS, ,
BALMORAL SKIRTS, • .
WHITE GOODS
LINENh,_
EMBROIDERIESi
which they offer to the trade at the
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
anThtf . . .
UMBRELLAS.
UMBRELLAS! UMBRELLAS!!
WM. A. DROWN ift '
NO. 246 MARKET STREET, "
PHILADELPHIA..
Matafactureks of
SUPEEIOR UMBRELLAS.
an22.2m
i t t , VERY SUPERIOR SILK AND
••Gingb am UMBRELLAS, on best steel frames.
JOSEPH F 3SSELL. Manufacturer,
se7.6L* 'Nes. 2 and 4 North FOURTH Street. •
_
ALL GRADZS AND KINDS OF
Gingbam and cotton Irldß BELL IS, various SiZO3.
uy of - - JOSEPH FUSSELL,' - •
ea7-4t ß * - NQa. aitili Livrkk FOIIATEPPM.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPT: 10, 1863.
:it Vrtss.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1863
The Rebel Prisoners in Maryland.
LFrom au Oteastenal Correspondent
POINT LOOKOUT, Md., Sept. 9. 1863
This point, you are aware; haa been selected as A
ddpdt for rebel prisoners. It is located in St. Mary's
county, and is the very southernmost point of land
on the Western Shore of Maryland, at the mouth of
the Potomac river,-where it empties in%) Chesa
peake Bay. Point Lookout is one hundred and ten
miles south of Washington, via the Potomac, and
one hundred miles from Baltimore by the Chess
, peake. Before the war numerous neat little rows of
cottages and a somewhat pretentious hotel attest
the fact that there has been a futile attempt to make
it a imall Atlantic City or Cape May. But while
the sea breeze is invigorating, and it has a smooth
Sandy beach, the surf, is contemptible indeed to
people who have sported in Cape May's monster
breakers. However, it has an advantage over any
other iereahore point I have ever seen, not probably
in the quality, but in the quantity, of its crabs!
Think of it, ye lovers of shell fish; think of ten
thousand bushels being caught from a single wharf!
And yet this;l am credibly informed by my friend
the Captain, le a veritable fact. I know from per
sonal knowledge that two of our party last evening
caught two barrels in a couple of hours..
When the war commenced, it was abandoned as a
fashionable resort, and last fall the G-overnment
seized upon it for hospital purposes. Additional
buildings were put un, capable of accommodating
several thousands, and at the present time more
than a thousand sick and wounded are here under
the care of Dr. Heger and his assistants. 'ln the
summer season, at least, it must have great sanitary
advantagesi - for, - beeides - the oysters, perch, crabs,
and other salt water luxuries provided for' the con
valesced, or convalescing, there is a delicious tweeze
' constantly blowing, which must, - especially fin the
warmest days, have been truly grateful to the
fever-perched patient.
After our victories at Gettysburg, at and around
Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and the snapping up of
John Morgan's banditti in Ohio had crowded our
barracks with graybacks, it became a question what
to do with them. Point Lookout was selected as a
ddpot for prisoners of war, and Captain Nelson
Ploto was sent down to look Oiler their wants. He
now has two thousand under his charge, but is put
ting up barracks to accommodate ten thousand.
Their health is excellent, and their gratitude at the
kindness they receive, I have reason to know, is
overwhelming. They have already accumulated a
fund of $2,01:10 saved from their rations. This will
be used for buying luxuries not allowed by the regu
lations. Government furnishes them with good
substantial clothing. •
What a contrast they present to the loyal soldiers
who have suffered in the , Eibby, Castle Thunder
and the other prisons of "opr Southren brethren !it.
I could not help , contrastingithe treatment received
here, even by the meanest private, to that given to
the gallant Wilcox and Corcoran, and our best offi
cers, who were not only not furnished with clothing,
but robbed of that they alseady had, or sent by
loving friends from home. - Yet It is they who are
constantly prating about outraging the rules of war.
Theme two thousand prisoners are guarded by about
five hundred men of the let and 2d New Hampshire,
under command of General Gilman Marston, for
merly a member of Congress from the Granite State,
but who has been in the service since the first battle
of Bull Run. The post quartermaster is Captain
Abram Edwards, of Pennsylvania.'
NEW YORK CITY.
Ni W YORK, September 8, iBB3
[Swig Correepondehce of The Press.]
A. FINANCIAL MOVE IN POLITICS
Our Common Council has recently passed its great
appropriation bill, over the mayor's veto, and the
ordinance providing for the relief of inuigent politi- -
cal hacks, and walking compendiums of Democratic
seedineskihas atiengthiafter much discussion, be
come EID authentic and legal fact. It will be remem
bered that this august body, immediately subse
quent to the riots, mollified the ouvriers, by passing
a bill for the purpose of buying off such of the mob
as should have the misfortune to be drafted that a
new and rather different bill was suhstituted, and
this last vetoed by Mayor Opdyke. Irritated by this
sudden checkmate, these venerable men met in sol
emn conclav,e, and pledged themselves to pass it over
the veto. This they have now done, although the
act passed by our supervisors has provided for the_
relief of the matia, the firemen, the police,
and ; in
deed, of all those who, from peculiar circumstances,
Can offer any goodreason for being exempted frOniser-
"vice in the army, through municipal aid.. Of course'
the public moneys devoted by the City Fathers- are
iiroterylirrenue.rrorrebbiereng thepursuir-of-Demmf
cratic happiness, and carrying out, by a clever finan-
-
eial scheme, what the friends of Governor Seymour
endeavored to carry out in July by the bludgeon
and the knife. It is a sop cast-to the mob• Cerberus
which guards the preoincts wherein are stored the
votes so tempting to office-holders—a bid for politi
cal support in the elections. Certainly, such diver
sions of the public funds are shameless, but we hatie
grown to look upon our Common Council as a ne
cessary evil which has been handed down to us from
past degenerations, and its humorons xnalversations
are only provocative of grim mirth, and nothing
more. We have grown to enjoy its practical jokes,
and laugh as loudly when a fat alderman pockets
the receipts of the treasury as we do at Falstaff upon
the stage, with his chevaliers d'indusirie at his heels.
As long as they:give no dinners to eminent and capa
cious men, we are satisfied.
Thus, it will be seen, we have two funds prßvided,
one of which, if applied to the legitimate purposes
for which it was created, will prove most beneficial
in the results which will therefrom accrue -to the
city ; while the other will procure the exemption of
the Requisites of.the Derd copperhead. ooratic party;
and relieve the torments of the Sixth ward. Be
tween them both, it may be readily surmised how
many soldiers the Government will gain by its draft
in`this city. Loyal New York, which is so eager to
volunteer for a war with England, when there are
• no prospects of such a war, will lend but a handful
of men to an'army which is striving to re-establish
America among the nations of the world. The fact
is, that.were a British fleet to enter our harbor to
day, these same people would clamor for peace at
any price, while offering to volunteer =mane for a
decieive conflict between the United States and Bor
• rioboola-Gha! Their patriotism is a prospective
one, and, like the courage of Bob Acres, has a decided
tendency to the finger ends. Theirs 42 a telescopic
courage, with a vengeance.
AN ANECDOTE OF BELMONT, THE BANKER.
Every one in the States has heard of August Bel
mont, the wealthy banker and Copperhead, of New
York. Here is a characteristic anecdote, which is
related of him. It is well known that Mr. B. is of a
nature highly irascible, and that, when irritated, he
does not scruple to employ terms rather vivid than
proper—in fine, that he swears occasionally, in a
manner calculated to impress the hearerrwith,un
- clerical ideas. On one en casion,,ao the story rune,
Mr. B. engaged a new clerk, a quiet, dignified man,
who immediately succeeded in exciting his employ
er's ire, and received a large assortment of slight .
profanities in return. The clerk bore this quietly
for sortie days ; but, at length, having received more
than his fair allowance of denunciations, he got
down train his stool, closed his books, and declared
that he would no longer submit to this vituperation.
Mr. R seemed somewhat dumbfounded' by such ac
tive rebellion ; but, recovering from his discomposure,
asked, with-a faint imprecation, how much his of
fended clerk would require for the privilege of being.
sworn at in his employer's discretion. To answer
was, "Double my present salary." "You ehall
have it," cried 8., and immediately opened him
a fusilade of denunciations heft& to be imagined
than described. I cannot vouch personalty for` the'
authenticity of this anecdote ; but as it passes cur:
rent among those who should know, I give it 'for
whatit is worth. =
FLYING MACHINE. '.
The Herald of this morning ("lairds for Dr. Solo
mon Andrews, of Perth Amboy, N. J., the hell&
of having at last invented the great desiderthim,
a flying machine. The Doctor is a great inventor,
and has produced many mechanical contrivances,
from time to time, which have not fulfilled the wildest
expectations even of his most sanguine Mende -
Sewing machines, improved" engines, thinickabli
locks, and various odds and ends hare been prp:
duCed from hie workshop, which the world Eris
never appreciated. Once before, he invented a fir
ing machine, which would have proved a most emi-,
nent sucoess; had not, the Doctor forgotten or ne
glected to procure an abrogation of the law of gra
vitation, and a temppiary suspension of the winds
aid atmospheric currents. What this new eon-,
trivance may amount to, I am unable to say, hav.
lag never witnessed its operations. But as, accord
ing to the , Herald's account, it consists of three
huge metallic segars, it seems only fair to presume
that it may all end in smoke. STUYVESANT.
GENERAL MOOLELLAN AT STATEN - ISLAND.—
On Tuesday, General McClellan reviewed Ocl. Lan
sing's regiment, and, addressed the sbldiers as fol
lows
MY'COMRADES • I am glad, and sad, and proud to
meet you again'. ..I am glad, because we are all glad
to meet old comrades and brothers-in-arms. I am
sad, because I 'am reminded : in 'seeing you of our
brethren who have fallen on our fields of battle. I
remember, too, our own last sad parting at Warren
ton. lam proud, because I call 'to mind all our
battles from Yorktown to Antietam. I am proud,
because I see you, old comrades of the Army of the
Potomac, for of you I am proud, and always Wall
be. When you rejoin your comrades, say to
them that your old commander .has continued to
watch their every battle with as much interest and
feeling, and pride, as when he was with you ; and
be will ever do so. •I am proud, because I know
that you will ever sustain the well-earned glory of
the Army of. the Potomac. I am proud to see so
many of you re-entering the service. .I thank you,
comrades, for the kind welcome you have given Inc.
I will not say .good-bye again.. We have said it
once before, and I trust never to repeat it.
GENERAL BANRS.—The ovation given to Major-
General Banks by the school children of New Or
leans, on the 15th, is described as a very pleasant
affair. It took place in the hall of the girls? high
school, which was tastefully decorated. -A silver
goblet was presented to General Banks, and there
were speeches and songs, the whole ending in a
grand rush of the young ladies for a kiss from the
General. The New Orleans correspondent of the
New York Times ends his descriptionof the affair ,
by saying : Let General Banks' tint continue. his
present, course of temperingjuatice with mercy, and
I sanguinely look forward • to the flay when he will
be as much beloved here, not only by the'children,
but .the entire" population of 'redeemed- and - disen,
thralled Louisiana, as was ever any marrof South
ein :birth, not even excepting the ;great Henry
Gen. Garfield vs. Vallandigham.
[From the Cincinnati Times.] '
Gen. Garfield, of this State, so well known both
in civil and military life, has recently been , on duty
at Shelbyville, Tenn., where Vallandighamr was for
some time, and while therelook considerable pales
to ascertain the truth in regard to the sayings and
doings of the traitor from Ohio.
Referring. to the statement about the unanimity
of the people of the South in their devotion to their
leaders and ,the rebellion, the General says :
"Dia strange that 'Mr. Vallanoigham had the tame-
Illy to make the first of these statements, when it is
notorious that no precinct in the State, not even in
ErtetTennessee, has so large a per tentage of Union
men as Bedford county, and Shelbyville, its county
seat, Mr. Vallandigham's first resting.plaot after he
left our, lines. That village gave three hundred and
fifty Union votes to fifty for secession, at the begin
ning of 'the war, and it has retained its reputation
untarnished thus far. If Mr. Vallandigharn had at.
tempted to ascertain the sentiments of its citizens,
he would have found that nine out of every ten
were in laver of immediate submission to the Fede.
ral Government. .- - -
"I would be glad to believe it possible that these
facts escaped his notice, but having recently visited
Shelbyville; and conversed with , a large number o(
°Munk whq saw and conversed with Hr. Vallanoi
dip,ham duiing his stay there, lam forced to the
conviction that he knew the statement quoted above
to be falee.3,
With reference to the assertion that the rebels
Wereptepared to discuss the question of reunion the
moment ae ." invading army" became withdrawn
I - coin the rebel States, the General thus takes off the
Dayton traitor:
' , Tilt third - statement of Mr. Vallandigham is only
true so far as' - 'his first one is false. Of course, all
- loyal Southerners are not only ready to discuss the
question of reunion, but are anxious to return to
the Union,without discussion. But, when Mr. Yal
landighare states that the leaders of this rebellion
unanimously express their willingness to discuss
the question of a return to the Union, he either en
.tirely forgets his conversations with rebels, or reck
lessly states'a falsehowl. ' -
"In a full:and frank conversation between himself
and Governkair Harris (rebel governor of Tennessee),
the latter, alter hearing Mr. Yallandigham's state
ment of his"own opinions and policy, said. in the
presence of. many witnesses, You totally mis
-understand us. We have resolved to listen to no
terms short-of the total separation and absolute in
dependenckof the South, and we will accept no
boundary short of the line orthe Ohio and the Po
tomac. Negotiation on other basis'is utterly use
less.' "
New Publications.
Charles T. Evans, New York, has published a
life of Stonewall , ' Jackson, Lieut. General in the
Confederate Army, by blarkingileld Addey. We
cannot recommend this book. Independent of the
bald and dry manner in which it has been written,
(one sentence says "he can neither be caught nap
ping, nor whipped when he cs wide awake.") We do
not see qte propriety of putting forth such a glorifi
cation of avert' notorious traitor, whose religious
feelings, much - boasted of in these pages, did not re
othin him from committing perjury and raising his
parricidal hand against the Constitution of the Re.
public. The book, in subject and tone, is calculated
for circulation—in the South: If Jackson is to be
canonized, let it be, not by. Union, men, but by his
feilow-traitors and their foreign allies. Received
from Lippincott & Co.
Tickner Br. Fields have brought out, as one of their
be'autiful "blue and gold" series, "Philip Van Ar
tevelde," a_dramatic romance, in .two parts, with
an interlude, by. Henry Taylor, the friend of Robert
SOuthey-This fine poem, which was once put upon
. the London stage, with Macready to play the prin
cipal character, (in which he made n great failure,)
first appaired nearly thirty years ago. It has gone
through numerous editions in England, and was
translated into German by Professor Heimann. It
is a noble, thoughtful, and philosophical poem,
worthy 'Of being circulated in this country.
The same publishers have brought out a voludie,
containing "The Amber Gods," and other stories,
by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, moat, if not all, of
which had previously appeared in the Atlantic
Monthly. There are six stories besides the singular
one that gives the title to the volume. "Midsum
mer and May" will be the most admired, but the
pathos cif" Circumstance," merely a short sketch,
will sink into many a heart. " South Breaker" is
also touching. "In a Cellar" readalike an attempt
to imitate the wonderful constructive power of Edgar
Poe, and is a failure at that.—These Woks are on
sale at Lippincott's, and Filso at Petersons'.
' Dick '& Fitzgerald, New York, have issued the
first part of " The Poor Girl ; or, the Marchioness
and her Secret," being one of the many stories con
tributed to the London Journal by the exhaustless
Pierce Egan. Its paper and print are poor, but \ the
story is worth.. reading, for its scenes in English
high life are truth-like.—Sold by T. B. Peterson &
Brothers.
The fourth volumeof the Standard Series of Popu
lar Fiction, lately commenced by James Gregory,
New York, contains"' My Lady ; a Tale of Modern
Life" . 11:1 author's name is not given, but the tale
requires: no great name on the title-page to make it
acceptable:l,ft is wholly a domestic story, well told,
and with: troth in its delineation of character and re.
e-vonb.__.Soul bs , _ W. P. Hazard.
..#BiVonlic ailf. the Dattlekelcv - trr-o.zotate
Nin'es, is a volume of spirited Sketches in Virginia
and Maryland. The events whichhe describes were
partkapated . in by author, and occurred between May
and December, 1862, including 'Mcalellan's retreat
from the Peninaula; the Battle - of Antietam, (de.
scribed with vivid power,) and the Battle of Frede
ricksbUrg. This book, by an eye-witnese, is very
faithful and full of interest. Sold-by .Lippincott Sr.
Co.
We can but acknowledge the receipt of a volume,
published by Oarleton, New York. entitled " Hus
band-and Wife ; or, The Science of H.unian Develop
ment through Inherited Tendencies." It is appa.
rently written by a schoolmistress, but contains little
that is new. The het sixty pages are wholesale
extracts from the ,writings of G. H. Lewes, D. H.
Jacques, H. ''7. Beecher, Wendell Phillips, and
others. This looks very like book-making. Sold
by T. B, Peterson & Brothers.
Henry S. Randall, LL.D, one of our most accom
plished writers, whose "Life of Thomas Jefferaon
will always be looked upon as authority, is also a
practiCal agriculturist. His ," Sheep Husbandry
of the South" and "Practical Shepherd" are
standard books. . Last February he read, before the
New York State Agricultural Society, a paper upon
Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry, which, ( with an op
'pendix ef valuable statistics in reference to wool
culture, imports, prices of fine wool from August,
1840, to August 1, 1863,) has been published in book;
form by c.m. Saxton, New YOrk, at the low price
of seventy-five cents. Mr. Randall, in fact, here
treats of the varieties of the. Merino sheep which
produce the finest wool. His book will be useful to
all, who desire to enter into the not difficult and
highly remunerative labor of producing fine wool
in the - United States. Sold by Lippincott & Co.
Heinrich Steffens, whilom student at Freiberg and
Sena, and successively Professor at the Universities
of Halle, Breslau, and Berlin, never did any great
.thing in his life, except volunteer for a soldier, when
he was "placed" at Breslau, in 1813, on the levy raised
to resist 'Napoleon, but wrote "The Story of illy
Life," in ten volumes, covering 4,000 pages. Out of
this vast mass of garrulity and egotism, Mr. William-
Lenard Gage (we believe of Boston), has selected
and translated as much as makes a small volume of
264 duodecimo pages. It is published by Gould &
Lincoln, and sooth to say, does not merit the slight
estpraise. Steffens eulogizes a lecture by Professor
Fitche, of Jena, as "exceedingly distinct and clear,"
and thus records part of what Fichte said to his
pupils : " `Gentlemen,' said he, withdraw within
yourselves;, enter into your own mind ; we are not
dealing with any thing outward—purely with our
selves.' The hearers, thus bidden, really seemed to
withdraw into their own minds. Some changed
their position and straightened themselves up ;
others bowed thefaselves over and closed their
eyes. All waited with great eagerness to see
wkat should come next. Gentlemen,' con
tinned let your thought be the wall.' I
could seethe hearers set theirminds most intently
upon the wall, and every thing seemed favorable thus
far( Have you thOught—the wall P continued
Fitche. 'Now, then, gentlemen, let your thoughts
be _that that thought the wall.' " The reader can
,
judge how "exceedingly distinct and clear" poor
,Fitche was. In another place this same Fitche is
• represented, as privately explaining how his philoso
phy. rose,; and one sentence in this explanation reads
thus: "The ego , recognizes itself through its own
manifestation of itself; - the ego thinking and the
ego thought, the knowing and the objectof the know
ledge, are one, and from thli.peint of unity, and not
from scattered elerdents, time and space. and the
postulates of:all:lhought proceed.” This, it seems;
is distinct and clear I Even Steffens' recollections
and anecdotes of Goethe , Schiller Schlegel Ne.
ander, and other notable men whom he met or ono '
elated with are told in a muddy, drowsy, and fa
tiguing manner, the only - object being to make him
self the hero of every thing'.*L-Sold by Smith, English,
Publications Received.
. . _
row "W. B. ZEEBER, .south Third street :
The North British Review, August, 1863.—The
English quarterlies have been dull of late,
_but the
Review , before 'us, publiihed in Scotland, and re
published 'by L. Scott'& Co., New. York, is a 'very
superior number. .It. discusses a number of sub.
jects—naniely, 1. Roger Collard—Phllosopher and
Politician. 2. Wilson's prehistoric Man. 3. Tho
mas de Quincey—Grave and Gay.- 4. Henry St.
John and theHeign of Queen Anne. 5. The Edu
.
cation and Management of the Imbecile. 6. The
. .
West Highlands of .Scotland. 7. Pretensions of.
Spiritualism—Life of D. D. Home. 8. Illormonism.—
Past and Present. 9. The Cotton.Parnine and Lan
cashire. Distress. 10 The. National Defences. Of
these, the most strikingardele, which we - attribute
to'Sir David Brewster, is a - searching and scorchlx g
cut up of what is called -Spiritualism. It settles
that delusion, upon philosophical as well as religious
ground.. The notice of Lord Bolingbroke is finely
written; and that of the West Highlands of Scotland
conveys much novel information. The paper on De
Quincey is a fine eulogy, with some qualifying
touches, of a Very , able though too often very diffuse
writer. It is quite refreshing, from its plain diction
and .dommon sense, after having read the awful
rhodornontade about De Quincey in the 'September
number, of the Atlantic Monthly. Considering how
probable it is that England will soon "drift into a
war" with some Power, the article on her national
defences appears very opnortunely.
FROM T. R PETERSON Sr. BROTHERS:
"Kitty Atherton; or, a Broken Life, ,, by Marga,
ret Blount, with illustrations by Marley. This, re
print of a powerful tale, originally published.in the
Kew York Mercury, has the great, disadvantage of
being printed on thin, discolored paper. Mr. Frederic
A. Brady,'New York, its publisher, ought to make
his books attractive by good print anti;paper,
TVA; CAVAS4B FOR GOVERNOR:O.
SPEECH" OF HA. JOHN W. ,F ORME Y r
DELIVERED A. Tier UMION. MEETING HELD HP MIT, PLINTO'WN, XVNIATA:' CODNTT, PA., ON TUEF . DkY,
SEPTEMBER 8:
Erb on camel' iCall3 - 2bpo rted for Th ?regal
We had a brief tWegraphis announcemont yeate,; -
day of the 'Union mavting held on the precesling day'
in Mifflintown, Juniata mranty. The assemblage
wax very large, spiritdd; and unanimous. There
were present all the loyalleobtanry for many miles
around, and their teams "completely blocked the
streets. Quite a number of ladies likewise graced
the Occasion with their presence, and the general
effect was to take away anything like partisanship
or political bias from the spirit' of the Emeeting,, and
give it a higher and broader character. The follow- •
ing is a phonographic report or the speech delivered
during the day, by Mr. John torney:
SPEECH or mt. JOHN. NV: FORNEY.
After returning thanks to his fellow-citizens for
the cordial welcome he had received, he said that
Pennsylvania had long had a distinguished son who
had occupied many important publiC positions, and
who was always regarded as a man of intellect and
character even by those politically opposed to him.
We all feel a pride in superior intellect: This is a
tribute unconsciously paid to intellectual ability by
all men. Hence, however prejudice or party may
have felt towel& James Buchanan, Pennsylvanians
never failed to recognize his acquirementi, and hie
high personal character. While abroad serving as
American minister at .the Court of St. Sames, the
difficulties growing out of the slavery question
were renewed, and it was the good fortune of
Pennsylvania's "favorite son" to be absent
when the Missouri Compromise bill was re
pealed, and the Kansas and Nebraska act became
. . _
a law. Anxious to discover some man able
to deal with the rising issues then agitating the
country, the politicians determined to make James
Buchanan their candidate. He had observed the
course of events shrewdly, had comprehended their
bearings and turnings perfeetly, and was not averse
to grasping the tempting bribe offered him. When
he returned to the United States, in April, 1860, he'
was [welcomed as a personage identified with the
conservative, and almost the anttslavery element in
the Democratic party. In other words, he was
. looked upon as one who, by years of experience and.
by position, would not hesitate to grapple with the
great difficulty, and adjust it firmly and peaceably in
accordance with certain recognized principles, It"
was . my, good fortune to secure the confidence
of the Republicans in the tumultuous Congress
which commenced on the first day of Decem
ber, 1855, when, as Clerk in that body, I was
called upon to preside until a speaker should
be choilen. Distrusted at first by my politi
cal opponents, nearly three months' observation of
my action in the chair induced them to reverse their
judgment, and assist in giving me a vote of thanks
by acclamation. Mr. Buchanan was not unmindful
of this fact, and was, therefore, too glad to see me
placed in my position as chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, which took place
on the fourth, of March, 1856, at Harrisburg. He
was equally anxious to enlist the services of John
Hickman, his neighbor in Cheater county, who at
that time was regarded by Southern men as half
Abolitionist ; and he said to Hickman and his
friends, that the very fact that he was acceptable to
the Republicans would render his service most
fficient. -
After his nomination he prepared his letter of ac
ceptance and exhibited it tom e, which determined me
to make the canvass in that form ; and I will defy
any one here present, Democrat, or disloyalist, or
whatexer he be, to read that letter, and tell me
whether Mr. Buchanan did not, in every point, vio
late its pledges, and desert its principles. [Ap
plause.] That letter was read to the' committee ap
pointed to tender him thd nomination by the Cin
cinnati National Convention, composed of such men
as Richardson, of Illinois ; Manning, of South Ca
rolina; Preston, of Kentucky; Ward, of Georgia,
and other Democratic leaders, now either in open
rebellion, or co-operating with the so-called Demo
cratic party, and was by them accepted and approv
ed. That letter became the platform of the cam
paign, and with that letter in my hand, and in the
knowledge that Mr. Buchanan was anxious to secure
the anti-slavery element, I entered into the contest.
No Southern man came into the State to'speak, with
out being acquainted with the necessity of cultivating
the anti-slavery sentiment. When Howell Cobb, of
Georgia, reported to me for instructions, I directed
him to visit Chester county. He not only spoke on
the same platform with John Hickman, but in' De
cember, 1866, made that speech which today stands
in judgment against Mr. Buchanan, for it was, if
possible, a still stronger pledge than that embraced
in the letter of acceptance. Mr. Buchanan was
elected. In his inaugural of March 4, 1857, he re
peated the covenant of April, 1856, and when 'he
started on his Presidential career, it is due to-the
Republican party to say that they were willing not
only to trust him, but if he had been true to his
promises, they would have rallied around hie Admi
nistration to the end. But his treachery soon began
to appear. After great difficulty he secured the accept.
ance of the appointments to the offices of Governor
and Secretary of Kansas of Hon. Robt. J. Walker and
Hon. Secretary Stanton, both his personal friends,
who, in order to oblige the President, arid carry out
his policy, agreed to go upon the hazardous mission.
Themoment, however, they discovered that he in
tended to betray his country, they denounced his
course; and, notwithstanding the high positions
they had occupied, and their previous relations to
wards him. he removed them from office, and at
tempted to disgrace them. This shameful piece of
tyranny was followed by other outrages, and the
Lecompton frauds and the English bill were made a
test for all who took office under him, or who de
sired to remain in the Democratic party. It is not
extraordinary that these inconsistencies and corrup
tions should have excited disgust and disaffection in
the Democratic ranks and that the more they were
manifested in repeated exhibitions of intolerance,
the more these feelings should have prevailed. It
is a little strange-that many who are now silent in
regard to the tyranniettanuot the South
, ern - renets,- should then have, le_exa So,
the conduct of Mr. Buchanan. Following on this
record, step by step, Mr. Buchanan proceeded in his
wrong doing, as if inspired by some Satanic influ
ence. No man was spared. The most venerable
Democrat was removed from office the moment he
attempted to take issue with the Administration.
Every one was either made a slave or a victim.
It was in this sad state of affairs that the country
was plunged into a new Presidential campaign, to
secure a successor to the man who had thus basely
and guiltily betrayed his country. If there is a darker
page in our country's history, only excepting that of
the rebellion itself, I assert before high Heaven that
it was the conduct of the Administration of James
Buchanan and the so-called Democratic leaders in
that Presidential campaign. Not content with
making victims of others—not content with exulting
over the grave of the murdered Broderick, who fell
simply because he refused to bend in worship at the
shrine of slavery—they sought out new victims.
Not content with turning out of office poor men
who were yet too honest to sustain the wrong, they
sought a higher and more distinguished sacrifice.
There was one man who, with all his attachment
to the South, notwithstanding he had mar
ried into Southern families, notwithstandink his
children were born in the Southern States, notwith
standing he had been the champion of the South for •
more than twenty years, beginning with the an
nexation of Texas, or earlier than that, and ending
with the repeal of the _Missouri Compromise; not
withstanding all this, they selected him for a vic
tim, and while the world stood amazed at the specta
cle, that this great man should be thus wantonly
assailed, they proceeded in their hellish work with
a deliberate attempt, whose ferocity has never been
exceeded in human annals. It was in vain that he
implored them to desist from their foul work ; it
was in vain that he told them that it must end inns
sure overthrow of the Democratic party; and the de
struction of the Republic. What was their response?
They responded, "Crucify him!" Stephen A. Dou
glas was crucified. And how crucified? He was the
representative of the popular sentiment of the De
mocratic party. He was a progressiie man by his or
ganiiation. He had the courage, the pluck, the aue.
thority—if I may,use that word—sole among his fel
lows, although he was physically small' in stature.
From the moment that this mighty struggle began,
he saw his way clear ; and, as if gifted with a super
natural prescience, he told me a thousand times
"Unless this wrong can be resisted, God will smite
this country with war." They took him to Charles
ton, where he had to meet the same opponents who,
are now trying to destroy the Republic, and they be.
gan the sacrifice there. Failing to complete it, they
took him to Baltimore, where, by dint of superhuman
exertions, his friends gave him the regular nomina
tion of the Democratic party. Democrats, you who are
listening to me, carry home in your hearts the sim
ple words lam telling you. You cannot deny them
no man man can deny them—and let them not be
alighted. Then, what was the spectacle wittiessed?
A. Northern man, the idol of the progressive princi
ple—a man that the 'Democratic masses lover as
they had loved no man before except Jackson; he
was made the irregular nominee of the Democratic
party, and Mr. Breekinridge, now leading his legions
against the old flag,- was made the regular candidate.
What was the *next step in this terrible drama''?
Why, that this great man, consciousthat Mi. Lin
coln would be chosen President of the United States,
announced to his countrymen that he intended to
traverse the South from end to' end, arid admonish
the Southern people against the. dangers they were
proVoking. I 'say to you, my friends, that talk as
you may of heroism in:the battle, this was an act of
illustrious intrepidity. [Applause.]
Starting at Norfolk, where the question was put
to him by, a crowd of infuliated madmen whether
the, election - of Abraham Lincoln would be a just
cause of war, he said "No !if he is chosen Presi
dent of the United'States, it is your duty, and it, is
mine, to support him." And this was the text he
carried with him from the Potomac to the mouth of
the Mississippi. ;,While at the risk of hie life (for
efforts were made to throw from the track the cars
'that bore this glorious patriot, and stones and other
missiles were fired at him as he spoke), preaching ,
the truth like another Saul, he was insulted, as
saulted, and assailed. Then the people 'rallied
around him. The Southern people could notrefuse
to bow in acknowledgment of-the majestic spectacle
presented in the career of this intrepid man. When
he, arrived , atMobile,,pn the dakof the election, he
Passed 'thiough - llie sfreets, exhorting,
.IMplering,
begging' his countrymen to remember their duty m
the event of the election of Abraham Lincoln. He
reached New Orleans,'When he learned' that Abra
ham Lincoln was elected, and he proclaimed from
the balcony of, tb.e St. Charlet' Hotel "I am here
to acknowledge the supremacy of the laws of my
country; I; am , here to. obey the duly-elected-Magis
trate of the United States, Abraham Lincoln l"
[Loud cheers.] He returned home carrying with
him the seeds of'-that disease which finally laid
him on the bed of death: You all recollect
What his last words were, just as he saw
before him the Awful presence of the Divinity,
approach of that judgment which we must all
as, with dim and glazed eyeshe awaited the
meet?. At the last he said these Words "There''
can he but two parties in this contest'; patriots and
traitors !" [Loud applause ] What next? • Mr.
'Lincoln was chosen President of the United States.
As the celebrated Evades, of New York, said at the
time, "Gentlemen, if you object to Mr. Lincoln's
election, stop it. =You have 'the votes. If you De
mocrats, cease , quarreling and unite, Mr. Lincoln
will not be elected. , If he is elected, on your heads
mint be the respensibility." But they were deter
mined that Mr. Lincoln should be elected. They
were seeking after a pretext for war. Now, what
must aDemoorat think of himself who can sympathize
with men who anted in this:way, and particularly.
what can Pennsylvania think of the partisan who,
ccaneirformard ass candidate for Governor; and who,
in•that dread crisis, when all knew that the southern
States, were preparing to go:to war, could say that
he believed they had a just cause of war, and that
the time might come when they might fall backupon
their natural rights That man is George W. Wood
ward,, whom you are called upon to vote for Gover
nor. In all those struggles not a syllable was heard
from' Mr. Woodward in denunciation of the machi
nations of the fire-eaters of the South,tut only ,con
tempt and scorn of Stephen A. Douglas. He will'
not deny that- in" that moat critical 'time he, held
Douglas and -his anthority in supreme personal and
public contempt,'• and so spoke of them., At the pe
riod referred _to the present, so-called , Democratic
candidate for Governor, in a cold, classio,,heartless,
'and unfeeling speech, _ which he forced.upon a ; Union
meeting in Philadelphia, practically advised - the
Southern traitors to_ take up arms against the flag,
and told them that the time had come when they
Must fall back on - their natural rights. This was
the only speech of any consequence Mr. Woodward
made in- that campaign, since whioh he has retired
with icy calmness behind the:dignity of the bench,
-without a word for the brave men who are fighting
on the field of battle t ('Applause.] . ,
And they boast of electing this man ! What lip
these men expect? I will not charge that the Demo
cratic
party, as a magE ,, a re disloyal. Grid forbid !
:I will not charge that all their leaders are .disloyal.
But what do they expect to accomplish 1. Ile-they
suppose
that if they should - get into .power they
I, retail atop this war 'Why s t 1 3 .4 Yeti-people would
THREE CENTS,
tear them from their seats, Do ' - Key suppose that
the army wenn:tallow a traitor to occupy the ch - air
of the Governor of Penneylvania 1 Whet do they
want> Po wer, , ottlee. Very well; we's:Ll , ' you shall
have theee thingir if you can get them honestly. You'
attack the Emancipation Proclamatiou; , why, the
Emancipation Primlamation is one of trat things of
the past. ,
The slaves made fret by that proclaniatforoms be
n amore made slaves agnio, Look at the effect of this
measure in the Dietrlet of .o"olumbla.. It werelo• pu:
the Off with turbulence and constant difftoulty:- Men'
were le be robbed and beaten to death. And whethas
been the effects It has attracted thither millions of
Northern capital, and wir are b‘ailding up therele
'thrifty 3Torthern city, wheee'slaVety held its
tral, and crooked its "infernailiell-broth,!"
ides of any Statesman , attaching Bush a pre-:
clionation now is, to use a p:drace a Mr. Lincoln'ai
fiketrying to bring a dead men to We. [Applause.]
The next point of attack is the confiscation act.
Novrir• - ask any Democrat whether JohnSlidell's.
property in the city of New Orleans- einould not be
confiscated?' The cordlecation astAlid not mean to
touch any loyai man. It simply sayirthst the pro
perty 'orthe toner daring his lifetime shall be
forfeited: . That is all, and if' yom inveigh '
against US' justice, you may an well' contend
that the -- man who does a rndrder''< should
not be humg. , This is one of the measures on lie
count of which. the followers of Judge' Wreadward
are soliciting your vote. Bat their great =di favo
rite clamortiongainst the, draft. They go alma the
country blowing , their teason and poicOirinto the
ears of ignorant men "poor men torunwa y from
their homes "the. children of the widow dragged
to the battlefield - ;" and all for the purrese , or con
ducting an Abolition war, which they ought Inc liter
to say Was beguiV by Breckinridge leaders( as well
those in arms in the South, as those in the - Worth,
who are sympathizing with tbem. [Lend'oheen-
Mg.] Who is this draft to help out? Itiit
help our brave brothers and sons in the
field of battle., Did you ever hear of a. Sol- .
dies who went into the service, who did not de
nounce and scorn these men, who in the safe accuri
ty of home, are embarrassing the Government '"that"
trying to strengthen his cause? But the three.
hundred dollar clause by which exemption 1/El.l3llr
chased—what of that!' I venture to assert that the
statutes of no State or country contain a bill II Dre
perfect in all its provisions. Do 'you know it KM&
so just that it received the whole vote of the Denio
cratic party in the Senate—the Copperheads' who..
were oppoeed to it, and did not dare to vote, reti
ring? >Do youlknow that it was sustained by many
Democrats in the House, by many Unionists of the.
South, and by the Republican party I Let me pro
duce the names of those who voted in the affirma—
tive in proof of what I have said:
Messrs. Aldrich(R. ). Allev (R.), Ashley (R.). Arnold(R.).
Babbitt. (R. ),Baily (D. ).Raker R. ). Baxter (R.), Beaman
(R.). Bingham (R ), Blair (II ), Va.: Brown (II Blake
(R.), Blom (R.) Pa.; Buffington (R.), Calvert (ii" ).
Campbell (R.). "Casey (B.), Chamberlain (R.), Ciark
(R.), Colfax (R), Conkling F. A. (R.), Conkling
(R Leo:rode ar.), Cutler (R) Davis (R.),
Dawes (R.), Dein)* (R ). Diven (R.), Dunn (R), Ed
gerton (R. ). Edwards (R. ), aliot (R.). Ely (R.). Fenton
(R.). Fessenden S R. (R.), Fessenden T. A. D. (it.),
Flanders (R.), Fisher (It ), Franchot (R ). Frank (R.).
Gooch (R.). Goodwin (R ), Granger (R ). Gurley (R ),
Rahn (TE ), Haight (R.), Sale (R ). Harrieon ),Hick
roan (R ), Efoop , r (R. ) Horton (R.), Hutchins (R. ).
Julian (1(..), Kelley (R Kellogg (R ). Mich..; Kellogg
(R .).:11l ; Kidinger (R ), Lansing (D), Leary (U.),
Loomis (R ), Lovejoy (R ), Low (R.), Mclndoe (R.),
McKean (R. ), McKnight (a ). McPherson (R.), More
ton (R). - Maynard ), Mitchell (R ). Moorhead (R ).
Morrill (R.), Me. ; Morrill (R Vt.; Nixon (R ). Olin
(R.). Parton (R ), Phelps ( D ), Cal ; Pike (R ). Pome
roy (R). Porter (R. ), Rica (R ). Mass.; Rice (R ), Me.;
Riddle (R ). Rollins (R.), N. H. ; Sargeat ( ). tSedg
wick (R. T. Seger (U.). Shanks (R) Sheffield (Cr ). Sbel
labarger R ) Sherman (R ). Sloan (R ) Spaulding (R.).
Stevens (R ), Stratton (R.), Thomas ), Mass. ; The
mas (II.), hid ; Train (Ft ).Trimble (13.),Trowhridas (R.).
Vandever (R 1, Van Horn (R ), Verfee (R.), Walker
(R.), Wall (R.). Wallace (R.). Walton (R.). Wash
borne (R ) Webster (R.), Wheeler (D.), WliPe (R.),
Ind.; Wilson (R.), Windom (R. ), Worcester (R )
Suppose there had been no exemption clause, why
substitutes would have risen to three or four thou
sand dollars, and the poor man would have been
forced to go into the army because he could not raise
that amount. There would have been' no end of
wrong and partiality.
Why should I go on with this record, and point
out to these gentlemen the manner in which they
conduct this campaign on the other side? A shrewd
statesman and far-seeing' politician, who desired to
get the so-called Democratic party on the right tack,
would come forward and say, I approve of Mr. Lin
coln's entire civil policy, but am opposed to him be
cause be steals money out of the treasury, or is in
some other manner derelict. He would approve
the .policy -of the President, but attack his mis
takes.- I am not sorry that the enemies of
the Union have thrown themselves on the illogi
cal aide of the question. la am perfectly' wil
ling to see any man elected. President of the
United States who will carefully and faith
fully enforce the great measures necessary
to the preservation of my country. [Applause.]
In this strife men are nothing. Give -us back our
country; give us the jewel that these slaveholders
have robbed from us, and confide it to the keeping
of any man—no matter what his name or calling—so -
that he be upright. [Loud cheers.] •My friends,
there are certain underlying and overspreading prin
ciples in this awful struggle which you cannot con
ceal, however you may desire to conceal them ; and
the first ia, hostility to slaved. lam here to-day to
say that, ten years ago, when I discovered that sla
very was the cause of all the evils of my country, I
tried to induce the Democratic party to become an
anti-slavery party; but it failed to become such.
The South was its right wing, and it failed
to carry the whole body forward into the
ground of true conservatism. Here, in Penn
aylvania, the State of mechanics, of laborer*,
the State of farmers and thinking men, the
State of men who earn their bread by the sweat of
their faces—here lc ou are bound to discuss this ques
tion. You must not allow these people to drive you
from its discussion by the Silly cry, that the negroes
are to be armed, and that social equality between
the two races will be a necessary result. These are
cries that twenty years ago frightened,old women; or
tempted partisans to deeds of outrage.. There is no
working man who swings a plane or drives a ham
mer who is not covenanted before God to oppose
slavery ; there -is no poor mother, praying through,
c airiauuV and sleepless for the salvation_
hostility of this institution. ie-e d- are l .l- C tri %%WV
man that must not be an enemy of slavery ; an in
stitution which imbrutes all civilization, and which
makes man a tyrant, and woman more degraded
than the slave. I have more than once been in the
presence of these Southern magnates ; I have heard
and seen the contempt with which they look upon
us ; I have heard the words that fell from the lips of
Senator Hammond, who was so nobly rebuked by
Broderick for daring to assert that there must be
two classes, and that we of the North were
to be the mud. eiLls upon which these spoilers were
to mount to power: There is no religious interest
which should not oppose slavery. What a spectacle
it is to see a clergyman hesitating in this strife ! I
can forgive the partisan ; I can forgive the man who
looks for office ; I can forgive the coward who fears
to face' the enemies of his country, and who, while
he believes with us, dare not break the chains of
the Democratic party ; but I cannot forgive the man
who, with half-hearted piety, claims to be the or
dained teacher of men in the ways of truth and jus
tice, and yet holds out his hand to those who sym
pathize with the rebellion, and encourages their dis
affection. The great Duke of Argyle, at present a
member of the British Cabinet, had the courage to
say that there was no spectacle more disgraceful
than to eee a clergyman in the South trying to jure
tify the rebellion ; but I say in reply that 'there is a
much more disgraceful spectacle, and that is to see
clergymen in the North trying to do the same thing.
Here there is no excuse for any man, butleast.of all
'for one who is trying to worship God, effecting a
compromise with slavery. [Cheers.]
But, gentlemen, I have not yet spoken of the im
portant duty before us, and I have left that to this
period of •my most desultory remarks so that you
can see from what has gone before that which is
immediately in front of you I allude to the sees
tion of a Governor of Pennsylvania. Your oven
neighbor and friend—one that you know and have
known longer than myself is before you a candidate
for re-election. Now this is not a mere ordinary
election; this is not a mere question of individuals.
It is not an election such as took place when ear.
Curtin was chosen Governor in 1860. It is a strife
in his name whether Pennsylvania shall remain in
the old Union or be transferred to the rebellious
Confederacy—that is the whole story. I may be
told that these man, should they succeed in choosing
Mr. V7oodward Governor, will not dare to at
tempt these acts. That is my desire should
that frightful catastrophe happen to us, but_
bear in mind that when leaders preach cer
tain doctrines they are- sowing seeds which must
bear fruit. When Fernando Wood threatened to
cut off New.-York from the Union, and threatened,
too, that if the President attempted to enforce the
draft, the streets of New Yofk should run with
blood, the filthy rabble took possession of the idea;
they carr e ied the torch of the incendiary and the dag
ger of the murderer through the streets ; they covered
the whole city with a pall of thickening shame.
And the wily knaves, while their followers were pil
laging and burning, were themselves concealed in
cowardly security. Have they ever recanted the
doctrines which produced these results 1 llas
Mr. Woodward ever reversed his decision that
the South was right in taking up arms 1 Has
Mr. Reed ever repented of his remark - that Penn
eylvania must- decide between the- Southern and
NorthernConfederaciesl Knowing what these inert
would do, what they have Said they would do, what'
they have done in New York you would, indeed be
deserving of the ball and chain if you did not reject .
and resist these insidious and dangerous teachings,
and you would prove that you are, indeed, unwor
thy to be free. Look at the consequences of this
election. Who would receiveit with favor? There.
is not a column of the rebel army that would not
sing- hosannas to Gorgin triumph over your defeat,
because it would be an evidence that you are ready to
enforce and carry out the doctrine* of these men. Now
there is an opportunity here for them to prove that
they are devoted to'the country. Let them come for
ward and say that they are sorry for what they have
done, and that they will do better hereafter. But, '
gentlemen; they are too honest in their treason. Ob
serve the cautious and devilish processes to which
they resort. At the.beginning of this war, in 1861.,
when trods poured into Washington from all the
States, we had the cry that three-fourths of the army
were Dertioerats, and the customary arguments
were adduced to prove that this .was so--'`Thep
would stand on .the street corners discussing ,among.
themielVes ' subject of a which none - of them
actually knew. anything •, but it . has e been dis
proved 14 ,tbe fact that Mr. Woodward and. his
fries de are afraid to let their Demieoritic sol
diersiecone home. [Laughter and cheers.] There is
not a man of them who will not fly into a rage if
you hint that the 'oldie's should be allowed to come
home. What is -the, matter? It- is : because nine
tenths of the troops, who went into the field Demo
crats, come home determined to revenge .themselves-
on those who caused our,present difficulties. That
is what is theanatter. That is the trouble in New
York; that -is the trouble here. -It is so -in Ohio,
where General Burnside turned away a Copperhead
committee who came to him to allow soldiers -to
vote. It is so -in Maine ; three-fourths of the sol
diers, so they said, were Democrats, and yet a couple
of regiments came home and voted against the De
mocrats.
I do not wonder why a soldier shouldlbe in favor
of Curtin. [Cheers.] He is in .favor of the man
who helps him. Who is not? He is itefavor of the
bridge that carries him over. Who, hanotl He has
seen Curtin coming to the field after every battle to
assist in burying the dead, tending the wounded,
and alleviating the sorrwe of the bereaved. But
•be has never seen Mr. 'odevard. All that he has
"slavery a s divine institu
tion,"heard from him is that
and that the slaveholders had a right to go -to
war. He has never heard anything i from Nix.,
Woodward but sympathy with the mere . Whie have
murdered your brothers, and iffins ;•. who; have
made Eastern Virginia one vast Golgotha. Now,
these - facts are better and more significant than all
the arguments of all the lawyers and vestors that
can be imported into this good. State of a7urs. They
touch our "hearts ;;they cone - ince our judgments;
they conquer our prejudices. Is it possible. that
with all these arguments we.: shall not be able to
rescue Pennsylyania from these baleful inflUenceal
Is it possible that because a set , et men proclaim
themselves disloyal, and desire to see ihe, enemies
of their country prosper, that, therefore, tisoae.who
do not so desire will fail to assist their country at
this time b Fellow-oltiaens, it is right that Uza should
not only, preserve unity among our btit we
should paeseive the Union itself. ' Nething does us .
more harm, abroad:than these constant' divisions
'among, ourselves. Behold, notwi s tatitanding. the
dangers of the hour, notwithstanding the. Victories
•that have turned despaireinto joy and disappoint
ment into laope ; behold the embattled power of Eu
rope prepariag to seize tipon ow; domain, and profit
by our great misfortunes 1 It reminds me of that
awful hour after the cruelfixaan of the Son of Man,
'when his Willman enemies sat down to, divide his
garments. Ig it. possible that at Melt a, period as
'this, a man who, like 'Woodward, Ise never had - 4.
• word to say in favor of the men who.are, fighting for
our liberties, who, after the eleotion of your mental
nitional 'Chief 'Magistrate, invoked the Southern
, people to'arms, and evhcsa Item thateitons to,this; in
the Nee y effulgence of our uatiouVlory fulq via.
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&ahem or hope—is it possible, When *e'aiv: triply
assailed, when we are assailed from the Ettopean
shot"; whenwe are assailed from the Gulf shot;
When cife are assailed by the, knaverMaishallitt un
der the rattlesnake banner—is it possible thht, at
such a critical time, the people of Perinaylvemiawill
- allow thextigelvea to be deceived intothderectlOW of
such a man as George W. Woodward"''
This is more than an.extraordinary cnitysii;
a fight not only for the life of the notion, but rot
your life and mine—for the preservatioZtf oar fan&
lies, and for the protection of our proerty. What
will become of your great lines of railroad when the
dochines of George W. Woodward are carried out,
and the hordes of the invading foe 'are agaltk invited
to enter the Star with fire and sword? What will
become of the rights of property and of persbn, when
mobs like those of New York are incited,* out
break. here I But, nly friends, God looks dews Amen
this struggle, and r have always held the faith that
Be will turn the heart's of The people who are tight
beg' against us back to the old flag.. [Al' 9e 1,
Clan it be that a Democratic meetirg would 326e1111a1e
lale on this spot, and I hear roue of the old fatillar:
attains—no " Star Spangled ..Banner"—no " 7i ankee .
Doodler—no allusions tothefotg—no word of i7k,ti
twig for the brave men wlio• have fought and bled
and 'died' for the country 4 salvation—nothing:But
congas and heartless criticisms of the Government ;
nothing hcct abuse of that good - cold man, whose days_
and nights are spent in toil and sacrifice and anxiety
for us sill it cannot be.'.'2be people maybe credit
lore; they may be ignorant, but they cannot all be'
traitors. fLemdattee.] - Thom, however, who par , 4
silt in this treason will be smitten hip and thigh cia
the thirteenth of . October ne.t', and it is my devout
wish that Bud/ may be the ending of this caavasc
[Prolonged'cheering.]
POLITICAL ~
The fonbwing despatch from , Major General.
Butler was Imzeivei at the late MISPZ meeting at
Springfield, Maoist.:
. HOWELL ; diem September 2.
To Hon. James - 0. - Com:fling: . •
Your despatch- invtting me to attend the Spring
field Mass Convention has been received, just as I
had returned from a journey. I should be glad to
meet my brethren-of the 'Northwest upon the mo
mentous questions-of the present and the• future.
The rebellious States exlst only by the- surprise and
weakness of the General Government. Corriere
nisei' are impossible r save between equals in rights.
Reorganization or reconstruction is alone useful
when the vicious parts- are to be left out. Amnes
ties are for individuals-, net for organized cornnituni-
Therefore prosecute- the war. Bring every part
of the country Into submission to the laws of the
'United, States. Then.there will be no-place for re
bellion no parties foroompromises, no occasion - for
recondruction, and clemency may be shown and
amnesties offered to individual citizens who desire
them. Is there any othertvay to restore the ULd.ollt
_ _
The New York Times - makes - this admirable
point : Nor have the Southern people any right to
ask the President to promise them anything what
ever as a condition of laying down their arms.
Everything he could promise, which is to affect their
permanent welfare and civil condition, is already
guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the
United States. Let them return to the shelter and
protection of that great Charter, and their rights
are perfectly secure. This they can do—and this
they must do, if they wish the war to end.
We are rejoiced to learn by the Reporter that the
unhappt divisions among loyal men in Bradford
county are in a - fair way of being healed. The
chairman of the Republidan and People's County
Committeeshave united in a call for a Union Con
vention for the nomination 'of candidates for local
offices, and in such a spirit of toleration that none.
but the enemies of law and order can fail to respond.
.= Ron. M. Russell Thayer, member of Congress
from this district, will address his constituents in
Bucks county, in the court house, in Doylestown.
on Monday evening next=the first day of court.
AnlYLr. Thayer is an excellent speaker, as well as a
- sound patriot, there should be a general turn-out of
the people of the townships within reachAA Doyle*.
town..
—Az there are journalists' in Westmoreland base
enough to write a falsehood like this, we suppose
that there are people ignorant enough to believe it :
"Curtin and Stanton are in conspiracy to prevent,
by military force, a fair election in Pennsylvania.
Let every man who loves liberty be prepared to
prove that he is worthy of it, by defending his rights
at all hazards and to the last extremity."
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA AND Ears RAILROAD.—The con
struction or the middle division of this work is be
ing pushed forward as rapidly as the scarcity of la
borers will admit, and itwill be completed and open
ed early next spring. A large number of men are
continually being brought on the work from the
East, but owing to the fact that inducements are
offered laborers in all partsof the country, and that
this particular locality is a wilderness almost, they
do not stay long. The fact, too, that the company
will not allow liquor to be sold anywhere on pro
perty which they have leased or control, has a ten
dency to drive the men sway, and the company dre
not willing to relinquish the enforcement of this
commendable feature of their discipline for the sake
of the labor. We know that every exertion is be
ing used to complete the work as soon as possible,
and think that through trains will run over the
toad as early as - the middle of April next.
PETROLEUM ON THE REALTIT:—It IS a fact well
established that petroleum has a beneficial effect
upon the health. It has been remarked that no case
'of sickness has been known to originate from the
use of or a proximity to the product, notwithatand , k
ing its offensive odor. No district of country can - be..
faelyatmAs4aldree are so uniformly ruddy-
sylvania oil region; nor can a class of peo e
found who enjoymiore physical vigor and good health
than those who are constantly exposed to the nos
toes smelt of the compound.
DESLICTER SHOT.-011 Thuraday Of last week a
perion named George Chace, a deserter, while try
ing Jo escape from a deputy of Provost Marshal
Chrepbell, of the Erie district, was shot dead by
the 'officer, near the residence of his mother, in the
neighborhood of Spartansburg, in: this county.' He
bad hired himself out as a substitute some two or
three times, and had deserted ae often,
and the offi
cer performed a clear duty in acting as he did. Per
haps the example made of this case may have e.
salutary effect in - deterring others from a similar
course.
WOUNDED AT GETTTSBURG.—About fourteen
hundred wounded still remain at Gettysburg. A.
large number of them are cases of compound frac
ture of thigh. It is expected that in the course of
the present month all the patients will be removed,
and the hospital broken up.
WE learn that the United States barracks at Car
lisle, recently destroyed by the rebels, are to be re
built during the coming autumn.
INVALID Cours. - -Captain Washington-Richards,
of the 3d Pennsylvania Reserves, has been trans
ferred to the Invalid Corps, with his former
rank and has been ordered to report at New York.
DISTINGUISH - RD VISITORS AT THE OIL REGION--
On Thursday of last week the great oil region of Oil
creek was honored with the presence of the diplo
matte party from Washington; who were from home
sight seeing, consisting of William H. Seward and
daughter.; Senor Ems Molina, the Minister front
Costa Rica ; Senor Don Gabriel Gracia y Tessar,
Minister from Spain - ; M. Schiedier, the Hanseatic
Minister ; the Chevalier lßertinnatti, Minister from
Italy; Edward, Count Piper, Minister of Sweden,
and Chargé d'Affaires of Denmark; Mr. Mfrs.
Derghmans, Charge d'Affaires of Belgium, and seve
ral of the attaches of their respective legations.
Tai two cannon taken from Lancaster city to
Columbia, at the time of the invasion of the State,
have been brought back by the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and are now at the warehouse, awaiting the
orders of the committees who have charge of them.—
Lancaster Inquirer.
HanicaTiox.--The St. Mary's (Catholic) Church
of Lock Haven will be dedicated by the Right Rev.
Bishop Wood, of Philadelphia, assisted by other
clergy from abroad, on Sunday, the 13th of Septem
ber, 1863, at 103-.< o'clock A. M.
ACCIDENT IN THB MINES.—On Wednesday week
an accident occurred at the Empire Mines of Messrs.
Pariah & Co., Enzerne. county, which came very
near involving the loss of the lives of two men.
A miner, named John McKender, 1.1 preparing a
blast, using a twenty-five-pound keg of powder for
the purpose, very imprudently,allowed his lamp to
remain burning upon his hat. A spark from the
lamp fell into the powder, which immediately ex- .
ploded, burning him in a terrible condition. Hewes ,
living at the latest accounts, but faint hopes are en
tertained for his recovery. Another man, named
Anthony Dakin, standing about twenty feet off, was
knocked down by the concueskin, and severely.
burned and bruised. He also lies in a critical .con.. .
dition.--Luverne Union..
Flax Currunc.---There has been a much larger,
amount of flax raised in Bucks county the present
season than for many years past, and will proVe. a
very remunerating crop to those who have raised it, - .
as not only the seed, but flax straw, is in great de-
mand. Several persons-are advertising for the pun..
chase of the seed, and Mr. Herman Boater, of the
Moravian Mills, Bethlehem, advertises for.one huri
dred tons of rotted flax straw. ,
AGRICULTURAL FAIR —The sixth annual fair of
the Carbon County Agricultural Society will com
mence at Lehighton on the 6th of October next, and
continue four days.
OF s-ie persons examined by the Board of Enrol
ment for ' , Berk' county,, in were exempted foam
disability and other causes, ¢6 presented . aubstitates, .
and 120 were pronounced fit for duty.
Fra's.-LThe flax crop in Pennsylvania, this year
Will be larger than ever before, raised this State, =
and inquiries are made as to the best mode of dis
posing of it. One of our exchanges advises the
after threshing out the Geed, to stack the straw
carefully, protect the stacks with boaids,or a good
thatch; and lawait the ;Coming of customers, who ,
will appear between this and the clocc.of. ,the year..
It is important that Abe straw. tie kept
.dry, other-
wise it will rot, and the fibre be destroyed.. Prom ,
present appearances there is ,no doubt that there
will be a demand for every ton Of fiat 'raised, and
farmers will do well to preserve ail their. straw in
good condition. The preparation of fibre had better
be left for those who make that their, - special busi
ness. In view of the increasing.importanse of flax,,
consequent upon the suspension of cotton growing,.
we advise our inventive reedprkto.examine and see,
if they cannot produce improvoMents in 04. x-dress-.
ing machinery. The field for this clams of inventicrs,
teems to be a good one.
INCIDENTS AT NATCHEZ, XIISp.—.9. Western cm:—
respondent _writes :
I cannot begin. to deac,r.ike the intense hatred the
rebels seem to , have against their stases. I Jisve
known several instancejswhere they have shot them
down like dog s,apd on one lonely plantation we fcand
a poor fellow with handsel iron around his enklea
weighing at least twor4t7powids, am), wearing these,
•he was compelled to work' in the 3eld and keep up
hie row. He came 'along with ne, and Afton filing
for two days, the boys:got the irons of for
Liberty theouptyaeat of Amite coupty, and la
noted for,. it ,c
s, gockih water, healthy location' and fe.
male seminary, osa.of the finest institutions of the
South, and closed about a wea,ago for wont of pro
. Visions.
A Confederate. hospital been established
at Liberty, at which we paroled lifteen•soldiers, much
to their joyy. We destroyed - seventean hogsheads
of sugar, one hundred and fifty sa,tdiee, and fifty.
• stand of UM&
To give. Yez.l the "...S.,luthern.fl.-e.alde" idea of &
Yankee, I relate the fallowing; as. ooeurring while
we were at Liberty:... little boy of about six years
came. Up• to Capt Bolbrook, o$ ~.the 72(1 Regiment,
with 'mouth and'
" eatl, wide open; and Nays, " may,
you ens are like w ails !" Certainly," said, the
Gaptaini "what_ did you think we were liket"
"Why, thoughtyou had tang," was the reply.
wrt4x Tun REAlit s ;EN - ras ea. OF Vera:Axon:mem.
The traitor ex-Lieutenant Maury, in his. recent let-.
ter to the London Times, apologizing for the recent
rebel defeats, thus states what the Totiela expect of
Tallithdigh:sni ;
Vallandigham waits and watches over the bor.
der, pledged, if elected Governor of the State of
Ohio, toarray it against Lincoln and the war, and
to go; for peace. What. tho result of the election
there will be I cannot tell, hut the canvass is going
on, and we know that opposition to Lincoln and his
war party is growing Vote and more popular, eicery,
sua thropghsmt. tht wtAltlforth.
SUTLER„