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“ Colonel” Jewett Saves the Union.
It is , plain'that." Colonel" JEWETT can
not be ..deterred•from Writing letters to the
President •by so trivial a circumstance
as the refusal of Mr. LINCOLN, expressed
through his private secretary, Mr. HAS, to
open these frank and amiable epistles.
Strong in the faith.tbat the pen is mightier
than the sword, and that the United States
does not rigorously require prepayMent of
letter postage, the indefatigable Colonel,
with something of the sublime persistency
of BRUCE'S spider, has been addresiing two
more letters to President LINCOLN."
Both of them are characteristic
.014twarr
in style and rhetoric ; and in the mere fact
of his omitting the definite article "-the"
So frequently before his
.substantives, we
are permitted to have a glimpse 44' the
• inner life of a busy master-spirit, whose
bands are too full controlling the.destinies
of nations. to attend to details a gram.'
mar. 'The error of omission first arose
from the necessity of economy in. Me
graphing to the Emperor NAPOLEON ;
but it detracts so greatly from the dig
nity of- style so requisite in the notes of
a courtly diplomat,' frith' patent-leather
bouts and a trouhlesome eye-glass, that it
shOuld clearly be discontinued. " Colonel "
.Tswarr might make a tolerable plenipo
tentiary but fdr 'two intolerable faults that
mark all his official effusions : They are
slightly rattle-brained, and slightly incon
sistent. fitst letter to the President
Ite says : "I know that, upon the with
drawal of your note addressed To whom
it may concern,' the South will send com
missioners, with full powers to treat for
peace. ,I%do, therefore, urge upon you the
duty and policy of reopening negotiations
at. Niagara with the gentlemen who have
now-general powers, and that Mr. GREELEY
be re-empowered to bring about this de
sirable result." In hia second letter he says
to Mr. LINCOLN:. "It is now understood
the war and peace elements will unite at
Chicago under a peace platform meeting
the approbation of the South. This will
insure ycilr defeat. Turn,
,therefore, I be
seech you, your attention, during the few
months of your power, to the salVation of
the country, through an armistice and ne
gotiation unconditional, or be prepared to
receivelhe curses of future generations."
Perhaps " Colonel " JEWETT has authority
to make this' important 'announcement of
the line of policy to be pursued by the De
mocratic party in the coming contest. But
as Mr. LINcoLN's defeat will be "in
sured," and the Confederate candidate
for President of the United States-is
certain of election, it really lo‘oks as though
3lr. JEWETT was not faithful to - the 'best
interests of the South, when, as one of their
self-appointed ambassadors, lie beseeches
Mr. LINCOLN, with such fine' frenzy .
the " curse of future generations,", to re
open peace negotiations. at Niagara. 'Hate
victory is certain for the South at the ballot
box, why is the South 'so - anxious to bring'
up the issue in tke counciichambei? 'Per
haps for the sake of " the.aalvation' df the
conetry." Nit will not the Country be• in
evitably saved if the Chicago nominee be
elepted by the combined disloyal vote of
the country, North . and South, as indicated
above ? Assuredly it will. For in. that
event, the loyal'voters of the country will
be in the minority, and as loyal minorities
never secede or rebel against the constituted
authorities, the Union would necessarily be
restored without further fighting or parley.
Gold, and its Trade Moral.
The gold' sent 'to Europe from New York,
.on : last Saturday, was $250,000, and a fur
ther sum of $69,100 was taken away by
the steamer on Wednesday. This is a +Per
ceptible decline in the exportation of specie,
and would indicate a return to a healthier
condition of trade than has existed for some
time. Regarded, too, in relation to . the
fact that our exports of produce have car
respoidingly increased, (they always do in
creitse, more or less, about this time, when
our new cereals come in,) it - would seem
vs if we hid or were really entering into the
policy, of importing nothing except what is
actually necessary for food, dress, or manu
facturing. 'ln time of war, when increased
taxation 721.214 be made,. it is bad -policy N to
send specie glut of the country in exchange
for articles of luxury. With our immense
natural resources, which produce .overy
thing that human ?Mitre can reasonably
desire for Comfortable and even elegant
living, and with our unsurpassed poWer of
invention and of manufacture, we ought to
dispense with most of our present 1111-
. ports. When gold- ceases to be in demand
for remittances abroad and for the pay
ment of import duties at home, its factitions
value will be reduced. Indeed, gold would
ftndlts proper level, under such circum
stances, were it not for the Government
demand
specie—the
to pay the. interest on the
debt, in specie—the only doubtful part of
our financial policy, but. which, once
adopted, cannot be Changed without
_ _ . _ _
breach of faith with the iiublie creditors.
The 'greatness of England, which was of
stogy giowth, was mainly cfeated by her
long persistence in a strongly protective
polioy Her , own, native prience, was
iimited;4lroo and. her 800-.16-
vrati g ht prodneis donstitutekintis_pfstottr
" 'wealth these 'she construciedmv
chin ry converted the-rawmatefial- ,
. „
of hiported cotton flax, .silk, and wool
into the muslink linen, satins, and cloths
with she supplied the world. • So
jealoits Was shef that she adarcely allowed
these , tnanufactures to be exported in &reign
vessels, though, to build her own mer
cantile taayine, she had-.to import timber
from Canada and Norway. Her popula
tion `being greater than her agricultural
capacity for: feeding it, she was con.stantly.
impqrting .cereal: stuffs and flour from
foreign countries, and heamily taxed these;
in order to protect her, own farmers. Raw
mat( rials'she collected from illparts ofihe ;
world, - :and - did not generally 'subject to
heavy- taxation, but on luxuries. the fiscal
tnttlet,Was very heavy. John Bull plainly
said to his family: "It you want foreign
dreisis; foreign - wines, foreign spirits,
foreignleivoiry, and foreign kickshaws of
any
. t3ort-'if you are not content with good
home apparel, ,food and ornament—you
must pay, torjindulging your fancy." Tt
was not till 1843 that the late Sir ROBERT
PEEL, thinking his England strong enough:
to relinquish protection,: began to recognize
the principle of free•trade; In that, year,
out of a tariff of I,2oo.fbreigtr articles he re
duced. the duty on 750. In * the year follow
ing he repealed all duties on expores,•and
all import 'duties on 430 other articles of
raw materials used in manufactures. ^ „Zot
until 1846 was he able to abolish the 7m.-
port duty on grain and flour, and give the
poor Mali (to use his own words& the
power to recruit his exhausted strength.
with abundant, and untaxed food, the
tweeter 13 . 6eause , it is nhonger leavened I
with a sense of 14-notice."
What England so persistently did, for eon..
tuzrps, until within the last twenty years,
we also . ought to do. We ought to fall
back, as muchi as we pan, upon the flat - pull
predifotions atti4 ! Monthe skilled ac-
Cures of our ma" wintry.. The lifted
States, whether in war or in peace, would
be still more powerful
and prosperous could
her citizens becomeindependent of foreign
countries for a semi) of years or so. Om:
custom-house officers would then have little
to do, but our farmers, our mechanists, our
manufacturers, dux laborers, would be busy
and thriving. Even now, we venture to
say, were it agreed upon and carried into
effect, that none but domestic- wearing-ap
parel should be used here, , ere the year was
out our manufactUrers Would produce fa
brics as good, at least, - as those • obtained
from England and- France. The supply
will follow the demand.
We believe, indeed, that already has
commenced the necessary reaction . . The
Jewellers and dealers in other 'beautiful
but mot necessary articles are sensibly feel
ing a decline in their sales. Some say
that this is caused by hoarding greenbacks,
bull most amrm that the money which
used to be dispensed for mere elegancies is
now being applied to the purchase of arti
cles of native produce. It will be a proud
day for this country-when the shopkeeper—
can recommend the superiority of an article,
with the assurance that it is of American
manufacture. Then we shall look back and
wonder how foolishly we used to send our
gold out of the country to purchase what
could be as well made at home.
Royal Scheming.
King LEOPOLD, of Belgium, now the
oldest of European kings, and said to be
the most astute of all, with the exception
of the Emperor NAPOLEON, is a man of so
much importance, though his doininions
' are very small, that his actions are usually
watched with considerable attention. Hith
erto, he has held himself somewhat aloof
from the inserutable • man who governs
France, and, considering that ..LEoroun's
second wife, and the mother of his chil
dren was eldest (laughter of the Citizen
king, whose place NAPOLEON fills, this
,
. coolness is not surprising. However, Lto
,
has paid a friendly visit to NeFor.zoN
!rit, Vichy, and thk politicians have already
built up a story out of it.
LEoroLD is a man who carefully looks
after the interests of his family. His eldest
son is married to an Austrian archduchess.
His second son, the Com* of ,Flanders, is
a bachelor twenty-seven years old. _His
only daughter is the wife of the Emperor
MAIUMILIAN, being the identical Empress
CHARLOTTE frequently mentioned of late
in Mexican correspondence. She was mar
ried in July, 1857, and is childless.
Now, being an excellent family man,
and a political Micawber, tired of waiting
for something to turn up for the Count of
Flanders, it is_declared that -LEOPOLD'S
visit' to Vichy has been to interest NAPO
LEON in a little matrimonial plot. The
throne of Mexico will be very unstable if
MAXmULteN•die without a male heir. The
Empress CHARLOTTE, though only twenty
four years old, has no children after seven
wedded years. Let the Count of Flanders,
her brother, marry the Princess_ ANNA.
MURAT, cousin to
. NArorzon,
,and make an
arrangement that, if the royal rulers of
Mexico continue childless, the eldest son
of the Belgian prince and She French prin
cess shall be acknowledged heir, on Maxi
ma,rAx's death, to the crown bfliekico.
The programme, like most of LEoroLros,
would advance the interests of the
. house
of Cobourg. If carried out, it would
gratify the reigning house's of Austria,
France, England, and Belgium. Of course,
the Mexicans have not been consulted as
to this arrangement. What of that ? They
are only the people, whose duty it is to ac
cept the policy of the rulers.
Aid for Chambersburg.
It is very evident, from the small sum—
less than: 16,000—received by the Treasurer
of the Fund for the relief of the Chambers
burg sufferers, that the liberality of Phila
,_delpbia has scarcely .been `.tapped," as
yet. The greater part of a prosperois city
- was burned down by a band of marauding
barbarians ; and two thousand persons (con
stituting nearly one-half of tlie,:whole popu
littiOn) have been left without roofs to cover
them, without mbney, - without food, with
t any.clothing but-what they wore when
the incendiaries sent them into the streets.
All classes, all ages, _from the'white-haired
grandstre to the babe in 'arms, participate
in this sudden and awful suffering. Many
of them actually have not as much cover
ing as decency requires. It is to relieve
this very terrible misfortune that a sub , -
scription
,was commenced here, of which
that estimable gentleman, Mr. EDMUND A.
SounEy (whose admirable wife did the
duty or a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE among .
our wounded and sick soldiers in Virginia),
acts as treasurer.. The aura collected is
wholly inadequate for the purchase of
clothing for the destitute sufferers of Cham
bersburg. It would not be difficult, with
suitable organization, to multiply the - sum
already obtained by, ten—to raise SSO,OOO
in a few days.
Let the ladies personally take the matter
in hand. Let them go, in deputations of
two, and visit every house within certain
districts, pressing gently, but firmly, fUr
some contribution at each house, for this
Chembersburg fuud. Many of the wealthy
inhabitants are out of town. They can be
called upon after their return. But there are
thousands and tens of thousands remaining
in the city who, if personally ,solicited, will
cheerfully give something—apparel, if they"
cannot afford money. We throw out this
hint in full Confidence that it will prochice
abundant fruit, and with the full conviction
that the ladies of Philadelphia, who never
grudge their labor in a good cause, will
cheerfully and efficiently'act upon it.
TEE following important announcement
is taken from the New York Herald of yes
terday': " There was a gathering of Peace
politicians at Hope Chapel, in Broadway,
yesterday. .A• number of prat:hi:lent an
shining lights in that faith Were present,
among them WM. B. REED, Crtanr,us IN
GERSOLL, and Judge WOODWARD, of Penn
sylvania ; also several •of the faithful in this
city and from the West. It is understood
that they have some very important busi
ness on hand looking to the management
of the Chicago Convention, and securing
the nomination of - some man pledged to
their interests, and who belongs to. their .
'particular Peace - churcli." • General Mc
l'-..qtaiirarr would have - beenjust the . man -
•
for the crisis, if he had not incautiously_ ex
pressed himself in favor of the war, in his
• classical West Point" oration. After that
terrible fiasco, it is not in human nature to
I ; expect Messrs. REED, "" IitGERSOLL,
WOODWARD to have anything to. do. with
him. •
WA SIZIW4G-TOINT.
WASHTNOTON, MIME. 11.
TREASITRY DBCISION.
The decision of Acting Ooronrissioner-Rozarrse
that the 710 Treasury notes , are liable to taxation
applies to banks that hold them as part of their
capital,stock, .The drat section of the last loan act
expressly tixempts all 'United States Treasury Notes
all well 94 bonds from State and municipal taxation.
T - ErE 7-30 LOAN
The amount,of subscription to the 7-30 loan re
ported at the Treasury Department to-day was
nearly half a million. -
n THE NEW ItZGLSTSR Or THE TIMASURT.
•
,
S. B. COLBY of Vermont, was to-day sworn In. as
Register
,of the Treasury, in place of L. E. CHIT-
Tawnier, resigned.
THE WEATHER
This has been a terribly hot day, the thermometer
ranging from ninety-one to ninety. eight degrees in
the simile. A thunder storm prevails this evening,
with fine showers, and prospects:of more.
ODDER lur.Oat THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
A special order issued from tbe War Department
directs all officers in the military service of the
United-States to render every fitellittte such ex
press companies as may be charged by e Govern
ment of Igew York with the delivery of the neces
sary fOrms'and blanks required to record the votes
Of soldiers of that State in the field, with a view to
the blanks being delivered with the least praoties
hie delay. •
71tOitE comprEurnmms ninIaBONED.
Tine more of the Western eonnterfehers heirs
arrived here,ana been committed to We Old Capital.
DISPOSITION OP PRISONERS
Fortrnine rebel officers were today sent hence to
Fort Delaw . are, and one hundred and twenty-1170
priviton to Minks. „
SENTENCES COMBFITEIi.
Seven deserters , from the Ivy, found -gutlty of
desertion and sentenced to likaltot bAve had "tlier
seat ac es
es , commitalrlo eout4iment it ltr`Dry
•TO as and Wei for
ten=d tobutt
THE WAR.
TEE EXPLOSION AT . CITY POINT.
GREAT 3C,CISS QV'
53 PERSONS IrTTIED AND 126 WOUNDED
Shennan Actively Bombarding Atlanta
ERIXOBED CAPTIThip OF MOBILE
HEAVY FIRING AT PETERSBURG
A GIINBOATISITELEING THE "ENEMY
GEL SLOCUM - RELIEVED AT VICKSBUR'.
The Rebels Trying to Cross the:Mississippi
REBEL ACCOUNTS FROM ATLANTA AND MOBILE
Gen. Smith at Holly Springs, Mississippi
INDIAN notruzi ON THE 'FRONTIER
OFFICIAL GAZETTE
WASHINGTON, Augw3t 11-10 P. ,
To Major deneral Die, New York:
A despatch from Gen. Grant, just received, rep
ports thwoasualties by the explosion at City Point,
on the 9th Inst., as:follows : Killed, twelve enlisted
men, two citizens, employees, and one civilian not
employed by thW-Governinent, and 88 colored la
borers. Wounded, three commissioned officers, four
enlisted reen,lo civilians; employed by the Govern•
merit, and 86 colored laborers Besides thcie, there
were 18 others Wounded, soldiers and citizens not
belonging about:the wharf. •
The damage to property was large, but I have
not the meanaof reporting,tt,
The names of the-killea and wounded:hare not
,
been reported to,a,the... e ..
.DePirtment. The cause of
the explosion hadnottbeen tiekeriained.
No further intelligence 'has Veen received from
Mobile, except. tr,Ore deserters, who report the cap
ture of the' city , but nothing official. •
Gen Sherman reports all well, and that he is
knocking Atlanta with four-ancl-a-hulf-Jrioh rifle
sb ells.
No movement :lung been made by our fames in
front of Petersburg.
Gen. Sheridan has not been heard from to-day.
EDWIN M. STAIiTO2I, SOClOtary
ARMEN' 'OIF 'TEM
.1,017011A.C.
TICE EXPLOSION AT CITY POINT—PBARPIEL LOSS OP
LINTE—PIPTY PEDESONB REPORTED KILLED AND
ONE EITEDREETWODWDED.
WABRINGTON, August 11.—A. letter 'from City
Point, dated Augnetlo, says About 11 o'clock yes
terday, a .nolse ieseinbling the explosion of a maga
zine was beard at headquarters of the Army of the
Potomac, and many surmises were indulged teas to
the direction from. hich it came and its cause,
During the,.afternoon word came that a boat
loaded.- with ammunition had exploded at City
Point, causing& frightful loss of life. On the corre
spondent of the Associated Press reaching the scone
of disaster, .a speots.,olo was presented to him utterly
indescribable.
- .Buildings were demolished, tents thrown down,
and a number of horses killed. The depot building,
which had just been completed, was a mass of ruins,
while the ground, for hundreds of yards, was covered
with pope] ty of almost every description.
The dead and wounded had been eil , ricated from
the ruins and carried back—the former for burial,
and the latter. le the hoepital. .„ •
A boat, loaded. with varloms kinds of ammunition,
Was being unloaded by the negroes of the Quarter
master's Department (nearly a hundred in unnaber),
and the 'only theory advatieed as to the cause of the
calamity is: that a ehell.mustlhave been dropped by
one of them, thus communicating the die to the
entire mass. •
The wise lasted about thirty seconds; and wit•
nekse,s say the shoeltwasi felt'a long distance on the
side of the road.
In front of the landing were located a number of
offices and stores, among them the post office and
Adams , Express, which were almost utterly torn
down, the largey number of persons occupying them
escaping with slight bruises. -
In'the rear of. this is a steep bank, its summit be.
ing covered with tents which are occupied chiefly
by-the colored laborers and their families. Had the
ground been level the loss of life would, no doubt,
hate exceeded that which resulted. Shells, balls,
&c., struck this camp in a perfect shower, while the
ground in the vicinity is actually covered with all
kinds of stores, a large number of old saddles and
pieceS of harness amongst the ‘ debris.
A boat loaded with , these stores-was lying along
side and was blown to pieces, and another was torn
to pieces, a large portion being raised entirely out
of the water, and hurled through the store-house on
the dock.
Captain Benedict and-C,aptain Ames, of the Com"
missary Department, were in the betiding tit the
time, and were . buried beneath the ruins. Aftar„
mucioabor ,h'a'y Were eslilo s 3 fromtheir
situation,,peru Ms
neither bolas" fatally injured, but a good
deal bruised.
Captain Daniel D. Wiley, who was in his tent,
quite a distance from the spot, was struck in the
head•by a piece of shell and injured, though not
dangerously. His clerk, McKee, was so severely
injured at the same time that he cannot recover.
A. M. Baxter a civilian, from Cold Spring, New
York, was, killed. Jae kept a soda-water stand.
Privates Ansel]. and Metcalf, of the sth Cavalry,
were killed.
A sergeant named Morris, in the ordnance office,
was ininteg, and died soon after.
Lieutenant Lane, of the cavalry depot, was
slightly IT jureci, as was also a oaken named Wright.
JBlllOB Thorp, clerk in the ordnande office, wag
killed ; Mr. Fay, of the Sanitary Oomtnission, was
slightly injured, and Richard Stone, a citizen,
killed. Dirs. Spencer, a relief agent, received slight
Injuries.
The casualties are believed to be at least fifty
killed and nearly one hundred wounded. A number
Of the bodies of colored persons have been found,
besides those above mentioned, and there are alateen
in the Prat Hospital, while others are scattered_ In
the different locklities.
• Twenty five colored men, more - or less wounded,
were taken to the Colored General Hospital, under
charge of Dr. Calhoun, where several amputations
were pirformed.
• Five shells passed through the roof of the Sani
tary Commission boat, but no one upon ft was in
jured.
It is believed that many bodies were blown into
the river, and may never be recovered.
The- loss is put down at about 30 killed and
70 or 80 woundedrl3 of the killed being soldieri. •
- Nothing has been discovered as_to the cause of the
calamity. In the commissary department six men
are known to be killed, and some twenty
wounded, • Twelve Wen belonging to the railroad
were wounded. ' - The loss of prapertyls not known,
but will prove to be very large. • -
The 20th New York lost eta men killed and had
seventeen' wounded; and the 148th Ohio lost three
killed and four wounded. .
Tke boat Le wis, the and wrecking tug, ran ashore,
and extending,her hose threw six streams on the fire;
putting out-the flames and thus saving the entire
building,
ammunition-in the - •
Considerable firing Is going on at the front this
morning
One °f ix= gniatiolits opened during the night, and
threw a number °fawns at what was supposed to be
at reeving retie/ force.
LATE RESEX, -NEWS.
AIPPAIBS AT YETEBQBII&Ei o*-TECIE
,OF - ATI.ARTA--TEE ArCiag.;O2.I:XoBILIC—C4RNISe
RAI, SMITH'S ADVANCE AT tEOLLT SPRINVS.
A • - .
copyp of the Richmond Dssaid/a, of the 6th inst.,
contains the folloyfine:
.711.11 SIEGE GB PETERERIIIRG
"PY.TiresnunO, - Angust t—This being Lincoln's
fasting, humiliation, and . prayer day, the Yankees
have mit fired n gun 4 The enemy are so near in
Gracie's front that IPS.tplikets on both sides have
used hand slionaties. ;27 --;"4.;-e
ATLANTA, Aug,47.l46;tplogly have been.iinusu
ally active during tbepai, sixteen hours. About .4
o'clock yesterday afterdoon a heavy albumin' was
made, upon . Mil works held by our skirmishers 'Upon
the extreme left. After some stubborn fighting they
succeeded in gaining possession of the position
there, but subsequentiy , were driven from it, and
our lines were re•established
,
About 10 o'clock last night an assault was alio
made on our skirmish lines, extending from the cen
tre to the extreme loft;-but the movement having
been anticipated; restated in a complete
Brisk skirmishing continued throughout the night
up to OM - preient time. Our loss in both affairs is
insignificant.
There win comparative quiet in the city lest night,
and but few shells were thrown, resulting in no
damage.
00MKENORITHET OF THE AT i ricx. ON MOBIL - E.—DAM.
PEt.N ISLAND OOOTITIBD--OHN. A. J. 831.1Tp AT
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS: •
MOBILE, Aug. 4.--Yeeterday and last evening the
enemy threw an Infantry upan Dauphin island,
seven miles from Fort Gaines. The fleet outside is
large this morning: • The Federal double-ender
opened on the transport Dick Keys, and then on the
fort, which is replying slowly. General Mauryealls
on all to enroll themselves for...battle. Great confi
dence prevails.
A i Federal force, estimated at sixteen thousand,
occupies Holly Springs, Mississippi.
STOTMEATS..RAJD IN GEORGIA.
NA edlvii,La t August,ll.—lnformation from Kiri-
Ma of the oth. inst: gives the particulars of Stone
man's raid: On july 7th, the - sth and oth Indiana
Cavalry,"iindlWaliskitierui of the Sitirindiana Bat
tery, set out for Xis . son-to relieve the Union officers
imprisonedikere., Tke eapedition arrived too late,
the rebels having removed the prisoners to a place
of greater security. .
General force started at the same time
to effect a junction-silth Stoneman, but were over
by anliviriciwiirtisg forte, and were obliged
to let Steneman's command cut. Its way out. The
rebeislitteekedtheM on Saturday
_July 30th, and
the engagement- lasted all - that day until late at
n 134.. Sunday morning found them oompletely
surrounded, and Colionet Adams, finding - resistance
hopeless, escaped to Wirietta. Colonel Capron,
command, : escaped. once,. but was again
• .urrounded; andlis men were oat to pieces. The
Bth Indiana cut through the enemy's ranks, but
welag.::,Akateite4ed„iad thejr fate' Unknown.
General Stanerlian, • and Butler,
; 4 11 ijOs 71" h m an d•, 1.• Soper, thiptarine Whiteman,
,Eallitt, arid FenneY,Lieutener,' se - -Anderso n - spa.
THE PRESS.--PIMADELPTHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 14904:
ton, Angell, Lindsay, IlUbbard,,Miller, Simons,and
Clegg, are ,prisoners. Identenant Obitterided was
killed. Company I, sth Indiana, lost fearfully,
An escaped• seedier reports that the rebels sur
prised Colonel Capron's camp, shooting his mett and
braining them with their guoil while asleep.
The sth Indiana, lost about four hundred men.
-Three hundred and eighty prisoners of war, in
cluding fifteen commissioned officers, arrived today.
Major General Palmer reached bete to-day en
route for Washington. It is reported that he has
been relieved of the command of the 14th 'Army
Corps.
Later information Is to the effect that Oa Cap
ron, with several s quads Of his men, is In Marietta.
This, will reduce Stoneman's less to less than one
thousand.
GEN. SMITH'S EXPEDITION—SLOOMA RELIEVED AT
VIOR 8131.111G—Talt REBELS TRTIRG TO GROSS THE
IVEszurnrs, August o.—El-en. Smltti'S expedition
well. Its destination is unknown.
blaj. Gen. Slocum has been relieved at Vicksburg,
and ordered to report to Gen. Sherman. i ns Dir
trict of Vicksburg is assigned to Washburn°, who
now controls the river from the Cairo Department
to the Gulf. . ,
All is quiet on thil White river.
The rebels in the trans-Mississippi Department
are trying to cross the Mis Iseippl.
Gen. Dick Taylor is at Meridian, in place of Gen
S. IL Lee, now at Atlanta.
THE INDIAN WAR,
DISTRIBUTION-OP TROOPS FOR PROTECTION
Ihro , van CITY, August 10.—Although the Indians
have been very troublesome of late in attacking nn•.
armed trains, and murdering emigrants unable to
defend themselves, there has been no dttack by the.
Indians, as far as known, Upon the mail coarhas,
which run regularly both Ways. • The wails were or•
dared to be stopped at Atchison and this plsoe to•
day, by the superintendent of the overland, line,
owing to the Stock bolpg run off frono some , stations,
but it is believed the troops are belug.so distributed
along the route as fully to protect it.
THE INDIANS MAXIM/ PORAYS.
ONAEL6- err; AuguStlo.—Hostile bands of ma
rauding Indians infest the whole line -from Fort
Kearney- to South Pass, a distance of Rye hundred
miles, and daily commit new outrages, making
forays on stook, and burning trains.- A_ great num
ber of travellers are now slopping at Fort Kearney
for protection, and are waiting for -arms. The In
dians, in bands of ten to one hundred, move with
celerity, and possessing a thorough hnotiledge of
the country elude pursuit, The telegrapteAte is
still in good order. .
OMUTA, August IL S. llughtl, Ailjtitattt
General of TNebraslca, has issued . _ sit over ealling
for two regiments of mounted infantry for Indian
service, to 'Serve four months, and to rerort to
Brig. General Burford and Brig: General Cos as'
soon as possible
The following is the address of Governor Satins
ders to the citizens of Nebraska :
The news from our western border is alarming.
Numerous trains of emigrants and freight have
been attacked, and the owners killed, wagons' de•
strayed, and stock run off. No less than:four AIL
ferenfpoints on the route between our Territory
and 'Denver were attacked; in one day. The
Indiana are now known to be -infesting these
rods .fore the distance of several hundred
miles. All the available Government troops•
have been sent forward. We need more men, in
order to punish, these savages,
.and 'to give security
to our settlers. In order to meet the want I have
thought proper to call the able.bodied militia of the
Territory to organize a few oompaniei of minute
men—men who and will, if necessary, move at a
Moment's warning to the stone of 'these depreda
tions, and assist in punishing the murderers and
robbers, or driving them from the country.
I make this appeal to our people confident that lt,
Will be responded to promptly and with !willingness
on their part. The Adjutant General has today
issued a special order from these headquarters,
,giving particulars in regard to the manner of or and reporting these companies,
Visit of the Legislature to Chambers
burg—The Burned District Inspected.
CnAianalentrao, August 11.—rhe Senators and
Representatives, accompanied by the. president of
the CuMberland Valley Railroad and several other
persons, left Harrisburg at 8 o'clock this morning,
and arrived here at half past 10, in a special train,
to view the ruins.
Upon arriving here the visitors were taken In
charge by a committee of citizens and escorted
through the burned districts. The scene can never
be properly described. Four squares in either direc
tion, private houses and stores, have been thrown
into one black ruin.
The order of the invaders had been to spare
churches, and none of these were destroyed, except
those In close proximity to residences. The fact that
a Catholic church jelned the depot was the means
of saving the latter structure.
The losoes-of the Cumberland' Valley Railroad,
Since the beginning of the war, have teen one hail•
Bred and twerty.five thousand dollars. The total
loss to Chambersburg will reach three million dol.
lilts, bS actual count..
The records of the Courts were nearly all pre
served, and are now being arranged in a new
structure.
The people of Clhambersburg are now returning.
and commencing to rebuild their dwellinga.All, are
well saPplied With the neoesarries of life.
The'Legislature leave this glade at noon for liar'
rhshiirg. Ernrsc possible' attention is beingahgben~
them by the Reeple
Ito t ' wsfr'o ` ze►" the `upper Piitort,te4AP'
BALTIMO)3E, August 11-11 P. ~ I ft-,—Tfothing hM
been received to-day from the Valley or Trpissr Po
toniso.
BOSTON, August 11.—The British ship William,
from Manzanilla, In coming up the harbor, this
morning, 1n thick weather, ran ashore on pecr
Islend, where she remains in a bad poslibm,
Captain May has come to the city for assistance.
She has a cargo of pain:clear, molasses, etc.
BOSTON ; August 11.—Arrived, brigs Afton, Port
au Prince ; George Amos, Philadelphia. '
TUN NEW AUCTIO EXPEDITION.—The following
le the latest news received from Captain Hall's Arc
tic - ftpeditlon :
ST. JOHN'S lianuoa.. N. F.;
July 18-11 05 A. FL
We are now on board the Helen F, tender to the
Monticello, bound down the harbor to join the ship,
which has remained outside since trlday evening,
the time Captain Obepell and myeelf left her. The
reason of our delay hue been on accountof not being
able to get the men on board that had been pre-en
gaged for the vessels.
The St. John's people have been very kiod to us,
Fold our consul, Mr. 0. 0. Leach, has forwarded the
interests of the expedition in - a most marked man.
ner.
I expect to be at home soon, and return to the
'United States in About three years.
Yours, , C.
Treason at our Subtlest! Restirts.
To the Editor of ThePrae
Sin : Why does opr Governinent harbor and pro
tect. the mothers,,wives, and daughters of 'rebels,
and in some instances mint offiderd, now in arms
against then:lnes? States ?
, , •
At Bedford, rebels and rebel syMpathtzers in
crinoline—say female rebel spies—render the place
intolerable by their insolent advocacy of - tpeir
secession princir les on ell occasions, insulting quiet
loyal ladies, but claiming proteition for their trai
torous conduct ork account of their sex..
There is not one of our fashionable watering plaees
exert pt from their unwarrantable and Insolent
abuse of a too-lenient Government.
Cape May has hundteds of Southwestern and
Maryland rebels and their friends.
This evil is so great and defiant at Newporahat
rebel badges and colors are worn, and daily flaunted
in the faces of loyal men and women, to suett an ex
tent as to render a residence at some of the hotels
out of the question to many people.
Why does this Government permit these female
spies to ootne here for protection and pleasure that
they cannot have at bowel Why not arrest them,
and send them to their' beloved Dixie? Would', Jeff
Davis permit a Union woman to reside in his
and correspond with her relatives 14 the
Union army I Not for one hour ; and If they got
out with life it would be more than 'hundreds have
done. This nuisandb should be abated, If we have
any respect for ourselvei, even if every one of them:
were imprisond. Our safety demands it. '
Thoughts for Many—No. 2. ,
To the Editor of The Press:
Sia: The other day I Milli with a gentlein
one of our city cars, 14
At ;lFolagh 'strangers-t s oh
nt
other we entered into obrereation. 411 welt on
I: * .
well until he asked me whether htid everfloiown
of seven,Or. eight . millions of people who'had been
subjugated. Redid not: refer, he said, to the days of
Alexander, but to the period of time characterized
morn or less by the civilisation of our-own age.. I
told him that it was rather a delloate task for me to
answer that question. That a rebel colonel 4my
home in East Tennessee silted me the very same
question, and that I felt disposed to say to him, !; Sir,
I do not belong to yotir eight millions ; do not shunt
me in; and two-thirds of the peaplerof East Tehnes
see do not belong to your eight millions; dti,not
count them in, and many on the mountains and
the plains of Noßh Carolina do not belong to the
eight millions ;do not count them in- , ' ThingsSutve
changed since then, but In many respects only in
appearance. Th e spirit which . made 'lelfergen
Davis say that the last man must die in his tiacks
before resistance is given up to the United Stales,
reigns supreme In the SOuth. Yet; there is no;need
Of subjugation, in the sense of that rebel cojonel
and that 'gentleman In the street car. Let the mili
tary power of the South be broken, and the people
will gladly return to the Stars and the Stripes ; . and
to break it nothing Is needed but trust in God,atid
hard fighting. . -X.,.
• .
•
AECEIRAID GETTY', ESQ.—On Monday a select
party, conslating of the intimate friends of; *r.
Getty, late president of the Corn Exchange ,Aitao.
elation, entertained him at a choice dinner at Au
gustin's, 1103 Walnut itreot, previous to ,his d!tpar-
Cure for Europe, on a visit of a few menthe. rile
chair was adequately tilled by Charles .
Esq., and Alexander G. Cattail, Esq., ollicia64 as
vice chairman. It - was an unusually solital party.
Mr. Gott) sailed in the steamer for Liverpool on
Wednesday.
SALK OF OARPUTINGIS AND LINEN 10 AnrST
Onsaw.r-The early attention of purchasers is re
quested to the deeirablo assortment of superfine in
grain, Venetian, list, cottage, and hemp carpets,
English superfine ingrain medallion carpets, linen
carpet chain, &0., &e, to be peremptorily sold by
catalogue, &four months' credit, commending this
morning at precisely eleven o'clock, by John E.
Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 23t Pdarket
street.
RESCUE OF TUB Nt AO ABA ACIIOB4 . I%—A. deVatob.
M
dated at oneta Falls; Anwust 9, says : ' erica-
bee succeeded In making his escape from his Aticom.-
. tortabie pesltlon this afternoon about rifle o'clock,
In this manner: We brother walked cat and floated
a ropedown to ,tdin, and by tbls mesas he we
pbled to walk across therepids to - Goat . fetaud, Ind
is Davi - at his condorta , l4a..quartfum
. pin Interds
uonaL". . - .
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.
I=4
ALVIN. SAITNDICRS,
Governor and Comina,nder-in-elkier.
Marine Digiaster.
E.U.R
ARRIVAL, OF WIIE PERSIA
THE PROROGATION , OF PARLIAMENT
SPEECH .OF THE QUEEN.
Ramon of Another Anticipated Naval Battle.
THE ENGLISH PRESS ON THE WAX
Peace between Germany and Denmark Announced
The steam ship Persia, Captain Lott, which sailed
from Southampton on the 30th ult., at 5.P. na., and
from Queenstown on the 31st, arrived at .New York
y e,sterday -morning. She brings two days' later news.
ARRIVALS OUT,
The Louisiana arrived at Queenstown on the
morning of the 29th, and Liverpool on the 30th ult.
The Asia arrived off Oape Olear on the morning of
the 30th ult.
ENGLAND TO IMBOOGNI2III MASIMILU. f.
In the Rouse of Commons, on the '2sth July, Mr.
Layard, in reply to a question by Mr. Singlake,
enumerated those portions of •the States and Terri
tories of Mexico which have been subjected by the
army of the French, and those which have not yet
acknowledged the authority of the invader.
The policy of England had been to recognize the
de facto Government, the condition being that the
Government should be in possession of the capital.
The Archduke Maximilian was at .present in pos
eession of the City of Mexico, and also of a conside
rable portion of the territory, and her Majesty's G-o
-vernment had intimated to the Government of the
Emperor of the , Fran* that when the Archduke
should be in Mexico, and had notified the fact to
the European Powers, it was their intention to ad
vise the Queen to recognize him. They Would, not
wait to adopt that course until the main portion of
the States - and Territories still under the sway or
President Juarez were brought under the authority
of the Archduke.-
RUCROITING Aletanwil
~Lord E, Howard called attention to the subject of
emigration to the United States, In reference to the
prulongation ut the war. raging in that country, and
be b . onipiLlabOil Of the organized system of fraud and
depeit which` haa been:- . resorted, to .;by Federal
agents for entrapping Batiks: subjects Into the
Uxiited States army, and suggested that Govern
s:bent should exercise greater gratelifulness and en
ergy in order to put down tuch illegal and inhuman
practices. He indeed far the productien of papers
on the subject.
`Mr. Layard observed that LOrd Reward had
done good service by the statement he had made ;
bit he did not see e hat the Government could do
inure than reiterate the caution they had -given--to
en igrards.
Foreign Office had received heart-rend
ing Accounts of the sufferings of some of these
emigrants, and Lord Lyons had done his utmost
to deal with the: Cases brought to his notice, but
- difficulties stood in .his way, Owing to the
,par
ties themselves. 'lie trusted that the American
Goverement and the local authorities .would do
all-thee"could to check these %Mises. After .a
few remarks by
,Mr. Ferrand and lair. Hennessey,
Mr. Lindsay gaVe an appalling estimate of the
havoc of human life caused by the hopeless contest
between the North and the tßiuth.
Mr. P. Taylor took occasion, from some. remarks
of Lord E. Howard and Mr. Lindsay, to speak in
deleuce or the Northern Government, which was
del ermined, he said, to put down the slavehdding
rebels.
Lord .T. Manners after a remark upon the inap
propriateness of Mr:Taylor's speech, suggested that
some warn ings mig tithe given the humble migraine
to America by the Emigration Commissioners.
.'the motion was agreed to, after a le weibservations
by I.old E. Howard In reply.
PARLIAMENT PnonCerittku—THE QI7ERN'9 STMECIL
The British Parliament has been prorogued till
October, with the following speech from the throne:
"My Lords and Gentlemen:
" We are commanded by her Majesty to ,release
you irons further attendance in Parliament, and at,
the same time to to you her Majesty's ac
knowledemeete for the zeal and assiduity with which
you have a pplied yourselves to the disicharge of-your
duties
,during the session orParliament now brought
to a close. -
"Her Majesty commands us to inform• you that
she greatly regrets that the endeavorlt•which. she
Made, in concert with the )Emperor-of' the French,
the Emperor of Russia,- and the King of Sweden, to
bring about a reconciliation between the German
Powers and the Ring of Denmark, were not success
nil, and that hostilities, which had been suspended
during the negotiations, were again resumed. Her
Majesty trusts, however, that the negotiations which
have been opened between the belligerents may re
store peace to the north of Europe.
' "Bar Majesty having addressed herself to the
Powers which were contracting partial to the treaty
by which the Inuian republic was placed wilier the'
'protectorate of Great Britain, and hawing obtained
their consent to the annexation - of that republic to
the kingdom of Greece, and the States of the lonian
republic having agreed thereto, the republic or the
Seven Islands has been formally united to the king
dom of Greece; and her' Majesty trusts that the
union so made will conduce to the welfare and pro-'
sperity et all the subjects of his Majesty the King of
the liellenes.
- "Her Majesty's relations with the Emperor of
China continue to be friendly, and the commerce of
her subjects with the Chinese empire Is Increasing.
"her Majesty has been engaged, In concert with
the Emperor of Auttria, the Empercrof the Preach,
the Ring of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, in
an endeavor to bring to sheet an amicable arrange
ment of difference which had arisen between the
liospodar of - Moido.Wallachia and his suzerain the
Sultan. Her Majesty has the satisfaction to In
for ill :you tbatthis eraleavor has been successful. -
"Her Majesty deeply laments that the civil war ".
in North America has not been brought to a close:
Her. Majesty continue to observe a strict neu
trality-between the- beiligerents, - and would rejoice
anti, friendly reconciliation between the contending
partis- ,
Gen e tlemen of the Houseof Ccrmmons
Rea litejesty:cuermands us to convey-to-yeniter
warm - acknowledgments f6l. the liberal supplies
'which you have granted for the services of the pre
net year and‘towarda the permanent defence alter
Majesty's dockyards and arsenals.
" iqt -Lords and Gentlemen: -
"tier Majesty heti observed with satisfaction that
the distresr which theecivil war in North America
has created in some of the manufacturing districts
has to a great extent abated"; and her Mufeity,trusts
that increased supplies of the raw material of In
dustry map be extracted from countries by which it
has hitherto been scantily furnishid.
"-The revolt of certain tribes In New Zealand has
not yet teen quelledi but it is satisfactory to her
Majesty-to know that a large portion of the native
population of three Islands have taken no part in
this revolt. . . .
".It has been a source of much gratification to
het Majesty to' observe the rapid development of the
resources 'of her East India possessions, arelithe
general contentment of the people inhabiting those
extensive regions. .
"_Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to
crony measures of public usefulness, the result of
your labors daring the session now brought to a
eIOFO.
" The ant for extending to women and children
employed in various trades the regulations applica
ble to factories in general, will tend materially to
pieserve the health and improve the education of
those on whose behalf. It was framed. s
"The act for authorizing the grant of government
annuities will encourage habits of prudence among
the Working CluAti..and will afford them the means
of securely Investing the results of their industry.
"I be set for authorizing. a -further advance for
public.works sumo of the manufacturing districts
will contribute. to alleviate the distress in those dis
tricts, and will afford, them. Means of. completing
merry works of Marked importance'for the health of
the Imputation. -
e.Tho act for giving Increased facilities for the
construction of railways will diminish the expenses
attendant upon the extension of these important
channels of communication.
"It has aflorded to her Majesty the most heartfelt
satisfaction to observe the general well-being and
contentment which prevail througheat her demi
ideas. and to remark the progressive increase and.;
develepment of the national resources, and to and
that, after soffrciently providing for the public ser
yOu bare been, able to mak.e a•material dimi
nutten in the taxation of the country.
On returning to your teapective counties you
will still have important duties to pertOrm, espe
cially connected with the linking together of the
several clams of the community, and her Majesty
fervently_prays that the blessing of Aloft:slay Go .t
may attend 'your exertions and guide them to .the
object or her Majesty's constant solicitude, the wel
fare and happiness of her people."
ASSERTIONS.OP A COMING BEA erotta.--KOVBMIONTS
OP 'UNION AND REBEL VESSELS.
French Journals continue to assert that a fight
will soon take place In the waters Of trio British
Channel between Federal and rebel cruisers.
Antilst end letter in the Independence mentions the
arrival In that port of two Confederate war steam
ers, the screw corvette Butterfly, Captain Russell,
and the paddle corvette Paul Jones, Cdptain Ba
wled.
. The Trigic de Cherbourg Baia Three vessels be
longing to the Federal States of America—the
Niagara, the Sacramento. and the Kearsarge—and
foprbelonging to the Confederates—the Georgia,
thh - Florica, the Nouvel Alabama, and the General
liee—have recently been met in Channel by several
merchantihen. An action between theta IS ex-
peeled.
[The Georgia, it will be remembered, has been
Sold at Liverpool, and is now lying there.] •
THE DANISH QUESTION.
On the 29tb, in the Rouse of Commons, Lord Pal.
wanton made some expldnatione se to rue Darkish
question, and atateOliat the negotiagjone at Vienna
would be carried on solely between are belligerents.'
The English Government had no Intention of Inter
ferivg turther.
Nothing was .known on the 30th as to the peace
negotiations at Vienna. . The Copenhagen Journal
says that the alleged armistice for some months . Ii
pretonture. -
Prinsle agrees to the ro-entry of the Federal
troops tato Rendsburg.
TEE LATEST—PEACE ANNOUNCED.
LOWDON, July 31.—The Pails Prate under re
serve, . announces the conclusion of p eace between
Germany and Denmark. The baste le unknown.
The armistice hag been slightly prolonged.
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The Daffy News, while accepting the speech of
Lord Howard in principle, denies, however, some of
his cm:min:dons:
A full and steady tide of emigration, like that
from this country to America during the last three
years, ,, the editor says, " must spring from anbatan
that causes, and cannot be lightly arrested. Hun
dreds of thousands of working people do not con
tinue to leave their herpes year after year without
some - good reason, and had the original stimulus or
the sustaining motive been no better than a delusion
it must have been exposed and exploded long ago.
It must be remembered, moreover, that the clam
who emigrate in this country are not really so
ignOraA of the social and industrial aspects of life
In America as many who discuss the question in
Parliament appear to Imagine. Almost every large
family - of worklbg people in England have some
relative or friend settled in America, in actual re
ceipt of weekly wages, and who know, therefore; by
experience in the most direct and practical way,
both the value of labor and the price of the necessa
ries of hie. It is the example and representations
of these people ol their own class, who know the
facts, and have no interest in misrepresenting them,
that encourage the younger and more active section
Of the Industrial classes of this country to emi
grate to America. , t • •
But even supposing that emigration could
be arrested, the notion that this (meld have any
•perdeptibie Influence on the conduct of the war is,
perhaps. of all others, the most visionary and base
less. The progress of the war has sufficiently dissi
pated the °elusion that the Northern armies, are, to
any considerable extent, recruited by foreigners;
and we know by statistics that If every man avails,
ble for the army who bas left these shores during the
last three years had actually enlisted, the whole
brdy of emigrant recruits would conatitnyo a mere
fraction of the fortes actually raised and equipped
by the Northern Government for the prosecution of
the war.lr
THN. TIMES 001111891 . 01cOWNT ON THS AMMILIOAN
81TUAYION.
The New York correspondent of the London
nlnce thus gives his views of the situation:
Alter three 3 ears or such bard fighting as the
world has seldom seen, the situation resolves
itself In . the North into the comforting know
ledge that ".Waahlogton Is safe,” and in the,
i-outh ir,to the proud boast that. " Richmond, Is .
Impregnable." .The "safety , t of each capital
bas not, however, been purehaaod by . the, same ,
meant. Whatever ttiat of Richmond . may have
,cost .the Confederates, no huntiliatten enters into
the account, while the safety of Washington; if tt
be assured. at this moment.—which is more than
any one can conaolentiously affirm until it Is known
where - General Wand what he proposes doing—
has cost the Federals, in addition to men , and -isso-
ney. (lbrwhich they, care tom little), very nearly all
their liberties (for which they seem to careetill less),
Prestige and character whichare
involved withln hattthefac
t. that such an invasion as Early's
could hive been made so strecessfully and with
such all but .perfect impunity. Nor is the apa
thy with which the whole movement has been
regarded throughout the North the least extra
ordinary part of the business. No publio meet
ings were called to support the Government; no
fiery patriot uttered a word of "buncombe ;" no.
body-pet htS hand into his pocket to purchase a re
cruit tar.the'svork of war, which he was unable to do
himself, but willing to pay another for doing In his
behalf; no apostle of freedom stood in the maxima
place, like Peter the Hermit of old days, to call the
multitude: to' arms ; not a preaeher sounded from
his the nate of alarm• and urged .upon , .1
young and able-hoillea parishioners the duty of
fighting, if not of dying . for their imperilled
country. Even the women -forbore the Wan
dhhments Of:, their smiles, and called no
son or lover .a coward Tor not „rushing to the
defence or 'the capital. The tide of business
and amusement rolled on unimpedisd. The War
party considered the invasion a mere foraging ex
cursion on the part of a few half famished guerillas,
who were certain to be caught and punished; while
the Peace party, continually growing in strength
and courage, made no secret of their belief that the
Vonfederates Were In full force, and of their hope
that they might not only capture Washington, but
that General Lee might dictate the terms of final
;separation from the steps. of the Capitol; with , Mr.
Lincoln and his Cabinet on one side, and General
Augur on the other, to ratify the articles of agree.
- The London drmy and Navy Gaxette thinks that
the. Confederates in their late raid might have taken
Baltimore or Washington or both, and that they
ost a•golden moment.
THE YELVERTONABB DECIDIM.
Tho Rouse of Lords having decided against the
validity of Mrs Yelverton's marriage, the has
determinedlo resort to the Scotch laws in a Anal
East.
The Conifnental-news le.unimportant.
sultitaxivcri OT THE lARMY. OT THE BEY OT TUNIS
Advlces front Tunis report the surrender of the
army of the Bey, without an engagement, to the
insurgents. The latter declared rheir. desire to re
main.taithful to the Bey, their only ',doh being the
distrairral of - the„Blinistry.and the - abolition of their
unjust tax,
GARIBALDI..
In regard to ari allbged eon em toted movement
by the ,party' of aetiOn in Italy, the Morning Pow
authoritatively states that-Garibaldi not only holds
personallf aloof from it, but has exercised his Infht.
once to moderate the enthusiasm of his followers.
Coinmereial-intelligeace.
LIVERPOOL- BREADSTUPFS Ittartairr, July 30.
RichardsoncSpence, & Co., Biglandi Attrya, &Co.,
and other authorities, report Fiourquiet andsteady.
Wheat sttuidy& wln ter red 8s Corn dull, at a
dectine ordif;talesstifiCaultda'atl9Bl3d. ' "
LIVERPOOL' PROVISION - DlAlLKET.—Wakefleld,
&,,Co. and Gerdon, Bruce, & Co., report
Beef quiet and , steady. - Perk quiet. Bacon steady.
Lard nrm at 1.00445. Butter steady. Tallow steady
a_t 39@425.
-L/17.1.11Pi501. PBODITCS MARICET.—Ashes dull at
308 for pots, and 849 for pearls ; Sugar flat at a de
cline offidaris; Coffee. quiet ; Rice.steady ; Linseed
Cakes active; Linseed Oil quiet ; Rain steady;
Spirits Turpentine 'irregular, sales at 693; Pe
troleum, no sales.
Louport ildenrcirrs.—Baring Brothers report
Breadstuffs quiet and steady ; iron steady ; Sugar
heavy at a decline of ed ; Coffee steady ; Pea quiet
and steady;.Tallow firm;.Rosin advancing; Lin
seed Cakes active and advancing ; Petroleum quiet
and steady:"
VBalr LATBBT,
Lrincarcior., ruly 30—Evening.—The sales of
Cot son • to-day are estimated at 6,000 bales, the
market closing quiet at: unchanged prices. Sales
to speculators and exporters 2,000 bales.
Breadstuirs closed quiet and steady.
Provisions steady. •
LrumOil 1110211 CY Illankrr.--OonSols quoted at
9089034.
!. , American securities are - nominal. Illinois Central
463E@4534 per cent. discount. Erie 41@43.
The Bank of France gained over 6,000,000 franca
during the week. The Bourse was flat. A..
NIA lORK CITY.
[speetal 9orrespexelenee of The Press.]
NSW Yoßs, August 11, 1864
HOW WE PILL OUR QUOTA.
Ira draft almost merciless in its proportions is
brought upon this oity, as doubtleis it will be, let it
be-remembered that party obtuseness, and the pill.
less, uncompromising spirit of party have evoked
it. When the doylies, arrived which summons oar
citizens from their homes, when the Copperhead
press mites its chronic growl and grumble, when
the disaffected • shall howl against the enforcement
of that law which 'demands that citizens shall per
form their duties to the land, let It be borne In mind
that to the anttnegro prejudice of those who pre•
tend to be the poor man's friend the conscription is
owing.
On Tuesday afternoon the Board of Supervisors
met and considered the propriety of appointing
agents who should proceed Sonth and enlist negroes
on behalf of our quota:. Mr. Orison Blunt, who has
had charge of our recruiting matters, who under
stands the necessity 'of immediate action in the
matter, moved. their appointment. In opposition,
Supervisor Purdy is reported to have said: "I am
told, sir, that iris too late for us ; that Massachu
setts has secured allthe negroes who are anxious to
go to the war. Now the country has enough before
it. The system is to me repulsive. The negroes de
moralize the army. 14111 opposed to their enlist
went." And' again, that "me recent example at
Petersburg made Lim' entirely opposed to the en
listment of negroes: He-would-not vote for the re
solution under any circumstances?" Supervisor Ely
offered a resolution to the effect that "it was inex.
pedient to enlistnegro reeimits not in accordance
with the.polley or feeling of humanity. of the great
State of:new York.) , .
The party which these gentlemen represent Is the
poor man's party, and the great City,of New York
will be sett , ed rightly when these sensitive beings are
forced in tArtqaiekei:. • It is now all Skip and jump
'to see who DUD: pi"oidie :substitutes; and may the
drilViiik; tEe hiiitlesost. It is the poor men who
pay for the elegant indulgence of this laxarious po
licy and this feeling of humanity. "A little civet,
good apotheeary P'
A COOL P#OCENDISTO
for hot weather has just been made public, in the
shape of .a communication from the officers of the
11th Regiment N. Y. S. N. G. to Major General
Sandford. Reciting bow he issued, a peremptory
order. commanding the'regiment to leave the State
for duty, and placed its colonel under arrest, thereby
destroying all confidence and respect, etc, etc., it
requests him to resign his position. The joke is ab
solutely excruciating; a, genuine Joe Millerism.
THE. STEAXER VANDEBZILT
has arrived In this city, having suffered less damage
than was at fast apprehended. A hole was stove in
her bow, but, beyond this no material injury was
suffered. She.will be able to resume her regular
trips in the course of a few days.
ANOTHER DBSBRTER.
suffered the penalty, of his rapid proclivities yester
- day. While the officers who had him in custody
were proceeding through Beekman street he broke
from them, and: endeavored to perfect the escape
which he had once before attempted.. Orie of the
officers fired thrice upon him, lodging the bullets in
his shoulder, and bringing him to the ground. The
wounds are not of a serious. character. There is
some little dispute atout the gentleman's reputa
tion, he claiming that he is a discharged soldier,
while the officers protest that he is a chronic bounty
jumper.
POLIT 10 AZ Pining =EWA
Some of the Republican papers seem to have
grown strangely non -committal In politics of late.
Perhaps this phenomenon may mean a sudden reces.
'Edon from the stand formerly taken, and a spasmodic
raid under the Wade-Davis leadership. Quien sabe
Polities are muddy.
The Wade and Davis circular has caused no little
debate irethe columns of the daily press. Some of
the correspondents are severe in their censure ;
others moderate. It appears to be looked upon as
affording a topic; nothing more dangerou or pop
tenttal.
It is said that the publisher who-is about availing
himself of the expiration of the Irving copyright la,
or wits, an Irish porter with one of the old book
concerns. 0 temporal 0 moral
[By Telegraph.]
DEATH OP AN AWSUICILN CONSUL.
Dr. Reynolds, the American Consul, died at S
Nero's, St. Domingo, on July 22d.
ARRIVAL OF REBEL PILLSONERB
Seven hundred rebel prisoners•arrived this morn
Ing from Point Lookout.
A IatTPPORSD ETR.ATE.
The - brig Saxon, from Cape Breton, reports that
on the list ult., when twenty-tire miles southeast of
pable Island, she saw a large steamer which was
supposed to be a rebel pirate.
INTBLLIGIENOII.
Arrived, ship Galena, New Orleans ' • barkentine
P. 0: Warwick, Rio; Ida., Rio; Lincoln Webb Kan
zanißa. Returned, brig Bayard, hence for Liven.
pool,leaky.• •
The McClellan Demepatratlon In New
• York:
A LANOB AOSSILELAGE IN UNION SQUABB—OZNID.
BEL N'lrLiteLAN }INDORSED—REPORT Or THE
PROCNE/NVOB.
The New York Times gives the following report of
the McClellan mime meeting held In 'that city on
Wednesday night:
•
Last night the DemoOraOy of the city of
.Now
York made their grand initial demonstration
in favor of General George B. McOleßan for the
nomination as the candidate of the Chicago Con
venilen for the Presidency of the 17ulteci States. It
was held at Union Square. The purpose being so
important in its pature, no pains or espenae were
spared to make the meeting Imposing both fa num
ben. and spirit. Your platforms for speakers were
erected, each of which was decorated with the Ame
rican colors, Chines lanterns, and canvases inscrib
ed with mottoes - and the names of battles in which
General ltl cOlellan had participated. The music of
a brass band, the tiring of cannon, the appearance of
firework erections which gave promise of pyrotech
nic displays, the efforts made In the wards to bring
out the boys, all tended to bring together a meeting
of large magnitude, amounting in the aggregate 80
about thirty thousand. But howeror' the meeting
may have been successful in numbers and spirit; it
was an utter failure so far as ability was Otincernad.
A formidable list of speakers was announced to be
present, but, for the most part, the orators disap
pointed General McClellan, if not the meeting. Of
the distinguished names of the Democratic party,
not one was present., and the speeches were made by
orators mostly unknown to fame. But oven these
were, for the most part, inaudible beyond a radius
of twenty feet from the stands, on account of the
boisterousness of the audience, the firing of cannon,
the cheers and ejaculations In favor of McClellan,
and the groans and abusive epithets of Mr. Ida
ooLn, and the marching and eounter.marchings, and
martial music of the processions, which kept the
meetlr g in front Of the stands In a constant state of
confuMun.
STAND NO. 1.
The meeting was called to order by Dr. Skinner,
who nominated as presiding officer Brigadier Gene
ral Duryea, whose appearance upon the stand WWI
the signal for prolonged applause and cheers. After ,
briefly thanking the. meeting for the honor conferred
u ti p o o n n s, li as im iv to ow co a mmenced the reading, of the resolti-
. Dataattrrions.
Whereas. The lincrof. policy adopted by the Chief
Magistrate of the nation is In oppositiOn to the plain
injunctions of the Constitution and his awn inaugu
ral. declarations, and , under the specious plea of ml-
Mary necessity, he has eanamenoed a system of di
rect encroachment upon the rights of the States and
the people in making arbitrary arrests ; in striking
down the freedom of sPeeolt and the press, and abifo
lishine the right of habeas corpus where the lethal
lion does not: exist; in a fanatical attempt taforoe
en equality, social and political, between raises. nee
totally direrent ; in distranohnement; in holding
the electoral vote of States subject to ['impersonal
ambitioo, in detlanoe. of the autcority of Oungress;
and has omelet! Reneral distrust of hie ability to
carry the Dation *Maly through the arduous OutAlet
ID which It 14 DPW engaged ; end,
Whereas, What is nors.wantinq to settle this war
is the aleotton of a Yreahlont aho will , ajiallaister .
.--thegowletiiitest m y
forepfritOof ite
_foutt e de o rs . , c an ls to d
afford an opportunity the people of tit
return to the Union with rights under the, Cantina-
Don. ' [Tremendous cheers.)
Therefore Resolved, 1. That the only hope _for_
remedy il g existing evils is in a change In the Ad-
Ministration, and an abandonment of its policy.
2 That the salvation of the oountry now depends
on the determination of the people to eledt the man
of their choice, and it is incumbent upon, and the
paramount duty of members of party conventions to
ignore all disputed onestions of policy, and, in the
selection of candidates, to regard the plainly eX•
pressed wishes of the masses they are delegated to
n r e 4rat success inthe election, in otspoSition to
the powerful. combinations of this Administration,
depends upon the popularity of the candidates with
the army, and the final iselection must, therefore.
fall on one of i be great soldiers who has d tsti ogu Is lied
himself in defence of the principles upon which the
Government was founded.
Resolved, That in .Major General George B. Mc-
Clellan— [prolonged cheers]—sve recognize those
sterling qualities 'hick characterise tne true pa
triot, soldier, statesman, and gentlemarr, and which
will insure an Administration alike elevating to the
nation and creditable to the civilization of the age;
and while we would not disparage the claims of his
brother sonnets, we but reiterate the voice of the
million, which comes upon the wings of the wind
from every part of the land, when we declare him
the embodiment of the hopes, as he is the choice, of
tbeAmerican people. [Cheers.]
Resolved, That our sympathies are deeply enlisted
for our brave soldiers in the field, and that we lone
for the return ot the day when, by ballots instead of
bullets, we can maintaln the Constitution and the
Union, and restore to'bar country the inestimable
blessings of an honorable peace. [Cheera.]
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend the friends
of in colonan [cheers] to hold immediate meetings
in every city and county, and give expression to
their viewsas to his nomination by the approaching
convention; or by the people; and that they assemble
in mass convention at Chicago, on Saturday, 27th
instant, at 12 o'clock noon, to take such action as
may best unite the conservative elements in the
Coming campaign. [Cheers.]
On motion, the resolutions were adopted.
The president then introduced Hon. Sohn 13.
Has
kins as the first speaker. At the opening of his
speech he staled they had met together to unite
their forces in favor of Gen. McClellan for the next
Presidetcy. Be spoke disparagingly of Presiaent
Lincoln,_ and Ciudad to an alleged depatch sent by
him to Gen. McClellan after the battle of Antietam,
in which be had said, "Gcd bless you and those who
are with you '
e and said that if Mr. Lincoln were
to-morrow to Send a telegraphic despatch to Gen.
McClellan, it would not contain a blessing, but a
curse. lie next alluded to the pledges which had
been made by the Administration when it came into
power, and to the pledges contained in the Chicago
platiorm, that slavery should not be interfered with
in the
,States where it existed. He referred also
to the action taken by Congress in 1861, resole
ing that Congress had no power to interfere with
slavery in the States, and to the proposition in
troduced by lion. C herries Francis Adams to so
amend the Constitution that local. institutiOns: sta.
very among the number, should not be distorted. But
this man Lincoln had been false to all his Xedgea
The Emancipation Proclaniatiomens7anwary rte , •
was In opposition to the Constitution, and to the laws
of the United States, and to his open pledges, to the
pledges of the Chicago platform and of a Reptant
can Congress. His last proclamation—" Co whom
it may ouncern"—sent to George Sanders, had stated
that he would receive no otters for peace unless the
abolition of slavery was to be especially recognized.
He had usurped powers which he had no right to,
and had done acts which had brought Charles I. to
the block and Louis XVI. to the guillotine. The
speaker said that he had been admonished by a para
graph In the Herald to speak in favor of Gen. Grant,
and not against him. It afforded him pleasure to
speak in favor of the great soldierly ability-of Gen.
Grant. [cries of "no, no, no, he's played out,"
and loud cheers fur McClellan.] lie did not
know but if Gen. Grant had bagged Lea's army he
aitt have been the next Presiaent of the United
: [Cries of "No, no, he wouldn't."] If Me
n hadn't been interfered with, he would, tool ,
ere this, have restored the old Union. [Cheers .
But the ides of November were approaching, an
when he (the speaker) looked around and saw the
iniiiense enthusiasm for General SdoCloilan, he was
certain he would be the next President of the United
States. [Cheers.] This was not the only case
when abtue.atid falsitication had resulted in the
success of the persons sought to be injured.
General Jackson had thus been persecuted and
abused, but the reoplo took him up and made
him their President. The pressure of power and
public patronage which had been brought by the
Adidinistratibn against General McClellan was
so great that it was the duty of every patriotic citi-
Vali to come forward to his support. If the country
was to be saved It must be through a change of the
A druiristration. The war was going on at a cost of
four millions of dollars a day, and, notwithstanding
the assertions of the Administration to the con
trary, our national debt amounted to over four thou
sand millions of dollars. The soldiers of the Army
of the Potomac had not been paid from four to six.
months.
The chairman introdnoed as the next speaker Col.
Mansfield Davis. He alluded to the grand review
of the Army of the Potomac at Bailey's Cross-Roads,
in October, 1861, when cheer after cheer by the
soldiers rent the air as they passed General nicClel.
len. But the cheers on that occasion were
as gentle words compared to the cheers that
greeted his name here. Be was present, too, as the
regimental commander of the Ira Harris Light Ca
valry, six monthslater, when thatgreat Army of the
Potomac, once so powerful, came from the Rappa
hannock to the second held of Bull Run, to tight
the second battle of politicians. They came in
broken, dispirited, worn down by disease, battle,and
exposure, and with their hearts gone, even as the
heart of this great nation was now sunk in
dismay and fear. Bat when it was announced
to them that George B. McClellan was, again
to Le their commander; their hearts were
again lifted up, for they saw that victory was
before them, and they pushed.onward to a triumph
on the field of Antietam. [Tremendous cheers.]
One peculiarity of Gen. McClellan's campaign was
that no matter how bad the situation, the next mere
he made always placed us in a better condition than
we were beim e. The speaker then animadverted in
seven) terms upon alr. Lincoln. if we wanted a
change of generals in the Army of the Potomac to
save the Country after Pope's defeat, so we wanted a
change of generale at the head of the nation to in
sure another victory like Antietam ; in short, we
wanted Gen. McClellan at the haul of the nation,
for we had enough of Gen. Lincoln. [Groans and
laughter.] We wanted a man who could lead this . .
great nation on to victory, and restore to us she
Constitution and the supremacy of the laws. He
bad heard, with sorrow, during the last three years,
that the Constitution which our forefathers had/
made was only intended fur times of peace, when
we were under the governucent of the con stable.
But we wanted a new man at the head of the Go
vet nment, who believed that the Constitution should
be respected in time of war.; who werk t without
pledges to any one, and who had iliown qualities of
fineness, bravery, self-rellanee, and/ostriotivm, and
that man was the patriot, statesman, and Christian,
George B. McClellan.
Four other speeches were made at this stand, by
a Mr. Murphy, of Albany; Mr. Egan, of Williams
burg ; Blym Ketchum, Jr., of New York, and klr,
Jelin Corley, of Washingtou,
STAND NO. 2
was called to order, and Hon. W. P. „Tannins:a
appointed president. Atter thanking the multitude
-tor tthe honor done him he introduced Ron. E. 0.
Perrin. Mx. Perrin handled the Administration
very fiercely. He said that while Democrats were
righting our battles at. the South, President Line'dit
was trying to cut of the beads off all who:held effuse
at Ike North, bat that this could not stop their
progress; that the present Government. were
using the people's money and blood for an Aboli
tion crusade, but that the Demooratio party were
now going to make itself heard, and were going to
take the gallant soldier who - heads the movement,
and who would say to the South, c , When you are
ready to atop fighting and Conte Mick, come back
niggers and all. ' A man whose record will show
that be will and can fight, and who goes forward
with the Sword in one hand and the olive branch la
the other—we say be can restore tuts Union, but it
will not be by a crusade ofcondscation and Aboli
tionism. Tennessee was once nearly ready to come
hack In the Union, but now she will not until this .
Abolition sway is over. McClellan was removed bale'
cause his plans were too good for the immaculate
ones at Washington, but he is not to be crashed,
and next November we will prove it. He closed by
saying :hat he expected the delegates at Chicago
would act out the plans of the people, and nominate
George B. .ISicelellan for President. -
The president then read a set of resolutions which
were unanimously edoptea. He next introduced
Hon. Judge Evans, of Texas, who said he appeared
In behalt ot hundreds of thousands of tile fellow peo•
ple. He had evidence which letehint to believe that
President Lincoln designed that we should never
have another free vote; that he will carry the
States by. the bayonet, and that If that^ is not
'sumach it will be accomplished by fraudulent voten
in Arkansas and other States; and Ifyouintend to pat
him out and McClellan in, you must pile up your
votes so high that he cannot beat you by his treacle
lent votes. It is you who must restore every &
State to the Union, and that is to be amine'
plished by the election of George B. McClellan.
He did not believe McClellan was the only man
under whom the South would come back, but he
was the available men, for the Southerners regard
him as a sufferer for opinion's sake, and a man who
would enable them to come back to the Union with
honor and glory. • What the South la fighting for is
the right of self-government, as guaranteed them by
our forefathers.
Hon. "Eli P. Norton followed. He said that the
American people were always ready to give credit
to the man who periled his lite for hie country. The
victories in Western Virginia under McClellan had
raised the people from despondency to hopefulness.
McClellan from a diserganized mob made one of
the most powerful armies in the world, and that,
when It wet ready to take the field, a spirit of Plat
t:nay took possession of the autlwrtries at Washing
ton, and they depleted his army, and took .part of
his men away trom him—that they finally gave the
army to General Pope, who was defeated, and Gen.
McClellan was again called to defend Washington.
They had stripped him of his command to bury hint
in obscurity; but the people In that obscurity.fixed
their eyes upon him, and decided that he must be
the man to save the country. The youth of. New
York were in laver of McClellan, and he wished to
give this as a manifesto to instruct the delegates to
the Chicago Convention.
TI e meeting was afterward addressed by Judge
Beach, Colonel Mansfleld,Davls, Mr. Ostrander, and
others, alter which a large and beautiful Hag was
raised, bearing a portrait of General Mantillas.
The bands playing and many coloreddighta
about it, the effect was very beautifut
°Tern NO. O.
The meeting at this stand was Organized by the
appointment of Hiram Ketcham, Sr., to the chair,
who proceeded to give a rather extensive review of
the civic and military career of General , McClellan,
charging the Administration with breaking faith
with him, and withholding Its forces, to .compel his
. defeat before Richmond. He stated that tie was
compelled, against his earnest protest, to leave
off his designs of taking Richmond, and, after de
'eating Lee on the field of Antietam wit h an army
demoralized by the late defeat under Pepe, he
was removed from command. - - What would have
happened had he been retained in command I Not
less than twenty thousand men were lost at Chancel
. loreville, under Burnside. Meade encoeedtid,, and
prevented tie enemy from reaching Washington.
Gen. Grant succeeded. [At this point, there were
cries of "Butcher, butcher," followed byconflution.]
Gen. Grant acts under the orders of the 'f'residedt.
[Groans.] He remembered the • caution of the
Herald. He did . not. blame General Grant.
[Voices—Abe Lincoln I Shall we have 'a change 1
(Cries of "Yes, yes.' , ] The war had failed, not from
want of men or money, but . fr ont, imbecility and
Wtakne:s in the head. [La.ughter.] From his heart
he desired peace, upon. terms honorable to the Go
vernment. and such as Gen. McClellan w .uld ap
pros e and ratify.. (Cheers.). Our fellow-citizens in
the South were In error, but though in error, they
were sincere . He was not afraid to say ho was more
desirous now of being United to, the South than ever
before. [Here the speaker was compelled to atop on '
account of the great confusion ]
'I he resolutions - were then read and adopted - amid
lunch cheering.
The next speaker introduced was Mr. F. V.Sei.
Tree, who stated that in the presence of the vast as- •
sernbly, anti in despite of the despotism of a long of oppression, the people had not forgotten
their righ ts . [Cheers.] The object of this-meeting
Was to recommend to the Democracy' of oar country
a representive man. of a pure and spotless name—
a man patient In humiliation, modest in. victory. In
the election of McClellan the South would see that
. there 18 a reactionary spirit' at the North, which
would give th em the 0013511 M 1 011inviolate. .
Colonel E. B. Norton, of Texas, was introdueed,
who made an exceedingly tedious apiech.. Mr.
Norton's remarks were almost entirely lest to our.
reporter, owing to the confusion and the poor etc
cutionarY powers of the speaker. The- crowd was
relieved by a song from Mr. Carrigan.
The chairman next Introduced Mr. Daniel Car
ter, "a true Vision man from Tennessee."
Carter wished them to understand- that although,
he was a Southern man he was nat.- in taror
of the rebellion.' Be had been 'for three ysers
a wanderer from his natty. lands 'Ltn
ooln's lawful nets he was wi th him, bat in his un
lewful acts he was riot. He was from Tennessee,
from the sane State with Andrew Johnson, and he
eonsidftred p rof an e worst.man America to-day.
He was thest O
man he ever knew and a com
mon drunkard. He was brought up a Whig, In the
school of Henry Clay, yet there was one Democrat
be could vote for. Re had confidence in him . . Teat
m hee an
ri was
,l General George 334 . / Itilellau- .I[Grejit
cng.
W. HeWit,..CAptaln Ryinatirk:itSiri
others made sable retwitts, aneriThloll e •
ti mosUing
ediQurlkeit.. - _
HARRISBURG.
[Special corrooposilepoo of The heft.)
Baastuato ss auana
lo •
The Leartslature has convened In
the proclamation of Governer Com a
t.
the members of both Menthes are in a .: . c . , .;;
The message of the Gozernor lea n aci "' 4 ll.,,
It has the true ring, and the r..1. 4 0. 1 „ 1 „,
pared the way of acting uporrata,
by already appointing the proper cona n walta
ference. . •
t '%:*
It is to be hoped that all partiaaa sad..•
questions will be laid aside, and that o me n% a
all, collectively and individually, 'ill 1,, 11be ,
labor only for the test good of the Stan ea s e
In times like these, when our State is s ai 4l lk
tened by an invasion by armed rebsts a Lla
towns and cake are being burned, am,ql l ;
role and cruelties of civil war are 4%4 ,7
home to our own firesides, the parti sac;: . "". :
merged in the patriot, and all men Antall . 1 ‘
a
differences out of sight, and labor only aa t iT . -.€
ti
vaon of our imperilled country.
The only danger of the country is the half
• efforts of the people. We have been ~
war more than three years, andyet trad e aa
prebend the magnitude of the sin/gat e ae . - bt
aea
involved in the contest. '4
The friends of the rebellion have m ,
thing to bear upon their war aaai n brea et
. na
man[. They do not resort to hais may ta rt.
but with a zeal and energy wort ),) ,as ratter
they have sacrificed everything upon the '4a
rear
this war.
But how is it with us ? Do we not dreF,
and fare as sumptuously as ever • re
greedy far the " almighty dollar a are ;b' 3!
eat
upon the question of vigorously 1 w
ec „
war, until the last aimed rebel it vicut."ng tie
land, and the old Rag of our father;l
where, honored and aespeoted? as e '""a
all els.v..
our Government to the extent of our neon
answer is plain. Yon will find men al' q,"
country who are busily decrying the alsreaa!!
and doing all in their power to anake
odious, the people restless, and the end 44 .
if not rendered wholly uncertain. Unless tit',
a change in the public pulse, the earl a a
A divided North cannot soon bring us m alt en 4 .
us hope that our legislators may be impreassl a4
the responsibility resting upon them and Ida,
such legislation that our State finances may a
healthy and our borders free from rebel invasive:.
The public generall3 are laboring under a nal t4 .
concerning the action of the Legislature, at ttet,a;
session, upon this military question. It hes 1.,
dated in respectable journals that they rep
the flimsy law we had, and then failed to
another. This is all an error. Any one crassest
the proceedings of the last session will int It
upon the fourth day of May last the Govenar a f .
proved of a bill " fcr the organization, fasciae,.
and regulation of the militiaof the Conarantreal
of Pennsylvania," which consisted of over one La
died sections.
This bill was prepared with great labor,
several times revised, and was in committee ao
before ale Legislature for a long time. ae n
not passed until It had. been carefully examine, E,
the military authorities at this place, and ea .1;
cidcd to be the beat that could be had under
circumstances.
The Military Committee spent a large portiot .
the session upon this bill. Colonel Glass, the eau
man of this committee, has had considerable !
tary experience, and I know that he labored area
onsly to perfect it; and yet the Legislature is hea
denminced for not having prepared a bill ! I; au;
newspapers had examined the records they an a l:
not have fallen into this error.
If this law had been put into successfuloperata s '
Chambersburg would not havo been in ashen. at;
Gov. Curtin would not have been compelled to an.
vene the Legislature. The Legislature paw
militia bill ; the people have not enforced it. aye
yet who are to blame? 'This only proves my at, a ,
tion at the beginning of this letter, that the peas 2
are only hall in earnest, and that, until they becat
united and fully awakened, the Legislature say
pass laws, and the Governor may issue procima.
Lions, and yet we shall have raids—the war en;
on, and the country will be ruined by the Sat
heartednest with wbich our people prosecute aita
war. Every man in the future must do his duty,it
he expects the nation to live. Let him tat sal
fault with his neighbor. Let every one work as
though the success of the Union cause depeala
upon his individual efforts. If this were r, tre
should Soon have a peaceful and united repubile.
The Democratic members of the Legislature sal 1
a party caucus last evening, it le supposed, to are -
upon a Course of action upon the militia bill. Their
future course is pretty generally understomL T,,7
will go in for protecting the border counties or le
State, but will not be very liberal in their offertn
the General Government. You need not be sir.
prised to see them falling back upon the edging
Seceah doctrine of Stole rights. It is now their oil;
course. They have in one way and wither reara
to every imaginable means of embarrassing the ara
vernment. And now they are driven to the doctrie
as originally proclaimed and defended by Camas
and his brethren in treason.
There is, of course, a possibility that I may is
wrong; pope I may bee; for *a good of the coal.
try. Yet, I prophesy that, within ten days. tree .!.et
will be delivered in the Legislature of l'enesars
nia which will jaoaid very much like the elaaa
speeches of Breckiroridge, Da;as,and Toombs in at
Senate of the United States.
The effect of such a course upon the whole tam
try can readily be imagined. It will tend immenn -
Iy 'to strengthen. the bands of the rebels, diaa.
rage enlistments, and be like a bath of in
water upon the Union cause everywhere. Sea
post their position was carried out to its loll:al
tionausion, whatarould be the resadt 1. We shag
haves= interminable war; we should surpass p
down-trodden Mexico in anarchy and nriond •
ruin. If one State can set up for itself, protest its
self, and refuse to do anything for the general ;sal
of the whole-nation. why then our gorernmeta is
worn than a tope of sand, the labors Maur fatial
were vain, and the institutions bequeathed us were
delusive, valueless, and ephemeral. If their pit
Um; is correct the Constitution of the United Stan
is a lie, and the Revolution of 1176 an entire Whim
If a State can set up business upon its own acona,
and refuse to perform its part of the national Cur:
pact, then a county may secede from the State, a
township from the county, a sutaschool district rein
the township, and, to carry out their doctrine to its ,
fullest and absolute extent, an individual might
secede from the civil government entirely, the
completely overturning all civil government. Their
doctrine is at war with every theory of government.
No people could live if mach a doctrine could is
enforced. A: county boars the same relation to the
State that 'the State bears towards the Genual
Government ; one hi no more bound than the other:
each has its duty to perform, and the moment au
the doctrine is allowed that one may cut loose when
it pleases, we may bid good-bye to any government
under which civilized beings can possibly lire.
The people of the country must be prepared to se:
Democracy taking sides against the 'Governs:era
before many months. They will pretend to ba !ail
until after November, when their mask, so ! tno
worn, will be thrown off, and they will stand Woe
the country in their tine light.
A Democratic official said to me last evening ant
another draft, beyond the one impending, small
never be made. Upon asking him for his reason es
replied that should Lincoln be defeated, and tit
Chicago nominee elected, the war would be virtual•
ly ended ; that peace would be had upon sans
terms, either by separation, or conceding to as
"erring brethren" what they reasonably asa.
strong effort would be made to effect a reconellatiss,
and that, in his opinion, the Democracy would CM
cede enough to satisfy them.
. .
But should Lincoln be elected the Opposition
would so conduct themselves that the Government
would find it impossible to carry on the war. Thee
there would be no more enlistments ; the draft weal
be hindered and obstructed, and perchance a civil
war might be inaugurated north of the POWILIC,
and the result of the whole thing would be the sul•
cers of the rebellion, eternal separation and as
establishment of a Northwestern Confederacy, and
the leaving of New England out in the °old.
Such, I have no doubt, is the programme of the
modern Democracy. They do not intend to sae the
rebellion and its cause die and be burled in the 30;t5
grave, and rather than see freedom become the ono•
(Mien of all men, they would see this nation ruined
and dismembered.
The Legislature to-morrow visits Chambersbatg,
for the purpose of seeing the condition of the peop:e,
at d to gather such facts that they may intelligestlf
make an appropriation for its suffering lotto))!tants.
Undoubtedly the people of the border countio
have been greatly abused, and their courage inkra
presented, and especially by the press of Nov York
and other States. They can afford to be courageous.
'They are out of harm's way; and the most they
have courage to do is to &be* their neighbors who
live upon the borders of rebeldom. Pennsylvaa ,
has cheerfully responded to every call of the C} 22o '
rat Government; she has been lavish in me.: and
means; ; her brave HODS have been foremost upon
every battlefield ; she has sent nearly all her young
men to defend the flag of her country. A reserve
force of fifteen thousand Ulf n, raised for home :e•
fence, was handed over to the National Govern
went, and they have tested their bravery In every
battle fn which the Potomac army. has been ea
gaged ;and now, when one hundredthousand Pool•
.E)lvavians are absent, in dlstint armies, leaving cot
frontier exposed, armed rebels come upon our soft,
burn our towns and villages, rob our farmers of cat
tle, horses, and produce, and by their repeated side
of wantonness tend in a great measure to di.place
snit interrupt peaceful pursuits, the people of our
secure sister States, instead of lending a helping
band, stand by with folded, arms and make cur
homeless pecple a subject of ridicule, This Is all
wrong, andi sooner or later will lead to bad result.
' • ' Faans.
GnAnD . Corremyr AT CAPE MAY.—This evening
a grand vowel andLinstrumental concert will be
given at the Columbia'llouse, Cape Delay. The fol•
lowing distinguished artists are announced in the
programme: Madame Henrietta Behrens, soprano;
Miss Caroline McCaffrey, contralto; Mr. µrein un
A. Briscoe,-Lenore ; Mr. A. IL Taylor, basso ; ;Hr.
Theodore Ahrend, violoncellist f - Mr. Henri
Thunder, pianist. The conducto r'i Mr: A. E.
Taylor. This concert will doubtless prove onfot
the moat brilliant and successful entertain marls of
the sea-side season. The preparations to. give
success are on the largest 'scale, and cannot fait 0 1
their object.
Tes
REMARRABLE E KThLTroa r Chi s afternoal
and evening two more exhibitions of the lime
States Circus and Menagerie will be given. The
season will close tomorrow night, and on Morelli
afternoon and evening the tent will be pftobed is
Ceraden, New Jersey. Messrs. Thaw &. NO . "
sill leave behleed them a imputation that will mss'`'
rantee success in any future visit.
SAL, OP • Women ru Astmeou.—One of the
most disgraceful scans ere have ere? heard of to
Chrlin lan epantry took plate In the Market ptait
Armagh, recently. A. woman - Pas put up for Fi-a
by auction by her husband, a man named P.r!gl.L
who resides In the town. FM. some time pasz, tt .
561411, the woman had been addicted todriokin‹.
tkl is alleged to have been the cause of the sal , '"
A man named Thomas Gunyan, with whom :he hv;
latterly resided, bid o ..• ..und, and was deaUire . t
the purcheter. A 1.• • • wiu2e: ,
the novel tad .t , Akk