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The •Road to Lasting Peace:
Mere the Washington Okreateiew yestodly.3
The most hopeful sign of the times-is the
strong devotion of the people of the loyal
States to the preservation and restoration of
the American Union. Whatever may - he'
said oil other subjeCts, on this there is e.x
traordinary harmony. ' That there are
party leaders who would purchase peace by
separation, no one can' successfully deny.;
buteven they must now perceive that. the
cheapest way to close the war is to reVore
t
the old condition of things, with 'the
.
ception of 4e-enslaving the people made
forevsr free by Congress and by two or'
three'of the Southern States, Aid this
last fact is so p4tent and clear ; that 'the
rhels theinselves'"innst4qmt . ;er or laterii
fr
confess and-surre der before
there is moth statesman in the gave totateS,
from jirvanschv DAVIS * down, who dO'efe
not realize - the utter impoSeibility-of the
South existing as a comrhon. Confederacy
at the end of the war, assuming peace on
the baSis of separation to be among the
possibilities. That the North, with its
overshadowing anti-slavery elemcnt, and
its increasing intelligence, and. its ten
thousand arguments for unity, would
hold together, seems to our mind as in
disputable as that the day follows the
night and-the night the day. But in the
South there, can hereafter be no rest and do
peace save in the generous and forgiving
bosom of the Union. God, in His pro
vidence, seems to .have _ordained that
that which is to end this war, and to
give us endless. - peace; is the profound
love of out people for the Uhidn,
and the manifest impossibility of esta
blishing any other Government on this part
of the American continent but one that is
based upon the principles that coMprise
our existing systeidi - 7Aing-strivere•- , -
fore, as a fact admitted, that there" eau, Ebe
no dissolUtion of the American
either as a condition or as an incident
of peace, why, then, shall sae no haVe
peace ? And it is this inquiry that t;e
propose to meet. Everybody is anxious,
nay, eager, that this war should cease.
The only question is, how to begin the con
sideration of the momentousr blem
P •
The first, if not the only obstacle,. is
that of slavery. And here we meet the
sternest opposition from the rebels, but not
from the Southern -people. They have
long ago realized that but for slave&
there would have been no war, and that
the slave once made free can never again
be put in chains. More than this.. They.
are finapy brought to contemplate the stu_
pendous truth that the colored_ man will
work better, if paid: by his employer ;
thanlf whipped or indulged by his
owner. These are propositions still . con- -
tested and doubted, abut so clear of solu
tion that a very few years will fix and
fasten therh among the facts of history.
Bat the question remains, What is to
be done with slavery, or wliat is left of
slavery ? for it must not be forgotten
That many of our very best patriots sturdi
ly contend that Mr. LINCOLN'S proclama
tion of emancipation has not set free &lithe
slaves of the South. It was CongressAlat
did the great .work here in the District, and
the people that did it in West Virginia,
Missouri, and Maryland. It was the army,
in its conquering advance, that did it in
other quarters, by attracting to its support,
or by being forced to, maintain thousands
of human being's deserted by their flying
masters ; and it was that further policyhof
the Gove6inent 4 _ by which the negroes
were and are formally invited to enter the
service of the Republic, that hosts are
made free, on the yrinciple that he who
fights for his country shall not go un
rewarded or unforgotten. But these
several cases do not cover - the objec
tions that live in the minds of some of
our wisest Union statesmen against the
proclamation of emancipation, which was
the act of the President alone. And here
will come the conflict between opposing
theorista and, thinkers. Supposing th%
national authority to be re-established, and
the national unity to be reassumed, may not
this co .- intact:Men be safely entrusted, to the
people and the national courts? JYay, at
the very daSt, must it not go there?
We have now to "deal with facts, and'
not with sophisms. In the forefront ofaii.
mighty peril menacing our individual pros
perity and
_national existence, some of the'
most cherished convictions may have to be
changed' or surrendered. When Air. Lan
Cora was elected Presidoht,he enunciated
his willingness to 40 anything consistent'
'with national•hanort6 recslithe insurgents
and to spread peace overlhe land. At this
moment,) is inaugural address
,is the beSt
index - of.peabe that any party could desire,
unles4 indeed, it may be those who re- -
garded it at first as an impediment to war.
Never shall we forget how Judge DOUGLAS
construed that inaugural. He hailed it as
message of eminent conciliation ; and
such. Wasln fact 'the reading of it by:. all
save 'Men. who desired to see the
im
pending conflict spread, so that (1X:
union might be consummated. Nearly
every word since uttered or printed by Mr.
Lino= has been in donsonaace with this
original declaration. it is true events hive
suggested changes as to policies and Ines-
Awes. Everybody has amended his opi;
Wong -and his actions since the inaugural
of President Lattcoug, when this was es
nential to the public good, except only. the
rebels and-their sympathizers. All despots
are consistent in one thing, the assertion
and enforcenient Of:their own will. But,
in this country, he, ivho resolves
'Union roust be restlifed eizincnretand on the
idea of making that meter obi pation subor
dinate to any other thing. The zicoment he
does so he ceases to be a pata:tOt. Era ftseiy
vresupposes - thattnere In* be .e better eon
dition.in the event of separation. - Woe be
to o u r co un try th e statesmen who ad
here to , whatire called +, 4 rvords" or
platforms'-' and in this .dmad hour seek
to make a man's forraer.Pledges to the Re
publican or gig. Deweratie party the inexd
rablefgrittlUpt the action of our represents
tives*,qougresa nrole Depart
raentE;';?llse, we sad;"lptlitt.erabie woe, if
imehtesehert are to edu cate our people for
the future, or to dictate to armies or:adminis
trations. And, that we May not be raiun
derstood in these words, we say that we
fMtl almost as much danger , in the' ex
:actin demands of these who"-call them
Selves ultra Republicans - as in: those who
- call themselves ultra Democrats. We
'Would not insult Senator WAnE, of Ohio,
`or HENRY WriVrEll DAVIS, of Mary
land, by comparing or contrasting them
with the VaLLAtietratairs or Wootte, but
with their grave -relations-. to -the Union
party, and their Close connections`
it, it is our deliberate -and =sorrowful judg
ment that theit, late manifesto has -done
morelitsting hilikry ;among 'the' Only Con
solidated friend&'of the Govermnent than
twenty of the prof from the
escaped-.refugees _in Canada; or the
re
morseless prince of. discord in the House.
Now that slavery is absolutely gone, we
would sacrifice all other things' but the
Union to save the Union. We would see
Mr. LINCOLN himsel out - of the canvass,
with all our attachment to his Person, and
our high sense of his prescience, which so
many did not see three years ago who now
so readily, recognize it, if by such a sur
render we could save the country from the
election of a representative of a dishonora
,ble peace on the basis of separation. From'
that catastrophe we must be saved at all
hazards.
Conservatism and Rationalism.
The'South has found a new philosopher
—or is it still that bungling statistician, Mr.
DE Bo'w ? At all events we have before us
a charming disquisition. of the Richmond
Sentinel, - which draws a new andmice dis
tinction between the North and South,
dividing the sections into two great races
.of ,Conservatives and Rationalists (not
Radicals), represented by - the 'type!' Of the
datralier and Puritan. Part of this propo
sition is„ very old, but the — process of
reasoning is, to say the least, novel. All
Southern philosophy is afflicted with
bugbear 'and superstition, or else we
might be surprised at - the innumerable
bigoted and stupid things which the dog
matic slaveholding editor of the Sentinel
thinks it worth - while to say of the North.
Slavery has colored the mind of the South
es surely as nicotine colors the meerschaum,
and the miracle of ignorance shown pa the
article to which we allude does not affect
us suddenly. The South is full of the same
kind of absurd reasoning, which has be
come so trite that we almost - lose the ex
pression of wonder that such muddled and
depraved ideas (bad as the worst of witch
we read in the middle ages) prevail among
intelligent men of any Christian communi
ty. Observe the stolid barbarity and bra
zen stupidity of the following;
" From their colonial birth to tile present- day
Southrons have been distinguished (and soknetfmes
,ridiculed) for their hatred or innovation, their re
spect for the past, and their adherence to its cus
toms, habits, practices, and opinions, as well In pri
vate as in public life. In fine, In religion and ,poll
Iles, and in all the affairs of life, they were distin
guished for faith and respect for authority. They _ :
never inquired into the abstract reason of thinga,
and adopted or rejected them as they concurred
with their reason, "but were governed by the expert- !
- ewor - tbepasteight ofnativerity,-human
and divine. They did not attempt ta bring down
the Bible to the standard of their own fallible rear
son, nor make Uwe and governments on abatract
political prinelples. Things that had-worked well,
that had been long tested and approved - by-human •
authority, they adopted and followed, without in- -
miring into their reasonableness. Thus they were,
in every sense, in public and in private life, eon
servatives eoneervatives by pedigree, descent, I
habit, association, and education.",
• Surely this article was never intended
for Northern circulation, where falsehoods
So-patent as the foregoing are easily recog
nized ; but it helps us in the attempt to
measure the ignorance of the,people for
whom such malicious nonsense is written.
In the anxietyloprove the South conserva
tive, the, &Mind entirely ignores its part
in the War of Independence ! The- South
- opposed to innovation I Then we pre
sume that WASTTINGTON, lENZERSON, and
PATRICX HEIM are All these
men were willing innoirators, along with
thousands more of their own race and
neighborhood but so thoroughwas the in-
novation consummated by their heror
efforts, that, instead 'of conserving - the good
• -
old monarchical regime, they instituted: a
Republic from pure love of progress Esri
.
dently the South cannot turn -backto its
history to, find - excuse for its in.° ern crime.
We read again :
" W ithin the present century a-new Impulse and
more decided character were given to their habitual, /
hot as vet unconscious conservatism. _The followers
of Locke's political philosophy, or rather of his
contemptible political charlatanism, the assertors
of human equality, the rationalists In polities, men
who rejected faith and authority in thinks,
whether divine or human ; who relied on unaided,
uninspired human reason, and subordinated the
-Bible and all human authority to this fallible, pre
sumptuons reiasen, made a deadly, onslaught on an
institution afield and almost `as universal as man.
kitd ; an institution ordained of God, and accept
ed and upheld by the laws and practices of all ci
vilized countries, at least at some period of their
history.
The Institution qf domestic slavery, thus as
sailed, could only be properly and successfully do.
fended by contervative arguments. We were driven
to maintain that it was right because it waaordained
and approved by God, and by the laws, customs,
and usages of all nations. We rejected in its de
fenee all mere abstract reasoning, because we saw
that sceptics and Infidel philosophers had demon
strated that nothing human or °Mile, nothing in
the moral end nothing in the physical world ' could'
stand the test of such reasoning ;" Ali existence with.
ered and disappeared.before lt, with here and there,
perchance, an idea floating disconnectedly in the
immensity of space.' .Such we found to be tbe sad
triumpliof speculative philosophy' and'abstract lt
man reasoning when we were called on to defend
human slavery: This compelled us to rely on con
servative grounds and arguments. We had mown
eclously been all along conservatives In feeling, sen-
timent, and opinion, in all our customs, habits,
usages, and practices, and conservatives by birth,
education, and hereditary descent. It was, there
fore, easy and natural for us to rely on and to use
conservative arguments and authorities in opposi.
- Lion to radical, destructive speculative rationalism.
"We think this little Will suffice, or ought to enf
fice. to Show that we are and shall continue, proba
bly; to be the most conservative people in:the world,
end that our quarrel with the North will grow daily
more irreconcilable, whether in peace, or in war, as
they become daily more speculative, radical, seepti
cal, infidel, and rationalistic."
This jumble, which is simply a heresy
.
against common sense, barely merits com
ment. The " assertors of human equality"
included all the Signers of• the Declaration
and at their . head THOMAS JEFFBitsoN, of
Virginia, who at various times expressed
himself strongly against the conservative
institution of slavery ; and it must not be
forgotten that at one time. the very best
men of the South were entirely on the side
of innovation in this Cherished "particular.
But they never had the audacity exhibited
by their descendanti, of innovating upon
the Bible to - prove slavery a divine organi
zation. The crazy reasoning of the. Sentinel
(which with so much rationalism rejects all
reason)-is too weak even to make an apology
for slavery as an-lun3wer to the common
sense of the world,. which it denounces as
-rationalism.- But it is new to hear the
. -Sentinel declare, We rejected in its de
fence all abstract reasoning." The South
has been always ready to offer the highest-
Premium for any abstract logic in behalf
of man.stealing. How conservative was
this abstract and radical way of defending
slavefy we may learn from. the career.
of Kr. CAmroux and the ipgenuity of
those gentlemen who . ..attempted to prove
their case by Scripture.. Radicalism on
behalf of injustice could not go fur
ther, and the South even endeavored to
build up a sort of rationalism to sustain
something like a conscience for the support
of slavery. But as the Sentinel so stupidly
admits, all this failed, and slavery had to
fall back on " conservatism." It would
baffle the most intelligent reader to extort
an intelligent meaning from this application
of this word, and" the editor of the Sentinel
might be defied to explain his explanation.
We are left to suppose that slavery retired
into its chaos, and fell back upon the obsti
nacy and ignorance of its • adherents. We
quote again
"While the South was being settled by Oonserva
tivei, the North was about he same time settled by
the Puritans, who were eminently radical and revo
Int - Binary in their political as well as religious doe-
tithes. /They upset- the monarchy In England, be,
- beaded tbe Kisg, and wouldhave institntedgenerall
anarchy and confusion but for the stern •will and
despotic rule of Oroniwell. They were at war-with
all existing forms of religion, and all existing forms
of political polity. They even abjured in Americtifor
a time tbe common law of England as no ppaart of
their institutions. Each congregation framedlts own
religions faith, made its own Church—in fact, set up
its own God, and construed •the Bible to mean just
what they pleased. Those congregations were little
deMociatio theooraciert, who - established religions,
laws, and government according to the lightSoftheir
own reaeon, invispectlye of the, wisdoui,the antlico
rity, or the eurperienoe of the past. They were, in.
America, as they bid' been in England . rash: and
preinmpitoa Ss or or rti :
of the ZhsyW=trZortnriewti
most
conspicuous sects of rata:masts were the So.
°Wine or:Unitarians, who rejected the doctrine of
the trinity because It was contrary to knman return.
ilice wanner the Quakers, vere-raaonagate,
tante they made ail religion , to consist iti obeying
the dictates Wf their inner light or reason. They did
not rejectthe Eibie r but subordinatedit to,theirltuser
light, and accepted it bows. it aohaariad with ow,
infallible gOlde, suob, we learn- from Kr. Hampton
and other tatters, were the 'dbotrines of
..thenarly
Quakers. What they are Pur i ta ns owßa
tionalism, ini reduced by the - , la gradually
undermining'all religious andAmiltloal faith and all
onneervative epthloos at the North. The , marriage
institution, reduced by them' to a mere idyll con•
treat., begat frequency and. facility of divorce, led
next to DHormuitlsm, and we suppose has salmi
nated in free love. .13ut pure . Yankee a reason Is
about to achieve a 8411 higher triumph in hiterme.r
ryin g the blacks with the whites. This last'strlde at
rationalism they term miscegenation."
Every weapon which the Sinfineb uses to
attack common sense is here very readily
turned back upon itself. It will:not do to
justify rebellion against the Union by
sneering at rebellion against royalty—to
run down CROMWELL and the Puritans to
make a pedestal for Stonewall Ja.ossoll
and his Ere-worstripters; , Nor will it d
to accuse the " Yardreer with entire but.
lawry in matters religion to prove the
South conservative.' The people of the
South are also descended from a large stock
of dissenters, and one of the most outright
forms of Protestantism—we mean the Me
thodist, which established a religion for
itself against past authority—is the pre-
I veiling faith of a large portion of the
South. The marriage, institution, alluded
to by the &mind, has nowhere . so fre
quent a violation as, upon the planter's do
main, and Mormonism is, it must be ad
mitted, only another form of the patriarchal
theory, that all men may own hundreds of
slaves they may &so have `hundreds of
wives. After complimenting the women
of the North as philosophers "ready to
do away with this old,crazy >world and
make a better in its place," the Sentinel
proceeds to show that the churches of
the - South are conservative and support
slavery. This - is, of course, no fault of
the churches, but of their ministers.
But, on the other hand, the ministers'
of the North "are all abolitionists, social.:
istsi communists, sceptics, agrarians, or,
infidels," who " take the lead in poll-,
tics, and have made the pulpit a mere ros
trum for stump-speeches and abolition lee
-tures." Would it be difficult .to. show that
the clergy- ofthe; South have illustrated•
the (worst evils condemned in. socialism, or
the worst effects;of preaching politics upon
the stump ? ._ The doctrine of slavery has
for a score of years been preached in the
Southern pulpit, and but lately a Bishop
of the Church, in the character of Lieu
tenant General ofthe rebel army, fought and
died for it.
,
At. last the &nand boldly arraigns the
Declaration of Independence, and with it
such philosophera as Loid 13icoN, Sir Tao-
MAS MORE, Locxx, and HARRINGTON. It
declares that every author and politician in
Western Europe is "'a rationalist in poli
ties, religion, and almost everything "else,"
and, •indeed, that the mentality of.,the
whole world is smitten with the plague of
reason. "We, of this Confederacy, are the
only people in Christendora contented with
our religious, social, and political institu:
tions, and therefore the only conservative
States or nations." 'States or nations I--
this echo is strange. 'lt whispersanything
but sooial content, and hints that the South
is not so homogeneously conservative after
all. What if Secession should secede from.
itself ? Much as the Sendnet admires the
existing condition, how far was it conserv
ative to break up the old Union?—how
much has the South conserved by making
war?
Ignoring such; considerations as these,
the Sentinel concludes: "In fact this is a
war long brooding between "faith and au
thority on one side, and mere abstract hu
man reason on the other—between conser
vatism and rationalism.!' Here is logic in
the skim-milk humor of Mr. Squ.eers. 'lt
is amazing that the Sentinel claims for itself
the side of "faith and authority," and so
openly announces its infidelity to the prin
ciples of liberty, after hexing proved trai
tor to the faith of, the past and the authori
ty, of the Union There is unquestionably a
very broad distinction between the North
and South, and this distinction is explained
in the two principles of liberty and slavery.
Let these enlighten the new philosophy of
Richmond, and if we substitute falsehood
and ignorance for Conservatism, and truth
and education for rationalism,-we have the
real tivision whichthe Sentinel so foolishly
distorts. There are two great classes in the
world—those
,who seek to make it worse, •
.and those who seek. to make it N. better.
Vain, obstinate, and .easerupploua men,
who are such conservatives as the-editor of
the Sentinel; may imagine that they have,
the desire and the ability to -keep the world
as it is, but they are mistaken. The ten:
dency of one class is to progress, and of the
other to retrograde. When the Sentinel
tells us that the. South is growing more and
more conservatiVe, we suspect that it is
drifting further and further away from the
randmarks of republican liberty, towards
despotisni and a monarchy. •••.A.bsurd and
unsernpulOus as is the article of the Senti
nel, it has an underlying significance of the
feelings and purposes of the deaders of the
rebellion.
The Teaching of the War.
In the new number of Harper's Maga.
ems, the able and genial writer—has he not
been a Howadji- in by-gone years r.77-who
sits in the "Editor's. Easy Chair," whence
he dispenses it. and wisdom, patrialsm
and commonsense, makes some excellent
remarks on the in which the Fourth
of July was observed in the present year of
grace. " Events," he says, " have taught
us the worth of what seemed somewhat
,cheap from familiarity and the solemnity of
what had be%me alipost a mere holiday."
At no time was this' nation at celebration
more earnest; more sincere: What had de
dined into mere squib and fireworks' dis
play, with considerable ventilation of flail
cUltural oratory; was brought, by the pre
sence of serious events 4 into a solemn and
even grand coinmemoration of the greatest'
event in historythe Declaration of Inde
pendence by the misgoverned and 'heart
weary American provinces which Great
Britain held by .no tenure of right or of
affection.
The -writer whooccupies the - Easy .Chair
above mentioned, goes on to say The old
Fourth of Julys' we shall not see any
more. The days in which war was only a
name of past and incredible suffering have
gone forever. The soldier is, no longer a
queer and lndicrous figure, 'whom, m 'OUT
,
pride of peace, we sincerely, pitied. The
a niilitia musters, and ah e m fights, and
-
'wallisses, that were'such parodtea.upon the
'tragedy of war, will never . again seem to
us so absurd and contemptible. The sol
dieris - now the most serious figure in the
population, and war is the most familiar
and terrible fact of the:times."
There is strong truth in this. Since the
world began to have wars, a great many
ages ago, there never was a contest in
which were involved higher aims or a more
important moral puipose than in that which
has occupied us for mere than three years
past. In - I'm, we fought for Nationalln
'dependence, for the right' of mankind to
break the chain of tyranny and establish
self-government as a substitute. Here, we
are fighting for personal as well as political
liberty, for the equality of the human race,
for the colored man's rights, "no matter
what comple;iOn hicoMpaiible with free
dom. an Indian or an African sun might have
embrowrked upon hini.7 • We have struck
down the only just cause for complaint that
ever could have bben preferred against us ;
we hive - cast down in the dna that
Dagoxi-god-of irorisway. •
With front of brass and feet of elay,' ,
which bas so long existed, without flourish
ing, in the South, as a "pecullaz• institu-
This - into which..we were coerced
by treason arid perj,, haw developed the
American.capab W iNties more - than a century
of peaceful prosperity ; coOld have done.
We were in the habit of playing at soldiers,
but events rapidly drove u into "the
pomp, pride, and. circumstance of glorious
war." From being a nation of traders, of
inventors, of, politicians, we stiddenly be
came a nation of soldiers, and a military_
power we must ever continue after this:
Such is the moral Of the strife.
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ATLANTA.
WASHINGTON, August 24-40 : 71041.:
Major GE/ Dia,-New Yet*: • .....4110.•
The following official report of Alsiailaittandar6f
Fort Gaines, and the abandonment:6f Fore Swell,
dated August 9th, at New' Orleand, has been re
calved from Major General.Canby:
"Fort Gaines, with 58 commissioned officers and
818 enlisted men, with its armament of 28 guns in
tact, and provisions for twelve months, has surren
dered unconditionally. It was occupied hy. our
forces at 8 o'clock yesterday morning.- FortOwell
was abandoned, its garrison escaping to Cedar
Point. Its armament of -18 guns is in . condition for.
Immediate service. Gen. Granger will immediate
ly invest Fort Morgan, leaving garrisons in Forts
Gaines and Powell."
A telegram from General Sheridan's command,
dated August 14, at Cedar Creek, was, received
this morning. It states that., except Moseby's and
White's guerillas, there is no enemy this side of the
Blue Ridge ; that Sheridan's trains are all up, and
his army in tine condition. General Sheridan, in a
despatch of the 11th instant, reports that the stories
of plunder taken from-Maryland by the rebels are
all humbug. They have very little justenough to
subsist upon, no more—most of which has been taken
from the Shenandoah Valley. In another despatch,
dated the 12th instant, he says "General Early's
train is a very small one—not exceeding two hun
dred and fifty wagons—and the stories abOut.accu
mulated plunder from Marylaneare untrue."
The Department has received an unofficial report
from Fortress Monroe that movements were befog
made yesterday in front of _Petersburg, hut owing to
the telegraph line being broken no Information ham
been received from headquarters. The Department
is without any recent Intelligence from Atlanta.
The rebel papers received here say nothing about
Mobile since the capture of Fort Gaines.
EDwu M. STAIITON, Secretary-of Wit:
THE 41111111 r BEFORE - T,i , t*Fas J
BE . ~:
innotniTiott.tri pia Jeitzi=oApiiiik* . A
Bri t ,
STRONG N.JUSNL POSITION AT DIITOR OAP-OUR
TROOPS WITHIN NUM NILE 3 op-molimoßD.
Wasnisisrow,* August 16.—The mail-boat Key
port, Capt. Talbert, arrived this morning with Mails
and passengers from City. Point. She reports that
the movement of the 2d Corps tip the James Writ
on Saturday night resulted in the routing
large rebel force at Dutch Gap, and the capture of
over five hundred prisoners and seven pieces Of ar
tillery. The_ position occupied, by the enemy is said
to have been a strong one, and it is now occupied
by troops who are able to hold R. There waalbitt
little hard fighting done. Hancock socomplistied
his end.by skilful manceuvring and a surprise, and
consequently our loss was small, it being estimated
at less than one hundred.
Previous to the movement up the river the troops
were placed upon transports and moved down eaten;
sibly to below Harrison's Landing, thus completely,
de.ceiving the rebels, who at once supposed the siege
of Petersburg and Richmond was being. - raisedi
Under cover of the night the troops were turned up
the river again, and the result was a complete sur
prise of the enemy. Our troops have now gained;
it is said, an important position within two miles of
Fort Darling. The Keyport - look down from , Bert
muds Hundred to Fortress Monroe about 100 pri
sonars from this fight, aboht fortref whom 044 4..
be deserters. . ' r •
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ANOTHBR AOOOVNT-HICEPB 001(MHNIOATTORR
BZR aIITDA HMV DRED;. - Anguet —Taatert*,
the 13th inst., the 2d Corps (Hanooolea) were going
On board transports at City Point an day, ap.
parently. for Washington, and started down the
river, the bands playing gaily. Of course, tho rebels'
were witching from the shore, and no doubt. Nit
inuch.intereft in the movement. The transports did
certainly go down the river for ten miles or more,
when they suddenly put about, and under cover: of
darkness returned, coming up by this point under
full speed at 10 P. M., and proceeded up the river.
At the same time the 10th Corps, with the artil
lery of the 2d Corpr, were crossing to the north side
of James river, and they were all landed up the
river, within twelve miles of Richmond, bete'. three
o'clock this morning. This force, with General Fos
ter's, makes quite a respectable army. It is under
stood that their first move will be to destroy, if pos
sible, the rebel Pontoon bridges above Fort Darling.
Thus far, all works well. Musketry firing was
heard in the direction of this movement this
,morn
hog. If they Succeed in cutting the pontoon bridges,
Lee would be unable to cross his teary to thOnorth
side of James river, except by marching by lay of
lanohester, more than twenty nines. • .
LATER—GRANT dIID IMADE ETIVW,TIFGTpgiiiStra.
Mk.NT; tr •
Oar forces drove in the rebel pickets early Oii Sun
day morning, and during the•day had succeeded In
carrying two lines of the enemy's earthworks, the
outer one being only about nine miles from Rich
mond. The loss in the 2d Army Corps has, so far,
been very small. Generals Giant and Meade are
commanding in person.
ABRIVAL OP NOITPIT?IiD AT PORTRIERS MONIIOB
rouTtass rdortitoz, Aug. 15.—The hospital
steamer Hero of New Jersey, Captain Hancock,
arrived from Deep Bottom, on James river; this af
ternoon, with one hundred men,'Who werd wounded
in the fight yesterday, aiterlanding on this north
side. They belong to the 10th Army Corpse'and the
ib4owing oincers were amongst the number r •
• Captain W. E. Mapes, 24th Nevi - York.,
• Lieutenant Richard Pilkiuton, 16th Penniylvania.
:Lieutenant U. L. Brown, 10th Oonnectiout.
Captain James lio/liann, 100th Now York.
Lieutenant E. E. Fatrektid, 9th U. S. (colored)
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'Lieutenant 3. S. Mansur, 9th (colored).
Lieutenant P. McDavid, 2d South Carolina, rebel
prisoner.
Major C. P. Baldwin, ilth Maine.
Casein William Saline, 11th Maine. .
.ot.)orporal A. M. Pender,:llth Wlsine,
-- The Hera brought away all the wounded of the
litth Army Corps up to 6 o'clock yesterday 5310 T Ding.
A,rtlliery and musket firing has, been kept up all
day, aad9till , continued when our infortmu6t left.
STILL ANOTHHE. ACCOUNT. 1
Wasignryrorr, August 10.—On Saturday last
General Hancock's corps was put in motion on the
James river, and by a circuitous route reached the
north side of the river at Deep Bottom,. near Dutch
pap, on Saturday night. •
Turner and • Tarry's divisions of tha '1 th Oorpa
also crossed over to. Deep Bottom on the same night.
Foster's' division, which had been for sometime
posted at Deep Bottrim, was advanced liy , Cceneral
Birneyos little after sunrise on Sunday morning,
pushing the rebel line of skirmisher* before them
for some considereble distance, when the 24th Mae.
sarMusetts Regiment, Colonel Osborne, charged
and broke the rebel line, and captured seventy
prisoners.
In the meantime Gregg's cavalry had cleared the
roads for Hancock, and he got his 2d Corps In posi
tion on Birney's right on the Now - Market road,
which leads from the vicinity of Malvern Hill di
rectly to Richmond. The position thus taken by
Hancock Is about tea miles from Richmond.
Gen. Birney made an assault on the enemy's
front, and carried a line of his works which guard
the approaches to. Richmond la that quarter. He
captured six pieces of cannon and two mortars.
Some advices state the number, of mortars at four
pleoeS. -
DEPARTMENT OF grato QQr
ADIILIHAL IAARAckyT - oomarumir*Aoi6'ir TUE
WeanneorOir, August le.—The Secretary'of the
Navy has addressed the following to Admiral Far
ragut :
NAVY DEPARTKIINT, At i lt. 15, 1864.
Sts: Your despatch of the 6th inst., stating that
you hed on the morning of that day entered Mobile
bay, passtng between Forte Morgan and Gaines,
and enco u ntering and overcoming the rebel fleet, L
bad the eatisfaetion - to receive thts day. Some pre
liminary-am:mint of your Operations had previously
reached Ins through rebel channels.
again it is my pleasure and my duty to congratu
late you and your brave associates on an achieve
ment unequalled in . Our. oth er
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commander, and only sum
ralleled naval triumph of - A m der'
your command in the , spring 4 •• pro
ceeding up the MissitOppi arts'
Jackton and St. Philip, aria, overdonaing fa obsta
cle*, captured New. Orleans, and restored the en
obstructed navigation to the commercial empo
rium of the great central valley of the Unto°.
The bay of Mobile was not only fortified and
guarded by forte and batteries onshore and by sub
merged obstructions, but the rebels had *Wm col
lected there a formidable fleet, commanded by their
hiphilt naval officer, tv (armor captain in the Union
navy, who, false to the Government and the Union.
bad deserted his country In the hour of peril, and
levelled his guns against the flag whit% it was tris
duty to have defended The possesalon of Moon.
Bay which yeti have'acquirecl, close the • Illicit
Traffic which has been carried on by running the
bloeLade in that part of the gulf, and give s point and
value to the *access' you have aculaved. Great re
sults In war ate seldom obtained without great risks,
„nd it was T of turyiieteti that the p4sessivn of the
b*rbor or Mobile would be secured without disaStar.
the :osekt this iralisniCraven and Me brava nom
.pkaosis, *fa' thefTeette#eb. V..F6'B/ that was lel;
vulnle to ttie 'Omit , of Fort MorAn, by a con
THE WAR.
OR BONDED.
SECRETARY WELLES.
THE BLUE mbar,.
OFFICIAL GAZIITTE.
TO BE OUT
MiCILSTAIIY OP THIII NA.
sealed torpedo, wee a ea/Malty against which no
human foresight could guard.
While the nation 'awards cheerful honors to the
living, she will ever hold In grateful remembrance
the memory of thegallant and lamented dead, who
perilled their lives for their country and died In her
OBOES. To you and the brave °Mears - and sailors of
your squadron who participated In this great
schieveix.ent, the Department tenders Its thanks
and those of the Government and country.
Very respectfully, GIDEON grstuns,
Secretary of the Navy.
Bear Admiral DAVID G. FARHABUT, commanding
West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Mobile Bay.
RIMORTB ABOUT FORT POWBLL.
WASHINGTON, August 18.—Deserters are continu
ally coming into our linen, while others avail them
selves of all opportunities to Clandestinely return to
their homey. From semi-official information re
ceived here, doubt is expressed in military circles as
to the truth of the report that Fort Powell was
blown up. It is asserted that it was evaousted. •
THE ABM! BEFORE ATLANTA.
STATISTICS 01r2e0008'13 BECT.Brr RAID..
Locrisvirxn, Augustly.—We learn, from an officer
of the 2d Indians Cavalry, that In the late raid
McCook started out with 2,200 men, entirely lade
pendent of Stoneman ; captured or destroyed 1,160
wagons, over 8,000 mules and horses, a vest amount
of quartermaster stud commissary stores; destroyed
the railroad and telegraph at Palmetto, and both
sides of Lovejoy's Station ; captured 1,000 prieonera,
of whom 72 were commissioned officers, including
General Ross and most of his Tennessee Brigade.
McCook was surrounded, near Newman, by Wheeler,
Roddy, Jaekson, and an infantry division. He lost
about 600 men, and fell back gradually.
TOE GUERILLA WAR IN KENTUCKY
REBELS THREATENING HENDERSON
Loursymmr., August 15.—Passengers arriving , at
New Albany, Indiana, say that Johnson, with a
body of rebel cavalry, is threatening Henderson,
Kentucky. Our garrison there Is composed chiefly
of negro soldiers, who are under the protection of
our gunboats, which are ready to shell the town in
case the rebels succeed in getting in there. Many
of the inhabitants are fleeing north of the Ohio
river. Capt. J. Ferry, for a long time an active
and efficient member of the quartermaster depart
ment here, has been appointed and assigned to the
office of quartermaster at this post : . •
A. RAID IN CO ILLINOIS.
GREAT CAPTURE OP CATTLE.
Imweiranotis, August 15.—The rebels, under
Col. Johnson, estimated to be 1,500 strong, captured
three steamers near Shawneetown, 111., on Satut,
day night. The steamers were loaded with.cattle
belonging to the Government, for the use of the
forces stationed along the Ohlo river to protect the
border: of Indiana. At the last accounts the rebels
were ferrying the cattle across the Ilentncky
It is now supposed that they will rot attempt to
cross to Indians,
Eli E STEAMERS CAPTURED, Roam, AM/ BONDED.
Canto, August 16.—About live hundred rebel
cavalry, under Colonel Johnson, crossed the Ohio
river into Illinois, at Saline Bar, on Saturday. The
steamers Xiiie Robinson, Jenny Perkins, Nightin
gale, Famine, Brandon, and Clara Hall were all
aground at that place, and were captured, with
large amount of stook aboard. The 'boats were
compelled . to .pay several thousand dollars each' to
save them from destruotton.
THE INDIAN 'WAR.
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Itasalwavow, August Ig.—lt la not thought at
the Indian Bureau that the outbreak of Indiana on
thErplains is general, or that it is - stimulated by
rebel emissaries; but there is information - to induce
the belief that a few bands only have resorted to
pillage and massacre to redreee individual wrongs
committed against them or their families.. ..
THE TALL&H &SERE.
TNTERVIEW CAPTAIN-..DESCRIrTION•OIP
Tlll5 VESSEL-- 78/7/TY VYBEICLLIki . DISI3T.ROYZD . NT
Busmen, August 4.B.—Oaptain Reed, of the brig
Billow, before reported captured by the Tallahas
see,-gives the following particulars of his interview
v ith the pirate captain : •
I was two .hours and a half on board the Tails
basses. She has one pivot gun, three forward
guns, and one brass rifled gun, of large calibre,
on the hurrioane-deck: She has also several
spare guns. Her Captain, John Taylor Wood,
was quite free and unreserved in his talk with
us, and said he could steam sixteen knots an hour,
and bad crossed the Brillah channel, twenty-one
miles in seventy-two minutes. He would not fight,
be said, unless compelled to, and preferred to ran,
as his vessel was -so last: He also declared that
velkhdp one week he had .destroyed over fifty neasels,
,andlidlat within thirty hours of my capture he had
destroyed sixteen sail—namely three ships; two
barks, and the rest hermaphrodite brigs and
schooners. One of the ships was.the .Adriatic, of
New York, captured the same day., he. took my
vessel. Be added that he would sleeken up ,our
coasting trade so that Uncap a.be.wonid'be glad to
make peace.
He asked me about the Nantucket lightboat, and
afterwards said. recurring to his designs. that there
were more afloat than the Florida and Tallahassee,
meaning of course the rebel ships of similar Club ,
rooter to his own, and liable Abe had better look
out. Capt. Wood appeared very affable, and said
he was performing an unpleasant duty. The Talla
hattee is an iron steamer, of English build, schooner
rigged, has no yarns or topmasts, and lost her main-
mast in collision with the Adriatic,. She is a very
lone, narrow vessel, burns soft coal, and has about
a hunored - - men on board, who are subject to the
discipline of a man of, war. All the officers are
Southerners, and she had three or four negroes on
board, who did not appear very jolly. '
VITIEREA.I3OIne. OF TIM TALL AA/199E6.
HALIFAX, August 16.—The pirate Tallabaseee is
reported'to be of Yarmouth, Nova-Scotia.
ASIOTH.V3I VICTIM
Nnw Yank, August 16.—The bark Atlantic, at
this port, reports having been boarded by the Talla
basiee on the /3th, who put the captain, orew,•and
passengers of -the bark Glenalvon on board. The
latter was from Aridrossilri, for - New York, and was
burned by the prate: - •
TEBBILLB TIBBP AS:Tett - HD - TO. LITTBROBPT THE.
irTl 4J
Viresirawcsrow, Aug. 16.—The first information of
the depredations of the pirate Tallahassee were re
ceived by the Navy Department on the 12th, alter
office hours, when Sedretary Welles at once or
dered the following-named vessels to forthwith
Awl 'in suit, namely, Juniata, Susquehanna,
Eolus, Pontoosuc, Dumbarton, and Tristam Shandy.
On the 18th the Moccasin, • Aster, Yantic, R. R.
Cuyler, and Grand Gulf were sent out, and on the
15th the Dacotah and. San Jacinto were similarly
despatched, taking different directions. These were
all the vessels available by the Navy Department.
HEAVY HIRING HEARD—PHREAPB YEWS THE
• /PA LLAHABBEE•
Priovrosacca..R. Au g. —Heavy and continuous
firing was heard at Newport , and Stonington this
afternoon, from the direction of Montauk Point.
Maine'Deznisciratie State ConVet:Alen.
Bertoon„ !Caine, August la. The Democratic
State Convention is very large and enthusiastic—
eight hundred and sixty-one delegates, represent
ing four hundred - Wiens, being present. Jonathan
Smith, of Westbrooit, presides. Hon. James W.
Bradbury,. chairman of the committee on resolu
tions, retorted - the following, which were unani
mously adopted '
Resolved, That the Democratic party is, and ever
has been, the true Union party of the country. Un
der,its conservative principles and enlightened po
licy the United States have hitherto been preserved
'lff
concord and. in strength, our territory extended,
our resources develeped, our- wealth increased, the
rights of she people maintained, public peace and
donsestic tranquillity secured, and the respect of the
world for our free Government established, and God
helping us, this Union we-will maintain intact, and
hand It down as a priceless heritage to our posterity.
&Solved, That the existing fratricidal and calami
tous war is the result of the political .BN:cadency
into power of fanatical factions and extremists ; that
the deliberate'invesion. by the National Administra
tion, of the rights of the States, the elective fron
ds.) the freedom of the press, and personal se
curity of citizens, and its avowed purpose to
prosecute this .war for the abolition of slavery,
emit that institution shall be abandoned, exhibits
a- policy at once unebonstitntional and revo
lutionary, and in direct violation of the most
solemn pledges of the President when he entered on
the duties of his. office. and of the unanimous voice
of Congress when it. resolved that "this war was
not waged in any spirit of oppression,.or for the pur
pose of conquest or subjugation, or for overthrowing
or interfering with the rights and established ineti
tutions of the States, but to defend and maintain
the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve
the Uniots, with ill the dignity of equality and
rights of the several States unimpaired; and when
these objects are attained, the war ought to cease
Resolved, That the only ground of hope for the
preservation of the Union under the Constitution,
and of maintaining the rights bf the people and of
the States, and of securing an honorable peace, is
- by expelling from power the present corrupt, hob&
cite, and revolutionary Administration, and substi
tuting In its place an Administration which will
conduct the Government according to the' require
ments of. tbe Constitution, and protect all parties in
the full enjoyment of their constitutional rights,
privileges, and immunities.
Resolved, That the Administration, by its corrup
tion and Imbecility. , has shown itself incapable of
- the successful prosecution of the war, and from its
levity. tergiversations, and bad faith,l manifestly
incapable of negotiating an honorable peace. .
Resolved, That we stand where the Democracy
always has stood, in favor of the' Constitution and •
the rights of the States and the,peeple, and. f,the
entire Union, in all Its integrity, and of an hoUbra
tile peace at the earliest practicable moment.
Graham L. Boynton withdrew his name froth the
COnvention' in favor of the Hon. James Howard, of
Portland, who was unanimously nominated for
Governor. Hon. Wm. P. Haines, of Biddeford, and
Adams Treat, of Frankitort, were nominated as
electors.
The resolutions are under!tood se a compromise
tween the peace and the war Wings of the party, and
the nombiatton of Howard the result of compro
mise,
TITIC SyrtrATloN.—Whetpr we look to Atlanta,
Mobile, or Petersburg, the whole aspect of the
situation is just now exceedingly favorable. The
official announcement of the results of Farragat's
victory equals every expectation formed by the first
advises of the victory, and proclaims the old Admiral
as able and as brave as he has always been modest.
At Petersburg Grant seems to have found a solution
for the vexatious problemplat the recent failure of
his assault on the rebel works thrust upon him. He
has discovered that . the city can be flanked, and
oleic on the discovery came the first steps of its exe
cution. Hancock has succeeded in ascending the
;apses river, and driving the rebel troops out of
Dutch Gap. The river at this point makes a
11-shaped bend. The gap joins the upper por
tion of , the figure, arid makes a small island
. called Faroe's Island. In a straight line this posi
tion is about eight tulles from City Point; but by
the river, which-fa here, as all-who have sailed upon
it know, peculiarly crooked, and in some places al
most doubled upon itself, it is, perhaps, eighteen
miles. From Fort Darling It is distant about eight
miles; from Richmond fourteen Milem, by water.
The.expedltion Seems tons to be ,intended to out
off ootmunnication between Petersburg and Rich
mond. The railroad conneotingehe cities,kl manse
ly five miles from the Gap, and if, as it is claimed,
our force is respectable in numbers, and has taken
the rebels by surprise, we see no difficulty in
isolating Lee from the city which he has for
four years so pertinaciously defended. The
experience of the war has, however, taught us
not to hope or predicate too much. The rebels in
the outset may have been surprised, but it is likely
that preparations were Immediately. made fir our
reception, and to keep the railroad intact Troops
could - easily be forwarded from Richmond or
Petersburg to hold the road. Lees celerity of
movement In the last assault strengthens this sup
position. Hancock cannot, therefore, proceed with
ontlighting,.buthis ,presencewill divert large be
dies of troops from Petersburg, and jeopardize it,
for Gant still remains in front, and his /room
ablitiv•may enable him to gram& viotory despite.
Elie e9ortt ' of U. enemy, -‘
E U EL CO r'' E.
Four AlrlelVBll4 _from Europe—The City
of Itisitirroore, Efrussu, Aiorth 111:110111711:1,,
rind A.1.1--A Prospret, of the NeSileirreist
or the Danish War—The Proposed Basis
of Prose —As Armistice of 'Three
Months Agreed Upon—The Danish
Troops Going Home on Furlough.
The steamer City of Baltimore, from Liverpool
the 3d and Queenstown the 4th inst., reached Now
yolk yesterday morning. The steamer North
American, from Liverpobl the 4th and Londonderry
the 6th inst., arrived on Monday night. The Hansa,
from Southampton August 3d, arrived early yester
day morning.
LooDoni, August 4.--Consols , closed - at 1303ifi893;
for money.
The Bank of England has advanced its rate of
discount to B per cent.
A %samosa Smear —lllinois Central Railroad
44@ 48 per cent. (Mount ; Erie Railroad 41@13.
The reported capture of Atlanta owned great
satisfaction in England among the friends of the
Union, and the rebel loan declined '2;l'in conse
quence. The London Times says it appeara likely
that the American Government will-recognize the
new Government of Mexico before England doos.
Parliament had adjourned.
At thellabmongers , banquet, Lord Russell and
Lord Palmerston both maintained that the dignity
and honor of England had been upheld In its efforts
to secure peace In Denmark.
The following is stated to be the basis of peace be
tween-Denmark and Prussia and Austria :
Lunenbenr. Schleswig, and Holstein are to be
ceded .to the German Powers. The island of lino is
to remain with Denmark ; Alsen and the islands in
the Northßea are to go with Schleswig. On se
mount of the Danish enclaves in Schleswig, a redid-.
cation of the Jutland frontier will take place.
A Berlin.dest eh of the 24 says a telegram, dated
Vienna, the le t,states that an armistice has been
concluded for hne months, terminating on six
months' notice.
The United States frigate Sacramento arrived at
Palmourhon the 2d.
LivanYooL, August 5.-"-Cotton sales for the week
84,000 bales, including 3,500 to speculators and 5,600
to exporters. The market Is dull, with a decline of
mplp.l4d °nail descriptions. Sales to-day 6,000 bales,
including 1.000 to speculators and exporters ' the
market closing flat and unchanged at the following
quotations:
Fair.
nominal, 31d.
Mobiles nominal, 33d.
Uplands • nominal, 304.
Steak, 266.000 bales, Includltur 16.500 American.
Bread:duffs dull, with a slight decline In all quali
ties. Provisions dull and tending downward, and
quotations barely maintained.
Loanow. August 5.,-00nsols closed at 90% for
money. The bullion In the Bank or England has
decreased £119,000. Illinois Central share', 48 et.
.discount; Erie. 413-4'. The advance of the - Bank rate
of discount to 8 la cent. has depressed the market.
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The Asia at.lialithic.
Haraires., August 16.—The royal: InalkstesmelliP
Asia, froni - LlVerPool - Onihe iith, via Queenstown
on the 7th, arrived at this port this evening. Her
advises are three days later. The Asia has 80 pas
sengers for tills port and 68 for Boston.
The steamer Australasian arrived at. Cape :Clear
6,a.r1y.0n the morning of the Bth. The United States
steamer Wachusetta and ship Onward were at Rio
Janeiro on * July 9th. The United States steamer
Niagara, after taking in coals and provisions, left
Liverpool on the bth limit. Her destination was un
known.
Rumors -were current, on the bth, that, the late
rebel
,crulaii / Georgia had been seized, by order of
the British Government, as she was about leaving
Liverpool. It turned out, however, that she was
simply detained by her owner. 'lt is alleged that
. the 1:300!01 AI. now the hone-tide property of Sir. Bates, by whom she has been putin thorough repair,
and *se about leaving Liverpool for'Llsbon, under
a charter to the Portuguese Government, to carry
tfOORS to, the Wed Coast of Afrloa and the mails
• between Lisbon and the Azores. It was also stated
- del the Niagaraiwalted for her outside the Mersey,
•but this was contradicted..
UNITED %TATES BOWDI3 Iri GIMMANT.
...I,The Times' city article says: "Advises from
Frankfort mention that under the pressure of some
sales on American account, the prices of United
States bonds gave way for some days until the quo
tations were only 2 per cent. above those at New
York; but such is the eagerness of the German
publiOto increase their investments, that as soon as
the pressure of these exceptional operations were
removed a recovery'took place of more than 3 per
cent. The reason for the renewed furore consists In
the word 'peace' having been mentioned in the last
telegram. It is added that the estimate of thirty
million pounds sterling as the total of these securi
ties, absorbed in Germany and Holland, is certainly
below the actual amount.”
IROic•CLADS ROICOAII;X. •
Admiral Simpson, of the Chillan'tutilcitairiii
rived in England, empowered to bay war vessels and
order iron-clads.
THB swr7L2Mussr ON THY DANISH WAR.
The arrangement of the Danish question has been
confirmed via Copenhagen. Denmark completely
cedes the Duchies to Austria and Prussia, together
with Jutland and Enclares, the town of Ribe ex
cepted. The occupation of. Jutland continues till
the final conclusion of peace. The president of the
Danish Council communicated the matter to the
Rigsrad at a private sitting, and on the following
day a motion was offered, and supported by a consi
derable number of members, declaring that the si
lence with which the announcement was received
must nothe construed int, an approval of the con
duct of the Government.
Furloughs had been granted to all the Danish re
cruits undergoing a preliminary drill, and troops
are returning to oopenlistgen from Funcer. The
German papers assert that the Duchies are surren
dered in their enthral, without reservation, and
Austria and Prussia have full 'liberty to dispose of
them.. The Austrian Government has addressed a
oircelar note tolls representatives abroad, giving an
analysts of -the preliminary peace arrangements,
and stating all the questions reserved for future
disposal.
FRANCE
. •
The weekly return of the Bank of France shows
an increase of half &million frown in specie. The
Ring of Belgium had 'arrived at Palle, from Vichy.
The Bourse was declining: Rentes were quoted at
66f. 800.
SPAIN.
Vico Admiral Lobo had gone to form the Spanish
!squadron in the l'actric.
POLAND
•
M. Trangolf; the beet* the roll& Natlanai Go
vernment, together wittilonr ittfelti of the depart
ment were hung on the 6th instant on the glacis of
the eltatel. The sentences of death of eleven other
officials of the National Government tad been.coni
muted.
TURKEY
The missionary question had been settled between
Sir Henry Butwer and the Porte. The inielionary
stations are to be reopened and converts be sent for
the present to the pr*lnces.
The Bombay mail of lOly 9th was received, and
the American portion forwarded per the Asia.
The alleged enlistment of seamen for the United
States Grovernment'in America, is attracting atten
tion at Calcutta. Agents are said to have already
freighted a ship for the Northern States with unem
ployed sailors, inr contravention of the law. The
authorities are on the watch for their detection. • .
Telegrams from Caloutta, of July 16th, Liverpool
July 6thhnd Melbourne June 20th, have hectare
calved. ' They contain no news.
Loupes( hltOnitY ALtitairr.—The advance of the
Bank minimum to 8 per cent. was caused mainly
by the fact that the Bank returns showed nest the
reserve of notes had fallen a point below any yet
touched since the panic of 1867.
i A further advanoe to 9 per cent was considered
not Improbable. The funds were very heavy, and
consols fell per cent. on the sch. The demand for
money showed an Increase, but no pressure. Ar
rived from Baltimore, July Ist, Roar, Santa Anna,
end A. A. Drebert, at Rio Janeiro. August 24,
Joanna Wilhelmine at Bremen.
TAT„BST BT TELEGRAPH.
Lryknpoor., Aiistuit B.—The Australasian's news
today had- - no - effect. 'The friends •of the North
were much disappointed that the reported capture
of Atlanta was nob confirmed, while the Southern
sympathizers loudly rejoiced. The Morning Post has
an editorial denouncing the kidnapping of Brith
subjects for the Federal service, and refers speci
ally to the case of seven Irishmen who were enb.
jawed, in'June last, to gross indignities after their
release was ,obtaioed, and says if the facts are
proved, the British Goveniment should not he
satisfied with anything less than the exemplary
punishment of all concerned in the outrages.
The Times has an editorial on the same subject,
holding ft. pp_ to Irishmen as a warning not only
against the Federal service, but against emigration
to America,
The London Daily News' editorially, refutes the
representationsagainst the labor market in America,
and shows that it is' in a most. healthy state, and
offers irresistible attractions to emigrants.
Casmos, -June 30.—The markets here and at
Shangtme are unchanged. -
PdaLBOURNS, June 26.—G01d shipments since last
mail 63,700 ounces.
rents, August 6.—The bourse Is unaltered, and
rates closed at f. 66 33.
Loanon!, August 7.—Political news unimportant.
no Parakeet Gulf cable Is broken.
' Intelligence.
Thelianehester market is irregular and the
prices are nominal.
LIVECRPOOL IktEADSTUFIFS RIASKST, August 6.
Flour is.dull and 6d lower. Wheat heavy and 2fifeBd
lower ; winter red 80 8S 9d. Corn quiet and 3feg6d
lower ; white 28s 6d428s 9d.
Livirmroor. P.UOVIStuNg Illaniray.—Reef dull
and unchanged. Pork inactive and 2s 6d lower.
Bacon tending downwards. Lard quiet and 6d
lower. Tallow steady.
LIVRRPOOL PROM:ICU MARRECT.—Ashes steady.
Sugar inactive, and 60114 lower. Coffee steady.
Rice dull and tending downward. Linseed 011 dall
at 40s. Sperm Oil quiet and unchanged. Rosin
steady. Spirits of Turpentine quiet at 693. Petro
leum very dullat . ..Cl6 Ms for crude and 24023 2d for
refined.
'LONDON NeNarsili.—Wheat dull, and Mika low
er for English. ',Sager heavy, and 6d lower. Coffee
inactive, and 643@is lower. Tea steady. Rice steady.
Iron steady. Linseed Cakes buoyant at £9 15s@
£1010s: Spirits of Turpentine still declining. Pe
troleum dull and unchanged. Tallow quiet bat
steady.
',wariest securities inactive. • Illinois Central
shares 4234 cent. discount. U. S. eve-twenties in
good detuand at 42@43.
Console closed on Friday at 11930:08934 for money.
LATEST VIA- QUEENSTOWN
- -
LIvaWoOOL, August 8, P. M.—Cotton—The sales
of today are estimated at 8,000 bales, Including
1,600 bales to speculators and exporters. The mar
ket closed quiet but unchanged.
Breadatuft are inactive. Provisions continue
dull, with a downward tendeney.
Lennox, August 6, P. M.—Consols closed at 89
for money. linnets Central shares 44043 per cent.
-discount; Erie Railroad, 41034124134.
HAN= COrTwa MSgKwr August s.—The sales
Of the week amount to 6,000 bales. The market Is
very dull, 'and - the quotations barely maintained..
The stook in port la estimated at 60,000 bales;
WAisinivG , row.
WAszoreros, August 16
cArrtrEs OP souTrt ckupLINA. TROOPS
Apassenger In the mall boat from City Point,
which arrived today, reports that a detachment of
. take 21et Corps, on Sunday, swept around to Deep
Ran, and captured a number of prisoners. About
eighty of them were yesterday landed at Fortress
Monroe. They are South: Carolinians, and belong
to LONG STREET'S corps. Their appearance indi
cates that they have suffered hard service.
'ran 7-30 LOAN.
•
The subscriptions_to the 7 , 30 loan to-day at the
Treasury DepariMent amounted to $1,122,000. T.
delivery of the 7-30 a commenced yesterday, and the
arrangements for their rapid delivery are such RS
Grill enable subaeribers to receive their notes with.
out delay. • .
The Corogreastional /Excursion.
BeteesT, ..ALug. 16.—The Congressional Chan;
mittee lea Bangor this morning, stopped at Fort
Knox., - Bnekeport, and arrived at Castine t where
they -were entertained by a collation. Having
viewed the batteries at.Caatine, they returned to I.
rest, and were received by the city authorities to-
• pinking 01 ft fitestmor.
CMlito, August ill—The steamer Glsdistor, from
at. Louis for New Orki•ano, loaded with Govern
pent freight, struck a took in the Mississippi river,
Ihlrtp tulles kb ovo hereasstarslay ; and sunk tOSaie
main deck -8 / 1 1' 10.Wiloubilosa be inbied;
ST/111 LEGUILIMO,_744I2ra Session.
Ilesaisiiii*Aiit 16, 1881.
- SENATE
Mr. thratisrrirsys moved' to roooMildOr the vote
•upon the bill allowing the, tapkil of : " ttie Clommon
wesith to form associations fiir the ptiipose of bank
-I.pg under:the United States law. This was agreed
to. The bill was reconsidered, and amended so as
to meet the views of the Governor,by reqnliingsuch
banks, before making the change, to surfender the
specie certificates which they received from the
-State In 1062, and Imposing on those which do not
furnish gold to meet their losms a tax upon their
surplus profits.
OALICAL TOLLS.
Mr. Krzzear Introduced an set, beteg a supple..
meat to the act for the sale Of the State' annals, ap-'
proved Aptil. 2% 1808; authorising an iteeresise of
tolls.
NOUIrrY . LAW.
A supplement to the general bounty raw (not ap
plielible to Pkilladelphlti)7yeas . intraclaced- by Mr.
Mr. BUCHER, az act relating to protests , of dotes
and bills of exchange.
EC/LINTY PETITIONS.
MOWS. ICINEIBY, STEIN, WOR.TIITIVITOR, and
FL/OMM presented petitions relative to bcrinty
lave In local districts:
The Senate then adjourned until afternoon.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House met at 10 A:. M.
The bill organizing fifte'en regiments, to be Called
the State Guard, was consideied in Oommitteo of
the Who'e. . .
The section proilffing for the appoint*** 'O!,
State officers to make an enrolment at once, wffil
taken up. • •
hlr. Penunrneta moved to amend by procuring
from the Secretary of War the National enrolment,
Instead of making a new one by State officers.
It was contended that there was no reason to believe
that the Washington tiuthorities would grant the
request-
The bill was finally amended so as to procure the
National enrolment; if possible, and if not, to sub
stitute a new classification and enrolment by offi
cials of Pennsylvania.
The following amendment was adopted :
"And the co m pan Im; shall have the right of elect:lag
their own officers, and the officers of the companies
shall elect the regimental officers; and -the major
general and brigadier generals, and all regiments(
and company °Mears shall be citizens of•the Om=
monwealth."
Various other amendments were offered in Com
mittee of the Whole, some of which were adopted;
eAd Aetna rejected. firkweennettee then i t os ,and
the bill was taken up In the House, and discussed
until the hour of adjournment ' •
Adjourned until 3 o'clock F. M.
Public 'Amitetemente.
We have not yet obtained a list of.the regular
stock company engaged by Mrs. John . Drew for the
New Archetreet Theatre, nor do we know when the
season is to commence. We have learned, however,
that the interior has been newly painted in oil, and
paneled, with the doors, in walnut; that a new car
pet and a new rug have been provided.; that a now
proscenium and drop-curtain, by Hassell Smith,
have been painted, and that new scenery has been
executed by Hawthorne. The season will open
with two weeks of comedy, after which, the follow
ing succession• of stars: Edwin Adams, Xestvall,
Mr. and Mrs. Barney W.ililams, and 3. S. Clarke.
This will carry the season on to Christmas.
The regular Walnutstreet Theatre season will
not commence, as advertised, on next Saturday, but
there will be a preliminary Season oCa fortniett be
ginning on that day, during which aTbe ',fated
Queen" wits be produced, as it has been played at
Baltimore.
Tart Daan Plowyr.-1 correspondent in Sher
man's army says: „ On the field, yesterday,"on - the
left, near Tilton, where oar cavalry engaged the
enemy, a beautiful garden, clothed in all .the
loveliness that rare plants and Southern filweis,
could give it, attracted my attention, and - was
drawn to it. The house had been deserted' by
its owners, and the smiling magnolias and roses
seemed to stand
,guard over, the deserted pre
mises. I entered through an „open gate, stopped
to pluck a rose from- the bush, when I disco- .
vered one of the enemy's nickets lying paltially
covered by the grass and- bushes—dead. Re mo'
a noble-looking small, and upon Ids countenance
there seemed to rest the remnirrit of a smite._ The
right hind clasped'a rose which he was in the act of
revering from its stem when he'received the messen
ger of death. /is the afternoon the eavairy
narrow grave, and with Federal soldiers for, pall
bearers, and beautiful flowets for mourners, he was
laid rest, the rose Still clasped in his stiffened
band. Nothing was found to identify him, and in
that lonely grave his life's history is entombed. .No
sister's tears will baptize the grave among the roses
where the dead picket sleeps. '
TT4v.
The Thermometer. ..I.
.8119IIST 16. 1663. I AUGIBT 16, 1861.
6A. M 12 M..:..6 P. K. 6 & E.... 12 hi 3P. 111. '
78 90 • 93,4; 70 86 89
WIND. t yarn.
8 .... ...: SW B by 8 .......1311 88
ILITARY.
801714 WES ISSUED.
Warrants were isFued yesterday for the payment
of the city bounty of 1260 to 28 men, and *4OO to 11
men, making a total of 37 for the day. . _
DEATTIS
The following deaths of soldiers were. reported st
the Medical Director's office, yesterday, from army
hoapitala in this department: -
Chestnut. Hill Soapital.—Robert Fosburg, Co. 04
14th N. Y. Artillery; Cornelius O'Donnell, 06. D,
bath N. Y.; Douglas Wordsworth, Co. H, 14th Pa.
DESERTERS
The folloving•named soldiers were reported at the
Medical Director's office, yesterday, as having da-
Bested from army hospitals in this department :
Broad and Cherrralreets Hospital.—Thos. MoGoyin,
N. F, 91st Perna
Pittstnog HawyritaL—Zscob - E. Smith, 00. S.,lBth
Penna.; Robert' Steirart, CO. K,lB9th Penna.; John
D. Painter, Co. F, 12th Penna. elayaliy.
NAVAL.
NATAL CIIIIDITS.
We have been informed by the provost marshal of
the First district, that in order to insure a-proper
dietributton of naval enlistments prior to February,
1864, it will be necessary for the ward committees
to canvas the wardrat once, and report the names„
residences. and service of all for whom credit is
claimed. A commissioner has_ been appointed,. who
will take these reports, and compare them with the
registries. No time Is to be lost, as the matter mud
be closed by the first of next month.
' THE MONITOR STIACRA.AxON.
The work upon the three turrets of this tlfe
largest of our monitors, is progressing rapidly.
She is to carry six IS inch guns. When-it is re
membered that the guns upon the Rearsarips, which
wrought such terrible executions Upon the sides of
the fated Alabama were brit 11-tech, it will be seen
that those designed for the armament of thoShocks
=axon are of Immense calibre. - •
THE TONAWANDA.
The monitor Tonawanda is approaching comple
tion. She Ia two turretted, and Is to hive four guns
of the lbinoh size.
NEISCELIAIIikOIII94
MEETING OF THE rzzipBI'LTAMA awn'
CULTURAL SOCIETY.
A meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural So
ciety was held last night, at Horticultural Hall,
The Committee on Plants and Flowers reported
that they had. awarded the following premiums:
For the best table design, tik.No. 5, F. O'Keefe, ger
dener to 3.llarrlson .for itTio A tieta, baskeeof -cut
flowers, to the same; for the beet pair. of liaTi . d.7
bouquets, to No. 4, D. MeQueen, gardener to S.
Longatreth ; for the beet hanging basket, to the
same; for toe best stadiolus, six speciraens,.alx
rleties, to No. 8, Cleo : W. Earle ; for the best collec
tion of named varieties to No. 8, H. A. Dreer ; for
the best herbaceous phlox, six specimenti, six va
rieties, to No. 7, Messrs. Meehan .& WandelL
The committee also report that they were
highly pleased •to observe a fine display of choioe
hybrid zinnias, a cross between the L. grandiflora •
coccinea and double purple—a very desirable
acquisition in garden culture, for which they award
• a special premium of ara.
The'Conamittee'on Fruit reported that they have
awarded a premium for the beat quart of black
berries (New Rochelle) to No. A. "Felton, and
recommend special premiums, as follows:
A premium of $2 to No. 14, S. 'W. Noble, for a
line collection of summer pears and apples.
A premium of $1 to No. 3 for a very large and
well ripened bunch of black Hamburg grapes;
A premium of $1 to No. 11, John Kennedy, for
two rine bunches of Deacon's superb. - .
They call the attention of the - ,potsiety to three •
good blanches of black Hambures, elbitited by No.
4, D. McQueen, gardener to J. Longstrath.. - •
On motion it was agreed that, on account of the
smallness of the room now occupied by the society,
the regular autumnal meeting be held in Musical
Fund Hall during one afternoon andeveulng in the
next month. This meeting will be opened to the
public at a charge of twenty-live-cents admission.
Ten delegates were appointed to attend the meet
ing of the Pomological Society, to be hold in
Rochester, N. Y., on the 13th of September nom,
PRIMARY MEETINGS.` *
The primary meetings of the National Union
party, held throughout the city last evening, were
very largely attended, and the proceedings were, in
consequence, more than turnally •intetesting and
spirited. In the Nineteenth ward especially: So
great was the throng in attendance that it became
necessary to adjamm to the lugs hall at the corner
Of Franllford road and ."Xork etreets, in -order to
afford proper accommodation and comfort. Here a
reyolor mass meeting was organised, and continued
amid much enthusiasm, until the hour of adjourn
ment.
Last evening the National 'Union party elected
one judge and two Inspectors for each eieetlon ,1/ /91.
Mon, in the different wards, to conduct the delegate
election on next Tuesday evening.
.
IMPROVEMENTS ON CHESTNUT STREET.
Since the erection of the New Chestnut -street
Theatre, on Chestnut street, west of Twelfth, that
thoroughfare has been rapidly improving, and now,
with the exception of the Girard row, there are not
more than half a dozen private houses east of
- Twelfth street, and befOre wany months shall have
passed away they also will have disappeared. The
barge and elegant budding 'and Side lot, lately 60-
eupied by the Union League "ohtb, is to be altered
into three handsome stores. Another large , bail&
ingrunning through to SansoM street, below the
,
club _house, is also- being altered, and will be used
as an auction store. • The old , store, a few houses
below, for many years occupied as confectionery
store, has been taken down, and a fi n e, substantial
.building pat In its plaoe which is to be used as a
millinery establishment. The auction store near
Tenth street. which is shortly to be. removed to the
more commodious building above Eleventh street,
Is to be handsomely . improved and altered into a
photograph. establldaneht. The demand for large
and commodious' business places on Chestnut street
is so great, and the supply so small, that If business
keeps as it now 18 there will not be in a short time a
private house east.of Broad street. Already City.
Councils have bad in consideration - the altering' or
the Girard rows, running along Chestnut street
from Twelfth to • Thirteenth street, Into business -
pineal, and If -this improvement of a. whole SQUADS Co —amt. allinarter seswiewsw—Jradsge Ludlow ,
was undertaken and pushed through with vigo;
and bandsonie stores made there the revenue from Priam caCed, that In the_ cases_ ns __of offenders con faie a"
this block Would be more than 'double, and Chest- .In p . ris on because of _ thetrs Witty to give hall, ,":, __,.. 4
nut Street would be Improved to such an oxtail as cuped,the session of the Court yesterday , in 5. , .-.. zvs ,
cues. none orahich were of any interest, excep.., ace
to Make It as It should be, the bn.sineas street of the
• - - the 'parti es themselves, 0011 1 71011013 Were an.l 83.• Inn
City' .
-.;--- • • ' sentences imposed as follows:
*AST plirrligi- AT ..NAVEII4OIMT-10;914-..
~ , :Henry C unningham, a soldier - Of the 112'h E 1.„.„
~,zi• Pot
sifine.people seem to imagine that thaParkiila. 'natant, Penusylonnia, volunteers, convicted of as IP.;__,"--",
tended more 112 a iseacqurse for thosalurviog list satilt and battery' ors a negro, We Sentenced ta 4 '' Ter
bories than as, a Place of rational'enjoyment for immdaoneeent of thirty days. elm
both rich and poor, and especially for those who are ' Ann Wade; for picking
unable .to keep fast horses agd to gerfresh air at' as imprisonment et nineliweitha...
vd ear
Poelliettl, Was sentence , t . ' tow
other summer resorts., ; W e Allyn , seen youths, of James rarr,for aisaluitandlattery, was seater , -
eighteen years'rlding horsimaok races at the great, to thirty days. .. .
eat speed attainable by their horawon utter dia. Susan 'Whitliols, laresny,
in to
r t es
regard of the .nunlorous women and , ehlldren who.: hours.. This defendant had been in prises ~. eow
are at all times a:casing thadtivas, The police, . derahle length-of time, mut h n ..1,, e . b ee n moat
however, are, generally on the ground, and therm mended to satiny byvif jniy,k er w a rn " yeas ni l
It
drivers have a sodden stop
to
to their career. very light. - r a , am
It may beinterestileto thee, to knew that the title " "'Henrietta White, tareray. Four months an
of five dollars Is'in - all eases rigidly.enforeed; and'.ll all - eoPritY- prison. -
they run . risks, also, of much • fintlyKtrou 3 / 4 41( by • Henry ( . 013 iieaarat and battery. Slit,. ,isi' -al
.. I
their Teablacopess any scolds* sdieniti own* ; in the county-prison. r,.. ,
IA: 4 lames .Bonner e boy for entering a louse ' T ' ' '"
• - ASSUMPTION' Y. .. '. -
intent to steal, war Sent the House o 04. _ e a
The f6/I°Wll2g o u n tmomlcotimr, La relkmence tOulit . Charlet AcOrß e for assault and battery, was 115
le
, 456 and eestii. . .. -
item that appearial in Thr, Pte, 94-1)10n1Mtdol
, id
beep
"ridialaSSC ' irilibil(l4tl";; "-- '- ' ' .'"
" "Nast AIM lon X, larceny, was sentense ,
so In - ifair Matte gtzt6zEdiii iiiiishit'it ti k— tiait' " ' - '
If s II + )lirven riltNikat lit the Pliintlf tirhitllis
.....
. .
- ----..
that the Pm:treat:it Episcopal Church, a 4
because it does not beivii
t h e B oman (*thanes, observee this festi eo. w el e •
Is a m ist a k e . The Protestant Episcepo t lk _lia all
does not observe st,
the doctr i ne ;vi va at the base of the 0b5 e ,.;" 6 ,, le .4
by :Vat : •
via: 1 that . the bit 'wed Virgin was
neaven.
not only h i soul,
nets also in Int l . sp s sett
united fonsinernith Um' Div on ' No ~.1 1 le I
ob u ycl L accepts, or.osan accept, this iii.44, - .1% - 4 4
Protestant principle be:!aw:,_ th at 130 Lbinir t ‘ ;• 41 l
;waived as matter of ft. km, but what I. : ,: ,1 a,.
1
taught in the 11 , 4 &VIKA re „ . a L ul we f'n't t0 .'2:11.4 1 ..
such a doctrine there. —.4 •-• n-s 4 =7 of m e 1,451, •
Episcopal March. -as; •
ti
THEE PBXB,B CUM OV ETllT.Arrs:Lp itrt
.
This mpanlnation will street this after
Select Council chamber. The first b., to 'rei a 7,,
order willhe the election of additional tcc a ,!t e. .
. full attendance is requested, as it is p t..0 . 4 7i i .
general noudnationsuierliCel7 Will be na u t e 7stii4 -
cowintris.wr Erretss.
The Philadelphia. Local Ecoreas
office is located at ea Sonth Fifth s rcat, h a 7e 9.,ii•Ef
liaised an e_apreas line to Atlantic - City ac 4 t. _for
HVanch, which certainly is a very great ac..,," 1 +1 ; f a
asdation to our chicane. The arrangements a rt ,
tolnenrei safedelivery or alt packages, "".
&a, committed to their caret 'at co it
BE.MOVA.I. OF THE UNION LEAGU E carr
ICOUBIL so
The club bonsai:if the Union League hes be g
, 1 -
novel" to 121.01Chestmat street. The balen.3e ; 1 - T .I . OW
furniture was removed yesterday. The 1 3 , 0 ,, ti,. 1 ,: id o
oc c upied by them it to be altered into stnre.A. in. , Mai
new at Broad and Sena= streets, qui"c . - "-
be readrfor occupancy till Spring, Mt I.
THE •BRATED TERM.
Yesterday was the nineteenth nieces -KIT ii k „ 1
which the thermometer has been anson:.-n r ,
nineties. Such Onntintied hea t , it is mid. ha! k rai
been experienced for Some years. 4.
HOBPLTAL ITEMS; no
Daniel Ford, aged forty-eight years, was tat", spKig
the Pennsylvania Hdltpital, on It. onday a i:1,00
midnight, In a half drunken and lusen.ible ell•'
dition. Be was said to have been badly be ‘e ,
a:Conductor of one of the passenger railway e mi l
1
ponies. Ford was upon the car and acted le
outrageous manner. Be was put out of the
but soon returned and was still more ri.•
~ '
it c.
ee
Finally, to flee himself from this troublemm e e .,,.
tomer, the condootor used' his billy, and severe; ."1 , „,,.
woun ght to be him
dangerousun on the WWI, His injuries are
thou. Er. el m
. John Quinn, the old man who was run over 4,, none
. expiers wagon on Monday afternoon, is progres 3m , pen
faverably, and it ie now thought that Lie May R i n
Carer. ~.
•'- Andrew Arthurs who was shot near Fifth iv t a : n
Shippen Streets on -M onday night, is doing e e n .au gl
it is hcped that he will recover.
U.Tg
COMMISSION. a7,sit
LieutA polie nant ce commisaion, consisting of Chief gu Ll y el r
John Spear, Lieutenant Jacoby
tenant Lovaire, and High Constable
•Writed to-inspect the- police officers, commeaiierei rev:
their duty yesterday. t The Men of the Ist. 24, Jog
3d districts were examined yesterday. Illation
'drinking of ardent or other intoxicating aphits wW
ensure a fire paselato private life. Pnyelcal dies bility, from any cause, will warrant the unfortun a t e ,
tn . /gerund er his buttons and badge of authority. •
MILITARY MIMI3IIO. CONFIDE:NCB MAN.
A case poseessing romantic Interest was Male
known through the medium of the detectivopslio,
(Ace on Monday. It seems that shortly after tie -
fist battle of Fredericksburg a soldier made hit r e .
pgrance In Philadelphia, suffering, as he said, 1
from the effects. of the w Ind of a shell that Lg.! •
passed in close proximity to his head. He was Mini akiji
for several days, and also deaf. Having partly n,„
covered from theme effects, the restore tion of the tea tr.zu
important senses being -very slow, it was thongi4 one
necessary to send him to a military hospital, t ems
Philadelphia, where he was to'be treated espect dt for his sight and bearing. Be improved very mall ; me
in a short time. The soldier occupied the posilei
of a - company officer—a captain, we believe, lie
balled from Towsontown, Mar; land,and belong:l
to theist Maryland Regiment. By some Enemies%
exactly understood, , the gallant officer found faro
in the eatittatien of a rich old gentleman ressiditg
on West Arab street, and for several months he ex
Joyed the hospitalities of the mansion. The Captale
. had a pleasing address ; the gift of gab eery
strongly developed, and the power to enlist the at.
tention and res,pect, of those ground him. To use 2,
somewhat hackne yed, though expressive phraie,
he " lived in clover. Re went' ont riding two re •; - wl
three afternoons per week; was scrupulously clam ned
In dress ;gentlemanly in his deportment ; CORM re. ,d a
late battle scenes in which he had taken part With —' , -
all the fervor of Southern eloquence; in a word, he ea 112
was one of that clan destined to go ahead le the inn
world's excitement. Row he apostrophisesd the az
American flag; with what eloquence did he pietve
the horrors of the rebellion; how beautifully did he ,-
paint the rainbow of peace on the war-clotes f Thu
he made many an hour pleasant indeed, In the
mansion of his kind benefactor.-
When news oftlarry Gilmore raid on the cgs es
itbe Baltimore road, and the robbery of the einen.
- gent reached Philadelphia, our hero Captain became
-..'greatly excited, and evinced much anxiety t' meet
Ilan
.0.1)III0r, whom he had known in Baltimore. Re pm. a till
seeded to the MonumeritalCity and offered his send. a
g irl
ces to .Gen. Wallace, who at once placed under the ;
' command of the hero-of oar narrative forty pinked '
men to g 0 In search of the raider!.
The pursuit after the traitor Gilmor wee oe ftoAs
grand scene of daring and hair-breadth escapes, Set:
- Often was the hero Captain on the very heels of the
fillibuaer, but the fellow eecaped. The country ,
these parts was scoured; and not the sten of a reeel
could be seen. The wild dash of the intrepid Mari.
hinder, being unattended with success. came to ao -
~ o nd, and again we find him in the Arch-street man. •
Mon of his friend. New scenes were hoof rel Ca!,
with all the beantrand power of a vivid 'maxim -
lion and the old gentleman and members 0 - $ Ids ,
family were greatly delighted at the recital.
Four monthia hive now passed I rom time to eter.
pity since the Chiptabi first crossed the threh.nd of piece,
the domicil of Dlr. —, but his career was brought ay, w
to an end in a very. unexpected and anpleazati mto
manner. The Captain had carried his romance too k one
far. Be was detected as follows: a eel
The old gentleman who had taken such a Fenn Is mere
the Captain always' had considerable money In hit bid r
fire-proof, and he could not sleep at night, fearing ingje
that thieves might break through and steal. Tee Pcloc
Captain, to ease the mind of his venerable fried ird
Ll
and benefactor, agreed to - sleep on a sofa in one of
• the parlors, with his revolvers, and thus protect the ie of 1
. hones from - Intrusion. About two o'clock, a fee &Alm:
trimmings since, the peace of West Arch street was le lay
•aroddenly broken by the discharge of a pietoL Polies
officers in the vicinity were on the qui wive. Pus , -
gently another report, and then another, in mpli IAT
,• Succession: made the neighborhood resound web ' echoes. The mystery could not be explained. The
',officers .listentrd attentively, but not the sound of a
. footstep could be heard. No- bustle or wrangling
Indicated the source whence the pistoireport came.
-..44 raisin wag anent as the grave. Ina moment a
Mint parlor windoW shutter was thrown open, sad ,E
shouts of .• Police ! police pollee!" brought tiro or
`three officials.
, "What's the Matted" asked one Of them, with
ei - vous anxiety. re jr
"Is anybody murdered I" asked another officer.
• "Can't say—come in, officers, come through the ,
Window," replied the inmate, still holding his re- •
'solver in hand. •
THE POLICE.
The officers entered, and by-this time the whole •
household was aroused. -N.- number - of neight.,,r3
popped their heads from chamber windows to asue•
twin the cause of,all the noise. Upon an invesug-a
tion of the case • it was - aacertained that the Captain
aforementioned was the author of all the Camino.
Hen. He said that he was reclining on the soft, hat
had not--closed his eye' ; in sleep. Presently he •
heard a noise at the window as though some use • ' ,
outside was endeavoring to break in. lie ap ,
pmached the window cautiously and drew back toe .-IZ - +
bolt, and the intruder beat a hasty retreat down toe '
yard. The captain tired his revolver after him—tie
shot was returned. He fired & second time at the
robber just as he was getting over the fence. and
thought that he wounded, him, as he said "oh I" Tie
officers searched the yard and rear alley le.tding• -
into Cherry street, but no trace of blood was (1:i'••
covered. The windOw shutters were examined, .
no marks of burglar's Instruments could be seen. • '.1.._,0bs
The officers preeerved silence and finally conclualq rg,
_the Captalultutd been dreaming, they went away. ob i r,
The old 'gentleman, whose property had beet
,!
Bayed by the brave Captain, became very nervosa. =Teed
and could not lavish too' much praise upon him for
Ids watchfulness.
The occurrence was reported at the 10-o'clort verrfia.
levee In the morning, at the Central Station, aro! a
memorandum was made of it. On the afternoon of
the same day a letter was received at the helve JI
Mr.---, through the medium of the prat offm s um)
It purported to 'have been written by the buralsr.
who tomplained of having been wofinded in the 1.1. wile a
vent of the night. The epistle set forth iv.; lothin
another trial -would be made, that would be sticci• Che
Pal, and that the old , man had better be on the loot races .
ant.
This letter , so agitated the old gentleman that he vm tb
Called at the Mayor's office and gave all the p Anti iyiee,
and facts to his Honor. The subject - was referred to Ow l I
the detective force, and the gallant Captain was ei. at is
andned. He narrated all the circumstances !Minicar r'
and forcible style,. without mental reservation. lie
assumed the virtue of truth-telling if he hid It Tl. t . t
'He was questioned in a variety of wave, but ma'am!
was elicited to entrap him. Finally he was re.
quested to write a brief of his statement for the let •
sure perusal of the Mayor. He cheerfully OW& •
plied, and in a short time furnished the manmeript
This was compared with the supposed burglar': let- az
ter, and the handwriting was identical. The (la Ann
was caught at lam. The detective, - or at le .el
veral of them, went at him in earnast. lih 0,
deuce forsook him; he curled and twitched hit
metrical moustache, and gave evidence of grn r.
easiness. The truth now flashed, and exhibited ;le
moral deformity of the wind-blioded hero of Fri 4
ricksburg, and the last heard of him he :vas tame / mist
from the house of the old gentleman who ha.? EP:! '
been made the victim e 1 misplaced confidence
is a subject of much dottbt whether the impos.tore ,, r s"4 -
"smelled powder ." it, ock
[Before Mr. Alderman Welding.]
LaßCßlcir OF A WATCH.
' A young man named George Richardson oral 1145
reigned at the Central Station yesterday after
on the charge of the larceny of a watch, the pr i •
of a man residing at Penn's Grove, New
Hew as committed to await a hearing on the
inst.
ABDUCTION AND ARREST. .7,,,k.Miii
Mrs. He, the wife of Leopold Ress, the kee,-r o u t
of a lagerbeer and billiard saloon in Brooklyn. S .
York, arrived to this city on the llt h inst., ia z... 3: ,„ H .
...
pony with;a man named Guillaume Pellet. : z it 7 , 40
brought with her two children, a little boy era.: PIM;
years old, and a girl of six years. The partial 4 ,, ~7 . .
French. The husband arrived is Philadelphia 13 a
* -- L a -.,
evening, and traced the myth* to the Wuhan:: unzip
House, where they were arrested and tako^ i,.:- , of tb
Central Station. Ms. Pellet and Mrs. Bass we'
ordered to enter bail to await a hearing to vie 21, w ,
place at 2 o'clock this afternoon. What particO!
charge was preferred against the lady which hut. t -
quired her detention we failed to learn. The 1:'1 ant
band,. it Is said, only desires the custody 44 ! I S Stunchildren, children, and says his wife may go. She says i:,l Audi
he has never properly supported her or the e- ,
dren. Thus the case stands at present. The fact'
....
Will probably be fully developed at the hearing
oon.
[Before Mr. Alderman Plankinton.]
HIGHWAY ROBBERY. •
John ikieColgan to the name given by a man vt, ,l
was arraigned yesterday morning. on the charge"'
highway robbery. It is allege( that on 1110a1K
evening, as a boy was 'validly alOng near Race u• end
Eighth streets, the prisoner asked him what. time r
was. was. The lad pulled his watch out, and the strsTot
snatched it away from him. The cry of "sty!' •
thief!" was raised and the fugitive was arrested 1 A .
Officer Supplee. He was committed to answer tt
charge Of highway robbery.
TUE COURTS-
relied Staten Dintrfet Court—Judge Ol d.
walader_
In this Court no ease was ready for trial, aril
adjournment was ordered until this morning.