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Touching the Monroe Doctrine.
Mention is made by .the London Specta
tor, in an article on the Dano-German quar
rel, of a rumor that the surrender to Aus
tria of the three West India Islands belong
ing to Denmark was to be one condition
upon which peace would be made. These
are the small islands of Santa Cruz, St.
Thomas, and St. John. They form part
of the Virgin Islands, and have little
value except what is derived from geo
graphical position. St. Thomas, by
far the largest, is a station of the British
West India Steam-paelretCompany, whose
terminus is Southampton, but is of small
importance in any other respect. The area
of the three islands is only one hundred and
ninety-seven square miles, (or about a third
larger than our own Philadelphia county,)
and their united population is only 37,3 F
It happens that Austria has no colonial
possesgions, and we are induced•to think
that if:these Danish West India Islands are
surrendered to her, it must be to qlve her
,a
stand-place near the New World. But the
Spectator,. which mentionsJhe rumors Of
their surrender, adds, ( 6 These- are incredi
ble, as Austria could only take them to sell
them again either' to Spain or the United
States, in return for concessions in Mexico."
Ineredibbnor not, the thing is possible.
- One of the 'cUritisities of living polities is
the conversion of seemingly impossible into
probable and even actual' events. For ex
ample, bad any person risked the pro
phecy,-ftve years' ago, that a strong party,
in and' 'out of the British Parliament—a
party including some of the very men
who thirty years before had voted one
hundred million dollars to destroy slavery
in the British dominions—would sym
pathize with the slafeholders of the South
ern States of the glut American Union,
his prediction would 'have shared the fate
of CASSANDRA'S, and. been ridiculed and
rejected. It is possible, therefore, that
these Danish West India - Islands, situated
not far from Cuba and Hayti, may be
transferred .to Austria.: But as the rest
of the West Indies are held by England,
Spain, Franee, Reiland, and ; Sweden, it is
clear that Austria *ever would be able to
hold hbr new but small accession of terri
tory against her neighbors. Her object ,in
getting it would he, as the Spectator hints,
to bribe Spain- or the United States into
showing favor to Mexico. • ,
Here, then, is the chance of interference,
by Auetria aSmell as' by France, with the
Monroe doctrine: Nor -Carl it be out of
place or -time .here to state what this doc
trine is; and under what circumstances
PresidentkonnoE asserted it as our na
tional policy. When the South American
States bade nearly won their independence,
it was obvious that England, ever on
the look-out for'new markets, had given—
them not, only her strong sympathy,
but the more material aid of money,
arms, and men.- In September, 1823, Mr.
Canmiret, then Foreign Minister of Eng
land, made a speech at Plymeuth, in which
he announced the forthcoming recognition
of the Smith American Republics, and sub
sequently boasted " I called the _New_
World into existence, to redress the balance
of the Old." Cminuco's eloquence fre
quently ran, as in this instance, into the
manner familiarly called " highfalutin,' "
but there generally was something tangi
ble among the flowers. President MoNuoz,
a shrewd statesman, foresaw in the British
policy which CA NIVING boasted of the coming
shadow of European interference in the af
fairs of the New World, and especially of
North America, and, in his Message of De
cember, 1823, promulgated the doctrine
that any attempt on the part of the
European Powers to extend their system
to any portion of the New World would be
regarded by the United States as " dan
gerous to our peace and safety," and this
principle has been respected by foreigners
and maintained by our own successive
rulers, until Lours NAPOLEON, taking ad
vantage of our being occupied in a terrible
"war, invaded Mexico, overthrew the re
public there, and erected a throne upon
'which, as pro tempore occupant, he has
placed an Austrian mock-emperor of his
own making.
Of all the - Presidents *lto have governed,
this country, not even Joni Qurxrcv
AnaVs excepted, (though • his experience
'was great,) none was so fully master of fo
reign politics He had been diplomatical
ly employed both in France and Spain, and
be lied served as Secretary of State, under
President MADISON, from 1811 until 1817,
when he took his seat in the Presidential
chair. The Monroe clrictrine was no im
mature or hasty conception and enuncia
tion, but a deliberate declaration of Na
tional policy calculated and intended to
•ciraw a broad line between the governing
prineipld of the old nations and the new.
Aggression was*nown to prevail in that
principle, which is Monarchical, while re
publicanism like ours does not seek distant
countries in order to subdue and " annex "
them. In a ivord, the Monroe doctrine em
phatically proclaimed the incompatibility
of the European and the American sys
tems of ~rnle. ~Vitherto, Europe has not
sought to violate this restriction. When
Neroixox invaded Mexico, he publicly an
nounced 'tliat'lle 'did so merely to obtain
payment ofsuins alleged tab° due, in Mex
ico, to French citizens, and that he' lied no
purpose of setting aside the ' existing feral
of government in that country. When
England .and Spain, who had been with
hint in that invattignOo' a certain extent;
discovered real aim was, - they
honorably deplined to 'conspire against the
political rights of <Mexico ; they -refused to
violate the Monroe doctrine, and withdrew
the ships and the soldiers they had sent to
Vera Cruz. Although detected - , exposed,
and repudiated, - NAEopEoN still held on to
his evil purpose, overthrew therepublic and
set up a mock-monarchy with a nominee of
lis own as nominal 'head." •
Spain has not, yet acknowledged MAXI
-2.InAAR as - Emperor of Mexico, 'and Eng
land has emphatically deCiared,- through
'lord PALmEnsTem, that she cannot ac
knowledge him yet awhile ; indeed,..not
?until he is ruler de facto. Is another Bur°.
pean Power coming in to assist NA:Poi:EON
in violating the Monroe doctrine ? Is Aus
tria going to' back up the Prince of the
House of Hapsburg who is playing with
the crown and` sceptre.in Mexico ? We do
not build on the probability that Austria may
obtain a footing, however slight, in the
West Indies, but on the undoubtqd fact
That the Emperor , of Austria has autho
rized the forini . ition of several regiments in
ills dominions, to be sent into Mexico for a
certain term of service—probahly to re.►
Place the Prench troops , who are to be
gradually withdrawn and returned home.
If the enlistment of these Germans is to
be voluntary, it will be some time before
the ranks are full. The botuxty_money is
fixed at the liberal sum of $25 per man, in'
return for4Welt, independent of the
brumes ofi4 t y . ,,pqr fever and the vomit°,
Tinclivok.4tice..lovile g e of lighting
svi ,%thenittivre trope under President
Ztrattuz. : •
Even '&4:adrift had tke three little Vir
gin Islanda-ilt*rand, this e.cnritry is net
-,4
to be bribed—no, not if Cuba were offered—
into an abandonment of the Monroe doc
trine, which has been her fixed policy for
over forty years. But ally Austrian effort
to strengthen Maximuthaf in Mexico yrill
be a violation of that doctrine.
The Oxidation and Decay of Mims.
The oxidation and decay of vessels,
whether of wood or iron, and vs-nether
sheathed with copper,
zinc, or other metal,
has always proved an U nmitigated source
of trouble and expense to ship owners and
out of the Government
s c e a r p v t i a c i e n . s, l i t l is and not merely the waste ofma
terial from this cause which constitutes the
pecuniary loss, but to the bill of expense
must be added such, items as the loss of
time occasioned by the retarded speed of
the fouled ship, and the loss of time and
money involved in hauling it into dock,
thoroughly- cleansing, and repainting it.
The subject, it will therefore be seen, is
one of material importance, and merits the
investigation and patient research which
for upwards of a century have been de
voted to it. The journal of the Franklin
Institute for last month reprints from
the journal of the Society of Arts a
resume of the various processes to rec
tify the evil, for which patents have
been taken 'out in England. From this
it appears that the practice of dipping
timber in oil is so ancient that its origin
cannot be traced. The first patent for the
preservation of timber was taken out in .
1839 by ALEXANDER ENERTOIT, and con
sisted in preparing planks with oil, and then
coating them with compounded poisons,
powdered glass and sand, the 'whole being
covered with a layer of paint. In. 1790 a
patent was secured for preserving copper
plates, by covering them with lead or tin.
In 1739 Joni OxFonn patented a method
-of preserving both iron and wood, .by pre
paring tar to stop the evaporation of the
oil therein, and saturating it with• chlorine
gas. This oil is then mixed with white
11ad, carbonate of lime, and purified' coal
tar, and the mixture is l applied as a paint.
In 1830 attention was first'directed to gal-
Vanic action as an anti-corrosive agency,
and in this year Mr. BIINTAS and Mr. Jon's
REVERSE patented inventions based 'upon
this idea.
Two years later Captain H. W. CRAW
FORD, R. N., proposed to
_protect copper
and iron with a coating of fused zinc paint,
over which was laid'a covering of pure or
alloyed tin. Mr. J. R. NEILSON brought
forth an invention in 1640 for the applica
tion of copper, or copper alloyed with zinc
or tin, to the surface of iron; and in the
same year Mr. Artrilun WALL suggested,
as ...a composition to prevent corrosion,
steel filings heated to redness, and mixed
with dilute muriatic acid. I,n the, following
year no lees than three competitors for the
honor of solving the
. problem appeared in
the field. The first, Mr. W. Navrros,
employed silicates of potash or soda for
making' a plaster or coating to prevent iron
from rusting. The second, Professor MIL
LET, an engineer of Dublin, applied chemi
cal means to detach the scales of oxide
from 'the iron, then plunged_ it into a zinc
bath : "After undergoing a series of pro
cesses, the metal is coated with an alloY or
zoofagous paint, which is rendered poison-
ous by admixture of salts of metals." The
third experimenter in this year was a „gen
tleman named Monswoon, who conceived
the idea of preserving iron from oxidation
or rust by tinning it, and then. dipping the
tin covering or surface in molten zinc.
I In 1849 Mr. C. H. Paws suggested that
the metal should, after cleaning, receive an
application of gum water, in , which pow
dered glass should be shaken, and this
should then be fused, forming it -. vitreous
surface. Mr. 3. Kw Isms . ; in 1852, in
troduced a paint made from decomposed
india-rubber and fatty matter saponified by
metallic salts, with lime foi thickening the
liquid. The use_ of quicksilver on iron
plates for sheathing ships was proposed in
1853. Patents were taken out in each suc
ceeding year up to 1861, when the resume
closes, for various Pigments desigied to in
terrupt corrosion, none of which seem to
have come into general use, however.
111 -1.6.5 e ._tha__manufaeture_rie....poteototu m .
oils, for preserving metals and ships'
sheathing, was protected by letters patent,
secured to Messrs. BANCROFT and WRITE.
What has become of the invention it is
dipicult to say, for nothing has since been
heard of it; but it seems not at all impro
bable that coal oil may yet prove the
most effective agency to accomplish the
desired object, if combined with some other
preservative substance to give it the neces
sary consistency and " body ;" in which
case the commercial value of this article,
which is now one of the leading exports
of the country, would of course be largely
enhanced. In 1856 a gentleman named
Mr. Melrs'nxs obtained a patent for coating
metals with powdered emery stone, mixed
with a varnish of shellac dissolved in spi
rite of wine, with the addition of castor oil.
As emery contains 87 per cent. of alumi
nium, Mr. MclssEs considered that this
paint would be solid enough to resist all
action in the water. On the estate of La
Gruerie, in Charney, France, is found
an earth of the ochre description, called
"Burgundy Red," which is said to be
an exceedingly good preservative against
rust, when mixed with lime, grease, and.
Roman cement. In 1854 asphalt° bi
tuminous compounds and caoutchouc,
were severally proposed as anti-corrosives:
And in the succeeding year, among several
other less notable conceptions, it, was pro
posed to apply equal parts of pitch, tar,
resin, and turpentine, with any otlier ad
hesive compound. " Assaktida is to be
mixed with the foregoing, as a poison to
destroy life. When the coating is laid on,
and dry, the whole is to be covered with
paper or cloth."
These seem to embrace the main results
of British experiment and investigation in
this special branch of scientific research'to•
the close of 1861, since which period we
have heard of no extraordinary invention
likely to obviate the difficulty under con
siderationi It is remarkable that thain-
quiry for the most part has been directed
to the preservation of the metals from oxi-
_ -
dation and deeiy, although iron ships are
a comparatively modern innovation, and
the sway of the "wooden walls," even
now, is almost as indisputable as ever.
*hatever revolutions our present war, may
effect" 'liirsral architecture, it may be ac
cepted as an established fact that iron can
never whollY supersede wood -and it is,
therefore, strange that inventors have not
made greater efforts to render the lat-
;ter material less perishable in character.
The Scientific American, lately noticed
the discovery in one of the abandoned cop-
per mines of
,SA. Domingo of "an old
wooden wheel which had been employed
for some me . 1 1 1 1111 1 111111111111111 l when the
. .
mine was formerly worked.. The exact
age of the wood no 'one seems to know,
for there appears to be no, record as to
when the. mine itself was in operation.
The wood was analyzed, and was found'to
contain "considerable quantities of iron and
copper, to the antiseptic properties of
which ite:pteiervatiott must be attributed
The wood' not only
,ahsorbed the metallic
solutions but so operated on them when
absorbed as to prevent their re-solution by
water, the iron having been found in the
form of subsulphate of the, sesquioxide."
As a 'further proof - of the preservative
properties` of .xne,tellic solutions, it is said
that the thither used in, the Halletn mines,
in Austria, and' which is now in a very
_
perfect condition, " is the same which was
oritinally introduced anterior to the Chris
tian era.i' 'That it is feasible „in this
way to render wood virtually as impe
risba.ble as iron, is therefore clear.
Whether it would be expedient, however,
or economical, is a question fot the in
ventors to .censider, and certainly no''sub
ject is More worthy their consideration.
DOQTOBB DISA.GBMP..—One of the
leading ;Opposition' organs of the West,
the Chibago Times, is of the opinion, or,
at least, ;professes to be of the opinion, that
"there are really,no substantial differences
in the' Derhocratic party. If there seem
to be differences: they are apparent, not
real. There are certainly none which may
not be easily reconciled at the ensuing
Chicago Convention." .Orte of the leading
Opposition martyrs, CLEMENT L. VAIALAIi-
Dl wbutr, who thinks with the Times on all
other questions, entertains his own pecu.
liar views upon,this. In his speech at Day
ton, on the 13th inst., he said: "I think
we will put forward a Peace. candidate.
Why not ? suppose we were to nomjnate
a War Democrat, pledged to prosecute the
war, in what respect would such a ticket
be better than the Lincoln ticket ? You
would have all the evils of the war still
to press you down, incisased taxes, drafts,
and the slaughter of your ,sons. What
would you gain by bis election over
that of Lrercova ?" The two opinions do
not tally very well, coming, as they do,
from two of the shining lights of the Op.
position party of thi3 West ; and, although
it is not probable that either is enunciated
by " authority," the fact that what. Mr.
Vex.x.AmmextAm .says has been -said in
another form by " Colorado" J.EWETT i in
a late letter to, the President (which the
President never opened), points to the
conclusion that - "peace, upon any terms,"
is to be the _platform of the Chicago Con
vention, and the rallying cry of its ad
herents in the approaching Presidential
campaign.
Tau Governor of New Hampshire, in
'his message to the .Legisiature, now in
extra session, complains of the inexplicable
character of the State militia. law, Be
says despairingly : " While lam thus prac
tically destitute of funds to carry on the
business of the State, a call is made by the
General Government for 6,502 men, from
the State of New Hampshire, and, on-turn
ing to the military bill enacted at your re
cent session, to inform myself what men.-
, sures I am permitted to take to meet this
requisition, I find myself utterly unable to
understand its provisions; even if I had the
means to carr3P- thent.'..into effective ope
ration, nor can rftrid. anyone; rash enough
to attempt its eiposition." The troubles
of Governor GimmonE present a fair parallel
to the dilemmas which have beset our own
State Executive. The language of the
former Governor might be repeated by
Governor Conpur with perfect prdpriety
and adherence to truth., , It is to be hoped
that in both cases the proper remedy for
the evil will be applied by the Legislatures.
A lattEND favors us with a e,opy , of same
resolutions recently passed by the Deal°.
credo Club of the Second precinct, T wenty
third ward. They are addressed "To
loyal Democrats (as if there were any;
other Democrats.!) and loyal men of all
parties." Aniong other equally patriotic
and high-strung." Resolves" arrived at by
the Club, we notice this jewel; " Es
solved, That we hail with unmingled• plea
sure the return of the god-like ITALIAN
DMITAM to his native State, and we hereby
give him a tribute of heartfelt thanks for
the bold defiance which he flings in the
teeth of the wicked usurper who so 'basely
wronged him." Doubtless the gentlemen
who relieved their pent-up feelings in this
elegant style, and; who, further on assure
us that, as Democrats, they" hate loyalists"
as they " hate the devil," will learn with
" unmingled pleasure" that the god-like
..V.smarinronam will deliver an address in.
Lancaster on the 17th proximo'; but, to his
infinite disgust, will most probably not sue-,
ceed in getting himself arrested into doto
riety and maudlin sympathy a,sepond tithe.
Ranee of Peace. •
[Prom the Washington Chronicle.)
There is a wide diversity of opinion and feeling In'
regard to the basis of peace. The rebels demind.
their independence, and what else we know not. -
On paper they embrace within the fold of their
Confederacy the'States of Missouri, West Virginia,
and Kentucky, and repeatedly, since the woman- .
menced,-they have declared through their leading
newspapers their determination never toleydown
their aims until they shall have driven "the Yan
keerVi beyond Magill and Dixon's line. Whether'
they still demand the boundary of. Southern Penn
sylvania, the ,Ohio, and - Iowa; wiiether they would,
consent to the'surrender of the border States, but
"fight en, fight ever," for Tennessee and Arkansas;;
whether they would yield these, with the portiOns
of Louisiana, 'Eastern and other places
under Union' central, and content themselves with
1 . their Preient - aetnal .R . L0M124.8.T.
'are unable to answer; . .
The Copperheads demand peace at any price.
They affect to prefer a reStOratiOn of the Union, bat
the more frank'and outspoken'among them are will
ing to secure peace by the acknowledgment of the.
independence of the rebel Confederacy. Then, we
have a right to demand Or them a statement -of the
boundaries they are willing to concede to the rebels.
Would they yield up Missouri, Kentucky, and West
Virginia, each of which States contains a majority
of people loyal to the Union, with local go.
vernmente acting in concert with the, Gene
ral Government In the effort to repel rebel invasion
and to suppress the rebellion Would the Woods,
the Vallandlghams, and the Voorhees turn=over the
loyal people of these border States to the tender
mercies of thetraitors whom they have been strug
gling for three years not merely to repel, bat to
subdue/ We doubt not that, in their, hearts, they
would rejoice at such. a sacrifice on the altar of
red-banded treason; but will they dare say so in
presence of the nation I Have they even the•auda•
city to recommend the abandonment of the loyal
men of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana The
people of the two last-named States, it will be re
membered, have committed the unpardonable sin
of reorganizing loyal State Governments—have
asdeMbleil Conventions which have Voted the
abolition of slavery, and have, in fact, Set
all the negroes free within the Union lines. ,
-Tennessee his alio been reorganized under United
States military authirity. Tens of thousands
of her _people have taken the oath of allegiance, I
and as a Dist, undek the operation of martial /aw
and the preSence of large armies, slavery-has almost
ceased to exist.' Will the Copperheads 'demand
peace on condition' of abandoning the loyal white
population of thole States to pillage, confiscation, or
murder by the rebels? Are they so heartless as to
,abandon the negroes to the horrors of re-enslave
went? If it is answered that the Government,
while acknowledging the Independence of the Con
federacy, could stipulate for a general amnesty to
whites and blacks, we reply that there-would be no
power left to enforce the amnesty without going to
war again ; and that what we know of the ferocious
and, sanguinary spirit which rules the slavehold
ing rebels would render it the height of folly to
trust to their pledges of lenieney and modera
tion. . Besides, we have no right_to force_back
under rebel control a loyal people, who have been
redeemed or saved from it; and who utterly ab
her It. It would be a cowardly abandonment of
the most sacred obligations of government, which
is pledged in the name of all that is holy to
defend every loyal citizen to the utmost. Neither
can the Government, without dishonor and inku
inanity, abandon one negrn whom It has set free to
the tender mercies of his offended maater, or to Efh•
enslavement in any form. :A:fter inviting the ne.;-
groee to give mortal offence to their masters by aid
ing in the euppressfon of the rebellion, in honor*.
ble Government cannot repudiate the 'obliga
tions of protecting and 1119erattng every one who
has acted- upon the invitation: It may .-be
questionable whether the Governinent stands
pledged to give liberty to those slaves who have
never been within the Union, lines, since the issue
of the emancipation 'prealamation, because, 1
whether from disinelination"tr' othei; : ise, the offer
of freedom was not *opted in fact, nor hat
the Goverment been alsoh' by that Olen Of
'slaves in its efforts to suppress the rebellion I
but in those eases where the invitation to
join us has been aoceptid—where the contract
has been ratified—it is impossible to abandon it on
the part of the Government without Incurring the
guilt of a repudiation more wicked and, Infamous
than that of which the Stite of Mississippi, under
the advice of Jeff Davis, was guilty, in refusing to
redeem the State bonds. The foregoing views of
the'relative right and duties 'of the people, White
and black ) , in the Border States, and of the do
.
vernment of the United States, would seem to
be evident to every man, North or South,-who
Las a sentiment of honor left. There might, per
haps, be a pliusible argument urged in. ;aver of
withdrawing protection from the_loyal men still
within the rebel military lines, if all hope of sub
duing the rebellion had paasettaway ; but there can
be none for abandoning those within the Union
Ems from sheer cowardlee, or disinclination to
continue the contest In their behalf. "Those
who ' talk of , peace at any price
_mot
look these facts In the face. They must
mate up their minds to advocate and urge a
disgraceful and dishonorable abandonment of the
ground we now hold and the millions of loyal men
in the slave 'States who', look to the National
Government for protection, or they must vote
for the continuance of the war until the rebel
armies are oderthrown. But suppose the rebels,
taught by bUter experience the folly of their
haughty demands, Should recede from their existing
claim of boundaries. Suppose they should con-
tent themselves with the conoestion of what they
may have in possesSion at the' time of treating
for peace; What, then, would be the result 3 The
Southern.: Confederacy would ' be composed 0f,.,
'two distinct and. aeparate ,territories, -one east
and the other west of the Miesimippl, - with
that great river—an Invaluable' and
possession of the United Statea—diviiing m the
from. north.:to south ; with the. free Ste.tes of
Arkangas'and Lmistans separating the slave. Stites
of 1111830Hippi , and Texas; with' tie free State of
Tenneisee, Including North Alabama, bordering; tor,
a distance of Six hundred milea the slave 6iiteg ai
paissipsipid, Alabama, Georgia, North OaroMks,
and `Virgtniarvilth Est* Virginia, as far sonth of
. t t r aOkilogt;on as the Rappahannock, at least,. in
tikeiPesawhdon of the United States, and made
frsiterrit'ory, as well as the Eastern Shere f imnn...l
ties, Norfolk,. Portsmouth, and Old' ,Peirrt
oonnert. l Such would be the ragged outibieer the
dtaireholdthg Cogewtotooy in two parto l ,boWoded pll
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THE PRESS. - PMLADELPIIIA,' MURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1864:
DISTRIBUTION 07 TA N 'NATIONAL B eancs.--There
are now established four hundred and sixty-nine
National banks, with an aggregate capital of over
seventy-five million dollars, and an aggregate circu
lation of nearly twenty-six millions. The six New
England States contain eighty-one of these banks;
the seven central seaboard-States have one hundred
and eighty-nine ; the thirteen Western and North.
western States, including Weit Virginia and Ten
nessee, have one hundred and ninety-eight.
Louisiana has one. Of the capital held by these
betake, those in the six New England States have
nearly twenty-two millions with a eireolation of
over five and a quarter millions ; those hi the seven
other seaboard States have over thirty-two 'mil.'
lions, with a circulation of overeleven and a quar
ter millions , Oliose hi the thirteen Western and
Northwestern Stalea have a capital Of over twenty
one and a quarter millions, with a circulation of
over nine millions. It appears that In the national
hanks of the .New England States the .oirealation
It to the capital about as five to twenty-one; in the
central:outboard States about as -eleven to thirty
two; and in the Western and . Northwestern States
about. sa nape tp twenty.one.
•
•. HO(I*EH OW THE GEORGIA SITHATION.---.1.
..L.onleville letter says: "Gen. Booker last Sunday
'Bald :to Mr.Vuthrie that Georgia alone hid strata
• enonali: In her fields to feed the whole of rebeddom,
soldiers; hones, and all, for another year ; that GO.
Sherman's plan is to compel the surrender of Gen.
Hood's army by cutting, and keeping cut; his coin
mural:cations, and that he will succeed ; that should
• Gan. .Good again come out of his entrenchment!'
Gen.. Sherman will whip him back ainto butthat
Le cannot carry .Atlanta by trdireci assault, unless,
perchance, throlllol a moat exorbitant eaorle.ce of
precious human'llf.." „ _
:', 'N.J. ,, :1 . '2. , ' , .- , - •
4' . ,-, ,
:i 7 A' ' .:4 , A . r'A.....'
arrund—intersected and pierced at various polnts-- ,
by free communities, filled with millions of free ne-;
groes. If it were iteeolble to suppose for amomentl,
an acknowledgment of tlie_ioel Ocoafederaey r thi
Is the very beet they could expect; and th_ , ,
United States would still hold possession of thei
sounds and shore of North Carolina, the Sell
Islands, and part of the
.shores of South Carolina"
' and Georgia, various strongholds °tithe coast of nor
ride, including Pensacola, and Mobile. Bay in Mal
bama. These fortresses on the Gulf would be hel4
by the Government as England for two centnried
held Calais, on the coast of France ;Its she has hea l '
and still holds Gibraltar, on the Mediterranean
coast of Spain, and ail she holds the islands at the
mouths of the great rivers in China. They, wotild
be held as keys to the Gulf of. Mexico, and as surety!'
for the good behavior of the Confederacy. But we,
reserve for inother day'other views we have to weir
sent on this subject.
WA.SNLING I TON.
THE TALLAHASSEE
Captain PINGAR, of the revenue Gutter rawrit, in
a letter to the Treasury Department, dated Nei
York, August lath, repeats many of the particull
already knoin concerning the Tallahassee, au
says he was on the eve.ofagain starting on a cruise
after the pirate, which he adds was built for speeds
and has a crew of one hundred and forty Feu, rag!
ged and a perfectaet of cat:throats, and not cinder
the control of their officers. From what he could :
learn from some of the victims of the Tallahassee;,
she intends to follow the track of European vesseli,/
and destroy everything American that comes in her;'
way.
THE REARSARGH AND ALABAMA..
Copt; Wrsstow, at the request of the Navy
partment, has furnished a fall statement of tho
light of the Kearsarge with the Alabama. He &ASS
his letter ¶ English Channel, July 30th," and men
tions the fact-that just previous to the encounter he
bad an interview- with the French Admiral at Cher,
bourg, and assured him that r in the event of an mt.! ,
Um, the position of the ships should be so far from
shore that no questions should be advanced about
the line of juriadlotion.
The night before the fight boats were moving .be•
tween the Alabama and Cherbourg, and in the
morning strange men were seen stationed as captains
of the guns, among them Lieutenant Sim:Main, iho .
joined her at Cherbourg. The police prevented
others from going onboard.
Capt. Wrnsr.ow repeats that tluryaoht Deaf
hound, under the garb of friendship, was affording
assistance to the Alabama. • ,
THE 7-30 LOAN
The Subscriptions to the 7-30 loan, reported et
the Treasury Department to-day, amounted tos„
$226,0( 0,000.. r
Several millions of treasury. mites, to meet the
subscriptions, have just been sent to New York and
elsewhere, and in the course of next week it is ex
pected that supplies will be forwarded to the assist
ant treasurers and national banks in the principal
Wes, so that subscribers will not be subjected to
delay ; in other words, the supply of treasury notes
will keep pace with• the demand.
Much trouble is exPerlerieed in the Treasury De
partment in the Conversion of 7-303 Into She per emit.
bonds of 1831, owing to parties frequently endorsing
for others not showing legal authority for so doing,'
as imperatively required by a rule of the,Department
in this and all.other similar transactions.
ASSISTANT 411ABTERIVIASTNR GENERAL AT
POINTLA
Lieut. Col, MTAB M. Grteners, late chief quar
termaster of the Department of Washington, has
been appointed assistant quartermaster general t
with the brevet rank of brigadier 'general, and has
been assigned to duty in the Department of the
Ohio and the Cumberland.
He is succeeded here by Captain EttraTorr, of
New York, who is promoted to the rank of Houten
ant.colonel, •
ARRIVAL OF 'WOUNDED
.The hoSpital-steamer State of Blaine which left
City Point , yesterday, arrived here to-day with 300
wounded on board, most of whom belong to the Ist
Brigade, 2d Divisioncof IlAwooog's corps, wounded
in the fight,of Sunday morning at Deep Bottom.
Amongst, them 'aft, nineteen °Mehra, including Col.
G. W . . MAO?, 20th Massaehusetts, and Lieut. Col.
C. E. WARNER, 36th Wisconsin. Most of the men
were wounded early in the action, awl, were imme
diately removed.
THE ETTB . LIO pEBT
The official statement of the public debt on this
10th inst. shows the amount outstanding to be
$1,849,714,665, and the Interest in both coin and lasi ,
fur money to be 176,088,000.
The unpaid requisitions are $83,500 000, and tae
%
amount the treasury over'sll,6oo,ooo. As con
trasted pith Oil Oficial statement of July 19, the
public debt•• up to yesterday has increased $53,.
500,000
PAYMASTERS pIIPPLTED
..- - • .
The sum of $5,600,000 was yesterday supplied to
pay Masters for the armies under Generals IaRtNT
and Stuntmen, In addition to the amounts recently
furnished by the Treasury Department for troops
in other loOatities.
°OR - TRACT FOR MAIL SBRTICE.
The Postmaster General is about to eorielude , a,
oontraotTor the overland mall servieo from the Xis.
sours river to California, for four years from the
tint of Oetober, at the rate of $750,000 per anuutu,*
nw CITt.
Mow Eons., Angtistni 1584.
vneEMET TH2 ICRIB
It Is reported that a heavirreiliet °centred to-day
,on the Erie Railroad d Ircisdirg bridges a d•
rafge--arootaw-- y,er-Ua,
peinied, and, as the telegraidi is brolsen j no gargoii
,
dare have been received'
ARRIVAL OP A wrEASintt..
• The steamship Erin, from Liverpool on the
instant, has arrived.. • - .
TDe Elfainelanten Conventlcin.
BArtoon, August. 17.—The Union District Con
vention held here today nominated Ron. Jelin R.
Rice, of Foxcroft, for Congress, and Benjamin R.
Gillman, of Orem>, for Presidential elector.
, . Fatal Accident.
Bowrow, Angnit 17.—Capt. Chase, of the schooner
Golden Gate, loading at this port for Nvow York,
was instantly killed this afternoon by a box Of sugar
swinging against his body and knocking WA/ into
the hold.
Vermont Polities.
WinTr,,Rrvaa. atrwcrroN, Vt., August tr.-R. X.
OrmSby has been nominated, by the Democrats of
the Second district, for Congress.
The , Stesensaftip Aida.
ILLIPAX, August I.7.—The royal mall steamer
Asia aallod.early this morning for Boston.
Ripe in Toledo.
Toranno, August 17.—Tho Moldlnster House was
destroyed by fire this morning.
'A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE Gest. BeititarD
TnEMBLOkaLISTS OF ICENTIIOKY.—The Cincinnati
Commercial says "On Saturday feat a man calling
Mmielf George A. Mason arrived here from Lex
ington, Kentucky. In the evening he made him
self noticeable at a house on Sixth street—
the Free and Easy,' we believe—by heaping
all the abuse his tongue was capable of upon
our Government; the Administration, and the
soldiers in.the held, At the same place he made the
acquaintance of a certain party whom he supposed
to be, like himself, au Englishman. Seeming to place
confidence in this new acquaintance, he took him
into a private apartment, where, after indulging in
a little more abuse, he unfolded to him a plan of ra
ther startling character—viz: the assassination of
Maj. Gen. Burbridge, who has of late rendered him.
self so odious to the Secessionlate of Kentucky.
General Banbridge appeared to have a large
share In the fellow's Stook of hate, judging from
epithets which he received In the course of the man's
whispered converse with his confidant: After ex
plaining his plan—which was to kill the General
with en air-gun—Mason offered his companion
five hundred dollars in gold if he would under
take the job of assassination. The party to
whom this infamous proposition was thus' made
desired tins. to refloat thereon and agreed to
meet Mason at the corner of Sixth and Vine
Streets the following (Sunday) morning, at nine
o'clock. They then parted, Mason leaving the
place, while the other. wetit to the Ninth -street sta.
tion, and divulged the affair to Lieut. McGrew and
Sergt. Robinson, who, with commendable prompti
tude, accompanied him to the point of meeting ht
the appointed hour, and arrested Mason. Upon
examination of the prisoner's person papers and
notes were found showing him to be an En
glishman •by birth ; that he had been two years
in thw rebel army; that - he was imprisoned in
the Old Capitol prison, and that elnee his release
he hes travelled all over the West and South and
the Canadas. passing frequently through our lines.
About his person there were found also a heavy re
volver a slung-shot, and some' money, including
a considerable amount in gold. Mason will be held
to await Rayless from the proper authorities."
TEM Raw OATEtotto AR.OIIBISHOP OF New
Yonx—St. TRIBUTE /MOM. THE A-LBANT DIOCIABIL7-
Rev. Dr. MCOlotkey. the new Archbishop of Nile
York; will be installed in office, with appropriate
ceremonies, at St. Patrick% Cathedral, in New
erkt,on Sunday next. Before leaving Albany to
take up his residence here, Dr. McCloskey was en
tertsined by the clergy of that diocese at the resi
dence of Very Rev. J. J. Conroy, on which'occasion
an address was read to the new Archbishop, ex
wends.° of the feelings entertained toward him by
his associates. We make room for the following
extraots :
Your elevation to the Archiepiscopal See of New
York, tte metropolis of our Empire State and of
our country—as important and as responsible a See
as there is in the world—the high appreciation in
.which you are held by the clergy and laity, and by
all your fellow.ces f a i t h even those who are not
our brethren In the have felt and expressed
with us a pride that Albany possessed so distin•
guished a prelate ; the thousand welcomes that will
greet your Grace's arrival, only make as feel more
and more how much others gain and how much we
lose. It is, however, some consolation to know that
you are not'Salted far away from us—that you will
preside'over a diocese with which you have so many
hallowed asiociationa, and with which your present
diocese claims an intimate relationship. The mitre
of a Dnboiti and of a Hughes will lose none of its
lustre on the brow of Albany's Ana Blshop.—New
York Post.
WABsorcrrow s laxiguet IT.
lIMAINVA ETERS ARMY 07/ THE POTOMAC, August
16.—Additional particulars have been received of
the action of Sunday. Part•of the 2d and part of
the 10th Corps engaged' the enemy in the afternoon,
near Deep Bottoin. The ldth, under General Bir.
nay, took part of a line of works with four 8-inch
brass guns anda number of prisoners. His loss was
email. .=•
The eneroy fell baok to a strong position, and the
2d Division of the 2d Corps was drawn up in line of
battle beyond whore Hancock captured the four
gums two weeks ago. Here the let Brigade, under
Col. Marcy, took the lead, and charged across a
cOrn.field, over a hill and down into a ravine, where
they chine to a swamp with a stream on the other
side, the ground covered with impenetrable brash
on the margins. Daring all this time they were ex
posed to a heavy fire from the rebel artillery, which
did a great deal of damage. It Was found Imposei
ble. to cross the ravine, and the men were halted
and lay concealed as well as possible until dark,
when they were withdrawn. Col. Marcy had his
horse eboVunder him, and mounting. en. Barlowts
horse, the animal became unmanageable, and, fell
on the Colonel, badly brulaing him. -
The division lost at least 300 men in the engage
ment. The let and 3d Divisions, which were in stir
port, lost about 250 from the effects of the rebel at ,
finery. The wounded were all brought off, and are
nearly all being cared for at City Point. Lieut.
Col. 'Warren, of the 381,h Wisconsin, lost his lett arm
while gallantly loading his regiment in a charge.
Major W. H. Hamilton, of the 36th Wisconsin, was
severely wounded in the face, and Capt. Lindley,
of the same Regiment., ]filled. • Sergeant Ball, of the
86th Wisconsin regiment, was killed, and about
twelve were wounded in that regiment. Sergeant
Fuchs, of the 36th Wiseonsin ' color bearer, was
badly wounded. This is the third time he has
been wounded in the present campaign. Lieu
tenant Telly, of the 125th New York, and Lieu.
tenant Wheelhouse, of the 2d New York aatillery,
were wounded. Gar troops still hold their position
in frOnt of the enemy% works, which are very strong
and well defended, owing to the nature of the coun-
try in the vicinity. Everything remains quiet in
front of Petersburg. The
our
for the past two
nights has. been feeling' our line on the left, but
nothing more than skirmishing between the pickets
has taken place.
The two telegraph operators*, Messrs. Flynn and
Efambrlght, on duty at General Burnside's head-
quarters, who have been on trial during the past
week, charged with making known the substance
of deepatches to other than those to whom they were
addressed, were found not guilty by court martial.
General Meade, however, deeming them to have
been guilty of disobedience of orders and a breaCh
of trust, has ordered them to be sent beyond the
limits of the army and forbidden to return.
Deserters continue to arrive in email squads. .&
lieutenant and twelve men reached hare yesterday.
They tell the usual stories of demoralization and
the prospect of- a speedy destruction of the rebel
army. Ihoutande, they say, are leaving on account
of not receiving any pay, while their 'families are
starving, and they are determined to stay in the
service no longer, under any circumstances.
nerat Park is now in command of the iiith Army
Corps.
yORT.E.EISIS•1110N110/L
ARRIVAL OP WOUNDED,
FORTRESS MONROE, Ahg'ust
steamer George Levy arrived here Aiiiiheornlng,
from Point of Rooks, with 242 .ttick.aid-wOunded.
They are to be.sent.to.,Philadelphja. ~ •
The United States frigate pdinzieKi.taressttlii tn,
glish frigate_Cialleiger saluted thePi/nigh flag
to
day at noon, in honor.of the blithday of Napoleon.
REIIRLS JA TSB lINAB OF t3NAFtlidiN-,19/INIZNIS
On:MATING ON HIS 001411RTNIOATIONS--ONNIIIM
SAND SEVHN 111:124DIVID OATTLH OAPTIIIIIM
LOUISVILLE, August 18.—Wheeler, with 1,700
men, demanded the surrender of Dalton, Ga., on
the evening of the 14th, of 001. Liebold,
tourl, commanding that post, with 899 men. A
slight akirmish was going on when the last train
left. Small detachmenta from• Wheeler's force had
captured about 1,700 Government cattle on their
way to Atlanta, and nearly all the °facers in charge
of them. Three men escaped alter the train left
Dalton, and Gen. Stedman, telegraphically advised
thereof, started with.a large force for Ohattanoogs.
The latest heard from Dalton was just at nightfall,
on the 14th. Rumor says the trains are leaving Be-
Mee. The raid bag been anticipated by Shetmgri,
and he was prepared to meet it at the important
points.
On Saturday eight hundred guerillas attacked
Selma, in Livingston dOunty, Kentucky, garrisoned
by thirty men eJ. the 4th Kentucky, and, after a
sharp fight, were repulsed with a loss of eight killed,_
fifteen wounded, and several captured. The Federal
lose was three killed, Fear captured, and one mor
tally wounded.
Twenty•five guerillas, under Martin, were in
Trimble county on Sunday night, near the Ohio
river, raiding down the road to West Point, and
committing depredatlona on the people. They
robbed West Point of four thousand dollars in goods
and money. Henderson . is still excited. Tohnson
encamped ou Fair grouuds, 4tristoaing the
THE WAIL
DETAILS OF GRANS MOVEMENT
Valuable Advantages Acquired
INIFORTANT NEWS FROM GEORGIA,.
Vbeeler's Rebel : Cavalry in Sherman's Rear.
ruinaloAD‘ TRAINS AND DROVES OF
CATTLE CAPTURED
The Enemy Trying to Sever our Communications
OESTRFOTION OF TOR BAILOR/0 TUNNEL AT
TEANAL BILL PRASE%
ATTACK BY A REBEL FORCE ON DALTON
OUR FORCHT3 DRIVEN OFT OF PART OF THE TOWN
No Communication at Present with Dalton
OFFICIAL EFFORT OF THE BAT
TLE TIL'E 28th.
THE INDIAN WAR ON - THE PRAIRIES.
Probable Disaster to oar Expedition
RUMORED ,DEFEAT OF GENERAL SULLY.
More Devastation by the Tallahassee.
SERIOUS INCREASE OP TUE NOM
BNB OP HER
ABM* IMF°ltr. PNTERSBIDIM
' TUB AIOVISAIXIIT 171 . TUB JAMES—SPIipttLATION
TO THE POINT OP FINAL ATTACK—OUR L 09858
• • A ND 0.17115-8T05158 OP DBSEATBEB.
Wsurrx.noxON, August 17.--The"Chronicle's spa.
dal correspondent sends them the following graphic'
description in regard to the new movement:
Orrr Va., August, 15.—When at, early
dawn on Saturday; the 13th, the. ever-fighting 2d
Corps came marching into our wrecked city, with
bands playing, bayonets gleaming, and torn ban
ners profidly Mattering, everybody and, his friends
guessed its destination to be Maryland or Penn
.
Emma:L. The shipments of the troops were made
from two pOints, the ordnance and the forage docks.
At the latter place the Sanitary Conatalialon
bad an ample supply of ice :water, which was duly
drawn upon. - As each vessel loaded up she- headed
• down stream, and anchored off Lighthouse Point.
." If bound for Washington, why not go aboadl"
"Why anchor here l" queried one -cute person,
which caused another observing individual to remem
ber that be had seen 'the pontoons, which lie just
above. the 'point, all manned and awaiting or
ders. This ..settled the question of tip or down
stream In their minds. The loading of transports
continueduntil dark. At midnightl was disturbed
by the conversation of two men, the same two
whose opinions I have just recorded. ' They bad
watched since dark the fleet, as May at anehor,,and
now they were about to have their views confirmed,,
for presently there glided past MB, in ominous si
lence, the Kennebec, on whir a were Generals Han
cock, Barlow, and Miles, and their staffs. Fifty
rods to the rear came inother vessel; then atiother,
and another, until thirty.two bad passed. Watch
ing them until their lights were put out by Turkey
Bend, I -retired. • 4 , :
At 8 A. 311. of Supday, the 14th, the Metamera
-received - Oh board General Grant and staff, and
passed up the river. Half an hour after the United
States Sanitary Commission tug, Governor Curtin,
laden with supplies and nurses, followed, - to find:the
'whereabouts of the 24 Corps.' Before arriving at
her deiitlnatlon she .was hailed by the gerboat Aga-
WAtrt. This vessel, while engaging a' rebel battery
the day previous, had received a shell, Whieh
ex
ploded, killing three men and wounding eight
others. Leaving all necessary supplies with them,
the boat'Soon afterwards arrived at Deep Bottom,
,
the place where our troops had debarked: They
bad already found the enemy, and were engaging
him = about a- mile distant from the Bottom; and,
though,lt was evident we had Surprised him, he was .
rallying aernirably. Later in the day, when the
Governor Curtin took more supplies and a rein
forcement of nureee, we learned from yei7 reliable
sources that our forces .pass Wlostell from the rebels
several well - defeLded positions, in which we lost
two hundred and fifty in'kilied and wounded ; very
few killed, however. We hive captured six guns,
two mortars, 'and over one hundred prisoners.
The object of the expedition is not yet apparel:Ate,
outsides, 'lf the capture of Fort Darling belt, we
have first _to Pasg the Ilewlett Ileuse battery, built'
on as bleu:bluff:ma Darling itself, wherioethey deuld
deliver a
...-- , sousicarided-hirthis battery-is a: bar aver
' , Fifth only yes'' , light-draught vessels could, pass.
I pope it Is not contraband for me to tell that ina
nceavrea are In progress - by which both tfieee obsta
'ales will no longer be considered as suit, the con-,„
formation of the river near there favoring a canal
project, whlrli 'already giVes.earrest of better re
sults than: the Vicksburg affair. Other points, not
necessary. for me to qualm i diseourage the' idea of
Port Darling being the realpoint of attack.
[Correspondence of the Associated Press ]
THE ARMY BEFORE ATLANTA.
town. About• seventythree gnerilhe were in
-43rownsbore. Old Hall is plwaderlog the town, and
calming great excitement.
LATgg TELEGRAPHIO COMMUNIC &TION WITH
DALTON ODT •-• MTH FORCES DRIVEN THROUGH
Trig TOWN EAILHOAD DAMAGED, AND A . D.
TEMPTED ,posprosronow OP A TUNNEL.
LomeviLis, August 27. Three hundred and
fifty bead of cattle, captured by Wheeler, have been
recovered.
The damages to the railroad near Calhoun have
been re paired. Four trains were at Dalton whoa
last heard from.
On the refusal of Diebold to surrender, Wheeler
attacked Dalton, and gained some buildings in the
town, where they kept up a harassing fire, driving
-Diebold's men from their Situation to the railroad
station, where they checked the•rebels. The enemy
wee on both rides of the railroad, and trying to cut
the road. Stedman wilt probably reinforce Liebold
in time.
A train Is reportattaptnied at Alatimina Pass
Wheeler's force is probably divided, and opera
ting at different points. That portion at Dalton Is
aiming to destioy the tunnel at Tunnel Dill.
Teiegraßblo communication with Dalton has
ceased, the wires being cut.
OFFICIAL warmly OF EpprI;RAI, L001.17--TEL* ACTION
Or THE ETTIT. AHD 28TH.
Wm:gram:Toy, August 17.—The following report
from General' Logan has been received at head
quarters :
kusenquamreate OF TIM 15TH ARMY Conn,
BEFORB ATLANTA , Ga., July 29.
Comma. : - I have the honor to report that, in
pursuance`of order's, r moved my commandin posi
tion on the right of the 17th Army Dorps, which was
the'extreme right Of the army in the field, on the
night and morning of the 27th and 28th inst., and,
during my advance in line of battle to a more desi
rable position, we were met by the rebel infantry
from Hardee and Lee , s corps, who made a despe
rate and determined attack at" lig A. AL of the
28th. lily lines were only protected by logs and rails
hastily thrown in front of them. The fins; onset was
,received arid. Checked, and the battle commenced
and lasted until eight o'clookin the evening. During
that time six successive charges were made, which
were six times gallantly repulsed, each time with
fearful-loss to the enemy. Later 113 - the evening ,
my lines were- several times assaulted vigorously,
but eaoh time -with like result. The most of the
fighting occurred on General Harrow and Smith's
front, Which' formed the centre and right of the
command. The troops could not have displayed
more courage or greater determination not to
yield. Had they shown lies they would have bean
driven-from their position. Brigadier Generali
Woods, Smithit:s.nd "Harrow, division commanders,
are entitled tq equal credit for , their gallant con
duct and.shilltalrenelldig the assaults.
Iffy tharks arelslue; to ;Major Generals'Blair and
Dodge , for sending the reinfon3emerits at a - time
when they were • mach: needed. -lily lessee were
50 killed, 439 wounded, and 73 missing' ; In the aggre
gate 572 men. The dlyision of General Harrow cap
tured five , battle-flags. There were about 1,500 or
2,000 muskets 'captured; 1,006 prisoners were cap
tured, exclusive of 73 wounded, who have been re
moved to the hospitals and are being cared for'by
our surgeons. rive. hundred and sixty-ftve rebels,
up to this time, have been burled, and about 200 are
supposed to be yet unburied. A large number were
undoubtedly. carried away during the night, as the
enemy did not withdraw until nearly (lei .. .light. The
enemy's loss could not have been less; in my ludg
ment, than six thousand or seven thensand.
I am; very respectfully, your obedient eervant,
SOHN A. LOG.I.N,
Major General Commanding 15th Arm3r Corps.
Lieutenant Colonel Wm. T. CLARK , Assist. Adj
General.
•
[ENrkoRsBarENT.]
FIZADQVARTICUB ARMY OP TEM TRNITESEINg, 1113-
BOHN ATLANTA, Ga . , Sully 29, 1864.—1 n forwarding
the within report, I wish to express my high gratin.
cation with the conduct of the troops engaged. I
never saw better conduct in battle. The General
Commanding the 15th Amy Corps, though ill and
.much worn, was, indefatigable; and the success of
the day is as much attributable to him as to any one
man. 111 s officers, and, in fact, all the officers of
this army,that commanded my observation, coaope
rated promptly and heartily with him.
0. 0. HOWARD, Major General.
THE 'OIIIRRILLA. WAR.
OAFTirEF OF TWO STEAMERS ON FDIC 'YAZOO
Csano, August 17.--Plaksburg advices of the.loth
say that the steamers Check and Atlantic N0.1.,0n
river, a cotton expedition up the Yazoo are reported
to have been capttired by the rebels. A force of re.
bell ; 1,500 strong. attacked the troopsguardleg a
plantation in the vicinity of Goodell& Landing.
They were held at bay till' our troops were rein.
(diced, when the rebels were driven back with con
siderable loss. The steamer Marietta, from Drew
Orieo3ll3 - 011 the 10th,,has arrived.
An attempt was made to destroy the gunboat La
Fayette with a' torpedo la BayOu Sado, a few days
ago, butt.t failed.
General Hurlbut has arrived here. General
Payne has returned from lds guerilia-minting expe
dition into Tennessee. The railroad from Paducah
to Union City will be iminediately repaired, and
Citizens residing along thedine will be bAlpsir." - „,
stbleitir damages.
THE INDIAN WAIL
EXPOIITED titPZIOP OP OP:PEIZAL SULLY BY TRH
INDIANS. -
• OnicsGo, August .flacotah Union, of the
9th inst., says a rumor was prevalent at Fort Batt
`daU that Indian runners had arrived amongst the
Yanktons with the , intelligence that Gen. Sully
had had a ba t tik with the _lndians, on Knife river,
and bad been badly-defeated. The nine; needs eon•
lumation:
ANOTKRE KEPGRT OP TER DEFEAT.
. ST. /..OVIt4, AGOIO.IOIS Daeotah Union says
'Mat - 0 th:‘,Niy,=.liitir - mehj7bit - Fait 'Hioe on
the 18th Wk. moving directly west, to strike the
Yellow-Stone river at Fort Alexander. A. (warier
stiffed at . Fort Moe on the 21st, with the intelli
gence Unit 1,700 lodges of hostile Indians were en
camped near Fort Fierthold, prepared to give Sully
battle. This intelligence was immediately sent to
Gen. Stilly, and should Gen. Rigand deem it relia
ble, he will probably oLango his eourse, and at
tack the Indians.
AN ATTACK ON ALL THE FORTS LK PLATTE PALLEY
—THE STAGE ROUTE BROKEN UP—THE PEOPLE.
OP INDIAN TERRITORY PREPARING POE DEPE?.ICE.
OMAHA CITY, August 17.—The overland stage
company continue to remove their stock to places of
safety from the incursions of -the Indians, who at
tacked &roe coaches loaded with passengers seven
miles east of Cottonwood this day at noon. Sol
diers have been sent to their relief, and it is ascer
tained by reliable scouts that in loss than twenty
days a simultaneous attack will be made by com
bined bands of Cheyennes; Klowas, Utes, Snakes,
Cainanches, and Arrapahoes, on Fort Kearney, Fort
Cottonwood, and all along the Platte Valley.
Every measure is being taken by the whites to give
them a warm reception. All the ranches have been
deserted, and the families are taking refuge in the
forts.
Depredations continue to be made daily on the
Stock, coaches, and stations. The telegraph opera
tor at Alkale Lake has been driven on; and stock
has been taken on the more thickly-settled portion
of the road, .between Omaha and Fort Kearney.
The people are erecting forts for defence, and are'
arming themselves for the emergency, although it
is hardly probable that any Incursion') will be made
so far down the river.
General Curtis arrived here yesterday, and leaves
for the Weet shortly to adopt decisive and tflicient
romienres for the protection of the mall route and
emigration. -
THE TALLAHASSEE.
MOILIC DZPILNDATIONS-ONN SKIP AND SIX SOHOC*
NERB BUHR OPH YARMOUTH
YARMOUTH, N. S. August 16. 2 -The sdhooner So
phia, from Turks Island, arrived here today with
the crews of the following melds, which were sunk
by the Tallahassee:
Ship Jamcs Littlefield, of Bangor, from Cardiff
for New York, Bunk on the 14th, in lat. 42 deg.,
long. 66 deg.
Schooner Lamont. Dupont, of Wilmington, Del.,
sunk on the 13th, in lat. 40 deg., long. firdeg.
Schooner Mercy A. Howe, of Chatham, sunk yes
terday, in lat. 43 deg., long. 66 deg.
After the crews of the above vessels were put on
board the SophJa, the Tallahassee sunk four other
schooners, one of which was the J. H, Ho won, of
Gloucester. The smoke from the steamer was seen
this morning in the direction of Seal Island.
TUB, DEVABTATION OPP TA.IELY01:1111-COPPIRVA
TION OF TEO! ABOVN.
osTow, August 17.—A despatch from the Ame
rican, consular agent at Yarmouth, N. S., to this
city, says that six vessels were destroyed by the
pirate Tallahassee on Monday, six miles Prom Cape
Sable. Thirty men of the crews were landed at
Yarmouth in a destitute condition. The pirate was
in sight ea-biol .- edgy morning.
TWENTY-FIVE vxesims DESTROYED OTT THE COAST
OF MAINE.
TITOX6I3TON; Me., August 12.—The rebel steamer
Tallahassee yesterday destroyed twentyAvo vessob3
off Martinolons Look. She was manned mostly by
Nova Scotia men. After sending the crews and
passengers of the Tweets destroyed- Into Friend
ship, by small craft, she steered In an easterly
direction. -
CALIFORNIA.
Application for Release from Arrest—
4sisfes News.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 17.—An application was
made to the United States Circuit Court, yesterday,
for the release of Charles L. Weller, lately confined
in Fort . Alcatraz for using treasonable language,
urging the Democrats: to armed resistance to the
draft, etc. The application for release was based
on the act of Congress requiring a civil. indictment
of parties arrested by military authority in the
loyal States, or their dhichargo within a. certain .
time.
The Supreme Court of California' haii affirmed
the constitutionality of the lawprovlding forthe en
forciment of oontraots for payment In gold. The
deolkon gives greet satisfaction to business circles.
Hong 'Kong dates of June 30th state that Nankin
was the only important city lett' in possession of the
rebels, and was closely invested by the Imperialists.
A fire in Manilla had destroyed *2,000,000 worth of
tobsies.
MEXICO.
An Austrian A rtny for
rez at Moister Ty.
Sr. Louts, August it—The New Orkieserimes
has news from Mesico•to the Batch that. iffaxinitilan
has provided for the formation of an' Austrian anal
for Perviee in lijaMco, to be eqmposed of old Ml
.:erg and soldiers of the megrims.
The newly appointed Gosernor of Ohipahaea
organizing all the loyal Republicans, to aopaipainst
the new-Enipeaor.
The Frenege Wort were drive* .out of Adults,
and retreated to the 'abed of Oasweas. ' •
Juarez instill at hlnaterey.
The.Bfiratta eitPou e lt rAceepfl.e.--The New
Work Neat Ow Willllllllsr.
POrOTIXE "'"Ro Augott 17 .—vrhe Noir York boat,
Gm Y. Brown, beat tip Pittsburg boat Twilight by
three hundred y . attle, Tuna tjurty-throo Trabut:9ll,
tblity gewitY. .
STATE LEGISLATURE — Extra Session.
' HAR!trearils, August 17, 1801.
„..
SENATE.. '
Mr. Joirsrsorr , Presented a petition signed by 25
privates of the 187111 Regiment P. V., asking for a
redress of grievances, and a return to the State for
provost guard duty, in accordance with the terms of
their enlistment.
Mr. WORTIIIICOTON introduced an act increasing'
the fees of sheriffs, prothonotaries, and clerks of Or
phans' Courts of the State.
Various local bounty bills were introduced.
Also, by Mr. History, an act extending the oorpo
rate powers of the borough of Bristol.
Also, by Mr. DONOVAN', a communication froM
Philadelphia City Councils relative to anew militia
law.
Mr. Ctravramve read an act allowing those
banks which were granted eatensitin of charters
last Winter, - and which have not yet signified their
acceptance of the same, an additional time to do SO,
viz : at the first ordinary meeting of the board o
directors. The bill passed.
Dir. Conran introduced an act relative to coal•
and mining compludes, giving those mining cora
ponies alreadyincorporated, and having power to
purchase lands, the. additional authority of leasing
coal lands. .Adjourned until a P. its,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. COWNELL moved to consider a bill relative to
coal and iron companies, which passed. Namoroue
local county bills wore Famed. Adjourned.
The House met at 10 A. M.
Mr. Divans, of Bedford * offered the following
amendment to the militia bill:
"Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so
construed as to confer power upon the Governor, or
on any officer of any bay of troops to be raised'
der this law, to send or take finch troops beyond the
limits of this State."
. . .
Pending the debate upon this amendMent,
The SPEAIma laid before the House the Senate
amendment to an act enabling. State banks to trans
act business under`the national law. The amend
ment requires the banks which make the change to
surrender the "specie certificates" of the State
which they received in 1862. The amendment If 21.3
agreed to, and the bill was passed.
MILITIA BILL.
In addition to the amendMent of Mr. Myers,
'another amendment, fixing the _penalties of deser
tion from the militia force, wattoffered.
Mr. PURDY spoke at length, defending the Demo
cratic party from the charge of disloyalty ; alleging
that they upheld the laws and Constitution against
the aggressions of an administration which had dis
tinctly pledged itself to extinguish slavery - in the
South, at every sacrifice. Be praised General Mc-
Clellan, and denounced the Union League as a.
secret society which had existed before the organize.
Lion of "American Snights i r ifthere was really
such & society. - s , Ls:
The amendment of Mr. Myers (problbiting the
troops from going outside of the State) was lost--
ayes 48, noes 47.
Mr. Mvxas then offered another amendment, that
the troops shall not be sent «beyond the natural de
fellPiVl3 limits of the State." rats expression was
eXplained to mean the line of the Potomac river.
Mr. Swim thongbt that the , natural defences of
the State were now down on the James river.
Mr. MKS said that the secret was now unfolded.
The plan simply was to organize fifteen regiments
to do the bidding. of Abraham Lincoln, and to be
transferred by him to the Gulf of Mexico, or the
James. or the Chattahoochle, or Texas.
Mr. QVICILItY considered that the Governor had
learned a lesson which would prevent him from
making any such transfer. He was willing to
trust the officers of the troops, who would there
selves he Pennsylvanians.
Mr. WATSON said that ihe bill was simply 'what
it purported to be, viz : a measure of -tats defence.
In lakieg these defensive measure it might ba ne
cessary to cross the Potomac. Ile was not in favor
at resent of sending them - to the James river.
The amendment relative to the "natural defen
iliVe limits' , of the State was lost—ayes 35, noes 47.
The amendment fixing certain penalties for non
attendence (desertion) was stricken out.
Mr. Rio( moved to strike out so much of the bill '
as authorized a draft. Lost—ayes 40, nets 46. •
Mr. JAO/1802P moved to strike out so much Of the
bill as allowed the Governor to keep men from any '
particular portion of the: tate to Barrio°, without
keeping the entire body. Lost—y all ow i ng y 46.
Dlr. moved to amend by the regi
ments to be retained in service "for a period not ex
ceeding one year," instead of "as lonir as the -Go
vernor may deem necessary." Lost—yeas 35, nays 45.
Mr. PATTON moved to amend by allowing the
County Commissioners to appoint the examining
surgeons, instead of the Governor. Lost—ayes 38,
nays 43.
Mr. Coons .w offered an amendment providing
for the pay of assessors by the several cities and
counties (when the brigade fund is insufficient).
Agreed to.
The bill passed finally—yeas 70, nays 15.
The vote was not, a political one. Adjourned un
til afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Mr. Cotamars presented a petition accompanied
by a bill from.twelve railroad and canal companies,
asking the right to increase their tolls on account at
an increase In price of labor and materials.
Mr. Satyrs, of Philadelphia., from the Committee
on Extension of the Capitol Building, reported tkat.
seventy thousand dollars would perfect the improve-.
cents; the House postponed the whole subject in
definitely.
air. Flues introduced an act relative to the pay
ment of bountieS by the townships, wards, and
boroughs. in Delaware and Chester counties, which
passed.
Dir. Sastra called an act appropriating flv.e
hundred thOluuna dollars to the oldie= of Chem•
bersbu , - -
No final action was taken.
Twenty.live Democratic members Who voted for
the militia bill enteral]. a protest on the journal,
that they object to the bill because lt, gives the Go
vernor a right to appoint regimentalotlicers instead
of having them elected, and also because It allows
drafts in portions of the • State, which Is unjust, arid'
also because it does not prohibit troops from being
forced into the national service, and also because
It authorizes the seizure of property in border coun
ties, which are already impoverished. Adjourned.
THE STATE.
Twr At This ify A Snewn.—William Hot% a boy
about eight years of age, reading with his mother
on South 'Queen street _ while. Walking tWougki - a
netts a feW miles from town; on Thursday morning,
last, tramped upon a snake, and was bitten in the
foot, Swelling immediately commenced, which lir
about six hours was communicated to the hoarti
when the boy Instantly expired.—York Democrat.
0111 - BAGS On A SOLDIER BY HIS SUP/MOIL-0n
Friday rooming last, as the mail train on the N. 0.
R. W. was passing near. Shrewsbury station, a
soldier, one of a guard of some Confederate pri
soners going North, was 'pushed from the cars
by the officer in command of the squat As
the cars
.were running at full speed at the time,
he was terribly Injured by the fall. He was
taken to Shrewsbury, where Dobtors Hassey and
Gerry amputated one of his legs and attended
to his other Injuries. In the evening he was
brought to the York army hospital, where he
now lies. His name was William Dunn, of the 20th
.Pennsylvania Regiment. The perpetrator of this
outrage, whose name we have not been able to
learn, is said to bare been under the influence of
liquor at the time. If the story as related to us is
correct, no punishment can be too severe for the
wretch who could be guilty of such a diabolical set.
What makes the occurrence still more sad, is the
fait that the term of Service Of the Injured man will
expire in a few days —York Gaze' Ile.
A NICW SHOW."—A recent discovery was made
by Captain James Saint, on his premises at Sharps_
burg, in a manner truly extraordinary. The Clap
tale observed one day oil arising to the surface of
the water, near the edge, and in order to dis Cover
the sconce of the precious substance, prepared five
small basins, into. which the ell flowed. In six days,
he took up from the basins four barrels of oil, bat
the sudden ripe of the river overflowing the basins,
oyeratlons Were sa4spended. The cdris represented
as very pure, of a deep reddish color, and burns
Pwith great brilliancy in its crude state.—Erie De*.
atch.
THE STE/MOTH OT Tri m REBEL ARMY rN AT.
LANTA.—Gerezal Hazen, a brigade commander in
Sherman's army, gives the following estimate of the
number of rebels now garrisoning Atlanta :
Johnston's veteran army, by his official report
June 26th contained 46,628 arms-bearing mea,
eluding 6,681 of Wheeler's Cavalry. They hive lost
since that time 5,000 prisoners, and in their
three assaults upon our works since arriving In
front of this place at least 20,000 men. They have
receid f Mississippi 3,500, and are receiving
from Governor Brown's proclaniation about 8,000
militia. This gives them to-day. an army of about
25.000 veterans and 8,000 militia. t . 33.000 in all.
1 hese figuies are subatantially'sorreci. The hope
of being reinforced by Kirby Smith, is at last
given up. After exhausting the militia of ala
batua and Eastern hiisaleaippi, which may amount
to ten thousand more, if they have the power to
force them Out, I' cannot for my life see how the
enemy can make up the wastage of their -army.
know the rebel army, whin ft was joined by
Polk just before the fight at Hence, was seventy
one thousand strong. This included Polk, and
bealdo this additions before mentioned it has re
ceived a brigade (Harting's) of at least three.thea•
sand from Mobile. This gives the enormous loss
to them since the campaign of iiity-two thousand.
men. What . possible chance is there for these
thirty-three thousand now bolero us i These figures
may seem exaggerations, but they are not--they
are realities ; cud when it is remembered that we
have taken.twelve thousand prisoners, have had no
less than twelve engagements, where from one to
three corps have been in battle, with the ordinary
desertions and k i sses from disease, the fifty-two
thousand Is readily made up. What will hinder the
daily attrition of the next three mot:the from coin.
plying the overthrow of those before usl
This statement seems surprising, and -tir e -reader
naturally inquires how such a force can hold At
lanta for even one day against Skernian'S large,
weltdisciplined army. This the General tan& an-
E.V3111 :
You will say, perhaps, why not assault so con
temptible a foe and put him out of his misery at
once. The art of war here Is no longer a chance
matter. Both armi es convey a full supply of ell.
trenching tools, an no forces on littler side ever.
reel till they have before them a complete line -of
works strong enough to resist the heaviest field
ordnance, with obstructions in the front in the
way of abattis, palisades, and entrenchment; that
put the matter of an sat °nit quite out of the cp.ms.
tiOD. I think the battle of tlbickamauga on the left
taught both armies• the value of these works. _Ku
assault by either side in this campaign has been
successful.
A NEW P.A.PIIR• ItrAWlli PROCESS.—The Belton
Transcript of Tuesday rays "We understand '
that a gentleman of this city, who ham already
successfully Introduced many Improvements' in
the manufacture of fibrous and- felted - goods,
luta patented a process fur _making paper
stock from max, wool, or other fibrous materials,
by which it is claimed - that one-half the cheat'.
cats now used will be saved, and that good stock
may be made for less than six cents per*
pound. Papermakers will understand the , Elm
portanee of the saving in chemicals, which la
one of the heaviest , items of expenditure in. mak- -
ing paper stock. As yet nothing. has been don*:
to put the new process into practical operation;
or even to test Its merits, the time and attention'
of the inventor being absorbed by his other
extent-ice business operations. But the attention
of printers, paper-Makers, and capitalists cannot
fell to be drawn to any improved process which
holds out a hope of again supplying cheap paper,
and it is possible that we may soon see a revolution
In paper manufacture.., -
Erritninvai POSITIVZ SAME OF 600•PACKAGEO
AND LOTS OP BRilltalf, YREHOH, GIIR/E&N, ANDo
Anntnicaw Dar Goons„Tars early p-ar
tionlar. attention of dealers is requested to tie.
valuable and desirable assortment of foielirn and
domestic dry goods, etabraoing about 600 packswe
and lots of staple and fancy astioles in cottons,
woolens, worsteds, and tints, (inandlng 5,500 &nen
cotton hosiery an* gloves, to °lama foreign accniane,)
to be peremptorsy sold by eatsiogne, on a oistdit of
four months, and part for cash, oommeneing this
"(Thursday) moaning at ten Veloch, to be continued
an day without intermission, by John EL : Dlfyeni &
Co., auctioneers, Nos. =and* Market street.
TAR BROA.D.BTFIBET ACADNICY.—We have
calved a catalogue, register,' and prospectus of ,tle
new and flourishing, school ostablkghed by Tar. Ed
ward Roth, A. M., at an South Brood street. Mr.
Roth was formerly a profess St. iltikers Col
lege, Wilmington, ano his experience lg..an in.
etructor Is tinqueationable. - The reportqf
street. Ataileiny shows the afflotencx of a m l a gp i r
,gentleman eatiuttgl table - ,
=MEE=
BANES.
HOUSE.
STATE BANNS.
THE 0171"17.
The Theraeofeeter.
AUGUST 17. UM.' " AtierriT 7 7.14 q
SA. A 1..... Is AL ....3P. 11. e a.. 14..... 12 x.... 3?
74 79 77 81 93 ..
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ABRI-vm, OF TICS AND WOUNDED BOLDip,R,
The transport Western Metropolis arrived er th ' is "
port yesterday. morning. She went up the
YID, and anchored near the Gray's Fe rry t 4 ,1,10 ,,
She bad on brard two hundred and eighteen Whig
soldiers and two hundred and thirty-nin e .. I , nvi
The men were distributed among the hospitals 7%.
Baltic also arrived yesterday, with flue hang(
ro ;
sick and wain : hod. She anchored off Dickorm,
Street wharf, whence the men are to be eo nnytti T
the White Bell and Beverly ( N. S.) hospitals, (1
About midnight, on Monday, a lot of forty ar r i
from Washington , upon the cars. Am ong t 4 cl
were the following Pennsylvanians :
John McClure, B, 38 S H Hulse, I, 84
S W MoFarlan_, 62 0 Courtney, n 111
John Blakeney, G, 8 3 N 81
Ed McGwvern, D, 116 Geo Snyder, o, St
Israel Gunoble, 1,148 John Lemard, E,13 8
Dennis Andrews, I, 62 El E Holler, E, 81
Samuel Godwin _(3100 Jas Vincent, H..13s
Rockwell, E, Jos ILarouil. O. 5
Joa Geary, B. 141 David Spear, B, top
M Wingsrd, B, 100 Win Bette. G, 14,3
Henry Dittman, 1, 188 Alex Mayer E. re
Joe Poff . JOB (Mary, 6,
Jnoldeßanatiln, F,139 S A Clary, Cr, too
Oorp J Dottenger, G, 184 Levi Frit& tm, I, 45
Balatun Meese, F, 2 Art Patriok.O'Kelir, I, Sr
The only death reported at the Medical Dtreet4ri
efface yesterday was that of Isaiah Garland,
Pain 0, Ist Maine Heavy Artillery.
The following soldiers were reported at the Xedi.
cal Director's office yesterday as having dessttst
from the army hospitals in this department :
Filbert-street Hospital —George W. Shirly, Co, F ,
lst Pennsylvania. Artillery.
Germantown Hospital.—Henry Stanford, Co,
73d New York.
ItECRI7ITTN6
Recruiting for the colored regiments is slightly
improving. The 45th Regiment United Star t ,
Colored Troops is nearly full, the tenth comps, t
being almost completed.
DIISCELLAIMILOI3IS.
THS I'ASSRISGIVR 'RAILWAYS.
A NNW GANN, AND STOW IT IS PLAYED.
The different passenger railway companies of
the city, It seems, have been unable to supply Cow
cents in Chat ge to every one riding who did not far,
nigh the air cents change. Not willies, howavir,
to abandon the project of increasing tee fare one
fifth Its former amount, In the face of large sem i .
annual dividends on the par value of st.ek, one,
bait of which par value was in most cases newer
paid in, they have adopted another mode. T 407
lesterday had placards posted in their cars at
followa :
PACKAGE Timms,
Ss for one Dotter. ,
GOOD ON ANY CITY RAILWAY.
@
For Sale by the Cond actor.
Th e tickets are valued at three cents each, atm
the accommodating. companies, for the be ti I I
their customers, give them 6102 in tickets for oat
$1: We preenme ' that, to however small an et. al
tent the tickets might be purchased , the comes.. a
.nice,after investing the lands arising therefrom In EI
six, per cent. securities, would be the beneuttee ' al
party, and the two cents on the dollar saved (it to fa
their customers would be placed on the buns) Pius
aide of thelbook of the company. That matter, how.
.. r t
ever, is all perfectly correct and, if the ticket bust. ail
nees were confined to the purchase and sale of them ot
no fault could befound,,but Instead aril:tat the tickets
are used as currency, and passengers are compellei -. A
to take them or go without change. To Illustrate ar
this we need only relate an event which happened t a
tinder our own personal observation yesterday nal
morning in car NO. 14 of the Green and Coster. Ipc
street Railway. A respectable gentleman of this e,
city got into the oar and gave the conductor a tea. or
cent note. Conductor received it and returned the uce
passenger one cent and a ticket of which the follow. ) e
ing 18 a copy : boon
PHILADELPHIA PASSENGER RAILWAYS. CODPI
One
Ftr a Child..
Two for Adults.
For Exchange. •
Three.
(Endorsed) Green and Coates P. E. 11,
The paesenger declined receiving it as he wadi rte
not want to use U. conductor said he eyelet #nan
help it; that was the best be - could do. Passes. mil
ger refused to take the ticket, and coeditor -I s
kept his ten cents. .Are the Board of pre;~; .„,
dents and Boards of Directors of Pasteater *"'i •
Railways awaie that by' the issuing of thee i
"(skews ,' they'have-firade themselves' liable to ice oa:per
and Imprisonment ? They are already liable to the
-felt of any one to arrest and imprisonment for ext. Tag
spirecy : but, no, doubt, believing that the apathy diga
- U
' of the citizens of Philadelphia, Which allowed their
first illegal act to go by wlttiout punishment, edit ma if; n
e
take no notice of this equally flagrant wrong, that ptopp
do not hesitate to do as they feel disposed or as their pre of
selfishness tells them.-will be for their personal la. W arn
Lerests, regardless alike of the private rights of to ~,
• dividuale and of their obllgations to citizens &tines "
lot-the uninterrupted use of the highways. "corbel
For their benefit we quote a section of the octet 'have
Congress of July 17, 1862, relative to the postal knew :
:currency of the
_United States: t o ,
Sao. 2. -Piens and ; after the first day of Aurae, • „...,.,"'''
lik•2;no private corporation, banking association, ~.."'"'
firm, or Individual, shall make, hatte, circulate. or Xockh
pity any note, - check, memorandum, token, or other Street,
obligation for a less sum than one dollar, Weald
to anecdote as money, or to be received or used In zger ;
Ben of lawful money of the United States; and
:every person so.offendingehall, on conviction there
of I L any district or circuit 'court or the Matti
bt a t es , b e eemished by tine not exceedine five lame
dred dollars, or by Imprisonment nof eiCaodlog di
months, or by both, at the option of the court.
MEETING OF TIER FIREMEN.
1 11 -..
A meetibirsvas held last evening. at the Delaware s. . , eree
Engine house to adopt measures tor the retie/ial linflez I
of the 23d Regiment Pennitylrania Volunteers, wall
are expeeted to return to this City on the Z. br iirrilo
24th instant.
greet a
Joseph Brady, of the Delaware Engine, cru priseni
called to the chair 3 John P. Todd, of the Shifter
Bose, was chosen secretary: • natal' .p
:The following-named companies -were present:k i4 :ol
Delaware, Independence, and Assistance Etigio; g.
Shiftier, Western, Perseverance, and Wasameton
• Hose Companies,
A. ISI.
" Resolutions were adopted inviting the (shi
leaser,
of
Of the . ki p -Department, Bard
col DlreetOra and Secretaries, Snd Connell Commit. he pub
tee en Reception, - of which P. A_ Wolbert is chair. teal, an
man, and Prase Club of Philadelphia, to parttopite ml hay
in the ceremonies. ' rah to
Adjourcieeto-meet at the Perseverance Hoye
house on Saturdayevening, 20th inst. inallty,
PHILBENTAT/ON. EYE 4
Wissahickon Hall was tie scene of an Interesting
~,,,,,a . ., 1
'occurrence, ou last Tuesiday'at , tiricoon, by the meet-
ling there ol the.mechanioa k and - material-men con. a" e y"
nected with btdlding the low-of houses on Sprier
Garden street, between Twenty-first and Twenty
second, of - v , hicklarrNathat - Stretch was the ma t A]
tractor. Mr. H. C. Harper was chosen chairman,
and Mr. A. H. Campbell secretary. "The chafrinto,
in a few appropriate remarks,
,presented to Hr.
Stretch a very handsome gold watch and chin, as I g Peat,
a testimonial of the esteem in which he was held by 1 Wright
every one having any connection with him daring ti s
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the progress of the - buildings: After the presents- ' ‘ . lt4;.'
tion the party sat detest to - k (upper prepared for the kr - -- t ;
occasion.
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ADDITIOSZAI - :.80111(rir rno L Jo
las Rourl
_An additional bounty of $25 will be given by the I g B ru b,
citizens of the Fifteenth `WardCto every volunteer le
1. Ha
credited to the ward. An adjourned mew lug will 1 Tau Be
be held to-morrow evenittget:Pwentleth and Coates lea Etna
streets for the purpose of &drawing ennatments to hazels E
the ward. :. . - - - - Sobs Port
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VIE DATICLUXT - -WARM Tan Thom
Inn
. A: change has been made In the committee ale W
di.
pointed by the convention of the Ward Bounty Fond e ra D o tal
C.•on• mittees to superintendreorutting in those ental9 Elea Bold
which have the greatest deficiencies• to fill. Toe 0 flopkin,
committee now •CODRDHA of the following persow: PIT 0 Code
Ns B. Browne Joshua Sparing , Jae. 1.. Oragh Jll4 i a : 1 ... z.
Jas. R. Orne Dr. Wm. M.. Litter, A.: H. , Fntneit , ms, I g 2 d 7r e ,
and John W. Frazier. A. meeting of - the committee ' McEvoy
was held on Tuesday afternoon, and organized by 1„.7 lecGre
the selection of Mr. Claghorn as* ciiia:ffman, )Ir. CI smith
Francisens as treasurer, and filr. Frazier as seem. I.F Jones
tary. Another .aneeting is to be held, when dye re. WO!:
crulting lieutenants - will be appointed. A plan WW O o i
of action will also be adopted then, by width enlist. g Brawn,
ments can be furthered. . LB Brows
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. MACHINISTS AND MLACIFCErM 1
ITHS. I }Mo T dish
A meeting was heldJ o st evening, by the ma- I Latimer.
in
chinists and bladketths, to receive the reports of Ltioore..
wages. Co mmittees in reference to an advance in at. 1 / 4 aft,l,t
There did not seem to be as much Interest mud- ;c rease.
fasted in the matter us was expected. Anoint
circular was adopted to be sent to the employers,
the reports to be made at a future meeting. 1 F.Ridil.
- FATAL ACCIDENT'. 'toy "AMC
[fii
Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, Joseph Mee G,
ea eighteen years of. age, employed in Seer k_ RI V I n
field's mill, at blanayunk; was Instantly killed by t .
being canglateln.the picker . belt.
3AShattth.
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it i Beide
I Brairiaa
El Z Ithaca
J W Crum
[Before Mr. Alderman Welding.] 1:1 W Mins
. ALLEGED ARSON. r A Calk,
W P Mat
Frederick Schrayahuen was arraigned fora fie. D Elekord
thertearing, at the Central Station r on the chyle I i r o, r „,..sal!!
of setting fire to a quantity of hay on Cl:,, wharf ac ec,,,,Tieni"'
low Vine street, on the evening of August 31. 1 . sti Jone;
Lumber of witnesses were examined: Inc Rig ‘'' Cant 11 W
the evidence adduced was that the defendeet be! T T name
stated that he wished to go away, on the erenioe. 4 Mn
~___s _INDIAA ,
the fire, In the six o'clock line to New York. He 1ik ,...'" • ..71'
was subsequently seen to . go up th e wharf , he hid'' chus,
missed tae Crain. The watchman Saw Dim d o 1,1" i g o ,b ic
of the shed, but dld not Gee him return- la a !'"' _ ..s.Bhat
minutia the fire broke out. The defendant d'. IL' : irerTerdet
make his appearance until the following Salar.ii• ryt i ll'hi
and made some expnwsion that the tire was to.. ,', ',
; . ......_
lie also inquired whether the
the irlarstiil !.- iapll7'
been there, and what hail been said. The weee; a 0 - 4 1'
told him that the Fire Marshal had been int.. :':-.'. Blt
that be, the intendant, was eeen going up tel %"...,: Fs St Mes.
ews
after he had matted to go away In the New I 's.` .. ' 3 h 4
line. The delendant objected to this, and said :: d r!: Ain"
the Fire blandest should not have been so (marmot --. Elleft.
There wee evidence that :350 bales- of hay we. ,-:- f e l ?, LiS
fared for sale at the rate of $2O per ten, aaf chi •• r ke
Some of It remaining in the shed was only tit kr 5 I,
bedding, and worth only eft or leg per E )I. i
Which en insurance was effected at the rata so II
...,A
her tort. The ease over for a further inval• 1 ". Prqi
wr.lir
patio ntantil 2 o'clqdr next Monday. erns,
,
.om.limit
[Before Mr. Alderman Carter. ] ifirg Nrovit
, . .
hie X
eentre.prue A CLOTHM LINE. .X.az , arm Shea
Mary Raier commdering female without a Wl' 1H wan.
habitation, w as tted yestenlay on the cearge r B &pith
of etzipping a clothes line of about two dotes R. tr, t +Alamo
`,lni.ft yard of a house within a Stone ' s throw of CA agnal:
magstrate's office , She was committed. Lti carer.
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: LARCENY OF BODISTF MONEY. ' bn t. 7.:
mane
'John McVey and Michael Hogan were &realest- she&
before. the same magistrate, on the charge of 03 Fowle
lasceny of the sum of o r It
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THE POLICE.
deren of 1200. Le hzallr9nriEW'
nants inn induced a Ulan to enlist in the to: ° T it
j r. l
lairtriefflafter which they kept the sum of 4' 20,) i :v/1 t i p gam
hien. The soctpted were oommitted to answer. ' panj,
W Lyel
• -
(Before Mr. Alderman Shoemaker.] VelLore
,7Aul
• IaitOENY OF- wa s a MOTTLES. - Lk- • g•
A _men named John, McPherson was arraker/ , 1 . 1 . 1
yesterday on the charge- of entering the yard , f I •
house on
ing ;Second street; above Jefferson, and . 5 " /. • 7 -• er,
therefrom a quantity a clothing from a l l kb
The yard or 'alley gate had.been left untitSte:i
Monty
The defendant wasteonunkted. Imbnbi
neaszoclurrs. astah
• - Bernard Sherry wee arraigned before the lase
•
magistrate yesterday. on the charge of
the
pockets of a man who was asleep on the e.•,less2 "Areoli r ,
near Third and Thompson street. Two irtn, ,. " rl ; F71% ) 6 1
Raid, were engaged in the transaction- • i r essi
away, but one of them was arrested. Tie 6 s' - ` Aya".
ant Nvaa committed to answer. k Firth,
CASE S s i ti tre sm `rd
taw
The elopement or abduction case of :ass. Leo T ?re, e
Hess and Guillaume Pellet a as mentioned w F en .,
day, was amicably aettled. the hasband Ca sex Wile
was power elan of the children. TheltVic drot a y lithium!
gra into his castes y, arid thus tea &Mgr t ar— ge l "
068
"g* . .
-.• Anirriou NoTicz—Siya op Rows xreD SlInSa P
Would call the attention of buyers to tau 1 1 16 ro .
AWL attractive sale 'of ;LAO oases boots, B°B3,
Bslllll, balniorals, etc., to be sold by oatalcgo ,
'lNials, this morning, Thuseday, August at h . 6411. 1, D
„rbeacing at ten o'clock wooltutly, by Philip „,
Co., auctioneers, at thsdr nom Dim 525 111*6. "
awl Ckeeenrce.
DEATH.
DESERTERS