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VOL. 8.-NO. 17.
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FRIDAT,.AUGUST 19, 1864.
Wityland s ta Life of Dr. Chalmers.
The Bev, :Dr. Francis Wayland, so well
known-as Sisuccessful writer upon moral
science, intellectual philosophy, and politi
cal economy, cannoUbe 'said to have dis
tinguished 'himself as a biographer. His
" MeMoir of the Life and Labors of the
Rev. Adoniram Judson," the missionary,
consisted of two volumes, containing 1,005
pages, and would have been more readable,
more instructive, and less wearisome had
it occupied a third of that extent. Dr.
Wayland has lately published a "'Memoir
of the Christian Labors, Pastoral and
Philanthropic, of Thomas Chalmers, D.D.,
LL. D.," which has the merit, at least, of
being brief. This volume (12m0., pp. 218,)
is simply an abridgement of the Life of
Chalmers, the great Scotch Presbyterian
preacher and writer, which Dr. Hanna, his
son-in.le.w, gave to the world some years
ago. Dr. Wayland, it is evident, knows
little of Chalmers, except what Dr. Han
na's book has told him. In the preface is
a candid confession that
.8 large part
of the work , is presented in the words of
Dr. Ha - nta—the Passages "not being com
monly' designated by quotation marks."
This causes some confusion. For example,
in the concluding chapter, is the sentence,
Our acquaintance with Dr. Chalmers as
a minister commenced with his ordination
at Kilmeny," which took place, we may
add, in. 1803. Is the reader to imagine that
Dr. Wayland had this early personal inti
macy with Chalmers, commencing sixty
one years ago, or is it a statement made by
Dr. Hanna, not'" designated by quotation
marks,"
From such a writer as Dr. Wayland, a
preacher and teacher in a religious deno
mination which gives an excellent educa
tion to its clergymen, we had a right to
expect proper language. To begin a sen
tence as he does, (p. 54,) with such words
as " Says a writer in the Morning Chro
nicle," shows extreme -carelessness, of
which numerous other examples might be
given. " That work could not be gotten,"
(p. 01,) is obsolete English, as much un
used now in correct speaking and writing as
bath and doth. We are told (p. 102) that St.
Andrew's was "quite remote" from Glas
gow. The distance is about sixty-five miles,
which, we submit, is far from remote. We
submit, too, that after Chalmers' most use
ful and generally acknowledged parochial
labors in Glasgow, the "universal expres
sion of love and veneration" on his leaving
that city, could not have been wholly un
expected" by himself or the public. Of
the private life of Chalmers, the descrip
lion of which is one of the most charming
features in Dr. Hanna's book, there is
scarcely any mention by Dr. Wayland—an
omission of considerable gravity, consider
ing that the entire happiness which his mind
derived from all his domestic relations had
no small share in *fitting it for his public
duty. The first and almost the only men
tion of Mrs. Chalmers occurs on page 85,
where it is stated that she and some of the
family were with his mother at Anstruther.
Another defect in Dr. Wayland's biogra
phy of — Chalmers is the looseness of his
statements as to dates. We have (p. 23)
" From a journal kept during the fol
lowing ;ear"—the preceding year not
being mentioned.; and next page, "at the
close of the year." Designating • a date by
"_nearly twen,ty . years afterwards,"
careless warof putting (p. ss), "ten
years afterwards," has no starting point to
fix- the date. The notice of Edward
Irving, who was Chalmers' assistant at
Glasgow for some time, and, in his way
OODB
was a most remarkable man, is limited in
these pages to eleven lines! In p. 103 it is
stated, without the slightest mention of the
year, that " On. Friday, the 14th of De
cember, Dr. Chalmers delivered his intro
ductory lectures at St. Andrew's." We
guessed, from a statement ten pages farther
on, that this was in 1823, and a reference
to Dr. Chalmers' memoir in Chambers'
Encyclopedia sheaved that our guess was
correct. All through the volume, when
English is to be reduced to American cur
reney, it is on the principle (p. 13'7) that
"'a pound is reckoned at $4.80 American
currency," whereas, as Homan's Dictiona-
ry of Commerce, and other standard works,
assure us, " the pound British is worth $4.84
American money."
The 'analysis of Dr. Chalmers' per
somal character is ably executed, nor would
we desire to see, in the limited space that .
could be spared in such a small volume,
a more terse or graphic narrative of the
causes - which led to the disruption of the
Scottish Presbytery and the establishment
of the . Free Church. These, indeed, are
the only portions of the book - worthy of
Dr. Wayland's reputation as a writer.
An original memoir it confessedly is not,
and it is feeble, slovenly, and unsatisfac
tory as a compiled biography, even of the
parochial and philanthropical labors of
Thomas Chalmers. It is published by
Gould Lincoln, Boston, and is on sale
by Smith, English, t. Co., of this city.
CRY.
)a to the ir
toss. Also,
WEAL
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SUTR TORE,
T,
‘ContineataL
To the Editor of The Press:
If, as a people, we are ever to come up to
a full sense' of the peril that threatens us
from the discordant views and utterances
prevalent around, and from the malignant
outbursts'of the disloyal press, and in gene
ral society all over the free States, a great
change must, indeed, come crver us.
The number of publications that teem
with foubmouthed attacks upon our ablest
and most patriotic public men, and that
dog; with wolf-like ferocity, every inten
tion expressed and every step taken by our
Government, 15 startling to contemplate.
In 0121.13presistWs endurance of all this we
seem praeticaVto rgriore *the eVerywhere
received truths that ideas control, and are
now stronger than Armies. We seem to
have set at naught the grand axiom of our
ancestors, so emphatically enunciated in
the bloody baptism of their contest with
despotism,
"United we stand, divided we fall!"
71. BIDDAM
That this is so.seems apparent from our
strange apathy in presence
.of the immense
volume of treasonable expression around
us, on the sidewalks, in rail cars, hotels,
parlors, in our places of business, and all
this even in times the most critical in our
affairs. We would not underrate the
achievements of our "Union Leagues'?
and other estimable organizations, the gene
rous offering of their means by noble
spirited individuals, nor that awful sacrifice'
of the flower of our youth made by pa
triotic-parents ! But, alas I it would seem
that all this precious cost were insufficient
for what we have in hand. For to this hour
are found half-fiedged and hoary-headed
propagators of treason parading our tho
roughfares and permeating almost every
recess of our society, whose sympathies
and exertions, are ardent in behalf of the
red-handed assassins who inaugurated this
insurrection, and who for four years have
been slaughtering our sons and brothers
whose breasts were bared •in defence of
their country. And yet no efficient rebuke
ever reaches them. They find asylum
among us, protection in their - interests, and
avail themselves of information the most
sacred, and on the secrecy of which often
hang- results of stupendous moment to us
and our cause !
Does a man among us rightly estimate
the extent of the mischief done by mis
creants of this class, while acting as spies
and Informers for the enemy ? The emis
saries of rebellion have been playing at
this game successfully, here at the North,
ever since the insurgents opened their fire
on Sumpter, and even before. Does any
sane man doubt -this ? Let him look back
a little at the almost supernatural thwart
ing of numerous admitsbly-devised plans
and movements by our ablest leaders, all
of which have been, by aid of informers,
anticipated, and thereby baffled hy.the re
-Wis. Let him. also recur to "the various
raids on. our frontier, and - exami,ue the
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Duties of the People.
advantage our enemy ever has over us in
his knowledge of our defeneeleas or ex
posed points ; of the time best suited, for
his incursion, and the delivery of his blow ;
the accumulation of plunder, chances for
escape, &c., as compared% with the
very little we could learn of his where
abouts, his numbers,' or his intentions.
Now, ought this state of things to continue,
with the thousand of other evils growing
out of it? Ought not we, instead of turn
ing, like children, to the GOvernment, en
deavor to perform something for ourselves
and our country to the extent, at least, of
driving, by the force of an energetic
public opinion, traitorous knaves from
among us? All ranks of society, in all our
great cities, swarm with incendiaries like,
these, on whom the insurrectionary press of
their respective precincts act, and are in
turn reacted upon with baleful consequences
to' the loyal cause. Discouragement -to
voluntary enlistment, opposition to the
draft, the circulation_ of startling and
groundless reports, slanderous attacks, and.
every species of falsehood calculated to con
fuse and embarrass our authorities, emanate
front such sources -as these, and to an ex
tent undreameduf, even by reflecting minds.
A. small band of cunning emissaries' adroit
1y manipulating elements like these may do
incalculable harm. It was by such agencies
and modes that the white substratum of the
slave States were moulded, and ,at length
aroused to that pitch of malignant hatred
that now burns like an all-dev.ouring-Jlame
against us in the breasts of the myrmidons'
of Jefferson Davis. It was by these, or simi
lar means, that his vanguard of desperailoes
was organized, after being first - - chosen
from the " baser sort" of both tiers.in his
domain, it was such as these that first gave
impulse to the fiery wave which is now
desolating the once fair and fertile fields of
the whole South, and that from time to
time menaces our own. To counteract
spell ruinous and possible results here,
should not more be attempted than has yet
been done, to render the atmosphere of
our society too hot for treason to exist in
it, and so ardently patriotic as to bring
down upon the utterer of disloyal or trea
sonable sentiments, not only fiery rebuke,
but condign punishment ? A more mascu
line patriotism is needed here ; it is found
in our armies; but not enough at home.
The times require a renewal of able ap
peals pressing this point, from the press,
and in assemblies of the , people, old and
young, from the lips of eloquence. The
despotism of the slaveholders opposed to
us requires to be newly displayed and
characterized, with all its baleful features,
in the light of its later and more flagrant
acts of ferocity and barbarism, and to all
of which it would be profitable to contrast
the prosperity and glory of our happy
country before these malignants brought
down upon it their deluge of fire and
blood. A. strong upheaving of the popu-
lar heari is required to strengthen
and back the Government, so that
our noble Chief Executive shall feel that
he is neither treading on " burning marl
nor shifting quicksands I" that hd shall
be fully assured that his own, and the ar
duous efforts of his patriotic compeers in
this fiery ordeal for the salvation of our
common country, are to be sustained by a
truly patriotic people. In a word, that in
spite of occasional appearances there yet
dwells in the breasts of Americans of the
North a patriotism that will, as instinc
tively recoil from any contact, or even pro
pinquity with treason, as virtue recoils
from the touch of pollution.
Saratoga Springs.
REBEL pnormiormi UNFULFILLED—CROWDS OP
VISITERS AT THE SFILINOB—OURIOUS 'EFFECTS
OF A REDUNDANT PAPER CURRENCY, &O.
CCorreepondence of The Pram )
SARATODA, (N. Y.,) August 16, 1984.
When the "" bold, bad" leaders of Southern publici
opinion were plotting the treason which has since
culminated in flagrant and wicked rebellion, they
confidently predicted the total ruin of all Northern
places of public resort—and especially the irretrieva,
ble and everlasting downfall of _Saratoga. This
bad become one of the pet-places of the Southern
aristocracy, and hither, during the sweltering sum
mer heat, they repaired by 'handeeds, to renovate
their frames at these invigorating medicinal foun
tains, and spend a portion of the mammon wrimgby
thempom.the sinews arid the sweAt.sWit yeanAtolt
Tabor. This' 'bealiViiMiOrough; trio, had become
quite celebrated on account of the gathering of the'
leading politicians of the parties, as they existed
prior to the rebellion. Here Presidents and Vice
Presidents were made and unmade-Lhere there was
plating arid counter-plotting,mining and counter
mining, -and great was the quadrennial convocation
of the political clans of all shades and varieties, to
the exceeding satisfaction of the hotel-keepers, who
meanwhile were filling their purses with money.
When, therefore, the Southern conspirators,
moved and instigated thereto by the wicked devices
of the Prince of Darkness, resolved to divorce them
selves from their common country, and patronize
Northern men and Northern institutions no longer,
there was a seeming plausibility in the assumption
that Saratoga would stagger under the infliction to
total overthrow ! Who, then, would drink the Con
gresa Water, flow it ever so atranda.ntlyr Who, Men,
would sail on Saratoga Lake, no matter how placid
and inviting. Who, then, would tumuli) , these ex
tensive and costly hotels, and purchase the wares
so conspicuously displayed on counters and in shop.
windowsl From the very hour of the withdrawal of
Southern patronage, indeed, it was argued, " Wm
hod,' would be written upon the very gate-posts of
Saratoga, and, to all practical intents and purposes,
it would be assigned a place in the receptacle of
things lost upon the earth—be a reminiscence, not
a fact—a thing not of the living, and actually pre
sent, but or the dead and irrecoverablepartr ,
How true it IS, however, as Burns has it, that
"the besbiald schemes o' mice and men aft gang
aglee." There is an old German proverb, " Der
mensch denkt, Gott lenkt ~—(" man proposes, God
disposes.") True to their-evil 'intent, the cotton
lords of Georgia, Alabama, and the Clarolinas, the
lest three years, have not shod upon Saratogathe
light of their countenances; have not brought, nor
sent hither a cent of their ill-gotten gains; nay,
have even in-public labored, and no doubt in secret
prayed, for the fulfilment of:their predictions; but
with what result 1 Behold, ever since, the prosperi,
fy of Saratoga has had no parallel Never before,
in its palntlest days, have its hotels been so crowded
with visitors. Ito medicinal waters were never
cooler or more invigorating, and never did Such
multitudes of healtb.seekers repair to them. No
one has lost by - the operation , but the Southerners
themselves! They have thus furnished one more
illustrious instance of the egregious folly of which
men are guilty who "cut off the nose simply to
spite the face."
Among tbehundreds . of guests now at the Springs.
I notice quite a number of Philadelphians. Many
have been here from our city who have left. Among
those that remain I notice Judge Grier, of the Su
prairie Bench, ex-Chief Justice Lewis, ox-Justice
Parsons, William G. Moorhead, Esq., William
Stewart, Esq., Augustus C. Heaton, Esq., Hon
Josiah BandaHoke.
The hotel improvements deserve a passing notice,
espeolally those that have been made in Congress
Hall. The present proprietors are Meisrs. Hari
thorn & McOinber, who have. added to their esta
blishment two entire wings, either of which would
suffice to constitute a moderately-sized hotel by It
self. The south wing is , one hundred and twelve'
feet in length, by forty in width ; the_east wing.one
hundred and twenty feet in length; by:'fortyeferni, in
width, and each four stories high. It ts now'one of
the moot extensive, best-conducted hotels in the
country, and from the superadded gentlemardy
courtesy of the proprietors richly deserves the • libe
ral patronage it is enjoying.
Among the anomalies of a depreciated paper cur
rency the following Is noteworthy. There are at
present at the Springs quite a number of Cubans—
never before ad many. They all come laden with
gold, on which, at home, they have paid no pre
mium. On the liquidation of their board-bills they
are allowed the premium, of course. The practical
result is, that when a Cuban has been here a Month,
and feasted well, he lays down one hundred dollars In
gold, and receives, in_ return, a receipted bill, and
one hundred' and ,fifty six dollars in change! The
Cubans, hence, are living gratis, and making money
by it besides ! Of course, they are greatly enjoying
themselves at our expense. How long--oh, how
long H.
QUEER CABS OR INBANiTT.—A soldier had been
long sick with the small-pox in the hospital at Nat
chez, and bad so far recovered as to be able
to leave the Institution, when he was Suddenly con
fined again to the sick ward with the erysipelas, A
fit of insanity came over the man, in the iii he was
then placed, and he conceived the idea.of burying
himself' in a new-made grave in the hospital burial
place. It had been raining, and the vault, six feet
by six, had about a foot and a half water in it. Suit- •
ing his action to his thoughts, by some stealthy
Manner the soldier succeecial in reaching the grave
without being noticed by his attendant at the hospi
tal. In this grave he was accidentally discovered
by a passer-by, his head barely out of water,
body entirely immersed by muddy filth and
merely showing signs of life. He had al.:
most completed the work of his insane ideas.
The alarm was given, he was resurrected from the
terrible plight in which be was then placed, care
fully cleansed, and -invested with warm clothing,
alter being saturated inside and out with whisky,
end left by his attendants to rest and repose, no one
thinkipg that be would survive to see the morning's
sun. But their expectations were happily disap
pointed. The morning came, and with it the return
ing reason and strength of the afflicted soldier. The
reaction produced by Ids immersion in a watery
grave had possibly produced his salvation, From
p d a e t r i
e g n o t od h
a tri a e d gr ic a a d l
u t a r l e l
y a t i m m e p n r t o k l a nd
nursing,
e
that lsurzgoi t time; In' at he about to be discharged from the Variols,
Hospital and return with sound mind and body to
his regimental Vicksburg.
ALIMULTIDEIA, Vrairrars.—This city is
and good order prevails throughout. Ris about to
have an Interesting firemen 013 demonstration on the
arrival of the beautiful apparatus of the venerable
Friendship Compaq, from Baltimore, where has
been thoroughly renovatad; made to look 6. as good
ae new.". Thu company bone of the very oldest in
the trilited,Statesi.lt' being organized anterior to
1776 and his rendered good sprviee:at every lire
woy Of note, Ur exandria, from that period to
lhe'prOpOit IAI
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AY AUGUST. 19,
_1864.
THE. BEt3IEBEE REBEL CITIES.
stretching our Linea at Atlantis—The
Fluently Outflanked at Eavt—Our Picket%
Within a Stone throw of the Railroad
—Operations of the 7th and nth inst.
A correspondent furnishes the following details of .
Sherman's flanking operattons, up to the Bth inst. :
Whatever else may be doze or left undone by the
remainder of the army, that alone which transpires
in the right wing is ofAnterist to-day. This is tile
vital and allimportant point and with the " whip
lash," as the boys call this wing, from its frequent'
transfers right and left, we shall, in the end,
scourge . therebels out of Atlanta. Not by
any more hard lighting, 'probably—of Which the
rebels have learned the futility—shall this
end be accomplished, but by Inevitable flank- •
ing and threatening to cut the railroad by which
they live. All along the centre and left there is mo•
nanny and expectation, and the most absurd rumors •
about our victories and advances. So far are they
removed frdm us that only the heaviest cannonading
reaches them, while the musketry is lost in the
woods, .and they know little of the state of. affairs
"on the right," save by the grapevine. They have -
long. since found the tremendous rebel pita,and
bristling abatis in their front too strong to be assiled;
and they are compelled to content themselves en
tirely with keeping up a show of fight before them,
while the right creeps stealthily through the
woods and reaches fur the railroad. Their Can
non. Occasionally stir up the rebellious wrath, and
they respond by pitching a score or so of at-pound
.ers,,",camp kettles," as nearly as they can into the
•place whence their tormentors oome ; and It must
be owned these huge shriekers have a rather demo,
rallying effect on our men. Theu, too, an occasional
sortie is made, when our boys rush out with a fear
ful yell, and scare the rebel skirmishers pell-mell
into their works, whore they generally stay till
night, and then creep out again a little ways, to be
hounded in as before. The works have, in many,
places, been advanced so close together that skir-s
mashers could not live beta een them In any event, •
and so they will probably remain till the business is
-ended by decisive operations in these quarters.
At last. we have found the end cf the enemy's
line, and have proceeded to a .point beyond which.
he does not dare to stretch -his regiments to op
pose us, and the happy consequences begin to be
evident in his gradual tailing back. The extent to
which we overlap : them, strange OS It may seem, was
just the half of one brigade. Whether they had
any more men whom.they could have added on the..
end of the column, I do not know ; but this much I
do know, that we had only • • • brigades
left in reserve, and alter the employment of these
we would have been at our wit's end in the prose
cutiob Of the flanking schemes. But this superiority
was enough for all practical purposes, limited as it
was, and on August 7 the 23d Corps began to ad
vance with little difficulty. The bloody and motto- .
easeful assault of the previous day . had demon. :
atrated afresh the expensiveness of direct assault,
and so, on the morning of the 7th, General Has._
call's division pushed boldly out a little 'further to
the right, and began to swing around upon the
rebels toward a north and south line. They, evi
dently, believed us to be in heavy force from the
audacity of the advance, and the thick woods, by
screening the thin line while it gave free vent to the
superfluous noise and rattle of muskets, served in
the place of many a regiment. The division held
the extreme right, as on the day before, and was
about three Miles north of East Point, the junction
of the West Point and Macon Railroads, and e;
tulle from the south branch of Utoy creek. Overlap.
ping the 'rebels, as I have said, by just about the
halt of a brigade, they advanced te right wing
boldly through the woods, threatening the rebel
flank, and the latter fell batik at once, with little
show of oppoeition. Falling back on the wing. they
must also draw back the centre, and thus our ad
vance was secured, with very small loss. The 24
Division soon passed the works from which they
had been obliged to reheat the night before; and
soon, also, the 3d Division was in motion, and
moved through the works where they had been so
bloodily repulsed the .day before, and recovered and
buried their dead left on the field. If it should be
asked why this same movement was not attempted
the day before, this is the reason: They were then
in ignorance of the strength of the rebels, and espe
cially the exact point to a hick their line extended
beyond which they could accomplish a flank. Be
sides, it was near night, and it was rather hazard
ous to detach a body of men so boldly to the right
so late in the day, and with so short a time to throw
up fi rtifications for protee•ion. On the. 7th there.
was the whole day before them in which to retrieve
disaster and repair mistakes.
The loss was small, as might have been expected ;
so small as to be scarcely worth the naming. Tito
line was completely straightened out, so that the
23d Corps !armed a prolongation of the line of .the
lath, both running north and south. The 2d Divi
sion of the 23d was still more swung around, so that
its direction was a little southeast,,and its extreme
right was retired, close along the north bank of the
south branch of Utoy Creek. The extreme right
flank had advanced during the day frilly two miles
and a half, though, by swinging, it had accom
plished but a small part of this distance toward
the railroad. About one-hundred and seventy-five
• prisoners were captured by the 23d' Corps during
the day, by a rapid advance open their skirmish.
line.
The movements of August Bth were summed tip
in the occupation by Col. Striekland% brigade Of the
south bank of •Utoy. The passage was effected with
little difficulty, and the brigade, forming on the .
south bank, began to advance through-a corn-tleid,
when they encountered two rebel lines ighattle and
xetlred to their works, though the rebels were little
disposed to fight,*and withdrew without offering
battle. Several bridges were constraeted across the .
creekto facilitate retreat, if it should be necessary,
though more labor was expended upon the Works In'
front. It was here that 'the 50th (Molest Its gall
lent and honored leader, Lieut. Col. George R.
Elstner. He was bravely leading his.regiment on
toot through the corn-field, when he was singled out,
probably, by a sharpshooter, and fell pierced by &bul
let directly through the head. In losing him the
bath suffered a loss which is truly. irreparable..
._timising.up from the rank of adjutant by stealiyasnd.
deservetitrnMettiems, he had 'made'it
to know the wants and character of his men as no
other in the regiment knew them • and it is their
unanimous expreelon that .they will not find again,
long as the war may last, one who - , la the day of bat
tle, will lead them so carefully, and yet so fearlessly.
Alt how many noble and precious liveshasthis ruth
less war crushed out, and the end is not yet !: Not a
single summer's sun has gone down upon this army
since the. campaign began but his last rays have
rested upon one new-made grave, w here some soldier
sleeps his last sleep. The vast importance of the
advance whioh the 23d Corps has made- for the few
days past., toward the railroad, cannot well be ex
aggerated. The day when we lay hold upon that,
that day the rebels. If they have not already left it,
must lay' aside their hopes of holding Atlanta.
Garrard's cavalry hold the Augusta Railroad in
their potsession, and, with this last one in our grasp,
we throttle them as inevitably as death. Already
our batteries could knock the trains from the track
if only they could find ['hillock which would raise
themc•above the interminable trees. This they can
not, for the present. Our pickets who are nearest
the track report that they can hear the hoarse puff
of the locomotive as it "exhausts," and that they
can almost thrust their -bayonets through the thick
bushes into the saucy trains as they go by. The
crisis of the campaign is evidently close at hand,
WAIFS FROM REBILDOM.-
Two weeks have glided by since the flag of truce
was declared between our army and the rebels at
Petersburg for the purpose of burying the dead
lying in and around the crater. The accounts of
the scenes and incidents have already been pub_
Retied, and below we print them as they_ appeared
rebel eyes. There is a vein of what is really
fiendish bitterness .running throughout the de.
acription, which shoal treason in by no means an
enviable light, We copy from the Richmond'
Dispatch :
A truce was granted the Yankees for the purpose
of burying their dead, who were lying just in front
of our works in heaps, and already the fumes from
their black.and swollen corpses were rendering our
position almost "untenable"—more so by far than
could their artillery and minis muskets. Aocord
!ugly, at 5 A. M. firing along the line was an&
pended, and operations began. Curiosity caused
the men of both sides to cluster on their respective
sides of the flag, and officers and men whohad ao
long opposed each other at more respectful distances
were brought lace to face and side by side in front of
the yawning chasm. which had proved fatal to a few
of our noble boys. This crater now is the resting
place of a large number of Yankees, black and white,
.and is, to all appearances, nearly as before the ex
plosion, having been filled up and levelled. The
Yankees who were killed within our lines, or rather
to the rear of our lines, are buried together in a ra
vine, and theiraves occupy a very considerable
apace 01 grouna. gr • Their total number of killed,'
black and a hit will foot up between 700 and 800.
After carefully examining, with a sick heart, this
opheaed funeral pyre of our brave boys, I crossed
to the front, and .though I have seen many of our
battle-fields, never did I witness such a horrible
sickening sight. From the top of our works, for a
very considerable distance. lay the swollen, black,
and putrid masses of who were, but a few hours be
fore, Unto] soldiers. In many places the bodies were
lying across each other, negro and white barely
distinguishable, save by their uniformsand hair.
In one place. I noticed the unmistakable wool at
%inched to one rotting corpse resting across another
wearing a captain's uniform, who had owned a
large sandy beard. Among these corpses there
a ere sonic six or eight of our. own gallant South
erners, who bad been thrown over by the explosion.
. The Hag, as is the custom, was planted midway be.
tween the opposing lines, and officers of all grades,
and men, walked freely about on their respective
sides ; . .we were glad to see that our officers reused to .
encourage that Impudent communicative trait which
the Yankees endeavored, as usual, to display. I
noticed particularly ono I ankee major who exerted
himeelf especially to become mod. familiar with an
artillery major of our army. By way of initiating
hirosell into the good graces of our rebel major, and
proving that he wished to be most friendly, the Yan
kee drew from under his neat a bottle marked "Cog
nee," at the same time tapping his new acquaint.
a nee le millarly on the shoulder, when the following
dialdgne ensued :-
Yankee Major. "I say, Major, here is some
thing 'stray; I guess we can take a friendly nip."
. Rebel Major. "1 am obliged to you, air, I cannoe,
take a friendly nip with you."
Yank.. "Oh, pshaw, Major, lay. aside your pre
judges ; I assure you it's prime good."
Reb. "I do not doubt ft in the least, but Ido not
wish to drink with you, sir."
Yank. " Well, now, Major, I guess if you and me
had the settlement of this war, we could soon step
asideand have the thing all right, with the dice."
Reb " I should not be satisfied, sir, to rest the
fete of the Confederacy upon the chance of the
dice. 'prefer the mode of settlement you hive seen
Ht to adopt—that of fighting it out."
Yank. "I guess, Major, you %Bows went On the
principle of not ° shooting a white man when you
could kill a nigger, hay In
Rob. " You are much mistaken; we always try
when we get the blacks and whites together to kill
the whites and catch the negroes."
Yank " Well, now, I hold that ,a white man 111
better than a nigger."
Reb. "So do we, sir; but It depends altogether
upon who the rehire man is: Though it seems that
you regard them all alike."
Yank. (Changing the subject), "Major, I guess
scree of your friends would like a nip ; won't you
ask them op 1"
Reb. "Thank you, Major, It I see any one hunt
ing for. liquor send him up," and touching his
cap respectfully, our rebel mixed in with the crowd.
noticed a regular specimen of a Nies York upstart
striding, about over the fields with a stage-stride,
bands rammed down in the pockets of his loose
His uniform denoted; the surgeon. Stepping
to a coarse-looking major, in blue, he bawled ont,
"Ah, liefther my boy, how try° dol. lila manner
was so New ' Porky and disgusting that I did not
think It at all probable anything good oould ems
nate from his brainless skull ;so I moved on. Near
the flag stood a particularly interesting group, evi
dently done up" for inspection. .1 asked who
these animals were, and ascertained that the one
on the left, .a little, stiff, dried-up man, in a
large blue sank, with straggling hair, about
the color of a rotten rope, and eyes about the color
of spoiled oysters,.was General White, the same who
surrendered Harper's Ferry to us on a certain oc
casior.—so the Yankees told me. To his right stood
looking as though it was the occasion of one of his •
famous matinee entertainments, the former dancing
u.oster, now General Ferrero. His fondness for
dress Las not forsaken him, for he looked as nice as
• a frizzly-headed Bowery boy. The time la not far
distant 1 hope, when he may be called upon to
"trip it on the light fantastic toe" to the rear,
•
to the ffiusie of our guns. Next to him stood a
tall, leery cadaverous man General Potter, who
itfltltaatd a#4, AIIIPOUVAICWAbtA 9 AeI 1104 uki by
. . .
sumo affiltited wife six weeks before her second
marriage in memory ocher departed flrat. HO wore
tile whiskers a fa mititoire, cat.elose, C.S.waS
ins eyes were of that peculiar color which it is im
possible to describe, They were truly the mean
est e, ea I have ever seen ; and a mouth which re-
Setotiled.an opening to a sepulchre, were the only
features worthy of note. How, proud it made me
feel to turn my head towards our own works on the
frank, open countenance of our own Hill, Johnston,
Mahone, and Saunders, so plainly dressed that it
would shave been impossible to have recognized
them but for their bearing. '
PO/cVSTIVAPrIA sotonais BRLD AEI-ROSTAOES
The Examiner s ays that while Hunter's army were
Breland Lynchburg they captiared ten rebels, who
were placed in confinement' to be treated as gueril
las and bushwhackers. This necessitated the selec
tion of an equal number of Union soldiers, to be
dealt with in a similar manner. Ten prisoners from
Runterlimmimand, captured - by Early, were select
ed for that purpose, and arc now In two
close confinement. Among them are two Pennsyl
vania soldiers—Sergeant - J. C. Rhodos, lath •Ctival
ry, and James Palmer, 0,2 d Cavalry, The EV/Ini.,
ear complains ;that these hostages were very inso- -
lent mobile waiting for their names to be recorded at
the office• of the assistant provost marshal. They
tauntingly jclaimed that they were "Hunter's
lioysrand would yet make the rebel authorities
quail before , them. • •
Tint RATION! OP ;JULY 20TH AND 22.13 szvoitr.
The Richmond Dispatch• publishes Gen: Thomas!
recent order . "detailing the tremendous rebef losses
in the battle of July 20th, and characterizes it as in
!! enormous , ' lie: It - offers the following analysis:'
In the fight of the 20th, it - seems, in front of-one
'Yankee cprps alone, five ,hundred. andsixty-three
rebels were buried by the' Yankees, and the rebels
- were permitted to bury two hundred and fifty more,
so that, in front- of that ,corps alone, on that day,
eight bund red and thirteen rebels were killed. The 2d '
Division of the..4th Corps buried three hundred more
—total for that dity,,,one. thousand one hundred and
thirteen ki/lei. There was no report from the 14th
Corps ; constituently, their share of men slainismot
included in ihislist.On the 22d, the 16th and 16th,
Corps,.and one divisien of the 17th, killed two thou
aand _one- hundred and forty-ttree. Added to one
thunsaind onekbundred and thirteen, this makes three
thousand - two hundred and"flfty.slx thus far. The
other divisions of the 17th Corps seems, at
leastthree thousand. Grand total, six thousand two
hundred 'andfif ty.six, exclusive of what theother divi
sions of thel4th Corps killed on the 20th, which, as
we have seen, was not reported, but which It is fair to
put down at three hundred, as that was the amount
of killing done on the same day by the one division'
•of the 4th Corps. This makes a grand total of six,
thousand live hundred and fifty-six rebels killed's:in'
those two days, the 20th and 22d. Now, throughout
.1 ids
. war, the wounded-have uniformly been'to the
killed as six to one. Presuming the proportion to
have' been 'maintained in these two battles, there
must have been thirty-nine thousand three hundred
and thirty. six wounded. Add to the tkirenthonsand
nine hundred and fifty-six killed, we have a total in
killed and wounded of forty-five thousand eight hun
dred' and ninety-two. .As the rebels also lost three
thousand two hundred prisoners, their, total loss in
killed, wounded, and prisoners was, according to
the veracious renegade from Virginia, forty-nine
thousaUd and ninety-two! This was a much greater
victory than Waterloo, and yet the Yankees have
fired no cannon, ordered no Te Deans., and pro
claimed no day of thanksgiving.__What can they be
waiting for I
A single circumstance connected with this stu
pendous victory is, that it was gained over a single
corps` Hood's Gen. ood , a army, and thatthat corps still
retains its organization In spite of such a tremen
dous loss ! What a large corps it must have been,
and what a prodigious army Gen. Rood must have
under his command! That nothing might be want
ing, to complete the strange character of this un
heardof, victory, the victors lost only 1,783 men—
that is to say, but one man for every thirty lost by
the rebels I , But the most singular thing of all is
that there should be a general bold enough to make
such a statement as this'to an army which had just
been signally defeated, and must have known the
truth of the ease; a War Department which could
tolerate such a gross falsehood, and a people to
n•hom General and Secretary would dare to publish
it. It is refreshing to know that in spite of this
great paper reverse Gen, Rood still holds his own
before Atlanta, and is not : likely to be driven from
his position.
The Now Railroad , lirldge.:at Havre• de
i&raee
A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun having oc
casion to travel from Baltimore to New York,
among other noteshy the way, gives a description
of the new bridge over the Sthignehanna, at Havre
de-Grape. He says
Among other improvements we notioed carefully
the piers being sunk In the bed of the Susquehanna
to receive the superstructure 'which is to form the
tat link In the continuous line of double rail be
te een New York and Baltimore, and hence to
Washington. The sinking of these piers is one of
the triumphs of modern engineering. From Wat
flon's Island,just above the town of Havre- dear/lee,
a long bar extends for considerable distance, on one
side of which the river runs over a rooky bed and
on. the, other glides over an alluvial deposit it
the depth of from forty to seventy 'feet—the do.
positposit Itself. reaching down about sixty feet fur
ther,
,
piles driven to sustain the bridge
encounter a hard, coarse gravel—the original
. bed .of the river. Upon the rocky side of the
bar the erection of the piers is easily accomplished,
but upon the Bandy or muddyelde the work has 'en
countered obstacles which many have deemed in
surmountable. Five of the piers are now In a state
of forwardness ; someof them quite completed ; and
,try a skilful arr a nge m ent they have been so placed
that the deepest of. them is In only forty feet of
water, notwithatanding there is a precipitate depth
of nensiNWeepty feet between the third and fourth
haVe'been sunk
by driving'plles into the mud as far as they would
go, and cutting these off at the surface of the mud
by Means of a circular saw Operated from above
In order to plant the piers directly ticron their foun
dations, a..huge box of heavy boiler iron, of the
exact size of the desired pier, and having a massive
white pine timber b ase , , is suspended by six Im
mense screws between two temporary wharves
upon each side of the foundation. Into this box the
masons lower their nicely-hewn blocks of granite,
and "grote" them in with cement, exactly fitting
the bottom. Another course of boiler iron Is then
added to the box, and closely rivetted ; the great
screws are turned, and the work gradually lowered.
Another course of masonry is then added, another
course of boiler iron, another turning of the screws,
and thus tte Cyclopean work goes on until it
finally restallpon the driven piles, and is surrounded
with loose masses of granite to ' break the force of
the current "The top is now nicely finished to a
given height with hewn granite from the convenient
quarries at Port Deposit, and the pier is completed.
Two of these withitood the tides and ice of the last
winter without the slightest damage, and before the
frosts of tbe, approaching season overtake us the re
maining deepwater piers will all have been com
pitted 8.1111 somewhat seasoned. In the meantime
the iron work of the superstructure is going on and
by the time the last pier is capped the whole will be
ready.
TIM USES OE TRH NORTHERN PEACE PARTY.—
The Atlanta Register can see no difference between
the results of Northern peace-partisanship and the
Southern armies. it says :
"We can gain nothing by denouncing them. We
may lose much by presenting a hostile front to their
peace movements. Live with them under the same
Government we never will. But In the meanwhile,
it they use the ballot•box against air. Lincoln,
while we use the cartridge-box, each side will be a
helper to the other, aed both co-operate in accom
plishing the greatest work which the country and
this continent have witnessed."
ATICOSPHERIO CONCUSSION A CAUSE OF RAIN.—
The learned Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu
tion, in some meteorological observations,published
the other day, alludes to a current opinion that rain
may be produced by the firing of cannon. The no
tion that rain is, in some way, oonneoted with groat
battles was entertained by the ancients when no
cannon were used. Plutarch, In his Life of O. Ma
rius says : Olt Is observed, indeed, that extraordina
ry rains generally fall after great battles ; whether it
be that some deity chooses to wash and purify the
earth with water from above, or whether the blood
and corruption, by the moist and heavy vapors
they emit, thicken the air, which is liable to be al
tered by the smallest cause." Plutaroh's explana
tion of the supposed fact is not very satisfactory to a
physicist of this time. But his own observations
contain a cause that the Secretary of the Smithso
nian Institution says might possiblyponnect a great
battle with rain in physical sequence. "If, however,
the air (says the Secretary)ls surcharged with mois
ture, and the atmosphere is in the unstable condi
tion which immediately preoedes rain, then a vie
lent commotion or an upward currant of air pro
duced by a large fire may bring on rain which
might in some rare instances not otherwise
have fallen." The shouts of ancient armies, and
the clash and clangor of their arms, produced nearly
as great a Commotion In the atmosphere as the firing
of cannon In a modern battle. Plutarch, in his
Life of Flaimnius, says : " The hyperbolteal ac
counts that have often been givep of loud shouts
were verified on that occasion. For the crows, when
they happened to be flying over their heads, fell
into the theatre. For the sound of many united
voices being violently strong the parts of the
air are separated by it, and a void Is left
which affords the birds no support. Or per
haps the force of the sound. strikes the birds like
an arrow, and kills them in p an Instant. Or pos
sibly a circular motion Is caused in the air, as a
whirlpool Is..produced in the sea by the agitation of
a storm." And in his Life of Pompey Plutarch
says: "When birds fall on such occasions It is not
because the air is so divided as to leave a vacuum,
but rather because the sound strikes them like a
blow." If the shouts of the multitude in the Ro
man theatre could produce such effects as here
mentioned by Plutarch, how 'much greater must
have been the effect of the noise of an ancient bat
tle in disturbing the atmoapherel I recall these re
marks of Plutarch merely for the curious inquirer
tn.phyalcs—Correaprmrfent National Inlelligencer.
PRKSONAL.
--- Since the .death _of' Rev. Daniel Waldo, only
five or six of the Revolutionary heroes remain. A
Hartford publisher, last winter, sent a photograiter
to take the likenesses of all who were alive, which
at that time numbered twelve. Sketches of the lives
of those who were mood by the artist, accompanied
by their likenesses, aro to be published in September-
The photographer Pays: "As a class, we found them
remarkably intelligent, and the only reason of their
never having risen from the ranks le found in their
extreme youth at the time of their enlistment, their
age being then only from fifteen to eighteen years.
They still possess the old fire that kindled their
souls in the,daye of the Revolution, holding Wash
ington with an affection which amounts almost to
worship. 'Yon loved Washington, then 1' said we
to (me . Loved him! Why,.everyody loved him,'
lie replied. There was an Intensely loyal spirit—s
desire to live till the authority of the Government
should be restored."
An officer in the Seth Wisconsin Regiment, sta.
Honed at Memphis, writing to the Chicago Tribune,
evealis.with a good deal of common sense of the
practice of answering matrimonial and "wanted
correspondence advertisements" by soldiers in the
army. Re warns all young ladles . - with any self
respect to beware paying any attention to them,
Ladies foolish enough to respond should know that
their letters are bandied about the camp, subject to
jests and sneers neither complimentary nor fit for
print.
Lady Franklin, the widow of the historic Sir
John, is salt to be a violent Secessionist. A few
weeks age sbe gave a grand dinnerto the prominent
Southerners :and sympathizing Britons in London.
Since she has thus shown her prejudices, amusing
stories are being told at her expense. On di!, that
.she disliked SIT John, that her had l temper drove
him to the polar seas on the expedition that proved
fatal tohim, and that she can't forgive the Ameri
can Government of people for fitting out an expel!.
Hon that might have proved successful, and brought
her husband back to tier.
General 4t.verill has been promoted' is major
'
his 11
general for ga ant fight
at Mooreaeid, and SU.
qtIII.IAVOWr4P 4W.U. 1 11 t Q4,0%1119/Ail
GENERAL PEWS.
107asinIcrawis Earrown--Ilis REY/L.7OOWe TO 70fle
Riasaloames.-.--In regard to the new Government of
Mexico, the London Times, in Its oltrartiele, Nays :
"The attempt to represent, the new,tirder of affairs
as being in opposition to the wishes Of the people is
held by merchants and 'capitalists aikuainted with
the country to, be alike impolitic and. erroneous.
Considering the great interests that 'are tnvoived
to British commerce in the rehabilitation of that
.country, and the fact that our people' hold fora ,
;leen 'million. bonds, it seems' n especial duty for
the English, Government to hold out every - en
couragement that can facilitate the task r and. it
would be a singular, although - perhaps not undeL•
mixable anomaly, if the Washington government
were, as appears likely to be the case; ton recognise
the new order of affairs before ourselves;"
. .
Tle Perla correspondent of the London nines
says that according to the conventions concluded
between the French and Mexican GOvernments, a
great partOf the expeditionary obrps is to , quit
Ilexieo in the' course of the present- year; The.
Emperor has ordered that the• troops Are . to ein•
bark so as to march through the hot eountry at a
favorable season, and without Injury to their,
•health. The first regiments that return to France
from Mexico are the and 20th, Battalions of Foot
Chasseurs, the 2d Regiment of Zonayes, 99th Regi
ment of Infantry, let Battery of the 3d Regiment
of Artillery, -Ist Company of the 841. Squadrom of
Artillery train, oth Company of 2d::ltegiment• of
Eng.ineers, Ist Company of the wagon train of this Ica
perial Guard. The soldierS whose period of service
will empire on the 31st of December next are to be
among the first to leave. They hame hitherto been
kept .on active service in pursuance of thethirtieth
article of the law.of the 24th of March, 1882, on the
recruiting of the army,"
SINGULAR FIELD OPERATIONS OP A. GRNICRA.L.—
A few days since one of our ootemporarles stated
that an individual, styling himself General" A, T:
Merritt, of the United States Army, had recently
fallen heir to an immense estate , M Maine, and that
. . . .
be bad added to it, by puteluise;twenty-five thou
sand acres of mineral lands in. Tennessee. The
windfall end the purchase made the (leiieral a man
of note, and he became immediatelp popular with
many persons, froni Whom he suceeedWln borrowing
sundry sums of wioneyonuch to.,„h44:rea;t7:loY, but
also, us it happened, to the gre4kgrS4 of ;The 'lend
ers. The General boarded -At-- Dr hotel In the
eastern part of the city, the proprietor of
which, by - endorsing his , notes, enabled him
to raise the sum of three thousand dollars, -for-the
payment of which the estate and the Tennessee
ml
neral lands were regarded' as ample secuilty, and
with this the General got along for some days swim
mingly. About a week ago General - Merritt at
tempted a negotiation with Romans & Co., bank
ers in Third street, for 820,000, which was partially
unsuccessful.. The bankers "couldn't see it," bat
they drew on the General's friends In the• East and
gave him a. certificate for the amount with the pro
mise that when the draft was honored they woald
t money- h e m
man'
n h w i
o c certificate--the ia d c
mineralstet h
riNapoleoniclsn land
nt
n n
pay v i I E
t°
l i e n al ts pocket, the individual of fabulotts
wealth, but no greenbacks—this certificate the bor
rower of postal currency deposited in the safe
of his landlord, and on the strength- of
that. ran- up 'a large' ill and ;was made the reelPi
entof renewed credit. The game, however, a few'
daYs ago was played. out. The executor of the "es.
tate: in Maine" was represented as about to pass
through Cleveland, and the General must seehim
on business. Be had a large bill at the hotel, but
he had a larger tract of land in Tennessee ; he owed
.the hotel-keeper $3,000, but then in the safe was se
curely deposited Et certificate for 820,000. He did
not pay has: bill, but he went to Cleveland. The
draft was not honored; the note for 83,000 was un
paid ; the hotel-keeper was'captured, but the gene
ral who had won the battle had abandoned thefleld.
The executor of the U estate In Maine'' Is a myth,
and we doubt not the GeneraPs land in Tennessee
is en a par with the executor. We commiserate
"Nine host," whose generosity ran. away with his
prudence, and earnestly hope the " mineral lands "
will replenish the purse their ad dissui owner so
ruthlessly emptied.—Toiedo Blade. •
•MOVEALTaiT OP THOOPEI WEST:—Pittsburg was
full of soldiers, last Friday, going westward=one
hundred-days men from Pennsylvania and Mama
chusetts. The first regiment arriving was the 196th
Pennsylvania. In the afternoon the 60th MASSA,-
cliusetts Regiment and the 197th Pennsylvania
reached the 'city. Both the last regiments number
about 900 ,men each, of good materiel. The troops
were entertained by the Subsistence Committee.
In connection with this matter the Pittsburg Cont.
Inertial says "The border along the Ohio river is
about becoming the scene of important military
movements. There seems to be no doubt that a for
midable rebel Invasion of Indiana is projected, hav
ing shine connection, Pioaably, with the G. A. K.; ,
end the movement of troops exhibits the fact that
the Government Is well informed on the sub.
ject, and isproviding measures to thwart it.' , The
'lndianapolis Journal of Saturday says: We learn
at headquarters that the troops concentrating upon
the river and in Kentucky are ample to deal with
the, present fe forces of Johnston, who has insolently
issueda proclamation conscripting all Kentuokians
.up to within about forty miles of Louisville. -We
so ill not particularize as to movements, except that
the 46th Indiana Veterans were sent away by Gen:
Carrington yesterday, and there is perfect concert
of action between thellentucky, and Indiana mili
tary authorities in the, matter. Guerilla operations
in Kentucky arise numerous and frequent that they
have almostlceased to be items of news. A foree of
two hundfed was repulsed twelve miles above
Smlthland, on the Cumberland, with a loss of six
killed and twenty Wounded. Bradley Johnson, it is
Said, commands , 1,000 near Union City, and quite
numerous bodies are in the western part of the
State, near the Tennessee_ line.
DIGGING or SKELETONS.—Some time since, as
workmen were excavating for the fpundation and
cellar of the new residence which is being built on
Blain street, above the suspension bridge, by Mr.
J. N. Vance, several skeletons were found. It 13
the opinion of those who examined the bones that
they once belonged to the Indians that fished, fit,
and bled in this county. The last two skeletons
that .were unearthed were lying, direetly,acrosa
each other, and all the dilferentlntrts ofthe a,natorhqi.
of a man were regularly dispbsed in the ground.
When the bones were brought In contact with the
air they crumbled away into ashes. At the head
of one of the, skeletons was found an earthen crook,
which is supposed to have been in the ground one
hundred years at least. It contained two muscle
shells, which were as bright as if they had been re
cently polished. :An old-fashioned silver watch was
also resurrected, and attracted •considerable in
terest. We are informed by one of our old citizens
that in every excavation that has been made in this
locality for years human bones in great abundance
have been discovered, and that one may find them
by digging almost anywhere along the bank of the
river at the point indicated. The spot was doubt
less once used as an Indian burying ground.— Wheel
frig Intelligencer.
EXHAUSTION OP RanxL SUPPLTES.—It was said
a year ago, by some shrewd statistician, that the
mere want of horses would ultimately seriously
cripple the operations of the rebels, even should'
their.supplies in all other respects hold out; and
this prediction seems to be already in a measure
fulfilled. Lately a large number of horses have
been purchased on rebel account in Western Ca
nada, and transported on the royal mail steamers
plying on the St. Lawrence, for transhipment to a
lllexiean port, whence they are to be taken across
Texas, and finally distributed to points where the
Richmond Government needs them most. This en
terprise reveals, beyond all question, the exhaustion
of the enemy ; they would .never : undertake to pro.
cure horses by a circuit three thousand miles in ex
tent if such were not the fact. Other animals are
becoming equally scarce in the insurgent States.
Cattle are rapidly diminishing, and the stock can
not be replenished by foreign importations. Thus
the disadvantages under which the enemy labor in
carrying on the struggle are increasing every day.
KILLED ON THE Ramtoen.—At an early hour
last Sunday morning, Joseph Illegargie, a onohua
dred.day soldier, from BranchtOwn, near Philadel
phia, was suddenly killed on the 'Northern Central
railway, near the Ashland Furnace He was on the
express train, coming from Harrisburg, and had
seated himself on top of one of the cars. As the
train passed under the bridge at the Furnace - he
was struck in the forehead by the timbers, and, as
is supposed, instantly killed. He was not missed
until the train reached Baltimore. A considerable
quantity of blood, noticed on the top of the oar,
evidenced that he had been killed. The remains
were brought to Baltimore, and conveyed to the
Camden-street Hospital, Baltimore, to be prepared
for interment.. • .
Tea " COSITBDERATB SPELLING BOog.”—A gen
tleman of this city informs us that in 1861 a school
to which he sent one of his children adopted as one
oflts text books the "Confederate Spelling Book,"
and the child was told to get one, the teacher in•
forming her that it could be had at.the Methodist
Publishing House, where It was printed. She went
over to the publishing house and called for a copy.
" We have not yet published the work," said the •
gentleman behind the counter. "It is In press, and
will be out In a few days. But., if you are ins hurry •
about getting a copy, go to Berry's- bookstore, and -
buy 'Webster's Spelling Book.' That has been .
adtpted as the 'Confederate Spelling Book,' and •
we are -printing it with this title. bought the
book of Berry, much amused at the larceny which
transformed the production of an inveterate Yankee
inton sound Southern school book.—Nashville Union. :
Exvinisivit llonturaor or GOLD.—An ingenious
robbery of gold took place on Monday in Wall
street, New York, in the following manner: A small : '
boy—as is the very imprudent custom among down
town merchants and others—was sent by his em
ployer with a bag containing $5,000 in gold, intend-.
ed tor a broker in Wall street. At the office the boy r
placed the bag on the counter, bat was told by e
person behind it that the principal was not in, and.
that he (the speaker) had . notbing to do. with the
office business. A man standings In theetnoe ont- '
side of the counter appruschedlthe boy. "All
right, sonny," says the obliging. arid courteous
stranger—" leave the bag. They all know me here
tend to .it for you and see it's all right." The:.
innocent youth, glad to be relieved of the necessity
,:
of waiting any longer, left the office in a serenely
unsuspecting frame of mind. A. moment after, the
stranger left with the plundered specie, and, of
course, has not been heard from since.
A WOLF AND Dime FIGHT.—The Oconto (Wis
consin) Pioneer tells a story of a contest near, the
Oconto river between two bucks and a large gray
wolf. The moment the wolf endeavored 'to seize
one of the deer the other one would strike him with
his fore legs. The wolf would immediately leave
and attack the ono that struck him. This strange
contest continued until the wolf seised the largest
by the throat, and tenaciously held on until he
brought him• down. The other sprang with great
force upon the wolf and out him fearfully. The
wolf slunk away, leaving one buck deed. The wolf
was afterwards found dead a short distance from
the field of battle.
Murals KILLED BY Llowrzuwo.—The Washing
ton Republican says On Monday afternoon the
First ward was startled by an extremely sudden
and sharp clap of thunder, and It was found that
the lightning bad struck a six-mule team in G
streetfand placed It hors du combat. Five of the
mules, all except the off-leader, were killed. The
driver of the team escaped by jumping into the
wagon ; not that be dodged the flash exactly, but ,
the Shower had induced hire to seek shelter ln • the I
wagon a few minutes previous to toe descent of the
thunderbolt. The mule which he had been riding
was killed.
A BOY lizEo.—A correspondent gives an account
of the heroic fortitude of a young boy who was
wounded in a recent charge In Grant's army. He
was In thehoipital at Washington. Through eaoh
heel, between the tendons and the bone, there was a
large hotel and both were full of maggots, which
had eaten their way down under • the bones of his
feet ; there was another wound in the fleshy part of
his left thigh, where the ball carried away half a
pound of flesh and muscle ; this was also.full of mag
gots. Tnlpent.ine was used by the surgeon to get
rid of the maggots, yet the brave little fe ll ow bore
the intense pain like's martyr, and when asked If
he did not suffer, said :• " Yes, I suffer very much,
but I am Willing to be torn piecemeal joint by joint,
While living, for my.country and for liberty..
A DEBT*IIOTIVIS HAIL STOE31:::-011 last Thurs
day we were visited by one of the moat deStruotive
hail-stones ever known in this section of the coun
try. It commenced about three o'clock in the after
noon and continued to hail near half an hour, de•
roolishing. everything before it; in buildings that had
no abutters to their windows and those th at had
and were f sot closed, nearly ail the glass was broken
out; : tress were literally stripped -of •their
The Lobate° orop that looked very promising was
entirely destroyed, which is a very heavy loss to the
Owners, spine from $7OO to $l,OOO.
of them losing _
The corn and fruit orops are more or 10E8 damaged.
—Jersey Shore Herald,ll o4 .
SAVE :THE OLD NEWEYAYBEs.—Twenty per
cent Is the sum of the depreciation In value for
working up into material for remanufacture which
paper loses by the process of printing.. 'mum the
tru Pa rition risofth•irtyeentsper pound,
newspapers is quite a
r b ric ei e ns o printing
e f
" the
e n d g
• Ber i etie E t 44 4dic. 7s We trust our readers will bear this
fatit goA4 roman Wit layfapspoli fQt
FOUR CENTS.
-sale. Though they cannot always secure the full
remainder of the value, they.may approximate tr)
it, and a little cateedation will soon convince them
Olathe yield from the sale of aft the papers which
t h ey ge t fa an item worth saving to themselves and
the'community at large, in war times, at least. •
A SWamst. OF BU6l3.—The air In and about GRr
lens haa to-day been literally alive with chinch.
bugs. we write we can see from our window
millions orthem circling about In the air, and many
of them* are crawling over our table wad on. tier
ofnee :floor. The bridges across Galena river are
covered .wilik-them. They are crawling' in , the
streets, on the aidevralks, on the:walls of hotnses, and
on the-clothes of people walking , the streets. We
met several fair ,- ladies to-day who, were picking
them outof their hair. The lice of
-Egypt bore no
comparison to *am. They have ruined the ifeldb.
of grain, and are' now hunting for other plunder.
If they continue to-Increase, this productive region
of country will, be no-better than a desert.—Gakau
(11I.) Gazelle, 6th.
A linl.M.--01tessmiliteresting "relic" was de.
stroyed in the recent' Morning of the Springfield
Plass.) Music Hall. This was a heavily-gilded'
deer, with festoons of tfoWers and bunches- of fruit,
in cast Iron. It was one 'of eight doors, of similar
pattern, Which were cast In 'Faris for the palace of
the Pasha of Egypt, at Alexandria. This was one
crept., to the World's Fair at London in 1851; and
was afterwards exhibited at the' Crystal Palace in
;New.. "fork sea specimen of French art. Its origi
nal cost was 41e3,000. lifr.lifaynes,, the proprietor of
- Miele Hill, "had purchaised It tor the purpose of
ptitting It up in the building.
, ,
.Tax team railroad bridge &meas.-the- ChattithOO-
Chle, at Vining's Station, burnt' by the rebels, has
been rebuilt, and the railroad cars are now running
from Chattanooga almost to the headquarters of
General Sherman In the field-before - Atlanta. This
is real enterprise. The rebels have a great deal
to learn yet, before they appreciate the goabeada
tiveness of the men of North.,
MUMMY built in 1703, In an old house at
Northampton, Mass., was lately taken' dOwn, and
furnished betas enough to build three modern
chimneys, an underpinning to a house, eight . piers
in the cellar, a cistern. and a' drain NO feet long,
besides a walronlioa.d sold, and a lot left.
ARTEMI7B WARD writes that he is tired of answer
Ing the question as to how many wives Brigham
Young-has. He says that all
,he knows about it is
that he one day used up the nuiltipliCation table in
equating the long. stockings on a clothes line in
Brigham's back yard, and went off feeling dizzy.
To BE Hui 0,--Fonr men, said to be recently eon.
nected with the rebel army, are to be hung et Fort
McHenry, on the 29th Inst., for acting as spies, and
for furnishing the rebel Government with supplies.
• NRDARY Olf RECOLin,Lear.—Sam lidedary, editor
of the Columbus. (0.) Crisis, and an influential
leader of the Buckeye Democracy, says: "It is
well-known that General McClellan has not one
spark of pretensions to the Presidency except what
be has made out of this war under Mr. Lincoln.. He
never held a civil sake in his life, and was unknown
to the public when Governor Dennison brought him
forward as a military man. Yet, in three years,
as a mere soldier, he rises to the demands of the
Preildency, to head a party which is for peace—a
position requiring a iitatesman of enlarged views
and a statesman's experience. And -for. ,what 1
That e. few men who have got his ear may get fo
reign minions and home positions, at the expense
of the peace of the country and. the lives of their.
.constituents. This is paying too dear for such
whistles, and for one, we protest against it in behalf
of our bleeding, ruined, end distracted coantry."
FINANCIAL AND COIMICZCIAI.
There.Wrie less activity in the stockmarket Yester
day, and the number of sales was much smaller.
The excitement in oils has apparently subsided, but,
it is bellevedlhat the temporary check to operations
in that species of stock is owing to the cuteness of
operators, who are buying in at lower prices than
they could otherwise do.
Gold has advanced, but there is very little doing,
opening at 256%, advanced and sold at 257% at 1.1
o'clock, 257% at 12, and 253 at 12%.
A despatch. from Washington, yesterday, says -
11 Several millions of Treasury notes, to meet the
subscriptions to the new loan, have just been sent to
New York and elsewhere,; and in the course of next
week it Is expected that supplies will be forwarded
to the Assistant Treasurers and National Banks in
the principal cities, so that subscribers will not be
subjected to delay. In other words, the supply. of
notes will keep pate with the demand.”
Pamirs. Jay Cooke 16. Co. have received a few
- notes of the new 7-80 loan this , morning, which are
now,ready for. delivery to the earliest subscribers in
ssos
- and sloos. The notes are very handsome, the
sloohaving a very fine likeness of Gen . Scott in
the centre, and green backs, with Coupons attached.
The $506 are the same size and very chaste, with
the American eagle in the centre, and coupons' at
tached. The face of the notes read thus :
Three years after date the United States promise
• to pay dollars to the order of ---, with 7
3.10 per cent. interesti pa' able semi-annually In
lawftli money. F. E. b'PINNEILJT. S. Treasurer.
• S. B. CoLny, Register. of the Treasury.
The following "statement from the Acting Score•
tart' of the Treasury shows the public debt of the
United States on August 16, 1864:
Amount
outstanding.
Debt bearing interest in
8885,358,191 80' 853,625,518 50
emu.
Debt bearing iatereet
lawful money .•.. 435,013,141 66 21,462,652 16
Debt on which interest
_ bas ceased •
Debt bilitAng no Interest. 528,6t,051 74
- $1,849,714,655 49 $76,066,165 68,
, -
Ilia follow - big table, comparingthe value - of cur.
. ,
reiwy with g old, is especially valuable at this time
When. gold is . The discount on U. S. 6100 in cur.
sold Jor our- Legal-tender cur- renal/ will
renal, at . resat fe bum tn. gold
160 00 3i,34 per ct 66 66 - 441
15600 . 35. 46 66 64 51.
-160 Di 37.60 " 62 50
166Y0 39.40 . 66 CV 60
17000 41.16 " 68 82
175 00 '42.86 - -" 57 14
- ..180'00 44.45 " 65 66
-
165 . 00 ' 46.95 " 64 06
190 00 47.37 66 6263
196 00.• ...... ...... 48.72 66 61 25
200 (0 50 00 " 60 00
205 10 51.22 " 49 78
210 00 52.58 " 47 62
215 CO 5.3.49 " 46 .51
220 00 64.66 " 45 45
‘ 226 00 65.56 ' 6 44 44
259 0N.... ....... 66 62 ' " 43 43
240 00... . '......•-55.33 6 ' 41 67
251.1 MI 00.00 " 40 00
260 00 6164 " 38 46
270 00 62 96 " 37 04
280 (4) 64.29 6 : 35 71
290 C 0 65 62 ' ' 34 49
3(0 CO 66 67 •" ... ........ —53 33 .
400 00 75 00 " 25 OD
500 00 8'..110 " 20 00
. 600 00..... . ..... 43.84 " 16 66
700 00 95.71 "
800 00 -87.60 66 12 50
900 00 .68.80 " 11 11
MN Ce 90.00 “ . 10 00
Comparative statement of earnings of the North
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Earnings in July, 1964 ,
Do do . 1563.
Increase 624.652 92
Earnings in 8 monib P. ending July 31,1864....5474:677 94
Do same time bet year 316,767 46
Increase
814,910 sa
Drexel & Co. quote :
New United' States Bonds, 1881. ........ ....NM 6109
flew Unit, d States Certi. of Indebtedness. • • - 94Xi99 95
New ljnitedStates7 3-10 Notes ' 109 110
Quartermasters' Vouchers 92 93
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness 4 4
Gold_ - - - 257 9 513
Sterling Exchange, 278 87934 Five-twenty Bonds • 10936 109%
The Swatara Falls Coal Company, as will be seen
by an advertisement in to.day's paper, has declared
a dividend of ten per cent, payable on the 25th inst.
The Swatara Falls is one of the most successful and
reliable coal companies in the State.
STOCK EXCHANGE SALES, August 18.
- SIMMS BOARDS.
iifr
7C400 d 0 Corn Planter.• • •• . 1
4 3 % 50 ‘ MO Perry 011-• - . ... WI ev
o • 0 do
10()Inbart Oil 3% 300 do 6%
2ro do ' 1:130 134 600. do 6%
100 do S% 500 Ph & Oil Creak .... 1%
600 do agsB6o Union Petroleum-. OX
100 Orn .Mountain —MO ex ;IVO McClintock Ott.
100 Den5m0re:......... 12 :200 Mineral Oil 8
280 do 112(1200 Organic Oil 1 34
ITO do! WO 12 700 MeEl bonny • 8 •
300 do I
.I.IM .600 do MO BX
Ico Reading it., alO flat On I "
]CO New Creek 1 44 -
400 N I' & Middle—loin 21gi
NO : Fulton Coal b3O 10
100 Oil Creek 794
100 o 796
; 80 Min d
eral 0i1..... ... 35i
200 do
100 do ...... .... b b
l iI SX X
NO do bBO HM
290 do 31.1 1 6
80McCOrganic Oil it
itOil 6ntock
60 Denewore .
.I # l
100 DicEibenny
400 do
100 - d 178 D 8
754
200 Union o •
Camel—prof 23i
100 snaqiCanal ' 'UM
300 Perry 011 lots 7 I
100 do b 6 7 I
300 b9ob3o 7
7X%
fifo do
100 do 7 i
BETWXEN
•
ICO Bch Nav 34
100 do •••• b.4o—pref 43
600 Feb Netv 4s 1832... • 94X
MVO Penns R Ist matt. 125.
8100 Cam & Am 68'83.-10774
IC.O North Pa h3O 367
SWORD
50 Little Schyl 4754
/5 Lehigh Nair 84
100 Long' Wand R.... 4321
10 10tb & 11th-stB 11... 60
6 d 0.... ...... 50
100 Rock Oil,. 43(
RD New Creek 144 .
100 Reading M• • • • • •• • MN L ,
MO McClintock ....WS 6
5410 d0........b30 6
100 do .... MO 6
100 d 0.......... WO 6
JOTTER
10 Be aver.Meadow_... 93
NO Mineral Oil . •. • bOO '3,34
NO Big Mountain. th3o 9
3660 North Fennel% —.193
23 Louisville Bk .b 3.118%
Fig) New Creek... Jots Lti
SOU Pet Centre 4%
4(0 Orgerre 13y ,
100 Noble i &
Dels.2dTs 17
POResding.....•slOwn SS%
400 McClintock6%
600Res.eing ' b3O 69
1000rganic " .•
100 Reading' " be eiP4
NO Union Pet " 334
NO Pet Centre MO 4%
d 0.•.• .....
.
7.00 Beim!' 10te.14 SX
00 U 8 6•20 i. ..... ....• .109 X
6(.0 Reading see 63X
100 Bull Creek
100 Un inn Pet. • ...... 2.1
101 Briggs Oil. 4
4X
11.0 Rock Oil
100 Olmstead ........... 234
-NO Pet Centre ...... bl 6 435
250 Noble & Deis-- be 17
oLOSLNO PRIORS.
Bid. dak,
—. IO BM 113335
it 6 6.7Ae /093‘ 1092(
Reading lt••••••. es 66 83.68
?with at . . 7S 76
Catawissa "B. •• • • 21X 22
Penns.f. • •• • 41%
rq R.. ~., .• 3421 .35
Phils & Brie 11•• IS.S
Long island B. 49 66
Sekur NtsT. 8334 34
pref. '42„% 422(
Union Ostia 2 23(
Do Pref. . 334 . A
Bnetitanal 21N
Fulton Cola ' ' • 953 103 G
Big Mountain* !IX 9%
'I 1 & 21M 2134
Green Mountain. SNI . 7
N Carbondale—, "3 — 4
New Creek Coal, 1% ..135
Feeder Darn Vogl 04 1
Clinton C 0111... 134
Conn Minins.....• • M
Market steal*.
The .41low1111 in RI
TIME WAX?. PISILIEffiIi
(I?ITBLISELin WEBILLP.).
TstiWan Prism will be sent to Bebe:Mier' fr/
moll (Per ilin= li'adminee) at ors
5 on
Three-copied tl
0.10•41414 H.. 8 011
Five copies .
TOIL e0pte5....... .................... 1/40
Larger (Rubs then TOIL WM be *Urged 'et the IMO
rate, $1- 50 per cOPT.
fn a
The menet/ must a iteatm accompany the order. andr
in n ftance can these terms be detekdedfinsh a+ the*
nford, very tittle more than the met Patiee•
Atfir Postmasters are requested to sat tis ' allettM LL fir
TEE Wan Pens.
air To the totter-or Of the Club of tea or twenty, an
sutra copy:of the Paper wilt he given. •
imported into this port To]
18,'1864:
.
.
Amid'lk.S. 10088. • • 63 rron, bund1e5..2,86.1
a. , casks.. 2 $1,425 •• • litrim....l,M
R e ap. case...., 1 235 `` „toss...—. 60 $10.781 .
eltus,;Bada, cirs, 50 1.133 Paard Home &
'" 1 8 Shot Pouches,Cronus-
cotton Wards co 1 312 casks 3 2,132
cocoa. Mani . big 2 279 Soda Ash, cks.: 173 6,47,1"
Cutlery. Mains Steel, brindles. 6.5.4
Bard 'e ZElN,eks 70 8,460 ' eases•••• 36' 7.331
Chlorat l'ot.lifils, kit, tons 600 1,015
15 , • •-3,360 076' Tin Plates; biro 941 6.61 Y
limeys, casks— 15 167 Vim. - ,12 210`
liasomers. • ••••- 1 217
WAREIT6ifiIiD.
ro an zo k y. et t a ie b i al mt . es . . 2r ti $3,,,, pi; lasst a. bfidi; 881 •
4n7 " bbla 60
____
~...
Sugar, 131366.... IV 12,V)1 " t 46 MKS*
Beal grins, big. 3 MO, CS.
The following are some or the principal Article"
expertied from this pert to foreign ports fortlitrweek"
ending , August 16, laKr -
Petroleum, relined, gailom3..
Petroleum, refined, gallons
.WEST
B eef , 3.7:5F,511 4)11 cake .... 3,4 , 717
Bread bble 703 3,332 Petroleum,
Ratter, 9,195 3,301 •'Bank— •.• .. 4;333 5 376
Ceedles,llo,.„-20,850 4,953,Park,- bate"... 389 11,10 3
Cheese. lbs.— 7.374 1,552 i Shooks. . 1,645
Berne, Ito 4,343 - 89.ij Tallow:168i .. 469 614
Ind. corn, tna 4,7896,15ZT0bacc0,11:.116, 8
Ind. zneal,•6l6 1,505 15,14.4 i bra 1487 f
Lard, ME 7,275 I,B6llFiour r 60,34
Maur, BRAZIL.
2,250 *MIS
HAYTI.
Beef, bids:— 17 !mos Lard, %ay. • • ••1,250 S3lr
Batter,lbs. ....4,610 1,552 Pork, bbis - 300 Hon
Cheese , 1b5....3,558 825 Sugar, ii 23,087 6,310'
Hems, The..... 5,445 LOCI Flour. bb1e....2,030 24.200
The N. T. Pose of yesterday says : •
Gold vise from 257 to 258 on sensation minors of
Sheridan's retreat. The Joan market is easy, but`
thepanks aridl..ending institutions are more disin
clined to make'ainy loans-except suclias are strictly
paystble on demised. The rate is 7, and the demand'
ts.ingre active. The stock market:opened dull and
Irregular. GOVerriments are stronger than yester.
day, esoWeptingsertificates, which are offered.at
Iftve;tWenty coupons are wanted at 109 X, and sized
of 1881 at'loBX. ',Coal Stocks are mining shares
quiet, State stocki heavy, railroad bonds- firm, and
railroad shares irregular and drooping.
`Before the Board gold was quoted at 257 Y, Cum.
berland Coal Company preferred at 01 3 / 4 @(12 4 K, New -
York Central at 130 X. Hudson River at 132 X, Read.
ing at 107%, Michigan Southern at 92X,
Illinuis-
Central at 13134, Pittsburg at--I}3; Rock Island at
11436, Northwestern at 57, and Mariposa at 43.
The appended table exhibits the chief movements
at the Board compared with the latest prices of
Virednesday
Thur. Wed. Ad . Dee.
•
United States ils. 1881; reg....—. . .168 M nesi .• K.
United States Ss, 1681. coop 108% low ..
United Statesl•3oe... 10614 1.60%
• tinited States 15-2lle coup IG9i 199% % .
United States cert.' currency 94% 9,5 .. Ai,
American Gold 2373; 2136% ii •••
Tennessee Sixes 67 665( yi ..
Missouri Sixes, .
Atlantic Mall 185 188•• 3'
'Pacific Mail 279 • 278 1 ..
New York Cent. Railroad—. 80% 120%..
Dile ' 112% 112% • •
Brie preferred - MK 11051
Hudson River • 1323( 132 ReadingYi
' • 13735 13751 ii
Michigan Central 1385 139 .. K
Michigan Southern 91% 923; . %.
Michigan Southern Guaranteed.• .145 146.. 1
Illinoie Central Serif , 132% 151%1. N. •.
Pittsburg R. It ' 1181 113% :Si . •
Toledo 19. '3 132 .. ..
After the Board coupon 6s. of 1881 closed at 108 K„.
6.20 coupons at 109:44V109K, Hudson River at 1.32 K,
Michigan Southern at 92, ItUnots Central Railroad .
scrip at 182%, Tort Wayne atill6, Prairie du Chien
at 69, Nerthwestern at fag, Northwestern preferred'
at 91%, Cumberland at 6134:@62g, Mariposa at 43.
AllouaT la—Evening.
The offerings of Flour Continue light, and the.
demand for shipment is limited, but the market is
firm, with sales of 2,500 bbls at $10.75@11.25 for ex
tra, and $11.50@12 per barrel for Western
and Pennsylvania. Extra family, including
500 bbls City AllU.s do., on private terms. The re.
tailors and bakers are buying'at from $0.50@11 for
superfine andmitra, sll@l2 for extra family, ma
$12.50@13 per bbl for fancy branda at to quality.
Rye Flour and porn ?deal are scarce and In demand
at full pricei. ' •
Gaant.—There Is not much Wheat offering, and:
prime is In demand at full prices; about 0,000 bus
sold at 250@255c for fair to prime old Western and
Pennsylvania reds, and 262@2700 for new do, the lat
ter for prime Southern ; white is scarce at 275@ ,
2900 per bus as to quality. Rye is scarce and in
demand at 183(g185 cents per bushel. Corn
is better and scarce, with sales of 4,000 'bushels..
Western mixed at 165 c, and 1,110 bushe ls Southern
yellow at 168 c 'fit bus. Oats are firm, witb. sales
of 5,000 bushels at 90@95c bushel for now and old.
MI:Ex.-Ist No. 1 Quercitron contlnues scarce,
and in demand ; 24 hhds sold at 651 IR ton.
COTTON.--Tbere is very little doing in the way or
sales, but prices arebetter with small sales of ildid
dlings to notice at 177 e pi lb,
Gnocanres.—Coffee is dull; small sales are mak
ing at 4 8 @500 Vi lb for " Rio. There is very little do
ing in Sugars,'bnt the market is quiet.
PETROLEUM.—PriCeS are Without any material
cbange ; sales are making at from '496'50c for crude;
80@85c for refined, In bond, and free at from 68f/000
l gallon.
Sitioni continue Scarce, and very firm. Flaxseed
sells on arrival at $3.60@363 per bus. Timothy is
Selling in a small way at $6 slB bus. Cloverseed
selling at Item sl4@lo s et fa, mostly from second:
hands.
307.T70 09
$65,.9 8 it 23
100:Perry 011. •• • ... ~ 7
'lOO do ... 7
45 Penner Et b 3 74%
IS do 704
5 Beaver 31eadovr . • 93
50 North Penns R.... 35
60 Phil& it Brie 8..... 38% .
50 do • •• • ........ • • 3514 -
85 do M
924 ta, 3d-ate 11-10t8173 X
50000 ti 8 ow:1p 68 'Si 1t5.109
2000 U 8 5.20 bands 109
1503 do . • ICo3
1001 do 109
OM do 1091
12I0) do 100 N
2410 do llak.
2000 do
1000 City 6e new .......106
10ToW aßladralloadol
10C10 do • 113
2ooQ,Notth Puns Ss —lO2
BOARDS.
100 Nall Pa R 35
200 82 Pe Uni nns R. on Ca
75
nal pref.. sti
15000 U 8 cone 661381 —JOU
70 Green & Coates—. 85)i
100 IleCliutock 011:.• • 15%
100 Sch Nav • AZ.. pre( 421(
1O do b 5 —prof .424
1 Cam & Am R 163
do 168
200 Mineral 0i1.... MO 33(
200 do ;
100 Densmore 011• •• b 5
1133(
MO S
snag Canal 22)(
100
100 d 0.... 22
200 Rock Oil
200 Dalzell 011
100 do
100 Cat R.—. b3o..iref 4
30 Reading R• • b3O 68
DORIO Pet
Cre Centre ..... 4X
011 ek 7
103 Cora Planter.... .
400 Rock.... ....... 474
100 Egberl...... . . 03‘
000 Roading....lote.liall
100 do 68 fie
300.Cata..pret lots.bllo 41M
1100 Phil& do grte....140 SeM
;MC Sum Canal ..... w.. 4
1300 do ... . ....... lote 21%
100 011 Creek........... 7%
000 McClintock.. • 53i
RV Minaret ...... ..• b6O 3!( 3
100 do
100 Irving 6
100 Densmore 12
400 Ma o lheny
d
100 Olmstead — • 2 7
200 Ymbert 2.44 1
•
Alsace Iron BM Ask.
1K 2
011 Creek 7 7M
Maple Blade Oil. 14 ..
McClintock 011... 67 , 6 6
Perry Oil 621 7
Mineral 'Oll 3 3K
Keystone Oil ....iii 2
Venango Oil . .. .. 1
Union `o
3 33i
Orga Oil 1%
Howe nics
's Eddy 011 13‘ 8
Irving 011 8% 7,16
Butler Coal 17 19'
Keystone Zinc..
Ili
Densmore 0i1.... 1 12
Delmill Oil. . ...• 8 9
lecElheny 011•••• 7% 7M
Roberts 011• ...•• 1
Olmstead ...• •—•
Noble & Del ..... to 19
Ex collior.••• •••• 1
Zebert ........... 11 11
Pet Gentre.. ... . . pe',
pr the raorsa NOstuto
the week ending Ekuguet.
MEE=
Sl=
MUM
Et=
08,187 *51;876,
Philadelphia Markets.
1 07{.-191artufactured Iron continues in good de.
mend, at full prices Pig Metal is firm, but the ,
sales are limited ; small lots of anthracite have been
disposed of at fiam Sas@Th % ton for the three num=
bers.
Ynnur.—Domestle Is coming in, and selling freely
at from 30@50c basket for Apples, and 35c@$2 V
basket for Peaches, the latter for choke.
Puovarows.—There Is a firmer feeling In the
market, and rather more doing In the way of sales.
Small sales of Mess Pork are making at slo@il
bbl. Small sales of Bacon Barns are making at 20
250 18 It for plain and fancy canvassed. Prime tierce
Lard is selling at 22ric .11.. Butter is in fair de
mand, with sales of solid-packed at 30 45c ft
Wu WET is better, with sales of 400 bbls refilled
and Western at 17783178 c 'ft gallon.
The following are the receipts of E7our and Gnirk
at this port to-day.:
Flour " 4,600
Wheat 7,800 bias.
Corn 3 000
Oats ' 3,900 bus.
New York Markets, August: IS.
BEHADSTUFFS.—The market for State and West
ern Flour Is rather more steady. Sales 20,000 Wu
at 110.10@9.40 for superfine State, $9.95@10.05 for
extra State, $10.10@10.15 for choice do, $0.10@0.50.
for superfine Western, $0.85@10.25 for common to
medium extra Western,*lo.4o@lo 65 for common to
good shipping brands extra round hoop Ohio, and
$10.7002 for trade brands, the market closing ae.
tine and s@loc better. Southern Flour is rather
more steady ; sales 1,800 bbls at $10.75@11.50 for '
common, and $11.60(414 for fancy and extra. •
Canadlan_Floor is a shade firmer. sales 500
at $10e10.15 for common, and $10.20@12 for good to
choice extra.
Eye Flour is quiet.
Corn Meal is quiet and steady.
Wheat opened quite firm, and closed 102 c better;
sales. 141,000 bus at $2.1432.14 for Chicago spring,
$2.100.34 for Milwaukee slab; $2.3402.86 for am
ber Milwaukee ; $2.3612.42 for winter red Western,
and 62.0@2.47 for amber Michigan.
Rye is quiet and unchanged. Barlei , is dull and
nominal. Barley Malt is dull. Oafs are steady at
90(407c for Canada, 96@98c for State, and 98(d198gc
for Western. The corn market is I@2c better;_salea
01.000 bus at 15401.55 c for mixed Western; and 1560
for high mixed nearly yellow.
PR0V11310146, The Pork market is a Shade
lower, with less doing; sales 2,200 bbls at $37@37.50
for mess,p4o cash and 840,25 for regular newdo •
t 8 for prime, and as for prime mess ; also, 1,64
bbls new mesa, for September, at t 42.50. The Beef
market is dull ; sales 250 bbls at about previous
prices. Prime Mess Beef is dull and unchanged.
Cut Meats are quiet and firm at 143M15e for Shotp
dare, and 17 kMISe for Hams. The Lard market is
less active, and without decided change in pries.;
sales 800 bbls et 2114'622M0; also, 1,25 e MAN for
August, at 23e, and 600 bbls, for September, buyers'
option, on private terms.
Arrival and Sailing of Ocean Steamers.
TO ARRIVE. -
win Pim 101 DATI.
Asia Liverpool ....Boston Aug. 6
Teutoitia Soutbampton.New York Aug. g-
City of Limerick. Liverpool... - New York.. ..... Aug. S
Etna Liverpool.... New York Aug. 10
(Thlna Liverpool.... New York Aug. l
Oen:Lamle ..ganthempton-New York. •.. -Aug. V
TO DEPART.
Begonia New York....:Ramburg Aug NI
London New York Liverpool.. ..... .Ang E 7
EVflithir Star.... New York Pew Orleans..... Aug 20
City of London New York Liverpool Aug 22'
Northern Light. New York Aspinwall Aug %
Creole ...New York..... New Orleane....Ang 24
Penis • New York Liverpool Aug 27
14amta. ' New York Bremen Aug 27
Blithe ;Is New York Olassow.•.• - Aug 27
C. of Baltimore. New York. ....Liverpool Aug Tr
Golden Rule•....,Pfew York Nan Juan. Hie. Jung 27
Roanoke. New Terk Havana Aug 22
PITILAI)ELPHIA. BOARD OF TRADE.
leengt-Mmazoer,
ANDREW WEIMAR, Committee of the Month.
ED. Y. TOWNSEND, •
MARINE .iNTEimiamcm.,
POET OF PHILADELPHIA, Aar. 18, 111.64.
Sun Rises.. 6 17 l Sun Sets.. 6 43 I High Water-3 16.
ARRIVED
Brig Marshall Thatch, Coombs, 15 days from St
John, 61 B, with pickets to .Gasktil & Galvin.
Brig J P Wethetill, Thompson, 7 days from Port
Royal, in ballast to captain.
Schr Charter Oak. Baker, 6 days from Boston,
with ice to Cold Spring Ice and Coat Co: '
Schr Armenia, Cavalier, 8 days from Boston, with.
toe to Cold Spring Ice and Coal Co.
Schr Geo L. Green, Bich, 4 days from Baltimore,
in ballast to captain.
Behr Geo Ellborn, Norwood, 4 days from Salem,
in ballast to oaptain.
Schr F Baas, Saunders, 5 days from Portland,
Conn, with stone to captain.
Sehr Vanneman. Sharp, 5 days from Fort
Monroe, in ballast to Tyler & Co.
Schr C NC Carver, Treat. 6 days from Bristol, In
ballast to J E Baxley & Co.
Schr 11 E Samson, Blake, 10 days from Gardiner,.
Me.. with ice to captain.
Schr Romp, Rich, 10 days from Calais, with lum
ber to captain.
Schr Clara Jane, Owen, 12 days from oalais, with.
lumber to captalh.
Schr J Leach, Endicott, 5 days from FortreB
Monroe, in ballast to captain.
Steamer Bristol, CharleS, 24 hours/ from NeW
York, with mdse to W P Clyde.
Steamer Samoa,
'Thinning, 24 hours from New
York, with mdse toW P Clyde.
Steamer o,Comatoek, Drake, 24 hours from Now
York, with mdse.to Wm rd Baird & Co.
Steamer. Novelty, Shaw, 4 hours from New York,,
with rodeo to Wm M Baird Se Co.
Steamer S C Walker, Sherin, 23 boars [rota New
York, with mdse to Wm rd Baird Oc Co, • •
CLEARED..
Bark Andes, merilmsn, Portland.
Brig Kurea, Collins, Havana.
Brig Belle of the Bay, Noyes, Tampa Bay.
Schr Nary Clark, ThaneY, NeartairypOrt.
Schr J Kent, Taylor, Bait'mere.
Scbr 0 Fish, Wall, Portland.
Behr S
Talpey, Boston.
Behr S T Chartre, Smith Lynn.
Behr Witch Queen, Hoyt', Boston.
Behr W a Thomas, Winsmore, Boston.
Bohr J S Watteau,. Tyler. Newborn.
Bohr M A. Rich, llardy,.Boeton.
Behr Prima Donna, Sanders, Washington.
Behr J NRater, Harvey, Fortress lllonrow.
Scbr D B Steelman, Smith, New Bedford.
Schr J Rogers Russell, Hartford.
Behr S L Crocker, Preabry, Taunton.
Schr ;tamer Neilson, Burt, Tattiitott.
Setif Cl Jt Beams; Burgers, Newborn.
Bohr 11S B Mahoney, Duncan, Chelsea.
Behr Sarnia Rent, Taylor, BaltintiN xt.
Steamer br MeDongal, Jamas, Now
Milikats WPDfst,PA4oilstAgjiiFiii.,.
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