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Peace Talk North and South.
Undoubtedly the peace question has as
sumed paramount importance in both sec
tions of the country, and in the desire for
its satisfactory adjustment, at least, if upon
no other point, the national sentiment is
united. The burden of war has borne too
heavily upon North and South not to
make each belligerent anxious for the
dawning of the day when hostilities shall
cease, and battle-fields, forever made his
toric, may once more smile beneath the
band of tillage. However, so far as the
North is concerned, there has been no
sudden revulsion of sentiment upon this
question. All loyal men to-day stand upon
the same ground upon which they- were
united when the flag was first fired on
at Sumpter. They'demand tathey
demanded then, that the natioruil 'authori
ty shall be acknowledged throughout the
length and bieadth of the land, and that
the National Union shall be preserved in its
integrity—no more and-no less. Upon this
position will - they maintain the - mselves unto
the end, and they may do so with, perfect
consistency while zealous for the restora
tion of peaceful relations. Nay, they can
zloty as sincere supporters of the Union
cause, consistently iefnse to give• heed to
the fundamental principle, that as there
can be no peace without Union, so neither
can there be Union - without peace. The
terms Peace and Union are, In fact, con
vertible, and may lie correctly employed as'
synonyms for etich other. It seems, clear,
then, that there has been no abandonment
of principles, no radical change of views
on the part of the friends of the Govern
ment, since the war began.
What, then, it may be asked, is the
Meaning of the peace-talk, which just now
occupies so prominent a share of our most
influential journals ? And how is it that
the subject comes to ; be discussed with so
Much more earnestness now than at sage
previous stage of the war, when the mili
tary situation is so flattering, and the end
of the rebellion, instead of being a nebu
lous probability, has become a tangible re-
Suit ? The answer will be apparent as the
question:is pertinent, In the first place, the
negotiations at Niagara Falls, and the en
suing correspondence, had a tendency to
lead the popular mind to a calmer and some
what more pacific mood, and naturally
awakened the inquiry whether it would be
possible to terminate satisfactorily a strug
gle the satisfactory adjustment of which
the enemy can never hope to accomplish
by the sword. In the second place, the
irresponsible but not insignificant visit
of Mr. J. R. GxLieoan and friend to
the rebel capital, about the same time,
and their mysterious interview with
Mr. JEFFERSON DATTS, concerning which
the public were only.permitted to know
that the prominent theme of conversation
'was peace, had likewise a most marked in
fluence upon the tone of public sentiment;
although- the character of that sentiment,
as we have said, has undergone no per
ceptible change. In the third place, we
find another circumstance of like tendency
in the near approach of the Presidential
canvass, in which it is morally certain that
one of the antagonistic parties will stead
upon an unconditional peace platform;
and, lastly, the, machinations of certain
scheming peace-politicians, in their -public
speeches, and newspaper organs, while
serving to put the friends of the Union upon
their guard, have at the same time intensi
fied the desire they cannot Nit feel—to see
the .Union again restored to its pristine
splendor and.greatness
These facts are sufficient to open the
eyes of the blindest to the true status of
public opinion upon this peace question,
and ought to assure the most faint-hearted
adherents of the Union that, in spite of
partisan malice and misrepresentation, their
cause has never found a more firm and un
compromising advocacy than now.
But, however patent the causes which have
brought about peace discussions at the pre
sent time, the general willingness to tolerate
Such discussions is a gratifying evidence
that the hearts of the people have not be
come perverted nor their.reasons clouded
by the bileful passions which, a State of
civil war unavoidably engenders when long
continued. It shows that reconciliation
and the restoration of amicable relations
between the two sections is not an impossi
bility, notwithstanding all the blood shed
upon both sides, and the vindictive senti
ments which have raged in the breasts
of our enemy towards the " accursed
Yankees." It shows that the breach be
tween the North and South is rot such an
irreparable one that a restoration of the
Union is necessarily impossible upon an
honorable basis. And -no other inference
than this was ever justly deducible from
any. policy or measure enunciated or en=
forced by the present Administration. We
do not think there can be found in the
whole country, North or South, a man
who, more ardently longs for.the restoration
of peace than President Luicomv. He has
not favored the prosecution of the war be-
cause his nature delights In the,shed.ding of
human blodd and in the devastation of the
Southern, country: From. she begitlriipga
he would haire gladly seen :the
existing'between the two sections arra:iged
without.a resort to arms. In his inaugural
address he endeavored to impress this idea
upon the Southern people, assuring than
that if tliey`•went to war they `..could not
fight. always, and the identical questions in
dispute would finally have to be settled by
negotiation
Mr. Liz orsin fact, has never been op
posed tO a conciliVory policy, so far a 3 it
did not compromise the honor or dignity
of the Government. We see this by his
proclamation of amnesty, offering pardon
and a restoration of the right§ of citizen
ship to ali rebels who will lay down their
arms and return to their, allegiance. We
see it, too, by his recent proclamation to
certain Quatri Southern ambassadors (with
'whom he was bound by no single oblige
tiVn whatever to have the remotest inter-
course); indicating terms upon which an
adjustment of our present difficulties may be
arrived at, without, however, pretending that
these ar,e" Ultimate or inflexible. Yet the
proclamation "To whom it may concern "
has been seized upon by the Opposition as a
proof of Air. LlNcoraes desire to prolong
the strife indefinitely for the benefit of the
regroes. The New York Times pithily
disposes of this misrepresentation in the
fallowing paragraph : "Mr. LracoLN. did.
say that he would receive and consider
propositions for peace, coming with proper
authority, if .they embraced the integrity
of the Union and the abandonment of
slavery. But he did not say that he would
not receive them unless they embri - ced
both these conditions. He did not say
that he would 'not receive them even if
they embraced neither. He was not laying
flown an ultimatum—he was not prescrib
ing conditions sine qua non, at all."
But are we justified in Inferring from , the
conciliatory temper *of our Chief ,Magi-
Orate that the pacification of the country
may be reached through honorable courses
The answer to this question mast depend
upon the rebel leaders. If they so choose
they could inaugurate petice as promptly
as they inaugurated War. They. were the
first to draw the sword, and when we con
, tend that they shall be the first to sheath
it, we cannot be charged with punctilious
ness upon a mere minor point of diplomatic
etiquette. but are simply solicitous that
the dignity of the national authority shall
be maintained in a matter where, to do
leis than maintaix,e it, would be to acknow
ledge the supremacy of the " Confede
racy." The suggestion made by the New
York Herald, Daily News, and other jour
nals of this class, in favor of the President
appointing a special commission to Rich.
. mond from Washington, in behalf of an
armistice and a convention of all the States,
to consider the ways and means of peace,"
is entitled to no consideration whatever.
What might be the result if an armistice
were asked for by the rebel leadertl, it is
not easy to say; but it cannot be sought
by the North, because, as the New York
• Times truthfully observes, "it would serve
precisely the same • purpose ♦ for LEE as a
formidable line of entrenchments, and a
still better one, for it would entail no fa
tigue on his men. It would keep General
Sunnmsar inactive, with the expenses of
the war, on which the Richmond press re-
Heil to ruin us, still running on, with half a
Million of men still ,Withheld from produc
tive labor, and with the ' Confederacy still
in existence, and because in existence, still
triumphant., A battle won could not give
LEE More than this, for. he does not seek
the conquest of the Noith."
Yet the refusal of the President to ap
point commissioners to Richmond for this
purpose will assuredly be distorted by the
Oppoaition into another proof of Mr. LIN
COLN'S desire to prolong the war unneces
sarily ; and, there is little doubt, that sug
gsstions of an. armistice are made for the
insidious design< of creating expectations,
•
:among the ignorant and easily deluded,
which cannot be .realized. It is worth
while noting here, that the men and news
papers that are ndw most loudly clamoring
for peace: have all along been waging re
lentless war against the Administration and
its policy. In fact, had it not been for the
obstacles which these very men and presses
have thrown in the President's way, and
the vindictiveness with which theyhave as
sailed-every war measure of the Govern
ment, the struggle in which we are em
barked might ere this have reached a sa
tisfactory conclusion by force of arms, thus
obviating the necessity of the peace twad
dle now prevalent in certain disaffeeted
guru ters. Only in the States which have been
remiss in filling their quotas, and which
have a deficit in this respect charged now
against them, does there seem to be any
disposition to precipitate a dishonorable
conclusion to the war ; and, if ever such a
conclusion should be reached, we may
rest assured that the . Opposition party
will alone be responsible for this fear
ful result. So far the war for the re
storation of national authority throughout
the land has been decidedly successful. It
commenced inauspiciously, but has pro
gressed steadily and satisfactorily. One of
our grand armies is now thundering at the
gates of the rebel capital, and another has
penetrated into the very heart of the Con
federacy. Hundreds of thousands of square
miles of territory have been recovered from
an enemy who boasted that he would dis
pute " every inch of the soil;" and to-day
not a single seceded State rests in undis
puted possession of the rebels,' but 'in every
one the stars and stripes are floating. The
task which was to prove " interminable "
is more than three-fourths finished: The
end is no longer distant or doubtful ; 4nd,
if any evidence is needed that the fate of
the rebellion is rapidly approaching a crisis,
we have it now in the circumstance that its
Northern sympathizers are so zealous for
an immediate cessation of hostilities.
Extortionatek 'Market Price's.
On Wednesday the price of butter in the
Philadelphia market was seventy-fire cents
per pound. A. year ago it was sold at thfrik
cents, and three years ago the avei'ale'lifide
was fourteen cents. We notice, too, that
the price of vegetables and fruits has run
up almost correspondingly. But there is
this difference—the farmers have made the
advance in butter, while those violators of
the law— the forestallers—perpetrate the
extortion as to .the vegetables and the fruit.
These are "the early birds who catch the
worm." They go down to the fruit
market, Dock street and Delaware ave
nue, wait the arrival of the supplies
from New Jersey, pick up the best pro
duce, tomatoes and onions, cantelopes and
watermelons, apples and peaches, at prices
not much greater than were paid last year;
and dispense them in the various markets,
and to retailers, at an average profit of
from seven hundred to a thousand per cent.
As for tree fruit, it is far more plentiful in
the wholesale market than it ever has been.
The price of sugar is so high, that house
keepers have been compelled to relinquish,-
this season, their favorite manufacture of
strawberry and raspberry jams, currant
and apple jelly, and also - to give
up all idea' of preserving peaches, pears,
and melons. . Therefore, the supply
is in excess of the demand,- and this has
kept down the price received by the New
Jersey growers at the vegetable and fruit
•market at Delaware avenhe. But those
pleasant rogues, the law.breaking fore
stallers, who would speculate even were
the enemy within a mile of the city, these
folks take care that the public at large shall
not profit by the abundance and cheapness
.of vegetables and fruit. Rather than lower
the fictitious prices which they put upon
these articles . Of food, they allow the excess
to decay, for sell they will not under the
great profit they conspire to extort. If the
District Attorney did his duty, he would
haTndle these folks "without gloves." They
know that they are indictable for conspiracy
to keep up high prices, as well as, at com
mon law, far the offence, of forestalling.
A few indictments, a few convictions, and
a few compound punishments (fines to
touch their pockets, and imprisonment to
attaint their respectability), would operate
in a - wholesome manner upon this class of
criminals, for they are guilty of a heavy
crime who combine for filthy luCre to de
rive Clod's thinking creatures of the
- wholesome food which He has provided in
abundance for -their sustenance and health
at this season. Perhaps the District At
torneyi has not turned his attention to this
matter. Let him do so ;it will not draw
him very much from Political matters, and
he will merit and obtain the thanks of his
fellow-citizens.
As regards the extortionate price of , but
ter the case is different. To demand and
obtain it no forestalling is necessary. The
thing is done in the most direct manner,
Ily the farmers themselves, who bring this
produce into the market generally with the
understanding for several successive weeks
past that they will put on an extra five
cents on each market-day. Thus the
price was 65 cents on Wednesday week,
70 cents on Saturday, and 75 cents on
last Wednesday. We can understand
an advance in the price of tea and
coffee, suAr and rice, and other articles of
food in ordinary use, because these are
taxed, and their original purchase money
is augmented by the rise in the price of
the specie which pays for them, but Con
gress, which has showered down taxes, by
its Internal Revenue Laws, upon every
other clasa, has singularly favored the far
mer. Neither his milk nor his cream, his
butter nor his cheese, hie corn nor his wheat,
his vegdtables nor his fruit, his pigs nor his
fowl, his oxen nor his sheep, are in any way
taxed. If he kill any cattle, swine, calves,
sheep, or lambs, he may do so, for his own
consumption, without paying the usual duty
upon slaughtered animals. Thereis no tax
upon the manure which enriches his land,
upon the horses that plough it, upon the
cereals it yields, upon the flour, meal, or
bran which are manufactured from this pro
duce. The farmer is singularly exempt
from taxation. Yet it is the farmer, un
grateful Und giusping, who:has trebled and
quintupled price of butter in our ma
t r.
het 3. ,
It may be said, by him or for him, that
this increased price has been caused by the
dearness of all other things. ' We deny it,
for, when we were at Lewisburg, hi Union
county;, in
. this State, a - few,weeks ago,
as flue butter as ever was made in Chester,
Lancister, Montgomery, or Bibb counties
was selling there for twenty-five cents a
pound, the Philadelphia price then being
fifty cents. The present price in Union
county is twenty-five cents, against the
Philadelphia extortion of seventy-fire.
Surely, butter can be made as cheaply in
one county as in the other ?
Against this extortion there is a' remedy.
Discontinue the purchase of butter until
the price has become reasonable. Send
the farmers home on four or five succes
sive market-days without effecting sales, and
they will be sharply brought to reason.
We do not expect' anything so miraculous
as that they will repent of their barefaced
audacity, that they. will mourn because
greed made them dishonest and extortion
ate, but we know that if they were unable
to dispose of their butter in three succes
sive markets, they would - very gladly take
reasonable, and still amply remunerative
prices, after that sharp lesson. The New
Yorkers, when like extortion was tried on
them, Tormed an anti-butter-buying league,
and brought the farmers back to reasonable
pricesjn a very short time. Let this ex
ample not be lost on us. •
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IT IS NOT often that men holding respon-
Sible positions,under the GoVernment, con
sider that their duty to . the country re
quires something more than a faithful dis
charge of their official obligations. .Nor is
-it often that a public officer is morally re
quired to do more than his oath of office re
quires, for there are few departments of the
national service which do not give suffi
cient occupation to conscientious men.
It is noteworthy, -however, as an example
of unusual earnestness among persons
holding responsible Oft Tees, that Cbl.
B. TH . O.IAS, -COB.OOtOT of this port,, has
three times raised a-regiment for the na
tional service, and thrice led it into the
field. At- each invasion of the State,
- Colonel Timbres has bden one of the
first to answer to the call to aim's, and
not a month has passed since he left
the city at the head of a first-cla,ss regi
ment, chiefly raised by his own, exertions..
This regiment is now before Atlanta.
If Colonel THOi[AS had, in his anxiety to
take an active part in the, war, in any way
neglected his official duties, we should not
refer to his course as one of true patriotism.
But knowing that the Custom House is
thoroughly organized;`that it was with the
full approial of the head of the Depart
ment that he entered the military service,
we cannot withhold; our earnest approval
of Colonel Trtontes',action. We are told
that officeholders cdnsider their duty per
formed in accepting lucrative positions ;
but here is a case in which a citizen, Who
could not be blamed for remaining at home,
voluntarily takes upon himself the burden
of war, and risks his life - from a pure sense
of duty. Nor is this the only instance of
such a spirit.
VALLANDIRMAK is eager to assure
his admirers that when the Democracy ob
tain power'every man shall sit down under
his own vine and fig-tree, and none shall
be afraid ; there shall be no more taxes, no
draft, no war, &c. It is surprising with
what extravagance he predicts glorious
things from a return of the Democracy to
power. There is, no doubt, in reserve,
$l,OOO bounty and ;a'homestead for every
one who will vote the Democratic ticket ;
and when a President devoted to "Peace
upon -any terms" is elected, there will be
houses to spare and fortunes to give away.
This dazzling gift -enterprise of Mr. VAL
LANDIGHAM will have , a few gullible vic
tims, we presume, while the rest of the
nation endeavors honestly to save what
property we possess. But, we submit, is
it statesmanly in the Heaven-inspired ex-
Canadian to give promises in this fulsome
peddler fashion? We' fear that the "
god
like" Mr. V. is no better than most quacks,
'and what, with the peek °lids own griefs,—
is a very crazy and dismal itinerary.
When we shall haVe no more war, and no
more taxes, let us trust that there Will be
no more Vallandighammon.
DEAN RICHMOND,. a manipulating
politician of NeW York, is added. to the list
of candidates for the Chicago nomination.
We know of no :way by which the Peace
party could more literally affirm the object
of their movement than
,by putting Rich
mond in the - place of Washington.
•
A COMPAIIISON of the remarks of Mr.
Pnrourmo WOOD at the Syracuse Peace
Convention with the condition and cha
racter of the faction he represents, will
show how little Mr. WOOD and hl friends
are fitted to the work of which they are
pretended devotees. He said :
"Assuming that an armistice would soon be de
claied by which both skies would cease fighting, 'he
held it to be thenuty of 'the people to direct listen.
Lion at once to the great question of -a. Anal and
eternal Battlement of this sectional oonflict. He
knew this subject was Oiled v.itti. difllcultias. It
would requiie'm iteraceomplishmeat a higherorder
of statesmanship than That which had originally
formed the Feeerai Government: . Deadly nostili
lles and questions of 'a social and mural character
were to be reconciled and adjusted, and geographi.
eel, political; and even religious autagonfiims to
be dissipated by some wise philosophy inspired from
above."
W ASHINGG-ToN.
WASIUNGTON, AugUst
IMPORTANT TO DELINQUENT OFFICERS.
Notification Is given to the following of that
their dismissals will be condnued by the President
unless they appear within thirty days from this date
-before the military commission in this city and
show, by satisfactory proof, that the dismissals were
. unjust Colonel L. B. PiEnoc,l2th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, for utter worthlessness and inefficiency as
an r Meer; Second Lieutenant A. L. Kir.rierarck,
64th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for repeated acts of
cowardice before the enemy; Colonel JACOB Elia
was,-22d Pennsylvania Cavalry, for making ,exag
gerated statements, thereby creating a panic among
the teamsters, causing a loss of storm and wagons.•
Major J. IL TuanuE, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Captain S. E. GRASS, 20th Pennsylvania: Cavaiiy,
Captain Tons( Tonneasr, 12th Pennsylvania Carel
ry, 'Lieutenant Jonas, 13th Pennsylvania Chivalry,
for desertipg their commands, and circulating re
ports of the losses of the army„
THE 7.30 LOAN.
Supplies or the new 7.30 treseary notes were sent
to-day to the assistant treasurers at Boston, New
'Pork, and Philadelphia, This will canes no inter
roption In filling up the subscriptions heretofore
sonde.
RESIGNATION OF CLERKS.
Within the last two months eighteen of the Pen
sion-Office clerks have reedifea, owing to the Riede.
quaey of their compensation. mausidering the high
price of living. Their salaries ranged from $1,200
to $l,BOO per annum. The vacancleethus Caused
have been filled.
ATIBCELLA.NEOI7I3
SLOAN MITCHELL, Of the 188th Pennsylvania,
- died and was burled here yeatetday.
Two colored men, recruiting agents for Penneyi•
vania, have been arrested for violation of military
regulations. They were preparing to convey away
a man, a substitute, who was enrolled here, and
they Induced him to give another mime than his
own to prevent detection of the fact that he had
been enrolled here.
The Tallahassee is said to have gone to Halifax to
coal. If so, there is a 'prospect of her being cap
tured. Two of our vessels were lately ordered to
that coast to cruise, and the hope is engendered they
may run foul of her.
The Government has leased the Mount Vernon
cotton factory for a military prisdn. The machinery
is now being removed to make the new hotel avail,
able for bounty•jumpers, deserters, and refwtory
eh/Limners generally. They will find ample quar
ters there.
The Congressional Excursion.
BT. Jousts, N. 8,, August 19.—The Congressional
committee arrived in the steamer New England,
baying left the cutter Mahoning at Eastport. They
will be entertained to-night by the American resi
dents of tLis City, and will visit Sobediaa to-morrow.
Punishment, for Military Offences.
BOSTON, August 19.—Three prisoners have re.
gently been removed from Fort Warren, agreeably
to their sentence by court Martial. One soldier, for
desertion, Is to spend three years at the Dry Tor
tugas, and the other two, rebel spies, are consigned
to the Albany Penitentiary for fourteen years each.
Consecration of Archbishop lacCiositor;
BALTIMORE, August 19.—The Most Rev. Arch
bishop Spaulding, accompanied by the Rev. 0. L.
Jenkins, of St. Charles College, left here yester
day for New York, to assist in the inauguration of
the Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey, which takes
plaoe on Sunday next.
Railroad Accident.
. .
Poirmarm, August 19.—1 t is reported that a
serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon on
the Bermeboo and Portland road s near Seven-mile
Brook. A. A 'bridge foil under the one &Moak train
from this city to Augusta. The tender and baggage
doararggenot o g y t ee be stizi n b e ut an t d be ‘ tdh e e r r . oa r ra hl w a e y nt pe d n otr oari a•
are . reported badly injured, but none were kaied
THE PRESS.-P.LADELPHIA, SATURDAY. AUGUST
,20, 1864:
PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN 'MOBILE.
Investment of Fort Morgan. by
Land and Water.
A DEMAND MADE FOR ITS UNCON,
DITIONAL SURRENDER. .
GARRISON IMPBRAULY INVITE ATTACK.
An Attack Ordered by parragut on the 11th.
THE REBELS AT PETERSBURG. CAN
NONADE OUR WORKS.'
A General Battle Along our 'hole Line;
Favorable News from flaneoek
on the James River. •
ADYICES FREIN TILE SHENANDOiII YALLET.
HWY REINFOREEMESTS TO EARLY'S ARMY.
'PEE
.lIEBELS BEGINNING TO AS ,
BUXE TB OFFENSIVE.
A Movement in Force 4ttemp:ted on
,Gen.
His ARMY FALLS BACK TO WINCHESTB'
THE INDIAN WAR BECOMING SERIOU
General System of Massacre ant Arson 10-(loloSii
AND ORGANIZING TO
SETTLERS ARECINO
REPEL TEE RAVAGES.
The Indians Threaten Extermination,
THE TALLAHASSEE ORDERED OUT
IPARRAOUVIS 82CPBDIrliON-ii ATTAOS, ON BORT•
BIORGELN CONTZMPLATUD • WORK BUR.
)3013 DEM
' , Taw o=naars, Aug.-12, via Cairo, Aug.lB.—The
steamer Kate Dale, from Fort Gaines, blobile har
bor, yesterday morning, arrived - here last night'.
-Admiral Farragut had prepared his fleet for
ection, and Issuedrorders to attack Fort Morgan at
8 o'clock A. M. yesterday. It was to receive an en
filading fire from the fleet, and the land force In l 'its
'rear have invested it wherever' here was a foot of
ground to stand upon. The rebels had destroyed
the outbuildings of the fort, and also burned - their
only vessel, lyingunderia guns. Everything about
the fort indicated a determination to contest the
battle till the last. The channel to Dog river . was
unobitructed. The naval iron-clad force was confi
dent of success. At a late Minx' last night we heard
that Admiral Fareagut had, demanded the uncondi
tional surrender of the fort. "
Admiral Farragut's demand for its surrender,
made on Tuesday, was refused, the commander of
the fort saying that he had 'six rnonths'provisionS
and fighting rations, and would resist to the last
moment. Beier° this, General- Granger's force, in
the rear, had ent the communications of the fort.,
The raw Tennessee was In the attegh on the fort.
Admiral Farragut was confident of reducing the
fort. The Bag-ship Hartford was badly injured. We
hold all the channels to the bay.
Cala°, August 19.—The steamer Olive Branch,
from New Orleans on the 12th Inst., has arrived.
She-was not molested, as rumored In Memphis. Her
officers knew nothing of the capture of the steamer
Lady or other boats since the Oaribel was destroy
ed. The New Orleans cotton market was unsettled
and depressed.. Sales of the week, 800 bales; re
ceipts, 2,327 ; exported, 1,658; stock on hand, 8,295.
Sugar and molasses held higher, above buyers'
views. Flour declined; choice extra, $13 . 25.
WASHINGTON, August 10.—The latestintelligence
Prom Mobile is the following from the Richmond
Sentinel of the 17th, received at the Navy Depart.
went to-day
Mornial t Anguat 15.—This evening two monitors'
and five gtutnoata pawed Dog river bar, and clouting:
up to within two miles of,tne obstructions opined
fire for three hours *on our batteries and gunDeittC
doing no damage. Our gunboats
. repiled
somely. Our batteries mere silent. at sunset, 4. =
the enemy hauled off.
A special despatch to the Register, from Ox Porid
on the 14th, says Chalmers , dashed into Abbey rill 4
and whipped the enemy, capturing twenty-five pri
soners, and then falling back
_four miles' upon the
enemy, attacked him and were repulsed. Oar loss
Was five killed and twenty-five wounded. The
enemy lost fifty killed, two hundred and fifty
wounded, and forty prisoners.
Firing was heard in the direction of Fort Morgan
thiirnorning.
TB E ARMY BEFORE PETERBBITRO..
THE EXCENT OPERATIONS ON THE dialfailAlLTH
WORKS, ERIBONEEB, AND HEAVY GENES OAP
TITILIbLD. .
WASIMIOTON 3 August /9.—A letter from the
Army of the Potomac, dated at noon on Wednesday,
sal : "The 2d Corps having been unsuccessful in
the attack on the enemy on the north aide of the
' James river, on Sunday, fell back to a safe position,
which they occupied until yesterday, when another
assault With determined on and carried sucoetsfully,
the enemy having been driven from their works
with Leavy loss in killed, wounded,and several hun
dred•prisoners, who fell into our hands. The 2d
Corps also captured a few heavy guns, which the
enemy had not time to carry off, besides a quantity
of small arms. Our loss was quite severe. Oar
troops still hold the position they gained. The.ca
valry under Gen. Gregg had an engagement with
the rebels, and drove them from some works near
the New Market road, but they rallied from the
different forts 1n the vicinity, and finally forced the
cavalry back upon the Infantry supports. Colonel
Gregg, commanding the 2d Brigade, 24 Division
Cavalry Corps, was severely wounded in the en•
gagement. It Is said that Gen. Butler's troops had
a alight engagement yesterday, but without much
advantage to either side."
WABBIATITON, August 19.—The Washington
Chronicle has the subjoined despatch:
CITY - rms.)", Vu., August 17, 1864.—Advices from
Deep Bottom are cheering today. The ?detainers
brought down the first Instalment of prisoners -253
privates and 17 officers. Our captures are reported
at 3,500. It would Ye safer to say SOO. - An attempt
On the part of the rebels to flank us resulted In the
capture of the flanking party. General Grant was
at the dock when the distinguished party arrived.
His three stars soon revealed who he was, when some
of the bolder spirits saluted him. So eager werwthe
rebellious crowd to catch a glimpse of "Bob litotes
hard nut" (as our soldiers familiarly sneak of. - the
Genets]) that several alight7skirmishes mined Or a
commanding position.
A thOught here presents itself: It is conceded
that the General is a. valuable man, and owned by
the Ainerican 'People. Is It not slightly indiscreet
In us to have such valuable property lying around
loose, for some martyr.hero Jackson or volculteer
nurse•smirderer to carry offer destroy R One of: the
objicts of the expedition is now apparent. The
rebels had become ampainted with our can:tiling
operations, and were engaged in the laudabilt en
terprise of dlowning us out.. They inoceedid in
drowning a taw men and a considerable amount of
stores before "Grant interrupted, them by an attack
of the 19th Corps on their rear. The work 64 :Ow
progressing rapidly toward completion. Seven
hundred sick and - wounded of the 2rl Corps gave
been received at the hospital at City Point. The
weatbco, though warm, Is favorable for the poor
fellows, and thetai , erage of deaths is llghter 4 then
usual. A corporal from Breckinridgeos comtnand,
now said to be at Petersburg, came Into our lines
recently ; while'On a scout he came across in (bider
of engineers, to whom he gave hisarms. Re is from
Big Shanty, Georgia; le a mechanic, and is' very
anxious to go North to earn the large wages said to •
be paid to mechanics there,
A HEAVY CANNONADING PEON "THR RiBEL 'LINES
BEFORS PnrEassase, August 1.8.7-About one
o'clock this evening the enemy opened the, most
vigorous fire since the mine was exploded. It com
menced on the right and centre, and was dieveted
towards a valley where theyseemed to imagine that
Our troops were being massed, and, finally, extended
along theiwhole line of the Appomattox to the Sera
salem plank road.
•
The night was beautiful, the moon shining bright
ly, but no damage of any account resulted tram the
affair. It lasted about two hours, and was thought
to be a prelude to an attack on some part of oar
line. The usual OW has since prevailed.
Heavy tiring was also heard during the night tU
the direction of General Ilutler's department, but
*nothing has been heard from that point. _
STRATBOIC REBIIITS OF THE J.A.TaBB BMW; )LOVE.
31E T - -.AN ATTAON ON ova wOR.KEIa
WASHINGTON, August 19.—The Repuhfican says :
The line occupied by Bancock , s troops, on the north
side of the James river, extends about seven miles
from the river In the direction of White Oak Swamp,
the right resting on that locality'. By this strategic
movement across the James river Generai Grant
compelled Lee to extend hie lines to that.degree
that there must be some weak points In It; which
Grant will probably find. The lines held-by our
forces is already entrenched so strongly that theY
cannot be driven from them by the rebels. There Is
a pod deal of marching and countermarching of
divisions, and It Is evident that some important
movement is on foot near the capital Of Dixie.
Later reports from the front by the Vanderbilt
elate that a general attack seems to have been made
on our lines from Butler's position np. The weight
of the attack appears to have been on our centre.
Our loss was comparatively trifling, The cannon
ading on Wednesday night is described as the most
terrific of the war. The whole line was engaged,
commencing at 9 F. M. and ending at 4 Web - Nikon
Thursday morning. Fighting same to be still go.
tug on , desperately at Deep Bottom, but with what
remit was not reported at City Point whim the
Vanderbilt left. It is reported that the Federal
and rebel ir,oli-elads took put in the light, on
THE WAR.
Shprithuns. Flank.
OF lIILLIIPAX.
EEPARTNIENT OF THE GULF
rum osucelts prima
AROUND PISTRESBIIRG
Wednesday night. The fight was conducted. yrith
Wilke y alone.
Early yesterday .morning the rebblif.in front of
the 9th Corps made a desperate. rfersult on our
worki, probably under the itoprersion that the
_=movement up James river bad obliged. Grant to
materially weaken his lines in front of Petersburg,
The positions of the Oiher corps were also assaulted'
and for several hours a fierce battle raged, the can.
none dbag.being terrine . , Interspersed with musketry
on either side. The enemy did not catch us nap
ping, and they were finally repulsed, leaving their
dead and wounded. on the field, between the two
lines: The--rebels 'are represehted to -have lost
heavily.
At the time the " Vanderbilt left no details had
been received, the main facts known being that the
rebels had been repulsed, and had retired again be
hind their works: There was a rumor afloat at City'
Point, when the Vanderbilt left, that-a strong re
connoissance, Sent out by Hancock, had reached
Fair Oaks. •
The demand for ice for hospital purposes in the
recent hot Spell has created quite a panic in that
;article. Some of the speculators in that commodity
in the Northern cities may be compelled to disgorge
their abundance for the use of the soldiers. The
to rains and the cool weather of . the last few days
'havelerionaly affected the demand.
FORTHIC - F. P ACATIOULARS OF THE ATVAON
FORTBICSB lnurcnos, August 18.—The hospital
.steamer Conneeticut'arrived here to-day at noon
from Deep Bottom, James river, With four hundred
Uoiided, mostly in the battle of Tuesday, and be
^longing to the 2d and lOth Army Carps.
They were transferred to, the hospital steamship
-Atlanta at this place, which sailed for Philadelphia
at 4P. M. The Connecticut left Deep Bottom this
morning. Yesterday *O.B comparatively quiet with
the army on both sides of the James river. Whilst
the Conneetiontwas lying at Delip Bottom very.
heavy cannonading was heard up the , river, com
mencing at 1 o'clook and lasting'till 2.30 this morn
ing. The result was not ascertained when the
"'steamer left.
3 P..lll—abe mall steamer Vanderbilt, from City
Point, has just arrived. At 6 o'clock this morning
the rebels made a furious attack on our lines, or
rather that portion consisting of General, Barnacle's
old aorta and to their left. The fighting was chiefly
with artillery, and lasted nearly two home, when
the enemy fell back without attempting an assault
ou tar works. - Our loss was small.
SIIMWAIDO.4.II3I VALLEY.
THE CAVALRY FIGHT AT FRONT ROYAL
, H.ATLYZIO2I FICILJZT, August 18.-- ' , jives froxn
"the front state that GeneratMeredithos stlvleion of.
-caVairrhaZ a. fight with some of Early's infantry, a
.day or two since near, Front Royal, In *hick the
enemy were completely routed, with a loss of save.
4al hundred prisoners, including forty-seven officers
ai'd three battle-flags. The prisoners were greatly
.chagrined at finding themselves whipped and Cap-
Lured by cavalry.
Among the casualties is the old war horse, Col.
Thomas C. Devins, 6th New York Cavalry, wounded
in the foot, .Captain Norwitz, 6th PennsylVaula,
:formerly an aid to General Buford, it is reported, is
killed, and Major Starr, of the 6th Pennsylvania, is
wounded. Lieutenant F. E. Ewing, 91st Ohio, re•
ported killed on July 24th, at Winchester, although
seriously wounded In the chest, basjust been brought
in here 011 , h18 way home, and is doing well. Our
cavalry is reported to have recaptured from the
rebels some of the animals recently taicen by the
guerilla. Moseby. This achievement was only ac,
cornplished after a sharp fight.
GENERAL SHERIDAN FALLEN BACK TILTS SID'S Oir
WMOHESTER-THE ENEEY .IN STRONG HORSE
ON FRONT AND BLANES
Hiatrait's Fertwi ; , August 18.—General
Sherl
dan's army has fallen back to Berryville, this side
,of Winchester. The movement was made necessary
in order to secure supplies, and .to meet a flank
.movement made by a heavy rebel force, which was
moving up through Front Royal. This force con
sists of Kershaw's and T.omax's divisions of Long
'street's corps, which have been sent from Richmond
to reinforce - Early. Our cavalry met the head of this
column at Front nasal, on Wednesday, and an en
gagement ensued, whiah is spoken of as a brilliant
success. The fight was in an open field, and our oval 'ry made a splendid charge, which drove the enemy
in confusion.
.'We captured nearly three hundred,
who were
brought off the field. General Sheridan's
movements are not to be regarded as a retreat. He
found that the enemy were being heavily reinforced,
and wisely refuted to light at Strasburg or Winehes.
ter, where he Would be flanked through Front Royal
or Snicker's Gap. If the rebels want a fight, it le
believed that they can'get one by advancing on him
in his present position.
THE INDIAN Will,
MILITARY PREPARATIONS TO OWASTISIe THE SAY•
AORS.--31IIRDER AND ARSON IN COLORADO TER
RITORY—GRNRR.A.L AND AWIPTTL MASSACER AND
DESOL.ALTiON
• Draysa Crrse.o.- T., Aug. 18.—The regiment of
100.daya cavalry authorized by the War Depart,
went, thrpe days ago, to tight the Indians, la already
more than half filled. 'lt is expected It will be in
the field in lets than ten days. It is to operate along
the Vatic Valley and to protest the overland mall
and wagon trains. In this they are to have the co.
operation of troops from the East. It is hoped the
route will soon. be re established, and the Indians se:
.verely chastised. At present all the trains and mall
coaches are stopped. Friendly Indians report that
•extensive combinations exist among the Che
yennes, Arapahoes, Klowas, Sioux, Clantanolies,
'Walls, And Snakes, and that they intend to wage a
•war of extermination against the whites. Martial
:law, is being enforced here, and all places of MlA
atels have been closed until further orders. kleieriti -
Stodependeut
.o.lpganies _are about ready. to
start out, and a few days will demonstrate trntii
or falalty of the many wild rumors floating about.
Provisions of all kinds are very high end rapidly
advancing, and unless communication with the
States is speedily resumed there Will be much suf
fering, if not aotual starvation.
BECOPID DESPATCE--LATS.Ia
The Indiana murdered several familiesand burned
a Lumber of houses on Oherry creek, ilftydrive miles
from here, last night. Settlers are fleeing to this
city for protection. The commander of this district
today issued a special order for the enrolment (Wall
the able-bodied males over sixteen years of age.
Drafting to fill the one•hundred-day regiments will
be commenced immediately. A line of block-houses
is being erected around the city. The fact that the
telegraph wires are unmolested leads to the belief
that no white men are engaged with the Indians in
tleir work of destruction.
• Sr. Lotus, August 19.—Information from Fort
Riley, General Blunt's headquarters, says that three
ranches, near Little Blue river. have been burned
by the Indiana, and the stock run off and the in-
habitants killed, their bodies being found in the
ashes of the buildings. The citizens of Washington,
Republic, and ()lay counties have been armed by
General Blunt. Four hunters have been killed at.
Selena, fifty miles west of Fort Riley. Between
lallesburg and Litt!? Blue no ranches have been left
star ding, and • between 60 and 70 dead bodies have
been seen. There are no ranches remaining be•
tween the Big Sandy and .Little Blue, and no in
habit ants between Fort Kearney and Denver. Four
traits have been captured on the Little Blue, and
all the stock, consisting of four hundred and fifty
cattle and a large number of mules, driven off. The
men belonging.to these trains escaped. The Indians
are well mounted, and most of them armed with
long-range guns. Captain Thompson, with
seventy-five men of the 10th Kansas Gavalry, and
one howitzer, is pursuing the Indians who committed
the outrages on the Little Blue. Despatches from
him, dated the 4th, stated that the Indians moved to.
welds Republican Fork with 1,000 oxen and large
herds of horses and mules Gap. Sherry, of the Kan
sas Militia, has also joined the pursuit, moving north
of Thompson's command. Eight days have elapsed
since any communication has been had from points,
further west than nineteen miles from Little Blue,
within which distance sixteen men, women, and
children have been massacred, and every dwelling
burned. The families of the settlers have been sent
to the settlements, and the men turned upon the
Indian trail. Gen. Blunt sent orders to Forts
Leavenworth and Selena for the commands there
to scout in the direction taken by the Indians, keep
ing ready to join in- the pursuit when their trail
was found. Gen. Blunt was doing everything pos
sible with the small force at his command.
OPERATIONS IN SIIERMANSS 'ittEAR.
AIitAaTT.E NRAR CFHATTANOOGA-ARSVLTB NOT
DIEM!
Mumma, August 18.—A gentleman,just frOm
the front s reports that on Thursday Gen. Stedman
started from Chattanooga, and met the foe at Grays
villa, eighteen miles distant, and a severe engage
ments ensued. The Federal loss is not stated. It
is reported that
_General Stedman was. severely
wounded, and Colonel Streight, of the 51st Indiana
Volunteers, killed. A rebel force is reported at
Cleveland, Tennessee. A brigade from ChattanoOga
left for Cleveland on Wednesday. The rebel caval
ry have divided into small parties, and are demon
strating upon the towns in Northern Georgia and
Tennessee. ".
The Federal pickets were tired upon at various
points between Chattanooga and . Bridgeport. As
our informant left, Major General-Stedman's adju
tant was leaving Chattanooga for Graysville with
a cavalry force. The Frankford train is three hours
behind time, caused by the cars running off the truly.
near Frankfort. No casualties are reported...,
THE GiIIEBULLA WAR.
AN ATTA.CB HOPRINNVILLN, KY.
CI.A.IIXEViALB, Tenn., August 19.—A small mut;
ing party sent out. frtm here yesterday returned at
midnight, and reported three hundred rebels, under
Frank Woodward , at Garrettsburg, twelve miles
from here, at six cOoloek last night. They were well
mounted, and armed mostly with navy revolvers,
and were pressing horses and mules indiserind
nairgy. They are supposed to be on the way tiepin
Adam' Johnson.
Onanwevitra, August 16-10.80 A. M.—Wood
ward attacked Ropkinsville about four o'clock this
morning, and was repulsed by a company of the 52d
Kentucky and one hundred Home Guards. On the
second charge Woodward was mortally wounded
and taken prisoner.....TWo rebel soldiers were killed,
and the Federals sustained no loss. The rebels are
still hovering around the town, and another attack
is expected.
THE TALLAHASSEE.
A REPORT lawn A WITNESS' Or HE/3 DEPENDA,
BOsTow, August la.—The British brig Ella Ali
kleti, from New Brandon, reports, on the Ifith, to
let. 42.65, lon. 66.30, saw the pirate Tallahassee de
stroying vessels, cutting away spars and scuttling
the hulls. Two barks, one brig, and threeschooners
were In eight at the time, all American vessels.
Also saw one schooner, probably the Mary A.. Roma,
belore reported; which had been scuttled, hat could
not ascertain her name, and took from her four• do
ries, sells . , &e. Site sunk twenty minutes altar. -
The next day; is lat. 42 Ser.a, spoke the
steamer Dacotal, steering east, and reported the
above to her.
Sr. Rallis, N. F., Attgast
log bark-rigged steamer kept lying off Oape Race
On Saturday and Sunday, Monday and Tuesiliy.
The weather was very fine.
.4.I79TRER CAPTVD.X.
3ioirroir, Aug/pit.W-11as schooner Leormrd
arrived from Comsiallii, K. S. and Mports that - on
the lath, orblartteleui, the was-eapturda by the
Teilapirsee, and released on giving bonds for
$2,000. The pirate put ten men on board belonging
to a bark from Portland for Ploton. Next morning
the Leopard steered Into .Pdonhegan, and the men
came whore in a boat; The Leopard subsequently
saw the Tallahassee capture and burn two scho °here.
The pirates destroied all the provisions and staved
the water casks.on board the Leopard. .
TEM TAIZAHABBRE ORDBUBD OUT OP HAIAVAX:
11-A.LIPAX, august i9.—At noon to day Admiral
Rope sent' to the Tallahassee several boats with
crews and an order to cease coatteg, whish was
promptly enforced. She intended taking five hon.
dred ohaldions for a long voyage, but has less than
three hundred. or a week's supply. She sails to
night, beyond - doubt, for North Bay. It is impost..
ble to obtain the names of the vessels destroyed by
bar.
The Falcon, blockade.runner, 113 still here.
THE MASH OF TES TALLAEASSIOL
Ens Tow; Auguat I.9.—The gunboat Dacotah bag
returned ',from her cruise after the pirate
Talla
ha€see. .
EU'ito
The foreign mails by the Asia bring illeSlo th
6th inst., vhich give the details of the telegraphic
qummary, ,alreadypublished. The princUal topic
of interest Is the settlement of the 'OtnisEvrar. It
is, of course, tags:mist Denmark, whiahe being the
weakest State; is -least likely to cause trouble by
diesatisfamion... The official' Vienna Gazette an
nounces the armistice as signed, and says:
"The duchies of Larienbare, Schleswig, and Hol
stein have been unreservedly ceded. , Tae rectirba
tion of frontier agreed to at the same time has been
undertaken in the German interest. Germany owes
the realization of one of the most ardent desires of
the nation to the union of Austria and Prussia'and
the 'victories of their allied armies. Europe is in
debted to them for the removal of a cause or danger
ous conflicts. The war has not been a war-of con
quest, nor has it had in view the triumph of hos-
Binary pretensions of nationality, bat it has been
waged to enforce the justice of positive'rights. • The
war having,-conformably with the rules of interne
tional laW, abolished previous treaties, the success
of the Austro Prussian armies has admitted toe pos
sibility, of separating the Elbe ducnies from Den
mark.' '
Thus the European war cloud is dissipated, and
the Powers mug rest until they discover some new
grievance over which to spill Mood,
..„
The Polish Instirrection, or which we have heard
so little of late, seems also •ended.. The Russian Go
vernment, with its usual excess of tyranny and cru
elty, is executing ad libitum:all who were.ooncerned
with the uprising. • X. 'Craugott, the, head of the
Polish ,National Government, together with ,Kra
jewslit, Focyski, Zulinsat, and Jesesranssi, the
ctileis of On afferent departments, were hanged at
'Warsaw August sth, on therglacts - of the citadel.
The sentences of death passed upon eleven efficiala
of the National Government have been commuted,
' in some cases to hard labor, and in the °theta to lin
prisonment In a Siberian fortress.
The diffioulty between the Turkish GOverninent
and the missionaries has been arranged. frit is not
all the latter could wish tor, it will, perhaps, under
all the , circumstances, be generally regarded as
equitable and satisfactory. The bookstores and
offline of the etiveralsocietiee have been reopened,
and tell liberty given to their agents to preach to all
comers. in their _respective chapels and meeting
rooms—but not In the khans or other public Oases
of Stamboul. The free sale of the 13iole in • bows,•
stores Is permitted, but not its colportage.about the
capital, nor either the sale or,gratultous distribu•
Lion of. OuntroVersial works attacking' Ofoliarame-
Monism. The native converts underarrest are, " tor
their own protection and as a measure of Precau
tion against popular etbitement,” to be temporarily
remove - jrom the capital to some . English consular
stationit theprovinces, the Porte engaging to pro
vide for their famines dozing their &Notice.
A great battle has been fought in Oeritral Asia.
The Bombay Gazette says : " The-latest intel4eace '
from Central • Asia is nated the 9th June from Oa:
tool, and is highly Important. On the lath ideal,
lilajur James, the commissioner of Pestiawur re
ceived a letter* from dirdar Mattomed' Eniteek
Khan, announcing that, on the 2d June, a pitched
battle had been Sought at Bazgall, near Samoan,
between the Ameer's troops, who were thirty tnow
'sand strong, with 'forty-dye guns. and - his brother,
Ileatiomol Afzul Khan, whose forces amounted to
about- the same number of men and thirty gnus.
Afzul Kahn was defeated with the loss of 2,000 Men
'killed, 4,00 ft taken prisoners, and a great portion of
his artillery and camp equipage. fne Amear's
army had about 2,000 casualties. The defeated di
dar escaped, and was, by last. accounts, making for
Balkh. Illahoosed dzin Hahn, another reoelllotti
brother el the timer of ()about, Who had to fly from
Enure= in May last, after suffering a most igno.
minions defeat, is still lyingperda at Kama Pladee,
within the British territories. -, , •
'The great battle of the 2d June appears to have
been commenced by' the 'artillery on both sides,
which kept pounding away for several hours, Until
the troops became 'impatient and closed with each
other in a hand. to hand encounter with the sword add
dagger, which very speedily brought the contest to
au issue. Both armies fought desperately, but vic
tory declared for the Ameer of eabOol, and some tir e
or three thousand of Afzul Khan's men went over
to his brother ; the remainder retreating in wild
disorder, leaving their guns and everything they
Could not carry behind them, The victory was corn- •
plete, and the Ameer has celebrated it with great
rejoicings and illumlnations in his capital, ac
bool. The neck of. the rebellion seems .to be fairly
broken, and it is probable there will now be peace
in Affghanistan for some time to come, as the forces
brought egaisat the Ameer by bqta his brothers are
either destroyed or for the 'most part amalgamated
With his own troops.' . •-
Cellp~oßNis.
News from Niexleo-i—tfratga at Peace with
the inaperlalLsite--Iffizeing News. -
Sew Fnaticisco, August 18.—Arrtved, steadier
St. Louis, from Panama. The steamer John L.
Stephens, from Mazatlan, brings $278,000 in bullion
and a large quantity.of silver ore.
The French occupy Durango. The news that
Ilraga has made peace with the Imperialists is con.
firmed. ' •
The country between Guanajuato and the City of
Mexico is In dreiditil condition.
The steamerSierrp Nevada:sailed for Oregon and
British Colt mbbs;witla a; • lam) Cargo.
The Nottherptedning : news . '
Charles-Weller mks released from t Or't Alcatraz.
on taking the oath and gidrig bonds in .25,000.
BTATA
HARRiestrao, Auguat 19, 1984.
SENATE
Sm. CLAM offered a resolution Instructing
the Judiciary Gomm!thee to inquire Into the expe
diency of bringing In a bill to disfranchise deserters
from the United Mates army. Passed.
OPPIC/MIS WITHOUT COUNISISIONS.
Mr. CLYX/ta offered the following resolution :
Wn onkel+, It is alleged that the of of the 3d
Pennsylvania Artilleran d s
thesispovinal regiment) aro
without Commissions,
in the front, without surgeons ,• therefore, in order
to ascertain where the neglect le. be it
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to tor
tilla', at h:s tint e•to mvonlence, any correapondeoce
teat he may have had with the President 'or the
War Department in relation thereto.
The resolution was adopted.
ADOUD HESSION.
Mr. SOlitrFON of f ere d the following :
Whereas, The General Assembly Is now In session
under a pracittrastion of the Governor, and an ad
journed Session has thus become Unnecessary; them..
fore,
Resolved, That the joint resolution adopted on
.Apoll 27 last, which provides that the Legislature
will meet In adjoarned session on August 2.3,1804,
be, and the saute is hereby, rescinded ; and in lien
thereof it is resolved that the members of the two
Houses will meet in the hall of the Hoaso on Tues
day, august 23, at 4 &Clock, and count the vote On
the amendments to the OonStitutlon.
The resolution passed.
MCSEERRY moved that the Senate proceed
to the consideration of the "Act for the relief of
Chambersburg." Agreed to.
Mr. lAiway moved to amend the first Section by
Inserting day thousithd dollars in lieu of two hun
dred thousand.
Mr. Donorast moved to amend the amendment
by substituting one huncred thousand.
The subject was discussed by Messrs. McSherry,.
Lowry, Onampneys, and St. Clair.
The question being taken on the amendment of
Mr. Donovan, appropriating one hundred thousand
dollars, it was adopted, yeas 18, nays 10.
The bill was further discussed and passed.
Adjounied.
ATT SESSIO ., N.
The Senate rile Eß t
a t a NOO o'c N
l ock P. Mand was en
gaged during the session in the consideration of a
supplement' to the. general bounty law, calculated
to meet cases not prov. Wed for by that act.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock A. M., to-morrow.
• ROUSE OF REPRESENTATP7ES.
The Rouse met at 10. A. K.
Mr. SMITH, Of Chester, from the Committee on
Revenue, presented a report embracing some mo
dification of the law taxing railroad companies,
lumbers, /cc. No radical change was made in the
amount or manner of collection, bat several am
biguous expressions were revised. The bill accom
panying the report was passed.
A supplement to the general bounty law (not of Philadelphia) was considered and discussed
until the hour of adjournment. Adjourned.
_ _
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House . met at three o'clock P. t.
Ihe Senate resell:akin reconsidering the joint
resolution of last session providing for an adjourned
send= waa concurred in.
They then resumed the consideration of the boun
ty bill, which passed finally. •
A report of the committee of conference on the
militia bill was adopted.
A number of local.bountylaws passed. Adjourned
until tomorrow, at ten o'clock A. 111.
TII
• The Thermometer.
AM:MST 19,1869. AUGUST Mt
M BP.h.
et% , 70'
W,ND WIND,
W WSW.... WSW ItEby
ffiLITAJWY.
ARTA - VAL OFSICE AND WOUNDED 'solare.Rs.
The United Statessteatn.transport Atlantis, Oapt.
Eldridge, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon,
about 4 ololOek, twenty.fonr hours from Fortress
.111 onroe, with 410 sick and wounded soldiers on board,
Geo. webb, Co. E. 91E4 Pa., and two others, names
unknown, died on the passage.
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY SCOUTS.
The Philadelphia City Scouts arrived home yes ,
terday morning, numbering about forty men: They
- return alter much hard service. which; has left its
mark on their weather-beaten countenances. The
company has not lost a man since its departure.
' RECRUITING.
Yesterday morning warrants were issued for the
payment of the city bounty to 78 men, Lobe credited
on the next draft. ~ ,
MISILIELLAILIN ISO Ca.
CATE!. MAY AND MILLYILLE RAILROAD.
To accommodate the business portion of Philadel
phia, unable to have the city for an extended time,
the Cape May Railroad Company have determined
to run a special train every Saturday evening the
remainder of the season to Cape Island. It will
leave Walnut -street Wharf at 5.15 P. hi Saturdays,
and returning leave the Island at T A. M. Mondays,
enabling those for whose Fpecial accommodation it
lerun '
to enjoy several hours at thladelightful wa
tering place without encroaching upon their busi
ness time. The advertisement will be found in its
proper place.
I.r MCI KIS IMPORT.
A report was circulated on Thursday night that a
Leavy exouraion train on the Camden and- Attentic
Railroad bad met with a terrible accident. fin
eourae, a great deal of excitement prevailed among
the relatives and friende of t he - excursionistsand. II
large number congregated et Vine.street 'Wharf.
The originator of such a report Is more knave than
fool: The foot is, an accident la not likely to happen
on this road.. Two.thirds of it is stretch!. as a
surveyor could make its sada collision is almost en
tirely out of the question. A collision once dad b.s.p
pen on this yowl, because:oE4 person having charge
of a train running ahead of time. Ile was killed.
The men who'lhiTeLekarge of the trains ars careful.
The gentleman "who haa the excursions under hie
control is. certainly One of the most careful men In
tbe business ' and it may he considered a rare °mar
ranee fir anaceldelat to happen on tat road.
Yesterday afternoon, about 1 o'clock, the resi
dence of Alex. T. Lane, No. It south Breen street,
was discovered to be on tire. Tte house was closed
at the time of the occurrence, hlr. Lents% fektily_be
ing absent from-the, city. The furniture and inte
rior of the house- was, binly damag ada the row .
Was entirtly destroyed.- The house on ly woe insur
ed. It Is the property of Thomas -R. Tents. The
Stintill eaglets whlokorere employoatit vionoldag ttae •
_ -
flames by their sparks Pet fire to lbeinorof N0. 131 °
Chestnut street. This roof was partinily,destroyed.
The house was occupied by hire Crabb, and owned
by Caleb Johnson. It was insured.
HOSPITAL ITEM. .
Francis McKeever, who was admitted into the
Pennsylvania Hospital on Thursday MA, suffering
with a. wound in the hip, received by•ltim in a tight
on board the snip 'Lady Peel, as mentioned in The
Press of yesterday, was so far reeovered yesterdat
morning as to be able to walk to prison, where he
will await hie trial on the - charge of causing the
death of Morda , ter. It was believed that the
.wound was not so painful as McKeever% insenetble
condition would have led one to suppose—in other
words, It was thought he was playing possum 5 and
as be would have been at liberty to depart from the
hospital as soon as be was pnyslially capable of
doing so, two policemen were stationed beside him
'at a late hour on Thursday night, to prevent his ea
cape, and they yesterday removed him to prison.
The wound proved to be only . a float-wound, and not
at all dangerous.
COOPER-SHOP VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT
- -
Owing to the continual draft upon the treasury of
this popular institution the funds are rather low. Cho
generous and patriotic portion of the public can find
no more useful oreaulzation in the country to which
they may contribute any of their surplus revenue.
it is not at all necessary , to enter into an elaborate
dissertation on the usefulness of the voluntary or
selt-imposed mission of the committee. The mem
bers of it have done nobly and a ell in feeding the.
hungry soldiers and taking care of many of them
when sick and wounded: - The people who have
gleans to spare should send their contributions to
the committee. , ,
LOST CliuM
A young girl named Anna Nary Adarns, lately
from Amami° City, arrayed front her home pester ,
"day and got lost. She has never resided in the city
before, and thinks that her relations moved to the
neighborhood of Tenth and Locust streets, but was
iambic to recognize any Orthe houses in that vi
cinity. She is at the Eighth-ward police station.
CALAMITY ON THE DELAWARE.
Herbert Idurdoeir, s aged live years, fell on Tliuts
day from a vessel anchored at Beverly, N. J. Thh
fatter leaped overboard and -succeeded in seiztalc
his eon, but becoming exhausted, lost hold, and the_
'boy -sank. Every effort was made by citizens to re•
cover the bodY, without effect. The boy •bed light
curly hair, and was dressed in a redstripedisaket,
with monse-colored pants.
ROW AT EIGHTH AND WALNUT STREWS
. .
Last evening quite an excitement ifea oc c asione d
at Eighth and Walnut streete.." man and woman
ere walking together, when amfistaderstanding
took place between them, and the man struck the
won.an severely in the face with his flat and knocked
her down. He made wood his enape, and the wo
man was taken into the drug store at Eighth and
Walnut streets, where ner wounds were dressed.
FESTPTAL. OF ST. JOHN'S. OR,PHA3S_ ASYL OIL
_
This festival, which took place on Thurftlay laSt,
realized for the lostitution_soveral,thousand dollars.
A pleasant day was .spent hy..all . parliniPst.log.
There are now NO orphans andl6.Sisters.eftlaarity
In the inbUtintion. • . - .
MEETING OF FIREMEN.
.
- There will be an adjourned meeting oil firemen
this evening at tne Yerseveranue Ruse house, for
the purpose of perfecting arrangements fir the re-
CepLIOL of the 930 Regiment, Buners 7Diutees,
"LkUP.. BALL.
The retain Match between the Stystone and
Camden Clubs will Take place this afternoon, at..2x
o'clock at Twentptlfth .and Jefferson streets, the
Olympic having kindly lostied theii grounds for thl3
PurPfise•
OUR DOMESTIC -MARKETS.
The prices this week generally range lower than
last. Meats have somewhat declined. Fruit Is be.
coming very plenty, and those tavbrite desserts, can-.
telopes and watermelons, are held at a very reason.
able figure ; •
Apples, Per b.slf peck ' 12 to 25
Beans, string, per half peak 10 to 12
Lima per .quart 15
t o o 12 I Blackberries, per quart . 'y Bto 12
Butter, ger pound 55 to 60
Oaptelopes, per basket 30 to 40
Cheese, old, per pound 35 to 40
Cheese, new, per pound - 30 to 32
Cider Vinegar, per gallon - - 40
Corn, per dozen • 12 to 15
Cucumbers,each 1 to 2
Eggaifresh pr dozen 28 to 30
Egg-plants, apiece 4 to 6
. Flah—Black, per p 10 to 12ound
--- Dry Cod, per pound .
Halibut, per pound
• Lobster, per pound
Mackerel, salt, each
Perch, per pound
Porg,ies, per pound
Rock, per pound
AM
Shad, salt, each.... • 25
Sheepshead, per pound 20
Smoked Salmon, per pound 50
Fresh Salmon, per pound 75
Smoked Herring, per bunch 15
Lamb—bind quarter , per pound 20 to 22
fore quarter, per, pound .. 20 to 22
Lard, per pound 20 to 25
Meats—corned beef, per pound 12 to 18
beef dried, per pound 25
rib roast, per pound 20 to 25
rump steak, per pound 20 to 25
sirloin per pound 25 to 30
. soup pieces, per pound 10 101.5
Nutton—chops, per pound 20 to W.
fore quarter, per pound
hind quarter, per pound
Onions, per half peck
Ochre, per half peck
Peaches, per half peck
Pears, per half peck * .
Plums, per quart
Pork.--corned, per pound
hams, sliced, per pound...
hams, whole, per. pound
shoulders, per pound
steak, per. .
pound '
Sausages, Bologna 20
Potatoes, Irish, per half peck 35 to 38
sweet. per half peck 62.
Poultry—Fowls, per pound . , 20 to 25
Spring Chickens, per pound... 25 to 28
Squashes, each - 3 to 4.
Tomatoes, per half peek 5 to a
Veal—eutlets, per pound
fore quarter, per pound
hind quarter, per p0und..........
shoulders, per pound—
, 'line, per pound...:,
Watermelons, apiece
THE POLIOE.
(Before Mr. 11. B. Commissioner Srraeant.7
ALLEGED .1102dICrDS, ON TICE 'HIGH BSAI3.
Margaret Clark, a widow with two children, wag
' arraigned, yesterday at noon, on the charge of
causing the astaili of Margaret Ward, in the latter
pert of July, on board the British ship Lady Emily
Peel, on the voyage, with emigrants and freight,
from Liverpool to Philadelphia. The evidence sees
forth the following facts:
John McCoy, carpenter of the ship, testified that
he remembered a Milieulcy between airs. Clark cad
Mrs, Ward ; Mrs. W. had hold of oqe of Mrs. o..ss
children ; Mrs. C. went to ,her, took the child away,
and gave Mrs. W. "her loot" (tricked her); Mee.
Cole got hold'of Mrs. Clark and pulled her away; .
after this .Mrs. Ward came across to me and said:
"The woman need not think I wanted to hurt her
child • I would not do so to her or any lady ;" Mrs.
Clark' aid not push her very hard; she did not
strike her head in falling; did not take notice
whether she got up with difficulty or not ; I saw no
marks of injury on her head; she did not say she
was hurt ; aid not see Mrs. Clark catch her by the
throat; she said she'. must go and hunt Mrs. U. np
and make friends with bar; the occurrence took
place about seven o'clock in the evening; saw her
about ten o'clock on the same night, Ased she
Was then delirious; she was on desk - her •
talk Was continuous ; several of the 11111181104.
gers had to hold her; she was violent in her
actions as welt as talk; she stopped. on deck all
night; next rimming she appeared conscious ; she .
arlied what had come over her last night ; I told her
she bad better go and get a Little sleep; she replied, •
"I hope the Lord will forgive me—l don't know
what bas come over me; " in the latter part of seine
'day saw her; this was half an hour beftire she died;
she did not appear to be a very strong woman;
beard passengers say that she was a weakly woman,
and bad complained about her head ; don't know
whether she had been drinking; never saw any of
the passengers drink ; did not see her just :before
She was buried; never saw any marks on her neck.
John illeCay,,phyeleian on board - the ahlp,testi
fled that be took very little notice of the difficulty;
heard Mrs. Clark's child cry out; saw Mrs. Clark.
run down and give
side o f
Ward a push, and she fell;
rather against the side of the ship; she did not fall
her tall length on her bank; do not Wok she strums
her head in tailing; saw. Mr. hltiOool 'assist her up;
saw her atter this talking to Mrs. Clark,• she went
down with the other passengers; I was called to see
'her at half-part nine o'clock; she was delirious;
laboring unoer nervous excitement; she had no
fever; she was going on with her form of religion,
calling cm the Virgin Mary; she did not corn.
plain; she was brought up on deck; I proscribed '
ior her; gave her a dose of calomel and jala.p
.and put a blister On the back of her neck ; had
beeplaced in the hatch-house ( hospital ); bathed her
head with cold applications; at 2 o'clock la the mo -n
-!mg
. found her in same contlition; visited her again
at six o'clock; she was then very weak and not de
lirious she did not speak ; she was very quiet; think
the delirium hail passed O ff; I altered the medicine,
but she did not take it; am of opinion that. she (mind
net swallow it; saw her at different teneeduring the
day ; she was weaker, and continued getting more
so until she died ; I bad no conversation with her;
made an examination ; found no mark's of vlolenee
on her at all ; no bruises on her; as a medical. man,
I believe her death was brought on In consequence
of nervous excitement arising from the shtick; She
was not a robust woman; do not know that she had
any disease; she died like a. person after a fever,
her censtitutfun not being strong enough to bear•tip
uneer the attending prostration chi
Temleny, mate of the
amined. The only evidence that . m a y be orundered
additional to the above was that he saw bluish
marks on her breast; a sort of reddish blur ; there
MIS nothing particularly In her appearance dif
ferent from that of any other dead person he had
Been.
The evidence here closed; and the ewe went over
or a farther hearing to-day.
(Before Mr. aldermatrJoneer '
CRUELTY TO MULES.
It is Bald that, owing to the peculiar oharacter
.of
mules, It Is necessary to beat them severely at tin
to make them work—this takes the stubbornness out
of them..Ttds Is the plea of some of the drivers.
Charles W. Noyes, the great tamerof wlldanicaals
entertains an entirely different opinion, analn tide.
all sensible people will agree with him. Almost
every day peoestrians have their feelings shocked
by ezhibittons of cruelty to mules on Market street,-
such ste kicking them in their sides or striking them
over the head with the butt end of whips. The prac
tice is eminently cruel, and if it is really necessary.
it certainly should not be done publicity. A driver
named Britner was arraigned on Thursday after
noon on the charge of beating a mule in a most un
merciful manner, for which offehce he waa bound
over to answer at court. It is seldom that snob: a
clue Is tried before the tribunal known as the' guar
ter Sessions.
•
[Before Mr. alderman White.]
ASSAULT WITH INTBNT* TO lecr.L.
George 13rotherton is the name given by a man
Who was arraned, 3 sterday. before the wort
magistrate of the Filth. e ward, on the charge of com
hy
mitting en assault and battery upon air, Chris.
Norris, with intent to kill. Mr. Norris is the active
agent of Mr. Fox, who Is engaged in fitting up. the
Casino for the coming fall and winter season. Mr.
N. had made sonie purchases of handsome up
holstery and carpeting at one of true large stores on
Chestnut street, near Ninth, on Thursday afternoon.
As he had just loft the store, he wee accosted by Use
defendant with hawing said something deroiyatory.
to the character of his brother lo .New York.
iiir.'Norfis said that he watt mistaken, as. ho did
not know his brother.
Brotherton replied, with a, prefancepithet,blaaa he
was a liar, and, at the same moment., palled out a
billy or other deadly weapon and struck Mr. Norris
in the face. The blow produced a compound frac
ture of the left lower jaw, and broke one of the teeth
Into fragments.
The assailant was arrested some time, alter the
occurrence. Be was boned over in the sum of 101,506
to answer at court.
THRILLING SCRIM.
At the lira on Broad Street above ant, yes.
tut rdey afternoon, theirs were several thrillingacenes,
one of which Is worthy of especial mention. At an
early Stage of the flte, Wt. William mounds tache of the U. S. Mint, was on the topmos
of a long ladder. He had the U. S. latnthoce In his
hand and wee Bloat to put OA water (Weeny on the
burning roof. The hose unfortunately burst. Al.
most at the same moment the Raines burst oat f rom
the attic window and forted him from his
In the endeavor to escape the llamas, he slip position.ped anal
fell. His lints became entangled/Ix the cowls of the
ladder, and in falling rte wrenched both ankles, and
was thoeltnepended with his head downward. The
excitement among the spectators was interwe. Ills
wallop was one i
re extreme peril. It was evident
that be could not main In it long without. either
being burned or felling. & oonple othth fellew-ein
voyage wended the ladder and rammed tug. hk e
waderistely conveyed to the Nu tt v aaw plu od
unde skllttU treatment.
SALOON
25 to 30
20 to 35
25 to 50
15 to 25
20 to 22
15
10
16 to 20
le to 50
.dertira4lowe ./harD Fram FEL1711"3.--Mr...071,463
Vaimant, Ninth and Chestnut streets,-is not • 31, cindl
delighting 114 customers with the finest Canielat
In Amerlms'especially adapted for the gescOS.' stat,
MB s prOent display of fine hot-honse Peaches, he be IT
dons Apriecits, and Hamburg Grapes, surpasiiMig i hr ?
similar display that we have ever seen. A.P NA
THE STOCZ OP GRN TLEMITN'S Frr aylo o •
(loons offered by !Cr. Georgelaant, No. sleCte ig h op
nut street, Is the finest in the city, and ht=
brated. , Palm!. hinuar. SErraa,” Invented bl" ` l l :W 411
F. Taggart, Is unsurpassed by any others in
•
world In fit, comfort, and durability.
THE PAILABOT.A SI "W May
ICOTACrLSB, 901 d exclosirdF 14 1 ::
Edward Borbek No. 402 Ohestnnt street, rvs• Nrs A
think, eventaally take precedence of all artl^! , l
the kind. We -never knew a person to
there lenses without expressing themselves isko
with them In the mortnnonalitied terms. The , : T R
Improved vision at every angle of the eyes. 3 c l :
etead of Impairing, actually improve the t*
eight.
THE REAL THlleet.—A diamond is a .f (31 :
thtugh you put it on the finger of a beiPlf•:'
that on the finger of a beggar nobody woidd
it to be a diamond. Does not mendicant
every day offer the " wester's jewel in its
for tale 7 and yet,beeaheethe holder is a men
does not the world believe the jewel to be
value 7 Men have died with jewels in their .
and, not until the naen were deed, were th e
Owned to be true Wate r . But those 1,0
garments made at the Brown Stone Clethio!- .. d ,
of Rocklin' & Neilson, aosand OW Cheeini 3. l e ': :
above Sixth, never fall of getting credit f. ,7
men of taste and sound judgment.
- " ltAbir ldnioPeNewit.:-One of the tied• Af .
pilot-boats l ate r . ; *he'd up off sandy 11 '' ,
••••,..
11 ' 118-17 / I : 4) fritairi-contatiltag, as we are tai
daily papers, large 'number of iftraidg. •
Tribunea,,Suar, and Worlds,, ,, Haw the 6 " l `
hate rentalinewititioat with such a lot of deal ,
in it wan a puzzle to 118, until, having ELIA& ra we,
the proper quarter, we asoarudoed there "slew
cOPY of a PhilLadelplue, paper, contaialag
Vertgement of Mules Stakes 51. " mse ! .
blothhig Stcis fait, j a th e azwe tmeot .
.r, xt
oireituataucte;:doubtleas„ the tan!'
•
refigridtostirskitimvpri,
Steamboat, Soak.
lilitteitmair e .Atillitstl9.—The steamer trietu ul
Chief, which WM sank by the mail boat heir p ee4sr
last night, had on boardthree hundred Government
workmen for Nashville, and a considerable qatal i ty
of Government stores. No loss of life occurred
first repotted: but a uunober were wounded by the
falling of spars. She, was a new boat, and viluea
at $60,000. There WSB 110 insurance, and she Is R e .
bably a total loss.
The Weather in Nelaellindland.
New Yong., August 19.—A private letter in Th ,
St. Johns, "Newfoundland, dated august 10th ; ea
that the frost in that section a few nights previiLii;
is reported to have injured the potato cr,,p.
4i ;
weather was unusually cold, and the fishertel hlse
proved almost a total failure. _Fears are enlertalw,
that the poorer classes will suffer greatly thy cu „„
winter.
31.4.1312111 IIfTELLIOIDTCE.
Airived, brigs Albion and Lincoln, trots.
vitas. "
We News Drum Wibleridna.
BA_LTIIMOEB, Angnst 10.—We have no news Drum
the Upper Potomac. The telegraph line 12
working beyond Harper's Ferry.
RELIGIOUS INTEILIMcg.
A RELiorotrEt C,ErANGIC IN MICKEY. -- o rre,
epondent of the London Times chronicles reost tie
calls an " extraordlnarir religions morem eav , fa
Turkey. blues - churn have abjured their ret14;,,1,
taken Christian. orders, and are now preaching
Christianity. Their converts are narabered thlu.
sands, and already the followers of Mattunet er e
taking the alarm. The Sultan has ordered that theg'
proselytisin cease, and already he has taken met.
sures to enforce his decree. But the moretneat
so far so strong as to defy hls efforts to arrest It, a ri ,
trouble at a point not far distant In the future's
feared.
IN 1886 the number of German Methodists in the
United States was three, withone travelling presq
er. In 1863 they numbered 22,088, with trod.
ling preachers, 344 churches, and 130 parsonages.
.&,PdasotnEtyr.—The National Preacher gives a ,
instance of Divine interposition In answer to
Donal prayer, occurring in the history of this copy,
try. In 1746 a French fleet was fitted out under the
Duke d'Anville, of forty ships of War, and destined
far the destruction of New England. Tais dm was
: of sufficient force to render that destruction, in the
ordinary progress of things, certain; and it sailed
from Chebacto, in Nova Scotia, for that purpose,
but was entirely destroyed by a terrible tempest on
- the night following a day of general fasting a n ,
prayer throughout New England.
COSOCRATION.—The mnsecratlon or Rt. Res.
Bishop McCloskey, of Albany, as Archbishop of New
York, takes place tomorrow, In St. Patrick's Ca.
thedral, in that city. The ceremonies wilt be of the
usual impressiveness.
TNE EPISCOPAL CWORCN IN IRKLAND.--A. re.
turn moved for by Sir P. Heygate contains a state.
meat by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for in.
land, showing that there are 1,504 benefices of the
Potablished Church in Ireland. This would give
an average of about one benefice to every 460 tea
sons returned at the census as belonging to the Esti.
'dished Church. There are, according to the mum,
2,429 parishes in Ireland, 2,229 whereof - have resi.
dents belonging to the 'Established Church. The
Commissioners report that, in 619 benefices the amok.
merit does not exceed-.£200 a year, in 463 (of the 6191
it does not exceed £l5O, and in 246 it does not er.
teed £lOO a year. The deduction for "tax to the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners," under the Chard
Temporalities Act, amounted in 1603 to £14,523, eat
that included the tax on bishoprics.
EXCURSION . OP TEEM YOTTNO laseos Onarsrres
AssocravroW.—On the 30th of this month the Yount li
Men's Christian Association Intend to make a ie.
cond excursion to A.tlantio City. The comp illy viii pi
be very select, and eboubktherefore be Selected by
those excursionists who a fah to -avoid the motley ;
assemblage usually congregated upon such cape&
lions: The association desire to take with ua, , a
about five hundred disabled soldiers; but as their
funds are too meagre to allow this expenditure, they
solicit cOntributions from the public to enable them ti
to carryout their benevolent object. It is sugostei 1 1 3
that the friends of any soldiers who desire to joie
this excursion should purchase tickets for tyem, e
Those, ho wish to aid the association in their !osier.
taking, and who have no personal friends amens ad
such soldiers, can send donations of the price of
many tickets as they desire to purchas=e to the pro
aident of the association, BEr. P. B. $llllOl2B, or is
the committee having the subject in charge. to
't HVGIEBS , riIarLITAILT MAP OP PIITICSSECMG AID 68
- RICHMORD.—We Dave received a first Copy oft
very accurate and important map of the seat of int
in Virginia, issued under the patronage of the Wt;
Department, by Major Hughes, late an engineer is %I
the army. This map has singular and spesal ,b 1
claims to notice, from the manner in which the }/
authcir obtained, his knowledge of the topograpii
and fortifications of Richmond and Petersburg. riff
Major Hughes was captured while in the discharge & elbpi
of a patriotic duty, bearing an important despatch
to Gen- filcOlit an from the War Department. H,firr;
de-greyed all the papers in his possession, and n nm
succeeded in deceiving the rebel Gan. S nart tilt r B
he obtained from this noted cavalry officer a vent
Battering Introduction to the authorities in Hitt bio
mond. His release was granted by the rebel Prei
dent, and Major Hughes spent nine days at liner,; d
er-tirrieing the military defences of Richmond as
Petersburg, Majortir,as recaptured in twig P
to the Ilrmy of the Potomac, held a close pritoot: 7 1 ' 1 6 1
for nine months, and at }sat exchanged, with ;rat
drawings for the awe( the GovernMent. 1111
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DEPORTART COPYRIGHT D8 07 . 181 0/G — The I 3 7514.:
instituted In London by Messrs. Sampson, Low. s c
CO., against Rontiedge & Co., to prevent e
at
of the cheap edition of "RaMnted 'Ream" Sal F r !
been decided in favor of the authoress, tales ..!2.rre Ss
mini. The Jiogitk is a great success in England. t'lsj.
Public Esiseritatsesrannts. ,
C/llRSTains Emu= TaltaTßAL—The grand spa• icli,
teenier fairy play of " Aladdin I , has met with : , U , l
*gratifying degree of suwess as to eniviace a hT,
. even in midsummer managerial enterprise esl KAI
test will reap their reward from an appreciatin JHi
public. Thelast that this theatre is ventiiitrol
means of a steam fan renders It pleasantly - clas
although the houses are nightly crowded. "Al*.', m a :l
Man has proved one of the most acceptable es- wM
tzavaganzas introdueed here for many years.
scenery Is gorgeous, the costumes meguidcent,
Solos • and choruses very.effectively given, and
ballet divertisements attractive in the extre.r.. Wa
This evening the beauty of the play, which ii•;.q,z. ae
doubtless run for some weeks yet, will be cab WI: (isle
by a novel feature, being a "living losetAin
Colored waters," and those who desire to witee , iferrie
the novelty would do well to procure sesta is 14 2 .11
vanes. 'inufrtl
Vat 13
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Rim
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ta6.4:y . _ IgErEMS.
' Tam aOraT IETSEIMIL and economical article L'•ilf i lit
every family is 'a Sewing .Machine, and we LestV e ll, n ;
the Wheeler & Wilson to be the best, most sicuplesu c a
and cheapest Sewing Machine In the world. ss..s• amue
are sold every year. Every machine warmest,
and the money,rettcrned if not entirely satisfacry. 3 poi
Instruction given at ,the residences of pnrceasnt :Wes
Go to the Wheeler & Wilson agency, NO. 104 OW.
not Igta eet,aboVe Silveri* and examine these wrsi Ha
dqrrful machines. Boa
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BETTER THAN A. a PEARLS is a tHll4.q lii
tffal head of hair. The aureet way to procure 3t.th..,
preserve this valuable appendage to the " hurnilek V.
face divine "is to use " Labin's Fier - Mae ,' for ttit Bow
i kim
hair. It contains no oils, minerals, or alcohol, ce-gilkyte
will not stain the finest French bonnet. 11.1dlei d 7:: `:-.,-....
elegance of taste and fashion will have no etti:fo!l' r'
.
toilet article after trying the " Floriliae." Wrii;l
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ELEGANT CLOTIT&G.—We Invite attention ID ttl es
large and elegant stoelr of Clothing offered I .
Messrs. C. Solvers & Son, No. 625 Oho* tout Ft , "; rw„,
under „Tayne's Hall. It embraces a magniticer, l P 3 et
sortment of garments, Made from the choicest ni l p e la
terials, in the most approved stylds, and they 3-1 r cra
selling them at great barg ains, which they ate el lei:
abled to do in consequence of having boueta U
supplies in advance of the late rifle in prices.
rimx COFFBCTIOIIB are a great luxury. Tliel" ' ,, li
II
i
to get them in greatest perfection, such as are :4 • .
:found in any other establishment In Phlladeh.t.!+-:
at the popular old house of Blesars. E. G. Wai. , n; .
& Co., No. 318 Chestnut street, next door to Ala . *
Express. The trade of this house in fine oome:;. VIA: :
Is larger than any other in the city, and for the r , P lfk l ai
son their prices are correspondingly moderate. ..,' .
TEM GREAT PETLADELPHTA 0041. T., Enron:7 , l"a
It ought to be generally losown and borne In Tx 0": e
that the largest and most completely arningo 1 1
Pstablishment in Philadelphia is the splendi4 '.''afile, Coe
Yard of Mr. W. W. Alter, No. INS 7 North :, '''' 4 %!.tr
. a
street. His stock on hand is always the 1ar,, ,, •
the city, and entirely under cover, and his IA- l i
axe unusually moderate.