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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1864.
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Mr. W. W. BRITIML, No. 604 Ninth street, two
doors north.ar Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington
cnty, Is the Washington agent of TEM PRESS. Mr.
RIIITZSL Will meets° aubsorlptions for Tna Puttee
111 •Washington, see that entErlbera are regularly
served at their residences, and attend to advertising.
The Union Nominations.
The Union Conventions yesterday were
composed of men more intelligent and ear
nest than is frequently the case in such
bodies, and their action, therefore, was un
usually harmonious and satisfactory. The
nominations are t hose: generaly desired,
and those which the people will approve.
in most cases the reputation and ser
vices of the candidates insure triumphant
Union victories in October. At the late
hour of this writing the full report of the
doings of the Conventions has not reached
us, but we are especially glad to know of
the renomination of WiLmear D. KELLEY
as the Representative in Congress . for the
Third district. Judge KELLEY was floral ;
Bated by acclamation, as he deserved to
be, for in Congress and out of he has
represented Pennsylvania worthily and
well, and has consistently pursued • a
course of uncompromising' and: intelligent
patriotism. CHARLES, CrI!TE4, was also
renominated by acclamation fiy!Congross
from the Second district, and May well be
satisfied with this high mark of appreciation
of his services. From the Fourth 'district,
LEONARD MYERS was renominated by a vote
which shows the confidence of his constitu
ents in his integrity and loyalty. We give
our earnest approval of the choice of the
First district, JurrN.M. BUTLER, especially
as the nomination was so long in doubt.
All of these Congressional nominations are
excellent, and will be ,enthusiastically sus
tained by the National Union party. The
nominees of the City Convention are citi•
zens well known and worthy to be trusted.
The Legislative,ticket, so far as we have
ascertained, will be composed of good men ;
and it is the duty of all loyal citizens to at
once begin the work of the campaign.
The Weldon Road.
Military affairs remain in that uncertain
condition which is likely at any day to be
changed to one of startling interest. The
future of the campaign around Petersburg
depends on the fate of the Weldon road. If
GRANT holds that road it is impossible that
LEE should maintain his present position;
it is certain that he will be forced to adopt a
new plan of campaign. Its value to him
In the present disposition of his forces, and
the lines he has resolved to hold, ought to
be plain ;from the determined efforts, he
has made to retake it. During the past
ten daysle has hurled his men against it
with a desperation which took no count of
life or doss, and yet he has signally failed
to drive the 2d Corps from its entrench
ments. Nor is the fighting for it ended.
EARLY'S retreat was not entirely the re
sult of SHERIDAN'S opposition, for though
our army in the Shenandoah was success
ful hi preventing the advance of the enemy,
no energetic movement to drive him back
had been made. The retreat , was volun
tary, and why ? It would seem that the
capture of the Weldon road has convinced
LEE that of the thirty or forty thousand
men under EARLv, twenty thousand would
be of more use around Petersburg than in
the Shenandoah.: We think, therefore, that
a large part of EARLY'S army has been re
called expressly to enable Lim to regain
the Wedon road. This he must have, or
'change his present plans of defence, and he
can only have it by concentrating all his
forces. What could more clearly show the
necessity of reinforcing GRANT ? Similar
situations will frequently occur in the fall,
campaign, and_ the dnly way to enable'
GRANT to use them to our advantage is to
give him every man he wants.
The English Railroad Murder.
After a careful hearing of the case, in
which the accused had the benefit of able
counsel, the U. S. Commissioner at New
York (Mr. NEwron) has decided that
FRANZ MULLER, demanded under the ex
tradition treaty of 1848, as - charged with
The murder of Mr. THomAS BRIGGS, near
Hackney, London, on the night of July
Oth, 1864, shall be surrendered to the agents
of the British Government, to be by them
taken back to England, there to be dealt
with according to law. Commissioner
NEnprox had a very plain course to pur
eue. The accused is not a British subject,
but Mr. Bnioos was—though that does not
alter the question, for if one foreigner is
charged, under strong evidence of fact or
circumstance, with killing another within
the British dominions, and he should be
found on American soil, he is claimable by
England under the treaty in question. Mr.
BLANRmAN, one of the counsel assigned
to the accused, merely asked for delay—
for time to get up a legal defence,
and Mr. CHAUNCEY SHAFFER, the
other counsel, who is what is called "a
political lawyer," contended, first, that the
President and Senate of the United States
had no right to make an extradition treaty
with England, and, at any rate, as the
United States had a feeling, just now, that
English money and English men were en
gaged in blockade-running, and in fitting
out pirates like the Alabama to prey on
American commerce, all treaties between
the countries had thereby been torn in
pieces. " The treaty, then," he said,
41 under which the,rendition of this man is
demanded is suspended, and is a dead letter
until this mixed and unsoleran state of war
on the part of Britishsubjects against the
Government ceases. England, to claim
this man, must come into court with clean
lands. She must notcome here and ask of
- us to honor her justice when she dishonors
her own justice, breaks her treaties, and
cries peace and neutrality while,at the same
time she lets slip the clois of war, and with
piratical vessels drives our peaceful com
merce from the ocean. This cannot long
continue. Better for us we had war at once,
wheewe could send out our cruisers and
assert our rights of retaliation on the ocean."
This Was probably meant to please 'the
speaker's political friends, who applauded
the sentiment loudly, but was wholly devoid
of law. The point for the Commissioner
was simply—had he as -much evidence be
fore him, implicating the accused in suspi
cion, as would reasonably satisfy a magis
trate in London that he ought to be com
mitted for trial, or upon which a Grand
Jury would find "a true - bill." may be
alleged, without committing the indecency
or the unfairness of branding the man in
the newspaper s as "Muller the Murderer"
before he has been tried and - convicted,
that there are many suspicious eircum
,stances against the accused. •
England repeatedly has availed herself
Hof the provisions of this treaty, but we can
not bring to mind even a single instance in
which this country has had occasion to
demand a fugitive criminal from the old
-country, In only one case, to our know
ledge, was this extradition treaty abused
'by England. Some ten years ago, a clerk
'from England was charged with forgery
and larceny. The mere abstraction of
money committed to his charge, or under his
-control, was only a misdemeanor, and
therefore the accused was not subject to
:.extradition under the treaty. Evidence of
ibrgery, howevei,,was added, and the man
was delivered up for trial in England. The
legal authorities there indicted , him,
-separately, for forgery and for larceny.
`The Grand Jury ignored the bill for the;
' felony, but found that for the misdemeanor,,
and . the man, convicted of the midor
offend°, waa'sentenced to a heavy punish
ment: It was the opinion of eminent
j u k4t o o n both sides of the water that as,
thegniooner was not tried for forgery,. the
charge on which he had been subjected to
the extradition treaty, he ought to - have been
sent back to New York—in a word, that it
was unfair to remove him on a heavy
charge, (which, it appeared, could not be
sustained before the Grand Jury even on
prima facie evidence,) and to try, convict,
and punish him on a minor charge, which
did not bring him under the treaty. it
certainly looked like obtaining - a prisoner
upon false pretences. MULLE6 is removed
on a charge of murder, but we doubt
whether, should the evidence fall short of
proving that, he can be tried, the provisions
of the treaty considered, for the minor
offence of manslaughter.
The Cotton Famine In England.
The Cotton Famine, if all accounts be
correct, will soon be a thing of the past.
In a recent English journal we read that
15,000 bales of cotton had been received at
Liverpool in one day—cotton which had
been brought from Wilmington by blockade
runners. In another newspaper it was
stated that blockade-runners had brought
8,000 bales to Bermuda. We know that
scarcely a day passes without the arrival of
smuggled cotton at the Bahama Islands,
and we have heard, also, and believe that
a fleet of swift steamers, expressly built to
run to and from Nassau and Wilmington,
was in the Clyde, ready to start for the
Bahamas. It is evident that while Wil
mington,. though nominally blockaded by
us, is almost an open port, the shipment
of cotton therefrom will be large. On
such shipments the rebels rely to pay the
interest upon the loan which they raised in
Europe, and it must further be considered
that . the vessels which take cotton from
Wilmington, take arms, ammunition, cloth
ing—all things needed, in fact, into that
port. It is to be lamented that, three years
ago, a naval force was not detached, stiff
ciently numerous, strong and active, to
abut out all the free-traders, As it is, there
is only a paper blockade of Wihnin'gtou,
and matters will be worse, when from an
additional dozen to a score of 'new Scotch
steamers are put upon the line. As it is,
the cotton famine in Lancashire is virtu
ally ended., Prices range high,+ but the
stoek is large, all circumstances cOnsidered.
The year 1800 was the animus wfairabilis of
the cotton trade. Mr. ARNOI.6, who has
written a volume called "The! History of
the Cotton Famine in Englaull, from the
Fall of Sumpter to the Passing ,Of the Public
Works Act," has collected the statistics of
the trade. Lancashire was its main seat ;
Manchester its capital ; Liverpool its port.
Let us select from this work a few of these
data. •
In the year 1860 there were in fall work
in Great Britain, 2,650 cotton factories,
worked by a population of 440,000 persons,
whose wages were $57,500,000 for that
year. Of these work-people ninety per
cent. were adults, and fifty-six per cent:
were females. The machinery was driven
by a power equal to three hundred thou
sand horses, and was governed and guided
by, quick eyes and active fingers. The
number of spindles at work was 30,387,467 ;
each spindle making from four to six thou-
sand revolutions per minute, according to
the - fineness of the thread spun. To feed
these millions of spindles were required
1,051,623,380 pounds of prepared cotton.
The actual donsu mpti on for the year 1860,
inclusive of waste, was 1,083,600,000
pounds of cotton, and the total , imports
during that year exceeded that amount by
over 7,000,000 pounds. The capital in
vested in the mills and spindles, and the
wages to keep them going, was $325,000,-
000. The value of the cotton manufacture
produced in 1860 amounted to $380,061,900,
being nearly $30,000,000 more than the
gross revenue of the British Isles for that
year. Cotton was Ring. England was
supplying the world with its manufactures.
On a sudden there arose a terrible and
unexpected crisis. All the machinery in
Cottondom Was thrown out of gear. ill
importation of cotton was suspended. Near
ly half a million of hands were thrown out
of employment.. All the manufacturers'
and brokers' profits were stopped. For a
time, the Cotton Tra.clip was in abeyance.
The bombardment of Fort Sumpter did it.
That blow was given in April, 1861. All
the unsold cotton in, the English mar
ket increased in value. Before 1861 was
closed the price ran up nearly one-half,
and the holders prospered. At the begin:
ping of 1801 the markets were glutted with
goods, for the production had been nearly
as great in 1859 it's it was in 1800. Manu
factured goods to the value of $100,000,000
were on hand. The American war broke
out, and by raising the value of the raw
material slackened the rate of production,
and gave the manufacturers time to get rid
of their stocks at much advanced prices,
and to liberate their capital. •
Thus the blow fell lightly at first. There
was plenty of cotton in stock; but if the Ame
rican war continued, there would be scanty
chance of renewing it. Few Englishmen
thought the war would last. The masters,
who sold off their accutnulated stock of
manufactured goods at an immense ad
vance, were happy over their great gains.
The hard times fell upon the operatives,,
who least could stand up against them.
Dives rejoiced, but Lazarus was to be
famished.
Early in November, 1861, exactly 49
mills had stopped work in Lancashire ; 119
were working half time ; 8,063 hands were
out of work. The manufacturers were
then selling off the stock, at immense pro
fits, and the owners of cotton had propor
tionably raised . their prices. The opera
tives, beginning to suffer from "short
time," drew their money out of ihe savings
banks, which had not been so depleted
since 1848, the year of revolutions. Day
after day, the number of the unemployed
increased. Men and women idled in the
streets, wishing to labor but turned from it.
Distresfk came on, slowly but 'irresistibly,
like a river of lava creeping over the plain
in the valleys of a volcano.
The distress came—not like a rushing
torrent, and there was time to prepare for
meeting it. The price of .Aneriean cotton
was rising so much that to manufacture it
would not pay. Surat cotton was cheaper,
but its staple is coarse and short, and its
Condition. so dirty that men and masters
alike disliked to work it. By December,
the distress had set in. A large number of
girls who used to work in the factories
were thrown out of work, and their de
moralization was to. be feared and pro
vided for. The Poor Law boards gave
much relief; private subscriptions, in which
the mill. owners very scantily joined, poured
in liberally ; the out-of-work girls were in
structed, by the ladies of their districts, in
the art of sewing, and soon were apt hands
at making piles of clothing for distribution,
and were themselves .well paid. They
were also taught reading and history, taken
into the public kitchens (for it had become
necessary to feed the unemployed), were
taught housework and cooking—the great
aim was to keep from idleness. The un
employed, for the most part, declined living
on charity—not until they had pawned
almost every thing but the rags they wore
did they accept free food.
Early in 1862, the sum of $2,600,000 had
been sent from - various parts of England in
aid of the Lancashire, sufferers. Manches
ter, rich but stony-hearted, scarcely be
lieved, in the famine, and did not organize
a Relief Committee until the midsummer
of 1862, and this finally merged in, one
Central Committee, of which the Earl of.
DEnny, himself a Lancashire man and
an extensive Lancashire land-owner,
was made president, his own subscrip
tions amounting to $15,000. By the
close of 1862, Lancashire, now thorough
ly awakened, had subscribed $2,250,000
to the 'relief of the unemployed. ' At
that time as many as 271,983 persons had
been relieved by the Poor-law Guardians,
at a cost-of $lOO,OOO a week, and.the gene
ral committees also supported 236,310 por
tions, at a cost of $221,780 a week. Here
is a- total of 568,293 persons in one county
maintained by charity and by money
drawn from the public by the legalscrow
of poor-law taxation. Taking the average
wages at $40,000,000 a year, the anent-
ployed in Lancashire, towards the close of
180, were receiving one-third of their
wages. England is a great nation to have
done this. Not one case of starvation oc
curred in consequence of the cotton famine.
The conduct of the sufferers was generally
quiet. Nothing like a riot occurred all
through.
In 1863 matters mended. The stock of
cotton at Liverpool, the result of successful
and systematized blockade-running, became
so great that many mills resumed work,
some of the mill owners being so mean as
to try and get their men at reduced wages.
In the various towns, public improvements
were commenced, under a statute called
The Public Works' Act, whereby the
localities will be benefitted and the opera
tives paid for their labor in new channels.
Whenever the - war ends, and plenty of
cheap cotton comes into Liverpool, the
manufacture will be generally resumed.
Here, however, we hope that our cotton
will be manufactured in our own mills, and
England thus relieved-of one great market.
WITATEPEB, ADMIRATION may be felt in
Europe for the military South, the Demo
cracy of the North (whilorn under con
tempt of even the London Times) have few
friends and few admirers. The Glasgow
Herald, in an able, friendly view . of our
.r
political situation, declares that the Na
tional Government "has assumed an atti
tude toward slavery which ought to cora
mand the profound sympathy of the British
people." _lt has certainly challenged their
respect, if we may credit late declarations
of Rusisnix, GLADSTONE, and other Eng
lish admirers of the South. Concluding
an examination of the recent Democratic
address, the Herald says, with an expres
sion of wonder :
, 46nrialee of invective against the 'pernicious
theorieV that would elevate the negro to the dig
nity of citizenship—plenty of eloquent language
about ~the-social debasement and pollution' of
allowing the two rnoes to amalgamate ; but in aia
columns and a half of closely-printed type not one
word against the pernicious theories that reduce
the negro td the condition of a thing to be bought
and sold, whipped, hunted with dogs, branded with
hot irons—not one syllable about the social debase
ment and pollution of a system that allows the
planter to gratify every brutal passion upon his
e] lets slaves, and tempts him to sell his own
children, to infamy and bondage!'
. _
" it is sad enough," says the Herald in
conclusion, "to see .a slaveholding Con
federacy in the South. Shall we desire
now to see the North also governed by a
party committed to the degradation of the
negro, committed to the protection of
slavery, and avowedly favorable to the
extension of this accursed system into the
Territories of the 'United States ?"
MR. DANIEL W. VOOEFIEEEs, some of
whose private papers, in the exercise of a
necessary military duty, were seized by
General CABRINGToN, has written a letter
to that officer as remarkable for its length
as its undignified exhibition of spite. Out
of the mass of testimony he explains away
a number of letters; but, as will be seen,
does not dispute the character of the 20,000
rifles with which he connects• the name of
a "gentleman by the name of CARE,",
who, it is but just to say, vindicates him
self in the transaction
"But you found a letter from Senator Wall, of
Neer Jersey, enclosing one to him from a gentle
man by the name of Carr on the subject of guns.
This seems to be the desperate point. Iknow nothing
of-Mr. Carr. I never answered this letter. lam
not much of a trader, and such matters as this I
rarely - and time to attend to. But on this point Ido
not mean to be misunderstood. I fully endorse the
constitutional right of the people to bear arms for
their self•defence. The value of this right is greatly
enhanced when one political party is armed by the
Administration, at the common expense, to overawe
the other. You, of course, will not deny that the
Republican party , has been armed with Govern
ment arms for nearly two years. It is true that this
organization is known as the 'Home Guard,' but
guns are distributed.by Government officials to their
political adherents who do not pretend to belong to
any military organization whatever. And when
companies have been formed according to law, and
asked for arms, they have been refused bocaule
they were Democrats. Why is all thief From the
Conduct of many of these so-called Home Guards,'
and the Conduct of such officers as you, the Demo
cretin party has been led to the Arm belief that
these warlike preparations have more reference' to.
carrying elections and subduing the freedom of
speech and of opin i on in the North, than they have
to the suppression of armed rebellion In the South.),
This retort is alnaost too contemptible for
comment. Mr. VOORREES knows well that
the right to bear arms is not the right to
resist the draft, and_that it was never in
tended that our own guns should be turned
upon ourselves. Neither is it true that one
party is armed to overawe the other, for all
parties have the accepted common privilege
of fighting'the enemies of the country.
THE act of Captain CRAVEN, who went
down in the monitor Tecumseh, off Mo
bile, was an instance of sublime courtesy.
As the pilot and himself, the last in the
vessel, moved to the ladder, the Captain
stepped aside, saying, " You first, sir." The
pilot was saved, and the hero perished in
his magnanimity, an example as noble as
BV.DNEY.
BE-GOVERNOR BIGLER deserves a high
compliments for the little joke with which
he gave tone to the proceedings of the. Chi
cago Convention. Mr. BIGLER denounced
the AdMinistration as incapable of making
either peace or war, and we are glad to
affirm it the best thing he ever said. His
party, however, seems to be trying to make
both at once.
w.c~s~ruv~~oiv.
WAsArs e vox, August 29,1804.
DECISIONS OE THE INTERNAL REVENUE
DEPARTMENT
Under the aot of Congress the previous ruling of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue, under the former
law, that the tax should be withheld from all pay.
meats to persons employed by the day, when the
compensation exceeded 32 per day, IS annulled, and
hereafter no tax will be withheld from persons who
are employedlay the. day, and paid by the day, no
matter what may be the rate of compensation; and
no tax will be' withheld from persons employed by
the day, and paid at the end of the month, unless
tire amount earned during the month exceed the
sum el $5O. When the amount earned daring the
month does exceed $5O ate tax of five per cent. must
be withheld from the amount in excess; and when a
person is employed by the month, at a rate of com
pensation exceeding $5O, the tax- must be withheld
from the amount in excess of that rate, even though
the payment is for such a fraction of a Meath that
the amount due is less than $5O; thus, if a person
whose salary is $lOO per month is employed but one
quarter of a given month the tax must be withheld
upon-the sum of $12.50.
All amounts.received by any person in the service
or emplepreent of the United States, which are ex
empt from the salary tax under the. above pro.
vision, must be'returned to the assessor of the dis•
-
teat •in which such person resides in the same
manner as if it came 'from. any other source. A.
epochal' exception to the rule above established is
Made in the 1234 section of the act, which provides
that payments of prize money shall be regarded as
income from salaries, and the duty thereon shall be
assessed and collected in like manner. The tax
mustytherefore, be withheld from all payments of
prize money as heretofore, and such paymente may
be deduoted from the income, as provided in section
117.
TILE APPROACHING
There. will be no postponement of the draft,
though several days will elapse between the sth
and the drawing. This will be understood at a
glance. the necessary papers will have to be for-
Warded here, setting forth the number of enlist
ments, substitutes, So., and frOm them the quota
will be made. It is asserted that one-fourth the
number called for has been recruited.
SHAM INVALIDS
The Government has been represented in your
city for several days by a board of officers whose
business It has been to note the condition of certain
officers, reported at houlquarters as being still Mk
and unable for duty. They have performed their
task, and quite a number of:invalid officers will be
notified to-day to rejoin their regiments, or stand
dismissed from the service. The same delegation
have been paying their respects to your hospitals,
and sundry abuses there will be corrected .forth
with.
2MWS IROM THE FRONT.
It Is 'known here, that there was some firing going
on at the front on Friday last, but there is no change
in our position. The 6th Corps was heavily rein
.
forced on that day.
THE SEVEN-TIIIRTY LOAN.
Tile subscriptions to the seion•thtrty loan, u re
ported to-day at the Treasury Department, amount
to $b55,000, and to the ten-thirty loan to $41.4,000.
THE ISSUE OF- NEW. BONDS.
The National Bank Note Company is now furnish
ing $3,000,000 daily of bonds for the conversion of
the seven-thirties due in August and Oetober, 1864.
MOVEMENTS OF SECRETARY SEWARD,
Secretary SIIIVAIID left Washington taglay for
New York.
ASSISTANT TREASTIMER AT NEW YORK
NEr. „Tona A. STUART has been appointed to U.
place of Asslstant Treasurer, lately vacated by Mr.
J. J. Cisco.
THE SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN
The subscriptions to the seven-thirty loan to
date amount to 4125,876,600.
Nina SUNDAY PAPBE ON THE . AVIINUZ.—We
were agreeably surprised yesterday by the appear
ance of the Philadelphia Sunday Times on the prim
pal etreeta of the city. The Sunday Mercury, which
has for a, long time had no competitor from among
the Northern Sunday journals, 10 a rabid Copper
bead sheet, and we are glad that there is a prospect
of Its being trapplembed by a Union paper. .51. r. W.
W. neltzel,•the agent of the Philadelphia Pres*, 504
Ninth street, bas .we bear, taken charge of this ex
cellent paper. Ne hope that on next Suaday he
larger apply, es severril - orour citi
zens were tumble to procure copies YesteTt l9 4. — '
Wahl:nylon Chronicle,
THE PRESSi-PHILADIMP
Mend Despatch from Secretary Stanton
THE SURRENDER OF FORT MORGAN
CONFIRMED.
GOOD NEWS FROM THE SHE
NANDOAH VALLEY.
A Large Part of the Rebel Force Withdrawn.
Cen. ShOrMall. Cutting off • the
Ilehel Supplies.
THE FICHT ON THE WELDON ROAD
ON THURSDAY.
THE HEBEI, LOSS ABOUT- 5,000
The Loss of the Road Causing Scarcity
FOUR REBEL GENERALS KILLED AND
ONE WOUNDED.
UNSUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION INTO FLORIDA.
THE BOMBARDMENT OP CHARLESTON AND
TORT SUMPTER COBTINUED.
Six Rundred. Rebel Of}leers Under Fire at
AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO LIDERATE THEM.
OFFICIAL GAZTT.E 7
PULL CONFIRMATION OP THE" CAPTURE OP PORT
MOROAN--OHN. GRANT% OPPZOIAI. DESPATOR-..
MOVEMENTS IN THE SERNANDOAM VALLEY.'
WASHINGTON, August 25-1. P. AL
Major General
The capture of Fort Morgan Is fully confirmed by
despatches from Generals Grant and Sherman, who
derive their Information from Riohmond and Mo
bile papers.
It appears from Gen. Grant's despatch to the
President, just received, that Pert Morgan has sure
rendered.
CITY POINT. August 29
d. Lineotn, President of Me United States:
Since my despatch of this morning I have re
celved the Richmond Saltine/ of thel7th.
It contains the following despatch from Mobile :
"The report of the surrender of Fort Morgan was
most in:expected, and we await an explanation of
so unfbrtnnate en occurrenee. The press of Mobile
is hopeful and confident of their ability to hold the
city." TJ. S. GRAWr, Lieut. General. •
The latest intelligetme from the Shenandoah Vat.
ley represents that a large part of the rebel force
there has been withdrawn towards Richmond.
The latest reports from Gen. Sherman represent
that thus far his recent movement to occupy the
rebel lines of supply has been successful.
E, M. Srairrox, Secretary of War.
DEPARTNENT OF ME GULF.
TSB 9URRA6NDIE GB FORT MORGAN IINCONDI•
WasnrisoTow, August 29.—Despatches received
in this city from before Atlanta: state that the At
lanta papers of the 27th announce that Fort Nor
gala bad surrendered to our forces with all its gar
rison (including General Page), guns, munitions of
war, etc.
811011.67rA108 ADDRESS TO HIS MEN.
The following is the address made by Admiral
Buchanan to his men on board the rim Tennessee,
On the morning of the sth instant, when he dis.
covered Admiral Farragut's fleet approaching the
bay
"Nei - , men, the enemy:is corning, and I want you
to do your duty ; and you shall not have It to say,.
when you leave this vessel, that you were not near
enough to the enemy, for I will meet tbem, and then
you can fight them alongaide of their own ships;
and it I fall. lay me on one side and go on with the
fight , and never mind me—but whip and sink the
'Yankees or fight until you sink yourseiveS, but do
not surrender. 73
Y:ASVY'7~ I:NN~.N~Yy:;:i.{l~7:i ~i:;t6Y:i~};;~);;s;:~Yii:i;i•[~Yi;r7
CAIRO, August 28.—The steamer McGow, from
New Orleans, with dates to the 22d inst., has ar
rived. The news she brings from Mobile Bay is
rendered 'valueless by the announcement through
the Blehmortd papera of the fall of Fort Morgan.
T. M. Cook, correspondent of the New York He
r ald, and J. B. Chadwick, of the Tribune, with Gen
Grangers army, have been ordered beyond thellnes
by Gen. Canby for the pnblioatlon of information
valuable to the enemy.
THE SXIMNANDOAHC VALiGET I
,
re/tot:a totsratme n.
WAKIINGTON, August 29.—Informatton received
he" from Halltown, as late 'no- rEoterdayi states
that' the advance h as been sounded, and another
battle in the valley Is expected and_predicted.
. •
THE ARMY BEFORE PETER9BITRG.
TEE NEW . RECRUITS IN RANCOOR'S. CORPS—ROW
• TREY POUORT OW TRIIRSDAY—THR CONTRAST
Iv]
[Special Despatch to The Press. ]
WASHINGTON, August 29.—The Chroftick , hag re
calved the following special despatch:
Barons PETEnanuno, August 27, 1861.
Every man undergoes an organic change once in
• seven years. So we are- informed by physiologists.
The dislniegration of human particles must be very
gradual a imperceptible, for, after the lapse of
time specified, when it is presumed the last atom of
the " old man" has departed, the individual retains
his identity, his friends appear- the same, his name
remains unchanged.
So it Is with the Army of the Potoms.c. The dif
ferent corps become new commands every three
years. Hancock is leader of a corps, of whichevery
member wears for his distinotive badge a club or tre
foil. This 18 the 2d Corps. But how changed since
the time when commanded by. Gen. Sumner. The
old men of the 2d Corps are almost all gone. Of
those who twice assembled In bloody eengreSs Rum
Manassas Plains, but a handful remain. The men
who covered Pope's I etreat from the Rapidan and
battled for us at Bristow Station—an those who
held the advance at Mine Run, and emerged with
their lives from the Wilderness, have been mustered
out of, the service or slain at Spottsylvarda and
Cold Bfarbor. -
The ranks of the old corps are filled with new
men. All know that three years has been suffielent
to change the army. There is, in some way, a diffe
rence, We cannot notice it any more than the
physiologist can discern a change In his own body,
every seven years. There la no difference In the
corps Insignia. The men are fed as well, and appa.
mily march and fight as well as ever. It is only
under teculiar circumstances, like those In which
Gibbons' and Mlles , divisions were placed during
Thursday afternoon, that any difference can be ob
served. Thrice the rebels clulrged. Each time with
augmented numbers and increased fury. When
our soldiers saw their backs for the third
time, contempt for, their foes was only equalled
by- the confidence they . felt in themSelveS.
Many of the regiments In Miles , division
were composed of new men—substitutes, aliens,
drafted men. The 7th,-New York bad just re.
ceived three hundred such. Most of them were
ignorant of company drill, and knew so little of the
manual Of arms they could, scarcely load and fire.
The enthusiasm of these men was unbounded when
the rebels wore repulsed in their first charges.
When the enemy appeared before "their works, and
assaulted them the second time, they seemed the
most fearless soldiers in the line. Every man, in
his eagerness to get a good chance to Shoot, forgot
he was not invulnerable as Achilles, and exposed
his person unnecessarily. - This regiment and the
. 61st New York, also refilled with new recrulte,
poured a perfect tempest of "buck and ball" into
the line of rebels as they surged a human wave
against the works.
Then came the order for countercharge. The line
of rebels had grown uneven ; it swayeif to and fro
aS In a drunken fit. Finally It'broke and nattered.
'These men, before so full of enthusiasm, now be•
came *lid, unmanageable. They clambered ever
the parapet, leaped the ditch, and, with fixed
bayonets, chased the fleeing foe through the woods
and across the clearing beyond:
Veterans would never become thus excited. The
viotorlouS commander at Waterloo was exceedingly
wroth with his new recruits, because they entered
the conflict full of enthusiasm. To make a long
calm courage is needed ; thesvery thing these
men never had the opportunities of acquiring. The
soldier can only learn this on the battle-held.
The fourth assault robbed the combat of the last
appearance of novelty. Those same recrults who,
but one hour ago, seemed so careless of danger, and
were foremost in pursuit of the foe, now became ter.
rifled, and ran. The old soldiers, firm and reliant,
fell back slowly and steadily, frequently form
ing .front to check the enemy, and again ie.
tiring. It is this alone gives advantage to the re
bels. If none but the old 2d Corps had been at
Reams' Station that afternoon, Vre would have left
the field leisurely, although two divisions of the
Spartan heroes could have remainedthere no longer
contending against such odds. Lee's army is al
ways the same. Ills troops, are old and tried. Their
term of service knows no. expfration ; death aloha
can discharge the rebel who tights in the ranks of
-the Army of Northern Virginia. We are continu
ally lighting one-half our army, and teaching:the
semainder.
As the enemy failed to follow up their, slight ad
vantage, It is presumed they suffered severely.
,We
Lava been expecting them at Slx-MileStation every
night and morning. Yesterday they were reported
massing in the neighborhood of the Avery House,
which is now near the centre of oar line. As yet
there has been no demonstration, save heavy can
nonading and occasional outburits of musketry.
ALL WEEP ON SUNDAY--mint .IN THURS.
DAY'S PIOLIT—EPPECTS OP THE CAPTURE OT THIS
WItLDON ROAD.
WASHINGTON, August 29.—A letter received from
the Army of the Potomac, dated August 28th, says
that all was quiet excepting the usual picket-tiring
in front of the 9th Corps. The tiring on our right'
on Thursday, was occasioned by a movement of our
troops from one position to another, which the
enemy evidently did not understand, and were, per
haps, fearful that it meant another attack on the
right at Ream , s Station, on the Weldon Railroad.
Our total loss in the fight on Thursday will 110 t3
It Is said, exceed 2;000, while that of the enemy le
supposed to be about 5,000, We still hold about
four miles of the Weldon R0.11r01141, and the portion
abandoned by the 2/1 Corps was effectually de
stroyed.
Noorters who came in yesterday say that Gen.
A. P. Bill's corim, two divisions of. Loisgetreet's
corps, and,-,the Jeff 'payis FAKion, were the rebel
troops engaged on 'i'hursday,
They also state that since the Weldon Railroad
THE WAR.
In Richmond.
Charleston
0 AX.,
THE
TVESI)AY; ATYGTYST 30, 1554:
fell into our possession pork hail advanced to six
and beef to eight dollen a pound In Sidi asond, and
their officers declare that the road must[ be recap.
tared at all hazards.
♦.: ~ e~h i : 4N::. ~.
WABI I / 7 /(1TOW, August 29.—1 t is reported tlitsb we
lost eight guns in the engagement of Thursday' on
the Weldon Railroad, in consequence of a suddarn
fall of rain rendering ft impossible to drag them ofP
the heavy grouod after the horses had been shot,
and that they were all spiked and otherwise dis
abled before being abandoned.
FORTRESS MONROE.
FOUR REEL GENERALS ICIELLISD AND.OHS
- • WOIIIIIMitt.
FORTRESS MOW/MOs, Sunday, Augnat
Eighteen men, supposed to be deserters from Gen.
Grant's army, were picked up yesterday near
Portsmouth, Va., and sent up the James river to
day, to General Patrick, Provost Marshal of the
Army of the Potomac.
Yesterday's Richmond papers admit the loss of
five rebel generale, four killed and one wounded,
on the Weldon railroad.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Harrington
arrived this morning on the revenue cutter North
erner, from Washington,
Colonel Pent and Mrs. General Grant arrived
on the Baltimore mail steamer Georgians's, Capt.
Pearson. - Mrs. Grant left immediately on the
steamer Geyhound for City Point.
The rebel General W. G. Lewis Is wounded
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
ARRIVAL OF SIX. HUNDRED REBEL OFF/OEMS TO
1311 PLACED UNDER FIRE AT OHARLEBTON-RE-•
FORTED GONSPIRAOT TO ALLOW TIIIEDI TO
ESCAPE. '
FORTRSB43 Maxima, August 28.—The U. S. trans
port steatner Fulton arrived this P. M. from Hilton
Head. Among her passengers are Oaptaitt.Tohn H.
Moore, Mei guartermaster of , that place, and
Lieutenant Van Winkle, of General Hatch's staff.
The Fulton left Hilton Head on theleth inst. at 4
P. M. They report the Crescent City (oonvoirod by
gunboat Admiral), with six hundred rebel officers,
to be placed under fire at Charles:on, had, arrived.
The steamer Crescent City, when off Cape Homane,
was ran in shore, and , one rebel officer is reported to
have escaped. The captain and seoond mate of the
Crescent City are implicated in the attempt to libe
rate the six hundred rebel °Moore, and , when the
Fulton left Hiltdn Head were being tried for their
lives before a ()Cart-martial.
The Savannah News' says two or three parties of
aliens have leen captured while attempting to
escape to the.enemy at Pulaski, and. Ilan,. mere'
have gone to Carolina to avoid Governor Brown's
enrolling officers. •
AN UNSITCORSSIITE =PRO/MN LNTO PLORIDA,..
BOMBARDMENT OF CHARLESTON C0NT1N177713.
•
Nsw Yeas, August 29.—The steamer Fulton has
arrived from Fort .Royal, but her news is partially
anticipated.
An expedition consisting of theThth Oido, Compa
nies B and D, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, and one
piece or artillery from the 3d Rhode Island Battery,
all commanded by Colonel Harris, of the Thth Ohio,
started from Magnolia, Florida,- to make a raid.
The column reached Stant without fighting, and
there destroyed a railroad train and captured a
large quantity of merchandise and supplies They
then proceeded to Gainesville, and while there were
Surprised by 600 of .Dickenson's rebel force. A tight
ensued, iesulting In the capture of 100 of our men
and the piece of artillery, and the recapture of the
property.
Affairs at Morris Island are unchanged. It is ex
pected that additional heavy guns will be ready to
operate against Fort Sumpter in a few days. In the
meanwhile the fort is undergoing a severe pounding,
and shells are sent into Charleston daily.
THE LOWER. MISSISSIPPI.
GUERILLA ATTACKS OK*BTEAMBRS.
CAIRO, AUg - ost 28.—The steamer Lancaster was
fired into fifteen miles below Natchez on the lßth by
a battery of artillery. Three shots struck the boat,
but nobody was hurt, The battery was supported
by-five Hundred cavalry. General Brayman, com
manding at Natchez, sent a force in pursuit.
The steamers Cheek and Atlantic, reported cap
tured by the rebels up the Yazoo river, arrived
safely at Vicksburg with a good cargo of cotton.
A large number of rebel prisoners had arrived at
Vicksburg, recently captured fifteen miles bank of
Milliken's Bend.
Two hundred guerillas were seen at Commerce,
Mo., to-day.
The New Orleans cotton market was buoyant.
Low Middlings, .186§16 . 7„1,', ; Middlings, 170@175.
...THE GITERILLA 'WAIL
CurorrwATl, August 19.—Jake Bennet, with 24
men, dashed into Owensboro, Ky., on Saturday
evening, killing three negro soldiers and Lieutenant
Arrant, of the 3d Kentucky Cavalry. He also
burned the wharf boat, containing $2,000 worth of
Government stores. Bennet remained bnly lifteen
minutes, and was pursued by the Home Guard.
Norris, a rebel sympathizer, was shot at Owensboro
on Saturday, by Captain Wilson, while resisting
arrest.
THE PIRATJE TALLAHASSEE.,
IiONIVED AND A 71.61111% PRIME& DE.
STSIOTBD.
Nnw August 29.—Brig. Neva, at this port
to.day, from Lingan (N. S.), reports, August 17th,
(jape Sable bearing N. N. W. IA miles, waa over
hauled by the Confederal" praiser Tallahassee and
after about an hou;se. delay was bonded ott. vessel
and cargo for $17,000.
The crew of the fishing smack North America, of
New London, (she had been , but a few hours do
stroyed,) were put on board the Neva, and were
subsequently transferred to another vessel and sent
into New London.
Pennsylvanians at Libby.
Azure rams, August 28.—The following Pennsyl
vanians, prisoners at Libby, desire to let their
friends know they are well and in good spirits, con
sidering the circumstances: 'Col. James Code, 2d
Veteran Pennsylvania Reserves; Major Milton
Waddler, 2d Veteran Pennsylvania Reserves ; Adjt.
Tames Bowman, 2d - Veteran Pennsylvania Re.
serves ; Corporal Thos. H. Abbott, 2d Veteran
Pennsylvania Reserves; Jacob Shiply, Lieut. Col.
Leech, 90th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers;
Major Davis, 90th Pennsylvania Veteran Volun
teers'; Lieut. Riley, 90th Pennsylvania Veteran
Volunteers; Capt. H. M. Newton, Lieut. A. Storrie,
Company A, 2d Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve
Veteran Volunteers.
Luton - isarbecue.
CAIRO, August 28.—The Union men of Ballard
county, Ky., gave a barbecue at Biandville yester
day. Over two thousand persons were present, and
General Meredith, commander of the post at Cairo,
addressed the assembly, urging them to take a de.
cided stand for the Union, which wail Well received.
Resolutions were adopted in favor of the suppres
sion of the rebellion; and furnishing men and means
for that purpose. The meeting was very enthusi
astic, and it is believed that Ballard county will
give a majoritt for the . Union candidate at the
coming election.
A similar meeting will be held in other counties
in Kentucky and Missouri contigrious to Cairo. A
marked change has taken place in the sentiments
of the people of this section, mainly attributable to
the recent determined course of the military au
thorities.
NEW YORK CITY.
Thaw Yaws, August 29,1891
Alturrax, FROM NSW OBLEATTE3.
' The downer Fong Shiley, from New Orleans on
the 21st inst., has arrived. Her advices are antici
pated by the transport Merril:omo, which arrived last
Tilgbt.
BAPS BTATBAILEIfT
. . The following is a statement of the condition of
the New York banks for the week ending August 29:
Loans, increase - $2,600,000
Specie,.docrease 840,000
Circulation, decrease 80,000
Deposita, decrease 440,000
21123112:8 INTICLLIGEPOR
Arrived, barks Salem, from Buenos Ayres ; Bound
ing Billow, from Bathurst, Afrioa ; brig T. H. A.
Pitt, from Bermuda; sehrs. Marlette, from St.
Thomas'; Tweed, from. Nassau.
The Quota of Eneton
EauTon, Aug. 20.—The borough of Easton has
filled its quota, and has' a surplus of sixteen men
over,
Stithia!g or a Mesmer.
ST. LODII3, Auguit.29.—The steamer Emmaßoyd
was sunk thirty miles below here, on Satirday.
She was valued at $35,000, and was insured for
$13,500. -
Burning of the @rand Trunk Elevator.
TORONTO, August 29.—The Grand Trunk Eleva:
tor and wharf was burnt yesterday, with Its con
tents. The loos* amounted to $lOO,OOB l one-half of
which was insured.
Arrival at liallfax.
Ilemrax, -August 29.—Arrived, steamer Asia,
from Bermuda.
Markets by Telegraph:
Bevrimonn, August29.—Flour very dull. Wheat
B@loc lower. White Corn active: at 411.8 S ; yellow
and mixed unsaleable. Whisky dull, at *1.876/.88.
Bacon closed buoyant and advancing. Shoulders Do.
Marine linelligessee.
BOSTON, August 29,—Arrived, bark Springbok,
Cape Baytien ; brig lerey Parker, Glace Bap, C.
8., Or' New York, leaking 1,000 strokes , per hour.
POLITICAL Bons.
The positionM of r. Chase regarding the Con
gressional nomination in Mil own district has been
grossly misrepresented by the Opposition press, as a
low extracts from his private lettere conclusively
show. Before he heard of the action of the conven
t-feu Mr. Chase wrote front /lahant, under dale of
the 3d:
"I am very sorry that any gentleman has been
requested to give way that toy name might be pre
sented, and hope that my telegram, If not my letter,
may, reach you In time to prevent any embarrass
ment or unpleasant feeling In consequence of it, or
in consequence of the position I originally took, and
to which I must adhere."
On the 6th instant he again wrote as follows :
"I cannot help feeling sorry that my friends In
Cincinnati thought it best to bring my name Into
the canvass for nomination, when the names of
Whetstone and Eggleston, and perhaps others, were
already under consideration. Had both these gen
tlemen, in deference to the public; interests and from
friendship to me, thought fit to unite in submitting
my name, I should have felt gratified and honored
by the nomination, but it is very distasteful to me
to be put in competition with any of our friends who
wish a Beat which has no attraction for me ; and had
I been aware it was in contemplation I should cer
tainly have put a veto upon it."
A letter from Mr. Chase in favor of the election
of Mr. Eggleston will shdttly be published.
Governor Andrew will not decline a re. elec
tion, though few men In the eountry tan so well
afford to retire from office with personal satisfaction'
and honor. noticing, this, the Boston Ikanscript
says
"It is not Merely that Governor Podrew has ex.
exhibited the highest integrity, energy, and eapaA
any in his a4ituinistrat it is not merely that he
has shown vigor, aetlytty, insight. foresight, inde
fatigable industry and incorruptible ,hariesty, b r
ut
that he hasnotitdrell la Mixable and tintrausfara p le '
experience; wakes -the, niers, sugscestlon of
hL rettrersett at the present exigency se mai l to'
be dorrechtod 98d avpincd,"
THE CHICAGO CORTENTIOL
Ise reeilibK Or the Die *lent DeTerms
tieele—Yaliawalligham's 'resitiost.
Ciirreetoo, Augast ate—The New York delegation
held a final meeting at the Sherman House - title
'horning, and, after a brief consultation, a vote was
taken as to who Should be the choice of the delega
tion for the Presidency, with the following result:
For McClellan... . • 51
Scattering, . - •
The vote of the Ohio delegation yesterday stood :
For:McClellan • .
Against McClellan • -.16
96
The vote of the Mlesouri delegation was as follows :
For McClellan- 13 • - . • .
Scattering • .
Neither Ohio nor Missouri- vote as a unit.
Indiana is is for McClellan and 5 against him.
Illinois 22 for McClellan, and 10 against him.
Bets of four dollars to one are offered this morn
ing that McClellan will receivothe nomination on
the first ballot. •
!tie not expected than more then a temporary or
ganization, and the appointment of the usual COM.
maniocs, will be effected to•day-
A majtrity of both the delegations from Ken
tacky are said to be for McClellan.
As yet little or no differencirof *pinion is mans.
Rated as to the character of the platform. An ar.
mistice, a convention of the States, and the adop •
lion of every means consistent with Christianity
and civilization to bring about a permanent and
honorable peace, seem to be the points generally
agreed upon by all the delegatione-
Vallandigham is understood toliave pledged him
self to the candidate of the Convention, whoever he
may be, and this is reported to be the position of
Fernando Wood. Mr. Wood Is said to hold the po-
Bitten that he . will support the nominee of the Con
vention, unless another Convention Is held and a
Peace Democrat nominated.
Cntenuo, August 29-11 A. M.—The Wigwam is
densely crowded, although the Convention will not
be Called to order for an hour yet.
The motion of the amphitheatre set apart for la.
dies and gentlemen is filled to overflowing.
An immense throng of people not favored with
.tikkets are gathered on the outside of the Wigwam,
on the nhore of the lake,' listening to the music of
plllmore's splendid brass band, from Boston.
A portion of the auditorium without seats, where
the people were densely packed, haajustgiven way,
and a number were precipitated to the ground, a
dietance of ten or twelve feet, but nobody-was se
riously injured. Good humor prevailed over the ao
noldent.
Gov. Seymour, Dres£ll73. Vallandigham, Richard
son, and other prominent men, were received with
music and cheers as they entered the building.
THE (tram& OF THE OONVENTiON---BIIMARES OP
AVEMIST Betakowr—Ex-oovennun • BIGLER, OF
PwriliBXLVA-TOA, TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
CHICAGO,.August 29.—At noon toe National De
mocratic Convention.wea called to order by August
Belmont, chairman of the National Committee,
who said :
CIEETLulrun Orr THE CONVENTION: We are as
sembled hese to-day as the National Democratic
Convention, under the call of -the •Democratic: Na
tional Committee, for tile purliose or nominating
candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
of the United States.
This task, at all times a most difficult and ardu
ous one, has by the sad events of our civil war as
sumed au Importance and responsibility of the most
- tearful 'nature. Never since the formation of our
Government has there been an assemblage the pro
ceedings of which were fraught with more moment
ous and vital results than those which must flow
from your action here.
Towards you, gentlemen. are directed at this ince
ment the anxious fears and doubts not only of mil.
lions of American citizens, but also of every lover
of civil liberty throughout the world. In-your
bands rest, under the rulings of an All-wise Provi
dence the fliture of this Republic. Four years of •
rule by a' sectional, fanatical, and corrupt party,
warns US of the disastrous consequences which
would befall us if Mr. Liecoln's re-election should
be made possible by our want of patriotism and
unity. The inevitable results of such a calamity
must be the utter disintegration of our whole politi
cal and social system amid bloodshed and anarchy,
with the great problems of liberal progress and self
government jeopardized for generation's to come.
The American people have at last awakened to
the conviction that a change of policy and adminia
'ation can alone stay our downward course, and
they will rush to the support of your candidate and
platform, provided you will offer to their suffrages
a tried patriot who has proved his devotion to the
Union and Constitution ; that you pledge him and
ourselves to maintain their hallowed importance
by every effort and sacrifice in our power. Let us,
at the very outset of our proceedings, bear in mind
that the dissensions of the last National Democratic
Convention were one of the principal causes whic h gave the reins of the Government into the hands of
our opponents, and let us beware not to fall again
into the tame fatal error.
We must bring to the altar of our country the
sacrifice of our prejudices, opinions, and convic
tions, however dear • and long cherished they may
be, from the moment they threaten the harmony
and unity of action so indispensable to our success.
We are here not as War Democrats, nor as Peace
Democrats, but as citizens of this great Republic,
which we will strive and labor to the last to bring
back to its former greatness and prosperity, without -
one single star taken from the brilliant constelia
tion that once encircled its youthful brow.
Let pure and disinterested petriotism, tempered
by moderation and forbeSrance, preside over our
deliberations, and, under the blessings of Almighty
God; the sacred cause of the Union, the Constitu
tion, and the laws must prevail over fanaticism and
treason. • -
Mr. Belmont was enthusiastically applauded du
ring the delivery of his address.
The Hon. William Bigler, or Pennsylvania, was
Chosen temporary chairman of the Convention, and
upon taking the cbair spoke as follows:
BPRECIEr OP ex-new:aeon >Mime.
.
Geserhisireil . On Tra Coevarerrois:' I sin grnatly
hordiled in your select - kin of me to preside over the
preliminary deliberations of this body. My ao.
knowledgments for the high compliment and for the
kind greeting just extetaed to me by this vast eon
course or my fellow-citizens will be best manifested
by the proper discharge of theedutlea of the position
to which you have called me. It Is not expected,
nor would it be fitting in one assuming a mere tem
rotary presidency of this Convention that he should
enter upon, .any: general discussion of the many
topics suggested by the unhappy condition of our
Country. a. brief allusion to the occasion and pur
poses of our assemblage is all that will be necessary.
No similar body ever assembled in America with
weightier objects before, or to which such a vast pro
portion.of the American people looked with such
profound solicitude for measures to promote the wen
lase of the country and advance their individual
happiness. The termination of natal:waft° rule in
this country was the end of peaceful relations be
tween the States and the people. The elevation of
a seitional party to authority at Washington,
the culmination of a long-indulged, acrimonious
war, criminationand recrimination between extreme
men at the North and South s were promptly fol
lowed by dissolution and civil war, and in the pro
gress of that war even the out works of civil liberty
have been imperilled and the whole fabric brought
to the very verge of destruction ; and now, at the end
of more than three years of a war unaralleled in
modern times for its magnitude and for barbarous
desolatiom after more than two millions of men
have been called into the field on our side alone,
after the land has been Morally drenched hrfreter
nal blood, apd wettings and lamentations are heard
in every corner of our common country, the hopes
of the Union and of our cherished object are in no
wise improved.
The men now in authority, through a feud which
they long maintained with violent and unwise men
at the Sontb, because of a blind fanaticism about an
Institution In some States, and in relation to which
they had no duties to perform and no responeibili
ties to bear, are utterly incapable of adopting the
proper means to rescue our country, our whole
country from its present lamentable condition.
Then, gentlemen, it is apparent that the first indis
penaable step to the accomplishment of this great
work is the overthrow by the ballot of the presen t
Administration, and the inauguration of another in
its stead which will wisely and zealously, but tem
perately and justly, wield all the influence and
power of the Government to bring about a speedy
settlement of our internal troubles on the principles
of the Constitution, and on terms honorable and
just to all sections, North, South, East, and West;
one which will stand unfalteringly by civil and re
ligious liberty; one which, instead of relying solely
on its peculiar dogmas and doctrines, and the rava
ges of the sword, will refer the national troubles to
the people, the fountain of political authority, and
to the States under the forms of the Constitution;
one which will have no conditions precedent to the
restoration of the Union, but will diligently seek
that result as a return of permanent peace amongst
the people. s
Gentlemen, you have been commiseloned by the
people to oome here and initiate steps to accom
plish these great objects—to select an agent and
agencies in this good work. That step will be well
performed, I have an unfaltering faith; and that
the people may sanction,
and Godidess those means
to the desired end, is my sincere prayer.
°remain enooestireros.
E. 0. Perrin, G. M. Towers, and Moses Strong, of
.Wisconsin, were appointed temporary secretaries.
The list of delegates was Galled by States, and as
each chairman presented the credentials of hie dele
gation be was, welcomed with loud applause.
Mr. Tilden of New York, moved that one dele
gate be appointed from each delegation to report
resolutions for the oonelderation of Ute Convention,
and that all resolutions be referred to the Commit
tee without debate. Carrted.
Dir. Cox, of Ohio, moved that the Committee on
Organization be instructed to report rules for the
government of the Convention, and, in the mean
time, that the rules of the last Convention be adopt
ed. Carried.
Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, stated that the con
testing delegates from that State had agreed, and
were harmonious in this Convention. He moved
that the members from each delegation be ap•
pointed on the Consmittee on Resolutions, they to
have but one vote. Carried.
Mr. McDougal, of California, moved that there
be admitted to the Convention not to exceed three
gentlemen, !mown to be members of the Demo.
maths pasty, from each of the several Territories;
said delegates to be permitted to participate in de
bate, without a vote.
Gen. Morgan, of Ohio, moved to amend by ex
tending the.privileges of the resolution to delegates
from 'Bentham States, and the Dletrict of Columbia.
Ain McDougal accepted the amendment,
Mr. Tilden .opposed the resolution, as it was mani
fest that no gentlemen can be thus designated by
the Convention who do not come here accredited to
us, and they may or may not represent a constituen
cy. It might be otherwise in regard to Territories.
There may be gentlemen from them accredited as
we are, but under all the circumstances, the adorn
tion of such a resolution would, in his judgment,
be productive only of eonfusion and disorder.
(Cheers.)
At the conclusion of his remarks, he introduced
the Rev. Dr. Clarkson, of Chicago, who offered up
a prayer for the speedy return of peace and for the
permanent happiness of the country.
The Draft—Tiventy•second Ward.
To the Editor of The Press:
SIR: In the Twenty second ward but a compare,.
Lively small number of men are to be raised, yet not
one eitorthas been made towards this result. Where
are the politicians and contractors, whose °Were
are dlled with the people's money 1 Assuredly,
their apathy and indifference will not be forgotten. If
men could not be obtained, then the draft would be
a necessity ; but, as they can, why subject those to
its stern requirements who are unable. to. procure
substitutes, and who will be compelled to. iaavo de
pendent families I A well-organized effort, and de
termiued, would ob;:tate this necessity. They have
willingly and gladly extended the Government all
the moral power they possessed, and material, and
would extend it further were they able , They now
look to those who have`professed so.cumph interest in
their 'welfare, and to whom - they have heretofore
given their votes, to take the lead at. once in the
matter. Will they do it?
Respectfully., Tamen.
LAUB Posmvu SALLE op BiNaTS, SHOUS, Bab
earls, .91131 Y Goose, Inc.—The early attention. of
purchasers Is requested to the 4arge assortment
of
Pootsi shoes, br?garrs, travailing- bags, he., &e., ode.
bracing samples of /,100; t iaclutges of Hrit-clasetsoa
sonable goods, of city and Eastern manutlioture, to
be peremptorily 101,), by catalogue, on loetinonths,
Wit, easimenalris this morning, at 10 OTclook, by
V. payers' to, Oq,, auotioneers, No* 232 and 234
Kailifstreet, , • •
ik . i , risrortori is.requested to WI saveriteernent of
mill property surd buslneu tar rata,' aratidir
column.
E G i l t lit C7' P7O •
AMBIVALL OF THE NEW !O!K•
A NEW BLOCKADErRUNNER AFLOAT
ENGLISH VIEWS OF TEE WAR.
THOISLII ABOUT THE DININABIL SPOLIATION.
SAXONY DEMANDS AN NEM/WATSON.
Baty Your August 29 —T he ettametitp New
York, from S outhampton on the 17th Instant, ar
rived this morning.
The steamers- Europa and Marathor. , anived out
OD the 15th and the Belgian on the lethr
The Times expresses astonishment at the manner
In which the Federal bonditare absorbed' at Frank
fort, adding that each successive fall is rtiganied by
the existing bondhordeuz with gratification, instead
of dismay.
TER TrZERO ON TITII WAR
The Timer, in a:leader of Monday, says
"Justice to the Federals alone would compel the
world to acknowledpe that the Confederate position
Is impregnable. Both by sea and by land the South
ern territory is formed for defence. All except a
mere fringe of the vast territory is as unconquered
now as it was three years ago. It Is not at all ne
ceeeary that we should like one side more than
another, or think better of its cause ; but we may
see plainly that it will never be beaten.
Where, however, advice utterly falls, and is
not even taken kindly, the great lesson we
wish to impress on the Cabinet of Washington
is, that litigants are nop fit judges of their own quar
rel, and will, therefore, If they are wiso, take ad
vice, accept umpires, or bow to tribunals. Here is
a great and lamentable instance in the quarrel of
Denmark with Germany. The Americans are only
doing what the Danes have done to their cost. It
would not be an easy task to arbitrate between the
North and South. A day wiil come when Ireland
will not shed its blood like water for a purely Ame
ricanarrel, nor will the. Americans themselves.
StreetS full of cripples, orphans, and widows, fields
tilled by women, and trade passing into the hands
of newly-arrived foreigners,.wlll be a terrible com
ment on the successive calls for millions."
The Times, in a leader of Tuesday, on the intelli
gence brought by the Europa, says :
" On the whole, we think it likely that General
Grant will not abandon the campaign. Such a
confession of failure would throw a blight on his
own reputation, and would also injure President
Lincoln himself in his electoral schemes. There
is a general feeling that this campaign is the
great trial of the war; that the capture of Rich
mond is the test of the ability of, the North
to make any permanent impression on the
Southern States. If in the fourth year of the war
the largest army ever assembled under the Federal
Rag—one of the largest and best appbinted that any
Government ever placed In thelleld—retires beaten
alter tremendous loans, the North may be ex
pected to lose heart In the great contest. and,
perhaps, to turn with anger on. Its rulers. We be
lieve, therefore, that the campaign will continue,
unless the danger to Washington be so great as to
demand a return of the main body of Grant's
army."
TOR REBEL LOAN.
The rebel loan advanced 3 per cent. on the news
of Grant's repulse before Fetersbnrg t the quota
tions being 77@n.
A BLOOLADB•RVITNSB.
The Dublin Freeman's Journal says :
"A magnificent and rapid.sailing steamer, with
three funnels, visited . the Shannon on Saturday last.
She proceeded to the Foynee Island, where she lay
at anchor until evening,whenshe suddenly steamed
toward Tarbert. While at anchor neal' Foynes a
warlike party landed and made inquiries at the rail
way station about a special train for Limerick, and
they appeared exceedingly disappointed when they
could not proceed thither by rail. It is supposed
that the vessel is a blockade runner, and it was ru
mored here that a lieutenant of the Alabama was
one of the party who landed at Foynes. It appears
that the steamer has arrived to convey an Immense
supply of clothing to the Confedorates. ,,
A CALIFORNIA SHIP DESTROYED BY THE F L ORIDA. —'
A despatch from Southampton, England, by the
steamer New York, saps-'that the rebel pirate
Florida destroyed the ship Inatlean off the Brasinan
coast. No date is given. The Indic:an was bound
front New York for California. The pirate took
seventy thousand dollars from her.
BELIEVED FOR THE CONFEDERATES,
Another case under the Foreign Enlistment act
was „tried at the Liverpool Assizes on Saturday.
Two merchants, named Jones and Highat, were
charged with having enlisted men - to serve on
board the Confederate cruiser Georgia. Counsel
for the defendants objected that there was no case,
inesmnch ° as the actual enlistment took place
out of the United Kingdom. The point wee re
served. The jury found the defendants guilty, bat
judgment was reserved until the objections raised
have been decided by a superior court.
TRH RIOT AT BIZLPABT.
LrvmmtrooL, August IT.—The riot at Belfast, Ire
land, continued last night, many persons being shot,
and several killed.
A strong military force Is now on the spot.
A further diminution of above four million francS
in the cash in the Bank of France within the last
week has caused some uneasiness .in commercial
quarters. The effect would have been greater, but
that there appears to be a diminution of nine mil
lion franca in the amount of bank notes in circula
tion. The advances on deposits have likewise di
minished by two million francs.
French Betties are 661145 e.
On the ibth, the Emperor's ft* day, the Boone
was closed.
SPAIN
The Madrid Aroticks states that in consequence
of a conference at the Ministry of War Oviedo has
been assigned as a residence for General Prim,
dating from the 13th.
General Prim left Madrid on the 18th. He was
accompanied by a numerous crowd as far as the
railroad station.
DANISH AIPHAIRS-A CLAIMANT FOR A DIICHT.
Prince Frederick William of Hesse has laid Nairn
to the Duchy of Lituenburg, and had already ad
dressed a letter on the subject to the London Con
ference through Earl Russell. It will be recollected
that be only renouneed his- .claim to the crown of
Denmark end the countries attached to that king
dom in favor of his sister, the Wife of King Christian
IX., upon condition of the Integrity of Denmark
being. respected. This condition not having been
fulfilled, Prince Frederick William considers his
renunciation no longer valid. For this reason the
Prince has addressed a memorial to the Germanic
Diet, of which that body took cognizance at its sit
ting of the 4th inst.
SAXONY AND TEE GERNAN CONHEDNELATION.
The semi-official Nord Deutsche Allegemeine Zel
lung confirms the statement made lately to the effect
that Saxony intends to lay the following proposal
before the German Diet,, viz.: that an explanation
be demanded of Austria and Prussia in reference to
those Powers having permitted the King of Den
mark to cede rights to them to which he lihnself had
no title. The same journal regards this proposal as
an insult to the victors.
Tbe ratified:don of the Zoliverein treaties were
exeLanged at Berlin on Augnet I.sth between 'Prue
els, and these German States which have already
agreed to the renewal of these treaties.
ITNITRD STATICS TZSSIILS
The United Statee steam-frig - ate Niagara had
Eafled from Lisbon. Her destination was unknown.
The - United States sloop-of-war Sacramento ar
rived at Plymouth on the 16th. She game in colli
sion with the Norwegian bark Ceres, and sunk her.
The crew were saved. The Sacramento was unin
jured.
Cclumerci al
iaitelllgessee.
lavgar oot. Col-run Marticser.—The sales for two
days amount to 20,000 bales, the market closing
firm, though less animated. The sales to specula.
tors and exporters were 8,0(0 bales.
STATE OP TRADE..--The Manchester markets are
firm, with an upward tendency.
_LIVERPOOL BREADSTUDFS nr.AßKET.—Plotir is
dull and prices nominal. Wheat heavy and de.
d fining . Corn quiet at 2os. 6d.@305.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARERT.—Beef dull.
Pork heavy. Bacon still•declioing and prices Bd.@
ls. lower. Lard quiet but steady. Butter firm.
Lprzaroox PRODUCE MARICIPP. - -Lehesquiet bat
steady. Sugar active and ls. lOwer. Coffee inac
tive. Rice quiet. Rosin, no sales. Petroleum
firmer; 2s. ad. is asked for refined.
• THE LATEST.
Cotton males to-day 7,000 bales, including 2,000 to
speculators and exporters. The market is quiet and
unchanged. Breadstaffs fiat. Provisions quiet.
Petroleum firmer.
Lorinow, August 17.--Console for money MX@
89x. American securities nominal:
Arrived from Baltimore, Colorado, at the Isle of
Wight.
One Day Later—Arrival or the DAM
burgh.
arrived
NEW Yonsc, August 2g. The steamer Edinburgh
to-night. aitor news is one day later but is
unimportant.
LIVERPOOL, August 18.—The Belfast riots con
tinued fiercely yesterday with ranch injury to per
son and property, but to-day they have prudently
subsided, She rioters •being overawed by a strong
military lorce. There is no Other news.
Cotton dull and quotations barely maintained.
Sales for days 13,000, including 4,500 on specu
lation and for export.
Breadstuffs dull and tending downward.
Provisions quiet, and Petroleum firm.
Lorenon, August 1 8.--Consols close at 8930:489,14:.
AMERICAN SECURITLEIB.-11111101E Central stares
46@16 discount ; Erie 40@4.2.
Thr
The New System of Defensive Warfare.
A correspondent of the CinCianati Commercial,
writing from near Atlanta, Augmtls, says : Among
the many modilications and new features of warfare
that bare been introduced during the present strug
gle, the one most noticeable and most revolution
izing in its tendency, is the practice, becoming so
universal Oh both sides, of entreanttino and fortify.
ing. To one who has -Made - military eniring
a study, it is perfectly astonishing to un g ties nee how
,Altllful all the line officers, and even the privates,
'have become inlaying out and constructing defen
sive works. Formeny, no works were attempted
until regular engineer officers could survey and
stake out the grounds • and then 'pioneer parties
and regular fatigue p arties would do the work.
This required days and sometimes weeks, to
construct anything like efficient defences. Now,
every officer and man is an engineer ;. and •
every regiment and company has its pioneer
party. It a command halts In line for thirty mi
nutes, good defensive works are constructed. If a
, company latent out on picket, the inevitable pick
and spade go with them, as certainly as the musket ; •
and within a few minutes from the time the post is
assigned. the picket Is well Intrenched. If one at.
my moves to attack the other, the army that is on
the defensive will construct good protecting wor
while the attacking army is deploying. ks,.
nd '
ready to assault. The result is that thea attackinggetting.
party on either side always encounters efficient
breastworks, that more than double the fighting
strength of the pasty being attacked. Openlield
urn now has almost passed into history. It only
oco when the
prised or flanked. party attacked le either sur
ral
Experience has abundantly shown that no gene- ,
raln afford, very often, to storm well-manned
c a wok ; for altliongh.he may carry his point,
yet he does it at ifir enormous sacrifice of life, and a
sacrifice peneraffy greatly disproportioned to the In
jury he Millets.
The general who is most expert in flank move
ments is the one who will get control of the moat
territory.
fa cts altogeth
Theee n
present an aspect of our struggiaot.
agreeable
compelOnMplate. While flank—
ing an army wbil it tO change position, yet
it generally leaves it intact. An army may, M.
flanked a thousand times, and be an army, still.
Bad Johnston met us in open field, and fought. us.
near Dalton ter Banat, we would probably have
strayed his his army ere this. -But he reaohesAllanta
with his army whole. He kept it carefully, Isebirrfir
substantial works, whioh °compelled Sherman tm
drive him back by a succession of the.mosaskilfuL
dank movements ever made. Rood took command.
of the rebel army at Atlanta, and nottill. after Ids.
sore experience of July 20, 22, and 24, when he loft
from fifteen to twenty thousand men, would.ha ao
knowledge the new feature of battle tactics -4.14.p°-
fenny of the spade and pick.
Every regiment now carries its intrenehing Melt,
and they are cared for with the samatenaelay, as the
arms, and all become expert in tiredness.
The unpleasant aspect of this new featusaok war
fare is the great advantagalt- Oyes to theparty
winch is actonair on the defensive, and will enable
the rebels to hold our much longer than they other
wise eould. By these taraDa. LW& and SOW%
armies
w ar arfar e e still intact, and rough hardy Noting and
heavy wilt
destruction. still be necessary LA's/feet their
----....
.....
4. Worm or, Vsntrsrl.--Anothec twosome. to the :
art world has been discovered. A hitherto unknown,.
work by Benvenuto Cellini la said „,to have be
found a short time ewe, by a soldier , who wai! look;
ing for birds' nests la the riailill Of Pbtfia• ',this
large Envoi goblet or the most earltaalte woman.
ship.
...
-rzu best Havana. cigars are reporiad to be
mods from tobacco dipped into a solutica a °pl ain .
Natural leaf tobacco never has . that r.omilter afoot,
as will be noticed upon smoking t'aubeit Olean leaf
hi a pipe. In some of the Harms establishments
twelve Wu:timid dollen' wortrot 'Down per ye&
is used.
American El‘PlOrfaleas
(Prom the @an Franeisecf Bulletin
We learn by late ad vic," B from Rem r.„
E. (I. Soutar will undertake the ezp:,.. ;,
Republics of Peru and Bolivia atte r
commissioner to settle the varb u ,
tween the United States and Per
to which important diplomaticc..t c ;•. , rqr.'
pointed by President Lincoln, in tit, lc
tem The plan of Mr. Squi e i
been delayed by the troubles
of the recent seizure by the
viral of the Chinch& Islands, as trit?";:,,.
tete thoroughly examine and expl ow .t..
retains of the Incas, which an to f.:„ t4 !
out the breadO and lent of Pa,. ; .. 1, :
also of the Barra of the Lake of TN.; I " , ;''
via, aid possibly of portions of .}..Liza,44
Chill, and to =meet the topor apt ,k.:l
countries. In this labor great attetti ' -
recteKi by this etnidlent Amer*ar,
ruination of ti e old sonvent and co
and and the pnblie are:liver of these
works of sealant Spanish-Amerka n
ed in Spate and her Western Colentet,tl'
and 3800 ; and also those left rj
which are new very scarce, and perr.3,; .. .
relating to the Indian lanimagt,,,
cleil compiled' Spanfait by
Incas or than nobles, many e r
atili to be found in the- aplann 4 7,j
has' been stated by late travellers .
wr ters that Bush works, ezlecially
goages, are often met in very rar t .p .. :
ship. both in Mexico and in Peru, in
of .phe parish priest and village eintrete;:
too, of valuable works, both print.[
script, not to be met with in he
the cities of Mexico, Guatemlla i
Quito and La Paz, Mr. mil --
thoroughly explore thir held. 11..ear g. .„,••
Rivera. Ewbank, and of Eoglbh or
last twenty years, lead the ingo t)r
antiquities merely to the • thresholder,s`'
Mr. &tutees well-known *volume,: „,„ - •2
races of the Mississippi : alley , end 1; 1 .': „,;••
explorations, illustrated by his on
caragua, Honduras, and cru the
of which large editions have
the United States and Europe, and ;;;
In several foreign languages, ail ; t irf
cent valuable series of Cour * :
archives, show that he is in every . r•fl.
to satisfy not only men of learning,
art, but in an eminent degree to an,o.
work for the masses. His various
States of Central America fully prov e .z.
bility. His friends In California are •
derstend that he may visit our State
tion of his Peruvian labors,. and pi,
through Central Arizona and New Rer.-
amino the remains of the ancleet rao;
California, often noted in the Evening 1.,. • N.
of which so much has been ;rattails
three hundred years, but of which sell;,;:
detailed in
THE CITY.
AELLITAILY.
ARRIVAL AND PARADE OF THE
GIMENT.
This gallant band of veterans arrive! -.
terday morning, about 7 o'clock, which
than they were expected. They prover,
refreshment saloons, where they were
entertained. After partaking of a sway, •
net they were escorted over the mute •.:17.. sr.!:
Press of yesterday by the 72d Regiment trAt
nia Volunteers, Col. Baxter commanditz.:
ry Guards,an d a large potion of the
not belonging to the Guards . The 72.!1,4
preceded* y'thetßrigade Band,was in tie
march, and carried with it the old regitntei 't •
nag, tattered and torn by bullets and
came the returning braves, commaniat *!
Sperry. Their ranks were very scantily
.',
stead of a regiment the organization sear,. : Al , • k
a company in point of numbers. The .
have reason to be proud of haring t;-
in the gallant deeds done by the old P:.
Brigade upon the many battle-fields whiz:_ l':4
lent Army of the Potomac has come. •
Henry Guards were next In the order of v • ... .4
lowed by the other members of the p. ,c
The Guards marched in very credit., . c
Ambulances of the Fire Department, tike,
valid soldiers and indolent citizens, broo, l l.
rear of the parade, which, though not 2. 5 ,
as that upon the reception of the 721 R i
when the whole Fire Department turnei
very creditable display, and attracted u:.
tion from the lookers-on, who were quits ez
ARRITAI, OF SICK AND WOUNDED sir,
The U. S. transport steamer De Molay i .
this city yesterday morning from City
had on board 240 sick and wounded - • IF:
whom are in a very low condition. The '
members of Pennsylvarda regiments emi t , .• rte
the Limber : rig
Chas Fltehard; A, 11. Cav F W Orcatt.
Cor P D Davis, 11'1,130er W 0r0ther4.47,2c
Cor .7 Hugh, F, 1 Car B Duncala.l,2
Cor LH Norris, G, 8 Oar P Pheffer, I:- st
Adam 0-
0-, 8 Car : Wm S Shut:, • •As
171 Darrow, 0-, 17 Oar 1.1. Banner,
W HB. Foster, E, 4Ow S Wilson, R.
John Henry, A, 2 Oar JDi Eckilberet,„ yids
John Nagle, F, 18 Oav M Heeds. E.; ' 114r,i0
Jac 1) Roland, M, 2 Cav JOB Enaland :
M O'Donnell. H, 18 Oar .Cor N Pereit.: ;sf
Hiram B Smith, D. 4 Car S J Breth, 0,
Gee Gould, D, 4 Oar Henry Burtmi.!.
Sgt•Jas Hunt, 0-, 4 Cav W Rosselie,g.
A. Brosiens, B, 8 Cam VB.l Omuta, :nod
Geo A Doad, .E, Car II Kautz, 1.2:
W A Miller, M,ll Car T Bockus,
St J B Crawford,o,lB Cav ';B Merrifield, 1.
Cor S Richards 117,11 Car S E 11, 1.7
TMc Fadden, G, 8 Cav Jas t)linch,
David Stiffly D, 4 Car John Fork, It
J W Harris, k, 1 Cav D 0 Kesstaeer.l
Jae Owens, M., 8 Cam J H Park. E. . •
John Haughey, 1,118 Thos Rebhan! ,
J Aturnan, K,187 0 M Itumser.E 4.•
Sgt J B Sarry, 1 , 187 Sgt R Skilv.i
B.l!dornan, A, 149 A A
S Edgar, 0,190 Wm C F..
W Miller, F, 21 Henry R FszrP
Thos Nichols E, 197 Elisha
W J Hughes , ' G, /87 Geo Rime. F. - A.
Geo MoNaught, G, 83 E S
Pat'k Conley, B 167 H Kennedy. F.::
Nathan Bison, B, 157 W Slnaraini.f/L
Wm Wirk, C, 187 A. J Hill, 0,9:
• Nathan Wilson, B, 57 G-eO Werner,
A. York, 0, 83 J Oahe, 0,1::
S H Hester, A, 157 'Geo Patton, it:,
J 1) Davenport, GF, 58 A G Reynolds. E.
Chas A Logan, K, 166 L Butter,
James Bird, 190 • Matthias woe' chi
I B Dawes, A 160 • John Gamper.; inn
The following wounded officers were
board:
Lieut. Col. J. P. Brinton 2d Penn. Carat - ,
Major Lents; 91st Pa. Vols.
Mayor Jos. W. Winter, Bth Pa. Cavalry.
Capt. C.D. Lamb, I, 58th Mass Vols.
Capt. C. R. Taylor, L, 2d Pa. Cavalry. .ti a
Capt. Robt. Oldham, B, Bth-Pa . Cavalry. - for
Capt. Frank H. Park, B, 4th Pa. Carey.
Capt. Cbas.-Chauncey, K, 2d Pa. Caviar. yswit
Assistant Surgeon W. A. Harry, U. S.
Lieut. Calvin Benson, let Maine Cavalry. ill
Lieut. Frank D. Baker, Bth Pa. Cavalry.
2‘l Ltebt Henry H. Perry, Ist N. J. Canf:
Lieut. Col. S. li. Thomas, 12th Miss.
DESERTERS.
The following -named deserters wen. eft
the Medical Director's office, yesterit4.- , e'gr/
deserted from the McClellan: Hospital:
Wm.
69th Pa.; W. Forrest, CO. 11,188 th Pa.; J. meir 1t;
H. Nelsof . t, Co. C
hi. hove , Co. 0, 170th N. 1. ; A Mari.
New York ;'Frank Moore, Co. C, 2d • -
B. Raycroft, Co. G, 1.1.8th-Pa. ; Theo. Iv: "4'lo
7th N. Y. Art. ;Henry Rittenhouse, Ca.,:
WEEMS REPORT OF GOVERNMEN:
PITALS.
The following is the report of the G
hospitals for the past week:
Summit-H0u5e...:: ....
I'crk, Pa
Pittsburg
Christian-5treet...... ..
White Baal •
...........
Beverly • '
Broad- street ---
Chestnut lain
'Filbert' street
Germaittowz . ........
Chester....
Broad and
Chester..:.
4.
Islingtonlane..:..::..
Turner's 1ane..... .;...
Batterlee
DBArBa.
The following deaths of soldiers wr-e
-the Medical- Director's offal@ yeA , z , :l?,J
White Hall Hospital •
John McConnell, CO. B, 150th
Benjamin T. Sprinkle, Co. A, Yen. valry •; Christian , Luduok, CO. a, 47;.t.N
David Dleveness, Co. F, 414.1 t New YK , .
Sere, Co. 13, 187th Pennsylvania; G. W.%
Purnell•Leston, .Md.
A DEStIITEP. S,NOT
William Fisher, of the Seth P. V
others, escaped from the hospital at nr.
Sunday night. The guard turned s:lt 5'
searchedthe surrounding county. Fv•
covered and refusing to halt when ankrt
Was shot. He died yesterday motniq:.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NATIONAL • UNION CITY 0.41C.1 5 : .
This Convention retsaserabled yester-ti: •
The first business in order, the novae , :
didato for Register of Wills, Iry Owe"
The following.m the ballot :
First Bella—Fred. M. Adams 21: P. C
M. D., 21; John J. 'Whitney; 2i !fa
a ; George T. Thorn, 15; Vim. 1:
M. Uhler, ffi. D., 21 ; Chas. M. Sank •'• '
Second Ballot—Eyed, M. Ada tn..;
rett, M. D. 10; lotus Whitni,-,
Massey, 5; George T. Thorn,22 - •
Wm. M. Uhler , M.. D., •80 C ha t ‘••
M. D., M.
Third Ballot—Fled. D 4. Adams.; •
.rett, Pd. D., 6 ; John ..T. Whitney,?;: ! -
say, 9 ; Geotgi T. Thorn, 21 •
Wm. M.M. D., 25 ; Clintles
M. D., 83. • •
Fourth Reif/et—Fred. BL Adam'. "'1:
rett, M. D.,1.5 ; John J_ WbtLnec.
Thorn, 26.; :Wm. P. Bolton, 1 6; IV!" ' 1
D i 284 Charles Jackson, 31. D. :••••
Fifth Ballot—Fred. M. Adams, 43 '
M. D. 15 • John J. Whitney, so: 44e
83 ; Win. P. Bolton, 10 ; W m.M. i s ::'•
Charles M. Jackson, M. D., 44.
Sfxth Ballot—Fred. M. Aims, IL
WE. 0.0.8 ; John S. Whitney , :
46 ; Wm. M. Uhler, M. D. 7 25 •1. Obatiei • •
M. D., 39.
Seventh Ballot—Fred: bL., Adams, fl •
Whitney, 36 ,• Geo rge . T.' Thorn, : Ww• •
.111. : Ones. .AL Jackson, dl. L.,
Wh ;;'• .
MOM i OM Sionot—Fred. D£ eld3m-s: v .
tney, 44,- George.. T. Thom,
Jackson, M. D., 53.
Ninth Ballot—Fred.. M. Adams. `... 1 ;' •
Thom, 76; Ohaa. M. Jackson , 31. 1/.. • o•
Teeth ffistletPred. 3A Adam=, Re; •
Tharp, 98.
Ott the tenth ballot. Plederick lil. Of;
received a. malority.ef, he votes 4 ". 1 .1,i4 ,4-
tau
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ID the le•itir for Regi..r...t.
announcement was.rweetved with a r.14 2 _1: ; %
ninon. excitement.. Gmmotion, the new 1
, made U118321D70119. .
Mr. Adams wasdntzeduced, and ;hut. it •
nbention for the honor oontorred
pressed his convictions that the Ica' 3 k •
e successful- -
The Convent-to than took arerof
I At three o'clock the Conrentit 4l 7.;.'
order, and proceeded to ballot
Sheriff: The following are the
First Baiisi,--3oseph M, Cosa,
Howell, 943J:obit Dyer, 59.
Second Mallet—Joseph M. Co
80we11,1,06,- John Dyer, CO.
Third Bolloi—Josepti M.. Cos•e1 1 ,
Rowell. 14153-. John Dyer, 51.
Mr. Beery C. Rorrell'
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har OD •;'•
received a majority of T 0te6.0. 5 t._7 4 4.j , it s
noudziee.of the party for the otlire"...3i - •,r
A It
O n motion , the nominatien Jos
A vale of thanks was than Pa,''e"••..
dent and other officers of the '-'", : 1;," / „.
alibkoonrtecus, and impartial iCaP :
hook diseherged their dups. t O.! , e
On motion of Jeremiah. Ma e ''' . - 4,10
wed, That the Ccosventio!...4 . „ . .fp .
. the nomination of Lincoln an 4 ,„'"'" —
Anlulatratlolt of Govesnor Our l4 •' t
On motion of John C. Martil. l
ca p .
Resolved, That the. Conivoil tt s2 •
dress of the State Central Cons
to our national policy.
d'onlled r '
The Convention then a.. 1 -
cheers for Lincoln and Johnson. a
The following are the nominst; u• 1 • - r
made by this Convention . 1
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Clerk of Orphans' Court—ill...V.li.
Receiver oi.Texes—':barley
Register of Wills—Frederics. it. c•
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