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MOORS & CAMPION* No. 261 soil Tit OSCOND SOMER . ; Arsectiou with their extensive OabinennuilllMW tor manufacturing • superior article of BILLIARD TABLES `., IMMO now on hand a faU ansortly, hulehat with the 00Ell & CA311 , 101:11 IMPROVED (Ma lONS. lah are pronounced by all who have used them 10 superior to all others. )or the Quality arid AMA Of .3 " Table,. the ntannfaoturers refer to stair uninar rotas throughout the union, who are familiar with ehariater of their work. EAD! READII READIII— !I RVINI Is a navardailhLt e fAirlsit ur Melir A u ra e ln i ctlist 4 4 won everyFlt day? Yon Utall are suffering.with any of 5 complaints, may have spent many dollars and yet no relief, therefore 1 ask yon to spend one dollar for bottle of ifoultOrnarri Etarrfnoi it will Av i s To vi a . at rend. 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Now, a line of works, good, unsophisti cated reader, consists of loge or rails; peed up about the height of an ordinary four-railed civilized fence. On this side is cut a ditch about three feet Wide and the same in depth. The earth Is thrown upon this fence until it becomes a compact, 'extended embankment or line. Standing in the ditch, you would bo fully as safe from all manner of dan gerous missiles as you now_are at - home. Balls may occasionally , whistle z•z•z-zip over you, and hit men some distance behind the works, especially if the enemy hold high ground, but you, behind the friendly pile of earth, will feel perfectly safe. Slits are cut in these embankments wherever the cannon are Stationed. Outside of those works there are often felled trees or "abattis," so placed as to make it impossible for cavalry to ride over or infantry to charge through them. When the attempt is made, as it has been often on both.sides during the war, hundreds of the attacking , party areslain by those be hind the. breastworks, whose aim in such oases is as certain, by the nearness of the foe, as their own per sons are secure by the protection of the Works. , 11These works are what are called the "second ". lines," add 'are always the strongest because they de refuges in case " first lines" are versus -carried„ "First lines " are usually occupied in force, but are of a less forteiffibleaharaoter to assailants. They Are generally-that is, when circumstances allow— from a hall to three-quarters of a mile in advance of th 6 second lines. Still farther on, as near as the enemy will suffer, skirmishers are advanced, and shelter themselves. They do not form a continuous line, but are stationed here and there in little breast works and trenches of their own, which are designa ted as " ritle-pits." The occupant of each of these Is expected to keep up a constant fire on the inimical pit-dweller in his front or those within range, and his work is Called " sharp-shoeting," ' In the drat ltaes the bulk of the army generany repose, relieved now 1 1 and then by the "reserves" in the second lines. It artillery is used, and it generally is when armies thus confront each other, "bomb-proofs" protect the soldiers. These are nothing more than holes dug at the base of the works, and shaded by tent flies. It is almost impossible for a ball to enter them; exeept where the enemy occupy elevated posi tions. In such oases the hole is roofed by•immense logs superposed against the edge of the hole anti the side of the embankment. These may be stun*, but the occupants rarely suffer by the concussion. If, as is often the care—is now, indeed, in front of Pe tersburg, and was in front of Atlanta—the daty of skirmishing is impossible on some parts of the lines because of their exceeding closeness, the earthworks themselves shelter the sharpshooters, and little holes are punched through the earth and rails for their operations. The circuit of range is increased by making the hole in the form of wfunnel with its sides. best towards each other, the small end to wards. "Mires" have already been fully explained in these columns. "Parallels" and " zfrp sags " are nothing bat earthworks modified in position. If an uncovered advance is not too hazardous., line after line is built towards the point to be taken; each line sometimes only a rew feet ahead• and parallel with the last. This course seems to have been pursued by Granger in his operations against Fortlelorgan. But if the . enemy are alert, advances mud be made either as-Price made Ida against Lexington, by rolling our fortifications be fore us, or by running parallel or cross lines, say to the left, for instance, at very acute angles from' our works, and then other lines from these lines to the right, joining the parallel linos to the left. The re stilt is, a'n the reader will see if he takes the trouble to draw a diagram from thiti description, a serrated. line, dignified in military parlance as - a , " alg-zeg.”' Ile will see, also, that the working parties throwing up these lines have almost a perfect immunity from. danger, since their shovels make to them a strong protection every foot they advance. The position: of the enemy will modify the angles of departure from our works, of which we have just spoken. By means of these zig-zags, seat Vicksburg, 0-rant and , Pemberton approached so near each other that at particular Points the men on each side could almost oross bayonets, especially where the angles - of% the rebel ztg-zag were opposite the angles of our zig zags. There are other terms, but their use-ls neither common nor general, and. do not require- illustra tion. We have given enough, we think, to make many future siege and battle.deseriptionamore in— telligible than the hundredi in the Nast. ATIQIES AMONG' THE bOLOREIX TEOHICS:. !Suggestive Rebel Silence—Good. Feeling between the Rebel and the Colored; Pickets—Singular Desertion. Mental Correspondence of The Press. -1 HEADQUADTBRS 2D 13.IIIGAD; SD DIVISION 18th ARMY CORPS, 'DEEP BOTTOM, Sept.i., last. The 10th and 18th Corps having changed loss- I Um, I find myself now very pleasantly situated on the north bank of the James river, about ten• miles from Richmond. I visited the front of Petersburg yesterday and the day before. There Is lessenmity than Isbell manifested against our pickets. Yester— day there was scarcely any artillery firing. This , occasioned a great deal of remark ' especially as the day previous had been noted for an almost un ceasing cannonading. Some argued from this. seg. gestive quiet that the rebels were contemplating a strategetic movement, but others jocosely asserted that it was the respect for the day on which the Chicago Convention would probably nominate a candidate for the Presidency, The rebels therefore put themselves on their best behavior. The rebel authorities are gradually Improving in Manners, if not in morals. Immediately in our front, an arrangement has been entered into, in which the enemy has agreed to discontinue firing •on this part of the picket line. The rebels and our Colored soldiers now converse together on apparently very friendly terms, and exohange snob luxuries as apples, tobacco, and hard tack, by throwing them to each other. It was hardly deemed possible that the enemy could be induced to refrain from firing on black troops wherever they could be seen, but this Concession on their part is another. evidence that the barbarous position assumed bi the rebel Presi dent, with reference to our colored defenders, could not be sustained in application. It is gratifying to record this fact, especially so as the robs were aware that the 86th U. S. Colored Troops, recruited in North Carolina, are among those whom they knew would enjoy Its benefit. Of course, It Is a mutual arrangement, conferring no more favors than it receive!. This part of the army was startled on the 29th ultimo by the intelligence that Private Spencer Brown, Co. 11, 6th U. S. C. T., had deserted to the rebels. This being the first instance of the kind that has occurred in this corps which has come un der observation, it very naturally excited wonder and amazement. As no cause can now be satisfac torily assigned, it is necessary to indulge in conjec. tare to find a mitigation, if possible, for this unfor tunate man's conduct. He was heard to remark by several of his comrades, previous to his desertion, that he was considering the matter, under the plea that he was no better treated in the army than he was by his former master. Silas Holly, Co. G, 36th U. S. C. T., was shot a low dais ago, by- Lieut. Francis A. Bichinel, for alleged stubbornness, disobedience of orders, and manifesting a mutinous spirit. The Seth was M . - rruited in North Carolina. The soldier Is stillliv ing, though but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. • John Williams, of the 36th U. S. C. T., was a.col, dentally shot on the-29th inst., by James Williams, of the 'same regiment. He'is not expected to sur -vive. " lioLots. • mrevutiors , VaruNDLINEss--covnizrzno.s.rmar ins- TIVANDI, PIO/Wee 79 OItBIDDEN-110 ANT ttelebtil itAILP;OADS. Be, ORE PBTERBBURG, Sept. 2, 1864. - In my deSpaten of yesterday I mentioned the growlng'good-feeling which was manifested for the colored soldiers by the rebels on our extreme right, north of the James river, in front of Rlohmond. I have alit> tO add that the before Peterilbitrg is also giving evidence of kindred Inclination. Here is where we were accustomed to see nothing but the most vindictive manifestations on the part of the Rabe against all Union soldibrs, and especially the colored Mee ; but now It appears that a ohmage has been made in the rebel programme, and the graybacks and the blacks are daily exchanging such articles as they possess, and such civilities as the nature of the case may admit. • These courtesies are believed to be the outcroppings of some undeveloped purpose on the part of the Davis Government. As the chief conspirator was not successful In fbightenlng by threatening instant death to all colored men captured in the uniform of the United States Government, he is proba bly attempting a new dodge, with a view Uzi' encourage desertion, or thrown these troops off th e ir iroort for the purpose of surprise at some vital point: However, General Paine, commanding the 8d division, 18th Army Corps, has Issued orders that any one detected in holding communication of any diaxaeter with the enemy will be instantly shot BUILDING .A RAILROAD Yesterday afternoon I called to see an officer on business, promising:to return in an hour, which I did, when, to my surprise, I saw an engine and several cars passing before his quarters. Sixty minutes previous there were neither spade, rail, nor ties, or any indication that such an', improvement was contemplated, and you may judge of my asto nishment and the rapidity of , the work, when I in form you that nearly a mile of traekwas laid and the train was passing over it. les:at is a part of the Coremander-in-Ohlef Is strategy, I will not say whieli-vray It is proposed to ran, but merely assure YOU that it will • be a benefit -to the lady,' and that In a few days, at the rate at which it commenced, it will soon-be completed. - Lieutenant-MbDonald, Co.- .K, 29th - Oolored Troops, raised-in Oonneetiont, who has been acting as assistant Inspector general on General William staff, went out to post some pickets yester day, and baa not bean heard from since. It is Imp• posed that he was killed by - a sharpshooter. General,Williamalrney lenOw -confined to his . quarters by anindlopeffition which Is by no means dangerous 'at present..: Cenral Barney IS now in =UK Of the 83 d3Y1510:1140 Azar 09r P 4 * : - Ronson. THE CONVENTION AT CHICAGO. Special Correspondence of The Prass.l CHICAGO, Anglia. 31, 1804. To one who Tooke upon the Great West for the first time there is something bewildering in its vent.- rieftS. It is a raw, unfinished, rather slipshod coun try, and we miss the finish of the East—the moss and the ivy, the gray spires, and the blackened with time. We cannot buy with gold theold asso ciations," and we feel they are dearer than gold as we look upon this vast, fresh, and raw country. We cross the prairies with something of the feeling that we look out upon the ocean, and, as with the ocean, there Is an, insufficiency or want of variety —a feebleness and monotony that sate the eye, and make us turn again to the neglected and half-closed novel. I found more Interest in the loves of Spinally Eames and Lilian Dale than in .the prairie, for, al though I looked forward to my first meeting withan eager Interest, it became so dull'andmonotonous, be fore the train had gone many furlongs, that'iolinny Eames, with his hobbledehoyhood was a grateful re- fuge, and quite won my heart. You have the same long, thin fibred sere grass ; the same primitive line or Insufficient fences ;. the same log cabin, with We father leaning on his axe and wiping his forehead, and the mother and many.ohildren huddling around the door, as the train whirls along. You beoome more and more familiar with the long, lank, brown, narrow-visaged, large•boned type of mankind, so common to the Western States. The men seem to You receive an impression partake of the country Of uncouthness from-the farms and those who till the farms. There is a joyous, and sometimes exube- rant, feeling of sociability _among these people. They are not, ceremonious. At each railway station we soon found oUrselves on visiting terms with every village idler before we hadtaken in wood and water. They huddled aromulthe oar windows, and *doted • upon . ..hearing.; tho la*t news, and whether McClellan Ives 9,914ing -to OhicagN and If Tiillandigham was on : The train. One buoy- ant Copperhead, who was not particularlYosober, did service, by the desire'of many waggish friends, Vallandigham" at many of the stations, and was hissed and oheered In a manner that seemed to affect his temper. This was particularly the case when a soldier advised the temporary traitor to visit an unmention able, potentate, who differs from Davis in this, that his :rebellion was sucoessfal and his "Confederacy" long since recognized. There were many humors of this kind on the train that brought AO to Chicago, Wherever we stopped we had scores of good-humored antagonisms. Our Copperhead companions were .not quarrelsome men, and we passed over the long fields and through the half built towns without making more noise than would probably have been made irian excursion train to the yea shore or one of your suburban groves. Chicago is an ambitions city, although I certainly could wish that its ambition were• more constant and less like that of the Prodigal Son. It II a marvel of American progress, although scarcely a model of American taste. It impresses me very much like a half-dressed belle, with ribbons and Ifounces and dezzline . silk, but rather ravelled and worn about the skirts and shoes. There are many magnifi cent houses, and stores that rival in• majesty and detail-your own Chestnut Street establishments, and neat, cosy dwellings where lovers might dwell, and a certain degree of regularity and comfort in some of the streets; but most of the dwellings have a wild, irregular manner of arettitecture,-a hurly,burly . method, verging upon every known style, but har ried, flimsy, unfinished, as though the people had sat down by the side of this lake for a period no longer than the Israelites , sojournin the wilderness, intending at some early day to pack up their tents and wander off to the Peale. Some of the most stately streets have wooden sidewalks like a village road to church, and as for the churches, .I have seen very little taste or symmetry. They have what a po• lice reporter would call a. "seedy" look, and might, have been built for a secular as well as a roll- gioils purpose. The newspapers have made a greater advance than any of their friends, and a writing man like myself, given - to the bu. illness of journalism, found it refreshing and pleasant to stroll through some of the commddlous and busy newspaper offices. Blessed be those who give the printer light and fresh air! Thrice - blessed those who woo the sunshine and breezes to brighten ,and cool his thoughtful, earnest, hard-worked face! The Chicago newspapers have all the enterprise and daring that belong to their great city, and gradually show the finish and taste that the 'city so sadly wants. Let us hope 'for good. Where the jOurnale so earnestly lead the city will speedily I And that in giving you the impressions that twenty-lour hours in Chicago • have produced upon a stranger that I am forgetting that my busineee here is with the Convention. It would be didloult for a man to live in Chicago now and forget the Convention. The politicians have 'taken the town, and show all the wantonness of an army of occupa tion. People familiar with the city tell me that there are twenty thousand- strangers here, and I„ find no ,difficulty inhelieving the statement. The politicians whare,,,AiSheliotels rare`orosplo.--aot - U wll4. ro - l'olierflovrtni," butlnizt, y - of th'em Ittive leased. the empty rooms in the neighborhood and filled. them with beds. Many private dwellings are occu pfed, and the stranger who has a cousin, or aunt, o r a mother-ln•law In Chicago may consider himself a happy man. The homeless ones wander, around from hotel to hotel, following brass bands, extem porizing meetings for such profound and, venerable statesmen as Georgo Francis Train and Isaiah Rynderr, and shout and cry for " MoCilennigan" and "Tlangam " - through the live-long night. Your. Keystone Club is here In force, carrying small banners, and followed around by a wagon containing a small brass cannon. Its president, Colonel McCandless, Is somewhat lionized for what called. "his devotion to his party" and his "re. sistance to the wiles and intrigues of Lincoln and his mercenaries." The spectacle of a Democrat who would refuse an oflloe is SO rare that Colonel McCandless finds himself as much an object of in terett as Mr. Vallandighain or the, giant lady in Col. Wood's show—to which all people are invited for a small sum, and children half price. Col. Mc- Candless has been making a speech to a tumultuous crowd below my window for the last half hour, tell- ing how he was "inveigled into saving his country" (the phrase has scarcely caught its echo, arid I quote from immediate recollection), and how many other Democrats were likewise inveigled, and the shouts that rend the air are fearful. How much sweeter to the soldier those cheers would be if they were the shouts of victory, and heard before Paten burg ! I can hardly imagine, and certainly do not envy, the feelings of a soldier who can throw doivn the sword of a brigadier general to carry the blue badge of a political club. The cheers rise higher and higher. Let them swell till the echo answers again, for if this young man has not earned them, there can be no saorifice that is not made in vain. On the shores of Lake Michigan a large circular building Is erected. It is formed In the style of an amphitheatre, with an open space In the centre for delegates, galleries capable of holding tenthousand people, and a gallery set apart for ladles. On a small elevated platform is the chair of the president. It seems to have seen service in Malokar's green room, and was probably last occupied by some in dignant Macbeth. The newspaper men are huddled together around small pine tables that seem to have been arranged so that the reporters could neither write nor hear. (I may say here, in parenthesis, that the arrangements for the press are mean and Insufficient. In a hall which holds eleven thousand people, the American press is triven less space titan is occupied by thereporters' gallery of the Senate, and thia, too, in such an unpleasant, selfish way, that even a Copperhead correspondent of a Copper head newspaper did not think it indiscreet to tell a member of the National Coinmlttee that if the Con ventiOn would be consistent it should strike out of its platform any allusion to the liberty of the press.) The hall is a temporary contrivance, frail and bare* There are no decorations, and it is somewhat of a relief when the. Keystone Club enters with its - small, insignificant banner. Long before the hour of noon- the gallery anigned to strangers was filled, end tilled so densely, so uncomfortably, that 7 one -.could not fall to shudder- , at the idea of those' weak timbers giving way. This reflection is intensified, by a orrusli, salient, slid the • rush. of-men-in one of 'the reir.galleriea. The rail ing broke, and for a moment there"waa a panic, but no one wait injured, and the, excitement speedily subsided. - In the meantime the delegates come stroll ing in, and disperse' iii 'mete OVer the 1100 r. The newspaper men, with the inevitable. note-books, bustle hither and thither, and surround their tables, s pending thei moments in writing brief despatches, drawing caricatures of the leading members, or pro bably chaffing the crowd who swarm against the bannister. " Who Is that man, smoking a cigar and leaning against the president's table T" "That's McClellan," replies a imber.faced Western oorre spondent. "Hurrah for McClellan I" amid great excitement. Thus the half hour passes away. Stephens of Georgia, and Lane of Kansas, and Charles Sumner, and • Senator Sprague, are all duly pointed out to the wondering and credulous crowd. There is an end to credulity, however, for -when the communicative correspondent wished to insist that Mr. McGrath, of Pennsylvania, was Jef ferson Davis, he:loin:id himself an object 01 scorn, as the bearer of false tidings, and had the mortification to hear from a frank and eager Democrat, who be fore took great interest in his communications, that he might think himself smart, but his hearers were Democrats and not members of the gallant corps of Marines. It is nearly twelve o'clook, and the crowd becomes impatient. Mr. Vallandigham comes in early, and is oheered. The example is generally followed, and every delegate who presents an unusual appearance Is loudly cheered. A gray head, or a fancy vest, or a coat with brass buttons, or a gold-headed cane, is received with rounds of applause. George Francis Train, by reason of his hair, creates great enthu- MUM. Samuel S. Cox is not so fortunate. He has removed his beard, and retains along black mono. cache that gives him the look of a pirate captain, The little man evidently wade, to be cheered, for he moves around everywhere, hither and thither, in the most conspicuous poilticum,; but with no avail. The crowd evidently regards, him as en Abolitionist In disguise, and Will give' him no countenance. Vallandigha,m is the tivalegged calf cf the show. lie wears a melo dramatic costume—striking and easily noticeable— picking his way, and pressing his lips and allowing his teeth, like the dainty Carker of Mr. Dickens' novel. He seems to be in syinfitthy with the crowd, which has nothing to do but shout to break up the monotony of the scene. Alexander Long is rather a faVorite, and receives loud cheers as he . bustles up U. e aide. Horatio Seymour is Scarcely " c ognized as he quickly moves to his season the , gi s t ko'n ca r his 'face beaming with males, which illy i c on w e him ; The Governor.. of' NO w T os k , h s s . _• not a Sinallig . rege! • to 99 a,men) gip azul--7 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1864., not to speak it hastily—it would seem that love could not dwell there. Re tinds himself the. centre of a group on whom he smiles hit Chilling smile, and seems to purr with his hoarery as he talks, I wonder if he would snarl or seratoh were any of his listeners to rub his hair the wrong 'way 1 Do you see that portly, large•headod man, With a gold•headed cane, and wearing ajaunty blue Coat, that might become a; man twenty pats younger') At a first!glimpse you might take him , for Preston King—but -the face has ,no resein blance. It Is just such • a face as the late Mr. Burton used to wear when he played CO tain Cuttle, a rough, gnarled, cunning face. I should not wonder to see bliwkdraw out his hook and say, "Wal , Ps drownded—ain't,', he, lady:lass?) , That 18 Dean Richmond, of New York, the renowned man ager of oonventiona f legiolaturop, auji railroads, who rinds scenes . like this an amusement. Dean wiotr mend le a remarkable specimen or a bola, sagacious,. selltmade man, In whom genius has done the work of education anil v enHpre. ' He Is just now swearinA by many holy names, "that We got to be dld,” He IS a.preatichl man, 'this Deatolliclunond, given to count the chances and win, and not disposed to dvrell much upon theories or platforms. He is engaged in a new speculation, and if it pays it win be one of . the best investments of his fortunate life—better than New Yofk Central, or Harlem,. or Colorado gold mines. Quite a company are . interested. Rich:- mond, and Caggor, and Raskin, and .Barlow,-and Dlr. Marble, of the World. There.nev.er was such 3. speculation ! Gold in California or oil in Pennsyl vania cannot compare with it. It is very eiteap-: 1 requires no capital, and when Mr. Lincoln threw it back upon the 'market, in 1862, it mighthe had Or the' begging. Was there - ever such a chance :I :1•4 wondenthe portly Dean swears and'SayS " It!sget tp be did." What revenues, what dividends, what per centa - ge, and no ugly -bonds or mortgages, or prek: (erred issues to absorb the gains ! He le all the own, this little mail McClellan, as abSoltitely their watches or pooket-bocks; and if, byany meansj be oan be made President, what a time of ,revelry we shall have The house and the .plate and th 6 pictures will all be repaid &hundredfold. Seymottl, shall be Secretary of State and Yallandignam Se. cretary of War ; Itlamond shall have good thingi in theway of bids and contracts, and Belmont - shall. •g 0 to France—to drink Napoleon's gobdandl smile upon Eugenie and the -beautiful women, and spend ldiprincely fortune ujihn entertainments that Perelguy and De Morny and General Fleury,tnaVr, envy andanjoy. "By Heavens ! its got to be did.". These are not men to submit to any nonsense ih ix speculation of this' kind. What care . they ,for peace - or war, so, they win 1 If Mr. Vallanl, dighans" and Mr. Wood continue the scheme , of ' forning their investment upon a platform. that wijl insure defeat they must be thrown' over without ceremony. Their stock must not bet forced upon a reluctant market, and these peace men must be kept quiet until after the election- Power Is wanted. It is not particular how poWer ebtalned, but power• must be gained or the invest ment will be thrownback upon their hands. Other men. are floating around. Senator McDougal is conversing with Senator Richardson, perhaps re. calling earlier days, when they were citizens of the same State, with Lincoln and Douglas members of' the seine bar. There in a slight bustle near the door, and a small, bent, venerable man is seen moving . up the.hail. Loud. cheers are given . for Amos Kin% dall,orWashington. Quitewell preserved ; a large, peaked nose ; sharp, narrow features an eye whose lustre age has undimmed, with hair and whiskers; S.S. white assnow, and on his swan expression of s weett nos and amiability, there is something touching and suggestive In the appearance of this venerable_ man. As he passed along, amid the shouts of thou sands, it was difficult to refrain from joining In the' applause. This man was the friend and companion' and Cabinet officer of Andrew .Taakaon ; yet nearly i , twenty years have passed since Andrew Jackson. died. The great Tennessean belongs to a Past ge. neration. His policy has produced Reelfoot, is for-' gotten, and may be now read in. listories. How near we'are to the past, and yet how far removed! The Amos Kendall of the old Kitchen Cabinet—the Amos Kendall whose name was in our fathers' mouths when they raved and swore about nullifica tion, and the removal of the deposits, and the great bank—this Amos Kendall,-alas Leftist ft should be so—is now here, the friend and champicn of a policy that his great chief warred upon and; ;crushed. I wonder what the old man thinks, as lie ascends the - plattbrm amid these many demonstrations of al). plause 1 "Yon do me wrong to take =rout of the grave" Where 1.8 the Democratic party that used to shout over the groat Jacksionl Whore are the high priests with whom he once worshipped 1 The party of Silas Wright, and Felix Grandy, and , Thomas H. Benton Is now controlled and mance* vred by Fernando Wood and Vallandisham, Henry Clay Dean, and C. Chauncey Burr. I wonder how the old man feels amid these tricksters and adven turers and mountebanks, and whether he wonders bow Jackson would have thundered against the Re- CeSsleniattl and rebels who are conspiring in Ohicags, Richmond, and Atlanta against the peace ands... .nitY Of tha..Unione:" Tfili hour has passe9. noon but a very few fr. menu; ; the music has ceased; the crowd has. bepn prevailed upon to cease eheering every graybeabd and fancy vest, and Mr. Belmont steps forward to the desk, and, alter raising his hand fora morseit to Induce silence, proceeds to call the Convention to order. August Belmont is worthy of a sketch: He is one of New 'York's , most noted financial princes, although there lescarcelyanythlngprincely fa his appearance as -he awaits the silence of the Convention. He has rather a Broadway loots. Be low the medium height, with a broad Hebrew face trimmed in the English style, a large head, and an expression of earnestnose and sagacity—what-might be called a "counting-house expression"over spreading his features, he proceecTi to make a brief and earnest speech in. a tone Of voice sutiltdently distinct to be heard rad sufficiently German to make it piquant. He introduces, as temporary eh - airman, our brilliant and ponderous ex-Governor, Mr. Bigler. This genUeman looks as bright and fresh and wholesome ne -his family physician could wish. Care does not seem to sit heavily upon his soul. He has been serving his country, during this war, among the. turnips and cabbages of Clearfield, and his arduous labors have evidently agreed with him. He makes a quiet, gentle speech, which is properly applauded, whenever the speaker pauses, with a wild. shout at the end. Then comes the tedious business of all conventions, thearrange merit of committees, and a slight demonstration from the Peace Mon In the shape of resolutions de mending all manner of things from the Government and tSe people. It is noticeable that every allusion to peace and every movement on the part of a peace leader Is greeted with tumultuous applause. This outside sentiment gives courage to the Peace mon, who do not like McClellan, or rather profess not to like him. Mr. Vallandighsan makes himself more conspicuous. He finds ()restless to. walk up and down the platform more frequently, ntil his move ments threaten to embarrass the operations of the Convention, and some practical gentlemen, without an especial regard to the Dethooratic proprieties, suggest that he be committed to the custody of the sergeantat-arms, with instructions that he be kept carefully out of view. The Convention, however, happens to be hungry, and so hurries home to dinner. I am not 'one of those who believe that there has been' any serious dispute between what are known as Democrats in favor of war and Democrats In fa vor of peace. The majority of the Convention is com posed of men who have no other purpose in this cam reign than the possession of pewee*. There are three classes here, the War Democrats, the Peace Demo crats, and the Hungry Democrats. The Hungry De mocrats are largely in the majority. They have no preference for men or principles. Instinct tells them that the little man McClellan,On the stook list of Richmond, Raskin, and Belmot, would pro bably be as available as' any other person named, lie has that great merit of politicians—the merit o' availability. He has no ugly record to bring upfrom forgotten years. His military record is as harmless as any Peace Democrat' could wish. There are no careless speeches hidden away In dusty Globes to rise up and condemn him. If little can be said in his favor, little can be Said against liim—and•he Is-chosen as the Haney Demo-.. crate' candidate on the same' principle that certain Hungry Democrats, and Whigs, and Repub licans, in other days; to choose such men as Harrison' and Taylor, Pierce and Freulont.• Whit the little man would'do in the•Exeoutive chair is of little mo ment. " He would certainirfeed those poor, anxious, hungry men, and as to peace or War, he might fight or keep quiet as he pleated. The Peace men are hungry also, but they clamor about a cessation of hostilities, and want no record but that of peace. They unite in cohdeuming McClellan. They manage to make out of his record (Ingenious men that they arej—his little, shivering, flimsy record—all manner of charges; that he to an Abolitionist, a disturber of public peace, and the author of many arbitrary arrests.' To all this there is a politician's answer. For all McCiellan's sins let the Administration that employed him answer ; hl B virtues are for electioneering purposes. These Peace men must have something to live on ; they must have some of the good things that make men fat and lusty ; and so, although they shout and Glamor' for peace, they will quietly unite with the hungry men, and await their turn. I believe 'I spoke of War Democrats. I have seen one or two like Hiram Walbridge, Wm. V. McGrath, . and Geo. W. Cass trailing at the heels of the peace adventurers; but they are quiet, harmless, complacent, not very war like, and as hungry as the most haggard Democrat In the haggard delegation from Pennsylvania. The iorce of political comparison can go no further. This letter is written II am afraid beyond the limits of reasonable newspaper space) as I sit in this vast hall, in the midst of the seething, reatiese and almost uncontrollable multitude. I pass over the scenes of last evening hurriedly. The hungry and, in many cases, homeless Democrats spent the night in revelry and speechmaking. Every Demo. °rat who bad any thoughts to utter upon - the (plea flows of the day forind an opportunity and art audi— ence: 'Everrhotel -had its private mass meeting and its braes band. Beneath •My window, in the Tremont House, the members of the •geystone Club held a meeting under the presidency of that "inveigled Democrat," Colonel McCandless. We had speeches from our Pennsylvania politicians far on into the morning. They created Intense delight' among a bevy of chambermaids who 'crowded an upper balcony. They wore relay and boisterOus • speakers, and could not be neglected, 'for Myer Strout!) and John D. Stiles were of the number. In vain a peaceable man like the writer of this ar ticle, a quiet, domestic man, given to early - heirs and undisturbed devotions, endeavored to fled com fort in repose. The crowd had no radii% Once; and sat upon the ctub-stones and obeered, and, enoh is the vanity of man; politicians were tfeiiiid eager and willing enough to shout for hours about:UV" _coin and tyranny. - My last reoollections; as I sink to rear, were that Lincoln Igtd dOittniOstOlT ipt Are to the Capitol, and was at that moment in the 'weenie playing on the 'violin, while Seward was going through the' figures of a fascinating reel; ,that Butler had solefout his command fee n,eortain sum In gold and gone to -Rbihriond, and that Grant 'had killed a iftindred thousand men for mutiny. How strange are the tricks of Riney ! Jest now we are in the centre - of the vast hall: Horatio Seymour' is making a spneeh, with more earnestness than thought he possessed, chipping hie sentences as though they were struck Out era marbile block by colt steel, and his icy' face more Icy than ninuti. A ft er he finishes the littie'pe.' rate•captainfJox carries up an immense bouquet, - but still nnapplaum, for the audience will not accept the dapper little representativolnto its confidence. Then there' Is anether purilni scene between Ser . incur and hliviee presidents Hl, is in great glee as they crowd wroUnd him, stroke-and fondle him, and command his oratory. I wonder if ho'would scratch, and Ido W 144 those-rice presidents will be careful, and not , rub Ilia hair the wrong' way. It,' would be so unpleasant to have a scene, and better • even that Icy smile than an icy scowl. James Guth rle,Of Kentuoky Vends over the chair in conversa tion, and we humeral% opportunity : of looking at one 6T'the grandest faces in the Convention. It is a face :One levee to'.dwell upon, and to wonder whe ther it is really fierM and bone, or the inspiration of Some Dliohael ' The handthat created the Pliblies might' repeat;:the face of James :Guthrie. Behind him, in conversation with Amos Kendall, iSldr: Ward, the Democratic chairman in' Penn ' trYliania: How endfii out of' place the gentle man and „the .scholar le the millet of this howl leg multitude ! ' lias• him finest , private library in ,Prinissylvaniti no greeter attraction than poll tics,,or teestrwa believe that man's highoet i excite ment is when he la Writhing and struggling with his fellow Min t. We no.longer canirleritt the mitd,. hue= .Sion to Joy, of the battle-401d d for samethiegof Med lar joy is felt In theis'n' &nig Convention halls: 'As ' I write the venerable Amos Kendall offers it; report and resolutions recommending General George B. MeCiellaxi for the Presidency.' The applause is un-, bounded: After ail; there is a certain degree of sub . ilreityin this enthusiasm of many thousands of men.' The shier abandonment' of thought or reason that 'for:the moment seizes upon the vast multitude—men' ! deporting themselvea.llke boys, throwing up hats' end canes and handikerchiefir, cheering until the' Dingo !Mein ,to yield then' °Moe, 'and after a lull. cheering again and again,.untit some, whose years wouid`certainlYforliid any iniehareakess, weep and and shout like women with hysteria. And all this:ls occasioned by a. young man whose face, • .perhaps, not one hundred of those'present ever gazed -upon, and who, four years ago, was merely known as the author of an unreadable' and ' unwieldy book , who had no ambition beyond keeping correct time tables on the Illinois Central. Railroad:. This man, whom the accidents of war made famous, and the fortunes of war a partisan leader—this man has something in his name to make mull:it - fides Shout. "This is a greciband enthusiastic -.proved," said Cromwell, as ho rode amid thousands who surrounded him to do hie genies honor; "but there would be a greater crowd tomorrow If I were going-to be beheaded: l What's fame? Are remit). ' Ms ungrateful? or do great men come to us Ilko ' comets Or earthquakes, or other natural phenomenal • Is there no toiling along the road to greatness ? We have only to sit and wait and gather the good gifts • that come tons like manna; we havelinly to keep our time-tables, and greatness Will , 'come to us. Arnim Kerafalt was a great man before MoOlellan bad laid aside his tops and marbles ; he had retired to private life-before the young cadet had left West Point,..andyet Amos Kendall kneels down foremost amopg the worshippers. A young ma* from New Jersey, iminedStookton, a handsorrie young man, who has been carefully prepared, nominates the young, Generali: and. Mr. Coa t In: a. dramatic speech, which it actually cheered, seconds the nomination. Main comes this weary cheering. After a luil—whieti finally comes—a Mr . ..Saulsbury, of Delaware- - -not tito : Mr. Saulsbury of the Senate— nominates Lazarus - W. Powell, of Kentucky, who makes a speech - Aimee! "the iron heel of: tyranny," and withdraws hire name. Then come the Peace men with Thomas Hi Seymour, of Connecticut, who is chewed andidsse& The venerable Mr. Wickliffe announces the , name- of Franklin Pierce' as the choice of Kentucky; and Is followed by Mr. Harris, 'of Maryland, who seconds Mr. Siiymourht: nomina tion in a speech that licannot, with all deabe to use as mild an adjeotiveraelosslble, refrain frem:call ing malignant. An exciting scene omuss;.during which the speaker le- hissed, amid loud counter cheers and' cries of "free speech." Governor Sey mour makes an appeal:lor free speech, and again we have the flame weary; eary cheering. Mr. Marie has an opportunity of showing his wounds, ead•pro mods to' etrip off the -bandages. Hie dennnoiatiott• of McClellan creates -a profound sensation, and: over the McClellan ranks a feeling of dismay mein& to creep. We no longer have the weary cheering. The silence is almost as-wearisome. •We are not doomed twa long silence. Mr. - Harris debarnhed; earnest man—a ••Secoesionlatt, On feeling, and has that - low order of courage-that• suits-turbulent Conwentions. lie makes a direct. assault upon MoOlellaisoand persists, notwithstand. • ing the attempts to rule-him out of order and• cry him 'now n From page and document he reads- the• word•of McCiellait's " tyranny," mild cheers- and counter cheers. Finally-he makes an intemperate. declaration that he will. not. support McClellan. If nominated, and through the agency of. Mr. Carti.. gan Is ruled out of order by the president. All this time the Coniention-reminds ono of a raging, boiling sea. The McClellan charm is broken, and• the Peace men assume .the offensive. Just however, occurs a little incident which •is not, re-, ported In the Copperhead-journals, but, as I sawit withmy own eyes, will bear railtal. Mr. Harris left the platform in a high state of excitement.. As be passed down the aisle dividing New York. from the New England States, in the roar of which, was the Maryland delegation, a gentleman rose- front his seat, and as he passed along called him 80814, offensive name that I, did not hear. Whereupon Harris turned around and struck the delegate. a blow in tle face, literally knocking. Min. down. As the late Mr.. Hyer would have said, Mr.' Harris! management of his muscles weal "perfectly beautiful, ,, and for a moment a. great row.was imminent. Peace was restored, the tic manifestation was not even noticed, and•the-war upon McClellan proceeded: Instead of going Las ballot, the friends of MoClellan. did what la/sone. mica desired them to do. Their policy wan certainly to foree a ballot, for night was coming on, and as no arrangements were mada-to light the ha il, there could be no evening seas lon. One night of intrigue has ruined more popular men thariGen. General Morgan, of Ohio, appeared as McClellan& chainplon, making a weak. and foolish speech about his knowing the . General, from boyhood, and his haiing "the gentleness of a. woman and the courage of a lion." Night falls faster, and the shadows be come so heavy that the delegates begin to look like ghosts. A vain effort le made to prooeed to a bal lot, but the Peace menanake filibustering "speeches, and as Governor. Seymour' sots with them, seeming as anxious for night as the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo the Convention is forced to adjourn. Dean Richmond's investment is by no means sure. . We have bne long night before us. The friends of McClellan are anxious and his enemies exultant, bui I can scarcely think they will beat the young min. The hungry men are too numerous and too eager. With them, as I have said, it is neither peace nor war, but loaves and fishes ; and who of all the men named Is more likely to gain the loaves and' fishes than this same investment of Richmond and BelMOntl Governor Seymour, of New York, Is strong, and if New York can be induced to vote for him the Northwest may give him enough votes to turn the tide. Pennsylvania, with its weak delega tion is not sincerely for McClellan, but it Is own pose;d, perhaps, of the most,hungry men in the Con vention, (so hungry, indeed, that they have a livid • and painful aspect, and would seem to enjoy a supply of"ham sandwiches,) and will remain as firm to him as any other State. In truth, this enthusiasm for McClellan Is merely a surface fever ; it does not go beneath the skin. He is a swindle and a subterfuge, • atl if these men could only dare to think that with stinit.",men, as Horatio Seymour, or Pendleton of Ohlo, or Seymourof Connecticut, they could at all win, McClellan would be permitted to remain in Belmont's banking house'with the rest of the fanny stocks, and not even receive a quotation. Well; it Is over and done—the cannon are thing, the band Is playing the Star• Spangled Banner, the vast multitude Is cheering with the same weary cla mor. The Peace men have given way to their appe tite, and the hungry men shout With a. joy that seems like the joy of the famished travellers who see the mirage in the desert. One Or two adventurous young Men are suspending a banner, on which Mc- Clellan Is represented u ith very red hair and alight blue coat, as though he were a major general in tha Invalid Corps—not to speak of an expreision of dis dain that must certainly be intended for Mr. Har ris, of Maryland, and Indicates anythingbett a happy frame of' mind. Ohio Is reluctant, but finally Val landigham picks his way to the platform, and, after eh - owing his teeth; moves to make the nomination • unanimons: The Convention 'comes to rest, and a number of anxious men 'snake speeches. Mr. Alien, i3l . Ohio, one of the interminable "Jackson men," • make& a speech, in which he tolls us how Jackson would have put down the rebellion with a proolania tion ! The crowd cheer as though they believed him. After this tte interminable Jackson man pro ceeds to eulogise. Catharine of Russia, "who was the wife of Peter the Groat." The Vice Presidency is given to Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, which is regarded as a compliment to the Peace men, andis Intended* for "harmony." - • Thus, at greater length , perhaps, than .you care to print, 'knave endeavored' tO give you 7 soinel idea of this great Chicago Convention. The cam paign Is Opened, and now for sixty dads of. fierce political war: In the West our friends ire hopeful and earnest they will do their duty, and , they , ex,- peet their brethren in the East to do the same. As for the' Democratic' Convention;the NeW York wird pany has succeeded in, gittin;g its et-0# upon the market, and it will not-be unkind to hope that it may meet with a ready sale: The !country in . November will rate it at" its true value. . . . , :A. Namzoialkaa reoeiktly been seen aVenerbourg: 'lt was conical inform, produced a strong light, and followed' the direction of southwest to northeast, and appeared to inoroase in oho as it approached the earth. its motion was so slow that it could be cheer - von for at least one minute. It burst in um by Itha a rocket, and produced, a vast number of sparka. ' . Tan Empress of Mexico to writing Most cheerful letters home to her father (the .I(ing of Belgium): She is highly delighted with her adopted coUritrys and Is full of hope and oonfidence. .1) pitowznno •Cteem—Two women and , Wee totulAVlrwere reeently . drowned tn,Ut4t by .a water rimut,wniob. destiedttl ig rwag r on to atom., 'lt over., took' Mehl when to :a ' narrow•gullT. I 'nue°, men ItitblActiVfol l itB4:447drolgteasaleo, 1 • - THE REESIL rugs. Whit' the Rebels Think of Armlet Ice% and reeser--.Booletheasg kir the Praire Fortiori to roesisider. We have receiveff ale!' tile of the Riehmond gn griirer, from the 23d - alt. to the let of September, (last) Thursday.. It fund/Hes nothing peculiarly striking In the weY of news, Vet the editorials furnish many facts of importance; enough to merit the serit'u at tention of the Northern "Peace , ' Caution. In its the Ist is a long aralele discerning an 1 ' anniatich;" In which, after stating - that If We - offer hit will heirecause of earl" growing wealname, and total inability tihold the States' , wa assert We "have already conguered,e It continues : ' !! Their arms nose failed; they prepare forthwith le try negotiations:' • "Here lies our greatest danger. *either General Grant nor General' Starvation bane availed them anathlng against thafikill of our generals and the inter of our men. Owe whets :the contest is to be waged by wiloy, cunning, and shrewd • devices, the gentlethan will always be victimize*. by the knave. • In every debate on theiloor of Congress, in unary. ,• transaction. by treaty ; or comprercise, the brit liant eloquence and -wive statesmanship Southern men have proved' ineffectutiesgainst the trickery and knavery of , our former allies. We have ever been too frank and liberal,-tepo generous. . , and gentlemanly, to use their weapons) and meet them on' their own ground. Hence; wtesball need i all our caution and all oar negacity, when we have ' to meet for thejsurpose. of concluding an armistice • Or Malting a 'peace. t We are happy to kno - ,v that in ourPresldent's singlenees of purpose and lefty ale vation of principle, ire 'have a 'ere guarantee that no other basis but that of etbsolutelrotrereignty and per fect independence of ,the Slates. wilt ever' be ad- ' witted. We knowthe sagacity and subtle entireness of the seeretary of State, antO, toe well to fear that " by oversight or want of watchttllnees. any .advari tage sheraid be given to the enemy. But we do op- prehendthatithe choice of agents seleeted,ior eminently clolica - Won, might not be such as , to inspire genera dente antrescure - certain success.- It , will twGdd tdehoginslor theapurpoee net merely beeaase they are ireMd in nal the intrigues of, fermer`AdininlatrationS- skid ../amkiar with thee . system of 'wire-pulling. andlogrolling that has so • largely oeintributed to the downfall-of the great -Republic: We want men of , true,etateemanshlp, of. 'large experience and. comprehensive NUM ; Men Who can read their adversaries! heirts, nod whoioolr• • beyond the necessities of the day to the eatitlngenekill; of the future. . "For /lie very offer of an 'armistice is fitensaht • serious onberranment for the ...South. Lhaxiln evi dentlYkriws hall well what' an' advantage he gains' in' playing this, :his last card. If he 'accept the! treacherous offer, he, will not , only reap, the - immersse .advants;ges of .a cessation of arms -in stain quo, import recruits, raise .taxes, prepare war material, and drill 'hie new leviell, but he will'alen claim, before his own peeple, tee merit having yielded to their wishes • and procured for them reit for the moment and theaoreparatory stems Or a peace to come.: If we refuse he will hold us up to all Yankeedom and to foreign powers: as having made -false protessions or a desire for. peace, and as having rejected the story first- and Indispensable step! towards; reconciliation. over false these assertions, however clear our duty to refuse such negotiatiOns as he la likely - to offer, his representationg will, nevertheless, haVe a certain effect in the. United States-and abroad. He will say to the Peace party.: "There, you • see what is to •be gained by, offering peace to , the rebels !"and he will make us appear in the eyes of Vamps as being bent, not -upon peace only, but upon conquest; Hence It will require all the-moderation' and ale the firmness of our best . men to meet his agents- on this 'slippery Around. There is but one way to obtain all that we want and to remain In the right r. It IS the adoption of a'. manly, /straightforward coarse. Let us reject all secondary questions and ?anise all contingent ar- ' rangements. The simple recognition of full and absolute independence of the- Confederate States is the one great condition upon latch alone Me can conclude'' • peace. We ask for nothing more; we can accept no thing else. All Other queStione-:-Ofterritorial of the payment of the national debt, of Oompentike tion for losses, nay, even the vexed question of eman cipation—sink Into utter insignificance • by the side • of the fundamental, condition. Independence and Peace is what we fight and pray for; war and death is what we are equally prepared for. Our reoogni-' thin yielded, we will discuss reconstruction with our enemies, and when convinced that our interest lies in once more trying One government, there will be no danger of our people disregarding their plain interest. Without recognition there can be no armistice, no Convention, no discussi on—n othing but , war, wait, WAR. They must choose -between re cognition and war ; there is no middle ground. • Her* we plant our banner, and hese, with God's help, we mean to maintain it for us and oar children. The news of the recent nominations' had not yet reached Richmond when the subjoined was written, (August 30,) but the following marks out the course' and the results in future of the Chicago Convention This Convention will be a momentous one, but we fear it may not bring us any nearer to peace. All that we can 'really hope for from the result of the deliberations held there,ls , that the question of peace and war may be brought up plainly and. peremp torily, before the people of the United States. If the Convention eucceed in agreeing upon a ptat form, if they show a sufficient numerical strength to act for the whole Democratic party of the North, • and if they can nominate a really strong man,then we may expect that they will compel Lincoln to place himself at the head' of the war party and to make peace the issue of thectoming. election. But we are by no means certain thatihe Northern Democracy are ready to risk their seems upon the question. They have, from the beginning, bitterly disappointed their former Southern brethren. At the very outset of the war they .charged the South that she had sought defence against the rullng minority : 4,y Issev-: g inthe instead of Verstranin - 1d it and trust ing to their great conservative pa rtyfor the proteo! thin of their rights. :They promi sed to guarantee us every "right in the Bolen, but they threatened, if we left it, to become onrt enemies. This they have' done since, betraying every principle of their own creed, and, with a baseness beyond that or the Black Republicans, joining them In _persecuting their own flesh and blood. So far from being able to guarantee the rights and privileges of others, they have surrendered every right of their own, without one/ blow in their defence, and without one manly protest. At the first demand of an upstart despetlsm, they have given up every privilege of freemen—f cedom from illegal ar rest, the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus, liberty of speech and liberty of 'printing, free and untram meled suffrage, liberty of conscience in the worship of God, rights of property and freedom of their own persons_ from military rule.- Let us not forget that at is the Seine party•which will, probably, once more offer to guarantee us all the rights once due us under the Constitution, and let us melt see to it, that before we consider their °Ors,' 'they prove to us, by their, own stern and successful resistance against their despot and his rule, their ability to fullfil their promises as well as their good faith. For even if the issue should be thus simplified, and only two contending parties present themselves lathe lists, arrayed under the white banner of peace and the red sword of war, the contest Is by no means sure to end in the triumph of the better MIMI. Lin- . coin has two powerful agencies, neither of which he will hesitate to employ, without scruple and without measure, in order to secure his own reelection. The first is the immense patronage which the Con stitution, the usages of preceding Administrations, and his grasping avarice, place at his disposal.- • The other agency, which he .will not tall-to em ploy, is simply military coercion. The eleotornine =intone in Franco, who first discovered the, admira ble manner of employing popular suffrage for the establishment of a despotism, has found a worthy pupil In Lincoln. Mends no reason to hope that all these direct and indirect agencies being brought to bear by unscrupulous despot on the coming elections, the Opposition can gain the victory at the polls. A civil war may follow, a separation of Western and Eastern States, a fearful. breaking up • of the once-powerful United States, but peace is not the fruit to be reaped from the seed now, sown. The civil war at home is perhaps the only ally upon whose assistance we can base any reliable • hope for the inture, beside the skill of our generals and the valor of our men, the one great and sure anchor upbn which our storm-tossed vessel of. State rides safely through the gale. The great capitalists of the North stand in daily fear of in nprlsing of the proletarians of their large cities. They see with terror the growing discontent of the .people. They hear the fierce demand for higher wages and lower prices. Their acute and ever active ear discerns the low thunder of the coming storm. They know that no people on earth—least of all the greedy Yankee— will rest satisfied until a bloody price la paid for the squandered millions, the sacrificed lives, the ruined homes, and that• if, for want - of wis dom in leaders and of pluck, in the men, the compensation cannot be obtained abroad, it 'will be brutally demanded at home.. They shrink from the fearful days when the inferia.ted people shall demand en account of their intaman Government. ' The merchant • sees before him a dismal vista of sacked warehouses and burntotores,' the manufacturer of insurgent workmen and de stroyed factories, the tradesmen ef pillaged shops and ruined customs. If the. Democrats: promise them peace they will fear the return.of a licentious army, composed largely of foreign. mercenaries, of revolution at home, and utter ruin and destruction. It Lincoln and his Black Republicans promise them war they will fanoy.the evil day postponed, - and may still readily hope for future success and the long waited' for exhaustion of , the South. But in the meantime they wilt-0 hontinesin.senvituuni parati— stand by the master, that is; preferring the despotism of °mite th e fury ofa thousand. There Is but one other_ ontingency likely to ee rier, which no otherniler utone of the low cunning and the greedy ambition or Lincoln could suggest It is that, frightened by the perhaps unetpectedly great strength deielop. at. Chicago, he may try to take the wind out, of the sails of the Democracy, and declare rot peace IlmselE The people of the North are so utterly demoralized that they might possibly be taken •Lin by the stratagem. But such a move, however pro fi table to Lincoln, would be of no valets' to' us • Air who , on our side, would ever trust a peace, made forauchreasons, with a man like Lincoln and apeople like the Yankeesl The peace that is to give usindeperidence for the pre sent and security for the future, must, we repeat it, be dictated at the point of the sword and amid the roar of cannon. The snake must not be scorched only, bet killed fear-trembling ; neither policy home nor persuasion from. abroad, bu fear-trembling ; cowering fear — is the. only argument that will lead the Yankee to a dursie' ble peace. When hie troops are defeated, his strong places taken, his fields Invaded, and his houses burnt, then may our victorious troops march us, with firm tread and flying banners, into the family Of great nations;. then only will peace, with healing on his wings, return to our land and dwell once more in our midst, shedding rich blessing on town and country and heatless all our wounds. . A. STI2IOIIIO ACCTDENT.. .A rather singular acct. dent happened to George Alcoa, last week, by which' he lost a valuable horse, and which. nearly rust him his life. Mr. Aloock informs us that while on. his way - home With a 'jot of lambs' he had. pur chased in Seneca couuty,•and when pasting the or. den'. of Mr, H. Wooden ' a - skip of bees, oontaing eight hives, suddenly gave way and fell. to the ground. The bees instantly attacked the horse, and completely covered 'his head and parts-of his body. -Mr. Aloook says he tried-to urge the horse forward, ...but finding he could not, he .got ont orthe.wagon, tack Myr by the bridle, and endeavored- to. get him, away." Finding he ociuld.do nothing with the horse, and suffering terribly himself from the stings of the Infuriated bees that completelV covered his head and face (his hat got off In the struggle); he ran 'down, :this road 'nearly - lila amile i when-amen came-outt of a house and threw a quilt over him, and the bees. left.'" Mr. says that'while running he was con ga:My scraping the bees frOm Ids • face with both !hands crushing. and. throwing them.down. After washing himself with pit and water, and - drinking a quantity of It, ho went back to look fir his horse, • which he found in the bean-yard of Mr: Wooden, rolling, kicking, and writhing in the greatest agony, so much so that nothing could be done velth him till the next morning. Everything was then 'done that could be to counteract the effects of the: pawn; but without avail. The, horse died Sunday. morning. Mr. Alcock believes that the free use of salt and water, and drinkin,g• as much whisky_as he could, - WWI ail that saved his UAL—Geneva (Moss.) Gazette 4. Friday. • • Bunting/Rs 20 es Saar ix Osumas'..-DelertiOn Icorm t g b evelyglincommentioant,aluatidnedit roul ti t s il ea l:° m ‘i-in tbas °6 16. :th be t ,. military authorities are determined to Putca atop to I t ariftiauedpossib,lame. d lt th ee e en se tl r y er s est everal ptuaahm have„bewi t aw -oo ar t= .them, two of the three deserters who tried to' weave across the Niagara rl2 having bean 'sautensed to !be shot in this city. Monday next. !An :endeavor is being made to Save, thla,olty the sad iipeotioie of suoh en ooeurlinleeillid with that view,,pet,itiogs, are being aignad wont the eonamandot of the forces' loyouguute the 1016911A."41;Rtif Nraigeri. . • FOUR: =CENTS. POLITIOLL , Can tirebana.t. itioCrizt.LAir STAND ei ins Prrorroutft!-'Thlif irould seem to 'depend orr She oucbtion 'Whether Itches recanted the opinions lie, recently expressed ; fer•itis not to be presumed*tt be is re dines of hiis own words. But ho; a War man, is tendered a manifest Peace platform ; con structed and 'approded by those' who avow their pie. ferenee of 'peamfeter the continuum of the war in any shape or manner. it detnandirthst ' , immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities," OW implying that tbetwar is a %Mite, and that to om tidne ft is either mates or wuftig, &both. But in rt.-repent published , a'yearcage Gen. Me- Selliisf said X helievetthat a nessary otiballtm to the ro. ee&bliehment of the Unionis at enliredefeal arteir iticvFelion Of the'reyanized mitt! tin 'Tower of the can toes: 1 ) o certainly have nottarrived M that waeoessary; preliminary yet.• But.% his lettei•in"fweteof Judge Wdafialfrd, also, writteirOct.l2,lMGetf. /111 D, gating ibc harmony of the Jude'si, yAlivs. with DM OWE', said r • "I underattud Judge 'Woodward I.llbe In favorer the prosecution.of the war trifli. ail the 'meat:Yei I,tie corrnikrid of the loyal Slateo,'„wntil Ihe ffttiffarryower of Wis rebel li on. iediestroyed.” , Nothing, wortallely, has yet:tramping:VW di- 6 tarb the coMplete appitcahllltY anti" sentimonte as these,. But agog, /be says in la West Point address of theitth of Stare...Jost: "SUCh a rebelliOntiCannot be jdstified upenbUiltui grounds, and the - 0:31 alternates for our choice are its suppression ox he .destruCtlen of ou:rnatiom • Nothing can be' more, diarnotrltally opposodthers these reputed dhelaratiorre and the OMeago , pht,- ibriri. Ths errantry:will watt with come eurioeitYfto sae whether GeneraTbfeClellan will Makc the ft tile . attempt to- }MrtoOrdee them, or whether he .14111 bravely adhcreto hlravvwals so cone/dont with his pulillellie; sad" repudiate this feattirt•of the plat: , terra. Silence' on the; subject : would hardly seenr• possible.—(Boston Jetirlaf.) NrCerLieLLAn As A .erAmnsman.—Th7 - foileel l inir estimate orldt(nellair ae a politician grid_ Eldble7S; man (for theFtesidentltiet nominee of a IM - oaq% .ImB.olatudr to tNeelltler of, istateeusan)-ts .Irom then Spit:4oold diefine/ican: . • ••• "'With respeetabitStallatsla pure character and patriotic purposes, ire ismearthig in that higLV-moral sense thatipercelves Elie-truest truth, and that high moral cctrage 'that does- and dares -in its Malt; lie waits, he hesitates- in Strepresenoe of grcitt op portnnitioe--he coatoromisss with time and with. truth ; and he Is no, lit mar° tb•drtal with the Owe occasions- and the: sublime wil,gencies of this hour. Re wants and whaler try , to save• the country; but he would' hinder 'rather than help.the people, who. will save it, in the long run, despite their own owe • stone fickleness and 'faintdieartedness, because he fails to see and use rprickly the moral and material agencies by which it IS to.basared; and became he .is no match' for the :men who are- bent. on its ruin."'" PIERCE, BTICELRNAN, AND' TIEN 13ETITGLI3.—" Bar .wlek," the ,COrreSpOndait Of the - 8 , 06t0h Journal gives the following-ahStraCti • Of ii.reetnit Interview he had with General Geary at his : General Goan; told tharivbea , acting as Go 'vernot.Of Kinsaolle , disOcivered`the - mature, cha racter, and extent of . the secret combination which has 'resulted in the 'overthrow of the Union, and found!* that then; ae.novr, Jefferson Davis; at that time Secretary . of War, was atthe /read oft. These reve lations were made' to hike by Southern. Men, mem bers'of lt, who offered 'lam every temptation to join them, and help in making Earkeas-. a slave State. Governor Geary coratormimdedtheeefaotato Pierce, then President, and to Mr. Buchanan, then Prost dent elect. Both of th...se weak' men, or trdiSors, sub mitted • Governor Geary's. disclosures toihe Southern conspirators whom they .Impiicated !! Instead of being warned by them agafrwtrhe etealthy criminals, Pierce continued and Buchanan adopted themes- hit constitw. (tonal and confidential , adtasers! Finding that he bad no power to avert the plots; and not, regarding himself as powerful enough to fightthe President, President elect, and his party, Governor Geary re. tired to his farm to awaitthe developmentot events, determined when the time- for action came to be found in the ranks of the nation's defenders Rim mu Chnoeco • Ivltaterns. Temzuro.—The Correspondent of the Cincinnati . Ciamte, in journey ing to Chicago'with Many members of the Demo cratic Convention, was much impressed. with their . conversation. Re rays : "But the reddest thing 4n. all this political tall: was the evident delight at our military failure:, I do not write the words willingly, for realizing pro found") , that this rebellion elan be put dOwn , by no party and by no effort that stops short of embracing the people of the North.*l know• how fully it is ad mitthog that the end of-there' trouble:Alla:ea is not yet in sight. Bet there could - be-no •imU•ft.. ng the tone of exultation in whichtheinvattion of the. North and the siege of the capital, ilr: the fourth.- year of the war, were paraded, and• (Rat Vs flanking opera tions were laughed at, and tha'abiiity of Joif Davis was exultantly eulogized." AN ANENDESIINT PROPO£INIV. , --The' New' York Tribune says that the following: message - was• sent from that city by a War Democrat, after he• had read the platform of 'the Democratic National. ClOa venttork "HON. JAMES GI7THRIR: Amend your-resolu tions by adding one apologizing. to 76ff' Davis and his bloody conspirators for our conduct towardtthem, end all will bo complete." VERMONT STATE .ELECTION.--Tte olectloa' of State office's for Vermont will• take plave morrow. PERSONAL. When the news of the Ohicsge nominations sir-_ rived at Orange, N. J., where General fCcCleltsa now residesea number of his neighbors-went to-pay him a congratulatory visit. Though it waslOoNslook at night, the General came-out =Ala balcony and made them the-following speech : • My Fituurns : The events of-the day are-so new And of such vital , importance to tie; to otr children, and to our country, that, I cannot as yet realize them ; nor do I yet fully comprehend-the positiortie which lam placed. I thank youldncerely.for Coin: lug here; for I know frommy daily ealwrienoe the fatiguing walk you have taken, and the difficult hill you bad to climb. lam sure tkst yeawlllnot expect me to make a 'speech.. If the 'action of to-day leads to the results we allerpect, I think:iou-will have no cause to regret what has been done. Most sincerely do -I thank you, my friends and neighbors, for this kind visit and these hearty congratulations, Gen. Butler palmed through New York on Sa• tnrday on his way to, Lowell.• He• has a brief fur- lough. —lt is said that Mrs. General Grant is now the guest of Mrs. General Meade 1a this city. The former, we believe, is making_arrangements to.take up a permanent' residence in• this city. " When this cruel war is over" Philadelphia will therefore reckon among its inhabitants her-distinguished hus band. Preparations are •being made• at Morons* to celebrate the six hundredth anniversary of thebirth of Dante. The municipality of that env. sentta re quest to the authorities of Ravenna, praying that the ashes of the great poet 'nigh& tie restored to his native city. The answer was, that, slue. Italian unity had been effected, Dante couldrto longer be considered as art exile at Ravenna, and that he was consequently as much therein Illeown‘country as if he were at Florence. ' A venerable old lady, named Sarah A. - Ezoll, a. Dative of South 'Carolina, died. in Memphis, last meek, at the age of one hundred , and: soven years and eight months. She, was the oldest "rebel" in the cobsdry. AA' Inosnzous WEisky Sztittorits.--The guard at the Long Bridge arrested Henry 'cock andseized his two horses and wagon for attemptingtcrimuggle whisky into Virginia. Whoa - gook approached the bridge with his. wagon - it was apparently empty, but the guards: thought they "smelt some. thing," and immediately. instituted a thorough search, when they discovered 'a large number of canteens, containing. ins the aggregate thirty-two gallons of whisky, snugly hid away in the sides of the wagon, which was provided with false or double sideboards, the top of which were covered with slate .scourely nailed down. -Vook was committed to the Central Guardhouse to answer the charge a smuggling whisky in violation of military orders, and his stock of liquors, horses 'and wagon were confiscated and turned over to the Property clerk. at. Oolonel Ingraham's office.— Washington Star. • FL - UNCIAL AND COMMERCIIIi. The weekly statement of the pnbllc debt of the United States to itesdayflast*Augnst 80, shows the following restllto 4 __- Aug. 30. Aug.''. Gold-bearing debt g 589,589,92 1887,453,142 Interest debt in currency .... 469.197,000 452,203 934 Debt - free of interest...... 519,476,742 510;611,238 Total debt The progresidve,lnevease of the public debt, of all descriptions, elmoo the I , th of Stay, when Dlr. Fes senden took,eharge of the Treasury, is as follows : - PriuolpaL Interest. July 0 ...,,,,, L i,. .. ....•1,702,867,010 $73,425,240 July 12.....0..i ....... 1,75&093,568 73,752,45.54 July 19...0...« 3.795,205,160 74.768.047 July 21.•... A... ......... 1,805,528,684 rf, 650, 613 Aug. 2. ' . ..... 1,837,492,170 78,418,-306 Aug. 9 - . ~ 1,832,649,835 74.574668 Aug. 38 1,849,714,556 76.053,165 Aug. 93 - 1,869.274.374 78,500,069 Aug ; so.. e 1,678,565,234 - . 77,417,522 Increaseladays— ...... • eX5,605,191 $4,04, 4 332, Average gaily increase Of principal 31,6010 052. Average rate of interest per annum, 4.1714 cent. The,brokers of the Stock Exchange are fairly sup. plied with money on call loan at 7ip cent. Lenders, who are. making time engagements, avail in many Instances of. treasury certificates of indebtedness, one, year to run, at 6lt gent., at 93M@6.1 cent., rather than bake merchant paper, except at large . r ates, say, from B@lO qp cent. for first•olaas names. • The prospect is already very decided for large and . numerous bidders for the remnant of the 1881 gold-. bearing 0 Cents" advertised by the Secretaxy.of the Treasury. The whole amount to be awarded is about 001,000,000. The bonds are all preparers at ,ilie Department, and will be delivereit immediately after • the awards are made, or by 12stalments up to the, 24th,September, as the suction:dui bidders, whether large on small, may desire. The rate at which the new loan must, be bid-fon- ! "to take" is being widely. considereil,..and parties. wanting the bonds mast be careful and not be ice , sharp for their own interests, for the whole amnia is soon to command a handiome premium. Repro sentatione have been suede to theuTseasury Defile ment of the injury done. to the. national credit throughout by.neglecteng, to deltrar bonds and,tree miry notes when sold. The absolute nertaintoitbat the bonds will be paoinptly delivered will atles One 'ft • . neat. to the price list on all large amounts. The stock ma .s tu t wa s vita dull On Satnedny, the . decline in gold tarrying with it stocks of all deserip. Lions, 'The Government 5-20 s olofied' al.ldoX,And at 102 X with, coupon.. off. The 188.1 lean•eold at 107%. City sixes werre steadyat.lo6. State mime ties were unchanged. Oil stooks wets dull and lower. Story Oil closed at tk Globe at 0%; Mc- Clintock at 83 4 ; MoElkeny at 'B%, and Dalian at 1234. The Conunerinial Last says "that there are in . this city one hundred and five oil conspanles, re• presenting a capital of more than Itty-two minions of dollars. Thus fir only twenty•rdne of these com panies have declared' dliddendr,nithough aon2 4 e of those which are,backward have been oa the market long enough -to have paid their steekholdesa their full Investments aver and over again If thPir had the real merit of-the valuable companies. The fact _.is undoubted that many of these companies are un doubted swindles, whilst a considerable pOttlon of those . which are organised will never do more than • 'pay expenses, leaving the stock valueless to holders _`who expect to be able to dispose of it by the attrac di.= of big dividends." Bank shares are veryoniet ; was bid for North America ; 61.14 . for,Farmery, • and mean - ides' ;58 for Commercial ;05 for North: 'ern Liberties; 26 for hleohanics' ; 48 for Girird,Aile • eiji• for Dianufseturenr and Meohanies': , ottyd passenger ;carol- tort 18 Teri' U & 4141ng, and MLLE WAR, "%wise, (pi:SEI'ISEIED *WELT. ) 'rya Wau Peru will be nut to subscriber% by nail (per annum la addanee) at 58 litAt Three conies 5 on •Ffie anise , '" • • R 00 Ten copies 15 On Larger CilubethataTeu will be charged at the elm* rate, $1.50 per copy. The money Auk - always accanipaity o”ltr, owl to no instance can these terms be deviated from, they afford very Itttle more than Me coat of paper. Postmasters are requested to act u agentrfer The WAR Pease, .vor To the getter-up of the Club of ten ortwenty. as extillOoDy of the Paper will be given. :the market M dull; Chestnut and Walnut sold at 66%;'.71 was bid for Second and 'rbtrd ; 60 for Tenth. *nd Eleventh; BO for Spruce and Pine, and 34 rot Clean and Coates. -grocb: BXCHANGE BALM, 1 3r , FDENDRE 3. • BZNOBS BOARDS, Danemore ........e 14 1400 San Creek an $lO zoo McClintock —.We ek 2 100 do 6/1 20:1Erooer IN' inn Story Fano 160 . A= 444 i 8 0 12. 1 -& 00 do." 666 600 do. .•v blO 5 6 / 1 Four : 20:1 Er 8 5.20 t. • . l at O E -109 % II 2000 5.20 ba op 0ff.103.34 1 200 000 0 d City 6s EeNOl O O o 2LO,Carud en City' 68 • —MO 16 Louisv il le 0,1.'12k-119g larueadiu g °ash &I:4 300' do ..... c.v.& 66 10Er d 0... ...... eatot G 6.36 HO do DA 06X. 300 do 10.0 tom 100 Minkrtil Oil 21(1 100 do - • 500 Pb 2a & OE Creek • 100 do • ICO Mcailitook Oil b3O 85 • AVTEIG . 'MO iJ s 5 1 .01321d1;e5b .110 1000 do...;:cotrpoff.loll3{ 1000 do 0r.1023‘ 04 Philp & Efts ZY•3 100 Omen MOuftialia••• - 6K 1(0 Reading . .-AZIO 66M 100 864. McClinton:M/11. —. 8 08 Minebill E... . . 62, MO Dairen • • ••••••‘." "a' 63 41 100 Bra tier • • 2 100 Densmore..... 100 Noble & 3616 300 Big Tack • 100 Mclilhenny e.. DM Clinton MO Farrell • 280 Bull V 24 ek .. ... 4 2r01( • • •.; •- I 20043$ ze 1se n 700' ••• • LCOM4 .'2Ol Mon lietroll'ilim: 10130I'oons lat mi ••• • Diem) fi Co. 'ltitiote New Untied States. Bolide, it gew cortideatee of Indebtt New Unitedi states?. 410 Nol etrartestansters' Ton chem. Ordain for Certilleatt wof Gold Sterling Bytebange. • Five-twenty Bond . .... , enty Einds..!••••• Imports at Philadidphis, both foreign and Coen wise,for the month. of Angust,.2.B64: 4 ; Fore An. Coastwise. Total. Sugar, hbds .... 3,0e0 • • " b bbi e 4 6 • ... 48b ' k... 4 .... Nolmps, hbds: and tes.k. 2,317 ; 41 bhls ' .. 81 6 .... 2.313 1 Lemons,•boxes .... . N.,0 100 310 'Tobacco. bales 70.... 70 Cotton, bales ' 15 217 Mt Fall, snake. '', 8.780 .... 6,7111 " bus - 878,=73,270 IrpFt. 10118--"' '''' . ''''' -1 6 400 .000 • .... 40) liars.... 8.001 " bdls • 6 6 005.500 •• • . Coffee, ba o gs-...• ......... ; -12,586 230 2,735 478 sides, N Bonelr.:loF66 . .. • 10 .. 10 Lead, gigs s, 350 2;65 2,310 Brhasthne r lons tV2 672 Fish..bbls 7i60 7.110 Logwood, Ole rs The folibwing will show the ;lane sorthe Importa tions of dry goods at Neu; Yok fol. eight months of threanalendar years 2 Pint quarter. Second. do— July... August....... $1,578.655,284 W 359,274,374 100 ........ 60 Globe ...... 200 OD Creek IX 500 Maihermy .... 1 / 2 ) 8X IrOARD. ' 100 Ifctltntobli 011 c'h 63; 60 Densmore 1.3,X 100 8011,71 Nay b3O 311.4 100 do blO 34fi Olt 1 1(X) DM:ell dO Pref . 40X, 1022 20b do 11' 100 do 11X 1000 Penna.' R mart. ALI '2OOO 11 8 6s 1881 xxio do , 107 S 110 2 'a me n t &Bid' Top R 10 Chestnut & Walnt 129% do .1 sdo 50,11 190 Del. DI vlston • • 333; DlOlitbbard Oil2'; OCC Corn Planter.-lots 43. AmMeCiintock 13K" 300 Clinton 15i 200 Hal Crtek.••• .... 4f, t 100 Dalzeli 124 • 100 do r IV' 1000 ifs 5-201ids.cp ofraOtai • 3 - Tank - • 11034. 10 00 0 Dig Tank 23*: 100 Demmore 14 MOO Tarr Farm 3% I. 300 17nio Petroleum - :04 DXI Curtin 4 too MOCIIMock ....bl5 8,t4 113 300cEllionnF 83f MI n 8 0-26• Bond- ...IRIS ' WO Corn Planter- -• - 4 6000 Poona 58' 87 MO 51cClIntock 6;1 neo Bur Tank 2N, 0® Union Patroleu m- .0 4 1, DM Olobe Oil n. TO &dry Tartu' • • •.. t 4., 000 Nay prof . b3O 10X 107 aloe . noes aloe 91 14 - 9' • - 112 0111 • •• • 90 ta 91 • d9bteanees..4.. 4 0 0 • •• •• • • ........... .IWI 251 ) 26 1..109 11D 7862. V9V4,781,600 19,601.60 U, 30.1136.900 10,878.000 16.10:40(X) ..... 6,628;000 4,713,400 6.764800 14666.200 6.79'3,600 70524800 Total 6,351,400 41, 813, 600 09,01500 The following will show the movements la dry goods at New York for the past eight pion= : Withdrawn Entered Entered for from for Wart- Consumption. Warehoe. hous'nr. • • .824.800.002 4,696,628 5..471,893 ... 6,702 237 5.740,461 7,400.747 1.969,632 1312,619 9,793.118 ... 2,946,879 • 2,873.945 4.6,41.920 Total 5K924,745 19.943,881 22, 7 / 7 .681 14 443,621 36,421.7= First Quarter... Second do July August. Total marketed $62.£68,863 Tctal imp—s ).652,4P Same time 1885 88,122.154 41,843, t. 61; The following will show the value of the different descriptions of dry goods imported at New York for the past eight months : 1862 1863. 1861 13,111.100 26.602.111 Manufactures of Wool 84065; 7010 t;wia ii:•:I . A 1i:467:7 00 4,444.000 6..8.32,100 2:171;:teo kiscallaneolus 656/51.400 41 8 . 43,500 03,652,W) Philadelphia Markets. • • SE - PT/21033g a—Evening There is very little demand for' Flour, either for shipment or home use, but holders continue firm to their views. - 'Sides comprise about 1,400 barrels, at 812.50 for extra 'family,and $l3 qR bbl for Western. fancy. The retailers and bakers are baying at from $10.50011 for superfine, $11.50 , 1012 for extra, 411.2.50te 12.75 for extra*family, and 111arb13.50 ffi bbl for fancy brands, as to quality. Rye Flour is selling in a. small way at $10.50 1p bbl. Corn Meal is scarce. GnmEr.—There is not much doing in Wheat, and the market is dull at about former rates, with sales of 7,600 bushels at 260tra5c for _old reds ; 255 270 c for pew do, the latter ratwfor prime Delaware, and white at from 275(0300c ft bushel, as to quality. 113 - e is selling in a small way at 1131411110 c /Ft bushel. Corn is firm ; about 1,000 bushels Western mixed sold at 172 e; an& 500 bushels yellow at 1780 30 .bushel. Oats are firmer, with sales of '6,000 bushels at &Se for new Delaware. BARK.—Quercltron is scarce. and in demand at $l5l ton for Ist No. L COW] ON.—Then is very little- doing in the way of sales, but prices are rather better small lots of middlings have been disposed , of at $ l.BB 'ft lb, east. Gaocraree.—The market is very quiet, and wo hear of no sales of either Sugar or Coffee worthy of notice. . . Inon.—Mannfactured Iron lain demand,. and sell ing at full prices. Pig Metal is scarce but firm, with small sales of Anthracite to notice at $67@T6 ton,for the three numbers. Scotch Pig is selling in it small way at $771Q80 ig ton. FaLrlT.—Domestic continues pllenty, and sells at from 25490 c V basket for Apples, and 60@0000 V basket for Peaches : according to quality. NAVAL Spears.—There le.not much doing at the decline. Small sales of Rosin are reported at 45 bbl. Spirits of Turpentine is selling ins small way at 43.6041)3.70 'ft gallon. Har.—Baled is selimg at litoelal ton. Rion is scarce, with smalleales of Rangoon to no tice at 16X616K0. le lib. Punonnoive.—There is very little doing In the way of sales, but the market is firm, with small lots of bless P ork to notice at en bbl. Bacon Hamm are selling, in a small way at 10425 c Di for plain and fancy bagged. Pickled Rams are selling at 19©20c l L Lard Is manse • small sales of bbls and tierces are making • etetitlf.c,p L. Butter Is scarce and high, with sales o solid-perked Penn sylvania at 48tt50c It it. PETROLEVIL—Prices are unsettled. Small sales are making at from 491i250e.f0r Crude, 80685 c for re lined in bond, and 117@aec ft gallon for tree, as to quality. Saans.—Timothy is selling In a small way at from s6®o 50 1 f bu. A. sale Of Flaxseed was made at $1.65 V bu. Cloveris- /mimeo ; small sales are re. ported at $14615 'p 64 ta. WilISKY.—The market is dull. with small sales to notice at . lBo@lB6c for retailed bbls, and 187@leSc gallon for Western do. The fedlowlng are tue.reeelpte of Flour and Greta at this port to-day: Flour • . • 1,540 bbls. EiiMiligM Oats • , - 10,200 btiß. Boston Been and illhoidollltarket. The Reporter, September lit, nye : With the close of the month of Augulitrwe notice no champ worthy of record inthe boot and &Me market. The opening of fall trade in other cities will naturally create a demand for goods here mid we may expect an additional cantor shoes during September. The coming draft, as well as the approaching Presiden tial election, will combine to maketrademore quiet, as the minds of our people will be turned into politi cal channels, and the draft, if enforced. will, by taking many able•bedied men from our midst, make the manufacture of shoes to supply any silditiOnal demand an luissossibility. Prices of stock And work continue as high as ever, although for the former ' there Is less.demand. rhe total shipment of boots and shoes by' ran and sea for the pas week have been 9,842 cases.. Of this number 8,445 cases hare been sent by miles 'follows : 2;994 to New. York and Pennsylvania, 1,481 to the Southern States now In our possession, and 3,997 to the Western States, Including 81 for Callfbrefai The clearances from the Chistom House were 1,3 W cases, among which we notice 855 for San Francisco. AT TIII3.3I3ROMANTIO szoweirsa, -PHILADSLIIMIL. Ship tgar Emily Peel (Br), Timmy, Londonderry, soon. Bark. Roanoke (Br), Cookuoy Loguayra, soon. Brig .Ikgnu,. (Br), Wi ll er ' :Barbados, soon. Brig"Brimus,(old), Sohwarlieg,Tsift of Spain, soon. PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE. JAuts MiLLTNE27 Appesw Wmeattain, lOonatoMee of the Month. 'ED. Y. Towysieen, • . MARINE 3:SIEMLLIGENCE. rPtiall OF PIIIMLAD/ Sept. 4, laM6. StinnSeee..s 801 Su SeU..:6 21 slUgh Water.. 4'3 - - • Beg Vincenzo, Ho_dsllion, I. days from Newbury port, Via Newport, in `dWhist to Baugh & SCAB. Brig Albert Adams, ,Cummings, front St, Barts 10th nit, via St. Dlart:Es29lh, with salt, cotton, and Specie, to Janretchel4 , ...La - sergne. Aug.26th, Ist a 5136. long 73.26 W, spoke. brlg American 'Union, Smith, hence for Now-Dileaas, 5 days oat. Sehr 01 , v an detweert, linker, 4 days from Ware ham. with mdse to.tlrowela Canna. Schr Thor Bordaz.Wrighting.tcin,a days from Fail River, in ballast to.capteft. _ Schr Oarltolb . Paitard, 6 dap.from Boston, with ire to °opt 04n. Soh' . Mantua, attaxon,.lday frox„Froderica, with grain to .1 1 3,iDannitt. Schr Carthageea, Kelly, 3 dna Atom New Bed ford, with oil tea•Wa. Allen. Schr Truman; Gibbs,l day; fsom New Eirclforde with oil to J.,G 65.(1 , S Hamner. .Schr Z Saw, 'Robbins, 4 Asp from CHttoester, ' with fish tes„Girowell & 0 , 41%3. Behr () :Stetsoni Clrosrail, from Boston, with incise to (lrowell & • 843 . 303ePtiBay, Hathaway, 3 days from Cohaa • set a arislAii,lll ' WIRE t to. Capt SUL Sebr 74P Mcljolley, Dorborbugh, day from cam. den, De 4 vith grain to 3as Barrou- Schl,- L Heverin, flohingsworels, 1. day from ' , swim, Del, with gra% wias 4 l; is flomrl from eY , o h alesto oo. Soh? Beady, Callawl wn.. hid with lumber to 3 st. r . s c walker, Sherin, 24. con. okra from N Yorly Isiah mdse to Vi'm Baird & 90. St , r Sarah, Joses, 24 hone trOM New Yerlt; RUbt tod2o, to Wulat Baird at 00. - CLEARED. Steamship Hainan, Balmy, Baton. Brig E ARarnord, (Br) Crolietl, Laguayra, Brig Antilles, Thestrup, Portland. Brig Wm Allen, Stubbs, Machias. Brig Caroline Eddy, Smith, Port Royal. Sahr G W Hyniion, Shaw, Port Royal. Seta . Pequonnoek, Barnes, Boston. SObr Montezuma, Lewis, Salisbury. Sahr M D Haskell, Haskell, Salem. Schr A Hammond, Higgins, Boston. Schr Geo TwiblllArey, Washington, Somerset, hillier, Washington. Sebr Georgia, Gilchrist, Belfast. Bohr Ann Amelia, 'Hallaok, Providence. Schr Cheviot, Cole, Boston. Bohr A X Collins, Brown, Boston. Bohr Maya Banks, Haley, Fortress Monroe. Bohr A M Lee, Taylor, For t ress Monroe. r 'Bohr EHelden, Street, Washington. • SChr Caroline,Franols, Jefferson, Washington„ 'EkslirDr - Vir R Al Powers, Murray, azandxfa, • a Sahr:Casperileft,Rhoe, Ala2tal_ SP; Ei /4121alir, c;9ba;dao I.ric4.4a) 8.9'38;x)3 ...............16,000tit!.
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