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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1864
WO THE FRIENDS OF THE SOLDIER IN
EVERY coNATTY-
UNION STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE R 00319., NO. 1.1.0.5
eh( stunt Street.—Our friends in every county and. ills
rtrict in Pennsylvania should immediately, cf about one
• day's delay, send to the State Committee a correct copy
• of their whole ticket, giving plainly the•4lame, of each
candidate for every office. ' All this must be done to ena
ble the tickets to be prepared to send to the several regt
meats •
of the State.
County Committees should also prepare and send
with the COMMiSSIOUB their several county tickets, or
send a special agent with the Commissions to carry
them.
What General McClellan. Gannet Do.
GEORGE B..IIIcOLELLAN - has shown that
he is capable of cluing great-things. Pro
bably no other general (Messrs.. pop, T ER,
and BuFair, may have been exceptions)
'could have kept one hundred and fifty thou,
sand men 'idle around Washington for six
months, while sixty thousand of the enemy'
blockaded the Potomac. No other gene
ral could have been stopped at Yorktown
by a feigned resistance; no other could have
led an immense army to the walls of Rich
-mond ; kept it there six weelis.in a Swainp
kept it there till sick, weary, and weak,.it.
was driven back thirty, miles. No other,'
after ruining an army and wasting a year,
could have asked another army and
another year. No other, with every offen
sive weapon in his band, could . have
stubbornly remained on the defensive . in
defiance of repeated demonstrations of -its
folly. None but he, probably, wearing the
uniform .of a soldier, the stars of a major
general, could have dared to accept anoint
nation for the Presidencypifered:by-a Con 7
Tentien avowedly opposed to the war, and
made unanimous by the, intercession of
TALLANDMITAM. None but he, accepting
a doubtful honor from these men; , could
have refused the stipulation that accompa
nied it. No one but he could haVe taken
VALLANDIGRAX'S bounty while deny
ing Mr. VALLANDIGIthe§ ; principles, and
having asked his party for office while,pro-:
fessing perfect independence of his party's
wishes. These were great. thinks to do,
`but General McCLELLA.x has &Me; them
with an audacity that commands astonish-;;
anent. , - -
But there are certain things which have
been and are impossible - to him. He can
more escape from the thraldom of aParti
san pledge, implied in the acceptance of a
'partisan nomination, than he could have
- taken Richmond. It would not be too bold
to say that if he were, now in command 'of
the army he might even'-win a victory
more easily than he can free himielf from
the party which stands pledged- , to 'make':
immediate peace. He ishotind in honor to
stand upon the platform of his party or to
,decline his nomination, and, though he
may write letters of explanation and apology
from now to November, he cannot write
the seal from .off
,the bond, or finally evade
its terms.
The Rebel Press and the Chicago Platform.
Now that Atlanta has fallen, and the
:Democratic party is committed to the pro
posal of an armistice, the' Richmond pa
pers are full of instruction. The supporters
.of WC - LEL/AN will discover in these jour
nals a mass of interestin,prediction bear
ing upon the fall of Atlanta, and those who
attribute to the leaders at Chicago designs
more or less in accordance with those of
the rebels will find their suspicions more
-or less approved. The rebels still hold
- war to be the paramount peace-maker, and
every victory obtained by them over the
North a triumph for the Democratic Peace
party. " The scales of decision are hang
:Mg in uncertain balance at the North,"
says the Richmond. Sentinel; "let us, by
brilliant exertions in war, throw what. we
can on the side of peace." "If we would
have peace," says the Examiner, "we
must conquer it," and it calls for twenty
thousand more men, while the bushwhack
ers are shooting vigorously at the,rehpl con
scription officers in North Carolina. Still
more impressive is another editorial of the
_Examiner, which shows that, after the fall
of Atlanta, " Peace platforms," inviting
;Southern recognition, have, no chance of
success. " Nothing which can possibly
occur at Chicago is so momentous to us as
the events which are taking place on the
Weldon Railroad, around Atlanta, and
near Harper's Ferry ;" and—
"lf Atlanta were to fall, or Petersburg, or If
Sheridan should drive Early back to Lynchburg,
or if any one of these events should befal, then
.all the peace principles and peace Presidents of
Chicago would be at the election next November
whore lust year's snow is, and last night's moon
shine. Wur for another Presidential term would
sweep away every vestige of opposition. But, on
the other hand, if Grant's and Sherman's armies
should have no more success within the next three
months than the last three, and if Sheridan's army
of the "Middle • Department' should still be pre
tending to look for Early and taking care not to
tied him, or else,
at the first sight of him, running
straight away, as for the last few weeks, in this
ease, it will not matter to us in the least if the Chi
cago Democrats break up in utter confusion, and
the Fremont party collapse and the Davis-Wade
party wither up, and Lincoln and Seward reign su
preme : nothing would avail ; the scale of peace
would preponderate; and that of war would kick
the beam."
But, supposing that there will be a favo
rable chance to negotiate for peace should
the Democratic party obtain power, the
.Enquirer of a very recent date provides the
- world with its ultimatum in this striking
manner : •
t , The simple recognition of full and absolute inde
yendence of the Confederate States is the one great con
•dition upon which alone we can conclude peace ; we
.ask for no more ; we can accept nothing less. All
other questions of territorial limits, of payment of
national debt, etc.---nay, oven the vexed question of
emancipation, sink into utter significance by the
side of the fundamental condition. Independence
and peace is what we pray and tight for; war and
death is what we are equally prepared for. Our re
cognition 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 interests.
Without recognition there can be no armistice, no
-convention, no discussion—nothing but war ! war !
- war ! They must choose between recognition and.
war; there is no middle ground. Here we plant our
banner; and here, with God's help, we mean to
maintain it, for us and our children."
All the later Richmond papers bear out
this view of the Peace question with a po
-sitive and meaning unanimity... Thus, even
before it is possible to negotiate with the -
South, the Confederacy itself must be re-:
cognized. Thus, granting that the South is
not a submitting rebel, but virtually- a con
queror dictating its own terms, it is willing
to enter a joint Convention and discuss the
:reconstruction of the States. " Whenever
a treaty of peace shall be made;" says the
Richmond Dispatch, "it must he done
-solely on the basis of the entire sovereignty
•ancl independence of each particular State,'_' •
and, as if to explain the fatal purpose of
The armistice proposed at Chicago, "it
- follows that there can be no such thing as
treating for peace in earnest until every
hostile soldier shall have been withdrawn
'from our soil, and every hostile ship from
our waters." Regarding the proposed
Convention of States, the Dispatch is not
less explicit :
It is wonderful, in the meantime, that intelligent
men like Vallandighant and Fernando Wood—who
77114.81 be fully acquainted With Me Southern doctrine of
State rights, and must know that all this blood has been
shed in their defence—should think it possible to get us.
info such a Convention, or lo More the Union by means
of it. What we want, first of all,ts entire and sepa•
rate independence. The Confederate States can go into
Convention with the Yankee States in one way, and one
only. They can withdraw from the Confederacy, each
State on its own separate account and responsibility.
They can then, each State for itself, go into such. a Con
vention. This they will be pretty sure not to do, so
that the hope of getting them into this scrape is but
a lost hope. The very act of sending delegates to"
such a Convention would- be construed by the sister
States into a withdrawal from the Confederacy.
The sending delegates to it would be an exercise of
sovereignty, and, as the Confederate Government is
:not Sovereign, it follows as a necessary consequence
-that it can neither send delegates nor compel the
States to do it."
The Richmond editors are probably mis
taken in their conception of the intelligent .
- views of Messrs. WOOD and 'VAitais-nto- .
lIAM. The precipitate method proposed
by these gentlemen is the one of all others
by which the North may be betrayed into, -
a recognition of the South. Let our armies.
.be withdrawn from Southern ground, and .
• our ships from Southern waters, -before the
rebellion has yet shown ones evidence
•of -submission to the authority of the
and
. the Confederacy is; to all
'effect, free and -independent,:and may die- .
tate its own terms. The armistice pro
posed is naught-else than tacit recognition . ..
In such a dilemma, the loyal 4 North must .
tither officiallY-recognize the Confederacy,.
.or proceed to‘war,again in the, face of anal.:
chy at home i t ra . interventionfroin. abroad.
'The theory of rebel independencQallewed, ,
The problem' Of; :reconatructian w ill , of
course, be debated, , and-Itessrsi . iY;Ard , A
EgetTAll, Wobis, and ODItHO*WPI .
liberty to present their sometime concealed
petition for the wholesale dismemberment
of the country. Reconstruction as thus
interpreted by the active leaders of the
Chicago Convention is the partition of the
country into four Confederacies—a (14a
drupled iniquity, disunion added to dis
union, and upon this the infinite crime
of anarchy.
' The leaders of the Democratic party have
adroitly endeavored to deceive the people
by holding out to them the prospect of
peace and Union as the result of a negotia
tion based' upon an armistice. But the
dullest intelligence should now compre
hend that the stake is a fearful one upon.
which. they assume td hazard the honor and
the safety of a free nation. As we have
seen, the first condition of peace by n.ego
tiatiOn is the recognition of the indeirenct
ence and sovereignty of the rebel States.
Only the profligate leaders'of Chicago will
dare shame the manly sense - of the
North by"; tellingus that the Union
May be restored after we
_have admAted
the principle of secession, and recognized
the South as an independent negotiatingi
Power. Let it be borne in. mind that recon
struction, is not restoration•, and -that it is
only possible to revive the Union by com
pelling submission. These principles the
most inveterate Democrat should be able
to perceive, and perceiving these, should
not fail to see the real disposition of those
mlto constructed the Chicago platform.
Union, if possible, by negotiation ; dis
union, if it must be—but, at all events, ne
gotiation ; these are in fact the terms , of the
humiliating hazard by which it ha's been
proposed to gain a Southern peace Score
tary SEwARD's question, in. his late Au
burn speech, here challenges answer :
When .and where have the insurgents
ofered•peaceon the basis of the integrity,
- of the Union — ` l ", .The nation will find its
own , eonvictions in his subsequent lan
Anne " Nobody has offered it The re
bels never will• offer it They are deter
inirted and pledged =to rule this Republic or'
ruin it "
TuP, New York World affects remark
able jubilation over the withdra*al of the_
unconditional Peace faction from the' sup
port of Gcie,ral AIcCLELLAIT. "Thank
God for a purified, regenerated, disen
thralled Democratic party !" The piety of
this ejaculation is more than suspicion%
What must the Democratic, party, and its,
prime organ, the World, have been, before
they were "redeemed, regenerated, and
disenthralled ?" Here is more:
"The men who have, been the curse of the party
have gone out of the party. Close up the ranks I Wel
come the new recruits ! Now we go into the Novem,
ber fight Without a flaw in our sxmor, without a
speck in our stainless shield, and with no dread of a
fire in the rear."
This savage rejoicing is full, of grim
irony. It is interesting to hear that the
escutcheon of the Democracy is - stainless,
after.the inspired 31cOLELLA1r has stolen
one platform to build another upot it, and
then usurped a nomination. This coup
cretat has failed ridiculously, and the
Peace men have carried off the ark of the
party. From this day to election, the
World should be employed inspecting its
record and defining its position ; but above
all, it will.not cease drumming. It is the
'lndian doctor's method for curing a head
ache. .
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM NOT FOB
PEACE.—After having read over the Chi
cago platform . carefully a second time, we
are rejoiced to be able to make the an
nouncement that it is not committed un
conditionally to peace, as may be supposed,
but the Democracy pledge themselves to
.resist revolution with all the means and
power under their control. The resolution
is as follows : " .Resol , so, That the direct
interference of the military authority of the
United States in the recent elections held
in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and De
laware was a shameful violation of the
Constitution, and the repetition of such
acts in. the approaching election will be
held as revolutionary, and resisted with all
the means and power under our control."
'Ofstoutie;sii tlitlink an iffair -as the.reb el!
lion of a deieti of so of • States is not "held
as revolutionary " by these Chicago Union
savers, and will not be " resisted with all
the means and power" under their control.
To the Government they Would tender the
sword—if they dared—to the enemies of
the GoVentment` the olive branch. What
wonder that Peace and War Democrats are
equally satisfied ?
, AT TirE beginning of the war General
.3IcCLELLAN dictated to General SCOTT, his
superior. After his army had been driven
back to Harrison's Landing (thanks to a
bad distribution of forces, and a long period
of wasting idleness), he attempted to dic
tate to pie President - the policy of the na
tion. Now that he is nominated for the
Presidency, he would dictate to his party.
If he were elected to the Presidency we
may logically presume he would make it a
Dictatorship, and be as indepexident'of the
people as he now professes. to be of, the
party which nominated him.
THE FREE MILITARY . ACADEMY . —Want
of funds alorie has 'compelled the public
spirited committee having charged of the
Free Military School on Chestnut street to
close it, we trust only temporarily. This
school is already NY ell known throughout
the army and the country, and the fruits of
its labors are - Worthy of the thoughtful con
sideration of those who are able to help the
cause. It has sent 463 students to Wash
ington, all of whom have passed the Ex
amining Board, 3 of• them as colonels, 7 as
lieutenant colonels, :15 as majors, 110 as
captains, 143 as first lieutenants, and 185 as
second lieutenants. More than two-thirds
of these were veteran privates or non-com
missioned officers. The school is, of course,
vastly popular in the army, and, by supply
ing the colored troops with so many earnest
and efficient officers, educated from the
ranks, has done much to overcome preju
dice, and win fame and honor for a hitherto
despised race'.
The Free Military Academy is too
Valuable as an auxiliary to -the war to be
discontinued. The devotion of our s6idiers
cannot be raore highly recognized than by
the support of an institution which has
helped so -many from _the ranks. But
$l,OOO per month is necessary to maintain
it, and one gentleman, who has contributed
libeially to 'every public call, stands ready
to give $1,000,,if others will raise $5,000,
to susain this school, whose . admirable
working has reflected so much credit upon
the city. Six thousand dollars should be
easily raised among our numerous wealthy
and patriotic citizens, and we trust the
appeal of the committee will riot remain
unanswered. We shall ourselves be happy
to receive any contributions to this good
cause.
A Rebel Analysis of the Chicago Platform:
"This platform is a declaration for peace upon
he basis of the Union.
"It is a good deal bettor platform than we antici
pated or conjectured, in this particular : that it
nowhere holds up the prosecution of the war as a
remedy against disunion.
"On the contrary, it declares the experiment of
war to restore the Union to be a disastrous failure.
"It may be said that a threat of a resumption of
hostilities underlies the declaration of the specific
end for which a cessation of hostilities is to be de
clared—to wit : That peace may be restored on the
basis of the Federal Union of the States. But such'
an Inference is, at best, remote and doubtful.
"Nor isit strengthened by the preliminary decla
ration of unswerving fidelity to the Union under
the Constitution,' inasmuch as that may be A DE
CLARATION. OE OPINION MERELY, - +Hp , COALMITS
THE PARTY TO NO ULTIMATE POLICY:• • "
;" Nobody will doubt that the Convention regards
peace, upon the basis of a reconstruction of the
Union, as the beat mode of settlement for all par;
'ties; but there is NOTHING in tho resolutions WHICH
COMMITS THEM TO ACCEPT THIS AS THE• ONLY
Nona, and to continue the war if the South refuses
to make peace on that plant)
This is the exposition which a prorainent
rebel paper gives of the Chicago platform.
Is if not candid and true ?. The same paper
earnestly desires this platform to be adopted
ihNovembe , r, and clairiA that this wilily.
sult in Southern independence. It will not
make - General AIcCLELLAN more popular
with patriots that his election is desired by
traitors.
YALIANDIGEAM, BENJAMIN IiVOO,E,,MIIL
LADY, and the Abbe McMAsTicits: are
'read
Opposition : by the Tf7e2lA,',But
yallandighign platform: , stands
• ....
these gentlemen may defy excomnumicar
tion. The men who made that* platform
play be supposed to understand it; `and it
was because VATILA2iDIGRA3I believed it to
be for peace that he moved to make Mc-
CLELLAIO3 nomination unanimous.
Recent Barbarism in Ireland.
...Thu riots in Belfast and other, parts of
the north of Ireland have been suppressed,
by the strong arm of the law, aided by a
competent military force. The civil power
seems to have been inactive, the civic ma
gistrates have been either too much fright
ened to act, or sympathized so tho
roughly with the Orangemen, who began
the riots, to interfere against them. It is
melancholy to know that,-in the nineteenth
century, and in the wealthiest, most indus
trial,- and not the least intelligent 'province
of Ireland, several hundred men, women,
and children should have been killed and
Wounded, simply because certain intolerant
inhabitants 'of Belfast should have broken
into riot, whereby life and property have
been destroyed—and this only onoccount
of a public procession having passed
through Dublin, eighty-eight miles dis
tant, to assist in. commencing the erection
of a public monument to a man who died
seventeen years ago. There were several
points in DANIEL O'CoNNEnn's character,
several passages in his public career,
of which we could not approve ; but
he was the greatest Irishman. of his
age, his, perseveranee was only equalled
by his great ability, and we firmly
believe that no man of his time did
so ,much, by speech and, pen—more
effective weapons to persuade than sword
or gun—to advance the great human
izing cause of civil and religious_ liberty.
If he successfully battled for the 'political
rights of the Catholics he was no less, ef
fective in assisting and vindicating,' those
of the Protestant Dissenters—i9s,"
,of
very Presbyterians who grew mad- and
violent because liberal men,,of all persua-.
sions united to raise a statue in Dublin to
his memory
•
When it = vas clear that the riot was be
.
&ming' deadly, it 'VMS the duty of the
Belfast magistracy to have telegraphed to
-Dublin, the seat of government in. Ireland,
for a strong military force, and for the Go
vernment to have ,placed Belfast under
martial law. Lord.CARLISLE and Sir Ro-
BEirr PEEL, (the Irish Vicero 9 y and Chief
Secretary,) were in England when the
riots took place, but their powers are al
ways delegated, in the Viceroy's absence )
to certain - Lords Justices, who have full
right to exercise them. The riots began
on the 10th August, , and the magis
trates did not swear in special con
stables and take possession of such
gunpowder as the rioters had left in
the shops, until the 17th. Seven days' inac
tion, on the part of the local authorities I
Even then, only a temporary lull was the
result, for, on the following evening, a
battle, took place between the ship-car
penters (almost wholly Orangemen) and
the "navvies," in which the latter were
driven down into the mud-banks of the
harbor—between it and the North Twin
Island—where many of them sunk up to
the neck in the slob, and were fired upon
from the banks of the river by the exulting
Orange party. A correspondent says :
Ig From the North Twin Island the navvies made
an attempt to wade along the coast, though at a
groat distance from it, to point near the railway
terminus ; but the foundrymen were too quick for
them, and, running round to tho spot, received them
with a shower of lead which drove them back as the
tide was rising; and then,
coolly sitting on the
green bank, the Orange party loaded and fired, and
loaded and fired, at the wretches in the Mud, with
just as little mercy as if they were popping at sea
gulls. It was a strange sight on a lovely August
evening, with all the picturesque iurroundifigs of
.that beautiful coast—with the spaikling may-co
bored sea, and the stately ships that gleamed fn the
broad glow of the setting sun, and the jutting moun
tain-shapes that keep watch over the harbor—to see
these good Protestants blazing away, as they sat at
their ease on the high green bank, and ' potted' man
by man struggling for life in the black mud below.
The large torte of hussars and armed constabulary
who were sent down by the magistrates, and who
quickly put an end to this one-sided warfare, did not
arrive soon enough to prevent bloodshed. Eight of
the navvies were hit with slugs—some dangerously ,•
and I saw d one poor old man dragged out covered
with mud and blood, and with his brain protruding
horribly from a scalp wound."
The,se 'riots 4isgrace religion, in` whose
holy name they were commeneed—cwiliza-
Jion, which they outrage—and that
INiobe of nations,: which they cover with
reproach and shame: If they arc to be
prevented, it must be, done by enacting a
law, and rigidly enforcing it, without re
spect for perion or party, that membership
in any secret society, Or§ngeism or Rib
bonism,-shall be punishabre, on proof, with
irinsportation or penal servitude for life,'
and classed as a felony, and the convict
shall be treated legally as a felon, forfeiture
of 'all his goods and landp, as BLACKSTONE
expressly tells us, following, by common
law, the conviction for felony. As for the
feeble, and, if ft be, erring magistrates of
Belfast, it is to be hoped that their names
will be struck out of the commission of the
peace, and that every one of them who did
not manifest the strongest desire to main
tain the peace, shall be cleclared incapable
"of !vei,holding any appointment, actual or
honorary, under Queen VICTORIA. The
British Government has got to suppress and
visit with condign punishMent every secret
society in Ireland, Protestant as well as
Catholic.
The Latin Race in America.
The Orleans Stock appears to be rising
in the royal market. The only daughter
of, LEOPOLD of Belgium, grand-daughter
of LOI3IS PHILIPPE, of France, has been
elevated, "by the grace of God, and the
will of NAPOLEON III.," to the imperial
throne of Mexico, and it is now announced
that the young Count d'Eu, eldest son of
the Duc de Nemours, by one of the lucky
Cobourg family, will shortly proceed to
Rio:Janeiro, to marry-the Princess ISABEL
LA, eldest daughter of PFnno 1.1., Emperor
of Brazil. The gentleman, now a captain
in a Spanish regiment of hussars, is in his
twenty-third, and the faiedemoiselle lately
completed her' nineteenth year. Her aunt
is wife of the Prins de Joinville, third
son of Louis PHILIPPE. " The happy
couple," therefore, are cousins, though not
in blood. The Emperor of Brazil has two
daughters and no son by his marriage with
the. Princess THERESE, aunt of the ex-King
of Naples, and the intention is, in case of
- his dying without male issne, that` the
Count d'Eu shall- succeed him. lEthis . ,
take place, two grand -children ,of .1 4 ovIs
_PHILIPPE will reign over the only 'two
empires on the American continent. Ac
cording -to the recognized law of succes
sion Don MIGUEL, uncle of the present
Emperor PEDRO 11., would probably claim
the crown of Brazil, as, on the - same
grounds, he claimed that of the late .
Queen of Portugal, thirty-six years ago.
He has one son, now nearly eleven years
old. It is worth notice that in the family
arrangements which transfer sovereignties
from one person to another, the people are
never consulted. They have to pay taxes,
and accept the ruler and the form of go
vernment which is provided for them.
Trim rebel papers continue to find hope
for their cause in the nomination of Mc-
CLELLAN. The Richmond .graminer, of.
September Bth, makes the following em ,
phatic argument.:
We, in defending our own rights and homes, are
perforce working in the cause of the opposition. Every
defeat of Lincoln's forces, even holding them steadi
ly at bay, inures to the advantage of McClellan, Or
rather to that of the dexterous manipulators in
whose hands he is a puppet, and acautaulates for
them the much-desired capital.' Every
effort of the present Administration will be put
forth, every species of lie be invented in , order to
influence opinion : and every exaggeration of their
successes and palliation of their defeats be artfully
used. We have met with reverses lately Which
will enable them to give color to their representa
tions and buoy up the hopes of the people. Yet
vigor and prudence can turn these tempting fruits
to dust and ashes on their lips. In far more gloomy
;periodi the spirit of the conntryhas rebounded under
the pressure of disaster with healthy elasticity. So
- will It be again. Victorious on nearly the whole
theatre of the war, we can bear with firmness and
repair with energy. the disasters we have unfor-
Xunately met with on the field. Military success,
then, will not retain Lincoln in his seat. The in-
Vitience of the South, more powerful in the shook of
battle than when throwing her minority vote in an
:electors.' college, will be cast in favor of McClellan
by this indirect yet of means."
iAms'ofavwiseL
. N. Y., Sept.l2.--The aohooner Apache°,
"rota Toledo, on the 2d Inst., for this port, sup.
ciaed to have foundered with aLt on board, In the
.tate gale on Lake Erie.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1864:
A Proposition.
In a letter received recently from a
soldier in GRANT'S army, the suggestion is
made, in view of the large number of sym
pathizers with the rebels, now in full cry in .
support of IVIcCLELLAN and PENDLETOi,
that the rebel Governors have permission
to recruit in States not' in instarreqtion for
the rebel armies, with the additional power
to conscript all who are avowed Copper
heads or Peace-at-any-price men. This
suggestion, if carried out, would not, it is
true, add a very desirable element to the
rebel army— T for 'grumblers such as these
are incurable—but it would increase the
majority of Inccorai and JonxsoN, and
relieve the loyal communities of a great
nuisance.
ALLEGED ILIeTREA.THRNT OP REBEL PRISONERS
IN FORT DDL.A.WARR.—The Richmond Sentinel; of
the 9th,.prints a long letter from a Major Arnesy
to Col, Ould, the rebel commissioner of exchange,
complaining of the "brutality" he suffered "while
in the hands of the Federals." He was taken pri
soner at Clarksburg, Virginia, and after being trans.:
ported from place to place, brought up, at last, at
Fort Delaware. Of his treatment here he particu
larly complains. He says :
"Four weeks after I was captured, I was sent to
Fort Delaware, where, n n my arrival, the -authori
ties forced me to strip entirely naked, and seized
every article of my personal property. I was forced
to put on the uniform of the Federal convicts in
the prison, consisting of a blue coat, with broad
stripes of yellow cloth on the tails and collar, a
multitude of brass buttons, &c., to render" it - lad! ,
crously . conspicuous ; a coarse shirt, rough brogans,
and int old wool hat. I was then put among about
280 Federal convicts similarly uniformed. These
men represented all offences known in the calendar
of crime. With them I was forced to eat, sleep, and
work, and to their indignities was made to sub.
mit by the Federal authorities.. I was harnessed to
a dray, and forced at the point of the bayonet to
haul stone for ten hours a day. . I cannot here enu
merate all the insults, outrages, and sufferings of
which Iv as made the victim during this period."
Catholicity Opposed to Disloyalty.
To the Editor of The Press
SIR: In your issue of this morning yott - deSignate
the Freeman's JOTurnal and Metropolitan Record as
"the organs of the Irish Catholics of -New York. ,,
This is a mistake, and an insult, though; I have no
doubt, an unintentional one, to the loyal portion of
the Catholic community. Of "Copperheads," Fe-
Stc„ they may be the organs ; of Catholics,
never. The Catholic Church, "the pillar and
ground of truth,?' against which " the gates of hell
shall never prevall,” has not, and by her innate
principles cannot teach disloyalty, or sanction such
rotten political doctrines as those of which, these
sheets are the exponents; and this is, doubtless, the
reason which induced Archbishop Hughes to with
draw his official Episcopalsanction from the Record,
and the Catholic General liosecrans to stop its cir
culation within his military department Your
mistake is, 'I am afraid, sir, a common one with
Protestants, who accept such clap-trap as the ex.
pression of Catholic sentiment. Be pleased, there
fore, to correct this erroneous idea, with the firm
assurance that no true Irishman; or Catholic of any
nationality; who understands and observes the
-principles of his faith, will ever be found among
either the secret traitors or open, enemies of the
Union. A LOYAL AMERICAN CATITOLIC.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12, 1864.
The mistake to which our correspondent alludes
is not a "Protestant " one; nor do we think the
representative character asserted by the pa
pers mentioned is altogether what is designated
by the term " clap-trap." The great mass of
the Catholic population of the country is, without
doubt, heartily loyal, and however at times dis
graced by its politicians, is admirably represented
by its priests. Many of these are what would be
called "genuine Abolitionists," whose hostility to
the cause of our troubles dates both before and since
the war. Archbishop Pnrcell, and Bishop Rose
craps of Ohio, Bishop Wood, Bishop Timon, and
many other distinguished Cathollo clergymen, are
well known for the unequivocal character of their
patriotism. One priest in this State, whose name
we know, has a Democratic congregation, but is,
nevertheless, a radical Abolitionist, and has always
voted the "Republican" ticket. The most Intel
lectual class of the Catholic clergy is upon the
humane side of politics. Though generally silent,
from religious prudence, upon affairs of politics, our
leading Catholic clergymen have Certainly not'
shrunk from their patriotic duty during the crisis.
While earnestly praying for peace, they have never
found it in their hearts to denounce the war or to
mourn our victories. In contrast to this we might
give the in stance of one who both prays and preaches
against the war here in our own city.
What is true ingeneral of the Catholic popula
tion is not so true of the Irish Catholic voters of
New York. Thousands of these are patriotic, and
have given gallant service to, the 'war; but many
more are simply deluded by their politicians, or we
should not find them on .the same platform
with their .British tyrants 'and the • tyrants of .
the South. These often 'non-practicing, but al
ways professing Catholics, have blindly follow;
.cd ethe . lead of such men as Fernando
Wood, sta_ their habitual and well-known preja.
dice against the negro. They will always vote.
against " interference with slavery," .to. The
forward leaders of this large class (an illegitimate
one, we grant,) are represented in such papers
as the Metropolitan . Record and the Freeman's
Journal, although . the Archbishop of New York'
firmer`: We 'did' . not :hraTni".llitt:
these journals were the organs' of Irish -9atict•
lie sentiment, while a pipet:: as loyal as the
Tablet enjoys so much prosperity; but • in'
connection with the'New York Daily . News, and the
professional practice of Messrs. Benjamin , and Fer
nando Wood, they have undoubtedly exercised eon-.
siderable influence over the poOr and the ignorant.
New York, however, is the exceptional case, and its
Irish voters only share
. in the disgrace of the city
itself, which always yields an influence for profli
gate politicians. New York (especially in Catholic
affairs) is very seldom regarded as the index of the
country.
WA.SIXING-TON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 1884.
THE NEW LOAN.
A large portion of the recent loan will be appro.
priated to the payment of the army.
TEE EMPLOYMENT OF SOLDIEBSASSRIWANTS.
By a law of Congress, passed in July last, an offi
cer employing a soldier as a servant is subject to a
reduction of his pay to the amount of the legal
allowance for a servant or servants, and also the
cost of the soldier to the Government. This provi
sion was evidently intended to check an abuse of
long standing and great magnitude, namely, the
withdrawal of soldiers fromlactive duty for menial
purposes.
Therefore, if an officer enjoys the luxury of a sol
dier for his servant, he has to pay the entire ex
pense out of his own pocket. In cases where
civilians are employed by those who are allowed
Servants, this rule does not apply. Many of the
officers have just been made aware of the provisions
of the new law, and its practical application to
them is a matter of surprise, and an unlooked-for
deduction from their pay.
RECRUITS FROM PENNSYLVANIA..
. Quite a number of Pennsylvania recruits arrived
here yesterday and to-day. Amongst the 'number
were several well-known typos. They will probably
leave for the front to-day.
AIIRD7.AL OP DESERTERS
Fifty.one rebel deserters from Arnzasonla divi
sion, who racently came into our lines, arrived here
to-day on the mail-boat from City Point. They say
a large number of rebel troops are anxious to desert.
From all accounts received, It appears that the
Army of the Potomac is unusually healthy, and the
hospitals contain but few patients.
COIIIII3TATION OF SENTENCES.
The sex, tences of four privates connected with
New York and Maine regiments, who were con
victed of desertion, have been commuted to punish
ment at the Dry Tortugas, instead of being shot to
death.
PERSONAL.
DEATH ONtA WELL-KNOWN MINISTER
CARLISLE, Pa., Sept. 12.—Rev. Rohert D. Oham
bers, a prominent minister of the Methodist Epis•
copal Ohnreh t and well-known for his fearless ad
vocacy of Union sentiments, died• here on• Friday
rag..
'CAPTURE OF QUANTRELL, THE GUERILLA
CINCINNATI, Sept. 12.—A dispatch' from Indiana
polis to the Gazette announces the capture there of
Quantrqll, the Missouri guerilla: lie was recog
nized on the street by a refugee.
: •.; • • • : I : • ; :
Censo, Sept. 11.—It is reported at bele Rook
that the rebel Gen. Price recently died at Arkadel
phia, of dysentery.
DEATH OF A PROMINENT LAWYER.
Beinisionz, Sept. 12.—Nathaniel Williams, the
oldest member of the bar of this city, died on Sa
turday, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. •
The Maine.Eleetion.
RBI' 1:IBLIOILN GAINS-CONY ELECTED.
PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 12.—Samuel' Cony, the
Republican candidate for Governor, has received
2,374 votes in this city, and Mr. Howard, the Demo
cratic candidate, 1,760 . votes, being a gain for the
former of 295. .
Seven towns give • Cony 3,892 votes, and Howard
2,950, being a gain for Cony of 876.
LATER
• Thirteen towns have • been hoard from, in 'which
Cony has received 2,780 majority, a net gain of 890.
The returns come in very !slowly to-night, owing
te'the severe storm which-h4s prevailed.- -
PORTLAND, Sept. 19-9. P. M.—Returns from
thirty-nine towns foot up the following vote :
For Cony, (Rep.) 14,745
For Rowaxd, (Dem.) • • 9,169
. • -The same towns last year gave a vote of 16,096 far
Camt, and 10,231 for Bradbury (Dom.).
• Saco gives Cony 676, and Howard 391.
Bangor gives IZlony 1,568, and Howard 751.
List year Bangor gave 1,731'f0r Cony, and 862 for
Bridburjr.
Piimern, Sept. 12-10 P. M.—Fifty one towns
give Cony 7,177 majority this year against 6,493 last
year, showing a net gain 0f,:684. Augusta gives
Cony 414 majority in six wards.
The Vermont Election.
TWRICTY-ONR TB orsew D MAJORITY POR THE UNION
CANDIDATE
Britian()Tow, Vt., Sept. 12.—Returns from 171
towns foot up—Smith, 26,219 ; Redfield, 10,371. The
same towns, in 1863, gave Smith 23,596 ; Redfield,
14,016. Smith it'll have nearly 21;000 majority in
the State.
Returns from 230 towns show the election of 213
union and 20 Democratic Representatives. The
Senate will be unanimously Union:
A Nomination.
Acrßunn . , N. Y., Sept.l2.—Theodore M. Pomeroy
has been renominated for Representative •in Con.
grew from the Twouty-fourth district of this State.
THE WAR.
NOTHING' NEW FROM PETERSBURG.
TEE SITUATION ITICHANOED IN THE
SHZEANDOAH VALLEY.
CaTalry Reconnoissance to Winchester.
THE ENEMY DISCOVERED IN FORCE.
ACTIVITY OF OUR BLOCKADING NAVY.
The 11otorious A. H. Vane Captured.
A VICTORY IN TNNNESSEE.
THE ARMY: 111EFORE PETERSBURG.
A SURFRIBE ATM OAPTURR OP REBEL P TOR ET a
RETURN OF A GENERAL OFFICER.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TRU POTOMAC, Sept.
10--Evening.—Firing has been kept up quite briskly
all day on the centre and right. The rebels seem
to have got their temper excited by the surprise of
-last night, and are determined to annoyour pickets
as much as they can
It was the 2oth Indiana and 99th Pennsylvania
that effected the Eurprise. A portion of the latter
regiment advanced too far, and a few of them were
captured. These two regiments made the attack
under Lieut, Col. George W. Mickel, who was shot
through the hips and died on the field. His body is
being embalmed, and will be sent home. Our-eastt
aides amounted to thirty altogether.
Lieutenant Disbrow, of the 99th Pennsylvania,
was badly wounded in the head. The prisoners cap
tured say they were asleep at the time, and that our
men were on them.before they had time to resist.
General Patrick, provost marshal general of this
army, was today presented with,a beautiful sword;
sash, spurs, and shoulder•straps, by the enlisted
men of the 20th. New York, whose original term of
enlistment has expired, and those not re-enlisted are ,
going:_home. PGeneral P. made a verrappropriate
speech onAhe occasion.
Brigadier General Eagan arrived at the front yes.
Aorday, htivi*--almost entirely recovered from the
severe wound he „received, on the:22d of Jane, in
front of Petersburg—having on that occasion won
for himself,the proinoliOrt he so well deserved. He
will have a command in the 2d Corps.
THE ISHENANDOWEE VALLEY.
.enzaoricoissiwas WITHIN THREE MILES 01+ wnsr-
11.1.31P.E . R'SFILRRY, Sept. U.—Gen. Wilson'a ea
valry made a reconnoissance along the Strasburg
pike to within three miles of Winchester, where
they unexpectedly dropped in upon Kershaw's di
vision of rebelinfantry who in a manner stampeded.
;
They rallied, bowever, and made a stand, but Gem
Wilson, having accomplished the objectof his mts-
Sion, withdreW.
A reconnoitring party from the 19th Corps, sent
out from lerryville On the Winchester pike, pro
ceeded as Tax as the Opequan without folding the
enemy.
Col. Lowell, of the 2d Massachusetts Cavalry,
want out on Friday and destroyed several flour mills
on the Opegnar, which the rebels have beeriusing
for grinding Meal. He also captured a rebel lieute
nant and twenty:of his men.
It is not deemed safe to push the repairs on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,at present.
NO CHANGE IN THE MILITARY SITUATION.
BAnminionn, Sept: 3.2.—,The American's special
Harper's Ferry despatch of to-day says there has
been no change in the military situation since the
last despatch.
Parties recommenced work on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad this morning, and it is expected that
the road will be in running order throughout its en
tire length on Friday next.
"RABE', ACCQVNT OF THE LATE TIGHT AT -BEBEY•
The special correspondent of the Richmond Sea
tined gives the following account of the late action
at Berryville :
-An engagement occurred at . Berryville yesterday
(Sept. swan which Kershaw's division - attacked the
enemy's 6th Corps, and drove it out of a line of
breastworks at Berryville, with comparativelys mall
loss on our side. In Worth's and Kershaw's bri
gades the lots is but slight, probably not more than
a hundred. Another brigade, name not heard, lost
rather more. Total loss, probably, three hundred.
Wounded men who have just come in here report
that all is quiet at Berryville this morning, and that
the enemy is believed to have left.
•A . drawn fight took place near Bunker Hill, ba.
tween a part of Lomax's cavalry division and the
cavalry of the enemy. Harry Gilmor was wounded
in the neck, but is doing well. A cavalry fight also
occurred about seven miles from this place, on the'
Valley Pike, in the direction of Newtown. I have
not heard the - result. Our infantry is here and at
Bunker Hill:
FORTRESS MONROE.
NEGRO • RECRUITS BROBI 'NORTH CAROLINA-CAP
TORE OF A STEAMER BY THE REBELS
FORTRESS. MONROE, Sept. U.—AN:lnt two Wm
dred able-bodied contrabands from North Carolina
arriired at FortreSs Monroe to-day. They have en
listed for.servieelp the army.
•The .‘ llllaiiizniarolvii man was washed ashore
aYi Upon Idm was found &badge=
marked “Geolge OlairiCo. it,2sth lilassachusetts."-
Dennis bilHafogoeHbirpit t al since last report
• S. W.-Fullei, :76th Pennsylvania; John Grove, 2d
Penits3lvanlaArtillery ; SaMuel liochenburg, 65th
Pennsylvania.
The steamer Fain, running upon the line between
Norfolk and North barolina, was captured yester
.awy on the Dismal Swamp Canal by a party of rebels.
.The crew and passengers are prisoners, and the boat
was burned.
One huniired and two blockade•running prisoners
'arrived here to-day on the captured steamers taken
lately off Wilmington, North Carolina,
THE BLOCKADE.
CAPTURE OF TWO BLOOKADE•EUNNERS WITH
VALUABLE CARGOES
• WasamoTow, Sept. 12.—Captain Gibson, of the
United States steamer Santiago de Cuba, under
date of September 11, informs the Navy Depart
ment that, on Saturday last, when on his way to
Hampton Roads for ooal, he discovered, chased, and
captured a blockade-runner. She proved to be the
English steamer A. D. Vance, late the Lord Clyde,
from Wilmington, N. C.
SheLls an iron side•wheel steamer, two years old,
and very fast. She had on board 410 bales of cotton
and some tUrpentine, but her full cargo cannot be
known until she is broken out in Boston, for crhich
port she will be despatched, 'in charge of Acting
Ensign E. G. Bowers.
This vessel has been one of the most successful
blockade. runners, and those on board say she was
Only caught In consequence of the bad coal she used.
.Rear Admiral Lee, in a despatch dated Beaufort,
September ith, says the Elsie ran oat of Wilming
ton on the 4th inst., and was captured immediately
by the Keystone State and Quaker City.
. *The Elsie was seen'and fired upon when shesan
out by the Niphon and Britannia, and was chased
off by the Santiago de Cuba, until lost in the dark
ness..
At 10.80 A. M. the next day she was seen and cap
tured, without papers or flag. -
A shell from the Quaker City exploded in the fore
hold of the Elsie and destroyed about one hundred
and fifty bales of cotton. Part of the cargo was
thrown overboard in the chase, and there ate now
about two hundred and fifty bales on board the
prize, which will' be sent to Boston.
The Elsie is a new steamer, of light draft and fair
speed, of the Roth'ay Castle class, and this was her
first trip. She will be made a useful vessel on block
ade duty. -
The blockade is closely and vigilantly kept up, but
it is Impossible to prevent its violation on dark
nights by steamers built for the purpose.
BLOCKADE.BITNICRBE IN POET AT HALIFAX-THE;
. TALLANABBEE 817P.POSILD TO BE ABROAD AGAIN.
HALIFAX, Sept. 12.—The blockade-runner Old
Dominion arrived here . on Saturday night, and the
City of Petersburg on Su ay morning; They
have abotit 1,800 bales of Cotton destined for Eng.
land, and , said to be in payment of the interest on
the rebel loan.
They left Wilmington last Monday night, and re
port that the pirate Tallahassee was to leave on a
piratical cruise - on Tuesday night. Two blockade
runners Were also to leave Wilmington on Tuesday
night.
The. Alexandra, now called the Mary, arrived
hero on Saturday for repairs.
The following blookade•runners were also in port:
Stoamerst Little Hattie, North Heath, repairing;
Flamingo, Lady Shirley, Condor, and the steamer
Asia, tender td the rebel fleet.
ARRIVAL OF PRIER STEAMERS-THE CAPTURED
PTRATE GEORGIA AT BEAUFORT
NEw Yong, Sept. 12.—The prize steamer Elsie,
captured; on the bth inst., while on a voyage from
Wilmington to Nassau, with 320 bales of cotton, ar
rived this morning, but Bailed again, vie, Long
Island Sound, for Boston . ,The prize steamer Geor
gia arrived at Beaufort, N. C., on the 9th, bound to
Boston.- 7 .1t was reported at Beaufort, on the 9th,
that the rebel steamer Edith was about to leave
Wilmingtori, heavily armed, for a piratical cruise.
VALUE or THE CAPTURED BLOCKADE-RUNNERS:
WeargwoToll, Sept. 12.—Gentlemen connected
with naval affairs say that the English blockade.
imnneteElsie and A. D. Vance, recently captured,
together, with their cargoes, are worth probably
$1500,000.. The officers and sailors who seized these
prizes will therefore realize havalsome dividends.
The officers of the Vance said she was captured
only because of her bad coal. The obstruction of
the Weldon Railroad by our army prevents the sup.
ply of a better article to the blockatie-runners.
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.
A VICTORY BY 'A PENNSYLVANIA RIIGIRANY.
Ciliciricsm, Sept. 12.—0 n tho 6th Instant a rebel
force of 1,300 men, under Col. Dibrell, was encoun
tered by the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry near Ready..
vile on Cripple creek, Tenn., and after a sharp
fight, with sabres exclusively, the rebels fled. The
Nashville Union says•the Pennsylvanians lost only
one killed, while they killed twenty-six rebels 'and
captured one hundred and sixteen prisoners. The
rebel force retreated beyond Murfreesboro, and was
endeavoring to reach Wheeler.
THE DEFEAT OF MORGAN-EIS PAPERS CAPTURED
cmonni,(7l, Sept. 12.—The following additional
despat'oh relative to the defeat of Morgan was re
ceived by Gov. Johnson: - •
BULL'S 0.6,. Sept. 6.—To Gov. joartsori : All
of Morgan's papers fell into my hands, and show his
forces to have exceeded 1,800. His dead exceed T 5.
ma command fled in great confusion after his death.
I puisied them eight miles, but the chivalry use the
spureirith more vigor than the sabre. I will for
ward:all his papers. - Ar.vix C. GmLam.
MEMPHIS ILLUMINATED
Callao, Sept. IL—The steamer City of Alton
brings Memphis advice' of yesterday and New Or•
l ea ns dates of the sth. Memphis was to be
nated last, night in honor of the recent victories.
The post of Cairo was to be_ separated from the
Western
. ICentticky District anti attached to the
biOliO, -.4:4 10 % under General ;.flaiberl b,
'NIA General lilereditli has left for Paducah to
take command of the District of Western Kentucky.
Seventy-five hogsheaVeof tobacco. have arrived from
Paducah for New York.
Bavrtgosa, September 12.
ANNIVERSARY 07 A BATTLE - ITS OEIIEERATION.
The anniversary of the battle of North Point,
fought fifty years ago, occurs to-day, and is being
celebrated with becoming spirit by the survivors of
the noble band of heroes who, though not disciplined'
soldiers, yet boldly marched forward to defend their
homes from the foe.
The members of the Association of-Defenders met"
at nine o'clock this morning, at the old City
and, in accordance with the proclamation of - Mayor
Chapman, many of the isitisens of Baltimore will
display the national flag, but beyond this there will
be no other observance of the day.
As usual on the Sunday preceding the anniver
sary, the Defenders attended divine worship in a
body yesterday. Under the guidance of Chief Mar•
shal ljams, and headed by the president, Captain
A. E. Worner, and others, they_ proceeded to High
street M. E. Church, where • the pastor, Rev. S. A.
Wilson, delivered a discourse. There were about
fifty members out on the occasion, each one having
2rape on his left arm In respect to their deceased
membei s.
The provost marshals of this• city have received
from the Bureau in Washington instructions to pro•
creed with the draft—first In those sub•districts
which have exhibited the least earnestness in filling
the quotas assigned: Several of the wards are re•
presented by their committees as having filled the
quota, and there are others which aro supposed to
be very near that desirable situation.
In the remaining wards great activity prevails,
and expectations are confidently indulged that ere
many days elapse they also will have placed the
necessary number of mon in service to relieve them
from the draft. Last week quite 'a large number' of
recruits were sent to camp.
Grain inactive and drooping. Flour very dull:
Whisky dull at $1.8443i1-134 X. Provisions quiet and
firm. Bacon Shoulders, 2034 c.
(Special Correspondence of The Press. l
NEW 'Kona, Sept. 12,18e4.
THE QUOTA. xxxVirm
It would appear to be definitely settled that the
quota of this city is full. SuperilOr Blunt, having
dragged the fat book of naval enlistments on to
Washingtonpand submitted It 'to the appropriate
authorities; seems to have obtained a recognition Of
the fact. At which there is much jubilation. It is
more than 'possible that recruiting will be stimu
lated by the announcement. Hundreds of men, who
have been secured by substitute brokers in antici
pation of the draft, must he thrown upon the mar
et, so to speak. In mere self defence, the brokers,
who have advanced various slims to their men, will
enlist them speedily.
IkLITERART ANNOUNCEMENTS
for the coming season are. not very exciting or in
teresting. A few so-called "novels" are on the list,
all of
_which, with,, perhaps, one or two qg oeptions,
are by nobodies. ".T . idas Godfrey ' s Fortune—based
probably upon the sale of Ginifrers cordial—is the
name of/Bayard Taylor's new attempt. A new
magazine is to be published by Carleton, who has
also in press a fresh work by Michelet. "Howard
Glyndon,” the deaf and dumb poetess, and former
Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Repub
lican, bets a volume - of poems in prose.
THE TURNERS' FESTIVAL
will be held in New York this year, and the Tarnerg
from various localities have flocked In for purposes
of participation. •
W. D. blc(3-.
Sensational crime appears to be somewhat on the
increase. A clerk in a William-street banking
house has been arrested for procuring fifteen thou
sand dollars by forgeiy. Numerous cases of high
way, or rather low-way, robbery are recorded.
Heads are being split open with axes, and miscel
laneous shootings and knifings are of general oc
currence.
Messrs. Carl Anschutz and Carl Formes having
undertaken to. produce Haydn's oratorio of "The
Creation," yesterday (Sunday), at Jones' Woods,
and, moreover, to
.produce it in marvellous excel
lence, with salvos . of artillery, Chimes of bells, etc.,
the music-loving German population hid looked
forwird to the event with no little,ariticipation and
pleasure. Saturday evening, however, it was stated
that Police Superintendent Kennedy had an
nounced his intention to preient the performance,
it being in:contravention of the Sunday law. A post
ponement was necessary, In consequence, much to
the disgust of the proposed audience.
[By Telegraph.] - •
BAFK STATEXECNT.
The following is a statement of the conditiOn of
the New York banks for the week ending Septem
ber 12:
_Loans, decrease $2,000,000_
Specie, increase 460,000
Circulation, decrease 19,000
Deposits, decrease ... 8,000,000
DEOLINE IN COLD.
Gold closed this evening at 219.
BABEBALL MATCH.
The base:ball match between the Atlanta vs. the
Mutual, resulted in the success of .the latter by six
teen rounds. About six thousand persons witnessed
the gato.
Arrived, barks Aranisle, from Rio.; Theresa, from
Maracaibo.; Momink Star, fro& St. Jai de Ouba ;
i Sallie:. :Bonsai]," from Brazos, Texas ; schooner
EleCtra, from Falmouth, Va.
. ' MARINE.
Arrived, steamship Saxon, from Philedelphoi,
ship Harrisburg, from New Orleans.
. ,
Three Days Later Bens—English Views
of the Coming Presidential Campaign—
Renewed Activity of the African Slave
Trade—The . Conference on the Parti
tion of Denmark.
NEw YORa, Sept. 12.—The steamer America,
from Southampton on the 31st ult., has arrived.
The American steamer J. T. Wright has been lost
in the China Sea.
The Hibernian arrived out on the 30th, and the
City of London on the 31st. -
ENGLISH COMMENTS ON AMERICAN
AFFAIRS. •
The Times says'if the account of the ram Tennes
see's doings be true, it is one of the most gallant ac
tions of the American war. We look with great in
terest for the rebel account of the loss. The loss of
life on both sides makes the action still more extra
ordinary.
The A9-my and Navy Gazette (Russell's paper) thus
speaks of McClellan :
"We declare .our belief that the existence of a
peace party is mythical. We are told of one hundred
thousand men meeting to support General McClel
lan. Does any one believe a military President,
who has been beaten in the field by Confederate ge•
nerals, is going • to proclaim peace at the head of •his
armies 3 Certainly, it he does, it will only be the
signal for a danger to the neighbors of the North."
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN - POLICY OP A
The Times of the 31st has a long article on the
coming Presidential campaign. Following is an
extract giving its most important points :
"Nobody, can well anticipate that Mr. Lincoln
would be reelected without a contest, or that the
contest could be otherwise than desperate. But a
desperate contest implies conflicting principles, and
Mr. Lincoln's principles have been distinctly pro
nounced. His policy, as at presentavowed, is war—
war 'to the bitter end,' and •it is on the party pro
fessing similar views that he has hitherto retied
for support. But this adoption of the war on the
part of one political section leaves the other no
alternative but to adopt, in 'tome shape or other,
a policy of peace. It may be transformed or con
cealed under various disguises, bat to this end it•
must come at last. Whoever condemns Presi
dent Lincoln's policy must virtually condemn the
war. It is vain to talk of the prosecution of the war
on better military principles or a more skilful plan.
All plans and all principles have now been tried.
Every general has had his chance in turn, and all
have failed alike. McCiellan's scientific caution
fared no better than Grant's invincible obstinacy,
except that under the former commander there was
not so great a sacrifice of life. That the war has
been wasteful beyond all precedent is perfectly true,
and if exceptions were taken to the prodigality with
which blood and treasure have been lavished, they
might doubtless be sustained. But though the war
might have been managed more cheaply, we not see
how it could have been conducted more vigolonsly.
No minister could have raised more men than Mr.
Stanton, or more money than Mr. Chase. No chief
of the Republic could have kept 'pegging away' at
the war more indefatigably than President Lincoln,
or rejected more bluntly. all4proposels of compro
mise. If the Republicanst.vHth their unsparing
efforts could do nothing against the South, it is
not to be imagined that the Democrats, with their
half-and. half policy, could do any more. If Mc-
Clellan is to be their. champion, we know already
what may be expected. The armies of the North
would be more prudently handled, and after a check
would be more expeditiously withdrawn, but they
would certainly make no • more impression on the
South than the armies of Grant or Hooker."
. .
`THE DANISH QUESTION :
The Conference sittings have been adjourned,
probably because the Danish plerdpotentiaries are
awaiting the necessary documents. Up to the pre
sent time the Conference has been occupied. solely
with the territorial question. ' - - •
The Neue Preasche Zeilung says there is no ques
tioh of the withdrawal of troops from Jutland be
fore a definite conclusion of peace. The return of
all the Prussian troops from the Duchies is, there
fore, far less to be expected. •
A semi-official paper, published in Berlin, says, in
reference to the Danish finances, the Minister's'
statement! of the instructions which were sent .to
the plenipotentiaries at Vienna was drawn up with
the object of the recovery of North Schleswig for
Denmark, and says that it was only on the suppo
sition of loyalty, and the absence of reserve on Den
mark's part, that peace was agreed to. _
GLNERAL NEWS.
In Tunis, fourteen tribes have submitted, butforty
of the chichi in Insurrection dare not sign the con
ditions of peace.
The Persian Gulf telegraph cable is again broken.
The difficulties between Turkey and Monte
Negro have been settled.
Arrests continue to be made in Trieste and in Ve
netia. The police have discovered arms, munitions,
etc. ,
The St. Helena Guardian says It is reported that
the slave trade has been carried on very briskly for
some time past, by means of steamers of such a class
that our cruisers have no chance of catching them.
One steamer of nine hundred' tons has got away
three times, each time well laden with negroes. The,
barracoons are full. •
Commercial Intellirence.
The Timm says the FrankfOrratock market is glutted
with American securities, and parcels by the last
steamer sold at 2 per cent. reduction. The present bond
holders are strong, and a speculating panic is conse
quently avoided.
Virginia es and Illinois Central declined 1 her
Illinois Central paid. shares suffered a still fa de
cline oft per cent. Consols heavy at 88% to 88%.
LIVBRPOOL COTTON MARKET. —Sales of cotton
for two days 13. M O bales. The market is firmer, and
all qualities have advanced to a •trlding extent. Sales
to speculators and. exporters, 4.000 bales.' The market •
opened with an upward tendency, but closed quiet and
steady. - • • • •
The advices of the state of trade in Manchester are:,
favorable. .
LIVERPOOL BRRADSTIJFES •MARKET.—.FIan and,'
Wheat quiet and steady. Mixed Cora inactive at 30s.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARRE —Beef dull and
declinin g. Pork dull and *ache u gad. 2 Bacon Auteianit:
steed? Lard firm. Butter firm • •
11NEEPOOL PRODUCE. lIARKEI'
firm- •
Sugar quiet and steady. Coffee steady. Rica gates.'
Ashes dull. ;Linseed Oil firmer. Rosin—no sales. Spirits
of Turpentine, inactive. Crude 'Petroleum atea3y at :
2s al.
FIR.nIEN'S ELEarrox.-,
was:
Conover - of the Fraiklio "Etre Oogipalkil
was ifot night eleoteLl... agalrtant toogiao9r:9ll-.6110
Sixth Fire dtitrtot.• • • • - • •
BALTIMORE.
IRE DRAFT
NEW YORK CITY.
THE POLICE ARDTIIE SINCERE.
MARTYR
BOSTON.
BOSTON, Sept. 12.
EUROPE.
AN OPINION OF IecLELLAN.
PEACE PARTY.
Ain . 'mai:bens. Contilagratton at Car,—
Sinking of a Steamer.
Oarno,Sept. 12 —A fire broke out at 2 o'clock this
Incoming, in Commercial avenue, between Eighth
and Ninth streets, 'consuming all the , buildings on
the west side of the avenue, except Winter's block.
It then extended on the opposite side of the avenue,
destroying the United States Hotel, and spread. rep
Eighth and Ninth streets, consuming Brown's Hob
tel, Rising Sun;and other buildings.
The houses b urned on Commercial avenue include
the Planters' House; Shamrock House, stove; hard
ware, grocery, dry goods, clothing, book, and other
stores. Among the principal losers are: 0. O'Callae
han's three-story brick, and entire stock of Stoves,
tin, iron, and copper ware. The loss Is $40,000, in
sured for $5,000. Wm. S. Wayne, grocer, loss $15,-
000, insured $3,000. J. L. Brown, .grocerlea and
liquors, loss $13,000, insured $BOO. Martin. Tomers,
Shamrock House, loss $7OO, no insnrance.• The
total loss will probably reach $200,000, with an 'in
surance of about $40,000. . .
The steamer John J. Roe, bound for New Orleans,
with a battalion of the 2d Missouri Chivalry, sunk.
in thirty feet of water, above' New Madrid. No
lives were lost, but all the horses on board' were
drowned.
The steamer Robert Barnes,. from Memphis to .
Cincinnati, has 184 bales of cotton, and will take on ,
hoard 80 bales here. .
The Crops of Pennsylvania.
The following estimates of the crops of this State
are based on those of last year. From the facts in
dicated by the table it is evident that the crop• of
grain will not be two-thirds of that produced in
1863.
The hay crop In the eastern part of the State was
superabundant, but will scarcely,cover the de
ficiency of .that produced in the western counties.
The crop, therefore, may be termed scarcely_aat
average.
In the following table, when the crops are In
dicated "good," they are above the average
(av 3 ge); and very good (vy. gd.) distinguishes them
as still better.
In all the counties, with but few exceptions, the
barley crop is reported as but little raised, but the
quality good.
In all the counties the, weather is reported as
having been very dry. West of the Alleghenies
there was reasonably good growing weather until
the second week in June, when a dry term com
menced, which still continues at time of writing. In
all the counties we ha - te reports of dry weather
This does not exclude brief thunder-showers, which,
being the result of excessively warm and sultry
weather, naturally visit every part of the State;
though it may be proper tb remark that of even
these there were very few within the time stated,
and, from their light character, scarcely proved of
any permanent benefit to the growing crops. For
all practical purposes, the weather within the time
stated may be properly distinguished as "very
warm and dry." The -apparent discrepancy in the
reports of the corn and potato crop, in which some
counties they are given as "average" and "good,"`
may be explained by the fact that in such cases they
are growing in a soil either highly retentive of mois
ture, or so loose as to absorb moisture from theta.
mosphere—both of which are well-known agricuL
tural facts. In Fulton county the Oat* orop'was a
failure.
A general complaint is made that many of the
early spring potatoes took a second growth, which,
of course, deteriorated the crop.
Both the corn and potato crop Is estimated from
present appearances, and it. Is possible that they
yet may be much benefited by supplies of rain, yet,
under no circumstances, can those not already
marked "average' , be brought up to near the
standard, especially the potato crop.
COUNTIES. E
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Public Entertainments.
AItaf•STREET THEATRE. -NO small degree of
talent fly required in a company which shall bril
liantly produce one of Shakspeare's.most brilliant
plays. The dramas which, during the past week,
have been presented at Mrs. Drew's theatre, belong
to that school In which wit corrascates and Sparkles
like the emanations of some dazzling gem, bat in
which truth and nature havebnt little share. "Much
Ado AboUt Nothing" was played last night, and in
this Shaksperian selection some of the finest wit and
some of the broadest humor of the world's dramatist
Were blended in that mirroring of nature which is
inevitable with him. For however forced or unreal
may seem the plot of the poet, the distinctness with
which he individualizes his characters reflects upon
it the naturaltess of life. With whatever strange
scenery or incidents they may be surrounded, they
.staid forth as vivid and life-like as stereoscopic
views. Yet, "Much Ado About Nothing" might
•be'read as much for the intellectual enjoyment of its
poignant wit as for the less refined pleasure of its
plot. Benedick and Beatrice, Hero and Claudio, Dog.
berry and Verges • furnish the sarcasm and the son-,
timent and the humor of the piece, whose happy
harmony of itself suggests that it was the pro-:.
duction of a mature mind, when: experience had
checked the inadvertencies of youth, and toned
down the rich but garish colors of unrestrained
fancy. The wit of Beatrice and that of Benedick are
like a splendidly scintillating diamond out into
halves, of which Benedick'S half is streaked here and
there with slightly tinctured veins that detract a
little from its lustre, and bespeak the muscular cha
racter of the man. All the sentences of Beatrice
are of transparent brilliancy. She uses the stiletto
of her wit, not to stab, but to prick and trifle with.
It is without malignity, and is ceaselessly employed
in the mere loie of frolic. Vanity has no share In
its display. She is witty, because she can no more
help it than the poet can help being poetical or the
dullard can help being dull. She is not merely
smart, and that conception is false which represents
her as a glibly.tongued virago. Whether she made
Benedick a good wife and whether he made her a
good husband are questions which admit of being
very 'shrewdly argued. A woman who can so spicily
use-her tongue in the wooed
_state will not be very
• likely to hold it In the wed. Even when the gene
rous temperament refuses to barb with malignity its
shafts of wit, it is no reason why those shafts should
not sting. Take Benedick, also--Benedick, the bache
lor. Hazlitt stigmatizes him as a woman-haters
though there is nothing in Benedick's general course
of conduct to justify this. When true passion first
fires him ho is transformed into the most 0,1)-
sequlous of lovers. Although the perverse wit of
Beatrice sorely tries him, he remains wondrously
patient and enduring., But this is all in the hey.
day of his love. Who shall say what the Benedick
and the Beatrice of the comedy became, when life .
ceased to be w ith them a comedy, and when each •
was called upon to comfort and sustain the other in
those rare trials of which mutual sustenance and
comfort are the sole and sweet alleviations? How
ever, the business of the players, who present the
play for the pleasure of audiences, is only with
the comedy, and not with the possibilities beyond
it, and Mrs. Drew's company as a whole performed
•
it very acceptably, indeed.
As Beatrice, Mrs. Drew acted with all the charming
impertinence, fire, and najolery which she so well
knows when and where to best employ. In this
class of character she has always excelled. Her
voice, which is deficient in the tragic requirements
of depth and passion, is admirably suited for those
light and ever -varying intonations which give so
fine and captivating a meaning to every sly, insinu- •
sung passage. All the expressions which comedy
requires, all the thousand little gestures and looks
she has at her absolute command, employing them
with a nicety which paints every color and shade of
the author's meaning Correctly. In the marriage
scene, where Hero is rejected by Claudio, and Bea
trice has but little to do but to remain quiet and to
look by turns sympathetic and defiant, Mrs. Drew
was as attentive to these requirements as to those
which marked her tournaments with Benedick,.never
relaxing for one instant in her consolations to Hera
or her indignant confrontment of Claudio. Miss
Annie Graham was a respectable Hero. 31r.
James Carden is not the very best Benedick in the ,
world. He seems a trifle too heavy and phleg
matic for that character. He should nom, indeed,
be light and frivolous, but he should be alert
and brisk. Benedick's witticisms are good matches
for those of Beatrice, and if he Is not as nimble and
sprightly as she, he need not be lagging and un
couth. In the few passages where fervent expression
was tube made, and inhischallenge to Claudio, Mr.
Carden was 'very good, his voice and his bearing
impressively sustaining the seriousness of his busi
ness. Mr. Robert Craig made a young-looking and
modest Claudio. 14Ir. Griffiths was positively amu.-
sing as Bayberry, and Mr. Stuart Robson, although he
had scarce anything to. say,, was superlatively so as
Verges. His make-up was a perfect disguise, and
the quiet manner in which he rendered the hopeless
ly stupid character was very funny throughout. The
play was handsomely placed upon the stage and
.passed off very smoothly.',At its conclusion Mrs.
Drew enjoyed the habitual honor of a call befere'
the curtain. -
In this connection we take pleasure In referrinps.to
the . b4autifill interior of the theatre, and 'tc. "thii
chasteness and good taste which mark all tbli deCo:
rations. .
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"The Rivals will be played to-algitt.witk .
Draw go Lydia Languish;
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WAralVT.Erairirr TELICA'rtm.--Mr. Edir,in Booth's
engagement at thil theatre has been ft higitly
cessfnl one. Indeed, it could hardly fall to be se,
the large audiences which assemble each evening
Mug attiaCteo by his able and intelligent perform.
anew. Last night, Mr. Booth enacted thcr part of
kick:lieu in an affective manner to a crowded,.
house, Mrs. Alexhus Fisher Baker appearing- are
Julie de Morfernar. The afterciece was "The' Muhl
With the Milking PaV," a and amusing co , -
medietta. The same bill will be• repeated Mitt
evening.
CHSSTIWT-EITRUT THEATRE. -• The* gorgeous
spectacle of ".Adaddin," which has had niche. 61114
Dant run, is now in its last week. Next Mondar
willbe the commencement of the fall and winter
-season, when the popular drama of "The Sea or
Ice "will be produced.
Trim NEVI Yorne OPERA-SEASON began last night
at the Acadeniy of Music with
. the performance of
"Faust," by the German Company under theme
nagement of Mr. Grover.
Polblicatians Received.
Frerif:W. B. Zieber, 106 South Third street (who.
has the honk on sale), "The National Banks - of - the
• United . States," published at the office of the
Bankers' Magazine, New York. This contain; in ,
fall, the National Bank Act of 1864, with an analysis
Of each section ; an alphabetical Index to snbjects
in the Act ; a list of 461 National Banks in opera.
• Lion, June, 1864; the names of Presidents and
Cashiers, with capital, and the Gold Act of Tune,
DIM It is also interleaved for memoranda.
From Dlr. Zieber we . &lad have the September
• number of the United States Service 'Magazine,
edited by ProfessorCoppde, and published by Chas.
It.Bichardson, New York. It contains biographies
of Generals W. T.. Sherman and Alexander Hays,
and, among other articiee, well-written papers on
the Militia, the Naval Hospital Establishment, and
the Invalids 7 -a French institution commenced by
Philip Aughstus, revived by Henri 111., favored•
by Henri IV., and extended by their successors, in-
eluding the Napoleon dynasty. The official
intelligence, which concludes each number,
is a valuable portion of - thts magazine. It am
braces the Army, Navy, Marines, and Volunteer
Navy, and will be found useful in coming time for
reference. We notice, under the• military section*
an amusing blunder of the authorities at Washing
ton. Under the head "To be Recommended for
Dismissal," official notice is given to a certain Cap
tain of the U. S. Infantry, reported for absence
-without leave. Having some doubt whether a man•
could be recommended for punishment and diagram,
we looked into Worcester's Dictionary, where "
commended" is set down as a participle of the verb
active "to recommend," which means "to commend
or praise to another; to declare worthy of esteem,
. trust, or favor;. to make or render acceptable ;to
commit with prayers; to commend." Therefore,
the notice-writer in the Adjutant General's office
blunders when he "recommends "—that is, when he
commends with praise to the President an officer to
'be punished with- disthissal, for absence without
leave. A man may be recommended for promotion.
reward, or honor, but surely not for degradation, dis
missal, or disgrace.
From Ashmead" & Evans, Chestnut street, three
new publications by G. W. Carleton, New York.
The first is "Centeola, and. other Tales," by the
author of "Green FLountain Boys." There are six
tales here, the first and longest - of which gives its
name to the volume, and is an ingenious story of the
early race who founded the Aztec Empire. Of the
shorter tales, the best are "The Starving. Settlers "
and "The Rustic Financiers."
The scene of " Victoire," a novel, shifts • front
Europe to America and back again. The- plot is
intricate, but not involved, and the author (a lady,
we suspect) sketches society in the- New and Old
World- with a free pen, which evidently owes its
facility to observation and experience.
Some weeks ago, we copied in full, from . the &he
meals, the first extended London review- of "The
Cruise of the Alabama and. the- Sumpter, frOas the
privnte journalsimd other.papers of Commander R.
Semmes, 0. S. N.; and ether officers."
. The work
has been repUblished at-New York, by Mr. Carleton,
and fully deserves-the bad: character the Athenceune
gave it as . a half-Confession, half-brag of aheartlesa
and impudent pirate and scoundrel. •The perusal
of this book, relating Semites' buccaneering adven
tures from the time he turned traitor, early in 1661,
to the defeat and deEtinction of the Alabama, will
undeceive all who fondly fancied that there was
even the shadow of chivalry in his thoughts or ac•
tions. A common housebreaker has. nobler feelings
than Semmes indicates as possessing. The book
deserves to be read, as showing what sot of a
champion "the sunny South's is proud of. His por
trait, given here, would properly - grace the next
edition of the Newgate Calendar as a suitable
frontispiece. It exhibits the features of a thorough
bully, who never fought of his own free will, but at
tacked feeble and defenceless foes, and showed "a
clean pair of heels" wherf threatened to be met and
matched by equal force. It is. singular that, in
this journal, Semmes never once mentions the
year. His- English editor is equally inexact as to
dates, for giving Mr. Laird's Speech in Parliament
on the Alabama, he merely says it was delivered
"on Friday night." The appendix, also, contain
the correspondence respecting the British seizure of
the Tuscaloosa, late the Conrad of Philadelphia,
in Simon's Bay, and her subsequent restoration
to Semmes. •-The letters of Mr. Graham, United
States consul at the Cape of Good ]lops, which had
very nearly caused the restoration of that vessel to
its owners here, show zeal tempered with discretion,
and a great deal of reasoning ability.
We have the new'number of the Philadelphia Pho
tographer. It contains the usual variety of practical
information about what is at once a science and an
.art, and ii_very charming landscape photograph by
Mz' John Moran. f r - -
From Septimus Winner, music-publisher, we have
two of his own patriotic songs, viz: " Our- Flag o'er
Georgia floats again," -with a rattling chorus,
which we cordially recommend. The other, "Oar
Nation calls for Peace again," is much inferior ;
the sentiment of the last chorus, ixpressed In the
lines
If gentle words cannot prevail,
It must be conquered by the sword,
rescues it from being characterized as having a
copper tinge. It is not actually essential, we be
lieve, that there should be reasoiras well as rhyme in
a song, but there ought to.be grammar. In the lines
Ye roatiepB of the sunny South,
How sad to see thy many graves,
And ob, ye silent rivers. now
How many lie beneath thy waves,,
there Is a six gular confusion of plurals and singu
lars—a breaking of Priscian's head which is almost
Sufficient to make the bones of Lindley. Murray
rattle in their coffin.
Lemon Poerrivn SALR of Boors, SROXB, BRO.
GARB, ARMY GOODS, TRAVELLING BAGS, &G.—The
early attention of purchasers is requested to the large
assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, travelling bags,
&0., &c., embracing samples of 1,100 packages of
firstolass seasonable goods, of city and Eastern
manufacture, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue,
on four months' credit, commencing this morning
at 10 o'clock, by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers,
Nos 232 and. 234 Market street.
LAMM; SALE TO-DAY—COAL LANDS, CITY Pao-
PEATY, STOOES, Pc..o.—See Thomas & Sons' adver
tisements and pamphlet catalogues.
Sale bn the premises, Germantown, Thursday.
SCIENCE AND ART.
Nuremberg promises a monument to Stone-
I wall Jackson. The way in which Nuremberg has
come to promise it Is rather curious. A young man
from Nuremberg, named Yolk, emigrated to Ame
rica as journeyman cooper. After arriving there
his early passion for art grew stronger; he made
sketches for illustrated papers, and gradually .be
came a, self-taught artist. The war Sound him at
Baltimore, whence he wandered South, and was en
gaged as tidraughtsman on the staff of one of the
Southern generals. Re made a bust; of Stonewall
Jackson from a mask which he took from the dead
face ; and when the monument was pat up to com
petition by the . Southern Government the young
German artist won the prize. But even then he
had to find means - for executing his work, and for
this' he ran a ship laden with cotton through the
blockade and brought it to Europe, where the sale
of cotton gave him the lands required. He is now
at work on the monument, which represents the
General on horseback, a fine Arabian steed from
Stuttgart serving as a model for the horse ; Jack
son's left hand holding the reins, his right resting
calmly on his hip, and his whole bearing character
ized by native boldness and energy.
Sir Roderick Murchison has been Informed
that a fall of manna has recently taken place in
Asia Minor. This mansals a lichen which is formed
in the steppes of the Knrghis, and is often carried
..in these Jails far to the west, across the Oaspian.f.
The grains, which are always perfectly detached,'.
'have ranch of the form of a raspberry or mulberry,
and are found frequently to be attached to a stony
support of granite, sandstone, and lime. Thie
manna is ground into flour, and baked into bread,
-and is khown among the Parks by the name . 01
kerdertboghdasi, which means wonder-corn, or grain.
The aggnosa,te area of the five chief _coal fields
of the Ame eau continent amounts, by careful esti
mates based on the latest surveys and the best geo
logical maps, to over 200,090 square miles ; a surface
greater by about twenty times than the sum of all
the coal fields of Europe, or, indeed, of the whole
Eastern world.
Gunpowder is proposed in England, to consist
of 48 parts of chlorate of-potash, 38 parts of ferro
cyanide of potassium, and 5 parts of sulphur. The
ingredients, after being first pulverized, are mixed
into.a.paate.with water; when dry, about ten parts
of caoutchoue are added, and the compound is com
plete.
LITERARY.
THE PLOT OF "ENOOH Aanay."—lt Is notaens.
rally known that Mr. Tennyson is indebted to Kr-
Thomas Woolner, the-sculptor, and the author of a
recently-published volume of pleasant poems for
the story and the plot of " Enoch Arden." Mr.
Woolner was a
guest at Farringford, the laureate's
home in the Isle of Wight, and told the story as
having, in the main,actually occurred. The poet
was struck with the simple yet startling narrative,
and determined to make it the groundwork of the
poem which has just appeared. The number of the
iirst edition has been variously stated, but we are,
enabled to give it correctly. It appears that seven
teen thousand copies were struck off" as the first int
pression,.and the whole of these were delivered to
the trade in two days. A second impression of tin
thousand copies was then_ struck oft.—London Re
view.
A Commis STO.F.T.—The Gazzeta di Venezla is
answerable for the following story : About a mile
from Cavarzere the Marquis Flails has some.land,
part of which he wanted to turn Into a rice field.
In order to get the necessary humidity for the soil
enclosed, a stream of water was secured from the
river..A.clige by means of a. cylindrical syphon forty
five metres long, with seven metres of asc.vosional,
elevation, and a diameter offorty centimetres.
It ,
worked well whenever required to do so,and such
was exactly the case on the sth of August, at atlent.
three o'clock in the afternoon. I report the time,
because I find it stated in the organ of.
Venice, which must have its Austria's reasons for
being so very particular. Well, while the azehed
water-carrier 'was thus on duty three -boys were
bathing in the river, when to one of them, 'Gio
vanni Boetio di. Angela, twelve years old, broad
shouldered, and of. Roman Catholic religion, was
seen to disappear suddenly, . His fellow.urchins
(who were not otherwise described, from their hein,g,
I guess, too knell for being Lacked, in brainier the
syphon or the Gazzeta) seeing him' gone, began to
ry and
the
moat pitifcXy, when who should re
appear on the bank but. Angelo himself, "singing
cheerfully," the syphon having given him up again
all right on the ricollehl !
IT is commonly said that Admiral Farrespie L 2
the first commander on record who, during ahatille,
stationed himself in - the masthead. This isa popu
lar error; and it b but simple Justice to itata.that
it is claimed for. General IldoClellan that, during
the battle of Malvern Bill, he occupied:a:similar
position on one'of the gunbilats:on the .latnes river.
[See testimony befote QOM/Otte° i4ll(JOrtdact QE
AID Ww^-1 •
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