r/CEASS, DAILY, (811IDAYS EXOSPTID;) If JOHN W. FORNEY, No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STBSZT. WE DAILY PRESS, A bsoribeis. is TEN Dor.taus PER ANNUM, to it TWENTY CENTS. PER WEEK, Payable to Mailed to Subscribers out of the city', AR PER ANNUM; POUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY SIX MONTHS; TWO DOLLARS AND TWENTY" fin THREE Norms, bvrariably in advamee ordered. disements Inserted at the usual rate& LE TRY-WEEKLY PRESS, 51 iribßre, livs. DOLLARS PER ANNUM, th EDUCATIONAL. iIIORFF'S MILITARY AGA , 'rill reopen on MONDAY, 19th that., at 4 ° JI.. at the CITY INSTITUTE, N. B. corner TH and CHESTNUT Streete, For Circalara °IT & BEOTHER,•TENTH and CHESTNUT to Maier G. ECKENDORFF, 1903 COATES eel& Et GE. GREEN SEMINARY:- 6ARY BOA,RDING SCHOOL, four miles froM Thorough course in Mathematics, Classics, Mantes, and English:Practical lessons, tki Civil A t.. Pupils received at- any time, and of all enjoy the'benefite . of a hime. - Refers to John k Son, 29 South Third street ,• Thos. J. Clayton, h and Primestreets, and others, Address Rev. .1, HERVEY BARTON, A. M., Village Green, Pennsylvania. BROOKS AND MRS. J. E. aL will Reopen their BOARDING AND DAY for Young Ladies, at 1218 WALNUT Street. 'BSDAY. the 14th of September. • an3l.lm* BADGER HAS REMOVED. TO 1633 SPRUCE Street, where she will resume of her Institute September 19. room has been fitted up for healthful exercise Kass. . xe obtained at her residence. !.11A.L IDT S,T TUT E, TENTH ' SPRING GARDEN . Streets, will reopen I. Boys prepared. for any Division of tits [Ammar Schools, for College, or for Buenos. tentiou given to small boys. _ • . R. G iIIoGIIIRE, A. M.. PrlncinaL VUE FEMALE INSTITUTE.- IBOARDING-SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Button, healthfully and boantifelly located , rthern limits of Attleboro, Session,ounty, a, will open Its Winter TENTH t, 1864. For detalle, obtain Circular, by ad- Ito Principals, Attleboro P. 0.. Bucks co., Pa. ISRAEL J. GRAHAMS, JANE P. ORAHAM ci E4 Prinpals. ", SICAL AND MATHEMATICAL (OOI' 1008 CHESTNUT Street. Number Of lulled. The dixteenth Seesion will commence )AT, Sept. 6. WM: FEWSMITH, Principal. E. T. BROWN'S AOADEXY OR YOUNG LADIES 1003 SPRING Street, to on RIONPAY,SEPTBER 6th. att27.luit, SAME MASSE AN D WLLE. ORIN'S ENGLISH and FRENCH SCHOOL for adios, at No. 31134-R1 SPRUCE Street, Philadel- I reopen on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th. my .LADELPHIA MILITARY IDOL,(Courtland Saunders' Institute, THIRTY- I and. MARKET Streets, ) reopens September 6th, ° Professor E. D. SAUNDERS, D. D. aurM-lia ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL 00l for Boys, No. '2 WEST PENN SQUARE. Du , rued Sept. G. J. DAVISON, Principal. auß2-Im* RY P. ROBESON WILL OPEN er School for Young Ladies at 161.3 FILBERT on the 12th of ninth Month (September). tocl ADEMY FOR BOYS, 142 NORTH ;zzas Street. Duties - resumed Monday, Sept.sth. -Irn T . BRANTLY LANGTON, Principal, UNG LADIES'`INSTITUTE L S. E. rner of AfARSHALL and SPRING GARDEN Ste. rearmed September 12th. iNOOII H. SUPPLER, Principal au.94l[ ING LADIES' SCHOOL AND AD. 'AKE& CLASSES FOR EMU STUDY, 903 'ON St. Formerly Prof. C. D. Cleveland's. Fall ;seas Sept. 15th PLINY E CRASS, Principal; Tones, A. V. linffnm, Associates. an2l-1m• CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH OHOOL of a D. GREGORY, A. M„ No 1108 ST Street, will re-open on MONDAY. Sept. 6th, an 23 SS ELIZA. W. SMITH'S SCHOOL FOE Y0U14(3 LADIES, 1210 SPRUCE Street, le reopened. on WEDNESDA.Y, Sept. 7tb. The embraces a thorough English education, with French, german. Music, Drawing, Paintingoke. BA CHM ANN , PROFESSOR OF 'MUSIC, and Organist of the Fifth Baptist Church, statue his lessons September lat. Resid once, 932. TO GARDEA Street. an23-Im* HANNAH MORE ACADEMY, VILISINGTON, Delaware. it Fall Seesion will commence MONDAY,SEPTEX- Krtb,lB64.For particulare, apply to the Principal'', CHARLOTTE and ISABELLA ORTHERAW, ' , lm SS HOOPES WILL REOPEN HER BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL for Young Ladiee, 109 LOCUST Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th mbar. an2l.lm ERMANTOWN FEMALE SEMI NARY, GREEN 'Street, south of Walnut lane, will en WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7th. tcalsrs, setting forth the Coarse of Distraction, &o, , Sc., may be obtained at the Seminary Prof, WALTSB , S, PORTESODE, A. M., Principal. ;HOOL AND KINDERGARTEN AT Math and Swing Garden will be REOPENED 9zuber 12th, at 1.91.4 MOUNT VERNON Street., GERTRUDE W. FULTON. HARRIET B. DARLINGTON. NAST E. SPEAKMAN.. OODLAND SEMINARY „ 9 WOOD LAND TERRACE, WEST PHILA_DELPHIA.— DENBY _BEEVES, A. M., Principal, (late of the ibersbnrg Seminary.) Session opens September A Day and Boarding School for Young Ladies. irtenced Teachers; instruction solid, choice, and ough. Oircalars sent on application. attl6-tf iE MISSES CASEY & MRS. BEEBE'S ENGLISH and 'FRENCH BOARDING and DAY OOL, No. 110 WALNUT Street, will RE-OPEN WEDNESDAY, the 14th of September, an4.2m HILADELPHIA COLLEGIA.TE STITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIES, No. 1530 ARCH Set. Rey. CHAS, A. SMITH, D. D., E CLARENCE ITH, A. M., Principals, luth Year. Three Departments: Primary, Acade and Collegiate. Full college course in Classics, iematics, higher English, and Natural Science, for e.vzko graduate. Modern Languages, Alusic,Paint and Elocution by the best masters. For circulars, •ly at No, 1530 ARCH Street, or address Box 2611 0., Philadelphia. e next session will commence on MONDAY, Sen. Ler 19th, ap29-6m. IF, ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL, N. W. corner CHESTNUT and 'ELFTH Streets, will reopen on MONDAY, Septout— Oth. lumber of pupils limited to forty. 'rice of tuition same as last year. %or references and particulars see Circulars, which ty be had at Mr. Hasaard's Drug Store or at die School . 'ems, where the Frincipad, (successor to Charles Short, M. I may be teen every morning between 10 and 11 :lock. A. B. SHEARER, u24-Ira No. 1301 ARCH Street. :ISS C. A. BURGIN'S SCHOOL FOR a- YOUNG LADIES, No. 1037 WALNUT Street, 1 REOPEN on THURSDAY, Sept. 15th. se7•lm> R. THUNDIR, 230 SOUTH FOURTH -a- Street, has resumed his Professional Practice. t home from 2 till 4 o'clock daily. ses.lm .EO. W. PETTIT WILL RE-OPEN -A Ms Etndio for the receptteht of Pupils in the arts of lII,AWINO and PAINTING, at No, 100 North TENTH treet,' on the I.6th of Septa 133 ber. an26.lm° ASSICAL INSTITUTE, DEAN Street, below LOCUST Donee reetmed SHP. 5 EMBER . J. w. FAIRSS,D. D., ita2s-2m* EDUCATION: -- SCHOOL FOR PRI -A vate instruction, N. W. corner TENTH and ARCH creeds, reopens Sept. 12. R. STEWART, 'seS-12t* Principal. ARK. SBU R G SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES, PARKSBURG, CHESTER CO., institrithm will be open for the reception of lay and Boarding Pupils on Sept. 19. Terms, $lOO per ession of Ilse months, including Boarding and Tuition. 'or Circulars address• the tinders's ned. ANNIE M JOHNSTONE, ANNIts KBLLY, Principals, se7-wsBt* PARKSBURG, PA. 1 L. CARPENTER'S • DANCING ACADEMY, 635 ARCH Street. daily and awning, for the reception of Scholars Il the latest Gallup*, is for Carman Cotillion Valtres, Quadrille*, &c., tAnglet properly for private Society, se2o-121. , ` OADEMY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LOCUST and JUNIPER • treets. The Autumnal Session will open on MONDAY, Sep !ember 6. Applications for admission map be made, at the Academy building on and after Monday, August between 10 and IS o 'does A. M. • JAMES W. ROBINS, A M , aul6-mwfbß Head Meeter. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COL LEOE OF PENNSYLV &NIA, PHIL ADELPHIA. - SOPSIOII of 1864.6 begins OCT° BER FACULI Boring, 0., practice; Ad. Lippe, .1.D., matmed ..H. N. Guernsey, obet. ; C. 0. Itane. M D diagnostics:. G R Starkey, 61.1).., ant g. . WHEIDII, M.D., anat. ; Beermann, Trot. Stephen*, chemietrY. Address C HERRMAN, M.D., Dean, sel•fniwlSt 1105 FILBERT Street. M E. WILKINSON'S SCHOOL ..&.‘ -IL FOR LITTLE GIRLS, 118 North ELEVENTH St. Thorough initruction to Freuuli, Music, and,Drawing. ftlx pupils can be received as boars ers. sel9-6t• THE REGULAR ECLECTIC MEDI CAL COLLEGE, incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, has a regular College edifice, and owns a College property to the amount of upwards of sixty thousand dollars. It bolde a regular MEDICAL and !SURGICAL CLINIC every WEDNESDAY, from 3 to 5 Y, M. where all who deAre are treated, and receive medicines free of charge. The FACULTY is composed of the w o wing eminent Physicians and Trofeesors MCCLINTOCK, PAINE. GA.UNTT. DAL. SON, LIVEZET,THOMAS , DOUCET, OLosauE, :OERS, and &AYRES The Collegiate Session cora- Xnence - October 6. .Auittoroy, Sargery, and all branches medicineof are taught, as In other regular Medical Col leges.lt charges fe ll lees, and is in u 0 way connected trith any pretended free humbug. The College edifice la located on NINTH Street, be low Locust. For Fees. Sre .• apply to J S FI6HER, Esq President, SIXTH and COtdMERCE Stree's: CAL:VER. Reg . Secretary, GI North SECOND Street; or the Dean, W.. PAINS, M. D., 931 ARCH Street, . sell 61. FRIENDS' ACADEMY :.FOR BOYS, rear of 41 _North EL SVANTH Street, reopens on the 60.1 1 net. 4615 per term of 22 weeks. All deuemins.- @ions admitted. [6112 1m) W. WHITALL. rwM. B. COOLEY, A. M., WILL 1, OPEN MK CISAMCFLI atildEnglish SCHOOL, at 1112 MARKET Street, op Pro September. auh/l-lm' 0M A BM. UMW B ENGLISH blathemittical and 431e4sical School for Boil, N tomer of BROAD hod /MO Streete, will reopen OP. TEDIBER 6th. an:17.1m." n.LENW OOD ACADEMY, DELA WARE WATER GAP, MONROE CO., PA The fall session of the Above institation will com mence on the 12th of the 91h -mouth (September). For Dartictilars apply to SA liLin ALSOP, Principal, iy.93.2m Delay are Water Gap, Monroe no., Pa. I I I I HE CLAt , tICAL AND ENGLISH SCHOOL f the subscriber, S. H. corner of TEM trBENTR and LOCltts.2. litreers, will reopen as MON DAY, September nth. applications can now be made rrom 9 A. M, to 2 P. K. B. KENDALL, A. X. att27.lm* 1/OEIOISI LVciNIA MILITARY ACA DENY AT WEST CHESTER.—Tbe duties of this Institution wilt be rbstitupd ou THURSDAY, September Ant, at 4 o'clock P JW For ch - calars apply to JAHE6 33. ORNE, lan., No. 026 CHESTNUT StreAt, or to Colonel THEO HYATT, President P. If. A. issl2-lm grHEGARA.YiIIi -- STITUTE.ENGLISH ' l / 4 - 1 AND FRENCH BOARDINO AND DAY fiCSOOL WOE YOUNG LA DIES- (162: and 1529 SPRUCE St., WhiladelPhiereopenwill reopen 011 TUESDAY, September 20th. Letter, to the above address will receive prompt attention. Persona/ arolloation can be made after do lma 20, mot to idADAME D'HERVILLY, anl7-Sm Principal: CHESTNUT-BTREET FEMALE SEMI NAM. —lllss Bonney and Mies Dillaye will re open their Boarding and Day School at No. 1615 1 01 1 136TBDT Street, WEDNESDAY. September 14th. Particulars from circulars. aulS•tocl CBARLES MIDDLETON, WILLOW STREETS, SECOND AND WILLOW STREETS, Fg3t9t, L:O4PLV.:O4,ZILLADV;EEf4t4I VOL. 8.-NO. RETAIL DRY GOODS. BLADTK-E. , rsz: HOUSEKEEPERS, TAKE NOTICE, J. C. STRAWBRIDGE & (FORMERLY COWFERTRWAIT Sc C 0..) N. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET STS., •re now .offering the largest stock of Blankets to be found to We city, at moderate prices: - BERTH BLANKETS, CRH3 BLANKETS, CRADLE BLANKETS, BED. BLANKETS, all sizes. To dealers, we offer the best assortment of all the leading makes. BUY EARLY AND SAVE TUE ADVANCE. an2s-mwftf L INEN AND MUSE-FURNISHING GOODS. The subscribers have now on band the MOST EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF , LINENS AND HOIJSII=FIJENISIIR9 1111! GOODS To be found in the city. These goods baying been bought for ettEla, under van . ' favorable circumstances, will be sold AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRICE, In many cases less than they can be bought at wholesale Their stock comprises a full line of Barnsley (linen) Shootings,9. 4, 10-4, II- 4, 12.4. French .." a superior article.. Extra heavy . Cotton Shootings, 9-4. 10.4, 11-4, 12.4. Pillow and 'Bolster Linens, various :widths. Table Damasks and Diapers. - - Table. Cloths from .2 to 6 yards long. 5-S. 3.4, 7.8, and 4 4 Table Napkins. White Linen Doylies, and colored Fruit Doylies. Towels and Towelings of all descriptions. Marseilles Quilts, Counterpanes, and Blankets. Table and Piano Covers dm SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGSS, at AItRISON. Importers and dealers in Furnishing and Staple Dry Goods, sel6.finwt ARMY, NAVY, AND CIVIL CY.oT , kI 1 - 1 E 0 Sn. W. T. SNODGRASS, S 4 S. SECOND Street and 33 STRAWBERRY Street. - A LARGE STOOK OF AIX %INDS OF CLOTHS, CASHMERES, VESTLIGS, &c., At fair prices, purchs.sed before the rise, independent of gold gamblers, by the package, piece, or yard. Our motto is to sell. We don't peddle. Come and see ottr stock. The Army and Navy trade has our special at tention. ser-lm LUPIN'S FRENCH MERINOES AT $2. All-wool French Poplins at $1.57%. Flue English Merinoes at $1.76. I%eddo s w do ide do do do $2. 50. Plain and Plaid Dress Goods at S 7 ;c to 62*. JOHN H. STORES, 702 ARCH Street. STEEL & SON HAVE NOW H open a large and choice &assortment of FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS. Plain Merinoes, $1.25 to $6, Plain Poplins, Plaid Merinoes and Poplins, Plain and Plaid Silk Poplins, Plain and Figured Mohair Poplins, and a great variety of new and choice Dress Goode, all at prices far below THE PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION. SILHS—Of all kinds, a great variety, from 76 cents to s3per yard, below ' • THE IMPORTER'S PRICES. SHAWLS—A. large assortment, at a small advance over last season's prices. seu.tf Noe. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street. FLACK BROADCLOTHS. Black Beavers and Tricots. Cloakings and Overcoatings. Waterproofs by the'yard or Piece. Fine Black Cassimeres. Fancy Cassimeres, large stock. Boys Cassimeres of standard styles. WIDE SUEETINGS. Bleached and Brown Skirtings. • Blankets, good Flannels. Pickings, Linens, etc. Tailors' Linings of every kind. Goode by the piece at wholesale rates. COOPER & CONAIRD, 6. E. corner NINTH and MARKT. A LARGE STOCK OF BILKS ON 4-IL HAND. for eels below the present cost of linpor. Rich Noire Antiques. Colored and Black Corded Silks. Colored and Black Ponit de Soles. Armures and Gros amines. Superior Duality Plain Silks. - ' Colored and Black Ottoman Silks. Colored and Black Figured Silks. Heavy Black Taffetas. Superior Black Silks. Black Silks of all kinds. EDWIN HALL & CO., 26 South SECOND Street, MI . kritlioiziligml3,o433l,ll EMBROIDERIES, LACES, WHITE GOODS, N - EIL,s, E. N. NEEDLES. 0 (ikt ILO : Pizitglikezinit4334 62,8H00P EKIRTS. 628 • The most complete assortment of . Ladies', Misses', and Children's HOQ? SKIRTS in the city are manufactured and sold, wholesale and retail, at No. 625 ARCH Street. Oar stock embraces all the new and desirable styles, lengths, and sizes; for knish and durability are especially adapted to first class trade. Skirts made to order, altered, and re paired. Also, constantly in receipt of fall lines of cheap Eastern-made Skirts. seB.lm* WM. T. HOPKINS. WALL PAPERS. ~xz~..a~Ez:~~~%A .. .~.,. WALL PAPERS. HOWELL & BOURKE, N. E. CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS. PAPER HANGING-Sp WINDOW CURTAIN TAPERS, LINEN SHADES AND HOLLANDS, SOLID GREEN AND BUFF, CHOCOLATE GROUNDS, FIGURED, AND PLAIN SHADES, To which we invite the attention of GENTS 2 FUDNISHIN , 3k GOODS. 8 26 ARCH EiTRRET. 825 IL VA DI 0 V HOFFMAN, FIRST fICEMIIIII SHIRT LAID WRAPPER MAIRTFACTORY, AND 031,1TIZNEN'S FURNISHING EMPORILTM, XBROTED•111031 606 klieg STRUT TO TEX NEW STOBS, 325 ARCH STREET. S 5 100.11mwem THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT, WARRANTED TO PIT AND GIVE SATISFACTION. tiOliN C. AIMISON, Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH. STREET, juiIiUFALTURER AND DEALER IN GENTLENSN'S FINJ FURNISHING GOODS CONSTANTLY ON HARD, LINEN. MUSLIN, and FLANNEL SHIRTS,a nd DRAWERS. COLLARS, STOCKS, TRAVSLLIiii3 SHIRTS, TIES, WRAPPERS, Am., Am, OF HIS OWN IittiNUFAC/DIVZ ALSO, HOSIERY. GLOVES. SCARFS, SUSPENDERS, HANDKERCHIEFS. SHOULDER BRACES. &s., &c Fold at reasonable prices GENUINE EQUAL IF NOT SUPERIOR TO LEHIGIC —A trial Win SWIM yottr custom. Egg 8121tove sizes, $l2. 50 per fon; Large lint, $ll. O. Office. Sontfi FOURTH St., Chertnut. Depot. 1410 CALLOWEILL St., boW Broad. Ceel4-6nil ELLIS BRANSON. • C! 0 A L`. - SUGAR LOAF,.BEAVER [MEADOW, and Spring Mountain Lehigh Coal, and best Locust Mountain, from Schuylkill; prepared ex- Pressly for Family use. Depot, N. W. corner EIGHTH and 'W ILLOW Ste. Office. No. 112 South SECOND St. aps-tf J. WALTON Sr CO. IYUItE L E I EI-H COAL.-HOUSE- S. E Url V e P-4Tfl3Fcßathill -7;u2 f , ejlieg A liv l it r r: e t s r . ticle at the Etunlin* JOHN W. EfAMPTON. CARD AIM FANCY jOB PRINTING: v. =IMAM #ll9wws.. m Toms WI iTS <ln -y .. ... _. ....,„ . .--,.. . . - - • . '- -, _ ....,- R . ?:t ,. !:• , ..' . 1 - E t e.,_ .., ,-.•- -.-..*.,... e_....-. ' -- - -- ',,e \ :. _ -• • -%. N A 'tt II ; ;If/ • till . 5 .- , ... ... ::„...- . . - „,A ---.. 1 / 4 \ k i ,r; . .......- ;•• LI"- , 4, 4.: .. .„, , , / . , ~.., - - •4 . Att,.. • - .' 100, r . ay."! 77. , .., _.. - ~ k , - _----,l'- . ~. ' ll:i r os h i......\ 44-141' ,, f ilt . 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' • - .._ -., 7^...--- - V.--..... -...! .. .A 111331113 Z, - , --.-- . • 7-' .. " . /-171 - ? - -.,,,--.- • .c.A.... - -, - 7-111 1;.,. , ' - *7.." - - I . ....,.._ . - - . • . ~ ,- .................... - • - . . , .. . . . . .... . . . , . Manufacturers or sel2 -taws 2m STOREKEEPERS NAM DY COAL. CURTAIN GOODS. I . VA. WAIARAVEN, MASONIC HALL, No. 719 CRESTNTirT STREET, Has now open his CURTAIN MATERIALS; Consisting of FRENCH SATINS, RICH BROCATELLES, COTLLINE, in colon, TERRY, Plain and Bordered,: ALL•WOOL AND ;UNION REPS, FRENCH SATIN DE LAINES, ENGLISH AND ()BREAK DAMASKS, FRENCH FEINTED LASTING, CORNICES AND BANDS, And every description of Cartain Material WINDOW SHADES, In the newest designs and colors LACE CURTAINS, dt one-third less than the present cost of importation. SEWING MACHINES. FLORENCE THE 'FLORENCE THE FLORENCE THE FLORENCE THE FLORENCE • THE FLORENCE THE FLORENCE - THE FLORENCE SEWING MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES, • - . SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES; SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES, 680 CHESTNUT STREET. 630 CHESTNUT STREET. 630 CHESTNUT STREET. 630 CHESTNUT STREET. 633 CHESTNUT STREET. 630 'CHESTNUT STREET. 630 CHESTNUT STREET, 630 CHESTNUT STREET. SILK •& DRY GOODS' JOBBERS. FALL,I S TOCK FALL, 1564; NOW IN STORE, 15434-. _ - IMOD YARD •it . Nos. 611 Chestnut and 814 Japne•Steeets, • IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS -OF . . SILKS AND FANCY DRY' GOODS, SHAWLS, LINENS,'': A.DTD WHITE 'GOODS; — : A LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK OF, DRESS GOODS. FULL LINE or FOREIGN AND • DOMESTIC . BALM - ORALS, INCLUDING .BRUNER'S AND OTHER MAKES; „ an.2o-8m - • COMMISSION HOUSES. HAZARD 65 HUTOB INSON, No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Liyl.6m] PHILADELPHIA• MADE GOODS CLOTHING. EDWARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, rxiAixf.oits, 612 CHESTNUT STREET, Have received their FALL STILES, and a large stock of FAIL and WINTER GOODS, including choice AMERICAN GOODS, all bought before the rise in prices, which they will make up in the beet styles at moderate prices. TERMS--NET CASE STATIONERY at, BLANK DOORS. ~IL; MINING, COAL, AND OTHER NEW COMPANIES. We are prepared to furnish New Corporations with all the Books they require. at short notice and low prices, of first quality. All styles of Binding. STEEL PLATE CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, LITHOOBAPIIED TRANSFER BOOK, ORDERS OF TRANSFER, STOCK LEDGER, STOCK LEDGER BALANCES, REGISTER OF. CAPITAL STOCK, - BROKER'S PETTY LEDGER, ACCOUNT OF SALES, DIVIDEND BOOK. MOSS et CO.; BLANK B OOK MA.WIT.ACTURERS.AND STATIC:NEES, U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE. UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVE. NUE. --First Collection District of Pennsylvania. 'comprising the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Wards of the City of Philadelpha. NOTICE. The•minual assessment -for 1864 for the above-named district, of persona liable to a tax on. Garriages, Plea sure Yachts,Billiard Tables, and Gold and Silver Plate, and also of persons required to take out Licenses, hay ing been completed. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the taxes aforesaid will be received, daily by the undersigned, between the hours of 9 A. M, and 3 P. M., Sundays excepted, at his Office, No. 301 CHESTNUT. Street, second floor, on and alter THURSDAY, Sept, let, And until and including Satarday, Sept, 24th, next ensuing. PENALTIES. All persons who fail to pZr their annual taxes upon carriages, billiard tables, pleasure yachts, and gold anii silver plate, on or before the 24th day of September, 1E64, will incur a penalty of ten per centum additional of the amount thereof, and be liable to costs, as pro.. vided for in the 19th section of the Excise. Laws of let .of All persons who in like manner shall fail to take out their Licenses, as required by law, on or before the 24th day, of Septeinber, 1864, will incur a penalty of ten per centum additional of the amount thereof, and be sub ject to a prosecution-for three times the amount of said tax, in accordance with the provision of the 69th sec tion of the law aforesaid. - - All payments are required to be made, in treasury notes, under authority of the United States, or in notes of banks organized under the act to provide a National. Currency, known as National Banks. No farther notice will be given. JEBPBR HARDING; Collector, set-ts 24 No. 304 CHESTNUT Street. NORTH , CLEAR - CREEK MINING COMPANY, OILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO TERRITORY Hoar. JOHN A. DIX, Hos. EDWARDS PIERREPONT. JOSEPH FRANCIS, ESQ. , T. B. BUNTING, Esq... A. 0. BODFISH, EsQ., Color Ado. The property of this Company consists. of 2,232 X fee on the "GROUND 110 a." 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We discourse of the imaginative beings that people the world of Shakspeare's creation in the same terms which we use in' criticising the flesh-and-blood . men and women whom \ve encounter in life. It is not we who invest them with the idea of reality ; it is they who inveSt us with the idea of their reality. Shakspeare is as much the creator of his own cha racters as a man dependent himself for creation upon God can be. He thinks, and the subject of his thought lives and moves and has a being. -Whether It has humanity or not, it is bristling with life. Simile has been well-nigh exhausted in the endeavor to convey vivid impressions of what Shakspeare has done.. If we view him as the mere versifier, who haft ever knitted Words together in so compact a mesh!! The web and woof of his lines are strength and sweet ness. Like the mellow and exquisitely attuned chords of somevare instrument, they melt and sub. side into each other, whilst the subtile melody of sense adds a finer flavor to the mere music of laze gunge. As a poet, who ever swayed sceptre with so supreme a power over a realm so largely fashioned? What poet ever filled the crystal flagons-of his brain with such liquid sparks of wit, such dew- . . drops of tender ;thought,, Such - rainbow bubbles of sprightly fancy? What poet over trod ,so se tittrely in the domain of, the sublime, comprehend trig:liitnitively the great and the good in Nature, safitilittng, as Moses talked, with God face to face. And .then, as the. creator. Setting aside • Shaks peer*, yvho, is the writsr, that has ever completely identified himself with every is d I vi dual of the grand , fanfilf. of, human natta:o i . casting aside: his-own ident4y.ai a garineit t done with.forthe time, and wearing • the p ersobalii* - of another '1 And yet, in Tact l . Shakspeare his 'done this, and we speak of his sconceptions as creations. They have a reality .to IA which the conceptions of no other.writer have. ShaliSpeare's works, taken as a whole, individualize the humeri race. A character with him is often the flideX to a Glass. As the characters are' ever vari one; so must our contemplation of them be varied. There has always been a, mysterious charin in the character of Hamlet. His intellectuality, his fine and sweet disposition, his devoutness and purity of mind, the speculative tendency of his yearnings alter the eternal and Infinite, the horror of• the events .which encompats him, and the accidents which occur in the mode by which, through his own will and that of Providence, he demonstrates the problem of his existence, are so many tendrils from the vine of sympathy which'elings around the vary ing emotions of the reader. • Among the first words which Hamlet employs are those which are calculated to make the fittest im pression with regard to himself : "'Tie not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor cnstemary snits of solemn black, .Nor windy suspiration of forced breath; No. nor the fruitful river in the eye. • • •Nor the dejected 'haviour of the visage. • Together with the modes, forms, shows of grief, That can denote me truly. These, indeed, seem, For they are actions that a man might, play: -set I have that within which-passeth show; These but the - trappings and the suits of woe. In any lengthy notice of a Shakspearean play the reader is the first to perceive that the trouble is to get rid Of Shakspeare and' to , applaud the actor. For, generally, the author is so perfect, and the ac tor so futile. The author puts together words which unite as harmoniously as the wings of a bird, and which quiver in lines of beauty to convey his thoughts. The actor too often misconstrues oils to tally insensible to the moaning of the - author. But in the delineator of Shakspoare it is absolutely es sential that the conception of the actor should bear some proportion to that of the author. A. character from Shakspeare, confided to joncompetent hands, Is as inCongruous as the Koh•i-noor would be used as a nose.jewel by a South Sea Islander. During a s iargapart of his engagement Mr. Booth has been playing . Hamlet, and with very - marked effect. The appearance of fir. Booth prejudices the most critical in favor of his impersonation. He looks the character, and is prepossessed of the ad vantage of requiring little or no " makaup." His regular features aro refined with an , intellectuality which is rare, indeed, among men. His taste and judgment seldom allow his passion to rtmriot. His chief misfortune, as an actor, is that his voice• from time to time appears husky and strained. Hut he has given evidences of a genius which .would. be long remembered, even were- he, ottiied upon -to quit the stage, now tha:i just beyond ,his, first youth. Above- all - hla trajal Of Hamlet. irould, "Arhali," st recollected. We need an actor whose pertrayal of Hamlet bears some proportion to the mode in, which that character should he portrayed.' We have needed • some actor *hose youth, whose genius, whose- de votion to his profesilon should act together in the production of the breathing picture; and we have all these in Mr. Booth; Not by any means that he Is the very best Shaksperear. , de lineator, but that he comes very near indeed to the convictions 'of the multitude in favor of Hamlet. Even the uneducated classesovtio, residing in a vast city, have become used to the instructions of the stage, hive an intuitive feeling of what is fitting and what is incongruous in the delineator of such a character as Hamlet. Their homely criti cisms are sometimes diamonds in the rough, and a • gallery-god now and then, though he be the first to applaud the melodrama, has an"unexplainable con viction of the disgusting temerity of weak histrio nic hands attempting Shakspeare. An able commentator on Sbakspearc has said, "We are apt to estimats one's force of will accord ing to what they do ; but we- ought often te esti mate it according to what they do not do." This remark is strikingly thus in regard to Hamlet; His vacillation and eccentricities have no weakness about them. They arise inevitably from the beauti ful strength—the glorious harmony of his original na ture. He is not only' an intellectual man ;he is not only beautifully dispel:intoned, and environed with the poet's fine sympathies, but he is essen tially religious. His are the thoughts which wander through eternity. His intellectuali ty and his religion lend a refinement and altitude to each other throughout the whole progress of the play. His moral uprightness 'clothes all his con templations as with a, sanctified garment. He is a puraminded man—one of those anomalies which angels_ might delight to converse with, and which, secluded as the violet, diffuse the perfume of their- Influence but once in a ceatury. Originally his in tellectual and his moral nature are• as har- Monious as the rainbow, all their impulses blend ing Inseparably. The character of Hamlet is the play of " Hamlet ;" for, although the play is full of plot, and Hamisi is full of inaction, yet" It is he in Whom centres the entire interest. The pre sence of Ophelia is felt, although we see so little of her, just as through the starlight the presence of the rose, by its perfume, is perceived, whilst the flower, unseen, is blooming in the garden, or as a strain of music, "mournful and pleasant to the Soul," breathes through the labyrinths of sad imagination. The character of Gertrude, with the one virtue of love for Hamlet and Ophelia mixed in her perverted nature, with that -strange consistency which only Shakspeare can em ploy, invites abhorrence just tinctured:with pity.. Whilst we repel hor, we feel almost sorry for her. Polonius is a superannuated courtier, .who in his: worldly wisdom is wiser in his generation than the „children of light. The King is one of those moral monsters whose introduction even into the faithful tragedies of Shakspeare we could not excuse, did WO not meet with them sometimes in the every day world In which we find ourselves. And Shakspeare has not 'depicted him without a touch of that temorse which identifies him with hill:paw-nature. It is unjust that the ; scene in act third Which represents the King as giving way to remtrse should usually be omitted on the stage. What, professionally speaking, is "a fine point," might be made here. It is an entire mistake to omit it. True, the sentiments to whioh Hamlet there gives expression are unnaturally cruel. But in our opinion, he who has studied the character. of Han ief will believe that these are not his _real sea* timents, but the morbid reasons with which he seeks at once to satisfy his final piety and the mightier power of the conscience which Gcd has given him, for not killing the king. In deed; in every word that Hamlet utters, so much 9 himself is to beseen that no observer can thoroughly comprehend the play, according to the acting edi tion, without having studied the unmutilated work. So profound and permanent is the impression left by tke sole character of Hamlet, that the words in which Ophe/fa speaks to him live In our hearts as the only fit echoes in praise of his grand, sweet nature. Our personal opinion in regard to his sanity—a question which has been so mooted and is so undetermined—would, of course, pass for no less and no more than what it Is worth. Writers upon Shakspeare speak necessarily of Hamlet as though he were a real personA creation of God, and not a creation of Shakspeare. Bat in all their dissections of the character they have been foiled by the supernatural circumstances which ' surrontded him. Shakspea.re not only individualized classeS of people in the natural world, bat he pene trated the unknown. He walked self possessed, and on those easy terms which the courtesy of his genius secured, in these realms which the Intel. Devisee of the present day Is explaining or mystifying - itself about under the name of spiritu alism, and he told us how human beings and beings who have entered the eternal world would hold con verse with each other if they could. But we cannot, go as far as the poet, and we cannotalthgether con prehend Hamlet. Else, why should there be, even at the present day, so much controversy about him Do we thoroughly understand one another/ Will the complexity of human motives admit of it I This poet, of whose self we know so little, but of the selves whom he has created • all time must feel the Influence, has furnished - us in Hamlet . a self of whose realty Nye are Intensely conscious, but whose whole compOsitton we can no more aft . and determine than we can that of our brothers and sisters in the flesh. But this we find in reviewing the cfaracter—that, whilst filial duty seems point toward the assassination of hii uncle, - his con science equally determines Dim against it. Thus, - whilst he seems weak ho is really strong. He lias an intense motive to commit what his conscience CannOt but tall a atm. lie i onvelore4l with fA moral rectitude which infinitely exalts him; •he is stronger in what he does not do than in what he does. We do not think we praise Mr. Booth too highly when we admit his nearness to what we conceive as proportionate In a delineation of hamlet His con. ceptfon is so ,just throughout that it is a misfortune for his reputation that he does not always play it as he has proved he can. In the first encounter with the Ghost and in his interview With the guce'ii, his mother, he is particularly fine ; anguish, re• worse, love, abhorrence, disgust, suspicion, de spair, being :plendldly portrayed in his working features and varied attitudes. Re is , not, however, altogether free from unpleasant mannerisms. His 1, Oh. ings and- Ala. hags," and convulsive starts, and rollings of eyes, are too frequent and= affected. :Still, in this one character, he is so superior to the majority of fiedgelir g tragedians, and his acting Is so full of that indescribable charm which evinces a rare apprecia tion of the Poet , S_ meaning, that - one is .Willing to forget those spots in the sun. ; In other plays Mr. Booth has awakened an interest which has shown itself vociferously in the - vulgar demonstrations of mere . applause, the clapping .of , hands,- and the stamping - of heels, which any 'Mountebank can command. But in none has ho evoked so refined an appreciation as in his excellent embodiment of Hamlet. I `.ln the faMilY t eirele it fer pleasant to compare merit with merit; to elevate the delinquencies of 'the, great and of the small actor; to dwell with gentle sarcasm - Amon faults which might be reme died and peccadillo - el which might have been pre vented; but it is unpleasant to institute a formida ble comparison Vetween actors holding different positions in the histrionic world, even when it seems to be ,invited. Mr. Adams, who some years ago was` known as a clever . and ver satile member =of, - the stock company of the Wainut-street Tlteatre, - has lately:been attempting a line of art for which he has not yet given the most indisputable prdefs that heVas horn. He is a quick and an indefatigable young actor, and what some of his friends admire most in him is the energy Witli which he attacks all characters, .though 'thereby challenging attack upon himself. We recollect very well how excellently he sustained his repu tation as a most reliable and, efficient stock actor at the • Veld Walnut. His youth, and his energy, and his • talent made him a great favorite. This is a reason why he should con 4inne in the career he has hitherto successfully put. sned, and why his ambition should feel in a great degree gratified.. He is entirely wrong, however, in choosing Hamlet for his debut, especially when an artist like Edwin Booth has been so pre-eminently successful in that character. Indeed, it le most un fortunate for Mi. Adams, because it presents him in an unfavorable light to those who would be glad to see him always effective. Perhaps in no' scene in the en tire play is his incapacity so striking as in that of - the first act, wherein he holds communion with the spirit of his father. Here Mr. Adams is apathetic and almost lifeless. No doubt he acts as well as he possibly can, according to his want of conception of the part. lie.does absolutely nothing, however, but stare in a vacant mood., This scene Mr. Booth ren ders of intense interest. It is indeed one of the great features Of his characterization., Apart from the peculiar phySiCal fitness whichiniques tionab ly adapts Mr. Booth for the impersonation of Hamlet, his attitudes, his gestures, his general bearing, his finely modulated inflections, his excellent emphasis, are luxurious necessities to an appreciative audi ence. .Throughout the play Mr. Booth maintains himself as the prince, the gentleman, the scholar, the courtier. This Mr. Adams does not do. Ho 'has not the necessary ease and grace. Above all, he is without an : .intellectual appreciation of Hamlet. His deliver y , of all Hamlet's soliloquies shows this. ':ln the "To be -or not to be, that Is the question," and in the "Oh! that this too solid flesh !curd melt," it requires absolUtely an indefinite stretch oi imagination to.believe in Mr. Adams as a prototype of Hamlet. He gives us a light-brown haired, curly.headed Hamlet, who can declaim well, who pronounces his . words distinctly, and who goes through several scenes with a considerable show of emotion. He pleases by his apparent youth and good looks, and evident wish to please; People do not see Edwin Adams as Hamlet, however, but they see Hamlet as Edwin Adards.. - And yet . the performance of Mr. Adams Is not to be : wholly descried. It is very.respectable. It may be called fair: Because he is not superlatively good, it need not be said that bad Is 'his best. Amongst the impartial habitues and established critics which sp r inkle every am lenee in a large city he has pro-. 'yoked strict and measured criticisms, which have been all the more measured and strict because the very character which he has selected for a first appemance is, so greatly beyond the ability of most of Our rising actors.- In' the play of " The Lady of Lyons," andin that of i: The Heretic," he is vastly good. ' There :is .a difference between these and "Hamlet." ,ITtili difference Mr. Adams does not seem to know. Mr. Booth redeems many of his faults, not. by, his mere' physical fitness for the character, but by impressing hie audience with the . conviction that he is intellectually.proportionate to it. ;Mr: Adaincis a delightful actor in many rOles, awlfromievorgiset ' ordeseiving to be a favorite, 1 Shoal - We' , est ~.'" r: ul not - to act - toile' O wri'preju dice. "Nothing venture, nothing have,! , is, per haps, Ids rule, He ventures much in performing Hamlet, 'and has nothing in return except the assu rance of his Impartial friends that, taking the broadest view of the matter, he need not feel him stiltboUnd to. repeat it, until, at lea:st, he had studied it a little lore. • • We.eipanet. forbear; in this conneotion, noticing ithe,isnilterlot manner in. Which the play was placed •tipen the •Atehoitriel-Tlieetre stage, and the even. nese of the ''perf9manoe •of the members of the itoek company there. • Letter front Pottsville. A COPPERHEAD FIZZLE.-HON. WEL H. WITTE ON • THE STUZIP-TIIE BEAUTIFUL STORIES NE TELLS THE F. W. HUGHES SATS•' I.Bpecial Correspondence of The Press.] POTTSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 19 ; 1864. After considerable preparation the modern De mocratic leaders held what they intended to be a county mass meeting In this place, on Saturday last. There were about three hundred persons in the procession and at the meeting, which Mr. Witte first addressed. A more miserable failure in regard to the turnout was never witnessed here, and the leaders were completely disgusted. But the speak ing was a grand success in the lying line. Mr. Witte, of course, abused the Administration. That was expected. Bat when he spoke to discourage enlistments his impudence was subliine. " Why," said the distinguished Copperhead, " I have the statistics to show that the North is at this time numerically weaker than the „South. When the war broke out, the arms.bearing population of . the North between the ages . of eighteen and forty , five years numbered three millions, of wjaieh two millions five hindred thousand have been put into the field. The South had sixteen hundred thousand -capable of bearing arms, of which between four and five hundred thou. sand have been put in the field, leaving them eleven hundred thousand men stronger than we are now.' After telling this whopper, the honorable speaker went onto show that it was impossible. to 'conquer the South, and that we had bettor sue for peace. Fro'm this-you can judge of the tenor of Bir. Witte's speech. It was of that character all through, The next speaker was a young gentleman, said to be frotia 'Philadelphia, whose name, after much in quiry, we learned was Cook. This gentleman deli verid-his speech by rote. It was intensely severe on the Abolitionists, Lincoln, and "niggers," and equal ly laudatory of. McClellan. T show his audience how much the President feared "Little Mae," Mr. Cook said that before the meeting of the Chicago Convention, Mr. Lincoln had written to General McClellan, -offering him any military command, even General Grant's, if he would not accept the Chicago nomination. There was no mistake about it. 'Mr. Cook had seen the letter. Astounding re velation ! Lincoln will feel badly when he finds Cook has " let the cat out of the bag." Mr.. Hughes, whose nephew, John, in 1860, was the'Democratie candidate in this district for Con. grea t and who is now a captain in the rebel service, .neitaiside a Most inflammatory speech, denuncia -tor+ of the war to crush treason. He wanted to make peace tin any terms ; say to the Southerners : "God bless you; brothers, we forgive you," and be more, affectionate and subservient to slaveholding dictation andlhe crack of the slaveholder's whip than ever. Hughes, you will remember, was a, de legate to the Chicago Convention. "That Conven . tion resolved," said Hughes, "before its a,djourn ment, that this fall they would have a free election or a free fight." That doctrine is now proclaimed here, and the dupes of these leaders urged to go to -the:polls : armed, to intimidate Union , men. All I have to say is, God help these leaders if they Inau gurate civil war in the North, as it seems to be their desire to do, fOr the peoPle, in- their :indignation, will bang them as - high as. Haman. Our prospects here are bright. We will elect Howell Fisher, Esq., to Congress in -this district, thef. Tenth, by a handsome majority, and we will, it is thought, carry our county ticket. The Copper htuds are wiling here in anticipation of defeat. Mr. Lincoln will get this district, without doubt. Yours, - ANTHRACITE. A Sound•Filiancial System. To (he'Editor of The Presi:- ,SIR I trust you will excuse a suggestion made for the good of, the Union : party. G.-B. McClellan in his letter of acceptance speaks of a sound finan cial system ; - what that systeni is he says not. Is there not danger, then, that he means repudiation) Here - is a vulnerable point in his letter that the boAest men of the country should reflect upon. The Democratic placards posted around the streets in. timate that we are tohays; no more taxes, in the event of Gecifge's election., NOW this is impossible except through repudiation, for, were the war to cease tomorrow, the debt can only be paid by taxa tion. It may be that by McClellan* , sound finan cial system , ' is . meant repudiation, which , also means disgrace and ruin. I am, s ir, yours, truly, " INTEGRITY." ILADELPRIA,. September 26,1824: UVION, NESTING AT CHANDERSBITRG.—CHAm nensistinc, Sept.. 20 —A' very large and spirited :Union meeting was heidlere towards the close of lest, week Over 5,000 persons were present. The Hey stone Battery, of your city, Captain Hastings, participated. The battery is composed of 159 mem bers. and will cast 150 votes for Lincoln, Johnson, and Victory. THE Indian names of some of our new war ves sels are-thus interpreted : Suwanne, buffalo soup ; Shamokin, worn out pipe; illusooota, musk rat ; INinnepee, small pig ;•.9.2..hue10t, burnt bones ' • No noeacy, sleeping baby; Mahongo, wounded boar. Noste of the above are extremely warlike, e3pecially “pieeping baby" agu " worn Oat pipe.o MISSOURI: Prospects of the Invasion of the State-. fiiiSposition of Troops—Rebel Sympa thizers Preparing to Receive the In. sailers — McClellan Ratifications— A Row—Comments on the Capture of At lanta—General Sherman's Policy—Kew tacky Consideration or Yoim Morgan —Capture of Quantrell--Onerillas—Na" vigation Of the MisSiSsippi—lndian Troubles. ESpecial Correspowleue of. The Press.] • ST. Louis, Mo., Sept, 17, MI, There are rumors daily increasing that the State is about 'to suffer an invasion. I wrote you last week that parties from Arkansas represented that the rebels were gathering forces at Batesville and Pocahontas and that there could hardly be any other design in the, gathering. Since my letter of that date news has been received that the rebels have crossed the Arkansas river above Little Rock, with from five to ten thou. sand men, and are moving northward. , If the Wiry IS true all doubts are at rest; the,invasion of Mis souri is a certainty. Little can be gained by it ex cept to supply : the rebels with food and clothing from the inhabited regions they will pass through. Possibly they will proceed as far north as Lexington. or Some pOillt on the Missouri, but .beyond that stream they will hardly dare to go. No important points will lie in danger of capture, and the whole invasion will be merely a raid on a large scale. The rebels will probably move in two columns, one force pushing towards Cape Girardeau and Pilot Knob, while the other will strike for the Missouri river. The rebels have never been suc cessful in any of their attempts at invasion, gene rally returning'worse off than when they entered the State. • 'lt is not contraband to state that proper disposi tions have been made of troops to meet the contin gency of an invasion. If it will be any gratification to the rebels to know it, our authorities are perfectly Willing they should be fully informed, except as to the number, equipment, and location of the defen sive forces. The rebel sympathizers in the State are also making preparations to receive the in vaders, but in a different way. I know families in this city that have, on three 'occasions, laid in stocks of good things for their rebel friends, but have never found a proper 'opportunity to bring them forth. In the autumn of 1861, It will be re membered that the rebels In the interior, wish Gen.' Price at their head, made a boast that they 'would • eat their Christmas dinner in St. Louis. Their -friends made preparations to receive them, and spent their money lavishly. I know one avowed rebel who is currently reported to have expended two thousand dollars in • those preparations. . The rebels, to the number of one thousand, did eat their Christmas dinner in St. Louis, but they came as prisoners to Major Gen. Pope, and took their meals In Gratiot:street prison at the eapense of "the Go vernment. 'The rebel sympathizer above referred to his never had the opportunity of feasting his friends. For his grief he has been compensated in various ways, one of which was being sent as ,a de legato,to the Chicago Convention. He and others like him were ardent supporters of Gen. McClellan for the Presidency. The McClellan men have had two ratification meetings, the first of which I mentioned in my last letter. The other occured on Thursday evening of this week, and was not a complete success. Some of the ward delegationeeame to the meeting, with transparencies and banners, some of which were in scribed with mottoes calculated to incense the sol diers and others friendly to the Republican nomi nees. The result was that some' of the soldiers gathered near the meeting, and interfered with its proceedings. There was quite a row, in which stones were thrown and a few clubs, besides the McClel lan clubs, were brought Into requisition. The soldiers were triumphant, and carried away several of the' flags and broke the transparencies in pieces. Colonel Baker, the provost marshal of the city, publishes an announcement this morning, In which he denounces the conduct of the soldiers, and says the occurrences of Thursday will not take place hereafter, if the Democrats will give him due no tice of the time and place of holding their meetings. At the same time, he advises them of the impro priety of producing transparencies that may invite attack, and asks that they display some forbearance in this matter in the future. He is anxious to pre serve the freedom of, speech, and thinks' it can be done without difficulty, if a proper regard is paid to the courtesies due in a. city under martial law. There is to be another ratification meeting this evening, and, if necessary, the, troops will be called out to preserve order and , allow the celebration to go on without interruption. The loyal people of the West have not yet ()eased their rejoicings at the capture of Atlanta. It was a,,very heavy blow to the disloyal element, and one from which they cannot recover in a considerable time. Prominent among: the causes for joy is the order from Gen. Sherman announcing his determi nation to hold Atlanta as a strictly military post, allowing no trading .any kind, and compelling the disloyal population to depart. Gen. Sherman has._ seen the folly of -the policy pursued at Ilemphia and other points - Meng the. 'Ma: sissippi, and also at , Nashville, Chattanooga, and other • places in Tennessee. "Trade fol. lows the flag" sounds well in a speech, and !reads well on paper, but; its effects are most pernicious. It opens the door for the supply of the rebel armies with ail the smaller articles they need, keeps .up a vigilant spy system for the rebels, and corrupts army officials to a groat extent. It was notorious - in Memphis that the rebel 'army in Mississippi re ceived its percussion caps, and some of its powder, from that city, as wall as nearly all the boots and shoes that it needed. The rebel population acted as spies, and kept the rebel leaders fully posted con cerning every movement. Gen. Sherman sees this, and is determined to put a stop to it. it is safe to as_ sect that the rebel power along the Mississippi would have been broken long ago had the same policy been pursued then that Is now being adopted at Atlanta. General Grant was always favorable-to it, but the public feeling in the early days would not admit of It. Our people -were clamorous to have trade follow the flag, and it needed a year of reverses to teach them its fallacy. It seems now that' Kentucky can breathe freely since the death of John lYlorgan. The rebel sympa thizers in that State speak of him in tones of respect, at the same time that they feel an inward satisfac tion that he is out of the way, Whenever he visited the State he was sure to take a supply of horses wkerever he could find them. The rebel Rentaclians were delighted at his. warfare upon the Unionists, but as they often were. made to suffer equally with them, they could not be ex pected to shout in admiration. Morgan, was an in. dustrious and dangerous enemy, and kas caused the commanders in his vicinity a deal of trouble. As a soldier he had many good qualities, and, the.bitter est enemy could but admire hisadventurous daring, His treatment of prisoners wall invariably as kind as the circumstances -would admit, and his history has not been marked with stories of murder, as is too often the case with his kindred raiders in other States. As far as possible he prevented robbery of the poor, but was hard- hearted when he came to the man :ion of a native in comfortable circumstances,or who could be considered wealthy. His men were always under good discipline, and hii route was never marked by such indiscriminate plunder and outrage as has been too often the case with cavalry 0001- menders. Justice to a fallen foe requires that we should remember his virtues while we speak of the terror which his name always evoked and the trouble he constantly gave our commanders. Had he fallen in the right instead of the wrong cause, we should find the whole voice of the nation lamenting his death. Last week a Southern refugee in Indianapolis pointed out an individual on the street as the noted Quantrell. The refugee was so positive in his as sertion that Gen. Hovey caused the stranger to be arrested on suspielon. .Persons from Lawrence at once sent a description of Quantrell, and were in formed by Gen. Hovey that the individual answered the description very nearly. A man was sent from this city to identify him, and he returned with the statement that the person is not Quantrell. The chances are at least fifty to one that the refugee is mistaken. It is thought that Quantrell was killed in this State nearly a year ago, though it is not cer tain. If he is alive he would hardly risk himself in the enemy's country, where his•chanee of detection would be very certain. As soon as Gen. Hovey be comes satisfied of the truth of the prisoner's story that he is not Quantrell he will be immediately set free. If he should prove to be the veritable Quan trell it is proposed to send him . to Lawrence to have 'a fair trial. Guerillas throughout the State still continue their outrages. On Tuesday last they made a dash into Iron Mountain village, robbed a store, and stole several horses. Their stay was very brief, as they did not feel altogether certain of not being dia. Curbed by United States troops. They committed no murder or other personal outrage, though their forbearance may be due to the fact that they found no one in the town except the original natives. Just as they were leaving they met two Union soldiers, who were fired upon, but managed to escape with slight wounds. When they were about half a mile from the town some fifteen shots were fired from the bushes, which brought one of the guerillas dead to the ground. " No one can tell who fired the shots. The same night another small village known as New Tennessee was entered by the same gang, and robbed of three thousand dollars' worth of goods. The steamboatmen on the Missisalpfd do not ap pear disconcerted at the presence of guerillas on its banks. The disabling and loss of a boat is of so rate occurrence that the owners are generally will ing to become their own insurers against the war. risk. Since the disbanding of the Marine Brigade several guerilla squads have appeared in the region of country formerly protected by that force. During •the existence of his command, General Ellet was a terror to the rebels everywhere within his reach, and kept them in very good subjection. Through the hostility of some of the army and navy officials, the Marine Brigade has been broken up and the men sent into active commands.' General Eliot has gone to Washington to report for duty. The steam -boatmen anxiously desire that he may be returned to the Mississippi in his old command, or something similar. The low water, between this point and Cairo, has almost entirely closed navigation to all but: the lightest boats. From Cairo down there 15. a fine stage of water.- • . are. nearly The Indian troubles on the plalns,are nearly nly over. Gen. Curtis te.egraphs from:Fort Kearney that trains .now pats from.. Leavenworth to Salt Lake despatohes have been dutfuidmanGgeez_ Stilly, glping the particti lars of his late I,attle .sitth' the Indians. R e 4 ; st y.: mates there werel.,6oo loilges'orlndians In'the'forti • fied camps, and about s,9oo'warriors.;. They were of the trni;papes, Satiddiyq j 11 ! 11 0kfeet,-XlanieCO id santeoo . 4' • Ma cues, orcommberta FOUR CENTS. 2,200 men in all, with which he defeated them, kill. big from lfio to 200, driving- them from their camp's and pursuing them several miles, but being com pelled finally to abandon the chase, as the country for miles was cut up into ravines and coulees, im passable to his trains. The day after the battle several Indians came near his camp with a flag of truce, which he did not hear of until they had been fired upon and driven off by his pickets. Ho de signed on August 2d to start toward the Yellow stone in a southwest direction, and expected to fall In with the same force of Indians. The'Peace Democrats announce their pacification complete. They will vote the McClellan ticket without complaint. Pinnarowr. THE SOUTHERN STATES. Affairs in Petersburg—Rallrond Accident in Georgia—Federal Prisoners Killed and *minded—Editorials from Rich. mond Papers. We have received the Richmond papers of the 16th inst., and make the following extracts : THE WAR NEWS PETERSBURG.—TII6 Petersburg Express of the ]sth contains the following : On Monday afternoon the enemy advanced his pickets and occupied a portion 01 the Vaughan road. - His pickets were also advanced somewhat this side of the Davis House. No movements of im portant bodies of troops have followed these ad vances, as far as wo can learn. On Tuesday and yesterday there was considerable skirmishing and heavy cannonading on Mahone's front. At times the fire of musketry was quite ra pid, and IN many to suppose that somethingserions was threatened, but, we understand, it amounted to nothing more than an incessant Interchange of bul lets between the opposing lines of pickets, which, at times,•became quite furious. This was particularly the case yesterday. About 10 o'clock A. M. a brisk artillery duel opened between one or more of our batteries and some of the enemy's, which gradually involyed others to the left, and, for two hours, from the right - of the plank road around to the river, an uninterrupted roar of artillery was heard.. At the same time the city was subjected to one of the most vigorous bombardments we have yet wit nessed. Shells of different sizes, embracing the three-inch rifled, thirty two pounders, mortars, and shrapnel, were thrown into town for the space of two hours or more, at the rate of from ten to twenty per minutes. Strange to say, though some houses were struck, comparatively little damage was done. The•explosion of one shell scarcely died away be fore it was followed by the - whistling of another. Mortal hate could certainly beget no more fiendish method of gratifying revenge than this bombard ment of an Inoffensive city. Twelve deserters came into our lines day before yesterday, and on being brought before the provost marshal, presented him with a copy of General Order No. Bs, and asked for a safe passage to Ber muda. Deserters who claim the benefit of this order are treated in the kindest manner, and put upon an expeditious and safe route home. We are gratified to state that numbers enter our lines daily. Deserters who came in on Tuesday report that the 15-inch mortar, with which the Yankees have been shelling the city recently, bursted several eve ning since, killing twenty men. We hope this may be so, but feel inclined to doubt the statement. USORGIA. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—MACON, Sept. 14 —A train loaded'with Federal prisoners ran off the track last night, at Camp Creek, on the South western Railroad. Eight cars and the engine were crushed to pieces. A terse number of Yankees were killed and wounded, fully as many as were Confederates in their removal from Point Lookout to Elmira, N..Y.,_when a similar accident occurred. • Many of our officers are of the opinion that there will be no farther advance of the enemy in Georgia this year. It is supposed that Sherman proposed the armistice for the purpose of putting Atlanta in a condition to be held by a small force. The first train of exiles from Atlanta arrived last night. They were robbed of everything before be ing sent into our lines. A YANKEE BALL IN ATLANTA.—The Macon Telegraph of the 11th says : We have received a de scription of the ball given by the Yankees after they took possession of Atlanta. They made an effort to have it attended by ladies of the city, but only sac ceeded In getting "women of the town " present. These and wives of Yankee officers were the kind of females present. They very readily mixed and fused, and had a very good time, according to their notions of social gatherings. Only one_ thing was lacking, and that was the presence of Beast But ler. . SIMS OP CIIARLESTOIi.—SIDCO 011 r last reort the Morris Island batteries have fired forty-e ight shells at the city. ; The enomy is - engaged making reconnoissances. of Dewees' and Long Islands. ,There has been very little firing goingon between the batteriesin the harbor. A large number of Yankee prisoners arrived in the city on Saturday, and were assigned to proper quarters. More are expected to day. A free woman of color, named Harriet Fordham, was instantly killed by one of the 'enemy's shells yesterday.—Mereary of the 12th. •DlississirFi.—The Macon Confederate of the 11th says: " A. gentleman who came through from Mississip pi,. and arrived here yesterday morning, represents affairs out West in a generally good condition. The people have made good crops this year, besides whipping several cropi of Yankees which tried to spring up in their gardens and fields. They regard Forrest and his men equal to any emergency, and have no fears of any hostile force remaining in their country long at a time. The Yankees have at tempted to invade Mississippi so often and failed' so disastrously each and every time that it is thought that they will not attempt another raid in a long time, if ever. They haVer sallied out in search of jewels, and reaped - a , crop of death. All is perfectly quiet from Memphis toßaton Rouge, with no Yan kee force five miles this side of the.river. The people now hate the Yankees with forty-fold more maligni ty than they ever did before. And that is a speci men of a: country conquered by the Yankees:, BEIRITI - OrTEE REBEL PRESS. THE PEACE l'ARTir-A.T TIER NORTR.—Since Mc- Clellan, in his letter of meeptance of the nomina tion by the Chicago Convention has defined his po sition, it is obvious that the contest between his par ty and the Lincolnites will be merely a battle be tween the ins and the outs. We feel little or no in terest in such a controversy. But we are glad to see that leading Peace politicians and Peace editors are bolting the nomination of McClellan, which his letter renders irreconcilable with the atform on which he was nominated. His conduct accepting that nomination, coupled with such a platform, and then, in effect, repudiating the platform, was neither creditable nor fair, and especially unbe coming a distinguished soldier, who sullies his lau rels when he loses his reputation for candid and ho norable conduct. We hope that an outand.out Peace man will be run at the Nortb,irrespective of old party names or distinction. There are many Peace men belonging to the Republicans, who might and would vote for such a candidate. Eventually, this war will break up old party distinctions, as well at the North as at the South. There can be no reconstruction of the 'Union. Sensible men at the North must see that the continuance of the war is but weakening and exhausting each section, and that peace and sepa ration are the only remedies for existing evils. The Peace party is certain, eventually, to succeed, although it may fall of success at the approaching election. It is to that party, organized as we suggest, that each section will be indebted, in time, for the restoration of peace. That time may not be very far off, no matter who is made President at the North. The war must cease so soon as the Federate find themselves unable to sustain it in its present magnitude and dimensions. Despite the blustering jubilation at the North, it is evident, from their con fessions, that they were despondent and almost bro ken down four weeks ago. They are weaker now than then—weaker; because of the very successes of which they boast; because of the daily increase of their public debt, and of the expiration of the terms of service of many thousands of their veterans. Let no one mistake the galvanic contordons of the North for evidences of renewed life and strength.— Richmond Sentinel, 16th. THE FALL Ceram , arose.—An impression prevails, • and it is fortified by several concurring 'consider it, tions and circumstances, that Petersburg and Rich mond are to receive the force of the shock. Sher. man Is as perfectly happy in the possession.of At lanta. as a bridegroom Is of his bride. ,He seems to have no ambition beyond. He is apparently settling himself for the winter. To hold and fortify Atlanta, and to protect his communications with. the rear, are probably all that he proposes to himself. Meanwhile, scouts report, and other informatbin concurs, that Federal troops are hastening up the Mississippi, and that recruits are- being sent to Grant and Sheridan as fast as they can be bought. These movements of troops all point to Virginia as the object of an energetic endeavor during the six or ten weeks that remain of the present campaign. The clouds ate gathering—the storm will burst ere long. Sherman will be reduced, probably, to a gar rison and road guard. Sheridan, who already has a large- army, will be further -strengthened in num bers, and by an infusion of regulars among his raw men, which, it is hoped, will give the latter steadi ness. Thus reinforced, he is to press up the Valley, and make a heavy diversion in favor of Grant, by threatening the Rank of Lee's position. Grant himself, strengthened as •we have seen, is to re new his headlong attempts' against Lee. lie will be willing, as heretofore, to pay any price in men, to accomplish his object. He is now extending the City Point Railroad around Petersburg to his posi tion on the Weldon Railroad All the signs show that he is pressing his left, an#that his first designs are directed against the railroad leading from Pe tersburg to Lynchburg—the Southside 'Railroad. We may expect to hear, at an early day, that ho has made an endeavor to gain that road. That Grant will throw his whole strength into what he may at tempt is sufficiently attested by his past: We shall, therefore probably, soon have heavy fighting on the south and southwest ofetersburg. We have stated plainly what it is probable we shall have to withstand of renewed endeavor on the part of the enemy to carry Richmond and overran Virginia. We-have done so that our people may ful ly understand the magnitude of the stake which is to, be fought for, and may appreciate the necessity of such n. easures of defence as may be adopted for the reinforcement of the army, and cheerfully concur in them. We must all be prepared to respond with alacrity to whatever call may be made upon us. We are not to measure sacrifices, or personal inconve nience or discomfort, in a necessity like the present ; for these are not worth a thought compared with the horrors which would follow, if Grant were to succeed in his aims. Let the citizens of Richmond and of Petersburg look at the enormities now being inflicted on the people of Atlanta, and there will not be a man too old, or a boy too young, to resist our enemies, gun in hand, and to vie with our veterans in courage and steadiness. Let the people of our counties call to mind the oppression, the confiscation, the im prisonment which befall our people when once se cure within the enemy's lines, and they will have a personal motive in support of the patriotic duty of saving their dear old state at all hazards from the yoke of the tyrant. We are speaking now to the men whom Grant has ridiculed. Let him see that 1, the cradle and the grave " are not to be sneered at ; that our old men and our boys have brave hearts and steady hands, and will easily rout his Hessians in defence of their homes.—Sentinel,lolh. SPECULATIONS ON COKING EVENTS.—The En quirer of the 16th contains the following leading editorial: What is there south of Atlanta of any importance to compare with Richmond 1 What are lines of communication with Alabama and Mississippi to compare in Importance with Richmond, besieged and invested on every side? What other point in Georgia has any practical importance attached to it ?. Without the capture of Richmond this whole campaign• is a failure ; with the fall of the city it is a complete success. On the military chess-board there is no othermove of equal importance as that we have indicated against Richmond—if successful, in the opinion of the enemy, it ends the war. Further movements in. Georgia have no military significance attaChed to them, and must be attended with hazard. Shermattls army is suspended by a single thread, for it is sup ported by a single railroad,. tihich,*running through hattanooga, liable to be permanently occupied and his supplies cut .off, in which case certain do• struction would be inevitable: Will the enemy risk such a disaster for the inconsequential advantages 'of -further advance into Georgia? We do not be-. lieve they will. We, therefore, are of the opinion that the neat: two months will witnesss the bloodiest conflicts that this war has witnessed, and that immediately around Richmond will be the theatre of the conflict. Are ourpeople prepared. for this? The army has • the Government to look out forst—but are the pee-- -pie of Richmond prepared for a iege, with all the railroads destroyed I The immense population that now Crowfis the Streets of Richmond had better be. •take themselves elsewhere.. There will be suffering. "in liichm,ciad . thlS nAd' 10- 4 / 1 has tiok ' SHE WAR PRES% (PUBL/ERED WEEKLY.) TiE Wan Pena will be sent to ettbecriberx be mail (per annum In advance) at Slt 511 Three copies 5 01 Five copies 6 OS Ten copies 15 el Larger Clubs than Tea will be charged at the Ittal rate, $1.50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order. fri no instance can these terms be deviated from, ars they afford very little more than the cost of paper. Sit • Poetauteters are requested to act al ageat4 isg Tax WAR Panes, air To the getter-np of the Club of tea or tWentlf, extra cony of the Paper will be given. been witnessed during this war. The city may be shelled, fcr its immense lines regnire a vast army to defend it; its very streets may betheseenmoof bloody battle, for it will be defended as to 'other place has. been. Upon holding Richmond Ctpotuis for us eve rything. Success and speedy peace; failure and In-' tardiinahle war, are involved in the - coming drug. gle, fo' Richmond. All may be satisfied that time contest will be desperate, and all had taitter mks provision for their comfort elsewhere. • There are required for the defence or th'e" city many thousand more men ; the detail:: must be're. yoked, and airmen between eighteen atalforty:five , sent to the front . But a, very short time remainz for preparations=the railroads that connect with Atlanta are being rapidly , repaired! A.s •sdon a they are finished the movements will beg:ti.atta a few weelos the centliet will .open. • •••:‘ • • THE FOLDIERS' VOTE. To the Friends el' Lincoln antl•Joliiiind•ii f in Pennsylvania. It is of the utmost importance to get a full vote - of our gallant soldiers is the army for our county tickets at the October election. The requisite machinery for carrying on that eke.; tion will be furnished by the State Government. The work of finding out who are' enabled to vote, and of attending to the necessary work of enabling them. to vote, devolves upon you. It is necessary that every soldier froth every coun ty now in the army (except tl - -ose recently enliatedi should be assessed at home, and ', the nominal tax of ten cents paid for each to enable him to vote. On payment of the tax the collector must give a receipt in the name of the soldier.. If you can, get duplicate receipts, and send ono tie the soldier by letter, and request him, if he voter by proxy, to en. close his receipt in the envelope with hie proxy. Ticketsshould be provided bireach county, and sent to the field by the commissioner.' - appointed by the Governor, and by letter direct to. the - soldiers, wherever they are. In order to secure a full assessment; it - , will be ne emery for our friends in each district to make a thorough and immediate canvass of their respective districts; in order to find out the names- of over: soldier therein who is entitled to vote; and have been assessed. 'We counsel our friends to attend to this - ne once. The method of assessment is pointed out in section 40 of the act recently passed; viz ; • Szari ow 40. It shall be the duty of everresaessor within, this Commonwealth, annually, to asseesund return, 'in the manner now required by lee, a county, tax of ton cents upon each and every non commissioned officer and private, and thee usual taxes upon every commissioned effacer, known by them to be in the military service 9f the' United. States or of .thls State, in the army, and whenany omission shall occur, the omitted name shall be added by such assessors to the assessments and4ista of voters, on the application of any citizen of the election district or precinct wherein such soldier might, or would, have' a right to vote, if not in such service as aforesaid ; and such non commissioned officers and privates shall be ex empt from all other personal taxes during their con tinuance in such service ; and said assessors shall, in each and every case of such assessed soldiers or officers, without fee or reward therefor, give a cer tificate of such regular or additional assessment to any citizen of the election district or precinct who may at any time demand the same ; and upon the presentation thereof to the tax collector of said dis trict, or the treasurer of the said county, it shall be the duty of such officer to receive said assessed tax' of and from any person offering to pay the .same for the soldier or officer therein named, and to endorse upon such certificate a receipt there for and it shall also be the duty or said [collector or. county etreasurer to receive said assessed: tax from any person who may offer to pay the, same for any of said officers or. soldiers without requiring a certificate of assessment, when the name -- of such person shall have been duly entered upon the assessment books and tax duplicates, and give a re ceipt therefor to such person, specially stating there in the name of the soldier or officer whose tax 18 thus paid, the year for which it was ass - ess e d ,an d the date of the payment thereof; which said certificate and re ceipt, or receipt only, shall be prima facie evidence to any election or board provided for by this act, before which the same maybe offered, of the due assessment, of the said casuagainst, and the payment thereof by the soldier or officer therein named, offering the sane as aforesaid; but said election board shall not be thereby precluded from requiring other proof of the right to rote, as specified by this act or the general election laws of this Commonwealth; and if any of .said assessors, collectors, or treasurers shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section, or to perform any of the duties therein enjoined upon them, or either of them, he or they so offending shall be considered and adjudged guilty ofai misdemeanor in office, and shall, on con viction, be fined in any sum not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars; .P2 - avided, That the additional assessments required to be made by the above section in the city of Philadelphia shall be made on application of any citizen .of the ejection district or precinct thereof, upon oath or aftirtuation of such citizen, to be administered by' the assessor. that such absent soldier is a citizen of the election district . or precinct wherein such assessment is re quired by such citizen to be made. if any assessor refuses to perform: his duty, apply to him the penalties herein pointed out. it is of great Importance to have the army vote secured for the October election, because the No vember election is materially influenced by that in October ; and if we carry the State at the first elec tion, we are sore to do so at the second. There is a class of soldiers who' are away front their companies and regiments, on detached duty, in hospitals. in the Veteran Reserve Corps, &c., and the election law provides that whenever there is aiess number than ten soldiers at any one place, they may send a proxy to any friend at home to vote for them. The mode 1s pointed out by law. Sac. 32. When any of the electors mentioned in the first section of this act, less than tan in number, shall be members of companies of another State or Territory, or,- for any sufficient and legal cause, shall be separated from their proper company, or shall be in any hospital, navy yard vessel, or on re cruiting, provost, or other duty, .whether :within or 'without • this State, under such circumstances ea shall render it probable' that he or they will be un able to rejoin their proper company, or to bepresent at his proper place of election,•on or before the day of eleotions therein mentioned, said elector , or elec tors shall have a right to vote in the following mariner: • SEC. 33. The voter aforesaid is hereby authorized, before the day of election, to deposit his ballot, or ballots, properly folded, as required by the general election laws of this State, or otherwise, as the voter may choose, in a sealed envelope, together with a written or printed or partly written or partly printed statement, containing the name of the voter, the county, township, borough, or ward of which he is a, resident., and a written or printed authority to some qualified voter in the election district of which said voter is a resident ; to cast the ballots con tained in said envelope for him on the day of said election. Said statement and authority to be signed by the said voter, and attested by the commanding . or some commissioned officer of the company of which he is a member, in the case of a private, and of some commissioned officer of the regiment in the case of an officer, if any of such officers are conveni ently accessible, and if otherwise, then by some other witness; and there shall also accompanysaid ballots an affidavit of said voter, taken before some one of the officers aforesaid, and in the absence of such officers before some other person duly authorized to administer oaths, by any law of this State, that he is a qualified voter In the election district in which he proposes to vote, that he is in the actual military' service of the "United States, or of this State, describing the organization to which he be longs, that he has not sent his ballots : to any other person or persons than the one in such authority mentioned, that he will not offer to vote at any poll which may be opened on such election day at any place whatsoever, and that he is not a de serter, and has not been dishonorably dismissed from the service, and that he Is now stationed at. -, in the State of . Said sealed envelope,. containing the ballots, statement, authority, and affidavit as aforesaid, to be sent to the proper per son, by mail or otherwise, having written or printed on the outside, across the sealed part thereof, the words, "soldier's ballot for township, (bo rough, or ward) in the county of -. 1 1 Src. 34. The elector to whom such ballot shall be sent shall, - on the day of election and whilst the polls ,of the proper. district are open, deliver the envelope so received, unopened, to the proper elec- tion officer, who shall open the same in the presence of the election board, and deposit the ballots therein contained, together with the envelope and accom panyirig papers, as other ballots are deposited, and. said board shall count and canvass the samein the same manner as other votes cast at said election ; and the person delivering the same may, on the de mand of any elector, be compelled to. testify, on oath, that the envelope so delivered by him is in the same. state. as when received by him, and that the same has not been opened or the contents thereof' changed or altered In any way by him.. These prosies must be here before the second Tues. clay of October, so that, whatever is done to secure them must be doneenow. Let our friends in each district, in their canvass for this purpose, ascertain the names and address of all who are so. detached that they cannot vote with their brethren in the army, and send blank proxies to them, with tickets; so that the blanks may be fi lled and returned in time for the October election. Blank proxies can be had on application to the chairman of the County Committee. call upon our friends throughout the State to take this matter in hand at once and push it rigor ously to completion. Having secured to the soldier the right to vote, let. us see tot that he has every possible opportunity or exercising that right at the October election. • • By order of the Committee. SraroN CAiLERON, Chairman Union State Central Committee. A. W. BENEDICT, Secretaries. W. FORNEY, THE RECENT BILLIARD TOURNANENT.--WE ex. tract the following interesting account of the recent billiard match for the champion cue from Wilkes' 'Spirit of the Times: • The' most note-worthy incident of the evening was the entrance of Major Gem. Daniel E. Sickles, the hero of Gettysburg, who needed no formal in-_ troduotion to be recognized and to instantly receive a most flattering reception. He was conducted by Mr. Phelan to a seat fronting the referee where he remained throughout the evening, seemingly inte rested in the efforts of the play era, whom he occa sionally applauded. After the enthusiasm awakened by the entrance Of the General had subsided, Kavanagh and Tiernan advanced toward the table, and wore warmly wel comed. The customary announcement, as to the terms of the match, appointment of referee and umpires, ice., was then given, and a period of ten minutes allowed those who desired to bet on the re sult ; when the game was opened by Kavanagh's winning the lead. The playing proceeded rather uninterestingly, as. if each of the contestants were feeling the strength o f his adversary ; _Kavanagh leading until the te nth inning, when a Jump of 48 by Tiernan placed him in his second hundred, 24 ahead, which ha increased in his next inning to 69, his opponent then standing_ on the string at 95. Tieman continued to lead until. the twenty-seventh inning, when Kavanagh settled down to the work before him, and gained the lead by a run of 71. On his thirty-first inning he' ex hibited his pleasing style of " nursing" in a ran of 147 which was rapturously applauded. This he toliowed immediately with a 'total of 77, which In creased his lead to 212 points ; the score standing— Kavanagh, 521; Tiernan, 309. This unceremonious departure on the part of Ka vanagh appeared to surprise Tieman somewhat, and the effects were soon manifest in his playing. Ha had been doing poorly from the commencement, and, in proportion as his opponent increased in play, he declined ; until, at the 48th inning, he was • 462 behind, Eavanagh having reached 820 . But now Tieman got the balls of 106, e w r ili a o n h d le m t r i a ly ra o y ft' r be red a gathered asnore of hope on his prospects. Ho soon lost, however, what he had gained, and the balls continuing to break Unfavorably for him, while they rendered every. assistance to the Champion, he was speedily 503 behind,!tbe strings•tallying—K:, 1,032 ; T., 529. • From this point until •he terminated the contest by a well-played 139, Kavanagh manifestly relaxed his e fforts, and occasionally purposely failed to count • for, in his- last fortysix innings, with the axception of the extraordinary one which completed nix victory, his highest runs were 45 83, 31, and 25. Tetuanin the meantime had experienced but one -mile of favor from the balls, and then he secured a. run of 139, whieh,,however, only placed him within sii of his opponent, from which position he receded until at the conclusion of the game he was 573 points behind. Kavanagh's average was 14.30, and his runs of 61 and over were: 147, 139,104, 77, 76, 71, and 60. Tieman's average was 8.95, and his runs of 60 and over were : 139, 106, and 54. . The grand. average of the game was eleven and a. half—considerably less than has been made is any of the other ir4whe,3 for the eldiMpigliallE%
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