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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.
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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,
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1864.
The Play of "hamlet."
The character of Hamlet's one which we think of and
cherish with peculiar tenderness. To say he is like
no other character of Shajtspeare , s is to repeat a
truism, the singularity of whose moaning, perhaps
from being so !miller with. it, we do not yet per
fectly appreciate. Of what other anther can' the
same be said with an equal degree of truth.? 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%