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THE NEH'S•
e Germania, on Saturday, and the City
:on, yesterday, we have dates from
'oil to the 20th and Queenstown to the
i . The shore c ad of the Atlantic cable
;Atm Sam , lay, the Mt, and a splice
;ai l the ocean end at twenty-live
mi
-I,,,st.four on the afternoon of Sunday,
let:rent Eastern immediately put out
bi a on the 2-Ith some difficulty, called
telegraphers "defect of insulation,"
govered, the cable refusing to work
the ca.t,le was nmlerrun, and the defect
sad relnedied. At latest dates
il j k; w orked well, and the weather was
The workingmen of Berlin were having
meetings, at which their rights were
d. Wong: others that of meeting to
pa public. The kingdom of Italy has
recognized by Sp a in.
til l Fisk, Assistant Commissioner of
leen and Tiefogoes, at . present in New
11:k forwarded to the Government a re
), which lie calls attention to the large
Government rations, and says that,
personally investigating many cases, he
,in that the ant h orities are being swift
many to whom they extend their
q,:aail that they are at the same time
11) a n alarming extent, institutions
le promotion of idleness, pauperism,
etc, : Nearly every family in Georgia
1030 ,5, regardless of their situation, are
T ,g- rations, and claim it as a right; and,
le I mlay - think itrfectly just to resort
Rhone to mor than duplicate the
~ t y they :de entitled to Metre.
c l e w order to General Sheridan to
0 the volunteer white troops arriving
tzs ,with which he thinks he can dis
-10 he disband ed, contradicts the reports
t he Government was adding largely to
,7NS In that Department. The muster
be hy entire organiZations, including
!dittoes thereto by recruits Or other-
recent completion of the line between
and Camden, Arkansas, telegraphic
;unication has been opened to Galveston,
via Shreveport, Nashville, and Hous-
TIA line in course of construction in
Texas will Shortly be in cow muniea
with San Antonio, Brownsville, and
points on the frontier.
th Percival Drayton Chief of the Btt
:Sava:anon, died in Washington at a
Friday night. He had been ill
:01 aay:4. Re was with the late Admiral
At the capture of Port Royal, S.C., and
other important places.
• I vet of South darolina, who is now
b_,,, and Miss Cora Slocum, of New Or
been pardoned by the President.
ci ,d,tated estates of Miss Slocum have
rtioreil to her, on recommendation of
;1,1 Butler.
reported hi Washington that Gene - tat
zin D.lllll, of the late rebel arnsy,was
that city, on Friday night, for drunk
not having sufficient money to pay
: e, was sent to the workhouse for, thirty
master f,lerieral Denisonhas orderedthe
wal of mail service on the Arobile and
Railroad, from Mobile to Columbus, Ky.,
Macon, and other important points;
fdditional post-Mikes in the South and.
west.
Thursday night, the propeller D. H.
bound to 'Washington, andthe propel.
,w York, for this city, collided when near
• LOOtiOnt, injuring both.
state Department has been advised, by
,::,111 at Port Harbor, that the cholera is
advancing westward. He says that it
Ilobabiy again spread over this country.
thirteen hundred bales of cotton passed
Ilk, on thelth, on the way to
rs:and fire hundred and sixty bales
:nrlnnati.
Olobile and Ohio Railroad has been corn
.
from Columbus, Ky., to Trenton, Tenn.
expected that cars will be running
:gh to Mobile in a few weeks.
Janson has nearly recovered.
Z. , illness, and. on Friday received visi.
examination of the Newfoundland Bay
.liews that it is entirely worthless.
:o August the sth, no tidings of the Great
rit bad been received at Aspy say.
oral Grant and party arrived in Quebec
:%b by a special train.
lour market was very - dull on Satnr
q prices are unchanged. Wheat, corn,
1, are also dull and drooping. Cotton
change. Provisions continue scarce
t. 411. In whisky there is Mae or nothing
r onlYcliange to notice in the stock mar
•!•htattlay I'M the advance of y, to in
r:rafat loans, with a spirited inquiry.
4 1 - foliation in Reading fell off, and prices
d. The oil, bank, and passenger rail
-4:od:a are very dull, and the market
was drooping.
AT DUTIES DEMAND GREAT MEN.
hat the Union State Convention will
:ten it meets at Harrisburg, on the 17th
at, is the subject of animated debate
a s the politicians and newspapers.
surd interest surrounds every gather
of the friends of the Government at
moment. The work of war is over,
that of restoration, reconstruction, or
ion—tall it by either name—is before
Tie soldier having saved the Repub
!':' for the statesman to make it secure.
less courage and self-sacrifice (and
•ildy equal brains and sagacity) will be
'-rd, strongly . and lastingly to hold
at have, than were essential to
it from the bloody clutch of trea-
There are only two candidates
miluate for State officers—Auditor
and Surveyor General—but the
;tiles to be asserted are of transcendent
lance. The utterances of a public
representing a combination corn
' of so many controlling elements, that
tviehled with such weight and effect on
. 4t of the Government during four years
zr,
must have great influence upon
States, and will go far towards shaP
11,1,strengthening a successful national
y. tither are wisely and fearlessly pro
:6l. If this work is well done; it will
~ g uitle and the light for the greater
rgt of next year, when a Governor,
` o . l itte.trienal delegation, and a Le
aut that will have to choose a
States Senator for six years
ale 4th of March 1866, are to be
We take it that it is -mucus
-1 Hit Convention to blink or post
flgtt: issue. The road to honorable
such a country, and after crush
'l'ol n rebellion, is to deal frankly
: , (t People and to meet all questions
That the avowed policy A
should be heartily endorsed is so
;. 'lll' belief that we do not believe we
• I:ettre a majority of the votes if we
it. It may not be entirely accept
all j nor do we believe it to be be
-.Aiendraent. Far from it. But it is
'".• remedy that has yet been offered.
those who object to it most
n' cannot deny that, as an
anent, it is better than the
lilecess of refusing any but military
ettltern governors to the Southern,
snd so denying that confidence to
ty,uthern masses which would consoli
11*In, Unionist and rebel, into fierce
'g ( ntint to the Government. If the
titleat's plan is a failure, we lose nothing
64( ling that the people of the South
I.e geverned by the iron rule, but we
valuable experience. On the subject
(tro suffrage we are not called upon to
in Pennsylvania, nor is it necessary
'm unofficial Pennsylvania Convention
--I decide, for the other States, to
constitutional recommendation
„ttlithroken practice, it has been unexcep
-11 left. We can do nothing with it until
14 1tt Constitution is amended by strik
cut the - word. " white and. this pro
. trumot even be "
begun for four
;t to come. But it is the duty
'it`' State Convention to aid the Excen
such strong and healthy words as
"'evince him that the conquest of
remains wholly incomplete until
I tetalmen everywhere in this laud are
' t ied against their late tyrants, and
the danger of prospective or contin
111f3ustice to them is so guarded against
can never happen. We may not be
to shelter them from all the fates.
lime must come when the liberated
,hi lts of the South must pass among the
tic 'red millions of the . same sec.
c,
When that comes they should
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VOL. 9.-NO. 6.
be prepared to do battle for themselves.
But, before they emerge from the guardian
ship of the National Government, it is a
solemn . and unavoidable duty to sur
round them and arm them with every ad
vantage that • can be conferred by those
who have their interests more immediately
in charge. Included in the filitliftll fulfil
ment of this trust, are all other 'ques
tions compensated labor, the right to
marry, to own property, to be represented
in the Legislature, to serve as witnesses
and jurors, and all the franchises, suffrage
among the rest. The best vigilance over
these beings, fully one-third of the popula
tion of the South, cannot secure for them di
rect congressional action on these sub
jects ; but much can be done by a
philanthropic example and a compre
hensive policy. - Indeed, it may be ad
mitted that the whole problem of suc
cessful Government, even for the whites, on
this hemisphere, remains unsolved until
the future of the colored race is secured.
With whatever other questions the Con
vention may deal, they are inextricably
involved in those we have referred to, and
will be sensibly affected as these are wisely
or unwisely disposed of. The occasion is
one for large minds. We are on the
threshhold of events so mighty and so mas
tering, that we Must summon our best, our
purest, and our most disinterested. citizens
to the council chambers.
THE STABILITY OF OUR GOVERN•
MENT.
A. republic is rarely regarded, even by
the most zealous advocates of that form of
government, as remarkable for power to re
pulse aggression, or vigor to maintain itself
against insurrection. It appears to be a
form depending so entirely upon the mutual
support and harmony of its different mem
bers as to be fitted for times of peace, and
rather adapted to promote mercantile suc
cess than ensure military triumphs. In in
ternecine war a republic would seem espe
cially liable to destruction from the want of
a recognized supreme central power.
In thq United states the government has
been so slightly burdensome upon the peo
ple that in periods of peace and prosperity
the existence of a central power was hardly
recognized, except as a source of patronage
to office-seekers. Recent events have, how
ever, shown both the existence and neces
sity of such a connecting bond, which,
although belonging to the States, could
have no special regard for either of them—
e sort of soul or mind, above the component
Parts, and regulating the intercourse be
tween the members, as well as the general
movement of the whole.
When the source of power is recogniza
ble by the eye, and the popular mind
is familiarized to considering it as em
bodied in the living and moving form of
a single individual, dignified by kingly
station, and encircled by " honorable
observance," it becomes easy to ac
knowledge that the government can,
like that single individual, ponder, direct,
reward or punish. When, on the contrary,
as with us, the visible officials of the Go
vernment, even to the highest grade, are
directly connected with the people, lifted
Only for a moment above the mass to which
they must soon return, to which they
are responsible, and by which they are
only regarded as convenient instruments or
servants elected to enforce the popular will,
it is easy to forget that this constantly
changing band of otlioials is the mere em
bodiment of an unchanging power, as com
pletely as the king, who in legal parlance
"never dies," is the representative of Ex
ecutive authority in a Monarchy.
The history of the United States has, how
ever, from the very first, directly contradict
ed the opinion that a republic is suited alone
to maintain prosperity and peaceful relations.
It had its origin in time of war ; was insti
tuted, supported, and administered by
the heroes of that conflict, and, while
yet in its infancy, was again involved
in hostility with the old established and
powerful motherland from which it had en_
franchised itself.
During many years a constant warfare
was maintained with savage and hostile
tribes, until again another foreign war ex
hibited the peaceful Republic in a new light
before the world, and Europe wondered at
and admired the prowess displayed in the
battle-fields of Mexico.
The last great trial was yet to come, the
final test that must decide forever the still
mooted question—have we a strong and .
stable Government ?
A mighty rebellion, embracing one-third
of the Union, well prepared, ably marshaled,
suddenly burst into full vigor, while the na
tional power was vexed, hampered, weak
ened by contention and uncertainty even
upon the most vital points. Notwithstand
ing all this the triumph was complete, and
the nation as a whole vindicated its strength
against the mutinous members.
When the treason had been utterly de
feated, and the conquered armies sued for
peace, and were as nobly and as freely met,
in council by their victors as they had been
gallantly met on the field, a vile instrument
of the enemy treacherously murdered the
chief who was welcoming them back to
peace and fellowship. This crowning sin
of a wicked conspiracy .. was intended to
create confusion in the camp of the victors,
and ensure the triumph of the doubly-dis
honored rebellion. But again, as ever in
the just providence of God, the right was
might, and the treasonous blow but served
to vindicate before a wondering world the
strength of the national power. Though
the head of the Goverdment fell, and though
his death was a wound to the very heart of
the people, the power never halted nor
trembled ; it arose all the stronger from the
blow. Justice sprang up in renewed vigor,
and law avenged outraged mercy. Sudden,
fearful retribution fell upon the offenders.
Friend and foe, at home and abroad, breath
lessly awaited the result, and alike learned
—the one in gladness and the other in con
fusion—that the vitality of the Republic was
uninjured.
Through evil report and good report,
through peace and war, through triumph
and defeat, we have ever been faithful to
the belief that the people were the source of
power, and that they were able to rule
themselVes, and judge for themselves in
every vicisitude that time could bring.
Such a creed might have heretofore been
doubted ; it was open to discussion, and
might be disbelieved ; but the history of
this country for the last few years, its pre
sent condition, and its future prospects must
be to every thinking mind a complete vin
dication of the power, justice, and com
pleteness of a democratic government.
A . VALVABLZ REcoLLElimioiv.
If the present sympathy of the Demo
cratic leaders with JEFFERSON Davis, and
their undisguised efforts for the release of
that heartless and cruel traitor, under the
demand for a civil trial, would not permit
us to forget the early and continued cordial
alliance between them and the rebel chief
tains, an article like the following, from
the last Chambersburg (Pa.) Repository,
would be sufficient. The so-called Demo
crats in the Senate of this State were last
year actually dependent for their ability to
thwart the efforts of Governor Cymric and
the friends of the National Government
against the rebellion, upon the protracted
imprisonment of Colonel WHITE in tle
Richmond jail 1 But let Colonel McCaunn
tell the story himself. If there is a citisen
who fought against the slave tyrants, one
who loves his country, that does not gather
front this truthful and thrilling statement
a new cause for devotion to the Union
party, he must be cidlOtlB indeed. We
• hope to record Colonel (now General)
WHITE'S re-election to the State Senate by
a large majority
"Colonel Harry White was nominated to the
Union candidate for Senator in the Indiana,
Cambria, and Jefferson district last week,
after a protracted but friendly contest in the
conference. Colonel White was chosen to the
senate in 1862 as the regular Union Candidate,
he being at the time a major in ono of the
Pennsylvania regiments in active service in
the Shenandoah Valley. He Wok his seat in
the winter of 1863, but did not resign his
commission, and after the adjournment, he
promptly rejoined his regiment, then under
Milroy, at Winchester. When Ewell, com
manding ale advance of Lee's army, rout
ed Milroy, Major White, with a consider
able portion of his command, wag cap
tured, and lie was awarded the hospi
tality of Libby . and other rebel prisons. It
was obvious to intelligent politicians on both
sides that the then pending election would
return sixteen Union and sixteen Democratic
Senators for the session of IS6i, and the supre
macy of the Union party in the Senate de
pended, threfore, upon the return of Major
White before the meeting of the Legislature
and it required no extraordinary amount ot
sagacity to assume that with the election over
and the parties a tie in the Senate, Jeff Davis
would be slow to release a prisoner who would
give the predominance in the Senate against
his trusted friends. Accordingly, every effort
was made by the President and Secretary of
War, in au indirect manner, to effect a spemat
exchange for Major White before the crectionj
but promptly as the Government acted in the
matter, the Democracy had anticipated it, and
Major White was doomed. Secretary Stanton
instructed the commissioner ofexchange to say
to Mr. °aid, the rebel commissioner, that one
Major White, a prisoner, was wanted as a wit
ness in a court-martial case—which was strict
ly true—and any officer of like grade, not
charged with positive violation of the rules of
war, would be given in exchange for him, The
proposition was made; in reply to which Mr.
Ould gave a laugh of triumph, and informed
our commissioner that he knew the value of
Major White politically, and he was not to be
taken at any such odds. The rebel Govern
ment had been fully advised that the
Shnate would be a tie if White should
be retained, and Jeff. Davis was just as
much a party to the disgraceful revolu
tionary proceedings of the Democracy in the
Senate in 1864, as Hopkins, Clymer St Co. Sub
sequently various propositions were made to
exchange Major White, but Jeff. Davis felt that
his prize was too valuable, and he rejected all,
Even a brigadier general, who was held as a
criminal, was offered, but no grade of officer
seemed to be of sufficient importance to the
rebel powers to warrant them m surrendering
Major White, and thus placing their ally, the
Democracy, in the minority in the Senate of
Pennsylvania.
" All hope of exchange failed by means of the
ordinary channels, and extraordinary expedi
ents were resorted to in order to effect Major
White's release, or failing in that, to get his
resignation to GOP, Curtin. Parties in Balti
more, who understood the underground road
to Richmond, and made regular trips for a
consideration, undertook to communicate
with Major White, and offers were numerous
to produce him for a large amount of money
by subsidizingthe rebel officers; but they were
declined. His resignation was procured, how
ever; secreted in a pocket Bible, and brought
North, much to the mortification of the rebels
and the DeMocrae anti at a Special election
they were defeated by an overwhelming ma
jority, and the Senate unlocked. Disappointed
in their purpose to render sabstantial aid to
the Democracy, the rebels visited special ven
geance on Major White, and he suffered all the
horrors possible for a man to suffer and live.
He made his escape three times, but was each
time recaptured, and was honored with a rest
dence in the famous dungeon Of Libbyfor some
days, for his pertinacity in attempting to get
away. At last his ingenuity prevailed - , and he
escaped by disguising himself and passing
North with a crowd of regularly exchanged
prisoners. He was promptly promoted by
governor Curtin to the lieutenant eoloneley
and subsequently to the colonelcy of his rem.-
ment, and brevetted brigadier general by the
President, in Which capacity he remained in
active service until the war was brought to a
close by the surrenderfof Lee.
"The Union men of his district have now
rendered a just tribUte to his personal and
political,worth and to his great privations for
the cause, by his renomination for Senator,
and we hope to record his election by a, deci
ded majority. The Union men of the district
must not be unmindful, however, that he is
bated by the Democratic leaders, more than
most men, because of his worthy efforts,
while a prisoner, to defeat Jeff Davis'
petty rebellion inaugurated in the Senate by
reason of his absence, and they will leave no
Means or efforts untried to compass his over
throw. This is the only naturally Union dis
trict in the State they will contest and their
efforts must bring out corresponding efforts
on the part of the Union mento preserve their
supremacy. Let the character of the strug,gle
be well understood from the start, and the
union men of Indiana, Cambria and Jefferson,
forearmed because forewarned, will achieve a
decisive victory by the triumphant restoration
of Harry White to the seat in the Senate which
was lost to him by rebel hate for his devotion
to our common country.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, August 5,-18G5
My suggestion that it is with the South
ern people to decide whether they will re
main . outside in_ .a. subordinate or-provi
sional condition, or enter upon the full AD,
joyment of the blessings and equalities of
the Union, has not fallen upon barren soil.
If it were essential to the Government that
the lately seceded States should be hurried
into the national honsehold, or that their
members should be carried bodily into the
Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States, there would •he some
reason, in the bitter words and haughty
bearing of . " the chivalry." But as it is
almoSt their exclusive interest to come
back to obedience and to association with
their fellow-countrymen, we • are as in
different to their holding out as we are
surprised at their illogical indignation.
The door stands wide open to all who
do as the people of the free States do. The
fatted calf is killed, - and the prodigal will
be welcome enough, only he must not
make conditionS. When he comes back,
lie brings nothing to' help his family; or to
heal the wounds he has assisted to inflict.
He will be an expensive inmate of the
household. No allusions will be made
to his crimes, and io excessive bur
dens will be laid upon him. But be
cause he has been forgiven an offence that
deserves punishment, he must not misun
derstand lenity for weakness, or mercy for
cowardice. With such feelings he never
can enter the Union. His remaining out
of it is, as I have said, is his own loss. The
Government can bear it at least as long as
the rebel. The day for urging men to ac
cept its generous offers is past. It is time
to cease conciliating the offending section.
Let that section now begin to conciliate the
power it has disregarded and defied. And
the truest proof of its sincerity will be found
in the readiest and most graceful submission
to the national authority. OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON.
Further Pardons by the President.
REOPENING OP MAIL COMMUNICATIONS
IN THE SMITE
A Rebel General Made the Inmate of a
Workhouse
CHOLERA ADVANCING SLOWLY TOWARDS
OUR SHORES.
The Number of Our Troops Iu
"remas being Diminished.
[Special Despatches to The Press.)
WAsu rrrux ow, August 6, 1865.
4. lieneralt 9 Elliott and his Negroes.
This was the rebel officer in command of
Fort Sumpter when it was finally-stormed and
taken by our troops. He proved to be a most
generous foe, and soon became a favorite.
He is an intelligent and cultured gentleman.
When the bottom of the secession cauldron
dropped out, ELLIOTT, who had been a very
rich and prosperous man before the war, was
rowed to the side of one of our men-of-war,
near Hilton Head, by his former slaves, and
asked to see the commander. Upon meeting
him be said that he had milled to ask whether
it was possible he could wit employment in
our navy. He said he was utterly reduced,
and wanted to work for his Hying. He pre
ferred the navy, because he liked the sea,
having enjoyed himself for years in sailing,
gunning and fishing in the bay near his plan-
tation. He had never been a politician, nothl
ing but a gentleman of leisure. He entered
the rebel service because he felt convinced
that Mr. LINCOLN would take away his slaves,,
and he had really fought for them. Re waa.
out-spoken in saying to the officer auG several
persons who were present that, kind as he had
been to his slaves, they were better off than
ever, now they were free. The Union.ollicer
told him that we could not give him employ
ment in our navy, and that we had. our own
oeslpleto putinto place, and could not take care
of those who had borne arms against the old
flag. The freedmen, the General's former
slaves, then rowed him back from. the ship to
the shore, and seemed to be very fikuch at
tached to him. Here,now, is a thoroughly sub
dued rebel. My informant, from whom I get
t big item, a naval officer of strong anti -slavery
sentiments, gives it as hie opinion, unhesi.
t atingly, that the former slaves would all vote
us their masters desired, if those masters had
treated them well. He says that tho President
spoke like a common-sense statesman in
his celebrated speech to the Quakers, when he
made a SiMilar derdaratlon , The ties between
these people, White and blaelt,are very close;
in many cases the father owns his children,
and sees his likeness repeated'in turn in the
offspring of his own sons. 41.3 r informant also
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1865.
says that the slaves are glad of their liberty,
but the very fact that they are free makes them
fonder of their masters and mistresses, where
these have been "good" to them; He has no
doubt that 2manelpation was Wide, find will
work well. He states that there are many
heavy slave-centres, vast communities of
blacks, that have not yet been touched or
reached by Union induenceS. Even in these
the blacks know they can't be sold, or whipped,
or Separated from each other ; that they can
marry, and have a right to demand, pay We
their labor. ***
The Colored People ofWashington.
One of the choice rebel expedients is to' ex
cite bad feelings against the colored people.
If the Union soldiers can be induced to insult
and attack the negroes, it serves a double pur
pose. It goes to prove the Copperhead cry
that the soldiers - hate the colored man, and
that the latter arc violent and troublesome;
all which helps the rebels. A better behaved
class is not to be found in any community
than the colored 'citizen's of Washington.
They have never been engaged in a riot;
and during the last four to five years have
been orderly, obedient, and ready to make
any sacrifices for the Government. What•
ever may have been the cause of the late
alleged outbreak between the negroes and
whites at Ann% Creek, you will find that
none of the colored men from here have had
Part in it. The Government have given back
the railroad running from Aquia Creek to
Fredericksburg to its former owners, some of
whom were rebels, and from this, the trouble
may have grown. The colored citizens of
Washington have prepared a petition to lay
before the next Congress, asking for certain
civil rights, and I am told their argument
will be unanswerable. They will present sta
tiStieS to show how much property is owned
by colored people, and how much tax
they pay; and upon these data, based upon
the record of many years, they will. build
their appeal for justice. The memorial, writ
ten and got up among themselves alone, will
be signed by the petitioners in their own
handwriting, and Cannot fail to produce a
most favorable impression. A very strong
party of white citizens will give their aid to
this important movement. Congress has no
right to interfere with suffrage in the States,
but the District of Columbia is under its ex
clusive jurisdiction ; and if there is a body of
colored men on earth fit for civil franchise, it
is the colored population of Washington. It
is for Conzress to decide
[By Associated Press.]
Health of the President.
The President has nearly recovered from his
sickness of a week's duration, and yesterday
received visitors.
The Cholera Advancing;
The State Department is advised by our
Consul at Port Mahon that the cholera which
has prevailed in Egypt is slowly advancing
westward, lie adds: " From the reported
virulence of the disease it is not without ap . -
prehension here, this being a quarantine sta
tion, that it may again spread over the eoun
tly."
66 The Mighty rapen."
The afternoon papers of Saturday represent
that the rebel General BENJAMIN G. Mu, was
arrested on Friday night for drunken and dis
orderly conduct, and for Want of money to
pay the fine decreed for the offence, was sent
to the workhouse for thirty day&
Death or on Officer.
Capt. PERCIVAL DRAYTON, Chief of the Bu..
reau of Navigation, (lied at a late hour on Fri
day night. He had been ill only tem days. lie
participated. with Admiral DUPONT in the.
taring of Port Royal, S. C., and Other important
places. His funeral will take place on 310n
day.
Our Troops in Texas,
The stories that our Government is largely
adding to our military forces in Texas are con
tradicted by the official order to General
to cause all the volunteer white
troops, cavalry, artillery, and Infantry, arriv
ing in that department, which he may think
can be dispensed with, to be mustered out of
service. The musters out will be by entire
organizations,includiug all additional thereto
by recruits and from other sources.
Permission to Visit Davis.
Several applications have lately been made
to the executive authorities for special per
mission to visit JEFF DAVIS. One of these is
by his former physician, Who, at the request of
his fathily, desires to professionally ascertain
the actual condition of -that: - inalvidnal's.
health. .TO this no anstver hatildfteen made,
the Government having abundant means of
constantly being advised on that subjecti and,
so far as is known here, the prisoner's health
is not suffering by the present treatment.
A Damaging Collision.
On Thursday night the propeller D. It
Mount, bound to this city, and the large
propeller New York, bound to Phiindel
nhia with freight, collided when near Point
Lookout, and both were injured. The New
York was badly damaged, and for a time
was in a sinking condition, but by the speedy
use of the pump and prompt action on the
part of the crew, the leak was stopped, and
she proceeded •on her trip. The mount ver
non bas'anived here, and will be immediately
repaired.
Postal Affairs.
The Postmaster General has just ordered the
renewal of mail service on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, from Mobile to Columbus, Ky.,
including Macon and other important points.
Additional post-armee in the south and south.
west have been reopened.
A New Discovery of Guano.
The State Departnient has been officially in.
formed that a new source of industry is in
Process of development at Antigua, W. 1., by
the discovery of a very 'valuable deposit of
guano on the Island of ' 6 llednida.” Some Of
this fertillier will soon be sent to the United
States.
Pardons.
The President has pardoned Bishop Lyman . ,
of South Carolina, who is now in Borne ; also,
Mrs. CORA SLOCUM, of New Orleans, whose con
fiscated estate is restored to her on the recom
mendation of General BUTLER.
GENERAL GRANT.
narAti ,,, lqjkwDtwiyinp,;#2k4:*'Lg•l‘ , l4lowiteilok):64 , oo.
Qccure, Aug. a.—Lieutenant General Grant
and party arrived here this evening by a spe
cial train. Re was met at the railroad depot
by Col. Bernard, Aide-de-camp to his Excel
lency the Governor General. The General,
with his staff, are invited to dine with the
Governor General on Monday.
MONTREAL, C. W., August 6.—General Grant
arrived at Quebec at 7 o'clock last evening,
and Admiral Hope, with the war steamers
Styx and Liffey, arrived there to-day. General
Grant (lines with the ,Governor General and
Admiral Hope to-day. ,
GOVERNMENT CHARITY.
Swindling by Wholesale in the South
ern States—Pauperism and Idleness
being Fostered by the Issue of Go.
.
vernment Rations.
New Yona, August s.—General Fisk; Assist
ant Commissioner of Freedmen and Refugees,
lies forwarded a report to Washington, in
Which he calls the attention of the Government
to the large issue of Government rations, and
says that,after personally investigating many
cases, he is quite sure that the Government is
being immensely swindled by many of the
recipients of its bounty, and at the same time
is, to an alarming extent, fostering institu
tions for the promotion of idleness, vagrancy,
pauperism, and crime. Nearly every family
in Georgia and Alabama, regardless of their
ability, are drawing rations from the Govern
ment, and claim it as a right. Also, too many
think it no wrong to resort to any mean trick
to more than duplicate thequantitylthey would
be entitled to if found worthy.
THE CABLES.
The Newfoundland Cable Totally Use
less—No Tidings of the Great East•
AsrY BAY, Aug. s.—Mr. L. W. Jerome'S yacht,
the Clara Clarita, boarded the schooner Presi
dent, with the Germania's news, and brought
it to this place. We have succeeded in under
imming and getti»g on board about three
miles of the Newfoundland cable, after great
labor. The cable, however, Is so much corro
ded that we have no hope of repairing it, in
under-running it, it parted three times.
We have got no tidings of the Great Eastern
as yet.
NEw YORK, August despatch' from
Queenstown, by the steamer City of Boston,
dated July 27th, states that the Great Eastern
Wag, on that . Morning, 100 miles from land,
paying out the cable successfully. The sig
»als were good, and the weather fine. A -pri.
rate note from Cyrus Field says: "We ex
pect to reach Heart's Content August sth.”
The following despatches from on board
the Great Eastern, are of interest: " Tuesday,
July 04th-150 miles of cabielaid ; twelve, raid
nlghtlso miles run. Wednesday, six A, M,-
10) miles run ; signals good ; all going on well"
Southern Railroads and' Telegraphs.
CAnto, 111., Aug. s.—The Mobile and Ohio
railroad has been completed from Columbus,
Ky., to Trenton, Tenn., and the ears will be
running through tOlobile in a few weeks.
ST. Lams, Aug. the recent completion
of the line between Pine Bluffs and Camden,
Arkansas, telegraphic communication is
opened to Galveston, Texas, via ShVeVepOrt,
Marshall, and. Ifouston. The line in course of
coustruetion.in western Texas, will soon give
the authorities WWltShingtollool:llMUllieatioll
with San Antonio, Brownsville, and other
points on the frontier.
PENNSYLVANIA. POST-OFFICE APPOINTMENTS,
—John. W. ll:nodes, postmaster, Black Lick
Station, Indiana county, vice R. H. Duncan,
resigned.
Joseph Palmer, DOStleaSter, Sipe's 1 / 1 018,
Iton county, vice Fananuel Sipe, resi&ued.,
Aaron Briggs, postmaster, 'Wapwallop.eri,
Luzerne county, vice Jplin a, ileum
SOUTH CAROLINA,
PROCLAMATION OP THE PRO
VISIONAL GOVERNOR.
The First Steps Towards Reorganization
and the Restoration of Civil Law.
EX-GEN. WADE HAMPTON ADVISES ALL
HIS FELLOW-CITIZENS TO STAY AT
HONE AND TAKE THE OATH.
HE SHOWS THE EXAMPLE, PLEADING FOR
LAW AND ORDER.
He will not Expatriate Himself 'rust Now,
for Many Reasons.
EVERYBODY REQUIRED TO AID THE STATE
IA BUILDING HERSELF UP AGAIN.
RESTORATION OF NAIL FACILITIES.
Benjamin F. Perry, having been appointed
Provisional Governor of the State of South
Carolina by the President, issued, July 31st, a
Proclamation, in which he proclaims that all
civil officers in South Carolina, who were in
office when the Civil Government of the State
was suspended, in May last, (except those ar
rested or under prosecution for treason), shall,
on taking the, Oath of allegiance prescribed in
the President's Amnesty Proclamation of the
25th day of May,1865, resume the duties of their
offices, and continue to discharge them under
the Provisional Government till further ap
pointments are made.
And further, that it is the duty pf all loyal
citizens to go promptly forward and take the
oath of allegiance before some magistrate or
military officer of the Federal Government,
who may be qualified for administering oaths,
and such are authorized to give certified copies
theteof to the persons respectively by whom
they were made. And such magistrates or_
officers are lffireby required to transmit the
originals of such oaths as early as possible to
Washington.
And that the managers of elections through
out the State will hold an election for mem
bers of a State Convention at their respective
precincts, on the first Monday in September
next, according to the laws of South Carolina
in force before SeeeaSion,"and that each elec
tion district in tjle State shall elect as many
members of the convention as the said district
has members of the House of Representatives
—the basis of representation being population
and taxation. This will give one hundred and
twenty-four members to the convention—a
number sufficiently large to represent every
portion of the State moat fully.
Every loyal citizen who has taken the am
nesty oath, and not within the excepted
classes in the President's proclamation, will
be entitled to vote, provided he was a legal
voter under the Constitution as it stood prior
to the secession of , Srintb. Carolina, And all
who are within the excepted classes must take
the oath and apply for a pardon, in order to
entitle them to vote or become members of
the convention.
The members of the Convention thus elected
on the first Monday in September next, are
hereby required to convene in the city of Co
hubbla on Wednesday, the 13th day of Septem
ber, 1965, for the purpose of altering and
amending the present Constitution of South
Carolina, or remodelling and making a new
one, which will conform to 'thegreat changes
which have taken place in the State, and be
more in uccordance With republiean princi
ples and equality of representation.
And that the Constitution aiid all laws of
force in South Carolina prior to the secession
of the...! ,, Ore .made of force under the
`.ProVisicmal;;ZiOierinnent,excePt wherein they
may conflict with the provisions of this Pro.
clemation. And the Judges and Chancellors
of tilt! State are required to exercise all the
powers and perform all the dutieS which ap=
pertain to their respective offices, and espe
cially in criminal cases. It will be expected
of the Federal military authorities now in
South Carolina, to lend their authority to the
civil officers of the Provisional Government,
for the pnrpose of enforcing the laws and pre
serving the peace and good Order of the State.
And further, he -------- upon . good and lawful
citizens to unite in bringing to 'justice all
disorderly persons who are wandering about
without employment or any visible means of
supporting themseivei.
(From the Charleston Courier, Ist htstant.]
ADVICE FROM THE Er-REBEL GENERAL lIAIKETOIT.
From the Columbia PhteniX, of the 27th inlet.,
we copy a letter from General Wade Hampton,
which we present for the candid and earnest
consideration of every patriot in our State.
No one who is acquainted with the public
career and private integrity of the writer will
pass his suggesMons by unheeded. Our State
is languishing in her present anomalous con
ition, and can only he revivified by the hearty,
intelligent, and united action of all of her
citizens, and by the .restoration of her "civil
Government" The general Government is ex
hibiting its disposition to aid us to the full
extent of its ability, and has provided us with
an °nicer, appointed: from amongst our Own
people, to guide us in our steps towards the
resumption Of the dignity and rights of the
State. What remains must be done the
people themselves in theirsovereign capacity.
The advice of Gen. Hampton with reference
to the necessity which exists for every voter
to take the oath of amnesty as prescribed by
Rresident Johnson, can meet, with no possible
plausible objection fromthose who are sincere
in their loyalty to the Government.
To another point of General Hampton's let
her we direct earnest attention. The conven
tion which is to Meet in September nest will
be the most important political body that hag
ever been convened in South Carolina. It is,
therefore, of the utmost consequenqe that this
convention should be composed ehtirely of
the intelligent and truly patriotic men of our
cOmmimity. We trust that the views pre
sented in • the • letter which we subjoin will
meet with the popular commendation they
deserve, and that the influence of ,General
Hampton may permeate the hearts of. _our
countrymen anti fructify to the benefit of the
State and the country at large :
2b the Editor of the CotembiaPheenix—Slß : Nn-.
merous communications having been ad
dressed to me, proposing to form a colony to
emigrate, I take this method of answering
them, not only on account .of their number,
but because of the want of all mail facilities.
The desire to leave a country which has been
reduced tosueli a deplorable condition as ours,
and whose future has so little of hope, is
doubtless as wide-spread as it is natural. But
I doubt the propriety of this expatriation of
so many of our beat men. The very fact that
Mir State is passing, through so terrible
an ordeal as the present, should Cause
her • 'sons to cling the more closely
to her. My advice to_ all of my fel
low-citizens is, that they should devote their
whole energies to the restoration of law and
order, the re-establishment of agriculture and
commerce, the promotion of education; and
the rebuilding of our cities and dwellings
which have been laid in - ashes. Toaccomplish
these objecta—the highest that patriotism can
conceive—l recommend that all who can do so
should take the oath of allegiance to the
United States Government, so that they may
participate in the'xestoration of civil govern
ment to our State.
War, after fOur years of heretic but unsuccess
ful struggle, has failed to secure to us the rights
for which we engaged in it. To save any Of our
rights—to rescue anything more from the
general rain—will require all the statesman
ship and all the patriotism of our citizens.
If the best men of our country—those who for
years past have risked, their lives in her de
fence—refuse to take the oath, they will be ex
eluded from the councils or the State, and its
destiny will be committed of necessity to
those who forsook her in her hour of need, or
to those who would gladly pull her down to
irretrievable ruin. To guard against such a
calamity, let all-true patriots devote them
selves, with zeal and honesty of purpose, to
the restoration of law, the blessings of peace,
and to the rescue -of whatever of liberty may
be saved from the general Wreck. If, after an
honest effort to effect these objects, we fail,
we can then seek a home in another country.
A distinguished citizen of our State—an
honest man and a true patriothas been ap
pointed Governor. He will soon call a conven
tion of the people, which will be charged with:
the most vital interests of our State. Choose
for this convention your best and truest men ;
not those who have skulked in the hour of
danger—nor those who have worshipped mam
mon while their country was bleeding at every
pore—nor the politician, who, after urging
war, dared not encounter its hardships—but
those who laid' their an upon the altar of
their country. Select such men,. and malce
them serve as your representatives. You
will, then be sure that your rights will not
be wantonly sacrificed., nor your liberty
bartered for a mesa of pottage. lily in
tention. is to pursue the course I Mem
mend to others. Besides the obligations I
owe to my State, there are others of a - personal
character which will not permit me to leave
the country at present. I shall devote myself
earnestly, if allowed to do so, to the discharge
of these obligations, public and private. In
the meantime, I shall obtain all information
which would be desirable in the establishment
of a colony' in ease. we should - ultimately be
forced to leave the country. I invoke my
fellow-citizens—espeolally those who have
shared with me the perils and the glories of'
the last four yearsto stand by our State man-.
fully and truly, The Roman Senate voted
thanks to one Of their Generals, because, in
the darkest boUr of the republic, he did not
despair. Lot us emulate the -'example of the
Roman, and thus entitle ourselves to the
gratitude of our country.
Beßpeetfully, yours, WADE HAMPTON.
TEE MAILS AND BAILISDADS OP THE SPAML
Mails for the interior are now fowardedfrom
this point every day on the South Carolina,
and triweekly on the Northeastern railroad.
At Onsgeburg the wails for Augusta, Colum
bia, and, all intermediate military posts and
points in the interior are forwarded by mili
tary transportation, through couriers, tri.
weekly, and are distributes. by persons ap
pointed by the varioys post commandants.
Where no military post has been established,
the
m each ,station or "town are turned
over to fo omo each responsible person Reloaded by
the rostdentsnof tib uptgltborload, Wherever
the old postmasters can be found they are at once
reappointed. .
On the line of the Northeastern Railroad the
mails are forwarded from this city in charge
of a courier, three times a week, as far as
Sumpter, S. C., and the same mode of distribu
tion adopted fat way stations as Oil the South
Carolina Railroad. Mr. Beekman, connected
with the post-office in this city, is' now on a
visit to the interior as far as Camden, S. c:, , to
make arrangements for forwarding the mans
by either public or priVate conveyance to and
beyond that place.
Heavy Fires in Troy anal lloston
BosTon, August 6.—A—fire occurred this
morning, at half -past fly° o'clock, in the
Evans' Building, on Middle street, occupied
by Lewis Rollins & Co., Clothing dealers, who
lost from $B,OOO to $9,000, and are insured for
2157,000.
The fire broke out on the third floor, used as
their clothing manufactory, and extended to
the rooms occupied by Merrill iSt Sewall, Job
hers and dealers in fancy goods, who lost
$lO,OOO, and are insured for $B,OOO. The fire was
quickly extinguished, and . the building was
damaged to the extent of $2,000; chiefly caused
by water and smoke. '
TROY, / . 4 . : Y., Aug. 6.--A threatening lire oc
curred in the lower part of the city this after
noon, destroying over 1,000 cords of wood be
longing to the Hudson River Railroad Com
pany. At the Adams-street depot, the games
were stayed in the midst of an immense quan
tity of wood, by the engines of this city, West
Ttoy, and Lansingburg. At one time the
whole southern section of the city was, in den.
ger. The cars and locomotives were run out
to.a place of safety. The telegraph was tem
porarily interrupted. The total loss was $B,OOO.
The fire was caused by sparks from a locomo
tive.
WAIFS FROM THE SOUTH.
itIOELMOND
Diamonds have been found at Manchester,
opposite Richmond, Virginia. The large one
found there some years ago, and owned by Mr.
Dewey, did not cut up well. It was sold there
for eight thousand dollars.
Brigadier General Seth Barton, of the late
Confederate army, Is now in Richmond.
Governor Pieniont made the following ap
pointments on Friday: Notaries Public—For
Louisa, Thomas Chapman ; for Loudon, F. M.
Henderson ; for Richmond - and' Henrico, Chas.
A. Rose.. Tobacco Inspectors—James A. Robin
son, first inspector, Lynch's • Warehouse,
Lynchburg; E. N. Eubank, second inspector
at the same. Commissioner of Deeds for the
State of Virginia in Indiana—James B. Latimer.
The Bth Pennsylvania Cavalry, four hundred
and seventy-eight strong, arrived here from
Lynchburg, on the canal; on Wednesday after
noon. The 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Col.
Spears, reached here yesterday evening, by
the same route. Both belong to • Gen. Gregg's
division s and' have been:doing duty at Lynch
burg. They are. en route to their homes, in the
Keystone State, where they will be mustered
out of service.—.Tetyrablic, 4llt.
The following is an abstract of rations issued
to the destitute in this city and its surround
ings, for the month of July, by Captain.E.
Misner, President of the Itelief Commission:
No. of No. of
persons. rations.
Week ending July 8 8,654 29,549
Week ending July 15 19 28,841
Week ending July 22 8,715
29,576
Week ending July 29 ....... .... 8,955 30,492
Total
--Republic,
N. J. H. Chandler, United States District
Attorney, is in Richmond.
The Richmond 'theatre is closed fora month.
The Ballard House will lie opened next week.
PETERSBURG.
The ElHoot Cotton Factory, one of the
largest mills in the South, and situated in
Petersburg, was destroyed by are on Thurs•
day morning.
The old Mutual Aid Fire Association, of Pe
tersburg, an organization which existed be
fore the war, has been reorganized.
Government agents have been in the city
within the last two or three days, taking down
a list of the names of those persons worth
over *20,000, and forwarding them to the Ha
reau Headquarters. The property books in
the Clerk's office have been well scoured, and
each name, as recorded was forwarded, with
remarks as to his participation or non-partici
pation in the "great rebellion." Of course,
some stir has boon created among. the wealth
ier class. —Express, 3a:
Sweet potatoes are in. abundance In Peters
burg.
-
The Siamese twins exhibited in this city on
Thursday.
It is estimated that there were three nun
dred farmers in Petersburg yesterday from
the counties of Sussex, Greensville, and South
ampton alone. They brought corn, eggs, but
ter, chickens, calves, lambs; and other kinds
of country truck—received therefor a goodly
number of greenbacks—expended lavishly in
dry goods, groceries, and hardware—and then
left, nearly all in a body.. A- gentleman who
came upthe Halifax road last evening says he
met the train . or wagons and carts, and that it
numbered one hundred and fifty-six, and ex
tended a distance of a mile • or' more.—Ei•
press, M.
- -
[MEMO
It will be esteemed rather fishy, we presume,
when we saythat the fire kindled , by Wheelers
Cavalry on the evacuation of - Raleigh, and by
Which the 'Central Railroad depot was burned,
was discovered last Saturday to be still burn
lug beneath the surface Of the earth: It is,
nevertheless, a verity.—Progress, 81st-ult.
btxsoELLA.Nmotrs
A new paper, to be called therm/1g Dispatch,
is to be started in Wilmington, N. C.
A tournament was announced to take place
at Warrington Springs; Va.., on Thursday, the
ad inst., at which the late rebel Gen. Payne, a
native of Fauonier county, was to deliver an
address, and John Singleton Mosby, of guerilla
chieftain notoriety, was to act as one of the
marshals. Doubtless the list of contending
knights comprised some of his "partisan
rangers," as they were styled in the South,
and the occasion improved for a reunion of a
large number of those ivhb comprised this fa
-mous battalion.
Small-pox is prevaientandinereaSingamong
the colored people of Idaco4, Georgia. The
nlegraph urges that no more negroes be al.
lowed, for the present, to come there, and
that no infected ones.be permitted to leave
the place.
Ten thousand freedmen and their families
are farming for themselves in the neighbor
hood of Vicksburg, - with excellent results,
doing much better than those who worked by
the month for wages. The Government is fur
nishing them seed and other articles on credit,
to be paid from the proceeds of the crops. This
system is considered the most suitable for the
freedmen, as it teaches them to rely on their
own exertions.
The conservative voters of Winchester have
nominated Robert T. Conrad for Mayor, and J.
IL Shemin for recorder.
THE INCOME RETURNS.
Another List of the $5,000 Incomes.
Who the nick and Comfortable are in the
Fifth and Sixth Wards
even& DiviaiOn
FIFTH WARD— P
Ashuist, J0hn...516,775
Bayard, Mary.... 6,067
Bayard, James.. 5,063
Bayard,J.,(teee) 1,024
Blaney, H. (t'ee)' 7,027
Crowell„ Wm. G.. 6,198
Campbell, St.th T 50,326
Creighton, Wm.. 5,458
Creighton, Jas... 8,487
Doughten, W.... 15,062
Hart, Abraham.. 9,862'
Eighth
Allen, John C.... $7,593
Burgin, Geo. lad.. 7,8411
Bloodgood, J. 8.. 7,301
Bernbeim, Di 8,3051
Campbell, Wm„.. 18,424
Day, Alfred 16,609
Drinkhouse, Wm 5,632
Henkels, Geo. J. 7,394
Harper, John M. 9,888
Rare, J. C1ark.....5,479
Knott, Geo. F:. 5,172
Lyman R. Smith 5,061
Page,George M.. 9,690
Page, James 5.939
Rutter, C. S . 0,604
smith, la and Jos.
Bayard, (tr'ee). 6,071
Scattergood, Joe, .
Wharton, Geo. M. 17,760
Clapp, Joseph... 5,313
Rillduff Robert.. 6,635
Marks,Jas. P.... 10,277
Roussell, Eugene 5,234
Robb. ; Charles—. 6,550
Sinalekson, J. J:. 29,450
Townsend, 501...11,570
Whilldfn, . M.... 13,433
Division
McKeever, Wm.. 11,255
Morris, Geo 10,629
penn , a Go. tor in-
Seventh .
Abbey, Charles-811,473
Binney, Horace.. 27,612
110150,A. F., Weill 10,009
Bonie, A. E. & H.
P. (trustee) 5,384
Bolle, Henry P... 25,414
Cattell, And. G... 10,432
Davids, Rebecca. 6,590
Diamond, Mrs. AI 8,482
Donalcison,Se_pue 20,011
Donaldson, W.P. 81,014
Fliskwir, Han
nah C 22,154
Gibbons, Charles 17,859
Heaton, Wm..". 9,918
Ingersoll, Jos. R. 14,690
Jayne, Dr. David 127,149
suece OA lives,
trustee 5,777
Do. do. attor'y 5,294
Do. do. trustee 6,343
Do. do. trustee 23,145
Do. do. guard'n 5,293
Do. do. exeou'r 7,227
DO. (10, Sauer... 5,97 s
Smith, R.ltundell 5,000
Smith, Thomas... 21,193
Smith, Jas. G 30,335
Swain, Wm. 31... 59,424
Thorndley, John. 9,531
Wallace, Dr. E.... 5,215
Divisioan.
Fifteenth
Bally, S. E. $13,8751
Boyd, Wm. 5.... 19,990 1
Campbell, James 6;800
Castner, Samuel 12,165
Campion, Jos. 11 9,303
Carpenter, F.... 6,629
Cumming. E t , A. W 17,822
English, lii ail.. 6,237
Inkington. Thos. 5,764
Evans, Joseph E. 5,7011
Evans, Wm., Jr... 5,409
Grant, Wm. 5.... 17,955
Grant, Samuel... 50,479
Jones, Fleury A... 7,6581
Kirkpatriek,Win
IL, (executor)... 13,01 e
Knight, E. C 53,0531
SIXTH WARD—
Burton,lsaac *9,403 I
Tenth
Bunker, C. N $5,606
Barnes Win. H... 9,074:
Bug)), James C... 8491
Brown T. W......
Beek 8,954
Gaun, L ,
B. H '4249
Greer, Samuel G. 5,000
1410mm . ,_J0hn.... 6;837
tOetia, ....... 19,247
Thirteent3
Loper, Rich. F.... 100,000
D 1 honey, M. E.... 6,450
Milne, James.,... 6,771
Moore, Thos. IL.. 11,470
Osterle, Paul.... 5,521
Pendleton, F. E... 6,126
Randolph, S. E.
Mrs 7,693
Rutter, C. S., Jr.. 6,585
Shuman Wm. W. 5,305
Smith,James D.. 18,478
Sproul, J. T 7,230
Bonder, E. A 41,867
Sweeny, 11. J.... 6,499,
Whildin, W 29,744
Wood, Caleb...—. 9,67:7
•Ninth Division.
LP , ollock, Hobert. Wi t ll4
ViSiG%
Maealtioner, A.., 2,74)130
Maginnis, A. 15,555
Markley, 5,900
Penslee, Chas. S. 5,343
Richardson, R... 15,974
Solis, D. H.. .. 5,583
Stadiger, I. 1..... 15,470
Pilney L. 5...." 10,251
Woodside, Jolni: 17,610
c Division.
Lawler, John.. .. 5,185
,Megear, Thos. J.. 8,758
14,000
h
brown, Geo $6,021
Cogley, L. W.... 6,433
Derbyshire,,A. J. 17,369
.sburteenth
Ilitspham, 5amue1426,623 Kirkpatrick, F.A 6,574
- Brown, Mary p... 6,439 KirkpOriek, J. F 20,180.
lirown, Joe. 27,813 Kirkpatrick ,D... 7,070
Collier, Sam 9 l, 3 - r 8,852 Lafol6ll7lld l 3, h 10 , 943
Cooper, Chas. D.. 5,785 Kay, Isacc 7,927
Cubherly, D. P.— 10,538 Mearer, Chas. G.. 6,596
Robt. 5,822110rri5, W. J....... 7,624
Make's, Richard. 23,595 31081ey, W. It 7,248
Vouch°, W. W 5,019 Price Richard—. 11,091
Goldsmith, M.... 6,411 Price; 8. L ... ... 9,753
Godley, Jesse.... 6,233 Reed, C. D . 14,312
Moines, LindlCy.. 7,119 Rood, J. W 14,301
HastinS, .... 5 5 415 Ilamintoll, C 5,458
Jeans, Mane 28,837. Still, W 16,182
Kirkpatrick, C. 51 6,388 Wutberder, D. S.. 26,604
Seventeenth Division.
Cramer, Henry.... 45 , 842 Harrris, M. 7,832
Fales, George.... 42,449 Harris, Geo. 8-0 15,889
Falco, Louis H...; 6,402 Midnight, J. T.... 5,288
Graham, B. IL 7,168 hillier, Joseph.— 18,567
Goomo W 24485 Wood, J, 5.,,,,,, ,391
The Shore End of the Atlantic Cable
Successfully Laid,
A DEFECT OF INSULATION DISCOVERED
AND PROMPTLY REMEDIED.
PATING OUT COMMENCED--TEM GREAT
EASTERN NOW AT BEA.
Three Hundred Miles Succemfully huh,
merged at Lust Account&
RECOGNITION OF THE KINGDOM OF ITALY
PRUSSIAN WORKINGMEN ANXIOUS
• FOR TREIR RIGHTS.
Ceps gnus, Aug. 2, via ASPY BAY, Aug. 5.
The Steamship Gerniania, from Hamburg On
the 28d inst., via Southampton on the morning
of the 26th, has passed this point en rouse to
New York. She was boarded by the yacht of
the Associated Press, and the following sum
mary of European intelligence obtained.
The steamship America, from New York, ar
rived at Cowes ori the 26th.
The steamship Moravian, from. Quebec, sr
rived out on the 24tli.
The steamship Africa, from Boston, arrived
out on the 26th.
The Germania reports having passed the
steamship Borussia, from New York, on the
23d, at SA. M., and the British ship Tasmania
on the 3lst.
The shore end of the Atlantic cable was
landed and successfully connected with the
instruments on board the Great Eastern. The
Knight of Kerry invoked success on the under
dertaking, and in conclusion called on Sir
Robert reel, whe made an admirable addren,
Cheers were then given for the Peesident of ,
the United States, when the paying out of the
heavy shore end of the cable commenced.
The splice was completed in the most sue•
cessful manner, and the cable worked per
fectly. The gunboats Terrible and Sphynx
companied the Great Eastern.
A. telegram from Valentia, dated the 24th of
July, says :
"Insulation defects took place -on Monday
afternoon. The mischief is supposed to exist
three miles west of the shore end splice, and
it is believed that it was caused by -too much
strain from the Great Eastern. She hove to
when ten miles from the shore. The Caroline
is picking up and undermining the splice and
repairing the fault. It is expected that the
damage will be rectified immediately. The
rest of the cable remains perfect."
34,636 118,458
The municipal elections which have taken
place are favorable to the Government every
where.
Trade is quiet. Flour liaB aclyaneed two
francs per sack.
PARTS, July 25.—0 n the Bourse, Ratites closed
at 67f 65.
The Government has received an official dis
patch from the Spanish Cabinet, recognizing
the kingdom of Italy, and expressing the most
friendly feelings towards it.
A telegram from the Great Eastern, dated
the 25111 of July, says
L; The cable is all 0. K. again. The signals
are perfect. A small fault was discovered and
cut out. The Great Eastern is now paying out
the cable in latitude Ed dOg. longitude 12 deg. , '
LONDON, July EVening. 0011SOls are
heavy and.,depressed, closing at 99-X§eo for
money. 'United States live-twenties have de
clined l_per cent. Illinois Ce'ntral shares have
declined X per cent. Virginia • sixes are 1 per
cent. lower. Erie Railroad shares have reco
vered X per cent. •
Span and France have exchanged a treaty
of ratification for reducing the customs tariff,
The cholera at Alexandria and Cairo is sub
siding.
The imperial sanction will be given imme
diately to the budget of 1805.
The Beichorath will be prorogued on tuo
27th of July by the Emperor of Peassia.
A committee of workingmen hag been
formed in Berlin for the purpose of organizing
monster meetings to assert their rights and of
publicly meeting - together.. The authorities
suppressed the banquets which- they werti to
give In honor of the Liberal deputies at Co
logne, Denz, and at Nassau. The military dia.
parsed the workingmen quietly, and the pub
lic order was - not disturbed..
Commercial Intelligence.
Livenrcor. COTTON' •Itaram—The sales on
Monday and Tuesday amounted to 14,000 bales,
including 5,000 bales to speculators and ex
.porters. The market was aull, with a decline
cfligAd.
TRADE RsPORT.—The Manchester market
was Hat, and the quotations had a downward
tendency.
LIVERPOOL : BREADSTIIPPR MARKET. —Flour
closed quiet and. steady. Wheat was irregular,
and prices declined id Tict cental. Corn quiet,
with an upward tendency; sales of mixed at
318031 e ed IP quarter.
LIVERPOOL PROVISION :slemteT.—Beef quiet
and steady. Pork steady. Bacon firmer. Lard
buoyant and advancing, being quoted at 72
@7ss.
lavenrooL PRODPOR MA.ILEP.T.—Ashes quiet
awl steady.' Sugar steady. Coffee inactive.
Rice firm. Rosin dull ; sales small. Spirits of
Turpentine nominally quoted at 48s. Pe:
trolcum steady at Cl 9 ed.'
'Ammon Money MenuuT, 25th.—Consols closed
at 80,01)90, for money.
AMERICAN STOCEB.—The- latest sales were
United States five-twenties at 71470 Illinois
Central Railroad, 8818831; Erie Railroad,
road, :53
(053)4
LATER.
NEW Your, August 6.—The steamship City of
Beaton, from Liverpool July 26th, via Queens
town July 270, arrived at noon today.
Her advices are one day later than were re•
veivedby the Germanin. She has nearly eight
hundred passengers.
On the 27th passed steamships Edinburgand
City of Limerick. July 28th, passed steam
ships China and City of Manchester.
The shore end of the Atlantic cable having
been successfully submerged on the night of
July 22d, the splice with the main cable was,
completed at 4.25 on Sunday afternoon, July
23d, and the Great Eastern immediately com
menced paying out, The testing through the
entire length' was perfect, and the weather
line. On the 24th defects of insulation were
discovered, and the Great. Eastern hove to in
lon. 10, about So miles from shore; The
latest despatch is as follows :
YALENTiA, July '2stll.—Great Eastern tele
graphs from lat. 52, lon. 12, that a small fault
has been discovered and taken out, She is
now paying out again, and the signalling is
perfect. The weather is fine.
The Parliamentary elections are .every
where completed. The net Liberal gain is
twenty-four, but some claim twenty-six. The
Herald consoles the Conservatives by as
serting that the real gain is with them, as tile
elections have relieved them of, unrfillable
supporters:
It is again asserted on good authority that
Palmerston will retire before Parliament
meets, and that Gladstone will decline the
Premiership in favor of Lord Granville.
Brazil has accepted the Drama' proposals Of
February last, and diplomatic - relations are
about to be re-established.
A French imperial decree promulgates. the
convention at Geneva, in August, 1864, for.bet
ter care of Wounded soldiers on, battle-ftelds.
It is reported. that the civil war WAS recom
mencing in Japan. The steamerfremßOilibay,
with the mails of June 24, put back July 10,
and the mails would be forwardea on thal2th.
Calcutta telegrams of July 11, anal Bombay 7,
report active and improving markets.
LIVERPOOL, July 27.—The steamships Ame
rica, Borusala, and Edi . Ourg, Blom New York,•
have arrived.
LONDON, July 21.—The political. news is not
important.
The Great Eastern was three hundred miles
out this morning, and the signals through the
entire cable were good,.
The Back of England llaS raised its rate of,
discount to 3% per cent.
LATEST. COMMERCIAL.
LIVER:poor July 2+—Exening.—Sales. of; cot.
ton for two days, 20,900 bake, including.2,ooo to
speculators and exporters. The market is
dull, with light inquiry, and prices wereweitk.
Ereadstuffs quiet and steady. Provisions dull.
Lard firm, at 755„ for kettle rendered;
_
rtkigt , ol4 July 2b, ,, . ,, C0n501s closed:o%We for
money.lllinois Central Railroad, tig@ggiAt
Erie, 511146164 U. S. 5.205, MXOI4, Arrived
from this path. hew York ship. Uourier, at
Marseilles. AT rived from Baltimore, ship A.
Boaniger atWeymouth. ,The steamship lowa,
sunk oft' Haw*, has been raisedi and:docked at
Cherbourg,
Nougaterrention Our. Polley on the
Rio Ciroude—lustamettoua to the COM
meroler of Our Treopr.
WAsirmoTON, August (1,-41t0 general corn,
mending the Departs at of 'Reseals enjoined
to, a strict anti faithful, observance of the in
structions beretefost. issued, which require
him to forbear from any form of intervention
in the war between France and the sovereign
power of Neale°, of which President Juarez
continues to 'fie recognized as the ehlef.
1111arkeIS dT Teiegraph.
Sr. Louis, August a.—.CottonltcceifltS Of 800
bales, with no saws. -Tobacco sells at eitusompuo
for shipping leaf, and 011.2fignam for piano/a°.
tured leaf. Flour: Sales tyt $8.26 for single ex
tra, and 0.50(010 for douhle extra. Wheat Sells
at $1.90@a.12 for what), and $2.28 2.45 for
ohoice. Corn 78e8 00 , VMS 5705.90. Whisty is
quoted at *VA. .
••••:-
THREE CENTS.
EUROPE.
BY-: SPAIN.
The Atlantic. Cable.
FRANCE.
ITALY.
SPAIN.
TURKEY AND EGYPT.
AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.
MEXICO.
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Tan WAn Paaaa will be sent to subscrtberg by
Inaltiner anzara advance,l at $e SO
Piro copies 10 00
Ten copie s ' ' $ 0 00
Larger Clubs than Ten be charged At the same
rate, 42.00 her copy.
The money mnet alma ve acoomPaHY 6ae °lmger• and
in no instance can , thee terms he deviated from, al
then Apra very lathe more than the cost of ipaPer.."- -
Postmastera are recanted to act Air Outs
for TH2 WAn Puna.
snir To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twenty.
all extra copy or the paper trill be given.
STATE ITEMS
One night last week a lifr. DOrWart, re.
siding near Berks county, while in
be act of retiring to bed,. was fired at through
tint window by some unknown person, the ball
Passing within a dew inches of him and lodg
ing in the wall. The cause of this dastardly
attempt at murder Is not explained.. •
• Out city bas been quiet' smog thit
gation of the Mayor's proclamation relative to
the sale of liquor. Although some.of .the bars
are not entirely clOsed, care is taken to avoid
selling to drllnken men, As long as this pre'
caution is observed, there will be little cause
for complaint,—ROrrisburpr .7biegraph. •
The Senatorial conferees of A.ringtroog,
Butler, and Lawrence comities met at the Mo
nongahela House, Pittsburg, on Thursday, and,
failing to agree upon a candidate, adjourned
to meet In the borough of Butler, on Thursday,
the 17th instant.
-- The downward &Malley Of wagep has
been felt'in Erie county: Some of the machine
shops rediteed the wages of their employees
about twenty per cent. si few days ago. The
men acquiesced cheerfully in the necessity of
this movement.
On Saturday afternoonySuly 22, between
three and four o'clock, hicOonnellsburg was
visited by 11 BROW storm, which lasted several
minutes, as can be certified to• by many citi
zens. The day was quite warm.
The formation of a new county out of por
tions of Venango,Crawford, and Warren coup•
ties, is still being agitated, and it will probably
be accomplished.
—The Erie (Pa.) Observer says that H. D.
Sherman, of the famous t , Sherman , WOW big
reported to be worth 27,000,001 FiVe years ago
be was a poor man.
—The Huntingdon Journal says that a better
crop of grain than that of the present season
was never cut in that county.
, A Typographical Union is about to be or
•ganized by the printers of Reading.
'acre is considerable sickness in /diddle _
town and adjoining townships.
The Keystone House, Reading, is lighted:
,with gas of its own manufacture.
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens is at Bedford
Springs.
A. new rolling mill is to be erected in Sun
bury.
—"White whortleberries in Sunbury,
HOME ITEMS.
Peter J. Smith, of Co. I, 6th Connecticut
Volunteers, has made an affidavit which shows
there Wad another beast at Audorsonvillo be
sides Wirtz. His name was AIL;b, and the affb
davit says : "At one time he took eight of us,
myself amongst the number, all non-commis
sioned officers, and upon our refusing to take
the oath, and to persuade the privates to do
so, tied each of us, our hands and arms to our
sides,and then took a loaded pistol and rest
ing it on our ears fired it off, causing us the
gTeatest agony, and the blood to flow &OM ova
ears. He caused the pistol to be tlitiS fired on
my ear twelve times, saying: I will make
you so you can't hear the command of another
Yankee general or commander,' The hearing
of my right ear has been destroyed in cone
quence of this treatment. Upon my return
through from imprisonment, I saw Ilfainr
`Allen in Richmond, Virginia, serving out pro
visions furnished by the United States Govern
ment to ter poor of Richmond."
—An insane- stranger with three children
took a room at the Prescott House, in Chi
eago, the other day, and on Wednesday night
jocked himself in Ms room, for the purpose of
killing his children at the hour of midnight.
'But just in the nick of time his intention was
discovered, and, after a severe straggle with
three or four policemen, who broke open the
door, he was arrested. The children lay af
frighted On the bed, with a long dagger by
their side. Their mother is a patiebt in the
State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, in this State.
Thus both the parents of these little ones are
lunatics.
-- At a spiritual picnic near Weehawken the
other day, seven women were brutally out
raged, two men killed, five wounded, andfour
teen robbed, pot Only or their watches and
poste-mommies, lit of their clothes, so that
they were compelled to bide in the woods all
night. In the morning they contrived to com
municate with certain persons passing in tile •
vicinity, who furnished them with raiment
enough to get home. No doubt those individu.
ale arc more than ever sensible to the ecstatic
emotions engendered by attending a picnic ill
the neighborhood of New York.—X.Y. airree.
—A curious snake was resently found at
Lee, says the Springfield Republican. It was
nearly four feet in length, about the size of a
mans finger, and shaped like a whip-lash; and,
on :close examination, the whole body was
'j'ound to be composed Of small Worms, about
half an inch in length, with large black heads
and semi-transparent body. On separating
them into fragments they would immediately
reform into the snake-shape, and crawl slowly
off. One or two other similar snakes have re
eently been seen in that vicinity.
A gentleman who had heard Etheridge's
incendiary harangue at Trenton, West Ten.
nessee, for which he was arrested, states that
when he had concluded a drunken lieutenant,
plat out of the rebel army, sprang to his feet
and exclaimed, "Hurrah for Jeff Davis and
the Southern Confederacy. I nominate Eni•
erson for the next President of the Confedera
cy; byG-d P!, ,
Albert Pnors statement that but one Union
man was scalped by his Indian allies, is do
flounced as a falsehood by a member of the 3d
lowa Cavalry, who says that eight of his regi
ment were scalped by Pike's civilized tribes.
Adjutant General Bakers report of 1863 States
that Colonel piny had the bodies exhumed
and had ocular proof of this fact.
The Yale and Harvard College University
crews will make an early use of the AtlantiO
telegraph, to send a challenge to the Oxford
and Cambridge University crews, to come to
Lake Quinsigarnond and row with them for the
championship of the world.
A large doe, accompanied by a well-grOWe
fawn, recently issued from the forest surround.
ing North Sandwich, Mass., and entering the
village, sauntered through the principle streets
as if inviting pursuit. They were both even•
tually shot.
• A colored man in Bufala, S. C., undertook •
to Writ out a hornet's nest he found in a cot
ton warehouse, Mu triUMPh was aatablatel 60
was the destruction of the building and the
1,500 bales of cotton which were it,
• The lowa State Agricultural Society 111,
issued its annual list of premiums, whisk
amount to seven thousand dollars. The fair
will be hold at Burlington, and commence on
September 26th.
The lowa City Republican is advising it/
readers to "hold on" to wool. It says, under•
date ofthe 12th instant: No good wool ought
to be sold here this year for less than, fifty
cents a pound, or even for that,"
—A party of men Just returned from the
Plains brought with them a young buffalo,
with which they astonished the denizens of
St. Joseph, by driving it loose through the
streets of that city,
A big thing was the arrest of. those little
by for bathing near the Old Colony railroad.
No clue yet to the West 11411)1.1.17 affair,.—Boa
ton Pon.
One man :in New York is taxed on an in
come of $14,175. Seven years ago he was a boot
black on Broadway.
A convention of deaf mutes is to assemble.
at Welting Kali, Saratoga, N. Y.,..0n Wednes
day, the asst at August.
The late tornado in Minnesota stretched
the telegraph wires sixty feet.
A star fish caught in Dridgport, Conn.,
harbor, weighed CO lbs.
There was a frost a few clays since in
Maine.
riIItEIGN ITEMS.
Englishmen have a mania for ascending
the icy mountains of the Alps.. They seem to
seek a foolish death among the avalanches
and iA abysses, and three tourists have just.
been gratified in -that particul a r: They filid
their guides tied themselves together to de+
seend a difficult part of the Matterhorn; one
slipped and pulled two others after him, the
guides managing to resist the strain. The
three unfortunates bumped from rock to rock
down some four thousand feet,' and were
clashed to pieces.
A wealthy old naan just deceased. in Paris
left 100,000 Manes to a young man who politely
gave up his seat to him one night at the crowd
ed opera.
—Abd-el-Kadirtstwo Circassian wives are, it
is said, very beautiful. One of them is dark,
and the other fair 4.410 Most of Mom 1) " 614,
and they cost 0,200.
During a performance an actress at a Paris
theatre took laudanum because another' ac
tress received more applause , The play
stopped.
Great preparations were making at Biar
ritz for the intended visit of the Queen of
Spain,
—A oActaque 15 about to be erected in Pavia
for the use of the Algerian, troops quartered.
there.
—A; little girl of fourteen years—one of a
nastily of note in London—has caused much
scandal by eloping.
The new hotel in Paris will contain seven
hundred and sixteen bed&
Patti charged eO,OOO for six performancea
at Baden.)laden.
Bull lights are now regularly established
in France.
The King of Siam is organizing his acct
for a raid among the pirates. •
„k A pretty little entrees named Neilsen le
the latest sensation in I,ond.ott.
A Paris theatre is preparing the Speetaele
of "The Deluge.) ,
The "Immaculate Conception)! is being dra
matized at an European theatre.
The Pall Mall Gazette tells of a plague of
fleas ill Leedom
There are eetimated to be 103,000 Anton
cans in Europe.
The sale of children is said to be very ex
ensive in India.
, The Queen of the Isetherlunds 14 in Part',