IMO PRESS, rtriraßOSD DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) SI JOHN W. FINItNEY. , o fimpl, No. uti sotiTH FOIJETH STREET. THE BAILIE' PR EBl9, To way Subscribers, is Bierrr DoLt.A.ng PER in advan ce; Or FIFTEEN CENTS PER pay Able to the Carrier. Dialled to Sub scribers cad of the city, SEVEN DOLLARS FEE Alo of; TEEBE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOE tu x gorvissli ONE DOLLAR AND SETENTT-Flvs CENTS fOR TM= MONTHS, invariably in advance or ilia time ordered. Advereeements inserted at the usual rates. THE TSI.WESSELY PRESS, Dialled to SUbscribera, FORE DOLLARS ran AN vim, in advance. . gtt Vrtss, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1885 THE NEWS. From Heart's Content we hear that the ltritish War steamers Terrible and Galatea ar 3-lye(' at St. Johns, N. F., at nine o'clock on the evening of the 15th. The Great Eastern had returned on the 11th to Sheerness. Captain Napier reports that the cable parted on Wed neday. the 2d instant, in 1,550 fathoms of va lor. it was three times grappled for, and each time raised 1,200, DO% and 600 fathoms, every time the grappling broke, but the cable remained unbroken. The Great Eastern, therefore, returned to England for better grappling gear, when another attempt to raise the cable will, in all probability, be made one hundred miles east of the break, where the water is scarcely over fifteen hundred fathoms deep. One of the electricians said that no difficulty -whatever was incurred in grappling even in the greatest depths. The buoy, being fastened with pieces of condemned cable, rides the gale well. The news by the Terrible and Galatea is Corroborated by the journal of Cyrus W. Field, which we elsewhere print. Other facts are also given by Mr. Field among the causes of the breaking of the cable. Gee. 11Ierritt, with nine thousand cavalry, - 5 ,0 at San Antonio recently. A letter has been published by the rebel General Slaugh ter, exculpating General Mejia and the Imps. rial forces from the charge of assisting the Confederates, and states that not a rifle or a Musket had ever crossed the Rio Grande, any other manner entered the Con. tederftey through the thing of the Imperials ; but that, being offered four guns, he spoke to Idejia about getting them into Texas. The latter, however, unhesitatingly replied that lie would endeavor, by all means in his power, to preserve strict neutrality, and that conse quently he could net purchase them. The ban ditti (Cortinas') are not allowed to straggle through Brownsville wearing side arms. From New Orleans we bear that the report of the Jackson, Mississippi, Convention, is complete. Resolutions were offered to so amend the Constitution as-would require the probate judge of each county to ad as ex <Ode judge. Referred to Committee On the Constitution. The Convention adjourned pend ing action. The committee appointed on Wednesday, to revise the Constitution, were to report to-day. At the stook market a better feeling pre- Tailed yesterday than for many days. We are enabled to state that the losses by the New York robberies and forgeries in no way affect the standing of any Philadelphia house; and it is generally believed that scarcely a dollar viii be lost by any or our brokers 65 bid9i109.9 Men. The markets are therefore in a more nettled condition, and rapidly recovering from the effects of the recent panic. At the Democratic State Convention, which met in St. Paul on the lath inst., resolutions were adopted snstaining.the reconstruction policy of the President, favoring the enforce ment of the Monroe doctrine, opposing a pro. tective tariff, and denouncing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. On the evening of the lath inst., a caucus was held to consider the propriety of adjourning until October. On Wednesday afternoon, while some work men were raising a large stone on the south wing of the Capitol extension, at'Washington, one of the traverse beams of the derrick and several of the guys broke. The deirick fell from an elevation of thirty feet or more, al most completely demolishing the scaffolding. Oat , of the workmen was killed, and another injured. Au order has bgen issued by'tbe Secretary of the Interipr forbidding the clerks of his de partment froingiving any information to claim agents concerning pending business on claims, midis otherwise ordered by or the A-istant Secretary of the Interior. ni Wednesday night, at Camp Barry, near Washington, a sentinel fired upon an escaping prisoner andaceidentally shot two young la who were walking in that vicinity. One, Miss Ward, is only slightly wounded, but the other, Miss Good, it is thought, will die. Miss .oootl is a resident of Baltimore. Postmaster General Dennison has contracted ifitb the Central and North Carolina Railroad for the daily conveyance of mails from Golds boro to Charlotte, N. C., and' intermediate 'glees A fourth contest for the billiard ehamplon• ship of Connecticut was played at Hartford on the 11th. Gershom B. Hubbell, of Hartford, the present champion, was again successful. The came was closely contested. A despatch received yesterday at Washing ton. from Amdersouville, Georgia, states that captain James Moore, on weonesday, finished Its suitable int erment of the bodies of Union krisoners who died there. Seel etary Harlan was serenaded last eve -Mt-1g in Washington. In response to the calls ‘,l the assemblage, he made some general re marks concerning the policy of the Govern ment. There is a further postponement of the trial of Captain Wirz ;_tbe preliminaries not having yet been arranged. Ms counsel have al tctoly secured several witnesses. ; , ccretary Seward, Attorney General Speed 41 , 1 wife, Colonel Wilson, Mcdieal inspector, and wife, arrived at Cape May yesterday 'corning. Hartford the banks are all in good condi tion, and have the entire confidence of the people. The losses through the Ketchum. Mews will be small it is thought. • Yesterday, the Union State Convention met st Harrisburg. We give a full report of pro. 2 , :tdings, speeches, and ballots. In the base-ball match, yesterday, between " Athletics ,9 and the " Carex/ens," the Si] Mieg )1 were the TictOM _ . On Wedneetlay evening the steamship China, Irhich was ashore in Boston harbor, was got off , vitbont damage. At WaShingtea, yesterday, the receipts from internal revenue were nearly $1,000,000. A ,light shook of earthquake was felt in St Louis antl also in Cairo, yesterday morning. THE 'UNION STATE CONVENTION. It was appropriate that the first great Convention of the National Union party of PCitmyWards, held since the overthrow of the rebellion, should be controlled by the 'most exalted patriotism; that its action should be in harmony with the mighty work of our victorious sons, and tlmt no par tial or grovelling spirit Omuta be per- . milted to qualify or dwarf its_ decisions. Ind in pointing to the proceedings of the National Unien Convention, which Met at IltuTisbarg yesterday morning and ad 19urned last night, we do so with a satisfied , 1 116 a gratified feeling whirhwill, we know, I,c shared by the loyal people of the Com monwealth. From the initial organiza tion to the harmonious close, everything IVCS done with a sympathetic regard for !he fitness of things, and with a genuine ®ard of all selfish or small considera bns. That which will be most in accord :lsle with the public expeCtation and prayeri however, was the emphatic assertion that fIA, Union party of Pennsylvania Mikes no promise to the soldier "to be kept to the and broken to the hope." It would have :(,en simply monstrous, after what our Irave citizens have done for their country, they had been forgotten or coldly passed by the men who had safely remained home "in the havoc of war and the Lattle's confusion." Such neglect would , vc: been fearfully avenged. But it was Thlpe:zsible that the great organization -4 11 k h had been so true to the fighting /I ' ll in war, should ignore them in time Heine the rare and happy l gsbicance of the selection of two brave - . , (110. s for the two leading State officers to 14, veied for iu October. Major General 3 , (-) " P. HARTBANFT, the candidate for " I lilitor General, though young to years, laos male a fame that will endure as lone: as the record of the war in which fought is preserved. He is a citi zen of Montgomery county, and adds 1 0 Irare military genius high social _aid intellectual claims. He entered the army under the call of the President, April 1 5, 1861, and has served, we believe, with are intermissions, from that day to the present—first, as the Colonel of the 4th Pennsylvania regiment, (for three months,) and second, as the Colonel of the Mst Penn -:7-IN-ania Volunteers, tbr three years,) hay- . Ing been appointed a Brigadier General 12th May, 1864. Without, going into toy lengthy description of his brilliant fumy career now, it is only necessary lo state that he won his commission as 'Major General by his gallantry before Petersi,urg, previous to the great battles -which destroyed the army of LEE and iialshed the war. The rebels had driven hack our lines and were gaining great ad vantages, - when HARTRANFT, in eominand le , Ist brigade of his division, carried in is column and drove back the enemy with grsat loss This was on the 25th of March, , LlAraltairr was complimented on rrt --.. rrr. -•• -_ - . . . '' . . . . . . itr o ois. _... ~te . . . '..) • ' ) Je . ..„. ) _ .\• .... . -.. eir .• ~, • _,..,......, 5 - - ' - - .110. 4 . 5 . „. AN0 ~.4, 0 . -.. , r----- ----"-",__........." .... - ,' ' ('- liaail! :AWN -,.,-- . • - _ .• . ' -- . ''.' fl 'llL ' ... d ......$ lll.- - - . --, -' - ------ • ' ..---" _- - -': 44 , .. 0 " fl , '.l‘-t.:- ' -IA .: k a li ----.. • .... _--- i I . , . - . _ :_.= ___... •i- .. :.-,,-,3„ ,-, .. , 4 . - -,.« Aq iii ",,,, 7 1! . ~, . - ~. , ~' . - 1 1- :_ - oak,---* .T, , t .., -- ~-v- - - / _. --- -;o0- - - -- - - ------- T. .. t. --, ___. -- -1 - - - - ;.- , ; , o "%k;N. '. ')zi . '• -"....,..,' . . ,:, . ' 7 ' ' ......„, m , 7 11'. .' ', , 1 11. 1 ' . , '- . 7 ._ . - ;"' -: :..4,... -•-- . 7" . "1%. . ~...,■••••••••••,:b.S.1,031131...ira . IN P - ' lir .deial -- - ~. i ''''''"--.. . 1 • 1 1 ...„ r i I r-i . .............. ....... . . ...._ .:,..... ....,..______ ~..._. _......_._____Le. . . . VOL. 9.-NO. 16. the field by General PARKE, then in com mand of the lines, and GRANT ordered the decisive advance next day. The candidate for Surveyor General, Colonel JACOB M. CAMPBELL, of Cam bria county, is a Western veteran, competent to stand aide by side with so noble a soldier as HanTRANFT. He en tered the service under the call of July, 1861, and served out his fall time. His name is a tower of strength among the moun tain heroes, and will carry consternation through the ranks of the party that op posed the war for the salvation of the 13e public. What makes these selections addi tionally opportune and Welcome, is the fact that neither of these gentlemen were politi cians before they entered the service of the country. The resolutions are remarkably full and Well-drawn, doing credit to that conscien tious and daring intellect, IVATIin Me- VEIGH", the chairman, and meeting all the issues With fleet-footed emphasis. The re solution endorsing the President is genial, complete, and full of a generous confi dence ; and the succeeding declarations on his " indulgent " policy are, we think, in close accordance with his own disappoint ment at the violent course of many of the Southern leaders in the face of this policy. There is a comprehensive suggestion as to the confiscation of the rebel States for the extinction of the National debt, aui the payment of the pensions of the Union sol diers. The indictment of the Democratie leaders is a chain-shot into their ranks— terrible in its truth and its logic. The singling out of Enwng M. STAN TON for strong commendation was but simple justice, fearlessly earned by a public servant who serves his country, as the quiet soldier fights her battles, in a shower of the missiles and blows of her foes. The endorsement of Governor CuisTm was no less pointed and de served. We do not wonder that the Convention rose at these proud tributes to faithful public servants. Thus do we enter upon the canvass of 1865, as well as 1866—for these pledges and principles will last through more than one season, and carry our flag invincibly against all the devices of the Opposition. Most aus piciously, too, that sterling War Demo. crat, Hon. JOHN CESSNA, of Bedford, takes the helm as Chairman of the National Union State Central Com mittee. His fine abilities as a - speaker and a writer, and his great moral in fluence as an experienced legislator and upright lawyer, will give great weight to his counsels. A good day's work—and, let us trust, the beginning of many years of honest and wholesome rule for the organi zation of the loyal men of Pennsylvania. LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL.” WASHINGTON, August 17, 1865 The visitor to Washington, even in this hot and dusty season, will be agreeably sur prised to see what a city it has been made by emancipation and the war. In old times, there was not a duller town on the continent than this same national capital (luring a long summer recess. The empty halls of the great legislative palace were a fair type of the deserted hotels and silent streets ; and the only quarters where one might go for active life—the Departments— seemed to be dozing along under the influ ence of a leaden and languid e4afine. There were no amusements to fill the vacant hours of the officials. Everybody that could afford it, and hundreds who could not, left for northern or neighboring watering-places.; and the heads of departments, and fre- , quently the President, were glad to escape the contagious lassitude by hiding away-in cool country houses, or seeking the refresh ing breezes of the sea. Go to Washington no w : an d if yon-remerahar other midsurn. leers you need not be reminded of the con, trast. Although the mighty armies that clustered in the environs have retired, and the sight of a blue coat is be coming as rare as it WAS five- years agoi there is a healthy bustle of business all around you. The cars on the two city: railroads' are filled with travellers, the hotels are all liberally patronized, three theatres are in Constant nightly session, and the newsboys are crying the daily papers, morning and evening, with as much vigo• roils volubilityas if every extra contained the news of a veritable victory. The spirit of improvement has not, therefore, ceased with the war—although it has changed from a fashion for temporary structures to a competition for buildings of stone and brick. Probably the best sign that Wash ington has become a genuine city is in-the high prices asked and paid for real estate. The difficulty of renting, and the extrava gant rents, show that the population is steady, and steadily on the increase. A. stranger riding through the side streets will be astonished at the abounding evidences of wealth, taste, and comfort. Since F street has been paved and graded it is a de lightful thoroughfare. Property holders are evidently inspired with a pleasing sense of security never experienced since John C. Calhoun began to plot treason in the Capi tol, and made every decade a period of panic and of depression. Men would net risk their money in a city which might at any day be made a battle-ground, and be lost and won, according as faction fail ed or gained. Now that the baleful theory of perverted State rights has perished, and the idea of a strong Government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," has been baptized and crystallized in the precious blood of our children, the strongest part of our political system is the centre—the heart, National affection, interest, pride, end the thousand objects that awaken soli citude and curiosity, are so many ele ments and ingredients of the rapid growth and splendid greatness of Washington. It has cost millions of money and thou sands of lives to save it from spoliation and from ruin ; and, if we loved it before the rebellion, we must feel a yet keener and stronger attachment to it as we feel that some of those nearest and dearest to our hearts and our hearths have fallen in its defence. It is now indeed worthy of be ing the capital of our great Republic. The sighs of the slave no longer sadden the air ; the slave-pen no longer disgraces the Dis trict of Columbia ; the slavemaster holds no seat in the Senate house, from which "to threaten and command." All who choose- are free to come and to go. All are free who stay. The Government that protects and represents a brave people, only asks is return loyalty and obedience. Letter from Lieutenant General Scott. To the Editor of the N. Y. Herald : In the Herald of the lath instant (yesterday) it is said: 11 Lieutenant General Scott, then at the head of the United States Army, hail writ ten a letter to Mr. Seward, dated blarca 3, 1851, clearly intimating that, in his opinion, the better policy was to let the erring sisters (se ceding States ,) depart in peace." This is a misapprehension. In that letter— d eel ared on its face to he, supplementary to one of the preceding Oeteber addreSsed to Presi dent Buchanan—General Scott suggested four methods of cleating with Secession, of which that quoted by the 'Jerald is the last. The re duction of the seceded States by arms was his third measure, the first and second indicated hi his two letters addressed to Messrs. Becha r:in and Seward respectively having failed. These were to reinforce all the defences of the South ern ports with troops,-sloops-of-war and revenue cutters; . to permit all exports to pass free, and also all imports, except materials of war and dutiable articles, making , the collec tions on the latter below the cities, to avoid conflicts. w. S. tiaw Yens, August 16, 1865. Politiesal Affairs. 3IINNEROTA DihrOCRATIC CONVENT/ON ST. PAUL, Minn., August 13.—The Democratic State Convention met in this city to-day. Re solutions were adopted to sustain tie recon struction policy of President Johnson, in fa vor of the maintenance of the lifouroe doe. trine, opposing a protective tariff, and de nouncing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. To-night the members hold a caucus to COll - the propriety of adjOUriling until Oc tober. WASHINGTON. THE CROPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WHAT OUR HARVEST IS LIKELY TO BE. GREAT CROWDS VISITING THE PRESIDENT. UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENTS RESULTING (Special Despatches to The Press.] WASHINGTON, August 17, 1865. The President's Policy as to New York. flowerer explained, the real secret of Presi dent Joensosr's appointments in New York is to be found in the fact that he desired to have men not Identified with former party and per sonal combinations. I suspect it is the fact that Mr. DRAPER, the Collector, heard that the Pre sident wished to put PRESTON KING into the once, and that he resigned to enable him to gratify this wish. But there are thousands of good Union men in New York, and elsewhere, who have been kept out of position by the con centration of Federal patronage in the hands of a certain class of leaders—and these pro bably will now receive some consideration. Idowee F. °DULL, the new Naval Officer ap pointed at New York, is a fair illustration of this surmise. ODELL Was a Democrat in the last Congress, and acted throughout with Jormson, voted for the anti-slavery Constitu tional arnendmentsat on the Committee on the Conduct Ogee War with JOHNSON, and for his fidelity was ostracized by Tammany Hall. lie goes in to co-operate with PRESTON KING; not to make a new party, but to let the country see that the President does not intend to ignore the War Democrats in any quarter. Two more shrewd and far-seeing men -could not have been found to practicalize this idea. In some places good officers have been reappointed, as in Philadelphia, without reference to what they may have been in past polities; but no policy of exclusion or of partiality was in tended by this, as results will show. The Pre sident is so sincerely anxious to act in the best spirit towards all the -elements of the great Union organization that he will counsel similar action on the part. of nis subordinates. Not the smallest of his ennoyances has been the distribution of his patronage. It has ab sorbed. much of his valuable time; indeed, more than ought to have been given to it. Questions of sublime magnitude and wide reaching consequence are ever on his mind ; and he is- the best friend of the cause who assists in their lasting and humane adjust ment. Far below all these are matters of per sonal and , even of party concern. *** Returning Reason. There is now in Washington a Southern gen tleman, lately arrived from one of the ex teeniest cotton States, who says that the peo ple of that seetion are eager to To-enter upon their career of obedience to the laws. lie says that whatever Congress may do in rebuke and- exclusion of the rebel chiefs, will be approved, and that nothing has done so much harm as the efforts of the so-called Democratic leaders in the free states, in misrepresenting the intentions of President - Joansom and his friends. He giVes it as his opinion that these leaders dread nothing more than the successful restoration of the Union under the policy of the President, as that would deprive them of all hopes of re sum-Mg their former ascendency,. He is in great hopes that all will be well. CBy Associated Press.], • Postal Arrangements. The Postmaster General has ordered a con tract with the Central and North Carolina Railroad for the daily conveyance of the mails from Goldsboro' to. Charlotte, North Carolina, including the intermediate offices. The dis tance is twohundred and twenty-three miles, and the service will he resumed on other Southern routes-from time to time, as soon as as it shall - be reported that the roads have been repaired and are in running order. Fatal Accident. Yesterday afternoon, while some workmen were raising a large stone on the south wing of the Capitol extension, one of the traverse beams of the derrick and several of the guys broke. The derrick fell from an elevation of thirty feet or more,. with a tremendous crash, almost completely demolishing the scaffold ing. One of the workmen, named James Don any, ran towards the middle of the street, but a falling timberintercepted him, and a snatch block- struck him on his head, completely' eenechiee.. And, nattering his brains about, and causing the blood to spirt In a per feet stream, - and, of course, causing instant death. Another of the workmen leaped from the scaffold, thus injuring himself about the legs, but not seriously. Several ladies were standing in the street, watching the work, men, and.made- a narrow escape from death as they were but three or four feet from the timbers when they fell. Only a. few moments before the accident a large funeral passed by, and had it then occurred no doubt many lives would have been lost, as the carriages were moving very closely together. President Johnson's Pfohlfl—Speech by Secretary Harlan. Major General DuRTIS was serenaded to night, and acknowledged the honor in a pa triotic speech. The party then proceeded to the residence of Secretary Ilantax, and after the band bad pi ayedseveral airs he was called out, and spoke as follows : I have no doubt that nothing but a feeling of friendship for me can account for tile pre sence of the greater number of you here to night. If any are prompted by any other motive, I do not doubt that it is on account of their eespeet for the Government, which now dominates over our entire and common country, and for the administration that is now enforcing the laws of the Republic, from Maine to and from Minnesota to Texas; and possibly I Californ ia, - may be indebted for this compliment on account of my connection with this Administration. You must not ex pect me to-night to develop what will be in the future the policy of the Individual elected to the highest position in the gift of the Ame rican people. No one is authorized to speak for him brit himself, and I. doubt very much whether be now knows what will be the policy which he will be compelled by eiremnstanees to. follow in the future. We rany, however, judge of the future from his official acts in the past. I know a large portion of the American people feel a deep solicitude on the subject of the probable success of his Administration, and there are those who are the enemies of this Administration as they were of his predeces sor, and who are anxious to array against him those by whose votes he was elected to his present position? and many, X doubt not, have much solicitude on this subject. Some may fear that now that he has been elevated to place and power he may turn against those who elevated him. Those - who fear this know but little of the man they have honored by their votes. [Cheers.] I would ask those who had fears upon this subject, was he not nominated by the same Convention that nominated the lamented Lincoln? Did lie not accept the nomination, and place him self voluntarily upon the same platform? Was he not elected to the second place by the same electors who chose the lamented Abraham Lincoln to the first; and after suc ceeding to the chair made vacant by the foul act of an assassin, was not his first net a notice to the Cabinet ofheers of his predecessor that he desired a continuance of their services, and have they not continued, each with his accus tomed portfolio, with a solitary exception, and that change was made in pursuance of an arrangement made by his predecessor. Did he not, when the time came, reiterate the proclamation of emancipation which had been issued by his predecessor, and distinctly inform the leaders of the rebellion that they must accept, as one result of the terrible strug gle through which we have passed, that slavery cannot hereafter exist in the United States l [Applause.] Has he ever faltered in the de claration of the doctrine that rebellion is a great crime, and that those who perpetrated it must suffer the penalty of the law, unless they apply to the - Executive for clemency? [Cries of "No e , and 4, Good PI What act of President Johnson differs from those of his vzi s ee a czs . c o o n ' e i any ug e point t erwel storation of the &Ahern States? When he came into office, seven States, previously in rebellion, had been entirely or partially re organized by his predecessor—MiSsouri, West "Virginia, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Lou isiana, and Texas. lam reminded that I may include the State of 'Maryland also. I believe, however, that the latter State was not pro forma out of the Union. In What, may I ask, doegthe plan President Johnson now proposes for the Carolinas, Coot , gla, Florida, Alabama, and MieSieeippi differ irom that applied to the States I nave mention ed, by Mr. Lincoln] Can any one name any important difference between the two Classes I 1 apprehend not. Nor can any- one suggest that the question of suffrage was settled dif ferently in the States first named from the lat ter. Now, may I inquire of the friends of the late President, those who thought his policy good enough for the American people what cause they have to complain oftlic policyorPre- Sident Johnson ! Does any one believe that if President Lincoln still occupied the Presiden tial chair his own policy would be changed by himself without a material change of eircum stanece ? If not, who lies a right to complain of 'his successor? We may nave our Individual opinions on the collateral questions which have arisen and which may arise, but we had these differences of opinion while President . Lincoln occupied the Executive chair. If they were not then a sufficient cause for sundering the, Union party, and, as a result, suffering the country to be destroyed, are they now ut sufficient cause to permit tins great party to go to pieces and the country to , ruin, as a consequence. The party which, through the military power, suppressed a re hellion which has had no parallel in history, has now the great responsibility imposed upon it to keep its columns intact and its men massed, until the disorganized States are reorganized, and a feeling of friendship and unity is restored throughout our whole coun . try. If, then, we as Union 'eon have no cause to complain of the President for anything -which we could not allege with equal force against his predecessor, let us see that we give him no cause to break with us. Allow me, in retiring, to thank you for the honor of this call. Secretary Harlan then retired, timid cheers and manic by the band. The President's Reception. The President to-day, as usual, opened his ti? ail yloitim, 91;e1100 4f re Qr~ were OCCASIONAL IN DEATH PHILADELPHIA, women. The throng was not so large as it Was yesterday—twenty or thirty persons only be ing in the office at one o'clock, anti their busi ness was consequently transacted. The Agricultural Bureau—The Condi tion of the Crops and the Probable Yield. The Agricultural Bureau has just completed its tables, showing the condition of the crops on the let day of August,"as reported by its correspondents. At that time the harvest had not been scoured, but from the corres pondence since then, it is believed that the wheat had not received any additional injury, excepting, perhaps, in Wisconsin and Minne sota, where the rains have extended since the Ist day of August. ' • The Department has also issued another circular, which will be returned on the let day of September, renewing its inquiries re lative-to the wheat and other crops ; . also, as to the illnollnt Of old wheat in the country; and when this circular shall be received, the information will be more definite and com plete than it Is. But it is believed that the de ficit will not be less than now reported. The tables formed on the circulars of August Ist show the following decrease of the crops of 1865 from those of 1884! Bushels. Wheat crop of 1864160,695,828 • Estimated crop for 1865. .. • • :134,454,125 Decrease The loss is as follows In the New England and Middle States. 651,383 Maryland an ' Delaware... .. •.. ....... 1,719,575 Western and Northwestern States 23,856,714 Total AIT the other props, particularly corn and potatoes., are most promising, eaCepting to bacco, of - which considerably less has been planted. The oat crop is very large, and the hay crop much injured by the . wet weather, but is still abundant. The above is 'Published by authority of Isaac ibsyToil, CommiggiOlifif Olfrhe Depart ment of Agriculture. The Land•offiee. Numerous letters are received by the Land office daily, asking how to acquire lands under the homestead and pre-emption acts; As a gOneral analfe,r, that 'Bureau has published a circular giving all the requisite information upon the subject. Applications for Pardons. Several hundred applications for pardons, including that of the rebel Brigadier General CAMPBELL, of Tennessee, were received to-day. The Trial of Captstitt Mira. The preliminaries have not yet been com pleted, and therefore there is a further post ponement of the trial of Captain NViaz. His counsel are engaged in gathering witnesses, Mid Several have•already been secured. The Interior Department. The Secretary of the Iliterior - has issued 'an order forbidding the clerks in his department from giving to claim agents any information concerning pending business or claims, ex eepting by order of himself or the Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Shooting of Tian Young Ladies. Last night, at Camp Barry, near this city; a sentry on duty was ordered to fire upon an escaping prisoner, instead of which he acci dentally shot Miss MARY GOOD and MISS ELIZA WARD—LIIO former through the back aria lungs. They were walking in that vicinity, with a gentleman. The wound on Miss WARD is slight, but that upon bliss Goon is believed to be mortal. She is a resident of Baltimore: The Andersonvill Cemetery. Captain JAMES Koons to-day telegraphed from AnderSOnville, Ga., that he yesterday finished the suitable interment of the bodies of the Union prisoners who 'died at that place: Internal Revenue Reeelpta. The receipts from internal revenue to-day were nearly +1,000,000. THE SOUTHWEST. The French Troops at Matamoros never. in Sympathy with Rebels—The Mis sissippi Constitutional Convention. NEW ORLEANS,' August 15.—The cotton mar ket, is spirited, with sales of 3,746 bales. Two bales of the new crop was sold at fifty cents. Sugar and molasses dull. Freight unchanged. Checks on New York 1 ,4@% discount. The eby is unusually brisk, and was never before so prosperous in summer. The indications point to an Immensely successful fall and Winter business Season. NEW ORLEANS, August 16.—The Jackson (Miss.) Convention report is complete. Reso lutions were offeredito amend the Constitution so as to require the probate judge of each county to set as ex•offieio eleAiro Referred.' to the Committee on the Constitution. The Con vention adjourned pending action. The com mittee appointed yesterday to revise the Con stitution report to-morrow. The first bale of Texas cotton arrivedi this morning . , end sold at liny-One and a quarter eta. General Merritt, with nine thousand cavalry, was recently at San Antonio, ..en. route. to the Rio Grande. The rebel General Slaughter publishes a letter fully exculpating General Melia and the Imperial forces from the charge Of Assisting Confederates, and says not a rifle Or a musket ever crossed the Rio Grande, or otherwise entered the Confederacy through the Imperial lines; but being offered four pieces of artillery, called; on, Mejia to make arrangements to . get them into Texas, when the latter replica, unhesi tatingly, be would take aqtive stone to main tain neutrality, oonsetilinutly diit not DUD chase them. Goods have stavanceitrifty to one hundred per cent. in Matarnoras. The re ported defection of General, Ca.vales and son from the Liberals was caused-by the imprison ment of the latter by the Republican Govern ment. Travel on the Rio Grande is now con sidered safe. Cortina& banditti are not al lowed to straggle through Brownsville with sidearms. New Orleans cotton market unchanged ; sales 1,71)Q Dales at- 41@42e. SlAg€6l (bin. Checks on New York %45.4 discount. Governor Hamilton has coalmenccd making appointments. Billiard Champion Batch. HARTFORD, Conn., August 17.—The fourth Contest for the billiard chanipicuaiiip of this State, and the emblematic golden cue, was played last evening.. The champion, Got-shorn B. Hubbell, of this city, was again successful, by a score of 1,000 t 0.956 points. The game was very closely contested throughout. • The Railroad A.deident. Nonwicir, Conn, August 17.—N0 decision as yeA , has been rendered by the Railroad Com missioners, who have been investigating the re cent accident on the New London and North ern Itatiogd• THE NEW YORK FRAUDS. Nothing Particularly New Yesterday— %he Search for Ketchum Unsuccessful --Examinations of the Phoenix Batik Defalestiono—Mamford Gold Frond. [From the New York Post, last evening.] No important dislosures have been made to day in the great defalcation case of Edward Ketchum, of the firm of Ketchum, Son, & Co,; but that Erni is still engaged in the examina tion of its books for the purpose of ascertain ing the full extent of AS liabilities and its assets. The list of lost securities is not yet complete, and no final calculations can he made until this branch of the liabilities of the house shall be known. There are re ports of other discoveries of losses by the forged gold checks, but they are not well enough authenticated to Justify the publica tiOn of names. The estimate of the total less yesterday at $4,000,000 is unchanged. There is much sensitiveness among the agents of East ern banks and financial institutions, which did a very large amount of business with the firm of hetchum, Son, t Co. The deposits of the Hartford banks alone_ in this house are stated at hilf to three-quarters of a million of dollars. There is no reason to fear that any of the depositors will lose their funds. The detectives who wore sent to Boston to endeavor to find Edward Ketchum, and to arrest him, have been unsuccessful. It was thought he might have fled Eastward, and that he would attempt to go out in the Asia, which sailed yesterday. Arrangements were made for his detection and identification, if he should have gone to Boston ; but it is now believed that lie has not been in that city, Many persons are of opinion that he is still in or near this city. It s deemed scarcely pos sible that he should escape ;. yet the re markable tact and ability with which he managed the stupendous frauds he committed may enable him to secure his retreat. EVrom the New rerk Express.) - The gold checkbook used by young Ketchum was found at his house last evening, and de livered by Hiram Ketchum, Esq., to the Bank of New York. Mr. Graham refused to receive it, saying it never belonged to him. There were three hundred and forty-live checks used, which were taken indiscriminate] y out of the book. It was currently reported this morning that Ketchum & Co. had made an as signment; but this, we believe, is premature. The report that some of. the New England banks were in trouble was revived to-day. THE MUMPoRD GOLD FRAUD. 2/11Mf0111 / thegoldpirolter, was examinedycs terday before Justice Dowling, the chargeS against him being contained in an affidavit Of Cornelius Ward, a clerk in the employ of Greenleaf, Norris, Co., 44 Exchange lilace, New York, whom he is alleged to have cheated out of $25,000. Although it is said that other persons have been defrauded to the extent, it m reported, of above $149,00, no complaints excepting this of Messrs. Greenleaf, Norris, a Co. have as yet been presented. Mumford was held for further examination. THE PACHNIX BANK FRAUD. This was also inquired into before Justice Ledwith, of the Jefferson lilaaket Police Court. The testimony of Parker, the cashier of the bank, was taken. The Ketchum Disclngle—The Hartford Banks: HARTFORD, August 17.—There is not the slightest idea. of a run on the banks of this city, whey are all in good condition, and have the entire confidence of the community. It ig understood that their losses through 'Ketchum will 'be small, or, at all events, will not be enough to affect the standing or security of any vit4o hanks, RfDAY, AUVTITST 18. 1865. UNION STATE CONVENTION,. SESSION AT HARRISBURG YESTERDAY. SPEECH OF HON. JOHN CESSNA, His Appointment as Chairman of the A Full Copy of the Resolutionsolud a Fall CLEAR STATEMENT OF nuN CIPLES AND PURPOSES," 2651,698 ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON, SECRETARY STANTON, AND GOV, CURTIN, 26,241,699 THA NOMINEES OF THE CONVENTION Recognition of the Claims of the Brave to Popular Honor. Major general Hartranft Nominated for Auditor General—Col. J. N. Campbell f Surveyor General. ADJOURNMENT OF - THE CONVENTION BINS' DIE. rSpeelarVoTha.Press.] The delegates to the 'Union State Conven tion for the nomination of candidates for Auditor General and Surveyor General assem• hied this morning, in the ball of the House of Representatives-and at twelve o'clock DI. were called to order by Hon. Simon Cameron, Chair man of the Union State Central Committee. On motion of tPeremin Nichols, of Phila delphia, the Hon. John Cessna was appointed temporary President of the body, On taking the Chair, Mr. Cessna spoke As follows: • GENTLEMEN OE Tau CONVENTION: I return you my sincere thanks forthe honor conferred seleeting me to preside ever the prelimi nary proceedings of your Conventien. I am fully aware of the fact that the position is one of difficulty, and requires the discharge of ar duous duties. I earnestly solicit the co-opera tion of every delegate in my efforts to preserve order, promote harmony, and hasten the busi ness of the Convention. On my own part I pledge you thist. I will endeavor to discharge the duties of the position to the utmost of• my_ ability, with impartiality and fidelity. I sincerely hope that the deliberations of this body may be harmonious, and all the re sults of our action entirely satisfactory to the People whom we represent. I regard the Con vention just being organized as one of no or dinary interest. The position of Penusylyania in the, Union, US well as her past history, enti tles, and will command for her, a potential voice in the reconstruction of our Govern ment. At all hazards, and at every sacrifice of everything save principle, must the action of this Convention, in the-end, be unanimous. The whole army of loyal voters who, in 18S1, rallied around the standard of Abraham Lincoln, and proclaimed to the world that the Union should be preserved, and the rebellion suppressed- at every hazard, must, again be called into the field under the banner which shall be hoisted here to-day. The mili tary power of the rebellion has been crushed. Our brave and heroic officers, soldiers, and sailors have well performed their part. Before the magnitude of their achievements the wars Of former times and the battles of other na tions sink into comparalAve insignificance, Our nation to-day occupies a prouder position before the world, and is more feared by the ar istocracies of Europe than ever before. The glories as well as the toils of our surviving he roes, both officers andeoldiers, the memories of the thousand's slain and starved in defence of our Cause, the tens of thousands of widows and orphans made such bythe wai , , and the millions of debt willingly incurred by . a loyal people to preserve the life of -the nation, all demand that the fruits of the great victory of human freedom shall not be frittered away by the mistakes of politicians. Every man of us must be prepared to yield upon the altar of patriot ism all his personalpreferences and individual wishes for the common good. There may be, and there no doubt are, some questions about which we may reasonably and safely differ. Upon all the great vital issues of the day all trul yloyal men must arid will agree. During the four years of fearful andblooey warjustelosed, - the rebellion increased and strengthened and -was greatly le-retracted by reason of Northern eylapathy. PiOW, that it is over, these men in the North have grown bolder and more defiant by reason of the aid and comfort which they expect to receive in turn from those lately in arms against the Government. True, the re bellion is over, the lighting has ceased, but the war is not ended, the spirit of rebellion still lives, and it is to-day active, insolent, and de fiant. The great object of the rebellion was the death of the republic, the dismemberment of the nation—that object has not been aban doned. Those who undertook it failed to ac complish their purpose by force of arms. They now strive to reach-the same end by means of management and appeals to the prejudices of the people at the ballot-box. This may appear to be a harsh judgment. I would that I could believe otherwise. But the spirit that for thirty years and more has dis tracted our people, and disturbed the peace of the nation, in ai hold attempt to make slavery the ruling power. of the at u hn a ag t tr i e o d n th , o le tt i n rs d pdier i a t i l at l otherowuh t i the slew tel. o es u t i s w s o u u h n se a r e e a leLat a t m .o field of battle after the battle was, over—the same spirit which _presided over the prisons of Andersonville, Libby, Belle Island, and elsewhere—that which organized irresponsi ble bands of guerillas—slew innocent women and children in railroad cars, poisoned foun tains of water, and imported loathsome. dis eases—the Sallie spirit Which animated the hand of the assassin as it sped the fatal ball LO the brain of our late merciful, magnanimous, and patriotic President, will not hesitate-to seize the throat or stab the heart of the nation, and destroy, if possible, the noble old repub lic of our fathers, utterly regardless of the ruin and woe which may follow. Already these men in the South are organizing to send Representatives of their kind to Congress. Their Mende in the North are ral lying for the same purpose. Allow them to succeed in their scheme, and soon the rebel debt will be assumed, damages paid to rebels for injuries suffered by the war, and pensions granted to rebel wounded and rebel widows. tinder this load it is confidently expected by them that the good Old ship of state will SOAR go down and the nation perish. Should thin fail, our whole national debt would next be repudiated and the country ruined. Shall all this be avoided I Much of a correct answer to this question may depend upon your action to-day. Every dollar of debt— municipal, State, and National—contracted for the suppression of the rebellion, must and shall be paid at all hazards. Not one cent Of rebel debt, damages, or pensions shall ever be assumed or paid upon any pretext or for any reason whatever. Our present loyal - and pa triotic President,Andrew Johnson, has submit ted to these people a policy winc), challenges the admiration of the world. It will stamp him through all time to come as a magnanimous, merciful, and kind-hearted ruler. In his ef forts to carry it out he must and will receive our hearty and zealous co-operation and sup port. But should these people continue, as they have already commenced, to treat his offers of mercy with scorn and contempt, and present to the country , and the world an ex hibition of folly, madness, and wickedness unparalleled, let us here proclaim to them and to our chosen ruler that we will, one and all,, stand by him in seizing and holding their own territory by the military power of the country, and that the grasp of the military arm shall not be relaxed until they satisfy us, by their professions and their practices, that they are ready and willing to accept in good faith the results of the war. It was of their own reeking and of their own making. They have no right tiy ask the ad vantages of a trial unless they mean to sub mit to the verdict. The war has not ended until the conquered party has fairly accepted its results, and the Government has not only a Perfect legal right, but it is her solemn duty to enforce those results by the military , arm. Our four years war, the most, gigantic in the world's history, must not be in vain. Let the late rebels accept in good faith the policy of our President, and we will gladly welcome them again as brothers into the folds of our s tr an io d n. by L h et im th a e i r d reject it, and we will elling them to acknowledge oui g . r t e rTun i i n ph c° a l l li n i l their defeat. Slavery is dead, and must and shall be buried. The spirit of slavery must die and be buried with it. The aristocracy of the South, which has fostered and upheld slavery, and Which inaugurated the late terrible civil. war, must be-shorn of its power. Already it is a t stirring up opposition to the policy Of the Government, and creating hostility and bitterness among the people. Poe two years we carried on the war without striking at the cause of the war; indeed, we rather guarded and protected it. At last, Abraham Lincoln, when his time had come, on the memorable let day of January,lB63, struck at slavery. Tho result ie before us. And yet it Still seems as if no lessons are sufficient tO reach the authors of the rebellion. It is fast bet:inning manifest that no permanent peace, even with the death of slavery, can be secured until the authors an d. supporters of slavery are subdued. In the words of our present patriotic President, "This aristocracy is antagonistic to the prin ciples of free democratic government, and the time has come when this rebellions ele ment of aristocracy must be punished. The time has come when their lands must be confiscated; the aristocracy must be put down, and their possessions divided among the worthier laborers of the land This result will throw into our National Trea sury many millions of dollars justly for feited by the treason of their former 0 miers. What loyal man can object that by means 'of this fund a few of the comforts, if not the luxuries of life, should be added to the tables of those widows throughout the land - whose firesides have been made desolate by the war, or rather by the treason which caused itt Who will object that the bounties and pensions of our soldiers, by whom the victory was won and the nation saved, should be increased and a trifle added to the 130. cuniary compensation so justly due them for the sacrifices made '1 Who can object that by Moilluf4 9f Vtl9§9 funt §9 justlyforfeited *rgg THE PRESIDENT. State Central Committee. Report of the Debates, BOTH SOLDIERS. HAruusutrna, August 17;1865 porifon of our national debt should be extin guMlMd, and thereby the taxes of all classes of our people diminished, . and a part of the u he vv load imposed upon the shoulders of our pe el ople b Ila y breaaOn thus removed! by treason it g sf? trill proclairned the filmdom of the slave, let lie not weaken - ourselves.or endanger his condition by any controversy among our selves about his presentposition or the extent of his privilegeit, but carefully and surely tyro- Vide that the freedom thultproelainted' s - hall he firmly and irrevocably established and , se cured through all time to eome.• Let unity of action and a cheerful acquiet6efiCiS in the de: cision of the majority mark our deliberations; 'let the glory, perpetuity, and success of out COlrililoll country, alone; be our'Object, and. ail will be well, A texhporary organization was effected, as follows: lion, John K. lqorehead of Allegheny, and lidzi. Jeremiah Nichols of Philadelphia, vice presidents; and Messrs. J. If. Gara of Erie, and Wayne McVeigh .of Chester, seam, tarles. The first business in order being the calling of the roll, the order was proceeded with by dietrietS, tiin delegates answering to their, names. In tile•eases of the 'tells and the Ly.. coming, Union and Snyder 'delegations, the seats of the delegates were contested.. On motion of Hon. ThaddeuS Stevens, of p L. i n n c L a a s t c e o r n tnih tte h e a o i f r ft w v a e s o e n m yrz t e e r s e t d e d t s o e a a t iz to whom should be referred the eredentiais of all parties in retard to whose seats a contest existed. On motion, a deputation of gentlemen re presenting the Association of Loyal Pennsyl vanians, resident in' Washington City, D. C., Mr. Thomas McNamara chairman, were' ad" mitted to seats on the floor without the privi lege of participating in the proceedings. Mr. Robert B. Carnahan, of Allegheny, moved that a committe, to consist of one from' each Senatorial district, be appointed to report offi cers for the permanent organization of the Convention. Agreed to. On motion, the rules of the House of Repre sentatives of Pennsylvania 'were adopted for the government of the Convention. Hon. Lemuel Todd, of Cuinherland, offered the tolle*lag resolution, which was rata ; Resolved, That this Convention, represent. ing the loyal people of Pennsylvania, recog.. ' IFIZCS the claims of the- citizen soldiers of the State, on its confidence and gratitude as supe• rtor to those of all others; and in token of this, its declaration, it will nominate as candi dates for (Mice none but those who have proven their loyalty and patriotismby services in the field, against the enemies of the Republic, (Applause.] ft member rose to a point of order, which he stated to be that the Convention, not being fully organized, could not consider a resoln , tion which should be considered by an organ ized boay. Mr. Stevens, of Lancaster, said that he had hoped the resolution would not have been offered until after the appointment of a Com mittee on Resolutions, when it could be re , lerred-to that committee for action. Mi. Todd said he desired the Convention to decide - at this stage of its proceedings the policy which would control it in making its nominations. A vita-voce vote, on proceeding to the second readjpg.and consideration of the resolutioni being taken, the Chair declared the result doubtful. A division of the vote was then taken with the following result : In favor of, thirty-fcem 5 opposed to, fifty-seven. Mr: Vincent, of Erie, called the yeas and nays. Ife risked to have the names of those who refused to consider the resolution. Mr. Stevens suggested that the unanimous consent oflthe Convention be given to con sider the resolution as being before them, for the purpose of moving its reference. The mover. of the resolution expressed his willingness to agree to the proposition, but be would oppose the reference. The call for the yeas and nays having been withdrawn, and the resolution being con sidered- as unon second reading, Mr. Stevens moved to refer it to a committee to be ap pointed, which should Consider all resolutions coming before the body. Mr. Todd then addressed the Convention in oppositon' to the motion. He contended that, notwithstanding the apparent fairness of the proposition, every one who reflected for a moment must perceive that its adoption would be thecleath of the resolution, because the COMmntee on 'Resolutions would not make any repprt until after the nominations were made.. Such being the case, the sense of the Convention might not be carried out. He did not believe there was an individual pre sent who did.not entertain the warmest admi ration of those men who had hazarded their lives in defence of our institutions and our liberties. It'. was necessary - to the preserve• tion of a eonsistent record in this regard that gentlemen should show that their past protes tations in behalf of the soldier were honest and sincere. Bad it not been for the hero ism of those men, there would now be no laws to uphold, and no occasion for the meeting of political conventions. Mr. Sterens.urged the necessity of a regular system of action, and illustrated its propriety in comparison with what is known as dema geguieal. action. To anticipate by a general resolution the action of the Convention upon any question was in effect suicidal, and could result only in binding the hands of the body. The gentlemen who voted for referring the resolution did not thereby vote against its substance 5. and, if referred, as proposed, it was highly probable that the Committee on lteSolutions would make a report on the *ab ject early. in the afternoon, and certainly be. fore the nominations were made. When the nominations came to be made, it would be seen who. would vote as proposed in the re solution, but for the Convention to confine itielf:in advance to the selection of A or B, though less worthy than a Civilian, would to stultify itself. While disposed to go as far as the mover of the resolution in the sup port of. our soldiers, the speaker declared lie was also. willing to support the worthy civil: ran wile , had furnished the means wherewith the war had been carried on. Mr.. Todd, in explanation of the motive which induced him to offer the resolution, said that he had offered it to carry out what he believed to be a debt of gratitude to the soldier. After some futilier dismission, J. W. Quern sey, of Potter, moved to amend the motion to refer, so as to instruct the Committe on Reso lutions to report the resolution immediately after the re-assembling of the Convention this afternoon. The amendment WeL4 neeepted aS a pArt Of the original motion. The motion was then adopted. Mr. Wayne McVeigh, of Chester, moved the appointment of a Committee on Resolutions, to consist of thirteen. An amendment increasing the number to thirty-three was agreed tot when tt..o motion as amended was adopted. On motion of Mr. Stevens, of Lancaster, it was directed that all resolutions coming be fore the Convention should be referred to the Committee on Resolutions without debate. Mr. Kugler, of Montgomery, presented the following from the County Convention of Montgomery: Resolved, That we consider the idea recently promulgated in the State Legislature, that the Union men of that body should adopt no law unaceoptalge to the Opposition members of the particular locality to which it anplioS ni unsound, unjust, and calculated to destroy confidence among the members. of our or ganization, since it leaves the Union members of Opposition counties entirely at the mercy of their opponents ; and we direct our dele gates this day elected to Harrisburg to lay this resolution before the Convention. The reeolidiOrl ..4118 referred, The Chair announced the following as the Committee on Permanent Organization: Messrs. Ketchum, of Luzerne ; King, of Phila. delphia ; Montgomery, of Lycoming ; Todd, of Cumberland, and Fiske, of Northumberland. The body then took a remits of two hours. nunsexl4.stizet OF THE CONVENTION. The Convention reassembled at four o'clock. The Committee on Contested Seats made a report in the eases of the Berk.% and the Union, Lyeoming, and Snyder delegations; settling the disputes in those cases. The re• port was adopted. The Committee on Permanent Organization reported for President, Henry Johnson, of Crawford, and a list of vice presidents and secretaries. Mr. Johnson was escorted to the chair, and briefly returned thanks for the honor confer red. The next business in order beinE, the report of the Committee on Resolutions, the chair man, Mr. Wayne 11IeVeigh, of Chester, read the following series of resolutions: The vpion party of Pennsylvania, in State Convention assembled, declave— ao of th st. The Commonwealth, representatives e c' f t the loyalreverentlyde sire to offer gratitude to Almighty God, whose favor has vouchsafed victory the national arms and enabled us to eradica e the crime of slavery front our land, and to render treason against the Republic impossible forevermore and next to Him our thanks are due and here by tendered to our bravo soldiers and sailors, who, by their (endurance, sacrifices and illus trious heroism, have secured to their country peace, and to the down-trodden everywhere an asylum of liberty who have shown that w f e a t; lfuorrety, tuturestoratione whose valort the has p e lo r i o o o n o .5 for not a time the fact that this Government Of the peo- Pie, by the people the people, is as Lavin oeibellioitnintss.strength as it, is beneficent in its p 2d. Resolved, That revering the memory of Abrahain Lincoln, the great martyr to liberty, we cannot show greater honor to his name th an by a generous support to his fellow-pa triot and successor, Andrew Johnson, the Pre s:: jesire of'His the unbending b i United States, t oiv e niff s iaa , etrir l .eei v abed h ltel e ibeLmiy h og i ti l e a ii,inii nie b ip, e tot rh e lut i ees i called to complete a task which was left un wits fipast nished. is upheld g a u n a d ra th nt e e r e ig th h a ts t a la nd th i ez i o t m i : o t ; oils future the authority of the Government all the eitiSens of the Republic secured. si( B , d o method . n lle tf o s o ° r h r e o ge . ; )oenohsptalrion latelyetth eo judgment of this Convention, has not been accepted in a spirit of bonsai, loyalty and gratitude, but with such evidences of defiance and hostility as to impel us twthe conviction that they cannot be safely entrnatodwith the political rights which they rejected by their treason, until they have proven their accept- IgUnifC§ l 44lo 9049 yrva l awa lac WPM ti THREE CENTS• tliem in constitutional provisions, securfug, so tattnen within: their bordors their inalien ~ o right's to life, liberty, arid pursuit of bat IP" nesS.• - 4th.. Resolved, That, •having conquered the r, . 3 " helliOns States, they should lie held in sown gstiorf,,and the treatment tlfey are to receive, an,d the laws which arc to govern them, should be yeferptd to the law-making power of the now», to-which they legitimately belong. sth. Resolved, That ae the late rebellion was wantonly Precipitated by the property hold ers of the Sedtb, it is butjust that they should pay the expenses of the war, and Congress should declare as forfeited and voted fa the Government tine property of all rebels - whose estates exceed the sum of tett• thousand dol lars; and that woeceds of the property sncon ?heated should he applied to increase therms stens of those entitled thereto by the casual ties of the war; toTay the damages ante , by the enemy to loyal 'citizens, and to- reduenthe burden of the national debt. 6th. Reserved. ThaVit is the duty OrCongress so to revise the revenue laws as to afford , ereased protection to' Atherican industry;to secure the development of industrial wealth , of the people; to render labor preamble anti' remunerative; to build•up home markets for our agriculturists; to attract capital to they *Antral fields of the fientitry, and to provide revenue for the maintenance of' the publi6 credit. And this Convention recognizes the chief enemy to a policy of 'protection in that European power which for four years has fur nished piratical vessels of war to rebels, and thus endeavored to drire our 'commerce from the-seas: TM Resolved, Iwo any attt.mpt by foreign nations to establish MonareMaltiovernfrient on this continent is evidence of a design to de stroy Republican institutions. Regard for our own safety, and for the future security of the Republic : demand that no such attempt should sucteed. • 8111. Resolved, That it is the duty of Congress • to Secure the full Federal bounty to all honors,- bly'discharged soldiers, irrespective of date of their enlistment. 9th. Aesolved, That we recognize in Edwin M. Stanton, the present honest and' , able head of the Department of War, a public servant .who has deserved well of his country, and has borne hinitelf so , elear in hisgreat ofnce as to merit the earnest 6ratltinie of all loyal men and we tender to him, and to his distinguished colleagues in tile Cabinet, our thanks for their •valuable services in the cause of liberty and , • . 10th. Resotettc•That the constant devotiOtt of Vevernor. Curtin to the best interests of the ! State and natioN_ during the last four MP, and his indefatigable efforts, on all occasions, to pay the cult' debt of gratitude we owe our ,national defenders, not merely by words, but 'also by deeds, entitles him to the thanks of every loyal effiten of Pennsylvania. 11th. Resolved; That this Convention, repre senting the loyal people of Pennsylvania, re cognize the claims of our Minn Kidiers on our confidence and gratitude and that, in the nominations for offices, especial regard should be paid to the claims-of those who have faith fully served their country in the army or the navy, in the suppression of the rebellion. 12th. _Resolved, That the leaders of the De mocratic party stand arraigned before the people Of •rOIIIISY/Yfinla for constantly ob structing the efforts of the constituted autho. rifles 'to maintain the life of the republic. They did this by inflaming the passions of the ignorant followers against the legally elected .officers of the Federal Government, and re fraining from all reproach against treason or armed traitors • by procuring a decision from the Democratic our Supreme Court denying the right of the Government to ser vices or citizens of this State for the defence of our imperilled country; by discouraging men from volunteering into the armies of the Union, thus rendering' it necessary to suc cumb to treason, or to pay large bounties, and so burdening every ward, CoWnship, and borough in the State with debt to fill the . ranks of our armies ;_ by opposing the enlistment of negroes for our defence although thus one white man less was required for every black one who could be enlisted, and this at the very moment when the battle of Gettysbur. ,, was raging on the soil of Pennsyl vania, and result of that decisive battle was uncertain; by denying to our Waters the right to vote while fighting for the flag of our fathers, on the plea that such rights were not allowed by our Constitution, and by opposing an amendment which removed their objection and relieved our brave soldiers from thisdisa bility ; by exaggerating public indebtedness, denying public credit,. and teaching that the financial resources of the North were unequal to the suppression of rebellion; by a shame ful opposition to the measures for ex tending relief to the families of Union sol diers; by a malignant effort by these means to secure the success of the rebels in the field, or such a protraction of the war as would exhaust the nation in its effort to sub due their friends by now heaping abuse upon the Government for punishing assassins and their accomplices ; by demanding the release of leading traitors; by frowning down all at tempts to bring to punishment the Rends who starved our soldiers; by assuring rebels that neither in person or property shall. they he Punished for their crimes. And if anything - were wanting to complete their infamy, we have it in their determined opposition to free labor and to a tariff, which, while it would make labor profitable by protecting the work. ingmen of Pennsylvania from British com petition, would largely increase the revenue essential to the maintenance of the public faith and credit. Mr. Cessna called for a division of the ques tion oiri the resolutions, the Ara division to embrace the platform, excepting the resolu tions relative to theseleetion of soldiers as the candidates of the Convention, and referring to the appointment of members of the State Cen trEd Committee ; the second division to em brace the resolution relative to the selection of soldiers as the candidates of the Conven tion, and the third division tobe the resolution relative to the appointment of the State Cen tral Committee. Mr. Todd said that the platform contained resolutions for which he could not vote, among others the resOltitioll proposing whole sale confiscation of the lands Of the Southern people. lie contended that if a man was gull ty of crime . he should be punished, and that a man thus guiltyshould not escape punishment because he was not worth a certain amount of 'money. Theproposition seemed to be not to punish men hecaue6 of their complicity with treason, but because of their being worth ten thousand dollars. The policy indicated by the resolution was unjust, inasmuch as it could not be disputed that it was the poor men of the South who formed the bone and muscle of tgie rebellion. The Chairmen called attention to the fact that the question before the body wee upon the motion of Mr. Cessna as to the form of considering the resolutions. Mr. Todd said that he was about to propose an amendment to the original motion provi ding for taking up the reeolution.4 Separately. A. vote was then taken on the amendment, when it was not agreed to. The first portion of the question on the mo tion of Mr. Cessna was then determined affirm atively, the platform in the main being adopted. The second portion orthe questionwas stated to be on the resolution recognizing the claims of our citizen soldiers, and recommending that in nominations for offices special regard should be paid to the claims of those who had faithfully served then country douritry in the army or navy. Mr. Todd moved to amend the resolution by substituting therefor the following: That this Convention, representing the loyal people of Pennsylvania, recognizes the claims 'of our citizen soldiers, in its confidence and gratitude, 115 superior to all others ; and that, M token of the sincerity of thi§, its (Malaya. tion, it; will nominate none as candidates for office who have not proved their loyalty and patriotism by services In the field against the enemies of thediepublie. Ile stated that the resolutions of the Con. ventiCal Were replete with , expressions of ad miration for- the soldier ; and if Vic Conven tion now, when the question was presented practically, should disregard those claims, woe be to the man who stood upon the plat form of this Convention. He implored the Convention, by the record, Of its past history, 'still to stand by the Soldier, and hot to dig the political grave of the party. He wished to put upon record his own position, and would, therefore, call the yeas and nays. Mr. Lynn Bartholomew, of Schuylkill, ad dressed the Convention in a forcible speech. He came to vote for the best man for the place, No man had a right to bind his fellow-men to vote for a particular class. He did not believe in erecting any class in America, either politi cal, military, or civil, as superior to any other. To say that the life of the Union party de pended upon two paltry positions, worth about $l,BOO a year, was ridiculous. The discussion was continued by . lion. Thad dens Stevens, of Lancaster ; Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford, and Hon. J. L. Vincent, of Erie. It was contended, in opposition to the amend ment, that it was really a proposition to create Et nobility out of a certain Maio, thereby de grading to that extent all other elastieS. A vote was theii taken on the amendment proposed by Mr. Todd, which resulted as fol lows : Yeas, 17 ; nays, M. The amendment was consequently disagreed to. The resolution Wfie then agreed to. The next portion of the qUestion waS stated 'to be on the resolution as follows : That the State Central Committee shall con sist of four members from the city of Philadel phia, two from each of the counties of Alio , .glieny, Dauphin, and Berks, and one person from each of the remaining counties of the State to be appointed ; the names to be Buhl Mated by the respective delegations to the chairman to be appointed by this Convention, The resolution, after discussion, was post poued for the present. On motion of Mr. Cessna, the Convenlion proceeded to the selection Of a canditlatii for Auditor General, when the following nomina tions were made: Major General John F. Hartranft, of Montgomery; John A. liiostand, of Lancaster ; it. B. McComb, of LllNVrellee ; General Charles Albright, of Carbon ; General John L. Selfridge, of Norther - apt - on. A ballot was then taken, with the following result TIII3 BALLOTING. The trill ballot resulted as follows Hart- Tann, 6.i; lliestand, 30; IleComb, 20 ; Albright, 3; Selfridge, S. • Several deiegutes changed their votes to Ilartranft, who was unanimously declared nominee by acclamation. A ballot for Surveyor General resulted as follows: Col. Jacob M. Campbell, of Cambria, 02 ; Gen. James Negley, of Schuylkill, 27 ; Brice X. Blair, of ituntingdon, 2. Col, CWOIIO9II was declared nominated. Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford, was appoint ed Chairman of the State Central Committee. The nominees of the Convention were then introduced, And returned thanks in brief ad dftsseirwhen the Vonvehitto hajourned sine, THE 'WAR IPELEI3M. (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) ?ER WAR PRESS will be sent to subscribers by u' ll,l (per annum In advance) at go go Live topics 10 011 Yen copies SO OQ • Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the amid rate, 82.00 per copy., The money mug along* ateem,dl4ll the order, and fti xo tnsbques cm} Vim tptint be deviated I'7m nt their atom Uri/ Mae more than the etva RO*. sir Postmaatera are requested W act u lOW for Tat WAR PRIM. • sr To the getter-up °Elbe Web of ten or twentre an extra copy of the paper will be given. THE CABLE. DIARY OF CYRUS W. FIELD. TIM ENTERPRISE ONLY A TEM PORARY FAILURE. RETURS:O)? THE GREAT EASTERN TO STIERRNESS. 110 W THE CABLE WAS BROKEN. GRAPPLING MI BROKEN END WITH ENOUGH BUCCES6 IVA HOPE• IfsAlltr 7 9 CONTENT, N. F., August 15; via AePT IfAv ikugust 17,-The British WRY steamers Tevitibte and Galatea - arrived at St. JOhne, K. F., at the o'clock on Tuesday evening, the 16th hest. The Oi:cat 1 Eastern returned Si cern eai% on the 11th, CAptain Napier reports 'as follows "The . ea ble parted on-Wednesday, the 24 inst., in. 1,1 50 fathoms of water, It was then , grappled fo r three times, and raised 1,200, Ow, and 660 yen toms, respectively; ee.eh time the grappling in Poke, but the sable remained na. broken'. The • Great Eastern returned to Eng. land. for'earon ger and better grappling gear!' Mr. Varrey, one of the electricians, writes most enconm, gingly in regard to the cable, •saying; tilYre found no dilitaulty whatever irt .g .reppileg.. for the cable, even in the greatest .depth'of Neater, . As soon as the proper tackle is prepared• we' will probably commence grap pling•fer • the ea hie again, one himdred ranee cut o f th e inee, k, where the water Id only fifteen hundred is theinki deep. The. buoy rides the gales well,Uit ;g fastened bypieces of Coe deumed cable. X r. Field is in' good health and spirits...lr The following fel fr: Field's diary': STUAlasti IP GREAT EASTERN, _ 14 )at. 61261P.,10ng 39 W,, , 11, 16115 L-8 oreliek. The steamsgip Gre at Eastern sailed &era the Nora, otrSheernt 'ss, Saturday,. July 15, at 12.30 otcloCk.. At half-past' two Oc.loek, on Monday after noon, 17th, slid" overba uled the Caroline, that Jett London on'the sth instant with the shore end on bow l, She had been detained by bad weather. We tovk Le' in tow, and arrived car Valenti°. at 6.43 A, M. of Wednesday. As the weather was - unfavorable, the Caro line'V went into alenti& harbo_,r and the Great Eastern to Beerhaven, Bantry Bay. The next day accompanied by bet Majesty's steamers Terrible' and Sphynx, the twenty seven miles of the hoary shore end ware sue. cessfully laid from. the Caroline, towed by the steamer Hawk. On • Wrinkly, thW 22a, et a quarter pact six o'clock, the next afternoon, the splice between the main cable and the shore end was coin pleted, and the Great Eastern the Terrible, and the „Sphynx steamed towards Newfound land while the Caroline and 2tawiz returned to 1 , alentia, All went on in the-most satisfactory manner until twenty minutes after two A. 1d.,0n Sim day, July 24th, when a partial loss of Insular tion showed itself. . . Shortly after tithe the speed of the ships was reduced, fitid the cable paid out more slowly,. while tests were aPplied to locate the faint, which was found to be in the water BOMB Mile& astern of the Great Eastern. At 8.50 A. M. the cable was transferred to the picking.up apparatus at the bows, and we be• gan to haul in the cable. This operation was frequently suspended by want of steam In the boiler attached to the, pieking.up apparatus, and during the day a, paddle boiler was connected with the former, At five minutes past eight o'clock the next morning the fault was-brought on board, and found to have been caused by a piece of iron wire, similar to that used in the manufacture Of the cable, about two. Inches long, having been forced between the outer wire, and through the gutta pere'na into the copper it)re. Ten-and-ti.titiacter miles of cable were ye covered, the fault out ont, and a new splice made, the cable retransferced to the paying. out machine at the stern; and at 4.10 A, fa. Tuesday, the 25th, all was again in perfect or. tier, and the fleet on its way to America, having been detained thirty-seven hours and llfly minutes. At noon on Wednesday, the 26th, the Great 'Eastern was one hundred and seventy , elglit miles from Valentia, and there had been paid out, including the seventeen miles on the shore end, one hundred and ninety-nine of cable. Depth of water, one thousand seven hundred and fifty fathoms. Tests very good. TernsnAr, July 127.—The ship ran, in the bit tiventy‘fonv hours, one huncirefltilulf2v,,tr• One milee, and paid out one hundred and fifty eight miles miles of cable. Depth of water, two thousand one hundred and sixty fathoms. Tests very good. FRIDAY, July 28.—Distance made 15534 miles; cable paid out, 174 miles ; water, 1,950 fathoms. rests very good, July 29.=Diatanee run, 160 mile cable paid out, 176 miles ; depth of water, 4900 fathoms. Tests very good. At 12.06 P. M. it was discovered that there was a serious fault in the cable, which entirely cut off communication with the shore. The ship was stopped, and the cable transferred to the.plolting-up gear which commenced haul lug it in at 614 - P. Id, After picking ,up two and a quarter miles of , c the titan csme on.board, and, on examination, proved to have been caused by a stout piece of wire having been driven entirely through the cable. The two and a quarter miles of cable wore reeo vered from a depth of nineteen hundred fa, Thethems. cirth operation of pickin up from this great was frequently interrupted by want of steam. The night neing very dark ancl foggy, the operation of lowering the splice and transfer ing the cable to the paying , out machinery at the stern, was postponed until the next morning. The Great Eastern was, by the able manage ment of Captain Anderson, kept tip all night to the cable, n 414 so prevented any strain, -be yond.the eable'n own weiOit, muting on its At 8.10 A. M., the splice hnd hoot tueeenttitiy , - lowered, and the ship was again on her course. The detention by this fault was eighteen hours and forty four minutes, and most xicrus hours an minutes they were. On Sunday, July 80th, the dietanee made wag twenty-four miles, and thirty-seven miles of the cable were paid out. Depth Of Water 1,900 fathoms. Tests very good. MoNDAY, July BL—Distance run 134 miles; cable paid out, 158 mileS ; water, 1,770 fathoms ; tests very good. Title Mer August I.—Distance made,lss miles ; cable paid MA,. 170 milem ; water ii7o9 fathoms; tests very geod. WEDNESDAY, August 2.—At 5.27 A. M., on re. sunning the insulation tests, it was discovered that there was a partial loss of insulation. The ship was soon afterwards stopped, and the cable transferred to the picking-up gear, at the how. The operation et. ilting in Come menced. Ey neon the engine mute for putting up stopped for want of water fora considoest hie time. Two miles had been recovered, and the cable was cut to see whether the fault had come on board. At about 12.30 P. M. the cable caught and chafed. on the mouth of the "horsepipe," and wee, with considerable difficulty, removed, and at .12.35 it jtarted Onrbetifil, Where it was injured, just behind the stoppers, am/. in u Mffillent the end disappeared in the water. Distance run in the last twenty-four houre 110 miles ; cable paid out, 139 miles ; recovered two miles; depth of. water, 1950 fathoms; total distance from Valentia, 1,063 miles ; tote!. ti stance to tlleart , s icon tent, ~800 miles ; total cable paid out, I,Ble miles, equal to 10113014 per cent. Steamed back towards Valentin twelve miles and commenced dragging for the cable, Thursday, at four A. M.., it being evident frets the strain that the grapnel had caeght the cable, we began to haul it at fifty minutes arta. eleven, when / 1 150 fathoms of yraren ing had been got on bowl, sheek risks near the ship, and 1,400 fathoms of the roles sank with the cable to, the bottom of the At lantic. A buoy was lowered with two thousand four hundred fathoms of cable, and a " mushroom' , to hold it, and ,mark the spot. Dulling the operation of picking up, the machinery eve way. It Is supposed - that a tooth broke off by the strainand flits /getting in between,the ° spur" wlieel, smashed the latter. This acii. dent happened twice, and the operation of hauling in had to lie performed by the Cap stan. FRIDAY, SATrROAY, AND SUNDAY,—Weather unfavorable for recovering the cable. NelepAy, August 7,—Lowered anotherFM>. nel at 1;:,10 Id. commenced draggle Or the cable ; at 8 P.M., began to haul 1.11, ant: eon tinued to do so slowly a night. TvReDAY, August B.—At 7.50 A, M. one thou sand fathoms of grapnel rope had been hauled hi, when the shackles broke just inside the ship. Lost in this attempt fifteen hundred. fathoms of rope. A second buoy was lowered to mark the spot. The balance of thia day, and all the next den, was fully occupied in haeitig new shackles made for the panting, in rope; altering the capstan, and making preparations for another attempt to recover the cable. lied the apparatus been really, the Weather on Wednesday was much too rough to attempt any operations, The two buoys rode out the gales in this depth perfectly. TIRDRBDAY, 10th.—At seven o'clock A. 1.1., we began to lower the grapnel, and at 8,55 had out 2,460 fathoms—all that was on board the ships— and commenced drugging for the cable. FRIDAY, six A, M. we finished haul ing ii, the , 2,40 f f o a t t i lto w in it l r itQir o o p n e, ch te a iatt the grapnel clime 0 At eleven A. WO began to lower the raps net again, and as aeon as all the 2,00 Were paid out, we commenced dragging until 3.55 I'. Id., 'when we began to haul in slowly. It was soon evident, by the great strain, that the grapnel had caugh eventde. At semen I', when hundred and ten fathoms bad been reetaiered, the rope Parted. As there was not sulliciOnt rope on beard the Great Eastern to resume grapnelling, it was decided that she should return at once to Eng land. NEW YORK CITY. You's, Auguet, 17,18 M. 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