THE NEWS. r Canl , y has issued an important or .-'ortiTring the Provost _Marshal General of ii ,i ; nent to furnish the registers of vet ..p the State of Louisiana, with the names lii.etters (residents of that State), and persons also residents of the State, who, , f " ll ing been duly enrolled, left the juris on in which they were enrolled, or went tile limits of the "United States for the of er. - I.linn• any draft duly ordered, refused or neglected to comply with (TAS proclamation. The Provost twin-rat is also to furnish the reols. co . ..ers with the names of all persons '_,,:us of the State) who were exempted draft on account of alienage, or who ;;;der that plea, at any Vine since the ---,Alen of the district of their residences !ernited States forces, evaded the duties c.:,;igations of citizenship. Taesciay, in the Indian Council in session ic.l Smith, the Seminoles presented paners, their desire, to treat with our Govern- snit also their wishes US to churches, , ;+l. etc'. A treaty of peace was to have p:ol , oSed and presented yesterday for A statement was made by the t -,,,retstivo to their action in the War, . - ....... :ii .. ‹ -i to ssaiift, -,_• , lir .. 1 . _-,. _ -':" , L, , ~.. ..i - . s 41::- , - ....„.., . , ... .....- 4 Lim .., ...,,..._77.__ : '' • • .•,,,,,.,,,,,,,, ._ ..,,,:i.a......_,...: .:,,,,rill .....,..:. - )., - .'4 - 4:14,7*_.*ff .. .•:t_•,,..:. - :. __„,.....,,,.....,,„. ...,_,.._ .___,. ~......,..2_ ........ ....„.. ...........____....... ___.......4.1, VOL. - 9.-Na 39. and . complete defeat; all contain lessons so pregnant with importance, that it is impossible that such an insurrection as that initiated in 1861 will ever again be at - tempted. But to all these fast thronging punishments, there is to be added another—L.' " Cssa piled on Pelion "—equally .instruc tive and forcible as any inflicted in the shock of battle or in the hours of inevitable and bitter defeat. This punishment is con tained in a report from the prosy, financial pen of the North Carolina State Treasurer. We sum it all up in: these five lines. He says in substance : “Your legitimate debt, citizens of North Ca rolina, iS $13,619,500, and your war debt is $20,5aF,N35. But I think I may fairly aubtraet from that total the sum of $4,062,500, leaving your actual war debt 916,596,45 !” This is the Slate war debt only. The debt of the Confederate Government is not included in this total. And each State, if the Confederacy had succeeded, would have had to assume and raise its-share. As it was, North Carolina, with the others,- paid immense sums of money m taxes, tithes, and expenses of conscription. She may have returned some of her taxes in the shape of Confederate eurrencyin the later years of the war, but in the earlier it came from the pockets of her citizens ; and even in the later was made up in part by contributions of breadstuff's, etc., either levied upon by the Richmond despotism or given willingly by the "patrotic" people. In a word, the report of the State Trea surer, brief and formal as it is, includes a compressed history of suffering and poverty such as North .Carolina will never again yoluntarily endure. This history means immense losses from the hostile ar mies which swept like- a pestilential tor nado over her territory, obliterating rail roads, towns, landmarks—everything. It means a loss of all the fixed capital invested in black labor ; it means the total loss of all the precious blood, and youth; and every thing consumed in the rebellion it means poverty, obloquy, remorse, repentance, And the case of-North. Carolina is but a dreary counterpart of thatofevery Southern State engaged in this great war for slavery. Of course, such a succession of such blows as these are accepted always with more or less bitterness. The last and unkindest one of all falls upon the heads of the very men who, by their position and its influence, were instru mental in fostering and precipitating the re. bellion. This blow does not reach the Caro lina mud-eater or the Georgia-'cracker, ex cept in a more indirect way. They gave up their life blood before the Union bullets, and surrendered their little lands-to the lo cust-like tread of the Union armies, Their Punishment is already great enough, for it is written upon two hundred thousand tomb stones, and traced in the ashes of myri ads of humble cabins. They hold no. bonds ; eloquent in promises to ply thousands, done up in antiquated, battered type, and ornamented with a dingy cut of JEFF Davis; a flourish of C. S. A.'s, and a perspective view of the capitol of the empire of the Confederacy. The Senator, the aristocrat, the merchant, the planter—the men who duped- the cracker and the mud-sill, and sent them forth to the war enthusiastic with ignorance and patriotism—are the vic tims now doomed to torture and embar rassment in the cruel sentences of a me thodic State treasurer. " Sixteen millions dollars to lose, and already ruined," ex claims the North Carolina gentleman, as he fumbles in an empty ragged pocket, and looks abroad over ruined acres, only to smile again by paid labor, which he cannot pay until crops are gathered and garnered. " Six. teen millions to lose," he repeats; "have-I not lost enoligh ?" "-Thirteen millions to pay, besides Yankee fines and taxes t and nothing, nothing to pay with." There is an added poignancy in this thought, when he reflects that every dollar that he pays goes either to liquidate a debt contracted within the Union for lawful purposes, or to liquidate the United States debt contracted for the very purpose (so it seems to his mind) of ruining him in slaves, and houses and lands, and taking additional thousands away; on account of Confederate and North Carolina war expenses. Neither he nor the State Treasurer for a moment consider debts owing in England on the cotton-loan account. The hopelessness of another effort to as sail the national authority, the utter ruin wrought by the rebellion, and the mission of the AmeriCan Government as it is admi nistered by ANDREW ,TouNsorT, may be gathered almost at a glance from these start ling facts, and candid yet sorrowful confes sions, LETTER FROM" 6 ' OCCASIONAL.'" 11 7- AsnixGTorr, September 13, 1805 The great change in public feeling, within a short time, is proved by the remarkably favorable reception in the most " Radical" circles, of the, sentiments announced by President Johnson in his late interview with the Southerners. The same sen timents, spoken at an earlier period, would have been angrily questioned and contro verted. The secret is to be found in the operation of those generous and humane elements which enter so largely into the composition of the American character. It is hard to maintain antagonistic and much less virulent feelings against the South, in the face of the overthrow of slavery and the submission of the people to a fact re sisted by them for a long time with bloody obstinacy, and at last wrought out by the combined forces of moral and military logic. I have always contended that the most for giving and least cruel people on this conti nent are the Abolitionists—the old anti slavery leaders. Till the reliellion forced the war, they were the pioneers and the apostles of every movement of peace. It was, in fact, horror of inhu manity which created that combination .against slavery which, when slavery flew to arms, was so overwhelming. It is, therefore, only resuming a natural state of mind when they proclaim their anxiety for reconciliation with the Southern people. One thing remains to make the anti-slavery people ready for the completest restoration, VIZ : The asn'ranee that the freedmen WA not he left to the tender mercies of the brutal and setae men who were found,among their former masters. It was well said by , a great. thinker, a few days ago, that unless this assurance was given and clinched by ample legislation and by practical efforts on the part of the late masters, the black population would be simply enjoy ing a brief interregnum between two degress of human 'slavery; one made cruel under what was called law, and the other rendered intolerable because inflicted without law and in the absence of the natural protectors of the freedmen. But these people will be under the constant gUardianShiP of the Executive and of Con gress. On that head there must always be solicitude; but there need be no well found ed doubt among philanthropic men. Apart from . , the act of Congress organizing the bureau of which General Howard is the chief, and upon which he is building a system that will be equally practical and permanent, there are numerous vigilant agencies in the States of the North and West that will maintain , a jealous as well as a zealous organization for the protection and subsistence of those who not having begun the war,. were made freemen by its developmenr; and must never again be op pressed or enslaved. OCCASIONAL. Return of Massachusetts Troops. BOSTON, Sept. 12.--The steamer Karnak, from charleston, arrived at this port to•aay, with six companies of the 55th Massachusetts Regi ment, comprising 407 men, The remainder Of the regiment was an tranSportation. 811/1" NEW! BOSTON, Sept. 13.—Arrived, Ifrigs Pr/noose Louise, Gutteuiliurg A. LEart, New Orleaue. WASHINGTON. OEFKIL REPORTS FROM PERU MUM TO THE - tymt THERE, TKEAlritttiONED AND COMIOICATED OP THE SOUTH Importeit Circular of the Freed men's Bureau. ALL THE NORTHERN COLORED TRODYS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES TO BE MUSTERED OUT. [Special Despatches to ThoPress.i WAMIIMITON, September 13, 1365 The Abandoned Lands. I referred a few days ago to the efforts to Modify, if not to nullify, the several acts of Congress providing for the disposition of pro perty abandoned by the voluntary ab sence of the owners, or when they were engaged in the rebellion. The last act of Congress, March Id, 1851, expressly de clarei that the Bureau of Freedmen, Re fugees, and Abandoned Lamle shall "have authority to set apart, for the use of loyal refugees and freedmen, such tracts of land Within the insurrectionary States as shall have. been abandoned, or to which the United States shall have acquired title by confiscation or sale, or otherwise ; and to every male citizen, - whether refugee or freedman, as aforesaid" shall be assigned not more than forty acres of . such land, and the persons to whom it was as signed shall be protected in the use and enjoy ment of the land, for the term of three years, at an annual rent not exceeding six per centum upon the value of such laud as it was-appraised by the State authOritice in the year eighteen, hundred ejid sixty, for the purposes or taxa tion; and in case no such appraisement can be found, then the rental shall be based upon the estimated value of the land in said year, to be ascertained in such manner as the commis sioner may prescribe. At the end of the said term, or any time during said term, the pants of any parcels so assigned may purchase time land and receive such title thereto as the United States can convey, upon paying there for the value of . the land as ascertained and fixed for the purpose of determining the actual rent aforesaid?, Four orders have been issued by direction of the President in execution of this law. One from the War; one from the Treasury Depart meat, and the last as late as July 25, 1565, from General 0. 0. HOWARD, which expressly states : " The pardon of the President will not be understood to extend to the surrender of aban doned or confiscated property, which has been • set apart for refugees and freedmen,' or in use for the employment and general welfare of all persons within the lines of national military occupation "within said insurrectionary States formerly held as slaves, or who are or shall become free.s, The late insurgents feel this law and its exe cution most ke,enly, and a desperate effort is made to destroy its operation. You will note that it reaches more than those who have borne arms i and that some of the easy gentle men who left early in the war for foreign coun tries are reached by it. Ido not think that the President, is disposed to go very far to oblige these claimants, but they are not the less backward. Especially as they object .to the order that the pardon of the Executive does not restore to them their abandoned lands, some interest may be expected from their efforts. financial Speculations. One class - insists that Congress should make all the National Bank notes legal tenders, and repeal the law to pay duties in gold ; another argues for the early resumption of specie pay ments on the ground that if gold continues to accumulate as now, we shall have nearly eighty millions on hand by the new year ; and, instead of selling gold, as it is now said (though I doubt it) is being done, this mass of specie might be held as a sort of protection for the banks, The croakers contend that our income. tax next year will fall far short of this year, because the next incomes will be very greatly reduced. Another and a growing party is con fident that the best way to pay the national debt is to lay an export tax on cotton, to bacco, 84e.; and to make this acceptable to the South, a bonus might be offered to her in the shape of paying off her old and legal State debts. This idea was mooted to a leading Englishman a few days ago, and he seemed to be greatly alarmed, but soon grew tranquil, as he reflected that this tax could not be had without emending the national Constitution, which prohibits auy such mea sure. But if everybody were agreed to it in this country, it would not take long to alter the Constitution in that particular. And espe cially if we could do so at the expense.of our British and French relations. Movemenio of Brockinridfre. The appearance Of BRECEIBRIDGE in Canada induces the surmise that he has some hopes of Executive clemency. His uncle, Dr. ROBERT J. linßoxmainex, is said to be extremely anx ious on the subject Those who know the late Vice President, however, think if he is in Canada it is rather to meet his family, whom he has not seen for some months. As there is no restriction upon persons visiting Canada, and none upon unsuspected persons visiting the United States from that province, he can also confer with his friends as to his fature state on this mundane sphere. Flag Presentation. This afternoon a grand pie-nie and presenta tion of a flag to the Fenian Brotherhood took place at AnalOstan Island, near Georgetown. The Fenians have four organizations in this distriC,t, Averaging two hundred members, and a sisterhood with three hundred mem ber& The flag was presented on behalf of the sisters by Mayor WALLACH, and received by Major Dzwzy, president of•the Washington Circle. Speeches were made by thiS m a yo r , Major DEWEY, Gen, STrantnx MAGROADY, and B. FLORMCB. The flag waspainted. in Baltimore, and cost two hundred and fifty dollars. It is beautifuliy designed, and con tains the emblems of ancient Ireisnd. The dancing was kept up until a late hour. A large crowd was in attendanc& The best of .order was observed. Freedmen's Affairs. The business of the intelligence °lnce of the Freedmen's Bureau is on the increase. During the past ten days ninety freed people applied for work, and t fifty-six were furnished with employment in the same length of time. Fifty applications for servants were received, of which twenty-five were for maleS, and twenty- Bye for females. The average number of ra tions issued from the Governtnent Soup House, on New Jersey avenue, payday, is one hundred and thirty. For the past six days, seven hun dred and eighty.one one rations of soap were furnished to colored people. Stolen Vatted States Property He- 1=2221 C. E. TarOI4BLY, special agent of the Treasu ry Department, has just arrived from Aurrusta, Georgia, with the hundred thousand dollars in coin which was captured from JEPPERSON DAVIS , wagon train as it was passing out of Georgia. Captain J. D, JONES, and twelve picked men of the 19th United states Infan try, guarded the treasure to this city. This treasure was probably given up to our pur suing cavalry to prevent the entire amount, variously estimated from five hundred thou sand to two millions, from falling into our hands. Department of Washington. The War Department has directed General commanding the Department of Wash ington, to reduce the volunteer force in his command to six thousand commissioned of ficers and enlisted men of all arms. Under this order (lotto a number of regiments, hereafter to he designated, will be mustered out of the service. Applications for Pardon The applications of Southerners for pardon continue to he received at the Attorney gene rars office at the rate of between two and three hundred per day,requiring the constant attention of the efficient clerical force of the office to classify and arrange them for investi gation by the Attorney General. Additional Aids. Quite a number of the additional aids re cently relieved from the sfaffs of command. in g generals, and ordered to their homes to re port to the Adjutant General by, letter, have been mustered out:of the service. Postmaster General Dennison. The Postmaster` General left Washington 'yesterday morning for Utica, N. Y., to attend the State fair there. He will be absent about ten days. His family haslfeensojourningnear Utica for some time past. - The Indian Bureau. The Acting COM2mistioitel! of the Indian Bu• reau is in receipt of advie,es from th% Commis don, of which Major General Corms is at the bead, appointed to negotiate with the North western Indians. The Commission had arrived at Council Bluffs, lowa, and was en route to sioux City, where the conference is to be held. The health of the party was excellent. The Muster Out of Colored Troops. Similar instructions, to those given by, the Seeretary of War to the counnander of the De partment of North Carolina, in regard to the discharge of certain colored organizations, have been gives the commanders of the De partments of Virginia, Florida, Texas, Louisi aaa, and Arkansas, ' The Post Office. The Postinastbr General being absent for a few days, his powers and duties devolve, for the time being, on the Hon. ALEXANDER W. RANDALL, Met Assistant Postmaster General. Western Manufactories. Irk the Western States, in MO, there were five establishmente for the refinery of sugar. Capt. r, 4 , 6.4 4 , S TEMBER 14, 1865. tat invested, $1,175,600; cost of raw material used, t. 2,510,600 ; 'male hands employed, 374; cost of labor, 1132,060; annual value of products, $3,080,390. • [By Associated Press.] Official Decree from the Peruvian 6o- The Government has received from the le e/lion of the United States in Peru, copies of two decrees issued by the President of that wnblie. The first closes the ports of Islay, Aric.l, and the bay of Quilea to all merelifunt vesse:e r national as well as foreign. In order to =No effectual the responsibility which any shiPirmay incur from an infraction of this articie, tike period of time fixed, taking the i date of:l,llVdc:crew? Jane 13th, is, for all vesVila proceeding from ports in -Europe or Miff., or from the Unlted States, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, inthe Atlantic ocean, five months. The second detroe le r in part, that eyeryper itos who, withont thb authority and order of the legitimate and 'competent authority, simll export 'guano frlYni" the Ohioan Islands, or. froth any other tii..pb§its of that manure, w 2. 1, be considered as a Wilber of the public wealth; • and an offender agatiSt the rights of the con- - signees and all the c:reflitors, who have on the guano a positive guctantee for the fulfilment of their contraets, rind Will be prosecuted and punished with severitYi agreeably to the law of the republic, and inttrriational right. A Massnenuseiti Reg-fluent. Among the regiments fh , St to go home 'ander the recent order issued bY the War Depart ment, mustering out alYbut eix thousand troops in the Departmentbf Washington, is the Z;(1 Massachusetts HeavY Artillery, which hag been in garrison at FortS•Slocum, Stevens, Sumner, Lincoln, Bono, and:librter. They now number about twelve hundred men. Two thirds of the officers of this- reement have risen from the ranks. An Important Clause of the Virginia Constitution Itentaved. A clause in the Virginia amended constitu tion prohibited all who had aided,imrtieipated in, or sympathized with the rebellion, from Dither voting or holding office. The first disa bility has already been removed by legislative action. The prOelamatiOn of Governor Purn rowr now submits to the people the question, shall the next General Assembly be clothed with ower to alter or amend the third p.rticle oft constitution—namely, as to holding office') There seems no doubt that tills disa bility will also be removed. The Wirt Trial. The Military Commission will summon a part, if not all, of the wit.esses named yester day by Captain Winz, through his counsel, and by whom he expects to prove thatmany of the acts ascribed to him were committed by others higher in authority. The prisoner has been sick ever since the trial commenced, and is now nervously prostrated. Pardon Seekers. The anteroom of the I;,!:.:seutive mansion was again crowded to-day with pardon seekers from all parts of the South, including a num ber who formerly held clerkships under the Goyernment at Washington. Forts DiSMßUtled All these forts will be dismantled during the Present autumn. A Commissary Sale. At a COMMisSary sale at Alexandria, yester day, oue lot of pork was sold as 1411 as $14.15; barn at $l2, and salt beef from $2.30 to $2.85 each per barrel. Arrest of Counterfeiters. The Secret-service division of . the Solicitor's office has been informed of the arrest of seve ral persons engaged in counterfeiting. One, named JA - Kus, jumped from a railroad car while in motion, and was rearrested ten days afterwards by Detective :KETTLE:SMITH, and another, named Tomas C. ECRIMT, was ar rested in 'New York yesterday by Detective LOWELL. ECKERT had on his person five hum' dred one-dollar United States notes. Arrests are continually being made all_ over the country. Presidentinl:Appointments. ALGEENON SIDNEY CADIVAL &DEE has been ap pointed Collector of Internal Revenue for tha Fifth district of Pennsylvania. J. C. DATP-g has been appointed direct tae commissioner for the district of the State of Georgia. This is believed to be the same gen tleman who testified- in the Wism trial, and is known to have been exceedingly kind to the prisoners at .Amdetsonville--always having been a Union man, but who sought empio ; ,-- ment there as a volunteer surgeon in order to avoid being forced into the Georgia militia. The . Freedman's Bureau. The Circular No. 15, dated September 4th, having been by accident prematurely promul. gated, it is recalled, and the following circu lar, revising in some particulars, substituted therefor by the War Department BUNBAIT or ltErtrantig, FnEßDMElliri AND ABAN DONED LANDS, WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, M.-- Circular No. 15, of July 28th, 1585, from this bureau, and all portions of circulars from this _bureau conflicting with the provisions of this 'circular, are hereby rescinded. This bureau has charge of such tracts of land within the insurrectionary States as shall have been abandoned, or to which the United States shall have acquired,,by contlsea. tion or sale, or otherwise, and no such lands now in its possession shall be surrendered to any claimant except as hereinafter provided. fl'ittrd. Abandoned lands arc defined in Aec- Lion second of the act of Congress approved July 2d,1881, as lands the lawful owners whereof shall be voluntarily absent therefrom and en gaged, either in arms or otherwise, in aiding or encouraging" the rebellion. Fourth, Lund will not be regarded as con fiscated until it has been condemned and sold by decree of the United States court for the district in which the property may be found, and the title thereto thus vesipd in the United States. Upon its appearing satisfactorily, to any assistant commissioner that any property under his control is not abandoned as above defined, and that the United States has ac quired no title to it by confiscation, sale, or otherwise, he will formally surrender it to the authorised claimant or claimants promptly, reporting his act to the commissioner. Sixth. Assistant commissioners will prepare accurate descriptions of all confiscated and abandoned lands under their control, keeping a record thereof themselves, and forwarding monthly to the commissioner copies of these descriptions; in the manner lireseribed in Cir cular No.lo, of July 11, 1985, from this. bureau. They will set apart so much of- saidlauds as is necessary for the immediate use of loyal refu gees and freedmen, being careful to select for thispurpose those lands whichmost clearly fall under the control of this bureau, which se lection must busubruittedto the commissioner for his approval. The specific , livision of lands so Net apart into lots, and the rental or sale thereof, according to section fourth.of the law establishing the bureau., willbe completed as soon as practicable and reported to the ' commissioner. " AS'eventh.. Abandonedlands held by tliis bureau may be restored to owners pardoned by the President, by the assistant commissioners, to whom application for such restoration should l•pe forwarded, so far as practicable, through the superintendent of the district ill whigh the lands are situated, and each application must be accompanied by :—First, evidence of special pardon by the President, or a copy of the oath of amnesty prescribed in the President's pro clamation of May 25th, ISO, when the appli cant is not included in any of the classes herein excepted from the benefits of said oath. Se cond, proof of title. Officers of the bureau through whom the ap plicationpases will endorse thereon such facts as may assist the assistant commissioner in his decision, stating especially the use made by the bureau of the land. Eighth. No lands under cultivation by loyal refugees or freedmen will be restored under this circulay, until the crops now growing shall be received for the benefit of the cults- Nairn's, unless full and just compensation be muds, for their labor and its products, and fur their expenditures. 0. 0..11,,wAn0,. • Major General ! and Commissioner. APprOved. • ANDREW Joirsson, President of the United States. ST, Louis, Sept. 13.—General Grant and party arrived here at 3 o'clock, and were quietly taken to the Lindell House, under the direc tion of Major Thornai and a few citizens. He will receive the public this evening. The English party of capitalists will arrive about midnight, and will occupy apartments at the Lindell House e • Tobacco firmer. Hemp $1.70@1.75 for prime undressed. Cotton active at an advance ; sales at 39.1/.0130.. Flour lower; single extra $7.5E 1 4 ; low double extra $8.12 1 And.75 ; extra $10.50@12.1234. Wheat unchanged. Corn dull and lower ; sales at 66@)700. Oats 'declined ; Billeb at 43530. Whisky lower at 12.27@2,28. HALIFAX. ITAttrAx, N. S., Sept. 13-11 P. M.—The Ng ther is clear and calm. There were no sl ' Of the Asia, now Atte from Liverpool. The Indian Connell. FORT SMITE(' Aux., Sept. 12.—1 n the Council to-day the Seminoles presented papers SliONV ing their desire to treat with the United States, and their Wishes in relation to churches, schools, and internal improvements. The Commissioner stated a treaty .of peace would be prepared and presented for signature to morrow. The Creeks made a lengthy state ment in regard to their action in the war, say ing the names of their chiefs alllzed to their treaties with the rebels were used without their knowledge ;and the same was true with regard to the Indians of the Plains. Governor PitChleynn, rebel chief of/the Choctaws, arrived to-day, and says the other set of delegations will be here on Wednesday or Thursday. The Ocean Yacht name Won by the rleetwing. SANDY Hone', Sept. 13.—The yacht Yleetwing has returned, winning the race in one hour and eighteen minutes ahead of the Henrietta, Departure of the Afrien, Itosmos, Sept. 13.—The royal mail steamship Africa sailed at 10 o'clock this morning, with twenty-two passengers for Halifax, and fifty one for Liverpool. Her specie list amounted t 0 1113,255, From Pit•hole. PIT-HOLE, PA., Sept. 13.—The exaggerated re ports of an epidemic prevailing in the oil re• giOnB are without foundation, and those hav ing friends in this section of the country need feel no anxiety in this respect, as the general health is good. vernment. ST. LOUIS. THE REBELLION. WHAT THE NORTH DID TO SUPPRESS IT. An Hist Weal and Scientific Review of what it Accomplished. ELOQUENT SPEECH OF MAJ. GEN. DANIEL E. SICKELB itere New Fuels brought to Light Regarding Secretary Stanton's Thwarting of the Traitors in MI. AtioTherl Tribute to that Eminent Statesman's EE' If to Crush the Rebellion. Tale atm ual fair of the American Institute cenimeaceol in New York on Tuesday evening. Tile opening• oration was delivered by Miler General Sie-kles. It gives such a seientifie-re view-of the ovork performed by the North, in the great national conflict, and is such an elo que.nin tribute to our people, that we gladly transfer it to our columns, feeling sure that all who read it will do so with profit, and be all the more proud of their country. General Sickles said: • GENT :rim - 7x - ere THE TwOTITUrr, : This national exhibition of the useful arts is: a gratifying il lustration of tats; happy peace. which blesses our country. IN also suggests- one of the greatest elements of Our strengthin, war—that industrial power which multiplies ream:tree% equips - armies. and fleets, ancPsitoplies the ma terial for great eampaigns, I am happy to meet the society ender circumstimees so favor- • able to the development of national prospe rity.-The brilliant display of products which distiguishes this exhibition, and the numer ous attendance on this occasion, equally mani fest the habitual appreciation- of our _popula tion for industrial pursuits. This epoch of our history, so novel and impressive, presents no feature more remarkable 't than the facility With which a nation that has shown itself mag.. ritheent hi war resumes its peacefal avoca tions, disbands its armies, sells its fleets at auction, and only disturbs the equanimity of its rivals by the commanding influence of a noble example. I regret that my pursuits have not been such as to tit me to address you upon the practical themes most appropriate to this occasion. It is only in the most general way that I have been able to appreciate what is new and interesting in the progress of the arts. Of course I have not failed to observe during the period of my military service how much the industry, ingenuity, and enterprise of our people have contributed to augment our resources in war. When the Merrimac at tacked the wooden fleet in Hampton Roads, and ship after ship of ours reeled and sunk under the staggering blows of the rebel mon ster, and' the heroic Morris had fired his last broadside from the Clitaberland as he went down with her beneath the waters, you re member how the little monitor, ridiculed as a new invention, sneeringly called a " pepper box,e took up the unequal combat, and, under the gallant Worden, drove the rebel ship to her hiding place in the barber of Norfolk, where she was soon afterwards given to the flames. lOU have not forgotten the magnificent com bat between Admiral t'arragut's fleet and the Tennessee—one of the most extraordinary tights that ever occurred on the waters ,• a sin gle ship repelling the crushing blows of a fleet, driven upon her with a force that would have made a breach in the walls of SobaStopol ; a single ship receiving unharmed broadside af ter broadside, for more than an hour, making no more impression upon her armor than the Indian arrows made upon the cuirass of Cor tez, until the Chickasaw, under Lieutenant Commander Perkins, herself invulnerable, struck the Tennessee a mortal blow with a shot from an eleven-inch gun that disabled her rudder and left her, helpless and paralyzed, at the mercy of her conquerors. The Tennessee was armed with the heaviest British cannon. The more powerful grins of the ChielateeW were,. American, and one of the improvements deve loped during the war. Nor have you forgotten the time When the splendid fleet of Admiral Porter was at the point of being abandoned on the Red river, owing to the sudden fall of its waters, Then it was that the genius of Gene ral - Bailey, after all other expeclients • failed, devised a dant, which so deepened the channel by turning all the water of the river into a narrow course that the fleet was saved, and the army of General Banks Preserved its sup plies, and was enabled to retire in good order to a tenable position near his base of opera tions. Need I remind you of the reamerable exploit of young Cushing, who, under the or ders of Admiral Porter, destroyed the iron clad Albemarle, one of the most formidable ships ever launched, by means of a small - tor pedo-boat, eonstreeted under the superinten dence of Rear Admiral Gregory, by Chief Ea gineer Wood, of the navy This little craft, manned by a boat's crew, and, filled with pow der, boldly approached, at midnight, her great adversary at her moorings within the rebel lines, capturingOn her way their picket-boats. Steering straight for her victim, her comman der and crew leaped into the water and es caped in a small boat, while the torpedo made all headway against the Albemarle, and, at the moment of contact with a fearful explo sion, burie I h beneath the waters on which, a moment before, she had floated in disdainful defiance. I endeavored, without success, to obtain for this occasion an official statement of the number of mechanics employed by the Government in the shops, depots, and dock yards of the Way and Navy Departments, at some given period during the recent war. I have no doubt, taking into amount the Oder termasteris and Ordinance] Departments of the army, and all the navy yards, that the num ber was greater than any one of our armies— greater than the victorious army at Waterloo. Probably in all the history of war there can be foundno parallel to tawOperations of the American Quartermaster General's Depart ment from 1861 to 1665. Nevertheless, there are some striking European examples. In pre paring for the siege of Lille the allies were .compelled, owing to. the interruption of the water communications of the army to trans. port from Holland by land all their cannon, ammunition, and materiel. Sixteen thousand horses were required ,for the wagons in the train, which was escorted by Prince Eugene With fifty-three battalions of infantry and ninety squadrons of horse, the main body of the allies being within supporting distance; and although the French array, a hundred thousand strong, under Marshal Vendome, lay on theflank of the line of march, which ex tended over seventy miles, it was reported that not a gun Or carriage was lost. If the trains of the army of the Potomac had been pat in mo. tion on a single road toward Richmond,-the ' head of the column would have entered Rich mond before the rear was out of sight of the . Capitol at Washington. In the quartermas ter's and ordnance dePartments at Nashville, in - the summer of 18ea, more than fourteen thousand mechanics and laborers were em ployed in providing material for the armies operating in General Slierman , s department. The storehouses of the commissary of Subsis tence, at the same post, contained provisions for One hundred thousand Men for eight months, or twenty-four Of rations, besides forage for fifty thousand horses for an equal period—that is to, say, one hundred and sixty-eight millions of-pounds of oats, corn, and hay. These stores, besides / vast numbers Of troops, and all the sick and wounded,'were transported over a sihgle track railroad, Cross ing many rivers and- trestle-work structures, for more than three hundred miles through Tennessee and Georgia, a hostile country in the face of constant attack from an enterprising and daring eneniy„ In tb ese days of railway die . asters show me aboard of directors that could keep a road in running order, withguerillas me nacing every mile of the track, scarcely a day Passing without a bridge destroyed, trestle work burned, trainsthrown from the track and smashed: by means of obstacles placed upon it, engiheers and brakemen shot, every train carrying its own guard, every depot for wood and water a ;Linear/1 . post; and for all the vast labor on that and many other military rail roads between Little Rock, west of the Nis ' sissippi, to the Potomac, the Quartermaster General's Department was responsible. This army of workmen, of which I have only men tioned one otetwo outposts, .operating over an area of thousands of miles, was under the sleepless and thoughtful eye of Major '-General Montgomery -C. Metes, the accom plished chief of the Quartermaster's Depart 'nent Oftheariny. Thechielquarterfnastera Of "the two principal armies were Major General Rufus Ingalls, of the Army of the East, and General Allen, of the Army of the Southwest. I have not alluded to the other duties of the Quartermaster General, such as clothing a million of soldiers, transporting their subsist. enee, arms, and ammunition to every camp, from the Rio Grande to the Susquehanna ; eon ' structing telegraphs over the whole theatre of war, 'and keeping them in order ; supplying horses and forage far the most numerous ca valry' and artillery ever kept on feet in one army, and providin. wagon trains al Ways for one side, and sometimes for both sides,in a cohtest that numbered more eombatants'and extended over a broader theatre of operations than has ever been maintained by a single nation. The Subsistence Department of the array, under the able direction of its accomplished chief, General Eaton, is not the least remarka ble for itsturfnirable administration, Unseen, like the atmosphere, nevertheless it was everywhere presentwith all heedful supplies]; contributing to every success, it is responsi ble for no failure in any campaign. If my time permitted, you might be interested in some details of the new ordnance and small arms, originated by Colt, Dahlgren, Parrott, Wiard, Spencer, Remington, antiothers—all effectively employed in our military and na val operations. I have also to regret that my application for official information on these subjects has not been successful, and conse quently. my impressions laele the precision which gives value to facts. In the beginning Of the war we had very few private armories; the Government relied for small arms on purchases it was_permitted to make in fo reign countries. More than a million of mus kets Were so Obtained. Of these it is said by the commissioners appointed to investigate and report upon their value and quality that "hundreds of thousands have been purchased and delivered, and thousands more . are to arrive, not, one .of which will last a single campaign, and not one of which is fit to be _placed in the hands ofeivilixed - troops." For 'such muskets the Government paid from eighteen to twenty-two. dollars each. None of them being interchangeable in any of their parts—not even in bayonets or cones—it followed that when any part , was lost or broken the gun was returned to the arsenal for repairs or thrown away. Contracts were soon made by Secretary Cameron and by his successor, Secretary Stanton, with private Springfield for the manufacture of muskets of the Springfield and other patterns, for carbines, pistols, swords, Sm., at liberal prices, averaging about twenty-two dollars for muskets of the Springfield pattern. The result of these stimulating influences to private enterprise was that about thirty complete armories were established, vith the mostingenious and effi cient machinery—employing twenty million dollars Capital and twenty thousand chanics, capable of producing five hundred rifled muskets a day, at a cost to the manufac tnrer not exceeding eight dollars (gold) a piece, complete. So great have been the advan tages Obtained by the use of machinery and the division of labor in this branch of manu factures that the armories of this country can 110 W compete stmessfully cheap 191bor of Europe, - while we pay to our mechanics those higher rates of wages to which they are entitled by their superior skill and their ro; spectable rank in the community. No other nation hag ever equipped armies, as wo . have done, with repeating rifles, beeech-loadin carbines, revolvers, and rifled artillery; when it becomes known how superior are the arms we make, and the low price for which they can be supplied, we will beentaki the manufacturers of arms for the world. I can do no more than glaiicw at the iniprovements in troduced into the Medical Department of the army; indeed, I.:ean only speak of any of the great staff departments's() far as tiipix opera tions passed under my own observation. The construction and organization of general hos pitals, the ample arrangement for field hos pitals, the liberal and various supplies for hos pitals, the unstinted and judicious expendi tures for scientific appliances, improved am bulances, hoeffital wagons—whieh are portable apothecary shops-ehospital ears, adapted ex pressly with spring beds to carry the sick and wounded of the army over railroads ; the hu mane use of chloroform r the liberal supply of stimulants; the extensive issue of quinine, One Of the most expensive medicines, as a pre ventive—these are ameba , the noticeable fee. tures of our improved administration of the Medical service in the army. To all this must be added the noble service ,of the Sanitary Commission, that good an el of the army. Always cooperating with the Government. an bringing to every battle-fleld and to every hospitalthe innumerable gifts of American women, inspired by patriotism and 'affection; the religious offices of our chap lains and of the Christian Commission; the tender nursing and pionseninietrations of Sis ters of Charity ; the organized ageneies of ail' the State governments for the relief of that sick and wounded; the admirable service performed by Adams' Express Company, in 'delivering parcels from home to soldiers in all the armies • and when all irconsidereti,..when PUT record ' is compared With that o other wars—l venture to antieipatie that it will be established that no army has' ever received, to an equal extent with ours, the benefits of en lightened and beneficent administration. Here let me pause to pay wtribute to one Upon whom, more than upon any other public servant, has rested the vastendararied respon sibilities which the conduct of our great war imposed. When the rebellion declared itself, towards the close of the administration of Pre- Sident Buchanan. an eminent lawyer, who' adh neither held °Mee nor been conspicuous as a partisan in polities, was called into - the-Cabi net as Attorney General. Iris presence Miele.- stantly felt in the vigorous measures taken to enforce the authority of the Government. At the criticel moment which followed= the occu pation of Fort Sumpter, when-it seemed as- if the Government would yield to theatidaeity and vigor of revolutionary pressure,- his- fear less counsels, his indomitable will, his-sturdy, loyal nature, contributed mainly to that modi fication of the pacific policy of President Be.- • ehanan which was followed by measures-tore slat the further aggressions of the insurgents: Towards evening, on one of the gloomy days of the winter at 1861, the Attorney General sent for one of the Representatives in Congress from New York, and informed him that unless. ii t a h ea e nni p at t e ne b as i t i ti e t :p ot h o r n cr ea o sr f r t a h nn e at N ,,av o t to r du t h loar n dy r e a ir s em lnstantly derson hack from Sumpter to Moultrie, It was decided at once that an envoy should go to the principal Northern cities and announce• that the President had decided to maintain Anderson in Sumpter at all hazards. " Fire some powder" said Stanton : "all we can, do yet is to lire blank cartridges; a thousand - but. lets or a bale of hem would save us frame. bloody rebellion 3 the President will not strike a blow, but lie will resist if he sees the temper of the people demands resistance ; go and:fire some cannon, and let the echoes come to the White Meuse." The next day salutes were fired in New York, Philadelphia, Albany, and other cities in honor of President Buchanan , s determination to sustain the gallant Ander son; congratulatorytelegrams were sent from prominent men in all these cities to the Presi dent; the corporate authorities of New York passed earnest resolutions of support ; the .Elera/d, and perhaps other journals, in leading articles of remarkable power, endorsed and commended the decision of the President. The next daythe decision was made. The demand of South Carolina for the evacuation of Fort Sumpter was refused; it remained only the South to reeedeor make war. President Lincoln. was inaugurated; war followed, The Attorney General of President Buchanan became after a brief interval the war minister of President Lincoln. His electric influence 'was instantly felt throughout the army, and all over the country, Commanding generals were ordered to put their columns in motion, and attack the enemy. The irresolution and lethargy which are inseparable from a defensive policy van ished before the universal initiative, inspired by a positive and earn est character, who would neither rest himself nor allow the enemies of his country to rest bile the means of attack were in his hands. Alternating successes and defeats—colossal yet indebisive combats—' enormous consumption of treasure—the proba bility of foreign recognition and aid to the Confederation—increasing hostility to the measures of the Administration, finally culmi nating in sedition, riots and revolts—the defi ant overtures of aid and comfort to the ene my, from public journals and public men—, these were some of the accumulating embar rassments that brought the Union cause to the crisis of overthrow. The dauntless heart of the iron Seeraary, himself the object 9f mea sureless obloquy and bate, never- quailed. To despair he.opposed revolution ; to a defeated army he sent a more sue eessful general; to the mob he spoke from the mouths of cannons 3 insolent traitors and spies within our lines were silenced and se cured in the dungeons of the old Capitol, or within the ponderous walls of Lafayette and Warren. The President was of all men, gentle and conciliatory. The Secretary of State was absorbedthe unparalleled dr y c o ul sof our foregtiog.Thesecretalfewec. sltyvaslaborlous ydirecting e currentsexche quer.ofnationalwealthiutohsexuesg The Secretary of the Navy was building and manning his fleets The Attorney General never emerged from the mazes of his briefs. It was necessary, nay, it was vital, that the un defined and illimitable powers of Government, a f or bo i l t d s o h w n o n e p s r t e , s a e n r d v a s k t l shouldh and; b b e y ii t e h e a l t d s e p d o b n y : taneous concession of authority accorded to a self-reliant and commanding character in all great emergencies, it devolved upon Edwin M. Stanton, in the darkest hours of danger, to see that the Republic suffered no detriment. In times when the idea was tolerated that any citizen during war might assail the Go vernment as he pleased, and with impunity; it became necessary to silence sedition and baffle treason by terror. It was fortunate that the Government possessed a man, armed with power to enforce his will, who inspired fear enough to reinforce doubtful authority. Not Richelieu himself, when France had no hiding place that could conceal or power that could Save, ens of his victims, was more dreaded than au order of arrest signed by the Secretary. of War, after the writ of habeas corpus was suspended. Whatever may be the final judg ment of jurists upon the legal questions in volvedin these arrests, their effect was salu tary. Traitors. fraudulent Centractors, spies, dishpnest officials in the service, at length felt there was somebody_ in authority to be afraid of. Success was inexorably exacted from commanders of armies; neither winter nor summer, neither heat nor cold, neither storm nor drought, neither distance nor de fences, not' boasted superiority of =OM, spared the enemy from attack. At length the events of the war developed a general whose genius, educated byexperience, as was .said of Marlborough by Bolingbroke, indicated all the attainments for supreme command. This great and fortunate leader was no sooner recognized than called to the head of all the armies of the Union ; . and. from that hour General Grant directed, without in terference, but with invaluable energy of co operation from the War Department, all the succeeding campaigns to a triumphant con-. elusion. Look hack to the period of despair, during the first year of President LincolnPs Administration, when leading journals de manded a dictator ; recall the despondency which followed the disastrous termination of the peninsular campaign, in the summer of i 5621 remember the general diScOntent and weariness of the struggle which preCeded the repulse of the enemy at Gettysburg; the profound disappointment and Just in dignation felt by the country at the fail ure tq pursue and de.stroy th.e.army of Lee; the sullen MenaCeS and the odtbreaka which hindered the enforcement of the eanserip , tion law ; the blood , riot in this city; the 'undisguised hostility of half of Europe t the discouraging doubts and predictions of nearly all the, world; and, finally, the in creasing power and boldness of the for midable numbers at home who pronounced the war a failure, demanded an armistice, and advised the acceptance of the best terms of peace that could be obtained: It was at this moment that Grant's decisive triumph at Vicksburg wM announced. Soon afterwards he was summoned by the Secretors , ' of War in person to Chattanooga to retrieve the disaster of Chickamauga. Gaming the great victory of Missionary Ridge and opening a pathway to the sea for Sherman, he came to the Rap pahannock and brought fortune and final triumph to theglorloits standards. of the Army_ of the Potomac. What Godolphin and Marlborouh were to the war of the sue. cession ; what Lourols and Turenne were to the struggle of Louis XIV. for European em pire' what Carnet and Bonaparte were to the wars of the French Republic ; what Pitt and Wellington were to the European alliance against Napoleon, Stanton and Grant have been to the grandeSt struggle of ancient or modern times for the maintenance of autho rity, order, and justice in the government of nations. The great war from which the nation is now reposing has made the institutions of all the States homogeneous. It has removed from our plan of government the element that most impaired its vigor—insufficient power to suppress an insurrection sanctioned by the government of a State. It has banished from our civilization the reproach of servile labor, thus elevating to the rank of freemen all whose honorable toil supports in peace the commonwealth Whose - honor and rights they uphold in war. Besides the rank won by the renown of our arms, the amplitude of the resources we have displayed, and the con stancy shown in the conflict, we shall emerge from one of the most exhausting wars record ed in history a stronger nation than we have ever been, - Let us try to avoid the obvious perils which now engage the attention of our statesmen and people. Who will not welcome and hasten the time when the asperity and alienation between the old antagonists in the Union shall yield to the kindlier sentiments of eOlnlllo7l nationality, common intera i ste, and common destiny% The South is now repre sented in the councils of the nation by tile President.. Thoroughly loyal, honest, able, and fearless, he of all men knows the South, and can be trusted by the whole country. In hie vast and laborious undertaking to restore tranquillity and bring order OutiOf the !Witt. cal and industrial chaos which pervades the South, let us give to the President the same generous and confiding support accorded by all parties to the statesmen of the period when our Government was established. When the war of Independence terminated, the colonies were in a more favorable condi tion' for the development of their resources, and for the settlement of their institutions of government on sure foundations than we And the insurgent states to b President sent time. Let us be guided by then the line of conduct we shall adopt in our relations with the conquered States and people. Let us ratify the amnesty he has granted. Let us help him to maintain regular civil authority in the subjugated States by the action of their Own loyal citizens. Let us do all in our power to egnsolidate our people ones more in their ancient attachment to the Constitution and. the Union. It has been almost the uniform error of the successful party in civil wars to perpetuate the passions of the conflict by pu nitory and proscriptive measures against the vanquished. Let us avoid this error, If the victors are magnanimous the vanquished will be Royal. The proscription of the Huguenots cost France a million of her moat industrious and loyal citizens, arrayed the Protes tant Powers or Europe against her in long and. exhausting wars, and more than A century elapsed lore tUol 41100144V§ THREE CENTS. of Louis Z1.. 4 e. regained the . position ald power lost by persecution, The expulsion vir, the Moors and , - Jews from Spain, the rigor of , the inquisition, and the sanguinary policy of ' Philip IL in the Spanish .Netherlands, were followed by the declining prosperityand rank of Spain among Mith)l3l3. The cruel legislation of the British Parliament have drivai two mil lions of the population of Ireland to this coun try. Austria requireathree hundred thousand scildiers to counteract the effect of severe ad ministration in her Lialian and Hungarian possessions. So long as armed resistance to the authority of the Union continued rather than suffer the humiliation of submission and failure, I would have seen the continent laid waste and given back again to the Senecas and Cherokees for bunting grounds. New all, is changed. The flag floats unchallenged, uAsul lied and imperial, over all the domain of the republic. Every man who salutes it, hails the ensign of freedom and justice. When the few whose awful guilt is beyond the pale of human charity shall have Suffered the -,7,llnalty of their crimes, may we not say to those who are no longer our adversaries, " that we hold them as we hold the rest of mankind—enemies in war, in peace friend 9.,t THE SOUTO. some Facts as Gathered from Use News• Cl;l=i2l GOvermrPerrY, of Soirth Carolina, hileilSued a proclamation notifying the citizens , or the arrangements lie made with the military au thorities to establish civil law in the State. The report of this conference appeared in The Press bf yesterday. The Richmond money reports give the fol lowing quotations of Southern bank notes " In 'Virginia, the Bank of Berkely bay ad vanced from fifty to sixty cents on the dollar i• Bank of lioekbridge, from twonty-three to thirty Fairmount hank, from sixty to seven. ty-nve cents. In North Carolina, there fa. a slight decline in the notes of the banks of Lexington and Wilmington. In Georgia,_ the notes of the Central Railroad Banking Com pany and Georgia Railroad Banking Company have each advanced Ave cents on the In Tennessee, the banks of Ifnoxville and Teti nessee have made a similar advance. There is no change in the notes of the banks of Ala bama and Louisiana." "The committee appointed„by the stoekhold ers of the Virginia Central Railroad Company to examine tile condition of that road, publish a report of their observations. AIL the bridges have been fully repaired or entirely rebuilt, and are now in good condition. The tunnels arc also in splendid order, and the general condition of the bed and tmck is inch better than it has been fora loug.time. The track on the worn-out sections is being relaid with new iron, and altogether the committee regard that road as, for some time tb come, in good run ning order:, The Charleston News, of the 4th instant, has a long and carefully-eonsinered leader, urging a prompt and thorough aequiescenee by the newly-Chosen South CarolinaGonventioninthe pant of emancipation. It chasesthus : "Under the eireutlastances, therefore, we think there can be no greelitt 19 question the propriety of immediate emancipation by the convention. We end the controversy— terminate suspense—enter at once upon the measures necessary to our further action—avoid the peril of intervention by the Government, or the still greater pe ril of domestic insurrection; inspire the confidence that will trust to-ltd the further fortunes of the race ameng us; and, pos sessed of this subject, thorn-is-much ground for the assurance that we can act upon it. Our people are well. inclined to the negro. They realize his condition better. than he does— know that much he does offensive la the result of facts he could not, if he , would, control. The negroes arc themselves most estimable. They present a record which, for service and order, is without a parallel,. and now, turned headlong into freedom. without Prenaration, without Prerhonition—by men at war with their masters- , end told that they have been wronged and have a heritage of vengeance, they exhibit in their. incliistry_, order, patience, and propriety, an example which is not within he experience or conceptions, even, of man. IVO people have ever been so 'tried; none have so stood trial; the like eatiNe-Would incite to outrage the laboring population, of any State in Europe; and if there have been disorders, misconceptions, wrongs, the wonder is, not that they should have occurred., but that there should have been the limit to their occurrence. With such a people, if not maddened by inju dicious treatment, there is yet a future for ust and it is now Par us in manhood and perfect faith, to enter on. it.” The Richmond Esguirer- has-- reason to- be lieve that when Gen. Lee sent his application for pardon to Washington, 04 it through Gen. Grant. Gen. Lee was in—doubt about sending it, as at the thrLa-Judge Underwood had ordered the Grand 'jury of Norfolk to in_ diet him for treason. Tho. Enquirer is under the impression that GM, Grant, after present ing the petition to the President, wrote to , Lee that he thought the proceedings at Norfolk were wholly inadmissible -under the terms of the surrender. We see it stated, says the Richmond Repub.. tic, that an agent of a Peliah colony is lucking for a location in Virginia.. A large Poliish4emi gration to the United States is soon expected. We shall be glad to see Virginia secure her due share of this valmithie accession 'to. the American population.. "dieep it bcflote- the people' , of the world that there is no land on the face of the globe which offers such induce ments to immigration as Virginia. The last Dion day in August was court day at Warsaw, the county seat of Richmond county, in the First congressional district of - Virginia. The editor of the Fredericksburg Ledger; who was present, says : ig After dinner, Robert Mayo, Jr., of West moreland, candidates for Cotigreso, addressed the people most aceeptably for nearly= hour. Mr. Mayo took bold and unequivocalw,round. Said Mr. M., I am a, candidate for Congress be cause I believe I am, the only man lathe field not obnoxious to. the Federal Government. IBC declared "UMW/ unequivocally - in favor of: the constitutional amendment abolighing slavery throughput the 'United States as the only way to insure the peace and prosperity of the Government,' The State Treasurer of North Carolina has made public 4, statement of the debt of that State. It is as follows Amount of debt before the war—A/3,610,300 00 Amount contracted since the war. 16,5943,483 61 Tata indelekedncps (excluding En- Rgnat debtl Mclls,ogs 61 esources of State are: Stocks in railroads ...,46,516,500. 00 Bonds on railroads and other corporations... 3,117,75 G 88 $20,681.,695 73 Balance... The amount of the blockade , debt in England Li about £60,000. W.e learn, says a Washington correspondent of the 211//uno . , from a Private letter to a hen tieviait in this City Dirt Dr. 3. P. Cowan, 4 thorough Union man, and persistentlyloyaa throughout the rebellion, has been. elected delegate to the StatoConvention from lame , stone county, Ala., ovcx ueo.s. Houston, rebel loyalist and amnesty-Urtionist, by a very large majority. MeClepleve, like Wise a rebel-loy alist, has been selected a delegate because he, bad no opposition. Judge Peck, of Tusca loose, and Wm. IL Smith, of Randolph, both presistent, 'Unita mien, we hope, have been elected in their respective counties. If so, they will constitute about all the Union men in the convention. OHIO. CINOINNATI, Sept. 13.—The delegation of Eng-, lish capitalists left for St. Louis this morning. The Ohio. State Fair opened at Columbus yesterday, he number of entries was larger than at any previous fair. Governor Anderson yesterday tendered the office of State treasurer to M. Finn, of Elyria, formerly president of the State Bank. TUN ENGLISH CAPITALISTS IN CINO/NN,IiTI.— we have heretofore mentioned the arrival in this country of a delegation of capitalists, railroad men, and financiers, from Europe. The object of their visit is to make certain-in vestigations in regard to American improve ments and their investments in the same. The party consists of the following-named gontio men : Sir S. Morton Pete, Baronet, M, P., tfre great est railroad man in inland. Hon. A.ginnaird, lit. E P., and a member of the great banhink house of Renown, Bouveric, &Co.;London. Seller Leon Salo, the Parisian banker of the Spanish Government. Mr. Goddard, manager of the Rook Island Insurance Company, London, said to be one of the wealthiest men of that city. Mr. Satterthwaite, the well-known greet London broker whose circular is so familiar in mercantile circles. His operations are prin. cthally in American securities. Mr. korbes, general manager of the London, Chatham, and Doverßailroad. This is one of the heaviest lines in England. Mr. Rensall, a manufacturer of Rochdale. lie turns out from hip factories one-eighth of all the flannel manufactured in England. Dr. Slack, physician to Sir S. Morton Peto,' and, it may be said, of the entire party. Mr. Morton Peto, a son.of Sir S. Morton Pete. Mr. Morton Betts, a nephew of Sir S. Morton Pete. Mr. Bevan is a banker of the great firm of BarelaYs Bevan, Lombard street, Lon don. Mr. T. W. Rinnaird is a son of the Hon. A. Rinnaird, M. P. Mr. Cossbam is a great coal mine proprietOr. He has five thousand hands in his emproy. The rest of the party consist of Messrs. Belcher, raerelnint of Liverpool; Rixon, banker, Liverpool ; lull, solicitor, Liverpool ; Grain, notary, London ;_ Spitler, solicitor; Woodman, secretary to Sir S. Morton Peto - Woods, of the London Times; McDermott, Of the Morning Post; and Hewitt, of the Morning Stan Mr. James tfollentV,Adto le the life and soul of the whole party—in fact, the originator Of the trip—is a native of Philadelphia, and son of Dr. McHenry, of literary fame. Mr. Me- Henry enjoys tbe reputation of being one of the merchant princes of 'England. These gentlemen all _reached the Burnet House, in this city, last evening, where rooms had been previously engaged for them. We trust the civilities of our citizens will be most cordially extended to them.--Cinchutatt Ga zette,l2o6 THE Kit* Yonn DEmooniTle CONTI/N.llON. The character and work of the "Democratic:" Convention remind us of wolfttl illustration in the form of a fable. A caught a skunk, and Wftg :about to slay h p m , a the' skunk w said 'Don't kill me; in a f, wolf? Let me hear you barb." "I caul bark right, because pre got a bad cold." "Butyour cloth t look-like a wolfs." "Oh mine were stolen; these are my little cousin's." "But you laavn 7 t a wolf's ears." "Because my eats were trimmed." The wolf, half eon. vinced, was about to leave, when he suddenly stopped, snuffed tile atmosphere a moment, and exclaimed : "You may bark like a woltp. and wear the clothes of a wolf, and show the ears of a wolf, but no wolf ever had such a bad smell about him asyou." And so the skunk died.—../1/bany Evening ,Toirnai. • rierniam. Glativr'S WearlfOßSEo—Tnet WS, horse "Jack," who was used by General Grant durin g his carripaigns, waspnrobased,onBatur day atternoouLP7 Li°n• Jigin Wentworthq for 1410.—QMONIO 2101,8, TIE WAR PRESS. (PUBLISHED WEEBILY.) Tun WAR PUSH will be sent to subeertben W ". n (per annutc. In advance,) at dA 04 Plve copies 10 OM Ten coptes ~ 90 Larger dub; than Toil will be charged at the same rate, $2.00 per copy. The money must always accomlianti o'B order, ema in +to instance can these terms. be db 146 1 .14 fr" l ' " they ctirOrct very tittle more than the wet or wow. gip Postmasters are requested to act as watt( THS WAR PaBEIS. *. To the getter-up of alp Clot) or tei or Mai an . ex :ra cony of the Dauer *lll..b.ugiveg. FOUTRESS MONBOE. z ponranfle ilfoifiton, Sept, 12,—The United States Steamer Pt Soto came : hto Norfolk lan night for coal, and went to sea tO•clay, The oteara lire-engine stable, en Cove street, Nerfork, was consumed by fire last night, Cainefol Peltriypaglrely who wasVounded at the ftptu.rs of Fort Fislier e has solarVecoveren as to leave' the hospital for his horns, in West Chester; Pa, accompanied by hie aid; Captain. Barnum: Tut' Telisgraphte rota& Cnictieu,Sept.lB.—.The National TelegraPhie Union, which has - been in session in this City since Monday, adjuurriod this evening to meet in Baltinactre,' on the second Wednesday in. September. The folletiving etkere were elect. ed for the er.Nning year President, U. - W. Utptintend, or St. Louilt vice president, W; IL "rating, of Washington; treasurer, L. • editor or 2blegraph;r• recording- secretary, J. 0, Upham, of Bost= dorresponding aseretaryrM l'eabody, stt Joseph. The delegates VCre entertained to-night by a banquet at taus - Briggs ROttee, tendered by the local Union. The Prospects oVthe Mex.-tem Bepliblie becoming more Gibtmty. The following apeotityWasninkton despatelk appears In the New YOrif: COPtlticrOfig Adver. fiser, of last evening: "WASHINOToN, Sept. Itt—The accounts from Mexico respecting the isredg i eeta a the Repub. lie are becoming more groo " The Ptiv.ticano wla.4 - 5 .q.illlter.e to the P-04 poblie, became dlscouraced. Ooi hearing of the reduction of Sheriaaws army in Tow and are making the best terms they can with Karl. millan. . . ,4 Without an immediate snuply of men and money from the United EtiEfds the Liberala must abandon the contest. . ig Thn Administration, hoy,r6ver ) noither suffer the neutrality laws to` be violated nor will it go to war for an idea. "In view of the prospects of establish.. ment of the empire the ent7of frontier defenses is now receiving the attention of the Government," , • The Turned Tabree: A NEWSPAPER EDITED. JOINTLY ITY - A WtIITE Anv COLORED MAN SOON TO BE STARTLIDIN (MARLS** TON. [Correspondence N. T. Heraido The Charleston ;Termini is to bsrahurtly re. established under the auspices cf - its•fortner proprietor, B. B. Ithett r Jr:' It is reported thiii the editor has already 'Laken grounds against k, - the adoption by the State CortvencAM of tlitt constitutional athendMent abollaillarelareryi. An opposition paper, called the lialependeng African, tube published by T, Hurley and Job honum, the former a 'white man and the latter colored, is announced to. appear almost at the same time as the Zieveary, The proprietore ti have issued their circular an CMlThent cousido .rable of a sensation, some of our more dory tempered youths having resolved that it shalt never have any other than a feeble and short lived existence. raTITIOBS FOR rAitnorr. or THE ARCH-HESSE° Petitions of the most appealing character arc coming to the President on behalf of Jeff Davis. The last is from the ladies of Abbe ville, and runs thus : CFront the Charleston Courter•l To his ExcelTotemll'etV MORN!, 4 3 1'WPIC91 flee United States: - We, the undersigned, ladies of Abbeville dig. trict, South Carolina, respectfully exhibit to your Excellency our desire to intercede in be. half of Ni'. Jefferson Davis, the President Of the late Confederate States, We have heard With much . eatiefactiest that petitions of a like nature have been addressed teyotte Excel letter from other portions of the country, and we entertain the hope that these united appeals for mercy will not fan unheeded upon the ears of your Excellency: In any event, it will be grateful to us to have thus testified our feel ings for one whose fanlta, in oar judgment, at least, least, have not been past forgiveness. Called. from the retirement of his home to a position. which he did not solicit, but which his man.. hood forbade him to decline' illustrating by his conduct the highest devotion to principles which were maintained With }Marked unani. Indy by his people ; temperate in the hours of triumph, dignified and calm in the days of de. feat, always just, always generous, always brave, we see in his conduct everything to evoke sympathy, and nothing. to merit the ex. tremc ptinjahment 104} which he is threaten. ed. The anise firmness end calm views of policy which,. on repeated occasions, he die. played in resisting the cries which, in his re gion, were raised for sanguinary retaliation t we hope will now be exhibited, in disregard of. the unfeeling agitation which seeks his life. Wo holm theta will be a merciful reMembratme of his poor wife, plundered Mid ingelted after being torn away from his prison and of hie young children, whose prospects in life hare been so terribly blighted. Impelled by the feelings of our nature—which are ever excited. by the misfortunes of the brave and the good. which have in ell flees clutreeterieed our sex which moved the Marys tabe the last at the cross and the first at the grave—we earnestly_ beseech your Excellency to exercise, in behalf. of Mr. Davie, all Exceptive clemency. Grant our petition, and, besides finding is. your own breast the reward wllielr, attendit every virtuous deed, we sincerely believe that you may expect increase of your own renown,. and of the honorable character which forme the strength of your country. For ourselves We Will say, we will bold in grateful remem brance this net of generosity to the unfortu. nate, and will teach our children «to rise up and call you blessed." CHIEF JEST= CHABilin JOHN Chief Justice Chase, in transmitting to Gover nor Anderson the resolutione Ocpted by the Ohioans in Washington relative to the death of Governor Brorigh, expressed) his own feel. , ings in the following beautiful language : WAsHINIFECti, Sept. 8, 1865. My DaAa Sm.: It has been made my duty to transmit to you a copy of the preeeedings of a recent meeting of citizens of Ohio, con.veraid in this city to express idle mingled sentiments of grief and gratitude with which the intelli genee of the death of our late Governor filled their hearts; grief , . because of the great loss and sore bereaveinont 7 gratitwds, tilAt 49 was spared until lie bad seen the auspicious iBßile of his labors, watelaings, and anxieties blithe assured salvation of the landlie loved from the rebellion he abhorred. ' It is a gatl duty which I perform, In John Brun& we have loot a easeful 4ii12.111, ft Mamma patriot, a faithful 'friend, a great state'sman,, our honored and beloved Chief Magistrate. Our only consolation, little felt in the first ma meats of anguish, bat sure to coxne,tthough. 8/014, to in the mummy of his honorabke War in the observatien of ita benefieent results and influences, and in the hopes Of the herak after. 9,634,299 ES I have the honor to be, sir, with very, great respect and esteem, yours meet truly, S. I'. CITABL n His the State ENOolleney, CH Ohio,AIILS ANDELL6ON, GOYIM. or of of A Maniac on n i l i rain of Cars. A BOHAN CATHOLIC PRIEST CUTTING HIFI THROAT!, TWICE-A. CHOSE-DREADFLIL 130ENIC3 IN A RAIZ& WAY 9A4 A Boman Catholic priest, fauna. Peter Rao mill, of NeWburyport, Mass, made two at tempts on' the Boston mail train, this morn. ing, to commit suicide by cutting his throat. First Ilamill Used' a razor, with which he made a great gash; and when the razor was taken from him he took from his pocket a knife, with which he repeated his attempts to kill himself. The frightened the passengenl from the car, and with Isis knife drove out thO conductor, and afterwards jumped Out .of the car window, and fought and vanquished several brakemen and other:pent:inn' WII9 endeavored to, secure him. Escaping into the streets of Norwalk,. ConnectieUt, ha defied his pursuers for a ; considerable time ; but was afterwards. Caught and carried to the depot. It was thought best to bring him tO this atitl'll9 Wits tied and held by four 'men, until the arrival of the train here. The man is how at Bellevue Hoe. pitalrwhere he lies almost insensible from the loss of blood. Ms Windpipe is severed, and the cuts in his throat are so deep and se num°. roue that his recovery is considered' very doubtful. Alter hits arrival at Bellevue, ha took a pencil and wrote that he had endea• vored to kill himself in pursuance of his "philosophy" and for the purpose of avoiding a more horrible death. lie also gave his at.. tendants to understand that he had been. maligned and slandered to such Mt extent that life was nisi rabic. He is quiet at present, and it is impossible for the physicians to do. aide whether he is now insane.-11r. Y. Zing lalt evening. NEW witrilt CITY. The gagle has arrived with Ravens dates or Sept. 9th. Spain ints evatatated San. DOininge„ , , The revolution which broke out last month, in which Cabral was named protector, is alioveri and the Dominicans hope soon to reconstruct their country. Kirby Smith is still at Matadi/ash rather bly► ken in health. Judge Nelson has refused an inittnetion the New York internal re7OIIIIP , ease of Cat ting vs. Gilbert Shook, and the parties aro. left to their remedy at law. NOR-dRaIIVAL OP THE PIACIAP.A. The reported arritta 8f the 'United State& frigate. Niagara was an error. BALES AT THE STOOK EXO/fd.NOR. SECONE BOARD. 1515,000 VB Os 5-50 gg P ee Mali 5,000 1J Os 5 , 20 c goo N y Beni Tel Blo. NV new islade ls"'" 200 mrie Railway 87 4,000 U S 58 10-40 0., o 430 (1° Reallto R. Pr , e . r. 4. 841 07ic 28,00rrreas N 7 2-10 ow 2d serics ''' ''' 30 100 lds egg 44" Tenn St '''' 3011 Coo 11 121 Olio es QS 200 C l lev & 6.000 Nortim c o , 2834 400 do 2ig 10,060 olig ) Sm 4 250 eli &N W li sla 28 1 % Fourth N Bank.. 05 200 do pref. st, IA Quick 5l Co 49 150 dci lop W do b 30.40 500 do 930.01 61 100 CA On CO '''''' . • 39X 200 do 100 Comb Cl prof.— 431 f 300 Clov,4,Tel R 101 a .100 Marinom :4 co,. 12,1 i .knx n.„,ess.lia 500 do JO ICe M ? du Ob 46 moo do 1115 200R1 4 1W &0R.... 91 97 200 550 Ce nt r alolo 01 SHIP The Frori9l l transpo for Toulon, put in It Markets by Telegraph. BALTIMORE, Sept. I.3.—Flour is dull and the market DOPY. Wheat is firm at $1,7562 for white. Corn Is steady and in feadound 88690 c for white. Oats are steady at 4.4004 Flaxseed firm at 040.80 1 P bu. Groceries may tive at full prices. Whisky higher at $2.203. CHICAGO, scot. 18.—Flour steady. Wheat firm and le higher at their:waning, pa Meanie weak at $1..47% for No. 2, and e 1,2 1.28 fos 1 , ;6; 2. Corn firm, and 1 higher ; sales at 8134 OW for No. 1, and 57e for No. 2. Oats quiet e t a 31x@31i,0. Provisions firm mess Pork, "ALM Elighwines steady at $2.22,032.203. Frolglite arm at Ho tor corn t 9 B ll2lll °' Geseitits. ablaut Flour bbls 6 , 500 Wheat, basil 89 , 000 1, con, 102,000 178,0011 000 GaAs, II 17 0 9 • NBW Yomc, Sept, W. FROM HAVANA. 3CrDICIAL DECISION. Tarn, from Vora Oran to4day, short of bra a,