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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1865.
We can take no notice of anonymous commu
nications. We do not return rejected MaanscriptO.
Voluntary correspondence Iseollelted from all
parts of the world, and especially from our different
wintery end naval departments. When need, - It will
he paid Do.
THE GREAT VITIES nxisrsT BE IN
THE HANDS OF THOROUGH UNION-
IsTs.
Since the bloody experiment of the re
bellion a new interest has attached to the
proper government of great municipalities
like Philadelphia. In ordinary times it
might be a matter of inferior concern which
party held the offices, and collected and
disbursed the taxes, and conducted the
police, supposing both to be honest ; but
our local public. servants have other duties
to perform just now. It is, therefore, a
prime condition that they should be men
whose relation to the recent struggle for the
maintenance of the Government has not been
equivocal. Suppose, during that struggle,
our populous and powerful cities had
been in the hands of the mobs that made a
military constabulary necessary in New
York ? Another army would have been
essential to keep the peace at home, and a
baffled Government would have been so
weakened by efforts to stifle turbulence in
the free, as to be hopeless to curb treason in
the slave States. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
St. Louis, Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Bos
ton, and the other New England towns,
were so many nurseries and citadels
Of freedom, because they were held by
the strong arms of thorough Unionists, who
were fired with the warm blood of a resist
less patriotism. Among all these proud
capitals, we claim that Philadelphia was the
proudest. Her contributions to the re
public were given with an eager, instinctive,
and religious fervor. She gave the pride
and the prime of her young manhood.
She gave her millions in money. And her
women so organized their time and talents
in the sublimest works of benevolence and
charity, as to have crowned themselves
with a world's applause, and to have stir
red a thousand communities by the inspira
tion of their example. This enviable fame
must not be clouded by a defeat of the
Union ticket at the coming city election.
But there is a higher reason for the election
of MonTox McMicrtam, to the post of
Mayor of Philadelphia. No one can tell
what new occasion may demand the same
organizations and the same vigilance
that stood by and responded to the calls
of the Government under the firm and
matchless administration of ALEXANDER
HENay. Peace has been conquered, but
faction lives and plots, and waits its hour
to strike. The true patriot cannot doubt
whom he should choose as between the
candidates for Mayor. The sentiment of
this article is so well stated in the short
letter of our estimable Chief Magistrate, Mr.
HENRY, to the great meeting of Saturday
evening, that we trust no citizen will fail
to read that significant endorsement of the
Union candidate for Mayor.
FREE LABOR IN VIRGINIA.
The following fact offers a fair prognos
tication for the future welfare and prosperity
of a portion of Virginia. The agent of the
Scotch Emigration Society has secured a
twenty years' lease of thirty thousand acres
of bottom land on the James River, below
Richmond, which will be occupied this au
tumn by a colony of three hundred Scottish
agriculturists, who intend to make market
gardening their special business. This sim
ple and bare statement contains within it the
hope of the speedy inauguration of a com
plete and vital change in the system which
has led the Old Dominion to the very brink
of ruin. With a vast domain embracing
every variety of surface, from pine-topped
mountain to river meadow, and with a soil
of wonderful native richness, both in vege
table growth and mineral wealth, she has
been steadily declining from her primal
fertility, year by year, until the war, that
has made her its battle-field, merely com
pleted the work, and marked in stronger
lines the ruin already wrought out by her
own system of folly and wrong. But the
" dark and sinful burden" has been re
moved, and we will no longer • see her
fruitful lands fading into barrenness under
the ban of unwise and exhaustive tillage,
and her low, rich river -bottoms, warm,
luxuriant, moist, and becoming mere dreary
replies of swamp and thicket, sending
forth in their very richness miasma and
death instead of fruitfulness and health.
The proposed emigration of experienced,
educated, and thrifty laborers into such a
country as they have selected is an
era not only in agriculture, but in the
whole polity of a State where labor
has been despised as the heritage of the
slave. The plough. " and the hoe can
no longer be considered as the badge of
degredation and the mark of inferiority
-when they are the implements of an intelli
gent pursuit, followed by men who treat
their trade as a science, and bring to the
aid of their business a knowledge drawn
from the laboratories of the chemists and
the researches of the foremost scientific
minds of the age. The most ignorant Vir
ginian will be forced by such an example
to respect the work through admiration of
the workman, and will soon learn the
utter folly of that old conceit that has
almost ruined his country. The dignity
of labor must be vindicated in the very
midst of our Southern States before the an
cient misapprirhension can be eradicated
from the mind of the community, and the
- work is a worthy one for any class or
people.
HARPY:WS FERRY-ITS STORY.
Harper'S Ferry, the marvel of tourists,
has enough beauty lavished upon it by
nature to make it celebrated forever, even
if varied interests of many other kinds were
not congregated around its majestic bluffs,
In our old peaceful days it enjoyed a semi
romantic fame as serving as a kind of
Gretni Green, to which, by long-established
custom, all runaway lovers from the neigh
boring States fled for that matrimonial balm
or band that they expected to end all their
sorrows.
That sturdy pioneer, old Jonn Bnowx,
here antedated by but a few years the im
pending conflict which was to be the
deathblow of the national sin that he so
hated; and history has since (as it always
does) re - written the wildest . dreams of the
true-hearted visionary into fact, and shown
again that every grand advance in the
march of mankind must be preceded by a
line of devoted skirniishers, the forlorn hope
o f the present, who will be the recognized
martyrs of the future !
By a strange coincidence, one of the ear
liest events of the war was another seizure
o f thi s grand mountain gateway by another
" traitor ;" but the cause was changed, and
it was held by mad Southern fanatics as a
key to the capital of their endangered coun
try.
These first days of terror passed, and
again the grand old ferry was held by a
loyal leader—a man who had learned well
his lesson of fealty on the bloody border
lands of Kansas. To round the story into
poetic fullness, beside him - stood one to
whom the very ground beneath his feet was
sacred to liberty, for there he had fought a
harder battle when he sought a convict's
body,-wrapped intim opprobrium of the gal
lows, and bore it away confident in the
hope that when it was mouldering in the
ground the soul that had led that mad, wild
scheme would still be marching on to
achieve by wiser means the initiated work.
The war raged on and victory followed
the banner of the Union into far distant
States, yet the ferry lay still in the midst
of the bloody debatable ground, where the
MO forces strove for masterdom with all
the intensity of border warfare.
The war is over, and its issue is liberty.
And now where her father fought, and
failed and suffered for his visionary hope,
old Jon Snows's daughter teaches the
lessons of freedom to a band of enfran
chised slaves, and Governor WISE protests
fruitlessly against that Nemesis which has
created his mansion into the school' where
she instructs the freedmen.
There was indeed a meaning in the chance
that placed the sword given by LA FAYETTE
to Wimunterrort in the rugged hand of Os-
SAWOTTAKEE DROWN for the same war was
still waging; wherein each had taken part
according to the needs of his generation.
WASHINGTON, the rebel against monarchy—
WM, the rebel against right—Bnown, the
rebel against wrong, each did his work, and
alike through the help and through the
hindrance, the end was accomplished.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
A letter from a well-informed and intelli
gent Mexican correspondent, (Mr. J. P.
O'BRIEN', of the State of Chihuahua,) brings
us the latest reliable news front Mexico.
Chihuahua has been the stronghold of
President BENITO JAUREZ, from the first
serious blow given to his authority by the
French troops, and that province or State
is 'now chiefly occupied by French troops.
Our correspondent informs us that JUAREZ
was on the eve of leaving Mexico, for New
York, where VS family have resided for
some time, and that it was expected that
before leaving Chihuahua he would prepare
a protest against the French invasion,
claiming to be Mexican President de jure
and de facto, and denying the right of any
foreign Power to interfere in American
affairs. Mr. O'BRIEN's letter, though evi
dently written from an Imperial stand
place, contains reliable statements about
Mexico and public persons and things
therein. And yet, in the face of this direct
information, confirmed by recent and fre
quent news, the associated telegraph sends
us, by way of New Orleans, intelligence
that Sonora, Chihauhan, and other Mexi
can towns are in the hands of the Liberals.
The boldness of this fabricated news should
have put the operator a trifle on his guard.
CONFIDENCE OF FOREIGNERS IN
AMERICAN SECURITIES.
From Itarper's Weekly (for September
23) we take an article entitled "British
Capital on the Wing," which deserves and
will requite a careful reading. At a time
when there is a national and general solidi.
tude in regard to the financial future of our
country, and when many of our most san
guine statesmen advise prudence and econo
my against what they think a coining
day of reduced incomes and specie
payments, the information contained in
this article from Harper is alike welcome
and valuable. There are no severer judges
and more resolute seekers after facts, when
their money is to be invested, than the
English; and their enormous purchases of
American railroad securities (none of them
in the South) show their well-founded con
fidence in our political stability and in the
successful development 'of our national
resources. It appears from the article
we copy that nothing has daunted these
foreigners. They seem to have bought
shares in every considerable • corporation
in the free States, to have actually be
gun to invest in the panic year of 1857 w
and to have continued their outlays and
their unflagging faith in honest and full
returns in the darkest hours of the rebellion.
The example of the English was followed
by the nobility and capitalists of other
countries, especially the Spanish ; and the
westward visit of the party headed by Sir
MonTox PETO, (whose fine speech at
Meadville, in this State, we printed a few
days ago,) Mr. KTNNAIRD, our former citi
zen Jarans Mellnxnv and others, seems to
be a prospecting tour for the purpose
of gathering other information for - more
venture's of the same kind. The cautious
and even suspicious charaeter of men of
this class, in all money matters, especially
in regard to high rates of interest, is a
new guarantee that when they come to the'
- United States to put their hard cash into
our securities, they are convinced that
American rates and premiums and divi
dends, however flattering, are sure to last.
Those of our own citizens, who are apt to
be staggered at the wonderful exhibits and
proofs of national and individual wealth,
should read what we have republished and
be easy.
TEE GovnRIiMENT has evidently adopted
a vigorous and comprehensive policy in
reference to the Indian tribes • west of the
Mississippi. A short time since, General
SANBORN, after pursuing the Southern In
dians, who had been interrupting travel on
'the plains, made a treaty with their chiefs,
by which they solemnlypromised to abstain
from future outrages, and to use their best
exertions to secure the good behavior of all
other tribes. The commission in session
at Fort Smith has formed treaties with the
tribes of the Indian Territory, by which
their internal disputes have been arranged,
peaceful relations restored, and the difficul
ties growing out of the intrigues of the
agents of the Confederacy adjusted. By a
telegraphic despatch, which we publish this
morning, it will be seen that some of the
members of the Fort Smith Commission
have been detaiecl to meet representatives
of the Arrapahoes, Cheyennes, and other
Indian tribes, at Bluff Creek, Colorado, on
the 4th of October. At this meeting, we
trust a treaty will be formed with these im
portant tribes that will result in the esta
blishment of pacific relations. Meanwlule,
Gen. COTTER is on the war path in search
of the hostile tribes of the North and North
west, with fair prospects of accomplishing
important results.
A GROWING FEELING in favor Of a high
protective tariff is evident in the tone of
our Western exchanges. Numerous arti
cles, characterized by great ability, appear
in their columns. The importance of di
versifying our industry is conceded, and two
great points are powerfully presented, viz :
first, that the farmer best serves his inte
rests by encouraging manufactures which
furnish a home market and diminish com
petition in agricultural pursuits ; and se
cond, that the internal revenues of the Fe
deral Government being chiefly derived
from the manufacturing industry of the
country, while real estate furnishes the
basis of the taxation levied for the support
of State and municipal purposes, it is vitally
important to stimulate the former and thus
prevent the whole burden of indebtedness
from being thrown on the latter. It would
be difficult, if not impossible, for a nation
exclusively devoted to agriculture to main
tain our credit, while by a liberal encou
ragement of our manufacturing and mining
interests it will be easy to defray the an
nual charge of our debt and to provide for
the speedy extinguishment of the principal.
A gratifying proof of the feeling of some of
the agriculturists of the West is afforded by
the following letter to the Tariff Association
of Cleveland, written by Hon. J. B. GRIN
NELL, M. C. from lowa, who is the owner
of six thousand acres of land, and au exten
sive grower of grain and stock :
all ,elves me pleasure to say that I concur
most fully with you in principles and policy.
A near market for the agricultural States is
always to be chosen in preference to a foreigu
one. The hope that our new States will be
nalliuMeturing States is a chimera, if we do
not foster and protect what manufaetures we
have. I am for the highest duty on all arti
cles which we can fabricate or raise at home,
and as earnestly for a premium on all the
skilled labor it is necessary to import, that
we may feed, clothe and warm all who labor
for us on our own soil. A great, vital struggle
is at hand, and I wish you all sagacity and
enterprise inbehalf of our material interests."
A COMMITTEE of thirty gentlemen con
nected with the Councils of St. Louis are
about to visit Philadelphia, for the purpose
of inspecting our various municipal im
provements. They will receive a cordial
welcome and gain much useful informa
tion. Our citizens are so accustomed to
the numerous advantages they enjoy that
they scarcely appreciate their value. But
our new market-houses, our police, and
fire'-alarm telegraph system, our gas and
water-works, and our steam-fire engines
are unsurpassed in completeness and in
substantial usefulness to the Community.
They deserve the attention of all municipal
legislators who are in search of models
worthy of imitation.
TEE Washington Chronicle of Saturday
says: " J. L. RLNGWALT, of Pennsylvania,
has been appointed an agent to visit the
branch mint at Denver City, to examine
into the feasibility of transmitting bullion. ;
to the Government from the mining region
to the East, and accommodating the miners
with Zaitern exchange."
the— papers that call themselves
Democratic in this State,. are enamored of
the resolutions of the .New York Demo
cracy, , and are, in fact, • advocating the
election of their candidates for State offi
cers on the strength of these resolutions
rather than on the basis of those adopted
at Harrisburg by their own delegates.
This is equivalent to an admission that
their own resolutions are hypocritical and
false. It is like borrowing the good name of
a neighbor to cover their own sins.
THE DISGRACEFUL INCONSISTENCY Of the
appeals of the men who opposed the war
during its continuance to tile soldiers for
support is skillfully portrayed in the follow
ing supposititious address, setting forth their
real sentiments, which we find in the Daily
Patriot, a campaign sheet, published at
Newark :
"FELLOW-CITIZENS, BRAVE SOLDIERS, MINIONS
OF LINCOLN, AND HIRELINGS OF A DESPOT: Your
friends salute you with a warm and angry
grasp of the hand. We are so much delighted
to see you safely returning that we hardly can
find breath in the height of our rejoicing to
curse you for not dying before you came back
to our 'hearts and our enmities.
4 , It is with mingled emotions of hate and ad
miration that we welcome you home, brave
and brutal soldiers, to the rewards of honor,
malice, and detraction.
"Wel:now that you have followed the cow
artll3., ruffian and irreproachable Bayard, Kil
patrick, with an ardor which was born of pti
triotio fire and diabolical rascality; and, as we
deride and vilify him, do we praise and Sus
tain you.
44 Heed not, we pray
. you the so-called Pa
triot, who says we .deprived you of your right
of suffrage, foryou well know we did no
such thing; ; and if we did, you know you de
served it.
a We counsel you to beware of false wit
nesses, who will tell you that Marcus L. Ward
run away from Bull Run, while Theodore Run
yon nursed the soldiers in the hospitals.
"Believe us when we solemnly adjure you,
by all you hold sacred, by thememory of ,your
glorious deeds, and bj? the blood you nave
spilled upon many an angry battle-geld, to up
hold the honor of New Jersey in the only way
in which it can be done, by casting your vote
and working with your might for the men who
kicked you, dear friends, only for your
good ; and who, in similar circumstances,
would not only lack, but Si* upon you for
your best welfare. You are brave, scandalous,
infamous, noble, generous, self sacrificing
scoundrels, whose deeds will live forever in
the memory of all true men who cherish man
liness and devotion as the type of all that is
mean, dastardly and repulsive."
TirE National Intelligencer of Saturday,
in the course of an article in reply to Go
vernor STONE, of lOWA, who fears a return
of the rebel chiefs to power, says :
"Now, we submit, with all respect for the
convictions and position of the Governor of
lowa,. that the spirit of such remarks is full of
a (lesign to kimdle the flames of discord which
the good sense, affectionate feelings, and de•
termined patriotism of the entire people of the
nation are fast extinguishing. The spirit of
this appeal is especially reprehensible, since
it entirely omits the fact that the President
has used and is using such precaution as must
effestivelvprerent the return of the class of men
whom the Governor describes to4places of na•
tional trust, even were the south disposed to
make such men their standard-bearers."
TEXAS AND MEXICO.
Reported Successes of the Liberals
IVE THOUSAND CONFESERATES ENROLLED IN THE
IMPERIAL ARMY.
NEW Yonx, Sept. 16.—Files of New Orleans
Papers to the 7th have been received.
The Brownsville (Texas) correspondent of
the Times says the health of the colored sol
diers continues bad. Sanitary measures have
been adopted and strictly enforced.
Tho Ugh quiet, the Liberals in Matamoras
are collecting a large force, and will soon in
crease it by a union with the forces of COL L
tinas, CaraTajal, Dangles and De Leon. •
A skirmish took place on the Tampico road,
between the Republican troops, under Es Ca
bedo, and a party of Imperialists, under Tina- ,
ferro, having a wagon train in charge. The
Imperialists were driven back to Monterey,
where, gettin g reinforcements, they went out
again, and were met by Cortinas' guerillas, and
again driven.
our rebel Americans were barbarously mur
dered recently by robbers. One of the party
is reported to have been Gen. Parsons, of Mis
souri; while another report has it Col. Par.
sons, of Texas.
Caine, Sept. IG.—The correspondent of the
New Orleans 2791264 7 writing from the city of
Mexico on the 11th inst., says :
The news from the United States causes
great agitation. The Imperialists are iu a
state of extreme anxiety. The'more zealous
adherents of Maximilian are discouraged, and
.every one seems to feel increasing despond
ency.
The Liberal forces are increasing rapidly in
every direction..
The City papers daily chronicle continued
fighting. The town of Santiago, near Orizaba,
has declared for Juarez. Juarez has recog
nized Gen. Garcia as the Liberal Governor of
Vera Cruz. This place offers great advantages
to the Liberals, as it puts them in connection
with the States of TOnitaco and Chiapa. Var
rious bodies of Liberals have united there, se
riously menacing Orizaba itself, and the rail
road from Vera Cruz. The Imperialists at
tacked the place twice, and were severely re
pulsed. This result caused great sensation.
The Austrian detachment at Allatitian, com
posed of a company of lancers, another of in
and mounted howitzers, were com
pelled to surrender to the Liberals.
The Austrian officer in command, IL. N.
ny_cuck, and the Imperialist officer-were shot.
The 'Austrian commander in Michoachan
paroled some Republicans in the hope that
the Belgian prisoners would be similarly
treated by the Liberals. The advantages in
that State are decidedly for the Liberals.
The official paper in Durango mentions the
reappearance in that State of Gen. Pattana,
who had joined the bands of Corona and Ca
lista. Their combined forces amounted to
25,000 men. The French were awaiting their
movements with great anxiety.
The French General Neigre had issued an
order that all proprietors must arm their
laborers to resist the Liberals, and makes the
said proprietors responsible for the acts of the
Juarists. This is only giving arms and re- •
emits to the Liberals.
The correspondence from Tampico is of the
most discouraging kind.. It has been three
mouths since communication has been had
with San Luis and the interior. No merchan
dise can be transported, and trade is com
pletely blocked.
There has been no movement of the Imperi
alists in Sonora,. Chihuahua. Gerrera, Tobacco,
Chiapa and Calma t which States are entirely
in the hands of the Liberals.
[The special despatch we printed two weeks
ago, and the letter from our special correspond
ent at Chihuahua, which will be found in an
other column of to-day's issue, prove this lat
ter statement to be both fabricated and false.
—ED. PnEss.]
Five thousand confederates have been en
rolled in the Imperial army. They expect to
get 20,000 from this source. Gwyn is at the
head of this business.
It having gained currency that the Empress
would visit Belgium to see her sick father,
and that Maximilian contemplated going to
Yucatan, the French have terminated the pro
ject on the ground that it would excite a be
lief that they were leaving , the country, and
destroy the confidence of their adherents.
A play, entitled ( 4 The Death of Mr. Lim
coln,” announced in the theatres, has been for
hidden.
JAMES D. BENNETT, formerly of this city,
afterwards of Hagerstown, has removed to
Beverly, N. -T., where he intends to continue
the practice of his profession, the law. Mr.
Bennett resided. in Hagerstown during the
whole of the late war, and distinguished him
self by his loyalty, and the ability and spirit
with which he upheld the Governinellt, One
article of his especially—published. in the
Hagerstown Herald and Torela—on parties ;
their duties, and their distinguishing
ella
racteristics, excited a great deal of discussion
and attention, producing much good, even
though the rebel sympathizers around about
only renewed. their bitterness against the
writer. It was full of sound sense, and if
published in his new home, for the benefit of
the people of his newly adopted. State, would
have a proper influence in deciding the cam
paign now in progress there. So prominently
Union was Mr. Bennett, while residing in
Hagerstown, that on several occasions he was
compelled to leave his home at night to avoid
capture by th..e rebel forces. We commend.
Mr. Bennett to the confidence and. respect of
his new neighbors.
PHILADELPHIA BOOR. TRADE SALE.—The sixty
-fifth sale commences by M. Thomas & Sons,
at their auction rooms, South Fourth street,
to-morrow morning. The catalogue extends
to 106 pages, and contains iliVOieeS from
thirty-seven publishers, among whom we
notice J. B. Lippincott & Co. ; E. H. Butler &
Co.; Lea & Blanchard ; G. W. Childs ; Willis P.
Hazard ; Miller Jr, Burloek ; Thomas F. Bell ;
John Decorah; Davis. Porter & ; J.
Bishop; James S. Claxton; T. E. Zell; W. G.
Perry; Ashrnead & Evans; W. W. Harding;
E. C. Markley & Son; A. Holly, and Thurston,
Herb= & CO.
PETERSON'S COUNTERFEIT DnTROTOR. The
semi-monthly number for September, just
issued, informs us that thirty-four new coun
terfeits have been put into circulation since
August 15th, of which are respectively on
banks in Pittsburg and Northumberland.
POSITIVE SALE OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWEN
TY-FIVE LOTS OF FICENCIf Day GOODS, Taus DAY.
—The early attention of the trade is solicited.
to the choice assortment of rich imported dry
goods, comprising about 725 lots of staple and
fancy articles, including full lines Paris meri•
nos, poplins, delaines, plaids, coburgli, alpacas,
melanges, tc. ; 7 cases Irish shirting linens,
glnghams, muslins, &c. ; 1,000 dozen balmoral
skirts, long and square shawls, cloaks, kid
gloves, Sowings, ece. ; 100 dozen travelling
shirts; 20 cases umbrellas ; 2001otsjaconetarid
cambric flouncings, frilling, veils, &c.; also,
bonnet velvets, nllities, trimmings, &c. ; to
be peremptorily sold, on four months' credit,
commencing this morning, at 10 o'clock, by
John B. Myers it Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and
234 Market street.
MR. RUED & CO.'S PHOSPHORIC PASTE.-ThIS
Paste, which is advertised for sale at IOS South
Fourth Street, is said to be sure death to rats,
Wee, cockroaches, etc Give it a trial.
FIGHT FOIC TRH ENGL/AH CLUMP tONSHIP.= - The
last deposit for the great fight, which is to take
place on the Ist of November between Mace
and Wormahl, for the champion's belt and
f,200 a sidewas made on the gist of A.uguat at
a sporting 'housle Whitechapol. Mace is in
training in YOrlieldre, and Wormaid intends
to pass the interval between the present time
and the day fixed for the fight by the sea-side.
the two men Mout WW I
The betting On
TETE PRESS.-Mr.LA.pELPHIA, MONDAY, SEITPITER 18, 1865:
General Nets' Reply to Montgomery Blair.
COMPLETE VINDICATION OF SEC/ISLANT
SEWED.
Ag a matter of official history,. ire print this
morning the letter of Quartermaster General
Moigs, a synopsis of which appeared in The
Press of Saturday:
WAsnimerox, 14th September, 1865.
The Tribune editorial of -the 12th inst. does
injustice bathe Secretary of State in the mat
ter of the Sumpter and Pickens expeditions.
A comparison of dates will prove this. The
'Tribune asserts that while Captain Fox was in
New York arranging the details of his expedi- -
Mon to Sumpter, an order was extracted from
the President, On the recommendation of Sec
retary Seward, detaching the Powilatan from
the Sumpter expedition and sending , her to
Fort Pickens ; that when President Lincoln
signed this order, at the instance of Mr.
Seward, he (the President) did not know that
It was to apply to the Powhatan, or that it
would In any way interfere with the expedi
tion under Captain Fox for the relief of Fort
Sumpter.
It also accuses Mr. Seward of intentional
concealment of this change both from the
President and froth Captain Fox, and refers to
the dates, evidence and official documents
printed with Mr. ioxls statement as making
out aprintafacie ettSe. The article is grossly
unjust to the Secretary of State, who deserves
the gratitude of the American people for his
share in these first operations against the
rebellion ; and as I find my name connected
with the transaction, and as I was familiar
with the inception of the Pickens , expedition,
it seems proper that I should call attention to
some of the facts in the ease. I read Mr.
Fox's statement in the New York Times of the
11th instant.
Captain Fox in his statement, says that on
March 30, the President sent him. to New York
with verbal directions to prepare for the
voyage to Sumpter,but to make no binding en
gagements. On April% not having received the
expected written authority, he returned to
Washington. On the 4th of April the President
sent for Min i arid informed him that he had
at length decided to let the expedition go.
He further *aysi that tile Secretary Of the
Navy had in commission only the Powhatan,
Pocahontas, and Pawnee, which he placed at
the disposal of Captain Fox, together with
the revenue-cutter Harriet Lane, and directed
him to give all the necessary orders.
" The - Pawhatan (he says), which had recent
ly returned and gone out of commission, was
added to the force I designated, to enable me
to have her five boats and crew for landin
the supplies. I suggested to the Secretary o f t
the Navy," ac.
observe the date. All this was on the 4th of
April, and Captain Fox arrived in New York
on the sth of April. All the orders printed in
the New York Times in relation to the Sumpter
expedition are dated on the 4th and atii. of
April, except the instructions from the Secre
tary of the Navy to Captain Mercer, of the
rowhateo, which, as there printed, are with
out date.
..... _
Now the President signed two orders; first,
on the Ist of' April, to Lieutenant Porter, one
directing him to "proceed to New York, and,
with the least possible delay,_ assume com
mend of any naval steamer available, proceed
to Pensacola harbor, and at any cost or risk
prevent any expedition from the main land
reaching Fort Pickens or Santa Rosa Island."
lie also instructed Lieutenant Porter to com
municate this order, his object and destina
tion, to no person whatever, until he reached
the harbor of Pensacola.
The other order of the same date was in
tended for exhibition to such officers as had
control of the vessels. It authorized him to
take command of tne steamer Powhatan, or
any other 'United States steainerready for sea,
which he might deem best fit for the service
which he had been assigned by confidential in
structions of the same date, Ist of April. See
the order itself in the Times of the llth of Sep
tember, 18e5. All this was three days before
the President informed Captain Fox that he
had decided to let the Sumpter expedition go,
and the official documents show, therefore,
that the Powhatan was not taken without the
knowledge of the President, since she was ta
ken under an order signed by him before he
authorized the Sumpter expedition, in which
order she,was expressly designated by name
for the Pickens expedition.
The orders of the President in relation to
the Powhatan, and to the whole Pickens ex
pedition, were not known to the Secretary of
the ran The success of the expedition to
relieve F Pickens depended upon secrecy.
Washington and New lork were full of per
sons ready to transmit the first intelligence of
such an intention. The telegraph was in opera
tion and open to the rebels as to the United
States, and had it become known that the ex
pedition was being prepared to relieve that
post the telegraph would have communicated
the Met to Bragg, who had several thousand.
men, and who could have taken Fort Pick:ens
by assault, on any night, at the Cost of a few
hundred men.
My first interview with the President and
the Secretary of State in relation to this mat
ter was on the evening of the nth of March.
The President did not inform me that he in
tended to attempt to. relieve Fort Sumpter,
but questioned me as to the possibility of
doing it. I advised in general terms that I
Could fled hint plenty of officers of the navy
willing to try it. He then asked MA whether I
thought Fort Pickens could be reinforced. I
replied that it could be, provided the re
lieving force reached there before it fell, and
with the maps before us' the mode of effect
ing this object was discussed. I advised that,
if the attempt was made, a fleet steamer,
under a young and enterprising officer, should
be despatched immediately, to run the batte
ries, enter the harbor, and pretent any ex
pedition of Bragg's crossing the harbor in
.boats to assault Fort Pickens. The President
said he would see me again if he concluded to
go further in the Matter. I quietl made in
quiries, and learned that the Powh y
atan. had
just returned from the East, and that she Was
in New York and able to go to sea. On the
morning of the 31st of March, I was again sum
moned and directed, in conjunction with Col.
Edwatel Keyes. and With the approval of Gen.
Scott, i
to prepare a project_
,for the relief of
Fort Pickens. The netruetions to Lieutenant
Porter were signed On the Ist of April, and
the President on that day signed, at my re
quest, a telegraphic despatch to New York,
direeting that the POwhatan be made ready
for sea instantly. This despatch, as we.
learned, reached the navy, yard only an
hour or two after the Powhatan had
been put out of commission, antU her spars
taken down and crew detached. Great exer-
tions were made to prepareffier for sea, but,
instead of sailing on the hi, as intended, she
did not leave until the 6th, by which time the
steamer Atlantic, with stores, supplies, and.
some seven hundred men, had also been made
ready and sailed the same day. Lieut. Porter,
as I understand, did not produce the order to
assume command of the POwhatan until the
last moment, as it was considered better not
to awake attention by changing the command
er until the vessel was about to sail. The or
ders in relation to the two expeditions were
communicated only to the officers engaged in
each. We were not advised of the prepara
tion fw the Sumpter expedition, and, at the
momeMt the Powhatan was ready for sea, the
sign manual of the President was produced,
and Captain Mercer, after some hesitation, in
consequence of conflicting orders front the
Navy Department, gave up the ship, The
positive order of the President, detaching
him, and placing Lieutenant Porter in com
mand, over-ruled the order of the Navy De
partment. The conflict was the result of Ihe
secrecy with which the whole business was
conducted; and to that secrecy, in a great mea
sure, was clue the relief of Fort Pickens, and
the retention of this finest harbor in the South
by the United Stag.
From this statement, and from a comparison
of the dates of the official orders, it will be
plain, I think, that the Secretary of State is
not liable to the charge of having de
ceived the President, or of having caused the
Powhatan to be diverted from the purpose to
which the President had assigned her, without
his knowledge. I myself suggested to the Pre
sident the name of the Powhatv.n, and of her
commander ; and prepared the orders in rela
tion to her movements for his Signature, and
this I did on the 31st March or Ist April, three
or four days before the Sumpter expedition
was resolved upon.
The Pickens expedition was planned and or
dered With the knowledge only qf the Presi
dent., the Secretary of State, Lieut. General
Scott, Col. E. D. Keyes and myself., When
Lieut. Porter was detailed to command the
naval portion of the expedition, its object was
communicated to him. When Colonel Harvey
Brown was assigned to command the troops,
Ins instructions made known to him its desti
nation. To none others, in or out of the expedi
tion; was its destination known until we were
nearly-in sight of the sand-hills of Pensacola.
In conclusion, permit me to remark that this,
the first successfuli military expedition of the
war, originated with Mr. Seward. Until it
sailed, the United States had declined every
where. Fortresses and harbors had been lost.
Ile carried me to the President, merely saying
that he thought the President ought to see
some of the younger officers, and not consult
only with men who, if war broke out, could
not mount a horse, When the President
struck out of the instructions prepared for
the commander of the expedition the autho
rity to declare martial law at Key West and
on the Gulf coast, Mr. SelYard induced him to
restore it. The authorities of Florida had,
in February, arrested and held Me to bail,
for defending the rights of the Yankee
fisherman of the Tortugas against the uncon
stitutional impositions of a Florida sheriff
The Secession flag flew over the court-house,
at Key West, within musket-shot of Fort
Taylor. But on the declaration of martial
law, which shortly followed our arrival in the
ulf, judges, sheriffs, clerks, and mayor fled
from Key West to the mainland, and the pre
sent loyal Provisional Governor of Florida
was elected mayor of Key West, and that im
portant post returned to its allegiance.
Some interference moth the later programme
of another expedition, it seems, arose from
the secrecy with which both were organized;
but the most important ports and fortresses'
in the Gulf—the harbors of Pensacola, Key
• West, and the Tortugas—were saved to the
United States, all well fortified; and the
fleets which would have been. necessary for
their reduction or blockade, were made
available at other points which had been
lost by supineness of the preceeding Adminis
tration, jyen if the vietuidling of Fort Sump
ter was thus prevented, the United States
still, at Fort Sumpter, asserted its desire and
determination to possess that fortress, which
could not then have held out long against the
batteries by which the rebels had been already
permitted to encircle it; and who will assert
that a few days' provisions more or less in
Sumpter could compare in importance with
the retention of the well-fortified harbors of
Pensacola and the Florida reef?
. . _
Secrecy has its inconveniences, but upon per
fect secrecy depended these gyeat etaken; and
so well kept was the secret, that in the return
ing steamer Atlantic I brought back to New'
York at once the news of the destination and'
of the success of the expedition.
_ .
I am, very respectfully,
Your Obedient servant,
M. O. Xtnies,
Brevet Major General, late Captain Engineers
• lion.,
_Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War,
arrived in the city on Thursday, on a private
visit to his friends. He is the guest of the
non. Samuel Hooper, and leaves Boston, we
believe, on Tuesday. The herculean labors of
the Secretary during the past fouglyears,
la
bors hardly equalled. by Louvols or Carnot,.
have naturally had their effect even. on his
constitution of iron, and his present tour is,
one of relaxation from his public duties in!
order to get renewed strength for their per
fornmuce. Nothing but his own disinclina
tion for publicity prevents the city front;
Ovine him a reception which would adequate
ly express the public gratitude for his eminent
services.
During the progress of the war, it WAS a
fashion with some critics to hold Mr. Stanton
responsible for every disaster which he did his
utmost to prevent, and to throw on this.
shoulder:l the blunders of every general and'
the defeats of every combination. As he was!
too busy to read these calumnies, even if he .
had not liad too much pride of character to
care about them, they multiplied under the,
prOtectiOnof his contemptuous silence.'
Nothing could divert his attention from!
his. public duties—not even lying aecusa-!
tions that they were ill , performed; . ands
the result was, that what lie transiently
loth in . the public estimation was an
OFFICIAL HISTORY.
Mr. Stanton in Boston.
immense, gain to the public service;` for a
War Secretary cannot adequately defend his
Country from the attacks of the. enemy, if a
considerable portion of his time is absorbed
in defending hilnself frOM the atteeks of li
bellers. The event proves the wisdom of his
reticence, even for ate own character. No
man now stands better before the country for
energy, capacity, integrity, patriotism, forti
tude and disinterestedness, than this "best
abuse& of all the statesmen connected with
the conduct of the war. The loud lies have
died out, leaving hardly a mocking echo,
while the object of them is receiving that un
solicited tribute of public admiration and gra
titude r which is always, sooner or later, the
reward of those who have done well for the
Republic.--Boston Transcript, Saturday.
BRITISH CAPITALISTS.
THE FAITH THEY HAVE IN NORTHERN
.RAILROADS.
HOW MUCH CAPITAL THEY HAVE
INVESTED IN THEM.
[From Harpers , Weekly.
A party of British capitalists and railway
men, comprising Sir Morton Peto, Mr. Kin
nairl Engineer Kennard, James 'McHenry,
and eighteen others, nearly as well known in
finanCial and industrial circles, arrived here a
fortnight since, and have been improving the
time by inspecting our great broad-gauge line,
consisting of the Erie Railway, from New
York to Salamanca, the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway from Salamanca to Cincin
nati, and the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad,
from Cincinnati to St. Louie—a line of road
which, though trammelled by the vices of its
early construction, and impaired in its useful
ness by the want of a consolidated manage,
ment and a large and sound administration, is
still, in view of the extent and fruitfulness of
the country it traverses, the great cities it
feeds, and the almost incalculaele volume of
traffic it must at no distant day prepare to ac
commodate, by far the greatest railroad in the
world.
It is well understood that the first object of
these Englishmen is to inspect the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway, which is eadU
sively.owned by them and their constituents.
That important line has been built since the
panic of 1857—which ' effectually stopped rail
way building else Where—with British and
Spanish capital. The Queen Mother of Spain,
the Spanish Duke of Itianzares, and the Span
ish banker Salamanca, have been interested in
the enterprise from the beginning, and have
supplied means freely. But the greater part
of the money required to build this road came
from London, and was contributed, not unfre
quently, in our very darkest days ; at times
when every mail from the United States bore
tidings of ?allure and repudiation ; at times of
monetary stringency and panic; at times when
rebellion seemed to threaten the veryexistence
of the nation, and to forbade the ruin of the
Government and of every corporate institu
tion which lived under its laws. In those
dark, dark days, when every prudent Ameri
eau capitalist held his money tight under lock
and key, and would not invest a dollar in the
fairest-looking enterprise, these Spaniards and
these Englishmen, for month after month,
and year after year, paid the weekly bills of
the workmen laboting on the Atlantic and
Great Western without a murmur, and, if they
made a complaint, complained only that the
bills were not heavier, the workmen not more
numerous, and the great enterprise not nearer
completion. Such a robust faith, such a
dogged perseverance commend themselves to
the applause of an enlightened mercantile
community, and deserve the reward which the
twenty-two English visitors- now among us
have come to forecast.
But it would be a mistake to suppose that so
large and influential a delegation from the
fraternity of London capitalists and railway
men have come here merely to look over the
particular property - on which so much English
money has been expended. It has rightly
been conjectured that their visit has a wider
purpose. Tlfe war, which has taught English
men more about the United States than *est
ever knew before, has quickened the entire
hension of British capitalist to opportunities
for the lucrative investment of capital in the
United States. There are in England thou
sands of men who live on the interest of in
herited or acquired capital, and to whom an
increase of oven one per cent. in the rate of
interest on their capital, with equal security,
would be of vast importance. These men
are generally receiving, on the average,
four per cent. per annum. The owner
of £20,000 gets £l3OO a year g the owner
of Vie,oue, £2,04A of ,RlOO,OOO, .£4,000 a year. Vague
rumors nave lately reached the ear of this
class of men to the effect that by investing in
the United States instead of Great Britain
they can get six if not seven, per cent.for their
money. If they got six, the £20,000 man would
receive an income of £1 200 instead of £BOO4 the
£50,000 man an income o 1 £3,000 instead at £2,000 ;
the £lOO,OOO man an income of £6,000 instead of
14,000. The increase would convert bare ex
istence into comfort; mere comfort into afflu
ence. The only question among these men is,
whether American investments offer, with in
creased income, equal security with British
investments. That question the twenty-two
Englishmen now travelling over our railroads
are preparing to answer.
If they shall find 'that, on the whole, the
prospects of business in the United States
ring the next half century are as protnising as
those of business in England—that population
is likely to increase here as rapidly as there—
that industry and internal commerce are be
ing developed as rapidly kere as there—that
the standard of honor is as high here as there,
and there is as little chance of our older com
munities repudiating their debts or engaging
in senseless wars as of England doing the like
—that the general tendency of society in the
United States, as in England, is toward im
provement, and toward the development as
well of physical resources as of moral nature
—if, we say, these twenty-two Englishmen
shall find these things to be. so, they have no
choice but to go back. to England and tell their
constituents to send us their money.
The prospect is of consequence to our rail
road interest. Of $1,100,000,000 invested in rail
roads in the Northern States (it is noteworthy
that Europeans never would bey bonds or
stock in railroads in Southern States), Europe
ans already hold at least $150,000,00e. They own
the bonds and a largeproportlon of the stock in
the Illinois Central,a line the like of which does
not exist in all Eurepe, They own a large
proportion of the bonds and half the stock of
the Erie Railway. "They own all the bonds
and stock of the Atlantic and Great Western.
They, own .most of the bonds of the Fort
Wayne and Chicago, of the Pennsylvania Cen
tral, of the Milwaukee and Prairie du (Mien,
of the Michigan Central, and of Other Western
roads. They own nearly all the Panama Road,
stock and bonds. If, in addition tcsrthe above,
fifty million pounds sterling or more—and, as
we are led to believe, a sum even larger than
this will be influenced by the report of our
English VialtOra—should seek investment in
Our railway
. securities, quite striking results
would ensue in our markets.
There is a marked difference between Euro.
peen investment and American investment.
It has been said of us by a caustic observer
that there does not live an American who
would not sell his homestead for five :per cent.
advance on its cost. False as this quip is, it is
undoubted that we are au ever-trading people,
and that, in or out of business, men are gene
rally ready to exchange their most permanent
investments 'when a profit offers. The Eng
lish are not so. When they make an invest
ment, they mean it. If the market value of
the investment rises, they do not sell, as we
should do, but hold the more firmly, and
rather increase than diminish their interest.
This difference led, a few months since, to an
amusing imbroglio on our stock exchange.
It became known that Illinois Central was
wanted in England, and that considerable par
cels of the stock - were going out by each steam
%r. On this a speculation was started in our
markets, and the price of the stock rose ten to
fifteen per. cent. Mlle of our foreign bankers
wise in their day and generation, and well!
versed in the tradecalled in German arbitration
sold Illinois Central here on long options, and
sent to London tobuy the stock. They argued
that the advance in our market being the fruit
of mere local speculation, the price abread
would not advance in proportion, aridthatthey
would be able to cover their contracts at a
handsome profit. To their astonishment their
London agents reported that, though certainly
large quantities of Illinois Central had arrived
in England by recent steamers, there was little
or none for sale. The people who had ordered
it wanted to keep it. They had bought for in
vestment. It was not their purpose to sell out
..again even tit a profit. So, after creating quite
a flurry in the London and Amsterdam mar
kets, in the vain endeavor to buy large quanti
ties of stock, these New York bankers were
forced to buy back the stock they had sold ; in
the same market in which they had sold it,
at a loss which we dare say they can remember
without recourse to their books. The stock
rose thirty per cent. in sixty days.
Now if any of our country readers, meth
tating on these facts, should come to the con,
elusion that out sweet friends in England,
who would not touch five.twenties at 35WD,
now intend to buy our railway securities at
the market price, and should, on the strength
of this conclusion, proceed to speculate for
the rise in these securities on borrowed capi
tal, let them not blame ug if they lose their
time and their money. For Wall street is
thick with quicksands, and each of them is
girt around with the whitened bones of de
funct country speculators. There are gaping
for the unwary speculator a thousand pitfalls
which wisdom and shrewdness cannot always
foresee; defalcations, over-issues of stock,
sudden attacks of colic in the midriff of the
money market, unexpected failures of great
houses,
amazing changes of policy by the
Treasury department. All these portend ruin
to him who speculates on borrowed capital.
Your theory may be sound, and yout opinion
of the course of events correct; but the end
will not come when expected, and for you to
whom its coming at this or that given time is
essential, it will never come at all.
Public Amusements.
NEW CHESTNUT-BVMM THEMML—IIIiss Helen
Western, who has been performing in " The
French Spy" at this theatre during the past
week, appears this evening as Cynthia A Zingare
in the drama of "The Flowers of the Forest."
Miss Joste Orton, late of the Warren Comedy
Combination, but whCP is now a regular mem
'her of the stock company of the Chestnut ?
takes the part of Starlight Bess in the same
drama. The entertainment closes with the
comedietta of "The Comical Countess."
AIWIL-STREET THEATAIL—Kr. Edwin Adams,
deservedly a great Philadelphia favorite, up.
pears this evening at the Arch, in the play of
the "Serf." The "Serf," which, by-the-by,
was written by Tom Taylor, met with great
success both In NOW York and London, and we
see no reason why, with such a tine performer
as Dir. Adams, it should not do so in our city.
We hope he will be well supported.
WALIMT-STIOCET THISATRIL—At this theatre,
to-night, Mrs. D. P. Bowers appears as Lady
ilvdtey, in John Brougham's drama of "Lady
Audley's Secret." She will be 'supported by
Mr. Barton Hill, as Robert Audley. "Forty
and Fifty" is the after-piece.
li gm/ AtiIiIIICAN TIFINATRIL—Miss Fisher re
mains at this theatre another week, and will
appear every evening in " Mazeppa." Who
Gana', and the corps de ballet, and other
great attractions are still on the bills.
Two Hoene FIIN-L.A.ND.Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Watkins are drawing crowded houses
at the Assembly Buildings. Their perform
ance of "Two Hours in Pun-land:" is exceed
ingly funny.
ConknT HALL—BLIND :caw Tom!—Never
before has Concert Bali been so crowded with
brilliant and intelligent audiences as have
been there during the past week to witness
the wonderful performances on the piano of
thin untutored child ofnature. "Tom's" exe
cution of the most difficult piece of music,
after hearing it played but once, is something
entirely new, while his execution of three dis
tinct tunes, at one and the same time, shows
him to possess a genius not Often met with in
the science of music. We ads ise.all - Lovers of
music to hear this wonder of the nineteenth
century.
STATE ITEMS.
—The Dispatch gives the figures to show the
great increase jh business in Erie during the
peat year. R adVs l it For the year ending Sept,
12,1864, theramere exported from Erie 4,065,031
feet of lumber, and not one foot imported.
For the year ending Sept. 12, 1865, there were
imported 5,020,708 feet of lumber—malting a
gain in reality of 9,085,735 feet; for we mane•
factured and would have exported a surplus
of at least equal to the export of 1861 had it
not been used here. That is, the amount of
lumber used for.building purposes in North
western Pennsylvania was in the year ending
September 12th, 1805, 9,085,739 feet more than in
any previous year, and if we add to this the
amount brought in from other sources than
the port of Erie, and the extra amount manu
factured in the oil country, it would swell this
amount by several millions of feet. The im
port of iron ore has nearly doubled, the im
port of shingles has increased about 1,250,000,
salt ditto, and everything else in proportion,
while many articles are now imported to a
large extent which were never before called
for here. With such immense results—most
of which have lieen gained during the past six
months—the prospect for Erie is confessedly
a most favorable one.n
A correspondent writes.as follows: Corry
is situated at the junction of the Philadelphia
and Erie, and the Atlantic and Great Western
Railroads—the Oil City Railroad also has its
terminus here. Corry is still in the woods,
Some of the buildings are mere shanties or
temporary concerns. There are, however, a
few fine residences. 'noticed also, as we passed
along, a church, and large oil works. There
are several hotels, but they are rather small; a
large one is going up. A depot ...is also in pro-
cess of construction.
The route, designed to make almost a di-
rect line from Corry to Buffalo, and obviate the
necessity of travelling via Erie to the oil re
gions, is being surveyed, and the new line will
soon be determined, lOutes are being sur
veyed from Mayville to Corry, and from Corry
to Westfield, west of Chautauqua Creek, and
from Mayville to Brockton, and Mayville to
Westfield. There is little, if any doubt of the
line being constructed, and it will, 411 a great
measure, relieve the pressure of railroad tra
velling via Erie.
---Potter county has a strong ticket in the
field. Mr. Olmstead, the Speaker of the last
House, has been renominated for Assembly,
and a soldier gets the most profitable °Mee.
The candidates are : For additional law judge,
lion. H. W. Williams, of Tioga, subject to the
decision of the conferees ; for Senator, lion. A.
G, Olmstead, of Potter, subject to the decision
of the conferees ; for Assembly, John S. Mann,
of 'Potter, and Dr. Wm. T. Humphrey,- of
Tioga.
The Union men of Lebanon have nomina.
ted Capt. Jacob Melly for Assembly. Col. Mark
was elected delegate to the next state Conven
tion. A resolution requesting the various offi
cers holding 'positions under the Government
by appointment to resign in favor of soldiers
was adopted. Hon. J. W. lililinger, the col
lector, publishes a card endorsing the recoil],
tion, and stating that he had previously re:
signed in favor of a veteran soldier.
-- The Union State Committee have ap.
pointed a meeting for Northwestern Penn
sylvania at Corry, Brie county, on Thursday,
28th inst., at twelve o'clock. Among the
speakers expected to attend the meeting are
Senator Wilson, Hon. Henry Winter Davis,
Hon. W. Dennison, and Governor Morton, of
Indiana. An effort is being made to have
General Hooker present, to preside at the
meeting.
Imperial City is the name given to the
town opposite Oil City, under which name it
has been incorporated. Half a dozen houses
cannot be built near, each other in the oil
country without having the word "city" at
tached. Much amusement was created in the
Legislature last winter, on the reading of a, bill
entitled "An
_act to incorporate the borough
of Oil City."
Buildings in Titusville are progressing
rapidly. Bliss' opera house is fast assuming
its destined shape, and from appearances is
to be a stately and commodious building. It
is expected to be ready for occupancy (at
least the lower story) as soon as the first of
October. The new brick theatre is also draw
ing its length along and will soon be en
closed.
They had a dead lock in the Democratic
Senatorial Conference in the Cumberland and
Yorkdistriet last week. The York conferees
voted fifty times for Ron. A. Heistand Glatz ;
the Cumberland conferees voted exactly the
same number of times for Col. James Chest
nut, and each candidate had exactly the same
number of votes at every ballot.
The Democracy of Crawford county have
nominated the following ticket Assembly,
Lyman Hall, M. W. Jennings; district at
torney, Clark Ewing; treasurer, George H.
Bell; commissioner, John Collom ; surveyor,
George Long; auditor, James Anderson.
The Union men Of . Fulton county have
'nominated Nicholas Ott for sheriff—the first
man who entered Fort Steadman when Gen.
Hartranft recaptured it—lphn C. Fletcher for
jury commissioner, and William Hanks for
commissioner.
The Democrats of Wayne county have re
nominated Rev. Wm. Nelson for Assembly,
and selected two sets of judicial conferees—
one favorable to Mr. Crane and the other in
favor of Judge /farrot.
Camp Curtin, Harrisburgos almost de
serted. But few soldiers remain there to be
discharged and paid off. Some three regi
ments will yet arrive, and then the camp will
become an Unneeessary . institution.
—The Young lkien's Christian Association
are organizing societies, with reading rooms,
in the oil regions. At Franklin they hold reli
gious meetings every Sunday in the court
house.
The 'Union men of Susquehanna have
nominated Hon. Wm. J. Turreil, late Speaker
of the Senate, for Senator, and J. T. Cameron
for Assembly.
The Union men of Bradford have nomi
nated Hon. Geo. Landon for Senator, and. Lo
renzo Urinnel and G. Wayne Kinney for As
sembly.
The Democrats of Luzerne have nomi
nated Staraey Woodward for Senator, and
Anthony Grady, Daniel F. Seybert and David
S. Boon for Representatives.
The Democrats of Perry county have
nominated Captain. D. L. Pressler for Assem
bly. tle is a young attorney of MoOrdiield,
and was in the nine-months' service.
-- There are two hundred and ten public
schools in Dauphin county. Of these about
fifty have not yet been supplied with
teachers.
-- The Union Convention of Montour have
recommended Colonel Charles W. Eckman for
Assembly.
The Union men of Clarion have recom
mended Dr. H. M. Wick for Senator, awl, Wil
liam M. Clover for Assembly.
-- The Union men of Cumberland have nomi
nated Colonel Joseph Ege for Senator, and
Colonel T. B. lieeffmari for Assembly.
A new paper, entitled The New Era, is pull•
Balled at Blairsville, Indiana county, Pa., by
W. R. Boyers.
-- Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Vera is the
Demoratic candidate for Assembly in Beaver.
county.
The Democrats of Northmnberlandeounty
have nominated Charles W. Sharp for As
sembly.
—TheUnion men of Warren have nominated
Col. Harrison Allen for Assembly. Joseph A.
Neill is the Democratic candidate.
Capt. Brown having declined the nomina
tion for Assembly in Clinton county, Sergeant
T. F. Dornblazer has been nominated.
The Democrats of Lehigh have renomi
nated Nelson Weieer all 4 James J. Kline for
Assembly.
The Union Senatorial conferees of Adams
and Frank.lin counties have ratified the nomi
nation of D. MeConeughy, Esq.
Pottee county must be a model place, as
no liquor is allowedlo be sold in the county.
The Democrats of Venango have nomi
nated James F. Hoover for Assembly.
The Union men of 3111111 n county have
nominated James X. Brown for Assembly.
The Union men of Sullivan have recom
mended Augustus Lippincott for Assembly.
The Union men of Wyoming have renomi
nated Peter M. Sterhout for Assembly.
Pittsburg wants more market-houses; at
present she has but one.
AIIJRVII.EBsisono, Tenn., Aug. 9, 1965.
212 the _Editor of the Press:
SIR: Will you insert the following in yanr
paper:
Numerous letters have reached me since the
appearance of my card relating to the " Sol
diers' National Cemetery" on Stone river bat
tle:llold, illqUiring whether I would disinter
the remains of all ihose who died in hospitals
at this post.
In answer, I will say that we intend to do so;
also, all who fell at "Hoover's Gap,” Guy's
Gap" and , . Liberty Gap."
/ will 49 all in my power to gather up the
slalll Ll vlriilllleae-
VilrAlt4l.\V,Uhiylain U. S. A.,
Supt. Sol. at.
Cemetery.
CITY ITEMS•
THE ADVANTAGES Or THE "
This splendid machine makes four different
stitches, each stitch being the same on both
side* of the fabric it also has the reversible
feed motion, which enables the operator, sim
ply by turning a thumb-screw, to run the work
either to the right or to the left. Families who
have used this' machine, after trying others,
give it a decided preference over all its rivals.
It is constructed in the neatest, most durable,
and simple manner,:and rarely, if ever, gets
out of order. Visitors to the city who have
not seen this wonderful machine should call
at the Philadelphia agency, No. SSD Chestnut
street, and examine it.
WHEELER & WILSON'S SEWING MACHINES.—
The highest compliment that could'be paid to
the wheeler 86 Wilson Sewing Maeltines,is the
fact that over 200 2 000 of them have been sold, of
which 7,000 have been sold in this city alone.
Their reputation is world-wide, and every fa
mily not yet supplied with one of these instru
ments should go to 704 Chestnut Street, and
order one at once.
K. THE BI%IT FITTING SHIRT OP THE AGE is " The
improved' Pattern Shirt," made by John C.
Arrison, at the old stand, Hos. 1 and 3 North
Sixth street, Work done- by hand in the best
manner, and warranted to give satisfaction.
His stook of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods
cannot be surpassed. Prices moderate.
Trim TnAllie SALE OF BOOKS will 001111110 lice
to=morrow morning,aL nine o'clock, aL the Sue-
UM rooms of DI, Thomas & Sons,
Clawzrarannets PtfaltlßHlNG GOODS,—MrAietorp
Grant, sle Chestnut street, has a handsome as
sortment of novelties in Shirting Prints, bean
tiful Spring Cravats, Summer Under-clothing,
and goods especially adapted for travelling.
His celebrated "Prize Medal" Shirt, invented
by Mr. John F. Taggart, is unequalled by any
other in the world.
A CLEAR COMPLEXION AND A HEALTHY SKIN
can never be obtained while the pores of the
skiri b are obstructed, or the blood is in an im•
pure condition. Dr. Jayne's Alterative will,
however, restore the purity of the skin, and
will thoroughly cleanse the blood ; it will also
remove the obstinate state Of the pores, and
free the prespiration from all impurities and
gross particles. A trial will establish its eftl
may. Prepared only at No. 212 Chestnut
Street. sele.lt
AWAY WITH SillerActEs. — Old eyes madenew
without Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine!
Pamphlet mailed free on receipt of ten cents.
Address E. E. Foote, M. D., No. 1130 Broadway,
New York.
To HOLDERS OP OLD FivE-TwErvrtES.--WS
would call the attention Of holders of the
above bonds to the wide difftren,ce in price now
existing between them and the new issue,
whieh bears the additional advantage of two
and-a-half yaw§ longer time to run.
We are prepared to make the exchange of
the new bonds' fOr old at - current market rates,
DRIVCIIL & CO.,
34 South Third street.
OMNI:MING, GRAND PIANOB.-All the great
musical artists use only the t , Chiekerlng
Grands. ll The largest collection ever exhibited
here, 914 Chestnut street.
se9-12t* WM. H. DUTTON.
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.
tinental.
Geo Scofield, Penns
Chas Brink, New York
L G Sarkses. York, Pa
Miss Ellie liSmyser,York
A Rathbone, Parkersburg
Miss Julia Rusli,Parkersb
ll R Nickum fain, Intl
As Bunny, Illinois
Wilaoll,
dna P U b A
G W Ciuyse & wf, Cin
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Mrs Dr Packer, enna.
F J Leav 111, Cincinnati
Mai Lieu J N Palmer, N J
It 0 Webster, Boston
Geo J (ielsse
The Cou
Hon W L Dewart, Pa
F N Lehtlitnor, N Y
Chas C+ cornell, N Y
W T Hughes & da,Lex,K
W P 'Shinn &ml,Pittsbrg
Chas C Burke, Pittsburg
T S Clarke, Pittsburg.
H B Reese, Chicago
Goo H Knowlton, Albany
Mrs Kershaw
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Jas B Childs, Wooster, .0
Jas Wilson,-Leavenworth
J Phillipps & I_ ,a Pittsburg
J P Kellogg, New York
D Moore & wf, Ind
A 8 Livingston, N J
Miss Livingston, N J
James D Lee
john TholUis
Burr Wakeman. N Y
G A Henry Jr, Tenn
W S Heard, England
.1 Williams, Wales
W A Drennan, Miss
J Hildesheimer, N Car
A GainbOrlic, Baltimor
T Gardiner, Balibnore
J R Hull, Baltimore
A J Waters, Mass •
0. W Tourteleat, Mass
()apt & Mns Paxton
J Ditmas Jr, Brooklyn
II 0 Lathrop, Mass
F George Jr & wf, 11l
R Berr), liewbern, N C
3 A Boke, New Jersey
C Garrett, Cincinnati, 0
Mrs J Greathouse, 11l
Mrs Clark, Penna
Dr &Mrs Steiner, Ga
V Ooluniulien, N 0
G W Coburn Boston
HL Wilson, St Louis
0 N Adams, New York
F A Babcock, New York
G Tangsland, New York
S Casey, U S A -
W T Leaellkialit N N
J R School, New York
C S Ellis, Wllm, N C
II M DrancWilm,N C
Jr.S L Nock, Louisville
It J Ruth, Baltimore
J H McCullough Pttsbg
, Mrs Stevens, Chicago
IH J De Wolf. New York
1H Coulter, Buffalo
f,l It Herrick, Albany
Dr J 13 Brown, USA'
David Rittenhouse, D C 4
R R Tilley, Washington
E F Tencyck Wash
WMe ere &k dati, Ohio
X Stein. Baltimore
Geo C Whiting. Wash
Saml B Custls, New York
Silas C Day & wf. Ind
C G Comm 's, Cincinnati
D D Dloreliouse, St Louis
H W Webb, Baltimore
F IV Boyce Washington
W Mahon, Nora Scotia,
Thos Roy, New York
John Congdon, N Y
0 Id Morrison, New York
F Anderson, New York
John C Osterloh Pen ua
if r warn A. we, beteott
D E Rousell, Chicago
' 0 Jowly & wf, N Orleans
W S Culbertson, N Alb'y
A Haupt, Tyrone, Pa
J B Donley, Albany
Judge Donaldson, Penna
Win Coleman, Pittsburg
Ii IC Itemney, Palma
Mrs Alton, Nashville
Miss Alton, Nashville
Miss Nixon, Nashvillell
D Needham & wr, Boston
.Miss Ball, Boston
Mrs McLean, Baltimore
Mrs Mitchell, Baltimore
J Colby, New York
M B Crswpton,NewYork
J B McMahan, N Albany
L B Gunckel & wf, Ohio
MiEs OWlnters,Daytom 0
JD Langhorne, Virginia
J Albert & wr, N York
B Stewart & wf, Tenn
Miss M Stewart, Tenn
K Stewart, Tenn
J 3181211th, Illinois
S Smith & wf, Illinois
11. Mott, IZeW YON:
11 H Putnam, Boston
P 0 Jones & wf, Ohio
T Jones & wf, Ohio
L Brainerd, Vermont
Gov Smith, Vermont
Ei C Smith, Vermont '
N Hepburn, Penna
E L Wood, Galveston
J B Vacuum, Virginia
F L Davis & wf, Tenn
W B Peters,Maryland
Hiss Peters, Maryland
3lrs Boyce & dan, D C
Liellt Col P Plum U S A
It Clara, Ponta
Copt Campion,England
C W Campion England
Julius Refs, Cincinnati
C Tobias, New York
Henry Denver, Mass
Bobt Denver ,_N Y
.7 G Butterson, Hartford
Geo Wright, New York
J Trencker, New York
W H Walker,Lonisville
Jffs D Carlisle, Pittsburg
C Hutchinson & wf, Pa
B S Price, Salem, Mass
B F Janes, Washington
J B Hamilton, New York
T J Mitchell, N
Leo Allen, N C
L S Trimble. Kentucky
C Coulter, Albany
/ex - Moore, USA
D Stubblefield, Virginia
Sand 6 - Burrough,Boston
J F Boyd, Raleigh, N C
Capt St adman, If SN
Jas F Sullivan, Wash
Jas F Laurence, N York
F.lll Stanton & la,_N Y
John McDaniel, Brooklyn
M Ferran, Brooklyn
Miss Ferran, Brooklyn
Wm Appleby, New York
J Freeman, New York
W Wilson, Brooklyn
Thos Webster, N York
F L Smith, Raleigh, N C
D Begin, MissisSippi
V Anderson, New York
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It M Delaplain, Wheeling
S Besediet, N twleans
A Long, Pittsburg
W Payne, U A.
11. Hendrie.
Joseph Reiff
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Dr G H. Johnson, Balt
It Johnson, Phiix
H Lightuar4 Wash, D C
Miss Henderson, Lancost
Miss Cox, Harrisburg,
J Spooner, Connecticut
Mrs C L Sinapson,Alex,V
H A Sherrill, Colorado
T I) Price, Alissouri
Mr d: Mrs Turtle
lilt Bannister
A P Wilson, Pet=
W Mathews, Mechaniesb
R Tol, Washington, DC
J Mullin, Baltimore
T E Walker & wt, Va
W H Crocker, Burlington
D H Clevenger, :Mt Holly
JR Ivins, Both - , N J
It A Colville, Pittsbu rg]
G Simpson, New York.
S Y Mitchell & sn, Boston
D B Bradley, Boston
W D Brunner, Boston
Col SD Burro ws,LHaven
A C Finney, Clearfield
A B Longaker, Norristn
Dr
T C Stump,bnnbury,Pa
: R F Sutton
R W Dalbury, New York
M Stern, Knoxville, Ten
W P Foster
C M Colt, Wash, D C
J A Clarkson. Virginia
C E Cardlzo, Virginia
- .I A Morris, Itielunond,Va
James II Childs, Ohio
E B Childs, Ohio
C d Bigler, Harrisburg
John I) Myers, Pa
Hon W 1) Lowry, Erie
e Bowers, Cincinnati
B Van Roper it la
Mrs H PUW
DlTBrooks&la, Wash
O V Bardweli & wf, Va
Miss E Barnwell, Va
Master D Bardweli, Va
WR Smith, Boston
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John W Moore. - 13 S N
Sanniel Baird, Boston
Mrs Baird, Boston
Miss Baird, Boston
W Ellison, Brooklyn
J Mount, Brooklyn
Mr & Mt a Lane_ Wash
HHiideburn S
It G Hertzel, Lewisburg
B B Alicn, Sinvrna
A C Jackson, N 0
J E xoudy, Boston
C C citugau, Pa
L Dayton 4; wf
James Moore, Balt -
W It Dekeman & wf,D C
G B Blanchard, KT
'Um B Howard, VieZ,ltlia
A J Rodgers, Virginia
J . 9 Pardepas, Brooklyn
Ci-eo 4 Cook, 11 ate York
Pluiner,
H Little, Hew York
EM Skinner, Chicago •
J F Campbell .ft son. Pa
Cleo Bennett Sr: in, Penns
L C Hepburn, Penna.
S Hart Charleston
R P Cloud, Harrisburg
D L Martin
Miss E Martin, Pa
W J Williams & wf, N Y
A. Felix, Norfolk. ya
D Weisel & dan t Parma
F L Davis & wit, Ten, '
Janvier, Maryland
A .1 . Caldwell. Baltimore
L L Curtis. Buffalo
E Brooke. Penns
W F Smith & erre, Ohio
C Il Kellogg. Boston
G W kleCullolt.Maryland
.1 F Kellogg,. New Jersey
Thee J Va
Thos J Yorke, Jr, N J
Thos Foster, Galena
John Duane, New York
P G Turney. New York
Miss G Parker, 'Boston
131'1)ex:ter, New York
eeo Budd, 8t Lottie
it J) Jalnar, Elkton, Md
C T Stair
F T Bishop. Altoona.
D DLcCullock. Wit
G Lalnbson, Delaware
L li Ettzgeralil,NewYork
(l .1 McPhillips, N York
T E Watt, Pittsburg
Chag Kant ...
Miss White, Willisiumport
Mrs White Williamsport
J Dumont,' Williamsport
W H Bering, Harrisburg
C P Richmond. Wuvport
WDRlcbmond,Wn sport
Reuben Mater. Pittsburg
C L Green, Harrisburg
'.Miss Hudson, Louisville
Miss Laweree, Louisville
'Jas Caldwell. Penna
Jas 6011111 S, Penner
ilTl,_&oe, New York
iSicgs'on, New York
Win DM, iowa
L Worrall,Wa.),lngkoil
Thos H FOremlin
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A It :Barrett & wf,N York
ZVm Templin, Harrison
S Perkins & wf. New York
J H Harrison, New York
'nos Ronne d Nuw York
S D Straub, Ha y,
gerstown
birs Watson Mrilliantsp't
311ssWatson,WSHamsn't
;.TA. Archer, Penna.
1 , 4" F Jones, Snilthport,Pe,
J Tufts, New York
GIV Hayes, at Lvals
chants'
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Geo N Ross, Tennessee
Woodwur(l, Wilkesb
Miss 1%1 Buts, Reston
D P Baird, Cameron co
0 R Cook, Itollersville, 0
P S Dudley, Indianan°lia
W T Robinson, Penult
Chas E Butts, Owego, NY
8 B 'Benin, Texas
I Miss N Crawford. Texas
S Levy, Springfield, in
E Jewett
s MlPlterstig
C McPherson, Parkerslig
G Newberger, Ironton, 0
E I) Moore L wf. Indiana
J S McCulloch, Tenn
J Rosentlial,Jackson,Ten
I Geo r Harrison, Virginia
J lE Marston, liOttutore
0 A Neil OTI, Vonneetlent
I3lrs A Packer,M Chunk
(Miss E Tints, N Jersey
W Haullison, indianap's
A Goldinan, Baltimore
M Burgwalder, Baltimore
It Gregory. Hancock, Me
T Swenk,
Miss Tißle Mits, Easton
Miss Sue Buts, Easton
E J . Tucker. St Louis
S A Enholui, Mobile
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L Combs, California
Goo Lintel. POtialille
S White, Carlo
E G Polk. Newtown, Md
Henry Hariman,Yirginia
R L Hotchkiss. Tenn
W B holmes, Tennessee
Chas A Saylor. Readim ,
R B Westbrook, N Yon,.
W 8 "Yard, Bow York
J F Bammond.llutler,Pa
W 11 Willard, N Carolina
I Dunning, Bangor, Me
E Bonney, Alabama
W Simpson. Alabama
J W DiekeY, Wash co,Pa
W MeConaurfilY. Vs
Boyle, Pittsburg, Pa
F 8 Wheeler & wf, Boston
B Bishop, Maryland
J A Melvin, Maryland
A MeCornuell,Oxford.Pa
C N Schmid:, Canfield, 9
J C Iluerkie, Cincinnati
G S Reed, Clearfield, Pa
C U Bkeer & tef, M Cltunkl
13 M IVagoner. liellefont
John Irwin, Pittsburg
T It Matthews, ihoutsv'e
W h Fullerton. Louisr^e
D 1' Locher, Ltineaster.
Jr Baird. Lancaster, Pa
John L pause, Tenn
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it Garman, Jr, Delaware.
B.! Eley, Virginia
L H Rilby, Virginia
JIM Hays S: wt'. Cincin,o
Lieut J'W Lovejoy
Geo Mackay, Baltimore
St F Layham, New York
.111 ants New York
S Ellis,
J W Dickson, Maryland
W B C Harrison, Balt
I. T More; Shippen, Pa
W P 'Kennedy, New York
li S Perry, Baltimore
W A House, New Jersey
Jas F Smith, Beading
It A Wallttec, Fitchburg
T Stecre, Boston
E Lockhart, 134 thlehem
E ahoney,Norloik,Va
IllSlceunnerer.BethlehMi
T Thompson, New York.
J T renlon Baltimoie
Henry:lllllmin
I.ieut E L Mead, II a
J A Swoyer, Harrisburg
John Eleinni New York
B' Vickers, Jersey
lf McClure
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I Chas Wirsley, Maryland
Titos Weirs, Eekley .
L Tosser, EclOpy
Alex Weiss, Easton
J Lyons, New York
T Cover, Baltimore
S S Gardner, Baltimore
M E Gardner. Baltimore
It l Glover. Pt Pleasant
S A Bare, Pittsintrg
F Butler, West Chester
G S Walker, S Carolina
W A Phelan, New York
E C Thompson, N York
Geo E Avery, New York
BF Demise New York
J B Bhauer,'Virginia
W N Setster, Chester co
Edw Packard, Boston
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Lewis J Leland, Albany
117 Rolland, New York
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C A MeCorndek. Altoona
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S Roberts & la,ld
Finn Strauss, Baltimore
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John C Harvey, Ilarrisbg
It Conk y,
B F Emagton, a 'York
C DeZovxelen, Penna.
W J Jones, Illinois
B A Bower, Jersey
151 smith & 2 ch, Penna.
Dr J Du tchioo4, retina
James Bond, Wim, Bel
Miss Sallie J Backlit's, Pa
F. A Andrews, Illinois
H Howland & wt', NY
B Webster & la
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, J Brookfield & N Y
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Mr Caulavon, N York
Leopold Lyon, Penna.
Geo Fenstainaclicr, Pa
C Wading.
1 Jacob Dlntinger, Penna
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L.Tiltany, Lel en
ltevlntll.*.ll, PA.
James I. thigh
Junks M Morris, Ohio
James Ii Howard. Ohio
Morris Merton, Indian%
Henry Josephs, Penua
A Castle, Lunerne no
Photons Gray, Illinois
Jun Martin, Harrisburg
Wohderly, Trenton
Ueorge Powell
II A Dowers, New Jersey
Jag Bell, Brownsville
Al II Mathews, B.cownse
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Lt .1 S McClelland, IT 15 is•
1) T Bishop, Chester co,
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Jas Puist, Chester co
C 11 Phipps, Chester co
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AV Hartman, Greene co
.1111 Rowarct, Maryland
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KS:J.4'OOs, Chester co
L Tower, New Orleans
Jos Murphy,Trenton, N J
Miss Conner, Trenton
Matthew Con nor& vrt, NJ
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W W Alexander, Pittabg
Slg Briggs, Corry, t'a
W Dotty, ttli Ring tali. N
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Jos Fennyer, Del
6 Wen it In, N .
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J F Hutchinson, Del
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Bear.
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TELE COMPLNxiON AND RA1N,...1i
Heads and Bare Faces coti•ered, pray Halt rtitur
Light Hair darkened, Weak flair streagtheu.
and Busby Hair beautified
Also, Pimpled facescured, purified, ae
soft, smooth, clear, laud beautiful by thk:
CHAMAN'S CELEBRATED RECIPE-3. 1a
free to these wishing to itlye then an Itouel
These Recipes Can be obtained without
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TliOS. F.
CHEMIST AND Ph:lt/I'4Q,
se.lB-mwO2t&W4t 831 BROADWAY, NO, r,r
FOR, BOILED CORN (particularly
and tough) you will and the Patent Core u
desirable article, as it opens the grains and ierzi
out all the nutritious pulp, leaving tie
taxbed to the. cob. But it Is more oartletthri y
tended for grating green corn in making frau.
oysters, &o. For sale by TRUMAN &
N0d335 (Eight Thirty-five) MARKET 6treet,t,,,i
Ninth.
STRONG BRACKET CASTERS, WITH tu,
•or liguumvitie wheels, three awl four inti m; till
meter, suitable for Photograph brreens, Morl
Blackßoards, or very heavy Bedsteads; also, a •
rlety of other Casters. TRUMAN & NIAW,
835 (Eight Thirty-five) MARKET Street,
Ninth.
BEAUTY OF THE SKIN IB SECUIRF,D
the use of JARED'S - "EMAIL DE PAltit3,-
M'ile. Yestvall, Miss Lucille Western, Alt's, 11,
Bowers, and Mrs. Emma WMler snits in end)rd
for imparting a beautiful COMADOn, and a DI
white, and transparent skin, removing fro:hi,
tan, Mack-worm specks, small-pox marks, sc.,
roughness, redness, and discoloratlons of tio, s
resulting from exposure or unhealthy adieu or t
secretions. Bold by all respectable Druout, p,
turners, and Hair-dressers. se I..mtv,i,
DIARRHOLA AND DYSENTERY.—A
remedy for the worst case of acute or chronic in.
rhcea and Dysentery is Dr. STRICKLAND'S AN
CHOLERA MIXTURE; thousands have been co
by It; our Government uses it Di the hoWtah,
has cured many of our soldiers after all other me
failed; in fact, we have enough proof of the Mtn
of this valuable preparation of astringents,
sorbents, stimulants, and carminatives, to adc
every one of our readers to get a bottle and pave
in readiness, and to those who suffer try It direct].
sold by Druggists everywhere. Ask for Dr..Stpi,
land's Anti-Cholera Mixture. jy3•hiwl4l,,
HAIR DIM I HAIR DYE 1
RATCLIELOII , B HAIR DYE Is the beet le t
world. The only true and perfect Dye—tar/21:e
instantaneous, and reliable; produces a splcu
Black or Natural Brown; remedies the 11l effects
Bad Dyes, and frequently restores the ortui,
eeloy s , geld 'Sy all Drunists. The genuine is slut
W. A. BATOIIELUR, 61. BARCLAY street,
York. Ja2-mrci4
OF ALL TILE KNOTTY QUESTIONS
That human wisdom vex,
The toughest is "What meancth
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This secret woultrst unravel?—
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And thou shalt be the wiser
For thy sick stomach's sake,
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much and G astrle Juices. They are
PUBE, PALATABLE, AND SURE. tell
WINDOW SHADES.—NEW AND BEAU
PUL styles at CLARK'S. Manufactory, Nu, o
CHESTNUT Street scorner of Sixth). 6ale-ro,
second &Mr. Dealers call,and save money, sot.
HALL'S HAIR RENEWER IS THE Mt
perfect preparation for the hair ever offered to
public. It is a vegetable compound, :ted costa
po injurious ingredients. It will restery stay it
to its original color—will prevent the hair fit
out—and will promote its growth. It Is a spin ,
hair dressing—cleansing the scalp, and making
hair soft, lustrous, and silken. It. P. HALL &
Nashua, N. H., Proprietors. seri-
MARTIN'S NEW PATENT.
ALUM AND DRY PLASTER.
FIRE AND BURGLAR SAFES.
Do not mould their contents.
Do not corrode the !NI!,
Do not lose their Ilre-proof qualities,
Are furnished with the best lochs.
MARVIN
721 CHESTNUT Street, (Masonic Hall.)
. Safes of other makers taken in exdiunxc o
the most liberal terms. Beall.=
(WDEA.TONS) ITCH.
SALT RHEUM. (OINTMENT) SALT MILT. ,
Will cure the Itch in forty-eight hours. - Also cue , '
Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Chilblains, and all Eruntio
of the Skin. Priee, 50 cents. By sending 50 cents t
WEER* & rovrElt, DOWTOIsT, 1ag.4., will be fat
warded free by mall. For sale by all Druggists.
mlllB-era
Firif EAR, AND CATARRH RUCCESSItIILL
treated try J. ISAAIN, ItL.D , Oculist and And
519 PINE Street. Artificial eyes inserted.
charge for examination. aul7-
far PRICES REDUCED.
WANAMAHES Lic BROWN,
Atir - Popular
Clothing
air House,
NZ - OAR HALL, S. E. cor. SIXTH and MARX
MAIttRIED.
PRATT—BELL.—On Friday evening. the 1
hstant. by the Reverend E. E. Adams. Pastor of
'North Broad street Presbyterian Enurell, Ma
Joseph T. Pratt, to Miss Annie E. 13e11, both oft'
city.
ABBETY—THOMPWN,,--4u the 14th in tint.
Rev. Howard 33..Vrauk Abbott to Addle
Thompson, all of this city.
DIED.
TOcluo:Nr,—Peacefully, on the lath Wirt
Anne Doe :NlA:Curdy, wife of Beeeread Thomas
[Stockton.
The relatives and friends of the familv, are inc ,
to attend her funeral, from her late iiisidence.
Callowhill street, on Tuesday afternoon. lath lam
at. I o'clock, without other notice. Interment
Mount Moriall Cellie tory.
CI.BATB/t.—At Gwynedd, on the 18th lust.; S
mon Cleaver.
The friends of the family are respectfully Invite
attend the funeral on Thursday morning next.
meet at Gwynedd Meeting-house, at tfeh' o'clo
Carriages will be in waiting at tiwyneild Statl
ou the arrival of the train that leaves the city at
o'clock.
HARPER.—On the 16th Inst.. Willie C. ' only ch
of J. C. and Anna Harper, aged 12 yearn an
months.
Funeral services at the residence of his gra,
parents, southwest corner of Eighth and Coe
streets, on Monday the 18th laist.,at Welock
Interment at Ilarrl;hurg, on Tuesday =ratite' a
o'clock.
EHRICKSON.-04 Thursday, the 14th lush
Elizabeth Bradley, wife of Miehaell Engel: ma,
Seth year of lier age.
The relatives and male friends of the family.
respectfully invited to attend her funeral, train
residence of her husband, No, 132: PIA[ street.
.Alonday. Morning, the 16th instant, at le
. To proceed to. Woodland Cemetery.
ItOBEBTS.—On the 14111 inst., Algernon S. II
errs, in the 68th year of his age.
The relatives and male friends of the family t
respectfully invited so attend the funeral frion
late residence, in Lower Merlon township. Ma
goniery county, alt Monday, the 18111 hist,. ;t
.o'clock A. M. Carriages Wall be in waiting. a
start punctually at 9 &clod: front Mr, Brit
:burst's. NO. 35 North Eleventh' street. Interne
at South Laurel
SUSIONS.—On the morninof the 16th. Claret
m Mary.
Sto
p, son of Peter D. and A. SliziellS.
sic nimitlis,
DOWrititti.--on the tAth inst.,
Hannah Downing, in the. 84th year of her age.
of Interments.
Weekly Repo
ICE, September 113.
the city of Phihutr/2);11
Itr Ndi2tolo,ol
HEA.LTII
Deaths and ratermentB
from the 9th to the 1
1 t, :.:1;1 "
CAUSES OF DEAT.II...E. '2li ICArSES OF OF.ATIr.. i 7 .-
,
sa,-- I co i t 4
s, 1
1 1
•
• I
;•., ss
Apolexy 3; ' ;Fryer Scarlet---, 1
Cancer 3 , ." Typlitis ' ,
Casualties .••• 1 " Typhoid ~„. S.
Croup 2, / Florida .. .. .... 1
Congestion Drain.. 1 3 , I Ilentorrhagcl,ang, II
" Lungs ..11 I; ant:lamina . 11 Brain ; 1 1
Cholera lufautwat. 11 , 1 1 .1 Brunetti 1;
Cerebro-Splual hie- , I " Bladder 1
ningitis. •••• 2 I " ' Lting..4..l 2
Consiatipt'n Lunge 21 7 i " Perlt'm ' V
Cramps 1 " S&Bowi 1
Coneussionofßrallv 1 ; Intemperance ' 1
Convulsions a , , inanition 2
Congestive Chills. 1 It Joindleo, I,
Mitt Herta .... 4 '.slania-a-Potu .... 1 ,
Diarrlima 1 3 Iltiaritsmus ~
Dropsy ' 1.3 [Measles 1 ,
Abdominal. 1 'Old Age ' I 5'
" Brain. • 2 l'ralsy
Iteart. 1 Rheumatism I,
Disease of Brain,. I ticrocolli.. „, w ?
Heart .. 4 1 Softening -0i rain.; I
• , Kidneys I Small Pox••,;
" Spine ... I Still Born '
Drowned • .... 7 2 Tubes Mesenteries)
Dysentery 5 6 Ulceration
14 eel: .,
2.
Debility a 2 " eel:—
'Elltlgion on Brain. 1 UnknOwn 5
Epilepsy.— 1 Wounds, Quit 6hoti__,
Fever, Congestive 1
" Puerperal. 1 Total.
" Remittent. 1
OP TULE /.110VP. THERE WERE—
U liha iStirtututlr,• EiFrOIIL 40 to 50 ... ... ....,
-Front Ito 2 li i " $ll 43 041 •;“
" 2to 5 III! " 00 tO 70, ~,,,,, ~0
" sto 10 121 " 70 to BO ...........
. . 10 to lb 5 " 80 to 63 ...........
" 15 to 20 14 " 90 to 1110 ..... .... ..
" 20 to 80 .. " 100 to 110 ....... •.. ,*
" 3.3 to 40 2il,
Total
WANDS. WARDS. WA nos.
First ward 11 'Tenth.... 41Einetrelith... ,1
necond.... ..... 15 Eleventh 10 Twentieth •.,,'
Third .. . ... ~.. 4Twelith.... .... 91TIventy-tirgt .
VOUrth.l" IS . ThirtVcßGh ~,, 02Wentv-see'a .I
Fifth. 10:Fourteenth .. . 71Tweaq•-titii ,l ,
Sixth_ ;Fifteenth 18 .Twent y-tba Kis.
Seventh .......15Sixtcenth . ~.. 5 iTwenty-fifl 9
Eighth.... 9 Seventeenth.. ii 7wenty,dS l3
Ninth.... ..... . 3 Eighteenth... 4,Unknown ....:!
Tot
Deduct deaths from the oottutry...---
Net deaths in the city
NATIVITY—United States, 181; Foreign, 40:
kuowu, 22; from the Altnshouse, 12; People O E l2°l
'42: from the Country, 12.
Males, 120: Females; 12411 Boys,Gis 7 : 1 •
• Deaths and interments of Soldiers,e.
The number of deaths, compared with the cot:
sponding week of 1889, and of last week, we.: as 0 .
lows:
Week ending September 17,MG, was XL
Week ending September 9, 89,3, was 201.
By order of the Board et Henht .
GEO. It. neftigto3",
TA LACK MOUSSELINESwr
White Polka Spots. ult wool and hest 0na3,1
also, aMt purple dots. SESSON &SON. Mottra.!!
Store, No, 918 CIiEnNIIT S, rept. l ticl:!-!.j.
GOOD BLACK SILKS.—BEsSOix •
SON have received Heir tilt stock of VI
Taffetas, Gros Grates, Mourning SIMs, Malt,:
tiofs, Armures, tiros d'Aniertques,•&e. Moitra!
Store, No. 91S CHESTNUT .strvot.
- - -
EYRE & LANDELL ARE °RENO'
FALL GOODS.
Dinguitieent Silks and Shawls.
Winceys with Silk 1.111111 1 .
Winceys with Cotton Chain.
MOM Prlitted DoLainPs.
Imp Wt. McihipeN, Kntuf Colors.
baint 33ernard Square lillawto.
107 , 1