gpe 5tul American. H. B. MABBBR, Editor Proprietor. ' SIMH RY, IA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20. 1803. l?IIOM HTATIi TICKET. FOR O0VFRX011 1 A; G. CURTIN, OF CEKTHE COUNTY. FOR JCDOE OF TOE SCTRKME COURT ! DANIEL AGNEW, AV BS CJUXTY. EXTREMELY INDIGNANT. Never were people so awfully indignant as were our political friends nnd neighbors of the Yallandigham nnd Breckinridge per mansion, in this place, on the occasion of tlio Arrival of a company of volunteers, who linve lii'tn stationed here as a Provost guard. They felt, or, at least, tried to feel, that they lind been wonderfully humiliated . when they reflected that the peace-loving citizens of Northumberland county, had been hor rified by the presence of soldiers with real puns on their shoulders. And douhly so when they found they put those ugly things, called baronets, on their guns, and actually carried with them ball and cartridge. To think that Northumberland county should be Insulted by the presence of a detachment "Lincoln's hordes" as the rebels call them, was entirely too much for their sensitive nerves. And what was moot remarkable, is the fact, that those strongest in their sym pathies for Vallandighnm & Co., were the most indignant, while the democrats of the true Jackson stripe could sec nothing wrong. To see their friends and fellow citizens in uniform, prepared to enforce the laws, if occasion should require it. was what Gen. Jackson had both preached and practiced, and was, therefore, right and proper in their eyes, but it was not in accordance with the "Let us alone" doctrine promulgated by one, Jeff. Davis, and, thciefore, obnoxious to the Breckinridge Democracy. Our Breckinridge friends were won derfully unwed to think that any display of authority was necessary in this county to enforce the draft. Though their organ, the Democrat, had been busy in rendering the draft odious, and inculcating opposition to its entorcment, yet they never heard of any one who intended any resistance. The threats at Mt Curmel, to shoot any one who would come to enrol or draft them, they never heard of. nnd the threats of others in nearer townships, to use their rifles in such an event, was also new. Besides, they were wholly ignorant that organizations existed in several townships for the purpose of resisting the draft, and that the '"Knights of the Golden Circle" were particularly busy against th.3 draft, was also astound ing. It wus really surprising to find so much they did'nt know. What they did'nt know on this subject would have- filled several numbers of that oracle of wisdom, the Northumberland county Democrat. We have always endeavored to respect the feelings of our peace-loving friends, and would do all in our power to assuage them, when unduly excited, but in this case, we fear, there is no help. We can only say to them, to take it calmly, and not let it dis turb their slumbers until they "get used to it." Let them reflect that they have become "used to" even those horrid jail walls, which are intended to inspire terror in tho eyes of every rogue who contemplates an infraction of the laws. Let them remember those jail walls bring no disgrace on good citizens and honest men, and that, every patriotic citizen and good Jackson Democrat, whoso con science is void of offence, will never have any renon to complain of the presence of the soldiers of his count rv. fcOur neighbor of the Gazette is opin ion, that windy politicians, who can travel over the country, making stump speeches in the opeu air, abusing the administration in its war policy, and otherwise aiding, not our government, but that of Jeff. Davis, can not justly claim exemption from tho draft on account of physical disability. Of course not. We hope our neighbor of the Gazette has no reference to his valiant brother con script, of the Breckinridge Democrat tt this place. His fighting qualities ought not to be doubted since the grand exhibition of his courage in calling Gen. Butler a "brute," and approving of the assassination of a member of the legislature, who should vote against the party. Such evidences of cou rage, patriotism and magnanimity, should shield him from the slightest imputation of cowardice. The Gazette also refers to "Cro ton Oil Scrofula," which appears to be a new disease in the medical vocabulary. fJjTThe Union Convention of Snyder county, recently nominated Peter Baldy. Jr.. of Danville, for Senator. The nomination, which was quite unexpected, was declined by Mr. Baldy, who is a true democrat, anil who gives evidence of the fact by a rigorous and heaity support of the government, in the prosecution of the war. NV man who fold his hands or attempts to embarr::s the administration, in its efforts to put down this rebellion, by side-issues and unwarrant ed abuse, as is now practised by the Copper heads, has any right to be called a democrat. Mr. Baldy would make an honest and use ful nu oiler, l it he is do politician, and desires no office. "How many of the "no compromise" men, who have just been drafted, would now agree to almost any compromise ? We ven ture to say nine out of every ten. The war is coming right home ! It hits where it was expected never to strike. Gentlemen, there is but one remedy now the ballot-box, and the success of the democratic party. Take our word fur it." f27The above is from the Bclinsgrove Timet, the Copperhead organ of Snyder county. It show how little sincerity there is in their professions of ling iu favor of the "Union as it was and the Constitution as it is." He that tinea not tee that they are a miserable at of selfish and designing noli- ticiaus, who have stolen the garb of demo- cracy in onlcr to crt into office, can liav very little discrimination, lif-Tbe Wyoming Seminary larding l(.i.i. i'l,,l . ..4 . 1 m li.ltl.f at Kingston, wa dwtrojrd l, fir) OO 'insa-brr Vert. COPrERIIEADB AND DEMOCRATS THE) DIFFERENCE. Since the leaders of the Democratic party abandoned their places In that organization, to conduct the present rebellion, that party has been, and it now, controlled by their abettors and apologists. Thctc leaders, and their present followers, compose that class of the Democracy fitly termed Copperheads. Many good men, while nobly supporting the Government, still claim to belong to that party, although denied all voice in its coun cils. These are true Democrats. Thus while all Copperheads are professed Democrats, all Democrats are not, of necessity, copper heads ; and the importance of making this distinction a matter of record, though it may not be fully appreciated now, perhaps, will hereafter serve to protect. loyal men from unmerited dishonor and obloquy, when the day of retribution comes. Tho distinction between these two classes of Democrats is clearly do fined, and readily illustrated. The one yields his party pre judices, and forgets its traditions, when armed treason inaugurated by once-trusted Democratic leaders aims a blow at the life of the nation. The other basely abandons his country in the hour of need, at the bid ding of its foes. These hate treason, oecanse it is to the last degree infamous; those, npo logize for traitors, because they are Demo crats. The high, mnnly aspiration of the Government of his fathers; the grovelling instinct of the Copperhead is the restoration of a party, justly destroyed for its high crimes against liberty and humanity, in aid ing this infernal rebellion. As foul examples of the copperhead, we have Yallandigham, Seymour, Wood, Bu chanan, Cox, Voorhees, Tierce, Toucey, Richardson and Woodward; while Andy Johnson, Hamilton of Texas, Dickenson Stanton, Sickles, Dix, Hooker, Logan, Burn- side, Butler, Bosecrans and Grant are bril- I liant representatives of that other class, who loving their country more than prty, scorn to aflilliate with uny but those who are un equivocal in their loyalty to the Union. Coi.oiiEn Soi.riiF.ns. We learn now that the press-gang of the rebel government has been instructed to gather up all the light comjilfxioned slaves in the Confederacy. This we suppose, may be considered the entering wedge, and we may look, of course, if the war continues, to see a gradual deepening of the shade, until we come down to the lowest stratum, in the unadulterated chmij. We like this idea of the measurement of shades and colors hugely, because it is so artistic and so suggestive. What n school will it not open for the study of the chinro omtrot Although it is settled law and theology, too, in the Sunny South that the largest possible infusion of the genuine Cau casian fluid, is sullicient to purge or wash out the llimitic taint and that a single drop or two of the negro lymph, is so much more potent than the generous Saxon, ns to corrupt the circulation ot a heart full of the other, it has never yet iicen decided, we j think, precisely what complexion it requires to entitle a man to be considered as the dominant race, or to be allowed the privi lege of owning or governing himself. The talk about colored men is, in our view, n little indefinite, with so ninny varijies of complexion and race, as we can exhibit here unless it is coupled with the new phraseolo gy, "of African descent." which would, how ever, exclude not only the Berbers, and the Moors, nnd the Arab, but even the Dutch men of the Cape. We doubt w hether even Judge Taney has ever condescended to ex plain how dark the individual must be, w ho "has no rights that u white man is bound to respect.' It is a question, however, which returns upon us under the Southern Con scription, and which it now behooves the philosophers of Secession to solve, for their own satisfaction, as well us ours. So long as they insisted only upon the "African de scent," we felt ourselves silenced. Ham set tled that, of course, when ho settled Africa, although Shem and Juphet trod closely on his heels; and nobody would be silly or heterodox in this enlightened age, as to pretend that any thing but "a servant of servants" could lie born afterwards, or rear ed, on that continent "arid nurse," not of lions as the Roman pott called it but of slaves. When that point, however, is surrendered, and the whole question is re solved into one of color only we must in sist on something definite. We have seen so many slaves who were whiter than their masters, that we begin to feel concerned for the proprietors themselves, in case it should come dow n to a question of complexion only. l'itttburg Gnuttt'. Biii.ioioi s IxTiii.UGiiNCK. The general view of the New School Presbyterian Church for the year ending May, 1803. is. aceoiding to oltieial announcement, as follows: Synods 2i; presbyteries, 1, Oil; ministers, l.Cillt ; li centiates, 1.02 ; churches, 1454: added in examination, 4,744; and on certificate, 4.(170 communicants, li)..ttil4 a gain of 4,40; adults baptized, 1,55(1; infants baptised, D.1W1; contributions for expenses of General Assembly, $(1,203,0(1 ; contributions to do mestic missions, $ 122,407, :) ; to foreign missions, ($0,528.1)7; to education, if It), 302. 78 ; to publication, (40,500,04. The w holt amount ot contributions reported is within a fraction of f 300,000 un advance of 20 per cent, upon the amount reported lut J car. The Synod of Pennsylvania, embracing the eastern half of the Slide, with a membership of 13,400. gave (40.222.72 to Home- Missions. The Synod of New York and New Jersey, with a membership of 27.333, gave (37,10a, 22. Thus these two large Sy noils gave about two third of the whole anlouut reported. Tni war of the rebellion has been san guinary enough to rill the whole, land with mourning, ami yet there have been war far more destructive of life. It appears from the best hi.tori.iul testimony, that of one million two hundred thousand men enrolled in the am, its of France in 1813, only tine hundred thousand were alive in 1 bi t, and that the loss of the Allied Powers in the wars with Napoleon was, according to the London Times, not less, than "ten millions ol men in the prime of life." Frauce. in the tame period, lost about six millions. Thk MAssACiirsKTT Men at Gettts Btino. Gardner Tufts, the Massachusetts State Agent, hut prepared a tabular state ment of the losses in the eighteen Massachu setts regiments and three batteries which were in the buttle of Gettysburg. Thenum lr of oQicers and men w ho went into these fights did not exceed 7,000 (seven thousand) but probably fell short of that number. The casualties were as follows : Olliccis kill ed 1U; lucu killed, 182; officer wounded, 70; men wounded, 1127 ; officer missing, 8; men missing, 2X0. Total bus, 141)2 one fifth of all engaged. The Prince of Wale having gone to Hali fax and hit his ulln at lioiuu. tlitt Kmdii.li paper had paragraph saying that she was iiipo'ii. 1 lie Morning lost is however out with the "interesting; ' statement thut I.i Fl I I lie pm-ial health of I he holv is good; but ,;:r7H,'''lr,V, -'.' '!""' "f tinjf iiuIIIhx, II. It, Jl. advisers hate onlv sotiuht to save her fiom overexertion which "" r4 He I. pot to ioour." iiHl'toilfciitii'n..'i Tb Hsr In Kann. Tni: Massacuk at Lawiu.nc& LEAVENWORTH, August 22.-From citi zens of Lawrence, who have arrived here for supplies and medicines. I have gathered the following particulars regarding the burning of that city by QnnntreH's band i - The list of killail and wounded number above 180, a majority of whom were killed instrntly. The names connot all be given now. The houses that remain standing are filled w ith killed and wounded of all classes. From the ruins of the burned houses the charred remains of other victims are being taken. But one hotel is standing, O.uantn-11 having spared it in consequence of his having made his home there some years since without expense; its proprietor, how ever, was shot. Among the most prominent citizens, the following are known to have been killed : , Gen. G. W. Colli more, the mayor of the citv, and his son ; J. G. Low, Isaiah Trask, 8. V. Thorp, Dr. Griswold, James Dldridge, James Pervine, Col. Stone, two brothers named Gill, A. W. Griswold, Fredrick Kimball, Thomas Murphy, John Spear, three brothers named Dix, Addison vv align, uun can Allison, George Burt, Judge Carpenter. Hev. Mr. Snvder, August Ellis. Lemuel Tillman. Dwight Coleman, Lewis Swan, It. Loomi, ilm Crane, I.cvi Yates, two brothers named Runge, John Evans, G.W. Bell, and Messrs Keith, Brown, Dale, Flick, Palmer, Sargent, DeliusUi, Alboek, Powers and Brant. The above n nicd were killed instantly; most of them in their houses, with their wives and children dinning to them, w hile the murderers plated pistols to their bodies and shot them. The following named persons were mortal ly wounded : " James Eldridge, Mr. Baker, of the firm of K'uknhour, & Baker; Mr. Williamson, Ooortre holt, John llansan, and W. S. H. Lvkcns. "in one ?ase the guerillas drove twelve men into a house and shut them, and then burned the buildings. The fiends stood on the banks of the liver and lired inio tlie people, killing nut', wounding scores. Twenty-fire negro recruits were shot. 1 i.e . . . .... . 1 1 1 A'.. . I bamlitll took all the money iney coiiiu inm in the houses or pockets of citizens, and stole all the Indies' jewelry, even to the rings on their fingers. Jim Lane escaped on horseback, nnd rallying about two hundred men with arms, followed and overtook Qtmiitrcll twelve miles south of Lawrence, when n light occurred, the result ot which is unknown. Quantrell is now retreating towards Mis souri, burning everything on his route, it is not expected that he will he intercepted by our forces, and he will probably get awav without loss. o resistance made tit Law rence. the people being shot down as they ran through the streets in their night-clothes. Their bodies were thrown into wells and cisterns. The t it it us hac been expecting such n raid in consequence of the threats which Quantrell had made, nnd they had organized military companies for their defence, a part of whom had been under in ins constantly: but, from the assurances made that IJiiantrell Would not invade Kansas, their orgntiizn- tiimsj Wcru abandoned, nnd the guerillas (Wu that town entirely detetiocies.-. A large train felt lie.ru to-day with sup- p)it.s of clothing, provisions. Ac. lor the sufferers, and the citi'.eiis of Leavenworth have opened their doors to all who choose to come. Many ot the sulh rers have availed themselves of these hospitalities, and will be well cared for. The feeling among tjic citizens here is very bitter against the commander of this department and district for being so wholly unprepared to meet such nil emergency. The comu anding general was absent from headquarters, ami did not know of the invasion until the destruction of Lawrence was complete. Everything was then done to move the troops to intercept ami capture Qnantrvll, but it was too late. Our State authorities have now taken the mutter in their own hands. Colonel .leiini son has been reinstated in command of a new Kansas regiment, anil is about to start down the, bonier with sufficient troops to overcome any force the enemy can bring against him ; and if he is not in trill': eil with by the commanding ofiiccr, raids into Kansas will end with the present one. The loss at I.awieiice was not less than (2,(i(i0,ti(H, and will fall heavily on New York and Leavenworth inert hunts. Two banks were rolhnl of every dollar, and the third escaped only because the heat was so great that the rebels could not ge,t the vault open. The Horrible rtlitMNUrrei iu liuittitM. rTHEl'IT OF QVAKTltLl.lS GANG SI lUIClt IIII.I.A3 KILLED. Kasjas Citv. Aug. 24. General Ewing has jui-t returned from the pursuit ol'Quan treil's Kebel force concerned in the massacre at Lawrence, it is estimated that the gang did not number more than three hundred. They elisbanded at tho head of Grand Biver. some going South, some North and East, anil others t-c-at tiling into the brush. Our force have been divided accordingly and are clo.-ely pursuing, and it continual skir mishing is going on. Lieutenant-Colonel Laear, with two squadrons of the First Cavalry of Misauri Stat-t .Militia had an engagement with one hundred guerrillas on Big Creek, near llarrisonville, MisMiure, killing live and capturing a considerable quantity of goods and horses stolen ut Lawrence. Thirty-one guerrillas have been killed so fur. KfllTllEIl OF THE riMlsriT OK QCANTltELI.. Kansas Citv, Aug. 25. Qiiantiell's force reached the head waters af Grand riVer, Cass county, about noon the day lifter the burning of Laurence, and there divided into siivads of forty anil fifty, and scattered in various directions. Our troops weic half an hour behind, and were divided, and continued the pursuit. A detachment ordered from Lexington nu t part of the I'icbtl force near Pleasant Hill, and killed seven, and recovered a considerable atnouut of goods taken from Lawrence. A report bus just readied here that Major Plumb and Major Maclu-r overtook a com pany in Lafayette, killing twenty. The tola! killed, according to the last report, is Utween sixty and seventy. Our t'ctach meuts are still in pursuit. It is asceitained that QuantrcU's whole force was three hundred kcltctcd men, who assembled from Lafayette, Salem, Clay, Johnson and the border counties, on Thurs day noon, at the head of the Middle Fork of Grand liiver, tilieeii mill from the Kan sas line, hiiiI thekiiiueibiy started for Kansas. Our Seoul brought word that afternoon to the military station at Aubry, six miles north of tho place where they cro.sxl thu lino, of the assembling on Grand Itiver, and an hour ufter their entrance into Kansas other scout brought word 10 thut etlect. The information was at once communicated to all the station on the border and to the district headquarter at Kunsat City, thirty five mile north of Aubry. A delay of three or lour hour occurred at each station to gather in part of the patrobng and scouting parties, whin the pursuit wa begun, from each station kcpuratcly, leaving a portion of thu troop to waieh the border and tnduuAor to prevent tjiiaiitrell return to Musocin. yuutitrelli men told many jareone Ik fore rvaelunji l.avtrtnce that liny uire goinu there to destroy ihe totvu. hut by s-ooe etrerye fwtaltry ttr sk' long tl rout, who might easily Thare got word to Lawrence, di.i not try. A messengor ent by Captain Coleman, to notify the people of lawrence of Quan trell' approach, tailed to get through. Quantrell obtained a uppl of fresh horses at Lawrence, which enabled hint to outstrip and elude the pursuit of our soldiers, whose horse w ere nearly exhausted w hen they reached him, tlx miles south of Law reiioe. The citizen who joined in the pursuit were able to keep up with the enemy and often compelled him to halt and form a line of battle, but the soldiers could not forte their jaded horse .to a gallop for a charge and pursuit, and went in ineffectively. At night Quantrell broke his trail, near Paoli, and our troops-w ere delayed all night in finding it. No damage was done by Quantrell from the time our forces came up w ith him until he got out of Kansas. Thu pursuit Wat so close he was compelled to abandon most of the horses they were lead ing, and goods stolen troin Lawrence. Intercatliiff Irom the Mouth. Foiitukss Monroe, Aug. 2; The flag of truce steamer New York .('apt. Lliisholin, arrived at 0 o clock last evening irom City Point, bringing down ah nit 300 released Federal prisoners in charge of Major Mulford, general flag of truce olricer. They also brought a largo number of women and four times as many children from the South, seeking better homes at the North. The steamer sailed for Annapolis at 8 o'clock List evening. The Bicliiuond Whig of August 21, savs "The loss of Yicksburg and the failure at Gettysburg arc the two events of the year, which seem to render highly probable "a long and almost indefinite continuance of the war." Apart from the victories we may ' achieve in the field, there are but two means of conteracting the baneful effects of these event ami bringing hostilities to an early cloac. . These ure, cither foreign interven tion, or a determined and successive opposi tion by the conservative masses of the North to tho Abolition faction, which has the con trol of the Government at Washington. A long and protracted war would prove a great evil, w holly unmixed w ith good, for the longer the war continues, the more tho roughly saturated the Southern heart would become with the w hole Yankee race and the Yankee institution. 'We want the aid of France. We are able to pay lor it. Let us do it. We shall then have peace, or the power to wreck a rich revenge on our foul The supply of ice in Richmond is exhaust ed. Wa heard of sales yesterday nt $15 per bushel. In consequence of this advance the price of common w hiskey juleps has advanc ed to (1502, and French brandy juleps to $2a2 h0. The llolson (Tenn.) Journal, speaking of the condition of afi'airs in Eu.-t Tennessee, says : "What of Bragg? We do not know tin strength of his army, and if we did it would bo improper to make it known ; but we may that, taking the present status of his anta gonist into this account, his known sagacity and adroitness, he will find his situation a hazardous ami perplexing one, unless there is a greater energy and promptness shown than now seems to exist in this Department. It is apparent that Bosecrans intends to Hank hiiiiou both sides (hat he will, no doubt, throw a massive column into North western Georgia, nnd another into East Ten nessee by way of Sparta. Suppose the former ensues, w hat other security has Bragg than to fall back to Atlanta 1 and if he does this, what will become of East Tennessee V from Witihintnn . Washi.notox, August 2", 1P(M. The working of the Bureau of Deserters, I in the oflice of the Provost Marshal-General has had u mo.st beneficial effect in reducing desertion throughout all the armies of the Union. Through the instrumentality of this Biireiiu, two thoi:and deserters were arrested the first tm i ii 1 1 1 it was in operation, lour thousand the second, and hist month. July, six thousand were arretted and returned to duty with their regiments. The almost certainty of arrest ami punishment through the agency of the Provost Mar-hal-Geiirrar Department, has become known throughout the army, and has resulted in a decrease ol seventy-live per cent, in the number of descrliom', as appears by the returns fur nished monthly to the provost Marshal General, from regiments in the urniy. The Bureau of Deserters is in charge of Major Cliauneey Mclvet ver, anil is one of the best regulated depaitmtiits in the service. PEsEISTEH FM.I.INO HIMSELF AS A SVU STiTl TK SEVEN TIMES. Among the deserters arrested, through the agency ol the Bureau of Deserters, was a man in Boston, who had enlisted iu a Massac husets regiment, and after having served some time deserted and returmd to Boston, where he went into the business of selling himself as a substitute with the intention of deserting ut the first opportuni ty, to sell himself to another person. He succeeded in hiring as a substitute r-rn Hiites, obtained the bounty, anil desert ed each time, lie lodged at one of the fashionable hotels in Boston, dressed hand somely, nnil cute iltiincd his friends in princely sty le. When he wanted to hire us u substitute, he would dress in coarse, rough clothes, uud disguise himself in such u way that it was impossible to recognize ti i ill as the gay and fashionable "swell" of the first class how l only a few days lafore. Me would probably have contiiued to play this game, while the war hist.nl, but he incautiously wrote a letter to a fellow soldier in his old regiment, telling him w hat glorious tiiees he was having in Boston, representing iu glowing language his new business of going as a substitute, told how many times ho hud "fooled them," and wound up by advising the soldier to desert cud come home, and "coin money" by going as a substitute. The soldier addressed had no such intention, and he showed the letter to his colonel, who forwarded it to the Provost Marshal-General, at Washington, who speedily caused the arrest of the deserter substitute, aud he was forwarded to his regiment a few day ago. He will, iu ull probability, be shot." FROM CAIRO. ClMlNS'ATI, Aug. 26. The Gazette's Cairo dispatch says that over 100,000 bales of Confederate cotton have Iicen captured near Narchc, It isrevorted that General Pembcrton died last week at Saliua, Ala. General Grunt and Staff, and Adjutant General Thomas, left Cairo on Monday night lor Memphis. General Hohen is on an expedition up the Bed Kiver. There are 8,000 reliel troops at Monro, 03 miles west of Yicksburg. Nahler aud Ib Ur are iu command. Kirby Smith is in Texas. Johnston's forces are scattered in the Chunky river couutry. Kctiirn front lofl counties in Kentucky give Brauilette S0,u99 majority. Mjsr.it At. WcALTUor Mrxtco. It is said that in Mexico there are over 1,000 silver mines, yielding between $33,000,000 and (40,000,000 a year. The value of this) mine is incrviisrd by the bu t that there are 25 mines of quick silver, which yield from 30,11011 lo 300.000 ixmndt wtluht .unually tiold it ! found in considerable tjutntl- ! lite, utatid alfrom tS.OUO.OOO uprd. . ; J he iniin-i aie (entrally hnuted un I lie top or the wislern ebie o the Coxdlkrsut. ftud (jit tr rosyt, (t CUAItLIlHTOm. THE GRAND ATTAC1 ON FORT SUM- TEU. Tho following despatch is from Mr. C. C. Fulton, the agent of the Associated Tress . Flao-biiip DiKtiionE, ' Tuesday morning Aug. 18. The attack on Fort Sumter was commenc ed at daybreak yesterday morning by the. siege guns of Gen. Gilmore and the naval battery on shore. At six o'clock Admiral Dahlgrcii proceed ed on board the Wechawken, and, with the Ironsides nnd the entire Monitor fleet, at tacked Forts Wagner and Gregg with great fury, completely silencing Fort W'ugner and almost silencing Fort Gregg. The wooden gun-boats, seven in number, also joined in tho assault, nnd enabled the shore batteries to pur their shot and shell into Sumter. At 10 o'clock the Admiral changed his flag to the Passaic, and w ith the Piitapsco proceeded to within about 1400 yards of Fort Sumter mid shelled the sea-wa.l with the rifle guns of those vessels for about an hour with marked effect. Sumter fired al most fifty return shot, doing no damage to the vessels, whilst the wall of Sumter was badly scarred. Fleet Captain Henry W. Bodgcrs took command of his old vessel, the Monitor Catskill, and went up into the light, going within one hundred and fifty yards of the beach-front of Fort Wagner. After firing a number of shot, a shot from Wagner broke loose it piece of the interior lining of the pilot-house, which struck on the head of Cominander itodger, instantly killing him, as wen us t'av master N oodbury, who was standing at. his side. Both of their heads were split open. These were the only per son injured on hind or water during the six hours' engagement. The damage done to Fort Sumter by the siege batteries of Gen, Gilinore is visible without glasses. The rebels had erected a false wall against the wall exposed to the army batteries. It extended to within ten feet of the top of the wall, was over forty feet high, and ten feet thick. This wall is now a mass of ruins, whilst the old wall is bored full of deep holes, the parapet crushed and ragged, and the northwest corner gasn ed and cracked down almost to the water's edge. The harbor and Stono river are filled with torpedoes, about a dozen of which have been picked tip ill Stono, auel one was ex ploded under the Patapsco, raising her a foot out of water, but doing no harm to the vessel. None of the vessels were injured the least, and the Admiral ami his otheers ate confi dent in the ability of tho monitors to butter down Slimier. The Admiral is anxious, however, to save the vessels for the heavy work riMjuired of them after Sumter is taken and to let tl.e anny reduce Fort Sunder, it possible. The licit, except tile Wechawken nnd Naluint, all retired before I wo o'clock, but they remained to keep Wagner silent during the afternoon, and to prevent the remount ing of the guns. I The shore batteries continued firing all the afternoon and night on the walls of Sumter with good effect. This morning the weather is cool and dear, and the batteries steadily at work. The Wechawken and Passaic are keeping Forts Wagner ami Gregg silent, and up to noon, when the Arkansas sailed, the remain der of the licet were lying ut their moor ings. The bodies of Captain Bodgcrs and Pay master Woodbury have been embalmed, uud will go North on the Arkansas. General Gilinore unnom.ces that the work thus far has been entirely satisfactory ; that the fort is badly damag..-!, nud thu work progressing finely. Admiral Dalilgren is much depressed by j (u. ,,- I inn loss ot ins licet captain, nut is nigniy gratified with the operations of the fleet and army, and very hopeful of ultimate sirc- cess. I'p to the moment of the sailing of the I Arkansas, at noon, the siege guns have been Inn ling about five :hcll per minute, eluring the punning, at Fort Sumter, with marked elicit. Two of the monitors, the Ironsides, and some of the gunboats, arc shelling Forts Wagner and Gregg. C. C. F. J in; fi:.i: or ii.iiii.ii o;. New Yokk, Aug. 5.'0. The steam transports Cambria and Ame rica arrived here loiiuy, w ith advices Irom Morris Islamlo miilnight of the '21st. The boiubuiiluiciit of Foit Sumter still continued and the south wall had been de molished almost to its base. Forts Wagner, Gregg ami other robel bat teries replied at short intervals. An expedition was fitting out to silence thu James Island batteries which had be come annoying. Our casualties were small. Every confi dence of success w as felt by thu olhcers uud troops. FoiijiiEss MoNRon, Aug. 24. The stea mer City of Bichmond, Capt. Kelly, arrived at Hampton roads to-day, at noon. Capt. Kelly reports having li lt oil' Chailceton on Saturday last at one o'clock, A. M. The rebel Hag on Fort Sumter was shot away on Thursday mid again on Friday and no reply wus mudu to our bombardment, w hicli was constantly kept up. Tho whole ol the south-west side of Sumter wus de molished and presented nothing but a hciip of ruins. No gULs were being fired from the hut. At nine o'clock on Friday morning breach es were observed in Sumter by means of a spy glass, by the ships of Charleston Harbor. '1 lie siege was then progressing on our part. l or the lust seven days our casualties hud avtiagcil only about for per duy. STILL LATF.lt. " FoitTHEss MoNKOE, August 25. The flag of true steamer New York united hero this morning. Tho Uichiiiond Stiitiiiel of thu 24th con' tains the following dispatch : ( liAUi.tsTo.N, Aug. 2'.'. The fire of the cniiny's laud batteries has laiii kept up on Fort Sumter, and more guns disabled. There was only one casualty. There was also a heavy fire on battery Wagner from the fleet and laud. Also but d ry Gregg. The cuoU allies at Wagner wire one ollicer uud four privutcs. General Gilmorc's demand for the surren der ot Fort Sunder with Morris Island, with thu threat to shell Charleston in four hours from the delivery of the paper ut W'ugner, was signed and returned at seven o'clock this morning. Gi iii'i'id Beauregard, in hit reply, charges inhumanity upon the Federals, uud a viola tion of the laws of war, and alhiuis that if the offence lie repeated he will employ strin gent measure of retaliation. Lp lo this time the t Incut to shell thu city has uot been ex ecu Wed. CUAKi.tJTON, August 23. On Saturday sis hundred and four shot were tired at Fort Sumter, of which four hundred and nineteen struck inside and ouuitle. Tho east wall is much scaled and battered in, ami the parapet undermined. The guun were dismounted, aud one private killed. Un Miuday I lie land balteru opened from , soul a and north, and the Monitor Irom tut anu a est coming cio up. Hie lire s very dstiiagiiit; s i.. trtukid uuu Irttthid, and lit) tint lpt i ,wl ft.u u ... .. llrougu the J-ori. m A shell bUsted noundintr LU'utroant f Esiylrjrjo, MtaMlt IMowl Htw, 0)itii Fleming, Lieutenant Scanton and Fiching. Tho fort is now a ruin. Col. Illicit is ordered with his brave gar rison to hold this outpost even as a forlorn hope until relieved or taken. On Saturday, nt roil Wagner, a lieuten ant aud lour men of the siege train were n-minfli(l On Sunday the brivo Col. Oaillnrd lost his life. It is said to-day that t lit re are 23 vessels inst le, including the Ironsides and 51-oiutors, &.:., and lit outside the bar.. Gen. Gilmore sent a coinitiinlTChTtOfr ht four o'clock on Sunday, giving notice that ut 1 1 o'clock to-morrow he would open fire on Charleston, in the meantime tue non- combatants can go out of the city. , FoiiTiti.ss MoMtor., Aug 25. The Bich Ittotid papers of the 24th, contain the follow ing dispatch : Chattamiooa, Aug. 22. The Yankees commenced shelling the city of Chattanooga yesterday, without giving not no. All i quiet to-dtf- t n ir v i: it v I. A T i:nt. 4'onliuucl IIoiiiImiimIiiiciiu Siimitrr, of Vorl Nkw Youk, August 20. The following letter has been received from Mr. C. C. Fulton, editor of the Balti more American : Ot'K Cil.un.Esro.N, Friday Noon. August 2;J. Fort Suinler still flies tho rebel llag, but its west wall is n mass ol ruins. Our shells go into the Fort and ex plode inside, some passing through the east wall, going in one side and coining out ol tho other. An easterly storm prevailed on Tuesday and Wednesday, but broke it way on Thtirs day. We now have linii weather, ami it is expected that the Monitors will go in force to Sumter this afternoon. The new Ironsides and our wooden ves sels have shelled Forts Wagner and Gregg every day keeping them quiet, while the shore batteries ale hammering Fort Sum ter. Seven North Carolina deserters from Sul livan's Island were picked up in a boat last night by the Moiitaiik. They say that the rebels were preparing to abandon Sumter, and blow it up that they have been taking guns out of her ever since the attack in Apnl, which demonstrated their inability to hold it that there ure not more than six or eight guns now in the Fort, tin? remaind er being IJuackers ; that the cordon of beer barrels was merely intended to sustain the telegraph line between Sumter and Moultrie and form no part of the obstructions of the hilt bur. That the North Carolina troops ure anxious to go home, and are almost in a state of mutiny. Thai the rebels ull antici pate the fall of Charleston. That the wall1 of Sumter were extensively breached in A pi il, and that them is it great scan ity of provisions among the rebels. The flag of Fort Sumter lrt be-n shot away four limes, and now there is no llag up. The rebel batteries on .lames Island throw shell .'light ami day into our lines, bid do not cause more liian one or two casualties daily. Admiral Dahlgi'en ii anxious to h t the army and naval batteries finish Sumter, as he expects to have plenty of work for the Monitors in taking tue interior line U' de fences of Charleston. A Hug of truce was sent to Fort Wagner on Friday morning, ami the tiring ceased during the interview, when it was resumed again. General Gilmore notified Beauregard that he would coiuiik-i'.iv to shell Ihe city williin loity-eight hours, and nqtisted him to le move the Women and children. The entire Monitor fleet went up on Tues day night for the purpose of making another assault on Fort Sumter. '1 he Passaic gi.t aground ami so much time was lost in get ling her oil' thut the expedition was aban doned for the uight. i lie rebels did t ot discover her condition, although site wus within hail a mile of tl.e fort. Off CitAUi.Esrt -x, Aug. 2i. Fort Suinti r this morning, u an immense ruin. The rear wall has been L..UcU'd elowu and the intc lior is open to view. Our sheds strike airuinst (he inside of the front w all, w hich is greatly shut lered, and ut times the falls pa-.i eiituely through the front. The llag of i-un.lir was sin. t away four titiif s on Friday. A new llag is up tins morning. Tho weather is very hot, no ice is to I e hud, and there is' nothing to stay the thirst but the warm condensed water. "Should thtro bono accident tonight, the old flag will float over Suinler to uiono-v Sunday. 1V1J IVruuutlo Hood bunt Civue to' Juiiiux. The ex-Mayor ot' New York win in town ft few days miiit, but suddenly lelt via Uo tou fe-r Halifax re wort says in fiueat ot' health. Y heu asked why he did Hot ttop an.l si?uk in the. city, a lit lia;. e, oi.e ol the ultra, "jjeace 1'euiofiaW" gave a :t reason that he was "too much ot a l.'oioei l.en I !'' Now we have heard on j'mid u.ithoiity authority thut we do not know how to set uaide a d i lie rent reiuon lor Fcniai.il.i's reticence and iciiiurl:u!dc taciturnity ut H.e present tiuio. It iu:i o.i tin. w;se. Just before oi'itiiiin the lute riott in New "tork Mr. Wood made one of tiia cii i lactcristic spciclic.s, w liii h cvMeully uidiil in inciting the disorder that disgraced thai city and btitir.cd it with the bluud of many an innocent v a tun. The treusouutde speech was fully reported at hciulijtiuners at Washington, whereupon l'eruaiKlo receceived u dispatch 'stating ln.it his presence wan deaiieu at '.he Federal metropolis. He went there at once, ami was met by a tall, somewhat rough but ho nest man, w ho has extensive ligal practice iu Western Courts, by whom he was taken to a piivalu room. lloMui"; in one hand n piipr. the tall tutu pointed With his loll";, bony lingers to u paragraph, and said: "Jtr. W., UU yuuiy tluttf Tue Golhuiiiite responded ailii'iua tivt'ly. And did you say (io(, and tUnt, and tif ' continued the o.d lawyer, point ing to diil'crcul paragraphs. "1 did," some what hesitatingly uuswcieel the leader of Ihu iiiliiunlicd.'' "iuouglt:" said thu inquisitivo gentle man; "lUoso ure tieusouitlile words, and you ure liable to arrest ami trial, and if found guilty, to death. Have u cure ; stop such utterances or you have my word ihul justice shall not be allowed to slumber." Fernando tame home a morn thoughtful, if uot u wiser or a better man. He has made no speeches since. 'J lie el rail was to Le tu I'orcrd iu his city upon a population w ith u portion of which his word is law. bhould lie remain there he might he called ou to speak by those whose utuiamU are imputa tive who would return tui.es and brick" huts for silence. To re I Use to speak to and lor them, would dcsUoy his tiiuuenee lor. ever. A virtue was made ot necessity. A lc nee Irom the btate would .lurnisU ticuoe lor silence; the plea ol ill heuitu would excuse absence ; and so a Voyage to llulilax. to recupelule Uuluie's wasted ener gies, wu hit Upon as the shortest cut lv which to escape a disagreeable dlieuiinu. Fernaudo Wood U lor I lie picei.t a dumlj dog." Among bluu iio.es lie w id t scope a double dunger ; a rope on uue end u w uu u i lost) in tiiuuenee wttu his irteinl. i on the ullitr jiiiMiUy, uiM.se. 'i.im4U (.Iki.iI I'ltt. A ("O.STUAUAKU Vll LAt K ON AuLINOil X HkICIUIS. fill, lireell. I'ln.t t l.i,. rl.r. r ... .1. .. . . . : me in iianuiilil o aelillieloti. lis lire- ...... .1 .... ... I I , ' partd n admiruble olan lor the iiitli.ti of Hmmiieut touiraUnd village on Ariou- ton lleiuhta. aud thu rk i. in 1. ........ irrntr tt evrv. WliTimoUln 'o;l Triulc HutnuMM, Auj. Si, I AM. . 7'on. Vnrt 6nnt for wrsjk ending Aug. 24, 8.002 VI tar last roport, 1SU.44 14 161,4.10 1 l4j,IJ0 W 16.749 00 To tama Urns last joar, FKMAtESt FEMALES! FEMALES I Cm thst Safe, llcBnnt Kemsdy known nt UFLMOOLD'd KXTRACT ItUl'lIu, Fur ll Ids Complaint Imiident to the ". No Fumily should bn without It, And uone will when ono triad by then It It uiod by VOUN'll AX1) OLD, la tlit Dootlne or t'bnnjo of Mfo. ' Before nd sfirr Sf'irrlng. Huriiiu unil slier Confinement, To Strengthen Ilia if vrvit. . Rinlore Nature to Us Proper Channel, nnd invigorate the llpik-nilon Comlitutio Prom wlmtercr O.iu-c OriinMing. t'SE NO MOUK WOIITULESS PILLS! Takt IIELM HOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIC. See Advcrtbemen in nnothor column. Cut oc? Itnd send fur it. sag 2io Th Singkr Fr. o M.icixn Oca Lutinn FAdli.v Skwino M vimiini! in f.-wt iniuini worl wide ri'pnoilion. Ill h'Vond ilntihi tlio belt nr ctieiipini and most b!iiu'iiul of nil Ftimil Sftwit M ioliieii' yet oflVred lo the pulilic. No other Fanii Sewinit M'icliii'n bus eo tinny iii'fot upptinn?i'9 J lleininiun. llindin, Fellinz. Tucking, (billiprln. tluugititr. RrHiding. Knihrcidi'iin. Cording, nndj forth. Noother I'uiiity cwin;r ni'iclih'ti h.wan niu'y C'lp iitity fur itreat v.irii'ly of wc.rk. It will View i kind of cloth, unl with nil kinds nf thrcid. lire nnd rt-ci'iit improvements tn ikc our I'tonily Si-wii Mnchion mnrl relisble. and inixt ilurnhto, nnd nir eertnin in aeiiiili it all ratea if p?ed. It in ikrn it, interlocked sliu-li, which ii Hie heat stiti h kimw Any one, even of Iheniojtt ordinary onpneity. e-m s.i at a itliiuoe. how lo u? Ihe Letter A Kiiniiiy Sewi, M:ii'hiiin. (lur Family eniii Muchini'suro fini.-hv in ch.'iMe nod exquisite ly!o. J The Folding Ciu'eof the l-'imiily Machine in a plrj of cuniiiu. workmanship of tlio most ui-ful kin I. ' prole?' ihu nni'-hii n when not in ue, and win nhont to Vm opi'r;ilcd limy be opened us n 4j.n:ioii a. eticMtnn'.i.-tl tabic to.'ntain Ihe vvuik. While none Cnsos. innde out of the choicest woods, ure fini:'h in Ihe simplest nnd chntcst nuinner p,iiljc. o h nro adorned ambe-dished iu the most cosily ntidsupe nrinner. It is absolutely necessary to see Ihe Family V chine in operation, so as to jtide of i'sre V," c;;pc'i . nj'd beauty. Il is f-is b-coiniiins popnl.irfor far ly flcnin as our Manuf.icturie lutwhines are 1 uiautif ic.'uring purposes. The HraiH'b Officer nro well supplied wilb si twist, thread, necdie.i, oil, 4c, ol the very bejt qut. y- Send for a Pampiilkt. Tua fci.Noi'K Mam tacti r.isn CorAST, 4ii Urosdway, New York, officii 810 ChesiuutH:. 1'hiludelpL. LlflRI-At ITT OP PlTYSM'IA. It llBS tllwaTT be. Slid thit physicians would d'uptimo any reme 1 however Tikiiiabto. which they U; i n V ori,-ia them?elvs. This h;u been disproved by thMi- blo-i course towards Dr. J. 0. Avr.n'aprr'p'ii'iiijn. Tin h;ive adopted them into i;cnernl use in their prae'l which shows a willincnf'H lo eounierniuee urtie! th4l hT inlrinsij inerin which deserve their a'.ti lion. Tins does tho learned profession v-re-tt erect and efleetu.illy contradicts the prevalent errciie... potion that their opposition lo proprietary reiuedi is ljiied iu ihiir interest to dir.'-ird theia." Vt"hui always had confidence iu liie honorable in. .lives our medical mi'ii, and are 1'ii to find it sustain, by ihe Uberol welcome ihey accord losu-h r-'med. us Ayer A Co.'s iuiinituhb' remedies, even thou' they are m; ordered in Ihe bitoks but are made kno'o lo ihe people through ihe neM "papers. (New Ojlei. ' iieita MAIMMK rOKTLii'STi;.VTIVK "p.Vl.SA , bus Ion lente.t ihe Irtuh thai there are firs', prii ci) ,1 in Medicine as there is iu Science, and this Medici i in comjioiuided on principles suite I lo tlio manii'i, nature of Man ! The curcof Cold is iu keeping o i ! tiie pores, aiel creeling a Relate iiceii:d warn.d ' and Ibis caused by the ose of 1 1, is Me ocii.e. lis J - media! qualities are b-ised on iis p-over to rie-m fi healthy und vigorous circul aiion.d hi. aid ihr'i.d'. .' ' luiis, it enlivens the lauscUe and n-eoss thu sN ,n ' pen. rui its du'i.Ail' re'.il.cii: the hiat of ih sv triii. and in Ci ntlv lhruir.-' ofi Hie wasic sul stai: from the surl ice of the bo ly. Il is nut violci t ren dy. hut the unoliiett. w irr'uini, ? ir- h'i! :;t;.l efl live. Sukl Ly nil drutvUt u: l und 2b ecu's i bottle. aug. l.tl 71 A Ii II ! A ii r. S . On the lSih ir;t.. at th- 1'bim Creel; I .s..na-:i. by the H. e. A. If. Cherts. Y.r. ,1 ski'ii It. l.VTi.K. t. .Mis., Maky Ann lY.nfi.vt all ol' Lower Avpiulu, I In Wilton. I AN Did I, I idace. on the'.'. 1 in-t...i();l Nil' ('):' '.rL., a !- .ii;i n.-ii t riii.'cu oj't! j II-M-mwrmwi lMiiiiii.iim M Alt KU t Hues. bailer, Talh.iT, Lard. Fork. I!ie,n, Mam, .s;iouhler. Flour, TVht, Ky, Corn, Oais. buckwheat. Flaxseed. Clvers-.1, b 0(1 SI 40 a 1 no Ull 50 12 Oil Jl tin mVAI)VEITiSKMET;1 tStitlPiJOM j'scoti run: su.E"r. LL persons haviin; l.w Cl aims lo et-imv iroiu ihe Iirafi. o.,n I I in aud priSsiittd lo tho ll .t.I, S. I C.ltCi prof. n "pii ,..n lo Wnl.VKUi'iV. At 'on . y i.i L. w, dmr In 8i ydir Ho e!, Ke.iv.bi.ry. Fa K'" Auusi :j ii.-St UK AIT! I) HA FT ! ! t.L persons Rr .fte I. ar.l o liaare en'i le t in F imp ion, c ,u b ve ihi ii l'.mi m I r p rly Ma1. Hut Recording lo Ihe L'l.ited s n I'.i i.-ul iln ns. i Low KuUi, by applying at tlie . ihcc ef :ho un tei titfuui 1 I10CKI.rF.LI.FU .t HOVFU. ' Attorneys at Law. Suubury, August 2). SPCIAL NOTICE. THE rnOI'IUKTOUo'TIlE a i t i; it i s i: l'HlLAI'F.Ll'HIA, RetpeetfullT eill the al'eniinn of l!n-iocs. M n an ihe travelling oomtnuniiy. lo lb" sote-rior ncomunt dii'.ioa and comfort iu 'h-ir es' ibti.litocn'. K.X AeJA, FOWLFR A CO. Aujiut "fi, 18W. :!m )3 itt: loit ii:ki:i ri it. REVAHriOFTKX HOLI.AKS end th re xoiiith't ej,;):.ie.t incurre.l, nill b paid l Ay rirwsoN. for Ihe np)rchensiou and delivei y of lll-SL'KTFK at Ihe headquarters ol iho uearctt pro vot uiuralml. liy order. JOHN KAV CLEVEXT, Capt. nnd Provost Mtrsh.il I4ih Hi.t., T. Ilarrilhur, Augusi Zd, sriNTiTUTKS WANTKI)! "l'TT ANTED imir.e.liilcly. three ublu-bodied nier II lo serve as substitutes f,,r three years or durin s the war. for which good prices will be paid. Apply al Ihe office of the -American.' Auusl ii lri'H. ;ti Ur . I. i i. i:, 6TATEX ISLAND .JT". FAKCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT B.RnHT. NKPHF'W CO.. P nr.! ioor OFFICES: No. 4T North Eis-h;hSi., PhiUleljhir, end 6 T John Pt., New Yuik. Our eueoeee in Dyeing sod Cteansiin Osrrrterit o1 VelTet. Clolh. Pillt. Meiino, lie Lain. end bbawli of almost every d' s Tinii. n. Is o ir kiiowa that we only desire to remind our friend, in i tie public rir dly. that lb season (or Kdliu, . ready their Fall Oumis is now l band ' Uood received and returned by Exprrse. BAHHKTT, NEI'IILWS & CO. August 22. 1BS.1 3io w MM 1 lil ts, jru i Itl.V X Hl 1 1 u.n.titi:. The usdi-rsiifni'd Kotilu nairoet- fullr mint your siicois-n lo loi msli eebo'e-l.aa k ol Finrtbit l ai d r-llver W Alt UL.V Floe tiold Jl. l l.llV.ol evviy kind and v iri.n ol iI,-cuij.i)ii,j (It of lb. hrwii ai.d too.1 a. r-Aa.s a Hi kll I t I K Ik A K Ir!. tuHul In L ilu - lilkli S ku"W ai U u 'irwlV. I If IV aibe s.d Jwlfjr esxviuiiy Mfsi'w e j iii4Uo id ., , ae . ViV-yJ id't sc , . i i k t T I ulLAli 1. 1 I