o,,f)t Wittprestim wager.
WEDNIESIDAY, AVG. 10, 18163
*EIBOOSATIC
County Mass Meeting !
A MASS MEETING of the Pe moo
racy of Greene amuty will be held at
WAYXPEURG
Oa rtigraday the Roth of Au
' 'gust, pos.
Um JACOB ZEIGLER, of Butler.
I-lon. B. A. GILMORE acd Col T. B.
SEA - mpg:l' of Fayette, Col. WIL
,JIAM R.OFE.INB and R. M. GIB
;ON, rag. of Washington, and other
distinguished speakers will positive
be Prgsaut and address the people.
Candid men, of all parties, are earn
estly ,invited to attend.
TURN OUT! TURN OUT!! One
and ALL!
By order of the Connty Commit
tee, D. CfiA.WFORD Ch'n.
Democratic Township Meet-
ings 1
In accordance with the usages of
the Democratic party, which on all
occasions has boldly challenged free
discussion of its principles and claim
ed the right to cri ticise the conduct'
of public servants, public meetings
will be held in this county at the
times and places mentioned below:
At Et. MORRIS on Saturday, Au
gust 22d.
At BAILY'S STORE, in Wayne
township, on Tuesday, August 25th.
At ROGERSVILLE, in Centre tp.
on Thursday the 27th of August
At NEW FREEPORT, in Spring
hill tp., on Friday, August 28th.
At JACKSONVILLE, in Richhilo
tp:, on Saturday, August 29th.
At DAY'S. STORE, in Morris tp.,
on Mond ;August 31st.
At SUTTON'S STORE, in Wash
ington tp., on Wednesday, Sept. 2d.
At JEFFERSON on Saturday the
sth of September.
At GREENSBORO on Tuesday,
Sept. Bth.
At TAYLORSTOWN on Thursday
the 10th of September.
At NEWTOWN on Saturday the
12th of September.
At JOLLEYTOWN on Tuesday,
Sept. 15th.
At MURRAY'S SCHOOL HOUSE
in Alleppo township, on Thursday,
September 17th.
At CLARKSVILLE on Saturday,
Sept. 19th.
oar Several Speakers will be in at
tendance at each of these meetings,
and it is confidently-hoped there will
be a large tarn out of the people at
all of them. In these days that try
men's souls, and when the great prin
ciples of poPtiler liberty are endan
gered, it behooves every Democrat
to give one day to his country. The
Ballot Box is the only remedy for
the ills and evils now upon the coun
try, and no one can understand too
well the grave issues pending in the
present contest.
By order of 'the County Committee,
DAVID CRAWFORD, Ch'n -
=BMW Or ITZ' DENLOORATIO
IRATE OBIITBIL 0011MITTEE.
A meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee of Pennsylvania was
held at the Merchants' Hotel on Tuesday,
ngust 11, 1863. The Chairman, Hon.
Charles J. Biddle, called the Committee
SO order, and in doing so made some ap
propriate remarks. The following mem
bers
of the Committee were present .
Theodore Cuyler, Robert J. Hemphill,
John Fullerton, Jr.; Isaac Leech, Phila
delphia; John B. Evans, Chester county ;
William EL Witte, Montgomery county ;
William T. Rogers, Bucks county ;
Thomas Heckman, Northampton county ;
Ykister Clymer, Berke county ; Asa
Packer, Carbon county ; Michael Mylert,
Sullivan county ; Mortimer F. Elliot, Tio
ta county ; John H. Humes, Lycoming
county ; William Elliot, Northumberland
county; William M. Breslin. Lebanon
county ; George !Sanderson and James
Patterson, Lancaster county ; John F.
Spatiglar, York county ; G.Smith, Ful
ton county ; J. S. Africa, Huntingdon
county ; William Bigler, Clearfield
,
county ; Hugh county :
R. W. .tones, substitute' W. 'T. 1-1:
Fauley, of Greene county ; George W.
Cam and James P. Bair, Allegheny coun
t,y ; James G. Campbell, Butler county:
Kennedy L. Blood, Jefferson Co.
Robert J. Hemphill, Eeq.. of Philadel
phia, was unanimous!) , appointed Secre
taey.
On motion of Mr Leech, it was resolved
t~iptpommittg€T on Organization, Finance
ilia Printing, be appointed by the Chair
man, each Comtaittee to consist of five.
web:lints. " • •
On motion of Mr. Sanderson, it, was
fet i o l v ed that six massAteetings, under the
auspices of the'Deinocratic State Central
Committee, be held 6o the 17th of Septem
ber, 1863, the anniversary of the adop
tion of the cOnstittifion of the United
• Stitte,; :at "Philadelphia, taricaster,
Tiniontown, Meadville, and
Scranton.
On motion, the Chairman was author
ized to appoint a Treasurer and each oth
er officers liamight be. necessary.
At Address, prepared by the Chairman,
wail rekad7and unanimously adopted, and
ordered to be miblished in alt the Demo
erotic papers in the State.' '
OU motion, the CommiAneradiourned to
meet at the ' oal2 . of the Chairman.
ROBERT J. IfixtittLz, Sec.
From uwat•
DEMOORATIO STATE EDITORIAL
001IVENTIOR.
AAJOURNID MEETING
Pursuantio the resolution adopted at
the last meeting, the Convention assem
bled at the Merchants' Hotel, in the city
of Philadelphia, at 3 o'clock . , on Tuesday,
August 11th, Mr. Geo. Sanderson, Presi
dent, in the chair.
On motion, Er enry Ward and J. A. Ful
ton were appointed permanent Secreta
ries. The following papers were represent
ed.
Lancaster Intelligencer, lion. George
Sanderson; Johnstown Democrat, Jam es
F. Campbell; Bedford Gazette, B. F. Mey
ers; Waynesburg Messenger, R. W. Jones;
Clearfield Republican, G. B. Goodlander ;
Pennsylvania Argus, J. M. Laird ; Leban
on Advertiser, W. M. Breslin ; Selin's
Grove Times, Franklin Merrick ; Democrat
and Sentinel, Ebensburg, Jas. S. Todd ;
Patriot and Union, Henry Ward; Mentor,
Kittaning, J. Alex. Fulton; Sullivan Co.
Democrat, Michael Weigert ; Centre
Berichter Fred. Kurtz ; Bellefonte Watch
man, P. G. Meek ; McKean County Demo
crat, J. B. Piatt ; Democratic Standard, N,
C. Barclay; Reading Adler, Chas. Kes
sler ; Pittsburgh Post, J. P. Barr ' • Fulton
Democrat, H. G. Smith • Easton Sentinel,
D. H. Newman ; Sunday Mercury, F. W.
Grayson ; Evening Journal, Charles N.
Pine.
Messrs. Fulton, .lones and Myers were
appointed a committee on resolutions.
• The following gentlemen were named to
constitute a Permanent Executive Com
mittee, under a previous resolution:—
Messrs. Barr, Sanderson, Jones, Ward,
Bueler, Heimann and Fulton.
After some discussion, the Convention
adjourned, to meet at 7 o'clock.
Evravisc SEssios.—The Committee on
Resolutions reported the following, which
were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, The freedom of speech and of
the press has ever been a cherished right,
founded as well in reason as in law, and
guaranteed to us by the Couttitution of
the United States as well as the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania:
And Whereas, Its maintenance is essen
tial to the intelligent exercise of the elec
tive franchise;
And Whereas, Its abridgement or sup•
pressiou is a direct thrust at liberty, and
in a popular government like ours, a
tacit confession that the acts of thotie who
attempt so unwarrantably to destroy this
sacred right will not stand the test of
public discussion and the verdict of a free
people; therefore,
Resolved, That freedom of speech and of
the press is as necessary to the perpetuity
of liberty as the freedom of the ballot-box,
and that those who assail the rights of
the former, would not hesitate to strike
down the latter, and are equally the ene
mies of the people.
Resolved, That we emphatically de
nounce every attempt to interfere with or
abridge the liberty of speech or of the
press, whether it be by the unlawful ar
rest and imprisonment of public speakers
and editors, or by suppressing newspapers
by either mob violence or pretended civil
or military authority.
Resolved, That inasmuch as this liberty
interests every citizen, and its denial,
abridgement or destruction may affect
hint personally, we call upon ail, without
distinction of party, to vindicate their high
privilege in this behalf; and here we can-•
not but express our astonishment that Re
publican editors have not only stood by
and seen this dearest of American rights
violated, but have actually approved'and
endorsed the violation.
itesotved, That, let om%ers do as they
may, for ourselves we intend to stand up
for our rights as American freemen ; that
we will never yield them, but will assert
and maintain them by our votes, and, if
need be, by our lives.
Resolved, That the so called rulers of
the American people are but their agents;
and to deny the right of the principa's to
direct, control or criticise the acts of their
agents, is as repugnant to the principles of
law as of common sense.
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed by the President of the Conven
tion to prepare and publish an address to
the people of Pennsylvania on this impor
tant subject
J. ALEX. FULTON,
W. JONES,
B. F. Mantas, Corn
The Chairman of the State Central
Committee having been introduced, some
discussion took place upon the best mode
of circulating political intelligence,through .
the press of the State, and the proper dispo
sition of party patronage, in which Messrs.
Barr, Jones, Neimann, Grayson, Ward,
Kessler, Fulton, and others, participated.
Messrs. Fulton,• 'Grayson and Meylert
were appointed to draft- an Address, .pur
suant to the resolution above passed.
Mr. Jones offered the following, which
was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the interests of the Dem
ocratic press of the State demand a thor
ough and effective organization ; that an
occasional friendly interchange of opinion
and sentiment, among its representatives,
will give it harmony and strength ; that,
to this end, the Executive Committee be
and is hereby instructed to appoint a
time and place, at least once a year, for a
meeting of the Editorial Convention.
The Convention adjourned sine die.
GEO. SANDERSON, President.
HRNfty WARD, 1 Secretaries.
J. A FULTON.
Filling up the Regiments.
The Waphington Star says : “Per
haps a thousand conscripts a day are
already joining the Army of the
Potomac. In a week the number
reaching it daily will be greater.—
They go forward in excellent spirits,
and bid fair to make admirable sol
diers in a very brief time."
Fred. Douglass.
.
It is tasted th at the War Depart
ment has' deputiZed Fred. Douglass
the negro orator, to join Adjt. Gen.
Thomas, and assist him in organiz
ing colored regiments.
For the Messenger
A OARD.
I have been misrepresented by some
corral t and designing men since my com
ing into this county, charging me with
being a Secessionist or Rebel. I have
never written or spoken any thing against
the Union or Constitution - of my country,
and any man that states I have is a liar,
iscoutidrel, and a coward.
P. R. CHAPMAN.
11D.
On Thursday morning, Aug. 13, 1863,
of Consumption, Mtg. I GATH&RINIL REICSE,
wife of John Reese of Franklin tp., Greene
county, Pa.
MARRIED
On Sabbath evening, the 9th inst., by
Elder Barnet Whttlatch, at hie residence.
Mr. Joun•Cmin and Miele. Lunn Lip.ks
danghtor, of Wm. Lippeneott, alTof
Franklin tp.
gemmui*iltions.
SW The following communication is
trom an old subscriber. and one of the
most estimable and peaceable men in the
county :—.
icavrowN, Au g . 9t,b, 1863
Messrs. Jones e, Jennings :—Your read
ers have no doubt heard of a little diffi
culty which occurred in Newtown. on
Saturday the 23d, ult., which had its ori
gin in that spirit of dictation and bravado
which has unfortunately characterised
the conduct of certain returned soldiers;
we don't mean all, (many of them behave
like gentlemen) and that the public may
have a correct history of the facts connect
ed with this political fracas, I will mere
ly state that some weeks before this occur
rence two young men by the name of
Fordyce (one of whom recently returned
from the army) were in the habit of visit•
ing Newtown, for the purpose, as stated
by them, of frightening the Copperheads,
and one of them bad made the declaration
"that he could run the damned Copper
/tea& all out of the town by exposing to
view the mouth of a bottle for a revolver! ,
The conduct of these persons, and their
improper declarations respecting Demo
crats induced some young men tegive
them a demonstration wider the law of
retaliation by the explosion of a few
spoiled eggs in close proximity to the per
sons of those would-be regulators of the
community. These self-constituted rulers
who undertake to regulate the conduct.
conversation and dress of Democrats,
will no doubt find out, ere long, that force
begets force, and that it is not natural for
freemen to submit tamely to the insulting
language so often applied to the members
of the Democratic party. If they call us
Copperheads, they should not attempt to
take from us the Copperhead insignia that
some of us wear, for the same reasons
that some men sported a log cabin or
bard cider breastpin in the campaign of
1840, because the Democrats called them
the log sabin and hard cider boys, and
therefore, if we think proper to wear a
Copperhead or Butternut breastpin be
cause Abolitionists call us Copperheads
and Butternuts, they have no reason to
complain.
I profess to be a law abiding man, and
cannot justify any innovation upon law
and order, hence I would advise returned
soldiers (of course we mean only those
who disobey law) and home gnarls or
civilians in all parts of the county to be
careful, and refrain from interfering with
the rights of their fellow-men either by
tearing breastpins from their bosoms, or
throwing stale eggs at their persons, or by
using insulting language in regard to
them.
It requires Lo philosopher to tell the
result of such bitter and pr,voking con
duct. If persons will indulge in insults,
they will certainly get the right hand of
telloviship between their eyes, or the
spoiled fruit of the chicken on some other
part of the•body.
Now, Mr. Editor, from the best intor•
mation I can obtain, the Fordyce boss
were using rotten language, and received
a rotten reply, and it would be well for all
partizans to be warned, from this little
affair, to avoid occasions for a guard, tor
it has always been an easy matter for a
man who was spoiling for a fight to get
one
If Republicans will allow Democrats
to enjoy their opinions and peculiar tastes,
I presume there will be no difficulty, but
if they persist in using force to compel
Democrats to wear what suits their
taste, and talk like they talk, and think
as they think, the Newtown difficulty will
be a small affair in comparison to what
will follow such conduct.
DEKOORATIO MEETING AT CAR
MIOHAELS.
On Saturday, the 15th inst., a large and
respectable meeting of the Democracy of
Cumberland township was held at Car
michaeltown and organized by the elec
tion of the following officers :
P. F. VERNON, President.
VICE PRESIDENTS-S. S. ROGERS, Yew
!ON S. RITCHIE, JOHN - MORRIS, MORGAN
BELL, JOHNSON TOPPEN, WY. DEVALL.
B. F. Armstrong, A. Jones, Secretaries.
D. CRAWFORD, Esq., being present, was
called on and` responded in a neat, elo
quent, argumentative, truthful and patri
otic speech, which was received with fre
quent demonstrations of approbation.
The meeting was largely attended by
men of all parties, and had it not been for
an unfortunate disturbance, originating
in the attempt of some patriotic gentle
men to take butternut breastpins off Dens
craui, who chose to wear them, would
have been a pleasant affair. At the close
of the speech three hearty cheers were
given for the Union and Constitution ;
three for the speaker ; and three for Val
landigham, when the meeting adjourned.
The Democracy of the lower end are
fully aroused, and are determined to
maintain their Constitutional rights, at
OFFICERS.
any cost.
TROUBLE IN THE REPUBLICAN
CAMP.
For the Messenger
I trust you ivill excuse me, Messrs
Editors, for troubling you with a
grievance that should be settled in
the organ of my own political party.
But as the delegates to the late Re
publican Convention totally disre
garded the preferences of tbe Re
publican party of the county, and
shamefully violated their explicit in
structions, I do not feel like troubling
my old party friends for any recog
nition of our old relations, least
during the present political cam
paign
What I complain of, and I think
what the Republican party of the
county has a right to complain IS
that their delegates in the late la
pttblican Convention—Messrs. B. K.
A SUBSCRI BER
Sayers and•air*' Stfrith—:*voted "for
.41oore, (notoriously .the anti-Curt in
candidate) instead of for 4. G. Cur
tin, for whom they were inst . raeted
to vote.
Is a disregard of the wish
of the people to be everywhere the
rule of the Republivan_party ? Are
the people to have no further share
or voice in the Itepublieva party ?
Until these questions - lire satisfacto
rily answered, I shall be inclined to
cast my vote With the Democrats.
"' A REPuBLicAN.
CAPTAIN lir M. C. LINDSEY.
The undersigned Committee appointed by
Hoshimka Lodge, Waynesburg Lodge and
General Greene Lodge of I. 0. of 0. F., to
draft Resolutions expressive of the sentiments
of the members beg leave to offer the follow
ing
Wrist:sea, By an inscrutable dispensation of
Divine Providence we have been called upon
to pay the last tribute ot respect to our beloved
and esteemed brother, WILLIAM C..LIND
STY, who fell in the battle of Hagerstown
while gallantly and bravely leading his men in
a charge, in defence of his country and his
country's Flag. He was endeared to us by
many ties of friendship. He was a firm and
true friend, and to know hint was but to love
him.
Resolved, That while we bow in humble sub
mission to the Great Grand Master of the Uni
verse, who willeth all things as he pleaseth,
and in whose hands are the destinies of men,
we can but mourn and regret the unexpected
death of our esteemed friend and brother.
Resolved, That we deeply and earnestly sym
pathize with the afflicted family and friends of
our deceased brother, in the severe affliction
and irreparable,loss that they have sustained.
Resolved, That while we have lost another
one from the family eirele of Fellowship,
one whose hand was ever to relieve a
brother in distress, one who cherished the
principles of the Order, we, who survive him,
hereby renew our attachment to our beloved
Order.
Resolved, That we will wear the usual badge
of mourning for the space of thirty days, and
that the Charter and emblems of the Lodges
he clothed in mourning for the same space of
time.
Resolved, That These Resolutions be publish
ed in the county papers, and that a copy of the
same be given to the family of the deceased.
JOHN MUNNELL, D. W. KENNEDY,
Waynesburg Lodge.
J. F. TEMPLE, DAVID BUCHANAN,
Hoshimka Lodge.
B. B. SMITH, A. D. RUSH.
General Greene Lodge.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEM
ORY OF WM. DBLAHEY, OF CAPT_
WORK'S COMPANY PA. CAVALRY.
WHEREAS, The hand of God touched.us
and we are called to mourn the loss of our
fellow-soldier, WM. DELANEY, who
died in Cumberland Hospital on the 1401
of July. Therefore
Resolved, That in hie death we have a
sad realization of the mysterious work
ings of God, yet we know "He doeth all
things ell," hence we murmur nut.
2nd. That in this dispensation we have
lost a manly soldier, one whose honor
was untarnished, whose bravery unques
tioned, and whose respect and obedience
to his officers were such as any true soldier
should emulate.
3rd. That we tender our sympathies to
those parents and friends who hays ex
perienced this "sad casualty or war." and
bid them take comfort in the reflection
that their sacrifice was sanctified by the
altar on which it was offered.
4th. That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the family of the deceased, and
that they also be published in the Waynes
burg papers, and in the Washington
"Reporter & Tribune."
Lieut. R. C. WELCH,
S. C. FOIIRISTER. -
WM. R. GALBRAITII, Com.
Li4E45 DI Of Pay.
The Rappahannock Again to be
the Great Battle-Ground.
[Fredericksburg Correspondence [Aug. 5] of
the Richmond Examiner.]
Your correspondent, in picket
phrase, has been "driven in." Staf
ford is again in possession of the en
emy, and the old line of the .Rappit
hannoek seems to be re-asserted, and
will doubtfess beco.ne the subject
and scene of yetanother bloody con
flict. There seems to be, however,
some hesitation - 011 the'' part of the
enemy in their.-'advance in this di
rection. Indeed, their movements
indicate that the passage of the riv
er is intended by way of the upper
fords, and in avoidance of the fatal
heights of Fre'dericksbnrg. This
conclusion is drawn from the circum
stance that, notwithstandihg the
Yankee cavalry have been scouting
Stafford county for the past week,
yet their lines of advance in this di.
rection hare been held stationary
some eight or ten miles distant, and
with the exception of a dash of tw
squadrons of cavalry, yesterday af
ternoon, in an attempt to intercept
a company of ours which was picket
ing the Hartwood road, there has
been no indication of an onward
movement. The dash proved a fail
ure; the company was well handled
and effected n.safe . retreat, and ex
perienced no tasuilty except one
horse wounded. To the credit of
this company it should be stated that
when they encountered the Yankee
lines in the morning, they drove not
only their cavalry, but also an infan
try force some three miles back upon
the reserves. The Ya,nkties, mean-
While, finding through their scouts,
the insignificant number of our men,
returned in force and dashed down
the road as far as Falmouth, which
was held by them last night.
There is no advance from Dum•
fries, and no evidence of the enemy's
intention to constitute Acquia Creek
a base of supplies. Your correspon
dent has just returned from this
point, and when be left the usual
guard of gunboats which have Stood
sentinel there for the past sixty days
have gone.
The action of the War Department
respecting the - A6quia Creek railway
is a fine edinmentary—tin the man
agement of that branch of the gov
ernment. Those in authority were
informed repeatedly, and in ample
:time, of the immense importance of
this road to the enemy, its marine
' , mine to us, in the hundreds of tons
of the finest heavy railway iron
which could have been rapidly re
moved and securely transported to
RiehMond yet such - has been the
inattention er officials- -and the mis
erable management of the affair that
the work was , ha commenced until
the time when it slipitlit have been
.completed, and the* a force not one
tenth as strong as should have been
employed were only eumed. The
result is; that not more than a mile
of the road has been secured,And Op
erations just now are necessarily
suspended by reason of the presence
of the enemy.
An Important Movement In
11111swissippl
A Vicksburg letter, dated the 2nd
instant, to the St. Louis Democrat,
says :—"A very important movement
is on foot in Mississippi, looking to
the bringing of that State back into
the Union. Some of the best and
most influential citizens are in the
movement. Mr. Montague, of Lake
Provident., a native of Louisiana,
and a Union man of the strongest
kind, but who enjoys the confidence
' of many of the planters who are on
the fence, asserts that the Union
feeling is growing wonderfully in
the States; and this is but one of
a dozen different sources from which
come intelligence of the existence of
this feeling. It has its origin in the
general impression which is gaining
ground that the Confederacy is ex-
hausted. General Grant himself be
lieves
this revulsion of feeling in fa•
vor of the Union to be very exten
sive.
There is great destitution
among the planters for twenty, I
thirty and forty miles around Vicks
burg; and demands upon the com
missary of Grant's army to furnish
them subsistence is more than can
be met with justice to our fawn for
ces. (.1 he families of many wealthy
persons are literally in a starving
condition."
The Siege on Morris Island--
Forts Saunter and Wagner
Soon to Fall.
NEW YORK, August 13.—The
steamer Arago, from Port Royal
via Charleston, on Monday, has ar
rived. She brings the 179th Penn
sylvania regiment, whose time has
expired. Correspondence of the Bth
says the rebels have built numerous
additional batteries on James Island.
We have to encounter a hundred
more guns than Dupont did. The
rebels are also building interior
lines of defence near the city. About
seven thousand troops from the
North have landed on Morris Island
during the past week.
A letter dated the 10th says Gen.
Gilmore has notified Admiral Dahl
green that he will be ready to com
mence the attack on the 13th. The
navy is ready, and the fighting will
commence on that day Great con
fidence is felt in the fall of ports
Sumter, Wagner and Cumming's
Point in from two to six hours.
A deserter from Wagner says that
two-thirds of the guns have been re
moved from Sumter and mounted on
James 13Iand ; that the fall of Sum
ter is regarded 537 the rebels as a cer
taints , the damage done in April by
monitors rendering it hopeless to
hold it. The deserter also says
Sumter was on the point of surren
dering when the Monitors with
drew.
We are shelling night and day.—
Fort Johnson keeps up a brisk fire,
and our wooden gunboats go in eve
ry day and shell the rebels. By Sun
day next we will certainly have
Wagner, and within a few days suc
ceeding Charleston or its ruins will
be in our possession. The gunboats
and mortarboats are stripping for the
fight, and at the time the Arago left
the Ironsides and three gunboats
were shelling Cumming's Point.—
The weather is delightful. The Ara
go reports our losses on Morris Is
land trifling, not exceeding three or
four per day.
NEW YORK, Aug, 15.---The Her
ald's Morris Island correspondent,
under date of the sth and 7th, reports
our position as being stronger and
safer than ever. The morale and confi
dence of our troops is unexampled.—
Although the rebels keep pouring
in shells from Wagoner, Sumter and
other fortifications, the protection to
our troops is so complete that the
casualities are hardly worth notic
ing. Captain Paine, of the 100th
New York, with nine of his men,
wore captured by the rebels on the
eight of the 4th while on a scout
near Light House Creek. They
made a spirited but unsuccessful
resistance to superior numbers.
On Sunday week there was a ter
rific engagement between the gun
boat ottowa, a Monitor, and the
lronsicles and our works on Morris
Island, and the rebel forts. The
rebel guns were finally silenced. A
boat belonging to the lronsides,
while on picket duty on last Wednes
day night, was iun down by a rebel
steamer. Six of her crew were
drowned and thirty saved by anoth
-,f br Eight
The 1016,40 . 0 osk * ate Ns.sbslppl.
(piepateit ,to the Chicago Times.l
- Calk°, August 5.
- The steamer Ruth, Captain Pe
gram, left Cairo last night at eleveß
o'clock, with a small passenger list
and 600 tons of freight, bound : for
Helena. Her load consisted partly
of about 100 head of fatcattle for the
army, and 122 mules.
Paymaster Brinton, of Philadel
phia, with $2,600,000, was a passen
ger, en route for the army of General
Grant, having as a guard thirty men
of the Ninth Wisconsin Regiment,
under UAL. Courier. Less than an
hour after leaving this place, the
colored chambermaid discovered fire
aft on the starboard side, near the
stern. She gave the alarm, and a
scene of confusion ensued, though
not as great as might have been ex
pected.
The Siege of Fort Wagner.
Nv..w YORK, August 17.—A Tribune
special svyT:—An officer just rets-rn
ed from Charleston confirms oar pre
vious statements. He says it is next
to impossible to batter down Wag
ner, that the. men keep under bomb
proofs upon which our shot and
shell produce no effect; that the
only way the fort can be carried is
by direct assault, which not at
present be attempted. The chances
of knocking Fort Sumter to pieces
are Letter. Indeed, it was gener
ally believed there that that fort
will speed!ly fall. If it falls our
forces cannot occupy it, as it will be
battered to pieces. Even should we
take torts Sumter and Wagn.er, the
other forts have got to be overcome,
and the rebels arc as busy. as bees,
day and night, in erecting battery
after battery on the way to Charles
ton. The military force is not deem
ed sufficient, and will have to be
largely reinforced before the finale
is consummated. The public may at
once divest themselves of the idea
that any startling news is Coming
from Charleston at present.
Union Prisoners in Richmond.
The Yankee prisoners now in
Richtnond number 4,300, of which
number 3,300, are at the Belk: Isle
encampment. Several thousand
were sent northward last week.—
Very few additional prisoners were
received yesterday from all sources.
The Central train brought none for
a wonder. The Gettysburg foun
tain of •blue bellies" has run out.—
The number of officers held by us is
an interesting fact in connection
with the refusal of the Yankees to
respect the cartel of exchange. The
number in our custody now is 523, all
corn mission ed.—Richmond Examiner,
August 1.
MEMPHIS, August 10.—During the
session of the court-mai tial at Cor
inth to-day, an altercation occurred
between Col. Cornyn, of the 10th
Missouri Cavalry, and Lieut. Col.
Bowen, of the same regiment.—
Cornyn is reported to have struck
Bowen, when the latter drew a pis
tol and shot him in three places kill
him instantly.
There was a reat excitement,
among the troops, but no tuther
trouble is apprehended.
hilabel~ia.
MERCHANTS' HOTEL,
NO. 46 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
C. M'KIBBIN it. SON. Proprietors.
Aug. 10, 1863.
SOWER, BARNES & CO.,
PLIBLIIHEIIs AND DEALERS IN
Miscellaneous, School and Blank Books
AND STATIONERY,
No. 37 North Third Street, below Arch,
Cl!. G. SOWER,
W. 11. BARNES,
F. C. POT L's.
Publishers of Pelton's Outline Maps and keys, the
largest and best Outline Maps ever published. San—
der's new Readers, Greenleat's & Brooks' A ritlimeties,
&c.,Blank Books, Writing, Wrapping, Curtin and
Wal Papers. Aug. 19, '63.
Waal?' BUEFILER, GEO. UJNBRIGHT.
R. K. HOWARD, C. P. iIIUESSEROTT.
BUEHLER, HOWARD & CO,
Importer• and Dealrri in
PO SIGN AND DO/WEISZ=
HAR3WARE AND CUTLERY,
No. 441 Market Street, below Fifth, Phila.
Aug. 19, 1863.
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GERMAN BITTERS,
C. M. JACKSOIV r Pkiia., 1 ) s,
wiu. effectually cern ESTE COMPLAINT, ,
DYSPEPSIA, SAENDICE, Chronic or Nat
vous Debttity , Diseatibs of the Kidneys, and all dinettes/
arising from a disordered Liver or Stomach, sued as
Constipation, Inward Filet, Fulness of Blood to the
Head, Aeidity of the Stomach, Nausea. Heartburn,
Disgust for Fond, Fulness or Weight in the Stomach,
Sour Eructations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of
the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and
Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking
or Suffocating Sensations when in a lying posture,
Slimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight.
Fever and Dull Pain in the Head. Deficiency of Per
spiration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in
the Side, Back, ...hest, Limbs, &c., Sudden Flushes o •
Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings o
Evil. and great Depression of Spirits, and will positivo
ly pciivent
Yellow Fever, BiMous Fever, ace•
NO ALCOHOL OR BAD WHNlkti f
They wits. villa the above diseases io ninety-nivle
Induced by the extensive sale and universal popular,
ity of Hoofiand's German Bitters, (purely t egetable,)
bolas of ignorant quacks and unscrupulous adventur
ers, have ()paned upon suffering humanity the flood-
gates of Nostrums in the shape of poor whiskey, vilely
con pounded with injurious drugs, and christened Ton
ics, Stomachics and Bitters.
Beware of sire innumerable Alcoholic preparations
in plethoric bottles and higbellied keg F, under the mod
esi•appeUation of Bitters ; which instead of curing, on
ly aggravate disease, and leave the disappointed suffer
er in despair.
HOOFLAND'S GEnMAN BITTERS
Are not a new and untried article, but have stood thr
oat for fifteen years trial by the American public ; an
their reputation and sale are not rivalled by ally shank
preparation.
The proprieters have thousands of Letters from tb•
must
CLER“YNIEN,
LA W TEM.;
Testifying of their own personal knowledge, to the
beneficial effects and no diva! virtues of these Bitters.
DOYOU WANT SOMETHING TO STRENGTHEN
YOUI
DO YOU WANT A COOP A "PETITE
DO YOU WANT TO BUILD UP YOUR CONSTITU
TION?
DO YOU WANT TO FEEL WELL?
DO YOU WANT TO GET RID 01 , NE,RVOUSNES/S1
DO YOU WANT ENERGY
IJO Voir WANT TO SLEEP WELLI
DO YOU WANT A BRISK AND N'IGOROUS FEEL
ING 'I
lt you do, use In , GERMAN BITTERS
From Rev. J. Newton Brown, D. D., Editor of
the Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.
Although not disposed to favor or recommend Patent
Medicines in getieral,litiough distrust of their ingredi
ents and effects; I yet know of no sufficient reasons
why a mall may not testify to tie benefits he be4xes
hi m self in have received from any simple preparalion,
in the hope that lie may thus contribute to the benefit
of milers.
I do this the more readily in regard to linogancs
German Bittern, prepared by Dr. C. If Jackson, of this
city, because 1 teas Rrejudiced against them for many
years, under the impression that they were chiefly an
alcoholic mistime. I tun indebted to my friend, Robert
Shoemaker, Esq., fot the removal )f this prejudice by
proper tests, and for encouragement to try them, whets
suffering trout great and long continued debility. The
use of three bottles of these Bitters, at the beginning of
the present year, was follotsee by evident relief, and
restoration to a degree of bodily and mental vigor
which I had not felt Mr six months before, and had
almost despaired of regaining. 1 Ilierefere thank God
and my ti tend for directing me to the nee of them.
Phila., June 23, 'tit. J. N. BROWN.
PA.B.TICITLAB. N 690147.13.
There are many preparations sold under the name o
timers, put up in quart bottles, compounded of the
cheapest whiskey or COIIIIIIOII rum, miring from 20 to
40 cents per gallon, the taste disguised by Anise or Co
riander seed
This chars of Bithrs has caused and will continue to
cause, as tong as they can he told, hundreds to die the
death of the drunkard. By their use the system is kept
continually under the influence of A iClIt11) lie 81i LOU..
tants of the worst kind, the desire for Liquor is created
and kept up, end the result is all the honors attendant
upon a drunk& d's the and death.
For those who desire and will have a Liquor Bitters,
we the following receipt. (let one bottle of
llovfisttisrs Getman Hitters and aria with three
quarts of good Brandy or whiskey. and the result will
he a preparation that will fat excel in medical virtues
and I; US! excellent e any of the et rneroos Liquor Bit
ters in the market, and will cast much less. You will
have all the virtues of ItuoybANu's Berrens in con
nection with a good article of Liquor, at a much lee.
price than these inferior preparations wit cost you.
Attention, Soldiers !
AND THE FRIENDS OF SOLDIERS
We call the attention of all having friends in the
army to the fact that "1100FLAND'S German Hit
ters" will cure nine-tenths of the diseases induced by
exposures and privations incident to camp lite. In the
lists, published almost daily in the newspapers, on the
arrival of the sick, it a ill be noticed that a very large
proportion are suffering [tom debility. Every case of
that kind can be readily cured by llontland's German
Bitters Diseases resulting from disorders of the di
gestive organs are speedly removed. We have no
hesitation lit stating that, if these Hitters were freely
used among our soldiers, hunoreds of lives might be
saved that otherwise will be lost.
We call particular attention to the following re
markable and welt authenticated cure of one of tit*
'onion's heroes, whose life, to nee his own language',
"has been saved by the Hitters."
Pitrumnrir, A uras , 23rd, 1862.
PHILADELPHIA
Messrs. Jones ft Evans:—Well gentlemen, ' , Otte
Hootland's German Bitters have saved my life
There is no mistake to this. It is vouched 10f by
us tubers of my comrades, some of whose names are
appended, and who were fully cognizant of all the
cirtu instances of my case. I ant, and have been for
the last four years, a member of Sherman's celebrated
battery, and under the immediate command °Maps.
R. S. Ayers. Through the exposure attendant - upon
toy aro nous duties. I was attacked to hiovetilber last
with inflaniation of the lungs, and was for eeventy
two days in the hospital. This was followed by great
debility, heightened by an attack of dysentery, I was
then removed from the White House, and sent to this
city on board the Steamer "State of Maine," front
which I lauded on the 28th of June. !Since that time
I have been about as low as any one could be and
yeti °Main a spark of vitality. For a week or mote I
was a comely able to swallow suyUtiug, and if I did
force a morsel down, it was immediately tbedevn up
again.
I could not even keep a glass of water on illy gout
ach. Life could nut last under these circumstances;
and, accordingly, the physicians who had been work
ing faithfully, though iinsudiessfullv. to yescue me
tram the grasp of the dread Archer. frankly told me
they could do no more for me, and advised me tq.aee
a clergy man, and to make such disposition of triMis
lied hinds as beet suited me. An.actmaititance Who
visited me at the hospital, Mr. Frederick Steinbron,
of ttistil below Arch dtreet, advised me, as a forlorn
live, to try your Bitters, and kindly procured a bottle.
From the tune I commenced taking them the gloomy
shadow of death receded, and 1 am now, thank God
litr it, getting better. Though I have taken but twO
bottles, I have gained ten pounds, and I feel sanguine
of being permitted to rejoin my wife and daughter
from whom I have heard nothing for eighteen menthe;
for. gentlemen, I am a loyal Virginian, from the vi
cinity of Front Royal. by your invaluable Bktere 1
owe the certainly of life which has taken the place of
vague fears—to your Bitters will I owe the glorious
privilege of again clasping to my bosom those who are
dearest to mein life. Very truly Yours,
ISAAC MALONE.
We fully concur in the truth of the above statement ;
as we had despaired of seeing our comrade, Mr. Ma
lone, restored to health.
JOHN CUDDLEBACK, hit New York Battery.
GEORGE A. ACKLE V, Co. C, 11th Maine.
LEWIS CHEVALIER, WA New York.
I E. SPENCER. Di Artillery• Battery, F.
J. B EASE W ELL, Co. 8,. 3d Vermont.
HENRY B JERoME, CO. 8., du.
HENRY T MACDONALI► Co C. fah
JOHN F. WARD, Co. E. sth Maine
HERMAN KO" IL Co. 11, 730 New York.
NATHANIEL B. THOMAS, Co. F., 95th Peen,
ANDREW J KIMA ALL. Cu. A.. lid Vermont. •
JOHN J.ENKINS, Cu. IL, With Patin.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS:
See that the signature or "C. JACKBOri.'! is pri
the WRAPPER at each bottle. -
PRICE PER' BOTTLE TS CENTS,
OR HALF DOZ, FOR $4 09.
Should your dearest druggist not have article; do
not be put off by any of tbe iittoarrutioi, prepa r ati on ,
that may be offered in its place. but, tend to Ito, an d
we will forward, recuret) packed, Gy express.
Principal Office and Iffannfactoryt
JONES & EVANS,
Try. FOR BALE b 1 Pospiow amAilln•W
town in tbolloiuxl iMannb
key 96th. /843.
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NOT ALCOHOLIC.
A BIGAMY CONCENTRATED
A PURE. TONIC.
DR. 1100PLAND'S
PREPARED
THEY CO/iTAIX
cases out of a hundred
PHYSICIANS,
♦ND
CITIZENS,
NO. 631 ARCH STREET.
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