aadAhaa„l4 hook or by crook—ehiefly by
crook—they collect a hundred francs or more,
behold their sage economy. Three voitures de
remise with liveried laequeys, dash up the
Champs Elysee. passing the Octroi at the gates
of the Bois de Bologne. The "orates fellow in
their more modest equipages ; for a rumor has
gone abroad that des Riche Americaina are out.
The waiters at the pri Catalan are obsequi
ously expectant, Champaignes of Verzenay and
?daily glitter up, and the choicest pheasant in
Paris is dished by the supplest cook. Next
morning six or seven sallow, sleepy fellows
stroll down 04 Rue de Seine, and beg a franc
from their first acquaintance to buy a break
fast at the og l eapest,nreamery. These are des
ricks Avriericains, and the coaehee to whom they
gave two dollars, pour bare last night, lends
them three francs with a patronizing bow.
Dear Patriot, those Whom God made fools he
cent to foreign lends. Do you suppose inyour
simplicity, that ten of the thousand young
men whom their fathers send abroad annually,
busy themselves with art, or strange languages,
or forraZ of worship, government and etiquette.
All that I have seen remind me of young
Empty. who OMe home from Paris, after two
years' tenure, and met his father in the hall
with the polite remark of " how-de- do old
"deems, my dear son," says the old man;
"what did you think of Europe?"
uOh t ashernor," cried Jemns, epitomizing,
"Antwsrp has the finest girls in the world."
Some readers of the Patriot may be wishing
that your correspondent knew leas of some
kinds of life abroad, and I will hasten to add
that the press believes here that the South is
edging toward the last ditch, that the New
York riots has suedes profound beneation,that
Russia stands upon her rights and France fears
she has aught a tartar—that the probabilities
of European war thicken, and the idea of in
tervention grows remote.
The Empress Eugenie ie very sick just now,
and her malady is being attended to by Doctor
Sims*, of Nets York, whom the Emperor sent
for expressly, as he has invented some effica
cious treatment for such exigencies. Thus
Americali science avails even Emperors and
Queens_ Simms used to be a Carolinian.
Yours truly,
* BOUT DE LA VILLA.
fit4c Vatrint tt 7.11
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DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
BON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
07 . PHLLADELPHIA.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COVET,
WALTER H. LOWRIE,
Or AT.I.NGTIENT COUNTY.
Deweratic State Central Committee.
The following is the State Central Committee u ap.
pointed by Hem FINDLAY PATTERSON, of Washing
ton county, who, as President of the late Democratic
Convention, was authorized by a resolution of the body
to announce the Committee. It:consista of a Chairman,
and Representatives of the several Senatorial Districts
into Which the State is divided :
Hon. assets J. Blows, Chairman.
at Diatrict—Theodore Onyler, Philadelphia.
D 0..... Robert J'. Hempill.... do.
D0.....J0hn Fullerton, jr do.
Do. - —Luse Leech do.
d0,.....J0hn D. Evans, Chester county.
d0.....Win. H. 'witta, Montgomery county.
4th...d0.. ... WM. T. Rogers, Bucks county.
. Thonann liecknean, Northampton county.
-11Issler Clymer, _Berke eountir_
7 th...d0.... -William Randall, Schuylkill county.
tith...do.....Asa Packer, Carbon county.
Oth...do.....Michael Mylert, Snlhvan county.
10th....d0..... -Stephen S Winchester, Lucerne county.
llth...do......Mortimar E. Elliot, Tiogn ooucty.
12th...d0 John H. Humes, Lycondng county.
-- William Elliot, Northumberland county:
34th...d0 Samuel Hepburn, Cumberland county.
15th....d0.....Wi11i5m M. Brisoin, Lebanon county.
—George Sanderson, Lancaster county.
Dn..... James Patterson do.
Spingler, York county.
leth...do Henry Smith, Fulton county.
19th...d0 J. Simpami Africa, Huntingdon county.
29th...d0 Willie. Bigler , Clearfield -dewily_
215t....d0 Hugh Weir. Indiana county.
.22d ....d0_.... Thomas B. Searight, Fayette county.
234 ...do W. T H. Prinmy, Greene county.
24th - ...d0 Geo W Casa, Allegheny county. •
D 0... ...fames P. Darr .. . .. .
25t1i...d0 James 4. Campbell, Butler County.
26th...d0.....David 6. Morrie, Lawrence county.
27th.:_d o Tho m as W. Graypon. Crawford county
%Mk,.do Ben ndT . Mood ; Jefferson county.
NOTICE.
The lemma County Committees of Superintendence
are leg' nested to communicate the names and postoffice
address of their members to the Chairman of the State
Central Committee. liditons - of Democratic papers in
Pennsylvania ars requested to forward copies to him.
CHARLES J. BIDDLE, Chairman.
PIIILAZIZLISII. July 22, 1883.
Ws have received a pamphlet of 88 pages,
entitled "A Reply to the Review of Judge Ad.
vOcatti General Holt, of the Proceedings, find
ings and Sentence of the General Court Mar
tial, in the. Case of Major General Fitz John
Porter, and'a Vindication of that Officer," by
Heverdy Johnson, Esq., and we shall give it
the notice and attention it deserves as soon as
our space will permit.
Meeting of the Democratic County Cont-
mitten.
The County Committee met according to the
call; at the pnblio house of James Raymond.
The meeting was called to order by A. W.
Watson, Req., Chairman. -
John A. Bigler, Esq., presented hie creden
tials, being appointed in the stead of John J.
Osler, deceased, from.the Third Ward, Harris
burg.
On motion of J. H. Weber, it was agreed
that the time for holding the deetiOn for dele
gates be on Saturday, the sth of September,
at the usual time and place of holding said
elections, with the exception of Susquehanna
township and Middle Ward, Middletown.
On motion of James 1•L Meentlister, the pleat.
of-holding the election was changed from Mil
ler's school house, to Michael - (1, Shreiner's
hotel, Ooxestown.
On motion of G. A. Leaman, the election for
the Middle Ward, Middletown, was changed
from the former place of holding it,to the
pUblic house of Raymond & Kendig.
Adjourned - sine die.
A. W. WATSON, Chairman.
Franklin Smith, Ileeretsl7-
The Army Vote.
A vast amount of nonsense and humbug has
been published lately by the Abolition press
upon this subject. The. state of the, case is
just this. A case of Chase & Miller Wanbrought
before the court of Lfizerne county, in the fall
of 1861, to ascertain whether by the amended
Constitution of this State, an election Could
be held and a vote taken for District Attorney
outside of the Commonwealth. After a de
lision was made by the Judge sit Wilkoeb . arre,
the case was taken to the Supreme Court, and
'was decided there in May, 1862, and is re
ported in sth Wright, p. 403. It is there de
cided that, as the (=elided Constitution re
quires that evary voter shall have "resided in
the State one year, and in MC election district where
he offers to vote, ten days immediately preceding
such election;" and that the Legislature, even if
they had intended it, had not the right to au
thorize au election outside of the State or dis
trict.
In deciding - this constitutional question,
Judge Woodward delivered the opinion of the
Court, and every Judge on the bench, except
Thompson, concurred in the opinion ; even
Judge Read, who was nominated and elected
by the Abolitionists, concurred in it. Does
any sensible cs honest man believe that the
Judges of the Ilupreme Court are governed in
• their decisions by their prejudices or passions.
Suppose judge Read had delivered the opin
ion ; and suppose he was now a candidate for
GoVernor, what would the Abolitionists say
then ? But Judge Read not only concurretrin
tl.is view of the law, but the last Legislature
concurred in it, for the Legislature (the Senate
having a strong Abolition majority) passed a
joint resolution, No. 16, pamphlet laws, page
614, " proposing.amendments to the constitu
tion," and the first amendment which the peo
ple are regulated to uttilES, is to allow the 'lust
ified electors of this Commonwealth in any mili
tary service, to exercise the right of suffrage
in all elections by the citizens." &o. Now, why
should the Legislature ball upon the people to
amend the eonstitdtien and give the arms the
right to vote if the army has the right already ?
Judge Read and Judge Woodward must per
form their duty in expounding the law ; but
while they do this, they are better friends of
the soldier than Gov. Curtin and the Abolition
Legislature, who would violate the Constitu
tion the soldier is fighting to defend. Our
armies are fighting for the maintainance of the
Union and the preservation of the Constitution
and the laws, on which depends the rights and
liberties of both soldiers and civilians: Who
ever, therefore, strives to weaken the binding
force of law, or depriv&us of these safeguards,
whether he be a Southern secessionist or a
Northern Abolitionist is alike the foe of the
soldier, the civilian, and civil liberty, the hope
of mankind.
Characters and Characteristic',
The example of. tip Aboltion cotemporary, of
straying into the fields of Satire and of Song,
by way of illustrating men and measures of
the present day, is very tempting. It is
most the only one of such an exemplar that
we could condescend to follow. The provoca
tion, too, if one were needed, is quite ample,
and the fittest subjects present themselves on
every hand. All our high places are full of
them; the ear is pained, indeed, and the soul
is sickened every hour, with the audacity; ar
rogadte and TYRANNY of men drunk with self
idolatry and temporary success. Sqlotisis in
government, atheists in religion ; men who are
free lovers in 4ine sphere, and free thieves in
another; renegades in polities, and deserters
from every settled• principle of public right,
are everywhere raving, ranting, and rioting
l,hroughout our unhappy land,
" Load when they beg ; demb only when they steal??
We have often, of late, wished, like a poet,
indignant in a similar period of the history of
England, that we
Could bisket up the family of plagues
That waste our vitals : peculation. pale
Of honor—perjury corruption.•frauus
py forgery, by entteringe of law,
ity triekm and lies .m.......morameetwier
Then cast them, closely bundled, every brat
At the right door!"
The • task would be Herculean; at present
we only propose to hang up sketches of a few
of the ruling spirits, and by them the whole
tribe may be judged: No matter for our pre
sent purpose, who is the limner, if the• like
nesses are • faithful. Satire has, in all ages,
been a powerful instrument in enforcing both
private parity and public order ; yet it never
gained any additional force by a declared
authorship.
In pursuance of our plan and purpose then,
we commenoe with •
A JOCULAR MGR PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY.
as Ludicrous MUT° t which st ono CM thaw
A man BO very kiirlt—so very 101V."—OHINICH/LL
Despite long cherished, clear, organio Jaw,
Which erst has kept our proudest ones inoswe,
Who can a Freeman sieza, and at his. will,
Banish Obrollit, or every dungeon fill
Oi drag reluctant levies from the Tsar,
By secret drafts, which they alone endure
The rich man's money having set him free—,
Hone but the poor may, fight for LIBERTY !
Liberty of whom 1 Scorning God's own la
To let the swarthy mins of Ham withdraw,
And place them all, regardless rule or right,
Upon the white man's level, and despite
The LAW OF BACll—sooiocy'a list claim and plea
-Rejecting which, all rulers are at sea.
Who thus dare mock his country's darkining hour,
Thus tramples LAW beneath the foot of power—
Scorn the restraint of oaths and promised right—
Crushing all compacts in the people's sight—
That man's a Vittaar And the people fools
Who baulybend to be that itraora tools !
Mark the result I—anch rulers always find,
At last their proper value i nkongst mankind :.
Like the Assyrian monaroh turned to grass,
Esob lordly despot sinks into an ass!
No more to swell in proud, affdeted state,
Like upstart knaves grown rish, or fools grown
great.
To say nothing more in this place in regard
to the unconstitutionality of the Conscription
law, and its shocking dieoringaation against
the poor—there is unquestionably a settled
purpose, by means , of it, to withdraw votes
enough from the Democrats at the coming
election to effect an Abolition triumph. In a
in trobee of the New York diarists n most gla..
ring inequality bas been discovered, drafting
about doable the proper numbers in the strong
Democratic, as compared with the. Abolition
districts. This.daring and desperate adminis
tration, thus seeks by fraud to do it► the North
what they are openly doing by force in the
border States—trampling under foot the free
man's sacred right of suffrage. Pennaydvania,
to the rescue
tut pen irg to another character of the
Abolition school of politicians—
A 110DBIRN MAsSeCIMETTS sarrilTon.
See subtle Sumas% with the negro cause,
Win the sly game of aloe and applause :
What boots it if the negro sink or swim ?
Ha gains the Senate—thatb; enough for him.
What though he blast tho fortunes of the State,
With fierce dissension and enduring hate?
He makes his speech, his rhetoric displays,
Trims the neat hope and turns the sparkling phrase:
With well turned period foster's Steil strife,
And barter's in a Was°, a nation's life ;
fic4n into office, his nice feelings loath
The dog-like faithfulness that keeps an oath ;
For rules of right thP silly crowd may bawl,
Rim loftier spirit acorns and spurns - them all;
He heslu not Court's decree, nor (impel light—
What Sumner thinks is right, eLosz is right ;
On this same maxim sires i pnd eons proceed,
Changed in all else, in this agreed;
The etres all sLavalts, this humaner son,
Curses the. trade and mourns the mischief done!
For gold, they Made the negroes slaves, and he,
For fame and office seeks to let them free;
Self etill the - end in whjoh their creeds unite,
And that which aerves the end, is away, right !
This pattern demagogue of the latest MO
sachusette school—(for they change their
calves of worebip, every few years in that
State,) when asked, on being sworn in as Sen
ator, whether he would support the Constitu
•tion as interpreted by the authorities of the
country, answered, " is thy se rvant
, a dog, that
be ehould do this thief; r Our opinion of this
Senator is, that Brooks beat out all the honest
brains he ever had; and that he can now only
be a great man by working great mischief. In
Questions of legal and constitutional obliga
tion, he claims to be governed solely by his
own individual opinion—a kind of "inward
light," which Dr. Johnson, in his dry, aptly
and emphatically characterized es being " in
consistent with. social, or civil security—for
how can we tell, (said he,) what such a person
may be prompted to do," In Now york oil;
few days since," " higher 1aw," ? ... or " inward
light," taught the poor creatures who had been
carried away by its influence. that robbery,
won, and murder were all proper under cer
tain circumstances, of which they were the
judges. This "inward light" also blazed
brightly forth, in the flames which consumed
the homes Of it religious COMumulty of defence.
less women near Boston, some years ago ;—the
torch having been applied by the hand of the
same .remorseless and besotted bigotry that
now . stimulates the effort to wrest from their
owners, the slaves, which Massapbusetts once
sold LO the South,_ and afterwards guarantied
the title of, in the Constitution!
But let us see how it looks in the glass of plain
truth,
.Ax ABOLITION EDITOR.
Mark Greeley grieving at a brotheAt woe,
"Spit" with impartial spite on friend and foe;
His negro griefs and sympathies produce,
No noble fruits than police and abase ;
To every silly # siOWning ism proue
He damns all creeds and parties but his own,
Brawls with hot zeal fo'r every fool and knave—
The foreign felon and the skulpng slave ;
The Tribune's sympathy for punished thieves,
John Brown upon his gallows' quick receives;
And faction's fiereest rabble always find,
A kindred. nature in the Tribune's mind;
Beady each delrilish impulse to obey,
Now anake-like, next a very beast of prey ,
To bloody outrage oft exeites bid friends,
Or fire the for party ends !
This man, now among the loudest in his
hue-and-cry against mob-law and violence, a
very few years since gave vent to his "higher
law" sentiments in the following terms: Ob
jecting to the Kansas and Nebraska law be
fore Congress, he says:
" We urge, therefore, unbending determina
tion on the part of the Northern members hos
tile to - this intolerable outrage, and demand of
them. in behalf. of peace, in behalf of freedom,
in behalf of justice and humanity. resistance to
Me last. Better that confusion should ensue—bet
ter that discord should reign in the national coun
cils—BETTEß THAT CONGRESS SHOULD BREAK UP
IN WILD DISCORD-.-Bay better that the Capitol itself
should blaze by •ihe torch of the incenarizry, OR
FALL AND BURY ITS INMATES BENEATH ITS CRUMB
LING RUINS, thaa this perfidy and wrong shall
be bully accomplished."
Pretty strong words! Lucky Greeley l—that .
on the occasion of the emeute about the draft,
the other day, his "higher law" disciples were
able to mount no higher than the first floor of
his own printing office !
We postpone for the present, placing in our
gallery a.reliable delineation of a certain. rene
gade Democratic editor, who now exhibits his
zeal in tearing down a party he has far thirty
years been assisting to build up, by mounting
double, after the plan of a gifted clown in a
circus, and careering before the astonisted
world on two Abolition journals at the same
time—one in Washington, and another in
Philadelphia. For want of time and room, hie
case is made to give way just now, and fittingly,
to a
A FEW. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO THZ FUMED.
Why peril ye the negro's haatble jays,.
Seeking what all hie happiness'dostroys ?
Why take froth him that lot that now bestows,
More than the negro elsewhere ever knows—
Home,-clothing, food, light labor, aaa content,
Childhood in play, and ago, in quiet spent,
To vex his life, with factions strife and broil, .
To crush his nature with unwonted - toil,
To see him, like the Indian tribes, a prey
In war or peace—sinking in sure decay !
'•Not snob his fate l"—fool. Phillips proinpt replies,
His horoscope is drawn from happier skies;
Bonds soon shall cease to he the negro% lot,
Mere race diatinctioas—all shall be forgot,
A n d pt„scK and warm amalgamating prove,
That Ifeaven blesses all such hybrid hive;
Will wipe out lines that erring nature draws,
To sever races—and rescind her laws;;
Reverse the rule that stupid fanners bleed,
And mend the higher, by the coarser b+cl
Or prove theworld's long history false,fand find,
Wit, wisdom, genius, in the negro mild I
We add here a few pertinent qtlestions, in
plainest prose: Why should the 'Massachu
sett's meddlers and their silly fools throughout
the North seek the extinction of elayery in this
country ?• How without it could gi•ave Sena
tors and pious persons instigate mole, and riot,
and murder as was openly done inithb streets
of Boston ? flow could canting church mem
bers calumniate . their brethren with unction,
or brand them as copperheads with pious self
complacency. How without it cifuld crafty
demagogues, like John Forney andiDavid Wil
mot, here in Pennsylvania, promote their own
self-aggrandizement—work themeelvee as these
have finally done, into life-offices, pith each a
princely salary, all under the convenient cloak
of humanity and patriotism ? Woiald not the
famous "three thousand New England clergy
men," be driven to the very devil for something
to exercise their frothy zeal upon. were slavery
removed ? What other subject could Garrison,
and Giddings, and Burlingame ;seize upon
which would enable them covertly, and with
impunity, to ridicule the Chrisqan's Bible,
sneer at the Christian's faith, and even blas
pheme the Christian's God ? How, otherwise,
could Horace Greeley and Ward Beecher sat
isfy their morbid thirst for noto'iety, by in
dedging in the rashest alphisens, and if fine,
proving themselves the worst enemies this
country ever had ? In prosecuting what other
system of agitation, would hair brained fanat
ics like Wendell Phillips be allowed openly to
advocate his sickening, shameful proposition of
a union of rases, entailing physicardeteriOra-
Lion, mental degradlition, and moral decline !
With these illustrat.ons of a few leading
characters and characteristfcs of the times, we
yield to otter claims upon our space andnt
cation. This plan of rqmark may or may nil!
be resumed—just as occasion or humor may
dictate. The Boston Abolitionisty, however,
will perceive theffithave started a game at which
m)re than the, can play at.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
BY TELEGRAPH'.
TROUBLE IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, August 14.—The Tribune hag the
following special dispatch:
Peoria; Illinois, August 14.—Last night Pro
vost Marshal Westlake, of the Ninth district,
with a detachment of cavalry, made a descent
on a nest of some two hundred deserters and
drafted persons, in Isabel township, Fulton
county, capturing ten or a dozen, and; es the
report says, killing Several of them. Great ex
citement prevailed in that section in conee
quence of the affair. It is reported that these
persons are running to arms to drive the cav
alry out of the country.'
NEETINQ QF THE DENIQCRATIC.EXECII-
TIVE COMMITTEE.
NEWPORT, R. 1., Aug. 14 —At a meeting of
the Executive Committee, held at this place on
the 15th, the following resolution was unani
mously passed
Reaoked, That a meeting of the
Democratic Committee be called at the St.
Nicholas Hotel, in the City of. New York, on
Monday, September 7th, 1863, at 12 . o'clock,
noon, for the purpose of fixing a time and
place of 6144 the next National Democratic
Convention, and t o take into consideration such
other matters of interest as will probably come
before the Convention.
The call is signed by Thomas Colton, Wil
liam M. Converse, Benj. Fottell and E K. Pot
ter, Executive Committee, and August Bel
mont, Chairman.
INDIAN FIGHTS.
CHICAGO, August 15.—A special dispatch
from St. Paul says that General Sibley bas
fought three battles with the Indians, killing
fifty. Our loss was only seven. The Indians
have been driven across the Missouri river
with great loss of life The expedition of Gen.
Sibley . is now homeward bound.
BY THE MAILS.
AfEADE'S ARMY
()AMER OF A SIGNAL STATION BY REBEL CAV
ALUE-YIBIT OF GEN MEADE TO WASHINGTON,
Wasumovon, August 14.—Lott night a party
of rebel cavalry made a descent, upon a signal
station located on Water Mountain, near War
renton, capturing everything except the officers
and one glass. Sixteen horses, several wagons,
the camp equipage, together with a number of
telescopes, fell into the hands of the rebels.
The officers had sufficient warning to enable
them to escape before the enemy pounced upon
them, but their private property was lost. To
day a force was sent in pursuit of the rebels ;
but their capture is hardly probable in that
wild, mountainous region.
A private of the sth Maine regiment was shot
to-day at New Baltimore for desertion. He has
'deserted three times, once to the enemy, and
nothing less than the extreme penalty of the
law could be inflicted. He was a young man,
and said to be of a highly respectable family.
Affairs continue quiet along the front.
Little or no news is received from the enemy,
and Southern papers, when received, command
a high premium.
Gen. Meade is on a brief visit. to Washington.
Mejor General Warren took temporary com
mand nf the second army corps today.
FROM THE FRONTIER
FORT BLUNT, Cherokee Nation, July
We arrived here last night from Tah-lah-vuah
at about twelve o'clock. In addition to the re
inforcements for Cooper —who is again at
Honey Springs, under Steele and Cabell—we
learn from deserters who left Cooper's camp
yesterday., that four thousand men and four
pieces of artillery, under General Baylor, were
on the way from Texas, and are probably near.
Union refugees from Texas, who arrived
yesterday, report the same facts. They saw
the force at Bonham, on the •Red river, under
Baylor, and say that its destination was to re
inforce Cooper. So you may expect to hear of
lively times in a few days. Gen. Blunt says
he shall fight the rebels if they are forty thou
sand, and on their own ground.
THE REBEL GEN. STEELE IN COMMAND.
Deserters report Steele in comntand, having
superseded Co3per, and that. he promises his
troops great results, says 64 that he will attack
.General Blunt, if he (Gbeeral B ) does not move
against him soon." General Blunt says that
if St.eele.gets a chance to be the attacking party
he will have to hurry up his cakes.
UNION MEN NUEDEBAD BY GUERILLAS-FORT
/WITH,
Spies sent to Fort Smith and Van Buren
returned this morning. They report only
about three -hundred troops ak. Fort Smith.
Ow-rrilla parties are numerous in Washington,.
Crawford and Sebastion counties, hunting the
Union men who have fled to the mountains,
hoping that Union troops would soon occupy,
the country and relieve them. Many . have
been compelled by starvation to come in, when
they have immediately been shot or hung:—
Mont two hundred men have recently been
murdered in this way in the above named
counties. This is the section which General
Blunt cleared , and conquered last winter, and
in which he raised three Union regiments.—
This brigade, now idle at Cassyille and Spring
field,- Gen. Blunt has repeatedly urged upon
General Schofield to send into Northwest Ar
kansas, and to allow them to occupy, drive out
the guerrillas and protect the Union men left.
These are now starving in the mountains'.
FORT DAVIS 000IIPIED
Our cavalry now occupy the site of Fort
Davis, six miles south of this, on the other
side of the Arkansas. This was a rebel work,
captured by Col. Phillips last •winter and de
stroyed. It was quite extensive, coating the
Confederacy.a half million in buildings and en
trenchments, The only other work of impor
tance to Ole rebels is that of Fort M'Cullooh,
at Boggy Depot, in the Choctaw Nation, about
eighteen miles frotwthe Red river, on the road
southwest from Fort Smith. It is about one
hundred and sixty miles from this post. It is
stated to be a strong position, and is the main
entrepot for the rebel supplies of thin regiOti.
SUBTERRANEAN RIDING PLACES.
A curious feature in Vicksburg, as it is now
seen, is the subterranean hiding places, and
even places of business, formed by excavations
in the precipitous bluffs that rise so abruptly
on all sides as you pass along the streets. These
have been dug out with narrow and low en
trances, leading into narrow streets, passages
and rooms, reminding one of the catacombs of
Rome, where the relics of many generations
are united in the repose of the dead Quite
different, hoiever, was the use of these, o tca _
vations, for they were places of safety for the
inhabitants, during those many fearful hours
and days when our fleet was hurling its rafts
eilce of death and destruction into the doomed
city. You can still trace business signs orelr
some of these entrances; over one we could
distinctly reed "barber's shop," CUt in rude
letter in the earth, and not yet washed away
by the rains. How many frightened women
and children and old men have hurried to these
subterranean abodes, while the furious shell
ki s sed through the air, and there listened with
terror to the fearful d i/ of battle.
PROM FORTRESS MONROE
The Norfolk Virginian, of August 13, says :
"We are requested by the Mayor of Norfilk to
say 6'4 several physicians are wanted in this
city, where they On Obtain immediately a good
practice.
" The old physicians being required by an
act of the Legislature.of Virginia to take the
oath of allegiance to the United States govern
ment refuse to do so generally, and consequent
ly there is but one doctor in the city qualified
to practice. Loyalty sad a regular diploma
are the qualificatianA required. Apply to W.
H. Brooks, Mayor of Norfolk, Va."
MISSISSIPPI GIVEN UP
Mississippi seems to have been virtually
abaridotiod by the rebels, except a few guerilla
bands, who commit depredations and'burn cot
ton from "patriotic" motives. There is, it is
said, a strong peep party, and a general dis
position to take the oath of allegiance and
come back into the Union on Uncle Sam's own
terms ; but we areinclined to think flat this
disposition is not as general as some suppose.
There is no doubt., however, but the people are
heartily tired of the war.
THE DRAFT IN NEW YORK
There are conflicting statements relative to
the day when the draft will recommence in
Mitt city. From the officials, who ought to
know all the facts relative to the matter, there
can he no definite information gained.' Whether
or not they are aware of the exact time is a
matter of conjecture. It was rumored yes
terday that the draft would positivelj recom
mence on Wednesday next, while it is again
stated that it cannot take place before Monday
next. It all now depends, however, on the
time when the revision of the enrollment will
be completed,
At Col. Nugent's office everything wears the
aspect of busy and untiring preparation. As
sistant provost marshals and their assist•tnts
hurry hither and thither ; but it is a difficult
matter to•ascertain their precise movement.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
OPERATIONS ON THE COAST OF FLORIDA
WASHANGTON, Aug. 14.—Lieutenant Com
mander English, in communicating to the Navy
Department on July 28th, states that, under
instructions from Acting Rear Admiral Bailey,
he assumed command of the blockade of the
eastern coast of Florida. He despatched an
expedition to Musquito Inlet, and gives the
result as follows : " We captured one sloop
loaded with cotton and one schooner not laden,
and caused them to burn t , t. large quantity of
cotton on shore; burnt and destroyed several
vvsels, one of which had her cargo in and :vas
abdut to sail. We landed a force and destroyed
all the houses that had been occupied by
troops. In landing, the party was fired upon
by a few stragglers. The conduct of all con
nected with the expedition was most . praise
worthy, and from the handsome dash in which
it was made I attribute our success, particu
larly in coming off without having any one in
jured. The boats scoured the exteueive lagoon
for some twenty miles, which is as far up as a
vessel running the blockade can go."
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM CHARLESTON
Disparches were received from Admiral
Dablgren to-day. They are principally of a
basineSs character, and not, therefore, proper
for publication. From the preparations made
by himself anti General Gilmore, as stated by
both these officer', the prospect of success in
the pending attack on the enemy's fortifications
is in the highest degree encouraging. Their
representations are of such a character as to
admit of but little, if any, doubt of a trium
phant result. .
THE FIGHT OFF PORTLAND
The Navy Department has heard nothing ex
cepting what has been published in the news
papers concerning a reported fight on the coast
of Maine, between a gunboat and a rebel pri
vateer.
MAILS
The Postmaster General has ordered that all
mail matter for places on the Mississippi river
between Cairo, Illinois and New Orleans shalt
be sent via Cairo. Letters, &c., for New Or
leans, from an Atlantic port will continue to
go by sea, unless otherwise directed by the
writers.
THE OFFICE-SEEKERS CATECHISM.—CIass of
administration olliee•seekers stand up.
Who made you?
Abraham Llncoln.
What is the noblest work of God?
A nigger.
Who is the'meauest man in the world ?
George B. 11'Clellan.
Who are traitors ?
All who are his friends.
What is the object of the war ?.
Nigger.
In what rests the hope of America?
The Nigger.
What is the duty of the army 2
To arrest all who believe in the Constitu
tion.
Who is the war benefiting ?
Army contractors,. rich men, Republican
Qom% 149 M-sharers, cePtton-stealing-g en
erale, niggers, and counterfeiters.
At whose expense ?
The people's.
What is the teat of patriotism ?
Abuse Democrats.
Why is the nigger the equal of the white
man? .
Because God created them beth.
On the same principle is a jackass the equal
of a Brigadier General ?
Of course.
How shall the policy of this administration
be manifested ?
By die suppression of speech, mobbing of
printing•offices and imprisonment of all Demo
crats there is noVope enough to hang.
Is a union of sentiment and feeling of any
importance in the prosecution of war ?
No.
In your neighborhood are you considered a
man of sound sense?
• Hardly.
Are you capable .of supporting yourself by
honest labor ?
' Never tried it, don't know.
Do you-hate Demoogats worse than the
devil.?
Yee—yes—yes.
All right—if there is no office, a new one
%hall be mated at once.
CORRUPORDENCR or Mn. BUCELANAN.—The
papers announced - recently that a treasonable
correspondence bad been discovered in the li
brary of Jeff. Davis, between President Bu
chanan and that Confederate: leader I It was
doubly O. falsehood, Buchanan has been the
political antagonist of Davis, and was nomi
nated in opposition to his efforts. There had'
been no correspondence between them for
years. The letter referred to is now pdblished.
It is dated March /0, 1850 .
It is replete with patriotism and statesman.
like sagacity.. It was written during the ad
ministration of President Taylor, "would to
Heaven," exclaimi Mr. Buchanan, " that Gen.
Taylor might come out in favor of the Mis
souri Compromise, I would•glory in sustaining
him."
This is the most treasonable utterance in
this whole letter_; which is mainly devoted to
a reiteration of the writer's views in regsrd to
the Missend Compromise, to which he adheres
even when the 'South lieserts it.
-- -
If it was treason in Buchanan to write pa
triotiskand prophetic letters to Davis thirteen
vears'ago, what was Gen. Taylor's offence, who
was father-in law of the now Rebel President.
All of Tyler's kiadred, all of Taylor's kin
dred, all of Lincoln's kindred, are actually
engaged in the rebellion. Ytt the Republinnzi
raise a hoot over the treason of. Democra t, ,, for
writing letters to Davie thirteen years ago !
Argus.
New Ithertistmentq.
D RAFT! DRAFT!
litriOella in relation to the draft carefully and relia
bly attended to
•
' Exemption papers drawn up with care aid cas ,, a
argued before the board of Enrollment at rattle:ate
rates.
Any persona viliblng to go an anbalifote for any
drafted men, whi receive ttie higbeg-t cash price On ap
plication at the en t khlint‘ed Carlin Agency of
BUGENII EBYDEA, Attornel at TAW,
auiT.lwd Third street near Market, Harrisburg, Pa.
LOST.—On Second street, between 'Pine
and State, a morocco wall.t, with lin elastic band
ii,ro.nd it, containing about Iron seven to eight and a
half dollars and a military p s. for Corporal Silver,
Co. B. Continental Troop. The ho ler will receive a
reward or two dollars on leaving it xt !IL aloe.
angl7-11.
T 0 CAPITALISTS
A rare chance is offered for the prefi'Able ineAst m e n t
of trent three to five thewand drol ,rs in the manurac
tore of an Onomvern.nt of great raise, It be'ne en anti •
cle of indispeesible twuNebold we, 1 , t , 1y
net profit or ficty per cent guaranteed tipo, the cement
invested. Good references given and ragnii. t. Ad
dress WM. P. P ATTON,
rug 6
VTANTED—A. bou , ze, suitable for a,
1 , smell family. Rent not to exceed $1 0 Tognira
ftt gas office. Aug 1--10 t.
A DEMAND FOR SUW , 'TITUTE -1 ,
The uedersigasd will pay the H GUEST PRICE
for substitut,s They have orders on Hie for a number
.in this and adjoining counties.
MACDOWELT, & MAGUIRE.
1413 Exchange Buildings, op.pnaiteeoun'y prison._
HORSE AND CART FOR SALE.-
A good Horse. Coal Cart N harness will be soli;
at a bargain Call 'on Judge Dock, opposite tjle Court
House, [Aug ]s—dlw*j HILLIARD DOCK
DURYEASI ITIALIZENA.
z
0
Was the only "Preparation for food from ln-
diall Core
That rece;ved a. medal and honorable mention from the
ltoml t.onunissinners , the com yeti t ion of all promin-ut
rmtnufacturers of "Corn Starch' . and t•Prepared Corn
Flour" of th s and other countries notwithstanding.
MAIZENA,
The feed and luxury of the are, 'without a eingle fault,
I,:ke trial will convince the xlost. akepticil.
Fwid.ogs., Cakes, Custards, Blanc Alatsge, &c., without
isinglass, Wish tew or no eggs. at a co it astonishing the
Most economic ii. A Flight addition to oreinary Wheat
Flour greatly improves Bread and Cake It is al-e
cel lent for thickening sweet sauce; gravies For fish and
meat soup, Sec. For Ice Cream nothing can compare
with it A little boded in mins will protluee rte.b.
Cr,yern for coffee, chocolate, tea, ke.
P t up in one round pacaag,es, under the trade-mark
Mitizena ' with direc , ions for use.
A most .t. Unions article of food for children and in
val ics or all ages. Fur sale by Grocnis and Druggists
everywhere.
Whotesale Depot, IGG Fulton street.
WILLIAM DURYEA,
General Agent
Ang 15 d6m
NV ANTED —TO HIR building
• with four or five rooms, suitable for office. an.
porters. east of Second street or.d near Market street.
Aug 14-dit Address Box 235 P. 0 , Ila.risburg.
-• _ _
pROPOSALS ]:'Olt STONE BRIDGE_
Proposals writ be reed:Ted at the City Connell
Chamber till 7 o'clock p. in., September S. for erect
ing a striae bridge ore!' Paxton creek, at Paxton' street,
in this city, according to rates an t spe.tification on
file in the Council Chamber. Proposals will stare the
price with brick .rches and also with hewn stone arches;
slim specify the time of commencement and completion
of the work.
Proposers will specify , what they will allow for the
tnateeiiiiii on to,e {round They will aso ba required
io furnish all the material xi,vesears to the eork
The Council will reserv, the richt to 'eject all bide
that they believe will not be to the advantage or the
city• or that they may believe ate exorbitant
Proposals to be endorsed "Proposeltt for b. idgo," and
dirrcted to W 0, HICK OK,
President Common t,eancil.
.1 ITABITLEZZ,
D. nocKee,
Street Committee lit district. Augl2-3tawtd
N oTICEI
THE DRAFT IN THE 15TH AND ADJOIN
ING- DISTRICTS.
NATIONAL SUBSTITUTE AGENCY.
A. K. SWISHER & CO , having opened en office in
Carlisle.at the Government A seeeror's office.in itheem's
Ilan, are now prkpared to furnish substitutes at lair
prices •
fnpplied from this office will be able hod.
ied Ali.utt, not tubjeet to draft. ell drafted nev , ons
arrved by us are g uaraltied a release from the draft.
Apply at once, in persol nr -by letter, at the "Na
tional Substitute Agency," Rheeni'e Hall, Carlisle.
Neferenoes.—J. M. Aeakley, Joseph Battler, jr. J.
A. swisnzu itt CO.
August 4.-dtf •
F, XEMPTIO \' S F RON THE DRAFT.
Per4ons Fay og lews 1 en:leis to exlmption from the
dr ft cm Lay t hdr caw. s p-rp ,T.-171 aid To emoted to the
Board onappitoation to It E FERGUSON, Attorney-et-
Bal., Sewn , ' sfreeti opposite Buehler Beim taco
With Win If. Aliiler, .lifirq, . Avg 12-hod.
F l 0 THOSE DESIRING TO PRO:
CURE BUBB MUTES, AND
TO THOSE WISHING TO BECOME SUBSTITUTES.
The undersigned, Military Claim Agents, tender their
'Services for the procuring of Substitutes for Drafted
men, as well as for the securing, or the highest price
for those wishing to offer themselves as Substitutes
They will register the names of each class referred to,
with the amounts, in mon-y, proposed to be given by
the one and to be received by the other. •
Drafted men whoare legally exempt canhave all the
papers prepared 13,000131kr to etstablieh their claim. to
ox , mption by callieg upon the tinders:irked.
Those interested are ,nvited to call' at the office, in
the axchange Bnildings, - Opposite the Dauphin (Wanly
Prison. • hisoDOWZLL & MAGUIRE,
Military Claim Agents.
THE BEBE BEER IN CITY!
EMEROENC V' OVER I
Friends of an excellent glass .of hear, the best re
freshment in this hot weather, can get it always at my
Saloon, Walnut street. next to the Laneastetian school
house, as I am supplied iegularly from T. BY.B.I.EG
ER'S Brewery, Lancaster, Pa.
ants-3t GEO. BIESTEB.
A TTENTION, 'DRAFIE MiIN •-•••
A
Any drafted m6ll from this district. desiring to
volunteer in the 47th Regiment - P. Vstationed at ReY
West, Pls., will be accepted, - by spaying to the sub
scriber They will reorave $27 before leaving for too
regiment.
. - • Lieut. W. W. GEETY,
Second at 2 doors below Itelter's Hardware otore
augll-dlw*
TAKE NOTICE.-That my wife Mary
haa left my bed and board without any Met cans"
whatever I therefore forewarn all persona from trust
ing or harboring her on my account, as I am determin
ed to pay no debts of her COUtr.Atiog from this date.
- 14 EMILY SI2INn.I4I3IAN ,
Lykenstown. August 10, 1863 —ang11.4.41:
ruißE FALL SESSION OF MP; H
RISBUBG ACADEMY will. open on Monday,
tbe 31st of August. For vacancies apply to
J. F: BBILFS,
Prine,Pll.
.41.11-St sod
11088' AMERICAN WriDING
I, FLUID, equal if not superior to Arnold's Engh
Fluid, and only 62 Denis per quart bottle, at
— ISOIIIIFFEIVO BOOKSTORE.
QOLDIER'S CAMP COMPANION. -
A. very convenient Writing Desk • else, Portfolio,
itontorandrim Beoke , Portmonnalse, /60,,
genEPPEPA 800113T0105
COFFEES AND - SUGARS. OF ALL
411ULDEO, and at reasonable prices, for RlllO by
WAL DOOR, JR., & CO.
Ilarrisburg, Pa
PLE NITY !