Of all patriotic and virtuous men. lle may I still maintain, if he chooses, that those mea sures were necessary ; only let him acknowl edge that the progress of the war has out grown such necessities, and that they are no longer to be persisted In, and a genuine and generous love of country will cause the past to-be condoned and forgot ten in approbation of honest efforts to restore kindly relations be tween our divided and beligeredt States. Let him go back and plant himself on his inaugu ral address, arid avow his intention to keep the pledges made in that, and repeated in his two firstmessages, and although there will continue to be two parties in the - North, we run no haz ard in assuring him of a generous, conside rate, and chivalrous treatment from the Demo cratic party.—World. vatriat MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1863 O. BARRETT & CO., PROPRIETORS Communications will not be publishedin the 11 - AMINO? ND truant unless accompanied With the name of th author S. Ifl. PNTTENOII.I. It No. 37 Park Raw., N. Y., and 6 State Ss., Boston, Are our Agents for the PATRIOT Az Union in th . cities, sad are-authorised to take Advertisements en übseriptions for us at our Lowest Rates. DEMOCRATIC 'STATE NOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. GEO. W. WOODW ARD, OF I'HILADFLFFI/A. FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, WALTER H. LOWRIE, Or MAMMY .06121NTY. Democratic County Convention. At a meeting of the County Committee; held at the public house of _Jas. Raymond, in the City of Harrisburg, on the 15th inet., it wae unanimously Resolved, That the Democratic voters of the several wards,.boroughs and townships in Dau phin county, are requested to meet at their usual ,pisees of holding delegate elections, in the townships, between the hours of five and seven o'clock, P. M , and in the wards and boroughs,.between the hours of seven and a half and nine o'clock, ki„ on Saturday the Stli day of September next, for the purpose of eluting two delegates from each ward, bor. ough and township, to represent them in a County Convention, which shall be held at the Court House, in the City of Harrisburg, on Tuesday, the Bth day of September next, at two O'clock. P. M., for the purpose of forming a county ticket, be. The following changes in the places of hold ing delegate elections were made, viz : Susquehanna .Township,—From Miller's school horse ; to Michael G. Shreiner'a hotel, COW town. ifirklletown—Middle Word.—To the public house of Raymond .& liendig. A. W. WATSON, Chairman. Frenjugt *with, Secretary. Tire letter of our Paris correspondent will be found specially interesting this week. The complications the writer hints at ere by no means impossible. The phase continued civil war may.assume in the future under the policy of the administration it is impossible to tell. 'lt is fair to suppose, however, that the South can never be reclaimed by that policy, and that rather than suffer subjugation and servi tude under the role and curse of Abolitionism, she would hand herself. over to a French pro tectorate. The figures of the French navy and land forces given by our correspondent are difficult to find elsewhere; his eptettletiOUS are pointedly and ingeniously conceived, his facts drawn from histofy and actual experi ence. AilinVermary. It is refreshing sometimes to refer to past -events, if :for no otherpurpose than to contrast them with the events of to-day. Standing in juxtaposition, we are sometimes forced to ques tion the evidence of our senses, and ask whether everything around us is real—or merely the baseless fabric of a vision." Oa the Ist inst., one year ago, the negroes hold a.stichittiell in Haohnleies woolb, near this city, -ostensibly to celebrate the anni versary of the emancipation of slavery in the British West Indies. 'Some of the orators be came enthusiastic, and dwelt glowingly upon the powers of the black man. Tonissaint l'Onver tare was held up as a model General. and the stmen) of St. Domingo magnified into bril liant and victorious warfare. They asserted that all the negroes of Harrisburg wanted was an opportunity, and they would make Southern soil run red with rebel gore—they would make the Usk-masters of the South bite the dust, and restore their fellow men to freedom. w vaunting—this terrible black buncombe, served as a cue to a number of printer boys, who, in order to test the courage of the "Ameri -cancitizens of African.descent," issued a hand bill-calling upon the descendants of Ham to meet in the Market House at a specified hour. Every person could see that it was a sell, so transparent was the whole thing, 'yet some minion of the administration it matters little who—telegraphed to Washington, and the " cream-faced loon," (}en. Wadsworth, whom the people of New York decided to have more money than brains, came to this city, and at an early hour on Wednesday morning, the 6th of August, arrested the then publishers and editors °Mho P iTNIOT AND UNION, by the aid of a military force, and without warrant. They were hurried off to Washington City *without being guilty of any offence, and with out any knowledge as to what the charge against them really was. After spending six teen days in the Old Bastile, at Washington, it pleased his Highness of the War Department to give them a hearing, and at this hearing they learned to their surprise that they were charged with endeavoring to discourage enlist %gentle and the handbill in question was • pro duced in evidence. Judge Advocate Turner pronounced the charge frivolous, and even Wadsworth refused to give an opinion upon the merits of the question. Consequently this day one year ago the parties were liberated from their unjust confinement, and to-morrow even ing will be the anniversary 'of their return. The reception they received at the hands of their fellow-citizens must still be fresh in the memory of our peopler-in theirs it is not likely to wither so long as they live. Bo much for the past,;and now a few words for the present. The meeting of the dailies caned by the boys has been held within the year. Negroes have been enlisted and taken to Mastmehusette to save the precious carcas ses of the 900,000 Abolitionists promised by Horace Greeley, and the "swarms" of Governcr Andrew. Armed negroes have marched through the streets of Harrisburg, and they are even included in the draft. The employment of negro soldiers in every capacity has become the settled policy of the government, and yet only one year has elapsed since four citizens of Harrisburg were dragged to Washington and imprisoned on the mere suspicion of dis couraging enlistments by calling-upon negroes to shoulder the musket ! The organ of the administratien here advocates the enlistment of negroes, and so do leading Republiesnit on the street corners. Yet no one telegraphs to Washington to arrest them for discouraging enlistments. It would then appear that what was a crime in Democrats a year ago is a vir tue in Republicans now, and that either the sentiments of the people, including those who caused the arrest of Messrs. Barrett, Mao Do- ell, Forster and Jones in 1e62 have undergone a wonderful change, or they must acknowledge that it was one of the basest acts of villainy ever perpetrated by any rascal unhung or out of the Penitentiary. The Administration and the War While it is ofttimes profitable to pore over the musty records of the past, and determine the causes which have produced the state of things which environ us, in order to guard against the recurrence of such events as injuriously aircut, our happiness and well-being; it is the especial province of the practical statesmanto grapple with things as they are, and with the materials before him work out the best attaina ble results. Without going back to inquire when, where, end how it originated, we find ourselves in the midst of a gigantic civil war, unparalleled in the history of the world, and the question presses itself upon es, what is best to be done under the circumstances ? We have won the elephant at the raffie4 what Will We do With him ? At the breaking out of the war, the administration informed us, that it originated with a few haughty slaveholders and ambitions demagogues, who, having been beaten at the last Presidential election, were determined net to submit to the will of the majority, and adopted this course in order to retain their su premacy and maintain their power. Let us marshal out Aimee, said they, and crush oat this faction, and in' sixty or ninety days the Union will be restored. Many earnest men doubted their conclusions, and felt they mis took the deep seated disaffection of the entire Southern people, for the temporary pique of a few disappointed politicians, yet with great unanimity and enthusiasm the people of the North rushed to same. Blinkers vied with each other in furnishing means. State and National Legislatures opened up the treasury vaults, until more men and money were placed at the disposal of this administration, and more en larged powers given, than was ever before wielded by any civilized government. Volun teers flocked to the field with such rapidity that upon two or three occasions recruiting was suspended by the War Department, ell the ground that they had more men than they wanted. There was apparently a strong Union feeling the South, which longed for an op portunity to express itself again in cheers for the old flag, and everything appeared favora ble to the hope of a speedily restored Union. Two years passeA hundreds of thousands of human lives were sacrificed—more than a thou sand of millions of dollars were squandered, and yet through the weakness and imbecility of the administration—the want of any well defined policy—the incompetence of political Generals—nothing had been accomplished, and the rebellion was formidable and menacing as ever. Taking advantage of our want of success— to which they had largely contributed by slis keeling the councils of the nation—the radi cals obtained control' of affairs and induced Lincoln to issue his famous (or infamous) emancipation proclamation. This accom plished, Phillips, Greeley, Wade, Chandler, and the rest of the fanatical cretrilent up universal howl of gratification, and declared that the war was essentially over—that no more white men would be needed—that the emancipated negro would himself rise and strike a stalwart blow for freedom, and in their fiendish glee chuckled over the anticipated re enactment of the horrors of St. Domingo. Seven or tight months more have passed and what has been the result? The emancipation and conscription proclamations crushed out every vestige of Union sentiment in the South, and ,firmly united the entire people in a fixed de. termination to defend to the last their prop erty, their firesides and their homes. The negro did not rise, and preferred to remain at home, rather than risk the chance of a precarious ex istence in the North. The white soldier, while willing to fight for the maintenance of •the Union and the Constitution, was very reluctant to risk his life in a war avowedly for the abo lition of slavery in the South, and the conse quent destruction of our Constitution and re publican form of government. The conse quence has been division and dissatisfaction in the North, our armies have been depleted by desertion, volunteering has almost entirely ceased, and the war has to be carried on by reluctant levies dragged from their firesides and their bevies by a remorseless conscription. Can these things go on always ? Can we con tinue to spend a thousand millions of dollars, and sacrifice two hundred thousand lives per annum for ever ? Have we not continued this experiment of- a fratricidal war for negro free dom -long enough ? Is it not time that we should look about us, gravely consider the cir cumstances with which we are surrounded, and endeavor to find some way out of the labyrinth of difficulties in which we are ;sow wandering ? Has not unreasoning fanaticism proved a blind guide which we ought to distrust in the future ? What, then, can be done ? We say emphat ically, go to the polls in October, and speak in thunder tones your condemnation of the ruinous policy of the present administration ; tell Abraham Lincoln to withdraw his emanci pation and confiscation proclamations; call for an armistice, and treat with the people of the South as rational human beings having equal rights, and there can be no doubt that an honorable pesos on the basis of the Union as it. was can be obtained in ninety days. Race our recent victories in the South-west and elsewhere, the strongest eiridence conies to us from every part of the South that they are tired of this fratricidal war, and are anx ious for peace on any fair and just ter:el. It is said by Southern papers that Vice President Stephens, whose overtures Lincoln rejected, was clothed with full powers to settle the con troversy on the basis of the old Union. The committee of planters from Louisiana, who came to Washington to inquire if that State could be admitted into the Union, and who were told in effect that they could not be ad mitted now, thst an effort must first be made to abolitioniiee the State, bear testimony to the state of (Ming there. We hear also that a strong Union sentiment exists in North Caro lina and other states. If this sentiment is nurtured and properly responded to an early and honoruble peace is within cur grasp. But will the adminis tration at Washington so respond'? We End our answer in the refusal to re-admit Louisi ana into the Union, in the rejection of the overtures of Vice President Stephens, in the persistent attempts to carry out. the emanci pation and confiscation proclamations, and in the lives and characters of the Greeley's, the Sumners and Phillipses, who now absolutely control our national affairs. Union on the basis of emancipation is en tirely impossible; it cannot be dote short of the extermination of the entire southern people. The questions, then, fellow-citizens, to be decided by you at the coming elections are nar rowed down to this simple issue—will you endorse the present Administration and ex haust your blood and treasure in an intermina ble war for the extermination of the southern people and the liberation of the negroes ? Ur will you restore to power the long-tried Demo cratic party, and through their agency restore peace to the country under the Union as it was, and under which you have been blessed with prosperity and happiness ? Will y.eu have an arbitrary government, absorbing all your re served rights, or will you, under Democratic rule, restore the supremacy of the Constitution, of liberty and law ? NEWS OF THE DAY. BY TELEGRAPH. DEATH OF JAMES PEACOCK, ESQ PHILADDLPH/A, August 23 —James Peacock, for many years postmaster at Harrisburg and a prominent citizen, died to-day, aged 76 years. MOVEMENT OP THE ARMY OP THE CUM BERLAND AND OF THE 01110. CINCINNATI, Aug. 22.—The Gazette has re ceived advices, from Roseerans's army to the 18th, and from Burnside to the 19th. Both armies had commenced a forward movement, the former for Chattanooga, and the latter for Knoxville. The troops were in good condition and fine epirite. FROM CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.—The money mar ket is easy. Considerable sums continue to arrive from \the East for investment in mining stocks, Atlantic Currency Exchange is quoted at 21®28 per cent. premium for gold in New York. Greenbacks 80. Sterling Exchange 48 per cent.. premium. . The leading mining stocks, excepting Ophir, have declined. Ophir is worth $2,400 per foot., and Gould & Curry $47. A large amount of unemployed tonnage is in port. Some favorable charters for grain to Europe have been made. The political contest is active, and the elec tion takes place on the &rat Wednesday ili September. Messrs. Weller, Tod and Robin son are canvassing the State. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM CHARLES TON. PHILADELPHIA; August 28.—The United States steamer Arkansas arrived at the navy yard this morning. The following dispatch is him Mr. C. C. Fulton, the agent of the Asso ciated Press: "Ei,A4 Eurr DiNotoßE, TUESDAY Itioama, August IS. ) •The attack on Fort Sumpter was commenced at daybreak yesterday morning by the siege guns of Gen., Gilmore and the naval battery on shore. At 6 o'clock Admiral ahlgrea pro ceeded on board the Weehawken and with the Ironsides and entire monitor eet attacked torts Wagner and Gregg with gr at fury, com pletely silencing fort Wagner a d almost si lencing fort Gregg. The wooden gunboats, seven i 4 number, ale., joined in the assault, and enab ed all of the shore batteries to pour their sho and shell into Sumpter. At 10 o'clock the Admiral changed his flag to the Pannier, and with the tiatapsco pro seeded to within about 1,400 ards of Fort Sumpter, and shelled the sea all with the rifle guns of those vessels for out an hour With marked effect. Sumpter fired about fifty retur l n shots, doing no damage to the vessel, whilst the wall of Sumpter was badly scarred. Fleet Captain George W. Rod ers took com mand of his old vessel, the M nitor Catskill, and went up into the fight, goins within a hun dred and fifty yards of the he ich in front of Fort Wagner. After firing a n tuber of shots, a shot from Wagner broke loos a piece of the interior lining of the pilot housti, which struck on the head Commander Roters, instantly killing him, as well as payma ter Woodbury, who was standing at his side. I Both of their heals were split open. They ;were the only persons injured on land or water during the six hours engagement. , The damage to Fort Sumpter by the siege batteries of General Gilmore is !v isible without the aid of a glass. The rebels had erected a fal4 wall against the wall exposed to the army batteries. It extended to within ten feet of ;the top of the wall, was over 40 feet high an 4 tea feet thick. This wall is now a mass of ruin, while the old wall is bored full of deep holes, the parapet crushed and gagged, and the northwest corner gashed and cracked down almost to the water's edge. The 'harbor and Steno rivet are filled with torpedos, about a dozen of which have been picked up in Stono, and one , was exploded under the Patapsco, raising her a foot out of Water, but doing /lei No harm. None of the vessels were !injured in the least, and the Admiral and officers are confi dent in the ability of the monitors to batter down Sumpter. The Admiral is anxious, hOwever, to save the vessels for the heavy wokk rtquired of them after Sumpter ie taken, land to let the Army reduce Fort Sumpter if ipossible. The fleet, except the Weehawken and Na hant, all retired before 2 o'clock, but they re mained to keep Wagner silent, during the af ternoon, and to prevent the remounting of the guns. The shore batteries continued firing all the afternoon and night on the wall of Sumpter with good effect. This morning the weather is cool and clear, and the batteries steadily at work. The Wee hawken find Passaic are keeping forts Wagner and Gregg silent, and up tonoon, when the Arkansas sailed, the remainclOr of the fleet are lying at their moorings. The bodies of Captain Rodgers and Paymas. ter Woodbury have been embalmed and will go North on the Arkansas. General Gilmore announces that the work thus far has been entirely satisfactory, that the Fort is badly damaged, aid the work pro gressing finely. Admiral Dablgren is much ;depressed by the lose of Fleet, Captain ltodgers, but is highly gratified with the operations of the fleet and army, and very hopeful of ultimate success. Up to the sailing of the Arkansas, at noon, the siege guns have been hurling shell at Fort Sumpter with marked effect. Two of the monitors, the Ironside and some of the gunboats are shelling forts Wagner and grog& BY THE MAILS. KANSAS INVADED THE BURNING OF LAWRENCE-$2,000,000 LOSS -PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF LRAM WaRTII. LEAVRXWORTH, August 21.—About G o'clock last evening the guerrilla chief Quantrell, with a force about 800 strong, crossed from Mis- Mei into Kansas, near the town of Gardner, 60 miles below here, and immediately started for Lawrence. Arriving before that town at four o'clock, this morning, he posted a guard around the city, so that the people could not escape, and, with the remainder of hie force, commenced pillaging the stores, shooting citi zens and firing houses. A gentleman who managed to escape, and secreted himself in a corn field near the town, reports that be swam the river at 8 o'clock, and, c.a reaching the bluff this side, had a plain view of the town, which was then a sheet of flames. From what he saw he thinks that the loss would reach two millions, and by this time much more, as the rebels seemed deter mined to destroy - everything that would burn. We cannot learn that any resistance was made, the citizens being taken 000:ipletely by Sur prise, the first alarm being the crackling of the flames and the shouts of the rebels. James H. Lane was in the city, and it is feared that he has fallen into the hands of the guerrillas, as it was almost impossible to es cape through their lines. A large number of Union troops have been sent in pursuit of the rebels, but with what swriess we have not yet learned. Mayor Anthony, of this city, has issued a proclamation stating that the people of Leaven worth need not apprehend any trouble, but requests every able-bodied citizen to provide himself with the best arms he can, and hold himself in readiness to aid his friend in any of the Slate at a moment's nOliee. lle censures the general commanding the district, who, he says, with 5,000 troops under his command, has allowed a few hundred guerril las to get fifty miles into the interior, burn a destroy two millions worth of property, and intimates that the citizens must depend upon themselves for the defence of the city and State. THE WAR IN tHE SOUTHWEST. JAcizsbx, Augueit 18.—The Federal cavalry from Yazoo city have reached Duvout station, on the Mississippi railroad, where they cap tured a train and cut the telegraph wires. A serious deatrustioi of the railroad southward is apprehended. The Yankees are carrying Iwo engines and trains northward from Baden, and a heavy raid is coming southward from the Charleston road. WIN. GRANT'S ARMY. CureAoo, August 21.—A special dispatch from Memphis says the 17th army corps is now stationed at Vicksburg. A species of intermit tent fever is prevalent among the soldiers there, and those taken sick are promptly removed to hospitals here. Very foie troops Ore quartered in Vicksburg—only enough to do police duty— the rest are encamped on the heights back of the city. General Sherman's corps is still encamped near the Big Black, on Bear and Clear creeks. This corps has bad the hardest service of the campaign, yet they enjoy better health than any other. The 13th army corps, under General. Ord, has moved to Natchez, for sanitary reasons. They will remain there for the present.. Admiral Porter's fleet is scattered along the Mississippi river, from New Orleans to Cairo. The intermediate distances between the points where the gunboats are stationed are patroled by light•draught boats. There is no special news from below. A4vioes from gteele's Arkansas expedition are looked for soon from Helena. THE WAR IN ARKANSAS 11.IEMPHIS, August 21.—Advioes from Arkan sas say that an the rebel forces in that State are concentrated at Almeda, five miles below Little Rock. Kirby Smith had arrived and taken command. The troops were erecting fortifications. • The people in the White river country are in a starving condition, and there is a strong disposition throughout the State to accept peace on any terms. W. H. Lee, a friend and classmate of the edi tor of the Bulletin, just from Georgia, says nothin g mu cola the ebjeet starving people of the Southern States, and the prevailing un mitigated despotism. The people are ripe for a movement to overthrow their rulers, and such action cannot touch longer be be layed. THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. A REBEL ACCOUNT OP THE BOMBARDMENT row fIUMPTEIL NORFOLK, August 21.—The Richmond Whig of to-day, received here, has the following: Gila:lmmToN, August 20. The enemy's operations, during the last twenty-four hours, have been mostly confined to a steady and con tinuous bombardment of Fort Sumpter, from their Parrot guns on Morris Island. The fire begins to tell on Fort Sumpter, which replies only at long intervals. The defence of the harbor does not depend mainly upon Sumpter, even if that fortress should be battered down. Governor Bonham has issued a proclamation urging the removal of all non-combatants from Charleston as soon as possible. The 200-pound Parrott guns of the enemy are too much for th e wails of Sumpter, and the fort only replies at intervals. It has been determined to defend the city, street by street, and house by house, as long as a foot of earth is left. IMPORTANT ARREST IN MASSACHU SETTS. BOSTON, August 21.—George W. Linn Pren tiss C. Baird, and Wm. Brown, all residents of Lee, Mass., were brought before United States Commissioner Hallett today, on the charge of giving aid and comfort to the rebels by manu facturing bank note paper, having the mark •' C. S. A." in the centre of the bills. A 'toile prosequi was entered in the case of Baird that he might appear as a witness. Linn was held in $B,OOO to Appear at the September term of the Court. Brown, who worked for Linn, was held in $l,OOO. MINNESOTA POLITICS. CHICAGO, August 21.—The Republican State O u nieotion of Minnesota met here yesterday, and nominated Col. Stephen A. Miller for Gov ernor, and C. D. Sherwood for Lieutenant-Gov ernor. For the ether State officers the present incumbents were nominated. VIRGINIA AFFAIRS, Governor Pierpont is in Washington making arrangements for putting the government of the State of Virginia into operation, the seat of government to be at Alexandria. With this view the first Legislature will be 479/3VeUed in extra session probably in September, when that body will elect a Treasurer and Auditor, for without them no salaries can be paid nor the taxes collected in the several counties de posited. By the ervatiou of this 4tate of West Virginia the snm of $lOO,OOO was left to the credit of the remaining portions of the Old Dominion. The new term of Governer Pier pont will commence in January next, the elec tion having taken place on the 28th of last May in those parts of Eastern Virginia free from Confederate coutrol. Thus, there are three Governors in what we formerly known as one State, including the rebel functionary at Richmond. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TEE PCMoM&C . Magnet 2.1, 1863. I have information from three different sources which leads me to believe that the rebels have left our front- and gone south to Ytiohntoncl. Deserters who came across the Rappahan nock say that the movement of troops towards Fredericksburg from Culpepper was only a ruse to cover Lee's real object—i. e., to enable him to move his troops southward by way of Gordonsville. Day before yesterday large bodies of rebel cavalry dashed down towards the Rappahan nock at the separate fords, driving in our pick ets, They came boldly out in Fight of our lines and deployed in fine line of battle order. Immediately all the corps along the river were put under arms, in which position' they re mained until morning, when, behold the enemy had withdrawn ! THE SUPPLY OF PAPERg TO TIM ARMY_ The following order has just been issued from the headquarters of the army of the Potc mac : GENERAL ORDER, No. 80.—First. For the purpose of giving full freedom of choice to this army in the selection of newspapers, it is or dered that any officer or enlisted man wishing to purchase any daily journal not now fur nished by the agent appointed under the pro visions of the circular of June 2, may give no tice thereof to the provost marshal of the com mand to which he btlongP, who shall forward the same through the provost marshal of his corps to the Provost Marshal General, who shall instruct said agents to furnish the same without delay, and a neglect on his part to comply with such instructions shall be held sufficient cause for vacating the appointment. GERRIT SMITH REPUDIATING THE RADICALS or run Ananuisrassaox.—ln a recent speech made by Gerrit smith in Oswego, that gentle man cuts loose from the radicals of the Ad ministration, the editor of the New York Tri bune, and all the other Abolitionists who insist upon putting down slavery before restoring the Union. He asks :—" Are there Abolitionists who any they cannot help to put down the re bellion unless the government will pledge it self to put down slavery ? Let me say that with such one idea men I have no sympathy. Like the sham Republicans and sham Demo crats I have referred to, they are but workers for the rebels." Again he says :—" Are there, I repeat, Abolitionists who, in such a time as this, stand back and refuse to join in putting down the rebellion save on the condition that slavery shall also be put down ? Then are they also to be numbered with the enemies of the country." Mr. Smith will therefore find the greatest enemies. of the country in the Cabinet of Mr. Lincoln and in the Tribune office. After deelaring in favor of the Union as it was and the Constitution "just as it is," he refers to Mexico, upon which he remarks, with justice and force, "If our rebellion should succeed, her fate is sealed, If it should fail, then it may even be that Napoleon's is sealed." These extracts show that, after all, Gerrit Smith is a practical statesman, while the vis ionary radicals are ever mounting by'some " higher law " to the clouds, in wandering mazes lost. By the course the administration is pursuing, if not arrested in its mad career, not only will the fate of Mexico be sealed, but the rebellion will be successful in the end, and the whole country, North and South, be in volved in irretrievable ruin. Already we are menaced by the intervention of Napoleon, an eventuality which is extremely probable from the manner in which the war is carried on. But let it be brought to a speedy close by fol lowing out the programme laid down by the President in his first proclamation, and in the resolution or c0ng....0 r"''.‘l. in August, 1861, and soon Mexico will be an independent nation once again", and the French eagles will have to wing their way from this continent, never to return.—Herald. SURGEON-EFENERAL 1(41(MOND. 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Brandreth, New York: SIR: I was a private in Co. P, 17th Regiment, New York Vole. While at Rarrison's Landing and on the Rappahannock near Falmouth, I and many of the Com ray were sick with bilious diarrhoea, The Army Sur geon did not mare us, and I was reduced to skin and bone. Among the Company were quite a number of members who had worked in year Laboratory at Sing Sing. They were not sick, because they used Brand reth's Pills. These men prevailed upon me and others to use tile Pills, and we were ill fused is Croat two to five days. After this our boys need Brandreth's Pills for the typhus fever, colds, rheumatism, and in no case didathey fail to restore health• Oat of gratitude to you for my good health, I send you this letter, which, if necessary, the entire Com pany would sign. I am. respectfully, yours, ROSCOE K. WATSON, Sing Sing, N. Y Principal office, 294 Canal street, New York. For sale in Rarrisburg by (CEO. H. BELL insAlltwtf To Horse Owners. Dr. Sweet's Infallible Liniment for Horses is unrivaled by any, and in all cases of Lameness, ari sing from Sprains, Bruises or Wrenching, its effect is magical and certain. Harness or Saddle Halls, Scratch es, Mange, &c., it will also cure speedily. Spavin and Bingbona may be easily prevented and cured in their incipient stages, but confirmed cases Are beyond the possibility of a radical cure. No case of the kind, how ever, is so. desperate or hopeless but it may be alleviated by this Liniment, and its faithful application wilt al ways remove the Lameness, and enable the horse to travel with comparative ease. Every horse owner should have this remedy at hand, for Us timely use at the fleet appearanee of Lameness will effectually prevent those formidable diseases men tioned, to which all horses are liable, and IPhich render so many otherwise valuable horses nearly worthless. See advertisement ap2o eow•d&w MOTHERS! MOTHERS! Don't fail to procure Mrs. WINSLOW'S SOOTNINO SYRUP for CHILDREN TEETHING. This val ble preparation is the prescription of oneof the beet female physicians and nurses intim United States, and has been used for thirty years with never failing ssfety and sus ceas by millions of mothers and children, from the fee ble intuit of see *reek .old to the whet. It not only relieves the child from pain, tnt Meg° rates the stomach and - bowels, corrects acidity, an gives tone and energy to the whole system. It will al most instantly relieVe Q imp IN TEN BOWELS AND WIND COLIC. We believe it the best and meat remedy 'in the world in all lissee of DYSENTERY AND iDIARRHOIA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from teething or from ear Other cause. . directions (or using will accompany each bottle. None genuine unless Melee siinile of CURTIS te PER KINS, New York, is on tke ontaide wrapper. Bold by all Medicine Dealers. Principal Office, 48 Dey street, New York. Price only 2.6 twice per bottle. my2SkittwOin Eamon or PATRIOT AND UNlezi; Dear Sir:—With your permission I wish to say to the readers of your paper that I will send by re'urn mail to all who wish it, (free,) a Recipe, with full directiom for making and using a simple Vegetable Balm, that wi:l effeetruilly remove, in 10 days, Pimples, DlotCbeo, Tao, Freckles, and ez Impurities of the Pkin, leaving the same soft, clear, am loth and beautiful. I will also n ail free to those haring Bald H ea d s 67 Bare Faces, Simple directions and info•tnation that will enahle them to start a full growth of Luxuriant Heir, Whiskers, or a MOubtacke, in less than 30 days. All applications answered by return mail without charge. Fespectfully yours, THOS. F. CHAPMAN, Chemist, No 831 Broadway, New York. je23 Said - A Friend. in Need. Try it. DR. SWEET'S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT is pre psred from the recipe of Dr. Stephen Sweet, of Connec tient, the great bone setter, and has been need in his practice for the last twenty years with the most aston ishing success . As an sztelpal remedy it is Witirt a rival, and will alleviate pain more speedily th any other preparation. For all Rheumatic and Nervous Disorders it it truly infallible, and as a curative for Sores,Woundo, Sprains, Bruises, &C., its soothing, heal ng rhening properties, excite the just awndonder powerfuland astonishment strenof all who haveever given it a trial. Over four hundred eertiGee.tee of re markable cures, performed by it within the last tiro years, attest this fact. See advertisement. New 2thuertionnento. HARRIH_ SBURG- FEMALE SEMI NARY.—The fall session of this Institution will commence on We dnesday, September 2 Aug 18-iltd • S. N. DIXON, Principal. MADAME ROSITER Will gin information in All the &lobo Cf uro e.bses-. friends, sickness and death, and in respect to all other satrjects. She can be consulted at all hours of the day and evening. GINTLEkI;N BO CENTS, LADIES 25 OMITS RESIDENCE IN MULBERRY UT., North Side, Second Door from River Alley. Ain; 22] N 0 . 20. [1.9 WANTED—A substitute; 25 cents. The Two Pickets. by Ogden N. Dodge; E 9 OWL The Miseries of Sneezing by Dodge; 30 cents. Hiss Me Once More, Mother, by Thompson ; 30 cents. Whether I Love Tbee, ifranzabt ; 25 cents. Within the Convent Garden, by Thalberg; 25 cents. Shall Freedom Droop rnd Die, by Leland; '25 cents. The above are a few songs ont of over 155 new pieces of Music just received at WARD'S NIIIStO STORE. Third street. aug 22-31 PUBLIC SALE of FORTY HORSES. Will be sold at public rale, on wednesday, August 26th• 1863 at my stable in Vine street, 13arristurg, Pa., one" ay trotting borse, who hes trotted in 2.52, sic years old; several pairs of matche driving bones; farm, draught and riding borne)). Tile sae embrace, BOMB fine stock, and will belsoul without reserve to no highest and bet bidders. The terms r f sale; will be a deducti' n of five per cent, for cash or note, with ap proved security, for ninety days. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. W. DIETZGAII. August 21-dtd. TO BOOT MAKERS.—Wanted, at IL PETER SANDERS', in Walnut street next to the Dauphin County Prison, two good Boot Makers and one Mender. None but the best workmen need apply. Wil! pay higher wages than any other manufacturer in the city, A ilt/8-/T* EXEMPTIONS FROM THE DRAFT. Persons having legal claims to exemption from the draft can have their cases prepared and presented to the Board on application to R. E. FERGUSON, Attorney At. Law, Second street, opposite Buehler Bouse. Orme with Wm H. Miller, Big. Aug 12—fwd. INDEPENDENCE ISLAND. Messrs. BECKER & FALK, Proprietors, announce to the citizens of Harrisburg that this cool and delightful Bummer retreat is now open for visitors. Accommoda tions will be furnished to parties and pic-nice at reason able terms, a dancing platform having been erected f. their special use. Season tickets for families, good for one year, $l.OO No improper "characters admitted, and no intoxicated person will be permitted to visit the Island. A Ferry Boat plies constantly between the Island and the foot of Broad street, West Harrisburg. jel3-3m HORSE AND CART FOR SALE.- A good Horse, Coal Cart and humans will be sold at a bargain. Call on Judge Dock, opposite the Court House, [Aug 15—dIn*J BILLIARD DOCR• T 0 THOSE DESIRING- TO PRO susarirms, AND TO THOSE WISHING TO 'BECOME STTOOTrj viL o. The undersigned, Military Claim Agents, tender their services for the procuring of Substitutes for Drafted men, as well as for the securing of the highest price for those wishing to offer themselves as Substitutes. They will register the names of each class referred to, with the exhalants, in money, proposed to be given ty the one and to be received by the other. Drafted men who are legally exempt can have all the papers prepared necessary to establish their claims to exemption by calling upon the undersigned. Those interested are invited to call at the office, in the Exchange Buildings, opposite the 7 auphin County Prison. kIecDOWELL mmivinE, auls-lm Military Claim Agents. ATTENTION, DRAFTED MEN Any drafted man from this district, desiring to volunteer in the 47th Regiment P. V., stationed at Rey West, Fla., will be accepted, by applying to the sub scriber. The' , will receive $27 before leaving for the regiment. Lient. W. W. GEETY, Second et. 2 doors below Renter's Hardware store augli-dlw* THE FALL SESSION OF THE HAR RISBURG ACA DEMY will open on Monday, the slat of August. for Teoenoiee evelf to 3.1. BEELER, Principal. all-5t eod D RAFT! DRAFT! Business in relation to the draft carefully and relia bly attended to. Exemption papers drawn up with care, and cases argued before the Board of Enrollment at moderate rates. Any perfigng within to go as substitute for any drafted man, will receive the highest cash price on ap plication at the established Otaim Agency of EUGENE SEYDEA, Attorney at Law, ann-lird Third street near Market, Harrisburg, Pa. MAP OF HARRISBURG CITY, ai laid out by direction of the ConliFiSeieners of the City Surrey, and confirmed by act or Legislature. containing numerous courses and distancea of the streets, squares, Ice.. marked on it, and designating the different wards, public baild lags, &c. It is, is tact, the only correct map of the city. For sale by H. HAGIi, Chief Regulator, Cor. ad et. and Cranberry alley._ aalo•d2w DROPOSALS FOR STONE BRIDGE. Proposals will be received at the City Coolie! Chamber till 7 o'clock p. m., September 5. for erect ing a atone bridge over Paxton creek, at Pexte a street. in this city, according to plans ant specifications on file in the Council Cliamber, Proposals Will state the price with brick arches and also with hewn atone !tract:: also specify the time of commencement and completion of the work. Proposers will specify what they will allow for rile materials on tee ground. They will also bs require" 10 fUrpish all the material necessary to do Ito work. The Council will reserve the rieht to reject all Vi 4 that they believe will not be to the advantage or tL city, or that they may believe are exorbitant Proposals to be endorsed "Proposals for b. idga, l3 directed to W 0, BICROK. President Common Ctuncil • T. HAEHLEN, D. Docxgß, 1" Irma' I /31P$ Street Committee Ist district. Au ;12-3! wtd NOTICE! THE DRAFT IN THE 16TH AND ADJOIN ING DESTRICTS. NATIONAL SUBSTIIUTE AGENCY. A. R. SWISHER & CO , haring opened en ale , ' i.' Carlisle,at the GovernmentAsseesor's office.in Sheer; Ball, are now prepared to famish substitutes at fa:: eked. Substitutes supplied from this office will be dbit tat ied Aliens, not subject to draft. All drafted re oo ' served by us are guarantied a release (tom the draft.. Apply at once, in person or by letter, at the "ha- Coma Substitute Agency, ,, ,Rbeem , s Hall, Carlisle. Refereneest.—J. M. Weakley, Joseph Ritner. jr Rheem. A. K. bwissEß & CO. August4-dtf ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES Pursuant to an order of the Court of Quarter Seseio se of Dauphin county, notice is hereby given to the Coro• missiooers of said county, and to the property holder'. along the line of Cumberland street, from 7th Rita 4 ' Bth street and Yerbeke street, from Fulton street to 7th street, in the City of Harrisburg, that upon the Pe" tition:of the Mayor of said ally, the Court has appot° - ted six ldewers' to assess the damages caused by the *fling 'of said streets, and that they will proceed to adMilith Mid dainagell Fetchty, the 21st day of Awls'. at 10 o'clock a, m., at which Urea sli psetice in terested may appear upon the ground JOHN h W. Beyßothivir,pro• Per: anlo.lotd City dolici tor. SMOKED SALMON.—A choice supply for aide loy WM, DOCIEjr,, a co. aplleow-dkw
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