'CIF :II of it f4l nin. THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 27, 1863 O. BARRETT & CO., PROPRIUTORS oagsmin =none will not be published in the PATRIOT an lbws unless accompanied with the name of th anther. S. AL. PETTENOILL & CO., No. illr Park Kim. N. Y., and 6 state st o Boston, Aso ear Agents for the Passim AIN UNION in thous OMNI, and sae antbadsed to Wu, Advertisements and nlinertptionn for as at ow /west Raw. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. FOR GOVBRNOR, EON, GEO. W. WOODWARD, OF FRUADZLPSL&. FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, WALTER H. LOWRIE, or AZ224IIIIMT COUNTY. Democratic County Convention. At a meeting of the County Committee, held sllq public house of Jas. Raymond, in the City of Harrisburg, on tbe_lsth fast., it was unanimously Resolved, That the Democratic voters of the several wards, boroughs and townships in Dan- Ado "aunty, are requested to meet at their usual places' of holding delegate elections, in the townships, between the hours of five and seven h'olook, P. M., and in the wards and borougNs, between the hours of seven and a half and. nine &gook, P_ M„ on Saturday the 6th day of September next, for the purpose of electing 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 dePtvokoer next, at two o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of forming a minty ticket, &c. The following changes in the places of hold delegate elections were made, viz henna Township,---From Miller's School house, to Michael G. Shreiner's hotel, Coxes town. Ifiddlaknon—Middle Ward.—To the public house of Raymond & Kendig. A. W. WATSON, Chairman. Franklin Smith, Secretary. Governor Curtin. While George W. Woodward our Demoonttio candidate remains quietly at home, attending to the duties assigned him by The people when they elected him Supreme Judge, and where he will remain until the people call him to fill another station, our provincial Governor de serte his Gubernatorial chair and is wandering about the country, forming political combina tions, soliciting votes in person, and judging from the tone of his party press, slandering his opponent, and 'trying to deceive the people by prerelease of patrietiam, in order to carry out his own selfish ends. lie claims to be the peculiar friend of the soldier and the foreigner, while it Is well known that he refused rations a some of our brave volunteer militia, who came here to defend our borders against the recent raid, and belonged to the proscriptive Know Nothing party, and served as Secretary of State under the Know-Nothing administra tion of Governor Pollock. Speaking of the deception which the Aboli tion party are trying to practice upon the peo ple, the Pittsburg Post says: Can anything be more ludicrous than the leaders of that infamous and profligate organi zation, who have just . emerged trom the dark plouings and windings of Know - Nothing lodges, objecting to the election of Judge Woodworti, became, as they allege, he is not sufficiently friendly to our foreign born fellow citizens. These brazen and shameless political mountebanks must , imagine the people the veriest . dupes. Think for a moment of a party, just after having counseled, not only the distrwhiSament of a man because -of the accidqnt of. his birth, but his proscription, bettanpe of his religion, now appearing as the spettisll ohampion of civil tad religious equal ity. Could:.pzlitical profligacy and duplicity exceed inch an ,elhiCnitien of partisan effron tery Imagine a set of desperate partisans exulting in the slaughter of men, women and children, because of .their religious connec tions, or the Out of :-brains of inno: cents nen the- beetling of their mothers, and the jeers and densities with which they bailed. the crackling and crumbling cathedral as it tumbled by the.torch et the- incendiary, and we have a fair conception of those who are now objeotiog to the Democratic candidate because of his want of sympathy for civil and religious freedom. The Abolition War. A correspondent of the Anti,Slavery Stand ard writvg ; Our people sad papers express much cha grin that Lee was allowed to escape without atm her battle. I don't share in the feeling. On the contrary, I was glad when I heard that he was' ever the river, and I have sten no rea son since for any other em.tion If Meade had enga,ted Lee and been .whipped—which was possible—it would have been bad; if he had to ierly defeated Lee—which was made mere than passible—it would have been worse: The political consequences could hardly have failed to lie disastrous. The nation is not prepare-d for a sudden and triumphant sup presaiou of . the rebellion. We shall not be ready ti ll we get a black army of at least :one hundred thousand men in the field. The above, taken from an influential jour nal, is,doubtless a fair expression of the views of the party he represents, and into the hands Of these radical have now fallen the reins of government. Thaddeus Stevens, in the balls of Congress, said the Union should never be restored with hie consent tinder the Constitu tion as it is. Solicitor Whiting, high in the canifidenee of the administration, in a recent letter to the " Loyal League" of Philadelphia, We, is effeet, that to withdraw the emanci pation proolaination and restore the old Union, would be the greatest disgrace that could be inflicted upon the country. Volumes of fur ther evidence could be accumulated, if re qgired; to phew that the determined policy of the adinizaatrition is to reject all terms of *oscillation and settlement, and to • continue the war for the sole purpostii3f emaricipation. This cannot be accomplished except by the ez ierwinition or the entire Southern people, whfeb, if- at all possible, would requite a war at at least forty years. The Stanikird want the rebellion eadllvity onpressO, that . would restore the Setup—it must be prolonged to prevent its restoration. The. SUiatles,:iit : their unholy seal for' the etiolitiOn Of Oiiiery, .would beggar tiba onuniry, Sacrifice one half -,of ite Whitte population, and enslave tlieffethainder, rather' than fail betheir object; . theist' ennuat madmen, there are a legion of merce ifieleit, who bing 'bent the gdgdalatration for So Purina* of gain, who wish the war pro eased in order that they may continue to gorge themselves on the life and blood of the station. Freemen of Pennsylvania, how do you like the prospect? Are you willing that the war should go on at the expense of your treasure an d your blood, for the single purpose of libe rating the slaves and placing them on an equality with yourselves; or will you &mend of Abraham Lincoln, at the ballot-box this fall, that he change his present ruinous poli cy, and restore the lJnion as it was, the ear liest moment it can be accomplished? Fanaticism and Force. In all ages of the world fanaticism, in its blind pursuit of a particular object, has ig nored the law of love taught by the Savior of Mankind, and has attempted to do by force, what can alone be accomplished by kindness and conciliation. This uncompromising spirit wasted the lloler of English chivalry in the Crusades, and plunged the world into Egyp tian darkness for centuries. It has caused more wars and bloodshed than all other causes combined. In its mad career it invariably re tards progress and the advancement of civiliza tion. Its inevitable tendency is towards des potism and the destruction of civil liberty. It always aims at a combination of Church and State, in which the church shall be in the as cendant and establish the religion of the peo ple. It enters into the legislative belie, and by penal statutes and stringent laws, attempts to legislate consciences into men. It arrogates to itself a knowledge of the will of God, and professes to be an instrument in the hands of Divine Providence to punish all those who do not render an "unquestioning support" to its decrees. It builds beadles and inquisitions, it erects racks and thumb-screws, in the vain attempt to extort from tortured hunlenity► the confession that the world does not move. But the light of truth, emanating from God, per meates all things, and in the darkest days of the world's history some Galileo will be found to whisper in the ear of a friend, "the world moves nevertheless." Were this not the fact, "truth crushed to earth" would never "rise again," the sun of liberty would cease to shine, and the universe be shrouded in an eternal night of darkness and despotism. The parallel between the political conspira tors, the Jacobins of our tiny, and the origina tors of the Inquisition, is as striking as it is alarming. The administration declares its object to be the preservation - of the Constitu tion and the salvation of the Union. So reli gions persecutors in a by-gone age declared that their object Wad to render religion pare and incorrnpt ; and for that purpose the most latitudinarian power was given to its minis ters. To prevent heresy in religion they had, or soon assumed far that purpose, the power to punish all persons who endeavored to per suade others, or in any Piet) intermeddle in matters of religion. Hence, they gradually assumed cognisance of the intentions, or even thoughts, of men, andltte tendencies of their words and writings in the streets, and in the sacred privacy of the closet, on a subject of universal concern and everlasting intereg,t, and subjucted them to the never-sleeping eye of a body of informers and familiars. So to-day Mr. Lincoln has his tools and pimps in every quarter of the land to carry to the ears of power any words of condemnation wrung from an oppressed people in the hour of their great est agony. A Vallandigham is banished, not so much for what he has done, as for what it to Helmeted be might do in the future. Every one who will not sing pmans in praise of the present administration or bow in abject aub mission to its will is branded as a traitor. It. is not enough, says Mr. Lincoln, for a man to keep silent in regard to national affairs, but Whenever he may hear anything disrespectful spoken of the administration or its policy he is a traitor if he does not take up the argunent in its defence, and resent_ it as a personal in sult to'bbneelf. As:those 'who justified persecution in religion claimed at last unlimited powers, so do the men in 'authority to-day, Whit have been resorting to the same abnormil acts. The delegation of such unlimited power, corrupted even the sa cred priesthood ; and religions heresy became the means of theirpower, and the terrible in strument of their malice or tyranny. Political heresy is fast beooming, in the hands of the present administration, as formidable a means of power and as vindictive an instrument of tyranny. The parallel is complete, and as the one, in the plenitude of its power destroyed the pure religion they pretended to be trying to advance, may we not rationally conclude that the ether, if not checked in its course, will destroy the government and the Union it is pretending to maintain ? Whenever any religious association or po litical party demands "soquesti9ning sup port," we may be sure they mask some purpose inimical to true religion and human liber,ty.— The Creator addresses himself to the under standings of men, and the more we discuss, and the more fully we understand His eternal laws, the more deeply a sense of His goodness and mercy sante into our minds and hearts.— Aside from the divine law, governments are founded upon the aggregated rights of indi viduals, as understood and expressed through human reason, and the more fully the subject is discussed, the more clearly our rights are defined, the more perfect the government be comes, and the more fully our liberties are preserved. All these lessons of the past have been for gotten by the dontiosnt party of to-day, and the issue before the people is clearly made up —Fanaticism and Force against Liberty and Law. If we are beaten in the contest, liberty dies, and the battle between tyranny and hu man rights, which has been waged in the old -world for over three hundred years, will have to be fought over again on this Continent. Fel • l ow . c iti ze uei• let ne make it a . peeceful contest iif the NOM imX,:and'iit wiltruntif despotism ie so firmly seated on its throne that, we can only overcome it through blood. Bfititvorder to do thie, we-must enter into the contests as earnestly as though Omit/ire of the tyrant was at our throats; "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," and if we fail to promptly meet:the 'dangers that environ us, and crush the monster elite birth, it will Small grew to ya l et, proportions that in order to straight) it. we 'shall hive to wadethroughleas of Itiood. Let "eternal vigilance" be your motto and your rule of action ; organise everywhere ; encour age the timid ; infuse new energy, into those that are logging; come one, come all to the polls in October next, and you cannot fail. In the future yi ea will have the proud satisfaction of knowing that you have preserved the govern ment fomnded by your fathers, and gen e r a tions yet unborn will acknowledge, with feelings of gratitude, that to.you they owe the rich inher itance of Liberty and Law. NEWS OF THE DAY. BY TELEGRAPH_ FROM CHARLESTON. INTERESTING LETTER FROM C. C. FULTON—THE CONDITION OF FORT SIibITTER -- -ACCOCNTS OF DESERTER% EC. Nsw YORK, August 26.—The following letter has been received from Mr. C. C. Fulton, edi tor of the Baltimore American : OFF CHARLESTON, Friday noon, Ang. 22. Fort Sumpter still dies the rebel sag. but its west wall is a mass of ruins. Our shells go into the fort and explode inside, some massing through the east wall, going in one side and coming ont of the other. An easterly storm prevailed on Tuesday and Wednesday, but broke away on Morelley, We now have fine weather, and it is expected that the Monitors will go in force to Sumpter this afternoon. The New Ironsides and our wooden ; vessels have shelled Forte Wagner and Gregg. every day, keeping them quiet, while the shore bat teries are hammering Sumpter. Seven North Carolina deserters, from Sulli van's Island, were picked up in a boat last night by the Montauk. They say the rebels were preparing to abandon Bumpier and blow it up; that they have been taking guns out of her ever since the attack in April, which de minittrated her inability to hold it ; that there are not more than six or eights guns now in the fort, the remainder being quakers ;; that the cord in of beer barrels were merely intended to sustain the telegraph line between Sumpter and Moultrie, and formed no part of the obstruc tions. of the harbor; that the North Carolina troops are anxious to go home, and are tamest in a state of mutiny ; that the rebels all antici pate the fall of Charleston ; that the walls of Sumpter were extensively breached in April, and that thelc is a great scarcity of provisions among the rebels. The flag of Fort Sumpter has been shot away four times, and now there is no flag up. The rebel batteries on James Island throw shells nigot and day into our lines, but do not cause more than one or two casualties daily. Admiral Dahlgren is anxious to let the army and naval batteries finish Sumpter, as he expects to have plenty of work for the Monitors in taking the interior line of defences of Charles ton. A flag of truce was sent to Fort Wagner on Friday morning, and the firing ceased during the interview, when it was resumed again. Gen. Gilmore notified Beauregard that he would commence to shell the city within forty eight hours, and requested him to remove the women and children. Tee entire Menitor fleet went up on Friday night for the purpose of making another assault on Fort Sumpter: The Monitor Passaic got aground, and so much time was lost in getting her off that the expedition was abandoned for the night. The saheb did not digester her sox, dition, although she was within half a mile of the fort, THE LATEST. Os: CHARLESTON, Saturday, Aug. 2.3. Fort Sumpter Of& morning is an immense ruin. The rear wall has been battered down, and the interior is open to view. Our shells strike against the inside of the trout wall. which is greatly shattered. and at times the balls pass entirely through the front. The flag of Sumpter was shot away four times on Friday. A new flag is up this morning. The weather is very hot. No ice is to be bad, and there is nothing to stay the thirst but the warm condensed water. Should there be vie aeoident to-night, the old flag will float over Sumpter to-morrow, (Sun day.) FOREIGN NEWS. Ew Vona., August 26.—The steamer Persia bas arrived froth Liverpool, with dates to the 16th, and via Queenstown to the . 17;h. There is but little said on American affairs. The Army and Natiy Gazette draws attention to the fact that the Federals are pushing forward the conairueticu of powerful sea going mon itors. Three British war steamers, recently sold at Plymouth to a London company, were sus pected of being intended for the rebels. Lord Clyde died at ChothatO on the'l4t4 . . There is nothing d-oisivo as to Mantua lian's aeeeptante of the Mexican crown.' Ru mors from Paris point decidedly to hie accept ance, but a Vienna journal says the assertions nre.pretnature. No decision has been arrived at. The Morning Post considers it far from im probable,thatthe French occupation. of Meiico may lead to more intimate relatiims between Napoleon and the Confederates, l and create trouble with the Washington govermnent. The Oestriche Zeitsow asSerts that the Austrian goveinment has in no way interfered with, or been consulted on, the Mexican question. it is a mere pprsonal question between Napoleon and Maximilian. It is asserted that the Spanish Ministry ap prove the Empire. The Madrid louroale are divided. The replies of the three powers were all sent to St. Petersburg to be delivered on the 17th, and forthwith published. Each Cabinet re plied to the argument addressed to itself, but terminates 'with an identical peragraph, testify ing the unity of their views. There is a growing belief at Paris that war is not to he apprehended_ The monthly returns of the bank of France show a decrease in cash of over 14,000,000 francs. There are vogue rumors that Prussia con templates a secession from the German Conic& erasion,. The Calcutta, China and Austrian mails are forwarded per the Persia. Their contents are ant icipat ed. The famous William Cornell Jewett has been tigyigg gn interview with the King Of the &l eans, in the interests of mediation. The King promised to use his influence to induce England to join France in ihe efforts for peace. Victoria, on Vancouver's Island, is to be the headquarters for the British squadrons in the Pacific. THE LATEST. The American ship Viking, Capt. Townsend, was last off Princess Island. Japan. Napoleon delivered no speech at the Paris fetes on the 15th. The Meporial Diplomatique announces Max imillian's acceptance of the crown of Mexico. The British steamer Juno was overhauled by the Federal eteamer &linage, off Fayalon'the 23c1 of July. No contraband goods were found, and ale was allowed to .proceed. . SOUTHERN NEWS FROM REBEL SOUR- CM /UVr 131 . 0 1 1 : 1 4. August 25.—The American has received Aledupond papers to the 25th, which cootsis tbefidicoung.dispatohes : August 24.—Yesterday morning tfurArlinle AticOebetsotia.gune, b orn . harded_kort Fisher, - where the; British steamer Hobs ran agioand Some day/Lego; the latter being protected by-two email-sunk 4nd , ge t y men. The enemy attempted to litink - bdtveria' 'ermined with one killed. Being reitifises i o, they finally fWeOndo/d.in deitPoying ebtododau landed from the steeilker, and afternettingair , on fire they left. We lost onirkilletaintthine wounded, a Whitworth and another small gun. Our forces were in possession of the wreck last evening_ Braturron, VA., August 24.—Censiderable excitement was treated here to-day by stoats reporting the Yankees to be near Buffalo Gap, on a raid to Staunton. Preparations were Made for their reception. Business was sus pended, snd old and young turned out en mute to meet the enemy, but they were non est. it is reported that they have crossed into the highlands. Iwboden is after them, and Staun ton has again relaxed into its placid state of tranquility. There is nothing important from the lower valley. There are no Yankees between here and Martinsburg. ITEMS OF SOUTHERN NEWS. CINCINNATI, Aug. 26 —The Gazette's Cairo dispatch says that over 100,000 bales of Con federate cotton have been captured near Nat chez. It is reported that Gen. Pemberton died last week at Selma, Ala. Gen. Grant and staff and Adjutant General Thomash left Cairo on Monday niEht for Mem phis. General Herron is on an expedition up the Red river. There are 8,000 rebel troops at Monroe, 65 miles west of Vicksburg. Walker and Heber are in command. ,Kirby Smith is in Texas. Johnston's forces are scattered in the Chunky river country. Returns from 106 counties in Kentucky give Bramlots 50,692 majority. BY THE MAILS. THE KANSAS MASSACRE. PVP.OVIT or IIttA.2.ITD.I3LL 2 9 CANCI—THIRTY- GUXRILLAS KILLED Kansas CITY, August 24.—Gen. Ewing has just returned from the pursuit of Qttantrell's rebel force concerned in the massacre at Law rence. It is estimated that the gang did not number more than three hundred. They dis banded at the head of Grand river, some going south and some north and east, and others scattering into the brush. Our forces have been divided accordingly, and are closely pur suing. and a continual skirmishing is going on, Lieut. Col. Lazeai, with two squadrons of the let Cavalry of Missouri State militia, had an 'engagement with one hundred guerillas on Big Creek, near Harrisonville, Missouri, killing five and capturing a considerable quantity of goods and horses stolen at Lawrence. Thirty one guerillas have been killed so far. HBLP FOB THE SUMMERS. ST. Louis, August 25.—The Union Mer chants' Exchange passed a resolution to•day condoling with the citizens of Lawrence, and appointing a committee of ten to collect con tributions for the relief of the sufferers. General Schofield has issued a strong order against bushwhackers and guerillas, and per mitting the loyal citizens to bear arms for their own protection, and• to aid the troops when necessary. PURSUIT OF QUANTILELL. KANSAS err; August 25.—Quantrell's force reached the head-waters of Grand river, Cass county, about noon the day after the burning of Lawrence, and there divided into squads of forty and fifty, and scattered in various direc tions. Our troops were half an hour behind, and were also divided, and continued the pur suit. A detachment ardored from Lexington met part of the rebel force near Pleasant Hill, and killed seven and recovered a considerable amount of goods taken from Lawrence. A report has just reached here that Major Plumb and Major Naoher overtook a company, in Lafayette, killing thirty. The total killed; according to the last report, is between sixty seventy. Our detachments are still in pur suit. It is ascertained that Quantrell'e whole force was 300 selected men, who assembled from Lafayette, Saline, Clay, Johnson, and the bor der counties, on Thursday noon, at the head of the middle fork of Grand river, fifteen miles from the Kansas line, and the same day star ted for Kansas. Our mount brought word that afternoon to the military station at Au bry, six miles north of the place where they crossed the line, of the assembling en Grand river, and an hour after their entrance into Kansas other tonic brought word to that ef fect. The information was at once communi cated to all the stations on the border, and to the district headquarters at Kansas City, 35 miles north of Aulfry. A delay of three or fedr hours occurred at each station, to gather in part of the patrolling and scouting parties, when the pursuit was begun froin each station separately, leaving a portion of the troops to watch the border, 'and endeavor , to prevent Quantrell's return to Missouri. Quantreli's men told many persons, 'before reaching Lawrence, that they were going:there to destroy the town, but •by some' strange fatality the people along the route, who might easily have got word to Lawrence, did not fry. A messenger, sent by Capt. Coleman to no tify the people of Lawrence of Quantreli's ap proach, failed to get through. Quantrell obtained a supply of fresh horses at Lawrence, which enabled him to outstrip end elude the pursuit of our soldiers, whose horses were nearly exhausted_ When: they reached him, six miles south of Lawrence, the citizens who joined in the pursuit were able to keep up with the enemy, and often compelled him to bait and 'forms line of battle, but the soldiers could not force their jaded horses to a rilloplor a charge and pursuit, and went on ineffectively. At ; night Quantrell broke his trail near P.toli, and our troops were delayed all night in finding it. No damage' was done by Quantrell from the time our forces came up with him until he got ettt of Kansas. The pursuit was so close that he was compelled to abandon most of the horses they were leading and goods stolen from Lawrence. TERRIBLE RURRICANK. THE UNITED STATE r 3 Dula IMINDRIDGE lOUN DERED AT SEA Reports are hourly reaching us of the vio lence of a hurricane which visited our coast line between the ISth and 22ii of this month. Tee most serious disaster of which we yet have ti dings is the loss of the United States brig . Bainbridge, which, went down leaving a lone man to tell the sad tale. Capt. a A Lane, of the British brig South Boston, which arrived at rhiNdelphia yester day from Barbadoes, sends us the following report: On the 22d inst., at half-past seven p. m.. and in latitude 36°19 , , longitude 74°, we picked up. Jamee 6atith, a colored man, who was in a boat which was half full of water, belonging to the United States brig B.inbridge. The brig had foundered the day before, (21s, about four o'clock /n the afternoon, all bands i solqg down in the vessel except, Smith and the cook. ° The cook became a raving maniac in a few hours, and drowned himself. Smith was in the boat about twenty-eight hours, suffering every thing but death ; he was washed out of the boat a number of times, and on four occasions the beat was turned completely over. The Bainbridge lett this port on the 18th inst., wit h orders to report to the commanding officer at Port Royal, and encountered the hur ricane whiA visited our coast on tne 19th, 20th and 21st of this month. She carried a crew of about one hundred souls all told. THE PRIVATEERS. Captain *Minh Locke, of the Britieh ship Albion, from Liverpool. says that on the 4th of August. latitude - 89°8' north, lofigiludet 49°4V west, about 2 o'olook in the afternoon, Pit:ld a rebelprivateer,•shippotted to be the plcis During the . irsoinitig 44* a bark Agg4d teaser on oar les t Standing to the west. - Eke tacked, and Muliti down on our lee beam, under steam and sail, hoisting the rebel flag when we hoisted our English ensign. The itimner then bore away hi southeast. The Marie Cecile, Captain Magnen, which wised at Havre, August 4", front Guadeloupe, reports having seen on the 10th of July, in latitude 39° north, longitude 45° west, a wooden steamer, painted black, with a large white band, three mast schooner-rigged, which hoisted the English flag; but, after having ex amined the Marie Cecile and borne away, nauled it down and set the rebel flag s The British ship Virginia, Capt. Armstrong, from Lepreaux, N. B , which has arrived at Liverpool, spoke the rebel privateer Charleston steering southeast, July 26, in latitude 45'57', longitude 37°60'. WASHINGTON ITEMS. WASIIINGTON, August 25. —The flags were hoisted over the War and Navy Departments to-day on the receipt of the good news from Charleston, telegraphed from Portrese Monroe this forenoon. Coming, as it does, through rebel sources, it is hilly credited, and it is believed that the news will be more than veri fied by the next arrival from Charleston har bor. The friends of the Union cause bare been made jubilant by these reports, and by the news of Rosecrinte advance on Chattanoog., which it is not probable can long be held by the demoralized troops under Bragg. ARREST OF C, EDWAItDS LESTER C. Edwards Lester, clerk in the War Depart ment, was arrested last Monday, at Harper's Ferry, with important documents intended for the enemy in his possession. Lester is sus pected of having been in communication with the rebels for some time, and has doubtless given them much valuable intelligence. But a short time since a man was arrested at Brentville, Va., while on hie way to Richmond with dispatches from some one in the War Department, and it is believed that the accused furnished the information: Lester has timed extensively in. literary and political circles, end his arrest has caused no little commotion. He was for some time Consul at one of the Italian ports, and until recently was employed in the Interior Department. THE - GUERILLAS ACTIVE Notwithstanding the lesson administered to the guerillas who infest the Chesapeake and Ohio canal a few days WPM they mode their appeartunie again yesterday on the tb w path about twenty-five miles above Georgetown. They appeared in squads ef fifteen and twenty; but as they were told by the boats they. hailed that Other boats were near at hand 'with troops on board they did no damage. An active pur suit of the guerilla bands which infest the coun try in the vicinity of our lines is constantly kept up by our cavalry,and more or less of teem are daily captured ; but owing to their peculiar system of operations,and the fact that the peace able citizens by day beceme guerillas at night,' it is exceedingly difficult to weed them out en tirely or prey ent occasional depredations by them. NO REBELS ON'THE LOWER POTOMAC. The steamer Baltimore, Captain Mitchell, arrived here this morning from Fortress Mon roe. She reports that the enemy has not ap peared upon the Potomac, reports to Cie con trary nowithstanding, and that there are no indications of new batteries at any point.' Our flotilla has not been able to discover any rebels upon the Virginia shore, and the whole coun try wears an air of loneliness and desolation. UNION PEELING IN MISSISSIPPI. Mr. Casey, el-member of Congress from Kentucky, has just reached here from Vicks burg. He reports that the people of Missis sippi are in a most wretched condition, and ready to accept Union on any terms. Num bers of what were formerly families of vast wealth now receive rations from our commis saries. FRESH HORSES FOR TUE CAVALRY. The cavalry is being rapidly fitted up with fresh horses of the best quality. Many of those in the service were totally nofit for such duty when purchased, and are now completely used up. None but strong, healthy horses, of mature age, are selected, and large numbers of animas are left upon the hands of speculators, who expected to fleece the government. Two thirds of those offered are rejected. ALL COMPROMISE TO BE REFUSED. It was to be expected that the anti slavery conspirators should establish their boldest and most unscrupulous partisan journals in this metropolis. From this great central point of observation they can more effectively distri big.e their venom throughout the land, and no one marvels that New York, though conserve five and free at the c ire' from all fanatical ten dencies, should be chesen as the headquarters of the,radical press. We accept,- therefore, as an inevitable infliction, those daily promulga tions of incendiary and pernioious doctrines which'. go -forth • : frove.-' Printing-11011Se Square and other neighborhoods infected 'with Aboli tion malaria; but sometimes the theories an nounced have such a dangerous and - Unnatural charadtee trigjust awl sane MO MOO 11l as-. tonishment.at the perusal; and ask: are these, indeed, tne• conscientious views of Christian journalists ? The Evening Post, nervous with apprehen sion les t the good sense of the people should use the present opportunity for negotiation, says " But some will perhaps say, why not treat with the rebel leaders ? Why let what appears to be a punctilio stand in the way of peace? In the first place, they have not yet asked ay. to treat with - Chem, but if they had, zoo ought eo refuse." Men of the North, who are to be " driven like bullocks to the slaughter pens," read in these significant words the doom of this un happy country. Understand now why the Conscription act must be enforced, at the very hour when you deemed yourselves standing at the threshold of an honorable peace. It is de liberately proclaimed to pvi that "we ought to retuse" the proffered hand of reconcili.tton It is unblushingly confessed that the adminis tration will throw every impediment in the way of compromise. If the spirit of Peace should smile, a frown will be its answer; should it approaeli in the garb of suppliance and kneel at yaur temples for a welcome, it is to be scourged back again and forbidden a foothold on your soil. The limits of the struggle are not to be determined by equity and reason, but by the will, or rather -phantasy, 01 your ere slr nt Watibingtoh, itthobt: in blood, they intend shall be maintained with blood, although both the North and the Snuth should yearn for settlement and concord. Like the gladiators of old, you must fight on until your ,masters grow weary of the sport. It meters not what propositions may come from the enemy; they will not even be listened to. It is of no avail that the foe should ask a beer ing; it will not be granted. Terms, although they should embrace all that you hoped for, ,:re rjected in advance; the very opportunity for ranking them is to be refused. If the Southerners were savages and hea thens, any, it they were a race of maniacs,- or beasts of pray, a more pitiless policy could not be pursued. . But when it is considered that they are our own countrymen, sprung from the loins of our revolu , ionary fathers, worshipping the saint. God with ourselves, attached to t., 0 Sc priuoiple of goVernment and "hoknoWl. ed..ed by t.he -eivilised world' as a oobrageous enligreued people; when it is remembered our shoals are brilliant with the names of their anee , tore, and t h4t they have given the Bepub ho warriors end 6flitesbletl deals cannot be cancelled by rebellitill.; when Re seknowl , edge that even as rebels we are prpud to And, theta worthy of onefiteel; and . that their Lees and Jacksoris can never be brided with die haaev. it seeing atilt t l lohettrt, .the generous North ehottid'abrink'Withi:absme to read 'this argument for ceaseless strife in the columns of a journal that claims to represent the domi nant party We caution the Democraey to watch the etralthy elope of these intriguers, for there U evidently a cause for this appaready promo- ture confession of a design to prolong hostili ties. It is more than probable that. in deepit kt Of the haughty and senseless rejection of Mr, Stephens' mission, the Confederate leaders have again sought, audience with the adminis tration. The Post gays : " They have not yet asked us to treat with them." This may be b u t an evasion ; they may not yet have ow us to treat with them, and we btlieve that they will rather ask for graves than for shackles ; but they may have broached the subject of compromise, and they may have been " re fused." If the administration is thus dealing double with the people ; if facts of that nature are being concealed, and the opportunities for peace being quietly avoided, becatise not suffi ciently favorable to emancipation, we can only say that Mr. Lincoln and his ministers are treading the edges ea Tarpean News. New x26pertio entente. XEMPTION S FROM THE DRAFT. L A Persons baying kcal claims Meas. pawl from the draft can bar. their cases veparcd aid In eseotai to the Board on application to R E. FERGUSON. Attorney-et- Law. Second street, opposite Buehler Reuse lace with Win H. Miller, EK. dug 27-tf. WANTI.D.—A second hand G -C art Inquire of P. IL DOUG 4Eavy, it* City Rotel. STATE FAIR. THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THEE ?EWA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIBTY, WILL BE HELD AT NORRISTOWN, MONTGOMERY CO. e PA.. September .9th and 10th and October !at and td, 1863. Norristown is about 17 mile.' west of Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill river, and is accessible by zailwa-y to every portion of the State. The Grounds are teantifully situated, isentaittleg .24 acres of ground with tine large buildings thereon erec ted. together with large amount of sbeddi g. The track is said to be one.of the beet half mile tracks in the State. The . premiums are the heaviegt ever offered by. the iloOlOty. ltitiOttoting Oboist $ 7 099 The pre miums for all grades of cattle exceed KOOO, five of which are $3O each, 19 from $25 to $l5. others running down to loniser rates. Rest herd not less than 15 heal, first pastel= $4O; second' premium, $25. Homes for all grades the premiums exceed $lB5O. The highest $100; '22 between $2O and $BO, and others ranging from $4O. $lO and $0 For oheep and Striae the premiums •stegis from $lO to $5 and $a For Poultry there Is a long list of premiums from 02 to $1 each. In the following classes most liberal pre miums are offered : Ploughe, Cultivators. Drills, Wa gons, Reaping and Mowing Machines, Cutters. Corn Shellere, Cider hi lie, Pumps. Buckets, Tin Ware, Lather and its Meaufectu.es, Gas Pixturis. Marble magma., Butter, Floor, Grain an 4, Seeds, Vegetables; and also for Dommtie and Household Mannettettiree, Cloths, Carnets, Satinet, Skirting, Speeding. Blankets, Flannels, Shawls, Knit Goode, Needle Work, 5c..e. Bread, Cakes. Preserves, Jellies, ite Large premiums are offered for every verietyof Fruit and Flowers The Floral Tent will be the large.t ever erected by the Society and will form one of the most attraetive features of the exbitr.tion Fruit, Grapes and Wlll6 will be exhibited in this department The Pennsylvania Railroad and Norristown' Reliroirt have arranged 'o carry artimes for exhibition to and from the Exbibition freight free, requiring the forward ing freight to be paid, which will be rep id shipper when goods are returned ko the 'ration whence shipped . It is hoped to effect the same with other important *Cada. Excursions at reduced rates will be run on all the leading railroads. Entries can be trade 'at the office, in Norristown, after the 9th day of September A l, articles must be ea tred on the Looks on er before Tue day evening, Sep tember 29th Exhibit° a must become members. eienivership $l. 00, with tour Coupon earl, of which will admit one person to the Fair once. SINGLE ADMISSION 25 CENTh. 4 List of Pre elutes and Regulations can be hal by addressing the Secretary. TEI• MAS P. KNOX, Preside. A 81401VER LOicodgßß Scs-tiory , Norristown, Pa. y ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.. Notice is hereby given that letters of sulmin.lstration. have this day be-u granted to the undersigned by the Register of Dkuphin county, upon the estate of. Diniel Bressler, late of Jeffeep on township, in said county, de ceased All persons having colairiss or demands sgaini.-, paid estate are hereby revested to make known the same without delay, and those indebteg to raid oriel.. are notified to make immediate payment to JOHN HOFFIFIAN, Administrator, ang27-lawarb Jefferson township, Dauphin eo. INCOME TAX, RC. APS EISSOR'S MOTIOB., Notictie hereby given to all persons resident within the eeeond Division, Fourteenth District of Peunsyl vials. with whom blanks have been left for income Tax, Tat on carriage. and implications for limmae, that the safd blanks must be made out and r' tamed to this office on sr- befeie the sth day of .-eptember next, other wi e the assessment will be made as directed by the llth section of the act of 7nly let, 1862. Said section provides that where persons neglect or ranee to make -return, the wePeor roust make anti!' het trttirn 4' 4l ' the cited information he chnobtain.yind add 81) per cent. to the amountthereof, arid &MO an idditimiargensity of $lOO, from which assessment there is ci' appeal. WM H OAEILOW, Assistant Assessor, 2d Lir • 14th Dist. OEOO West sinu9r 'Auto; efigsr9, tgg fl -act FA i r ANTE I ?,--A few good Lborin.; •v v Men at the WAR WORKS. sugo3-2t IVAI`TED—;:-A furni , hed room, with boarding_ fora oentleman and hula, in s private boardioa•house. statbue terms and location. Addreor Post Naos Box No. 264. ang.intf TIORSE STOLEN.- - Was, stolen,. Monday night, from .the stable of the subscriber, at Silver spring Mills,.a Black Horse of the Canadian treed—the mane hangs on the left aids—right hoot of fore foot partly split. A rewarl of Pi . ty 7 , ollaws - m IF he paid to any one returnine the horse, or giving in foimation that will lead to his recovery. A. MANNING, aug2s.3tU Hognestown, Cumberland county, Pa- PICNIC.—The clittniosi Aft of Harrisburg give a PICNIC AT COLD SPRINGS, ON SATURDAY NEXT, AUGUST 29th. 10.9.1% 'pill leave the Beret of the Lebanon rain road. for 'he springs, at 7,i4 o'clock. A co•dia. invitation is extended to all Mechami."..; other citizens. Price of tickets for the round trip 76 cents, to be had at the Depot. C OMMITTRY. :—Thos. Anderson, Michael Runk. Dam'? Spoo , d, Abrace Styes, John lieltz, Ephraim itershs7. str.,;t:i• 4 t MADAME ROSITER, Will wive information in all the affairs of iiie, absez friends, sickness and death, and in respect to all o:her ggbjects. She can bo consulted at all holm of the dm - , and evening. GENTLEMEN 50 CENTS, 'LADIES 45 OX STS. RESIDENCE IN MULBERRY ST.,. North Side, Second Door from River Alici Aug 22] N O . 2 0. 117 LIFE INS.URANCE. THE GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE, ANNWIT AND WREST COMPANY OP PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE WO. 40S CUESTNITIT • [CHARTER PERP.ETUL.] CAPITAL AND ASSETS, - - $1,543,3 , ` 5 THOMAS EIDHWAT I Provides:. ' JOHN P. YAMIIB, Actuary. CONTINUE to make INSURANCE ON LIVES cc the most reasonableiterms: Tbsy eat as istrecutortc Trustataratid (*medico e timler last Wilm, mad as BoceitersAad Assignees. ' The capital being pabtup and invoted; together with a large and coaatoatlyincremalas metre:4 fund, taws a perfect secririty to the insured. The premigma *vibe klisid yearly, half yearly er • The company add it.*l‘l7l3. perlodi oily to the ins,' reams. for' life. ,- . Thiri..T . LBST .Bol4Uil approPrieted }T. Deoembei l. lB4l the eECOND BONUS le Deeembe:.: T 1849, the HIRD_•BONUCin flocamber, POORTH BONI'S bi 1859:' THena,atbiltbloll ore waim' s without requiring pay increase la the produce to Is Pad to the t i allay_ ' Thu folkiwitit argot few expesples free 3 ho. l 4(clerlo roiy. Agriin t 9f dam, Bump or I bonus be inareseet Inured 'addition bi future Mallow- No. so 82,500 $ 587 60 W 060 SW 0550, " 182 8,000 7,060 00 4, " 199 1,081 400 00 1,400 Ott " 888 5,000 1,816 00 1.815 890 AVM • Norilibirs92a auSXI4:I7 EDE BMWL
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