OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. SATURDAY MORNING AUG. 24 For Afternoon Telegraph See First Ptige. _ The Last Speech of Stephen A. Douglas. In the speech made by Stephen A. Douglas at' Chicago, May Ist, he used these,aimirableand memorable words : "Whoever is not prepared to sacrifice party organisations and platforms on the altar of his country does not deserve the support and countenance of honest people How,are we io overcome partizan antipa. tides in the minds of all parties so as to present a united front in support of our country? We must cease discussing party issues, make no illusions to old party tests, have no crimination and recriminations, indulge in no taunts one against the other, as to who has been the cause of these troubles. "When we shall have rescued the Gov ernment and country from its perils, and seen ite flag floating in trivmph over every inch of American soil, it will then be time enough td inquire as to who and what has brought these troubles upon us. When we shall have a country in a Government for our children to live in peace and happiness, it will be time for each of 548 to return to our party banners according to our own convictions of right and duty. Let him be marked as. no true patriot who will not abandon all such issues, in times like this." WAR IN EARNEST. The tOne of the journals in the North ern States indicate, pretty plainly, the fall realization of the dreadful war in which we are engaged, that all local and secondary issues must yield to this mighty struggle. We have no vitality to waste, in silly disputes. Our country calls, and that voice shall not be dis obeyed. An exchange says : "We have therefore a dismal choice. War, terri ble as it is, must now be regarded as not only an unavoidable necessity, but a great patriotic duty. And to insure us safety hereafter it ought to be a tremen s dolts war. To shrink from such a strug gle is unmanly. Peace on any terms which would leave the rebels victorious would be utterly ruinous to Pennsylva nia. Continued war would be a thous and times better, and notwithstanding its burthen and calamities we shohld rather welcome, it to our doors than tamely acquiesce in a future which would virtually make the Southern conspira tors masters of this continent. If any classes of citizens fancy that their inter ests can escape the consequences of such a deplorable result, let us earnestly as sure them that they are mistaken. All interests are inseparably blended. If the State be humiliated, If itiuffer the losses we have stated, every one must feel them, daily and hourly, for the rest of his life. "Pennsylvania ought now to be able to pat into the field a hundred thousand men. Her proud metropolis, regarded with covetous eyes by , rebels eager for spoils, is fully awake to her duty, but how stands•the old commonwealth ? Lo the" - remote agricultural, mining Anti manufacturing districts realize what is the state of things ? If not, we must make them aware of it.. Let publio meetings be held everywhere, in cities and towns and villages, where the popu , lace may be aroused to a full conviction of the importance of the crisis. Let vig- Mee , 11Mres be adopted to ensure ample—enlistment. Wherever there is an alarm bell let the people gather to its sound, as they did in the revolutionary era. These are times which demand the highest sacrifices, the noblest motives, and the most vigorous action. The Governor's proclamation ought to be read in all public assemblies, put at the head of the editorial columns of every newspaper, posted on the corners of all , the streets, and made the subject •of attention in every regiment, com pany, club association, &c. We have said that no half way measures will now answer, and ~we mean it most emphati cally: Pennsylvania has too much at stake to afford to be slow to action. We _ want a general, active, thorough, stir ring can of the whole State, in ref - erencetoibe raising of troops, the same as took place last fall wbbn political ex citement raged. Temporary and even" eacent efforts will not answer. There is no businestr' now but to save the repub lic. Men - of the Keystone State rally around the standard which has so long been your boast and pride. Show by your actions now that this grand old commonwealth deserves well. tho honors shehas so long enjoyed. Let us at once raise and hurl against the insolent foe an army that will prove invinceible both by numbers and conduct." WE understand the Marshal of New York has suspended the publication of the News, and Lay. Book, of that city.-- This will Meet the unqalified approba tiortof every reasonable man who pre tends to the least patriotism. The Day Book has been the cause of incalculable mischief, circulated over the Northern Stabil free of cost to,such as choose to receive them, and many places where it found favor clubs were raised, and the money paid. We are glad it has ceased to have tire opportunity to print treason. w f m. Washington Republican published iiprivate bitter from Parson Brownlow, editor; of the Knoxville (Tennessee) "Whi4;iti fileinl4,this passage occurs: "Ain order hislieen , made at Richmond to suppress the publication of the KnoAv ee `WW,..but the notice has not been skied on-me yet...l have given them the devil in this day's paper, And I shall continue . tOilikt lust whela please, until my office is closed or destroyed by brute force: They have about run me althore in a pecumary sonae , 4roke up my business —withheld all 'letters - containing sub scliptions and. thus .I am driven to the wffil with more sphaffibers On apy:"lfse than the eight secession of East TennOsee all put together; But will stfir'Ser.orloes my bread Unfelt men, wpml wig surrender to this vile heresy ofoda* .. , ' Willimy peat wialia Q a, I am, JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. The New York Tribune says:—"The suggestion of the Grand Jury is al ready having, as we presumed it would, ittkproper effect upon some of the Se cession Jononals of this city' and of the - Atate. The Journal of Commerce has attained to so much of a- repentant mood as to profess its Willingness to sustain the Government by suppressing Acts. We will not question its dispo sition while we protest againstits meth od. The difficulty heretofore with that journal has been its proclivity to sup press facts and publish falsehoods, and what is now wanted is that it should re verse this method, if it is possible for it to get out of a very old and vicious habit. The very article in which it declares, as something so very original, its willingness to keep facts in the back ground, is a very elaborate attempt to show that the Government has had no more staunch supporter in this war than itself I Poor old Journal ! We fear its disease is chronic and incurable. Still, gentle and careful treatment c, i may bring t round again, and it may, in time, recover the power of speaking the truth when strongly supported.— We - commend gentle exercise to begin with. Let it try to re-publish the let ters of the Democratic gentlemen of Vermont who declined nominations for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Treasurer, because they conceived their duty to their country to be greater than their allegiance to party. As this hap pened some days ago, the Journal may be able to bear it. Next let it attempt to lift the letter of the Union Demo cratic candidate for Governor in Ohio. All these are wholesome reading, and their publication might not try our poor invalid too much. Should it find itself capable of bearing these, we should next commend to its columns Mr. Dickinson's speech which we piitlished yesterday. If it can survive that we shall begin to .have hopes of its final recovery. THE New York Post saps: "In the present condition of the nation, Ameri can citizens have the right to demand that there shall be no false peace, and no relaxation of efforts till those now in insurrection against the authority of the constitution are put down. The highest interests of the nation demand that no terms shall be offered to eitimps in arms, except unqualified submission to the constitutional authorities; and, in the words of the Richmond county resolu- tions, "in pursuance of these convictions and principles,loyal citizens have a right to demand that the administration of the genera) government shall be as thor oughly and constantly alive to the emer gency as the people; that its energy and promptitude shall be seen in evcry detail ; that it shall t so wisely conduct the necessarily great lempentlittir . es of the war that just suspicion will be impossi ble, to the end that a will be impossible, to the end th.tt a willing people and a -everely vigorous administration may speedily secure a yermanent peace, by the firm guaranty of every constitution al right to every citizen of the United States ; and that in the administration of state affairs the people demand a thoughtful tenderises in taxation, a wise economy in expenditure, a rigid regard for all rights guarantied by the consti tution, prompt payment, justice and humane care for our volunteers honesty in every department of the public ser. vice, and the swift exposure and expul eien of every corrupt officer.'' The New Ration. Formerly the daily ration was i pound of pork or bacon, or lf pound of fresh or salt beef. 18 ounces of bread or flour, or 12 ounces of pilot bread or pound of corn meal. TO ONE HUNDRED RATIONS. 8 quaits of beans or peas, or 10 pounds of rice, or 1-10 ounces of dissi cated potatoes, or 88 ounces of dissicated mixed vegetables. 10 pounds of coffee. 15 pounds of sugar. 4 quarts of vinegar. 1 pound of adamantine candles. 4pounds of soap and quarts of salt. Congress increased the rations as fol ows : TO 100 RATIONS i pound of pork or bacon, or 1 pound of fresh or salt beef. 22 ounces of bread or flour, or 1 pound of pilot bread. 8 quarts of beans, 10 pounds of rice or hominy, and 1 pound of potatoes three times a week, or substitute there for. 10 pounds of coffee. 15 pounds of sugar. 4 quarts of vinegar. 1f pounds of adamantine candles 4 pounds of soap. 2 quarts of salt. Extra issues of molasses are occasion. ally made. Th,former was said to be ample; the latter is more than sufficient, if properly cooked; but the new ration is supplied in fall by Government. If, therefore, complaints are made in future, they must fall upon the officers of the army, not upon the Government. A Ilumou.—The Cincinnati Times, of Wednesday, published a special dis patch stating that Gen. Leo had retreat ed precipitately from Western Virginia, abandoning his artillery, &o. There is no confirmation of this rumor, and we presume it is a canard. It is possible that the advance movement of Gen. Lee was merely a feint, and that he has fal len back in obedience to the gent elan` of rebel operations in the S. • ` 1 1 1 .11:0 GREAT BAT/TEX.- 4 11e Ne., Orleans, Cif:iciest says that the great udlamoo - 1:17 which is to destroy thtililliquadron, is now nearly ready' for service. Of its entire _success mankind-are 'told to have no Vlstibts. . , For The Poit MASTERLY INACTIVITY. "In my letters, as in my conversation, I have endeavored to show that the task to which the Unionists have set themselves is of no ordi nary difficulty ; hut in the state ofarrogance and su percilious confidence, either real or effected to conceal a sense of weabness, One might as well have preaehed to the pyramid of Cheops,"—Busea. We do not place the above e.A.traot at tie head of our article from any respect tre entertain for its author, but because it is the testimony of a close, If not disinterested, observer of things in and about Washington. That our government, considering its almost unbounded resources, both as to mon and money, and especially in view of the imminent danger to our Capital, has_ been hugging too long the delusive phantoms of puke, .and Inciting Its hand and even its face fron . those acts of fi.l.,nness and Jurfiretoward open and brazen faced traitors, which a'ono could secure confidence at home end respect abroad, not the most oaSual observer could have failed to discover. With millions of money and hundreds of thousands of men signifying their readiness to fight and, If reed be, to shod their Wood for the Union; the ponderous machinery cf our government has moved slowly, very slowly, on in the orgeniz Won 'of its armies and ~their trans portation to the seats of war. Time has been spent in locating and organiamg camps of instructit n (too often, R 188! of drunks n nets and demoralization,) al: over the North, at points seemingly bet er suited to the it teree's of persons nal places than to the pressing never sales of the nation ; while those in rebellion, extraordinary despatch, have gathered vast armies and thrown them forward where needed most. Grave men with spectacle, on, remind us that "raw recruits must be gathered Moan:ma and taught tho "art of war" before they go near the battle field- But why, in this healthful c tint-y and at this auspicious sea on of the your, litidd:o men In camps far ICMOte from ;he seat of war but genera:- 1y near, very near, to the grog-sltops and brothels of our cities ; instead of marclimg them as fiat as organized in companies through the op; n country toward their future battle se'ds, letting them sleep in tents at night, and learn the art or win' and acquire powers of endurance as they march by day, No extraordlutry amount (A 14 , rning gativ.red either upon the hattle fled or at the rdihuiry Academy le required to frame the prote-r answer to our question. tt' tin that iine , seen ihe and irAin of ern' gration to our country; that knows the open mei-ways, the warm hearts, open hands &nd bounteous prov.su,ne of the loyal peop i o, through the North and far down Into the dark dominions of alavery even, can doubt the propriety of sending forward at once, by data, wage Eli or on foot, our armies, company y company, as feet as ready, to Washington, to t irafton or to Springfield ! It hoe seemed as though tide Were but a harvcst time for CbirurZ.,, each raking and tending for him se/f, and scrambling to keep q a bundlee from getting Into any other CoionoPe heap. Many have geetried more anzioua to gather the prescribed number In order to get •Nacinntseions" th,sri to gath , )r their men quickly, tunlroot them thbroughly accl to take them a'. once whero moat needed; and, luck.ly for them, the War Depart ment, until very recently, has refusei to accept men unless organw3d into "9...mts and ful y e.iwpred. In our humblo opinion ;t would have been lax better to have taken all, company by corn patsy, to Washington, and there to have mg to z.,d them Into regiments, with co ,ip went, sot , r and caret.:! Colonel& Do nut ansuntlersttrui us: rn , rt of our Colonels am what :Ley abonl,l heartod, patrwt,o, -sir rtic.n t i, br a ., A r t a sobe r . here are too many elepuon , . on a recent tour through our cape avtuogt , .c we heard loud ; r, I Hiner cornp'qui ..11.1e of our tiru , vt Pit.t.bulgtl rt.:up wars rovilubt tlieu Colonel, 0, they 14 Lit to e et his the , ir.nk.nti and when present 7MR 14 , ..,( 11,J!, uu scerldlng as t.h regiment were but a dri , re cf unruly cattle. We ieleel I hem t- re: t thaw complaints to tfancral ear ; we here they have alresdy done an In e.g.', ' a battle we lead sure [hey VF.Cad Gape LI , / in [het( Colonel whatever. wc•tit,i and disgrace both thozh':eirei and ihe ci'y the[ t xr sent them forth. We are rema.nded aga.o tp ' t .e _ with apM+taCiek Ile .I as arrn i I99afp. ZE5.lOt , % LII.I WO CRII Lxtd•y o.l2"Aer ~ .ur 01,1 1,-, y serioU-ly. A couple cl do: >n cf our pntri,,l sinters, with their m, -,‘,r1..; “.44; , 1 cr,kk beta opough for a ..ompaay .Irtv,t t. i)4 , •>•Ainit to,? rtiio: , , A 1,1 a army w3g•nla au.l amthlanoaa, tt to the .rj• non.ause to suppose Lnat tore -4 P . I aft , ,r ons pilLern, ta. all 1 atafP I nlik hrpt the same 1 , 1 m b:ml lalard Tr.ore are Ks.: •:,•• At:J e • •:. n(n.h. And tiorsi ,, , and hann, : o /tr..' GM., 10 p.d ttatnigh al' the and baggag a yet CA/ e.d L,r by (1443 gorrtnttitat, Atrd that W tllltutt welting jr. A, m.mthq ore yaar for natra , :. r.. and nap get tttenf raiady. Wo contest+ to sirdor Chat brookx lin delay at etu•h a t inn: We bare no pot trace with lumt'er• mu and meoliaitioat thovernenta in our arm) when hre, expedition and proroputeee are OorP. , ..sury to nave Gm Capital, to nave our Untan, to ivt, 6 government bought by the blood ff our tatbrre and bequeathed to tho chl'dron of al; rico-ma. Pity this ' mugerly innotit;i3 ' idoor govern roeni ? Mad Iva a liar with Mel ioo, or even With England or Yranoe it might da to move at tin snarl's pace. Then wo would Mere time. bere is an army of rabols around Washington much larg4r Mau our own, armed and r , iulppe i 11 not in the most improved style etticiantly at least. Washmigton Weds troops; Harper's Ferry needs troops; Fortress Monroe needs troops, and Bala, more has none too many. °afro geode troops, and Epringfield, and Rolla, and Grafton, and be sv;ll: and why we they not sugplte•a Simply because our War Department and com manding ueuerai have n , Jt been awake le the real state:of things; because they hare, perhaps, like Mr, Seward Net wiate.r, e. tested the Seeeseice sehotne to be played out, a only let aloof!, to ..aluety days'" The (invernment has forborne and wafted while rebellion has gone earneAly, rapidly arid tiercrly forward. It is not impossible, nor altogether improbable, as things now stand for Ciao. Beeuregard to take Washington, and we may rest aqsurcd, when that that is done, the Southern Confederacy will be re_ cognized by the wrest Powers of Europe, and that too, in perfect accordance with the usage of Na_ bons. The disaster at Bull's Bun has been charged upon the New York Tribune, upon members of Corigreaarcarteiu "civilians," and upon the people generally, while in reality, It belongs only to those who have had the sole manage,rient of the war, and have been residing in Washington If not asleep they have been awak to little purpost.. It may ba considered rash in us to venture such an opinion, nevertheless it is the result of a con stunt reading of our war reports and news and of Home observation at the seat of war. Wo would not, for a moment, question ellier the ability or willingness of Mr. Lincoln. We behave he is all right, but we regret ha has not had more ancient men at the head of our war preparations.. Nor would we overlook the dittioultlos In tho way of General Scott and Mr. Cameron—ihey have had herculean tasks, and traitors thick as toads in sum. mer, to dispose of. But there la one great fact that we cannot !Coe sight or—that Jell. Davis and Beaaregard, with far less money and men, loss Railroad conveniences, less provisions and clothing, have galhere2, for ettiateat service, mach greater armies than our Government, io the same period of time. When we learn to regard It more Important to meet our enemy at the right time and niece than to have our men all of a certain he ght, clad In certain dress, educated in the vices of suburban camp-life to a certain degree; then to have all the guns of a uniform style, and allthe beggagerwsg• ors and ambulances of one pattern and color, and to be furnished 1,7 certain contractors and eab contractors from various localities, then and Oct till then shall we be prepared to cope with the reb els, to protect our Capital, save oar Union and hand down to generations yet unborn the blessings of the noblest government the world has ever see a. J. P. D. THE New York World says the rea son why we have net more armed veg.. selitin the blockading service, is because there is a scarcity of guns. Humbug ! "here are aim guns lying on the sand 'tside the walls of Fortress Monroe .an would supply, ail the merchant steamers at Nevi York, and there is no end of gun earrisges,'and all• sorts of models. There is not will and ikree enough in the head of'the Navy Npart went. That ie the trouble WASHINGTON CITY ITEMS. Yesterday morning, Gen. Robert Anderson, lion. brace Maynard, of Tennessee, and others, visited the Navy Yard, and witnessed the artillery prac tice of the gunners, under the super vision of Commandant Dahlgren. The firing with a 12-pound boat howitzer was performed with great rapidity, ma king-four shots in thirteen seconds. Russell's Misstatements. The statements of Russell, the Lon don Times correspondent, that there was no band-to-hand fighting, and no battery taken by our troops at Stone Bridge, is denied here by high military authority. Russell's report that ale Smithsonian legacy had been squandered in the pur chase of Arkansas bonds, and ghat the Government is dishonored by the trans action, is also false. Startling Intelligence from II arpet 9f3 Ferry and Sandy Hook. Information has been received hen , ' to-day that leaves no room for doubt that Banks' column has made a flank movement from Harper's Ferry and Sandy Hook. A gradual concentration of troops in the neighborhood of Mono eau wab followed by a general move ment of the army, and by noon of Sat urday not a tent or a soldier was to be een in or about Sandy Hook. The pickets wore withdrawn from Harper's Ferry on Thursday night, and the rebels in squads immediately e ntered the town. The fact that they immediately exchanged shots across the river, indicating the presence of a con siderable force there. Tho promptness with which they entered the town, almost before our pickets had reached the Maryland shore, shows that they were kept fully informed of our movements by tho spies, hich they undoubted I . y naviago to keep within the national lines in spite of all precautions. One thing is very certain, however, that the general movement of the army was kept profoundly secret from its own officers, few of whom know that it was to take place. The Rebel army, it is asserted, cross ed the Potomac last night inform, not withst inding the high stage of the riv er was p.:ppo. ed to he a check upon such a movement. This bold anti rvek losA c...tirn of (loners! Johnston is remarkable, as it di% his forces and places in hip nose a 'Aide ri;cr to hinder hid retuat, which is certain to take plebe • t:cricral Scott and General Nl° (71ellan will meet the occasion for which tficy artit fully prepared. ii.duc Guards not iteituircd,f,r Sperl4l service. MEZEI The following dcispatch wpm last ev ening, received in this city, by Ueneral lioasoti;,•n, item the Secretary of War. It sets at rwt all doubts as to the lia bility of the flotnequards or rtsservvs to ho called into active service outside of the city : WAS' INt/TON, August 21, 1861 The Department will not, in any event call on the Home Guards or Grey Re serves for tctuporary servie e. SI,NION CAMERON, See'y of War. GENERAL ROTIERT ANDERSON leaVeB this city to-morrow for the purpose of aesaming the command of the U. S. forces in Kentueky. At present they consist of three regiments, but muskets, are at hand for a cpaiderable ar my. GOVERNOR 'TICKS is here at the "Willard hotel," and it is understood that ho is very decided in his support of the general government. The exo dus into lower Maryland of Unionists from Virginia, as well as the prospect of hostilities in that quarter, are mid to be the•leading subjects of consideration by the Governor. Tnouau Senator Baker has declined a high military position from the gov ernment, he seems to be actively en gaged in disciplining the California reg iment. To-day ho Lode into town in citizen's dress,but accompanied by most of the regimental staff in full uniform. Like Gen. Lane, of riansas, he may yet be commissioned as a colonel by State appointment, and thus hold his seat in the Senate, while in .reality serving in the field. IT is stated on high military authori ty that the Seeretary'of War intends shortly to furnish uniforms to regiments needing them, so- that the general color of uniforms for the entire army shall be blue. rTn reports of New York papers touching the occasion of Gen. Meigs' visit North aro vague and unsatisfacto ry, but it is more, than probable that he is charged by the government with the duly of reducing to system the matter of purchases on army account. What his views aro on this head may be inferred from all his past course as a public other. That has been to' buy from first hands after inviting competi tion, and of paying a fair price for a good article The idea is the right one, but much ability and ingenuity will be required to carry it out in practice. CoL. TAYLOR, Assistant Commissary General oftuhsistence, concerning ra tions has written a letter, which is a specimen of very plain speaking to such quartermasters of volunteers as have by neglect or dishonesty occasion ed complaints by the soldiers tbunttbeir rations fie says that the preset: Ta Shell Practice. tion, if properly cooked, is more than can be eaten, as experience in the reg ular army shows, and adds that if the regimental quartermaster and cap tains attend to their duly, the men most receive their full allowance, and that of good quality. Duties Upon Swedish Iron.— Important The following circular from the Sec retary of the Treasury, in answer to an inquiry relative to the discriminating duty upon Swedish iron, is important to importers, as the decision relates to all foreign merchandise imported under similar circumstances : "TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Aug. 19. Stu: Messrs. Naylor & Co., of your port, have made inquiry as to whether Swedish iron, shipped by way of Lon don, Hamburg or Bremen, and from thence reshipped to the United States by either Bremen, Hamburg, or Ameri can vessels, will be subject to the dis criminating duty of 10 per centurn pro vided for by the third section of the act of August sth, 1861. "Swedish iron so imported will not, in my opinion, be liable to the discrim inating duty in question, I am' very respectfully, s. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. Hiram Barney, Esq., Collector of Cus toms, New York." "law A few days since we were gratified and surprised to hear that a gentleman on from - Minnesota had come forward and made an unasked loan of 846,000 to the Government—gratified at such an exhibition of spontaneous patriotism, and surprised that any man who lived in 111innesota should have $46,000. That mystery, however, has been ex plained by the fact, that he never took his funds to that labyrinth of real estate speoulations, but kept them in New York, where he formerly resided. And it further appears, that his money was in Missouri currency, which, though at par here in ordinary business trs.nsa.c., Lions, is at a discount of eight per (tent below gold and New York exchange. In a few days the amount will be re turned to him in gold; and be will realize by the trAnsaction the neat sum of 83,G50! If the story is true (I have abstained from investigating it too closely, forfear of spoiling it) there is a good deal of human nature to the scluaro acre, even in Minnesota. ti lily supplies without Contracts. The Philadelphia Ledger has a sensible article on this subject, from which we ex• the toll •wing: • l t certain brandies of trndo and indus try have been so interfered with by the 1 , 1 b‘ virtaidly s.lisprolded. why •+t•ual and intelligence invest 1:. temporarily employed .1. l•roducing those things for c.hich the war has created en esti AJr•linary demand? Thorn is need for, If peace is not soon rod, ,t which those is little probability is w, quantitio , of military supplies and munitions of all kinds. Among these are cannon, tanri, n balls, shells, mortars, csis. s its, artillery wagons, ambulances, pro, VirSg.,lo, tents, pewder, bellets, camp chests, rides, muskets, pe.toir, a words, axes, picks, aparins, cooking L(ILS; IS, Lill t:tAry clothing, canteens, blankets, F.hoesi, and a long list of other articles, too numerous to nienkion Why should the Industry that has been hitherto occupied in pro•iucing those things which belong to the arts and wants of peace not be engaged in creating those which aro re. quired iu a state and for the use of war ? The same mechanical skill for the most part is adapted to both, and is readily con vertible, upon occasion, to either. Thus far, only for the want of this wise Lion to the present necessities of the time of the general industry of the country, the great amount of work to be done is mono polized by comparatively few persons.-- And this confinement of the work prevents it being executed as rapidly as the wants of the Government require it to be per fbrmed, while. the consequent hurry of those who are doing the work, against time, obliges them to do it imperfectly. It may be said, indeed, that the Government does not go into the general market for its supplies, buying where it can buy cheapest and can get at once what it may require,, without having to wait upon the conve nience and sources of a contractor.— There is certainty much force In this as matters aro now conducted. But if the contract system Is to slow for the nooses'. ties of the Government, and not as econo. mica! as it might be, cannot that system bo abandoned if the Government is given the opportunity of getting its supplies just as freely as a citizen gets his groceries, and so forth, by going to the general market for them ? But to effect this thing there should be a fair understanding on both sides. If the Government should be as. eared of Its supplies without contracting for them, the public should be assured that the Government will buy what it wants wherever it can buy at the cheapest price and the shortest notice. This ought to be the declared policy and purpose of the Gov ernment. Tho effect would be to set thous ands to work who are now idle, to distri bute the money of the Government more equally among the people, to have its work done better, quicker and cheaper, and to keep those loyal whom starvation might convert into malcontents." News from the South. Tar. BATTEN NEAR SPRI N °FIELD. The papers in the rebel states are filled with reports relative to the battle near Springfield, which they claim as a com plete victory and overthrow of the Union force. AID FOR Gov. JAOKSON.—The New Orleans Delta has a dispatch from Rich mond, announcing the passage of an act, "appropriating one million of dol lam for the Missouri state troops, who are co-operating, or who may hereafter co-operate with the Confederate gov , - eminent." A LARD BLOCKADE.--WO want no corn, no flour, no swill-fed port, no red eye, no batter or cheese from that Great Western Reserve, no "sass," no adulterated drugs, no patent physics,no poisoned pickles. We want none of these, we say, to exchange our money for them. And we will not pay the "Blue Grass" country of Kentucky for its loyalty to Lincoln by opening our markets Wits hemp fabrics. Let it lay in the bed it has chosen until it awakes to a sense.of its duty as well as its' , in terest. We must discriminate in favor olour gallant oily, Missouri, and give her .the benefits of our marts in prefer ence to either, open foes - or ,insidious /neutrals. It is the clear- duty. ok' our government now to deciftre_getitudy Circular. The advertiser To Consumptive& havingr health in a few weeks byre v been very sim pletred td remedy; after having stifferea several leans with **severe lung afteWo arait n, and that .asdieesoe.Consurrip. tiou—ia &Wow* to make known to hie fellow snit erers the means (dime. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the =Piton used, (tree of charge,) with the dired. or preparing and tuina n = e• they will find a wax vans sua zuwirsie• Bemuses% An. The only object of the advertiser in eenaing the prescriptions to benefitthe afflicted. and spread infcrmation which,he conceivea to be Invaluable, and he hopes everreuffererts try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing, may prove a blessing. Parties wishinß%stpe_prescription ad dress __,_BDWABD A. WJJ wunsmsbargh, Rings coun l fr, New ork ger- TO RESTORE THE SICICTO HEALTH.—The blood must be purified, an d a ft medicines are useless which do not the quality of stimulating the blood "to e ite impurities into the bowels, BEA.NDEBTRIII possess this quality in a high degree, and should bo in every .Mmily. They are equally xiseltil for children, and adults, adapted t‘i both sexes, and are innocent as bread, yet MOST raTurstvs es • PIRDICTIBS. Thet,Efon. Jacob Meyers, of Springville, Indiana, writes to Dr. Brandreth under date of May 11, have used - your Invaluable Vegetable Uni versal Pala in my family mince. 18,A they have always cared, even. when other medicines were of no avail. I have been the means of my neighbors using hundreds of dollars' worth and I am satisfied' they have received a thousand per cent in blessed health through then , use, They are used in We region for Bilious and Liver. Diseases, Fever and Ague, and in pll rhemmitic eases with the- most - perfeet ESUCCOBB. In fact, they are the}jreat reliance sickness, and I trust your venerable life may ba_ long spared to prepare so excellent adic meine for* the use of man. • • • * Please settd moo your lowest price_ by the grows." Sold by TRIM RED/PATE hth s4 A . bur And by all inspindalde dealers in it Pitts bur Instan.l)4=ese, taneous ; imparts ellerfeot bleok t er_e inego itteent brown, in the aPaft of nfluteks:la °darker:does not stain - the akin, and heenexer been known to - ORISTADOHOS H:COELOTOR HI DYE, Manufaidozed by J 1 CILTSTADOSO, 6 *O..ter. A. 911119, New York. Sold everywhere, Watt...6PPue ( 4sl au Hair Dressers. ji • _ • OW 41. Agnattent; lltdiantllt...V • - th ' ' ? - . , f. under blockade. If in the existing state of affairs a sea separated nit from . that state, it would, with the navalpow• er to execute our behests, behpoikue to close the ports of nAmople tvto seek for themselves profit bY- itiVollVisl4ll'us and enriching our ,foiip, The fact their territorial coutiiniti doe#: not weaken the argument. Kentucky and the West must be made to feel this war, and feel it until they cry peocavi. —[N. 0. Delta.. BANISHMENT OF UNION MEN —We cannot afford to tolerate enemies in our midst, because, forsooth, they may have the discretion - to keep silent and to bear no arms in their hands. The man of Massachusetts, or thO, man of Kentucky, living and perhaps thriving in our midst, has no business at::this time. to be among us if he allows eirea sonable suspicion to exist that be is not also cordially with us.--[N. O. Delta. A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN CHAR LESTON.--The Charleston Mercury an nounces the passage of the following resolutions by the vigilance committee of that city Resolved, That this etniunittee ; con siders it highly inexpedient and impol itio for persons resident at the South to visit the free states of the federal gov ernment and return to our midatomil especially do we condemn the repeated visits of the same persons. We consider: such intercourse as at least auspicious,; and we think it ought not to be tolerated. Resolved, therefore, That in future' any resident of Charleston cavits vicinity who shall go to any of the Northern States, unless with the previous know ledge and assent of the committee, shall_ not be permitted to return to our com rounity, under pain of such disabilires , or pftnisbment as the law may decree. HOWELL COBB.—The Richmond ex aminer announces that the Hon. How ell Cobb, speaker of the Confederate Congress, is about to take command 'of a Georgia regiment. He has been training in the duties and discipline of the camp for over a month. /MUM Übl _wiTior Is now organizing a company for three„years or the war, to be named the FRISBEE INFANTRY. He has made arrangements through private mimes, to provide midterms for the members,-in , this city, as soon as mustered in. This will prevent any possible delay In getting the antforinii. $lll ..r month, and 000 at the expiration of enlist ment, Office, SMITHFIELD STREET, NEAR. FIFTH. OasOMETH NEW, NOV EL AND IN TER ESTlNG.—Recruits wanted for the ROCKET TROUPE, To be furnished by the Government with °RARER'S ROCKETS A FIELD ARTILLERY. 'Jinn :1 the t.cst ("bunco yet ofttrod. Part of the company win ho: mounted. For further particu lars inquire at R13e00,1 story of Mill'er's Book Store,' nr xt door to poet, office. mi2l2 4,1 JA.E3. TIIOPdPSON, Captakt 1.001%) 12T11 AND 13 THREGIMENT - ft P. V.—Authority has Men given me by commute the *atone of the 12th .aticii.lath Regi ments, P. V.—the toruter for a 11.„ the latter for mne days. As hOOIVIaI funds are reoeived from- the Tr.-asory of the United grates the sarrielvill..be . paid to the Qv/artery:eastern of theyßegiments; BENJ. E. I.I.OTCRINS, ant Lieut. 3d Qtrairy. O. S.A. Due notice will be given through. the merit the receipt of the above OnntannildiOn, And Jim money paid to Um rspresentative of each Com ?att.!. JAMES A. REIN, qh . kriarrnaster 12th Regl. M. K. MOORIIKA ctrualerznasterlath Reg't aulo.ll 0? FICE 0 78 ---.F ri-i-,--.B.reircattoornwton co., tii Coiner Market and ater streets,. , uguak 18 :1- Tho Prot , ident and Pirranoso n Dir A ectors of this Com pany have TB Id DAY doctored a dividend of FCC ti JOLLA Rs prr share out of the profits of the bast cis. months, applicable to the reduction of Stock :rotas. f 10117:1w I P. A. RINEHART, Se.c.:' ;IZT. POST-OFF,ICE IsTSYTIOE.—"STAMPB."--:. Posr - Orinadyirrestuum, Pa z August. /9,1861. I am prepared to exebange Postage Stamps olthe DOW atyle Br an equivalent amount of the o.cl issue during a period of BIX DAYS from the date hereof • AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF WHIM TIME 'the "old Stamps" wilt not tie received in payment of pot.tage on letters or papers sent from thin office. Neighboring poatmasters can exchange here. 'B. F. VON BONNTIORST, Poet Master. POS T -OFFICE NOTIQE.--/ AM PI M. to exchange ENVELOPES of the new style for an eqtziralent amount of the old is sue, durmg a In nod of SIX DAYS from the date hereof; the latter will not THEREAFTER be re ceived in payment of postage on lettemsentfrom this office. R. F. VON . 13 0NNHORST, P.M. Fos! -otEee, Pittsburgh, August 16,1881. • mile OBIMPORTART TO ItMENTOBS: Great Union Patent Agency. ROBERT W. FENWICK Counsellor and IPatent Agent AT WASHINGTON CITY, D. C. Prom Hon. CU& Mann, fats Cbannissioaer qf Ade*. Wasmintrox, 1). 0, October 4,1860. Unit R. W. 'Fenwick, Esq., fa about to I ch opt e l aE im ili flice in thia city 8.9 a Solicitor of Patents, cheerfully State that 1 have long known him as a gentleman of large experience in such matters, 01 prompt arid "accurate business tablts, and of doubted Integrity. As such I commend him to the inventors of the United States. CHARLES maw. Mr. Peowick was for nearly form yißara tho , manti• ger of the Washington Branch Office ofthe Scientific American Patent Agency of Masers. Dfunn & Cps and h for more than fen. Years officially ellnialtetad wit said arm, and with an expenMice of marteert years in every Wench relating to the Patent 081% and the interest of inventors. . le2Bhdtf ocl:daw A PYRAMILr9F !ACTS I Concern:ft CIWTADORICYB YAW DYE! Itte , _ ....,....,____........ -- ) i--:- .6 - "thiiilieft_ !,. 4, Cciliti rl : l4l.l 4 ''' . l, Roach, dm, Exterminator. t , Coistit'a* i " 0OS ied io z ~... - -bug Rtteruinator." .I,lkoWiiirlllil k 41 74 - 611'P Eleotrie Powder for Lugano, *e. In 25, 500. and $l,OO Itoxes, Bottles , antir'Pliis ra and $5 Sizes for Plantations, Ships, Wide, Hotels, &o. 2 - ...._:. - zoom Preparations (nzil*OS others) are .Mee-tke#l Poisons," "Not*gikrens "liat some outor lutely infallible," fllpmsirtipOriesail-40111"--12 years established inl v letefiricA4-taied 131 the City Pee t - Offleerthe Prieeek_,. aPftAktiela 2' Homes he City Strainers, snips, Sior-114 Boom, !matey," Elt.Nlc , holas,4to--adit by-txtratthan 20,000 private, funiliet. Tor =intuit testishiar'• - , Bait4= 4 : id*Ailt , ottes—larot!n) iingA ifo d i njfielnyppothWelolfOleS-itittffinini —3l Ok i iitoek - Fleasiz4n#lidapappiiVowla s itil ands, eta., ifo—rd-11441woriztonn and peabstlif VERBIIfIIG I t 1 Beware of au ituindions of Voottwor . ,- Ann for and Talur nothing butv'Costini,." air Sold Evervidure.4y , • ' - All Wholesali Drumlats.-lo:the*lrodliPit Mr Eteld by th,A.I4IIINOSTOOIt .1k;4X48044/11 the Wholesale *gA1144327it f allthe letall Daistirend :St ore lay" and country, a Sir Quintal , dealers can order as abate ,* ',.-' or address i aidero dirik - 4-401. irP*eig Teen* eta. : IE4 desired — T)3.Bol4Am :14431rOular gm k ing reduced prices .A.g --, 1 -,_a% . ITENB ILcoo, ~..eAul rumainz Dust -aic6 61 Breadwor-WPPoliwk In° . B t' Achg4a8490 41A110441 , -,..u. ..10-Imdelrw NEW ADVERTISEMINTEL yoav4o4l: <comPidirna&LOga Steginteztge' 30 good enciOntsid Sthitreteid. take the mabe of - others en m tailed, lithe halm tank- n en out. Also, (well recommended,) ONE DRUM MER, ONE FIFER, ONE WAGONER., and legnod COOK. Mo-e than one half the company am now in Weald/kg on, and the atnera /ego 011 11 1 0 * Those teirolledi and not ewor.win, immidiately thirDisptch'olllce. ns_Corapany A, will meet on Monday, at ten o'clock, at the Dispatch office, to receive orders to march. By order of Capt. FOSTER. W. STEWART DAY. Lieut. Recruiting, NEW .111UY GOODS. FL, ANNEL9--ALL COLORS,, GREY SHIRES AND,DILAON% CHECKS AND TIOKLNGS, PRINTS ANDOINGJWIS s _ • SILIRTINGS AND SHEETING?, SHIRT HOBOES AND; 111811 NEEDLE WORK COLLARS AND SETS, HOSIERY, GLOVES AND BUTTS, SUMMER DRESS GOODS, Lacs Intim". 'l , PLAID FLANNELS FOR SHIRTFRONT CLOSING OUTAT HALF PRICE. Domestic and' &alai-1144i; A PUltli STOCK. We 110 if 'em. toeviish. C. EiAN§ON- *WO, 74 Market Street. ftti2lw P ITIV 3 BIIIiiiiTMBEAtIiZOLINGt: THIRTEEN TEACHERH. ' riPH NERW , ,,,WiIat COM: mkSaß, TUESDAY, September Bd. The buildings tine been thorougitly4eiltted,,..igj A PP 2 Thlw.lokilWettratinot am; aimed, miligg the itislitutton second ttinotwin instructed not only in the regular college course, but in any department, such as TE - 1. E G 1141# 1 ,GANI4' Languages, Loco, or Instrumental Musk, Drawing anti Rain " • For eatalogno, adani,aa. au24.lwcf r MANTI COs T Grey Dress ' Geo& at cost, Stella Shawls at cost, Fancy Silks at cost, - = liaregoa and TialinsWat-s?ft, Berne Robes athalfP#4, Jacon.et Lawn atil6o.,...WOrth A •y , ' A large aasertnient DOMESTIC ',G- o'o D 1 3 4, JUST OPKNE,D AT W. 84; D. litatrB9. anus•-< STEW 13GODS i- NEW VCIOII 011Aiwas 'TS MARKET STREET, re nini rectoalg,ll;splOodidatodrof 1•1" W 3:7kp Among whiell may be found BLACK CHENILLE NETS, swath cEubrna,li t‘Te, MN AND 0 9 4 PEDNETes DUMB 11EATo Burk, Brown, Blue, Omen ? anaLpTak- mp,y,l. • MAGIC autrielaso.•an. rams, LINEN colzup• :c 4i ( T.v.galysliV4r EMBROIDERED SETS, 4 1 , DI NNP I, agriiLiWCA oE t s Jaeonal, and Swiss Miami and ;i ye!uihiOLLAlss,:—,' 'GEMS , Bittleftk-T'' COLLARS, 0049Ingffil., 13ILK 'MERINO oriDEßeinttt*DßlMps4": BELLING CHEAP POICCABB: into 6t Tia „ ~ . , eitiri r titniootJEXlDlit Pot the' benefit id jincianti - if Ad ' the Ctunp Meeting-11015r: in named, - . epeouttstraltnedlleake'redi . -13^ ,wtow. r outUßDalliAngtntilf6tkV p, .„*..'434-- atosodandlinfinititimve - at 9:30 nr;ltar turning nitrkaialiknedernak, i tmit _Frp eel Allegheny at __ ~,,rf. ed for Una train , go9d S eente ox therl9at k_ %VIP Zg, l.` - - , a , id LL-3E,REcirtwew.,_ by the nideritigheanntal TI(T.IRSDAY, Aug. thr.,6,o4Aibbet4i/f (#481401/314410'12rectuerea - b3a-.41111 - 41Pg Ani,ll/M rbor feAClpikauelind Ceiling, usfder;ptojectioi;Witti-itbaikos. Matifernoura l AL lP Tiekile on combof 4 shin gles 01-.--444.41 materials for'.the above wearer cwWWKI/M at the House of Beings, where a plati of the tfit will to shown. -' • 'JOHN SAMPSON, mariewww., 4 t, JAB. MC942,a 1 4 . au24 4t Attebg, • • _ - --- ANTF,D..... utr .7,77,7 - ,; ...• , - , . th e wpsultatilnztvici i ii , - ~ ~ ~- ,- - . l;rrfr irm be mastered ltd, Barvice blame Ritedr: andirilliteplaemetverthe . . , Iraviaitititar ? ree of gat expense. btaiv`ie tha-OhattakittrAdl7 young Inetl 4131ialatt 40 getheikgedatt grum 0114 tita. lkillY la fullal •Vere 41' ' sitantalaga. , -..sixzryttubviftwakr, - ..." A- • 4774 r ~,, a ° Asti IN WEN' Crirtalriti-',' ate: - --- - --__ - • 'ENS-LIS at . -.4l4 EMAfilitift4greett4toiett" - .. justsectbediuutioriallob i lrelhk 13/8 4Arrt. Iro,-Pp.II,I3HING, President. ,v.. ~ ' , ; AISD
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