OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY: .PITTSBURGH: TUESDAY MOIINING:rxr.:::AIU-G. 27 WTHE MEMBERS OF THE DEMO OBATIO COMMIT EAL OF CORRESPON DENCE FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY, are re- Twisted to meet at the T. CHARLES HOTEL, in theelty of Pittnburgh, on WEDNESDAY, the 4th ikr of September, 1881, ik it o'clock a. in. A gee /frill ettentlenee is requsted war THOS. DONNELLY. Chairman. The'twit Speech of Stephen A. Douglas. In the speech made by Stephen A. Douglas at Chicago, May Ist, he used thee admirable and memorable words : "Whoever is not prepared to sacrifice party organizations and platforms on the altar of his country does not deserve the support and countenance of honest people. How are we to overcome partizan antipa • thief in the minds of all parties so as to present a united front in support of our country? We must cease discussing party 'limas, snake no illusions to old party feats, 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 *emits flag floating in triumph over every inch of American soil, it will then be time enough to inquire as to who and what has brought these troubles upon us. When we shall have *country in a Government for our children to live in peace and happiness, I t wilt-be time for each of us to return to our party bonfire 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 " "HE who is not for his country is against her. There is no neutral position to be occupied. It is the duty of all zealously to support the Government in all its efriru to bring;this unhappy civil war to a speedy conclusion."—GEN. CABS. aI am for supporting the governmen t. Ido not ask who administers it. It is the government of my country, and as such I Shall givelt in this extremity all the sup. port in my power. I regard the pending contest with the Secessionists as a death. struggle for Constitutional Liberty and Law."—Joinr A. Dix. "Do not give up the Union. Preserve it in the name of the Fathers of the Revo. lution—preserve it for its great elements of good—preserve it in the sacred name of Liberty—preserve it for the faithful and devoted lovers of the Constitution in the rebellious Stags—those who are persecu ted for its support, and are dying in its de. fence., Rebellion can lay down her arms to Government—Gavernment cannot sur. render to rebellion."—HoN. DAti'L S. DICSINSON, of New York. COUNTY NOMINATIONS Although we have entered our protest against any abandonment of our party or. ganitation and against any attempt to merge it with another, yet, while depre. eating all efforts to get up a ~Union' or ganization, we have expressed a cordial de sire to co-operate with all loyal and patri otic Democrats who are willing to unite with its In support of the government. Of coarse a willingness to co operate with Democrats in such support, implies a willingness to vote for and sustain the nomination of any loyal and patriotic Democrat who may bo satisfactory to the nominating oonv.entions which meat next weelli Should the delegates to those con• ventions think it wise to assign three or four places to DemoCrats on the ticket then to be foi med. we shall enter heartily into their support. We could, with great cheerfliness, vole for such a Democrat as Wm. J. Morrison, I or sten for our amiable friend, the editor of the Post, and we trust that gentleman will believe us sincere in saying so. We I do not see how any good Republican could object tti,voting for such men, nor for such excellent citizens as Wm. J. Hawkins, of Willazi4 Dr. McClintock, Dr. IfcClock, John IL'ild.cCiowry, T. B. Hamilton, and maziketheis we could name It is for the Conventions, of course, to say if they will nominate such men, and for which offices they 1511 name them; we merely mention theft Times to indicate the class of men we can *Wally join in supporting. Impressing our inclinations in this dire we are doing no violence to the convictions which prompted what has be fore been said on this subject. Our oppo sition is not to the support of unobjection. able Democrats for office, at such a time as this, bat to engaging in alliances (through a merger of organizations) which may prove embarrassing hereafter, and to aban. Boning to-day an organization built up but yesterday for the sake of building a new party tomorrow to be shortly after aban. doped in its turn. We leave the whole matter, where it properly belongs, in the hands of .04) Conventions soon to assemble; and bays thrown out these few suggestions mersetyJo. shole that our scruples do not apply to the support of Democrats for office, but merely the method of bringing them before the public. We copy -the above from the Gazette of Monday, whiah is evidence of a healthy change of sentiment within a week. The offer is not very liberal, as yet, to give three or four places out of sixteen or seventeen to fill, but ay the ice has been broken we may look for something bet ter before - another week elapses. There Maynlsoltiobjections to republican •con ventions,Aengnating the democrats to fill - such- °Apes / as they may assign.— Some peoj -4- !night object to worn on political: hacks, or petty ward shysters, unless indeed they mean them for Over seers of the PTor, County Commissionexv or Associate Judges. The editor of the Gazette:says he could "even vote for his amiable friend, the editor of the Posit" and asks us to belive his sincerity.— We do—but beg of him not to consider it a condescension, for he has had but few opportunities to vote for a, better man. Itthe people will force us to travel the hard load to position, we should at least be consulted as the duties and emolu ments of the office most agreeable to us. As this ticket is'usure to win" it would of course, be just as easy to be elected to one office as anotber, and as the otter is an open one, no:Office being named, we haven- heagatii' mor delicacy in making a aeleation at once, one admirably suited to onrapacity , and merits in a political 21414 40aRgitly Wnmemi the of. ftoe'nf 93Imriff.' " Put u. 3 dawn for that and* *wry Woods wltitj or give hint therPiothtanytamy or Treasurer's office. 24 4 11 * / *lnchiesq prevented the e4i igth.o-Witai4i,naming tis Tor . th~s fat 01) **ItAtowiliie him the opportunity ttfa4teoipe.tia,,and throw ottmelvestfpi on his sincerity. qandidates for Depu4 B . lll9 4 ll: .WilkyleAtfittall at this office, We publish beloartketard'of the - editor of theßepuMicaner, German paper, of this city. The card speaks for itself and should be satisfactory to every patriotic and rea sonable men. The misrepresentation concerning this paper was brought about by tivaiGerman dailies. We Imo* the editor of the Republicaner well, and can vOrich tor his Union sentiments. German RePublican editors, who are themselves engaged in abusing the adminlatration daily, should be the last to raise the marl dog cry against a rival in business because he is a Democrat. Such injustice will not be tolerated in this community. siiir'To Tug PLIBLIC.—IC would appear from Saturday's Evening Gazette, that I was a Secessionist, and the German Re pub./I:caner, which I edit, a Secession paper. This is however not the case, as every German in this community knows my loyalty towards the Union. I have never expressed any Secession sentiments, and have always been, and shall be for the Union and for tt e Constitution. Who may be the person that has given the informs,. Lion to the United States District Attorney, I cannot positively tell, but presume that th, Editors of the German Volkablatt have a hand in this nefarious transaction, -as they have for some time back, in ther pa, per, given vont to their malignant feelings towards me and the Republitarter, and at different occasions called my paper a Se. s'ion paper, and the Democrats of the North, without exception, Secessionists The Germans know well enough, however, that the Volksblatt mach more deserves the appellation of a Secession sheet than the I?epublicaner, and to prove my asser tion, I shall publish a couple of articles from the pen of Mr. J. G. Backofen, in said paper, which will conclusively show that he deserves more to be put under the surveillance of the Vigilance Committee, or be Indicted for treason, than myself, or the panes 1 edit. The ill feeling of Mr. Backufen and the other proprietors of the Volkeblatt against Mr Simon Cameron, and against the Administration, are easily LO 110 accounted for, when we know that they expected some months ago a large share of the Government advertising— but till now in vain. To prove my suer. Lion in regard to the l'olherblate's Secession proclivities, I translate, to-day, from the V.lisblatt of Thursday, August 22. L. W. KOSLICENBECIK, Editor of the Pittsburgh Republicaner. From the Volksblatt, Aug. 22. "That there is,gone among the Amer'. can office holders, with only a few excel). time, all feeling of shame and honor (if they ever had any) is most conclusively proven by the Secretary of War, Cameron. For weeks and months past we hoar and read in independent and other papers, which aro not bought by advertisements, the one theme, that Simon Cameron is unfit and unworthy of office and the honor connected therewith. He is publicly charged with corruption, with favoritism,l and with simony of the offices which he has best wed, and the charges are proven, and nevertheless he remain, in office.— Every honest man, and even every Minis ter of a monarchical state, against whom only one half of the accusations should be brought, as they lay before us by the dozen against Simon Cameron, would have asked a strict investigation, or resigned forthwith. Not ao the American, who acts entirely after the advice of old Moses, the Jew, to his son, in "Oar Business Way:" ' Let thee be kicked, lot thee be insulted, only make money." Yes, AI. mighty Dollar, thou governest the world; for you is sacrificed honor, shame; every thing to you is subject. Simon Cameron, body and soul, as also his thieving 'mom_ plioes, to him and to them honor is a thing wh!ch,as Falstaff said, cannot sedate And this man, with his appendages, the nation must sae in office until it pleases him to resign. It is a pity that Lincoln has not the 'coral courage to chase hire (Cameron) and his associates After the goods of this world AU ars racing with zeal; It 14 s oontinuil suds., Ant wary r us a teals for himself. J. ti. BACK Fiat From the Volitablati of -aine date. Governor Curtin has issued a proclama. tion to the patriotism of Pennsylvania, through which ho called them out under arms for the protection of Washington,— That was right, but first he should have issued a proclamation for the hanging of all defrauders, who had provided the army with clothing, blankets, provisions, etc., as then this proclamation would have been unnec.sssary. But certainly Andrew would have been hanged first, and Andrew thinks the shirt is nearer to the body than the coat is. J. G. 13AcKevEN. NOBLE AND PATRIOTIC. "Douglas still lives ; Douglas' voice, which, as McDougal of California express. ed it, had sounded in patriotic reverbera% tions over a continent, is still heard and obeyed. What stand more noble could be taken than that of the Maine Democracy on the groat issues of the day ? lu convention of the whole state assembled they have re solved "that the best tribute we can pay to the memory of our late distinguished stand ard bearer, that deeply lamented true pat riot statesman, Stephen A. Douglas, is to follow the counsels which he gave us as his last legacy, and stand by and defend the Constitution and the flag of our country, believing with him that the preservation of the government is• paramount to all other political questions, and that 'there can be but two sides of this controversy.-- Every man must be on .the side of the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war. There can be none but patriots and. traitors.'" If the republicans—every member of the repub lican party—from the President down to the humbled member—were only equally patriotic ana disinterested with those dem ocrats, the prospect would indeed be cheer,. ing. It is passing strange that it should be forgotten for a moment that the party that gave Douglas its i ballots at the last Presidimtal election was only a little less numerous than the party that supported Lincoln. The Administration ought to place its conviction on record, and cause every man to see it, "that the preservation of flue government is paramount to all other political When that is done, we shall be in fact, as we are now in name, a united people, and nothing can ever divide us, of cause our massed millions to halt, until treason is put down and the Union restored." IThe arrest of Hon. If, A. R. Nelson, The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Gazette, announcing the arrest of Thomas A. R. Nelson, keys: "Msps containing a care- Cul and accurate delineation of all the mountain passes in East Tennessee, from Ohattanooga to Bristol, were found in his possession. Had he suc ceeded in passing through Virginia and terrehi.t ig Washington, tho authorities there would him been put in possession of a fail and Bp;k4te statement of our smug and weak .Ainints in East Ten nesseeimtd evegyfrermtain pass in the PuMberland ratiOnNutid have - bemme iciaawito Boott and-the Federal Irmy.'' iFEPOT. The Chronicle of yesterday contains the following sensible and practical article upon the immediate construction of a passenger depot on Liberty street. We hope the proper authoiltieii'lvill move in the matter in earnest. Thii roads wants ale depot, the people want the work. IWe are informed that the ,speedy cons struction of a grand depot on Liberty street will mainly depend on the action of Councils regarding the right of way in the Ninth ward. We do not profess to un derstand the zigzag action of our city So lons in this matter, nor ( , 7s..ctly what is the hitch which now prevents. the vacation of the whole of Liberty street by the Pennsylvania Railroad. But we now tell Councils again, what we have before re peatedly urged, that the whole commu nity, so far as we know, desire the re pos• session of Liberty street for its constantly increasing travel, and for the better secur ity of life, limb and comfort to its citizens, both young and old, The Pennsylvania road has made a very liberal offer, and are willing and anxious to remove their track towards the hill, building a substantial - all so as to divide their tracks from the street. Councils, we are told, are holding ' out for place for a pavement, which the road says they have not room for, and which, if obtained, would be comparative ly useless. The owners of the property to be occupied by the Railroad have, we be. lieve, consented to the terms of purchase. Yet still Councils stickle for some trifling advantage which they think the lapse of valuable time will extort from the Penn. sylvania Company. If the point of con tention is a more:important one than what we have above preaentod, we call upon the Councils either to let the public know and judge for itself the exact merit of their long continued obstinacy,Lir else to meet the representatives of the road in a fair spirit of compromiso, and endeavor to make an immediate settlement of the whole dispute. The Pennsylvania company, in its turn, should do all in its power to build its depots at the present time. It would give em ployment and means to a large Lumber of worthy mechanics and laborers who would scorn to ask anything from the public but the charity and privilege of work. The roadie in splendid financial condition, do ing almost the entire regular business of the Baltimore and Onio road, transporting man, mules, horses and cattle for the Gov ernment at very remunerative rates, hav ing just received a release from the burden of the tonnage tax, and also, by means of the wretchedness of the times, a further release front constructing several roads, which the late bill for the abolition of the tonnage tax provided should bu built In a certain time, and on certain conditions.— The Company, therefore, is amply and abundantly able to undertake the so long delayed construction of a first-class passen ger and freight depot at th.s important point. If ready money should fail them, which we cannot for one moment believe, so excellent and so safe a borrower can easily obtain money at fair interest from our moneyed institutions, or from Individ uals who are embarrassed wish the accu mulation of barren money, and who are continually I)oking about for the where and the how to make it breed. kerench View The Paris correspondent often Phil adelphia North American says : The prevailing sentiment is repel and apprehension--dismay, I might al. most say, as regards the commercial classes of this country—at the prospect of seeing the contest so unexpectedly and indefinitely prolonged. [ feel bound to tell you that I fear the temp , tation to interfere, and attempt to put an end to it, will become alarmingly I strong it' unfav,,r.able or even dubious 'telegrams cociinue to reach us from your i-i'le of the ocean. I have recant ly seen litters from French inereantile men in variou. parts of France, in which the material point of view far overtops the philanthropic, and threat. ens to be far Jinn.) active, and to make itself tl c taus,. loudly heard. Louis Na poleon loves to in termeddle, and would, probably, feel proud to play the arbiter the New World as well as the Old. fie thinks, doubtless, that England,and his bust friends in England—who are the commercial party there --would both join him in and thank him for his proposal to interfere; and in both coun tries it is the commercial spirit, I re peat, which is the most aotivc, because the most immediately and personally interested in the matter. The leader of the Times, on the subject of the late battle, caters to this feeling, by throwing almost equal odium upon what it calls "fratricidal" strife on both sides. I must quote a few passages from the Debats, of yesterday, on this subject, which hint very plainly at the turn public opinion is likely to take. They were penned subsequently to the late unfortunate reverse, and, af ter saying that people would be much mistaken, and show themselves quite ignorant of the pride 'of the Amer ican character, and the depth of !the resentment which has armed one party against the other,if they !thought that the definite solution, which everyone foresees, but no one proposes, would come from either of the combatants themselves, continues thus "In our opinion, it is Europe who will be led by the force of circumstan ces to seek for and to indioate(qu. en force ?) the solution of this fatalt:tug gle, and who ought, perhaps, very soon to occupy herself with the task. We pointed out a month ago, in our enqui ries respecting the American armies, what that solution might be. Would there not be room on the vast American continent,' we asked, 'for two or three friendly republics in the north, south and west forming a federation of nations instead of one of States? Reason and interest seem to advise it, the moment approaches, perhaps, w hen necessity will command it.' Now, the die is out l in such a way that there is no choice I between seperation by consent and compulsory union. Any other solution becomes more and more impossible. Will compulsory union be union? Will it last? And in what position will it leave the vanquishers and the vanquish ed? Even admitting, which is doubtful, the final triumph of the north after years of conflict, and torrents of blood ponre4 upon the ruins of the country, does the north wish to have, and could it keep peaceably in the south a Ven ice, a p o i lit i4 pr even an Ireland? Is young America so presumptuous as t o hope to escape the common lot of na tions? Let her cast her eyes at this moment upon old Europe j and profft by her sad experience. She will sea that there are political faults 1111 - well as crimes which time i 5 pi:eared-en 19 .heal,, and which leave to posterity a higaexef disorders without end, and-dituntlbee from, IT,ltioh there is no escape." Address to the People of Western Vir gluts by Gen. W. ts. Rosecrans, Com manding the Department of the Ohio. In consequence of the perversions of the tories in Western Virginia, and to satiety constant applications for information upon points discussed in the preniises, General Retecranaltas issued the following proc lamation, viz HELDWARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPA. , TION, WESTERN VIRO I N lA., * CLARKSBURG, August 20, 1861 /I) the Loyal Inhabitants of Western Vir ginia: You are the vast majority of the people It the principle of self government is to be respected, you have a right to stand in the position you have assumed, faithful to the constitution and law's of Virgins its they were before the ordidanoe of Se- C6BB ion. The Confederates have determined at all hszards to destroy the Government which, for eighty years tins defended our rights and given us a name among the nations. Contrary to your interests and your wishes they have brought war upon your soil.— Their tools and duties told you you must vote for Secession as the only moans to ensure peace; that unless you did so, he rdes of Abolitionists would overrun you, plunder your property, steal your slaves, abuse your wives and daughters, seize up. on your lands, and hang all those who op posed them. By these and other atrocious falsehoods they alarmed you and led many honest and unsuspectiog citizens to vole for So essiion. Neither threats, nor fabrica. Lions, nor intimidations, suffixed to carry Western Virginia, against the interests and wishes of its people, into the arms of Seceesi Dn. Enraged that you dared to disobey their behests, Eastern Virginia is, who had been accustomed to rule you and count your votes, and ambitious recreants from among yourselves, disappointed that you would not make good their promises, have con spired to tie you to the desperate fo:tuuee of the Con r ederacy or drive you from your homes. Between submission to them and subju gation or expulsion they leave you no al ternative. You say you do not wish to destroy the old government under which you have lived so long and peacefully; they say you shall break It up. You say you wish to remain citizens of the United States; they reply you shall join the.S..utti• ern Confeaeracy, to which the Richmond junta has transferred• you, and to carry their will, their Jenkins, Wise, Jackson, and other conspirators, proclaim upon your soil a relentless and neighborhood war; their misguided or unprincipled followers reecho their cry, threatening lire and sword, hanging and expulsion, to all who oppose their arbitrary designs. They have set neighbor against neighbor and friend against friend; they have introduced among you warfare only known among savages. In violati m of the law of nations and humanity, they have proclaimed that private citizens may and ought to make war. Under this bloody code, peaceful citi zms, unarmed 'travelers and single soldiers have been shot down, and-evonehe wound+ ed end defenceless have beezialled; scalp ing their victims is all that is wanting to make their warfare like that which seventy or eighty years ago was waged by the In dians against the white race on this very grLiind. Ycu have no alternatives left you but to unite as one man in the defence of your Mmes, for the restoration of law and order, or be eubjuested or expelled from the soil. 1 therefore earnestly exhort you to take the most prompt and vigorous meesurta.to put a stop to neighborhood and private wars; you must remember that the laws (Ire suspcnefrd in Ee'litern Virgixia, which has transferred itself to the Southern Confeder• ary. The old constitution and laws of Virginia are only In force in Western Virginia. These laws you must maintain. Let every citie...n, without reference to pest political opinions, unite with his ricr. ' hbors, to keep these laws in operation, mid thus prevent the country from being desolated by plunder and violence, whether eenimitten in tho name of Secessionism or Unionism- I conjure all those who have hitherto advocated the doctrine of Secessionism as a political opinion, to consider that inow is advocacy menus war against the peace and interests of Western Virginia ; it is an invitation to the Southern Coneder ates to collie In and subdue you, and pro claims that there can be no law nor right until this is done. My mission among you is that of a fel, low.eltizan charged by the Government to expel the arbitrary force which domi• neered over y )u, to restore that law and order of which you have been robbed, and to maintain your right to govern your selves under the Constitution and Laws of the/ United States. To put an end to the savage war waged by individuals who, without warrant of military authority, lurk in the bushes and waylay messengers, or shoot sentries, I shall be obliged to hold the neighborhood in which these outrages are committed as responsible, and unless they raise the hue and cry and pursue the °Mindere, deal with them as accessories to the crime. Unarmed and peaceful citizens shall bo protected, the rights of private property respected, and only those who are found enemies of the Government of the United States and the peace of Western Virginia will be disturbed. Of these I shall require absolute certainty that they will do no mischief. Put a stop to needless arrests and the spread of malicious reports, Let each town and district choose five of its most reliable and energetic citizens a Committee of Public Safety, to act in concert with the civil and military authorities and be responsible for tho preservation of peace and good order. Citizens of Western Virginia, your fate is mainly in your own hands. If you al., low yourselves to be trampled under foot by hordes of disturbers, plunderers and murderers, your land will become a deso lation. If you stand firm for law and or der and maintain your rights, you may dwell together peatiefidly and happily as in former days W. 8 ROSECRANS. Brig. Gen. Commanding A. 0. W. V. E agg e t ation. The following from the Chicago Tittles is true every word of it : God help the man whom the Amer ican people determine: to make famous. Ile is surrounded by an amount of ex pectation which no mortal achievements can ever fulfill, lie is exaggerated and bepuffed, chronicled in his sayings to so SLAVERY AND THE WAIL monstrous a degree that it is inevitable The London Examiner has this par that he shall disappoint the hopes agraph at the close of a long article on which have been . gratuitously showered the repulse in Virginia : upon him. As a people we either over- "Let it not besupposed fir a moment thatWeabhor the we haveleaning . to the South. praise or unjustly damn public men. 1 During many years a large party in the which they olingllanuirWhilchus institution an tut : llation for country had no kinder appe injures everything in the country; and. Stephen A. Douglas than "traitor." 1 what we most blame the North for is its Yet the echo of the clamor against him willingness to wade through blood to reconnect itself with slave states, and had not died. and the ink with which i to lend itself again to the capture of tame were the foulest slanders on his ' name and 1 poor fugitives claiming the right to fore m the samerinted was hardly dry, he• ; their own bodies. If the North had people, changing their been sincere and honest as regards lila position, ranged themselves i beside him very, it would have rejoiced -at the so und: now east his principles into the °eaten of tbe South delivering* fro* any part in the abomination. „Ent it, faces of his followers, who never enter- Was ready to make any concession. an twined any other principles. This is Bati s t y _ =ahem s t a k e as ta s k tv ry an:instance of the exaggeration ofblame. and its sole 'tons:oY htue heen - to 4E; Ought it not to teach men moderatibn-' protee tiVita:riffl ...4, 7rii titintiiine't o pug' —to take nothing upon mere credence —to avoid in the future the exaggera tion of the past ? It does not seetn, however, to have this salutary effect, We 'cling to -the national vice of imtkingheroes:-Without rea - on and millaine without erirtie. We very. generally driinneee:eriercfTatter son because he did not obey G-eneral Scott. We neither then knew„nor now know, what his orders were,or whether he violated them; but we have since learned that he was honorably dismissed from his command when his term of service expired, and that- the.-presump tion is that he pleased his superior-offi cers. Yet we continue to damn him. We have in the case of General Fre mont an example of exaggeration of praise. •He never participated in a battle—much less led an army; yet, as a man of energy, apparent executive ability, and of military education, his appointment as Major general was ac quiesced in by the country; but he was no sooner appointed than numberless people and presses began to proclaim his infallible genius. An expectation is created which no human being can gratify—much less a general who has to fight his first battle—who, even in time of peace, has never exercised an important command Does he only sleep six hours out of the twenty-four, it is heralded as evidence of genius. Does he addrdss 'persons who call upon him on business with brusqueness of man ner, it is anncnweed as a symptom of his power to command. Yet, beycnd these two things, little is known of Fremont, except that it is said he is inaccessible, and lives like an industrious gentle. man at St. Louis. Now the result of this over praise is not only unjust to the man, but may be injurious to the country. A. slight reverse will turn the whole pack of indiserminate flatter ers aeainst him, and will create alarm and suspicion as unfounded and foolish as the confidence which is inculcated without cause. Indeed we might point to _many in stances of the national vice—bragging and exaggeration—which keeps us run ning between the extremes of despond ency and enthusiasm at home, and which makes the civilized nations laugh at us abroad. We are a great enough people to be moderate and self-contain ed.{ There is no necessity for self-puff ing. Our wealth, numbers and geo graphical position are sufficient monu ments of strength. They need no win dy words to give them finish and beau ty; but when we damn a man one day, and follow him the next; when we de clare a soldier who haa.never seen a bat• tie a great general, and look to him with implicit confidence in the conduct of a war, when we feel so certain of our personal prowess that we expect undisciplined troops to accomplish the vast results of veterans,—we must not be surprised if foreigners laugh at us, And that rebels triumph over us. Let the rt cent reverses teach the nation to stop bra:.:;ir,g, aiol go to work like men of dClltc. General Lauder N. I'. 41 his last paper to the lourthil, gives the following sketch of General Lander: A day or two before, cto retrogress for a moment, ) I had seen a military horse man alight at Willard's, walk about in the crowd of officers and strangers for a moment or two, as if in search for some one, and then mount and ride away—so common an incident, at our be-garrisoned hotel, that it would have passed unobserved, but for a speciality in the man. His movement was very peculiar. Above the middle height, and most powerfully built, he looked both actin and indolent--both stately and carele& It was something between the, complete soldierlineas of a knight templar and the covert agility of a panther on a prowl. He was rather too long-limbed for strict proportion, but the absolute command of every nerve, which was visible in his deliberate grace, showed it to no disadvantage--the, longer legs too making him, of course; the better horseman. And such a horseman! Ho mounted and rode away as if the steed had suddenly become an obedient limb of his own—a, portion of his centaur conscionsness--but withouti a bit of the dragoon angularity or any of the martinet constraint ofmilitary education. He was, in fact, a magnifi- = cent specimen of the bush-ranger or prairie -trapper, only that he was dressed , elegantly in the uniform of an officer of the army, but in both departments, per fectly at home! And nobody could tell me who it was. ** * It ap peared that, after all, Lander And I were not such very now acquaintances!—in fact, that I had had something to do with his present, vocation and destiny, He gave me a droll description of his having conceived, once, an ambition to be a poet, and of his having called on me (with a copy of parses in his pocket) ? for advice. I read the "maiden effort, critiosed it carefully, and concluded by frankly expressing my opinion that "poetry was not his trade"—advising him to tarn his practical talents and personal advantages to better account. He felt very grateful for the advice, at the time—took it—and has been, ever a soldier! Who will say that "our coun try" owes me riothing, after thief— Would "the Union" at present rather have "Lander a poet," or Lander the twin-hero to McClellan? by this wrong to the South, and all commercial interests, it would gladly compound for all wrongs to the blacks.' The New York Tribune just fl, mouths ago, held very much the views. On the 2d of "Iflirth,4B6.# . (freely said : jg. "SELF GOVERNMENT.. Yr* have repeatedly said, and we oneganore insist that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of American Independence, that Govern- - ments derive their just power from the consent of the governed, is sound and just; and that if the - Stave' maic - titiii Cotton States, or the Gulf States only' choose to form an independent maim; they have a clear Moral right tu - tIO: so. We do not beHeve---we - nevei 'main; tained---that one or ten :States might take themielveti off in a leis make a feint of going in order bribed to stay—but we haye said, and still maintain, that, provided the Cotton States have made up their minds to go by themselves, there is no need ollight ing about it—they have only to exer oise reasonable patient e and they will' be let off in peace and good - Whenever it shall become vlear Oak:4 Southern people havebecomufalienated 1 from the Union, and are anxious tti eh- cape from it, WE WILL DO UR BEST T() FORWARD THEIR VIEWS ! There is no treason iiihet lieving that your section can do 'butter out of the Union than it; it is no‘ enl pable to act upon this conviction and seek to defend it. "We must not, either in behalf of,J the Union or Freedom, trample down.,' the great-truth that 'Governments de•-] rive theix.rust power fr an the oonsen of the governed.' This was the fath-' - ers' doctrine, elucidated by their pmts . ,. tire. Between their resistance to the' Stamp Act and their Declaration of Independence, there is intervened twelve years of earnest, fatient, am phatic remonstrance 'and entreaty.— They did not draw the sword until the last hope of a peaceful redress of griev ances had perished. They did not even declare themselves independent until the dogged determination of, their Brit ish rulers to crush them under a red. handed despotism had rendered fur ther forbearance pusillanimous. If the South wants to go alone, she need not wait half so long in securing that end by peaceful means as our xevolutionary Fathers were in reaching the point at which they made their choice, betwhen resistance unto blood and an abject submission." For The Poet. Ma BAREt:—I confess I cannot corn. prehend either the style or matter of Mr. 11. 11. Kerr's note, in Monday's Post. -But it is due to myself to deny that I ever questioned the right of any Union loving Democrat to vote at the primary meetings —on the contrary they are included in the, call, provided they are to favor of a vigoi ous prosecution of the war. If any Be.. plattican falls short of this test he is in comr>itent to either vote or mark at'.the primary rieetings, as I, understand'thecaLl. : Labiate M. IthinsHALL. August 26, 861. ATTENTI I N ,HOLDLEH.S.—W. L. POlllili is now orga •ng a oompnny for three yearn or the war, to be-nom . • the ERIS - BEE INFANTRY. He has mode arra eats through private sources, to provide uniforms for the members,-In his city, as noon as mastered in. This will Apia:id any runible delay in getting We tunifoima, per month, and Vico at the expiration of-enlist ment, Office, SMITHFIELD STREET, FIFTH. 1:03.TO THE Uh f is A 1.) 13TH RAGIBLEN!Tt3 P. V.—Authority hag been given me in commute the Nation at the 12th and 13th Regi• meats, P. V.—the termer for six. thelatter for nine days. As aoon as funds are received Inom the Treasury of the United Suites the same will be paid to the tinartermastere of the Regiments. BENJ. F. HUTOII.II2B, let Liens. Etd f 3. Ai Title notice willbe given threugh the papers cf the receipt of the above commutation, and the money paid to the representative of each Com- . pan • AMES A. ERIN, Quartermaster 12thltett. AC K. hfOORREAD, qtuatermaster 18th Elikg't anlOgt Ws POST-OFFISH NOTISE.-4STAMPS."-- Patmortdcx Pmrsnason, Ps_, august 19, 1861. lam prepared to exchange P. - stage Stamps of the new style :or an equivalent amount of the old issne during a _period of SIX DAYS from the date hereof; AFTER THE EXPIRATIOS OF WEIGH TIME the "old Siam 7 " will net' be received in payment of postage on eaters or papers sent Mom' this ofnft. Neighboring postmasters dart exchange here. BONNEIORST; Post Master,' i OFFICE CENTRAL BAuRD OF EDILIOATION,I Frenunow, Augast 20th, 1861. iwThe re-examtnation ot appheanta rad Rion to Itigh Seliool will commence WEDNESDAY, 28th haat.. at 9 o'clock a. to. an2B.3t A. LEWIS, See'y. Pro. Tern. Vermin, "Costar's" "Costar's" Rat, Roach, &o , Exterminator `•Costat's" • `'Costar's" Bed-bug Exterminator. "Costar's" "Costar's" Electric Powder for Insects, dtc. In 25e,-500. and EI,OO Boxes, Bottles thid,-Plasks' S 3 and $6 Shea for plantationsilatdkoats.: Hotels, &e t mat • Preparations (unlike all others) are Free hum Poisons," "Not dangerous to the BUnnta,,lrtunilY, "Rate come out, of.Abair holes to die," . '"). 10 A0e. lately iotidlible," "Were never known to faiP.....12 years eitabliabed in New York City—used by the: City Post:Office—the City Prisons and Station Houses—the City Steamers, Ships, te.—the City . Hotels, "Aster," St. Nicholas, to—and !vinare than 20,000 private families. Rats—Reacthee—Croton Bags — Antev4teci ings— hloths in Purs,Clothes, eta—Moles arproural Mee —Mosquitoes--Fleae—laseetepa Plents,Eowhhardk mats, etc, etc—id short, eVeTlfoun and species of V E NI Jmll t Beware of ali-i reitatiozur4"Carramo : • Ass tsr anti Tasanothlult kit .'"CAMTLIVL" , ...- Sir Sold &nut/Sere—by • - „ All Wholesale Druggists In the large cilia% Air Sokl by IL it. FACNztvroox. &a, Buda._ the Wholesale Dru2lo ol23 ,in Pittsburgh; Pav and all the Retail Druggists and atoreiceepars in WY and country. • , .p- Country. dealers malorder as above. • Or address orders direct—[or if Prices; Terms, eta, i desired-ti Send far lide Cirotdat io i re duced_Ep_Oesita • H zr.M:nr COt3TAII, Pimciara Dime—No. allErosidway—{Oppatite the kt Nicholas Ho tel,3 New York: aula-Inidaw ]IMPORTANT TO INVENTGAS Greet Union Patent Agency. ROBERT , W. FENWICK, Commdlet and Parent `'Argein AT WASHINGTON CITY 1) 0. 7 D. p, o , rim cha&mosoijatealbraiiiiocer 4 raf.te. wmonsem4-1). il, October 4 IWO. l ' °811:I tti that it W ' Wtral deklrate fa about to opett soi aorta We eV:I4.A Soliertor at Pate* I atteartay state tti: bare loo rkabutt•btattat a gentleman of__ __ ,-Erg ,00usm. each nuutare o g = n and , - ma As = t aia habits, wad , fr o, t i gr i invent= o i rrt i ti'itited &atm. - • ' __a . .i -, _- ~- -Citlibßii__ figaii* Kr. Feawicat'auka tbr wart ' _War Yearn the =mu, gerottbaWaiWustop „ dui . ~ ~ . . , Autarituut Patera Afteeci of Jfearraitittoit - GIV ~,,_. mut for Mar tbair Unman! meow . 1 r'l with iwid fird, atatitlibarraaffierfteuba or . ~., ' Yearsin*Tea,bnuagt, ..attbdttepOnla ‘• • 1 •• 11 aud OtaAttreakor zaTaiatTa, ; '''''` - ' 4 ';`,! , • I - ..4 , e••• 4 ,r , , ,, ,••,-- • - xl, ter..,..1..,..c.. To ConstunpUVOlN jheil 4-veitbeg having been restinedrio tkike:,44.1,444,3 by a very aim* 'tiptoe* after lujiiitifh=eversil years with saevers thiOnr?-48111111I*mak. edireirEditobis ftlifile"tEn*.crirEalt tee, r: Tc trei gi iv send COW 10-, the of charm) with the dims ints for they VI as as d so tunuf areilir , same,Asha at n - Bey, wAtte, only obieet of Um adveitbm and t ptions to benefit the - anew& 'Melba conceives -to_bs invakmble, and he hopes everysufferer wilitry me remedy, as it will ores them nothhtg, Jeuftnay prove a blessing. 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