DAILY POST.
M. Union as it ins, the Constitution as it Is
Ary Where there ix no low there
no frecooni.
SAnTEDAy MORNING, AUGUST 1
Democratic tl'ominations.
FOB GOVERNOR,
G EOBOE - -WOOD WALED,
. .-
FO,aITET.EME JUDGE,
WALTEN LOWRIE
THE MEXICAN QUESTION
Eighteen months ago, when the French
Emperor made a descent upon unfortu
nate .Nlexico,- under the flimsy pretext of
compelling her to settle a paltry debt,
everyone knew and said that the invasion
was intended to snbjagate the Mexican
peop!a. This conviction-was eo powerful
and prevalent among our countrymen,that
oar government' was compelled to give it
expresalon, in an official form. Therefore,
on the third of March, 1862, Mr. Seward,
the Secretary of - State, addressed to our
several legations abroad, a circular letter,
which we republished in yesterday's Post)
which opens in this way :
Sir We observe indioitions ofa growing im•
g e ttr!gnt=sn=lat:===
nt.x co is likely t, vovode a revolution is that
country, which shad bring about the introdne
tion monarobied governmentand the as
sumption of tae crown by aioreign rrinee,
The letter from which we copy this
paragraph, was written on the third of
March, seventeen months ago ; and it
but expressed, as we have stated, the
universal opinion of the American
people—that the French usurper intended
to establish a monarchy upon the bleeding
ruins Of our sister Republic. Nay, more,
every one who knows anything of the pol•
icy and craft of the overreaching French.
man, knew very well
. that if Once firmly
fixed in Mexico, his ambition would not
be satisfied with that •unfortunate coun
try's usurpation. He would. look out for
new conquesta, and would not stop short
of the acquisition of -Central ; America.
This view of the-question is, hoWever, for
eign from our inesent purpose.
Our Government, according to the let
ter to which we have alluded, knew, sev
'enteen months ago, all about the design
of the wily and steAlthy Emperor, and
what did it do to prevent his encroach
ments ' During all that time it has looked
on, 84?.! III; not only the progress of the
French invasion, but the expressions of
Napoleon in favor of the Southern. rebel
lion ; until, at this moment, we bear of an
alliance between him and Davie' govern
ment. Why is this humiliation submitted to
by our Administration ? lasi' its care and
attention bestocied apoionseiesaischernes of
negro emancipation, while the liberties of
ourselves are threatened by a Despot ?
Alas for the degeneracy of our Adminis
tration ; our fathers' minds ate dead,
and we are governed by paltry pigmiea.—
How different it is since the days of Jack
see, when that intrepid man scared the
French Government into the payment of
a few francs. Look at us now; the French
men firmly seated upon the dead body of a
neighboring Republic, and openly threat
ening the disruption of our own. "He
bestrides the narrow world like a Censori
ous," because the spirit of Jackson no
more animates our rulers. Were
that great man now alive, and were
his great party in power, we would
not see and feel this humiliation
and disgrace; bat Ike the first Bru
tus, he would have " brooked the eternal
devil," sooner than see a foreign usurper
imposing a monarchy upon a neighboring
Republic. But times have changed; we
have no Jackson now; their places are
filled by small demagogues. The eagles,
" towering in their pride of place," were,
by mousing owls, hawked at and killed.
The consideration of the present safety
and future glory of this vast country, are
forgotten in petty schemes of negro eman
cipation and equality. A foreign usurper
is lauded almost upon our coast; his le
gions have prostrated the people of a
neighboring ociuntry, and is in alliance
with traitors to our Government, and yet
our Administration, instead of sounding
the alarm, stands in terror, and petrified
with fear.
The Conscription
Last week was a busy time at the Pro
vost Marshal's office,* this city. The
uumberapplying for exemption was unex
pectedly larp,and the diseased and other.
wise inearncitated for military service, to•
gether with those who "forked over"
SEGO, rendered it pretty certain that,of the
three thousand and upwards drafted in
Lancaster county, not one thousand, if
that many, will trouble Uncle Sam for a
new suit of clothes and the privilege of
carrying a musket to the tented field. It
the same state of things exist in other
counties, we very much question whether
twenty thousand men will be added to the
army from the entire State.—Lancaster
Intelligencer.
Freedom of the Press—The Vote°
of Former Days. ' '
Francis P. Blair, the father of the pres
ent Post Master General, spoke as follows
in a powerful editorial article in the Wash
ington Globe, when he was edit,M, in
the days of Jackson's administration.—
Hear him:
Under no possible emergency, not
even in civil insurrection, or amid the
throes of civil war, can this gbvernment
ja.9.!ify official interference with the 'free•
don.' of speech, or of the prete, any more
than it can with the freedom of the ballet.
The lioniti,menes3 of the longue and the
pen is a minor evil compared with the
licentiousness ofaFliitre k ty ; ,
Death of a Maryland Confederate
Captain William R. Bissell, of the
Eighth Virginia (Confederate) regimm?t,
was among the . woundpdi.i the battle of
Gettysburg. After the battle he was pla-
ced in the hospital camp at that place,
and- although, re,C.Mvpd prompt atten
teutioti his Wounds proved fatallvw.the
17th inst. The deceased_sraa_forafer-rIY--.
eitizeo
wherolis family still' r6aiclif.: . ' He any
.the 63d:Year of his 80.1
a IF4 11-11
For the Morning F ,- 4
ABEOLIT rir: POWER.
NUMBER. XXIII.
To His Excellency. AbrahanlLlneOln.
President of the En'.led Slates :
ats: 1 - have , showy - already that, iu your
late letters cou'eerang the arrest cf Mr.
VAlland,Oara, you have, plainly assumed
au irresponsible anti diaeretionary power
over the liberties of the people, and assert
that the constitution gives you this power
as the military head of the nation: and
thus you make the military the supreme
power in times of rebellion or invasion.
You have also practically =asserted this
doctrine by your hundreds of military ar
rests of citizens not belonging to the army,
and by confining them in forts and refus
ing them any civil hearing or trial accord
ing to the due course of law. You have
•asserted it also by your proclamation of
emancipation, by which you undertake as
commander-in-chief to abrogate the civil
institutions of the rebels.
Such a principle was never heard of b•
fore, though there was occasion for it
while the constitution was yet fresh, and
nearly all its authors still 'alive. Shay's'
rebellion, the whisky insurrection, the
rebellion of the Connecticat settlers in
Pannsylvania„ and the rebellion of that
State itself in the Rittenhouse affair; all
these furnished occasion fcirlhe principle,
but nobody thought that it existed. in
all the troubles of the reigns of the Stu
arts in England and Scotland, no one
thought of it, though every possible tlfsirt
was made to incerase the power of the
king by the interpretation of his preroga.
fives. And how easy could Philip II
have set aside•aLl the arguments of •
liam of Orange, founded on the constitn•
tion and customs of the country, if he
could have discovered this military prin
ciple that overrides them all. It. is resery
ed for what has been supposed to he the
freest constitution in the -world's history
to bring it to light at this day, as one of its
heretofore sacred mysteries and undevel
oped germs.
Forgive tne, Sir, if I characterize your
principle by the appropriate English
words. It is tyranny, if is despotism.
Forgive our language for having such
names for such principles. No calm oh
server can avoid seeing that history will
use these words freely when peace and
order allow it to look quietly back at the
events which you are now directing. Be
ware in time. A Scottish historian, Aik
man, in giving & history of the persecu
tions in his country, says: "Tyranny is
never stationary until it either level all re
aistance and degrade a nation into one
quieec - nt mass of torpid sul jection, or
rouse the people to a pitch of determined,
enthusiastic, resistless exertion, ewiti6l
drives their oppressors from the land.-
But you are entitled to the doctrine, it
be true, whether you have assigned th
proper reason tor it or not. Your Actor-
General bee announced another theo
ry, that would justify all your acts tigatnw
the charge of usurpation, by reetiog your
Dower op your official oath to "protect"
the Constitution, and on your official duty
to " take car e that the laws be faithfully
executed." and by assuming that the whole
mode and every mode of performing those
duties is left to your discretion, because
nd mode is expressly defined ; and that,
in the exercise of this discretion, you may
disregard any and every other part of the
Constitution and laws. He, therefore,
rests the justification of your acts on your
cina, and not on your military power.
This doctrine is as novel and original,
arid therefore as suspicious, as your own.
It was never heard of before. That the
Executive may disregard the Constitution
in protecting it, and set aside laws in ta
king care of their faithful execution, is
simply absurd. The Executive duty, of
taking care that the laws he obeyed,
common in our:State constitutions ; it is a
function of all supreme executive power--
and yet it has never before received such
an interpretation. It is, in fact, as the
Attorney General reads it, a grant of ab
solute power. According to Min, the Ex
ecutive must at all times and in all caves,
and not merely in rebellion and invasion,
see that the laws are executed, and it is
merely by grace or inability that he does
not interfere everywhere. We shonl3
gain but little security by confining this
power to times of rebellion, for arbitrary
rulers can easily stir up rebellions, and.
thus create their awn power. The Stuarts
kings were continually exciting rebellions
by their arbitrary conduct, and continually
striving for such a power as this ; but
they were always foiled ; and we have al
ways thought that the liberty obtained or
confirmed by those struggles was part of
our undoubted inheritance. But I fear we
must have another straggle for it.
If the Executive has the power contend
ed for by the Attorney General, he may
hang all traitors, pirates and murderers
without the aid of a court or jury, and
even against their decision, because the
law assigns death as the penalty of such
crimes, and requires him to see to its ex
ecution without saying how he shall do it.
Nay, more than that ; he may hang or at
least imprison and exile at pleasure, all
who encourage -such people by writing or
speaking against such a stretch of power.
Any one can multiply these'. illustrations
without trouble, when he is fully possess •
ed of the doctrine... It is hard tcksee:why
such illustrations did not start up before
the mind of the AttbrileY "Genbrat Vrheri
be was studying the -subject. You cad
easily see that his doctrine ' would give
you despotic power, by allowing you to
dot when and how you please in the exe
cution of what you may consider law.—
And if his discovery be true, he may re
jaice as Phillip 21 did, and say, " Thank
God, this Kingdom is one of the most ab
solute."
Sir, you are bringing haul( the old strug•
gle raised by Charles list,: between him-
self and the people of Kagland, two and
a half centuries ago, for and. against ar
bitrary principles of:government, Then,
as now, there was A Court „arty that ad•
vocated with' Rersecntinceurnestness„the
largest and most lawless disCretion of the
sovereign in the administration of the gov
erne:tent ; and then, as now, there was a
Country Party, standing up against the
inanifetcl dangers that surrounded them,
and advocating the right of the country to
be governed according to law and not - oth•
etwice. Then Charles let culled the op
position party VIPERS, as you or
one of your cabinet, the other day,
,ealled the present opposition party
COPPERHEADS. We can very well bear
to be treated now as the High Court Par
ty then treated those, who ; wera,cotitend
ing for the
,free constitution„ of their
country, Then, as now, our attorney
general and' others of the court party,
and even judgea-of that party maintained
the absolute power of the supreme exec
utive--" that this power was, invested in
,theperson of the King; that he can do
no wrong, because he alone is the judge
.of-what is proper to be done by, him ; he
may convict one or many to prison, with
or without cause shown, and for each time
as he pleases: we must trust the king
without questioning his power or his wis
,ionit the law is servant of the king; it is
not proper - 10 Satthat the law is king, but
that the king is the law: the king may
dispense with alljatra that , interfere with ,
his p defend his leasure Cr discretion ; he has a t i g h t
to
people and eve act o f par:
'lament thatinterf ,, with-this right' Is
;._,oid; he cannot be prevented_tom gog:
Soiling his subjects; — fheir,propeivr an d
Zinn their money: " Atinhei,
of Iker-Woihtpar
there were keno.*
to who spoke cut their mind bravely, and
man y o f ihnni suffered from it by pains,
::artleonitient, stripes, pillory, branding
and maiming. Seventy of such prisoners
were discharged shortly after the meeting
of a new parliament, and many of them
were elected members of it. Nocrank or
roEltion was safe before such ft doctrine s
Sir Edward Coke called it a flew doctthie
and enid—•' it is like the little god
"hrmir.us. it yields to none ; nay, the
jwlges themselree, when they should kit
on The bench, must be walking - towards
th e Tower. ' Very respectfully, yours,
The Government Property at Ao
quia Creek Landing.
Arrivals to-day from , Acquia-Creek
ing represent the Government building at
that point as being entirely aeStroyed by
the rebels. The wharves, which am still
unirjured, are protected by a gunboat ly
ing in the Potomac.
PROS OST MARSHALL GENE-ELAI-CIACC-LARS.
The Provost Marshal General issues
the following circulars to-day.
WAR DEPT P. M. G. OFFICE, 1
WASHINGTON, U. C. July 28, 1863.
Hereafter, Provost Marshals will for
ard to this office, on the first day of ev
ery month, through the headquarters of
the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal
tlenerals of their respective States, a list
of the deserters reported to them from
this office who are found, upon examina
tion, to hate died or to have' been dis
charged ]r, the service of the United
States siPc, ;he date they were, reported
to have .! , - - .erted. This list will give the
date am; k,.e of death, authenticity and
plats of dlsftharge.
JAMES. B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
Vlr AR DEP' T. P. M. G. OFFICE,
R'esll. UTOX. D. C. July 28, 1863. j
Whenever any drafted man shall show
to the Board of Enrollment of the district
to which he may have been enrolled,
that lie was improperly enrolled, hav
ing been, when enrolled, an alien, a
non•re•nlent of the district, not of
proper age, or in the service on the
of March, 1863, he shall be discharged
by the Board, and his place in the quota
shall not be filled from the fifty per cent.
drawn in addition to the quota to supply
vacancies created by exemption arising
under the cecond section of the Enroll
ment act.
l'ertiticates to commence banking ope
raticni have been issued to the following
Second Natioaal Bank of Akron., capita
:lot) too : Pirnt National Bank of Kendals
vil:e, tud., caraal
An Arrival from New Orleans Di
reel—Viral for two Years —Steam
er Imperial
The stt:h day of July, lt , t.;:t, forms an
epoch in the history of the commerce of
St. la which our citizens will
refer in atter times as the dawn of better
prospect-, and the harbinger of glad
tidings.
On the day named, the steamer Impe
rial, Capt. Henry Symms, Clerk J. R.
Powell, arrived at our Levee direct from
New Orleans, the first incident of that sort
in two years, or since the establishment of
the blockade in the Mississippi river by
the Confederate Government.
Ihe steamer arrived at the New Or
lesits when boat, toot of Market street,
at 't o'cloc L,•A. , precisely, and was
welcomed by a salvo of thirty five guns,
tired in honor at the event.
he occasion was productive of very
considerable excitement on the landing.
The sight of the steamer was ocular dem
out,tration or the fact that there was free
and unobstructed navigation of the great
river from the Fella of St. Anthony to the
13u1;ze, and innumerable glad shouts were
sent up by the thousands assembled on
the landing to witness the novel scene.
The artillery was stationed at the foot of
Chestnut, and being a little late in getting
into position, the boat passed on up the
landing- The firing commenced in good
time, however, and was the signal for a
general rush to the levee from all parts of
the city. The crowd continued to increase
until the Imperial hacked down to her
place below the wharf•boat at the foot of
Market street. When she landed the
people rushed aboard by hundreds, in a
saute of decided excitement, until the
boat's, cabin and decks were crowded
with spectators.
There were some rivalry as to who
,bould be the first person aboard, and the
enterprise was attended by risk of a
plunge into the Father of Waters. An
unknown hack•driver attained the distin•
guished honor of accomplishing the feat
by a leap of something less than twenty
feet from the wharf-boat to the forecastle
of the steamer. The artillery kept up its
firing at regular intervals until the boat
was safely moored and the pilots had va•
cated their stations.
The Imperial had a "big thing" on the
day of her first arrival at this port—the fi
nest steamboat, on the. western waters, but
this "thing" was bigger.
It is difficult to realize the fact that a
steamboat has arrived frpm]iew Orleans,
but there she ie, subject 10 inspection.—
Of the salute fired in honk of the occa
sion, we may say that the artillery was
furnished by the Government authorities,
and the powder burnt was the result of the
individual enterprise of Captain Botiuger,
Stillwell, Powell & Co., and other own
ers of the boat. •
The Imperial did not come up without
freight. There was one shipment made
at the part of New Orleans for St. Louis
—a consignment of twenty five boxes of
lemons to Mr. F. R. Powell, the clerk of
boat. This is a historical fact, and will
BO be regarded. Captain Powell had sev
eral opportunities to dispose of his stock
of lemons on the way, but he refused all
finch tempting offers, and brought them
through to St. Louis without breaking a
peckage.
Navigation in the Lower Mississippi is
open, and it is to be hoped that a long
time will not elapse before we shall be en
abled' to chronicle the dajly arrival of
steamboats from the annoy South, heavily
laden, as of yore, with staples from the
land of cotton.—St, Louis Republican.
Where, Oh WhereT
• The Father of Waters is in-a sad way
,lt is ruuning,down, until instead,of rive;.
IL is but a creek, with fair prospect of being
but a rill. The steamboats pay no attetfr
tion to channels—" slush" their bottoms
and go it over dry land. To say that the
river is low does notlailf ekt4eas matterili
and unless housekeepers will take paini
to' empty- slope into it, there will, in a
'short time , bee grass growing where erat
the finny tribe did play. Birds have been
prohibited from drinking water:from, the
-river two weeks since, and we hear that it.
Is" inten,lel .to grease the' fish that the
Moisture tbey pew, aheorb spay be saved
for navigation. Passengers on boats are -tr w ricEsi FOR RIMPT—TWO OFFICES
not allowed. to .wash on Diamond street; four on Orent greet.
faces, tieiliirthe-Peealt.i ' Rate P"B
a - sand bar I—La Crow Dem:korai. J 731 • ' 111.1darketit
egai I3 n :CUTEIIBET SONS,,
MOIMJ
FROM WASHINGTON
CONCERNING DESERTERS
CIRCULAR No. 58
CIRCULAR No. 59
JAgtS B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
ATION*I. 13AN6ING
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH
The Situation at Charleston•--From
teen. Lee's Ai my—Posttion of Gen
Johnston's Fore. s.
The following Interesting extracts are
from the latest Richmond papers;
THE BIEGE OF OHAiLESTON.
[From the F.lehmoad Exaliner. July 23.]
The news from Charleston continues to
be more than - satisfactory. The opera.
tions of the enemy egainst that important
city commenced when the heart of the
country wie depressed by the simuita
rfeous fall of Vicksburg and the check at
Gettysburg. In that unlucky moment,
many, who ought to have known better
and felt differently, were heard to. declare
that the loss cf Charleston was an inevit
able event. On what reasonable ground
such an opinion was entertained we could
never learn. The assumption that Morris
Island commanded Sumter was an as
sumption not justified by anything in fact.
The nearest point of the island to the
fort is fourteen hundred yards distant.—
Where, in the history of sieges, do we read
of a well-constructed fortress reduced at
that distance ? Parallels are brought
within pistol shot of walls, and fleets are
compelled to come within six hundred
yards before their fire is effective against
good forts.
Even if Sumter should be broken to
fragments, why is it thud swiftly believed
that "Charleston is doomed ?" That
event might eventually close the port and
put an end to smuggling ; but until the
white feather appears among the plumage
of Charleston it cannot surrender to siege
Oa: lithe place should be circumval
lated, invested by sea and land, and
:could not be relieved, famine would in
tinfe'eaufie it to surrender. Bat such a
condition 'of things th , •re is impossible,
while the armies of the Confederacy re
main to hold the fields.
Idoaitts
Happily we are not at present called to
consider such contingencies. The enemy
have not secured Morris Island. The
ground is said to be such as to render the
excavation of trenches impracticable,
being simply sand above water. Hence,
the strenuous efforts to take Wagner by
assault. The grand assault has proved a
disastrous and sanguinary failure. We
know now, on official authority, that the
Federal loss in that affair, killed and
wounded, surpassed two thousani- The
reader will have already devoured the
cheering dispatch of Gen. Beauregatd.—
While that cfficer controls the defense o:
Charleston, it is difficult to believe it truly
imperiled. lie is able, he is resolute, he
is fortunate. The heart of the South
trusts him. While he lives and Richmond
stands Charleston will stand.
The Army of Northern
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 276
says:
"The train from Gordonsville last eve
ning brought intelligence to the effect
that the whole of General Lee's army was
now on this side of the Blue Ridge, and
that the main body was already at and
about Culpepper Court Linn3e. Co Fri
day last. a cavalry skirmish occurred near
Culpepper, which resulted in the repulse
of the enemy, the capture of a number of
hie men, and the loss in killed and wound
ed of some four or five on either side.—
rhis skirmish is said to have had the ef.
tect of diverting one of our trains, which
was coming up on the way to Culpepper,
into another road. Meade's army was
pressing us very closely, and frequent
skirmishes of this kind were the result.—
About two hundred prisoners, all cavalry,
arrived last evening from Culpepper, taken
in several of these engagements.
Oen. Let's Army
The Moragomery, Alabama, Advel tiser
sayti:
Lincoln has already profited largely by
the failure of Lee's army to take perma
nent hold orkhijillominions by taking ad
vantage of tire eared alai ID to recruit and
consolidate hie forces, and by the quietus
given for the present to the peace party
which was just beginning to develop itself
into a power which he had cause to fear.
Alt this is now dashed to the winds, and,
what is worse, we have lost Vicksburg,
which it does seem might have been saved
by the obvious policy of retaining enough
of Lee's army in Virginia to hold a defen•
sive position, and reinforce Johnston with
the balance, thus enabling him to drive
Grant from his position before he could
fortify and starve the garrison out. The
truth is, however, and it had better be
at once, the army cf Virginia Las been
treated all the time as if it belonged mere
to Virginia than to the Confederacy, and
the idea of dividing that army for any pur
pose outside of that State never seems to
have occurred to the authorities, as with
in the range of possibilities. This, we
submit, has worked injustice to the other
portions of the country, certainly as val
uable and vital to the cause as Virginia,
and should not in the future be in the way
of a speedy concentration of Confederate
troops at any point most needed.
At the resideno., 4 Mr.A. D.' will. Park Hill.
Allegheny City. on 'Friday. Joy not, at 2%
o'clook
years. m., Capt. J : S ^.r.,, aged
613
The funeral will take; lace kTll, Aug
2d, at 2 o'clock P. it., trete tt o residence of his
nephtw. es above, to proceed t:, Meuut Union
Cemetery. The friends of the family are respect"
fully invited to attend.
LIGHTNING ELY KILLER
KILLS FLIES INSTANTLY,
without danger to any:hing else. For sale by
SIMON JOHNSTON.
corner Smithfield and Fourth wont
441- Burnett's I'ropa'ations P till f elling at 50
oeuts and articles such ag literhave's Bitters at
something like bait their former prices.
b'2l
1 4 14/171D STOVE POLISH
Reasons why it is batter than dry Polish:
I. It is already mixed.
2. It has to smell whatever.
3. It pro Incas no dirt or duet.
4. It stands the most intense heat.
5. I t preserves from rust.
S. It is the most economical polish.
7 It is no: one-fourth the lab Or.
For sale by SIMON JOHNSTON.
jy2l corner Smithfield and fourth eta
Passage from England & Ireland
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try. cite., by steam or sailing packets.
SIGHT DRAFT rah Z.8.1,t. payable in any
part of Europe.
Agent for the Indianapolis andCineinnati Rail
' road. Also Agent for the old Black Star Line of
Packets,Bailing for the Steamer Great East.
ern. and for the tine of Steamers selling between
N. York. Liverpoo', tilestow end Galway.
fell
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The first class powerful Steamships
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MARATHON, TRIPOLI,
WILL RAIL FROM NEW YORK
every alternate IYeduesday, from Liver
potilevery alternate Tuesday, and from Queers
soma every alternate Wednesday.
Steerage Passage frrm Liverpool or Queens
town. s2st from New York, $3250, payable in
Geld or Its equivalent in Curroner
For Steerage Fassage apply to WILLIAMS As
OUTON. 40 Fatten St., New York, or
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AFFAIRS IN TIEE SOUTH.
.
Peace Party hi MississlPP
DUNG THE MOBS tO
Fizht with a Fehel Conscripting fqice in ben
ADVANCE ON MOBILE
ARMY OF THE POTOMAD
SKIRMISHING IN KENTUCKY
&c, &e. &c. a &c
M
EMPHIS, July 29.—Johnston's army is
said to be on Pearl River, a few miles
west of hieridan,, where fortifications are
being erected. Johnston - will make the
Mobile and Ohio railroad froffi Olcalona
on the north, to Mobile on the . aouth,his
line of defences. Johnston is said to have
received large reinforcements from Bragg:
Mississippi is virtually abandoned by
the rebels. There is a al,riang.peace party'
in that State favorable to returnitig to the
Union upon a guarantee of , thirrights of
the people under the constitution, of per'
son, property and conscience. Some say
they would donate half of their incomes to
liquidate the public debt, if present diffi
culties could be adjusted.
General Gecrrge, commander of the MlE
sissippi Slate militia, Chalman and othir
rebel officers are now moving their com
mands from the northern and central por
tion of the State toward the south.
The rtmoval of slaves from Mississippi
to 6labama and Georgia is carried to such•
an extent that this Governors of those
States have issued alprbolamation forbid
ding their future introduction, and John.
gton's pickets are said to have turned a
large Lumber back.
The steamer Empire Parish, from Port
Hudson on the 24th and Vicksburg on the
28,h, arrived to day with about seven hun.
Bred of the 22d Maine regiment, en route
to the East. Twenty-five sick were trans
ferred to our hospitals. Following this
regiment are 21st, 24th, 2fith and 26th,
from the same State, all nine months'
men, whose time has expired. Some
other nine months' men from Bsnks' army
will return North via the Mississippi.
All was quiet at Pert:Efidson and Vicks
burg. The fortifications aL, the former
place are being strengthene4, - and the en
listment of negro troopB was.progressing
rapidly. . ,
. .
A rumor prevriiled,that,Cieneral Weitzel,
had captured three thousand rebels at
Donaldsonville, and that Brashear City
had been retaken by us.
Gen. Frau'clin has arrived in New Or
leans to take a command in Banks' army.
Gen. Grant has effected a thorough sys
tem of mctunted patrols between Vicks
burg and New Orleans, who, with the
gunboats, afford ample protection to yes
eels.
Everything is quiet. There are no signs
of rebels on either shore. Gen. Grant
has ordered all the soldiers in the hos
pitals here able to bear the journey, to
be sent home on a thirty days' furlough,
and all those permanently disabled to
be immediately discharged, or recom
mended for membership in the Invalid
Corps.
EMPIIIS, July 28.—The forces sent out
under Col. Hatch to look after the rebel
troops enforcing the conscription in West
Tennessee, had a fight at Lexington, rout
ing the rebels and capturing Col. Camp
bell, of the 23rd Tennessee, two Lleuten•
ants, twenty-five prisoners, and two can
non. Campbell was en route from Chat
tanooga to join Gen. Pillow, who is un
derstood to be near Paris. Col. Swel
dinghuret, captured by the rebels and re
captured by Gen. Roddy's forces, is still
on Bear Creek. Baez, Forrest, New
comb and Wilson are operating under the
command of Pillow. Gen. Dodge is
watching all these parties, and will soon
make 1V est Tennessee too hot to hold
them.
. .
CISCINNATI, July 31.—The Fittysecond
Massachusetts, numbering seven hundred
and nighty nine men, arrived at Cairo yes
terday from Port Hudson, enzoute home
to be mustered out of service. Their
time expired on July the 11th.
Vicksbur,,advioes of the 26th say. that
Gen. Herron's division has gone to Mo
bile. Our army has fallen tack to Big
Black river, Jackson is entirely destroy
ed. Johnston is believed to be retreating
to Mobile, which place the enemy is mak
ing desperate efforts to defend.
W.tsuiyurox, July 30.—Within a few
days past more than 2,000 men, represent
ing every regiment it the Army of the Po
tomac, have arrived here for horses to
take the place of those worn ont by late
extensive service.
Advicee from the Army of the Potomac
to night, says that the corps is to be bro
ken up. The first division will go with
General Howard, who takes command of
the second corps, and the second division
will be incorporated with the 12th corps,
and the others. Carl Scburz has an inde
pendent position guarding the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad from Manassas to
the Rappahannock.
There has been no important field op
erations for some time past. Qur cavalry
has been reconnoitering the country be
tween Warrenton and Culptyper, but
they have met only small scouting parties
of the enemy.
Lontsv - ILLE, July 80.—At Paris, Ken.
tuchy, the enemy, three hundred and Bey
enty•fige strong, drove in our pickets,
when they were driven back two miles.
and unsuccessfully attempted to gank us
and burn the bridge. The 4th - Ohio
came on their rear s and captured fifteen
and drove the rest toward Mt. Sterling.--:
Col. Sanders. at Winchester, attacked,
their main force, two thousand strong,
with eight pieties of artillery. The enemy.
retreated towards Irvine, Sanders rnrsu
iog. None of our men were hurt. The
railroad is all safe.
Gen. Burbridge, home on a furlough,
volunteered his services, and was compli
mented for his gallantry. Gen. Roussea
spi,itedly addressed a large and enthusi
astic audience at the Court House this
evening,
CAIIIO, July 31.—The steamers Choc
.ta w and Starlight arrived here yesterday
from New Orleans on the 12th. General
Paine, who lost a leg at Tort .Hudson,
came a passenger on the Starlight.-
3 - 2 d Massachusetts, -Golouel ',Gratenlaff,
also arrived from - Port Unklaou en route
east, where it will be mustered cut of aer-,
vice. The, regiment is in,good,conditiou„
and numbers nearly eight hundred men.
It is understood that Gen. Logan will be
aisigned to the command of the 16th Army
Corps, vice Gen. Hurlbut resigned.
NEW Yosx, July 31.—A Bermuda let
ter, of July 22, says the Pirate Florida is
still there. Her departure has been de
layed by the refusal of the naval authori
ties to furnish her fuel. She is getting
her supply from the rebel' steamer Har
riet Pinckney, and leaves .stortly . fir the
verge of destractioo. Any American in
these waters could- . cigar hate captured
heb as-her speed ttsvh*m teleovre..
TO- DA Viii ADVERTISEMENTS
A UG UHT lst
MA CRUM et GULYiIitE
WE ARE IN REEEIPI OF SEW
G001)8, bought dui - mg - 93c pgnsent de
p•ession of prices, and can offer t, whol#ale sad
retail buyers, at much lower rates than usual,
handsome aszortmsnts of Trimmings, Fancy
Goods and Rations.
43517 C, onntrt merchants will find our wholesale
department well stoke with all , goods in ear
line and at prieesns low as any house in this pity
or in the Bast,- •
MAPRIIM & GLYDE,
No, 78 Market
sal-am? Between Biwth sni Di.oro'n3
GENTS , PATENT
BULLET PROOF
6TE3EL cioL.L. A..xt El.
GENTLEMEN'S NEGLIGEE SHIRTS-,
in nutrnot.i.r,
AZULISE,
aiad all cther desirable colors.
GENTS' EINE LINEN SHIRTS
ftir 0118 dollar and a tuff.
For Eale by
MACRUM h GLYDE,
No. 78 garkit street,
and-dkw between Fourth ann - 1: inmo'nd
Auction Notice,
OM .TErE.S.DAN NEXT AT TEN
o'clock on t e farm 12.' eIY occupied by W.
B. Bredotiaw three mdes , from Allegheny City,
about half a mile north of Flocker's Itspe Walk
and a half mi eat at of Lightcap's Tavern, on
the But her's Run Plank tined, u bn told, a.
Barre and
I Cows, a. la ge easel-Merit of
Poultry, Farming. mplements in great vari
ety-, co , elating in tart of Wagons, Plows,
narrows, be ,d o; Carriage, Buggy, SPting
Wagon. Sleigh,Single and Double; Also
H.reets, Corn Sheller &Grinder, Chains, Halters
Pridles, Saddles, bc.....te,4 in endless `Variety, to
ile her with a large lot of H , nseheld Furniture,
tca mimes to m ntion. Tois is a very rare
chance for per. ong wisbiveto boy geed articles
at great bargains as'theatock to be sold iglarge
end id the best possible condition throughput.:
B. 'FARB [6Ol. AZlC•i°nea-
T. 4 .14POLEHLA.ND, Side:man • •
CARPETS.
W, D. & H. M'CALLIIM,
87 FOURTU ST BEET
large portion of our stork having been bought
pr niched.o teries of advances. and now , re
pi Oust previous to the largest advance
of the season.) with the n• west d. signs in
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS%
WIND° IITS HA. ES;
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QUAIAN fAIBLIC MN SOIIOOI,
P1TT813b34411, -
NO. 597 PENN
We approvo of the Gentian ,Vatholic
High School rdeently eitabliehed in tide eity„ end
We cord ally recom.need it to the patronage of all
the Catholics of oar Diocese.
f 111. DOMERTC;
Bishop of Pittsburgh.
THE FIRST SESSION OF THIS 1107
STSTIITION will commence on TUESDAY,
the Ist of SEPTEMBER. 1863. The. studies of
the school are so arranged as to anittrace a full
and; thoeough course of Greek. Lat . English,
German andMathematics.including the branches
usually attended to in connection , wittA the •0 re
spective rientir Eaten tit. Students who are in Amick.
ed for commercial or_pryfatOidnaTptirintrits..are
carefully instructed in Book-keeping. Mercantile
- Arithmetic, and such otherifirunchee r , is may fit
them to be ureful and intelligeritinsthe discharge
of the varioud:duties of the store or Conran:4-
room. or of any profession. Oar Conrail. of studies
embraees also the subjects required m Prepare
for.entering any of our Theological : Sehohle
or'S.emmartes.
Tarents wishing to seam.° fonthelmorm a thor
(met instructio n
_, are respectfully, invited to ap
ply
to Prot F Riedel, A. eg,' No . P.
street, es coon as convenlent,And, tuoErroi.,
BEFOILETERFIBST DAY OF EEPTEltitia
• Mr. Reidel w il l be at - home daily' (tom
10 to 12 A. ht, and frum3.to
Fax further informatioo, Cr for .14 nroopectu'
coat ielna fall details.- 'Atm.') oail on or ao dress
REP. JOSEPH-M. DELMPEAECHT.
• prof St- PhilomenaBsChurch e or
TROY. r.w, as zEDEL,A,NI ‘ ..,
P:9- 13 " '4 4( + /1 4 0 1 4;04. •
•
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imTi?ivrA!wi
DEMOCRA'ne MERTINGEL,
&A' o.lr • T PI E
Gounitt Si erin t and. nee
itilt.. ll- glialittli,to , :ec n uo ieate the nouns, and
reanaffinnAddreas o: Coen- inea.bent to tha Chair
marl of dui Stab) Vontral CemroUtoe, Editors , e r
Detoocratferpap6oin Yoonvylvania era requested
to forwaxdcopiostilhiin.
, CliAltliEu J. BIDDLE, Chair:l)4n.
J u)y 224. MO.
DERWORATIC COIGN T C O 31 . -
BILTTEIII. Thor° will boa no-c•Crz r he
above - ktalktoer committoo. hell at try.: Central
Demcicrit:c Club 1(0 01113. corner Fir han
Smithfield streets, Vittsbargt, on )o- tho
ul
day of August at 10 o'clock a. In. l'un..qual at.
tendanos requested—
A L EGRENY. July 29th. Mr?. aul
A .BCPETING:: or, :TIE vorN.ry
"Committee (Democratic) will be held at
the 't• Charles *-otel...Dilhatntrof cittiburgh; - on
Wednesday. the ~ th tly of AUgtist, A• 1).1863.
--*time and place for b4lding• themext Coanl7
COnVer,tion to a.ai ate a - countytiedetwill be
toed upon• girder ef_ .
-F
. C 4 e. - /a
u.) ARLEY; Chairman "
%Id •NI HD .4, EOCretarY*
TO- D AY'd =. 21DITAIIITSEIRECiv.1%.
is h vs,
FOUT teen Maims_ Jcatreceisill Crain the.
,faratorics of _ ,
ERICK USING de. SONS. Roston;
BALLET, DAyIS ec, CO., Boston,
_GRUPE de HINGE, Ne*.Noir
W. P: EMERSON. Boston,
VOSE,; 80810/1.
mil
I(ON'S MAG3tErII6"IO4A bOWDEE
- = In summer whon the run is low.
Coma forth is awarnes tne insect foe,
- Aisd formic blood t ley bore Yoit'know,
. And suck it in nava' ra.pLife,
Tut fleas, roaches, skeetors. Mack or white,
In do th's embrace are stiffened -spite,
„_„—lf, Lynn's Powder ehince tn,light
Powder obscure vicinity.
Lyon's Is harmless te uitinkhidanii wit
'lcill all hc use • inseett, garden worms, ghat bugs.
..ke Lyon's Nanette Pulls are surd death torah
and mice.' For sale at • •
SOLFERINO,
JOSEP 11- FLEMING'S,
JOSEPH FLEX - rt./1r
eci ner of tho Diamond . and Mtiek.et atr eel 3,
Corner of'the Diaitiond azd - Mark t treeta.
ant •
e t() I XG OIT1'431:1.-E OF
SPRING S - . -- SUAIiMER
S EILOES LIAITER,S;
. .
AND 134 . 140 RAIZ.
,•
.' to make room for Fall Goodg; --
000C13:11 arkEd down from
10 to 25 PER CENT,
(Ike roe a cull before purchasing elaew hero
. • - STRAY 00W- -
4640. A 111 . E ' 11'11) 'TUE `ICESIDIENCE-41.V
. .
- 0. - WrJohneon. in Tern fp.. on ihs North,
Airist.tdrnpiket 4 miles from Wilkinsb - 3rg, a light,
ted cow, obottt - fon. peara old.. , Tno owner is r.
gee' Jed to ogma f.r.rwarti. rove......propery.. pay
- effarges anti Mire ler away. Otherwise rho tr.a.
he: miposed of according, to law.. For further
particulars inquire oa the premises Of
ftel.4ltd,t2tw 13: W:SOHNSTON.
A.IIGE Eirg..PLIC 0
Buell% Sanaparifla anhi R il oso E l 3l4 V 17:
jast ranived and for sale by
- 11 CASK CA1213 ASIRIONIA TIUST RS-
A mired and for sa'e by
Federal
A. )IBLLY.
89 Federal St. Alio/amt.
T.Erts. PEC roiLtrs.sarts'APAßEL:
' and ' Liod.Say's Rlood Seam...ker.
, Barno: ts Coooin e. Lfdn's Mrs..Wil•
son's Soothing s 3 rap, test
by_ t4Eltt. A. KELLY,
j =o . 69 Federal St.. 8 1 legban.9-
.
Avatuiccriu , cam •*Ts. stiLTArittE
/TR for stcambo9ts an.l fautilits.,The medicine ,
warranted of best quahrY and prorerly atsnrted.
received and for we by
•
IiNEDY Ale Th 7 cA,I, DISCOVERY,
E Mustang t, Bolrhave. !litters, To
bia's Liniment, Ale•.tp+tr's rill! and Vermiume,
reezired _d fa: e,le by
__
GREAT EASTERN;
FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL
• .
- WALT PATO
Bl LSk'erekl&D
From Ltverpool....—.....:Nedue.day, Angs.l 12,
at 4 oaclinek P. It., precisely.
From New
...... _Wednesday. Se 2,
at S - e'eltocir A, 31,, precisely.
And at intervals thereafter of about air weeks
from each pert,.; '
•, • BATES OF P.A.ObtAt*E.
FIBOT CABIN. from • $95 10- s , ta-
SECOND' 'CABIN. "state room bertli.7
moats inrniabe,t at separate tables - 79
"Exbarsion taut and, back in tna bit de;
2d . gibtua 4/119. a faro and a half.
Servants aetontnansing •• passe it • rs; and Chil
dren - under twelve y, are of ago, half fare. Infant&
1111.11.10 CABIN, intermediate stateroom s
• passengers found with beds, bedding, table
utenols and good aubstant fo
STEERAGE, with superior apeomedations.4.23,-
Prices of.Dastture fn m Liverpool at same rate
All fare Payable In Gold. or Ito equiv
alent, In. 11. S. Currency.
Eaelt passenger allowed tw.enty mom feet .of
AMA°. •
An ex - perinea Sttrgeon en toara.
Pot
1.."8." '" .7 "HOMAS RATTIOLN:.
NoIV-Monongahela-Hous e _
AttheVinad;26 Er4dao7.
or ' td
3.918:t 02
.
GRAND 'MASS METING
F THE - FRIDENDS Or :BARGAINS
(k
'in BOUTS' end:SH.OES, assembled daily at
-.• • .
CONCEIIT: HALL. 'SHOE
STORE' ,
62- F`ift3h Sitkeet,
,
to. ratty schedule of exceedingly low ,
prides
of 800 and - SHOE i, which has teen adapted
for the
Closing Out of Sprlng.Stook;
_ .
Don't - fail to attend this meeting and bring
yearn hods with yen, for the to lowing ye:y good •
reasons, Whether. , you'.pitrobasa or not you will
receive politeattennon• geods a re.wat ranted
in Oen:lt - articular- Thep, ivilege al/owed of ex
changing every article which. eporiexaminationo
at horse. does not meet the entire approval of the
Purchasers..
gEhlilitrat VilE
NO. 62 FIFTH STitiCrulr4r.
. -
ArliCignThir47 7 inri7l.lLE
id Iv Dry Goods withoid regale, to ein4 consulting'
iiirt ottihawl3,•Eilk Alant.es ; Mrealare Anti
SaCTIUO ..Lace Point?, Etta -trzebrellas.-aindrtren
.4loeds_r4 'all kinds
I will.yagaie.thefreer art of rp.ratere;
ten days itnprovementejdesirein :ganger y
stook. . Entrance -on* Market 'Alley and „Repko , :
street. easterners- encl . :the Pub:Haan Tailit t o
call at
U.
No. 96 Me&r...r street
• ,jy:2s, between sth at • •
anion
O BUILIiaIfES .&12111e012TRACTORS
Wa zn now maitifacttlyiagag arerlor gatude of
tat la
Which wa arsprararad to dant hammy tH:SAVit
Ip4t.ts.
ittet a Vtingarlr STRZRT.
AnatiWallafor" Piiirial y Cotat always - €0 4.
-
."33At
/ WHIP Rl' 4, co.
~18
ILIAGTOZEUERIONG--10 BOX
eit net koceived Ina for Rale - bit •
Itialltirata RO. . a.
. • ' Woat
Prices fionti ~ _s2oo to $4OO
NIFILP ° R.
•
-81.-V9-4itreet
REMEMBER AT
BORLAND'S,
No. 98 Market street,
Feocod Door from Filth.
_ •
'tiEo. A. KELLY.,
69 Federal Sc.. Allegttaar-
(7110. A. KELLY.
69 Fed‘ottl St.. Aireghatty.
GRO. A. KELLY.
69 Yedneal SI. Allegheny-
ti"~E.~,t[s~lY
TuE sTtimsair
Great East° . x-n