_DAILY POST. W. PEITEN GILL & 4)0.. No. PAItIC. ROW NEW YOBS., end 6 ST Al B STREIT. BOSTON are our agcnita for tho Daily and Weekly Post in those cities, and are as t &nixed to take Advertisements and Stihscri 0.1: 0 or UB at our Lowest Bates. See First & Third Pages for Com mercial Daily illarkeis and River News MONDAY MORNING, AUG. 24 CITY LIND 19EIGILBOR11001) INTELLIGHIR District Court. In the U. B. District Court the case of Joseph Will charged with resisting the en. raiment in Cambria county was brought up and argued. The principal question seems to have been whether the enroll ment is part and parcel of the draft, or whether it is separate and distinct from it. In one case the obstruction is made an offense, and is punishable by law; the other it is not. A strict construction would make the obstruction of the enroll ment one offense, and the obstruction_of the draft another, while on the contrary a liberal construction would make any obstruction to the enrollment an obstruc tion to the draft, on the ground that the enrollment was an initiatory step to the draft. and therefore a part of it. There is a punishment laid down for obstructing the draft, but none for the enrollment. The decision of the Court was withheld tor a few days in order to take the matter into consideration: Distressing Case of Insanity. About three weeks since, from some cause or other, one of the tuust prominent physicians of Brownsville, in this State, became insane. The leading feature in his insanity was his belief that he was dead. At times he would become very violent, and when those around would attempt to restrain him, he would remark that it was altogether useless for them to attempt to kill him, that he was dead al ready, and could not be affected. At other times he would settle down to a pensive melancholy, from which nothing could arouse him, until oue of his parox• isms would - return. Since his insanity he has lost one of his children, but the death of the little one had no effect upon him. At length he became so violent at times, that it was thought best to place him in the hospital for lunatics at Dixmont. He was taken in charge by his father, and another gentleman who started with him for this place, and on the way in, one night after they had retired he sprang from his bed, and leaped through a second story window to the ground. The fall had no other effect than to stun him, so that he was recaptured. The parties ar• rived in this city on Saturday morning, and the insane man was taken to Meaner's Hotel on Fourth street, until the father could obtain the assistance of a couple of officers to assist in taking him to Dixmont. When the carriage drew up to the door, he exhibited the greatest reluctance to wards going, and it took the united strength of the officers to put him in the carriage, where they were obliged to hold him. He is now where, by proper treat ment, he may eventually regain hie reason. We have heard him spoken of as the best physician in Brownsville. U. S. Christian Commission at Saratoga. On Thursdaypthe 13th inst., Mr. Geo. H. Stuart. President of the Commission, made a circle of calls at the different ho• tell, and while the guests were seated at their sumptuous tables enjoying the luxu ries of life, he commanded a wondering silence, and while it lasted, made a short, telling appeal for ice for the suffering sol diers before Charleston and at Hilton Head. The appeal was responded to with almost electric speed, and in less than twenty four hours over $3,00U wee raised, an order telegraphed to Boston, and the ice was on its way South. The nest day the following acknowledg went appearod in the Saratoga papers: The United State Christian Commis sion gratefnlly acknowledge the receipt of the following sums in response to the call for ice for the wounded soldiers at Hilton Head: United States Hotel Co •gress Hall Union Hall Clarendon Hotel. Colnuablan Hotel b . r.115,1" rt ha" •;. Dr. Hamiltc,n', This prompt and noble donation will soon reach the soldiers in the shape of ice, lemons, and other things for cooling drinks, and God bless the kind donors" will come from the soldiers' hearts. GEoaot H. SiEWeRT, Chairman Christian Association. What an Old German Said About the Grope Rut. Cl. Harris, of the Ohio Farmer, in giving some not,s of a trip through the vineyards in the vicinity of Sandusky, gives the following as the opinion of one of the citizens of that place relative to the cause of the grape rot : WHAT CAUSES Tilt, ROT.—As We were examining a vineyard back of Sandusky— the only one seriously affected by water rot, we came upon a vine dresser at his work, and asked what caused the rot.— "The land is too rich," was the prompt reply. "Is it not the effect of such hot, muggy weather as this?" " No, the land is too rich ; such days as this brings out the rot faster than cool, dry weather, but it is only because it stimulates the rich soil in which the grapes are growing. I have been in a vineyard all my life ; my father has a large vineyard in Germany. which he inherited from his father, so I know something about grapes. The land in this vineyard is too rich, and that is why the grapes rot." This vineyard is in dark muck and loom, with a clay bottom at the depth of twelve to eighteen inches, and is the most neatly kept vineyard about Sandusky. Armies of the Dead. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press writing from New Brandy Station Virginia, under date of August the sth, says: Last night I slept on historic ground.— The white bones of those who had been slain before gave forth a ghastly gleam when the so.t moonlight shimmered down upon them through the heavy foliage.— But a short distance from here can be seen the perfect skeleton of a large sized man, the bare skull, with its great hollow, eyeless sockets, was there ; the long fin ger bones and each particular rib was in its place. All was bare, white and ghastly. No ; I forgot to mention that a well pre• served pair of boots still encased what were the feet of the soldier, but in whose friendly cover now rattled the shin bones of the deceased. The wayward winds played through the cavity of the chest and sighed through the empty skull, which gave forth along, melancholy wail—the only dirge that has been played, save the requiem which the song birds twitter from the neighboring trees. The bones of the horse bleached close by the side of his master. When the last great trumpet of the mighty Archargel summons forth the quick and dead, whole armies will start from the banks of the Rappahannock.— Every ford is memorable for some deadly tight, from Kelly's to Beverley's, and in one trail of Pope's army the bones of the foe bleached and mouldered, and mingled theiaoshes together. City Councils. There will be q regalar meeting of the City Councils to-night. A large amount of Imaineee is on hand. Rain! Rain! Pruyen were offered up in the chur , Alee yesterday_ for rain. We hope sincerely that 'the prayers will be answered, other -Vile we are appreheneiv9 of short, crops. Among the list of patents issued by the United states Patent Office during the week ending August 11, 1863, we find the following for this vicinity. Robert H. Lecky, ot Allegheny City, Pa., for improvement in piston valves for steam engines. Leopold Thomas, of Allegheny City, Pa., for improvement in nut machine. Richard Savary, of Pittsburgh, Pa., as signor to himself and Robert C. Totten, of the same place, for improved process in uniting iron and steel with copper, brass, .tc. G. W. N. Yost, of Nashville. Tenn., as• signor to himself and William Dill worth, Jr„ of Pittsburgh, Pa., for improvement in ploughs. G. W. N. Yost, of Nashville, Tenn., as signor to himself and William Dilworth, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa., for improvement in double ploughs. Phillip Corlett, of Manchester, Pa., for improvement in spark extinguishers for locomotives. This last bears date ot Au gust 16th, What Horgan Did in Butler County, Ohio. The follming comprises the amount and value of losses sustained by citizens of Butler county dur;Li the Morgan raid : 11 horses taken by Morgan 4, i. 25 Ou 43 " Hnbsnt• ,1, - , , i) Other property tah(n h) 4 ,r-an ,r, (4) 11 , bson 4)) 0,1 City of HAmilton subt.istln, troops 4 in (XI The above facts are obtained from the Military Committees report to Gov. Tod, of Ohio. The alarm of fire on Saturday evening was occasioned by the partial burning of the refinery of Rees & Graff, in the Ninth Ward. It was extinguished with but little damage, as their arrangements are so admirable in case of fire, as to leave it but little chance to spread. We did not learn how the fire originated. Circuit Court In this Court the case of °ht. Donald• son, a miner, brought np on 0 writ of habeas corpus, was continued until this morning. The habeas corpus case of David R. Craig was also laid over until this morning. Thunder Clap Yesterday morning about four o'clock, a tremendous clap of thunder broke over the city, arousing hundreds from their slumbers. There were but few clouds vis ible: at the time, and certainly none that threatened a storm, or looked as though they would warrant such a report. New Counterfeit Counterfeit S 2 bills, purportiug to be of the Strondsburgh Bank, Monroe county, Penn., are in circulation. The vignette is a figure 2in each corner. The paper is light and flimsy, and the whole note bad ly executed. As this bill is not described in any of the detectors, the public should be on the lookout. New Greenback Counterfeits. One dollar greenbacks altered to tens have been put in circulation in Philadel phia. The alteration is done by pasting th - _ , figure ten over the one. Several per sons have been deceived by thorn. Our readers should be on the lookout for the'e new counterfeits. From the Philadelphia Coal Oil Ci;.-u• lar we learn that the exports of Petro learn from Philadelphia for the week end• ing August 22d amounts to 144,049 gal lons, valued at $42,521 ; from New York for the week `ending August 21st, ;:2,547 gallons, valued at 511,4'.4.1: from Boston, for the week ending August 2.0,h, 4:1,311 gallons ; from Baltimore for the week ending August 10th, 31,51 0 gallons. The imports of foreign wool at New York for the first six months of 1662, were 28,(KK.,484 pounds, valued at $4,681,- 879, against 16, 2 . ..6,136 pounds, for the same period of 1862. This in• crease in the imports is due to the enorm ous advance in the price of domestic wools, an advance which is encouraged by foreign importers 1.3. - ,5 00 1.020 00 . 575 Du . 10700 pt 00 . Yt 62 . 2 Col. McComb's regiment, 2d Penn'a. Militia, arrived in the city yesterday from Parkersburg. Va . and atter having re• ceived refreshment.: at th a Hall were marched into camp. from wlich place they will be discharged. A company of New York soldiers, having in charge fifty rebel officers, also passed through the city on their way to Ohio. '4» , )4 62 The Theatre opened on Saturday to a full house anxious to witness the acting of the new company. Some of the old favor stes still retain their positions, and that they are still favorites was testified to by the warmth of their reception. An open • ing night is a poor criterion by which to test the merits of a new company, but we are much mistaken if several do. not be• come decided favorites before they have been here long. To•n ght, the beautiful comedy of School for Scandal will be pre sented, after which a song by Miss Mary Becket, the whole to conclude with Sarah's young man. In fact tonight is comedy night. Shoulder Straps•'---A Novel of This is the first attempt of any import ance, to produce a novel out of the war, events connected with it, and characters involved in it. In the delineation of these characters, Mr. Morford has been very successful, and he has been successful, also, in contrasting their lights and shades. The hero and heroine of the story are a certain Tom Leslie, who has traveled, studied, seen life, and wasted wealth, but, by energy and ability, has reached a re spectable position on the New York press, and Josephine Harris, a very uncertain but charming hoyden, with a large heart and brusque manner, who fell in love with each other almost at first sight. The villain of the tale is one Colonel Egbert Crawford, representing a class of men who abounded in New York at the begin ning of the war, pretending to raise regi ments, showing mock, muster rolls, draw ing rations for imaginary companies, and generally cheating, under the mask of loyalty and patriotism, This man Ps a murderer at heart, also, and when foiled in his evil purpose, final ly plunges into the war in earnest, and finds a soldier's grave at Antietam.— The author shows much judgment in leav ing him the virtue of valor, for, as Byron said, " None are all evil. - There are four or five different love-plots in this story: Leslie and "Joe" Harris: Har ding and " Crawford ; Frank Wal lace and Emily Owen ; Richard Crawford , and his cousin Mary •, Dexter Ralston and ' Marion Hobart. Seldom has any one vol ume contained more love scenes. There is mystery, too, as well as fortune-telling, and many incidents which read as if they actually had occurred. The quiet humor of the visit of a couple of civilians to a "Camp Lyon," near Brooklyn, showing the system and discipline of recruiting, even in last summer, shows that Mr. Mor ford can amuse his readers without run ning into face. It has been received and is for sale at the book store of Henry Miner, Fifth street near the Postoffice. Take the Papers. " Samivel 1 Samivel ! beva re of the simrnin as reads no newspapers! Your father married a voman as reads none, and yon - are the gad conseq aenc 9. You're as hignorant as a 'orse, Hignorant peo ple my it's throwing money away to take a paper, and iciohn' away time to read Patents. Petroleum Troops. Theatre. the War. TELMAPHIC. IMPORTANT FROM GRANT'S ARMY Great Destruction of Rail- road Property, 57 LOCOMOTBAS s 400 CARS DRSTROYED. IMPORTAN f FROM CHARLESTON Sumter Badly Breached. THE PEW 6- 20 COUPONS LATE FROM NEW ORLEANS &c., dc„ MEMPHIS, August 20.—Abont two weeks since Maj. Gen. Hurlbut ascertained that there was a large amount of railroad stock at Grenada, which the rebels were endeav oring to get off south, by making tempo rary repairs to the railroad. Wilk his usual energy and promptness, Gen. Hurl but arranged an expedition to destroy this stock. Sending a request to Gen. Grant to make a division from the South to aid in the enterp , ise, the expedition started from Lagrange, Tenn., on the 30th inst., under coalman . " of Lieut. Col. Phillips, of the ninth Illinois mounted infantry, and reached Grenada on the 17th, driving Gen. Slimmer, with two thousand men and three pieces of artillery, from the place. They destroyed fifty-seven loco motives, upwards of four hundred cars, depot buildings, machine shops, black smith shops, and a large quantity of ordinance and commissary stores.— They captured about fifty railroad men, and a number of other prisoners. After Col. Phillips had thoroughly accom• plished his work, Col. Winslow from Grant's army, arrived with a force from below. The expedition returned to Lagrange to• day. Great praise is certainly due Col. Phillips and his gallant command, for en during the hardships of such a march, through Central Mississippi in mid August and so thoroughly crippling the remaining energy of the rebellion in the Southwest. A band of guerrillas drove in the pickets at Lalayette, Tennessee, at midnight.— Our boys rallied and followed them a few miles, killing four and capturing seven, with which they returned well satisfied with the night's adventure. The movements of our forces below are contraband. The weather is very hot. There is considerable cotton coming in o Memphis by wagons. PHILADELPHIA, August `_3.—The fol• lowing account i 3 from the pen of Mr. Charles C. Fulton, editor of the Baltimore American: Sur` DINS MORE, August 13 —Tne attack on Sumter commenced at daybreak yesterday morning by the siege battcrie3 of (ien. Gilmore and the naval battery on shore, At 6 o'clock Admiral Dahlgren proceeded on board the Weehawken, and the Ironsides and entire monitor fleet at tacked batteries Wagner and Gregg with great fury, completely silencing Wagner, and almost silencing Gregg. The wooden gunboats, sevan in number, also joined in the assault and enabled all of the shore batteries to pour their shot and shell into Sumter. At ten o'clock the Admiral changed his flag to the Passaic, and with the Patapsco proceeded to within about 1,400 yards of Sumter and shelled the sea wall with the rifled gun, of those vessels for about an hour with marked effect. Sumter tired about fifty return shots, but doing no damage to the vessels. The Fleet Captain, Geo. W. Rogers, took command of the Catskill and went up within 'FA yards of the beach in front of battery Wagner. After 'filing a num ber of times a shot from Fort Wagner broke a piece of the interior lining which struck on the head of commander Rodgers and instantly killing him as well as Pay• master Woodbury, who was standing at his side; both of their heads were split, and those were the only persons injured on land or water during the six hours en gagement. The damage done to Fort Sumter by the siege batteries of Gen. Gilmore, is visible without the aid of a glass. the rebels had erected a false wall against the wall exposed to our batteries. It extended to within ten feet of the top of the wall, over forty feet high and ten feet thick, and this wall is now a mass of ruins, whilst the old wall is bored full of deep holes. The par apet is crushed and ragged. The harbor is filled with torpedoes, a dozen of them have been picked up in the Stono. On Tuesday a torpedo, exploded under the Patapeio, raising her a foot out of water, but doing her no harm. None of the ves sels were injured in the least, and the Admiral and his officer, are confident of the ability of the Monitors to.hatter down Sumter. He is however anxious to save the vessels for heavy work required of them after Sumter is taken, and to let the army reduce Sumter if possible. The fleet, except the Weehawken and Nahant, all retired before 2 r. M. But they remained to keep Wagner silent during the afternoon and prevent till remounting of guns. The shore batteries continued firing all the afternoon and night on the wall of Sumter with good effect, This morning the batteries are steadily at work. The Weehawken and Passaic are keeping batteries Wagner and Gregg's quiet, and up to noon when the Arkansas sailed the remainder of the fleet was lying at their mooring. Gen. Gilmore announces that the work thus far has been entirely satisfactory, and that the fort is greatly damaged and the work progressing finely. Admiral Dahlgren is much depressed by the loss of Fleet Captain Rodgers, but is highly gratified with the operations of the fleet and army, and very hopeful of ultimate success.] The Arkansas left the fleet at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning. At that time huge volumes of smoke were seen issuing from Sumter as if from the burning of cotton, and the officers of the Arkansas lAlisve the fort would be captured or en• tirely destroyed by noon. Her guns ware replying feebly to on:. fire Fort Gregg bad been entirely silenced. Wagner still held out. The bombardment continued without cessation during Tuesday night, and was renewed on WadnesdayMorning, , and when the Arkansas left the firing was furious. The ironsides, five Monitors and the short batteries being all engaged. Two, refugees from Savannah, named Jos. H. Califf and John C. Coburn, are pas sengers on the Arkansas. They report that there is nearly a famine in Savan nah. PHILADELPHIA, August 23. —The U. 8. supply steamer /Irk - arises arrived at the Navy Yard to-day. She lett Charleston on Wednesday morning, and reports that the navy and army shore batteries have done tremendous destruction on Fort Sumter. The south arid east face looks like a honey-comb, and a complete de molishment of Oa walls is looked for in a week. W A 9 iiNaTONI August 22.—The Mar shal of this District advertises the pubic sale of the life estate of a number of pie ces or parcels of ground with impiniem ments, in this city, under the confiscation act. Nits. French, Forest and Matfitt's estates are included, Bevan hundred deiierti-fa have, within he last two dayg, been hen,-. to join heir respective regiment. The Treasury Department is ttidUJ Lig the tb.ird set ice of Conpolim, each series being 100,000,000 dollars in amount. The new bonds have additional protection as guards against counterfeiting upon the face of the bonds. The demonstration appears in the bill underneath the engraving, which cannot he removed, and cannot be copied by photography, or any other known process; and the backs of the coupons are so printed that the coupons for one period cannot, by alteration of date, be substituted for an other period without detection. The bonds are considered safer from imitation than the former issues, and are produced at far less expense. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agri culture, in his monthly report for August of the condition of the crops, says the wheat cropsjast harvested are moat excel- lent, both in amount and quality, and the corn crop promises to be a full one, although in some localities in the west where the drought of June has extended into July, it may not be so good. The Marsden wheat has entirely failed to sus tain its character in this country. It is an English rarity of great excellence there and hence it was desirable to test it here. New YORK. August '2:;.—The steamer Cromwell from New Orleans on the 13th, arrived to•day. The Mobile Tribune copies approvingly an article from the Charleston Mercury, which says: Since the Federal successes Beauregard had better lay aside the engi. neering and artillery drilling which are now played out, and take to the bayonet, and advises the authorities to reinforce Morris Island or else abandon Charleston to flames. Gen. Pemberton issued an order calling upon hie troops to assemble within thirty days at Demopolis, Alabama. He com pliments them on their defense of Vicks• burg. Francis Scott was executed at New Orleans on the 15th for the murder of Ma jor &diem of the 2811. Maine. The great event of this Department was the opening of the 14th of the New Orleans and Great Western Railroad through to Braahear city. S.&N FaeNctsco, August 22.—Business dull. No news. Public attention is en grossed in politics. The local questions are making the canvass in San Fracieco very exciting. A regular I . nion Conven tion has nominated A I, , r,slittive ticket which gives great ilissiitistactitin, and an independent opposition Ilion ticket will be brought out and largely supported by the hatter classes of the conim mity, and will probably be elected. The following General Order has been promulgated from the Army of the Poto• mac —The practice of ileseitieu 3f sub stitutes under the draft, has hec•-ime so prevalent, that hereafter the extreme pen alty of martial law will be awarded to such delinquents.as may be re-captured, and extraordinary efforts will be made to effect that object. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH New Yosx, August 22.—Cotton dull and lower at 66@67 for Middling Uplands. Flour dull, heavy and lower for Old, and unchanged for Fresh Ground: $4 60@4 75 for Extra State; ss@s 45 for Extra R, H. 0 and $5 50®7 for Trade Brands, the market closing heavy. Whisky with out material change at 45%046. Wheat dull and unsettled and I@2c lower: 76®$1 08 for Chicago Spring; 89@5.1 17 for Milwaukee Club; $1 14@ 172 for Winter Red Western; $1 10 for Common Red Illinois; 81 alga 35 for inferior to good White Western. Corn scarce and %@lo better: 7Cic for Shipping Mixed Western; 78 for Round Yellow. Oats 52@d5 for Western. Pork opened qulet and closed a shade firmer; $ll 62%@111 87% for Old Mess; $l2 62%®13 75 for New do.; $lO 50 @lO 75 for New Prime; $l3 25 for New Prime. Beef quiet. Bacon Sides less active: salsa Wes tern Short Clear as they are at 7c. Lard less active and a shade easier at 9%®101.1. Cheese steady at 8@125,. Money active at 5@6 cent. Gold lower, opening at 24% and closing quiet at 24 Sterling lower and dull for first class bills at 13701375%. Government Stocks firmer: U S. 6's 81; Coup ons 107; 7-30's 106%g107 Total reoepts in 'peel° to-day $151,283. DROVERhßAKßß ' eSowingMaehines,fotry , roily manufasto ring purposes, are the best in use. A. P. CUATO.NAY, General Agent, Ist Yifila street. Pittsburgh. Ps IS= JOSEPH MEYER fi BON VA 31.114.07 . 01411t1 01 FANCY AND PLAIN ErtErIiNITURIE At IBA RAIO2EOIII3E, 155 SMITHFLILD CBarnata Sixth etreet and Vixen eller PITTSB U Rig 11 IL O'HARA... O'HARA 8z MIGINN, Attorneys at Law, -AND REAL EsTATE, AGENTS, OFFICE 89 GRANT STREET Opposite the Court louse. Pittsburgh ft-11-Particular attention given td the settlement of Estates, sale and transfer of Real Estate. Ex amination of Titles. Soldiers claims, collections In any part of the west. Prompt remittances, and full correspondence in regard to all business entrusted too= care. fuld-t1 S. J. LYNCH AVING VACATED THE FRONT •Y of his store. No• 96 Market street, to make alterations, will be found in the new addition, in roar of old store, entrance on Market alley, Emit door from sth street, where Dry Goods will he sold eh es•P• • atas OATS -100 bush prime Oats in store end for solo by JAB. A. Frran, 0912er Marko; and Myst stn. -- By Last Night's Mail. From the Richmond Enquirer of Anfrtmt 20 CHARLESTON. Every good Confederate is proud of Charleston and jealous of her fame. Once more the gallant city is in. the agony of battle, standing at bay with a fierce and dogged resolution against the moat stu pendous bombardment that has ever yet assailed any strong place . in this world. The Yankee has made sure this time, as he firmly believes, of the speedy fall of the proud little stronghold which he so cordially execrates in his mean soul. More and greater guns ; longer and longer range ; more and more tons of iron hurled from the throats of the hugest artillery— such are the means by which he confi• dently hopes to " hold Sumter on Sunday next" which weft Sunday last and Charleston a few hours later. It is a great issue between unlimited material force, on the one aide, and on the other indomita ble hearts. The whole policy of the enemy would now seem to be, to hurt the de fenders as much as possible with their longest range guns, while they remain as much as possible outside the range of ours Then the unbounded supply of improved missiles ou their side gives them hope of wearing out the little garrison and es• hausting its ammunition. In this, as in all their other calculations, they aro likely is fail. Wo have shot and shell enough to serge their turn ; and we trust to be able, very shortly, to announce that their mammoth armada has crept away again, crippled, to the open sea; and that they are still impotently gnashing their teeth at the sight of the Confederate ban• ner flying over unconquered Sumter. Yet, if they take Charleston—what then? Why, then, they will have dearly bought the ruins. They will tread with awe the site of that famous town, which they will envy, hate and dread, even in its ashes ; and they will be as far from the conquest of the Confederacy, of South Carolina, or even of Charleston, as they are now. From Charleston Official information from Charleston states that Fort Sumter was bombarded during the day, Tuesday, and all night Tuesday night. No casualities on our side, and no damage done to the Fort. Resigned Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor has resigned his commission in the Conteder ate army, and it has been accepted by the War Department. From Morris Island The furious bombardment of Friday night resulted in a single casualty upon our side, while it is believed, upon good authority, that our fire was in a high de gree effective. On Saturday the quiet of the harbor was undisturbed, save by an ' 1 occasional shell from Battery Simkins. but just before nightfall the batteries open ed upon each other with an acharnement beyond anything that has been displayed in this tedious siege. Fort Sumter, Bat terieS Gregg, Wagner and Simkins, the Yankee Batteries at Craig's Hill and Vin egar Hill all joined in the dreadful con test. A Monitor and a gunboat also lent their aid to the enemy's batteries. The firing was at times so rapid that twenty shots might have been counted within a minute. Sumter is said to have thrown its shells with remarkable precision, drop ping them at will at Craig's or Vinegar Hill. This contest continued with more or less vigor all night. Nevertheless, up to half past ten p. m., we had sustained a loss of tao only. Private Smoke, of company 11, '2oth regiment South Carolina volunteers, (Col. bleitt's) had his head shot off by a Parrott shell just as he was entering the battery, and private Manly Boykin, company G, of the same regiment was severely wounded in the head by the same shell. On Friday night private H. H. Carter, of the l•-..h Georgia, lost a leg, and was badly wounded in the other.— Sunday was very nearly 119 tranquil as a Sunday should be, the ever vigilant Bat tery Simking being alnkost the only dis• turber of the peace.—Charleston Mercury of August 17th. Carpets, Oil Cloths, A N D WINDOW SHADES. Prices reduced at the NEW CARPET STORE —OF— M'FARLAND COLLINS & CO 71 .173 FIFTH STREET, Between the Post Office and Dispatch • Desiring to purotase for the Fall trade An Entirely New Stock, We are selling all goods now on hand at prices very much below present market rates. We especially invite the attention of Country Merehads and Wholesale &lyre. au6dacw DAUB & CAPPELL, IFIL4I WATCH' TAILOR'S, WIVE IA AVE JU ett TILEC =VIM V v hate and well selected stook of Spring Goods, oortalfrttng of Clottin g Cisninneren, Ventimiglia dm. ALSG—A lure stool[ of GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, inoludLug Paper Ooliare. Neck s, mud every thing usually kept by first class Itmmiahing Blare Orders promptly executed. &I'M:lyd PEEBLES TOWNSHIP PROPERTY FOR SALE.—The undersigned Committee of Thomas B. Satoh, in and by virtue of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny ,county, offers at private sale that very desirable tract of land, the property of said Thomas H Sutch, situate in Peebles township, Allegheny county, adjoining lands of Judge Forward's H e irs' John Alderson, Patterson 's Heirs and others, containing about Forty-five acres, and having thereon erected a frame dwelling house, barn, stable, and other out-buildings. There are on the premises a good well of water, several fine springs and an exoellent orchard. For terms and price apply to Robert Patterson, near the premises, or to GEORGE THOMPSON. Commit•ee, Corner Rosi and Second streets, Pittsburgh. anls:6td EGGS. 5 bids fresh eggs inert received and for Bala by J AB. A. FETZER anlo corner Market and First streets. ILOCASKS SAL. SODA. NEWCASTLE received and for raisin , GEO. A. KELLY. au2o 69 Federal 13t.. Allierltaly. RiV24Et INTELLIGENCE PORT OP PITTSBURGH. ARRIVED. Franklin, Bennett. Browastilia Gallatin, Clarke, do • Jim Ree,P, Peebles Mizabstk. Oil City. Ness, Wheeling. DEPARTED. Franklin. Bennett, Brownsville. Gallatin. Clarke. do 'Jim Reese, Peebles. Elisabeth. Key West, No. 4, Evaas, Cincinnati Savanna, Mason, St. Louis. The river—Last evening at twi light there were net 3 feet water In the channel and falling. ISTEABII3O..Ir Atak.1 , 44.7, 1 2. W . HA. I.C. IL 11 4 : 7 E' Has °Med an Mice at LW 90 WATER STREET, Where he will transact a General Steamboat Agency business. and woald solicit a Z131:L . 0 oY Mg ronams from steamboat Ir en. ap24-13•3 r h o SVIII.REIP') Nto CONTRAajrO3,32 WO ars wt, zaz.aeflutanna val.:lll3r tritiala at which , au ars pre! =2 , 02111 YARD, 509 Lt cwr STU r - Za.:l'. Best quality* t.l rirrltS hand as maid. m 79- - sYSKOri, STYWAILIT & Passage from Eaigland & Troland 25 emu. EUROPEAN -! AGENCY, P.ATTIGABI, ,a IROFN Agent, 1213 hfononeahela Rouse, Pitts burgh. Pa., ispraparod to bring out or rend back Parsongers from or to env part of the old corm try either by steam or sailing packets. BIGHT DRAFTS FOE SALS. parable In MU Part of Europe. Agent for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Rail road. Also, Agent for the old Blairit Star f Sailirut Packets, for the Strainer Ea s t-Greatern, and for the lines of Steamers sailing between New York, Liverpool, Glasgow sod ealwar. STEAIIIISIHIP GREAT EASTERN, NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL, HOWLAND & ANIMAL, Agents, THE STEAMSHIP Great Eastern, WALTER PATON, Commander WILL BE DISPATCHED From Liverpool Wednesday. Augnet 12 at 4 o'clock P. :11., precisely, From New York Wednesday, Sept 2, at S e'cloek A, .111„ precisely- And at intervals thereafter of about Si" weeks from each port. RATES OF PASSAGE_ . FIRST CABIN, from .$ 95 to $135 SECOND CABIN, state room berths., meals furnished at separate tables $ 70 Excursion Tickets; out and back in theist ..t, 2d Cabins only, a fare and a half. Servants accompanying MoiSongels (hil dren under twelve yi are of age,'lWf fare. Infants THIRD C &BIN, intermediate state room, passengers found with beds, bedding, table utensils aOd good aubstant fold STEERAGE. with superior accomedatio n5...530 Prices of cabin passage ft, m Liverpool i.t same rates as above Prices of steerageliassage from Liverpor 4, $25, All fare Payable in Gold, or its 'equiv alent lu U. S. Currency. Each passenger allowed twenty eubia feet o luggage. Au experienced Surgeon on board. For passage only apply to CHAS, A. witirMEY, At the Passage Office. 28 Bis}adwer or to THOMAS RATT.I.GAN, No 122 Mononsahelaßouse. I.IOW LAND 5c ASPIN WALL Agents. iY2S:t e 2 54 -oath street. New York. 41. 1 UNARD4, - ;,7, 7 4,k_ LINE. Steam to Queenstown and Liverpool. The first class powerful Steamships SIDONKEDAH, MARATIION, I TRIPOLI, vir ILL SAIL FROM NEW YORE every alternate Wednesday, from Liver pool every alternate Tuesday, and from Queens town every alternate Wednesday. Steerage Passag, from Liverpool or Queens— town, $25; from Now York, $32.f44, payable is Gold or its equivalent in Currency For Steeray,e Passage apply to WILLIAMS S; OVION, 40 Futon St., New York or THOS. HAYMAN. Agt, No 122 Monongahela House. Water St.. iu:t:lvd GELMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PITTSBURGH, PA., NO 597 PENN STREET, Wa highly 4Pprova of the German Catholic High School recently estab,ished in this city, and we cordially recommend it to the patronage of all the Catholics of our Diocese. DOMF.NIC. Bishop of Pittsburgh. FIRST SESSION OF THIS IN- A. STITUTION will commence on TUESDAY, the lst of SEPTEMBER, 1 , 563. The studies of th• sobooj aro su arranged as to embrace a full and thorough course of fireek, Latin, English, Germanand Mathematics, including the branches usually attended to in connection with these re specfve departments. Students who are intend ed for commercial or professional pursuits, are care ully instructed in Book-keeping, Mercantile Arithmetic, and such other b finches as may fit them to be useful and intelligernt in the discharge of the various duties of the store or counting room, or( / any profession. Our course of studies embraces also the subjects required in prepara tion for entering any of our Theological Schools or Seminaries. Parents wishing to secure for their sons a thor ough instruction. are respe Itfully invited to ap ply to Pro£ F W. A. Riedel, A. Si, No. 597 Penn street, assoon az convenient, and, if possible. BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER. Mr. Reidel will be at hole daily from 10 to 12 A. M. and from 3 to 4 P. M. . . For further information, cr for a prospeetni oontgining full details. please call on or address REV. JOSEPH M. HELMPRAECHT, • Rector of St Philomena's Church, or PROF. F. W. A. RIEDEL, A. R. P. O. Box PAO, Pittsburgh. Pa. jrandtwtd BeCOLISTER at BAER, 108 Wood S're et, 2. RE SELLING OUT THEIR LARGE stook of TOBACCO, SNUFF AND SEGAILS, at the very lowest Cash Figures. Call and examine our stook before purchasing elsewhere. 1¢23 3taw ~r,.GrCi Hon. Wilson MeCandle.% Judge of the United tates Circuit Court. President. Corner of Penn a: St. Clair St., Pitts burgh Penn's., THE LARGEST, CHEAPEST AND best. $35 PEWS for a full .Commardal No extra charm for Mannfaotners. Steamboat. Railroad and Bank Book-keeping. Minister's sons at ono-half price. Students en ter and review at any time. Thislnstitution is conducted by experienneed Teachers and practical accountants, who pre pare young men for active business at the least expense and shortest time for the most lucrative and responsible situations. Diploma granted for merit only. Hance the preference for grad. mites at this College by business men. Prof A- Cowley. the best Penman cf the Union, who holds the largest number of FIRST Pan xturs over all competitors, teaches Rapid Business Writing. ea., Attend where the Sons and Clerks of busi ness men graduate. For specimens of Penmanship and Catalogue containin full information, etudose twenty-ave cents to t he Prlnapala .VENSKINB di KNUTH. ad° TF.AN, Young Oaionj i tMP 111111 DOW er. NO hit 'hest in iitor tr ied . .. Lnr 1) U.* jr AMUSEMENTS iIIatiTTSEITMIGEL THEATRE, Lena° andlfauagrar......Wsi. lirstrr.ascrot LTreasuror If . 09118INGTO7i. crest encoass•of the tat ented Stock Company %41) HEDY NIGHT. This, Monday evening will be presented the celebrated 5 act comedy of the SCHOOL FON. SCANDLE : Mr Chl g pendile C Loveday J 0 Fefkm Eberlie Phillips __Min Becket _Miss Becket ..... Orchestra. Sir Peter Joseph Nu face °barleo Surface..,.. Crabtree Lady Teaz Lady Sueerwell lit aria Song New Overture..... To conclude with SARAYUS YOUNG MANE Sam Hairy Fielding Sarah ...... ... Araminta ..... Several rkoveltie3 are in aoEve preparation SPECIAL NO,TIOEIS.: CORNWP:LI, —eau% ILIUM CORNWELL dr KERR ! CANAGE MARFACTURERS, SILVER a BRASS PLATERS, and sartafacturers of Saddlery and Carriaza Hardwire, No. 7 St. Clair Street. and Daantano.WaL mll4 (near the Cridrz Mr/1M PA. POISON NOT TEE HEAD WITH !CITRATE OF SILVER, Use CRISTADORO'S HAIR DYE, Cortlfied to be PURE—SAFE—tINEIQUALLED. by Dr. Chilton, of New York, and other itninent"Chemicta. mononucEs ANY SHADE FROM rich, mellow brown to glow black in ten minutes, and contains no ingredient that is in jurious to the hair. d CHBISTADORO'S HAIR ESrE . SAVA. TINE, Is invaluable with his Dye, as it imparts the ut most softness, tho most beautiful closa,nto: great vitality to the Hai?. • Manufactured by J. CRISTADORO, 6 Astor House. Now York. Sold everywhere, and appli ed by all Hair Dressers. Price, 50 cents la antil2 per bettle.ixotordiatt to sire. iyl3cLictvamo A. IL. TOBIAS' VF.NrET.L&N - I MEET. Mere Testimony I This is to certify that for the lost five years I have used in my family Dr. Tobias' celebrated Venetian Liniment and in every instance have found it fully equal to his recommendations. I have found it to give almost instantaneous re lief in cases of toothache, croup. bilious colic, sore throat, pain in the chest and back and rheumatism, and I cheerfully recommend its trial to every one afflicted with any of the above named diseases. JAS. H. WARNER, Hartford. Conn., Oct 16th, 186 l Price 2.5 and 50 cents a bottle. Office 56 Cort lnndt Street, New York. Solsi by all Druggists. aul4idkwiclAvr3wa. QIIRGEON . GENERAL ... INAXINOND, by ordering calomel - and destructive min erals from the supply tables, has conferred a blessing on our-sick soldiers. Let him`uot stop ttere. Let him order the difccintinuance of "Bleeding," and the substitution of Brandretb's Pills in the plane thereof. Then will commence a "new era ' in thepractice of Medicine, which would then become emphatically THE HEALING ART Ichave for thirty years taught that no diselised action could be cured by mercury or tartar emetic. That the human body could only be "made whole" by-"vegetable food"—Animal food being, in fact, condensed-vegetables.- - Brandreth's Pills should be in every military hospital. These Pills cure Bilious Diarrhea, Chronic Plarrhba, Chronic Dysentery, and ell levers and Affections of the Bowels, sooner and more surely than any medicine in the world. Brandreth's Pills in these cases should be taken night and. porning. Read Directions and get new style. CASE OF ROBCOE K. ATSON Dr. B. Brandreth,—New York. Era: I was a private in Co. F, 17th Regiment, New York Vols. While at Harrison's Landing, and on the Rappahannock near Falmouth, I and many of the Company were sick with bilious di arrhea. Tho Armi . Surgeon did not dire us, and I was reduced to skin and bone. Among the corn ,,pany wore quite a number of members who had worked in your Laboratory at Sing Sing. They were not sick. because they used Brandreth's PM.s.. These men prevailed upon me and others to use the Pills and we were ail cured in:from two to five days. After this our boys used Bran dreties Pills for the typhus fever, colds. rheuma tism. and in no ease did they fail to restore .health. ant of gratittkie to you for my good health, I semi you this letter, which if necessary. the en d' o company would alga. I inn. respect - ray yonr RASCOE E.WATSON, ging , SinK. N. Y. piinaipalnace. ig4 Canal Arcot. 4. CM York. gad by 'Rhona= Reupatßl,l),;vr:,,,d, A lLey, tra [Arran- . iyl4%lA-sr:tfo ItHEIFirrISTRY. /TEETH EX. WR.INCTED NiIITHOUT pain by the use of Dr. Oudry's apparatus. J. F, 11.OFFIALA N, DENTIST. All ' , work avarrnalted. ittS:dly 1?-f Smithfield Street,Pittsbareb. Dissolution. FrinE COP.IRTNEKSHIP existing be tween the undersijrned, under the firm and name of KNAP, RUDD St CO., expires this day by limitation.. The business will be continued by Charles Knap, by whom all demands due to or from the late firm will be settled. CHARLES KNAP, H. F. RUDD NICHOLAS k. WADE. Fort Pitt Foundry. July 1. lt3tid. .IyLS-2m RE;IOV®L. B R. V, BAJLDEEN HAS REMOVED _RV from Smithficgd street, .below the Girard House. to N 0.145. Fifth street opposite the Court 0 Olt CORD: GRAPE. ( 1 .1 LeERIOR FINE AT $2 50 PER dozen; $1250 per 100. Extra Vines at $5 Pa' citgen; $25 per 100. J. KNOX 111.1. No. 2) ilfth street. WHEELER a WILSON . - .Sewing Plarhine Was awarded a .PIEST GLASS PRIZE MEDAL, THE— WOFILD'S FAIR LONDON, ENGLAND. where all the Machines of EUROPE AND AMERICA were in competition. Also, at the Industrial Exposition. Paris, France. andat every United State@ Fair at winch Sewing Machines bye been exhibited. The principal Companies making Sewing Ma• chines are Wheeler & Wilson, L M. Smear ot Co. and Greyer& Baker. 01-the machines made there were sold during the year last reported: By Wheeler & Wilson 21,305 By 1. M. Singer & Co 10.953 By Grover at Baker 10,280 Showing WHEELED. & WILSON'" sales to be double those of any other Sewing Machine Com pany in the country. OFFICE, 27 FIFTH STREET. PITTSBURGH This -Machine makes the ' - LOO STITCH. and ranks highest on account of the elasticitY- permanence, beauty. and general desirablenee of the stitching when done, and the wide ran Ii of Reapplication —[Report of. the American In- 2 stitute. Him York.] ielBd&w CONCENTRATED' COMPOUND EXTRACT OF BUCHIL for all diseases of the Madder di- Kidneys. one half dozen fot‘P 50 Orders by mail promptly filled. A. J. RANKIN & CO., Druggist'. A 3 Market street. PITTSBURGH. MEEN FVN, HOSE LEAP POWDER* Pearl Powder. THEATRE ItOIIGE, Vinegar AMMO, VIOLET POWDER, • Violet Powder. HARD dt SOFT BERBER STRINGEIII. Hard A soft Rubber Syringes, Just received at Just received at RANK izatiltore. No, Si liarkitts= doors belowws ..J O. Se ft on Mr Hamilton ..Annia Ward _Fanny Burt
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