DAILY POST.
The Union as it Was, the Constitution as it Is.
Aar Where there is no law there is
no freedom.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 27
Democratic Nominations.
NOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE W. WOODWARD.
YOB farPßlntE JUDGE,
WALTER H. LOWHILE
ErDEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MEET
IN -3.—ba pursuance of the following Res
olution of the Demcdratio County Committee, the
Democracy of the several wards, boroughs and
townships will meet on the day named to °loot
delegates to the Counttyy Convention;
Resolved, That the Democratic citizens of the
several wards, boroughs and townships of Ale
gleny county are hereby notified to meet at
their usual place of holding whew; meetings
on csatureas, Aug. 29th and elect two delegates
fpm each, who will assemble upon the following
Wednesday, Sept. 2d. at 10 o'clock a. m . at the
court house to nominate a a county ticket.
The meetings in the cities and boroughs will be
held between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock p.
in the townships betwben the hours of 3 and 5
o'clock p. m.
THOMAf3 FARLEY, Chairman.
JAB. Si. RIOHARDs. Sec.
THE LATEST ABOLITION EX
PEDIENT.
We never thought that the people who
control the sentiment of the Pittsburgh
Gazette, ever entertained a particle of res
pect tor the intelligence of the people;
we had no idea, however, of that paper
ever undertaking to play with them as it
they were fools. What can be more in
sulting to the'common intelligence of the
dullest reader, than to see a paper like
the Gazette, which has always been fore
most in its warfare upon the rights of for
eign born citizens, now assume the cham
pionship of that class of our people ? It
has warmed up astonishingly for the rights
of the countrymen of Dari,iel O'Connell,
with the silly expectation of gammoning
that impulsive people into voting for its
Know-Nothing candidate for Governor.
The expedient is too huge. and transpa
rent to deceive any one, except the poor
dupes who are engaged in it. The idea of
g these Abolition:hypocrites, after a quarter
of a century's persecution of a certain
less of foreign-born eitizens, now flatter
ing them, with the expectation of inducing
ihera to vote for a Know-Nothing, is a
most stupendous insult to both their un
derstanding and manhood. Although the
Hibernian petiole are fond of a little blar
nay, they cannot, relish it is, an Abolition
ist—especially one who has taken his de
grees in the mysteries of Kno w-Nothing•
ism. But these Abolition, Know-Nothing
patriots seem to believe that Irishmen—
and. especially those of our " Third Ward"
are fools, and we are entirely willing to
teat it by the majority which that district
will give the Democracy at the approach
ing election. The Gazette will then see
that all its gammon and its lhand-bills,
were ineffectual in imposing upon a single
voter. Of all the men in the w orld, who
are least susceptible of • being imposed
upon, are the sons of grin. It is true
that they are firm in their cony ictions anti
attachments, but these must be the results
of reflection. The idea of a party vhich
has all its life opposed. and oppressed
them, turning about, in The hope that by
fulsome flattery it will. induce them to vote
for an acknowledge& and sworn enemy, is
too absurd for sea-ions reflection. And
yet, the Gazette appears to think it
self capable of accomplishing so great
an undertaking..
The great muse of Daniel O'Connell is
invoked in the hope that it may assist the
Abolition cause. This is the first time
that we ever know that the great, de
ceased patriot had any attractions for
those who are now ut ing it : but political
necessities sometimes compel resort to
most extraordinary expedients. 0' Coh•
nell was en Irishman,, owing allegiance to
Great Britain ; he hid a right to entertain
and express just such opinions as he
pleased of the institutions of the United
States. He was opposed to slavery in
America and in flavor of monarchy in
Ireland, but bad he come to the United
States, and taken an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States, he
would find it necessary to change in - some
Particulars, his opiniona. He had a right
to be anti-slavery, as it was his policy
to be, in view of the prevailing sentiment
of England; but had he come to this coun.
try, and taken the oath of allegience to
support our Constitution and laws, and
then commenced, with Wendell Phillips,
an agitation for the -violation of that Con
stitution and the dissolution of that coun
try, he would precisely have suited the
Abolitionists of the present day. But
O'Connell- was a Christian and respected
the sanctity of an oath. Were he here
amongst us, he would look upon the insti•
tution of slavery, as all sensible men do,
as being a calamity for which we are not
responsible, and which we all hope to see
some day extinguished. This will be done,
doubtless, as it was in Pennsylvania; not
by passion and force but by some gradual
means, which can only be safe to the slave
as well as the master. To discuss the ab•
street of a question is different from deal
ing with it practically. There are none,
we apprehend, not pecuniarily interested
in slavery, who undertake to defend it
abstractly; there are, however, many other
systems to which we cannot assent, but
this is no reason why others should not.
At all events we have no right to assail
them if guaranteed by our laws. And
were Mr. O'Connell alive and a citizen of
the United States, he would, because of
his respect for law, and for the obligation
of his oath of naturalization, be compelled
to take this view of slavery in the Southern
States.
DE SERTION- PIINISHME N T,
DEATH.
The following persons, five in number.
have been sentenced to be shot to death,
this day, Wednesday, the 26th, between
the hours of 12 and 4 o'clock, by order of
AMsjor• Gen. Meade: G. Kahn alias G.
Weilt,, John rorlarcy alias Gracinthe Ler
chine,' Charles Walter alias C. Zaere,
John Renear aliaa George Rienz., and
Emile Lai elias E. Dote, all recruits of
Ito 118.6 Pennsylvania Volunteers.
ate' The campaign in Fayette county
is going forward with much spirit. Henry
Clay Dean, of lowa, speaks at Uniontown
on next Wednesday, R. M. Gibson, of
Washington, on the 7th of September, and
Gov. Biglei and Meister Clymer on the
80th of September.
For t'le Post.
GENEROSITY IN SOOIAL DI
VISIONS
NUMBER XXX
To His Excellency, Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States:
SIR.: Let me call your attention to the
views of a very thoughtful and philo•
sophical writer, who speaks from the great
experience. which France has gone through
since the middle of the sixteenth century.
I copy from Haller's Political Science :
" All history shows that no great insur
rection ever arises against the existence
and true rights of a government ; but that
all are caused by some general oppression,
- which the peculiar character of the people
is unable to endure, as by religious per
secutions, vexations relative to language,
manners and customs, arbitrary innova
tions, suppression of private contracts,
and civil laws, forced conscriptions, ex
cessive and vexations taxes ; measures
in which the government is not at all in
terested, since contributions of men and
money are much better obtained by good
will than by force. Modern times seem
to make an exception in this, that now
conspiracies are formed, not because of
the oppression of the people, but by the
fanaticism of a false doctrine, (Socialism,
&c.,) and tend,- not to correct the abuse
of power, but to the destruction of all
government. But on this point, we must
remark that never and nowhere do such
revolutionary efforts start from the mass
of the people, but only from some sect
which, unduly indulged, becomes power
ful, and thus proeelyting. And yet, in
spite of this epidemic fury of changes and
revolutions, and of the seditious clamors
and incredible activity of a league of soph
ists spread through all Europe, and of the
indolence and timidity of almost all gov
ernments, this sect has succeeded nowhere
in realizing its designs, and in raising rev
olutions, except where the government.
as in France, has countenanced its doc
trines.
"Therefore nothing is easier than for a
government to maintain harmony and pre
vent civil war. It needs no refined policy or
great science; but only the practice of
ordinary and moderate justice, and the
maintenance of its own dignity. Let gov
ernment be contented with its own rights.
and leave to each subject his own; let it
not molest any in the exercise of their
private liberty or in their predilections.
nor offend the humble in their means of
existence, nor the great in their honor; let
it avoid in general all acts of premedita
ted violence, and abstain from the s,liy
rage for innovation and for giving unitui--
mity to laws, which is rather injurion4
than useful to government, and frcm
meddling unnecessarily with the modes
ide of its subjects: let it leave every one
to the peaceanle.enjoyment of his social
and economical existence, trouble none ia
their religion, language, customs and
habits; respect the generally received
compacts,statutes and us' gee; not increase
the taxes, and ask for them with modera•
tion and only for manifestly useful objects:
and finally let it nee only favors and (Es
graces in order to attain ends which can
not be or aught not to be attained by
force; such are the simple maxims indica
ted by natural equity, for the maintenance
of peace and harmony in any country.—
(1. government that observes them will cer
tainly have nothing to fear from its subjects.
Even it it be a country acquired by war,
there will be no need of numerous garri
sons, nor to transplant the inhabitants,
nor to disarm them, or establish colonies
among them and yet less to exterminate
those who before had been powerful and
free. If it do not openly disregard the
rights of others, it has nothing to fear
from a rigorous assertion of its own.
Men will overlook even numerous errors,
partial faults, and other human weak
nesses, which do not offend the generality
of the people, and which effect only some
individuals ; though even these ought to be
avoided.
"But when the dissentious between the
Government and the people assume a
grave character, and minds become so ex
asperated that intestine war arises, then
nothing is more difficult to settle honor
ably and advantageously : that is. so that
the power, respect and independence of
the Government shall suffer no injury, but
rather be increased and confirmed. For,
in fact, it is necessary not only to conquer
the enemy, but to change him into a
friend, to re-establish peace in the minds
of the people, to regain lost affection and
shaken respect, without weakening its own
authority or renouncing any fundamental
right. Few princes know how to solve
this great political problem, and Repub
lics are still more unskillful, for usually
they are much more violent and passion
ate.
Three means only seem to present them
selves ; first, for government to retrace
its steps and concede to the insurgents all
reasonable demands; aecond, to extermi
nate them ; third, to expel them from the
land. Bat theite three expedients are in
part dangerous, in part impracticable, and
attain but imperfectly the end which they
propose. Timely concession, redress or
grievances, and a free and noble suppres
sion of causes of discontent, would per
haps, in certain circumstances, he the
best and only means of inducing the in
surgents to lay down their arms, and of
regaining at once the hearts of all- And
why may not a sovereign declare that he
has been deceived? the confession of
a fault which one may yet sustain by
force is a noble act, which implies a
virtue that is little common, and inten
tions that are eminently right, and there
fore increases the respect of the subject..
But such magnanimity is very rare, as
well with private as with public men. so
that usually it cannot be counted on ;
and besides mutual exasperation and dis
trust often render it impossible or ineffec
tual. And it is easily taxed with feeble
ness, and with encouraging the insurgents
to exaggerated pretensions. And more
over, it is almost without example that
the sovereigns, under whom civil war has
broken out, have nobly redressed the
grievances which excited the general dis
content. Thus, it was left to the Empe
ror Leopold 11. to abolish the innovations
of his predecessor, as the successors of
Charles 11. of England, and of Phillip 11.
in the Netherlands abolished theirs.
Yon will see, sir, from the foregoing
quotation from a work of science, that
what I have heretofore written, has been
written in no spirit of party.
Very respectfully yours,
_
hl ORRIS.
The Emallest Nation on Earth.
The Montauk nation of Indiana, once
one of the most powerful in America, has
dwindled down to five persons. Their
present King is Sylvester Pharo. His
subjects are Elisha, Bill, Dave and Steph
en. King Pharo does not keep a standing
army, declaring that the revenues of his
empire will not admit of it.
THE Wide-Awakes are to meet in con
vention ar Syttionse an the 841 of Septem
ber. They declare their mission to be to
stay at home from Ail war sod whip s aw
copperheads while other people go to war
to whip the rebels.
Interesting Correspondence Be
tween General Gillmore and
General Beauregard
Since the occupation of Morris Island
by Gen. Gillmore, a very interesting cor
respondence has been going on between
General Beuregard and himself. By ref
erence to the date of the firet communica
tion from Gen. Beauregard to Gen. Gill
more, it will be observed that the former
was, figuratively speaking, cocked and
primed, ready to give Gen. Gillmore a
terrible volley of gratuitous advice for his
special edification on the anniversary of
the natal day of the Republic. Fortu
nately the communication was not sent to
our naval authorities—through whom at
that time all intercourse under flags of
truce was maintained—until some days
after, and Gen. Gillmore passed that holi
day in quietness and peace, undisturbed
by gratuitous lectures from Gen. Beaure
gard on subjects which he understands
quite as well as the rebel chieftain. The
long elementary treatise on international
law, as it affects the conduct of war be
tween two opposing forces, was evidently
written for the eye and information of
Major General Hunter, under whose
authority these offenses against the laws
of nations (as Gen. Beauregard charac
terizes them) were committed. The
change of commanders in the department
undoubtedly induced Gen. Beauregard to
suspend for the time the transmission of
the communication ; but the fact that
Gen. Gillmore had in his command, op.
erating b.gliinet Charleston, a regiment or
two of eogro troops, which had but re
cently w'lipped the chivalry on James
Island :I; a little contest, impelled the
writer to change the date and compose a
new introductory in which form it came
to hand. lam able to give only a sy
nopsis of the correspondence, which will,
however be found to be very full and cov
ering all the points. It is as follows :
Gon. Beauregard to Gen. 0111 more
Under date of headquarters, Depart
ment of South Carolina, Georgia and
Clorida, Charleston, S. C. July 4, 1863,
Geu. Beauregard says that it is his duty,
in the interests of humanity, to address
Gillmure, with a view of effecting
some understanding as to the future con
duct of the war in this quarter. And then,
after alluding to the expedition set on
toot by his predecessor, Major Gen. Hun
ter, to the Combahee river, which seized
and curried away negro slaves off planta
tions on its banks,.ravaged the plantations
&c., he says Le does not propose to enter
upon a discussion touching that species of
pillaging, but desires to acquaint General
Gtlimore formally that more than one
plantation was pillaged, buildings burned
and crops destroyed, acts which were not
rendered necessary by any military exi
gency. He shows. in a manner sausfac
tory t, hims,dt, that this military exigen
cy did not eitEL, t.“. 1 he enters 'lron
lengthy elementary treatise on the laws of
nations governing the conduct of bellig
erents, quoting Vitzt•A and Wheaton to
.t.uttaw hi, propositiocs, and to define the
rlp,i.tt of the victor as well in civil as is
nal , orni wars. 7he exercise of the right
of emtaeut domain atter being conquered
is admitted, and its boundaries defined
lben ha takes up the question o:
the employment. of negroes, and quotes
Napoleun and "Abbott' '—a new authority
—to show the "atrocious consequences
which ever resulted in the employment of
a merciless, servile race as soldiers ;" that
Napolecn refused to employ the serfs in
his campaign agiuust Russia, because he
dreaded toe results of a civil or intestine
war. lie characterizes all who call to
their aid such material, in the language of
the publicits, as barbarians, &c. lu con
clusion, he asks whether the acts which
resulted in the burning of the villages of
Darien, Ga., and Bluffton, and the rava
Fes ou the Combahee, are regarded by
General Gilmore as legitimate measures
of war, which he will feel authorized to
resort to hereafter. Ile forwarded ac
counts taken from Northern papers of
the raids on Darien, Bluffton, Comba
bee, &c.
GOO.. Gilmore to lion. Beau regard.
Gen. Giimmore addresses Gen. Lleaure•
Bard from headvuarters, in the field,
Morrie Island, tinder date of July 18. and
acknowledges the receipt of Gen. Beaure
gard's communication of July 4, written
with a view of effecting some understand
ing as to the future conduct of the war in
tnis quarter. lie states that, while he and
his government will scrupulously endeav
or to conduct the war upon principles es
tablished by usage among civilized na
tions, ho shall expect from the command
ing general opposed to him full compli
ance with the same riles, in their unre
stricted application, i•• nil the forces un•
der his command.
In conclusion, aft( repressing his sur•
prise that Gimeral :.• , .:iregard should
choose the navy c., channel through
which he communi,:(t— with him, when
the opposing pickets Morris Island are
in speaking distai.: , - he defltres that
hereafter all communications be sent to
him through his own lines, and not by the
way of the blockading fleet.
Benuregitrd Responds
General Beauregard, under date of July
22, 1863, says he is at a loss to perceive
the necessity for the remark that General
Gilmore will expect from him "full com
pliance with the same rules testablished
by usages of civilized nations, &c.,) in
their unrestricted application to all his
forces," inasmuch as he is wholly una
ware that any departure from the same
has ever been alleged on his part, or by
any of his troops, from the established
laws and usages between civilized peoples;
and then he calls for more specific charges.
As to the channel of communication,
he says it need not cause surprise. Until
made acquainted with General Gillmore's
views, he believed he would naturally pre
fer that route for flags of truce, inasmuch
as it was clearly the one least calculated to
interrupt his operations for the reduction
of Battery Wagner, and he is quite una
ble, he says, to understand the grounds
of Geu. Giiimore's surprise or his obrec-
Hons. He assures Gen. Ciillmore, in con
clusion, that so far as he is concerned he
shall avoid ail provocations, either for
cavil cr complaint, and he shall do what
hi- may to conduct the war upon princi
ples recognized by other nations.
Gen. Beauregard Demands a Deserter
In a communication bearing the same
date as the preceding, he states that during
a suspension of hostilities on Morris Island,
ou July 19, 1888. private Thomas Green,
Company H, First South Carolina infan•
try, deserted and entered the federal lines,
and requests that he be returned to the
commaudiug officer at Fcrt Wagner.
eon. Cititraore to Gen. Beauregard,
In reply to Gen. Beauregard's two dis
patches of the '2'.4d ultimo, Gen. Gillmore,
on the sth of August, after noticing the
remark of Gen. Beauregard that he was
at a loss to perceive the necessity for his
statement that he (Gen. G.) should expect
a full compliance on his (Gen. Et.'s) part
with the same rules, &c., in their unre
stricted application to all the forces
under his command, states that he con
sidered hisremarks as pertinentand proper
at that time. Events, he adds, since
transpired, show them to have been emi
nently so. In proof he quotes the circum
stances of agreement for mutual paroling
and returning to their respective com
mands the wounded prisoners in our
hands. You declined, Gen. Gillmore goes
on to say, to return the wounded officers
and men belunging-to my - colored regi
ments, and your subordinate in chargir of
the au:hangs &warted that the question
had been left for after consideration. He
could but regard this transaction as a pal
pable breach of faith on Gen. Beaure
gard's part, and a flagrant violation of
Gen. B.'s pledges as an officer. In regard
to the case of private Green, claimed as a
deserter during suspenaione of hostilities,
he states that he did not enter our lines
during the existence of a flag of truce.
Gen. Gillmore also states that his request
to bury our own dead way refused, and
that his (Gen. G.'s) batteries were silent
on the following day because his (our)
wounded could be seen lying exposed the
entire day outside the fort.
Here the correspondence closes for the
present.
THE REBEL PIRATES
THE FLORIDA AT WORK.
Capture and Bonding of the Ship
B. F. Cutting
The ship Francis B. Cutting, Captain
James T. Maloney, arrived at this port
yesterday from Liverpool, and reports as
follows : Sailed from Liverpool July 20.
Nothing of note occurri d until Aug. 6th,
when, in lat. 41 0 10', lon. 30',a strange
and suspicious looking sail appeared to
windward,it was then blowing strong from
the north-northwest, with a rough sea.—
This sail soon bore down for us, firad a
shot across our bow, and hoisted the
American ensign at the mizzen peak ; at
this time she was very near us, and we
saw that she was an armed steamer, bark.
rigged. We then showed our colors,
and prepared to heave to ; while doing so
he fired a second shot, which passed be
tween our fore and mainmasts. We then
hove to ; he-also hove to, cdistance then
one quarter of a mile to windward,) and
Bent an armed boat's crew alongside, con
taining two Lieutenants and eight men.—
As soon as the Lieutenant in command
came on board he asked for the Captain,
then pointing to the vessel to the wind
ward said : "That ship to windward, of
you, sir, is the Confederate sloop-of•war
Florida. Your ship is a prize. I will
put one of my men at your wheel, if you
please, sir," and ordered one of his arm•
ed men to haul down my flag. All this
time the vessel to windward was flying
the American flag. He then asked to see
my papers, which I showed him. He ex
amined all my bills of lading, and also
broke open the package of certified Brit
ish invoices, asking particularly for boiler
iron, and how many passengers I had on
board. I told him 220. lie asked for my
signal-book, and code of signals, which I
gave him. He then had a long conversa
tion with my ship by telegraph.—
He then asked me if I would have my
ship burned. I replied I would not. He
then said I would have to go on board
the Florida with h.m. I declined doing
so. I would not leave my ship, as my
passengers were British subjects, and I
would trust their lives in another per
son's hands. He telegraphed to his ship
again, and said he would probably have
to run my ship for Faye!, put the passen
gers out, and burn the ship. Otherwise,
if Capt. Matti: approved of it, he would
bond the ship for $60,000. I told him the
ship was worth no such money, and I
would not sign a bond to that effect. Af
ter a consultation of two or three hours,
he agreed to take $4,000, for which I sign
ed a bond, under condition of Captain
Maffit's approval, and sent my chief mate
on board with them to witness my signa
ture. He then telegraphed to me that the
bond was accepted, and returned the mate.
After detaining us five hours, we pro
ceeded on our course. The Florida im
mediately gave chase to a large ship to
windward which I took, at that distance,
to be an American.
New Rifled Gun.
It is claimed that the Ferris gun, a newly
invented weapon, gave a speed of '220 feet
per second to its shot, as measured by
the electrobalist at West Point. The gun
was tried in the presence of numerous of
ficers of high standing le the army. The
highest velocity ever obtained before was
with a Parrott gun, the speed of the pro
jectile from which was ISO feet per sec
ond. The Ferris go❑ cf- neu its high
velocity from the • powder
burned iu it, which bore,
24 ounces, while h•• weighs 40
ounces—rather rri,,r, , m—gF,t. of
theehot. At this rate, the W-) pounder
would require 00 lbs. of powder, and the
200-pounder 100 iba.—a fearful charge
certainly.
National Banks.
There have been sixty-six National
Banks established under the act, of Feb•
ruary, 1463, viz:
\ ,, .free. Capital.
lOU ()JO
100.0u0
I 150,000
600,000
0 SI),),000
I I 1.361 500
I 125,000
1 500.Ciai
200,0 0
I 2 / MOOO
3 210,000
/75,000
-
Is 3.345,500
1 :1)0000
Maine
New Hotline ire
M tuisachusetts ........
Connecticut
Now York
PennFylvania .
New JaceeY.
District et Columbia
Illinois .
inn laws
lowa ....
Michigan .
.... .
Ohio
IV isoonsin
The above recapitulation shows that
there are several States that have not yet
adopted the national system, although it
is well adopted to the whole. The com
munity require a national currency, on
which they can at all times rely, without
any risks of tailure or depreciation.
The Merchant's Bank of Boston, with a
capital of $4,000,000 has under consider
ation the adoption of a national system.
Measures are in progress in New York to
establish a National Bank there, with a
capital of $5,000,000.
Others are in contemplation at Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and
other cities.
DIED t
At 1g gbhington, D C.. on the 221 hlrt.., JON
Hof Co. B. 136th Reg. Penna. Vol, aged
20 years.
Funeral this attention at 2 o'olouk from the
residence of his father, James K. Bern. Esq..
No 30 Smithfield street. Services at Trinity
Church and burial at Allegheny Cemetery.
On Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock NICHOLAS
BRADY, in the 59th year of his age.
The funeral will take place on Friday at
c'clo k a. LI3 from his late residence on Bays
street. The friends if the family aro Invited to
attend-
On the 25th instant in the 21st your of his age
WILLIAM HENRY ROBINSON, son of Wit
Bern O. Robinson•
The funeral %ell' proceed from the family resi
dence. 186 Third street, on Thursday. 27th inst.,
at 10 o'clock a. sr.
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The most complete eassrtment of pure and
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TELEGRAPHIC.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
EXPLOIT OF FITZ HUGE LEE.
POSITION OF THE REBEL ARMY
Specials to the N. Y. Herald,
THE OLD FLAG OVER
SITM.TER AGAIN.
eta?., dee. , dze., ito.
Nsw YORK, Aug. 25.—The Tribune has
the following special :
HELDQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Aug. 25.—The cavalry pickets of the en
emy called, yesterday morning, across
the Rappahannock to those of our own
that Fort Sumter had beon taken by us.
This is a confirmation of the news received
via Fortress Monroe, by Richmond pa
pers of yesterday's date.
A cavalry force, under General Fitz
Hugh Lee, crossed the Rappahannock
yesterday morning, near Corbin's Neck,
six miles below Fredericksburg, but were
speedily routed by a brigade of General
Curtis, with a loss in prisoners of three
engineer officers, and a number of pri.
votes, yet unspecified, in killed and
wounded before recrossing the river. Oar
lose was slight; no officers injured.
The positions of the rebel army are now
somewhat thus
Gen. Ewell lies near Orange Court.
House, Gen. A. P. Hill near Rapidazf
Station, Gen. Longstreet stretches from
United States Ford to Fredericksburg,
and pickets the Rappahannock down to
Port Royal. Gen. Lee's headquarters
lie about two miles beyond Orange Court
House, on the Gordonsville road.
• Twenty.two rebel prisoners and desert.
ers left for Washington last evening, and
several more this morning. They report
contioaed disaffection and desertion in the
rebel army.
William King and John Pearce, desert
ing privates from the Bch Georgia, report
Gen. Stuart as having been relieved from
his cavalry command, and the appoint
ment of Gen. Hood in his stead, lately
in command of a brigade under his orders.
Westms - crox, August 26.—The Her
ald's Washington special says :—C. Ed•
wards Lester, clerk in the War Depart
ment, was arrested last Monday at Har-
per's Ferry, with important documents
intended for the enemy in his possession.
Lester is suspect:•ll .1' having been in
communication with the rebels for some
time, and has, doubtless, given them 80M0
valuable intelligence.
The guerrillas who infest the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal again made their
appearance yesterday ou the tow-path,
about twenty-five miles above Georgetown.
They appeared in squads of fifteen or
twenty, but as they were told by boats
they hailed that other boats were near at
hand with troops on board, they did no
damage. An active persuit of the goer•
rills bands who infest the country in the
vicinity of our lines, is constantly kept up
by our cavalry, and more or less of them
are daily captured.
The steamer Baltimore, Captain Mitch
ell, arrived hero this morning from For
tress Monroe. She reports that the enemy
has not appeared upon the Potomac, re
ports to the contrary notwithstanding, and
there are no indications of new batteries
at any point Our flotilla has not been
able to discover any rebels upon the Vir
ginia shore, and the whole country wears
the appearance of loneliness and desola
Lion.
WASICNOTOW, August 25.—A special to
the World says: Official advices from Gen.
Gilmore and Admiral Dahlgren are ex
pected by the W ar and Navy Departments
to reach here to-morrow. The fact that
General Gilmore has demanded the sur
render of Charleston is believed here to
be based on his success in reaching the
city with his Parrott guns with which he
intended making the experiment as soon
as mounted. It is believed that what is
left of Sumter is fully in General Gil
more's possession, and that ere this the
flag which waved there until Major Ander
son surrendered is back in its old place—
the identical one having been sent him
some time since for that express purpose.
$9.994.000
CINCINNATI, August N.—Returns from
one hundred and six cournies in Kentucky
give Bramlette fifty thous...nd six hundred
and ninety-two majority:
The Gazette's Cairo dispatch says:
It i'a 4. reported that General Pemberton
died law week at Selma, Ala.
Gen. Grant and staff, and Adjutant Gen.
Thomas left Cairn on Monday night for
Memphis.
Over one hundred thousand bales o
Confederate States cotton have been cap
tured near Natchez.
Gen. Herron is on an expedition up
Red River.
There are eight thousand rebel troops
at Monroe, sixty-five miles west of Vicks
burg, Walker and Heber in command.
Kirby Smith is in Texas.
Johnston's forces are scattered in Chunky
river country.
LLOYD'S STEEL PLATE
Telegraph, Express
AND
RAILROAD MAPS
CF THE
United States,
CANAOAS AND NEW BRUNSWICK•
SIZE 8 FEET BY 6 FEET.
Acoompanying each main map is an independ
ent map of
THE EASTERN STATES,
In a scale ten times as large as the main map;
SIZE FOUR FEET IN DIMENSIONS.
The twe maps together show emoo Railroad
Stations•
Sold Only by Subscription.
BUBL-CRIPTION BOOK NOW OPEN.
JOHN W, PITTOCH,
Sole Agent.
man Opposite the Postothee,,
100 bush prime Oats In store and for sale b,
JAB, A. NETZakt.
enl2 earnwr Marino and Rind ern
M BARBELS FRESH Prrnriar
13 P "bladders." just reeeived abd for sale INT
880. 4111 4t eg it ;
au2o 69 Federal ISt. •
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS
A COOK WANTED.
ONE WHO CAN COME WELL'HEC
Olen ENDED to do plain cooking, rocelve
the highest wages. Can hear of a place by ap
plying at THIS OFFICE. an 27
QPECIALTIES AT RANHINS DItUG
store, 63 Market strect, three doors below
4th street.
Rankin's Spiced Blackberry,
For Diarrhoea; Dysintery, Cholera Infantum
Rankin's Batract Encha.
For all diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder
Bodkin's Pldlocrlne.
A hair dressing of intrhisio value
Figaro Segars,
Hard and Soft Rubber Syringes. Hand Mir
rors..ko., at
RANKIN'S DBEO STORE,
anZ7 No. 63 Market street, below Fourth.
West Virginia Land for Sale.
AVALUABLE AND FINE TRACT
of about 475 acres of highly cultivated land
to be solo low: situated on the Little Kanawha
hiver,_ about 4 miles from the City of Parton
burg, Wood County, W. V. The whole of which
is under good and substantial fence, and more
than one-half is highly improved and cultivated.
The balance is welt timbered and the whole well
watered. There is also on this farm a splendid
orchard, besides 150 young trees set out two years
fl e.
is one of the most desirable farms and
rtsidenees in the County or State. This farm
will be so-c 1 low. Terms easy, and a
good bargain awaits the purchaser. For further
particulars apply or address
M. P. ADITIRS,__
Parkersburg. W. V
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PITTSBII tGH FEMALE COLLEGE.
Rev. I. C. Pershing, D. D., President
Best sustained College in the State. Superb
Buildings, to which extensive additions are
making. Nineteen Teachers. Unsurpassed fa
cilities In the (imam ntal Branches. Forty
Dolla•s per term pays for all expenaes in the
Boarding Department except Washing and
FneL The Fall Term will commence on Tues
day. September Ist• Send to President Per
for a Catalogue. M. SIMPSON.
auYß•3w President of Trustees,
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BALLET. DAVIS & CO..
WV P EMERSON,
J W VOSE,
MILLER, GIBSON & CO.,
GRUPE & *WINDT,
J & C FISCHER,
IS Pianos
From the above Factories.
from M to $5OO.
Just received and for sale by
CriA/3. C. 15111LLOB,
au-n-ds w ti Wood street, Pittsburgh
SUMMER DRESS GOOD\
Selling at
ONE HALF PRICE
HUGUS & :MACKE,
Corner Ftth end Market etre4ts.
INTERESTING TO THE LADIES!
We are selling, at a REDUCED PRICE
Cotton Hosiery,
Gloves,
Lace Mitts,
Embroideries,
Veils,
Sleeves,
Waists, dire.,
Hoop Skirts, slightly soiled, half price
Wo are reoeiving the latest styles of
Head Dresses, Nets,
New Fall Dress Trimmings
HELMS, BIICILLES, &e
WHOLESALE ROOMS up stairs
NAGRUM & GLYDE,
No. 78 Market St.,
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sul6-dew Between Fourttc*id Diamond,
WAISTED
Twanty-tive :sinners and Sheet Iron
Workers on Government Work. steady emeloy
ment endgood wagon. IPply attA3M:m street s
Cincinna Ohio.
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0. HOLDEN k CO.
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE ELNNENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OH THE
'EN A. STATE AGRICULTURAL !GINTY,
WILL BE HELD AT
NORRISTOWN, MONTG'Y CO., PA.,
September 29th and 80th, and October
Ist and 2d,1803,
IWORIIIRTOWN Is 11110171' 17 MUMS
/II West of Phlladolphia on the Schuylkill
River and is accessible by Railway to every part
of the &ate.
The grounds are beautifully situated,. Contain
ing 28 acres of ground with line large buildings
thereon erected. together with a large amount of
shedding. The track is said to be one of the
best halt mile tracks in the State. The pre
miums are the heaviest ever offered by • the So
ciety, amounting to about $7,000. The PrOMIUMS
for all grades of cattle - eV:eel $l,OOO, five of
which are i3O each, 19 from $25 to S's, others
running down to lesser rates. Best herd not
lets than 15 head, first premiem $4O: second
premium $25.. •
Horses for all grids, the preMiums exceed
$1350.. The highest $100: 22 betWoen $2 O and SO,
and others ranging from $15.10 and 5. For Rhea' ,
and swine the premiums range from $lO to 5 end
For Poultry there is a long list of premiums
from $2 to 1 °all. In the following classes rand
liberal Tromintos are offered: Ploughs, culti
vator?, Drills. Wagons, Reaping and Mo wiral i a ;
Ma
chines, &l
Cutters, Corn oners, Cider
Pumps, Buckets. Tin irt are, Leather and its
Manufactures. Gag Fixtures. Marble Mantles,
butter, Flour, Grain and Seeds Velotablea: and
also for Domestic and Household Manufactures. ,
Cl tbs. Car. ets. Satinet; Shirting, dbeetkir.
Blankets. Pannell!, Shawls,Knit Goods, Needle
ork, &-c., Br sd Cgkos, Preserves, 3o. Large premiums are offered for eve-y variety
of Fruits and Flowers. The F oral Tent will be
the largest ever Greeted by the Society and will
form one of the molt attractive feats ea of the
Exhibition. Fruit, Grapes and Wine will be ex
hibited in this department
The P ennsylvania Railroad and Norristown
Rai road have eng , ged to ea-Ty snicks for ex
hinitit n to and from the Exhibition freight free:
reckniring the forwarding freight to be paid.
which will be repaid shipper when goods are
returned to tie station whence shipped. It is
hoped to effect the Berne with other important
road".
The genuine brand.
Excursions at reduced rates will be run on all
the leading Railroads.
Entries can be made at the Office in Norristown
after the 9th day of September, All articles
must be entertdcon the books on or before Tues
day evening. September 2Uth. Exhibitors must
become members. Blembeitlhip V, with four
Coupon kets, each of which will admit one
pennon to the Fair once•
Single Admission
VG.. A List of Premiums and Regulations mit
be nad by addteni , g the Secretary
THOlild. , - P. KNOX, President.
A, BROWER LONUAER,Seo:p•
au.27-dawtd Norristown. Pa.
itri HEAP .1110USEs AND LOTS - 1
411.- , sale in Allegheny city. se. Robinson et, five
rooms. corner lot. $1300; 58 Ann et, five rooms
and cellar. $7OO ; corner Sheffield sts., Rona) of 9
rooms,t,wo lots. $2,00. South Canal street.five
r oms, ball and ce . 'sr. $1400; North Canal street
dwelling and large lot, $3500. •
CIIEVLIELBEET & SONS,
51 market street.
Superior Household Furni-
tun? at Auction.
41N FRIDAY MORNING, AIIGITST
LP 28th, at 10 o'clock, at the residence Yo. 156
Thira street. will be sold the entire famishment
of new and superior Furniture, Carpets, &c.,. H
comprising in part, Mahogany air Seat Sofa,
6 Mahogany Hair Seat Chairs, Mahogany Hair
Seat Arm Rocker, Marble T p Mahogany Pier
Table, walnut Hat sick, Solid Walnut Exten
sion Table. Wardrobe, st-olid Walnut French
and Field Post Beds earls, Walnut Enclosed,
Wash tends, Tepors. Cane Seat Chat. s. do do
Rocker, Ottomans, Gut and Mahogany__ Frame
Looting Glasses, Char defiant Gas Fixtures,
Mantle Ornainents, Venitian and Buff Blinds,
Matratees,Feather Beds and Bedding. Kitchen
Utensils. Large Cooking Stove, Quesnswareare.
Carpets— noluded in the above sale will be
found one He o Plush Velvet carpot.Bnassels and
Ingrain do, chamber and rag doßrastels and.
Stair do, Dining Rcom. Hall and Stir Matting.
Rigs, dm
Einem' attention is sailed to this sale, the ter -
attars and osrpets being well kept and in use
but a short titr.o,
T MISSES, TRUSSES, TRITfigiES.
TRUSSES, TRUSSES, TRUSSES,
TRUSSES, TRUSSES; TRUSSES,
A superior article of Trusses. The latest. its
provement.
Hard Rubber Trusses,
Hard Rubber Trusses,
Hard Rubber Trusses,
'nose wishing a.good Truss and at a low price
should call and examine my stock before wo
ol:lasing elsewhere.
Superior Carbon Oil, Miming
Fluid. Soda Ash and Pot Aeb,
Perfumery and Patent Medicines of all
kinds.
A large and complete assortment of Own
Elastic and Hard Rubber Syringes. Remember
the p lace,
At Joseph Fleming'a Drug Store.
At Joseph Flemings Drug Store.
At Joseph Fleming's Drug Store,
Corner of the Diamond and Market streets.
Corner of the Diamond and Market streets.
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LONDON AND INTERIOR
Royal Mail COMPatefl
CELEBRATED REMEDIES
13 IL 0 I 2' BEN IL' •
A certain 011V5 for Diseases .of Horses ant/ Cattle,
known to and used only by the Company in th*
own stable from 1844 until the opening_ of the
Railway over the principal routes. After the m
oral use of these remedies in all the stables of the
Company their annual sake ef condemned stook
were discontinued, a saving to the Company ex
seeding £7,(303 per atmum. In 1853 the London
Brewers' Association offered the ComPonY
for the reselpes and nso thaartieles only in i ger
own stables.
A certain gore for founder. distemper, steams,
tism, hide bound, inward strains, loss of appetite
weakness, heaves. oeughs, colds, and all diseases
of the langs, surfeit of soabbors, glanders. Dell
evil, mange, inflammation of the eyes, ihrigda,
and all-diseases arising from impure blood, toe
roots the stomach and liver, improves the appe
tite, regalates the bowels. corrects all derange
ments of the glands, strengthens the system,
makes the skin smooth and glossy. Horses bro
ken down by hard labor or drivmg quickly re
stored by using the powder moo a day. Nothing
will be found equal to it in keeping horses up in
appearance, condition and strength,
London and Interior Royal Mail Company&
CELEBRATED BONE °IBMs - Imm
A certain cure for spavin, ringbone, scratches.
lumps, tumors, sprains. Effollinvi, bruises. foun
dered seat, chillbild,a, wind galls, contractions of
the tendons, bone enlargements, ,lte.
Blood Powder 500 per 12 oz„ packages, Bone
Ointment 500 per 8 oz. tar. o. 320 &mad, Lou
don.
Mcßeeson do Rorbins, New York..
French, Richards dc Co" Philadelphia.
TORRENCE MoGARR,
Pittsburgh Drug Hon/le.
I u8:dlyo Corner Fourtn and Market streot
oN OF THE HIGH PRICE
Paid for feed the Millunrn In the viainitY
of Ptttaburgh will. on and after the lot day of
t eptember, charge 8 cents per quart. Csah evert
week.
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1-1" 0 Ift• A.M.‘lO.
LOT AND 'IWO STORY ERICK
..cm. house. containing
The runeas a front of 48 feet on Fulton treet.
and back 160 feet to Crawford street. For
further particulars apply to
GEO. ENGLES.ING,
322 Libor*. street.
an22.awd
FINE FARM AT AUCTION, •
%IRE UNDERSIGNED VELI;L
Ja• pore to public sale, on the P;-eri ea,
farm. cons sting of
80 ACRES AND $.53 PERCHER,
situate on the lleptist Church Road, about one
m il e from White Hall in Baldwin Townahip, arld
known as the "C N FARM."
On Thursday, August 27th,
at 2 o'clock r. ht. Said farm is all cleared and
tinder good fence but about twenty acres; has
fra i
me dwellug hose
log barn , and other fram a
e
bnikiine eected thereon. Also, an Orchard of
grill. Is is , so well watered, having three never
tai.ing springs. Said farm is susceptible of being
divided into two smaller farm% as the public) road
rum through it, leaving. 32 acres on one aide and
48 acres on the other. it will be sold in two parts
if desirable. Sale positive.
Terms made known on day of sale.
Coal is supposed to underlie the whole treat
aulti JAMES IiIoGOW47I.
10 - aricz IS UEREUr ;nrvisar TUAr
.TaIONIAB N. AtIILIACR, 19 not a num* of
our .. firth, n o u ronn he auority to tram w ary
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State Fair,
T. A. 111PCLELLAND,
Auctioneer.
BLOOD POWDER AND
BLOOD POWDER
NOTICk.
FOUR ROOMS AND A CELLAR..