Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1863 — Page 2

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MONDAY, - AUGUST 31. The Monroe Doctrine The telegraph announces that Maximillian ha accepted the throne of Mexico. This interveutlon by European powers upon thU continsnt is to direct conflict with the traditional policy of our government is a violation of (he Moxioi doctrine. Will the American people tolerate the establishment of a monarchy in Mexico under the protection and fostering care of France? We expect the "abolition faction which has the control of the Government at Washington" will. Tbe part? in power will sacrifice all national self re pect to the single klea of abolishing slavery to the common injury of the white man and the negro. Such ia not the spirit of the people, however. They will demand that the Uuion be restored upon an honorable busis, and a common war be nude upon the foreign power who have taken advantage of our family quarrel to gain a loothold upon the soil of a neighboring State. Tbe Democrats have ever maintained the Moxiok doctrine, and they will adhere to it now. Tbe Hellance of tbe ICebels. The abolition press are harping upon a remark attribufeJ to the Richmond Whig, of the 2lst lost., which states that the rebels hare cow but two resources to rely upon, vix : "foreign intervention" and "a determined opposition by the conservative of tbe North to the abolition faction which has the control of tbe Government at Washington." That is the expression of a single paper in the South, and it does not represent tbe views of the Southern leaders. There is every reason to believe that the Confederates fur a Ions confidently expected help from abroad to aid them in establishing their independice, but of late, so far as the expression of their lending papers represents the public sentiment in that regard, there is but little, if any reliance for aid from that source. There is no doubt bat tbe European powers, except Russia, would rejoice over the disseverance of the Uoion and tbe establishment el the Southern Confederacy. And the reasou is obvious. It is especially the object of England and France to neatralixe the power of the United States for the security of their own interests upon this continent. But it U very doubtful whether to secure that object even they would hazard a general war by a hostile intervention in tbe struggle pending between the rebel States and the General Government We think the hope even of such aid to their cause has about departed from the rebels who h.tve been, the most sad g nine in the success of their cause. The other reliance alluded to by the Whig, is entirely hopeles. The "Conservatives of the North" are pledged to the maintenance of the Union, to the perpetuation of the old Government in all its integrity and the free institutions upon which it is based. The Democratic party has been the Union party from iu orgmization. It has ever opposed sei t:onal parties, based either H.Ton geographical divisions and interests or hostility to the domestic institutions or policy of tbe States. And such will be iu platform as long as it rem ins a national organization. While there is "a determined opposition by the conservatives of the North to the abolition faction which has the control of the government at Washington, that opposition is more decidedly hostile to a division of the Union. This has been demonstrated in every possible way that good citizens could since tbe "abolition faction" obtained con trol of the government. To preserve the Union tbey have promptly responded to every call of thaf'faction" for men and money to overthrow the rebellion. Far different is the record of the abolition faction. After the Presidential election of 1S60, the leading Republican papers of the country were willing to separate from all the dissatisfied Statt the States now in rebellion in peace, and such was the view of the prominent Republicans who aided in the nomination and election of Mr. Lincoln. At the last session of Congress the leaders of the "abolition faction" in that body, openly proclaim -ed against the restoration of the Union if slavery was to be tolerated in the States where that institution has and now exists. And that h the policy of the "abolition faction" now. The abolition of slavery, with the "abolition faction," is made the condition of receiving back the slive States into tbe Union not only, but even the res toration of peace. The war must not stop, they say, until slavery is abolished, even if the "last man and the last dollar" is sacrificed in the at tempt. Overtures were made to the President by prominent citizens of Louisiana for the return of that State to the Union upon the old basis; but they were not entertained A decided Union movement is being developed in North Carolina, but it will receive no enaourage ment from the "abolition faction" unless upon tbe basis of emancipition. The difference be tween the Democratic party and the "abolition faction.' is this: the former is for the overthrow of the rebellion to restore tbe Union without reference to slavery, whether it is abolished or continued in the States where it existed, while the latter care not for the suppression of the rebellion or tbe restoration of the Union unless, slavery is abolished. The "abolition faction" care not about preserving this gre it Government in all its integrity upon any other basis. All the rebels can rely upon from the conservatives of the North is that their constitutiam! rights will be respected and maintained by them, if they re turn to their allegiance to the Union. Gerrit Snatth on the IVar. Once a radical and extremist on the subject of abolitionism, Gerrit Smith, of New York, has changed his course sufficiently to give otterance to words like these, in a speech at Albany, on Tuesday? - "I have said we must insist upon, the uncon diiional submission of the rebels Our opposition to the rebels mw also be undonditional. We must make no conditions on behalf of the Republican. Democratic or Abolition parties. We -snnet make no conditions. If the rebellion triumphs, let all else die for all family, wealth, party all would be worthless without a country. The rebellion must be put down at whatever cost, or whatever sacrefire. The Republican or Democrat who is intent onlv on helping hi party is in league with rebels. Are there Abolitionists who will not go for crushing treason unless the Government shall pledge itself to prosecute the war until slavery is abolished? Let me say' to them, I have no sympathy with you. f know you only as enemies to my country. The true doctrine is let come what may of temperance, of Abolitionism, of Republicanism, of Democracy, the rebel I ion-must and shall be put down. It is not now down, only because we have not been as earnest in putting it down as the rebel have been in putting it up. We are in ths war to be brothers We are to know no man by his party same, but only as an and rebellion man. In the course of my long life I have had to do some thing against . intemperance and slavery; but since the bombardment of Sumter I have been ready to work with all against rebeMion to work, if you please, with the greatest drunkard on my right, and the greatest pro-slaverv man on my left. If Abolitionists refuse to work with me without some pledge for the abolition of slavery, it is little to their credit that they allow tbe sin of slavery to blind their eyes to the greater sin of rebellion. If, as some say, slavery and re bellion are one, then put down the rebellion and slavery falls with it." . C57"Mr Lis cot Jf Is on a visit to Yankee land, so, --cordir g to Republican interpretation, the better half of the Government is on a tour Of pleasure. Tbe other half is to follow soon, and and when that occurs the whole Government will be peregrin :nev E7Tbe Lafayette Courier, in enurnera'injr what tbe .Administration has done, rejoices that fl bti girtn ni i national paper currency.

The nellnnce of the Hebels.

We attended yesterday to tbe construction i placed by the niggerhead journals upn a remark made by the Richmond Whig lately, that the only chance of the tebels was "a determined oppoe! ' tion by the conservatives of the North to the abolition' faction which has the control of the Government at Washington. Recent events have demonstrated most conclusively that the rebellion has nothing to hope from the Democracy of tbe North. . It has been charged by the Republicou press that it was the intention of the Democracy of the Northwest to elide the Northwestern States out of the Union and unite them with the Southern Confederacy. Jot Wbioot, in his stump speeches a year ago, in this State, made that his main argument, and he openly declared that if the Democrats succeeded in electing a majority of the Legislature that their first act would be to pass an ordinance of secession by which Indiana, through some hocus pocus operation, would be landed like a flat boat load of corn in the Southern Confederacy. Instead of the rebels meeting any sympathy or aid in their recent raids in the Northern States, the most decided and active opponents they bad to jontend with were Democrats, or"copperheads," if the Abolitionists prefer that term. Morgan's Adjutant General made his escape during the raid of the rebel chief through Ohio. In his report of the operations of MoaoAS while in Indiana and Ohio, which first appeared in the Richmond papers, he says thaf'copperher.d and butternuts were the most bitter opponents they met;" that they "were always in front opposing them." The Mobile Register, the ablest and most decided of the secession papers, recently said: "We want separation. Give us rather men like Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner. They enrte the old Union and despise it. mnd to do tee." The Democracy constitute about one half of the population of the North. If that party had any intention to give "material aid and comfort to the rebels and assist them, as has been flip pantly charged bv the abolition papers and speakers, for the past two years, they intended I. do. the recent raids of Lee ar.d Mofga gave them the opportunity. The rebel flags were hoisted by Lee's powerful army in Pennsylvania, and by Morgan's well disciplined corps in Indiana and Ohio, and what was the result? The testimony of the rebel generals is that "the copperhead and butternuts were always in front opposing them." There would have been no better chance, if it was desired, for extending aid to the rebel cause with men and money, and to have asisted Lee in his scheme of capturing the Federal capi til- But the first to send troops into Pennsylvania to help drive back the rebel forces, were the Deraocr t"c Governors of New York and New Jersey. While the conservatives of the North are determinedly opposed to the abolition faction who unfortunately have direction of the National Administration, that opposition is subordinate to their determined purpose to up hold the government to sustain and preserve the Union under the constitution. The Mobile Register says and that is the voice of tebel lorn "Give us rather men like Thaddecs Stevexs and Charles Scmseb." That class of politicians have been playing into the hands of the rebel ion, and their fanatical anJ revolutionary course have given the rebel cause its unity and strength On the 221 day of July, 1861, Congress passed resolution, declaring "that the war should not be waged in the spirit of conquest or sub ligation, nor for the purpose of overthrowng or interfering with the rights or institutions of the States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished, the war ought to cease." This resolution received the vote and approval of every Republican member of the louse, and nf all it' members except two. If the war had been prosecuted in the spirit and for the purposes expresst-d in that resolution, ere now t would have ended with a restored Union. But different counsels prevailed. The character of the war was changed; it has become one of sub jugation; and it is openly announced by the radi cals that there must be no re union unless the rights mikI institutions of the Southern States are overthrown. The leaders of the Southern rebelion hailed these radical measures as giving ngth to their cause, and they have been .their chief reliance for success. They rejoiced when men like Thaddecs Stetexs and Charles Senses gave direction to the policy of the Administration, for alike they cursed and despised the old Union, and that policy united tbe South against its restoration The secessionists will know that the Northern Democracy were against separition upon any condition, and that they would always be found in front opposing all schemes of disunion. Hence the only reliance the rebels cm now hive upon the conservatives opposed to the abolition faction who control the Administration, is, that like honest men they ill faithfully adhere to the solemn pledges made by Congress as to tbe objects of the war, which were to restore the national authority and national Union as they were before it commenced. "The Creed of oar Political Faith." Mr. Jefferson in his first inaugural address Uid down tbe following political maxims as "the creed of our political faith" aid "the touchstone bv which to trv the services of those we trust:" "The diffusion of information; "Tbe arraignment of all abuses at tbe bar of public opinion; "rreedoni of religion; Freedom of the press; "Freedom of person under the protection of habeas corpus; and Trial by juries impartially selected. "These principles form the bright cons'ella tion which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution aud rel'orma tion The wisdom of our sages and the blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our politienl faith, tbe text of our civil instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or lärm, let us hasten to retrace our ttepa and regaiti the road which leads to peace, liberty and safety." How, asks a cotemporary, would the present Administration appear, tried by this touchstone? The ailmlalilratlan Whip. We take the following from the Boston Journal of Saturday: "The Government has deeded not to retain any officer in the army whose views on tbe war policy is not in consonance with its own. Cases still continue to be reported for dismissal for the use of what was termed disloyal or treasonable language." Tbus does the Administration snap its whip at the manhood of its officers. It is as much worse than the plantation overseer as the manhood of the white man is better than the lody of a negro. If there be anything ahead of this in the refinement of despotism we cannot conceive of it. It is enough to make a patriot shudder at what is before us if this steady march of Administration despotism be not rebuked sternly rebuked at the ballot box. If such be the tyranny over officers, what must it be over the poor soldier who have to expiate the crime of baring an opinion, iu thegunrd-huse or with hall and chain? How long will it be at this rate before the private citizen will be forced by the bayonet to the present condition of private soldier t Answer, roeu or Maine! Lastern Ar gui, (Portland,) Maine. Hon. M M. Rat, by request of tho Demo cratie Central Committee, will address the De mocracy and conservative citisena of Shelby county on the political issues of tbe day, ia the different townships,' commencing on Monday, August 31.

I he Bombardment of Fort Suin'er The I fleet of our fire-Modern Gum Mnd .Hadrrn Stiege Our advices received yesterday by the Star of the South, from Charleston, are very iuteresting. According to these accounts ar.d rebel telegraphs

of the 20th intt., our two hundred pounder Parrott guns, directed by the skillful hand of General GUI more, were transforming Fort Sumter into a mass of ruins, aud probably ere this that work has been made untenable to the enemy, and Derhaps is now in the occupmry of our troops. Events thus far have proven what has hitherto been theory, that the heavy ordnance now used in our army and navy will destroy any masonry fortificat:ons, even at a distance of three thousand yards. The ingenuity of the present day is fairly taxed to its utmost to produce new engines of war, and almost every dav brings to notice some new invention of this description. The present rebellion has done more to develop these machines and prove their practicability than a thousand years of theorizing and speculation, hol only have we developed the best war machines, but have introduced new and important systems of managing great armies, strategy, tactics, and the manner of conducting modern sieges. Writing of sieges reminds us of their indispensable concomitant, big guns Since the year lfc'54, when Sir William Armstrong, in England, commenced the construction of the first piece of his great rifled ordnance tbat was to revolutionize the use of those of anterior fabric, to the pre.ent Jay, scarcely a month passes that the leading English pai-ers have not something to say about the Armstrong guns. The English people, for a score of years or more, having found themselves outwitted by their cousins across the water in many departments of the arts and sciences, thought, as a set-off, when Sir William Armstrong invented his rifled ordnance, that his branch would counterbalance all their deficiencies ard lack of inventive eenias. Columns upon columns of the English journals hare been de voted to the publication of statistics and tabularized statements of experiments with the Arm Strong pun. from the first experiment against a wooden target with small calibers, and then with iron ones, until the present day. when the inventor has reached the maximum of his genius by making a six hundred pounder of immense range, which he asserts has power sufficient to throw a shot that will penetrate uny iron ship now afloat, or destroy any fortification now extaut. But the power of this gnu is yet to be proved. With all this blow and bluster incident to the John Bull f itnily, a wide margin mu-themide between the promise nnd the j erformance. Ce fore we pin our faith to any system or theorem we would rather see it practically tested. The Armstrong gun is a very good machine; but, not withsiatHJing its inventor has been knighted, :n l (lined and wined from one end of the British kingdom to the other, the only practical result he has jiven of the fficienry of his gun whs during ihr Aii.'I Fienc i war with Cuin t, where a battery or m re of Armstrong field guna were arrayed agint the enemy, who had a few dd, ineffective guns. The m-courts of the wonderful per lor an nee of the-e guus weie sounded throughout England in English style. This is all that is practically known of the great Armstrong gun. Then, again, there is the great Wliita orth gun, also of English invention. It is the rival of the Armstrong gun. Both of tl.e-e weapons have their friends, both their relative merits, a no1, nit hough the Whit worth gun, in a trial of efficiency, exceeded the Armstrong gun, Whitworth has nit yet oeen knighted. We do not propose, however, to discu the merits of either, except to dismiss the suliject by say in lint the Whitwonh field pieces h ive been tried in our army in this rebellion, a battery having been sent on hereby loyal Americans in Loudon. AfKra fair test of them in the field they were condemned as inferior to guns of our own manufacture. The retels. in their late defem-e of Vicksburg, had several of '.hee guns, whi. h were furnished them by neutral John Bull. These were also condemned by the rebels as not being equal to tbe"r own mmu acuie and the guns taken Irom us at Norfolk. While the English people were crying "Eure ka" over their great guns. Sir William Arms'rong's transatlantic cousin, in the person of Capt. R P. P.irrott, was devoting in a quiet way his genius to the perfection of rifled ordnance which was to be in all itseeutul features American, and designed to surpass as Dahltrreeu 1ms surpassed Paixhan in efficiency all modern ordnance, not excepting the great Armstrong and Whitworth guns. The efforts of our countryman were fifet devoted to field artillery. The gun is made out of cast iron, bcred aud rifled in the ordinary way. Its chief original peculiarity is the addition of a sleeve of wrought iron at the breech of the gun. This sleeve is made by twisting bar iron spirally around the breech, and welding it under the hammer into a compact mass. It furnishes an nbo!ute protection against explosion at the point of the gun most exposed to that acci'lent. In all its essential features it is radically different from the Armstrong or Whitworth gun, has proved itself in actual combat mure serviceable than anything claimed by the Englich public for theirs, and thev are fur a i-died at one tenth of the cost of English guns. The great utility of the Parrott gun, contrary to the general rule, early attracted the attention of the Wahingtun authorities; it was adopted by them forthwith, and it working merits related ly tested bv severe and special experiments. In the year 1H61 our government had three hundred of these guns ten, twenty and thirty pounders in the field. Since that time this number his been greatly increased, and improved calibres, in the shape of fifty, one hundred, two aud three hundred pounders made. The two latter have not had a fair trial. The two hundred pounder has recently been tiied against the walls of Fort Sumter, and proved a great success, everv shot displacing a cartload or more of the masonry of hat work. From the three hundred pounders we expect still greater results. The Yankee nation having taught the world how to construct masonry fortifications und superior war vessel, wooden and iron clad, we are now going to teach them how to destroy the former. The firwt great test of big guns against ma sonry fortifications is furnished io the case of the siege of Fort Pulaski, in tho months of Februa ry, March and April, lc'62, which affair was con ducted on our side by General Quiucy A. Gillmore, the present efficient cmmuiler of our forces conducting the Mege of Charleston. The labors of preparation bv our armv occupied, bv day and night, a period of neirly eight weeks. During this time a herculeui task was performed in getting big guns into position, in which were quite a number of the Pirrottand Jame p uterus. J he history of this siege, embraced in the report of Get. er il G Uni re, gives the whole history of that affiir. The retel fort succumbed to our forces on the 11th of April, 1662 The rebels did not surrender until the walla of the fortseven and one half feet in thickness had been breached in several pl.n es and the fort beoming a monster heap of ruins. Getieral Gillmore says that "with heavy James or Parrctt guns the practicability of reducing the best brick scrap at towo thou-and three hun JreJ to two thousand five hundred yards, with satisfactory rapidity ad mits of very little doubt. How we possessed our present knowledge of their power previous to the bombardment of Fort Pulaski, the eight weeks of laborious preparation could have been curtailed to one week, as he-vv mortars and CO lumbiails would ha-e teeu omitted f rom the armament of the b altei ies." The result of the siege of Fort Pulaske estab lished the fact th it for the reduction of masonry lortincations there is no better arm than our Parrott and James guns, fired at high elevations. If this assertion needs additional proof we will refer tho-e skeptical on the subject to the siege of Charleston and the effect of our new two hund red pounder Parroits against its walls. At the last Nci'ount that fort had been mtterially damaged by our shot, was rap'dly crumbling to pieces, was apparent!? untenable bv the enemy, and ere this no doubt has succumbed to our superior guns. We do not forget, while speaking of these improvemeMs in native ordnance, the valuable inventions of Admiral Dihlren, of our navy, who is now opportunely in command of the iron naval fleet at Charleston, and Colonel Rodman, of the United Slates Ordnance Department. Every artilleiest knows that to Admiral Dahlgren the best form of nava' guns , is due, aud to Colonel Rodman the present admirable plan of rss'ing hollow and cooling from the interior of the gun. To the genius of this latter officer is due the development of guns of large, calibre. The great fifteen inch gun was made under his direction, and has been practici jly tested with success on our iron-clad. He is now employed in casting a number of twenty inch guns for naval and land purposes, that are expected to put the Armstrong sit hundred pounders in the shade. They will throw a round shut of one thousand and ninety pour Ja in weight, which, when it strikes, would crush in the side of the Warrior, La Glaire, or any ironclad of European construction. In this war we have demon strated that the great masonry fortifications, such as at rortsmou'h. Cherbourg, Antwerp. Cronstid', Sebastopol and elsewhere, are useless for military defenses when our modern ordnance is arrayed against then. We bare demonstrated that well e instructed earth, sand or turf works are infioitely superior

to masonry fort, and indeed very formi-iab'e to onr improved nrdmtnre. Warren an 1 Picscott

introduced e rthw.uk on Bunker Hill, and Wachington at Dorche-ter He;glns, which commanded the city of Boston; also at Fort Wash ington, on this island, the latter visible at mis day. And while on the subject of rortifications we have another Yankee idea to promulgate to the world. It is the construction of cotton bale forts. Modern invention has Increased the pecu liar properties of this royal plant, and practical tests of its value as a main ol lorn ficalion have placed it hieb in the opin ion of our , military men. The steam cotton press has augmented vastly its re-is-enee We suppose that the size of the cotton bale w reduced by compression rom ona fourth to" onethird. After having been subject to this tre mendous pressure, it approaches in resisting power more the palmetto than anything else Another invention of one of our countrymen is the plan of firing guns under water t bow up ships. This has been practically tested, and. with some miuor improvements, can be made a success. The names of Parrott, James, Dahlsen and Rodman will occupy prominent pages in the his tory of this war as the inventor of the bet ordnance and big guns for eie;e and other purposes, and. in conjunction and side hv side with their honored name'- will be those of Brigadier General Qninry A Gillmore and -Captain James L. Worden, who gave the first practical test of their inventions against formidable stone fortifications and iron chads. Sew York Herald. . From the Loaisvllla Jon mtl. Meeting: of tho Wat Democracy of Indiana The meeting of "War Democrats" at Indi annpolis turns out to be simply a meeting of Re publicans or Democratic antecedents. The af fair evidently belongs to that sort of jujgling which comprehends the taking of a trick with a pack of cards. The gentlemen in question had already qnce joined the Republican party. They accordingly are past cards.' They are played out. They cannor, again fairly take a trick in the present game The attempt is contrary to the rules of fair play. Being exposed, the attempt of course amounts to nothing, though whether or not it carries with'it a forfeit renwins to be seen. If it shall not, the Republicans of our sister State will have reason to congratulate themselves on so cheaply getting out of a very shallow ruse we observe that the name of the venerable C ss is go mixed up w?th this meeting as to suggest his approval of it. Tliis is an incidental rue even more unjustifiable :han the ma'n one. General Cass has no part or lot with the Repub lieana in anv shape or under anv name. His position is fixed in the r-nik or the conserv stives It is thus defined by him-elf in a recent letter a I drejed to the Democracy of the county o Washington in Penu-'ylv.itiia. "I have come to look with almost a nvich solicitude iiDoti the action of the Democratic part v in it primary meetings as for the result of the conflict in arm; for the reason that it is now cleur that the perpefii'tv of onr present form of government rests upon the patriotism, in'el'i gence. forbear-trice, and consistent coureofae tion by the Democratic party The Jarobm and radicals who are the leuüng spHts of the poittc:iI p-rty in power seem quite a intent on destroying our civil rights as in whipp:ug the rebels into subjection. It is our duty fo inMst on the preservation intaet of the form of government established in 17F9. and that the tenitorial limits of the nation shall never be diminished. To attain this end. we must see that the government i not allowed to fall to pieces. We tnut hold the executive agents of the government to their duty, until we can by means of the brtilot brx put in their stead th se who w ill administer the government as it was formed by our noble ancestors " There U surely no m'staking th's explicit lan-r gnage. and as little mistaking the tosition it serts for the position of the Republican pirty. The language is indeed leveled straight at the position of the Republican party The venerable Cass ocrui-ies essentially the h me position ihat our lamented Crittenden occupied He is a War Democrat but not a Republican Democrat. He is a Union Democrat. In other word. General Cass, though a Democrat in name and in sym nathy, now stands in fact on the simple basis of that devotion to the government itself which underlay the Old Whig party and the old Demo cratic party alike, and to which the terrible shock of this rebellion has brought equally all the Old Democrats of the North whose love of country is stronger than sectional hate and fanatical zeal combined. It is on this hi sis that enlightened pa tri ots of whatever region and of whatever partv an'ecedents are preparing to make a grand stand for the rescue of the Government from the wild jacobins now in authority. The basis at the lowest, not less Whig than Democratic, and the millions that occupv it, with the thousands that are thronging to it, embrace the flower both of old Whig party and of the old Democratic partv. Doubtless the-e millions embrace a considerable number of mere factious zealots, whosa clamors make them appear ten fold more numerous and a thousand fold more influential han they are; but this is the fate of even the noblest bodies of men, united in the noblest of causes. Sincere and intelligent patriots, keeping their eyes fixed upon the great essentials in the contest, will mf fer these clamors to pass bv as the idle wind. It behooves men, high minted men, such men as 'constitutes S'ate," firmly to put aside all such clamors, or magnanimously to rie above them. Tbey do not really touch the paramount issue, and can never touch it. There are but two principal divisions of the people in the loyal States. One is the radical party; the other is the conservative party. The principles and the measures of the present Ad ministration constitute the basis of the former; the principles and the measures announced in the platform of the Union Democracy of Kentucky constitute the basis of the latter. Between these two bis" the people of the loyal Stites who have not already rhoen roust prepare to choose. These are the alternatives before the people, and not fi choose the latter is to choose the former. One or the other the people must choose. There i absolutely no escape from the alternative. The time has come whe'i the people are un ler obligations of especial sacredness to decide not according to prejudice or accident, but according to the hroi'd principles of justice and of truth aa illuminated by a pure love of country. From a decision thus formed and frvcly rendered the Republic has everything to hope and nothing to fer. Financial and Commercial Prosper iiy And u Probable ttcvul tion. The New York Herald, in an article portraying the wonderful financial and commercial prosperity i'f the Northern States, remarks: Our finances ."tid our commerce will continue to fl uri-li O ir comtnerciil intercourse is open with the who'e world, and our shipping whitens evciv sea Hut our internal trade is im mouse, borne over immense lines of r ailroad and n iviga ble waters The m mufacturers of New England and Penn-yl v.iiJa are miking fortunes, owing to the monopoly given them by the tiriff. which shuts out foreign competition. The dry good merchants are .doing a "vast busine-s, because money is plenty and everybody can buy. Speeu 1 1 tors in stocks have made their millions Ami all this prosperity is likely to continue to the end of the war, provided the war U ended in a reasonable time. But when the war is over, and the lime for settlement arrives, then there will be a general smash, both financial and commercial. The people are only now beginning to pay the direct taxes; but when they have borne the burthen for two or three years they will think it is time to get rid of it altogether or to great ly lessen the load of interest In fact they will refuse to pay it, and then down will go the Federal paper, and with it tbe paper of the bank, and the wealthy who hold the Government secu r'uies will then be the chief sufferers. 'This financial and commercial crisis would be brought about by the natural reactiou in every kind of business consequent upon the cessation of the war, and tbe rapid depreciation of the enormous amount of paper currency in circulation, which would be then without employment. But it is the tax which will precipitate the catastrophe. Let every one therefore now make hay while the suu shines. But when the war is ended, and the reckoning comes to be paid, then let nor prudent men stand from under the tailing ruins. Even that revulsion, however, like every other in the United States, can ouly be of Umporary duration, and the nation soon, recuperating by its elastic energy and its boundless resources, will go on its way rejoicing, as if do calamity had ever befallen it. Absent WiTHnrr Proper Acthoritt. Lieutenant John C. Dorn, 7th Ind. Vols., and Col. C. L. Dumham, 51th Ind Vols., among a number of officers from other States, have received the following notification: ' The following , office., having been reported at the headquarters of the array for offenses, are hereby notified that they will stand dismissed from the service, unless, within fifteen days from date, thev appear before the Military Commission, in session, and make a sati -factory defense to tbe charges against their absence without proper authority. v

Old Abe's l.aet Joke. A friend Ins related to us the following excellent joke, and voi.che for iu truthfulness: A few weks s'nee a Colonel was diiml.-sed front the service by orJer of the President upon charges of dislnvalty. The Colonel, finding that he had been grossly misrepresented by malicious enemies, secuteJ papers from a number of our Generals and other influential men refuting the charge and requesting bis reinstatement, and repaired t- Washington to submit his case to the Pies;dent. Alter the uu il ceremony, an interview was grouted, and the President received his p ipers, requestiii!: him to call again in the course of a few hours, during which time he would give hi attention to the case. Tbe C donel called at the appointed time, and was cordially received by the President and informed that his papers had heen crefullv examined, and that the evi-

ut-nce mrj coii'aineu was salislactory, D'J injustice had evidently been done in dismissing him. The Colonel was thereupon reinstated. The President then put the following interrogatories to the Colonel : "Now, Colonel, I hive acted upon jour case, and I know you to be one of niv roost bitter political opponents. I desire to ask you if you are convinced in your own mind that I am honest, and desire to do justice to all parties regardless of their political proclivities, and whether y ou believe that I have acted impartially through out my ad ministration f Tbe Colonel replied: "I am prone to acknowledge that y ou have done me justice, that you are honest, and have always done what you deemed right and just in all such cases " "Well, Colonel." replied the President. "You are evidently satisfied of my loyalty and iuteerity, and you have, perhaps, been wronged I now propose to promote you to a Brigadier General, providing you will allow me to fully test your loyaltv beyond what papers you have produced. If yotj are a loyal man and a War Democrat you can surely have no objection." The Colonel, as a matter of course, felt highly elated at this unexpected favor, and earnestly stated that he was prepared to submit to any requirements calculated to test his loyalty, and expressed his delich, io complying with the demand, since his Excellency had shown such confidence in him. as to honor him with 6uch an enviable positiou. "Well. Colonel." replied Old Abe, as a merry twinkle danced in his eye, "I promote you to the command of a negro brigade, and I hope that you will prove yourself as loyal as you are represented, and do honor to the high trust to which you are assigned." The Democracy of the Colonel was violently jarred at this announcement, and, straightening himself to his full length, he replied : "Mr President. I thank you for the temporary pi ensure you have conferred upon me iu building up an air castle ol such extraordinary dimensions, and thus sweeping it down with one stroke. While I admire thej ike, I most respectfully beg le.ive to decline serving in such a d u capaci ty Louisville Journal. , Corrrcpomlence of tbe Augusta ConMitutionalint. 'I lie Defrnnea of Charleston. The 'situation" hereis probabl? well understood in Ge r.'ia. The citv is fl inked on the ritht and left by Cooper and Ash'ey rivers; the Cooper river and Town creek being too wide to allow of much uneasiness from that quarter, but on the riht side of the city, as we look toward the sea, the Ashley only separates us. with its comparatively narrow stream, from the sandy wasie, so long and hardly contested for, James I-land To the left ol the battery, and nearly opposite the wharves, is Castle Pinckney, prob alilv stronger thm it looks, ami only one mile from the city. Fort R;pley is ;iily alnut two mile further down the bay. and on the left, four and three eighths miles from the city. Fort Moultrie frowns upon the ship canncl. and Is the only strong fortification on the left of the liubor, . save Fort Beauregard, at the extreme end of Sullivan's Island. On the right of the entrance ol the harbor, and opposite Sullivan' Island, i the Timed Morris Ishiti'i; C'.niinings' Point, on Munis Island, is three quarters of a mile fiorn Fort Sumter; Fort Johnson, on James Island, one and three eighth miles, and M"ul'rie, one and one third miles from the frowning fortre in tbe center of the outside harbor, the Tamed Sumter. The portion of Morris Island to the riht of B ittery Wagner the Yankees Ii ive and use. while their army fringes the ocean fr'ind beyond our reach, and the ocean is held by Itisiates and transports, the Ironsides, gunboats und monitors the latter looking like pictures stiid to ber marks of shots in their sides similar to the print of a negro heel in the s md, and confornvng very much to the old Virginia description of a "cheese on a raft." Morris Island is somewhat unhealthy on account of ponds, but it is a matfpr of congratulation that the part held by the Yankees has tbe most ponds. Th Pucilic Itailroad. We learn that this company h.ivc awarded the entire nnfiui-hel work of grading aud masonry between K ins is City and Indetieiidenre. to Wm. Griffin, an old. experienced and energetic railroad contractor. We commend Mr. Gtifhn to the people of Jackson county, who know him well, and it pretty inu-h rests with them to say how soon they will have the rotd finished. Mr. Griffin was the contractor fir most of the work between the two cities, and was energetically pushing the same, when the coinjuny. from the effects ol the rebellion, were necessitated to suspend;. since he goes back, and is so well and favorably known, it is to tic ho; e i th it every facility will be nfford ed him in the employment of labor, and as one inducement it is under tood that men employed in ttie service, in 1 ex'e.i lin the roid. will be organized into a Intariioii. electing their owr. officers and attached to the Pacific railroad regiment of E M M V . and exempt from general militia duty! Iiide-'d, it is pretty well understood that the men engaged in the construction (extension) of the road will be exempted from the general dralt. The company h ire provided anticipated means (the directors' credit.) for the road now let us see what ainou'it of labor Jackou county will furnish the cou rn'tor, who will, in a few days, be among ihem, offering I hem good wages and prompt p i) tr em Mr Giitli i lue also the section immediately east of IiKiei-emleMce, as we1! as the section at the "Little Cine," nd wdl at once proceed to work on bo h of them; it beiti the policy of the com panv that this heavy woik shall offer no impedi ment to the comp'eiion of rhe entire road during the eir If-GI. rdmuld the General Assembly ex lead to them tilitim that can be made avail able Si lou Rfnibli'-an This is a c i necting link in the great Pacific railroad Mr. Griffix i- will known to the people of Indian ms m horiorab'e geiitlero m and most successful bu-iness in -Ii F r a quarter of a century he Ins rest !tl at Midis ui. tn this State, and was the contractor, after fifteen or twenty others lud failed, in tutting the "deep d ggings" in the Midi-urn road. Sir. Gatrrix will underlet a portion of his contract to energetic and experienced men. and he wants to employ a large number of team and laborers. It will be noticed by what the Republican savs. that the men engaged on the Pacific road will" be exempt from general military duty. In addition, the men who woik on this road are sure of prompt monthly pay in cash Ex-President Pierce to lleturnlnff Soldier. At Rockport, New Hampshire, one day last week, a company of the 50th regiment was publicly received to their homes, and ex-President Pierce being in town, was invited to make a speech, which is briefly leported as follows : "He said he did not come here to speak, but being here to enjoy the pure atmosphere of our beautiful town, was permitted the pleasure of uniting with the people in welcoming home the boys of the 'Fiftieth.' They had gone forth at the call of their country to vindicate and defend the Union, and right nobly had they done their duty, and returned with honors upon their head ; it would be the proudest legacy that could be left to their children. This Union had been formed with a written charter, plainly setting forth the rights and privileges of those living under it. and he hoped that whenever any attempt was made to set iiside those provisions, that they would be readv to march forth in its defense. They had withstood the perils of climate and the perils of war, and he was proud to unite in welcoming them to their homes once more." Th Shavino or Moacait. Much comment has been excited by the act of the Warden of the Ohio peniteriiary in shaving the heads of Morgan and a portion of his officers. We have authentic information that this proceeling on the part of the Warden was without any authority whatever from the commander of the department, and that aasoon as Gen. Burnside had information of what was being done, he promptly telegraphed to Columbus a peremptory order that no more of the officers heads be shaved, but that they should in all respects be treated with the amenities due to prisoners of war, His order for their incarceration in the penitentiary was made becaue no safe place, beside that institution, could be h d for their im prison ment. He further ordered that the prisoner of war be confined separately from the oo"ict in tbe prison.

Front Washington.

MoYEjftx? or Gix. Lit Impjutic Meastifs or tbe Wae DrrABTraaxT Gix. Meade RirCCtD TO THE NtCESSlT? or RmxTie Results or ' Coxuictijio the Waa ox Political PaisctrLKs Progklss or the Work or Scbji gati.nc thk Socth What THE BlGISNINQ or TBE WcKK HAS COST, Ac. Special Corrnfondrnce ot the Chicago Timet. Washington, Aug. 22. Unle-s the sign of the times are uuterly deentive, the approaching month of September wdl open with very nearly the same military situation near Washington S was witnessed in the first days of September of last year. Tbe Confederates are doing all in their power to bring on collision between the armies of Gen. Lee and Gen. Meade, under circumfetances that will result n the dele.it of the latter, and that will place Washington in danger; and the administration is doing all in its power to assist them. The movement of Gen. Lee's armv from inchester to Culrepper, between the22.1 and 24ih of Jul v, was not the end of Gen. Lee's campaign. although the administration has been led to be lieve it was. 1 he object ot the campaign, on tbe part of Lee. was the delett of Meade's armv ard the capture of Washington. All of Gen. Lee's movements ever since lie recently reached uor dorsville and Culpenper. have been made with this oliiH-t rill in view. The administration is so blifd ihat it Cannot see this. At the time the two armies reached their pres ent po-itions, on opposite sides of the Rappahannock, nay on the 25th ult . they were about erju il in numbers; at least the dinarity between them wa t t verv great. uat has been tbe course of tc two Governments since? The one has been marked by wisdom, decision and activity; the oiher by hesitation, inactivity and stupuhtv. On the part of the Confederates, Gen. Lee has been reinforred to an extent that now gives him the command of 150,tK)(J troops, and he has been spending the last three weeks in drilling and exercising, in the cool and shadv dells of the Sheti mdoah valley, fifteen squadrons of newly organized cavalry and twenty batteries of newly organized artillerv, the guns of which are new brass field pieces, il is anything or the kind been done to Gen Meade's army? On the contrarv. so far from acting on the offensive, it mav well be doubted whether that armv is even able to net tn the defensive on the line of the Rappahannock To keep that armv here it is now is to exDose it to attack from greatlv su perior numbers, and from an enemy who has, within a few days, showed lioth the abilitv and the inclination to get in (Jen. Meade's rear. Do not be surprised, therefore, if at any moment you he-r that the Armv of the Potomac has returned to W ashington. Ii Gen. Meade is allowed to make this movement promptly enough, it will be in his power to occupy with Ins army the higlits oT Onterville. lv doing this, lie w ill not onlv cover Washington effect uali v, but be will also be able to prevent the enemy from coming north of the Occoquan river, or east of the Bull Run Mountains, all winter. But, if the policy of vacillation and indecision prevails here manv days longer, you may expect to see the bights of Centerville occupied hy Hen. Lee a army, and Gen Meade's armv either defeated or else re treating to the Washington fortifications. In this case, either the scenes of last September will be re enacted, or ele we will have another win tcr like that of ltbl-2, with Washington be leagured and the Confederate flag floating in sight of the Capitol; or else this city will beat once attacked. Such i-re the disgraceful alternatives that are presented to us. Such is the humiliating position to which we are reduced in consequence of the fact that the war on our part is managed by noli ticians, and solely with political ends in view. Instead of teinforcing Gen. Meade properly, the Administration during the list lour weeks lias been bending all its energies to the task of managing the next Presidential election so as to secure a new lease of power; and of maneuvering to defeat the election of a Democratic Speaker in the next House of Representatives; and of plot ting for the abolition of slavery in the Southern States. The members of the Administration are greatly depressed at the nnture of the dispatches from Charleston. In spite oT the glowing accounts n the papers, and the fine promises made every day, but never fulfilled.-that "Charleston will be taken in a few days," that "Fort Sumter will soon be ours," and that "the nest of the rebellion will SDeedilv wiped out..v it is well known that there is no prospect of immediate success there, and very little prospect of ultimate success at present. The popular idea that the fate of Charles ron depends unon Fort Sumter, is erroneous If Fort Sumter were demolished to morrow, the tsk of taking Charleston would only be begun. The citv eianot be reached bv vesseis. I he harb ir has been rendered utterlv inaecrstibU This fact will be apparent after Fort Sumter is knocke I to pieces, if that fate ia in reserve for it. When Chirleston is completely investel, both by land and sea, and bv a I ind force amounting to 2iM),000 troops. Charleston may be expected to fall. But this has not been done; and the Administration hssbeeti informed to day thatenough troops hare been sent from Richmond to General Beauregard to insure the successful defense of the place. The magnitude of the task of "subjugating the South, which the Administration has under taken, now begins to become apparent. The work is only begun yet; but see what it is costing the country already. Look at the matter ol militarv force required a one We have already called out and put into the field one mi'lioti five hundred thousand men. OT these, Iiaj.litNl have returned to their homes nt the expiration of their terra of enlist ment, and blJ,tiUU now compose our force in the field. Where are rhe rest? Where are the other WW.OOü men? Thev have perished. either in battle or by disease. And how many of the troops that we now have in arms are availa file for active operations in the field? Not one half of them. It will require more than one halt of them nay, it does require more than one half of th?m to "hold, occupv and poisess those points on the borders of the S uth that have al readv been r iprured. Look at Norfolk, New hern and the sundry points in North Carolina where the attempt i being made to devilop "a healthy Union sentiment" by stealing, slaves and "confiscating private property. Can it bo supposed that anvthing less than 15,00!) troops would be enough to retain posses sion of those places? Look at the Peninsula Even while General Dix was there with 30.00(1 troops, he had hard work to hold his own; and now, with the Confederate' in possession of the whole of the Peninsula as far down vs Williamsburg, it requires 15.0H) troops to hold Fortress Monroe. Yoiktown. Gloucester Point. Hampton, an 1 Newport News. No one can tell what good it d es to hold Florida. Yet il certain that, having a foothold there, the administration seems determined to hold it, and there must be 8.000 or 10.000 troops theie Gen Daniel G Woodbury, the m-ist able and skillful engineer officer in the armv. holds a command there, would it be sate for Gen. Banks to have less than 25.000 troops at New Orleans? Certainly not, unless the admin -titration wishes to loe the Cresert Citv. Cn Vicksburg and Pert Uudson be safelv held with less than 25.000 more? Every soldier knos thev cannot be. Jt would puzzle the wit of man Vi eiplain why we have to keep 12.000 or 15.000 troops at sundry points in Arkansas and Missouri; and yet the letters of correspondents from those points make that fact evident. Everybody is expected to know that Washington would not be safe if 40,000 of the best troops were not left here, (Mr. Lincoln wrote a Ion? letter, which he considered sharp, and which history will characterize as impudent, to Gen McClellnn, setting forth the fact;) and experience has shown that tbe safety of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad requires along iu line at least 30,000 troops; and it is due to those of your readers who intend to travel over that road to say that they are there. Is any one verdaut enough to believe that Burn side can plav the part of a satrap over the great States of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Illi nois, suppress coppt-rbeadisin in them all. and control the elections in the two former State. with less than 30,000 troops? The New York papers enumerate 32, 000 troops who are on duty in that city, enforcing the conscription. If there are 15,000 scattered at various points, doing such duty as guarding the railroads between here and Philadelphia; and 15.000 in guarding hospitals, and hopiUl and military stores; and if there are 3d.000 sick in the hospitals, and if there are 20,000 absent on leave or as deserters, (and every one who has paid the least attention to these subjects knows that all these are moderate estimates,) we will find that the effective strength of the armv has been depleted to tbe extent of over 300.000 men, who, of necessity, must be employed in this garrison duty. The more territory we "conquer" from the South, the more cities and State? we "subjugate," the more troops we will have to employ iu "holding and possessing" the subjugated provinces. X. Captain Johs P. Dcx, formerly ol company D, 35th regiment Indiana vol unters, has reported himself for duty to General Both, and will sgsin enter the erriet. .

From tlw r ndnnitl rrW Current, Anrrt w. rinanclaland Commercial am jiary for the rast U eck. It hxvinsr become evident tbat Charleston and all the surrounding fortifications will, sooner or

later, fall, considerably sends down gold, and has a corresponding effect on the public mind and ?cf unties. The week has been one of ceaeril cheerfulness among all classes. Gold closed dull vesterdav at noon, at 123t in rew i or, ami tne tenoencv was oownware. The fall of Char!eron will put it down to 110, because with Charleston Savannah falls, and thus the whole Atlantic coast will be virtually in the possession of the Government. The roorev market continues easy, though there has been a fair demand, and the supply of capital is abundant. Six to eight per cent, are the figures for good sixty and ninety-days paper. The demand Tor exchange has been in advance of the supply. U. S. currency has heen shipped extensively to keep up balances in New York, by the banking houses. The oiTenrigs of Oovemment securities have been light, though the re strictions npon the negotiations of vouchers were removed in the early part of the week. The quotations at tbe close, last evening, were as follows: sense. er.LLtxo. Vpreie. 241.15 prent, prrm. prent. w Tork.. par. M4 SKV prera. Sflver 11 prrm. Demand notes, ÜJSK prero. Kentucky bank note.. . K,! prem. Indiana Stat nor -ljt pren. KÄS di. ,Y1 Ji.Orrlrr oe Washington, Ceri iflcate. ............. Qa rtrrmatr4' Vooch-rs, citv wswt; Qoar'ermaMrra' Toacbrr. coantrr. . . It sal. .... The weather up to Monday eveninr continued verv sultry, and some heavy showers fell at interval, but on Monday night the thermometer fell 30 degrees, and yesterday it stood at 7"J, though it was down to 53 early io the morning. At noon on Mondav the temperature was 88 to 90. showing how suddrn and decided the change has been. The general market presented nothing of special importance in flour or grain. There has been some demand for old flour, holders being more disposed to seit, and alout 5.000 barrels sold at $1 CO to $1 00. Th:s grade has declined in New York to $4 75 $5 00. There has been a moderate demand for prime wheat, but the market closed rather dull. Corn and oats have been in good demand. Whiskv remains steady. We have to notice ir-creas-ed firmne in proiion, with a pood demand from the Government to snpply the large and constantly increasing wants down the Mississippi, to which we a'lnded some time afo. ia being felt, and no donbt that the large stocks of provis'ons now held will reduced considerably in this way. Shoulders have been a favorite article. We have not beard of much demand for lard, but it is held with great firmness, notwithstanding the heavy stocks held by speculaiors l ere and elsewhere Linseed oil is fcarce; find the supply hardly equal In the demand, and it is being jobbed ont at $1 10. The crohert are not sending the new oil to market, under the impression, we suppose, that the present raff s are loo low, bnt this seems to be a rarher strange conclusion in the face of existing facts Our city crushers have cot done much bevond filling some contracts. The jobhins demand for groceries has been fair, particularly as regirds sugar, which has been bought quite freely. Prices have not changed essentially. The accounts from Europe by the late arrivals, are exceedingly favorable, regarding the erops. Arfemnv ort fite Draft. CmcirLAt No. 7t. As the undersigned has been led to fear that the law regulating the draft was not wholly undersrood. notwithstanding the numerous explanatory circulars that bare been issued from the nationr.l capital of late, he hereby issues a circular of his on; and if he shall succeed in making this favorite measure more clear to a discerning public, he will feel that he has not lived in vain. I. A young man who is drafted and inadvertently goes to Canana, where he becomes embroiled with a robut English party, who knocks him around so as to disable htm for life, the same occurring in a licensed bar-room on British soil, such young man cannot receive a pension n account of said injuries from the United States Government nor can his heirs or creditor II. No drafted man, in going to the appointed rendezvous, will be permitted to go round by way of Canada on account of the roads being better that way, or because his "ancle Wiliiam" lives there III. Any gentleman living in Ireland, who was never in this country, is not liable to the draft, nor are our forefathers. This latter statement Is made for the benefit of those enrolling officers who have acted on the supposition that the able bodied male Kopulation of a place included dead gentlemen in the cemeteries. IV. The term of etil ist ment is for three years, but any mau who may have been drafted in two places has a right to go for six years, whether the war lasts that length of time or not a right whirh this Department hopes he will insist on. V. The only sons of a poor widow, whose huband is in California, are not exempt, but the man who owns stock in the Vermont Central Railroad is. S also are incessant lunatics, habitual lecturers, persons who were born with wooden lega or false leeth. Blind men (unless they will acknowledge that they "eao see it), and people who voted deliberately for John TyW VI No drafted man can claim exemption on the ground that he has several childreu whom he supports and who do not bear his name. or live in the name houe with him. and who have never been introdui-ed to hia wife, but who on the contrarv. are endowed with various mother, atd "live round." . A. W. ejjro Valor. On the subject of negro valor, the Buffalo Courier permitted to publish the following extract from u private letter writsen by an officer in the army before Chirleston The bubble of nero soldiery seems iu a fair way to eolarne before it i fairly indited Even the N. Y. Times confesses that tbe "negro like rhe mule lack the highest military qualities." Tlr is the extract alluded to above : "General Gümore w undoubtedly forced into the asaull npon Fort Wagner against his better judgement. I have great confidence in him. and think from the way he is going to work now that Charleston will certainly fall. It will be alow but sure. He has set all the negro soldiers at fatigue work, which is what every other General ounht to do. The stories about their splendid fighting are 'all in my eye At the assault they ran away as fust as they could, and came near demoralizing the whole attacking force. In an hour after the fight commenced over a thousand of them came Uraggling down the south end of the island, and before morning there were at the hospital and dock over 330 of them, not hurt iu the least. There were not a dozen white o'diers at the dock. I see the New York pers nive them credit for doing wonders don't you believe it." Boston Courier. Not for Peace on any Term. The AbolitioiiisU charge Vallandigbam with being in favor of peace on any terms. In his great soeech. delivered in New York, March 7, It-63. he said: I am not for peace ou any terms; I would not be with any country on the globe. Honor is the life of the nation, and it is never to be sacrificed. I hare as high and proud a sense of honor as any man in the South, arid I love mv country too well, and cherish its honor loo profoundly, for a single moment to consent to a dishonorable peace. A voice "'The whole country?") Yes, the whole country; every State; and I, unlike some of my own party, and unlike thousands of the Abolition party, believe still, refore God, the Union can be re constructed and will be. Tbat is my faith, and I mean to cling to it as the wrecked mariner clings to the last plank amid the shipwreck. Call for a fHa ional Democratic Can rentiert. The telegraphic dispatches to the Chicago Times contain the following: t An official call h-s been issued by the National Democratic Committee of New V nrk for a meeting of conservative men in New York. Sept 7, for the purpose of filing the time and place of holding the next Democratic Convention. Soaae of the delegates here have proposed tbe meetiDg of all conservative men in the Capitol here on the l"th of September, and that they expect Buchanan, Pierce and Fillmore to be invited. These delegates announce to-day that this meeting is intended to initiate a conservative movement which contemplates the union of all political elements in the approaching Presidential contest, opposed to the party in power. IfTOa tbe New Zealand gold fields pronsious are very dear, by reason of the absence of good roads, and swarms of gigantic and voracious ruts make food sail dearer by their ravage. On the Shwaver rivar good cats are told for 5 each, aud ia a neighboring district, where the cat marartis muco "easier ' XI an animal is freel offered.