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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-26

recently Of the tlrM OF Dawson u w., was
,}rovnpd whilst bathing in the river at " ash
jnoton on Monday ast~-Thc experiment. OF
clearing out the Washington canal is going
~ s,1ccessful|y.-: Argle prchett, Of Carden,
Y r, has been arrested for passing himself
"A a. one Of Bakers detectives and going
INTO peoples houses for the purpose OF plum
,lar;;no-The draft in New York continues TO
90 on quietly, though the military precautions
are kept up and the military force is increased.
Since the commencement Of the siege Of
Charleston a correspondence has been going on
},,tueon Gems Gilmore and Beauregard in rela-
lation to the proper observance OF the rules OF
,ear the return OF wounded negro prisoners,
.ec &c The Richmond Dispatch advocates
the policy on the part Of the Conlederates OF
abandoning the sea board, and concentrating
their forces in the interior, Rev. DR.. Gum
MINIS has resigned the rectorship Of St. Peters
Fniscopal Church IN Baltimore; he has &C.
ceuted the reotorship Of church in Chicago. -
We have to-day IS mail nothing further from
the Army of the Potomac; Gen. Lee IS said
- be so, 600 strong and his headquarters near
(}ulneper Court House. told, in New York,
Yesterday, 1928 mir William Woody, an
aged and highly respectable citizen Of Baltl-
more. we'll known as q book and job printer,
died IN that city on Monday.-A man, de-
scrter has been arrested in Baltimore. charged
with being concerned in the murder Of Jere-
miah Fisher, whose dead body Was lately
found in Druid Hill Park. -~The rain OF yes
yerday afternoon, and last night extended
considerable distance. Sickness, TO a consld
erable extent, is said to prevail IN Mont
gomery county, Md.-The Paramount, Va,
National lenounces the idea Of running Geo.
~, Summers for Congress in the Third dis
triet of West Virginia. calls him g thirteenth
hour convert TO the cause Of the UnioD,' and
says that 'Carlile is Intimately more deserving
than Summers, &c.-A number Of new i.
s. vessels Of war, iron-elads and others,
will be launched from different navy yards in
the month Of September The steamer Great
Eastern arrived ct New York yesterday~The
coal trade in Pennsylvania, is little dull just
now, but there is no material change in prices,
The army officers who were lately engaged
in duel in New Jersey have been ordered TO
the front--It is said that Mr.. Upton, Of
Fairfax county, Va, has been appointed Com
sul to Genoa, not Geneva, as has been pub
hshed,--A son Of the late Gen. Lloyd Thigh
man Of Md, was killed lately in Mississippi
by fall from his horse The Paris L Opin-
ion Rationale, said TO be Prince Napoleon's
organ, condemns Louis Napoleon g policy with
regard to Mexico.-Several vessels under the
ION n,1 ara - par rcara Of iacf dates NJ Rormu-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-26
THE SIEGE, OF CHARLESTON

THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON
:, 4 telegram from! Charleston 10 Richmond
dated August 22d says: Gen. Gilmore d..
| mand for the surrender # Fort Sumter ana
Morris Island, wiria s threat to she'll Charles.
ton in four hours from the delivery Of the Da-
per at Wagner, was signed and Yotnrnet| ar
seven o'clock Ehi; morning. Gen. Boapr2~
gard III his reply, charges inhumanity and Viz.
lation Of the laws OF War, and aficln5 that #
the offence be repeated he sill employ st,in-
gent measures Of retaliation Up 10 this tame
the threat to shell the city hiss aog been exect
ted.
The schooner n. Rogers from Folly Island
on the 20th, reports that at siz . clock tha1
day the entire top Of Fort Sumter MAS CON-
pletely gone. Every parapet gun vas dis
II ounted and knocked lnr0 the sea, and the
siege was progressing terribly in earnest Ii
was also reported that Fort Wagner would
soon surrender.
The Richmond Examiner ct the 18th has
been received, with Charleston dates 10 the
24th saying: AT twelve 0 clock last night
the enemy opened fire on the city. firing fl.
teen eight-iDch Parrot shells. Non-combar.
a.lts are leaving the city In continuous streams,
KEEsE, TIE AUCTIoNEER.- MANY have
listened often to the play OF Wit Of Mr., John
keese, the we'll known auctioneer OF New York.
No catalogue could be too dull tor his VlVaclty.
He was always rapid, and al unVary customer
would be decapitated b his quick olectylc jest
before he felt the stroke. The following
among. other things Of the kind attributed to
him, will give some notion Of his pIeasantues:
rs that binding callY' asked suspicious
purchaser Come up, my good Sir put. yoQg
hand on it and see if there's any fellow feeling
Was the ready reply. & person one evening
had COPY OF ''Wattss Hymns knocked
down TO him for 3 triAe, and lnteTgup.ea
the business Of the clerk BY calling Tor It's 'do
livery" Reese, finding out the cause OF the
interference exclaimed, oh give the gentle
man the book He wants to learn and sing
one OF the hymns before he goes to 5ed To-
night!" Apropos Of this time honored booE
in selling cory on another occasion, |heh
there was some rivalry in the profession, ne
turned of parody as he knocked It Gown:
Elest is the man who shunS the place
Where other auctions be-
And has his money IN his list,
And buys his books OF me-
His puns were usually happy, slipped IN 80,
roitly Offering one OF the Rev. Dr' daWA >
books, he added, in an explanatory say .
bird Of pray. '.Going- golng-gen'':e.LO::a n,,
one shilling for Caroline Ery~why, i lsb
the price Of a stew, Akin 70 this was nl5
observation to purchaser who had secuseG
copy Of ''Baconr's Essays tor tWeIVe-aLnG9
a-half cents, That's too much pork LOT 8 81"
hngl' ,o 4 3
"rhis, said he, holding up g3Iq IN g o OF
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died in Richmond on the 9TH inst
i correspondent writes ~ thank you tor
your word ia season, the other day, ID rela-
ton 10 tic discipline Of boys, and sending
thea to school, or putting them to trades -
Many parent Indifferent to good advice now,
will wish, when THEN children gro" up that
they had needed what you say, and thought OF
something else in preference to hnckstering in
the streets and the boys themselves viii Ia
ment the folly and infatuation Of their parents.
It il good rule, for health and comfort, to
accommodate ones clothing to the weather.
and to change garments to suit the changes OF
temperature This is the season III our CHI
mate when care with regard 10 this matter,
should always be taken
Numbers Of small tenenents, very trail and
temporary in their structure, are gong up III
different parts Of the town, principally ID the
suburbs.
There vas a fine rain last night, and this
morning the weather was quite cool. Both the
rain and the change in the temperature were
very agreeable
The Excursion to Glymont takes place to-
morrow.
Grenada, the point at which the Federal
cavalry some DAYS since captured and Destroy
ed 6fty-seven locomotives, four hundred cars,
and other Confederate property, is s village
in Yallabusha county, Mississippi, on the ! Al
labusha river, one hundred and thirteen miles
northeast Of Jackson.
A letter Just received in Washington from
Federal officer in the Libby prison at Rich
mond, Va, says that there are nearly six hun
.dred officers Of the United States army, inclu-
ding chaplains and surgeons, now in Conteder-
ate hands in that city. They are very anx-
ious, Of course, for an exchange.
The Confederate cavalrynlen appeared again
last night on the towing-path Of the canal,
about twenty-five miles from Georgetown, but
did no damage, IS the boats that were hailed
told them that other boats were near loaded
with troops. They we're in squads Of fifteen
or eighteen.
Information has been received that a large
amount Of counterfeit Z. S. treasury notes
fves, tens, twenties and ffties-are in circula
ton in the South. They are presumed TO be
Of English manufacture.
4 conscript in Lewistown, Me-, claimed to
have "piazza on the heart The doctor
rassed him, and his next disease will be '$bugea
on the back.
The Democratic National Committees which
rz.omo - hold ;n;rf aassion shout this time In
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-26

ry Wel!es has ordered the sailors IN the feet
before Charleston 80 be kept supplied, as far as
possible, with ice lemons fresh meats &c
Or. William NJ. Hammond, late Of Baltimore.
died in Richmond on the 9TH inst.
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Things about Town.

- Bird. shooting. on the marsh seems to
be q tavorie amusement with our boys at
present, judging from the continuous popping
that comes up from hat tussocky precinct.
Reed and blackbirds-- chiefly black birds
are the principal species of small game
which I" draw the fires Of our sportsmen.
The Fall fruits aud vegetables are plen
titul in our market now, but the prices are
high. Peaches selling from fifteen to twenty
cents the half peck. Water melons, cante.
leups and musk melons sell at FIVE to thirty
cents apiece.
- Cool weather, greater luxury than
ice, also made rs appearance the present
week. and WILL doubtless, prove more ben.
eGcial in rsinvigorating languid constitu.
tons and recruiting health, than all the
doctors nostrums ever compounded.
- Quitea stir is beginning to be perccpt.
ible among political aspirants. since the
cool breezcs have famed them into life, and
the claims of this, and efficiency of that,
and the availability of the other, are earn.
estly discussed on street corners.
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The Horrible Massacre in Kan

The accounts Of the burning of Lawren ce
City, Kansas, by The Rebel guerrilla Guam
treH exhibit adegrce of barbarily that has
not been heretofore reached during the war.
Not only was the town burned the stores
sacked, and banks robbed, but nearly two
hundred of the citizens were either killed
or wourded-the most of them deliberately
mnrdcred--tor no resistance was made tor
the attack. A number OF prominent citizens
were among the killed.
The houses that remain standing are filled
with killed and wounded of all classes.
From the rains Of the burned houses the
eharrcd remains of other victims are being
taken.
Many of the unfortunate men were killed
instantly; most OF them in their houses
with their wives and childrpd clrnging to
them, while the Wanderers placed pistols to
their bodies and shot, hem.
In one case the guerrilas drove twelve
men into IA hoasc and shot them. and then
burned the buildng. The iirnds stood on
the banks OF the river and fired into the PEG,
Pile, killing and wounding scores. Twenty.
live negro recruits were shot. The handtt
took all the money they could Gud in the
pockets and houses Of citizens. and stole all
the ladies' jewelry, even to the rings ON
their fingers.
Jim Lane escaped on h0rSeback. and
raIIylrg about two hundred men with arms.
followed and overlook Quautre!l twelve
miles south Of Lawrence, when a fight oc.
cured.
Al night Quantrcll broke his trail near
iaoh, and our troops were delayed all
night Ill finding it. No damage was done
by Lluantreli from the tune our forces came
up with him until he got out o! Kansas
The pursuit was so close he was compelled
to abandon most Of the horses they were
lsadmg. ard goods stolen from Lawrence.
he band Is being scattered to the winds
by the Federal troops from the various dis
trctS contiguous to Lawrence. They are
being hunted down, and compelled to aban.
don nearly all the property that was stolen
by them from the people who resided along
the line of their late raid. IL is said that
those in pursuit iiiend to take no prisoners
so we may reasonably expect that the
number Of the deceased will be greatly
augmented.
1t is ascertancd that Quantrells whole
force was three hundred selected mon.
who assembled tIom Lafayette, Salem
Clay. johnson and the border countess on
Thursday noon, August 10Th. at the head of
The Middle Fork Of Grand River. fifteen
miles from the Kansas line, and the same
day started for Kansas.
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Primary Meetings.

The unconditional Union vo.ers of Cecil
count. are hereby requested to assemble in pri-
nary nac'inea in the several Election Districts
n Cecil County, on Saturday, the 9th day Of
Scp:emtcr next, a. = clock, F. NJ. mt the sew
e.al places Z! holding euct! meetings., in said
Districts, Except in the Eighth, where Rock
Springs will be substituted in place of Mount
plcasnn'.) for The purpose of making nonlina-
ions for tue sc:erAl District officers to be elect
Cd 1T the ensuing November election. Also, to
choose FIVE delegates from each Election Dis
nici, 10 assemble OF Eik,on, ON "Wednesday, the
9th day of Sep'enber next. ut II o'clock. NJ,
III County Convention, for the purpose of non-
mating candidates for the following offices, 70 he
voted for ut the State election in November,
next, to wit: A Safe Senator, three members Of
lie House of Delegates, Clerk of the Circuit
Court. Register Of Wills, three Judges of the
Orphans Court. three County Commis soners,
Sta.es Attorney, Sheriff and County Surveyor
JAMES McCAJLEY,
r. NORTON,
J. TOME.
y, REYNOLDS,
A. MCINTYRE,
Aug. %, 1863. Central Committee.
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NOTICE..


Oniianre P0sScf hy tie President ami Commits
siOaeFS, Of the Tor" IF EItton.
ELkroy, Aug 25, 1863
SE 1T ENACTED, That from and after
sS the list day IF September ncrt, any per-
sou WHO shall enter upon or into any Pen,
Coop or Pound, used or kept by the Town
haiiiff, for the purpose Of combining and
found going at large, contrary to the ordi-
nance Of said town, and shall take away any
such Swine, Geese or other animals there
confined or imporndcd, without the consent
IT said B2iliti, or the Commissioners Of said
town. shall for every such offence pay fine
not exceeding TEN dollars the same upon
conviction, to Ire imposed by Justice
of the Peace or the President of the Board
OF Commissioners, and shall also pay all
other costs imposed for allowing said Swine,
Geese or other animals going at large.
BE II ENACTED, That any person or per-
sons occupying any property within the
limits ct SAID town, who shall refuse or
neglect. for the spac" Of forty eight hours to
remove any nuisance on said property, after
being notified by the Town Bailitf to remove
the same, siiallpay fine not exceeding TEN
dollars or less than fifty cents, with all costs,
including the costs Of removing said nui-
Sance. The said fine and costs to be re-
covered before Justice OF the Peace in sd id
town, in each and every case. BY order Of
the Board. JOHN PERKINS, Jr.,
Aug. ~, o'5-lW. Secretary.
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Nj DEAH Sir Your favor of the 18th
instant reached me in due seusGn, and I
avail myself of the earliest leisure moment
to answer your qnory us to what | think OF
the Congressional nomination.
l understand you TO desire an expression
of my opi.. ion az to the fitness of the nomi.
nation only MS - means Of ascertaining what
course inteud to pursue in regard to it ;
and | shall therefore eontne my self TO an
assignment OF the Reasons which control
my action.
The call for the Cambridge Convention
was acquiesced in by the supporters Of
Gen. Golds6orough as we'll rs the friends OF
MIR. Mafit. The meetings to select dele.
gates to it were attended in all, or nearly
all the counties by the friends Of these cen.
tlemen as if no distinction existed in the
State, and the result of those meetings was
egates favorable to Mr.. Cristields NOM,
nation.
Whose candidate, then, is he? In nv
opinion he is the candidate Of the whole
Union party, regardless of past or present
differences OF opinion upon grave questions
of State poiicy--and rs such | shalt support
him. The charge that Mr.. Crisfeld d.
ceivcd us iii the last Congress is unjust, for.
So far rs | am advised, he made no pledges,
of any kind, in the canvass Of 1854. If any
one expected him to do more than he has
done, IT is, simply, case Of seit-decfptioa,
f,r which Mr. Cri iiell should not be he d
responsibl-.
But it is said that, in voting men and
money, he has given the Administration
only Il physical support and withheld that
moral support which is necessary for a
speedy suppression Of the rebellion, and
therefore, wc should look for another can.
didate who comedies with US upon all ques.
tons. For what good Surely not for TIA
purpose Of showing the Administration how
many friends it has in the District; for the
vote which such candidate would receive
would certainly insure the election of a
Secessionists. Under these circumstances
Mr.. Lincoln would not hesitate to say that
the man who votes to place in the next Con.
ministration even the "physical support Of
Of "men and money" is better friend "
his than one, who, for the sake Of caudi.
date Of like views, would So dispose Of his
vote as to put in that position one who would
give It q constant and recntluss opposition.
an not in Mr.. Chrisfcld $ confidence,
and, therefore, mn not authorized to speak
tor him, but, | have good reason to believe
that, if elected, he will not vote, directly
or indirectly, for the Copperhead Canii.
date for Speaker of the next House Of Req.
resentatiyes. There are few. if any of Us.
who have not changed since the beginning
of the rebellion with whom some pet
theory has not been exploded by time and
events. Is 1t likely that Mr. Cristie!d has
stood still while We have progressed? Not
doubling Mr.. Crisiield's abilities or his
loyalty, and desiring to Increase and not to
diminish the number of friends of the Ad
ministration 10 the next Congress, | shalt
use all honorable means to secure his elcc
ton, and hope that our friends IN Cecil, and
throughout the District will 9 do like wise
Truly, yours, &c, GEORGE NJ. RUssUM.
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The Rebels in Mississippi are busily
engaged in burning the cotton which il
pledged for the redemption of the Rebel
loan in Europe. The holders of the loan
S'hen they hear CT this general cotton con.
tlaerntion. will be apt to ae! as If they had
heard bad news.
-Adviees from Washington late on
Thursday night, announce the death Of the
horse. stealing and differing Moseby. 1t Is
stated tn at he was faortaliy wounded in the
fight with our Cavalry last Monday. Should
the report prove trne, great nuisance will
have been REM we'd.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-08-29

The PEACE PARTY THE LAST HorE OF THE
REBELS. Butler. in the brief
speech which he made at Center Harbnr, is
reported by correspondent of the Salem
Gazette to have said:
" That the Rebels now rested their main
hopes on our next Presidential election, and
would use their utmost endeavors to prolong
the contest till that time in the hope that
peace party-a party more leniently disposed
toward them-mieht gain the ascendency.-
it was for this, among other reasons, that
he considered the character of some of the
Northern opposition resulted in great injury
to our cause, and was, in fact, the principal
drawback we now had to success. The
political conduct of the Northern people
ought 10 be such that the Rebels would
understand, unequivocally, that the only
change of administration that could be
hoped for would be a change for even more
determination and energy, and not change
based on even the remotest sympathy for
those who have plotted the destruction Of
the Government
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THE unconditional Union men Of
Catoctin District, Frederick county, passed.
at their primary meeting, on the Sth inst.
the following unmistakable resolutions
We believe the people Of every District in
this county are just as decided in their
Union procliviies, as those of Caoclin
and we recommend an expression from
them, when they assemble on the 9th of
September, in primary meetings, just as
positive as that Of their Ca.octin cotempo-
raries Let the men who cry Union, but
are hand and glove with Copperheads, know
what they have to expect:
" Hhereas, There yet exist among us men
who, protesting to be Union men, have yet
been plotting a division Of the Union party
since May last, and have finally, as they
suppose. caused a split in the party We
however, Of the Unconditional Union party.
are determined at all hazards to support the
present Administration, and thereby sup.
port the General Government and we hold
our former Union friends as we do the
rest of mank ind--in war enemies. in peace
friends and if they, by intriguing and
usurpalion, expect to carry the Union votes
of this District over to their enemies, (the
Rebels we are now ready to tell them they
reckon without their host therefore,
Resoiued, That we, the Unconditional
Union voters of Catoctin District, do pledge
ourselves not to vote for any man. or set of
men, who do not pledge themselves, if
elected, to use their influence and vote for
measures ia order to bring about a change
in the present Constitution of Maryland :;
also, that we will not vote for any man who
has been known heretofore to be in any way
tinctured with an unhealthy or rebelious
spirit, or in any way countenancing the
same they must show clean sheet ever
since our troubles commenced, and by no
means must be at this time milk and
water men.
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OI)r Rlor!srts.

J ELKToN MARKET. Red Wheat. 81 81 ::
White do. 81 10; Corn s. cents: Oats,
58@3o cents. Clover Seed per pushell. ST.
WuMIyGroN MARKET, Aug. %, Flour
per barrel, St 75Gt7 co, Wheat, per hushe.
81, Corn. 50 ; Corn meal, per bushel, s. ::
Oats. 5Uta 80; Clovcrseed per bushcl, 50 80
Timothy Seed, So %
BALTIMORE MARKET White Wheat, 81 %
a 20: hed Wheat, 81 %; Corn white,
10Gt IS cents: Yellow, e3M IS cents T.
busheI; Oats-Maryla 340, A cents =;
and $40 Al cents for Pennsylvania.
Hay AND STnAw.-We quote good to prime
halcd Timothy at 25ae27; loose do. al Pa
s24 and 2uaS2u per ton for Rye Straw.
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