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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07

There was general and proper observance
Of the Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer yester.
day In this and the neighboriDg cities, and,
indeed. through all the loyal country. Here
business was mostly suspended, stores closed,
and the people made holiday at home, at
church. or on excursions, as tastes dictated.
The day was hot, but smart thunder shower
at noon cooled the air little. and made out
Door endurance quite toerabe. There was
general expression Of satisfaction on the public
face. and every outward appearance gave token
Of the best Of feeling Even Copperheads refrained
from bowling about Black Republican tyranny.
and put on the guise of quiet, loyal citizens,
We do not learn that any violence or accidents
marred the comely order Of the day; on the
contrary New.YOrk was for wonder, peace.
full if not exactly piOus. In other columns our
reporters sketch the events Of the day, and
mako notes Of several appropriate sermons.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07
GENERAL NEWS.

The Maine Democratic Convention has again
put Bion Bradbury on the course for Governor.
The resolutions Of the Convention very coppery,
opposing everything the Government has done,
proposes to do, or can do. Bradbury contributes a
private letter in which he says madness rules the
bour-the Republic can only be saved by the union
Of all conservative men to put down fauaticsm; he
Is opposed to emancipatng niggers opposed to con-
6scating John b. Floyds stolen property, opposed
TO military authority, opposed to the draft, and Of
posed to being beaten for Governor.
The Republican State Committee Of Massachu-
sets met in Boston Oh Friday aud voted TO Issue
call inviting TIE Republicans Of Massachusetts and
all others who stand by the Government ia crushing
athoroughly wicked Rebellion, which has for its ain.
and object the overthrow OF Republican institutions,
and the extension and preparation Of human Slave
ry," to meet in convention at Worcester, on Thurs
day the oath day Of September next to nominate can
didates for State officers, &c.
The Teachers National Convention met in
Chicago on Thursday. The attendance from differ
ent parts of the country is large, fully 800 teach
being present, three-fourths Of whom females.
a large number arc from New-Englsnd. The pres
ept occasion promises IL be Of much interest 10
the friends Of education.
The Temperance Convention in behalf Of tenn
persnce in the army and navy, held at Saratoga
Springs on Wednesday, Aug. 5was a success. The
Rev. Dr. Newell of New-Iork was President.
Many important ssseis'i--" "V'o dieVeSs'a ~~1
ADOPTED, aud in three successive meetings several
epi rited addresses were MADE.
The Union State Convention Of Pennsylvania
completed their ticket by nominating the Hon.
Daniel Agnew Of Beaver County for Snpsemo
Judge.
Mr.. II. l.. Palmer Of Milwaukee hes been NOM
mated for Governor of Wisconsin by the Democratic
Stats Convention.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07

venture to charge him with dishonesty or with
Rebel sympathies; so VIC can't help thinking
he ia the right man for tho place. The pre-
tense that no one else could be voted for is
upset by the notorious facts that the Hon.
Charles A. Wicklffe (John Tyler's second
Postmaster.G General and o Representative in
the last Congress) was an opposing candidate,
receiving thousands Of votes in the State and o
majority in several counties. Any Kentuckian,
whe lie q loyal citizen Of tho United States,
could vote as freely against Bramlcttc as for
him; but notorious and active Rebels ore dis
franchisod by State law, which Gen. Burn
side upheld and sought to have generally
enforced. OF course, this annoys The World,
which would gladly have had WickTe elected
by the votes of open sympathizors with the
Slaveholders' Rebellion, as Seymour was.
That, however, was not to be; md, indeed, it
seems most unreasonable that those who have
already "Provisionsl Government" some
where of in the South with the debris of
Bragg's army, with q full delegation in the
Rebel Congress at Richmond, should claim or
even wish to vote for Q Union Governor and
Members of o Union Congress. One Govern.
ment OF time Is enough for any man. At
all events, Col. Bramletto is the Union Cover
nor elect, with four-ye ara term before him.
and. those who do mt like the choice ore at
liberty to grumblc to their hearts content
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07
FEDERAL DEsPOTYsN.

AZ there are many people who do not seem
70 realize how horribly oppressed and abused
our people arc By the military Despotism"
now dominant in this country. We give what il
esteemed G very hagrant example. Tie Wor1
says:
"Tns ADMINISTRATION OAru-Ths folio wing Is cerreet
copy Of tho oath repaired OF all citizens who may fed
Necessary obtain passes IN Baltimore elsewhere within
Cen scacncHs military Jurisdiction The same form would
probably DO imposed in the event Of military Law being esss
li,hed Ia this city,
al do sol.mDly swear that viii support protect, sna
gain.t al enemies whether domestic foreign ard that
~ Rear true 18th shsssncs sSa Ioys5 to tte .e any 3,
s;aure to tho contrary no.wt stand and farther thst
viii. .y en, reservation or e,asioS whatever nd
ufiher thai VII wei and faithfully perform e tho a-'ss
lis MT that appalling Just think Of having
"military law" established in this city," 20
that people who want to go and come on aus.
picious erraDds should be compelled to take
such blood-cardng oath as that
Just hear III. World expatlate on it, enor.
mites: =
ITO tho general tenor Of this cath, fairly and honestly
Interpreted Under Administration which respected IN thY
Constitution the piIt In which II "es esaosLea ~ toe
fathers there might be serious objection But the pactt
al aud popular Interpretation Of it Is that ell who take bad
the ia the NOS, solemn supper, and obey
al the and military laws which the pesen. Adminsrs'
OF the Governments may 1T to euforcs In connos
parlanee tbs oath 10 consdeeda test Of Loyalty and no
usH In Maryland KentlcAyis allowed to vote who may
be considered dtlOyL' in other words. who Is not
known 70 DO either supporte. Of the Administration UeN'
u,es, or to BE- wiling to submit to them In silence.
The oah 10 Short belongs the policy Of the leaders Of
the Republican party which to sabvet tbs forms Of ouy
Government making all State nights, State interests and
State utterly sUbsryert to the General Government
ard prscadns ito very d.cu'on Of any terms Of %
rsadancs OF the Southern States into tue Union short u
tie Emancipation policy"
I'VE have thus given The Worids objections
to this oath, and the whole Of them. We do
not care to expose their sophistry or theI
glaring assumptions We simply ask verdict
as between the so-called tyranny that exac.s
such an oath and the highly questionable
LOYALTY that reyOlts at il.
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which VA, altttempted lA.s Summer eta.ns,

which was attempted lhsb summer AgNnst
Gen. Pope, and which drove him Ia hurried
retreat beneath the defeDses Of Washington. II
may be urged that Lee Is not likely to enter
again upon On aggressive campaign till his army
has had time to recover from the shook Of It's dc.
feat at Gettysburg, and the generalization in.
cident to Its retreat; but the answer Is,
first, that Cen. Meade is bound to presume
that. his enemy means mischief OF all times,
and to provide against it, aud, secondly, that
the prestige of Gettysburg is in measure
counterbalanced by the successful retreat
across the Potomac. Moro important than
either consideration Is the possibility Of such a
concentration of forces by the Rebels in
Virginia as shall practically abandon the
Western and Southern defensive campaigns, in
order to stake the fortunes of tue Confederacy
upon the event of ono grand movement in
Virginia.
The Rebels ore In exactly the position in
which such on effort Is probable. Their army
undor JohnstOp is SO weak that, unless behind
the dcienses Of Mobile, it will not dream Of
giving battle to Gen. Grant. Their army uu'
der Bragg is stronger, but still Is inspired with
no hope of on ultimately successful resistance
to Rosecrans's advance. II those armies are
left to struggle separately. each will be de-
stroyed, If they dre united, they might delay
the progress Of either Rosecrans Or Grant, but
the other would he left unopposed, and the un.
opposed operations Of either would SOON render
the success of the other equally certain There
remains, therefore, no hope to the Rebel lead
ers but in one concentrated effort in Virginia.
The Southwest is lost beyond redemption,
bat its loss might DO balanced BY IA over.
whelming victory in the east. Moreover, 1t
has always been the policy Of the Rebels to
abandon points SO soOn as they BECAME indie
fensible aud TO unite their forces where sue
cess was possible.
We regard it therefore as not improbable
that the first aggressive movement will be
made, lot by Gen. Meade. but by Lee. II
tbe former is TO begin, lie has only to push
straight upon Culpeper, and may be sure Of
battle on one side or the other OF tie Rapidan.
But the granting of iurloughs, and other in
dications from the Army Of the Potomac, ere
not in fayor Of such probability. It seems
to be considered that Lee bas lad bis Own way
about emerging from the Shenandoah, and ia
established on ground from which he cannot
be- driven by anything Ike equal forces. We
have therefore to wait either for him to move,
or for such On increase of Gen. Meade's force
Us shall seem to him TO make offensive move
ment. possible. The campaign may be batting,
but it may rather be said not to have begun
than 10 be finished.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07


that tSe Rebellion shah hase time afforded II to
recover from the stunning blows It has recently
received, we call for the evidence on which
The Ns,cs asserts that "GOv Seymour has pledged
his sacred word and honor" to tho Copperhead
Rebellion proposed, TO whom was this pledge
madc' What were Its precise terms' Mr..
Ben. Wood IL b Member of Congress. past
and future, and has been ON open, manly ally
of the Slaveholding Rebels from the start. lie
has not hitherto walked in darkness and wormea
bis way upward 80 spiraly % the demi'semi'
Rebels Of the Seymour pattern. he now tolls
us that dseymour has pledged bis sacred
word and honor" to these Drat-resi'ters' and
we demand to know where en4 how pc made
that traitOrods Compact. Will Ns Ns@s eA'
plainY
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07
THE DOWNFALL OF TKE MEXICAN
REReBLIC.

Our comment on the progress Of events Ia
Mexico has hitherto been based on the con.
nicting accounts derived from French and
Mexican sources. Hereafter it will be other.
wise. The papers which are published outside
Of Tie French lines will rarely get abroad;
aud, if they do, they will be so much later
than the accounts furnished from Vera Cruz and
the City of Mexico that they will only serve in
some Instances, to correct inaccuracies Of the
French accounts, but rarely, if ever. to give us
fresh items of news. 1t Is obvious that, being
thus deprived Of the opportunity to hear. a
important cases, the other side OF tho quss-
ton, we have to be more cautious than ever
to discriminate between facts and rumors.
We are prepared to see the French over.
Joyous and over-sangune as to the complete
realization of tho schemes Of tho Emperor.
The accounts given By Gen. Fcrey himself AMI
other French officers in the French papers, rep.
resent the enthusiasm of the Mexicans on taelr
entering the City Of Mexico, as exceeding tho
bodest expectation. 1.-THE entire popula'iop
Of this capital" says Gen. Forey in his oihclal
dispatch, "has welcomed the army with an en-
thusasm bordering upon delirium. This popa'
lation is eager for order, justice and true lio'
crty." Gen. Forey promises to give on as
early occasion fuller details respecting this
reception, unequaled in history, which bears
the character Of political event, tho fame q
which will DO immense" The report OF Gen.
rorey does not quite agree with that given ~
a correspondent of The London Times VINO
was o witness of the Generals reception ana
who Gays: ,u.,.ss.,
"u. reception could scarcely bs said to DO snna'S
u, ,umuhal arches were erected flowers were sho"ssy
uuon him balconies hlsd With isdss ana w
whole Of the population seemed to have turned OUT TOT "
other purpose at eli events to Cssify their curiosity
The Cities of Mexico and Puebla have ~
WAYS been known as strongho!ds OF sns ova.
seryative OF Church party, and II ""
demonstrations In these cities had oe0a =.
that tho French represent them, it would ~
more prove change of public opinion IN ~
Republic than Comprehend demonstra"On' =
,ha CITY Of New.York or In Berks ceunY
would prove that tho people Of the N0!~ss
S,.tss wer. in favor Of recognition Oh ~
Southern Confederacy. ...U
Nor can we attach much greater '~pSstA'''
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07
sRYMOUR AND TILE DRAFT.

The Daily Ners, seconding Tho Enpresss
threat that the Draft shall not be made in our
City under existing circumstances. says:
"0ov Seymour has pledged HE saesd word and honr and
che people Of NswYo trust 10 him and believe him, thai
single dyeJ.ed citizen shaH be yeed array from the
Btats enid the eon'tattonag the Conieyp,;on he, shaH
kase been decided COur lie is virtually pledged
~ do a. Til. Ezpr says; to call Jor The sats a o,eo
sJ Esp. York. to resist the Kidnapping which AboliOn
howlss tel Inevitable and entertain doubt that
p wiz keep his word"
That Seymour is of heart with JEFF. Davis
and his crew, We have no manner oil doubt.
We believe it is susceptible Of proof that he
has eulogized the Confederate Constitution as
decidedly superior to that of the United States,
and that he has expressed a strong desire that
Eew.York should adop. that Constitution aud
thus become part and parcel Of the man
steaier's Confederacy. But uasre and when did
he dplsdge his sacred word and honor that
fhs enforcement Of the National Conscription
Act shall DO postponed "until it's consti.
tutIonality shall have been decided on by
Sur [stateJ Courtsl" When was tho prin.
cipIe established that an act Of Congress shall
have 20 practical validity until State Courts
afirm it, constitu.ionality This 10 now way Of
settling constitutional questions--to presume q
Federal law invalid until State Courts see fit
h approve and affirm it. On behalf of the loyal
6ilons Of our State, who DO NJ. desire nor design
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07
alarm. in t0sa vSlss y s.1g si'es sslsS

Affirm, in ~ota Which II 6sw fBfyOe bslSA
quoted, and Of which this aisputsns could "a
hsve been ignorant, that II On arrest 10 mad1
under color of United States authority, Il q
not for the State, but for the United statSt
Courts, to investigate the validity Of the arreik
This is his language: a.
"Bus after tho return is made, and Gs
State Judge or Court jHdieialy dbyriM MA
the party is in custody UNDER THE AuTHoRfrf
OF THE UNITED STATES, they can proceed nd
further. They THEN know that tho prisoner
is within the dominion and jurisdiction of anl
other Government, and that neither the writ
of habeas corpus nor any other process issued
under State authority can pass over tho line q
division between the two sovereignties. lie is
then within the dominion and EXCLUSIVE juriA
diction Of the United States. II he has CON.
mitted an olFense against their laws, their
tribunals alone can punish him. If he ID
wrongfully imprisoned, THEIR Judicial tribu;
malls can release him and afford him redress"
Whatever absurdity," therefore, is discoy:.
cradle in the doctrine we have urged, Is charge.
able upon the Supreme Court of the United
States as its author-not upon rs. We waste
sppce in exposing the falacies and shifts By
which these opponents Of the CONSUMPTION and
enemies Of the Republic seek to confuse tae
clear purport Of this case. The Courts ana
the People well understand that it covers the
cases q arrest by Provo,t.Marshlls, and that
the effort to bring State and National forces
into conflict by State writs of habeas corpus
is defeated. I! is sheerest folly for the baf'ed
conspirators to persist in pnradins the details
Of their plot, when they know that its execu.
ton is become impossible.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07

On the second page this morning we give
Literary Reviews and items, Poetry, letter
from the Cherokee Nation, &c. On the third
page, much matter about the Draft, some for.
eign documents, various communications, and
items. Agricultural and Local affairs occupy
the seventh page.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07

The Daily Ners, seconding The Enpress's
threat tina. the Draft shall not be made in our
City under existing circumstances says:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07

deprived of any common right, because Of any.
thing so involuntary and irrespective OF moral
or intellectual qualities as bis color.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-06-24
NEWS ITEMS.

Among the warlike incidents of the Pol
ish insurrcction, the battle OF Wengrow
furnishes one Of thrilling interest On
the 9TH of February a large force of Poles
found themselves surprised by the Rus
SLAMS in equal numbers, but in much
more favorable position A retreat of the
Poles was as necessary as it appeared i'm
possible. At this juncture two hundred
mobiles, most of them young men Of twenty
years, offered to sacrifice themselves for the
good of all; they mounted their horses and
charged furiously upon the twenty guns of
the Russian column. For fifteen minutes
they kept the attention of the enemy occu-
pied; ut the en- of that time charge Of
Bussian infantry settled their fate, and it
is said that every man Of them perishcd or
was captured. But the main body had
meanwhile made good their retreat; and
when the enemy had again time to look
about them, the Polish force had reached n
place of advantage, from whence their fire
kept the opposing army in check.
The Picayunc says of the blockade run.
ners at Mobile:
The steamer Neptune Campbell, from
Havana, passed the blockade successfully
this morniog and dropped her anchor off
the city about o'clock. Before she had
done blowing off steam, another of the same
sort--they look like sisters-came up and
anchored few lengths above her.-This
was the Ruby, Pcet also from Havana
There arc rumors of one, two three more
being in, but the most we are able TO ascer-
tain, is that they are expected.
We have just seen letter TO gentle
man in Houston, giving an account of the
arrival ofthe Alice at Mobile on the 2lst Of
May. The vessels to which the Picayune
alludes arrived on the Goth of last month.
PRroxERs Sent AwAY.-of the prison
crs in our hands forwarded TO City Point
for exchange, two thousand seven hundred
and seventy-three we're sent away on We'd
nesday, and four thousand and forty four
yesterday, making grand total Of six
thousand eight hundred and seventeen Off
GERS and privates To receive this num-
Der, the United States authorities sent up
TO City Point seven empty steamers and
one loaded with Confederate prisoners.
eight or nine hundred in all, who were
landed there and came up 10 the city last
evening. This number, with about five
hundred more, is nearly all the prisoners
they took in the fight around Chanccllors-
vile, despite their great trumpeting Fig
urcs are not YANKEES they don't lie.
Since The 10Th Of February. 1862. thirty
four thousand some odd Federal prisoners
lave been paroled in Richmond at the Lib
by prison, and sent NorthEard.
The number remaining yesterday was
three hundred ardtwo, Including several
small lots received dsrng the day .-Riei-
uond EFansipcs 15f.
The Portland Advertiser says, the ocean
steamer, Norili America on her last trir.
brought over ~ perchant captains from
Liverpool OF whom bad sold their ships
abroad. on account Of The immense war
risks on Amcrican bottoms. -Four were
ra1iired ard burnt br he Aisbama. snd
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1863-06-24
GIBRALTAR Ann CHIRLEsTnY.

Inc only nayay and military operations Of ofmoieTn
time which can at all compare with those directed
against Charleston those Of sabssopol in ls5sl
5l and those Of Gibraltar, in l76l-e2 The siege Of
Sebastopol with all its incidents is fresh in the ree5
lection OF the present generation IT, aH-ss A 7.s-
ralhr, although it formed the closing s,e4c =. - t5
probationary war; has long been conrgned i,s shelf
% history where Il sleeps among 4 neglected records
Of the past. Yet it was one Of the most memorable
evans Of the eighteenth century although bst century
witnessed the opening Ncaes Of the great French
volution.
The grand combized attack upon Gibraltar By ths
whole power Of seain and France took place On Tie
18th day of SEPTEMBER 1882 Their we're iron-cads
in those Jays Of wooden walls, bat the allies had
through the ingenuity and peksevei aace Of the Cheva-
ered Aroon the most renowned engineer Of his day.
prepared hotis Of fifty floating batteries which see
only less formidable than these much dreaded onsters
OF the deep They we're the bulls Of iaen ofvar eut
down TO the proper gh and covered With wooden
roeis ot enormous thickness, which siretehei
macs with contrvances for conveying water hroughort
their whole extent 50 to keep them ossnusiiy vs'
The sides were furnished with an additional Of vcoie0
buiwarks Of equal thickness with theassvss snd be-
wcen the two vas m interval stuffed viii sani pFes
we're eontrved 70 pass all thro-gh th5sc 7.sss1s Ike
nc vans ana arteries q ts sH1sn tsis tra F-tel