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From the London News, August 2s.
Steam Rams for the Confederates.

+ II has been long known that certain
iron boats were being built in the Mersey
and in the Clyde for the Confederatas, and
in the-C Clyde for the Confederates and they
are now nearly completed. It is not to
be supposed that the American Govern
ment has neglected to obtain such evi.
dence with respect to these war vessels as
may be accessible. Nor Is there any rea-
son to suppose that Lord Russell and the
law officers Of the Grown will hesitate to
bestow immediate attention to the repre-
sentatives of the American Minister
But it appears that certain gentlemen,
representing the Emancipation Society,
have drawn up memorial stating the al
legged facts as to war. vessels, being built.
for the Confederate, Government, and re-
questing Lord Russell tsto order a prompt
Investigation into the circumstances
It is scarcely necessary to observe that
in urging Lord Russell to deal promptly
with the facts disclosed in the memorial,
there Is no wish that he should strain the
law. Those who talk Of "penal" meas
ures against the ship-builders evidently
speak 10 ignorance. It is true that the
Federal Enlistment act does make the ft-
ting out a ship to cruise against the ships
Of a nation with which we are at peace, a
misdemea eahor !; but the act also authorizes
the customs officers 10 Seize the ship; aud
this is the process which was adopted in
the case of the Alexandra.
=" Nor, again, eau it be necessary to OBJ
serve that no one wishes the Government
to act without reasonable evidence. The
memorialists desire nothing more than.
that prompt Investigation should take
place. Afidavits must of course be pro-
duced In this, as in other cases of a simil-
ar description, and therefore the elemen-.
tary learning Of the official advocate as to.
hearsay evidence is simply Irrelevant
But there is point connected with the
steam rams now alleged to be building in
the Meisey which presents great difficulty.
Undoubtedly the chief baron has ruled in
the trial Of the Alexandra that unless the
guns are put on board within British ter
ritory, vessel, although constructed for
war purposes, cannot be seized. If this
be law, it may be doubted whether the
steam rams alluded to are liable to seizure
But then it must be remembered that the
law officers Of the Crown ,epudiate Chief
Baron Pollock's construction Of tkisact.-
They maintain that if q vessel is intended
for .warlike purposes, though, she may be
unarmed when she leaves port, still she
may be and ought to be seized. Upon
this ground the Grown still holds the Al
exaudra, and will continue to. hold her,
until the question has been argued and
determined ~ the highest tribunal tsll in the
Kingdom. -.....- -. 49, y. ...-...-L-
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The ISSUE OF TREASURY NoTEs.-
Between FIVE and six millions of treasury
notes are still to be issued before the limit
of four hundred millions is reached. A
new issue, chiefly in small denominations,
will commence this week. The old de.
mand, notes.. Of which about two millions
three hundred thousand are still out, are
being called in as rapidly as possible, and
gold is paid at the treasury in preference
to them. More than eighteen millions Of
postal currency are ine circulation. The
issue of fractional currency to take its
place will eolnmence III about fortnight.
---Ae'as FORK zrigune. E. .sa !. !" aa =, l. II
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The New Postage Currency.

The following account. of the arrange
ments for the issue Of the new postage
currency appears in Thompson's Bank
Note Reporter iN 'aa'' 81 s@"'f - .
The public is 7not generally aware that
the Treasury Department is making .ex-
tensiye arrangements not only for the en-
craving, and printing of the new issues
Of postal, currency and Treasury notes, but
that the ink and paperwill also be manu-
factured in the Treasury building at Wash
ington.., The postal, currency is already
printed, and will be Issued as soon as
there is q demand for it by the Withdraw
al Of the. old issue, The new fractional
currency, will be of the same denomins-
tions as the old, but instead Of being of
different sizes, they will all be of the di-
mensions Of the present ten cent postal
: They are engraved in the highest style
of art, and the colors, which are the dis
tinguishing marks of the different vslues,
are of such d chemical combination, it is
asserted, as to defy photographing.. But
perhaps the greatest safeguard against
counterfeiting, in all the new issues, viii
be the paper on which they are printed.
ghis Will be made by . secret process in
the Treasury Department, under, the i'm.
mediate superintendent of the inventor;
The paper IN question is thinner than that
Id common use, and It illsbe very much
cheaper. It's advantages will consist
largely in the fact that it is forty times
stronger than the paper now used. Il
can be washed Ikea piece Of linen, with
outtiu any way injuring the engraving ;
aud iwithai it cannot be photographed, as
/ il Photographs a'dark brown instead of
WHITE, like ordinary paper. 5'''.e st'N'
Allthese various improvements in en-
craving, ink, paper and economy, are due
to- the exeftions Of s. M. Clarke, ESQ, the
Superintendent Of the Currency Depart.
nfent Of the Treasury. MI. Clarke has
invented many Of the Ingenious machines
which 'afei used for tSe putpose Of stamp
ing, cutting and counting the hotes, and and
this Id addition to the ,labofions duties ol
| his departmcnt. liiH sla niis'fsa oonisn ~
The FSecrstary fully appreciates Mi,
Clarke aS id iyjffeer whose ability is, only
equalled, BY ths Integrity with which ht
discharges his sddtisG. The saving 10 tllss
country which the new system of lsngrav,
| ing and printing tlld money issued bFF ths
Tfessufy insures, will be very large bu1
the greatest sdvantage will be IA the Be se
cpfify afforded u the public against iraui fra
duIent issues. '''lf'1n ~ 's''-'S'.lsap' !.
The postal Fractional Coqtenscy ~ has e ii
been ti6anterfSited ST., f0e., n25c.aaib5uu
the engraving, particularly the Washing
ton heads, on the counterfeits, ARE inani
mate, nonkcy-liks blotchss4 sAslhalf-ex
pert in engraving could detect them.
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aIM1poRrAaNrF II TRur ), :. 1a.co. ccooo.,,l;;,, n,

:, "IMpoRTANT If, True, - According
to a correspondents of, the Philadelphia
Inquirer, "lt has been pretty .satisfactori-
y ascertained that Longstreet designs ma ma
king an attack, With. the design of 'capturs,
ing and re-occupying Norfolk The reb-
Ell forces will move on tho city from three
differeut-points, whife the iron ciads at
Richmond will come down the James
river and Epotoperats With tie troops ad-
vancing from Suffolk and through prin-
cess Aan county, and BY way of SewaIrs
Roint.P rwnTUg aYT T.A gyYgt
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A W1sB pREo4ur1oS -Railroad trav-

AWrsE PREoAUT1oN. Railroad trav-
elers are SO proverbially incautious that
unless the carrying companies employ ex-
pedicnts rendering ii impossible for travel
ers to expose themselves to danger, acci-
dents are. continually occurring, The
practice of thrusting the elbows out of
car window has caused SO many accidents
that railroad companies are generally
adopting the. safeguard of putting a per-
forated iron plate, eight inches high,
across heybettom ,efs the window, outside
the sash, This, renders. it impossible to
thrust the elbow beyond the car body, and
saves the urm from being crushed against
the timbers of bridges. Against the dau-
ger from passing from one car to another
while in motion, there is no remedy yet
discovered except locking the car door, as
is done in Europe. Pad. Ledger,
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z ~
following important opinion Of Judge
Holt has been issued by the Provost Mar
shal Gen yral -
"U1der tts thirteenth 6th section Of the en-
rollment act, it is clear that party drafted
and wishing to furnish substitute or paw
the communication, must do SO on or before
the day fixed for his appearance. The
privilege expires with that day, If he fails
to report himself and is arrested as de-
serter, he has still the right to go before
the board Of enrolment and prove that be
is not liable to do military duty; but if,
on hearing his claim to exemption, he is
to be held liable, he cannot escape person
al service. He is also, under such Cir
cumstances, subject to be proceeded
against as deserter." s.ls..
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HEAVY GUNS IN FoRr MoULTRIE.--
4 lt is positively stated in diplomatic circles
that the rebels have mounted in Fort
Moaltrie the 600 and the s00-pounder
Blakely guns which were to be q part Of
the armament of the two, rams recently
launched by the Lairds. These guns are
already known to have arrived at Nassau.
Doubt u, however, thrown upon the, re,
port that they are at Moultrie, by the si-
isncc !, II Admiral Adj Dahlgren,-Nsp Eorb
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,seNHwhsYoRK DEMOCRATIC CoNvEN-
TIoN.--+At6aay, Sept. 10. Tho State
Democratic Convention adjoprned to-day,
afterimaking the following nominations:
zTSecretary Of State, d. B. St. John !;
Comptroller, Sanford E. Church qAttor.
ney GeneraL NIB. Ohamplin; State Eu.
ginAer, Van cR. Richmond : Treasurer,
VIM. B. Lewis; Canal Commissionsss
W.iWsWrigbE; Inspector of iStats Ptis.
eus, DsR MoNeil'; JudgeIsof Court Of
Appeals, VIM BslAIlen. :tliis yiia9 asii
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LEcTURs.-A lecture will be delivered at the
Charch at Churchville, by the Pastor, Rev. Rob't
b. Williams, on Tuesday evening, 22d instant,
at NJ o'clock. Subject Martin Luther" Ad-
mission Is cents. tA @
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Important Political Movement,

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMIT
TEEs-NATIoNAL CONVENTION, etc. :,
On Tuesday assembled at the St. Nicho-
las Hotel, New York, the two National
Democratic Committees-someti called
douglas" and "Breckinridge"-with the
old "Bell-Everett' Committee and others
especially invited "for consultation" i'a
About two hundred gentlemen were
present from all the old States now in the
Union, with others from Louisiana. ,'@.'
The Hon. Aaron Ward, of New York,
was appointed temporary Chairman. -
The permanent Chairman was August
Belmont, Esq, and the Secretaries we're
Hon. Thomas B. Florence, of Pennsylva-
MIA, aud DR.. Cottman, of Louisiana. Re
porters were not admitted. ''4' '1.'af {is'
| 1t was ascertained, however, after the
committee had been in consultation some
three shours, that without really agreeing
to do anything, at given time, and in q
given place, aevertheless they had acted
with the greatest unanimity and good feef-
ing, aadlagseed upon ALI their negative,
conclusions, unanimously. .sf.fi"' isN3H1d'
I aThey agreed to hold National ConyeYi-
tionabat not to call 1t until'after Congress
had assembled. RS 'sssnm IL. ged !atT}Md'
As to time and place for a. convention,
and the spirit in which il was to be cal
led and act, ,sit1yss 1psesun ed Tthe action
would be in, accordance with the general
sentiments expressed by. the gentlemen
present from all parts Of fthe. Union. The
best Of feeling prevailed with every aus
gay e Ter future y good to the party and to
Among the gentlemen. present we're ex- s,s
Senator Mel cDougall, from California LIE
Grand Byi1gton, of Iowa; Judge Jewett,
of Ohio the Randalls, from Philadelphia,
father And the sons NJ, G., elect; ex Re-
1corder yanx, Mr. Smith, Of Vermont,
Msssrs, Donald and Lyman, of, Maine J;
Gen. - Whitney, of Massachusettsj MT,
I Eaton, OF iCoBnscticut w. B. Lawrence.
q Rhode Island, and p large number from
l ] INSsHs < ork, among n them Dean Richpopd,
1.-THE Woods, Messrs. Mex Keon, sTildeD,
1Tpcker, Scbsll, Purdy, Tweed, r. 2, Nor
|Itop, X; a, Hart, pr. Merkle, Gc, . From
! Maryland, Messrs. G, S, Stansbpry and
II sM, hanahap were present. MI, .y,a
/ Various resolnti0ns we're offered and de-
bsted ,by different gentlemen; one from
Il Mr. Mckeen holding out theIrigbt bans
! LOT felloWshipAo ali. The lopposers Of flAboli
II tiepismj another offered by Mr.. Schel
4 NAMING the day' far the com mi tfeAa ,s-to as
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will be united, and hereafter move in
perfect concordance and harmony.


The extraordinary proposition of the
Judge of criminal Court in Maryland to
the Secretaryof War, to which we refer
red in our number of the 7th instant, ur-
gingjthat the President SHOULD BY precla-
NATION, Invite (Sat,ce and persaads) the
slaves of Maryland, loyal State of the
Union, to abscond from. their masters
and enlist in the service of. the general
government, has induced us to refer to
the criminal code of the State upon that
subject. We find that section 176, arti-
Gle 30j under the head Of i"crimes and
punishments, reads as follows
"If any person shall entice, persuade,
assist, or ofer-dAy indacementt to any slave
3 or servant, knowing him to be such, to
run away from his lawful owner or posses
sor or shall harbor any runaway slave or
servant, knowing him to be such, he shall
be liable to indictment where such offense
shall have been committed, and upon con-
viction shall be sentenced to thePENIrEE-
TIARY for not less than six nor more than
fifteen years. ..s7 siTfi''aE} Lt9i
Another section of the same article de-
-clares the fact of any slave having escaped
to any of the States or Territories of the
Union, without the consent of his master
or owner, conclusiue evidence that such
slave had run away, &c. @''i' 1a@%t'
ii Gould this Judge, having sworn "that
Twill be faithful and bear true allegiance
to the State of Maryland, and support the
constitution and laws thereof, and that I
will to the best Of my skill and judgment
diligently and taithfuly, without partial
ity or prej~dice,i eoecute the Office" &c. :,
refuse to'apply the penalties of this law to
any agent of the government who should
be brought before him, as criminal judge,
for carrying into effect the proclamation
which he invites upon the people Of Mary
land 2a,iniof n. ,'9@1e .a4a7tIa -.
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All communications for publication must be accom-
panied with the real name 0f tse auiloF, atten-
ton will be paid them The real name of the author
will not BE- published anless desired, .bat we cannot
consent 10 insett comnaaicaiisns aaess we know Me
writer
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WAR NEWS. d

tue OohiructateS 10 SohhinoA. Ano uooPo Soli
menced moving out on Tuesday, and Gen. Crit
tenden's diision of the ,aFmyl lof the Cumberland
occupied the place the next day. It Is, believed
that East.Tennessee has been entirely abandoned
by the Confederates. r, Cumberland Gap, an i'm
portant strategieal point in Claibonrn county,
was occupied by the Federal forces WI wFnoat p, op'
position on Wednesday Two Thousand prison
ers and two pieces Of artillery were, surrendered
to Gen. Sbackleford, the commander Of the Fed
eral advance: =, -. -. =; ~
Kansas is excited by the reports OF another in
tended invasion by Quanlrell. It's stated that
he has at 1easta thousand men; now near the
line causing feeling Of insecurity in the border
counties. ..T ,.r,,a III -, !; ,,,% ,,ci,
"A few days since the crew Of the Q, s. higate
Minnesota, doing blockade duty of Wilmington,
NC, went On shore and had a, fight with the
Confederates, killing twelve and capturing two
guns, -r.4..t u.tJ.v,.; n, t,,, e, Az
"A telegram fiom the headquarters Of the army
ofthe Potomac states that the Federal cavalry
force under Gen, Pleasanton has advanced to
the Rapidan river. The ,Confederates appear in
position, with infantry, artillery and cavalry, to
defend the crossing, The Federal casualties on
Sunday were three killed and forty wounded,
among the latter Gen. Custer, but not seriously.
On Sunday night last small party of Con-
fsderates crossed the Potomac ct. the mouth of
Seneca Oreek, and captured several horses and
other property. ;,,W. E73i, -. I'd! ,.sssas
Rear Admiral Lee, Of the North Atlantic
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DHr Orders haye been received from
Columbus indefinitely .postpoDipg the,draft
in Cincinnati.
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The CoNsoRIPTIoN LAW: DECLARED
CONSTITUTIONAL Judge Cadwalader, of
us. District Court in 'Philadelphia, on
Wednesday delivered, an opinion in the
case in which the question Of the powers
of Board of Enrollment was raised. He
decides the conscription law to be entirely
constitutional. Justice Grier, of the U. g..
Supreme Court, although not present at
the argument. sat with Judge Cadwalader
on "Wednesday, and assentedto the decision
of the principles of law. embraced in the
opinion. ,:E ,...A =. ie,i..a a'..i"
In fegard to the administration of the.
powers conferred upon the boaSds of en-
rollment, Judge g. decides in substance
that "a statute which, in relation to sum
mary proceedings before a military COM
mission, enacts that its decision shall
be fnab does not necessarily make the de-.
cision' conclusive as to the right which was
in question. .",a,1;p- i,,, 54g ,'1,a - E7.
15Further it is decided that "the. provis-
ions Jofthe 18th section Of the act of Con-
gress Of ad,March, 1853 ych. IS, requiring
the presentation by drafted persons Of oil
claims Uf exemption to theiboard Of en-
roilment, and making the boards decision
final, do not, in the case; of an exempt
whose claim of exemption: has been duly
presented to!fthe board and disallowed,
preclude TIE subsequent consideration, ,in-
der, a writ of ,habeas corpus Of the ques-
tion of his right of exemptien.'sed Ia.a!a
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n7-The Southern Egis'' has more extended CHI
culaon among the intelligent farmers and businessmen
Of Hartford, than any other paper in the county. No
Lock Hospital, or other obscene &c L0ery1 adver
tisemenis win appear In columns any price.
large number Of subscribers for their paper in cd
vance, and consequently are just the css advertisers de-
sire 70 reach.
The attention OF respectable and legitimate advertisers
isdlfected To the above facts.
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;OFFIcIAL DEsPATcH FROM OUR MIN;
lister AT tJApAN.--, Washington, Sept, H.
1.-The following telegram has been yer
ceiyed via San Francisco "a .sl.soeasf~s
saScn Francisro, Sept.97s 1868 ION,
Wn. H. Seward, 6eeretary Of State ;, Le.
cations theI United States fin Japan, ,Yo-
kGhama, JJuly IA; 1864 -Sirs: ON sthe
26th Of Jane the American steamer Penn.
broke was attacked ati Semenski, vix shun-
dredrmiles from here, by the vessels iof
Che Prince of Nagoti, aud onEthe 10th, lei
Jaly the Wyoming blew mp his9 steamer,
snnklanl0gun brig and engaged his bat-
teries With q lossiof four killed and seven
wounded. A French gnnboat was fired
intooh the 9Th of july, ,aDd = Dutch slOor
efHar on theillth of July, at fheo same
places t0aI the Goth of Julyathe French
Admiral destroyed one Of these lbatteries
III @ssf u 9sga ROBERT b. PRUyNsj u'
hs4siilssae 4 Minister Resident. 1
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lIMpoRrANr FROM JApAN..,Sa,s Era,,

IMPORTANT FROM PAN.--SanF Fraas-
CISCO Sept. 7th, 1S63.--By. further ac-
counts it.appears that the Japanese gov.
ernment had attempted to avoid war with
foreigners, having aot only paid the i'm
dempity9 demanded by England, but also
made satisfactory apology; but this dis
pleased tho Damios, and much discomfort
existed, throughout the country A Da.
mic, who owns territory along tho straits
Of Siruouski, in the province of ,Nagoti,
recklessly fred from his forts upon ships
OF all uationalities that passed.. He had
also two steamers fitted up as war vessels,
with heavy guns, which aided the forts in
the, attack. These are the vessels sup
posed to have been destroyed by the Wy
omlng. 8, gaJaj8a.. a5! 81 J, Is ,s1i.sal
All thelatest dates large British feet
was at Kanagawa, under Admiral Keeper,
and was about to sail for the Strait yof
.Sirnouski. - l.gd3s -llid44.e3h III
1t is further stated that the Prince OF
Nagoti does not care for reverses, as he
has the assurance that nearly all tho Da-
mios will join, bimi in active hostilitiesu
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-11
EGALNOTICE-The

Z EGAL NOTICE-The Etna Insurance
4 Company Of Hartford. Connecticut, viii take
notice that Martin Johnson has hied his petition
in the Court Of Common Pleas Of Cuyahoga coun-
Is, in the State ofOhio, against said Atna lnsur-
ance Company, setting forth that on the Zlth day
OF Nav, 1862. the said Etna Insurance Company
issued to said Johnson q policy Of insurance and
thereby insured said Johnson against loss or
damage by fire to the amount Of two thousand
dollars, for the term OfOne hundred and twenty
six days, namely: From May 9th, l562, at Z
o'clock at noon until October lstl 1852, at Z
o'clock at noon, on his, said JOhnson's, fishing
tackle, consisting Of Irvine canvass household
goods, tools, and such other things as are used
in the fishing business, all then beng and con-
tanned in a small wood building situated ON the
dock. corner Of Locust and Water streets, on lot
No. 9Sf, Vistula division 70 the city Of Toledo, IN
the State Of Ohio, and thereby promised and
agreed 70 make good unto SAID Johnson all such
Immediate loss or damage not exceeding in
amount S2,O00.00, rs should happen by ire to the
property above mentioned, for the period OF Tune
above stated, other than fire which might hap
pen or take place by means OF any INVASION, IN
surrection, riot, or civil cOmmOtOn, or Of any
military or usGrped power, and except loss by
theft at or alter aire, to be paid within SIXTY days
after notice aud proof Of said loss or damage
should be made by said johnson to said Etna In
surance Company, in. conformity TO the cOndi-
tons annexed to said policy; That said proper
ty, on the 27th day Of September, 1862, was, IN
said wood building situated as aforesaid, acct
dentally and by misfortune wholly consumed by
fire, other than fire which happened by means OF
any invasion, insurrecuoni riot or civil coInIno-
ton, OF Of any military or usurped power; That
on said 9th dav Of MAY, 1862, and also mt the time
Of its destruction and damage by fire, as herein
before stated, said property was worth S5,0O9,OO
and more; that said Johnson performed all the
conditions Of said policy on his part to be per-
formed; that fOrthWith after said loss, said John
son gave notice to said Etna Insurance Company
Of said loss, and as soon thereafter as possible,
to wit, on or about the Sd day Of October, lSG2,
delivered to said Ena Insurance Company a
particular account Of said loss, signed with his
hand and verified by his oath and that by rea-
son Of the premises, said Eth Insurance Com
pany became, and is liable to pay to the said
Johnson the sum of two thousand dollars, with
interest thereon from December 4th, 1862, and
asking for judgment in his favor against said
Etna Insurance Company for S2,O0O,O0, with in
terest on the same from December 4th, 1862.
Said Etna Insurance Company is required 10
and answer said petition on or before the
ith day ofJuly, 1868.
CHAS. L. FISH,