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Auctoncers are public officers, appointed and ceneed
70 conduct pubc sales b. compeon, and we're intended
70 facilitate commerce b securing the cxsns from fraud
are che attorneys seller and purchaser they ought 10
be honest and honorable Nevertheless, frauds In
auction sales committed By these public oosrs upon
suspecling persons numerous and common DO
public scandal and reproach. Numerous oAses q mock
auction frauds have bean proved admitted By the cu
prts and Jet the osnding parties are allowed 70 retain
their oons, and continue their robberos upon citizens
under osia sAsctou The plan OF Furnishing the guilty
party by requiring him TO refund the amount Of tbs
robbery futile Tue rogue viii continue 10 rob 30 long
- he loses only the amount Of the robberies In the fsw
cases where no detected and gaus the amount OF tho
robberies In the many where no not Revocation
Of license ought 20 follow every OF conviction Of
fraud. No ohHcer ought 70 be allowed 10 compound OF
overlook this kind Of o66nce.
II aiaw were passed providing thai conviction Of .
fraud In an auction sale should opsrats per 40 revo.
cation Of oenss the police would b able 10 put ~ ood
10 mock auctions
10 ccEcRnr SALOONS.
1.-The law OF 1852 Intended 10 abats tbs nussncos main
tanned under the name OF concert saloons has failed 20
reach the end proposed Por little time the action OF
the police had the effect 10 cioseth dens OF debauch
cry but tho ingenuity or vice and crime IL great snd
soon thIs or establishments rscpened and mul
tiped with modification emitting the concert theat
rca feature, thus cvadng The terms OF the law Estsb
liAhmsnu now abound 10 Broaiwsy or The siIscent
streets AZ bad OF worse than tho3s described By tho
torr- OF the law The attractions or thcao establish.
moDta arc dram drinking sni PROSTITUTION The police
nave no power them Tboso that have licenses 10
SCR li.3 pFoes65 IA t.s sSoss. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
u Is carried ~ an adjunct 70 oF ~ very puhrc
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duce, &c.
Mr.. Biant, very intelesns and wealthy rebel, and
proprietor q salt works, remarked that this damage
would DO serious blow 70 the coufsderacy az the a
OF Charleston would be.
One ooutraband was . free negro, who had been can
tured by che rebels 81 the rst Bull battle and sold ID
Alabama amer which he taken 10 Florida and set 10
work making salt. As soon he was assured By mr..
Russell that he more free and under the protcc
zion Of the stars and Stripes he fell his knees crying
like child and calculating, "rhank od God bless the
dear old Unioni,
while al this business was being transacted the Rest.
less was not lido but Acting Master W. r. Browne was
occupied In tho destruction OF ST. Andrews City. This
place was ascetaned 10 be the headquarters Of four
panes Of rebel troops, numbering about four hundred
men, and was determined that st. Andrews city should
undergo "purIncation BY nre.u with this object 10
view the morning or the nth instant, tho Restless
weighed anchor aud stood up the bay 70 convenient po
ssion for sheipg the place.
few shells wore lodged among the houses and under
cover Of the guns Acting Ensign Henry Eason was des
patched at the head OF party OF volunteers, with orders
not 10 leave house standing IN the city This commits.
gou was executed with promptuess and fidelity. every
house ned and as oil were constructed Of light ma
seriais the whole psco was soon IN . blaze.
The condition q the people OF tnat part OF sosids %
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10 steam bosrs and she critical ersmosaiou OF engines
before issuing liosness has bad the eject y secure the
srs, which, 10 former ycars. resulted fro@ imperfect
boilers and careless and unskhul engineers Uncieany
conditions are she CHIEF sources Of disease I. city There
are no laws hygisus nor any Of the sppanceQ Of sci
s.s : i::R .: %:s:.sgs!s S:s:ss :sssssa sss
ne naasy 4 CIV psps..lnsnl executed BY .hs SAM.
are exhibited n the report q the sanitary Company from
abaed 2oSss nthy nusances, 6s4 were dangerous
nuisdbtss so were cfsansed BY the owners on notice
from this Department 1lo we're csanssd By this Depart
meo 70 dsaas o. TIE performance u the duty ~ the
owner.
The law does not provide for collecting from tho owner
tho cost o. cleansing h premises IA cases where he re-
fuses or negects 70 do so II ought 10 be amended
,ha, respect and with such amendment this department.
will DO able without cost 70 enforce cleanliness through
pubic places. over whio6 Cor ihis purpose Il has no
jurisdiction.
On the morning Of tho 13h Of july last the peace and
order Of the city OF New YORK were brokeu by for.
udabIs mob, which entered upon q career OF robbery,
the morning Of the nth The viosat proceeding had
political orsia, motive and direction, and received
sympathy snd encouragement from newspapers and
partsans Of influence and intelligence Ths military
were absent aghtng tho battles OF The Union In Penn.
sylvana and Maryland fhe Board OF Police had loug
bsea .hrs.tsned With summary removal, which wss
expected TO occur Immediately, Numbers OF tbs
force desired the removal and tnsrs were not lacking
Instances o. tbs fruit Of tho expected
change large portion Of the force were OF The sams
nationality, political and religious faith OF the glo,ous
mob Under these and extraordinary circumstances
there was apprehension that tho force might fail united
action or be embarrassed by sympathy With the rioters
and be overpovsred ana beaten.
Iho Board are happy 70 report that the apprehoa
son proved 70 be groundless. The force acted unit
and with an energy, courage aud devotion rarely exhibit
Cd The koeoest observation failed 10 discover that
either ro''ica' religious national feeling had any
nuenoe adverse 70 tho eoient action Of the force Tho
covasc bAt arises IRON ts segregation u nuabcrs ths
s;eadiD .ii CeicrLy Of movement wtch result froM
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Orr FOR CmCAGo.--A great many OF our
citizens win leave Philadelphia during this
and next week for Chicago, TO attend the
great National Democratic Convention. 1t Is
supposed that the "peace wing" under the
WooDs, will be Aoored, and that the choice
Of the Convention will be MCCLELLAN and
HANCOCK for President and Yice-Prcsident.
Both Of these men came from Pennsylvania
originally, but one now halls from New York,
and the other from ST.. Louis One Of these
men used TO call for men vociferously-yehe-
mently-noW the latter asks for men to do
good work about Petersburg, where he is
fighting hard for his country, like an honest,
brave, and patriotic soldier, as he is. We say
both have asked for men-so before you go TO
Chicago, gentlemen, put in your substitutes
pay a debt you owe to MCCLELLAN, and do
your duty towards HANCOCK and the coun-
try. If you do not you may find yourselves
drafted when you return, without even the
privilege Of volunteering or fighting by proxy.
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TIE TRIAL HN TRY.

We would not likely do or say anything 10
bring into discTedit so ancient and venerable
an m'tilution az the trial by jury. But the
truth Is tliaj the thing has suffered such loss
OF character Of late years with most people Of
sense, that we doubt whether II is possible to
do it, reputation much further damage, That
Il may in the days Of ieudal dc5pOtism, have
served 10 put a check upon thc power Of the
dominaa, class over the iyes, property, and
privileges or the lower OrdCt-, and IN that
respect have deserved 20 bc called the hui
warL of British liberty, Is likely enough; but
there Is no denying thai, in these more eu-
lightenod and better ordered tincs the tribu-
nal hs- declined in dignity and utility.
While there f. not ihC sumo necessity nov
Tor sucl a means OF sdiGdicstioo Il has, in The
low moral md intellectual qualifications Of
those who usually cOlupD-u uuI iurieS, become
q very unsatisfactory test Of truth and Justice
IN civil cases, especially. wherp the rights Of
property are 70 be tried and issues Involving
the obligations OF contracts are 10 be deter
mined, the men who are commonly selected
in our courts 70 sit as judges Of the facts are
for the most part very unfit for the task
With all the explanations derived from
learned counsel, together with all the more inn
partial instruction vOuchsaled from Lhe Bench,
we have the best reason for believing that
gross wrong is often done through the blind
stupidity or wilful prejudices ofjuries, as now
constituted and regulated. 1t is no uncommon
thing to see a jury returning verdict in direct
opposition to the charge Of the Court while il
not unfrequently happens that the Judge who
presides at the trial OF a cause is compelled,
after repeatedly reprimanding their contumacy
in disregarding his charge, to dismiss the panel
as either too ignorant or too corrupt 70 be
trusted with the decision of the points in dis
pute. The great and growing disrespect for
the trial by jury has had the effect Of diminish
ing, in no incOnsiderable measure, the amount
Oflitigation In a certain class of cases; and
both in this country, as wen as across the
water, repeated movements have been made
WIN view to obtain some reliable mode Of
] "u'uOieatsng those particular controversies
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WHO SHALL RE sHERIFF4

Public interest il reused to the highest
pitch over the nomination of Union candi-
date for Sheriff. The struggle has apparently
narrowed itself down to contest between
Messrs. HOWELL, DYER, and CowELL. The
delegate elections last night developed the
fact that Mr.. HOWELL is by far the strongest of
the three candidates, and his friends claim that
he has enough votes secured to nominate him.
There seems to be q thorough understand
ing that HowELL's success in the present
convention will pave the way for DYER for
the succeeding term. This will, probably,
have the effect Of creating an alliance between
their mutual supporters In the Convention.
HOwELI's friends are earnest, confident,
and enthusiastic, and their devotion to their
favorite revives the memories of the conflicts
of the old Wing party, under their glorious
standard-bearer HENRY CLAY. He seems to
have the faculty Of attaching his friends to his
cause to such an extent as to make them in-
different 10 minor offices. This can easily be
accounted for. He has adorned the honorable
list Of Philadelphia merchants, and during a
lifetime ofactive business his name has never
been tarnished by a suspicion of dishonor.
He has made troops Of friends in all parties
and creeds by his frank genial intercourse,
and by his open-handed generosity to those in
distress. We venture to assert that no man
could be nominated who would bring so large
a support 10 the ticket from the Democrats as
Mr.. HOWELL.
His friends have been reused to renewed
avarfionu In bfa hnha nv tho revivaI nfo StoIa
and exploded charge made against him by
his political enemies, aud which has long since
been refuted and retracted. This charge con-
sists of a letter nearly ten years old, from E.
M. DAVIS (late Quartcrmaster at st. Louis,
under FREMONT, and now in open opposition
to the Union partly, In which Mr.. DAVIS
demanded cash for some goods purchased of
him by the firm of CALEB COPE & Co., be-
cause Mr., HOWELL, member OF the firm
had stated that NJ. DAVIS was an abolitionist.
The whole thing is too ridiculous TO notice,
il it did not involve an attempt to disrupt and
defeat the party by q revival Of old causes of
strife and dissension, which the first gun
against Sumter scattered to the winds. Since
an attempt TO impugn Mr.. HowELL's loyalty
has been made, his friends have double in-
centive to labor for his nomination.
This should be accomplished not 10 much
for the emoluments Of that office, as for the
sake OF wiping away from the name of pure
and honorable citizen the base and slanderous
insinuation that he does not support, heart and
soul, the cause of tho nation and the Govern
ment.
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not a college that does not poesess at least one
individual who can write verses Of taste, n
not Of Imagination. A single paper at the
West has at least twenty contributors, who
write what the editor, himself one Of the gen.
uine poets, calls true minstrelsy. TwO-thirds
Of them write nothing that win sound like
4" music DER the waves Of timen-nothing de-
serving precedence Of our ordinary newspaper
verses. Yet each new string Of rhyme they
produce Is heralded with LOFTY eulogy, a.
another effort Of q "groat poet" Truly this
Is great country, and particularly dlstiu-
gulshed for It's manufacture Of greatness
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pFFICE No. IOs s. THIRD STREET.
wRpNRspAY, AUGUST q. lseI.
THE LAST DRArr.-Tbe President has

THE LAST DBAFr.-The President has as
sured some Ofhis friends that the present will
be the last direct call for troops that will be
made. Most of our generals believe that the
war win end with the present year, and the
Rebels are Of the same opinion. We ought,
Wherefore, TO make this last effort to save our
Union the grandest Of all. Turn out, if only
FOR one years service, and receive bounties
and pay which will net you seventeen dollars
per week, and secure your property and the
blessings ofs free Government to your pos
terityi To do less would be unmanly.
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which require higher degree Of special ex-
perience and Intelligence than Is afforded IN
the ordinary tribunals Of justice.
An Infinite variety Of questions which turn
on the customs Of merchants, and demand
thorough knowledge Of mercantile business
and practice, are now referred to arbltrators;
and unless something is done to insure more
confidence In the judgments Of the ordinary
Courts, the time will come when no cause
involving the decision of commercial law and
usage will be entrusted to any other tribunal
than a board Of merchants. An eminent Eng
lish jurist, Lord CAMPBELL, with a view we
presume, 20 initiate reform in this most i'm
portant matter, not long since suggested the
introduction of bill into Parliament pro-
posing, among other things, to abolish the
rule which requires the entire unanimity of q
jury, in order TO give effect to verdict. Like
all innovations upon long-established instltu-
tiOns, this measure met with more or less doubt
and hesitation, and WILL perhaps, be deferred
indefinitely.
But II seems reasonable 20 believe that, in
civil cases, il not in those involving life, II
would be not only safe and wise, but most
desirable, to have the justice Of q case deter
mined by majority of twelve men, rather
than made dependent, as at present, on the
ignorance OF dishonesty of any one of the
number. IT is much more probable that
seven out of a dozen men taken at random
may be able, as well as disposed, to decide a
question fairly, than that no one Of the dozen
viii be either a contumacious knave or fool
and hence il would be well to alter the law in
such manner that the integrity and intelll-
gence Of bare majority Of q jury may deter
mine question, rather than that any one of
the whole should have It in his power to pre-
vent a righteous decision. This subject, how
ever, is not of kind to be hastily dealt with,
though it certainly demands, at once, that sort
Of enlightened and sober discussion which
should introduce every important social or
political reform.
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AT o recent railroad dinner in compliment to
the legal fraternity, the toast was given AN
honest lawyer the noblest work of God )" but an
old farmer in the back part of the hall rather
spoiled the effect by adding, in loud voice, "And
about the scArcest."
The old spirit of patriotism has revived in
many Of the towns of Massachusetts. In one day
ninety young men from the country passed
through the Provost Marshals Office in tho Third
district of whom eighty.two were accepted. They
enter the service for one year.
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the drall 10y showing that she has put $4,000
men into the navy for which she has no credit.
Philadelphia has done rs wen, and she relies
upon the fairness Of the executive officers OF
the cOnscription 10 allow proper credit for
seamen enlisted from this city. But this will
not keep us from iilIing our quotas under the
next call, and putting in a fcw extra men for
any emergency that may arise.
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Ilioh.

ALBERISOS.-The relatives and friends OF the family
respectfully invited TO attend the funeral OF ALFRED
G. ALBERTSON, son OF the late Thomas H. and Har
riet H. Albertson from the residence his
Mrs. BisDham in Haddon1eld, on Thursday afternoon,
25th inst At O'Clock.
AGG-Killed the 18th inst, on the Charles CITY
Road, while calamity ralylng his the enouiy
First Lieutenant GEORGE LAWRENCE BRAGG, OF
the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, aged Il years.
The funeral will take place Thursday at
O'Clock from Ithe residence Of his father nsw james
Drane No. u Bridge street, Trenton, N j. The rela
tives and friends respectfully invited TO attend.
SAYILLE.-On the 22d instant, Mrs. ANN M. SA-
WILLIE vie of John X Savile in the 33d year of her
Tho relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited TO attend the funeral, from The residence of
her brother in-law, Theodore W. smith, No. 63i Whar
ton street Thursday morning, 25h instant, at 10
O'Clock TO proceed to Philadelphia Cemetery.
YARNEy.-At Medford N, j., on the 2kd inst, at the
residence of her uncle Jonathan Olphant Margaret E.
daughter of Margaret Burr and the late Jesse Varney
Her rel atves and friends respectfully invited TO
tend her funeral, from the residence OF her bIohein
law, joseph Wayne, ll2 Green street, ~ O'Clock
terry,
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Married..

both OF this city.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sON-August $50, by the
CLARA, daughter o the late Jacob Donaldson, both OF
Cltv,
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IIN1rEp srNrEs. EAsrNRN DIsrRIcr

TINTED STATES, EASTERN DISTRICT
The PRfsfSfSr tJi' OF Al ifniG;: UNITED srA1Es
PEENsYLVANIA,
HiEREAs; Ihe Dsl5Ig. c9ur, Of u lgltel '4tss o.
aud duly proecedne Libei,nied in he name o tho
United States OF America, hath Gecroea an person N
interest In the iI1oP HJrE, wboropl - as master lrf
Eolld tereoi. csSIurrd by fhc incd states steamer
"Iocona" under command o' Actin. \olgnoer Lieu
called to jadarlcn', At 30 Tine aud pla., "!
doTwrit,en, ana "a the Sle' here2itgg sNpre,sei,
and strictly cpicincd and conioandod t,si you omil
nSt, M oS' ~ taS' ,y rrrIt aui nG.ho
in tho city of PliaGcrhia. and in tlc k.lri L',,g
and cited, pcrenso'jly, all perons N ecacm no la'
o. q pissne, pss t,o31 tS iIop or tsse' sprarc md rn
ture and ne carao laden on hoard thrg1f @ o.
pesr before tho lonorebe JOHN GAh%aGASDld Ga. tl
IN the city Of philadelphia, on the twcnts9 dl, area
On lie nsXt cour day following, bet cen the usual hour,
" hearing causes, then and aert 70 snow, or aAfs
il any they Lave, why the SAID slool iorE; a.T
tacsLe, appare ana orli'lrei ~ ~ No. .fog '5 ,
lime OF the capture o. the same 70 he cnn'es o. ge
Nj Liable ana subject % condemnation, 70 adudcd
and condemned as tOQG and AWlW pr.Htt' e1N Iut-
shan sppertair. And tnat you duly n.ima.e 1r cause
inlimGted unto an person aioressld -thIalr I"
mStsd ma, II tey shall not appear ~ t'o lime ald
W 4lell hppt aItl4 nor 'LN
Tes gouAlle and laWf cause % Ia contrary, thea sid
Dtrlct Court doth intend Snd VII pr)cceo ~ "a l!ran
0n te said ptre and may p-1loulcc thar the said srop
Nope her tackle apparel, Rnd furniture, and e caro-
Ia0en on board thereof did l1iOne 10 the uue gl Tie
.aptnre OF The SAME tho enemies Of e nted states
1f America and goods q tler enomie lr otCrwise
liable and subject a. conhscttl3u aha clnde,nua'ln, 70
ar raibeT con.umscv OF he persons citsd ana ny.
me- e4sd in any,yse Notwithstanding, aud fnat you duly
ceriify 10 tno said District Court what shah DO IN
lie premises. together with these presents.
Witness Tho Honorable JOIN CADNALAbIR, Iud-e
II he said Court 81 Phlade Dna this tWent So old day
"a August, A. D. 1861 and ia the eirtynnl year OF u
Tndepeudence OF tie slG United states.
,u54-9L tt u. EON, Clerk OF District Court.
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OH n RU Nj T..

CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
No. 2lj Lodge STREET.
A large force Of building mechanics u N! branthes
always On land. ap6-wimo1
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FOR SALE AND TO LET.
, EASTERN DISTRICT

1 PIIED STATES EASIENN DIS IhlCI
THE PREsiDENT OF TuE UNITED STATES
or rENhsYLyANIA,
WHEREAS, The District Court Of the United States Ia
and duly proceeding Libel flcd IN The Of tho
general who have pretend 70 have any right title
or interest in two hundred and thrty-1ye bales and
[amer ~ s be Tnd 9pS
ad 6ro af o G d 81 t''GS &c a S0 SSSG
cited, and called 10 Judgment, nj the time and place un
derwl,ten. and to ne enec! hereafter EXPRESSED Gus
tee Tequirngl. You therefore charged And
strictly enloned and commanded, that you om' MT, but
9ewspepers printed and published Ia the city Of rha
n aS a. e 70 0I Se and sa 20
r!ly, all persons IN general who have, or pretend
" two 'is pSd any Sd aR6 Gas and an 10 Twelve
ssS sso JSN CVSSH RPsaT m oeS SS0 e % me- oS2 Ssd
Court athe District Court room, 10 the city OF PhlRde
sents lift be court cay else the noKt cour, day
following between the usuahours Of hearing causes, then
and there 90 show alege, in doc form law reason
able and lawful excuse II any they have, why the said
two hundred aud thlity-nve bses and twelve bags
al tho time Of ihe capture Of the same. 60
he enemies Of Sue United S'aiss Sac a, ana as goods
demnaton, TO he adudBed aud condemued a. good and
90 justice shall appe tain. And tlt you d' intimate,
be lntIaed. unto all persons azores d.
Intimately that irtey shall appear at the nie aud
place above mCu!loncd or appear and shall not show
reasonable and law iu to the contrary then said
Dlstrc. Court doth intend and VIII proceed 70 adiudica
tlon en- the said capture, and may pronounce
that the said Two hundred and thirty i've b les
and twelve bags OF cotton did belong, at the
time Of the capture OF the same, TO The encmes u the
United states o America and goods OF their cnenoe,
or otherwise, liable aud subject % conscatOn sud
detnnaiion bc addged aud condemned lawful Drae,
the absence rather cOumRcN the persons cited
and ntnatcd ia anywise Notwithstanding, aud t'lt you
duly certify 70 tic spid District Court what a do In
the premises, together with these presents
witness the Honorable JOIN CApWALAhlh Judge
of e said Cont Philadelphia this twonty sond day
OF August A. D. SGi and In TIE eighty nt year Of the
Independence Of tie aid United States.
Eu2i.3t q. r. lON .Clcgk uf District Court,
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z LADNER's MILITARY HALL,
xTA FOR CAPE MAY.
IHE sTAUNoH AND ColDiODtoUs sTEAniR
"MANHATTAN,"

CAPTAIN E. A. RYTH r,
OF tho Cape May Iino now making hor regular trips
CAPE MAY, leaving ARCH Street Wharf every Tuesday,
1husday and Saturday at nno o'clock returning viii
leave Cape May every Monday. wednesday, and Friday
at hA-pAst eight o'elook touching New Castle going
and returning. FAro g. 90; carriage hire included.
Children half price; carriage hire Included Servants
Si'5ci carriage hire extra. Freight at low rates. No
freight received Rft9T O'Clock, and ia all be
prepaid.
E2l-n JOSEPH A. STEWART, Agent