/2T ( ■ Cp §rm. MONDAY, J ULY 28, T 862 THE WAR. The war in the West seems to be at a stand-still— our armies are slowly marching Into East Tennes see, or sheltering themselves from the sun in the forests of upper Alabama and Tennessee. The guerilla warfare in Kentucky was quite an episode in its way, and assumed a threatening aspect; but the vigor of the home authorities, and the exer tions of the authorities in Ohio, have quelled it. The foot of the Arkansas has had the effeot of ad monishing our naval men in the Western waters, and, unless the rumor of its oapture is true, it will prove a Berious difficulty in the way of our opera tions upon Vicksburg. There was a rumor that Van Dorn might advance upon Memphis, but this is not generally oredited. A despatoh in a West ern newspaper also alludes to an apprehension that General Prioo would make a raid upon Mis souri, and repeats a statement that ho. had boon heard to boast that the next election would Hot he held in that State. This may be bravado to oovor other designß of the rebel leaders, and it may bo truth. In either event no harm can ensue, for Ilallcck’s arrangements before he left were of a nature to prevent any advance of the enemy into Missouri, and any other contemplated assault or advance will bo promptly met and repelled. The guerilla outrages reported in the neighborhood of Mound City and upper Kentucky seem to bo of a very serious nature, although we look upon the reports as they appear to-day to bo much exagge rated. Beyond the temporary annoyance to the people of these States, the destruction of property, and the consequent demoralisation of the Union feel ing, these guerilla raids donotoooasienus any alarm. The only effect we have seen has been the reanima tion of the war feeling in the Western States. The able-bodied men of all ranks and professions are volunteering, either for special service against tho guerillas or in the ranks of the Union army. The Indies in lower Indiana are coming forward and volunteering to aot in the place of salesmen and clerks, who may look upon their business relations as oauae sufficient to refrain from the war. In the meantime all is quiet on the banks of the James river, where McClellan’s army is resting itself after its Chickahominy labors. Pope is issuing proolamations and busily preparing for the fight. Interest seems to centre very generally on Pope, and from the Army of Virginia we may expect speedy tidings of great events. THE NEWS. . Secretary' Stanton’s letter to the New York Common Oounoii, respecting the furtherance of enlistmenis, is of interest to tho enure community, and especially to those who contemplate entering the service of their country. Among the proper regulations of the War Department, cited by the Secretary, is one giving to recruits for old regi ments a fee of four dollars, being double the sum given to recruits joining now regiments As the result of this, the regiments which have been de cimated by disease, or the casualties of battle, will be filled to thoir original quota, and the new sol diers minglmg with the veterans, will more readily acquire a knowledge of tho requirements of the manual than would otherwise be possible. Tiut news from.the Wett continues to be but an epitome of guerilla depredations upon warehouses, stores, and transports, and cotton burning; inoffen sive citizens despoiled, isolated fragments of our army captured, and unarmed vessels fired on from masked batteries By way of variation, we are told that the ram Arkansas has not been destroyed, (which we inferred from the telegraphio rumor of Its destruction,) and that the bombardment'of Vioksburghas been renewed by the gunboats. If any result is to come from the latter operation, wa shall most probably Dear of it during this week. At any rate, the resumption of the offensive by Farragut so soon, i 3. a gratifying evidence that his fleet was not seriously damaged in tho last en counter. ■ The telegraph tells us of a disturbance which oame off at St. Louis, on Priday, between the British residents and the loyal citizens, the former having claimed exemption flora enrolment in the militia service. Whether or not such a claim is admissible under Misßourilaws wo cannot say, but according to the laws of Pennsylvania, we believe, all who have resided within the State limits for a period of ono month are subject to militia duty, whether naturalized or not. We do not, of course, anticipate that the cause of the Union will ever have to be maintained by the compulsory service of its citizens. The meeting of Saturday last has impressed upon ns this conviction, so far, at least, as Philadelphia u oonoerned. The proclajiaiion of the President, warning .or juiPHged in the service of the rebellion provisions of whioh are already known to the pub lic, is published in another column. It is stated that the Italian Government had dis covered a plot, the object of which is the expulsion Pope from Romo. Garibaldi was aooused of loader of 'he oonspiraey, and English enj j considerable sums ofmoney; were run _„g&ll over Italy in order to procure recruits for the expedition, whioh is said to bo countenanced by the first families of Italy. It was believed by the leaders of the plot that the French garrison of Rome, which is now reduced to about seven thou sand men, would be glad to leave the oity, and would not afford any serious resistance. Mr. Priiyn, United States minister to Japan, arrived at Yokohama on tho 25th of April. He took possession of the office on the Ist of May. Some time after being installed he made a visit to the Tycoon at Yedo, and is said to have had a very gracious reception, without parade or display. The Boston Traders shut up shop every after noon now, and stiok upon their doors the placard, “May be found at the war meeting on the Common." If the debt of the United States, at the begin ning of the year 1883, should bo eight hundred millions of dollars, it will still be less than one-fifth of the national debt of England, less than one-half that of France, and about one-half that of Austria. At the theatre of St. Etienne, in France, recent ly, M. a dancer from Lyons, had his left hand blown to pieoes, on the stage, by tho bursting of a gun whioh be had to fire off in the course of his part. In the absence of the proper person to load the gun, the task was delegated to a man belonging to the fire brigade, who emptied into it the entire contents of a powder-flask holding twenty-five charges. John Bell, the ex-Union candidate for Presi dent, refused a pass which his wife had obtained from Gen. Mitoheli, to enable him to come from Alabama to Nashville. He preferred remaining on xebel soil, doubtless, fearing lest some persons who had been inveigled into voting for him might take vengeance upon his devoted head. Wn. Smith O’Brien, after an extinguishment of some time, at length turns up in the Cork (Ireland) Examiner, in a letter to Richard O’Gorman, sug gesting to him thatinasmuoh as seoession is now ah accomplished fact, whether it is not advisable, with a view to the restoration of peace, to organize in New York a “ Mediatorial Committee,” and to call a mass meeting there, in favor of advocating an amicable adjustment of terms—the independence of the C. S. A., of course, to be a sine qua non. Secessiokism has struck its roots deep in the family of President Tyler’s Postmaster General. Colonel Wiokiiffe, one of the sons, commands the 6ih Kentuoky Regiment in the Confederate army ; another sou, Ben. Wiokiiffe, ex GovernorofLouisi ana, with his two nephews, also joined the rebel standard. Another one, Colonel Charles Wiokiiffe, was killed at Shiloh, and Captain Nat. Wiokiiffe, who was aid to General A. Sidney Johnston, is still in the.service. Mrs. Charlls J. Faulkner, wife of the late United States Minister to France, is one of the moßt dangerous and vicious Secessionists within our llneß. She is hold, ambitious, and intriguing. She thrust her husband into the Frenob embassy, where he prostituted his mission as our minister abroad to procure the most efficient means of de stroying the Government he represented. She, with her family, is living quietly and safely within our lines near Martinsburg, Va., under the protection of our flag. Faulkner himself is at the South, aiding the rebellion with every means in his power. Their harvests are being gathered and their property protected. Mrs. Faulkner holds nightly levees, to which the young officers of our army are invited and pumped of all the informa tion they possess. AH she learns—and she learns all her guests know—is, of course, immediately transmuted to the rebel Government. to allow experience of public demonstra tions we have seen nothing toeqnal in enthu siasm, respectability, earnestness, and power, the meeting ot Saturday. Hastily summoned togother—without any of the preparations or artificial influences generally attending gath erings of the people—it seemed as if every man in the community, had repaired to Indepen dence Square.- The city looked like a ho liday—-the streets were crowded, places of business were closed, flags were flying-—our best and truest men were there, men of God and men of the State; soldiers and civil ians, men of wealth and man of toil. There seemed to he no distinction of party or soct. We had aU.denominattons of the Church, and all parties of the State. Money was sub scribed, and men were recruited, and in every heart there was a determination to stand by the Union and the Administration. We did not, however, see tbo men who have been active in their hostility to the Govern ment. It was no place for traitors, and they remained away. Wo look over the list of officers, and dozens of names, familiar on nearly every public occasion, and prominently familiar when treason to a party is to be applauded at the Square, and treason to the country is to be plotted at the National Hall, are absent. We see their names on do subscription list; thoy give no token of their acquiescence in the good work going on. We mention this for toe purpose of reminding our readers of the pertinacity of these local traitors, and that they may remember them at the appropriate time. We like the sentiment of the orators, and tho spirit of the meeting. The time has come for us to make % test upon those in our midstwho are not in this cause. Their in solence can only be equalled by their avarice. They neither toil nor spin, and yet they claim all the raiment. They abuse a Government which protects them, and which thousands are dying to sustain; deriving all possible benefit and doing all possible injury; stab bing the breast from which they drain tho stream of life. This must no longer bo! Mr. Lincoln has announced a change of policy, in which rigor and earnestness are to prevail. Let us imitate the example of our President, and make bis policy our rule of action. This most cheering sentiment seemed to animate the meeting at Independence Hall, and we hail it as one oi the most gratifying manifestations on this glorious occasion. The following report of a speech pro nounced by Major General Robert P atterson, at the recent banquet in honor of General Shields, at the Continental Hotel in this city, has been published in two of the Philadelphia -journals, and although some days have elapsed since its appearance, no denial or correction of its extraordinary statements has yet been made. We are, therefore, constrained to ac cept it as authentic, meanwhile expressing oar regret that such language should be used by a citizen whose family has received so many marks of public favor, and at a time, too, when good men are straining every nerve to unite our people in support of the Government, and when the rebel enemy are looking to foreign intervention to assist them in the destruction of the American Union. We copy the report of this speech from the Evening Journal ." SPEECH OF GEN. PATTERSON. You have met to-night to do honor to a distin guished countryman—-one who has done honor to : you, done honor to the country of his birth, and been of eminent service to the country of his adop tion. [Applause.] Itisnot the fault of the coun try of his adoption that he has not reoeived tho re ward his services entitled him to. That in his case we may say that Republics are ungrateful, will strike you all as true. The Republic itself is Hot ungrateful, but some of the BCrubs that the public have put in high places are devilish ungrateful. [Laughter.] -1 desire it to he understood that I make no reflec tion upon the Chief of the nation—none whatever. I believe the President of tho United States to bo an uptight, pure, and honest man, heartily desirous to discharge his whole duty to the best of his ability, and we all know that Mr. Lincoln did not overlook General Shields. [Applause.] Bat it so happened that the small politicians of the Senate could not see, merit in a brave general , and the reason you all hiotv. If the shades of Webster, Clay , Calhoun, or Benton, and the giants of old, who made the Senate, were to again visit these halls and behold the . pigmies wtio supply their chairs, how they would exclaim for the condi tion of their country'. [Applause.] “ The present body of distinguished Senators had notihe manliness to say of Gem Shields that he was incompetent. 'One said, ‘lt will not do to pro mote any more of his family.’, There were only twenty-three woolly heads in the army, with the rank of general, out of two hundred and thirty. This difference must exist ho longer. Pray, who brouoht on the war? The woolly-heads. Who frolono it by their interference with the army? The woolly.heads. . Who expects TO BE BENEFITED .BY ITS CONTINUANCE ? The WOOLLY-HEADS. [AppISUSB.] WttY, WE MIGHT ASK, DID TREY NOT MAKE MORE GENERALS OF THAT strips?. They would if they could, but trey HADN’T THEM. i “ Now, if my. friend’s father had gone to Africa, or himself born anywhere else but in Ireland, be could probably have been smuggled through the Senate ; but inasmuch as his father and mother were white, and BE WAS BORN WHERE THEY RAISE GOOD SOLDIERS, God help him. [Applause.] “My friend, not only in Mexico, but at Win chester, where he alone managed Jackson, infused into the ranks the courage and spirit of his own daring and fearless nature. The masterly defeat of Jackson was succeeded soon after by a masterly retreat under a pet general of our magnanimous Senate. “Mark what followed’. A statesman without a speech, a soldier without a battle, aod a’miliionaire without ‘nary red,’seated himself in the Moun tain Department. The Pathfinder did not find his path so pleasant, for he soon left in disgust. Nevertheless, that general is determined to have his own way. Over and above his ordinary aliow anco of staff'officers, he has fifty-four officers at tached to him, whose salaries reach the snug sum of $20,000, and is there nothing wrong in that? If he were a Democrat, or if he had succeeded in whipping the enemy, what tfhowl there would be through the land! But I will not talk longer, [cries of I Go on!’] hut will propose: “ Our Guest—Bravest of the Brave .” Justice to the Senate of the United States requires us to say, first, that the action in the . — 7.,.'/’ - of.-n minuted hr hostility te the land of his birth. It does not become us to give the reasons for this action, ’ but it is right to add, that when Gen. Patter son attempts to excite the prejudices of_ our. Irish adopted citizen and in fattt against the war itself, by alleging that Gen. Shields was rejected because .he is an Irishman, he flies in the face of a record which he, of all men, Bhould grateiully re member. The President has nominated, arid ' the Senate has confirmed, a number of citizens bora in Ireland. One of the first thus honored was the gallant Thomas Francis Meagher, who now, in healthy contrast with Gen. Pat terson, is rallying his fellow-countrymen in New York to the flag of the Union, and is re minding them of the obligations they owe to their adopted country. His speeches are in stinct with the fire of the most devoted pa triotism, and are responded to with. alacrity by hosts of Irishmen. Gen. Patterson, him self an Irishman bora, ought not to be un mindful of the manner in which he has been treated by the present Administration, as well in his own person as in the per sons of his two sons. One of these sons was appointed a paymaster by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and when he was anxious to accept a colonelcy in the Meagher Brigade, the Government, at the request of Gen. Patterson, consented that he might accept that trust, without resigning his pay mastership. The other, first commis sioned by a Republican Governor as colonel in the three months’ service, and afterwards ap pointed a brigadier general by a Republican President, was confirmed by a Republican Se nate; and here it is necessary to state that while this nomination was pending a number of the Republicans of-this city, with ihe con sent, and, doubtless, at the request of Gen. Patterson, repaired to Washington, and ex erted themselves with great energy to secure the favorable aqtion of the Senate. Among those who responded to these appeals were that decided Republican Senator, David Wil mot, and his colleague Senator, Edgar Cowan, of this State, and their support of the nomination induced other Republicans to give it their votes. General Patterson himself was confirmed as a mq]or general by this Re publican Senate, and is he not an Irishman bora, and one who has relied upon the Irish element in this quarter during the last half century? Is it not extraordinary, in view of these facts, that General Patterson Bhould have assailed the Senate of 'the United States in terms so offensive and unjust? Either as an exhibition of bad taste, or a dis regard of favors asked and received, the cen sure of General Patterson upon the Senate of the United States will long be recollected by bis fellow-citizens. He also forgot, in his allusions to the politicians of the Republican party, that in the controversy after bis mili tary campaign in the valley of Yirginia he was supported earnestly by some of the. most - influential of the Republican or Administra tion journals of this city—journals conducted by gentlemen who will read what he said at the Shields banquet with the more surprise when they recall the generous spirit which animated them at that time, and when they daily realize the urgent and overpowering im portance of a united public sentiment .at the present time. We leave that portion of the speech in which General Patterson tries to show that tho “woolly heads,” and not the traitors, brought on the war, to the j adgment of those who have read the history of the rebellion, and who need no new light to convince them who are the real authors of the present cru sade upon froo government on the American continent. Those delightful creatures, the Breckinridge men, will he glad to read the following eulogy on their chief. It is from the pen of a cele brated guerilla commander, who was recently in Kentucky, hut who, when last heard from, was contemplating a retirement into, Ten nessee: ' “But there is one man who has never despaired— that man is John C. Breokinridge, the hero, the statesman, and the patriot. With the same never despairing lovethat a mother bears to her offspring, does he regard iKentucky—with the same : anxious oafs has he, watched her. He has asked the Go vernment and the world to suspend public opinion until his State should have one more opportunity to redeem her character: and now, citizens of Ken tucky, this opportunity has presented itself, and for the sake of your former fame and glory, for your country, for your liberties—which ought to be dearer to you than life itself—come to the field !"• LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Washington, July 25,1862, The new uprising oi the people in favor of the Government will add an immense force to the various columns of the army, and every soldier that is contributed will be needed. The heaviest and most fatal blow must be dealt at the rebellion long before the .beginning of winter. To do this, wo must overrun Vir ginia at an early day; strengthen our generals in the various “repossessed” districts, and take every unoccupied important position in the seceded States. It is useless to go back to the past, to setkfor the cruses of certain consequences. Enough for the purpose that many of our warlike measures upon the rebels have failed to bring them to terms, and have fallen short of the expectations of the loyal people of the country. When the new policy, of making earnest war upon the rebels, and of exposing and punishing all who sympathize with them, is tested, the “ showing” will be as satisfactory as the most urgently patriotic could desire. I do not belong to those who insist that the violent measures of the “ Abolitionists” have inflamed and united the Southern people against the good Government of the United States. When such theorists call to mind that the “Abolitionists” constitute a very small portion of the people of the free States, and that Secession was most insolent and aggres sive after the Republicans had offered every thing in the way of compromise, conciliation, and concession, they will probably admit that it is time to give up the delusion of winning back the active spirits of Secession, and oven their deluded followers, by soft words and gen tle treatment. The armies of the. Union must conquer the rebels, and) if necessary, extermi nate them. To showhow absurd it is to think of adopting any but the most decisive measures - against these enemies of good government, let me call your attention to the following extract from a late number of the Norfolk (Va.) Union, a daily paper issued under the auspices of General Viele, since the occupation of Norfolk by the Union forces. The words here printed are the result of an experience of some months among the Southern people by men who were every way disposed to aid all demonstrations of Union fooling. General Vide, the military governor of that city, a friend of the South before the war in which he has exhibited so many admirable qualities, has tried expedient after expedient to cul tivate and encourage this feeling. It cannot, therefore, bo questioned that the verdict reached by the Norfolk Union is in good part his own: “The loyal North has charitably hugged to her bo som the consolatory hypothesis that the greatSoutb ern masses have been impelled by the coercion of leading conspirators, to participate in this rebellion; and that, on the abrogation by the military forces of the Union, of this alleged ‘Reign of,Terror,’ a spontaneous loyalty hitherto thus repressed, would be developed in a xnajority of the Southern population. • “ This dangerous postulate has too long exerted a controlling influence in the conduct of the war. ' It is full time to take heed to the lessons of experience for the last year and a half, and learn to regard this assumption-' as it is, an arrant fallacy. Gene-* rally, almost universally, the flattering expecta tions founded upon it have signally failed of frui tion. Let it be exploded, then, at once. It is simply a .delusion , and. a snare. It wauldhave been safer, and perhaps quite as consistent with truth, to adopt the theory that the lack of unani mity, the hesitation, with which, in many instances, the Southern voters acceded to Secession, and con sented ..to overt acts of treason, resulted from mere prudential considerations-—in Short, from fear of dangerous consequences. Individuals, not a few, no doubt; there are in Southern communities, in the rebel army even, who would, if they dared, be loyal to the old Union, whose honors and benefac tions have ever so lavishly fallen into the lap of the South. “ But it is unfortunately too true that among the young and unthinking, the ignorant and untra veiied, and especially among the less reasoning and more’’impulsive of the weaker sex, to say nothing of the officers and: men of'their armies, there are few who have escaped the contagion of disloyalty, : “ This fact ban scarcely be surprising, when it is considered that for years the leaders of this rebel lion have industriously labored to produce it, through the agency of the fireside, the sohool, the press, the pulpit; and the forum. “ At all events, whatever may have been the effi- i oiont cause, this ono fact is stubbornly fixed: A great majority of the people of the Cotton States, in places where;they have submitted to, and are protected by, the loyal arms, are intensely hostile to the Union, and obstinately persistent in their efforts to subvert it, per fas et per nefas. Disap pointed in their too sanguine anticipations of vioto ry, they are exasperated at: their losses and sacri fices ; reckless, sullen, vindictive; and treacherous. No lenity conciliates them, no kindness excites their gratitude. “It seems tons to behoove the President and Congress, the Departments and Generals of armies, to look existing facts in the faqp, and .to shape, their policy in conformity with things as they are. .Let us frankly avow that our armies in the rebel eept as to genuine loyalists, of whatever rank or condition, and however few or numerous. Let us no longer T pons_r--‘— wo a ™ by the enemy, with gla -fi,aTOrial ferocity and Parthian ,treachery. Let us no longer by excessive lenity, encourage avowed . rebels, residing in captured places, to make a boast of their treasonable sentiments and hostile pur poses:. " " God forbid that we should counsel a line oE policy in the remotest degree vindictive, and, least [ pf. all,, would we desire the exercise of unnecessary rigor, towards non-belligerentß, of any sßct or con dition ; but it really appears to be a necessity of the case, that communications between them and their friends in aram; against us should be totally inter dicted ; or, if allowed in exceptional cases, sub jected to the most rigid scrutiny., , “ In the meantime, let us ho longer amuse our selves with the chimera of reaction. “ Reaction, forsooth ! “In the portions of rebeldom subject to our power to control and protect, what’population is thcro to aot, or be acted npon ? “ Merely women, superannuated men, boys under sixteen years, and ohildren of [the other sax. The effective men are enlisted or impressed into the rebel army. How many in each category ? who knows ?” In a later number of the same paper I find the following: ; “We have had enough of guarding rebel property for rebel benefit, and we now hope that the enemy's country wUI be made to contribute to the mainte nance of our soldiers,in.the field. It is a fallacy to believo that any benefit can arise from a farther exhibition of clemency. ■ The South has determined to rule or ruin; her whole people are in the field to dismember the country and overthrow thVGovern mont, and nothing but the most strenuous efforts and stringent polisyoan save iis. The only argument which can now avail with the rebellious section is the application of power by the Government ; power with a firm, unyielding hand, in. justice tempered with mercy, but in no mistaken spirit of leniency. Our generals everywhere should be at once instructed to inaugurate the policy established by General Pope. The enemy, having chosen war instead of peace, should be obliged to bear all the burdens and expenses of the struggle which they have forced upon the nation, and we trust to see our commandants carrying out the manifest wish of the people of the North in this respect. We want the Butler policy iri captured cities and the Pope doctrine throughout the Southern land. ” The same remedy is demanded by Andrew Johnson’s organ, the Nashville Union, of a recent date, as follows: ' “ The day has passed for hesitation, and indeoi sion, and attempts to conciliate your foes and the foes of freedom. . These men who fight against the Union and sympathize with traitors hate freedom with a vehement hatred. They abhor it with all the bitterness of gall and all tbe venom of the asp. Listen no longer to these Imbecile counsellors who hit armed traitors one gentle blow with a muffle, and then wheel around and deal the Administra tion of your country a half-dozen blows'with a knotted bludgeon We have no faith in such pa triotism or siieh patriots. There axe Conservatives who are now at heart with the rebels, and will be with thorn soon in person, when chanoe offers: traitors who have sat tike Catiline in the Senate and professed loyalty while they were plotting to lay your Capitol in ashes; spies who sit in your' councils and report to the enemy. ‘ Fox months oast soldiers have been returning from the rebel army to Middle Tennessee, some o;; whom have taken the oath, while many others have not. W e had hoped that they had Ml Heartily re pented of their wioked enterprise, and desired to atone for their treason, but in many instances they have returned only to spy out our strength and po sitions. to confer with sympathizers at home, to or ganize companies of marauders, and to 'inflame the land with the torch of ruin. When these spies have ascertained the position and strength of our various commands; it is an easy task to make forced marches and cut off in detail a few hundred soldiers, whose officers are ambitious of quelling the rebellion by making conciliating speeches, and batching the runaway slaves of rebels. The guerillas have the game all their own way. We are betting on the gambler’s trioks and furnishing all the stakes “ Are the men of the Northwest, of the. Border; States, ready to become the serfs of the cotton lords, mere hewers of wood and drawers of water for the pro-slavery oligarchy, who will monopolize all political power ? Men of the loyal States, will you maintain the supremacy of the Republic, or will you ho the abject serfs and slaves of an odious, despotism?” , United States Senator John |S. Henderson, of Missouri, in his letter approving the Presi-' dent’s last appeal to the Border States, in favor of gradual emancipation, speaks out in this style; “ Whatever may be the status of the Border States in this respect, the war cannot be ended until the power of the Government is made manifest in the seceded: States. They appealed to the sword; give them the swdrS. They asked for war; let them see its evils on their own soil. They have ereoted a government and they force obedience. to its be hests.’: .This structure must be destroyed; this image, before which an unwilling people have beep compelled to bow, must be broken. The authority of the federal Government must be felt in th# heart of the rebellious district. To do this, let armies be marched upon them at once, and let them feel, what they have inflicted on us in the Border. Do not fear our States; wo will stand] by the Government in this work." STot one of these witnesses—all of tbam ear nest, henest, asd loyal to the heart—charges the Abolitionists or Republicans with.inflam i tog or consolidating. Southern feeling against tho Union. Is it not time, therefore, for Northern'; journalists .to abandon this sort of self-deception, and look the crisis boldly in the THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1882. face ? The hatred of the Union among the followers of the eonsp ratorsis the sentiment of hatred to free government and devotion to slavery, and the sooner we begin to discharge the duty of employing all mians to put down this sentiment, and abandon everything like half-way measures, the better for our country. Call it what y ou please—the rebels must be subjugated or the Union is gone. Better that they should be exterminated than that the Re public should die. Take note that these demands for a deter mined and severe policy against the rebels come from the South —from such unsuspect ed and Unconditional patriots as Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, and Senator Hender son, of Missouri, and from such witnesses of the stubbornness of the traitors and their fol lowers as General Viele, at Norfolk, and Ge neral Butler, at New Orleans. It is only in the free States that certain men talk of mode rate counsels, or denounce the Abolitionists. The traitors themselves laugh at all concilia tion, and only think of abolitionism as a scare orow for the weak and hesitating. In a word, actual war upon the rebels is a necessity. It will shorten the conflict, call out the Union element, by pledging permanent protection to those who take arms against the traitors, and make our soldiers realize that they are fighting ia a cause in which their ad versaries are to face all the horrors of the crime they have precipitated and persevered in. Occasional; FROM BURNSIDE’S EXPEDITION, [Special Correspondence of Tho Press.] Newport News, Va;, July 25, 1892. “AH quiet ( along the James river, to night’’ The puff of on its mission up or down, the dash of the wavos on the beach, or the scream of' a seagull seektog food—these are the only noise croatiDg instruments at present. The roar 'of can," non and the rattle of musketry have been laid aside for a brief period, and the wearied veteran soldiers of the “ Army of the Potomac” oan slumber undis turbed, with no whistle of shot or roar of she'd to • disturb the unbroken silence ! “ Let silenoe reign supreme,” while it may. From advices received, it is more than probable, that not only was the rebel army placed hors de combat, during the terrific week of battles, but that the people of Richmond are in a most miserable condition. Every house must be & hospital, and tho demand for oomforts and necessaries (they don’t need delicacies) must be a heavy one; Surgeons are also greatly needed, and tho sufferings of the wounded and sick is, of a necessity, large. As our sick and wounded are so elegantly [?j treated, and there seems to be quite a heavy surplusstook of de licacies, for hospital. purposes, we would, suggest that, if there is any danger of the unpreservable stores being ruined, for lack of use, it be turned over to tho “sanitary oommittcc” of the rebel army, now so much in need of oomforts in and about Riohmond. As the old German remarked, “ What agunthry! what a becples! ” The Department of North Carolina has given place to the olij name and style of “ Burnside’s Ex pedition.” Every feature is being remodelled, and a new organization is in progress. The orders— special, general, &a. —have all commenced for the seoond time, from No. T, and it is probable that General Burnside will have merged into his com mand the old Department of South Carolina and Georgia, over which General Hunter had control. General Burnside, for the past few days, has been on a business-visit to Washington, relative to the organization of his corps. When this is effected, affairs will move swiftly. . / . Newport News is a small village, or, rather, post, for garrison and hospital purposes. The houses are all of one story, and are constructed of pine logs, driven or planted endwise in the earth.' The inter stices are chinked with mud, and though not un pleasant to abide in during warm weather, must, nevertheless, be rather too airish for.use during the winter season./ The chief attractions of the place are the suiters’ stores, and a board shanty, where a sweat doth graces a rough pine table, over and around which a crowd is constantly grouped. Many a dollar, which some poor devil has sweated and toiled for in the swamps and sands of the Ca rolinas, has, at this crib, been, taken from, him; h«t so infatuated have some of them become, that, after losing the last of thoir little hoard, they long and wait anxiously for the next pay-day, to renew the “getting-bled” process over again. The old adage of “aToo! and his moneyXare soon.parted” holds good at this place. The shfiers, though their charges are pretty steep, cannot beat their broth era of Newbern. At that place, to be a sutler, was to be the possessor of a,fortune within a month, and the most shameless extortion was practised npon the military. Goods which, on account of being dam aged, could. scarcely be given away up North, were shipped to Newborn and disposed of at fabu lous; prices. As long as. the military remained -there, they bad to pay what the- sharpers saw fit to demand, llcw a sutiership pays there at s?re sent is not known, though it i3-donhtfnl-.-wh*ji>fiA ———«TAU{g ifl§ir expenses. / TJSRY irABJT. The weather is unmistakably warm and sultry,; during the greater part of tho day. For the last few days we have had evening showers, whioh has a tendency to purify the atmosphere, but in a few hours the heat is as . unbearable as ever. No more labor (han.the necessary routine of camp and guard duty is required of the soldiers, and they improve the opportunity by disposing themselves in shady and cool retreats, along the shores of the James [river.' A commissioned and two non-commissioned offi cers have been sent North for fifteen days, for [the purpose of recruiting men for the different regi ments of the expedition. This complement of three officers is sent from each regiment. As soon a 3 the fifteen days have transpired they arc to rotnrn, while’ others take their places.. We. thus have n.“rota tion in offioe,” and each man sent home will have a pride in endeavoring to obtain the largest quota.of troops. There is considerable excitement among the sol;[ dierSj relative to obtaining commissions to recruit for .companies under the hew war order. Several have applied, hut as yet have met with but small success, and in some cases the delay is excusable, as of some applications-that have been sent in for ■ approval, the applicants are not oapahle of govern ing themselves, much less having the responsibility of a commanding officer shifted upon their should ers. The Chief Executive should weigh welt all applications before commissioning, as a person mayj very easily go through a campaign of half a dozen battles and not Smell but a very small quantity of powder. Such cases have occurred, and a compa ny have little to expect from such officers. If they do not stand fire in the rank and file, they will set a very poor example in the line. ' -V ! RUMORS, &C., . : Continually arrive, of this and that general maroh ing down the Peninsula with thirty, forty, and seventy thousand rebels at their heels. The men pay no heed to such nonsense, and pursue the even tenor of their way, knowing that if such a force does attempt such a piece of imprudence, they will be amply sufficient to set them on a retrograde movement. As to troops getting down here from the rebel army, the idea is simply ludicrous AH quiet; health ef the troops improving, and, as the Down Easters say, “ A rightsmart thunder shower, in a fine state of progression.” More anon. j. p., jr. LETTER FROM FORT M’HENRY. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, July 25. Your regular correspondent will give you the' genera! news items connected with this city. In my rapid transit I have ascertained the names of -those prisoners now confined here in Fort Meilenryjt many of whom may bo known to your Philadelphia and New York readers, and prove of acceptable perusal. Of about five hundred who have been here at various times during the war, there are; now but sixteen, the accommodations being limited, badly ventilated, and unsuitable for summer use. Eighteen were sent on tho 10th inst. to Fort La fayette, and Fort Warren has taken many more. One hundred and fifty prisoners arc about as many as the fort oan accommodate, even in cold weather. This outpost of slavery presents the ourious anomaly of an American city guarded by forts with bristling oannon turned inwards! They lie distinctly’in the sun upon the battlements like sleeping bull-. dogs, or, seen at a nearer view, wear a jaunty, say-tiie- word air, that would blow the. city [into fragments at a sign.. H. A. Brooks, Maryland. Newton H. Fry, Berkeley county, Ya. Moses Grantham, Martlmsburg, Ya. Irting Giat, private in’ Jackson's army. Charles Bevei, privatein Istßegiment S. 0. Vole. Bills B. McClees, Maryland. Daniel A. Miller, Berkeley county, Va. Charles C. Stevenson, Baltimore, Md. s Wm. Tones, Martinaburg, Va. Joseph White, Maryland. IIST OP PItISONEKS OP STATE. George McCaffrey, Baltimore, J. B. JffeCahan, New Market, Frederick county, Md. . Henry McCaffrey, Baltimore. James Blpley, Baltimore. _ - Adam Small, Berkeley county, Virginia. Col. Join Thomas, New Market, Frederick oounty, Md. Eighteen prisoners were sent, on the 10th inst., to Port Lafayette. Lieut. Thomas, tho celebrated “French lady," was some months ago sent to Port ■Warren. o . Among the recent prisoners of this fort has been,: until the 28th June last, a lady, Miss Susan Araher Tally, of Norfolk, who attempted last year to take a coffin full of percussion oaps through our lines to Kietmosd, alleging that the dead body of her bro ther was in it. Suspicion being excited, the coffin was opened and the lady incarcerated. It was af terwards found that she had acted as a spy between the pickets of the two armies, She was closely con fined in her ’ropm during the day, with the excep tion of a walk in the. balcony before her window, and a stroll around (he ramparts, for an hour daily, BURNSIDE’S EXPEDITION. WHAT NEWPORT NEWS IS. RECRUITING, &C. SRCONU LIEUTENANCIES. LIST OF PRISONERS [OF WAR, with the officer of the day. She was about thirty years of ago, and a vory good amateur artist. She took from memory a very good crayon portrait of General Morris, commanding the fort, and pre sented it to him. Liberty having been given her, she has returned ts her home near Norfolk. Fort MoHenry was built before the war of 1812, and mounts Beventy-two guns, of several sizes and descriptions. With enclosures, it covers about fifty acres. It is now garrisoned by the 4Tth New York State Militia. Colonel Meseroll; two companies of the 19th, Lieutenant Colonel Lowe; one company of the 12th New York State Militia, Captain Ferry, and one company of the 2d United States Artillery, Lieutenant Thomas Grey, adjutant 2d Artillery and quartermaster of the post. There are also twelve hundred sick and wounded convalescent soldiers. The staff of General Morris, commanding, consists of Adjutant Grey, Lieutenant Theodore C. Kibbe, Assistant Adjutant General and Lieutenant J. D. Robbins, post adjutant. In addition to this fort, there have been erected, during the rebellion, Fort Marshall, on east sido of the oity, garrisoned by sth New York Artillery, Colonel Samuel Graham, and one company of the 19th New York, Colonel Brewn. Fort Carroll, newly building, and unoccupied but by one hundred and fifty laborers, and Fort Federal Hill, garrisoned by the fine New York 7th Regi ment, Colonel Marshall Lofforsi. The drill of this latter is beautiful to behold. They are all educated men, and are of splendid military material. Five hundred of their original regiment are now in ao -tivo service, as officers and privates, on the Penin sula. In addition to these troops, there are, scat tered through Baltimore and 'immediate vicinity, the 37th New York Volunteers, at Druid Hill Park; one company of the sth Regular Artillery, Captain Charlton; 10th Regiment New York Ca valry, Colonel Lemon; two batteries 15th Indiana Volunteer Artillery, Captain Schlen, and ono com pany Maryland Volunteer Cavalry. Added to these, there are many regiments within a few miles of Baltimore, in various directions, available at short notice, and between two and three thousand new men, recruited in the city and scattered through it, in an unorganized state. One oompany of the 7th Regiment is constantly kept at Mount Clair, two miles distant, where there are a quantity of Secessionists given to loud talking. General Burnside reviewed the New York 7th, a few days ago, and, in his usual brief way, told them that he had not much time to talk, that they made the finest parade he ever saw, and that he hoped soon to see them again in New York. Rover. THE WAR IN TENNESSEE, The Tenth Ohio Regiment Attacked by a Large Force of Guerillas. ’ THIRTY OR FORTY KILLED. THREATENED DESCENT ON THE LOUISVILLE RAILROAD. Nashville, July 27.—The Tenth Ohio Regi ment, guarding the Memphis and Charleston Bail road, between Decatur and Courtland, were at tacked yesterday by a large force of guerillas under Starns and Ward. Thirty or forty of the regiment are said to have boon killed. The road was considerably damaged, but not so much as to cut off communication . ‘ A large rebel force is reported to be nearTus- Col. Forrest is reported to bo at Carthago, with the object, it ia supposed, of making a descent on the Louisville railroad. FKOI WASHXNGTQN. Special Despatches to “The Press,” Washington, July 27, 1862, Proclamation of the President. The President has issued the following proclamation. "... By theTretident of the United States of America. - A PROCLAMATION. In pursuance of the sixth section of the act of Con gress, entitled “An act to suppress insurrection, to pun ish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the pro perty of Tebels, and for other purposes,” approved July 17,1862, and which act, and tbs joint resolution explana tory- thereof, are herewith published, I, Abraham Lin coln, greddent of the XJnited States, do hereby proclaim to, andjiwarn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth section, to cease participating in aiding, counte nancing, or abetting the existing rebellion, or any re bellion against the Government of the United States, and .to return to their proper allegiance to the Uulted 'Statea, on pain of the forfeitures and seizures as within and by* said sixth section provided. ' - In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and Caused the Beal of the United States to he affixed Done at the city of Washington, this 25th day of July, .in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh. [1..5.3 By the President, William H. Seward, Secretary of State, " Secretary Seward’s Position in the Cabinet. -/ ’ -‘i. definition of the position of Secretary Seward, evi dently is published this morning, from which, in the language of the article, it appears that he Is ftfontfcntj ashe hithertoh&s been, to remain where '—-- j -'* nlor ait(niiiii war csnvatTes, and choßenChief Magistrate of the country re- iit, even' though his advice should bs? overruled, < which heppens very rarely, and thenimeasea which his J own judgment, better informed, sometimes approves same time: he would not, if he could, prolong his * ajtay in the place-. he now holds one hour beyond the j- time when the President should think it wise to relieves him, and when he shall retire from it, it will be with the determination, ho has more than once heretofore ex- x im pressed, to be tinder ho circumstances a .place-holder in the service of his.country, oven although, as be most con fidently expects, it shall omQrge in its full i strength and greatrees from its "present troubles. Hehopes that no one of his fellow-citizens thinks so unkindly of him as to suppose that he would be content to exercise power in a fraction of it if it shou d consent to be divided. Letter from the Secretary of War on the New Enlistments. The following Jb a copy of a letter from the Secretary . »of War to the joint eommlttee of the Hew York Common Council on national affairs: \ War Department, July 26,1862, Gentlemen : Your views respectmg tho recruiting service, and the proper measur&s to encourage it, have teen attentively considered by the President, and the following regulations, established by the Department, are expected to attain the object you desire: Tint The Adjutant General will detail an officer at ! each rendezvous for mustering In recruits, who will pay 'to each recruit bia proper share of bounty, and also pay yttie recruiting fee at the time he is mustered into the ' service of the United States. Second. It being of paramount importance to fill up the old regiments speedily, a fee for recruits to the old regiments, double that in the hew regiments, will be paid,"to witt $4 for each recruit. , Third. Tho recruits will be clothed, armed, and equipped without delay, and placed in a camp of in ;Btrnctien. ' Any other practical suggestions you may be pleased to offer will always be respectfully considered by this De apartment. Tours truly," ■. *’ 35DWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. To Aldermen Parley and Mitchell, Councilman Jones, ; Bogan, Kiech, and Pinckney. Oommittee. Official Order on the Death of Ex-Presi - dent Vaa Suren. in an official order, announces the death ; of ex-President Tasßuben. . He says: • > “ The with deep regret, announces to the people of the United States the decease, at Kinder hook, New York, on tho 24th inat., of hia honored predecessor, Martin Van Bnren: •*.' ‘«This event will occasion mourning In the nation for the loss of a citizen and a publio servant whose memory will be gratefully cherished. Although it has occurred ; , at a time when his country is afflicted with- division and civil war, the grief of bia patriotic friends will measura bly be assuaged by the consciousness that, while auffer- ing with disease, and seeing his end approaching, his ; prayers were for the restoration of the authority of the Government of which he had been the headl and for ! peace and good* will among his fellow-citizens. “As a mark of respect for hia memory, it is ordered that Ihe executive mansion and the several executive departments, excepting those of the War and Navy, be • immediately place! In mourning, and all business be suspended during to-morrow. ! “It Is further ordered that the War and Navy Depart ments cause suitable military and naval honors to be paid on this occasion to the memory of the illustrious /dead. . ABBAHAM LINCOLN.” The War Department’s orders on the subject are as ' follows: ' ; -V ** On the day after the receipt of this order the troops ! : will be paraded at 10 o’clock A. M., and the order read ; to them The national flag will he displayed at half staff. At dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired, and afterwards, at intervals of thirty minutes,'between rising . . and setting sun, a single gun $ and at the close of the ' day a national salute of thirty-four guns. The officers % of the army will wearcrape on their-left arm and on ■ tbeir swords, and the colors of the several regiments will , . he put in mourning for the period of six months.” Army Orders, The resignations of Captain A. H. Brekeman, of the 4l3th, and Lieutenant Howardßekdbb, of the Ist United Vfitates Infantry, have been accepted by the President, to take effect July 22d. T ; - The following assignments have been made of medical officers: Medical Inspectors Perlet and Ooolidqb to .'duty in the Singeon General’s office, and'in the military district of Washington. Medical Inspectors Ooylbb, Kebne y, Lyon, and Allen; to report In person to the - assistant surgeon general at St. Louis, for duty in the de : partment of the Mississippi. Medical Inspector Musset and Assistant Surgeon Parry, to report in person to - General McClellan; for duty in thearmy of the Po tomac. The designation and general orders No. 125 from the headquarters of-the army of the Potomac of the forces commanded by Brigadier Generals Porter and Frank lin, m the sth and 6th Army Corps, is confirmed by the ' War Department.- The forces under Major Genera! Dix : will constitute the 7th; those under Major General Wool. the Bth, and those under Major /General Burnside, be longing to the Department of North Carolina, the oth Army Corps, respectively.; In organizing new regiments of volnnteers, the sub sistence of the recrulte prior to the completion of tire or ganization will be chargeable againstthe appropriation f* for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers.’* ; After the organization of the regiments is completed, and they have been inspected by the mustering officer of the , State, subsistence will be forwarded by the Subsistence Department. .. The Release of Prisoners.' Transportation will bo immediately provided by the - Quartermasters Department for the conveyance of .the prisoners at Fort Delaware to; Aiken, on the James river, to be'exchanged . There are about four thousand ; of them.- Preparations : are: also being made for the removal of prisoners from other localities. The Mitehell Charges. ; A most emphatic and explicit denial is published to day by a; gentleman conversant with; the facts, of the charges made by Col, Norton, of the Ohio Tolnnteers, against Major General Mitchell. . Disabled Soldiers and Seamen. ' : Among too appropriations made in a supplemental ap proptiation bill, passed dnring the very last hours of tbs 1 session, ta one or fifteen thonsand dollars, for purchasing , i artificial Hmbalfor disabled seamen and soldiers. The Enlistments for Nine months, and the Government Bounty. It ia officially published that the call by Governor Gurtiu for nine and twelve months-men was made with out previous consultation or direction of the President or War Department, and having been made, it was deemed by the President and by the Derailment better to accept euch troops as were offered under that call. Bat it is proper to be noticed that the law does not allow any bounty to the nine montbs-men, except the $25 paid at the time of being mustered into the service. The re maining $75 is only payable to those who enlist for three years, or during the war. General Hatch. The story that General Hatch is here, and has been held to answer for disobedience of orders in failing to proceed to Gordonsville and there destroy the railroad junction, is without foundation. Ho_is still with his command in the Army of Tlr ginia, has not been in Wash ington since it moved from Warrentoa, and has not been hold to answer. The New Naval Grades, Among the acts of the late session published to-day, in official form, is one of unusual interest to officers of the navy as if establishes and equalizes their future grades. The new grades are nine—viz: rear admiral, commo dores, captains, commanders, lieutenant commanders, lieutenants, masters, ensigns, and midshipmen. . Movements of General Halleck. Generals Halleck, Burnside, and Meigs have re turned f:om their visit totha James river. Appointments under the Tax Bill. The postponement of the date to the Ist of September fer putting the internal tax bill into operation, which is announced in an official order by the Treasury Depart ment, causes quite a disappointment to hosts of office seekers here for places under the law. The commissioner has thus far been the only one appointed, and he is moat busily engaged in arranging the details of the new bu • reau. It was found an utter impassibility to got it into operation by the time originally named by law.. Rebels in the District to be Looked To. At last, we are to have a move made in the right direc tion in this District. It is understood that all persons on whom there restß suspirion of disloyalty—and there are hundreds of them, no doubt—are to be required to coma under the order of Gen Pops, and take the oath of allegiance, or elso be sent South, far beyond our lines, Washington and Georgetown are full of traitors, and the administering of the rigorous policy pursued by General Hallrok at St. Louis would result in incalculable good. The Exchange of Prisoners. The official document necessary to consummate the recently* arranged agreement for a general exchange of prisoners baa been forwarded to General Dix. / . The Spirit Ration to Cease in the Navy September Ist. The Secretary of the Navy has issued the following ordor: The attention of officers and others in the naval'ser vice is called to the following section of an act of Con gress, approved July 14,1862, viz: Sko. 4. And he it further enacted t That from and after the first day of September, eighteen, hundred and sixty-two, the spirit ration in the navy of the United States shall iorever cease, and thereafter no distilled spirituous liquors shall be admitted on board veasela-of war, except as medical stores and upon the order and under the control of the medical officers of such vessels, and to be used only foT medieafpurppses. From and after the safe! first day of September next, there shall be allowed and paid to eacb person in the navy now entitled to the fpirit ration five cents per day in commutation and lieu thereof, which shall be in addition to their pre stnt pay. The provisions of this section will be rigidly onto rce on board all vessels of the United States navy from and after the Ist day of September, 1862, and all officers and otber persons in the naval service are hereby directed to make due report of all violations thereof coming to their knowledge. GIDEON WELLES, x Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, July 17, 1862. A Runaway Officer Advertised by General Pope. . Headquarters of the Army of Virginia, ) : Washington, July 26,1862. > Captain Samuel L. Harrison, of the 95th Regiment New York Volunteers, is reported by bis commanding officers as having deserted bis company on the 21st of this month, and gone to Hew York. A reward of five cents is hereby offered for hta appre hension. By order of Major General Pope. GEORGE D. RUGGLE3; Colonel, A. A. G., and Chief of Staff. Miscellaneous. Lieut. Henry A. Wise, U. S. N., has been appointed assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, created by a recent act of Congress. This gentleman has been for some time engaged in the discharge of ordnance duty in the Navy Department, with the utmost satisfaction to all interested. . Assistant Paymaster Desman has been ordered to the gunboat Seneca, and Assistant Paymaster Hart to the Pembina. George 3T. Winslow, of Massachusetts, and James Kinkier, of Now York, have been appointed acting as sistant surgeons, and ordered to report to Oapt. Wilkes. Notwithstanding the large number of Invalid soldiers in Washington, and its neighborhood, everything for their comfort has bean supplied with extraordinary expe dition. _ No complaints of inattention are heard in any quarter. In addition to his duties to these sick and wounded, Surgeon General Hammond has been visiting other localities,'and setting a laudable example of prompt business to every one connected with his. Department. ABBAHAM Xtl^OOli^, A flag-of- truce*boat containing Colonel Wright and Lieut. Col. Sff , itzer, 3 , eBterday ,weDt to AlkeiVB Landing, _2Lmile« The mail-boat; John A. Warner arrived :froin Harri son’s Banding at four o’clock this afternoon, and reports all auiet on the James river. The War of the Guerillas In Keatnckr. New Aileakv, Indiana, July 27—The Mger says the rebels have congregated in considerable force a Hawesville, Kentucky, and are boldly and defiantly in suiting the Union citizens there. The Federal ram Hornet, with troops, has gone to that place. .: At Henderson and Owensboro* affalffl are auiet On Friday both towns, wera strongly garrisoned by Federal tr cops, who arrested all persona found talking or acting in favor of the rebellion, t The military prisons at Louisville are so rail that com mitments of traitor* are being made daily to the Jeffer- Bonville (Indiana) penitentiary. Passengers from Henderson say that the guerillas ap peared in Btrong forceiopposite Mound City, and It waa feared that a third attempt would be made to burn the Federal gunboats building there. ' ; 1 Hon. Joseph Holt at Louisville. XotnSTiLLS, Julv 27.—Hon. Joseph Holt-arrived here this morning _ ; .... >" Departure of the Borussia. v-.;; * New Yorsi July 26—The steamer Boriwiti {laded to day, with $225,060 In specie. FROM THE ARMY OF THE WEST. Rebel Raid on the Tennessee Elver, Destruction of a Steamboat, Cotton Ware houses, &c. Cairo, July 25.—The steamer Evansville, from the Tennessee river, brings news of a rebel raid at Florence, Alabama, on Tuesday lash They entered the city, burned ail the warehouses used for commissary and quartermaster’s stores, and all the cotton in the vicinity. They also seized the United States steamer Colima, used for conveying army supplies, took all the money belong ing to the boats and passengers, and then burned the vessel. The property destroyed is said to have been of great value. A email detachment of. General Mitchell’s army was captured. The rebels then proceeded down the Tennessee river to Chickasaw, Waterloo, and the vicinity of Eastport, and burned all the warehouses which con tained cotton. Another band of forty rebels attacked a wagon train near Pittsburg Landing, and captured sixty wagons conveying commissary and quartermaster’s stores. Cairo, July 26.—-The steamer Wilson, : from Vicks burg, arrived here last night. When in Princeton, and 80 miles from Vicksburg Bhe was fired Into, from the Mississippi side, by several six*pounders and a score or two of muskets, and was hit about sixty times, mostly by musket bolls. One shell burst directly under her boiler, but no one was hurt. Memphis, Julf S 3.— 1 Two" hundred and forty persons took the oath of allegiance yesterday, and one hundred and twenty received permits to go South. The news from Vicksburg is unimportant. The bom bardment had been renewed by the upper fleet. The rebels reply occasionally. Tfeer&m Arkansas was still under tho protection of the rebel batteries, receiving repairs. IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO. ANOTHER REPORT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE ARKANSAS MICE PREPARING TO INVADE MISSOURI. Special Despatch to the Chicago Tribune.] Cairo, July 24.—The Clara Doison arrived this even ing from Henderson. She left a portion of the 63d regi ment there, and the balance, with an Indiana regiment, encamped some six miles out of the place, the whole nn der command of Gen. Lovel. They report a large num ber of guerillas in the neighborhood, twelve of whom havo boon captured. Among them were two who were Identified by the citizens as being with the party who entered Newburg at the time that raid was made. The leader of the party (old tho citizens he had 1,060 armed men and a heavy battery across the river, and if any resistance was made he would open upon them with shell and demolish the town. By an officer from Gen. Curtis’ army, I learn that the report that Gen. Price had crossed the Mississippi, is wholly untrue. There is no Large rebel force now west of the river, Hindman’s men having almost entirely de« sorted him. Gen. Curtis* army Is probably now on its way to Vicks burg, ...... The rams Lancaster and Lioness had arrived at Mem phis. They report but little damage sustained by Far ragut’s fleet in passing the batteries. The injuries to our fleet in the fight with the Arkansas are less than at first reported, and all but the Lancaster and Conestoga will be repaired where they ate. The canal had been finished, but no water let in for fear of diverting so much from the channel as to render it difficult to reach the batteries and cut eut the Arkansas. : There is no news of consequence from Memphis. No despatch boat has arrived for four days. Everything is quiet in Cairo to-day. Vicksburg, July 17, via Cairo, 24th.—Up to the de parture of the boat to-day not a movement has been made or indicated. The mortar boats have fired every fifteen minutes, eliciting several well-directed re sponses. Great damage has been done the town by our sbells, and to-day one of them struck the Vicksburg wharf* beat, causing her almoßt immediately to siok. Yesterday the Essex got up steam and proceeded down to the point, and threw a few shells at the batteries. The rebels opened upon her heavily, when she slowly turned and steamed back. In the engagement of Geo. Lounsburg, first master of the Hartford, was killed. He belonged to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Cairo, July 24.—The Grenada Appeal Bays the Ar r Tcansas was cut out from under the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, by the Gen. Bragg and Sumpter. Lieut. Bishop is yet in command of the Bragg. She has not been made Davis’ flag-ship Nashville, July 24.—The latest accounts from Chat tanooga report that the rebel infantry has crossed the river in force. Their number is large, and three gene rals are in command. The rebel cavalry Is heavy in East Tennessee. It is stated to be 6,600 strong. There are few provisions in Chattanooga, and the citizens are much distressed by forced contributions to supply the rebels. One bridge is rebuilt on the Murfreesborough Railroad, connecting between Murfreesborough and Bridgepor,. Tho rebel Forrest was at McMinnville yesterday. LATER FROM EUROPE. ■The Edinburgh off Cape Race. Caps Race, July 27.—The steamship Edinburgh, from Liverpool on the 17th, being the extra freight boat sent out for the accommodation of merchants previous to the operation of the new tariff act, passed off this point last evening. Sba met tho steamer Glasgow steer ing up the channel, on the morning of the 18th, and the Arabia, off Queenstown, on the 18th. In the absence of further news from America, the Eng lish papers have but little to say on ihe,war question. The London Times publishes a letter from its Seces sion correspondent at Liverpool, Mr. Spence, eulogistic of the energy and power of the Confederates, in which he points out the difficulties against which the Confede - rates contend in organizing and .maintaining their armies, and argues that.there is but one source ofauch Strength, ■---a sense' orrfghfc. "•'V The Tfrnejr again reverts in dedicatory terms to the new American tariff, and . hints at-the injury to be done “toTThgland by SfJ but it contends that that injury will be nothing towhat America will suffer herself. . ' The Times says that it is reported by a private tele gram from India that 115,060 bales of cotton have been shipped from Bombay in one week. This is believed to have been under the news of a rise of only a penny in Liverpool. It is consequently to be inferred that when the news of the recent great advance is received much larger shipments will come forward than have been ex pected. The Viceroy of Egypt gave a magnificent entertain ment, in an Oriental style of splendor, on board of his yacht, off Woolwich, Peveral members of the royal family, five of the Cabinet ministers, and many other distinguished gueste, were present;. Ohthe same evening a grand banquet was given in London by M. Boucher, the French Minister of Com merce, at which Milner Gibson presided. About a hun dred and fifty members of Parliament were present. The Chairman, in proposing the.health of Napoleon, said that at no time had the relations between the two countries been in a more satisfactory condition. July 26, 1862, M. Boucher made a very pacific speech, in which he expatiated on thd benefits of the' policy which France was thoroughly adopting He proposed as a sentiment, “the close alliance of England and France.” Mr. Cobden spoke of the pacific designs of the Em peror, and expressed the opinion that nothing short of an attempt to humiliate France canid induce him to be a party to a rupture with England. The Presse states that the approaching imperial and royal interview will take place at Baden-Baden or Cologne. A French provincial journal, which had attacked the Czar of Russia for his recognition of the Government of Italy, had received a warning for having insulted a sove reign friendly to France. /: A treaty of peace between France and Cochin-China was expected to be signed on the 31st of May, The Swiss Federal Assembly had elected EC. Ferrenod President, and M. Dfibo vice President for 1803. A desperate contest between the Turks and Montene grins is reported to have taken place in the vicinity of Benttz river. : The Turks were victorious, and ; had marched towards Cettigne. [Note,—The commercial news by this steamer has been anticipated.] Difficulty Between the British Residents of St. Louis and Loyal Citizens. Bt. Louis, July 25.—Considerable excitement existed here to-day. Theßritish Consul’s office was crowded by a large number of persons claiming the protection of the British flag, to exempt them from enrolment in the mi litia, under the recent order of the Governor. An excited crowd gathered round the. office, and many indignant citizens expressed a desire to punish the perfidy of Ame rican residents, having their families and business perma nently located here* who, in an hour of peril, seek to sneak from doing their duty of protecting their homes by claiming to be subjects of Great Britain. Several per rons who were attempting to got their protection papers were severely handled by the crowd, and several arrests were made. Several affrays and struggles occurred be tween the disturbers and policemen. A detachment of the provost marshal’s gnaid was ordered ont, and by their timely exertion the outbreak was suppressed. St. Louis, July 26.—The Democrat learns, from a re liable source, that the County Commissioners of St. Louis have agreed to appropriate SlOO,OOO for the benefit of the families of volunteers who enlist under the new call of the President, or who enter the State service from this county under Governor Gamble. This will go far to en ceurage enfislmente, and speedily fill up the new regi ments now la "progress of formation in this city. . The Women of Indiana to the Rescue—A Commendable Proposition. New Albany, Ind., July- 27.—A number of young ladjes of this place .have proposed to act as clerks and salesmen for the- young men who will enlist for the war, They wiUgive them half oftbeir salaries while absent, and surrender their positions to them on their return. War Meeting at Louisville* St. Louis, July 27.—A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at the Court-House last evening, to encourage enlistments for the war. The fotnndo of the Court-House was completely filled, and a large assemblage gathered in the street in front'of the building. .' L-’-v Speeches were made by Charles D. Drake, F. P. Blair, T. S,' Nelson, and others.’ ; Resolutions were passed declaring that the preserva tion of the Union ia to St. Louis an interest greater than all other interests, and that regardless of all other inte rests that she will give her last dollar, if necessary, to reinforce the armies; that loyalty should be intolerant to treason, and no description of disloyalty to the Govern ment of the United States should be-tolerated by the military authorities, and demanding security from home traitors and rebel spies by their removal from ourmidet. War Meeting at Wheeling, Va. Wheeling, July 26.—A large and enthusiastic war meeting was held in this city this afternoon, and ad dressed by Gov. Pierpent, Hon. Bherrard Diemens, and others. The speeches endorse the most vigorous policy of the Administration. A memorial was adopted, pray ing the County Court tomakealevyof $30,000 to aid volunteers. War Meetings in the State of New York. Con* IKS) N. T, July 26.—A large and entimaiastio war iHK'Ainn was held here last evening. Theduotafor Bteubcn county will he filled ia a week. Ithaca, N. Y., July 26.— A large and enthusiastic war meeting was held here last evening, at which many enlistments were Becured on the spot. ■ San FnANCiBCO, July 24 —The steamer Golden Age has arrived from P annum, with the Eastern mails. . ■ July 25.— The Northern steamers to-day bring $25,000 in gold, from British Columbia, and #lBO,OOO from Ore gen. ■ -at,-'; The Whaling Voyage.—The work o£ the seamen in the oapture of the whale has never ber fore been represented until the arrival here of Captain Williams and his beautiful panorama, which he explains to the audionoo in a most thrilling and entertaining manner at Assembly Buddings, corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets,: every evening. Everybody and everybody’s ehilr dren should visit this beautiful and instructive Amerioaa entertainment as presented by a genuine “ Yankee skipper,” At present, this is almost the only place of amusement open to the public. Later and Important. The War in Tennessee. FRANCE TURKEY. Enlistments in St. Louis. From California. Fourth of July Celebration on the Mono* tain Heights of Switzerland. [For the following interesting letter we are in debted to the kindness of an intelligent and patri otic American, a resident of this city, who is now making the tour of the European continent. Wo should be glad to hear from turn again.— Editor Press.] [Foreign Correspondence of The Press.}. Basle, Switzerland, July 5,1852. My travelling companions and myself, in the prosecution of our journey, arrived at this place on the Ist instant. The oommon English pronuncia tion is “Bael but in the German tongue it is po pularly known as “Basel inder Schwettz.’’ For tunately, I had a letter of introduction to A. L. Wolfe, Erq., XT. S. Consul here, who, to his many other good qualities, unites that of enthusiastic de votion to the cause of the American Union, and of corresponding hatred of the Secession infamy. The reception! received from him was most cardial. It was our purpose to leave on the 2i of July, bat Mr. Wolte remonstrated against it most eloquently and earnestly, for the reason that an American ce-. lebration of the Fourth of July was in contempla tion, and our presence was, desirable. Taking no excuse, he held on to ms with unyielding perti nacity, and right glad are we that we consented, for never before did we celebrate the anniversary of our national independence amidst surroundings so fraught with a deep and solemn interest. Tne consul had already notified Mr. Fogg, the American resident minister at Berne, of the in tended celebration, and had received his reply, engaging to tie present. .On the 2d July, seven of us accordingly met in the Summer Casano, and re- Bolved ourselves into a “ committee of arrange ments,” It was agreed that, on the morning of the “ glorious Fourth,” the parties intending to pelebrate the day should all meet at the consul's office, and repair in open carriages to Arlesheim. We arranged to go in true “ pic-nio ” style, sup plying our own fare and “refreshments,” the latter, of course, under the exclusive management of the ladies. As there are few Americans at Basle, our party numerically was not the most im posing ; but what it lacked in numbers was abundantly supplied in seal and spirit. At the time appointed, the following-named Americans appeared at the consul’s office—vis: Hon. G. G. Fogg, resident minister at Borne; A. L. Wolfe, consul at Basle, and lady; Dr. C. S. Putnam and lady, of Hew York; E. Bruiatiein, wife, and daughter, of Hew York; Mr. Staohlin and wife, the latter Of Hew York; William J. Miller and Lewis Haebnlein, of Philadelphia; William Kieffer and lady, of New York; Messrs. H. L. and G. M. Newball, of Philadelphia; Mibs De Witt, of Basle; and last; hut not least, Carlos De Beytrom, Esq., of New Orleans, a refugee from Secession tyranny. And now we all proceeded, in procession style, with badges and banners, to the" place selected. The tiadges bore the inscription, “ Washington, 1776,” and the carriages were decorated with the “stars and stripes/ 3 the pride and glory of every true Amerioan. It was my pleasure to ride with the oonsul and his lady, and from our carriage there waved a beautiful silk flag, (over four feet in length,} made expressly for the occasion by Mrs. Wolfe, a truly intelligent and patriotic lady. As we passed through the streets of Basle, we were frequently enthusiastically oheereu. A ride of about an hour and a half brought us to the foot of the mountain in Arlesheim, where we alighted. Gradually we ascended, ever and anon resting ourselves, to feast on the sublime and almost over powering natural beauties which wero spread out at our feet Fully two hours were spent in olimb ing before we reached the summit. And now on this “quietelevation,” inclose proximity to the ruins of Castle Furnaeti, beneath a large and beautiful shade-tree, with the splendid Swiss scenery, for miles, at our command, we “ pitoh ed our tents.” In a country only second to our oioii for civil and religious freedom, we planted our banners—one of them as near the highest point of the castle as possible. Imagine my feelings on seeing that glorious old flag, now insulted by mad dened rebels, waving its silken folds majestically from one of the mountain-heights of Switzerland. You cannot, I am sure, conceive how deep and swelling were my emotions. Then did I utter a fervent prayer to Almighty God, for the perpetual tioß of our blood-bought legacy of freedom; and then, from the surcharged fulness of my heart, did I echo the words of the poet: “ Forever float that standard sheet. . Where breathes the foe but falls before us 1 With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner waving o’er us S" Having all partaken of a bountiful repast, Mr. William Miller, druggist, Third and Branch streets, - by unaninuras request, read 1 the Declaration of In dependence. This was followed by an eloquent and patriotic Union speech, delivered by Hon. Mr. Fogg, in the course of which he referred, in a feel iug manner, to our existing National difficulties. He concluded with the prediction, that another anniversary of American Independence would dawn upon us as a people, more united, prosper ous, and happy, than any on the face of the globe. w When the applause, elicited by this oration, had ceased, Mr. Consul Wolfe proposed as a sentiment: “ The President of the United States which was greeted With; many tokens, of delight. This was responded 1 to in .a speech by Dr. Putnam, who, _ . in turn, offered as-, a -trast: “ Our Flaq,” after ’ which the entire assemblage united in singing the » “Star Spangled Banner.’’ Toasts were then successively offered in honor of the Army and Navy of the United States, the Minister and Con sul present, the Amerioan residents of Baslo, to. We reached Basle on our return not until eight o’clock in the evening. Nor must I omit to in clude amongthe festivities a goodly “ lot” of fire crackers, and other pyrotechnieal demonstrations, which ever and anon were “sent up,” and served as an agreeable episode in the “feast of reason and flow of soul.” . Although thousands of miles away in a foreign land, we yet felt that it was good to remember our beloved country, the great and glorious United States, and never have I felt so intense and absorb ing a solicitude in her .behalf as since I have left its genial shores. To *■ our own, our native land,’ 1 my heart turns, even from hence,: with an almost idolatrous devotion. God grant her a safe and speedy deliverance from the troubles that environ her, and which threaten the overthrow of the mild- -v est and best Government ever devised by the wiS; dom or won by the valor of man! W. J. M. tETTJBR FK.UM HEW YORK. [Correspondence of The Frees-] ' Nsw Yobk, July 2®, 1862 L ■Whoever thinks York Will not torn out new soldiers, for the war against the unholy rebellion, need only feast his eyes with such a refreshing scene as which I witnessed at the headquarters of the Irish Brigade to-day, all day, and be convinced that there Is in ©hr midst, an earnestness of purpose which to be evoked needs only the refined yet stalwart approach of a brigadier general like Thomas Francis Meagher. Al ways stem in matters of principle, the Irish people have learned to rely implicitly on the counsels of Mr. Meagher. In this case, he.has not administered any sugar-esated pill but the truth —that their blood, if need be, must moisten the toil of Virginia, in order to vindicate the Government which has hitherto given security to their homes and their firesides. It was truly refreshing to see both old. and young crowd upon the recruiting offiiers to-day, in some case) fighting (good-naturedly, of course,) for the next chance to sign the roll. In answer to the Question put to one man, af ter eignieg, by an outsider, “"What bounty are you going iohave?” lie shouted, exulticgly, “ Bounty ? Why. my bounty is freedom, and the supremacy of that emblem,I'* 1 '* (pointing to the stars and stripes.) In other portions of. 'the city recruiting is going on with considerable success At a meeting of the “ New York Tribune Association,** held yesterday, it was resolved thatall persons employed in that establishment, who desired to volunteer for the war, should have Si a week paid regularly, either on the field or to friends left behind. v Dr. Marshall, who has held a high rank in his pro fession, died in this city yesterday. Hewa3 appointed surgeon to Berdan’s Regiment of Sharpshooters, and ac companied them to Washington and Yorktown. He was captured on the Chickabomioy, and conveyed to Rich mond, wherehe distinguishedbimself by his unremitting attendance on the sick and wounded at the hospitals. Ho contracted typhoid fever from Iris, exertions, and, having been released, was brought home, where he fingered till' yesterday. The prize-schooner Flash was sold to-day for $1,900. Her cargo, consisting of salt, soap, carbon oil, and paper,, sold at excellent prices. - The number of deaths-In Brooklyn;during the past week was 174, of which 20 were soldiers in the hospitals ; 118 were children; 6G adults; males, 106; females, 68. A movement is on foot. among our merchants bees, which will be made public in a day.or two. It relates recruiting. It consists of an almost unanimous effSrt on their part, of a pecuniary character, offering an almost fabulous amount of money aa bounty for all who deter-r mine to go forth to the battle-field. The development will probably not be made till some indications of a cer tain generous kind are made at Washington, Our .mo hied men never seemed so intensely earnest as they do now. It is impossible to describe theetate of feeling which has been manifested.. BordorState influence baa ho longer any rights which New York commerce is bounil to respect;-; The men of jnevna here-“go in” for the Union, nob for the Border States, or any other section, and this sentiment is increasing hourly. It is under stood that this doctrine is to be thundered from some of our most conservative pulpits td-moifow. • The Rev. Joel Parker, 3>; D., Bailed ter Europe this mormpgi He was.yeoterday honored'b? a compliment tary breakfast af the Fifth-avenue Hotel. Among those present were the Rev; R. W. Clarke, the Hon. F. A* Ooskfisg, and Mr. S. B. Chittenden. - The receipts of the New York custom-house yesterday were—imports, 5196,058-00 5 withdrawals from ware house, $103,043.90. Total, $803,097.89. The steamships “Oity of New York,’* the “Great Eastern,” and the “Borussia,” sailed for Europe, taking with them specie amounting to $1,434,619.14. ; THE MARKETS. Fioon AND Mkai.—The , market for Western and State Flour is better, owing to the reaction in exchange and gold; the inquiry is chiefly confined to the low and medium grades, and mainly forexpori; trade brands are without change and in steady demand. The sales are 17,800 bbla at $490*5.15 for snnerfiue State and Western; $5.20 » 5.40 for extra Stats; $5.45« 555 for fancy do. ; $5.300 540 for the low grades of Weetern extra ; 85.500t.60 for shipping brands of round boop extra Ohio, and 86.6306 35 for trade brands. - : Canadian Flour ia better, and in fair demand; sales of 1,760 bbls. at $5.300 5 50 for the lowgradea ol'Extra, and $6.800 6 25 for trade brands. Southern Flour is a shade firmer, and is more active ; sales of 1.208 bbls at*5.300a6 for mixed to good super fine Baltimore, Ac;, and ®8.0507 for trade brands. Bye Flour is in fair demand, and steady; Balos of 239 bb15.at*304.25. ~ Corn mealis firm ; the supply light; salesot 580 bbls. Jersey %t $3 25: and 83 50 for Fairfax and Marahe’a Car ioric. Brandywine at $3;60. Corn is better, and isunite inaolive, owing to the reac tion in Exchange; sale of 182,000 bns at 60®62Jic for boated; ;63»65Xc for Eastern mixed, and 660570 for The Wheat market Is 1020 better; the de mand quite active: the improvement the most apparent in winter. The inquiry is chiefly for export. The salea are 12,000 bushels at Sl.lSffll.l9 for Chicago spring; 51.1801.21 for Milwaukee Club; $1220l 23 for amber Iowa; $1.24 for choice Green Bay; *1.2801 30 for red Western: $1.3101.36f0r amber Indiana and Michigan l 51.57b1.40 for white Ohio;and Indiana, and $140013S for white Michigan; . „ , ■ Fbovisions.—The market for Fork is firmer and more active at the close;’sales of 1,760 bbls at 58.7509 for prime, and $10.75011 for mess. , Beef Is quiet '; sales of 400bblBat $13.50014 for prime mess, and $14.25016 for.extra.Xard steady. Cot Meats are firmer, and in fair demand; sales of 3TO bbla ot2’{o4Xcfor ebeu'-der*. and 4X®s&ofoc toffib