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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1863
THE NEWS.
Tea FITITATION in Pennsylvania is still growing
in moment and danger. It is now thoroughly known
Unit the whole of Lieutenant General Ewell's Corps
is within the State, for we have now definite intelli
gence of the rebel forces and their commanders, the
Avhole confirmed by the presence of General Ewell
himself at Chambersburg. This rebel leader, corn-
Ulan ding the advance corps ()lithe Army of Northern
Virginia, issued in Chambersburg an order pro
hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors to his sol
diers, under penalty of confiscation. Gettysburg
has been occupied by a strong force under General
Early. The rEbele are steadily advancinkpluOder
log the - fai me .on every side of horses, cattle, and
provisions. No effort has set been made to occupy
Carlisle, to which the rebels are undoubtedly near.
Two corps are now hnownth. have crossed the Po
tomac on'the march of invasion, and the whole re
bel army of Northern Virginia, having crossed the
Potomac at four points into Maryland, is now on
the march of invasion. Following this news the.
Governor has issued a proclamation of extreme ne
cessity and earnestness, calling the people every
where to arms for the defence of the State.
Tun telegraph brings us the mournful news of the
death of an earnest patriot and heroic seaman,
.Andrew Hull Poore was born in New Haven, Sep
tember 12, 1806. He was the on of lion., Samuel
A. Foote, Governor of Connecticut, and sub:
eeqUently United States Senator. At the age of
sixteen, he became midshipman; three years
he Was passed midshipman, and in 1830 was
commissioned lieutenant. In 1833 he was flag lieu
ter ant of the Mediterranean squadron, and in 1838
circumnavigated the globe, participating mean
while in the attack on the Sumatra pirates. In
1E66, while commanding the Portsmouth, of
Armstrong's fleet, in the China waters, he,
asristed by the Levant, attacked four Chi
nese -forts, whiCh„ defended by five thousand men,
were deemed almost impregnable. -He conquered
them. Admiral Poote's subsequent career is fresh
.in the memory of the world. The sincere and fervid
piety which characterized him as a.worker and war
rior adorned the close of hia career.
BRIOADIER GENERAL 'FREDERICK S. WASTIIIVECN,
of the lowa 9.111 Infantry, died at hie home, in Water
loo, on Tuesday, the 16th. Captain W. was wound
ed at Vicksburg on the 22d of May, and, just before
he left for home, was promoted from captain to the
rank of brigadier general.
OFFICIAL domiments show that Massachusetts
has contributed toward the 'suppression of the rebel
lion 80,000 soldiers, in addition to the 10,000 recruit
ed for the navy within the limits of
the State. The
present excess of the , State over all calls will ex
ceed 7,000.
A SEPARATE department has been made of the
State of West Virginia and the counties in . Mary
land west of Cumberland, and General Kelley has
beere appointed to its command.
Tli•n bankruptcy of Mr. Pearson, the Anglo•rebel
trader, is a feature of London news. The failure
was attributed to losses by the capture of steamers
and goods by the United States navy. ills unse
cured debts are upwards of £lOB,OOO. To cover se
cured debts the securities are valued at £373,000.
Im'is now said that General Milioy is to be court•
martialled t for not having obeyed orders in evacu
ating Winchester some days previously to the attack
upon that place.
Two COLTJIII9I, comprising the Indian expedition;
began their march on the lOth. One started from
Sioux City, lowa, and consists of 3,000 cavalry, one
battery of artillery, and a proportionate amount of
infantry, under command of Brig. Gen. Sully. One
column is under command of Brig. Gen. H. H. Sib
ley, and numbers three full infantry regiments, one
battery mountain howitzers, and twelve hundred
mounted rangers. The two divisions will meet at a
given rendezvous in Dacotah. This will be by far
the most formidable expedition ever sent against
the Indians on this continent. Little Crow, the
Indian chief, intends to give battle near Devil's
Lake.
Ws have the important intelligence that General
Foster has, of his own volition, embarked most of
his corps d'armil upon transpoits, and will report for
active service to Nlajoi General John A. Dix, at
Fortress Monroe. The design of this movement -is
no doubt an advance against Richmond, or possibly
a reinforcement of the Army of the Potomac. To
subserve either purpose Hampton Roads would be
entered, and if either of those purposes be carried
out, great advantages would be the result to our
cause. North Carolina will probably soon be able
to take care of herself, especially,if Lee's army is
defeated.
IT HAS been proposed to the Government to or
ganize in Washington a brigade of black cavalry, to
be mounted on black horses. Black •men are pro
verbially fond of horsemanship. This brigade could
be raised in a month. As the rebels commenced the
war with black horse cavalry, it would be moral
and poetic justice to end it with cavalry twice as
•
black.
ADMIRAL JOHN A. DAIII.GREN, who will succeed
Admiral Dhpont, comm ending the squadron of the
South Atlantic, is a native and citizen of Permsyl-
Vents, and has been thirty years in service. He in
vented the ..celebrated Dahigren gun, and is now
chief of the Ordnance Bureau. In the Naval Register
for 1863, he ranks fifteenth on the list of captains, all
the rear-admirals, admirals, all the commodores, and
fourteen captains, being above him.
Tun Central belief Committee of Ireland met in
Dublin on the 11th instant. American donations
from the dioceses of Boston, Pittsburg, and BARl
mere
more, gratefully acknowledged. Eight hundred
dollars, subscriptions from soldiers of the United
States army, per the Archbishop of New York, were
'received amid great applause:
THE bark Hebron, which had on board 8,000 bar
rels of petroleum oil for.the European market, has
been libelled for damage done to oyster beds in New
Bedford harbor. The immense weight of the cargo
crushed the lower tiers, and the oil was pumped out
Into the harbor, destroying several beds of oysters,
valued at some $7,000. This suit will involve nice
legal questions.
SO SHAMELESS has been the course of many army
Officers temporarily in Washington, that stringent
orders are about to be issued, visiting with exempla
ry punishment all who disgrace themselves and
their profession by dissolute practices.
NEWS of the incursions of the pirates upon North
ern commerce, coincident with the invasion of
Northern soil, is today unusually extensive. More
troubles are apprehended among the New England
fishermen. In addition to the numerous burnings
of vessels already perpetrated by the pirate Taeony t
still other captures and devastation are recorded of
the Georgia, Florida, and.a number of rebel vessels
unknown. The Tacony, commanded by a Captain
Reed, is reported to have a Yankee pilot, who has
advised the pirate to land and burn a number of the
small New England towns.
Tax California Legislature, which is Democratic,
have passed a very stringent and comprehensive
act against treason. It cites that those who profess
adhesion to the common enemy (domestic orforeign),
or who maliciously abuse the freedom of speech;
shall publicly wish evil to the national cause, or that
disaster may befall the national arms; or who shall
in any manner rejoice at any reveres of the national
army, or any pirt thereof, or who shall in any man
ner, by word or act, abet, endorse, or defend, or cheer
any overt attempt to subvert the lawful authority
of the United States, in any State thereof, shall be
deemed guilty of felony, and shall be imprisoned
not leis than five years, or fined not less than two
thousand dollars. A repetition of the offence will
be punished by death, or imprisonment for at least
five yea's, or for life, or total confiscation of pro
perty.
THE INVASION.
It must be confessed that the aspect of
military affairs in the East is .less en
couraging than it has been for some months
past. We do not fear. so much for the
safety Of our army, or for the safety of any
of our great cities, as for the unguarded
points, the unprotected - towns and villages
throughout the State. The New . York
Herald says: "We have no idea that Gen.
LEE meditates an advance upon either Har
risburg or Baltimore. In the one case the
trip would not pay expenses, as the broad,
rocky Susquehanna!iver is in his way, and
ni the other case, his
,army,• in getting into
•BaltimOre, would get into'a trap from which
-LEE would never extricate it." This is the
view we have heretofore several times ex-
Pressed, and it seems to be not unreasona . -
ble ; but we shOuld not be content with
the security -of Harrisburg, ,for, in fact,
any security. which Harrisburg or, 'Phila
delphia MAY at 'present seem to enjoy, may
be but temporary, and must - be uncertain, as
long as .a rebel army is suffered to remain
within the limits of the State. ,Our intelli
gence as too-what force of rebels - has en
tered Pennsylvania is -still unsatisfactory .
and unreliabit Pritably EWELL', corps,.
which is.estimated to number about thirty
four.thousancl men, is alone in this aggres
sive movement . ; although it would not
, greatly Surprise <;as, to learn that General
Tom's 'entire force, haVing crossed the Po
tomac, is within supporting distance. Nor
have we any definite information as to, the
ultimate intentions of the invading army.
It is somewhat singular that it should move
so tardily, when time is an element of
.so
much importance. According to a-telegra
phic despatch from Carlisle, publfshed -yes
terday, the rebel advance was within five .
miles of the town at five O'clock on Thurs
day afternoon. And yet "at this writing it
is not known whether the town has been
occupied by the rebels or not."
Another despatch, that comes to us about
midnight, and pogsesses the approval of the
authorities, statealhat a portion of the rebel
`troops in Gettysburg are from the command
of General 1,, rt
oriGsTEim.' This, the writer
intimates, wouldindicate'lbat at least two
corps of the rebel, army have crossed the
Potoinac river. o,ur own advices confirm
'the statement of ie,Porter, although there
is nothing to j . 4 o.2Stify usin . ,'aupposing, that an
active campaign has commenced on: the
border.. The rebels are - advancing Very.
slowly.. t may be from fear or ignorance*
but,- in all probability, the invaders: are
quietly filling . with plunder the long line of•
wagon trains that is sal 2to follow in their.
rear. This month of abundance and beauty
will enable , the fierce reapers to glean a great
harvest, and this, perliiips, is why theys?,x
hibit so much deliberation and tardiness,:
The suppoSition that our forces wouldniake
a stand at 'Carlisle does not seem to - be justi
fied. General KNIPE is said to have evacua
ted the town. In this he no doubt acted
under the orders of Gen. Conon, and, al
though it is not a pleasant thing to see our
fellow-citizens retreating from their own.
homes, we do not think it would be prudent
to risk a battle with raw and ill-appointed
volunteers. The true policy is to gather
strength. before we wield it, and the tem
porary I)ss of a town or a dozen of towns is
not to he compared to the loss of one battle.
If the rebels'are really in the force repre
sented, and - continue to advance, we shall
probably have a contest for the defence of
Harrisburg. From this point we cannot re:
treat With honor, and we are, glad to
,say
that all the information we poSsess justifies
us in saying that it:will be . defended to the
Our Opportunity.
Accustomed so long to the stereotyped
newspaper captioni " The War in Virginia,"
we confessed ourselvei shocked and humi
liated to find it suddenly transformed into the
startling head-line, " The War in Pennsyl
vania.": Do we fully appreciate the fearful
significance pf this changey Do we- under
stand the disgrace it casts upon our noble
old - Gerrinrionwealth ? Are we fully - aware
of the extent of the danger conehed in those
four words ? Are we prepared to allow them
to become o familiarized to our eyes'wand
ears that they will no longer seem to have a
strange and fearful meaning Y If we are not,
surely we will not wait for the .ringing of
alarm bells and the booming of rebel cannon
to arouse us. Surely we, will not so long
continue to calculate upon. our vastly supe
rior strength and resources, as to Convert
cau confidence ; that should 'be an element
of etrength, into a fatal element of weak
ness. When we come to reflect upon the
subject, how remarkable it seems that " the
situation,"- ;which most of us regarded as
something indigenous to Virginia-as-some
thing that - cyanid be out of place anywhere but
among the mountain passes and rich val
leys, and the tOrttious creeks and rivers - of
the Old Domindon—issuddenly transferred
to the soil of. Pennaylvania. " The situa
tion," which the whole world is regarding
with an 'anxious interest, and which we
should regard with the liveliest and btisiest.
solicitude, is less than a hundred and thirty
miles away! One hundred and thirty miles
is a very short stride for an active "situa
tion" to take. Will it stroll along in this
direction, and attempt to destroy us with its
desolating presence, or, having fed and re
freshed itself in the rich Cumberland re
gion, Will it be suffered. to gather up the
fragments of the feast, and crawl sluggishly
back into its Virginia hiding-places ? To a
great extent, perhaps almost wholly, it rests
with ,us to answer this question. We can
be the masters of this situation if we will;
and if we are, -we shall not only save our
homes and preserve our liberties, but pro-.
bably will give the war its finishing stroke
upon the soil of Pennsylvania:
Invasion and Defence.
O 4 kinsmen in the old country—whom
we sometimes wish were
" A little lees of kin and raore of kind,"
entertain one• great dread. They are infi
nitely afraid of Invasion. We share that
fear, but, now when the tramp of the inso
lent foe is heard in our valleys and upon our
hills, and is approaching even the capital of
the State, with an ultimate threat of stalking,
through our commercial metropolis, long the
second city in the United States, we appear
content to substitute talking for acting,
while the hours which are left for defence
pass swiftly by, and the city is unprepared
to oppose and drive back the foe. If we
did our duty, assuredly Philadelphia would
have sent thirty thousand able-bodied-men,
ten days ago, to throw between Harrisburg
and Chambersburg, when the enemy first
appeared at the latter place. With equal
truth and indignation did Judge A.LLISON
say, when adjourning his Court, on Thurs
day, '" The time for delay and invitation to
duty has passed. A. community as indif
ferenf- to impending freril as is ours, re
quires the exercise of the highest and
strongest powers of the Government to com
pel an obedience that ought to be yielded
to the instinct of self-preservation and to a
manly and patriotic pride. But apathy
seems to have fallen upon us all; our public
authorities are paralyzed or indifferent; our
citizens in the mass are, to a wonderful
extent„regardless of the highest obligations
of citizenship." When he named the
13th of July as the day when he proposed
again to sit, he added, " Whether we shall
possess a city in which to reassemble atahat
time, the future will determine. If we shall
tl en be able to call the city and State our
own, it will Yemen Own we deserve."
Twice, within living nfernory, has Eng
land been threatened with invasion, and the
prompt and unanimous action'of her citi
zens- 'on each occasion shows how eager
they were to 'prevent their " sacred soil "
from the profanation of invasion. In 1801,
soon after NAPOLEON had' been elected
First Consul of the French R °public, he as
sembled vast means at Dunkirk and Bou
logne, for a descent upon England. At
thatlifne England claimed to be-mistress of
the sea, and certainly, had a great naval su
premacy, yet it was felt that the same wind
which wafted the" French flotillas out of
their harbors might chain the. English crui
sers to theirs. Experience had lately
shown, in Ireland, how- easily an active
and vigilant foe might put to sea during the
darkness of the autumnal or winter months,
and yeach its destination, and it was evi
dent that even though an invasion might be,
ultimately defeated, incalculable confusion
and distress would necessarily follow it.in
the first instance: Immense preparations
were made. A formidable naval armament,
commanded by Lord NELSON, was sent to
attack the French flotilla at Boulogne, and
was defeated. Public feeling was aroused
all over England, 'and gigantic preparations
for defence were provided by the Govern
ment, but the treaty of Amiens restored
peace, and the - dread of invasion was dissi
pated for a time.
That peace did not long continue, and,
when hostilities were resumed, in the sum
mer of 1803, NAPOLEON resumed, with aug
mented force, his preparations for invading
England—his 'project being to assemble at
I a single point a flotilla capable of, transport
ing 150,000: men, with its field and siege
equipage, ammunition, stores, and horses,
with a covering 'naval 'force sufficiently
formidable to insure its safe disembarkation,
notwithstanding any resistance which Eng
land D AM oppose. When landed, NAPO
LEox's plan would have been to march
upon London, (as badly fortified then and
now, as our own Philadelphia) ; to reach it
•
in five days ; proclaim parliamentary re
form, then a popular demand and a Govern
mentirefusal ; overthrow the oligarchy;
and establish a Republic. The Invasion
never' did take place, but it was seriously
intended, and might have been successful.
To meet the threatened evil, the, British
Government called out the militia, 80,000
strong; added 50,000 men, by drafting, to
the regular army of 130,000, and passedjt
law enabling the King to call a levy
masse to repel the invaders, and empower
ing the Lord Lieutenants of counties to
enrol all the men in the Kingdom, between
the ,ages of 1.7 and 55 to be enrolled in
,ugh 'regiments—the only men exempted
.from .the conscription being the members
of voinnteer corps, of whom 300,000 were
enrolled and, disciplined in a few weeks.
All men, from the noble to the peasant,
left their occupations and thronged to the
national standards. Even the voice of fac
tion was stilleil::the.,dyhigs stood beside
the Tories in thelTirvisf..the volunteers ;
the heart-burningts anol:l4yslons on the ori
gin of the war were forgottek; no man
spoke of Peace, with the foe threatening
'invasion ; all men acted as patriotic -citi
zens. The feeling and unanimity of 'that
occasion would be valuable to ourselves,
just now.
The navy w,as augmented. One hundred
thousand seamenwereenrolled. Seventy-five
men of war and two hundred and eighty fri
gates and smaller vessels were put in eonando
sion. A property-tax
. of five per cent. was
imposed. Additionateustoms' and, excise
imposts .Were-leviedrilding $65,000,000 to
.the annual revenue,-and aloan of *00,000,00
was raised. All this was for warlike defences.
PITT'S motion for:fortifying London Was de
feated. His argument might be quoted now
in this emergency of ours; - His memorable
words were : "If the fortification of the
capital can add to the security of the coun
try, I think irought to be done. If, by the
erection of works such as I am recommend
ing, you can delay the progress of the ene
my for three. days, it may. make the difle
reneekbetween the safety and destruction of
the capital:"
• Ever since the year 1840, when it, was
considered probable that a war with France
-might arise out of Lours. Parefrun's trick
ery-and ambition in the Spanish marriages,
the, Duke of WELLINGTON strongly declared
that the defences of England, by sea and
land, were wholly inadequate. After Lours
NAPOLEON became President, :this alarm. in
creased. It has had its fruits. There are
150,000 armed and disciplined volunteers in
Great Britain - ; the annual cost of the army
and navy has more than doubled ;, and the
expenditure upon the coast and harbor forti
fications may be estimated at $25,000,000 a
year since 1849.
This is what England has done and is
doing to avert the evil consequences of a
French' invasion, Which, all things consi
dered, is by no means probatle. But toe,
with the iron heel of the invaders upon our
soul, whatare we doing ? Harrisburg and
Philadelphia, even Chambersburg and Pitts
burg, ought to have been duly fortified and
garrisoned two- years ago. NAPOLEON'S
:Words to Count .11fo - remuoioic, -at St Helena,
arc illustrative of this : "Fifty thousand
National Guards," he said, "with. three
thousand gunners, will defend a fortified
capital against an army of three hundred
thousand men. The same fifty thousand
men in the open field, if they are not expe
, rienced soldiers, commanded by skilled
'officers, will be thrown into confusion by the
charge of a few thousand horse." • A few
works at Chambersburg, five hundred men,
an'thalf a dozenwell-served guns, would have
annihilated the two thousand of JENKINS' ca
valry that first entered it, in the recent raid.
We must fortify our principal cities, but the
chief necessity now is to obey the call of
patriotism, and hasten to Harrisburg to
drive back the foe. Delay may have the
result of bringing the enemy- into Plilladel
yhia. This great: eity,i as matters stand
,now, is best defended - by brave hearts and
strong bands a hundred miles away. To be
wavering or 'cowardly now is - but to invite
the greatest evils that can be dreaded.
Suiely, Pennsylvanians will do for their he
loved State as much as Englishmen have
done for their little island..
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, June 27, 1863.
This is the / Republic's hour of anxiety.
The war has moved and shifted over moun
tains and rivers, until now it has converged
upon the borders of a free State. It is a
matter of general information that Robert
E. Lee and his followers—to the number of
many thousands of men—have set forth on
the task of invading PennsylVania. They
are now in Northern Matylartd, and the field
of Antietam is at this time in all probability -
the bivouac of the rebel army. Their .
ad
vance guard is in Pennsylvania, and the
beautiful valley of the Cumberland is now
channeled and torn by the heel of an in
vading army. There are calm men who
might speculate upon this, and give 'us
many reasons why the rebels intend a
policy of intimidation or pillage, or the
fame of having °venn,!. free homes.
Those who profess to understand the art
of war may tell us that out of all these
movements no danger may come. 'I dO .
not care;to read events as a mathematician
or an engineer; and therefore, I must sax
that the time has come when the people of
the North must rise up from maps and
books, and look at these events as grievous
dangers. We cannot regard the men of
the South as we would regard belli
gerent powers in other parts of the world.
They "do not form a nation. They have
none of the responsibilities that are-recog
nized by a great people. They have taken
upon< themselves to uplift violent hands
against a Government that has lasred
through generations, and a Constitution
framed by their fathers and our fathers.
They have made war upon the civilization
of the age, and all because a few gifted
and ambitious men - have felt that the long
days of their power 'were coming to' an
end. Without cause without provoca
tion—against the hopes of every enlight
ened mind on the earth, they have inau
gurated this war, and pursued it with a
strange energy.
The spirit which marked the beginning
of hostilities has never ceased. It seemed
to be the necessity of combat ; for they fel
that expedition must accompany violence
Or reason would return to their follower"
and end the strife. Therefore, they hay.
made this war a war of desperation. They
have invaded peaceful States, and burned
peaceful ships, and endeavored to make
mischief between peaceful nations. Failing
to make any impression upon the vast
power of the Union, they have now - thrown
their armies once more against the North,
and have commenced the war of devasta
tion. sl; feel proud to think that the loyal
people of the Middle States have done so
much to repel this invasion, and I can see
in the new army now surrounding the city
of Harrisburg an army of men who show
another evidence of the power and re
sources of the free States. But While I
welcome this, I do not think that the North
has done its. duty. There is a degree of
apathy and sluggishness that it is painful to
look upon. The people do not, seem to
realize that an, army of desperate men—im
poverished by a blockade—hungry, worn,
and ragged—led by generals who know that
the very necessity of their existence compels
them to fight constantly, bitterly, and with
out end—an army flushed by 'successes in
the East, and dreading the effect of annihi
lating defeat' in the West—that an army of
invaders is on Northern soil. How.will it
read in' the eyes of the European world,
when, after two years of war, the situation '
finds the capital of Pennsylvania in imminent
danger r and the capital of the country in the
rear of the rebel army ? I can imagine the
,joy that will mate to the heart of every
tyrant and oppressor and enemy of free
dom in the old world. In the South, new
hope will be given to the languishing legions
of the cotton States, and new despair will
fall upon those who have been looking
_for
the banner of their country,' as watchers
through a fearful night who hope and pray
for morning:. If these considerations have
no effect, let us •look to ourselves, and to
our own homes. These men are enemies.
They are armed men. They are upon our. ,
fields and towns. They come with guns
and powder. 'Their mission is to burn, and
desolate, and destroy. They come to over
throw our Government—violate our laws—,
desecrate our flag—take our property, and
slay our brothers and sons. "We shall
make Pennylvania like Virginia, and the
Valley of the Cumberland like the Valley of
Piedmont" This is what a rebel oftiomr
told a citizen of Chambersburg a few clays
ago—and the promise will be fearfully re
deemed. Nor will it stop here. You
gentlemen who live in large cities,
away from the tumult and noise of war
who buy and sell, and marry and give
in marriage, and make merry—who hear
no more of war than the drum and fife of
the recruiting sergeant, cannot turn away
your heads from danger and thus avoid it.
For the present our hope is in the valor of
the Army of the, Potomac and the volun
teers now around Harrishurg. I believe
that they will be able -to stay this tide'and
turn it back; but if they fail—and' men as_
numerous and as brave have failed before—
Philadelphia and New York will form an
easy and magnificent booty. I may :be
creating dangers, but - .it is the part of wise
and patriotic men to be ready against every,
contingency and at every hour, for we know
not what to-morrow may bring. Awake,
then, from this unmanly - apathy, and take
arras in behalf of an invaded and imperiled
North. , OCCIWONAL.
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4 4 4 t lAY JUNE 27 9 1863 *
THE INVASION.
PROCLAMATION RY THE GOVERNOR.
An Imperative Call to Arms.
LEE'S ARMY ADVANCING FRONIARYLAND!
EWELL APPROACHING HAIIRISBUGG.
Gettysburg Cccupied and York Threatened.
OUR PEOPLE PLUNDERED A.ND
DRIVEN FROM THEIR MOMES.
The En cloy 23 Mlles frOnt- Rare [shun:.
AN APPEAL TV:PENNSYLVANIAN&
PROCLAMATION BY THE OOVERNOR
SIXTY THOUSAND THREE-MONTHS , MEN
CALLED pOR.
HARRIiI3I3II6 June 26:—The following
important proclamation of the Governorlas
'ust been issued:
PENNSYLVANIANS!
In the name and by the authority of the
Commonvealth of Pennsylvania, ANDREW
G. Guntur:, Governor of the said Corn
monwealth,
The enemy. is advancing in force into
Pennsylvania. rfe has a strong column
within twenty-three miles - of Fiarrisburg,
and other columns are moving' by Fulton
and Adams counties, 'and it can no longer
Le doubted that a formidable invasion of
our State is in actual progress.
The calls already Made• for volunteer
militia, in the e.xigency, have not been met
as fully as th e' crisis 're'quires.
I therefore now issue this my procla
mation, calling for sixty thousand men,
.to
come promptly. forward, to defend the
State. They will be mustered into the ser
vice of the State for the period of ninety
days, but will, be required to serve only
so much of the period , of muster as the
safety of our people and honor of our
State may require. They will rendezvous
at points to be — designated in the . general
order to be issued this day by the Adju
tant General of Pennsylvania, which order
Will also set forth the details of the arrange
ments for organization, clothing, subsist
ence, equipments, and supplies.
I will not insult you by inflammatoiy ap
peals. A people who want the heart to de
fend their soil, their families, and their fire
sides, are not worthy to be accounted men.
Heed, not the counsels of,evil-dispoSed per
sons, if such there be in your midst. Show
yourselves what . you ate—a free„ loyal,.
spirited, brave, vigorous race. Do not un
dergo the disgrace of leaving your defence
mainly to the citizens of other States.
In de`fending the soil of Pennsylvania we
are contributing to the support of our Na
tional Government, and vindicating our
fidelity to the national cause. Pennsyl
vania has always, heretofore, responded
promptly to all the calls made by the Fe
deral Government, and I appeal to you,
now, not' to be unmindful that the foe
that strikes at our State, strikes through
our desolatlon. at the life - of the, Republic.
Our people are, plundered and•driven from
their homes Solely becanse of their loyalty
and fidelity to . our free institutions.
People: of Pennsylvania - ,'l owe to you all
my faculties, my labors, my life. You owe
to.your country your pronipt and zealous .
services and efforts. 'The time -has now
come when We must all stalid . .or fall "fog&
ther in the defence of our State and in the
support of our Government. --Let us so dis
charge our duty that posterity shall not
Come heartily and cheerfully to the res . -
cue of our noble COmoiMiwealth. Main
tain now your honor and frqedom . ,.
Given under my hand`initthe great seal
of the State, at Harrisburg;this the 26th
day of June, in the year of•our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and
of the Common Wealth the eighty-seventh.
• A. G. CURTIN.
By the Governor,
ELI SLIFER, §ee'y of Commonwe-alth
r lie I;ateat from Harrisburg—Two Rebel
HASHISBIIIttI, June 26, 11 O'clock P. M.-The
rebel force which occupied Gettysbur; to-day was
the division of General Early, belonging to Long
street's corps. This makes two corps known to have
crossed the Potomac.
The troops of Longstreet were supposed to "have
• -sed at Shepherdstown Ford.
When Rhodes' division of Ewelhe corps arrived
at. Chambersburg, the telegraph t . ;perator was un
able to escape. He remained until Wednesday,
when he succeeded in escaping by way of London to
the Pennsylvania railroad. He arrived here to
day.
He reports that the enemy numbered 12 000, and
had five batteries of artillery. They were accompa
nied with a long train of wagons and ambulances.
All the officers had on new uniforms, which had no
doubt been sent to Hagerstown by rebel sympa
thizers in anticipation of their arrival. When he
left, General Johnson's division, belonging to the
same corps, was within six miles of the town. The
soldiers believed they were going to Harrisburg,
antrwere very anxious to know how far it was.
No Effort Yet 'to Occupy Carlisle.
The enemy has made no effort• to occupy Carlisle,
to-day, although they are, encamped within four
miles from the town. It has rained all day, and the
river is now rising
Ewell at Cliaanbersburg—His General
HARRISBURG, June 26.--General Ewell. on en
tering ehambersburg, issued the following order
The sale of intoxicating liquois to this command,
without written permission from a major general, is
strictly, prohibited.
Second—Peisons having liquors in their possession
are required to report the fact to the provost mar
shal, or nearest general Officer, stating - the amount
and kind, that a guard maybe placed over it, and the
men prevented from getting it.
Third—Any violatiorrof part 1 of these orders, or
failure to comply with part 2, willbe punished- by
the immediate confiscation of all liquors in the pos
session of the offending parties, besides rendering
their other property liable to seizure.
The citizens of the country through which the
army may pass, who are not in the military ser
vice, are adthonished to abstain from all acts of hos
tilitY, upon the penalty of being dealt with in a
summary manner. A ready acquiescence t 6 the de
mands of the military authorities will serve greatly
to lessen the rigors ofwar. ' -
By command of Lieutenant General
A. L. PENDLIITON, A. A. GEeneral.
Hundreds of horses are being driven over the
bridges of the. Susquehanna, followed by men,
women, and children, the defenceless inhabitants of
Cumberland valley.
• - GETTYSBURG OCCUPIED.
Gov. Curtin has received information that the
ebels cieciipied Gettysburg to-day with to:Crest.
merits of infantry, with cavalry and artillery. The
operator at that point, while sending a despatch to
Gen. Couch, was forced to leave before finishing it,
, .
prevent being captured..
DESIGN ON THE NORTHERN CENTRAL
RAILROAD.
It is believed that this force intends to strike the
Northern Central - Railroad, either at • HanoVer
junction or _York, 'which is distant about thirty
.
he Governor has also receivgd information that
the rebels hold , all the passes of South Mountain.
=ST. Lours, June 26.—Attorney General Bates ar
rived here to-day. He will be serenaded to-night.
About fifty prisoners, who were captured at Vicks
burg, took•the oath of allegiance to-day. Another
batch ofiebele will be' sent South in a few days,
among them' Edward William Johnston, a „brother
of the rebel general. ..-
TxrrasusoN CITY, June 25.- I The majority ; report
of ,the Committee on Emancipation has been_ under
discussion all day, but no action has been takem
The. president of the Convention, has received
despatch frijm General Schofield, stating that,after
a personal examination of Vincent lidarmaduire,ke
:had ordered that gentleman to be sent beyond the
lines for disloyalty: Mr, Harper was expelled to
'day foidisloyalty, : .
A PR,OGLA.MATION..
Corps Across the Poiomac.
The Force at Chambersburg.
Order.
HEADQLFARTBRS 2D CORI'S ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA, June 22,
CEucarßEß.smia.a, June 24.
GENERAL ORDERS
Missouri.
[Special Correspondence of The Pres i.]
HARRISBURG, June 25, 1863.
Among the various and multifarious episodes of
the history of Harrisburg for the past ten days, few
have been more interesting than the presentation,
this afternoon, of a flag to the "Henry Guard "
of Philadelphia. The "Henry Guard" is coma
posed of volunteers from the police force
of Philadelphia. On the first intimation of
danger to the capital they commenced recruit
ing, and on Wednesday morning marched into
Harrisburg one hundred strong, and three times as
many could easily have been enlisted. I do not think
a finer company of men can found in the world.
Everyone of themis a model of physical strength
and endurance. Their profession has accustomed
them to danger and inured them to hardship.
They are all hearty, stout, and 'muscular, men.
I have seen many companies and regiments,
both in the Eastern and Western armies, and
I have never seen the equal of the "Henry
Guards" in physique,. except in
_some of the
regiments that have, come from Minnesota and the
northern part of Wisconsin. There are no men in
the world that can surpass the trappers, hunters,
and lumbermen of the Northivest in endurance and
physical power; but these volunteers from the police
of Philadelphia come nearer to that standard than
any I have yet seen. They- are a splendid body of
As soon as they arrived they were put upon
duty as Provost Guards. They. were not Over
pleased at this, but like true soldiers they
obeyed orders and did their duty. They
had hoped to be ordered immediately to
the front, where they, could fight in good earnest.
:But their services were demanded here, and the citi
zens of Harrisburg have good reason to thank them,
1 1 for they have been the means of preserving perfect
order in this city. Notwithstanding the crowd of
1 soldiers and citizens, and the perfect freedom of
drinking saloons, there has been no riot or disturb.
I once worth'mentioning, and none at all that has not
been promptly quelled. The Provost Guard is eve
rywhere at all times—ix a word, übiquitous.
They have been, in truth, the guardians of
the city. When the time comes that they
can be relieved of their present duty, they will
be sent to the front, and woe to the rebels that
come across their path. They are well drilled, and
march with the precision of veterans. Their manual
of arms is according to the old-fashioned, awkward,
heavy infantry tactics, but they go through with it
very well.
Their comrades at home have sent them, as
a testimonial
,of their affectionate remembranee,
a beautiful silk `American.flag. On it is
the inscription, in gilt letters, " The . Henry
Guard of Philadelphia:" It was brought here by a
committee, consisting of Lieutenants John Pranks
and John Whitcraft, of the Philadelphia police, and
High Constable 11. G. Clark. At 5 o'clock, this af
ternoon:the company was formed in front of their
quarters on Second street, and John D. Watson,
Esq., of the North American, presented the flag to the
company with a few brief but eloquent remarks.
Ile said:
MEN OF THE HENRI" GUARDS: On behalf of your
comrades, with whom you- now serve, I have the
hOnor to present to youlhis flag, the emblem, of
that national service to c ich you are now devo
ted, in defence of the soil which is so dear to us, so
dear to the loved ones left behind you in Philadel
phia, and in defence of the soil of Pennsylvania,
now threatened by a sanguinary foe in the Dumber
land Valley; and in defence of that country, South
and North, alike to all Americans. a now must say
to you, that the honor of this flag will be - sustained
by you at all times, and that in sustaining the flag,
you sustain the honor of the State.
The flag was then received by - Sergeant Smith,
who placed - the staff in his belt, and waved the co
lor as it was saluted by the band.
Mon. George R. Smith, of Philadelphia, in re
ply, spoke as follows
Mr.. WATSON, AND GENTLEMEN OP THE COMMIT
TEE : The police force now ' L in arms, today receive
with gratitude and emotion this most beautiful flag
from the hands of their comrades in Philadelphia.
They pledge that this flag shall not be disgraced
while in their possession. They will take it out
into the field, and every man feels himself bound to
protect it. We thank you, sir, for the very hand
some manner in which you have presented so beau
tiful a gift.
The men speak for themselves. Their conduct
shows that they are not only good officers and com
petent soldiers, but that they are always to be found
on duty, and not elsewhere. We pledge you, again,
that this flag shall be rpregeeted as safely as it has
been brought here to us.
Three cheers were then given for the flag of the
Union three for the comrades at home, and three
for the Henry Guard. After this the company was
dismissed, and partook of a collation at the head
quarters of the provost general. Several guests
were present, and numerous toasts were given and
responded-to. The roster of the company is as fol
lows : Captain, John Spear ; first lieutenant, Jos.
Patton ;'second lieutenant, John)Louvire; quarter
master, Frank Hampton. . 0
The Mayor of Harrisburg has issued a proclama
tion'_ closing all liquor saloons entirely, by day as
Well as by- night. This is considered necessary, in
view of the large number of people that are con
stantly visiting the city, and the excitement that
prevails in regard to the "emergency." The Mayor
says he makes this order that citizens may be en
itirely calm in reasoning upon and viewing their
situation. A very sensible hint, but not very apro
pos ; for if I - ever saw a community quiet, even to
apathy, it is the people of,Harrisburg. The rebels are
within thirty miles of us ; but no notice seems to be
taken of the circumstance. What can be the matter
with them? They were ready enough to run away,
,and carry off their goods, as soon as= they heard of
the crossing of the Potomac by the rebels; but now
that Ihe rebel cavalry is almost at their very doors,
they are entirely unconcerned.' lt is the strangest
place I ever had the fortune to visit. I have heard
good deal about Dutch phlegm, but I did not sup
'pose it could reach such, a pifch - of stolidity as this.
The news you will get by telegraph to-night will
worm•you of tha.s.tafe of affairs here. It is threat
ening, but far from despiriao.---rmhoxamia-zeut never
take the •capital, but they will do an immense
damage..irt the valley. CASCO.
Special Despatches to q , Dhe Press."
A special despatch from Washington to the Even-,
ing Post, says there is neither alarm nor excitement
in that city. There are no rebels on the. Upper Poto-
Mac this side of Harper's Ferry. Everything was
going on satisfactorily.
Hon. anonon A. PENDLETON, chairman, and the
other members of the delegation appointed by the
Democratic Convention:of Ohio to wait upon the
President with reference to the return of YALLAN
DIGEASI; have had two interviews with the Presi
dent, and today stated to him, in writing, their
object and purpose. A response will not probably
be made before Monday. - --
Naval.
Commander Jourr CALHOUN has been ordered to
command the receiving ship at Philadelphia; vice
Lieut. GRAY, detached.
Commander Harm . A. WISE has been appointed
acting chief of the Bureau of Ordnance.
FORTICESS MONROE, June 25.—The schooner
Jamestown arrived here, yesterday afternoon, with
the officers and crew of the United States gunhoat
Sumpter, which was sunk, four miles froth. Cape
Henry light, by being run into by the steamer Gen.
ileigs, on the night of the 23(1 instant. No one was
lost by this accident. The Sumpter's smoke-stacks
are above water. -
Four rebel deserters arrived here this morning,
from Yorktown. They are from Wise's army.
All the patients that were in the hospitals at .Suf
folk bisve been removed to the 'Hand:don and Chesa
peake hospitals, the latter be'ing much healthier
A rain-storm commenced here at an early hour
this morning, and continued till five o'clock this
evening. It was much needed in this vicinity.
The Steamer Champion, from Panama.
NEW YORK, June 26.—The steamer Champion ar
rived here this morning from Aspinwall.
A Panama letter of the flth states that an attempt
has been made in Quito to upset Urbana's adminis
tration. Some of the ringleaders were arrested, and
banished, and the insurrection quelled.
All was quiet on the Isthmus.
A new constitution had been proclaimed in Pa
nama. The city of Aspinwall is being rebuilt in a
substantial fashion.
The Champion brought $187,000 in specie.
SAirAncuseo, June 25.—A large mass meeting,
to ratify the nominations of the Union State Con
vention, was held here last night. Speeches were
made by moat of the candidates for State officers.
-There is no doubt; but that the Union State ticket
will be elected by an immense majority. It is proba
ble there will be but one opposition ticket in the
Held, viz : that to be nominated on the Bth of July
by two wings of the Democratic party at the fusion
convention.
Sandwich Island advice, to June 6 have been re
ceived.
The Sugar Refinery Company had become em
barrassed, and forced to make an assignment.
The missionaries from all the islands were holding
their regular annual meeting at Honolulu.
Rev D. Anderson, representing the 9urches of
the United State's, was present.
Foster's Army Eml:?arked for Virginia—
NEWBERN, N. 0., June 23.—As soon as the intel
ligence'-reached General Politer of Lee's advance,
he, on his OWE responsibility, commenced making
arrangements for embarking all his available
force for Fortress -Monroe, to be used by General
Dix in taking Richmond, or to assist in repelling.the
rebel invasion, as General Dix might think proper,
Our waters, since the reception of this news, have
been black with moving masses of troops. . _
R. J. EWELL
Nuw. YORK, June 26—Midnight—The steamer
Matanzas, from New Orleans on the 17th, and Key
West on the 20th, has been signalled below.
A private letter dated.the 14th, states that every
thing was 'going on successfully at • Port Hudson,
and its capture was daily expected.
NEW YORK, June 26.—Gen. Butterfield, of Gen
Hooker's staff, arrived at Baltimore last evening
and was in consultation with Gen. Schenck.
Illowrremin, Vt., June 2.6.—The State Democra-
Vc Convention to-dap nominated T. P. Redfield, for
Governor ; F,. A. Chapin. for Lieutenant Governor
W.Ormsby, for. State Treasurer. Four delegates
to the National Democratic Convention were also
NEWPORT, Me., June 26.—0 n the Centreville
course to-day, in a sweepstake, two mile heats, Lodi
received the forfeits from Fleetwing and Southerner.
the former galloping around the course, and making
the second mile in 1:41%. In the second race Ma
none -
ons; beat Bell Davis in three mile heats. Time,
1:49)( ; 1:48%; 1:60.
. -
The 22d Connecticut Regiment.
Youx. June 26.—A telegram from York
town says that the 22d CommetiOut Regiment, nine•
months , men, will leave, .via Baltimore, to-day for
New York. Colonel Almy will forward them to
Bartfordby steamer. .
Marine Intelligence
BOSTON, June 26.--The steamer Canada arrived
here at"N o'clock this morning. Her &dykes have
been telegraphed.
HALIFAX; June 26.—The steamship Africa, bound
for Liverpool, arrived here at. 33t o'clock this morn
and aailed again at 4 o'clock.
Nraw YORK, June 26.—Arrived, bark Inane, tuna
Rio Janeiro.
II IBRISBUIIG.
WA.SkIIN - 4G-7COINE-
WASHINGTON, June 26, 1863
Washington Quiet.
The Vallandigham Petition.
FORTRESS MONROE.
California.
General Dia to be Reintbreeo.
Later from New Orleans.
Gen. Butterfield at Baltimore.
Vermont Polities.
The Races.
SECOND EDITION.
FOUR O'CLOCK A. 141.
Led's Whole Army Advancing on
Pennsylvania.
JOHNSTON PREPARING TO ATTACK GRANT.
A BATTLE AT TALLAHATCHIE
Another Raid at Tallahatchie.
A BATTLE EXPECTED AT VICKSBURG.
Death of Bear Admiral Foote.
NEW Yonic, June 26.—A_ special despatch
to the New York Times, from Frederick,
Md., states that the rebels have all left
Boonsboro. .
Anderson's division of Longstreet's Corps
left Boonsboro on Thursday morning, going
towards Chambersburg, with from 7,000 to
10,000 troops and a long wagon train.
The whole .of; Longstreet's Corps has
crossed the Potomac, and is advancing in
different directions into Pennsylvania.
There are but few rebels at Hagerstown,
all having gone to, Pennsylvania.
General Lee and his staff are on this
side of the Potomac.'
VICKSBURG,
Johnston. Moving towards Clinton—The
Negro Troops again Repittse the Rebels—
A Brilliant Cavalry Raid—Severe Engage-
ment at Tallahatchie.
Eiktvxo, June 28, via Cairo, June 25.--official
intelligence from Grant's army to the 20th inst. has
been received.
Johnston is said - to have withdrawn his troops
from across the Big Black, moving towards Clinton.
About one thousand Texans attacked Lake Pro
vidence on the 10th and were repulsed with loss by
the negro troops, who fought bravely.
Colonel Phillips, with eight hundred cavalry, was
attacked by a force of two hundred rebel infantry
and one thousand cavalry, under Rockerford, on
the Tallahatchie. The fight was seVere. Colonel
Phillips lost seven killed and ninety wounded. He
cut his way, out and'arrived here yesterday.
The rebels are in force at Booneville.
Generals Roddy, Riiggles, Chalmers, and Billies,
threaten our lines,. and troops are reported to be
moving north from Okalona.
Stirring news may be expected from this section.
Wlnarems, June 24.—Colonel Menet has just re
turned from an extensive cavalry expedition south
from Lagrange. He reports having broken up the
command under dolonel G-eoige, at Panola. He de
stroyed the railroad bridge at Jackaway, the trestle
work just beyond, and a portion of the road. He
then crossed the Tallahatchie and pursued Chalmers
beyond the Coldwater, on the Helena road, at the
mouth of the Coldwater, when Misner killed fifteen
or twenty rebels, and took forty prisoners. He
paroled all the sick at Panola, and brought away or
destroyed all the arms, supplies, workshops,
tanneries, depots, Bin. 1
- He passed within three miles of Austin and Com
merce, destroying an immense amount of forage
and subsistence, taking from 600 to 800 horses and
mules, and 500 head of cattle. He also sent detach
ments - north and east from Helena, to destroy or
bring away all the subsistence, forage, horsel, and
mules, and crossed three rivers.
Chalmers had with him the commands of Stokes,
Stemmer's, and Blythesman, 900 strong, with three
pieces of artillery. The remainder of his force, 900
troops, fled South via Charleston.
Phillips destroyed all the ferries at Panola and
Coldwater, losing,one man killed and five wounded.
His fight at Tallahatchie was very severe. The
enemy's loss was one hundred.
A large number of Companies raised in Northern
Mississippi have joined Faulkner, Chalmers, Rug
glee, and Roddy's commands, and a movement on
our lines was contemplated, which was broken up
by this raid. Gen. Corpleson made a speech at Ox
ford, Miss., threatening to force into the service
every man in the county if compadies were not or•
ganized to reinforce Johnston.
There has been no news from Grant's army since
yesterday.' Heavy rains have fallen here and at
Corinth.
Further Depredatiuns,of the Pirates.
N.hw Yon k, June 26.—The . fishing ;schooner
Florence, of Gloucester, Mass., has arrived here
with Captain .Robinson • and the crew , of the ship
Byzantium, and Captain Bunton - end the crew of
bark GoOdifieed: The; FlOrence was captured by the
pirate Tenons!: and Ireleaml, on .condition of her
taking these captains and their-crews to this port.
Capt. Gardner, of the. Florence, reports that she
boarded on the day previous to her capture by
three Federal gunboats. •
Ospt. Robinson, of the ship Byzantium, states
that he sailed from London, for. New York, on May
15th. On Sune 20th,
.in let. 41° 30', lon. 65 0 30', he
wee boarded by the gunboat Blackstone. On the
2lst, when 30 miles S. E. from the Nantucket light.
boat, about 4 o'clock in the morning, the weather
being hazya . nd calm, he saw a bark close along
side, with the American flag living. The bark fired
a blank cartridge and then a shell. The Byzantium
was then boarded by the pirates, and the crew given
fifteen minutes to go on board the pirate craft. The
vessel was burned.
Captain. Dunton, of the bark Goodspeed, reports
that he sailed from Londonderry for New York on.
May 20th. On the 21st, about 10 o , clOck in the
morning, he was overhauled by the pirate Tacony,
and his vessel captured and burned. The captain
and crew were taken aboard the pirate.
On the 22d the pirate captured the fishing schooners
Marengo, Elizabeth Ann, Rufus Choate, and Rip
ple, and burned them. Seventy-six paroled prison
ers from the destroyed vessels were put aboard the
schooner Florence.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL FOOTE.
NEW Yolut, .Tune 26.—Admiral Foote died to
night, at eighteen minutes, pact 10 o'clock, at the
Astor House.
NEAP-YORK CITY.
Special Correspondence of Tao Press. j •t
NEw Yon's, June 26, 1863:
Before any very great lapse of time the enrolment
of able-bodied men in this city will have been com
pleted, and, in all probability, long before our dig
nified citizens are fully awake to the realities of
their position, they will be called upon-to honor a
draft, supra protest it may be, but none the less to
satisfy it.
Bow the first steps towards enforcing the osn
scription bodily may result is a matter resting only
in speculation. That there will be armed resistance
in some localities of the city, no one will doubt. The
men who haunt the lam and by-ways; the flinty
faced youths who throng our corners—this solid cir
cle of the vicious and depraved, which now and then,
by some sudden and passionate propulsion, sends
oft its human 'tangents who maim and murder,
and then swing on the gallows—this hideous score
ion of debasement on debasement will certainly
produce a host of resistants to the only law which
has ever conferred any value upon lives so misers-'
ble. No rational - doubt can be entertained that
these men will struggle against the conscription,
and struggle fiercely; nor is there a rational doubt
that in case the local authorities are unable to crush
them the loyal'masses will rise in defence off law
and order, and smite them with a terrible vengeance.
I do not speak rashly or unadvisedly in this matter.
I have it from men sincere in their loyalty and fixed
in determination, that so surely as this globe re
volves, so surely, with the first symptom of flacon
trolable revolt among these graduates of tavern and
bagnio, there will be bayonets in our streets. One
word from the authorities will bring there out, and
the social Thug at every turn will find the fingers of
the citizen at his throat.
Year after year the respectable public has been
taxed for the expenses incident to the hanging of
representative men`of this desperate brotherhood.
Saul and Howlett, the river pirates; the boy Ro(d=
ere, and Lewis, the Princeton murderer—these
were graduates of the fraternity; and there are hun
dreds in our midst who, as worthy prototypes of
them, will not hesitate to draw their steel upon the
first ponce which attempts to enforce the law in
their localities. If they fail to do this, they will be
untrue to the teachings of those hideous scores,
whose bones, if the dissectors' knives have spared
them, lie in the burial place of murderers; and dou
bly untrue to the teachings of that par nobile fratram,
wbo, the one a graduate of a low bar-room, the
other a chief of Southern lotteries, now hail them
as political brothers, and carefully instil into their
deforreed,unhuman minds the doctrines and precepts
of license and disloyalty.
Can acquiescence be expected from a Social ele
ment like this, which for months and months has
daily been inoculated with a political virus I
If you desire to meet face to face the men who
swear openy to resist the conscription to the bitter
ea t move down this, dark and narrow lane which
leads from the pity's greatest thoroughfare. Here )
upon this still, sultrynight, you shall behold the
food on which the twin vamplres have fed ; here, the
Icarian wings on which they have flown up into the
face of the, political sun.
A short, rapid walk, and you stand in the centre
of an irregularitriangle,
THE FIVE POINTS OF NEW YORK
- . - - - - -
All around; you are black, staggering buildings,
warped and sunken, with`shattered windows, which
seem to endow every damp and decaying wall with
a physiognomy that stares and leera at-you; a way
hideouely human. There are grass grown roofs,
shredded at the eaves, and tall, black pikes of chim
neys, stooping in the backlfrom weakness and long
habit. 'Here and there they are propped with
planks, which some blear-eyed old man has, in his
drunken dreams of economy, orapt up to 'fasten.
Into:those Shattered sashes, with here and there .51.
begrimed and coirwetred pane, and here and there ta
Stuffing of rags, the blessed sunshine seldom gains
admission. At them the hollow•eyed children only
come to catch the horrible air which ascends, reek
ing With a thothrand vapors from the stagnant poses
upon the sidewahr.s.
Such are the purlieus of the city. Here ten and
woinea' spin hi the frantic gallop of three-penny
hops: In the cellars, the courts, and the alleys, des
peradoes, ripening for the gallows or the cells, hold
their high carnival. IVlldnight is, with themipm
hour for the freedom of the senses. The lights from
their saturnalia flare up against the sky from black
and hideous spots and craters.of sin where the mad
excesses of old Sodom are eclipsed. The air reeks
with their ribald songs, and vibrates to the dreadful
tramp of the, rithing dancers.
Here reigns the Free Democracy! You see them
lolling on all sides of you, with their sallow, painful
faces ; their burnt-out, cindery eyes.
This is :the elysiurn of Free Speech, this, the
haunt of that hideous constituency which will ap
plaud to the echo the eloquence of its twin apostles.
When the two noble brothers arise in the halls of
legislation and demand peace in tones of thunder,
remember their constituency in the old tumble-down
Points. These men will resist the conscription
unless a firm stand is taken.at the outset, despite
the threats of demagogues and Peace Caucuses at
Cooper Institute. One symptom of Federal weak
ness, one moment of vacillation, and every tavern
and bagnio will vomit out a horde of desperate
men, bent upon throttling the law upon the
threshold. .
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
THE MONEY MARKET.
rfiILthELPSLA, June 26, 1863
The extremely-unpleasant weather had the effect of
dampening business very considerably. Gold was with
out much "change or activity; opening at 14434@1-15. and
continuing steady all day, closing without excitement.
Government securities are generally steady, and money
continues very easy. Old certificatesfell off i"0 cent
The Bales of the ftve-t wenty loan yesterday amounted
to one million and a half of dollars. Bat two days re
main on which to subscribe for this loan; there is not
much room for waiting.
The stock market was more active and feverish to-day
with considerable irregularity in prices 109 was bid
for 1881 sixes. 1063:1 for the seven -thirties of April and
October. Efate fives sold at 1023( ; the coupons at mi.
Reading convertibles at 109; 110 bid for 1880 s. Pennsyl
vania Railroad second mortgages were in demand at
108N.' North Pennsylvania sixes were firm at 9:5; 115
was bid for the tens. Camden and Amboy mortgages
sold at 108. 111 was bid for Elmira sevens. City sixes
were in demand at 108 X for the new; 1(1.334' for the old.
Echnylki]l Navigation improvements sold at 89; 18725 at
par. Lehigh Navigation sixes sold at 108.
Reading shares were without change; North Pennsyl
vania rose ;4'; Catawissa - preferred fell Beaver
Meadow was steady at 74; Little Schuylkill at 4S; Mine
hill at 64; Camden and Amboy at 169; Pennsylvania at
Eli : Long Island at 38; 36 was bid for Elmira. Passenger
railways were more active Spruce and Pine sold at
gx; Arch-street at 26; Ridge Avenue at 2214; 4234 was
bid for Tenth and Eleventh; 28 for Girard College; 13N
for Seventeenth and Nineteenth; 33 for Thirteenth and
Fifteenth; 54 for Chestnut and Walnut; 68 for, West
Philadelphia: 113 i for Race and Vine; 76 for Second and
Canal stocks are without change. Schuylkill Naviga-
tion sold at 12%; the preferred at 24%. 57 was bid for
Lehigh; 71,1 i fc x Morris. Farmers' and. Mechanics' Bank
sold - at MN ; Girard at 42;1; North America, at 155, North
.ern Bank of Kentucky at 103%. :Big sfountain Coal sold
at 4%; Balleton at eo. The market was steady at the
close, $20,000 in bonds and 1,800 shares changing hands.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds.
United States Certificates of Ladebtedness.—.lCONWoug
United States 7 3-10 Notes...—. .... .... , ..... .105304108%
Quartermasters' Vouchers 1 02 d.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness..... -
... 11,Yad.
Gold 445 i 40)1.
Demand Notes 44%'. 4.54.
New Certificates of Indebtedness. 08 ®98 3 4
Jay Cooke & CO", quote Government securities. &c., as
follows:
Unites States Sires. 1881
United States 7 3-10 Notes
Certificates of Indebtedness..
Quartermasters' Vouchers
Demand Notes
Gold
Fales five-twentie,s yesterday, $1.270.000.
The following is the amount of coal shipped over the
Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad for the
week ending Wednesday, SllllO 21.1853, and since Janu
ary ], 1863:
Week. Previously. Total.
Tons. Tons. Tons.
.1.970 113.1&9. 150.14
. 9.787 126,198 13.5.85.
Increase
Decrease .• •• • 817
The inspections of Roar and meal in - Philadelphia dn•
ring the week ending June 25, 1863, were as follows:
Barrels of Superfine 8,805
Do. Fine
Do. Rye 10
Do. Corn Meal 808
Do. Condemned
The statements of the banks of the three principal
cities of the Union . for the last week compare with the
previous one and the corresponding time of 1862 as fol
lows: _ .
Loans. Deposits.l Specie. IClrcnl'n.
N. Y., June 20.1177,083,295 157,123,961 38,314.296 6,120,252
Boston, " 22.*73,800,871 31,365,795, 7,697,017 7,311,416
Phila., " 22. 37,219,216 31,29.430' 4,350,744 2,396,115
Total 287,653,332 219,772,926 50,3c7,967 16,060,313
Last week 291,384,9071222,672,7401 49,971,75316.010.764 -
Last year 242,420,649 176,802,474; 44,588,525,19,333,033
The New York _Evening Post of to. day save :
Gold to-day has not been . materially...affected by to
day's news, but rests steady at about the quotation of
last evening. The Stock market has been irregular, in
consequence of the vague fears awakened by the critical
aspects of out military situation. The loan market is
easy at (@7 per cent.,the demand being active and the
supply not inadequat,. .
The Stock market opened strong and closed dull. Go
vernment securities are steady, and Border State bonds
better. Bank shares are quiet and railroad bonds heavy.
Railroad shares are strong, the chief excitement being
confined to Harlem. which_ opened early this morning
at 76,, and closes at 86 bid.
The following table shows the principal movements of
the market compared with the latest quotations of yes
terday evening:
Fri. Th.
11. 8. 66, 1881, rei ~....-..104 104
11. 5.6% 1.281, c0n........109% 109%
11. 8. seven-thirties.... 105% . 106
IT. S. llyear Certif g01d..101 10114
IT. S. 1 yr. Cert. curr'ney 98% 9854 ,;(1. .
American gold. - 145 14454 34
Tenneesee 68 61 6134
Missouri 6e ' 68 67%34
Pacific Ma 11... : 179 179% ..
N.Y. Central.:—..... • ..1.2,0X 121)%
Erie - .. .. ......--.. 95% 95.34 Y.
Erie preferred....:...—.lo3X 10334 .% ' -. •
Hudson Illver•-.... - .......1.97 13354 2% - I
Harlem. .. . ...... ..
.. .....; 85% 7254 - 2%
Harlem preferred......... 91 90 ' 1 •
Heading .103 103 - -
Mich. Central llOll rt - mi....._-
Mich. Southern ............ 723 , . 71% - 7.:‘ - -74...4 , -.1
Inch. So. guar 1154 113
Illinois Central 102 11223/ . •
Pittsburg - 83 833
Galena 62% 93 '
Toledo - 1.1055 US • . 154
Rock Island. 9634 9511_ •• 4% .
Canton 26% 26
Fort Wayne e 654: 66
# X
..
Prairie du Chien
Chicago & Nth Western 303 303 fr • • :7 7 ." -
Chicago and Alton 68 6254 ..- 134'
Phflada. Stock. Each
[Reported:by EL E. Siaymes.E
F LEST
49 Leh Riv $5 pd sswn 17
1900 Lehigh 6.5 C & P .108
200 City 65 new ...... ..148.54
400 do 105 4-
600 do new. ..... • • .106.4
50 Bidge-avenne R.
. 2234
100 Spruce & Pine EL... 163 i
3.00 Penne Coup 55 105
50 Reading R. . 5136
516 Bk of Kenlacky.lo33!
1000 U e 651331 109
2 Hazleton Coal 60 1
114 Sch Nav pref
BETWE6
20 Spruce &Pine SPars,
SECOND
13 htinehill 6l I
250 Soh Nay prei24%l
1000 ) chyl av 6s - 72. • .120
2fo Reading blO 61%
2t 0 do 61%
25 CataMilßSA Rpref 2234
20 Spruce & Pine R . 16%
AFTER
8 Beaver Meadow
CLOOII4O PR
Bid. Asked.
II S 68'81 109 109%
IT 7-30 Notes— —106% 146%
American Gold. 144% 145%
Phila 6s int off. —lO6 1053%
3)o new int 013.108 108 E
Alla co 6c R...... 83
Penns as 102% 103
Reading 61% 1
Do 68'80'43.110 112
Do I;ds . '701.10634 106h1
•Do bas'BBcmiv.lo9 110
PennaE div off. 61% 62
Do let m 68.114 114%
Do 2d m 63..108% MA_
Little Scimyl P... 47% 47%
Morris CI consol 7111 72%
Do pr.& 137
Do sa '76.... ..
•
Do 2d mtg• • 104 I
Sum/ Canal 11 12
Do 6s • • '
&amyl 1234 1234
Do prfd 24X 21%
Do 66 '82.... 843fi 64531
Elmira R 36 37
- Do prfd -6134 6336
Do 7s 13.• ..11.1 112
Do lOs .. .
I. Island P. ez4v 36 31/
Do - bds 100 ..
Phila . Ger & Nor .. • '
Lehigh Valds B• ..• • •
Do b . • .g
Weekly Review of the Philatt 9 a. Markets.
All departments of business have been almost at a
stand still by the exciting and warlike news from Har
risburg, and the markets have been very quiet during
the week. Bark is dull. Flour is dull and rather lower.
Wheat is rather better. Corn is wanted - at fall prices
Oats are dull. Coal is in demand, and pricis are batter.
Candles are without change. Coffee continues very doll.
There is more doing in Cotton, and prices have advanced
405 c tb. Smear and Molasses are steady at full prices.
Fish are firmly held. In Green Fruit there is more
doing. Iron continues very dull. -- Lead has declined.
In Lumber there is a fair business' doing in all kinds.
Naval Stores continue scarce. Oils are firmly held.
There is very little duink in Provisions. Salt is without
change. There is no alteration to. notice in seeds. To
bacco is dull. Wool continues very quiet. Tile Dry
Goods trade is more active: and all staple fabrics are held
for higher prices. with 'a [good demand from the West
and supply of the city trade: --
The Flour market is without much alteration. and
very dull at previous rates; sales comprise about 6.000.
bbls. mostly Ohio extra'family at *0.21gia.50 p bbl. in
cluding about 2.500 bbls part fancy do, on terms kept
private. The retailers and bakers are buying- mode
rately; solg/6 for superfine; $006.50 for extra; 86.2507.23
- for extra, family, and fancy brands at from *7.50 up o
88.60 bbl. according to quality. Rye Flour continues
dull at $2 V bbl. Corn dleal is, scarce and in demand;
Pennsylvania is held at 54, and Brandywine at $1.12.51,
bbl •'SOO bbls of the latter sold on private terms.
GRAIN.—The offerings of Wheat are light, and there
is very Mile doing• about2s,ooobus good Pennsvbrartia.
red sold at $1..2001:62 V. be; white - ranges $1.58§1.6$
bu for common to prime quality. -Rye IS in demand at
$1,12 bu for Pennsylvania. Corn is scarce and in de
mend sales reach about 22,000 bus prime yellow at S7c,
and Western mixed at from 81083 c bu. Oats con
tinue dull ; sales comprise about 26, MO bus at 70®77e
Nothing doing iu Barley or malt.
PRuVISIONS.—The market is quiet and trices with
cut any material change; small sales of Mess Pork are
making at *14014.50 V bbl for new, and *12.12%,@1225
for cld. 160 bbls Beef Hams sold at 817. 25a1.17 SU; most
holders ask MO. City-packed Mess Beef is selling at
$1.1.'015. Bacon—Hares are in request, and prices are
better; 400 bbls and tee soldnt logiOl4c for Wain, and 11.
0130 for bag
s ged; Sides are nominal at and
4houlders at 3 . l(glsNc 'f it,. 200,c00 lbs sold on'private
terms. There is not much doing in Groan Meats. except
in Barns; sales of Hams in pickle at BNOlOc, and in salt
at 7)* c .Lard is without change; 200 bbls and cos sold
at 10X0 - .03 , 6c; kegs at . 113:011Ne, cash . and Grease at
Sc V lb Butter is selling at from 140k , c 22 lb Cheese
is scarce at 1(012c. Eggs are worth ISc rifi dozen.
METALS. —Pig Iron continues very dull; small sales
of Anthracite are mob ing at *20031 Vton for tile three
numbers; .a sale of Scotch Pig is reported at VIII ton: -
cash; Manufactured Iron is without cnange Lead has
declined; 3.500 Pigs Galena sold at 8)0 's' lb,. cash.
C 1 sales of 'Fellow Meta are making at 30e.
and Nails, Bode, and Bars at 2c higher. ,
-
BAR;,—There is very little Quermtron coiling in,
00 hhds hot No 1 sold at de32 Vi ton; Tanners'"Dark is
selling at $1E.014 22 cord for Chestnut, and about $lB for
Spanish Oak. -
CANDLES.—Adamantine are selling at,- 17%@r8c for
city made and ful, weight Western; Sperm. are tin
chat,ged ; Tallow Candles are dull.
.COAL.—Raiders have put up their prices 2. - .030c.
ton. The demand continues very- - active. a.ipi tee re
ceipts light. Kfl vessels -were cleared, from Richmond
lest week;
('Oa - L OlL.—The following are. the. receipts of crude
and refined at this port during the past week.:
Crude.— 710 bbls.
* OTTO N.--There is more ' doing, and prices have ad
vanced f@de, rh, Sales comprise about-28J bales at
[5065c V lb, closing firm, at the lateen rate for middlings.
-
COFFEE—The market is dull and prices without.
change. ..4bout *)1) bags sold at •%03.1.3f,c for Rio, and
Itagnayra 9632 c-cash and four mouths.
DRTIG2 AND DYES.—Thore. is very Utile doing in
any description, and prices are unchanged. Small sales
at'oda asll,llleaching Powders, and Indigo are making
athrerions rates.:-
FEATHERS axe quiet, and range from 47 to 49a,1 lb for
good Western,
FlSH.—Mackerel are held with more firmness, and
t. 1 ,0 receipts' and. stocks are light. There is a moderate
store demand. with sales of Bay No. 1 at Sal 60413;
shore do at $16018; No. I at $10.505ut. medium. No.
3 at The malkst is - entirely bare of large No, 30.
0,414, are selling at B}4oG)r,c. Pickled -. Herring range.
FRUIT. cargo of Oranges and /01111 QUA bits been sold
front the wharf, part at VW" box, and Pert on prilatd
terms. Raisins are scarce and kith. Green Fruit is
anteing and selling freely. Dried Apples are held more,
firmly, as the Government has advertised for proposals
to furnish 220,000 pounds, of which 60,000 pounds are to
be delivered at this port, 60.000 in Boston , and 100.00*
poundis in New York.
FREIGHTS. —To Liverpool there is very little offering.
We quote flour at 2s 6d It bbl, and grain 7 ;" 084 * I ban.
To London, no engagements are made public. West
India freights are dull, inconsennence of the scarcity of
imitable vessels. Several vessels have been chartered to
load with coal. to New Orleans. at $9; Aspinwall. * 10 ;
Key West, $6 50; Point Petre, $8.10; Beaufort at $4; and
Port Royal. at 154.50. To Boston, by packet, the rates
remain as last quoted.
GINSENG. —The market is nearly bare of crude, Sales
of 5.000 lbs clarified are reported on private terms.
GUANO sells slowly at previous rates. Peruvian com
mands from $95 to COO cash,
HAY is steady, at 80090 e the 100 lbs.
HEMP is very quiet, but little stock in first hands to
operate in.
RIDES are firmer. but there have, been no arrivals or
sales this 'week. '
HOPS continue in limited request at the late decline.
Small sales of Eastern and Western first sort at le(gne
per lb.
LUMBER. —There is a moderate demand for most
kinds, and prices are well maintained. Sales Yellow
Sap Boards at $200022; White Pine do. at $21g)24, and.
Lehigh Scantling at sll©l2. White Pine Shingles are
worm $190022, and Laths $1.50 per 3f.
MOLASSES is held firmly. Sales of a cargo eitEnglisle
Island on private terms, and 533 bhls New Orleans by
auction at' 32047,4ec cash.
NAVAL SYOREb centinue scarce. Sales of Rosin
within the range 01 $310135. There is little or ;:no Pitch
here. North Carolina Tar is held at $9OlO per bbl. Spi
rits Turpentine iglu limited request, and selling at $3.62
@Mr , per gallon.
S.—There is rather more demand far Lard Oil, with
sales of winter and summer from 19985, including about
100 bh Is of the latter on private terms; Linseed 011 is sell
ing, in lots , at in a!igi1.2213 gal; Fish Oils are held firm
ly, but with limited sales; in Olive Oil nothing doing:
Coal Oil is scarce, and prices have advanced; aboutl,soo
bbla sold at 270029. c for crude, 49050 c for refined. in bond.
and 570 9 5Sc 25 gallon for free.
PLASTER is dull, and soft cannot be quoted over $3. 75
04 7 0. ten.
1110 E.—There is very little stock here, and it is held
Srmly ; sales of 470 bags Patna at $3.25, and Rangoon at
*&9l', cash. The Navy Department will receive propo
sals to the first of July for 120,000 lbs Rice, delivered at
Boston ; 200,000 the at New York; and 100,000 lbs at Phi
ladelphia.
SALT —A cargo of Turk's Island has arrived to a deal
er, and LICO sacks Aehton's fine sold on terms kept pri
vate. .
SPIRITS:—Brandy and Gin are firm. but quiet, at the
advance. N. B. Rum steady at 65068 c. Whisky ie in
steady demand; sales of barrels at 55047 c for Pennsyl
vania and Ohio; 45c for hogsads;and 44@159 for he
dredge.
EIIGAR. —There is a firm feeling in the market, but the
demand is very moderate; sales of 800 hhds Cuba at 103'is
0101'c, and 60 bads Porto Rico at 11X@1'2 ;c; also, 153
hints New Orleans at Ill.: ovAlc: Steamed is more inquired
after; sales of - 400,000 lbs, part at 100,1.034 c. cash, and part
on private terma. -
SUMAC. —About 100 bads American sold. at $609965
ton. cash. •
SEEDS. —There is very little doing in Cloverseed, and
not much offering; sales in small lots from 65 2.5g5. 75 fit
'bushel. Timothy is more active, and aboiit 400 bushels
sold at $l. 75©2 bee. mostly- as the latter rate; and
Flaxseed at '2(x;2.2.5 2. linsheL
TALLOW—Is hrm. Sales of country at 11:010kin lb.
ar d city rendered at 119911Xc.
TEAS.—The market is quiet. The Navy Department
will receive proposals to July lst, for 20,000 ihs Teas, de
livered at Boston; 30,000113 s at New York. and 15,000 Ihs
at Philadelphia.
TO BACCO. —The market is unsettled and dull, and
prices are drooping.
WOOL.—The market is unsettled and dull. A few
lots of the New Jersey clip are reported at 60070 c for
washed, and 41941 per lb for unwashed.
The following are the receipts of Flour and drain at
this port daring the past week
Flour
Wheat
Corn.
Oats.
109 R 1109%
1051106 K
.1003 i 1014
.98 9B,;i
5,34 6
I.44wan 5Y
141 y 145 Y
Ad,: Dec
ange Salem, June 26.
Philadelphialisibange.3
CURD.
6 Peima R 613;
100 do bsBxint 613 f
2000 Penna. It 2d mort..llBl
1009 do 106;,1
10 Lithe BchnTlkillll 48
2500 Read 63'56 109
.5 Arch. st 26
6 Cam & Amboy B. 1.69
4000 C az Am moll 6.5.• • .1.08
' .100 Big Mountain
100 - North Poona R.• • • .14%
2000 Bch Nay Imp 6..115 69
60 Long Island B. - 39
BOARDS.
12000 5
Penna .3
. . 102%
5500 North Parma 65.... 95
6 Bk of N America...lss
100 Schyl Nap_ IW,
2 Girard Bank 42 1 5. i
10 Far SI Mechs Bank 55%
.10 Little Schuylkill 13 49
CES—S
Bid. Asked.
N Penne, It 14 14X
Do 6s 96 95X
Do lOs 113 118
Catawissa R Con .73a 711
Beaver
Mead p -
rfd 22X 22%
Minehill it 63 61
Harrisburg H.• • • • • •
Wilmington 13.• • • . • •
Lehigh Nay..... • • . •
Do shares .. 57 58
Do scrip."... 42 44
Cam & Amb.B...
Phil& Sr. Erie 43's
Stin 6; ;:le la -110 ..
Delaware Div • • • • .
Do bde.••
Sprace:etreet 8.. 1.6% 16%
Arch-street R.... 204 26
Race-atre. t 11% 12
Tenth-stree4ll,.. 42% 43
Thirteenth-et-R• - 3:336
W Phila R 63 70
- Do bondii----
Green-street - R..
Do bonds.—
Chestnut-at R.,. 54 67
Second.-street R. 76 79 -
Do bonds. •. •• • •
Fifth-street R.... 59 61
Do bonds-, .•
Girard College R 213 29
Seventeenth-et 11. 13 13.34
Jane 2G—Evetting
New York Markets, June.AG.
Asuss.—Pots are in moderate demand: . With sales AT
50 bbls at $8 for Pots, and $9.62% for Pearls.
BassrisrusFs.=The market for State and Western
Flour is 4;11 and drooping.
The sales are 8,000 bbls at.50.5C@4.90 for superfine
State; $5.5005.65 . for extra do; $4 4004.90 for superfine
Michigan. Indiana ; lowa, Ohio, Sus -irlr/.3005.80 for extra
do, including shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at
$5.8108. and trade brands do at *6.1007.75.
Southern Flour is drill and heavy; sales of 700 hbls at
$8.1006 85 for superfine Baltimore, and $6 9009.25 for
extra do. "
Canadian flour is heavy and declining, with very little
wing; sales 500 bble at $6.40@5.70 for common and $5.76
7.60 for good to choice do.
111 e Sour is oniet, , with small sales at $3.5e.,@5.10 for
be range of fine and superfine. .
._. _ . .
Corn meal is dull. We quote Jersey at $1.20 Brandy
wine $4 50; Caloric $4.00; Puncheons $22; sates 100111)1s
Caloric and 200 bble Brandywine at our quotations.
Wheat is dull, and in lower. The sales are 40.000
bush at $1.1701.35 for Chicago spring; $1.26®1.41 for
Milwaukee Club: $1 41@1.43 for amber low-al $1.43®
1.48 for winter and Western, and $L49®1.50 for amber
Michigan.
Rye is a shade firmer, and quoted at 971.05, as in
quality.
Barley remains dull.
Oats are lc lower, and. doll- 74®77Mc for Canada.
Western. and State._ ...
Corn is in active demand, bat the market is about la
lower. The sales are RCM bushels at 75c for shipping,.
and 73074 c for Eastern.
CITY ITEMS.
RURAL PHOTOGRAPHS.—Messrs. Weruie
.
roth & Taylor, (late Broadbent & C 0.,) Nos. 912, 914,
and 916 Chestnut street, have recently taken a num
ber of beautiful views of country scenery, resi
dences, buildinis, cattle scenes, &c., and are now
prepared to execute this interesting class of pictures
to order, at short notice, and at moderate cost.
We would again remind our readers also, that
after 'the Ist of July next, all negatives in posses
sion of this firm, , taken previoua to July Ist, 1862,
will be liable to be defaced. Persons wishing to
secure any of these negatives, or duplicate pictures
from them, should apply immediately.
FIREWORKS AND SUGAR PuThrs.—This
may seem a strange combination; and yet on the
coming Fourth ofJuly what juvenile is there belong
ing to the hundred thousand readers of The Press,
that would not throw his hat higher for a liberal
supply of these two articles than any others known
to trade ? We need hardly inform the residents of
Philadelphia that the most magnificent stock in
both these departments will be found at the popular
old house of Messrs. E. G. Whitman & Co., No. 318
Chestnut street, next door to Adams & Co's Express.
Their line of . fireworks emb . races everything in the
way of handsome pyrotechnic explosives, and their
prices are reasonable.
_They are already selling large
quantities of them.
°LIR STATE DEFENCES.—The audacious
rebel is still taking unpleasant liberties with our bor
der, and menacing, our capital. Very soon may come
the stentorian cry,-"To arms !To arms in order
to save our own firesides from the depredations of
the invading enemy. Speaking of firesides, by the
way, reminds us of the fact that 111. r.: Alter, the
well-known coal merchant, Ninth street, above
poplar. is about consenting to have the men in his
employ organized for immediate duty (nearly an en
tire regiment), ready to march to tile scene oraction
at an hour's notice. Persons wishing their fire. ,
sides supplied with good coal, at moderate prices, in
the meantime, had, therefore, better send in their
orders without delay.
ELEGAN T STOCK OF BUMMER CLO
THINEL—Those of our citizens who are now supply
ing themselves with seasonable garments should
bear in mind that the most desirable stock of fash
ionable Summer Clothing in this city is that offered
by Messrs. C. Somers - 4. Son, No. 625 Chestnut
street, under Jaynes Hall. They are now selling at
prices also which should command the attention of
all who wish to dress fashionably and save money.
ELEGANT GRAPES AND PEACHES.—For
some-days past, Mr. A. L. Vansant, Ninth and
Chestnut streets, has been charming the commu
nity : with his rich display of hot-house grapes
and peaches ; also, pine-apples and bananas of
superior quality. In line, mixtures, sugarplums,
caramels, chocolate preparallons, and all other
choice confections, this stock has no equal in
America.
GENUINE OLD GOTERNNIENT JAVA OW
FEB.—Messrs. Davis & Richards, (successors to the
late C. H. Mattson) dealers in fine family groceries,
Arch and Tenth• streets, have now in store a fresh
supply of genuine Old Government Java Coffee—a
very superior article.
M.ILITAItt TIIAPP.ThIGS for army and Navy
Officers, in greatest variety and best style, can be
had at Oakford &Mon's, under the Continental
Hotel.
FOR THE BEST-FITTING SHIRT of the age,
go to the popular gentlemen's furnishing establish
ment of Dlr. George Grant, No. 610 Chestnut street
FASHIONABLE SUMMER HATS FOR MEN
AILD Boys.—Blesers. C. Oakford Sr. Sons, under the
Continental Hotel, have just received an elegant lot
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of these goods, at moderate prices.
THE GREATEST INTENTION OE THE AGE.
—We have offered for our inspection a very useful
piece of mechanism, styled "Pain's Premium Car
riage Jack," for hoisting axles. It surpasses any
thing for - the purpose for which it is Intended we
have ever seem We recommend it to the attention
of all persons having wagons or carriages, as a valu
able adjunct to their stables. They can be purchased
from the agent, South Fourth street, below Chest
nut.
DYSPEPSIA ! DYSPEPSIA !!—I, Moses To
bin, of Cheltenham, Montgomery county, Pa., have
suffered for more than one year everything but death
itself, from that awful disease called Dyspepsia. I
employed in that tinre, : ftve of the moat eminent
physicians in Philadelphia. They did all they could
for me with medicines find cupping, but still I was
no better. I then went to the Pennsylvania Uni
versity, in order to place myself in reach of the best
medical talent in,:the country, but their medicines
failed to do me anywrd, and °Mimes 1 wished for
death to relleve.mepf my sufferings, but seeing Dr.
WisharPs advertisement in the Philadelphia. Bulletin,
I determined to try once more, but with little faith.
I called on Dr. Wishart, and told him if I could have'
died I would not have troubled hid . , and• then related
my suffering to him. The Dr. assured me if he failed
to cure me of Dyspepsia, it would - be the first case in
two years; so I put Myself under hie treatment, and al
though I had been for months vomiting nearly every
thing I ate, my stomach swollen with wind, and filled
with pain beyond description, I bought n box of hie
Dyspepsia Pills. I used them as directed, and lam
days I could eat as hearty a meal as- any person in
the State of Pennsylvania, and in thirty days was
a well man. I invite any person suffering as I was
to call and seee me, and I will relate my Buffering and
the great cure I received. I would say to all Dys
peptics, everywhere, that Dr. Wishart is, I believe,
the only person on the earth that can cars Dyspepsia
with any degree of certainty.
MOSES- TOBIN,
Cheltenham, Montgomery county, Pa.
Dr. Wiohart 2 o Office, No. 19 North Second Street.
Dr. WisharPs office hours, from 9 A. M. to 6 P.M.
All examinations andconsultations free.
Office, 1i0..10 North Second Street .
1.0.11D„ .. .D11N DRBARY ON THE Way.—There's
one thQ:iiiilLtvelative to the w-Wa.r.Vaw w-waging
Amewicain th-that n-never nu-understand.
They c-call it a civil. war. N•now, if sevewal
thousand 'fellatio think pwoper to. go. out in-into a
held to t-twywhictifellah c-can.cutthe other fellah
to pieces, &can any tire-weasartable fel:oh be bwought
to th-think it a civil - action I if the A-Amewicarm
con-consider this civil, w-what on earth rn-must they
be w-when they getin a w-wage w-wead all the
papers from Amiwkm, and see nothing b-but fellaha
being Et-shot, except- about w- won Ch-Chawles Stokes
and Geo., tVlio keep , a hahotel. I d-don't mean
th•that he wsally does. keep it, b-but that, if he h-had
one, he e-could keemit, and th-that he makes pwan
taloons and things for the fellahs that aahoot.
1?-poor fellabs, thevre all w-waving mad.
MARTIAL Isw.—There are - persons who
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have no conception of the meaning of martial law'.
They have an idea that it will deprive them of all,
share of liberty, and put a bayonet at every door,
This is an entire mistake; martial law is only,dts•
eared in an emergency, when the civil power is, un-
A ble to protect the citizen, and it overrides cieHdaw
just to the degree that is necessary in the. emer
gency.. Whether Philadelphia is under martial
or whether the civil authorities are parawunt, it is
at least certain that there will be no, ipterforence
with either soldierir - or civilians dean to Pro ,
cure uniformi Or °Wiens' suits at the• Brown Stone
Clothing Hall of Rookhill & Wiketn % tom. AA
600 Chestnut street, aboye Sixth.
8,750 bbl/.
50.675 bus.
36.416 bus.
49,100 bus.