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Our Advance on dames Island—Siege of Se«
ces9ionvlll©, <fec«
(Correspondence of The Press. J
On the evening of the 9th we were disembarked
on this island. We had a conaiderabLe force, and
were accompanied by a monitor And the Pawnee.
A* we slowly sailed along between this island and
John’s or Jones’lsland, the gunboats and a mortar
schooner shelled the woods on this island pretty
steadily; the gun of the mortar making things jump.
We were landed soon after dark, but did not get all
ashore till,near twelve o’clock. As soon as our
regiment and the 52d P. V. were landed, they formed
and marched offup the causeway towards Seceasion
ville. I remained behind to get all the stragglers,
and see to the removal of everything from the ves
sel. The regiments advanced, perhaps a mile, in
the darkness, when at a small bridge they were
fired on by five scouts, who did not, however, hit
any one. Company H, of our regiment, which
marched as an advance guard, was but a few paces
from the head of the regiment, and returned thefire.
The regiment, by a bend in the road, was almost in
aline facing towards company H, and seeing the
flash of their pieces, and at the same time hearing
the rebel bullets, whistle over their heads, took it
into their heads“that company* body of"
rebels firing on them, 'And many men fired their '
piecee right at the company. The firing was soon ,
stopped, and the men got in order; for meeting a
body of the enemy so close to them, as they sup"
posed, had caused a sort of panic for a moment, and
they had fallen* confusedly to the rear. It only
lasted for a moment, and they rallied in a
moment as good ab ever. By the blessing
of Providence not a soul was hit, either
by the enemy or our own men. We, at th®
landing, hearing the fire, supposed that the regi*
ments had fallen into an ambuscade, and company
B (loithP. Y.), which had been left to guard the
landing, and men who had t?een left there on varl*
oils pretexts, fell In promptly, and advanoed up the
causeway. We soon'heard how matters stood; and
there being no enemy near, we lay down for the
night in the Band. The next day our brigade skir
mished across the country for some miles. During
the day we killed several rebel cavalrymen, and a
company of the Ist South Carolina cavalry made a ;
very narrow escape by plunging through the swamp
where infantry could not follow. Day before yes
terday we were moved forward to support our
picketß. The Pawnee proceeded ahead, shelling the
woods in frontof us. General Stevenson’s brigade
arrived in the afternoon, and, passing; around our
left took the advance for two miles. We passed the
night in a field of weeds, with marshes all around
us. We never suffered so much m our lives, from
heat and insects (mosquitoes, gnats, and flying scor
pion s), which would sting us through everything
except our blanketß, and to put these around our
faces would soon Buffocate us.
We had nothing to eat but mouldy crackers, and
nothing to drink except bad and warm water. This
morning we were again relieved, and fell back to our
bivouac of the day.before. The men Btacked arms
and went back to the landing to get their knapsacks,
which had been left there when we landed.. So here
we are now, dirty, without food, and using bad
water. We have jußt got a supply of rations for the
men, but the officers fare badlv, as they are expected
to find themselves with food. We can, ho wever, get
the same as the men use, but it iB hard food forguch
a climate, and with such work. We expect to get
artillery to-day, and advance to attack Secession-
Villein a day or two. We hear that we are getting
on successfully on Morris Island, but yesterday an
attack was made on Fort Wagner, which, was re
pulsed after the 6th Connecticut had reached the pa
rapet, on account of the cowardice of the 76th Penn
sylvania, who positively refused to advance to sup
port them. If thiß is true it iB shameful, and ought
to call'for the dismissal of every offlcer, and the
sending of the men to Tortugas, or to work on for
tifications somewhere else. Tlie cannonade has not
been very brisk Bihce yesterday morning.
Ketrospectlon upon tlie Field of Gettysburg
—The Rebel Defeat and its Evident Re
sults. ‘
To the Editor of The Press: . . ■
, Sir : The smoke of battle has disappeared, the roar
of artillery, and the rush of heavy columns of armed
men moving up to the attack have ceased, and all
is quiet along the Potomac. Pennsylvania breathes
freely. Her people who dwell along the border,
sleep auietly once more, undisturbed ,by visions of
' flying horsemen*of hideous Wpebt, whose mission
was to plunder and destroy. Gettysburg, which,
only three • Sabbaths since was a - quiet village,
nestled among the hills to the eastward of South
Mountain, and whose Teutonic inhabitants, stingy
and apathetic, were busily engaged in their rural
> pursuits, has become one vast cemetery for dead men
and animals. In the village and around it, was en
acted one of the. most sanguinary .tragedies on re
cord., For three days and nights her streets ran
with blood, and the surrounding groves and rocky
glens were made hideous with the groans of wounded
and dying men. Not only upon every little eminence,!
but within the shady nooks and dark ravines, the
iron and leaden .messengers of death found their
way and fulfilled their mission. Batteries of shining
brass, or sombre iron, galloped :alpng the -high
ways, through : obscufe'lanes, across gar
dens, into front yards bedecked with flowers, tear
ing away and destroying all evidences of beauty;
and and wheeling uponsome command
ing position, belched forth sulphurous smoke and
missile upon the advancing foe. The ans wer
ing fife'bfonght back“a“ deadly storm : >of screeching
shells, or shrill whistling r bulletß, which penetrated
house, garden, orchard, "'outbuilding, or anything
else in their way.No place of safety for man, wo
man, or child, there, within the limits of the horse
shoe lormed by our line of battle. Yonder goes a
column of infantry, belonging to the Second Divi
sion of the Twelfth Corps, marching with steady
pace towards a dense growth of timber which skirts
an open field occasionally a shell drops among
them, or. a stray bullet marks its victim, and sub
tracts one from the solid mass, -.They heed it not, ;
but with steady step and firmer tread, graßp their
arms more forward. • "
Soon they enter fihe wood and disappear. Anon
the firing before heard from the timber increases,
and the scattering shots of the weary men thus re-.
. lieved by.timely reinforcements are superseded by
a simultaneous volley from the whole column so re
cently Been to enter. The men are veterans who
who have been on many a battle-field aforetime.
They fight vigorously, and with a will, their first
volley seeming to be a continuous one, without end
or intermission. The exhausted Boldiers, thus re
lieved by fresh-troops, emerge from the woods, their
faceß blackened with powder, and the perspiration
flowing from every pore. Some were wounded in
hand, or arm, or other place, not fatal, but bravely
stood tneir ground until relieved by order. ’ For six
-hours they have fought thus without cessation
against a brave and determined’ foe. These are the
men/and thiß is the position of the’ Twelfth Corps
of the Army of the Potomac. The- enemy was
maßtcd in large force before this position, which was
a strong one, and muat be carried by them or viotory
was on tlie Bide of the Union. Every private in our
ranks knew that this flank of our army must hold
Its ground in order to success.;
• Yonder, upon a rocky eminence of slight eleva
tion, stands a battery of 10-pound Parrott gun 3,
with their'miizzles pointed toward that part of
timber where the rebels are located. It is so situa
ted as to enfilade them, its line of fire being nearly
parallel to our line of battle. Its projectiles go
'crashing through the timber, bursting over the heads
of the foe, and scattering death and consternation
amoDg them. v lt is Knapp’s Pennsylvania Battery;
has been nearly two years in the service; has often
been favorably noticed, and has usually been attach
ed to the command of Gen, Geary, now chief of the
'White-star Division of the 12th Corps. One of its
commissioned officers is the eldest son of General
Geary, who has only two sons, but who, in the
spirit of true patriotism, has.given both of them,
besides himself, to die, if need be, in the defence of
their country, “ Take care of my father,” -isaid
Xieut. Geary to the members of his father’s staff at
Chancellorville. "Well might he repeatihe injunc
tion now, while the battle I have so imperfectly de
scribed is raging with such fury. The
General persists in remaining among -his troops,
where the missiles fly thick and fast continually,
and the members of his staff, faithful to their'call
ing, remain constantly near, him, exoepfc when car
rying his orders to different Sparta of.:the field. Fi
nally the murderous strifes; ceases, the. rebels give
way on all sides, darkness closes the third and last
dtu of the lisht; find ratnry ii nnnt-
UNDERCLOTHING, Me.
mw uiliiii t&o enemy Mvo rotpoaiafl, ana gsnt
b&4k tA Vli'glflU erippM, but not, fta Wfl hap£d,e tu
tirely crushed, we may with propriety) apeak of the
deeds of brave men, and speculate upon the future.
The Army of the Potomac has beaten army,
winning a glorious victory, and forcing it to retire
with great Jossto the southern bank of the Poto
mac. Simultaneously,with. thiß achievement comes
the intelligence of other successes for the Union
cause of such magnitude that we are constrained to
believe an honorable'peace doeß not lie far in the fu
ture. We, are enraged,-vexed, and ashamed of our
Northern countrymen for their opposition to the
draft. We have prayed that our division (one bri
gade of which is composed entirely of New York
troops) could be allowed to march into the city of
New York and clear its streets of the accursed mob
who have .been induced by Copperhead teachings to :
commit wanton and wicked acts of resistance to the
law. There is only one sentiment, one feeling here,
in regard to this matter, and that is all embodied in
the word fAnme. It will not be well for the; people
of the free Stateß to entirely ignore the army, which,
by the necessities of the nation, has come to be a
mighty engine of power for strengthening and up
holding the Government. . The men in the various
armies of the Union now, and those who cordially
co-operate wjth them in putting down the rebellion,
will surely rule in this country for the next quarter
of a century. Not as soldiers altogether, but as the
.lawmaker* after the war is over. .The bone and sinew'
• of the land, the men of intelligence and administra
tive ability, are mostly in. the army, and when the
tom it OVA* they mill be found to to* u*ulaUm&
EAllfi df the land handed togenwf by a teiUrhooJ
fanned upon the battle-field while sustaining the
common country. •
TUESDAY, JULY SI, 1868.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SIHJTH#
Nbar Sbcebsionville, Jambs Island, S. O.
. July 14,1863,
Nothing so, much contributes to strong and lasting
PHILADELPHIA, TDESDAy, JULY 21. IBH3.
friendship as mutual suffering in a righteous cause.
.They will not all be .*Republicans or * all s
but they will be true patriots , which is better. They
who periled so much for the preservation of the Go
vernment will keep it secure while they live against
the machinations of those cowardly partisans who
stir up Btrife for party-ends and purposes.
The officer* and men of the rebel army so recently
driven over the border had no respeot for the avowed
sympathizers with their cauße whom they found in
Maryland and Pennsylvania’, but, on the contrary,
stripped them relentlessly of horses, cattle, and all
else they could carry away. It is all right, and we
donotmourp. Honest men always despise traitors,
no matter what their stripe, or on which side they
are found. There is little probability that the men
about to be drafted will see much service in the field.
Give us the 300,000 valiant men-called for by the
Pieaident and the war will soon end. “As the
morning steals upon the night, melting the dark
ness,” so in the distance there breaks upon our anx
ious vision a faint streak of light, a welcome har
binger of the day in God’s own time,
shall come back to us laden with manifold blessings
to an humbled but a united and happy people.
I am, sir, your obedient servant, W.
Camp oir the 2d Division, 12th Army Corps,
on the Potomac, July 17,1863. . :
Riots in New York and their Cause.
. To the Editor of The. Tress:
Sir : For the last several months the Democratic
papers and orators of New York, as well as in oiir
city , have been doing everything in their power -to
excite the minds of the people, especially the labor
ing class, against the draft' or conscription law, by
denouncing it “unconstitutional” “ tyrannical ” “a
lavi-for the rick against the poor ;V , and one of their
orators Ohauncey 'C. Burr, in a speech;
two or’threeweeks Bince. io New York, said: “7 iis
merely a? highwayman's call on every American citizen
for $3OO or $ our life; it is by your clemency that Abe
Lincoln and alljiif?satraps were not upon the gallows
eighteen months agoff The old booby thought he was
' King ; Jeff Davis fas never done anything half as bad as
' Lincoln What, such doctrines have produced in
New Yoilc we.have seen in the.terrible riots, blood
shed, and murder ,of laßt week. And this man
Burr was invited here by the Democratic Club, a
few weeks since, to preach hi* treason before their
' association!, Yesterday one of'/our Democratic
Sunday papers, published . insidious
and dangerous article on the cqnacnp&on:
.An attempt w»b made the other day in councils
to.provide by law, the means-.to exempt the poor
laboring man from the operations of the draft. The
measure is one that should have addressed itself to
all humane men. There are thousands and tens of
thousands here in Philadelphia and elsewhere, who
hflvelargefamili.es dependent upon their labor, to
whom the operations of the conscription law will
prove most onerous. ‘
EarntDg but from six to ten dollars per week, the
daily needs of their households have prevented
them from accumulating the hundreds necessary to
secure their future services to their families should
they be drafted. They must, go-go with heavy
hearts, leaving the wives of their bosoms, and the
children of their love to dark and desolate poverty.
It is an easy thing tor the rich and comfortable to
sneer as they throw down their, hundreds, at this
UviDg sacrifice of honest hearts, and it is a common
thing withal,* but true men cannot and will not
close their earß against the hardships which the
draft wil) bringupon the poor. The proposed mea
sure was defeated by tbe.revolution ary action of the
Republican minority, who left the Chamber with
out a quorum, aDd who thereby proved that while
they are eager to appropriate thousands for hand
some negro quarters on Chestnut street,.they have
not a throb for the anxieties and the sacrifices of
poor white men.- -
, The writer of that article must have known, and.
didknow, that it was the writing- and preaching of
just euch articles by political scoundrels in New
York, lhat gave rise to the terrible Beenes of blood
shed, murder, and rapine which have disgraced that
. city during the last week $ the object of that article
is to create in the, minds of the poor and laboring
clsbb a feeling of hostility, not only against the rich,
but also againßt the laws and the Government of
our country; and hence the article talks about the
11 rick and comfortable sneering at the poor man who is
drafted and obliged to <7O, leaving kis wife and children
to dark anddesolate poverty” What should bedone
with a man who deliberately and wilfully writes
and publißheß Buch a malicious and treasonable arti
cle at a time like this,, when the streets of our sister
city are not yet dry of the blood shed from just such
•causes! Instead of doing-everything in his power
as a public journalist should 'dg/ to sustain the'lawa
of his country, and the peace and quiet, and reputa
tion of his city and State, he publishes wilful and
deliberate misrepresentations of one class of his fel
low-citizens, and appeals to the prejudices and pas
. sions of another class in a manner calculated, as he
well knows, to produce riot and opposition to a just
and necessary law of his country! The writer of
that article know 3% that instead of the rich and
wealthy men. of Philadelphia “sneering'] at
the poor/ or' “leaving the wives and children
of thesoldiers to dark and desolate, poverty,”
.that they have given their money, not by hun
dreds aDd thousands, but by hundreds of thou
sands, and millions, to the soldiers and their families
4 and I will venture to Bay that since the
ment of this treasonable . rebellion the value of
money, clothing, and " provisions, voluntarily fur
nished to the soldiers and their families by the citi
zens of Philadelphia, is over threemillions of to
say nothing of toe incessant work and labor nightly
and daily performed by the rich and wealthy ladies
and gentlemen of Philadelphia, in our refreshment
saloons and hospitals in behalf of our soldiers ; and
at this very time, there is a subscription going on
among the wealthy men of our city to provide for
the families of such poor men as may be drafted; and
yet, with all these facts before, him, and known by
him, this libeller of his fellow-citizens, this rebel
sympathizer, publishes such a villainous article for
the; base purpose of making political capital, and
inciting the passions and prejudices of one class of
* our citizens against another, and against the laws of
our country! I ask again, what should be done with
a man who wilfully and maliciously does such things
as these ? The strong hand of the law should take
hold of him at once, for he is more guilty, a thou
sand times more guilty, than thepoor Ignorant and
misguided man whom he indiflfes to do wrong by
appealing to Mb passions and prejudices! How dif
ferent the course of another Sunday paper, the jjfc
patek, on the same subject I. That paper, in a most
able article, proves conclusively, first, the necessity
for the law, and the power of Congress under/the
Constitution of enacting such a law. It then proves
that all the previous laws for drafting the militia
in our country were far more onerous on the people
than this, and infinitely more severe ; and it then
shows conclusively that “no militia lawever known
to the United States granted as many concessions
to the necessities of families and to humanity, ,J as
the present law does.
I am, sir, yours, respectfully,
Philadelphia, July 26,1863. M.
HOLLYBUSH.
To the. Editor of The Press
Sir : The riot fever appears to be contagious in
this section of the country. From New York/the
centre of mobs, it has spread a deep-seated disaffec
tion all along therline of the Hudson Biver Rail
road, and its northern boundary of ebullition might
be at present called Troy. Hearing in Albany, a few
days ago, that there were evident signs; of discon
tent among the people in'Troy, your correspondent
left for that city by an early train; and watched most
thoroughly the course of events. It seems that the
mob there is composed of the same materiel that fs
the basis of the New York rioters. But to begin
with the first signs of discontent. Hearing where
the drafting operation was in progress, I hurried
there, and secured a good position near the ; fatal
“ bandbox,” while one after another came the lucky
prizes/ reminding one of the Baconian lottery es
tablished on the Thermian principle of “ no blanks *
There was quite a crowd in the room, but I noticed
Dothihg but intelligence in fcbeir faoeg. I could see no
evidence that the spectators had the cOurage of the
mountebank rather than that of the mind. And the
very first knowledge any one had of :a foreigner be
ing preßent,.was the. heavily-mouthed epithet, “Be
jabers,” At the moment this was heard there ap
peared one or twovlrißhmen on the scene, with
sleeves rolled up, and looking as though they had
but just returned from, the butchery of innocents.
The.provost marshal, ordered the room to be silent,
and_to keep all order, or it would be cleared. Some
one of these Erin scurfs cried out: “Noit infc; it’s
a shame; poor min must go; rech stay home.”
This, as near as I could hear, was,the language,
The gentlemanly audience ordered the blunderer to
be silent, but the growing.signs of disapproval be
gan now to be seen; but the provost had hurried
through one section of his ‘ district, so that for the
day he closed, his wheel, and hurried afF from the
gatbering mob. We all followed him, and before we
could getacross the street, the entire office had been
destroyed and utterly ruined, such was the extreme
.violence of the rioters. Now the excitement be
came.intense, and it was patent to all that the work
of demolition was but in its inoipieney. >ln the
hands of. any of the mob I could not detect any fire
aims, but I saw several gun-barrels and many broken
gun-stocks, while moat.of them were armed with
paviDg stones and olub’s of all descriptions. A more
ghastly-looking set of fellows I never saw. The in
telligence of one of your Moyameneing “ Killers, 5 *
so far sb face-depiction is concerned, is supremely in
advance of that of this crowd of debauched Irish
men; There seemed to be no particular leader/ but
a dozen or more ruffians, armed with axes, crowded
through the advance and maintained that position.
..It; was but a few momenta after the marshals
office had been demolished before a crowd of about
two hundred bystanders rushed down River street
from the [direction of the West Troy bridge, and
.J-Ukii. \U z?zts>l. r
StSIU mU. MB WU teltlKSfe?
iufl. thoy Dfipn in force* to hiive bagsed ths whole
crowd; but I did not see but one of those gentry,
who was chased for oyer three blocks, and I guess
he left the city as soon as it was convenient, for one
of the rioters.swore that if he was seen again he
would be .jhabged. The alarm spread ,through the
city like wildfire, and a general depression was no
ticed when, they learned that the Mayor was absent.
The Recorder,: however, took his place, and ha
rangued .the mob, who listened for a few momenta,
and, when be had finished, they broke out in wild
cheers for McClellan.
. THUS TIMES; OFPIOIf- DESTROYED.,
This paper haa been noted for its bravery in de
fying the right of moba and in upholding the cause
of the Union. It may therefore seem absurd to Bay
that such a prominent sheet did- not: receive the
compliments of the rioters., When they rushed
down River street toward the office, every one con
nected with the paper secured iiis safety by flight,
and the principal editor being absent, no one waa
left to dispute their: entrance. The-leaders, with
axes, - burst open the door and rushed in' in
s crowds. They first destroyed the presses, then took
the typeß,‘with whioh many loaded their pockets,
evidently with the intention of selling them 'after
ward. The flies of paperfl they burned; destroyed
counters, desks, and all the furniture generally found’
in an office. The leaders openly vowed that if they
could have gotten the editor they would' have hung
him. The mob had now incrased to over three thou
sand men'.
The sheriff of the county anticipated a visit to
his criminal palace, and made all due haste*to fortify
it.witb arms, etc., in the hands of trusty men ; but
they could not .be made to[ defend the place, .and
therefore the sheriff allowed 'things to take their
course. > The mob formed in long lines• around the
b>ifiAK;jLkd kfAw fifths untosnifiad mlfilU ffifivfid
Torwwfl with oronphaririiesfiieii nna l notioea one
man had a? huge cannpn ball) with which ,he, en?
dcavored to.make a catapult. The doors gave way,
and the officers on the inside fled in dismay, securing
safety throughthebaokpassage*
THE CONSCRIPTION 01',THE POOR.
Tlie Riots in Troy.
THE CROWD INCREASES.
THEY BREAK OPEN THE JAIL,.
-TOUR CORRESPONDENT IS ARRESTED.
Shortly after I had arrived in Troy, I went to the
American House,,where I donned a rough .exterior
and an old Bloiich hat, so that I much resembled a
ragged rioter. I did thiß for th© purpose of passing
.through the mob unmolested; that I might learn all
the incident* without any danger, so far as the riot
er's were/epnoernfd. When they reached the jail. I,
therefore, fell back from the crowd, having-heard
that the building would be defended with firearm*.
I had no sooner reached the outer line than a hand
was roughly placed on mv shoulder with the words,
“ Here Is one of the devi s s. Oomealong!” ...
This was notobly surprising to me but laughable;
•for, so far as dress was concerned, they Iftd V right
4o arrest me, as that would index my character to
them at once. Requesting-the-officer mot to get ex
cited, Ttold him I was merely on a tour of observa
tion, and, after showing him The documents toprove
-the identity of the ragged man, he released me, say
ing that “it was reckless of life for me to dress so.”
PRISONERS RELEASED RUT CAPTURED.
The mob, after securing an entrance, broke open ;
.the cell dpors and released nearly thirty prisoners,
three of whom. of murder; these last :
have since been arrested in Albany. Th t e crowd,
infuriated beyond measure, now wished to burn the
building; hut. a Copperhead politician mounted the;
steps andtold .them that, tbe draft was suspended, ,
‘.and wns now. no cau*e for feAr. The mob pro-.,
ceedrd afterwards to a negro quarter of the city, and',
the ftfirightpd-negrooß fled in all directions.. I raw a j
wouisn on-her knees before a wretch, who held a !
crnwbAr over ber threatening to dash onther brains,;
but tbejlenwßrdly demon dare, not strike her with it,
ard contented himself with kicking her in thebreast;
tilltheblood streamed from her mouth and nose.'
:< The eyea'of the poor creature turned up in ghastly ;
horror, as'-silently she seemed to implore heto
which could not be given her, for. one word of
conpoJation there would have been death. When
I returned I saw the woman wa* bping attend
ed by some ladies, who bad boldly placed:
themaelveß in the danger which threatened them.'.
I did rot. know there were so many negroes in Troy:
as I saw.thatday. They were fleeine in every direc-:
tion.' v'White people would not house them for fear ,
of the,cpeer of the mob; and go, defenceless, they'"
roam fa from place to '•place.' It is said that many
sought protection at. the building* of the Troy Uni
versity, but were refused by the students. One ne
gro they beat to death, mutilating him in such a
manner that nO one could identify him. Since Wed
needay there has not.been seen the sign of a negro in
town.
THE MAYOR ARRIVES.
On Thurpdaythe Mayor arrived in town, and a
meeting of Councils was called. Advice was given
that the Mayor swear in a body of polioemen, which
was done.
PRIVATE HOUSES ATTACKED.
A number of private residence* were attacked, but
no damage was done, sare that of window-breakings,
etc. Father Hnverroan, a Catholic priest, was
robbed of4iis watch and chain during his address to
the crowd.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT JN SCHENECTADY ; THE
STUDENTS OP UNTON COLLEGE UNDER ARMS.
On Monday niehtjast the student* of the junior
Union College, had their annual exhibition of
the Burial of Mechanics. While this was in pro
gregpion, a crowd of roushs came from downtown,
led-by a certain lYTcTTelley, a notorious vagabond
and jailbird. This hard-fi«ted scion resolved to
break up the proceedings, and. therefore, singled out
an individual of the junior class, named Ralston, on
whom he pitched with the utmost cowardice.
The members of the class were not in calling
distance, and Mr. R., knowing the character* of
the assflitant, struck him repeatedly with a
heavy sluDg-shot, which failed him to the earth.
McKelley rallied, and clinched his opponent, and
held him down. Ralston seized a slatenear at hand
and cut the rowdy’s he.adin a most horrible manner.
After he bad supposed his punishment sufficient, he
let him go, and liis crowd of followers withdrew,
feaiing that they might, all he .served the same way
by rein for cements, which were arriving.
Mcßelley baß aroused, it is said, the entire Irish
population to vengeance, and the students have
therefore prepared themselves. This is all insti
gated hy the. coming draft, which will take place
here next week; and the roughs knowing that the
students are generally in favpr of the law, as laid
down by the Government, they have resolved to
clean them out first. Meetings have been held down
town by the would-be rioters, and a general draft
riot is expected. The negroes, advised by the senior
students, leave town every night,, abd encamp
somewhere in the neighboring forest. Rumors we.Te
afloat tertprday that to-night would witness the
opening of the ball, What the citizens of the place
are doing, no one can tell: such consummate diffi
dence is .not. worthy of the American name. As
near as T can learn from all sources, the intention
of the rioters ia to, hum down the rppro quarters,
and then attack the students ; hut if- they attempt
the latter, the most desperate fighting will he seen,
as I have never witnessed a more anxious body of
young men; who are willing to'die in defence of'the
(rovemment. ; Every night at ten o’clock the doors
of the college, twelve in number, are trioly barred,
and watches are set. Professor Lewis is particularly
disliked for.bis Abolition sentiments hvthe Irish of
the village, and they have threatened him with an
nihilation • it is needless to sav that the gentlemen
of the college will protect Taylor Lewis as long as
they have strength to do so. Thus stand matters at
present. Ifianytbinsr likea serious collision occurs,
I will let your readers know at once,
I am, sir. yrour obedientservant, ATWOOD.
Albany, July 18,1863. /
The Home Guards.
To the Editor of The'Press.
Sir: I presume I am right in supposing that Coun
cils have appropriated a sum of money for the main
tenance of a small standing force (military,) for the
defence of; the city/to be sworn in by It, and fur
nished with arms and equipments, ready to be called
out in case of invasion, riot, or any danger threat
ening the city. Jf Councils have not done so, they
Bliould, immediately, and bo prevent the scenes of
riot and .Moodsbed that were witnessed in New
~I am, slr|, yours/truly, ;v ;
ANri-RIOTER:i
PHILADELPHIA, July 18, 1863. j '
The Pennsylvania Volunteers.
To the Editor of The Press
Sir: On behalf of the 2d Coal Company, raised
for three months* service for the protection of the
State, I would, through you, send greeting to all
our friends “at home. 5 ? We suppose that our pro
gress in part is tolerably well known. Our railroad
trip to Harrisburg we must acknowledge to have
been somewhat tedious—a tedium which was not
much relieved by some attempting to sleep on “the
soft side of a pine board.** Many small incidents
occurred, however, todestroy the monotony. Many
of the boys were merry ; tome tried to be, in Bpite
of better feelings; some succeeded in being a little
mischievous, sometimes at the expense of their com
rades,: sometimes at that of others. Nearly all
all along the route, the train was received on the
part of the people with' the greatest possible enthu
siasm, in a few fcaaes only with dead silence, pro
bably because the inhabitants of the towns were
asleep. In several places we were treated with
great kindness. Meehanicsburg deserves especial
mention. The people there appeared to vie with
each other in manifesting their generosity, some
literally stripping their houses of all cooked food to
supply our necessities. The nameßof other villages
might be mentioned in the same connection, the
generosity of which stands out in perfect contrast
to out reception at Harrisburg, arrived at which
city, weary and worn, some of our boys were charged
twenty-five cents, for a cup of poor coffee. But,
never mind; we will heap coals of fire on the heads
of thatpeople, by fighting for them, if necessary.
Our first' encampment was at Shippensburg,,
where many tasted of a soldier’s life and fare
for The first time. To many it seemed to be as sport,
whilst others were thinking much of home, and,
contrasting the enjoyments of the civil and military
life. * We have had the misfortune to lose three of
onr number by death, viz : Wm. Jackson, who was
killed on the. cars,- and James Leslie and Daniel
Cochran, who died, in camp. Several others have
been* ana still continue, on the sick lißt.
We are under “marching orders,” and are content
to move, and, if needs be, look the enemy in the
face.- Having, almost unlimited confidence in our
excellent officers, of whom we may be justly proud,
I believe that it would be the expression of the
whole regiment, were it put to vote, to declare,
without irreverence, “ Where ye go we. will go,
where ye dwell we will dwell, where ye die we will
die, and there will we be buried.**
May God defend the right!
Yours, &c., COMPANY “K.**
2d Coal Co., P. V., Camp near Chambersburg,
July 15, 1863. . • ....... i ...
The Draft In the Fifteenth Ward.
To the Editor of the Press,
Sir: When the draft was about to commence in
the Fifteenth ward on Friday last, it was announced
that the quota of the ward was eleven hundred and .
sixteen, which included the fifty percent.'which is
required to be added by the act . under which the
drawing was made. If the names published in The
Press of Saturday.are correct, there have been drawn
forty-three names less than the number which it was
stated would be drawn. According to your list, the
names of those who have been drafted is ten hun
dred and seventy-three, leaving forty-three yet to be
drawn to make the full quota of eleven hundred and
sixteen. Now, it will be a manifest injustice to
again place the names of those who have not been
.drawn in'the wheel and from them draw the forty
three whioh is necessary to complete the quota ; be
cause by no possibility could the same names be
drawn now that would have been drawn had the full
number been taken at the time the draft: was made.:
It willbe an injustice, also, to those who have been:
drafted, because the draft has been announced as
completed, and, an error-having..been discovered,
the oaly fair, and impartial way left is to make an
entire new drawing.; Arid I contend that no other
way is legal, because the act expressly states that
“the enrolling board shall,under the direction of
the President, make a draft of the required number,
and fifty per cent, in addition, &c.” The “required
number” has been drawn, but the fifty per cent, re
quires forty-three more names, in order; that the :
strict letter of the law may be adhered to. In other
words, the board has added forty-four per cent, to.
the quota instead of fifty per cent., as the act re-;
qUires; and if the board-is allowed to break one
section of the act, as it would do by simply drawing ■
the forty-three names necessary to fill the quota, it*
might, with the tame impunity, violate it all. I
have been drafted, and I; will be compelled to bear !
the consequences of any violation of a law equitable
in: allots operations. Is the board of enrolment:
less subject to the law than I am? I .do not know
what action the board intends pursuing, but it is'
reported that no addition will be made to the names
already drawn. Yours, respectfully,
* A CONSCRIPT.
Tim mngctlDtlou Bounty
7U Hi 4/ Mi ’ i
fitTt * Mfeny pdtfeous iuppASA UiAt thfi MAtti&y VAt/ul
by the New York Aldermen is for the purpose of
draft-effectually ; that instead of
furpishing 'men they will pay in money*, It will
be jioon seen.that this is strictly, a party measure,
for if one of “my friends” is drafted, he will soon
get relief, but if a Republican were to apply for simi
lar help, his application would be treated as a good
• joke. Hemay go to the war and be killed in battle ,
with lice’s right, wing. The “left wing ” will be
retained in New York, and may indulge in their
dittleSpeccadilloes of theft, arson, murder, &c. The
money reserved will do to defend *‘,our erring
.brethren,” veterans of “habeas corpus,** “ law and
Constitution,** particularly about election times;
I am, sir, yours respectfully, VICKSBURG.
Philadelphia, July 18,1863.
The Crops. * f
•To the Editor of The Press:
Sir: The' reports from-the country concerning'
the crops are unfavorable and varied. Drought and;
„ long-continued rains in different parts have silenced:
the exuberant feelings manifested during the month:
of May. The wheat crop is generally secured about;
- the 4th of July,-but owing to thc'scarclty of labor;
- and wet weather it is yet remaining'in the-field,
materially damaged. Should the unfavorable weather,
continue another a great-deal of grain will.
'•be worthless. No greater losb could befall our
country. Bach sheaf of graimrepresents hours spent
in ploughing*—seeding,and • cultivating. Every
waving stalk isVa rod of power. It bears the cle
.ments without ; which commerce must stand still.
I ami, sir, yours truly, . K; ■
Marietta, Pa., July 18, 1863. . 4
THE IRON BRIGADE —Of the one thousand
eight hundred and fifty men comprising the “ Iron.
BilgAiUJ! whA uiAbt liitft thft ficrht at Rftttiuhuppj
a oven huiidfaa bdo kuiea of
WObDilf U) and four hundred more were unaccounted
lor on the following day. The ’brigade is composed
of the 2d, 6th, J and Wisoenstn, 19th Indiana, and
the 24th Michigan* v
THE RIOT IN NEW- iOBK,
Additional Hbtory ami Iscldents-Charac
fer of 1 he Laic Outlucftk-Tho
llxe Riot*
THE IRISH.
'CFrom; the Tribune. J
Tbprc is a very general excitement and prejudice
■apainstithe Irißh rpsldentsof our city because of the
riotous outrages of l*Bt week, which, though natural,
.is tepding to gross injustice... It is true that most of
the perpetrators of tlv'ee outrages were
of Trisb’birth or lineage, but it is. not true that all, or
nearly alhthe Irißh, nor even of the. Irish Roman
Catholics; are either rioters themselves or, sympa
thizers with the rioters, Od the.coiitrary, we person
ally know many Irish Catholics who are as loval, as ;
Jaw- abiding, and as hostile to all manner,;of riot and
'outrage, as any men on earth For example; our Sixth
and Fourteenth wards, whioh are pre-eminently,
predominantly ■•lrish, have not been, disgraced by a
single ou’rnge,- not even -upon their colored resi
dents. And from every quarter we have testimony
that the industrious, sober,” intelligent Irish—;pf
whom there ’am tbousands among us—indignantly
declined all participation in the. crimes of Jtbe grog
shop rowdieß and ruffians who' hive done their
worst to disgrace, the Irißh name; Nearly all who
were.eyewitnesses of the shamefuV doings of last 1
•week agree on this point. Mr. W. p. Willis, who
witnessed the burning, on Monday afternoon, of the
gun factory in Second avenue, thus writes in his
;Hh7ne Journal: '■ -
“The tippy women and hoys (of whom the crowd
was more'than half composed*, were rude, ana
wholly regardless of the common wayfarer’s rights,
impudent, if spoken to,' and crowding or running
-ae-ftTnst us. UDlepa we escaped them bv very paiarf*
taking winding of our way. The whole air,andfbe
havior of this wicked and dirty plurality expressed
an exulting lawleesheßß and defiance.; r '
, “ The high brick blocks and closelv-packed houses
in this neighborhood seemed to be literally hives of
.sickness and vice. Curiosity to look on at .the fire
. raging' so Dear them, brought every inhabitant to
•>the porch or window, or assembled them in ragged
%nt‘» who could at
.-that hntfr7~And it is wonderful 1 to
cult to believe, that so much misery, and dis
ease, and utter can be huddled
together and hidden by high walls, unvisited and
unihought. of, so near our own abodes! The lewd
but pale aDd sickly young women, scarce decent ia
their ragged attire, were impudent, and scattered
everywhere in the crowd. But what numbers of
thesepoorer classes are deformed, what numbers are
made hideous byselfneglectand infirmity,and what
numbers are paralytics, drunkards, imbecile, or idi
otic, forlorn in their poverty-stricken abandonment
„for this world I Alas! human faces look so hideous,
with hope and vanity air gone! And female forms
and features are made so frightful by gin, squalor,
and debflftement! To walk the streets as we walked
them, for those hours of conflagration and riot, was
likea fearful witnessing of the day of judgment, with
every wicked thing revealed, every woe and sorrow
blazingly glared upon, every hidden horror of
abomination laid bare, before hells expectant fire.
“We have not. made the character of‘the mob’a
part of our description—it has been done so fully by
the daily journals. But we must add our confirma
tory remark upon one peculiarity of the confessed,
rioters. Therewereno decent Irish among them. Irish'
they all were—every soul of them—but they were
Ihe dirty, half-drunken, brutal rowdies, who are the
Irproey of that fair-skinned race. They were the
filthy purtules of an eruption on the Irish skin—not
to he accoan+ed part of the natural complexion of
the blood, but starved down and purged away like
a diseased ex caps. In ordinary life, such fellows
sneak about, and hide from daylight in places where
they can drink, and debauch, and contrive wicked
ness; but here—where this grand fire made them
feel like masters, and gave them impudence for the
hour—they were the pictures of saucy beggars, half
drunken brutes and robbers, longing to put a clutch
upoD your throat apd empty your pockets. One of
our daily papers estimates this claßß of the New
.York population at twenty thousand. How shall
we sufficiently damn, for all history, the cringing
and cowardly office-holder who—for a
makeweight to his party—will“basely strive to pro
pitiate such a acum of a great city V*
Let us entreat the honest; sober, frugal, worthy
Irish segment of our population, whether of city or
country, to bear patiently the opprobrium to which
the outrages committed by this vile orew may for a
time expose them, .proving, bv their quiet demeanor
ADd upright conduct, that they are misjudged and
harshly dealt with by the indiscriminate odfrm to
which they are subjected. A few days of such be
-bavior will restore the equilibrium of the public
mind, and restrict the opprobrium of the recent out
rages to those who have really deserved it.
A man’s rioht to ms OWN,
Among the questions conspicuously raised by re
cent proceedings in our city is that oi: the right of
each man to whatever he may have fairly earned or
acquired—his right to possess, control, and enjoy it,
subject Always to the dictates of morality and the
laws of the. land, but never, never to ruffian violence
and mob dictation.
For instance:
A manufacturer or mechanic in large business is
sitting at his desk, intent on hie own affairs, when
his attention is challenged by some one he never
saw/befnre, who wAlks up in his shirt* sleeves, cigar
in mouth, and abruptly says,
“I am here to request you to close this establish
ment forthwith, and keep it closed for the remain
der of the day.”
“ By whose order ?”
“ By order of the mob.”
, “TTnder what penalty?**
“Under penalty of being burnt out within two
hours. 5 ?
Hereupon the gentleman in shirt-sleeves takes
himself off, and the business man proceeds to -turn
his workmen Into the street, and close his windows
and doors, feeling like a sneak, and takiag care not
to catchjrhe reflection of his own face in a mirror.
There were many instances of this sort during the
last week. Here is a flagrant case :
The agent.of one of our great gas companies i
visited us oh Thursday, to ask us to be
of gas for the present. He did hta errand couiteoas*
Jy, jmd, we fancied, hadthe gracejto-be- ashamed-
Of it. '->V v- '- '-'-. v# "n-. •" - -;j
({ But, Bir, how can we comply with, 'your*request 1
"We live by light; cannot live without it. A family
may po to bed at dark, and do without gas entirely,
but we must woik all -night or our paper is stopped ;
our business ib mined. We need not less but more
lishttbah usual, in these times, with gangs of ruf
fians prowling in every dark corner, awaiting an
opportunity to surmise and destroy us. Whynot
let us have our full supply of gaß?’’
u Because our workmen have all left us 1”
» <( What! do you employ and depend on rioters
p “ No; our men are not rioter*. But we were re
quired to discharge them for the day, or have our
works burned down, and we had ho choice but com
pliance.’*
“ Was this the first day S”
No ;’the third.”
“And you have not yet Armed your workmen,
fortified your premise?, and bidden the villains de
fiance ?”
\“ No; they would burn us out.”
We could not help feeling that said rich and power
ful gas company had failed in its duty to its de
pendent customers and to the community.
The case is a little different with a private indi
vidual who is ordered to diechhrge his colored ser
vants or workmen under peril of sack and arson;
but even he has no right to rest quiet under the out
lage. A man will concede very much to shield his
family from measureless violence; but he should so
concede barely once. The next day should find him
so combined with and strengthened bvhis neighbors
As to be ready to treat as he deserves the next' scoun
drel who may come to bully him concerning his own
personal affairs.
THK’rRIMB MOVERS.
: A Democratic “Dye-witness,in reply to some
apologetic assertions regarding the political charac
ter of the mob, writes : V .
In addition to what I said before about the open
sympathy between the rioters and the rebels, I
will aay that, according, to my observation, the
rioters were without exception pro-slavery Demo
crats ; that I heard them express unbounded ad
miration for “Fernandy Wud,” great confidence in
the friendship of Gov. “ Saymoor,” and high respect
for the World and the Daily News, and that the
only men among them whom X heard speak without
aw Irish brogue were a very few Germans and some
half-dozen glib-tongued fellows, who were evidently
of the lowest order of ward politicians. Of the last
I saw none when there was any danger near. But
one of them, whom I heard addressing a throng
after an utter defeat by the police and a company of
troops, cautioned them against attempting anything
unless they were in sufficient force to accomplish it,
addiDg : “This is peculiarly a people’s movement,
and, unless we manage it with prudence, it may end
very disastrously for us,” Though very near him,
I was almost behind him, and could not get a sight
of his face. His English showed that he was bom
and bred in thiß country, and I therefore thought
him the viler creature. When he had finished hiß
harangue, his hearers, by the'mouths of one or two
ringleaders, appointed ~ o’clock that night for a re
petition of their attempt; but they failed, and many
of them never, saw the morning. l
I will add'a word about The World's assertion that
the insurgents held the “Republican authorities at
bay, and until put down by the Democratic power of
the State,” Now, I know, because I saw, that the
mob waßAhecked, and finally controlled by soldiers
in the service of the United States, and by the gal
lant and wisely-directed police force of the district
whose Commissioners the Democratic power of
the State was only a few days ;before seeking to
displace. But what need of noticing' seriously the
assertion of a newspaper which says, with both ef
frontery and folly, “ A mob organized and moved
by leaders would never have spared Republican
presses and the residences of' Re publican magnates
to destroy orphan asylums and negro colonies'?” By
leaders? What kind of leaders? ‘Must a mob hare
leaders of the Demosratic party? The last few days
have led me to think so; but it is a 1 queer admission
forth© World to make, .And what, private dwelling
houses have been burned or attacked or threatened,
except those inhabited or said to be owned bypromi-
The World and the Daily News
have gonejinharmed,; but wbatpress has been at
tacked butftbe Republican Tribune? and what one
threatened but the Republican. Times and Evening
Tost? Nothing has saved the two-former from a
second onset by an overwhelming , foroe, except the
knowledge by the rioters that they provided them
selves on Mondayjaight with weapons and missiles
that would have blown all the Irishmen that could
stand in Printing-House"Square to “ smithereens”
in five minutes. f
In one respect my week’s experience has been be
neficial to me. (The World may.retort, to the Demo
cratic party.) Though not a party man, I have
heretoforevoted the Democratic ticket, (except at
one election) taking the liberty of striking off the
name of. aDy candidate whom I knew to be person
ally unworthy of office. But as lam a living man,
I will never again give the support of my vote to
any one of that political sect which has The World
for ita gospel, Horatio Seymour for its Messiah; and
■tlifl Governor. will liere : lay vertlyssFerimMo
mr uou lor ns unrepßmiiiiff junnn
AtT BTS VriTifEss,
Tscw 1 oils, July 18, law?, -
COLLOQUY AT A EUNERAL.
• From the funeral of an Irish woman, killed during
i thc Hot by the fire from the military, the following
dialogue is reported: . • •
“ Why didn't Governor Sayitioor protect the city
r without callin' on the ! soul<Uers? He had a right to
: do that,” •■■■*•
• “It’sa dreadful : thing shootin* down peaceable
citizens,” chimed,in another. “Here’s this,.poor
. woman shot dead by the Siventh Rigimint without
her doin’ anything wrong at all at all.”
The blindest man in the world knows that no
nation kin dhraft min to fight agin their own citi- :
zens.,:Ye.kin onlydhraftto fight:agin foreign na
tions, sure.” . . ‘ ... \
“ That’s so, begorra, Jimmy,” assented a benevo
lent individual. “And thin. If it was a foreign war'
there’d benonade of dhrafting, for iverybody would
. volunteer thin, sure.”/
‘‘There was five thousand nagurs out in East New
•York took a white man and skinned him like a
-shape,” (sheep) resumed the first speaker: “whv
-don’t they print that in the papers?’ . ■
r Who’s that has becn ; sellin’ ye,-Jimmy?” in
quired another, leaning over the speaker’s shoulder,
and looking him: in the faoe.'
“Divil a sen;” fiercely retorted the interrogated. <
“Wasn’t. there ;flve thousand nagurs in East New
York saizeda/whiteman and skinned him like a
shape, and didn’t my own brother from Brooklyn tell
me ofitthis morninM” • <
“Where did the nagurs come from?” asked an in
. nocent inquirer- 1
“From the city, shure” answered the principal
..speaker. .
“Poor erathers, they were dhriv away, r suppose,”
interposed the other, who appeared to naveread the
and had some dim remembrance of the suf-
V C■; 'THE KH.X.X2fS as «al. s’nnraw.
.fro the Editor of the N. V. Tribune: ■
■ Sir : The .tstemont,,** given in the Tribune, doee
grow injmttoe to the memory of the deoewied, wd
THREE CENTS.
to permit it to paBB uncorrected would lx? f on ray
.parr, who witnessed the tragic scene, criminal* The
facts are these: The colonel haji "patrolled the streets
rln the forenoon in the neighborhood;"Sand passed up
«tpwp, with his command'toward Yorkviife, after
which the infuriated' mp,b ; his dwelling on
the Second avenue, between Thirty-fourth ana
Thiriy.fi ft h,ptreefa. and eairiedout and destroyed
"all hia furniture and house J?pM goods, and attempted
to fire the building, inwhieh they did not succeed.
The Colonel having resumed to headquarters in Mill*
berry street, heard of the ing ofhiß house. He im*
mediately returned in adarriase, which drew up at
the comer of and Second avenue.
’The Colonel pot out. nud walked to bis house alone t
and. finding it sacked, he went into the drug Btcre •
on the nqrihweet corner of Thirty-fourth street. As
he entered the atom, the mob, who; stood on the
east aide of the evenue,'began to cross over toward
-the drug store. whop two men advanced, one going
to the door on the'avenue that the Colonel had
entered, and, finding the door fast, went-arouod
to the ptreft door ; +he other, with the butt of. a
stolen rifle, eiraahed the corner- window, which ‘
attracted the attention of the Colonel; who
'came out of the same door he had entered, and
stood on the sidewalk, with revolver in hand,
without uttering a word or making any demon-.
ptratipn. At. the same time themob, who were
few. appeared afraid of him. The man who had
entered the aide door got through the store, and iQ
the rear of the Colonel, without being perceived by
him, seized him from behind. when the mob closed,
in ob him, striking him with the stolen rifles over
the head until he s»Dk on the-sidewalk brutally
murdered. Not a shot waa fired nor a atone thrown
by a woman, as stated, or bv any one else till he ap
peared to be dead, when the; man who first seized
Mm took a large, stone, and standing with one foot
on either aide of "his head, brought it. down with all
his might on. his face, which seemed to satisfy the
mob that the infernal work was complete. They r
then gave a cheer for JefTTDavis and left. The re
mainder of the account seems too horrid to relate.
AN EYE-WITNESS.
.‘A* JBWINCIDUWTS. ’
At the "Winter Garden, on Saturday night, during
the hurjeeque on “Leah.” a .little incident occurred
|tbnt created >:imrfect^pToiiß!gf s Leah.'.’ 1
iß'. in. tne-.iurt ecr. driven da the stage R. TJ. E..by
a ferocious mob led by the apostate Mathew thirst-,
mg for her blood. She. is protected by some friends,
who cry “Back! infuriate fiends; why do you hunt
this poor woman ?” They shrink back, sullen and
glowering. At this point “Leah” (Dan Setchel),
coolly surveyed the mob. and with a sly wink at. the
audience, said: “ Why. I don’t see a riotous fane
among ’em !” Snob a Btorm of cheers and bravos we
have not heard for years ; it was.unparalled. The
only roan who “couldn’t see it,” was Judge Me-
Ounn. the digni 3d occupant of a private box; other
wipe there seemed to be not a man that did not ap
prehend the hit.
A little girl, about peven years of age, while sit
ting at an upper window in the house No.—
Twenty-second street, near Second avenue, was shot
in the face—th e bAll passing through under the nose,
from one cheek-hone to the other. She was con
veyed to "Bellevue Hospital, Shortly after her
wound was drepeed, her father, who had been away
at Ms work, and,on his return bad finally got trace
of her, came into "the room. She gave him her little
hand, notwithstanding the agony she suffered; her
first words were, “Father, T was not in the streets.
I was sitting at. the window.” She then assured,
him that she did not suffer much pain, and inquired
if he had had his tea. And yet that little girl to
hardly expected to live.
The firm of Taylor.& Wilson, who have a large
mineral water establishment at. No. 139 Franklin
street, (formerly the old “ Gonoel-Trumpet Church”)
and who supplies the Army with mine.ral water, por
-ler. &c.. to the amount of thousands of dollars a
month, becoming frightened at the demonstrations
against the colored peopled put. up a card in front, of
their establishment in conspicuous capitals, “No
Niggers in the rear.”
The curhetoDes and fences about the citv were
.covered with posters yesterday, bearing the inscrip
tion in large, letters, “ Sara. Organize !” No one ap
peared to know anything about the object.
THE TROOPS COMPLIMENTED BY THE. SECRETARY
OP war.;
• , Washington, July 17,1883.
Hon. Thomas 0. Adon, President- Board Metropolitan
Police, York:
Thp courage and gallantry of Captain Putnam, of
the 12th Infantry, and the officers and soldiers of his
command, fteHinst.the vilest rioters in iNew Yort,has
been unofficially communicated to this Department.
Suitable acknowledgement* will be made as soon as
an-official report is received. In the
please to communicate to him and the officer* and
eoldiera who have acted under'him the thanks of
this Department. Your Board will also please re
port all cases of gallantrv and courage that may
come to your knowledge hy officers or privates, in
order that the Department may make proper ac
knowledgment. .
EDWIN Mr STANTON, Secretary of War.
ANOTHER LETTER PROM ARCHBISHOP HUGHE3.
To the Editor of (he Herald:
Once more, and I trust for the last time, T beg to
encroach upon your space. Mr. Greeley treats me
as if I were a. head'constable, hound to guide the
actions of those whom, in his arrogant style, he
calls my people. In the civil sense I have no people.
And it is for the civil authorities to take care of all
the people. If they cannot do this they are incom
petent to take care of themselves or protect, u«.
And they mierbt as well give us public notice of the
fact, and then go to bed. But, if I can do anything,
directly or otherwise, to prevent bloodshed or the
destruction of property, why should I not endeavor
to do so. even without any civil commiseionV Gree
ley is had enough in his hasty language; Bryant, of
the Post, of to»day is worse. Both are singular in
their mode of restoring peace, confidence, and a
?ense of common security to the people of this city.
Here’s wbat Mr. Bryant sayß:
A WORD TO PEACEABLE IRISHMEN.
Archbishop Hughes has called a meetiog of what
he styles “The men of. New York, who are now
called in many of the papers rioters.” Thev are to
meet near his house at, 2 o’clock today. We have
satisfied ourselves that the call is genuine, and that
the sneak to the. rioters,
. though Tie decliPed to.give to tneireporter sent from
this office to see him’auy/idea .ofNhe nature ofthe
address he proposes to make to these persons.
We hope none others than the rioters will attend
the meetiog. The call is addressed to these alone ;
the advice they will receive can be read .by peaceable
and honest citizens in the journals, and it is highly
desirable that in the present state of the city no
crowd should collect anywhere.
We thiDk it especially desirable that those Irish
citizens who have taken no part in these riots shall
stay away from this meeting. The character of the
Irish has suffered greatly in the public esteem in the
last few days. There is already a disposition—un
just, but not unnatural under the circumstances—to
confound and condemn in a body all people of Irißh
birth of parentage. This, is wrong. We know of
many.in&tances in which Irishmen have been warm,
and efficient supporters of the law. In the First
ward of this city the Irish porters and laborers have
been formed intoni guardian force, and have dis
persed inoipient riots, arrested a countryman of
their own who was attempting to oreate a disturb
snee, snd rescued one poor negro from the clutches
ofthe mob. \We are assured that there are other
similar instances.
It is highlv important that the public should be
enabled to distinguish between these two classes—
the riotous, and the orderly'and industrious. The
meeting called hy the Archbishop affords an excel
lent occasion for drawing the line; and we hope to
see the peaceable and industrious/Irish availing
themselves of it. Their shepherd has summoned
the wolves/let not the sheep attend also; let them
stay at home, mind their usual business, and leave
the wolves to be dealt with.
In the meantime, the Archbishop’s call, if it is
generally obeyed, will draw together a crowd of such
;miscreants, assassins, robbers, house-burners and
thieves,, such a congregation of vicious and aban
doned’wretches as is not often got together. . The
police should be on the lookout there; they may
catch many an incendiary, many a murderer, many
a highway robber; and we cannot conceive that the
Archbishop’s-safeguard could extend, or that he
would lend his protection, to such malefactors.
Of course a s tron g force ofthe military, both caval
ry and artillery, will be stationed near by, ready to
act promptly and with the utmost vigor. This expe
riment of raising the devil is a new one. It is not
easy to tell what he will do when he is raised.'
. Now these two editors are beautiful specimens of
peacemakers. For the present X shall not maintain
ai»y controversy with-either-oKthem ; although I
ihave, of my own knowledge and by documents
within my reach', the evidence that they bave contri
buted as much as any two editors to bring us into
our present unhappy difficulties, whether national
of municipal, , :
Mr. Bryant’s observations are as lying as if he
had gathered them from the epitaphs on all the tomb
stones within a circle of one hundred miles of New
York, and.it is a proverb that-nothing.lies like a
tombstone. Itjs also as lying as the weak, little
fictions of small poetrv with which Mr.-Brvant is
not unfamiliar. The difference is, however, that the
latter may sometimes tickle romantic imaginations,
but can never convey a moral worth receiving to the
; human heart. Bet Mr. Greeley and Mr. Bryant as
sail me as they will, I shall Dot resent their attacks
until social tranquillity shall have been re-esta*
in this great city. But, in the meantime, I
reserve to myself the right of resenting their as
saults when the proper time comes.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
fJOHN, Archbishop of New York.
. New Yore, July 17,1863.
■ . . REPLY OE THE EVENING POST.
A Case for Charity. —We hearthat there is an
extremely vulgar and Billy letter, under signa*
Mne of Archbishop Hughes, published in the Ueraid
of this morniDg—a fit vehicle for such a production
as has been described to us—in. whieh one of the
editors of this journal iB assailed in terms of such
low abuse as no person of the least sense of personal
dignity could posßibly use. We have not read the
letter, and trusting to the character given us of its
contents, do not mean to read it, and have, therefore,
no answer to make, even if it were genuine, which,
it seems, is a matter of doubt.
Indeed, it is difficult to believe that such a letter
copld possibly be written by any peraon-'on whom
the Catholic Church had. bestowed even the least of
its dignities. The internal evidence, as we ate in
formed, shows that it was not written by a gentle
man such as the person whose name is subscribed to
it is understood to be, at least by education, if not
by natural qualities of character.: The'prelates .of
.the Catholic Ghurchfare not apt to adopt the manners
and language of blackguards, and it is therefore the
part of charity, and perhaps that of justice, to take
for granted that the letter is spurious.
AN ELOQUENT PREDICTION.-Coheluding
his speech at the Harvard College Anniversary, the
venerable Josiah Quincy said, alluding to" his an
cestor, the Quincy.of the Revolution:
“I bad intended to adduce^on thiß occasion ex
tracts adapted to illustrate this principle—that sla
very is to be avoided out of regard to the character of
lid DflODlaimoDff vsh om it oxiatr not out ai MgnMk
to urn mve-miT i nna tmt nittfiir pour time no?
my mtvsm iwroits. i Trail thererorci conclude
with an anticipation or his, .concluding with hla re
marks on the Boston Port bill, a prophecy which it
is our happiness and glory to see fulfilled. After a
laudatory eulogy of the; patriots of Rome andEng
lsnd, he exclaims: «Spirits and genii like these arose
in Rome, and have long sin ce adorned Britain. Such
also shall one day make glorious this more Western
World. America hath in store her Bruti, her Cas
sii,;her Hampdens and Sydneys, patriots and heroes
who will form a,band of brothers; men who will
have memories and feelings, courage and swords—
courage that shall inflame their araent bosoms till
their hands cleave to their swords, and their swords
to their enemies’ hearts.’ ”• - _
THE FRIENDS OF DAVIS.—“ I will not weary
the. Senate by going over the argument of coercion.
My friend from Ohio (Mr. Pugh), I may say, has
exhausted 'the subject. I thank him because .it
came from one not identified, by his position, .with
South Carolina. Tt came more effectually front him
than it would have come from me, had I (asT have
not) the power to present it as forcibly as he has
done. Sirs, let me say, among the painful reflec
tions which have crowded upon me by day and by
night, none have weighed more heavily upon my
heart than the reflection that our separation severs
the ties which have so long hound us to our North
ern friends, of whom we are glad to recognize the
Senator as a type.” /
, A little .further along, in this speech,.Mr. Davis
that the point of pride against striking the
Stars and Stripeß before the summons 2 of South'
Carolina,-was -a false-pride. Hesaid:.“Cantber*,
be a point against latino uroir
sacred boil to- day (the sacked soil of South Caro
lina) thb'flag for which our fathers died!' My.pride.
. Senators, is different.”
oersip. H.- North ;Oarolii;h mb. received
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Andrew Jackson on Secession*
An original letter of President Jackson has been
presented to the Chicago Historical Society by Ge
neral Hurlbut, who remarked that it would-be
found “characteristic, and with some points that
fit the times.” We extraot the following:
„ Nullification is expiriner. Its last dying groan is
just sealed a_jepeal of the ordinance and laws
passed by the South Carolina Convention,, who
passed it; and hereafter nullification and .secession
will Dever he heard-of. except in holding up toseora
and detestation their advocates, and particularly
their prime movers. The Moody bill (as the nul
lies call the. late judiciary bill or enforcing bill)
has put. this to rest. It spoke the united senti
ments of the people from Maine to Louisiana, that
nvllifi cation and secession are revolutionary,meamres,
arid not political rights growing out of our Constitution
or Confederacy. The natural right of man is to resist
oppression when it comes. • It equally belongs fa*
communities. When they hayethe physical power,
they succeed ; otherwise, they will be coerced, into
obedience. Our Governments,"both State and Gene
ral, are Governments founded.by the people for
their own prosperity and. happiness. The people
»Te the sovereigns, and having formed a Federal
and National Government for the transaction of
all their national concerns, and the State Govern
ments to regulate all their local and domestic
concerns, and having pointed out by the Con
stitution bow it iB to be altered and amended, it
can ODly constitutionally and peacefully he so
altered; any other iB revolution. The people being
the sovereign head, they only have the right to
change their Government. This is the heAuty and
safety of our form of Government. It is unique ia
'itself, and surpasses all other systems ever contem
plated. and as Jong as it is truly administered, by
"the General Government keeping within the pale
of its granted powers, and leaving the people and
the States their reserved riehte, it will work weU
'and endure forever. It is the strongest Government
Id the world, because it is made by the people for
their own happiness, security, and prosperity, and
rests upon the support of the people.
The American Uebate In .Parliament,
of Commons, on the 6hh”of July, Mr,
Roebuck asked the noble lord at "the head of the
Government whether he would find a day for the
resumption of. the debate on the recognition of the
Southern States of North America. He. honed he
weuld .be able .to give him next Thursday for that
purpose, or at the latest next Monday, r Cries of
“Thursday.”] '
Lord ■ Palmerston said : I can assure my hen
pnrable and learned friend, that we' have every
desire to accommodate him. I must, however, re
mind the House that this lathe 6th of July, and I
suppose honorable members would not like to sit
much bevoDd the eDd of this month. I have, there
fore, to propose a “give-and-take” arrangement to
the House—that they should allow us to bring in
the bill on fortifications to-night* and to take the
second reading on Thursday, and then we will give
the honorable and learned gentleman Monday next
for the American debate. I hope the House will
consent to that. Arrangement. [Hear, hear.]
Mr. Roebuck observed that the House had lately
teen that the intentions of the Government in re
gard to such arrangements were liable to be frus
trated—(a laugh)—and therefore suggested that they
should on Thursday fix the American debate as the"
first order for Monday.
LoTd Palmerston said be would concur with hia
honorable, and learned fripnd io giving the utmost
fixity to the arrangement of .which it was susceptible .
[Hear, hear.]
AN INTERVIEW WITH STUART.—About
eight o’clock, all the prisoners, under a strong
guard, were put upon a march, amid torrents of
rain, darkne**, and over a road worse than anv l
ever met with in Virginia, to the Williamsport- pike*
and from'there to Wiliiarasonrt On arriving at
the latter place I found General Stuart sitting on a
rail fence. He called it headquarters The infan
try was passing' at the time, and notwithstanding
the rain, many of them were singing gavly. and
making abrurd and witty remarks. In the distance,
toward* Hagerstown, burned a long line of well*lit
camp fires, these illuminating the sky for miles
around ; yet little did these Unionists know that
these camp fires, while they helped to deceive them,
also helped to light thevefypath of the retreating
rebel army. As I was for the second time conveyed
into the presence of Geo. Stuart, I remarked: “ Ge
neral. you ordered that I should he treated with dis
tinguished consideration, and treating me
with such consideration, marching me through raud
aßd rain over a road almost impassable at this time
for man or beast?” “Well,” replied the general, “I
cannot say that it is; but what I meant by treating
you with the most distinguished consideration was,
that Tam going to send you to Richmond. You
ought to thiDk it a "great honor to get there, seeing
that so many of yonr countrymen have been trying
so long and po hard to reach Richmond, and hare
never as yet got there onlvas you are going— ag
priponere.” After some further remarks in thla
strain. I cesnmenced to complain in language more
forcible than elegant. For this .the general mildly
rebuked me, saying that I should not swear. 11 All
great-generals swear, don’t they ?” asked I, “ I,”
replied General s., “do not swear; and yeti think I
am as great a military man aB there is in the coun
try,” Thereupon bis A. A. G. remarked: “ The
general does not drink; smoke, chew, nor swear, and
besides this he is a member of the church.”—Cor
respondence Herald.
A BETTER FROM GEN. DEE.—The President
received a letter from Gen. Dee, on Saturday, which,
puts to'rest all anxieties in relation to the situation
of our army in Maryland, and confirms the state
ments which have been made, that our army hag
been uniformlv victorious in its encounters with,
the enemy in Pennsylvania. The letter states, in
-effect, that the engagements at Gettysburg resulted
in defeating tthe enemy completely; in killing and
wounding a number far exceeding our own, and in
the capture of a large number, of prisoners ; that
falling b«ck of our army to Hagerstown was a pru
dential move, not occasioned hy any success on the
part-of the enemy, and not"through any apprehen
sion of-contingencies arising which might insure hi*
*urcess at that point.
"The gißt of the letter, in a few words, is that the
enemy wrb even more thoroughly cut ud and whip
ped than he ever has been upon Southern soil, and
that the occupation of Hagerstown was a move
ment dictated by strategy and prudence, as essen
tial to the success of the campaign. —Richmond En
quirer,July 13.
THE PEOPBE OF GETTYSBURG.—The Get
tysburg Star indignantly denies the charges made
against the hospital!tv of this town by “ lviug cor
respondents” of the Herald and Time s. We have
published the statement of ;the latter, but are glad
to find its denial., After remarking that the state
ment ofthe Evergreen Cemetery Company having
put in a claim for $1,700 damages, is utterly untrue,
the Star says t “ If there has been instances of in
dividual meanness it Bhould be exposed, but it to
wrong lhat the whole community should come un
der +hese sweeping charges. We know to our
personal knowledge, and the Army of the Po
tomac will bear us out in the assertion, that no
set of men ever met with a warmer and more libe
ral reception than they did here. The wounded in
the hospitals will testify to the same fact, and will
remember with gratitude and tears the kindness
they have received at the hands of our peoole. It
must also be remembered that for weeks we were
overrun with the rebel hordes, and that for several
days our town wab held by the rebel array, during
which time everything in the shape of provision
was consumed, and many of our citizens left entire
ly destitute, and without tbe.means to render any aid*
ODDITIES OF THE DRAFT.—Provost Mar
shal Goodrich has received orders to publish the
names of all exempts, and the reasons whv. Ed
ward T. Mather, son of Roland Mather, of this
city, was drafted in New Haven on Monday, and in
this city yesterday—will be have to pay 3600 to get
clear? John, Hugh, and Thomas Riley, three bro
ther* living on Sumner street, have all been drafted.
.The draft took eight out ofthe Trumbull House and
nine from the Allyn House, : In Calhoun’s printing of
fice. every man eubjeetto draft was drafted exceot the
proprietor. 'Sixteen members of the City Guard
have been drafted, and the Third district remains to
he beard from; The two remaining sons of Ogden
Griswold, firm of Hastings & Griswold, were both,
drafted yesterday. Two organists of our city
churches took their tickets yesterday. Among the
queer names on the list yesterdav are “Tompty
Cabo” and “Antonio Slabozewaki. ” The popular
soup of the conscripts, who weaT badges of red rib
bon, is said to he: “We are coining, father Abraham,
three hundred dollars more.”— Hartford paper .
Personal*
—The Budden conversion of Hon. Albert Gallatin.
Brown to Unionism is regarded as one of the mar
vels of a better ch aDge in the rebellion. Mr. Brown,
was oned United States Senator from Mississippi,
but more recently a member of the rebel Congress.
This'Mississippi politician, under the old regime^'
was one of the moßt violent and coarse assailers of
everything Northern, and was fiercely devoted to
slavery. He opposed Buchanan for being too much,
of a Northern man, and came very near overthrow
ing Jeff Davis in Mississippi, because the latter de
fended Buchanan. It is surprising that he came and
eurrendered to Grant, utterly disavowing any belief
in Secession, declaring that be was always opposed
to it, and finally taking the oath of allegiance.
Gen. Gabriel Rene Paul, a skilful and gallant
officer, who was erroneously reported killed at Get
tysburg during the 'first day’s fight, i% now lying in.
thAt village severely wounded. A round ball, evi
dently from a hunting rifle, in the hands of a sharp
shooter, penetrated the right aide of the.head, near
the temple, and* passing near the brain, severed the
optic nerve, and passed out through the left eye.
The wound Is an ugly and dangerous one; but the
physicians not only look for a recovery, but hope to
restore the tight 0/ one or both eyes. -
—Rev. Charles Beecher, a brother of Henry Ward
Beecher, is before a mutual ecclesiastical council, in
session *in Georgetown, Mass., for the purpose
of considering certain'charges against the “or
thodoxy?* of his doctrines.-•• Th e: complainants on
whose charges Mr. Beecher ib presented, say that
some of the doctrines preached by him are not in
accordance with the faith once delivered to the
Saints, and held generally by the churches- in New
England, viz: “The doctrine of fore-existence of;
the human boul— of the atonement—of the-state of
souls after death, and of divine sorrow.”
John Morgan, as is well known, says the Cin
cinnati does not carry the arti
msr is snisjna
under tfif fiatvr WJi Bfwii Du&vi who !e Morgans
adviser, and advises by the authority of superior
abilities.
. The hereditary Prince Prederick Perdinand of
Denmark, heir to the Danish crown, bom Novem
ber 22,1792, died suddenly, on the 29th ult-, at Co
penhagen; The prince was uncle to the King of
Denm ark, and great uncle to her Royal Highness j
the Princees.of Wales. By this event Prince Chris
tian, the father of the Princess of-Wales, becomes
immediate heir totlie Danish crown.
. —The London Patriot states that, since the Rev.
Henry WaVd Beecher has been in England, he has
expressed his intention not to undertakerimy public
engagements.
—r Lieut. E. L. Sproat writes to Governor Ram
say that,,out of the Ist Minnesota regiment, less
than one hundred men are left. Colonel Colville,
together with the lieutenant colonel, major, and
a majority of captains and lieutenants, are killed or
wounded. ;
Among the drafted men, in Portland, was Mr./'
Henry'Willis, the well-known* naturalist and his
torian. The Portland’Advertiser says: “We'eta
imagine him in-the tops of the highest trees/taking
a calm survey of tilings, and examining the birds of
various plumage, and the curious bugs, which may
adorn the collection in the Portland Society of Na
tural History.” J *
Another volume of Mendelssohn’s letters,,wiu
appear next month. They were written between
*1633 and 1647. -
S» UUcWb ¥W«
is at lastia pfeMi
and will be before the public. The two YOlumot jfUl
iwnMa »»« ti&httaOtedletUH,