,„ THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1864:
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The Call to Arms.
To-day the enemy and robber is upon
our border again.. The proclamation of
Goiernor .CtinTrlT announcing thiS fact
cstls for twelve thousand more men from,
the people of a Common Wealth on whom
the nation and the • State never called in
. vain. At this hour, which prNmisas the
• grand triumph of the nation before Rich- .
Mond, the honor of our noble State is
•concerned even in advance of its safety.,
Will our young men be less chivalrous for
the one than the other? There is urgent
need, then, of defenders for hoth. The
old invaders have made their. appearance
Again, and there is opportunity to blot out
a portion of. the record they have •so
cheaply won in time past. Whotfter they
again imagine it possible that a free
booting invasion 9f the North may once
more agitate. our politics, and foment clis:
turbance among our people, or whether
the raid is a neck-or -nothing venture to re
lieve a half-provided garrison, it is not our
- business Id studiously inquire. Every man
With that wholesome State pride so be
coming' to those' whose heroic kindred
DIM made themselves names in the history
of the war, should be ready to go forward
to the defence of the border. Our military
organizations have need to be brisk And
prompt. .It will be a misfortunei•pertapi
a fault, if any considerable munber of the
rebels will have • been suffered to quietly
pass the theshold of 'the Commonwealth.
We cannot think it else than a shame to,
the manhood of our people if we alloW
them to depart without some serious effort
upon our part to give them warm chastise
ment for the past, as well as for the pre
sent. We must sweep them .from our soil,
if possible. There are odds of victory to-day
Which should make one militiaman equal,
at least, to one rebel who boastfully pro
claims the impunity of treason and robbery
upon the free and sacred soil of Pennsylva
nia. Hera Gettysburg was fought, we re
member, and we are but a day or two older
than its first anniversary. Our militia have
again the time and the occasion to achieve
lasting relit by rallying to the defence of
the Stale; aid they may yet have the op
portunity of driving the invader back upon
our forces in Virginia, whipped by the yeo
-Men of Pennsylvania.
Yesterday we urgently wrote to call the
attention of the people to the imminent pos
sibility of another raid upon the. State or
advance upon the National Capital. Upon
this thought came the Governor's procla
intion calling for twelve- thousand: men
for service at Washington. To-day an
other call is made for twelve thousand men
to defend the State. Both"calls are n•ise,
and dictated by a necessity not more appre
ciable at Washington 'or . Harrisburg than
at Pateisb‘urg.
By our; latesti telegranis . the rebels have
reached Hagerstown, and arc threatening
Greencastle, while the town of Frederick
is in momentary dread of its old unwel
come visitors. Danger has sped fast, and
the 'demand with it. Whatever degree of
peril is involyed in the new incursion, it is
of lasting importance to the honor of the
State that our yeomen should rally to its
defence.
The Naval Victory Over England.
That the nation makes no disguise of re
joicing, over its honest sea triumphs off
Cherbourg : in the English Chaniiel,ris not,
of course, duo to tub mere assurance that
the' rebel .pirate Alabama has at last re
ceived:AO:iron castigation for it career of
crime; and 'has been sunk without 'shriving.
The Alabama .has been a terror for years
to, our unarmed merehantintn, much - as a
wolf is to a flock of sheep, and has cele
brated its'cheapir-Cained,but valiuilile vie-
tiniei by scores of bonfires on mid-ocean,
to the ruin of merchants and the dis
traction of commerce. It is. a satis
faction in itself. , that this monster,
whose avocation has been little else
than piratical cowardice—a fight' having
been no part of-its profession, and valor no
Constituent, ofits destructive qualities, even
acconlingto the claims of Englishmen—has
at last been quietly settled 4t'the bottom of
the deep. But had we sunk the. Alabama
in our own waters there wOuld - have been
no such enthusiasm over 'die event; for
along our own coast and about our rivers,
our salt Vikings have exploited better things
than scuttling a slave-driver's pirate-shiO.
TaitnAcuT, PolrrEn,' and FOOTE have
xukdeglory . with hardei knocks and more
iron - and adamant in it, ruining for
4 . 'years the gauntlet•of the Mississippi, and
paiiing through the blazing ordeal of the
_batteries, of 'New Orleans. At last, how
ever, we have a victory on the high seas—
. a battle that old PAUL JoNns, of glorious
memory, nright have_ envied, if possible—
for it was fought within hearing of Eu
rope, and the famous Commodore's ancient
enemy, England. This fact completes the
victory, and in a moral sense is the chief
part of it. In open fight, Yankee tars
might sink a hundred Alnbamas,.
manned with British sailors, just as
in former days they : 7 mastered the
old dowager mistress of the seas. But
one Alabama found and caught, and sunk
st lqst, in plain view of our blustering cri
tics over the water, is the orie lesson. needs
' Barg. As a battle and a victory, it is of far
2nore sensational consequence to the Eng
- Bosh than to ourselves. It must give them
•
more vital appreciation of the stern nature
Of the war we Are carrying on, although it
is only one small shot, comparatively,.
heard by British ears across the Channel.-
.. gut : that one shot whips and lashes tha
petty prejudice of our transatlantic relation,
who thinks that one Southern privateer,
swaggering :With British braggadocio—an
"En glisli Cock -champion, pitted by the sport-
ing party of England—is a match for all
• Yankeedern. : One-half of England hap
- pens to be against us, but this is unfortu
t.:. ;lately its representative part; and ;to w
• Must aceept the challenge of tbe . A.labatha
.;: as coming in :A_ measure from England—or
rather, wirrt our
,doughty Captain Wixs-
Low threOimnhis gage he did it in the
face okilritish prejudice. A victory is won
over the. , inecrs of our critics, and those
• who- baie. "stood fast in faith by. North . -
' ern courage, and ability have their wise
instincts vindiCated.. Respect for Northern
valor' rose
rn in England when the • Aln
baa went .
doWn, and respect for Northern
tights beettfrie deeper, possibly, as the Ala-
barna touched bottom. What if a moral
. shot from the locker of the Ticarsarge
• landed somewhere among the British Ad
? We had. some reason to- expect
• fair dealing from the Govern
• downright
merit of England ; we have no occasion to
feel flattexed at ITS tardy praise. * The London
Times will at last give hardy countenance
.to.the: praise of our sincere friends in Eng
land that the North is a brave and devoted
people—the more brave and devoted • even
because It is in the attitude of the stronger
against the weaker, all the circarnstances
of our position being allowed. This tri
bute, however, will be the cold compliment
paid to success, and weighed in the Scales
.of the usurer. We have asked no more
. than our due ; and would • not have coin
. •plained had our usurer only sweated the
, money. •We have no reason to desire a
war with our foreign ladred, for the
•question between us is moral and not mill
.tary. We have too much to do for justice,
. .to Lod time even in the future for revenge.
.England has undoubted right to its public
•opinion. But, for praise or blame, we owe
*it no subscription.
IT a not badly argued by the Evening
Foal, that -" Whatever force LEE luny sera
liorth,..wliethor into Kentucky or into
Ma
ryland and Pennsylvania, it can be opppsod
by the militia ; and the more he and Jow.T.
Moll detach from their main armies the
' batter opportunity they give to GRANT and
Snratmerr. Therefore, anything which
looks or sounds like an invasion of the
loyal States should be hailed as auspicious
to our cause." The argument is.sound, if
the rebel invasion is well opposed by the
militia. If the twenty-four thousand men
called out by the . Governor do not answer
promptly, the result will be that the raid
•ill give valuable assistance to LEE.
• The Kearsarge • and Ata7Dama.
It seems impossible to doubt the positive
ness of the sympathy sbeivn by the large
and influential Anglo-rebel party for the
special cause of the Alabama. In London
aTund has been opened for a sword to re
place that which Captain SzumEs lost off
Cherbourg. The English yacht Deerhound
appears to have beena witness of the naval
duel on purpose to render aid and sympa
thy to the rebel. Much effort is wasted by .
the Southern portion of the English press
to make its herO kill more a hero by the
addition of oddi on the. side of his oppo
nent:" But the battle seems to have been
nn eminently fair one. In guns and arma
ment there was little actual disparity be
tween the two vessels ; but one hundred
and fifty rounds were fired by the Alabama
to one hundred by the Kearsarge. The
' son of - Minister DAYTON, who was a wit
ness of the fight on board the Kearsarge,
testifies that nt no part of the fight had the
Alabama the advantage, nor was the most
remote attempt Made •to board the - 12:ear-
Yearge, according to the boast of somo of
the British journals. Wo heave • a report
that Minister DAYTON has advised the ren
dition of the prisoners carried into SOtith
ampton, .and this opens ,a new question,
upon the issue of which we need not ex ,
pend much feeling.
It is stated that immediAely atter the de
struction of the Alabama, when SEMMES
landed at Southanipton, arrangements.
were made for furnishing him another ship,
more swift , and powerful than the Alaba
ma. A gentlemen told me yesterday he had
seen the steamer that was now fitting out
for Captain SEMMES here in the Thames."
These arc the words of a correspondent of
a morning journal, but we doubt the state
ment. England would not dare to permit
another pirate to leave her ports. The de
cision in the case of the rebel rams in the
Mersey has been emphasized- by this vie
torY. That SEMMES Will be delivered up to
the United States is another improbability.
any demand is made for his rendition
upon the British Government, ho will no
doubt be sent to France. .G.kRIDALDI was
pushed out of England be avoid trouble
.with the French Emperor; SEILMES• may
be salted to end his visit, to prevent a 'dis
agreeable discussion with Mr.- SEWARD.
history IralsStied.
. .
The truth of history, one would think,
cannot be easily ignored by any nation—
at least not:with impunity. Yet a singular
misrepresentation has just been made by
Austria, full in tee eyes of the worldovhich
already haS excited a great dehl of obServa
tion, and no small merritnent, in Europe. If
there be one.hisforical fact of modern times
better established. than another, it is that
on June 4th, 1859, was . fought the battle of
Magenta, in which the. Austrians were'
rented by the Italians and the French, the
Ticino frontier was abandoned, Milan fell ,
to the allied troops, and Lombardy was
lost to the Austrian Emperor. Every
schoolboy knows the fact that Austria lost
the battle, and that the results were pre-..
cisely as we have stated. But on the
4th of June just past, the Austrians had
the wondrous audacity, in the .city of Ire
' nice, to celebrate the battle of Magenta as a
victory ! 'We cannot . learn that this cele
.bration took place, by imperial order, any
where bid in Venice—precisely the spot,
one might think, where it would be most
_foolish to act such i'alsehood. For, in
June,. five years ago, when the news
reached the City of the Sea thtit Austria
had been defeated at Magenta, and Lom=
hardy thereby lilierated, great hope arose
among the Venetians that the happy time
of their own emancipation from foreign
'tyranny was near ; that for, them, too, was
the )IClbg.d.be.cciar' ling part of - that united
.
and independent Italy which VICTOR Ell-
MANUEL was to govern—a sovereign of the
people's choice. The attempt to humbug
them, at this time of
. day, by rejoicing on
the anniversary of
. a 'great defeat, as if it
had been a glorious victory, is too transpa
rent to deceive any one. The Venetians
know—pono . better—how their tyrants
_were -routed at Magenta, and might have
puzzled the Austrians by inquiring why
the glorification did-not take place in Vienna
as well as in Venice. .
Should: nations be thus' allowed, after
the lapse of a few years, to falsify history,
some singular celebrations may be ' ex
pected. For example, though - Marshal DE
SASE thoroughly beat the Duke of Cum
berland and the British army, at Fontenoy,
in 1'745, we may hear of the Tower guns
peeling forth their thunder on the last day
of next tkpril, in celebration of a British
taiumph there ; and, coming a little" later
clown, perhaps John Bull may take in his
head to celebrate the British victories at
Bunker Dill and Saratoga, and claim Courc-
WALLIS'S surrender at YOrktoWn as a tri
umph too. On this new plan we may have
it asserted that Captain PEARSON, in the
Serapis, pefeateclTAuL JONES, in • Le Bon
Homme Richard—though general belief,
and PEARSON'S own acknowledgment, has
ran in a contrary groove. If the Austrian
plan be followed up, France may go back a
few centuries to celebrate her triumphs at
Crecy and Agincourt, at Blenheim and
- Ramillies, may ha - ve a grand holiday on
the anniversary of Trafalgar, and may
light up the Hotel des Invalides on account
of Waterloo. So ; the CZAR, next Septem
ber, may have general rejoicings, because
it is the anniversary of the fall of Sebas
topol—and so', indeed, every nation, in
stnietedilby the happy device which Aus:.
-trill has invented, may convert her shame
into her glory. It is.not at all impossible,
on this principle, that while we celebrate
ths ensuing Fourth of Auly, as the glorious
anniversary of our Declaration of Inde
pendence, tbe rebels may celebrate it also,
with great enthusiasm, because ou that clay,
*precisely oneyear ago, Vicksburg surren
dered to G - 01.:GRANT. Surely, if Austria
claim Magenta as a victory, Rebeldom has
equal right to clothe same
. by Vicksburg:
There are such awkward things, however,
its negapapers, and such impracticable per
sons 7 historians,
"who may be diiinclined
to endorse the fabrication—to affirm that
defeat is tb be honored as if it were victory
THE London Timo, in spite of its gene
ral animosity toward the North, renders Ot
length reluctant credit to the iron endu
rance' and indomitable persistence of the
Northern soldier. This is a tribute paid to
success : -
. "It must ho aelnevrledged that both parties in
this tremendous , and doubtful struggle display
very high military qualities. Whichever of the
contending generals is successful, they have
both shown the qualities which 'deserve success.
Tho Northern army must contain splendid ma
terials to He capable, of being handled with
such absolute indifference to loss, and such hard,
unbending purpose .as General Grant displays.
It is sufficiently astonishing that the tremon-
Acne losses of the army do not affect the in
habitants of Now York and Washington with
more grief, or, at least. hesitation ; but it is equally
remarkable that they do not, seem to affect:the spirits
of the army. That capacity for not knowing when
they nro beaten, which was itsburiesque aspect in the
reckless misrepresentations which dishonor the New
York papers, Is yet rt reel and deep-rooted quality in
the people. We think it nun:Table doluSlOn which
leads the North to sacrifice tensor thousands of lives
and hundreds of millions of dollars rdi• tho eako often
imaginary Union, but vet it Is hnpesstble not to feel
that it is a great display of fortitude which carries
them through it. The sufferings, it Is trod; aro In great
Treasure vicarious, but they must come Homo to, the
people sooner or later, and there aro winnable
qualities at the bottom of a resolution capable of
adhering with such tenacity to principles which
have hitherto exhibited such disastrous results.
The confidence which the North continues to repose
in Air. Lincoln after all his extraordinary misman
agement is equally creditable, and it deserves at
least a better leader. Tho South Is displaying the
same qualities, heightened bY the ennobling force
of suffering and by the sobering consciousness of
constant peril. The army of General Leo appears,
In the resolution of its soldiers and the character of
its loaders, to boa still more admirable instrument
than General Grant's ;`and we cannot witness the
struggle of two suith enemies without respect."
CONTIITTIIITIONS OPITHE OAItrET MERCHANTS
TO THE SANIT/11" FAIR.—In another column of
our paper, this morning, thereader will find a state
ment of the subscriptions In money and goods made
to the jute Sanitary Fair by tho carpot manufac
turers and dealers, both here and abroad. The air=
grogate of these donations amounts to the hand.
some sum of Ei4,678.91, of which. a vary handsome
proportion, we arc pleased to acknowledge, is duo
to the liberality of firms doing business in England
and SCotlantl.
Spain and Peru.
'lt is evident by the late news from South
America that the Ilispano-Peruvian ques
tion is not to be settled by the submission
of the'Peruviart Government to the insult
offered it by Spain. On 'the contrary, a
Spanish gunboat which appeared in Callao
Bay on the third of ;rune, with despatches
to the ministers of 'England, Prance, and
Chili, was not allowed to deliver them. In
reply to the announcement of its com
mander, that he was authorized to treat
with the Peruvian Government in relation to
a suspension of hoitilitie's, he was informed
that hostilities would not be suspended,
and that further communications wore for
bidden. In further proof of the resolution
of the Peruvians to exact reparation front
Spain, it is stated that subscriptions for the
defence of the coast are being successfully
made throughout the country, and its
preparations for war seem to be 'propor
tionate to its resources. Chili is fortifying
her principal seaports, and all the South
American Republics, Ecuador alone ex
cepted, are equally resolved to resist the
Spanish arms. Against this league Spain
cannot successfully wage war, and if the
jealousies, intrigues, and rivalries of the
States do not in time disturb the alliance,
the Spanish claim upon the Chincha Islands
is not worth a straw. The South American
Republics are a strong power if united ; if
divided they'are at . the mercy of any foe.
THE NAME KEATWAISUE.—This name, which has
now become a household word, deserves a proper
cradling, ns regards its pronunciation and spelling,
ore it passes into the vernacular. As correctly given
in the editorial and news columns of TLI.F: Plums
On several tiara:dons, it is Kearsar-go, and not JCoar
Sage, as it is so friquently ints-syllablelzed and mis
spelt. Evidently it is an Indian name, taken from
the well.known mountain in New liamnshite. Ithu.9
been tolled rough, ugly, and ineuphonious, but it
should be a not unmusical name if we respect its
Indian , pronunciation. This Is ICear-sar-geo, the
accentuation being light, and the emphasis on the
soft second syllable, the last syllabic given with the
bard g. The name le, therefore, aiiivot as melo
dious as those of many Italian singers, and we sup-
pose It is so pronounced by the crow of the ;tear
sargo and the educated people of Now England.
The . Late George P. Norris
The death of George P. Morris will be regretted
wherever the English language is spoken, for with
one or two Tongs which have been sung over all the
world his name is tenderly connected.' Mr. Morris'
fame will rest solely upon a few beautiful ballads,
and certainly the author bf " Woodman, Spare that
Tree," timerves to be remembered. For many
years Mr. Morris has been one of the editors and
proprietors of the Home Journal, but, except by his
contributions to that well•known paper, and the
publication of - net editions of his poems, has taken
no active part .lEr the literary world. , Isis fame
properly belongs to the generation bofore this—the
time when Percival, lia.lleck, and Pinckney, wore
our poets, and Morris the Tom Moore of America.
TO ARMS
rieelereation by the Governor—Another
Call for 12,000 Men.
TIAIMISBITIIO, July 0-0.30 P. 3.1.--The
following proclamation has just been is
sued by the Governor :
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
Pennsylvania, as.:
In the name and by the authority of the
COmmonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew
G. Curtin, Governor of the said Conimon
wealth, a proclamation :
It is now • ascertained that a large rebel
force has been detached from Richmond;
and is advancing on the North.
So large a' portion of our army is at re
mote points that it becomes necessary to
raise immediately a sufficient body to repel
them. They a re already within the borders
of the Commonwealth.
You have altays heretofore been - ready
to answer the call of your Country ; you
will not be less ready to come forward
when your homes and firesides arc to be
defended against a profligate horde of plun
derers.
Lain authorized by the Prisident of the
United States to call for twelve thousand
volunteers, in addition to those , required by
my proclamation of yesterday, to serve for
one hundred days in Pennsylvania, Mary
land, and Washington and its vicinity.
I appeal to the freemen of Pennsylvania
to rouse - themselves for the necessary effoit,
and come promptly to sweep the invaders .
from deer soil.
I' refer to the General Orders from the
Headquarters of the Pennsylvania , Militiai-
No. 60, dated July
. sth, 1964, Published!
- with this proclamation, for the details of
the arrangements.
do most earnestly require the good and
loyal men of the Comnionwealth, and es
pecially the veteran soldiers in all her bor
der's, to show themselves to be worthy of her
in this emergency.
Her sons have established for themselves
on many a bloody field a reriniatieln for
the . martial virtues which .they will not
now forfeit, when 'both their well-earned
fame - and the safety of their homes and fa
milies are at gtake.
Given under my hand and the great seal
of the State, at Harrisburg, the 6th day of
July, in the year of our Lord one thouand
eight htindred *and shsty-Ibur, and 'of the
Commonwealth the eighty-ninth.
By the Governor gait Srimt, .
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
OEFICTAC REPORT FROM THE CAPTAIN
OF THE KEARSARGE
300,000 NODE MEN TO ,DE CALLED FOB.
WASIIINGTON, July 6,1864.
OFFICIAL DEPORT OF TICE GREAT NAVAL
.COIEBAT.
'rho Navy Department has received the following
despatehes :
• U.S. STEAnIt Kiwtainon, Caznisouno, June
19, - 1861, P. Al.—Sra: I have the honor to Inroad the
-Department that the day subsequent to the arrival
of the Kearsarge off this port, on the 14th inst., 1
recolred a note from Capt. Samues, begging that
the liearsarge 'would not depart, as he intended to
l'ght her, and would not delay her but a day or t w.o.
According to this notice the Alabama left tho
port of Cherbourg this morning at about 9.30
o'clock.
At 10.20 A. M., we discovered hor steering to
wards-us, and fearing the question of jurisdiction .
might arise, we steamed to sea until a distance of
sLc or seven miles was obtsined from the Oherbourg
breakwater, when we rounded to and commenced.
steering for the Alabama.
.a.s we approached her within about 1200 yards she
opened fire, wo receiving two or three broadsides
before a shot was returned.
The action continued, the respective steamers
making a circle around and around, at a distance of
about 000 yards from each other.
At the expiration of an hour the Alabama struck,
going down in about twenty minutes afterwards,
and carrying many persons with her.
It affords Jim groat xratineation to announce to
the Department that every °Meer and man did their
duty, exhibiting a degree of coolness and fortitude
which gave promise at the outEot or certain. victory.
• I have the honor to be, most respeetfully, your
obedient servant,
JoriN A. Wixstow, Captain.
Hon. GIDEON Wraxes, See. of the Navy
UNITED STATES STEAMER KEAusARGE, OREM
BOVA°, rianco, Juno 20, 1864.—51 u: I enclose here
with the surgeon's report of the casualties on board
this vessel In the late aetion with the Alabama.
Although wo received some twenty-live or thirty
shots, twelve or thirteen taking effect in the hull,
by the mercy of God s we have boon spared the loss o[•
any ono life, whereas In the case of the Alabama
the carnage, I learn, was dreadful.
The ships were about equal in match, the tonnage
being the same.
The Alabama carried a 100-pound rifle, with one
heavy 68-pounder and six broadside 32-poundors.
The Kearsarge carried four broadside 32-pounders,
two 11-inch, and ono 28-pound rifle, being ono gun
less than the Alabama.
The only shot which I fear will give us any trouble
is a 100-pound rifle shell, Which entered our stern
post and remains at present unexploded.
It would seem almost invidious to particularise
the conduct of any one man or officer In an allair
in which all have done their duty with a fortitude
and coolness which cannot bo too highlypraised, but
I feel it due to my execotiveofticer,Lleutenant:Com- .
mender Tnonm•roa, who superintended the working
of the battery, to particularly mention him for an .
example of coolness and encouragement of the mon
while lighting, which contributed much towards
the success of the action..
I have the honor to be, very rospoctfully i your
obedient servant,
• Joirie A. Wucst.ow, Captain.
Hon. G. IVEt.r.ne, Secretary of tit° Navy.
Surgeon I.3liows reports „Trio. W. Moreau:l', quar
termaster-gunner, has an arm antputatod, owing to
fracture, and Wit.x.T.tht 0 onvrw and James Max
arra; ordinary seamen, Bovorely wounded.
GOVERNMENT ACTION Ili REF.EjtENCE TO
TUE INTERFERENCE OF TILE " DEER
-110UNO."
Gentlomon of prominoneo assume that, beyond
the act of humanity in rescuing SEAfarial‘ from
drowning, the course of the Deerhound was in con
travention of the law of nations, whioli, they say,
justifies a demand for his rendition.
KR EXCURSION 'PARTY BROKEN UP TX'i'ITE
REBELS
A plensure party from the Trenaury loft George
town on Saturday, on tho oatal boat Flying Mad,
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1864.
• -
and renohod Ilarperl Ferry on the morning of the
4th op.Tuly. Owing to the excitement in that viol.:
nity the boat was turned for home.
Whon a mile from Point of Rocks they wore tired
on by a 12-pound gun on the north side of the Poto
mac, the first eholl falling short, and the next two
passing over the boat, which was run ashore. The
olcurelonists jumped to the land and ran away ovor
the hills and down tho railroad track.
Of seventeen persons only tvrolve have returned
The rebels destroyed the boat..
CAPTAIN 'WINSLOW TO', NRCOMIEENDED
Captain WINSLOW will undoubtally be recom
mended for promotion ns commodoro, to date from
the time of the destruction of the Alabama; but
the confirmation of the Senate is necessary to glyo
full effect to the appointment.
TEE NEW EXCIEE LAW ON CIGARS
The law requires all persons making cigars to
obtain a permit to manufacture, and .no ono is
allowed to work at his trade without liconse.
All persons making cigars aro required to keep an
accurate account of the number made. Should any
persons make cigars without a permit, they become
liable to a tine of $5 per day while so manufac
turing, or imprieonmont.
Panic-strickon Imatmen at Georgetown, Ennobl
ing this city, bring greatly oxaggorated accounts of
tho rebels crossing the Potomac. Tho river is un
usually low, and fordable at almost all points, and
It Is not Improbable that squads ofyobals have
crossed In different placers on horse-stealing mrpodl
tions. •
PROPOSALS FOR TILE CONSTRUCTIOR OF A
DRY DOCK.
The Bureau of 'Yards and Docks has, In accord
ance with the law of Congress, advertised fir the
reception of proposals for the construction of a
floating dry dock for use at or near the navy yard
at New York, and ono for use nt the navy yard at
Philadelphia, to he of full and auffloient capacity
and power to receive, raise, and sustain In safety a
vessel of at least 230 foot in length, 40 feet in
breadth, and 16 foot draft, of 2,200 tons displace
ment.
The Russian IginiSter has ofnelallY communicated
to the State Department a notice of his Govern
lIMa requiring all merchant vessels, as well masted
or seagoing as coasters and without masts, arriving
at the port of ibronstadt, to pay to the benefit of
tho municipal revenues a special tax for their
eleansingomil for the removal of their filth. •
We aro informed that the Preside:at will .imme
diately issue a proclamation 'for 300,000 additional
men to aid In the suppression of the robelilon. The
hundred-days men raised in sovaral of the States
will not, be credited to thorn under the now call.
The proolamation will probably appear to-morrow.
VIE ACT °Alaimo OUT Til i'RATIONAL FORCES
No official notion has yet boon taken by the War.
Department with regard to the act recently passed
for calltg out the national forces.
'IIIE TAX ON PASSPORTS.
The Lax on passports has been raised from three to
five dollars.
TUE ItaiGUELLES CASE--LETTER PEON 'REV-
.ERTY'r JOTINSON.
Senator Sourreow has addressed the tolloTsing
note to the Washington Intelligence?:
SENATE 011.0113 ER, Stine 30, 1801.
To Me Editors of the National Intelttgencer:
GMITLE3fIOI:"My attention has been called to the
following' editorial in your paper of yesterday :
" Tag ABOVELLIA CASK —lt is elated the Senate Com
3:Mlles on Foreign Affairs bad a protracted discussion on
Tuesday over the Arguelles ease. Mr. &sures:try Seward
has End to the committee a very elaborate. topers upon
too sublect,.tn whi, c h the action of the Government is
handing Arguelles over t ()the Spanish authorities Is not
only aDstalAtd..bili luny justified. The committee ad
journed:without amino to any decision in the matter.
It is expected to so over until next session."
Your known - accuracy -Is so well calculated to give
authenticity tesour statements that I deem It my
duty, because of the public interest of the subject,
to correct the - error into which, in this Instance, you
have been led. Unless corrected - your readers
would tuppoke that the paper of Mr. Secretary
Seward, to which you refer, was, considered by the
Senate Committee on Foreign' Relations as sustain
ingt, and justifying the .surrender of Arguelles.
Wlthput stating what will be the report of the
• committee, it Is due to them and to truth to say that
- upon the members who Mad the paperZno sucn Im
pression was Made as your paragraph Implies. What
the opinion of the corumittee.is will not be made
known at this time, because of the pendency of
criminal proceedings against some - of- the parties
who were concerned in the surrender; but when it
shall be mimic known, the public will be Informed
Whether the surrender Is considered by the commit
tee as either "sustained " or "justified."
With regard, your obedient servant,
EXVIIRDT .70.1INSOW.
ACTS OF CONGRESS APPROAD BY TILE
The President has signed the following-named
bills, which have thereby become laws :
An act to correct a clerical error 'ln the law of Sutto
30th 1564. relating to the Post Oftice-Department.
A joint resolution isopo . a!t special income duty.
An act to regtrict'llte Jo:indiction of .the. Court of
Claims. and to provide for the payment of . certain de
mands for quartermaster/it stores and subsistence sap-
Plies furnished to the United States.
An act tasking an oppropriattoa to carry into effect an
act to prevent BM glint. -
A_ Joint resotution" explanatory of the joint reshin
tion in relation to the pay of stag' ofticers of the Lieu
tenant General.
• - . -
An act supplementary to an act entitled an act to
greet pensions. approved July 14, 1562
Au act further to regulats the carriage of passengers
in steamships and other vessel a.
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to pro
vide for the education of naval constructors and steam
engineers, and ter other purposes.
An act fortherjo regulate and provide for the enroll
ing and eallinglat of the national forces, and for other
purposes. • .
n act to encourage emigration.
An act to pay iu pettier publishing the Aebates in Con
gress, and for other purposes.
An act to repeal a iolut resolution entitled " joint
resolution to pent additional rooms (err the Agricultural
Depurtment, ' and koretner.parposee. , • -
.Anacc makirg an aseiropriation for testing sub-marine
inventions. •
An act for the supervision, repairs, liabilities, and
completion of the Washington Aqueduct
Joint resolution. In -relation to the , professors of the
Military Acadeany,of Wadi Point.
An act. to.rnespititothe proceedings In eases between
landlord and tenant in the Districeof Colombia-
An An act to establish a branch of the-mint at Dallas My,
oregon.
An act in addition to the several acts concerning cdm
inerclul intercourse between loyalarid trourrectie (Lary
Suttee, and to provide for the collection of ventured and.
abandoned pi operty,. and the prevention of frauds in
Stain , declared in insurrection.
An act for the relief of semeen and others, not officers,
borne orr the boolts,ol vessels wrecked or lost in the
naval service. j-
Au act for increased facilities of telegraph communi
cation between the Atlantic and Paelitc States and the
Territories.'
One foe tie relief of Major U. G. Brouldn, a paymaster
1n the United Stites army.
The President had previously signed the act to en
coning° end facilitate telegraphic conurittuication be
tween the Eastern and Western Continents.
The act to roped all laws and parts of laws providing
for the rendition of: frutittve slaves, and in the civil ap
proprlatanifiep. a-s'ection to repeal the law regulating
tire coat tiviee.elsve trade.
• All the bills peeped by both houses and presenied to
the President,seceivad bid. signature, excepting the bill
providing Republican government for States over
thrown or usurped by lobellion. This bill authorised
temporary governors to be appointed until a majority of
the people enfold take measures for restoring civil
ivati
tutions, excluding certain classed of persous who have
given aid and. comfort to the enemy, and making one of
the condition's of readmiesion the abolition of slavery.
SENATE CONPOIMATIO.NS. •
The President has appointed end the Senate confirmed
James Bowan, of Hew York, to be Cournib.hiener. and
Jong P. Cusaugu of New York. Superintendent of im
nctigption, under the net to encourage immigration to
the United - Mabee.
The relloliidgnppotnttnents wore alto confirmed:
'Charles Dimmer, or 3taine, to be supervising inspec
tor of steamtiohts, ander the act. of June S. 1364.
Colonel Charles J. Paine, 2d Louisiana Volunteers,
to be brigadier geneml; Brig. General Stephen G. Bur
bridge to he major general. and Brig. General Alvin P.
Hovey and Brig. General John O. Barnard to be major
general by brevet.
Alto, the following as' oflicers in the revenue cutter
service;
2'o tie Captains. —Wm. C. Pease, Benjamin F. Kel
lam, Jam.s.D. Unber, James A. Merriman, Itietard
Afereal, Joseph Amegene, John W. White, Alfred B.
Davie, ,t; A Fenger. Thaothy Feaway.
To be Find Litutc.nants.—.ooniol D: ThomPkins,
Theodore B. Spencen, Samuel G. Colosbury. Samuel S.
Warver,',lclus G. Baker, Edward A. Free.mau, James
M. F.ciden John V. Boyd. Hugh R. Graham, Henry 1).
'Ball, Daniel B. 1101.10011. 310110121 ?Wipe. Frank Barr,
Benry Benson, John A. Henriques, Derid Ritcuie.
To lie fircond Ltentenaots. —William E. Holloway,
Thomas W. Lay, William C. Piggott, William C. De
bark,: Howard L. Briggs, Joseph Irieli, Edward C.
Gardner end Wentworth S. S. Simons.
t robe Third Liettlenante. —Henry P. Hamlin, Robert
11. Woode, James H. Wicks, James R. Malcolm, F.W.
Starrett, S. Alton Abrian, Charles It. Digon,George 31.
Banter.
To de Chief Eoginiers—A. Al. Cummings. Waltor
Ecolt, Samuel Hain , lton, J. E. Cooper, A. D. Douglass,
"Frank PulNiflor, George H. Clarke,. George W. Sim
mons, J,, Roberts, James Coy, Henry Smith, and
Eugene Valiance.
• The following is an exact copy of the joint resolution
rimming a special tax on incomes, as approved by the
President of the United States:
Besotted, fie.. That, in additiOn to an income duty
already imposed by law, there shall be levied, assessed,
azd collected, on the first day of October, UM, a
special income duty upon the gains, profits r In
comes for the year ending the thirty-first day of De
cember neat preceding the time herein named fur
levYlng, assessing, and collecting said duty of all
Persons. residing within the United States; or of
citizens of the United States residing abroad, at tits
rate of live (3) per cent= on all sums exceeding
($fOO) dollars, and.the same shall be levied, assesied.•
estimated, slid collected, except as to the rate according'
to the provisions of 'existing laws for the collection of
an income duty atonally whettluot inapplimbla hereto. •
And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
to male such rules and regulations, as to time_aud mode.
or oilier matters, to enforce thecollection of rite rPeciat
income duty I•2len provided for, as may be necessary;
provided that in estimating the annual gains, profits,
or ingomea, as aforesaid , for the foregoing' special in
come-duty, no deductions shall ha made fur dividends
or interest received from any association, corporation,
or company, nor shalt any deduction be made for. any
Wary or pay received.
The 113nien State Central .Committee.
RARUISDURGi July o.—The 'Union State Central
Committee assembled at the residence of General
Simon Cameron this afternoon. There was almost
a full attendance.
The committee transacted no other business hilt
that relating to its own organization and empower
ing the chairman to appoint a secretary and the
Executive Committee to conduct the working opts.
rations of the coining campaign.
Gen. Cameron submitted an eloquent and logical
address on the subject of the vote on the constitu
tional amendments, to .be submitted to the people
at the election on the 2d day of august next. After
the reading and adoption of this addres.s the com
mittee adjourned.
.EAsTozz; Pa., July 0.-L-The funeral of ex:GorernOr
Ilecder will take place on Friday afternoon, at four
o'clock. The services will be conducted it his' resi
dence, ha this place.
l3oreroz!, Ju)y o.—The funeral of Josiah Quiney
took place to-day hi. Arlington-street Church, Rev.
Dr: Gannett officiating. The attendance, which
was very large, Ineluded members of the State and
city governments, the officers and faculty of ilar
yard University, and many persons distinguished
in science, letters, and mercantile life. The flags
on all the building's were displayed at half mast
during the obsequies.
Iloirrow, July 6.—The cargo of the prize steamer
Tristam Shandy was sold at auction today at the
following prices : 137 bales Uplands cotton, in lots of
26 bales and under, at $1.63.1M1.65331.00 ; 102 bales
good ordinary Uplands, $1.3761.68X ; 61 balds ordi
nary Uplands, $1.453,1 ; 77 bales damaged Uplands,
01.26;13 Wert, p landa, $1.46; 8 bags ploltori,sl.6l) , ;.
Also, 68 bales of cotton, ricked up, at sea by the
steamor,Vloksburg, $1.13 ; 4 bales of cotton, picked
up at Bea by the steamer Keystono State; $1.23.
A quantity of Navy tobacco, ordinary, brought
38@63c, It., and I casks of turponttno sold at
$3.32g tig
Canal Break Repaired.
ratasv, 'July 6.—The break in tho Erie Oaaal
at Frankfort, aULbo repaired by Saturday.
AS A COMMODORE
TILE REBEL RAID
PORT ariARGES'AT CROXSTADT.
A NEW CALL FOR TROOPS
TIIE TAX ON INCOMES
Funeral of Ex-Oovernor Reeder.
Funeral of Jo inn Quincy.
Side of Prize Cotton
• THE WAR.
The Raid into Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
GENERAL ALARM ALONG OUR STATE BORDER,
THE INVADING FORCE REPORTED TO BE
OVER TWENTY THOUSAND.
Hunter's Forms Advancing to Confront Them;
SKIRMISHING AT tIARPER'S FERRY
Sigel Entrenched on Maryland Heights.
Our Troops Dziven out of Hagerstown.
OCCUPATION OF TIIE PLACE BY THE REBELS.
Another Call from the Governor for
One•lluntlred-Days Men.
THE LATEST CONCERNING TILE RAID.
lIVNTRR'S TROOPS ARRIVING RAPIDLY-TRH
REIU REPORTED TO ISE IirA.T.LINCF RACK
BALTisionu, July 2.15 P. M.—The American
publishes the following view of the situation of af
fairs in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry: .
An intelligent gentleman who arrived this morn
ing from the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, states that
it is now definitely known that the whole force of
the enemy does not exceed 5,000, of whom less than
one-fourth are cavalry, and the balance infantry.
They are concentrating around Harper's Ferry,
And are sending out parties, to forage on the people,
robbing them of even their watches and money.
There was some skirmishing going on between
our troops and the rebels across the river, and ocea-
SlOnally shot and shell were being thrown at them
from Maryland Heights.
The fight of Colonel Mulligan with their advance
at Leetown is spoken of as most gallant, SueeeSs
fully repulsing them,sevoral times.
General Sigel moved towards Shopparditown
with his immense wagon train is front, the protec
tion of which was deemed of more importance than
the seeking of a general engagement.
Not a wagon fell into the enemy's hands, and
nothing was left behind at Martinsburgexcept some
of*, which was set on tiro before wo loft.
• The impression was, when our informant left, that
therebel force will retire before to-morrow night, as
General Hunter will be in their rear by that time
with an ample force to overwhelm them if they re
main longer.
The principal object of this rata hasprovedunsue
cessful, unless it be the damage they have done to
the railroad and canal, the collection of conscripts,
and plundering of the inhabitants. -
They have not attempted to leave the lino of the
Potomac, except to rob stores at Point of Rooks, and
to destroy somo canal boats near Ilancock.
What damage has beep done to the railroad is not
yet ascertained, though is is understood that they
have not retreated far beyond Martinsburg.
Officers from the Ferry think that all will be right
to-morrow. General Wallace is co-operating with
General Sigel, and has secured the entire protec
tion of. the road as far as Frederick, which is now
safe from any fear of another' rebel visit. There is
an ample force at Point of Rocks, and also at the
lower tbrds, and a sufficient force has beenorganizod
at Frederiele to prevent any Invasion of that place.
Mr. John . Staub, of Martinsburg, arrived in this
city last evening, having left his home to avoid the
conscription. lie accompanjd General Sigel's
wagon trains from Sheppartown to Frederick,
where they arrived in safety yesterday morning,
not a wagon or horse having fallen into the hands of
the enemy. There were over three hundred wagons
in the train, all heavily laden.
J3Avrimonis, July 6.—Two.eltizens,• skedaddlers
trom Martinsburg and 'Harper's Ferry, arrived here
to-day. They state that the rebels have visited those
places In force, but cannot estimate their numbers.
Their sharpshooters have been amusing themselves
by coming in from their mountain retreats in the
evening, and tiring at such citizens as may have ex
cited their enmity.
The rebels ore reported to be in the vicinity of
Frederick to-day. A train will start for that place
this evening, and will proceed there unless inter
'rupted.
BALTIMORE, July 6, 2 P. M.—The latest Informa-
Uon from Harper's Ferry. this morning indicates
that the Confederates aro about titling back, with-,
out attempting any assault upon the works of Gen.
Sigel.. Sn fact, it is now stated that the force only
amounts to five hundre .7. men, under Gen. Imboden,
and that all the excitement of the past few days has
been occasioned by the movements of these men.
ADVIOES FROM HARRISBURG-.
HAnntsncno, July 6.—General Couch has just
received a despatch which leads
. us to believe that
our cavalry were - toreed out of Hagerstown to-day.
This despatch is dated one o'clock this P. M. It
is believed tho rebels have only cavalry. Oar
troops aro concentrating . at Chambersburg and be
yond. -
The Governor will Wile a call Immediately for
more. troops, in addition to the twelve thousand
Called 'oat yesterday, so that the old troops in the
dipartment may be sent to the front.
The old Pennsylvania Reserves are flocking to
the rescue.
General Couch is hero for the present in constant
communication with Governor Curtin. r,
The lieutenant and two men Captured yesterday":
at Hagerstown arrived hero to-day. The former, a
blustering fellow, belongs to a Maryland rebel regi
ment, and boats that they have forty thousand
men, which, of course, Is not believed.
EXCITEMENT IN FREDERICK—INHABIT • -
ANTS PREPARIIcD , TO LEAVE.
(Special Desvalch to The Press. 3 •
Funnuneu, July 6-9 P. AL—Everything is quiet
here, though some fears are expressed that the re
bels, who are said to be in the vicinity, may drop in
this evening. A cavalry force rent oat this morn
ing has not yet returned. It is rumored that they
are lighting, but I have heard noreport of musketry.
The cavalry rent oti, met the enemy some three
:miles dletant:from hero, and import the loss of two
Of their number, who were captured by the enemy.
A general alarm has prevailed here to-day. Stores
were closed, stocks packed and get ready for ship
ment. The inhabitants have prepared to leave.
The excitement has abated, and it Is to be hoped
that many orthe rumors will prove groundless. As
usual;there are hundreds of stories afloat, but none
of them can be traced to an authoritative source.
A large nogon train passed down the pike t'..ls eve
ning, wending their way to Baltimore in safety.
The rebels were reported to be at Point of Rocks
this morning. Parties in town state that they saw
them there.
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS AT HARPER'S
FERRY
BALTIMODY., July 6-10.15 I'. M.—Despatches re
ceived by the officers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, up to 9.30 this evening, say that the rebels
had not yet made any attack on our forces at .12dary
land heights.
Cars arc running safely as far as Sandy Hook, and
It is reported that a small liody of rebels are at Mid
dletown, about eight miles from Frederick, and near
South Mountain.
LATER—TIIE R EBELS AT lIAGERS.TOWN—
` OUR FORCES DRIVEN OUT.
liannisntino, July 0-10.30 P. M.—Despatches
from Chambersburg state that a rebel force, sup-
posed to be Bradley Johnson's brigade, entered
Hagerstown this afternoon.
The Federal force at that place, under Lieutenant
DlcLenn, after a spirited resistimm were compelled
to fail back on Greencastle, with whieh place we
still bold telegraEhle cObimunientlon at
EXCITEMLNT AT FREDERIOK-A FOOLISH
SCARE.
RALTMORE, ruly 0-9 P.M.—The following is all
that has been receit"ed from the tipper •Potomae
region up to this hour :
Some excitement was caused at Frederick this
morning by the fact that a slight skirmish had oc
curred between our pickets and a small siplad of
rebel scouts, abcut halfway between" Frederick and.
Point of Rocks, resulting in the rebels retiring to .
the Point. •
Just as the regular train.from this city arrlstd in
Frederick a body of our cavalry canto dashing into
the town, covered with dust, which Induced many
to suppose they were rebels. A grekt scare en-
Sued, and the train put back to Monocacyjunction,
and the mistake was not ascertained until the cars
reached that place, *when they returned, but were
again frightened back by another scare as foolish
and groundless as the first.
From movements among the enemy at the Ferry
to.day, it was supposed that Hunter's forces were
actively pressing them In the rear. Nothing del
nits could hyscertalncd, but there is every reason
to believe that Hunter will be heard from to some
purpose before long. Every possible precaution has
been taken by Gen. Wallace to guard against the
probability of any surprise movement by the enemy
in this direction.
Should they eomo within. this Department, they
will meet with an Uncomfortable reception.
Last night Mrs. Dixon, an estimable Union lady
living at Point of Rocks, was killed whilst sitting
at her own door, near the post office, by a shot fired
by the rebels from the opposite side of the Potomac.
To-day a citizen of Sharprburg was shot for re
fusing to deliver up his watch to a rebel who do
mended it. The scoundrel placed Lispistol at the
man's head and blew his brains out for not comply
ing with his demand.
There arc some exciting reports to-night as to the .
presence of a very large force of rebels near liar.
per's Ferry, but they are not deemed reliable.
RAID ON 121 X BOINT OB ROCKS-PABTICIMARS BY
The 'Washington Chriinide of yesterday contains
_the following
A gentleman just from. Point of Rocks makes the
following statoment of Um raid on that place, being
ono of a party from the treasury on a pleasure trip
to Harper's berry :
They loft Georgetown on Saturday ovoning on
thli canal packet Flying Cloud, and reached liar
per's Ferry on the morning of the 4th, at 'to o'clock,'
at which time tho pooplo were leaving, and the bat
tery on Bloryland Relights was firtngin the direction
of Bolivar 'Heights, and the trains wore being moved
to Sandy Book. Mal o'clock the boat turned far
home. When ono mile from Point of Rocks, the
party being at dinner, Choy were opened'on by a 12-
pound gun from the south stile of tho Potomac,
tho first shell falling short, the next two passing
over the boat. Doing about fifty yards from the
lock; and4eoing no one to open it, wo made .to the
west side of tho canal and jumped ashore. Some
took to the hills others ran down the rail track,
while Messrs. B. Davis, It night, Cooper, and Gray
tried to open tile lock. Tho rebels had now reaoliod
the towpath, rind wcro firing on us with guns and re
volvers, and, finding it useless to try Wier° the
boat, we jumped for the hills, whero wo saw the boat
fired, alter they had taken*verything of value out
of her. Captain Hobert was the last man seen on
the boat, and, as he bah not yet melted the city,
fears aro entertained for his- safety. Prom our
hiding piece wo could see all their actions. They
'Out the tolegraph, and threw logs - across the rail-
track, and waited for the train, which came down
in about fifteen minutes. The engineer, seeing the
smoke and steam from the burning boat, gave the
whistle to down brakes, and stopped the train very
quick, but not before it was In range of their bat
tery, which fired four shells at It and one volley,
which wounded the fireman In the arm. While the
train stopped, the passengers, supposing it was
captured, jumped off, and could not got on again
when it backed. Some of them fell into the hands
of the robs, and were plundered of their money,
hats &c., while some got away up the mountain.
While this was going on, about fifty Cr the robs
daSbeti.down to the town, and though they had to
dismount to cloSe the bridge, they were not
opposed by a single shot, though the place was
garrisdned by two companies of cavalry and
two of Infantry, in all over ono hundred
and fifty men, who were drawn up In lino' of battle,
but left with out firing a shot. These bravo men
wore Synced's cavalry, who ran first, and the in
fantry were of the Maryland Homo Brigade. They
sought protection in the mountains,Where we mot
cavalrymen with their horses hid In lle bushes, and
infantry soldiers, who bad thrown away everything,
even to their jackets. When asked why they ran
they said it was their officers ' fault.. The officer of
the day said, at Frederick this morning, when spoken'
to about their conduct, that he could not tight the
whole rebel army, and was not ageing to have his
men cut up by shell and cannlster. When told their
guns could not reach him, ho retorted that ho be
lieved we were ample(' rebels.,
There Welllstoventeen men on the excursion, twelve
of whom have returned. Most of the hitter are
known to have gone into the mountains, and may
not yot have reached Frederick.
The rebels captured Fix privates and one (Meer,
and shot n soldier atter ho had surrendered, they
having plundered him of his money. The wounded
man they left. 'no other, prisoner they took with
them across the river.
ICUBIORS /SMUT RAID
13Avr1storra, July ti—Pdhloight.—lioports have
reached tho railroad dopot to-night that the enemy
are in large force on this side of the Potomac, some
estimates placing their number at thirty thousand.
Those reports aro considored very doubtful here.
Important Movements on root n t Ne m .
plils—Arkansns News.
MEN PFI u, July 4.—An important movement Is
going on here, the details of which aro contraband.
There is no news from Arkansas since General
Carr's fight, some days since, and we have- had no
arrival from the White or Arkansas-riser for the
last two days, but General Steele has ample sun
plies,. and no anxiety is felt for him or his position:
The INTempltls eitygovernment appointed by Gen.
Washburne Is moving along smoothly, and gives
satisfaction tope entire loyal portion of the people,
and many semi-secesh bare expressed their satis
faction with General Washburne's action,
„ . .
Colonel Harris is known as an earnest patriot,
who devotes hii whole energies to the proper dis
charge of his duties as military mayor.
General Batch has reported to Gen:Washburn°
for duty.
ADVIOES Flt(pl ARKANSAS.
ST. Lome, July s.—Upward" of 300 'rebel priso
ners arrivci yesterday on the steamor
from Little Rock, In, charge of a battalion of Mot'
ril's horse veterans, on'furlough. They loft for
Rock Island last night.
Officers from Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas, on the
liOth of June, say that Shelby.. had not returned to
Clarendon, but it was thought he would (lo so.
General Carr reached Duvall's Bluff on the 30th.
hiarmndulm ix still south of the Arkansas river, le
miles below Napoleon. Ills force consists 9f his
own man and those of Bridge, Dockery 'and Gabel',
niih six or eight pieces of artillery.
There is no rebel artillery force between the Ar
kansas and White rivers, and only three companies
of guerillas.
The apprehensions of a siege of Little Rock are
much diminished, and there is but ono brigade of
rebels on Saline river.
Tho rebel design Is evidently to out Steele's White
ricer communication, which, however, will be. very
difficult ,• but, if It should be 'done, there aro three
months' iliovisions in Little Rook and at DavalPs
The White river is patroled by "tin-clads," sup
ported by a land force.
The saw mill at Marshall wag burned last night.
Loss, 110,000.
A VICTORY ON SITE WRITE
The Memphis Argus of July 2d prints the fol•
The Gladiator, from White river, arrived in port
on Thursday night: , From her officers we learn the
following items of news. which put a different
coloring upon the state of affairs upon and in the
neighborhood of that stream : As soon as General
Steele heard of the movement of the notorious
Shelby, he ordered forward to the scene of that
General's operations n column comprised of the
13th. Illinois, 9th lowa, 3d Minnesota and 3d
regular cavalry, under command of Brigadier Gene
ral Carr. This force confronted the rebels on the
27th ult., between Sheridan and St. Charles, and a
fight ensued, resulting in the capture of 200 prison
ers, the guns of the captured gunboat Queen City',
and four mountain howitzers. The loss in killed and
wounded will not exceed over 200, while that of the
Confederates Will reach quite 100. During the night
following the engagement, General' Carr having
been informed of the approach of a heavy rein
forcing column under Marmaduko, preparations
were n ade - to fall back on Clarendon, twenty maw
below Duvall's Bluff. At last accounts this move
ment had taken place Elmo:faulty. Reinforcements
have been sent forward to the assistance of General
Carr. White river will he kept open.
The joint forces of Geus. Shelby and Marmaduke
were said to be on the retreat.
" The reported rapture of the Kate Hart proves to
be a canard. She is all right, and will soon be at
the levee.
The 3d Missouri Cavalry, going home on furlough,
came down on tho Gladiator, in charge of tho 200
prisoners captured in the engagement of the 27th
ultimo.
The White river is now open, and boats are ply
ing it under convoy.
Coll for Massachusetts Volunteers to
Go rrlsOu l'cuataington.
Bos , roN, July 6.—A. call has been published for
6,000 Massachusetts volunteers for garrison duty
near 'Washington ; non-commissioned officers and
privates to receive ri , .% per month from the State
Treasury while in the service.
Business Fit Cairo.
Odinsi, July s.—At the Government sale of cot
ton, yesterday, 500 bales sold at 51.31AI:13—average
$1.403[. Flour dull, and sales confined to low grades.
Wheat dull, and - low grades easier. Corn firm and
active. Oats declined. Business generally very
dull.
The Nevlitlii Constitutional Convention.
CARE9F 7 July s.—The Nevada Constitutional
Convention met today, and was organized by the
election of J: Neely Johnson, es-Governor of Cali
fornia, as president, and lion. AI. Gillespie as
Eecretary.
The session will be short, and the probabilities are
that the Constitution will be adopted..
Fire in .Ctiiengo.
• CHICAGO, July o.—The cooperage establishment
of Jones Sr. Chapin Was burned last night. The loss
is 1,25,000.
The Cricket Match.
Etovrow, July 6.—The cricket match between the
New York Club and Massachusetts, was won to-day
by the latter.
Bottle of If-elms:rev Mountain—Details of
the Repulse of our Troops.
The following graphic description of the pre
viously reported unsuccessful assault on the main
rebel position—the summit of Kencm4 Mountain—
is given by a Cincinnati Gazelle correspondent.
Atter detailing the operatiOns on other positions of
the line, he writes : • •
" "At BA. M. General Logan with three brigades
advanced three-fourths of a mile, driving the rebel
iilekets. They soon reached the abattis and pali
sades which the rebels had constructed along nearly
their entire front. We suffered some loss at these,
but our men went gallantly through and attacked
the first line of rifle pits. Here the lighting was
severe, but the rebels were at length dislodged, and
the works occupied. The retreating enemy at
tempted to make his way into a gorge which runs
down the side of Kenesaw. Our troops followed up
the foe so closels - that more than a hundred prison
ers fell into our hands. Up the side of the moun
tain, and along the slopes of the gorge, our soldiers
continued to skirmisti,.driving the rebels slowly
before them.
" The scone now became ono of exciting and solemn
grandeur. The' dozen pieces of artillery which the
enemy had upon the top of the mountain thundered
so incessantly, shooting lorth in every 'direction
fierce whims of flame and smoke, that Kenesaw
seemed to have revived Its long-extinguished fires.
Our batteries replied with tireless vigor. Thunder
above was answered by thunder from the plain be
low ,• and underneath that sulphurous canopy'one
might well Imagine the ancient fable realized, and
that the Titans contended with the demons of the
upper air, The rebels throw shellsprincipally, hut
our own artillerists confined themselves exclusively
to solid shot, lest the bursting of shells upon the
sides of the mountain might injure our own troops
as they were clambering up. Tho incessant explo
sion of mnsketry all along the sides of the. moun
tain added to the hovel and awful character of thq
scene.
"Our troops had now pushed their way until they
found themselves at the foot of rt, perpendicular
cliff, some thirty feet lu height. Here they waited'
for Colonel Barnhill to bring up the two regiments
I have named. Along the crest of the cliff the rebels
formed in order of battle, and, in addition to a de
structive fire of musketry which was poured upon
us, they rolled down huge stones and trunks of
trees. Colonel Hornbill was killed at the foot rof tho
cliff. Of course, it was Impossible for the troopt.to
go.further. It had taken them just one hour and a
quarter's continued fighting to reith the Miff, and
they heard gladly the word to retire n short distance,
and throw up such works of earth and stones as
might be necessary to protect them from the rebel
=miles. The 83(1 Indiana had two color bearers
killed.while ascending the hill. Slaty officers fell in
the fight, seven of them commanding regiments.
Of rank and file, probably SOD wore killed and
wounded.
"Thus ended what I shall call the battle of Keno
saw Mountain. Everywhere had we carried the
Bret lino of the enemy's works; nowhere had we
made an impression upon the second. • Never had
men fought more bravely than ours ; and ho who,
In any quarter of the world, admires courage, must
regret that such courage was unavailing. Our loss
was about 3,000."
The Pirate leterida—A Machias Brig De
stroyid by Iler.
The New York Commercial Advertiser of last
evening learns from a private source that one of the
vessels recently captured and 'destroyed by the
pirate Florida was the brig William C. tliark. This
vessel was from Machias, and was bound to Matan
zas, with a cargo on t , panish account. A letter
from her captain, dated ilormuda, Juno leth, states
that his vessel war k captured Juno rth, when in lat.
30 deg., and ion. 03 deg. The pirates took out her
nautical instruments, her light rails, together with
what, provisions thoy wanted, and then set flro to
her. 'he crew were allowed but Moen minutes to
pack up their clothes.
AN iNCIDYNT OH TBl RATTLIS Or THE • WIL,
DEUNMSS.—A wounded soldier of the 36th Massa
chusetts Regiment states that at the above battle
his brigade became brokoo, when that splendid re
giment, the 46th Pennsylvania, commenced, singing
a Roily Round the nag, Boys." The time, the
place and spirit, all compiled to make it one of the
most soul-stirring appeals over listened to. Bach
'regiment did at once "rally round their tinge," both
lu spirit and in action.—Boston Journal.
ALMOST' A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO SECRETARY
SWAV it It D.—AB:Secretary Seward was riding In his
earrinpo on am Avenue, :Want dusk on Monday
evcninK,'ho was struck over the right eye Lyn rocket
sent oft in erratic style by some careless boy. Perim
newly no great harm was dello, but had the rocket
struck an inch lower, the result uvula have boon
serious.—Washington Star.
TRIt CONIFLACMATION AT SPRITIOTIELD.—The
Springfield Republican says that the cause of the
lire at the armory was undoubtedly spontaneous
combustion. Tho dust from the ornery wheels used
in the polishing robin, which was in the second
story, is almost as ignitable as powder, and it small
fire in tho same auto Was discovered two months
ago in season to put it out with a pail of water. The
dust rose to the attic through cracks in the floor,
and there was not wore than the depth of a sixteenth
of on inch upon tlic door at that limo. The scuttles
in the roof were open Saturday night, to let ventila
tion in for the workmen, and the condition of the
atmosphere was particularly favorable to sponta
neous combustion, as the ornery." goes off" at no
time's° easilras when a little dampened.
. EUROPE.
ABBIYAL OF THE ASIA-TWO DAYS LAMB NEWS.
The Captured Crew of the Alabama
Liberated on Parole.
ANOTHER MARK OF ENGLISH SYM
PATHY WITH REBELLION.
A New Ship and a New Sword for Captain Sennos.
England's Policy on the Danish Question
THE LONDON CONFERENCE ADJOURNED SINE DIE.
PREPARATIONS FOR WAR IN ENGLAND.
ITAr.w.f x, July 6.—The steamship Asia, Captain
Noodle, from Liverpool, noon, June 25th, and
Queenstown 26th, arrived at this port at 2.30 this
morning,. She has on hoard 26 Halifax and U 3 BOY
ton passengers.
The steamship Asia reports : June 20, oft Tasker,
exchanged signals with the steamship liangaioo,
bound into Liverpool.
The Asia sailed at half past eight o'clock this
morning fur Boston, where she will be duo tamer
row (Thursday) afternoon.
The steamship Tcutonia arrived at Southampton
on the evening or - utt-22(1, and tho Australasian at
Queenstown at 8 A. M. tre the 25th.
The U. S. frigate Consttention - WaaferAtossetdria
the middle of June.
CAPTITIII7.O rIItATEB PRO,( Trig ALAILsOta. LTIIE.
E=!
The officers and seamen of the Alabama, captured
by the Kotrsarge, had been liberated on parole at
Cherbourg.
A letter In the Paris Patric states that Captain
Semmes has announced that on the 15th of August
ho will again embark on a new Alabama, which
will at that date, be completed.
The - seamen of the old Alabama will continue to
receive pay, and form part of the crew of the new
Confederate cruiser.
_
Humor points to the steamer Rappahannock, the
ex-British war vessel which stole away from sheer
ness to Calais, as the likely vessel which Semmes
will take possessiop of.
ENGLAND
A committee headed by Admiral AnSon has been
formed in London to raise, be guineasubscriptions,
a fund for the purchase of a:handsome sword to re
place that which Qaptaba Sommes sunk with his
ship. •
It is reported that a considerable sum has also
been raised in Liverpool for the same object.
THE "DEERHOUND. A TENDER TO THE ALABAMA
The London Daily News publishes an account of
the liearsarge and Alabama atthir, correcting false
eta temente in regard to the course pursued by the
former. It charges that the Deerhound acted as a
sort of tender to the Alabama that Captain Wins
low would have secured the whole of the officers and
crew of the Alabama hail he not placed too much
confidence In the honor of the owner of the yacht
that be considered Captain Semmes and others who
escaped as hound In honor to give themselves up,
and that he did net pursue and lire upon the Deer
hound because he did not believe any one carrying
the hag of the Royal Yacht Squadron would act so
dishonorably.
The Daily News also publishes 'a letter from !Ur.
Stoddart, master of the Fearsargo, complaining
that the Deerhound was the consort of the Ala
bama. •
The Pries Temps and the Siede denounce the. ex
aFgere toff and pro-Southern accounts given bylthe
seml-ofticial papers Of Pails of the destruction of
the Alchemic.
Tbirtyseven of the crews of the ships Rocking
ham and Tycoon, destroyed by the Alabama, have
been landed at Havre by a French stea,mer,
VIE NAVAL ACTION DI2CUSSED-IN L'AULTAI.I.ENT.
In the House of Commons, on the 23d, Sir John
Ray asked if the attention of the Government had
been called to the action between the Mearsarge and
the Alabama. Re - also inquired whether, la vies ,
'of the experience gained by that action, the Go
vernment would continue building ships which
would neither tight nor swim.
11,ord 0. Paget said the attention of the Adma
n:ol had been drawn to the fight in question. but it
had nothing to do with the question of the vessels
to which the inquiry referred.
On the following evening Lord Paget, in reply to
an inquiry, said that the Admiralty did not think it
necessary to send an officer to Cherbourg, to ent
wine the mode adopted to Strengthen the sides of
the Reemerge in order to resist shell, that informa
tion having been obtained when the vessel was in
dock in I.‘ngland.
At the levee held by the Prince of Wales, in the
name of the Queen, Mr. Adams presented Mr.
Charles Hale, of the Boston Advertiser, Consul
General to Egypt.e
The first English turret ship, the Royal Sovereign,
has been officially tried, and proved to be a greet
success. She is claimed to be the most formidable
iron-clad afloat.
DAIVO7GEWSIAN QUESTION
In the English Parliament, on the 23d, Inquiries
were made of Ministers as to the proceedings of the
Corderenee but Earl Rus.s.ell and Lord Palmerston
gave no informationi beyond the feet that the last
sitting of the Conference would take place en the
20th, and that on the 27th they would present to
Parliament. all 'documents relating to the Con
ference, and make a statement on the subject.
Earl Russell admitted that negotiations would
probably be broken oil; and hostilities resumed.
The London journals generally argue that it will
be necessary for England to act in behalf of Den
mark.
The Morning Post emphatically tells the German
Powers that if they are under the Impression that
Great Britain will content herself with the utter
ance of a protest, they trill probably dud themselves
grievously in error.
The same journal gives the report that all ab
sentees from the Channeldieet have been ordered to
retain their ships forthwith.
The Morning Star says that Denmark decidedly
repelled with Indignation England's last propnal
tion in the interests of peace, and considers that
this absolves England Irom acting as the armed
champion of Denmark.
A semi-official Berlin paper represents that Eng
land has declared that on the renewal of hostilities
she will place herself, with her lice, at the side of
Denmark.
The Austro-Prussian squadron left Arxhaven On
the 2ath, and it waa believed their destination was
Bremerhaven.
A Vienna telegram says that at the final meeting
of the Conference on the ?sth, Austria and Prussia
will still be *Ming to accept of an armistice for not
lass than two months.
It is reported from Schleswig that the German
troops had already commenced moving northward
to take up position!.
It Is also reported that immediate attacks will
b made on Funen and Alm' 'when the armistice is
over.
The Oldenburg claim to the Duchies was being
pressed to the German Diet against t hat of August-
CD burg.
The Danish Government has officially announced
that if hostilities recommence, the blockade of the
German ports will be immediately re-established, but
that neutral ships will be permitted to enter the
I-ports...unless they have received...notlce of the re
establishruent of the blockade.
The London Berea contends that the failure of
the Conference ought, unquestionably, to involve
the resignation of the British ministry.
PRANCE
Pt o weekly returns of the Bank of France show
a decrease in cash on hand of eight and a half mil
lions of francs. , •
The Pi iris Bourse was dull and declining, and
the Rer.les were quoted at G 5 f. 70c.
In the Spanish Congress the ministers stated, in
reply to an inquiry, that the squadron in the Pacific
ocean ISM be reinforced, and the Chinch:l. Islands be
occupied until the assasa=ins of .Tatn.ol ho are punished,
and it is proved that the Peruvian Government was
ignorant of the n:Ctempt to take the life of MazatidO,
es• Spanish Minister at Peru.
INDIA AND CHINA.
CALCUTTA MIS M.—Shirting firm. Twist im
proving. Iliehange 2s. ld. Freights dull,
I.3ounikr, May 30.-Eschunge I.,Vd. Freights
(lull.
CexTex, May 13.—Ootton unchanged. Tea dear
er. Exchange 43.91;d.
SRA:VC/NAY, May 17.—Shirtings firm. Coagou
Tea tending . downward. Silk active at unchanged
prices. 'Freights firm. Exchange Gs. 4 ?.;(1.
LONDON MONEY MAE KET.—The funds were
depressed and unsettled, peadim.c a ministerial
er
pplanation as to the reknit of the Conference and the
Dano-German quostion. The demand for discount
was active at six per tent.; which Is tho lowest rato
.
for good bills. . •
. LATEST VIA LIVERPOOL.
Lsvznvoor., June 15.—The steamship Peruvian,
from Londonderry yesterday for Quebec, returned
there this morning with her screw broken. The
Nova Scotian will leave. Liverpool on the 27th to
take on board her passengers, malls, and con
vey them to their destination.
The new steamer Yeddo, believed to have been
built for the Confederates, at Bordeaux, has left
that port for Amsterdam.
Everything about the Yedde was
. perfectly cor
rect, but there was an unexplained mystery in the
proceedings concerning her.
More confidence was felt in London to-day for the
preservation of peace, at least so far as England Is
concerned, end console have advanced.
A telegram from Franlcfort asserts t lint nt to-day's
Contort nce the German Powers will still be prepared
to treat upon& littler demarcation, and to conclude
an armistice f r two menthe. Should Denmark ac
cept these terms, pence may yet be preserved.
LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN.'
LIVEIIPOOL, June W.—The steamship Kangaroo,
from New York, arrived at Queenstown to-day. •
Rants, June 25, P. M.—The Bourse closed firm at
65f. 70c. for the ltentei.
LONDON, June 20, 10 A. M.—The King of Wur
temburg is dead.
The Conference closed yesterday. Nothing has
transpired as to the result of its deliberations.
A Cabinet Council was held immediately after
the adjorirnment of the Conference, and the policy
of the Government will, it is said, bo announced to-
morrow.
The London Globe says that the Ministry is per
fectly united en the Daue-German question.
Lc:a:nor:, June W-.-Noon.—The Conference mot
yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock. All the repre
sentatives were present. It is not known whatrosult
was arrived at.
Tho United Service Gazette says that orders have
been issued to prepare and hold In readiness for
immediate use the necessary warlike equipmentsfor
30,000 troops.
The wok asserts that the decision of the Govern.
meat, which Lord Palmerston will announce on
Monday evening, will be that of the united Cabinot,
and Um public may rest assured that the decision
will not bo %faltering one, or ono unmindful of
.tho
tuitional honor and interests.
It is reported that a great meeting of the Con
servatives is to be held nt Lord Salisbury's on Mon
day, to consider tho expediency of offering a non
confidence motion.
Loa nos, Juno 26-1 P. M.—Various "rumors fa
v'orablo to peace caused a general improvement lit
the stock market' yesterday afternoon. •
• Consols advanced a half per cont., and railway
stocks about a half per cent.
Consols closed at 00).:6903,f.
Prince Alfred has joined his ship, the Raccoon,
which is ordered to the coast of Norway.
Lon now, June 26-3.30 P. M.—Nothing has trans
pired minding the pulley agreed upon at the Cabi
net council of Fridoy and yesterday, and which will
be announced in Parliament to-morrow evoning.
The Conference, which met at one o'clock voter
day a(ternooni.sat till a quarterpast four &clock,
and then broke up not to meet again.
Coralinercini Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL COTTON A RICE L.—Thojales
of Cotton for the week have been 45,000 bales, in
cluding 3,000 bales to SIWCUlAturs and 11,000 bales to
exporters. "The market has been irregular, with a
decline of ;.id; but American descriptions have
generally remained steady. The salon today (Fri
day) were 6,000 bales, including 2,000 bales to specu
lators and exporters. The market closed quiet and
unchanged at the following quotations:
Fair. Middling.
Orionn. Nominal. 29 4d.
Mobile IC 2211.
.Cpland IC 2.” Cd.
Stock In port 311,500 bales, of which 16,500 bales
were American.
IIIANCIIESTER TRADE REPORT.—Tho
ad-
Viccs fromoalanehester report a dull market for
goods and yarns, with a downward tendency.
LIVERPOOL BREADSTUPFS MARKET.—
The Breadstuff's market was firmer, and all quail-.
'ties have slightly advanced. - Richardson, Spence,
Co. and others report: Flour firm and upward,
with an advance of tid 7 61 bbl, o3tra State 2080203
Wheat. firm and advanced 2411 contal, rod Western
8e @Bs &toed Southern Ss Sti€ , Ss Sd, White Western
Ss 1.1d695, white Southern Ss tid@as Oorn active
at an advance ore& mired 295. -
LIVERPOOL. PROVISION MARK.CT.—The
Provision market is firm, with on upward tendency.
Bigland, Athyn, & Co., 'Jordon, Bruce, & Co., and
.others report : Beet firmer. Pork uorara and psr-
Dally advanced 21s 6d. Bacon Arm and
advanced ils. Lard firmer. Button--nose;
low firmer at 398Q415 0.1.
LIVERPOOL PRODTJCE 111A.RIKET.
steady ; Sugar quiet and etoady ; Geffen' 13
Itice eteady ; Cod Oil, no sales; Spent
808112 steady ; Spirits Turpentine dull.
English, & Brandon, report ; Petri
dull ; relined 2.0 Ide2s 2d.
LONDON MARKETS.—Breadstulfs firmer
FL slight advance. Iron dull. Sugar dull ar
ellned Ge@ls. Coffee easier; Tea firm;
Turpentine steady ; Petroleum inactive, at
refined ; Linseed 011 declining, quoted ass
low firmer. •
Grover ec Todd quote: Provisions firm ;
buoyant; Lard active.
LoaDO/e, Friday Evening.--Consols closed at
@SOX for money. Tho weekly return of the I
of England shows an Increase of bullion to
amount of 4,16,000.
AMERICAN STOOKS.—Baring Brothers
the market for American securities Is dull
urinal, with no sales.
LATEST VIA LITEEPOO
lirvF.nrePr., June 25, P. lit —Cotton—Salt
day 6,0t0 hales, Including 2 00Thales speoul:
and exporters. The market closes quiet and
changed.
Iln.xAnsTmrirs.—The market is quiet but lira.
Pnovisioise.—The market Is firm and active.
PRODUCEL—The market is quiet and steady.
Loans, June 25th, P.:l:l.—Consols eloso at
90).' for money.
AMERICAN STOOKS.—The latest sale
Illinois Central Itailroad 38@:18 discount, Er!
road 50e52.
VIA QUEEZISTOWINT
HAVRE, J une 2S.—Cotton sates of the weer
bales. Orleans tree ordins Ire 301 f, bts 350 f.
market. Is flan. Stock In port 60,000 bales.
(Per Asia.)
Arrived from New York—June 25th, stew
London, at London.
Arrived from Pinta delphia—.Tirne 23th, TuzOi
at Liverpool.
Arrived from New York—Bone 144,1 t J. Eat
Barcelona; 21st, Nord Amerika, at Bremen,
Para, at Jersey: 221, Lerenzo, rdtnona, and Pt
Oscar, at Flushing; Scotia, at Gravesend;
Henrietta, at Greenock ;I:tuplre State, at Li
pool.
Arrived from Oallao—June 23, Nitubla, at
mouth. . .
Sailed fain New York—June 21st, Pride, .
Newport; 11th, A. M., Lovett, from Gibraltar, 1;
Chrittlan from do; =cl, Marietta Nattebdin, r
Liverpool; 24th, Evening Star, from Greenoel ,
Sailed for Boston—June 240, Emily, from r
The ship Union, at Montevideo, leaky, lS
dcumed.
. .
THE LATEST.
QTTEENSTONN, June 2:I—ArTIVOiI from
York, Harpswell, at Havre; Prince Orcar, Lorc
and Winona, at Antwerp; Henrietta, Mac)
Copenhagen; Dodds at Beachy Head.
Arrived from Callao. Frank Flint. at Briztol.
NEW YORK CITY.
(Special Correspondence of The Press. -
' , law YORK, July 5,
IIibrIrY.TMENCE DAY
has come and gone; the people have had theb
tie holiday, and are satisfied; all those Janet
amusements, which consist mainly in Jeopardh
everybody's life, have had their day; and all t
millions of dollars which wore yesterday, to-da .
not, and the pockets that knew them once
know them no more forever. Oh ! that this
pen were capable of describing the horrors of
tropolitan existence when, in due course of ,
comes round the great national birthday! I wet
who the terrestrial Lucifer could have been •
first conceived the fiendish idea of celebrating
great event IA such a way! I do not believe
wouldpe safe a moment from the just.and righter
wrath of our suffering citizens. Fires, fearful at
dents, tights, and all manner of lawlessness a
"riotous living" are always the concomitant pal
of the miserable whole, and every Gothamite in ,
lutarily thanks Heaven when he is released fn
the inevitable anxiety and annoyance connect(
upon this state of things. Yesterday was not unl
all Its predecessors, nor was it - more noisy or •
disagreeable than they; it was simply the
Fourth of July, and to-day is simply its react
The city is comparatively silent, in the satinet
exhaustion, and the "wounds of sound" are
Lair way to be healed. To tie sure, now and
one hears a debilitated fire-cracker or two, or t
ble pistol, but they are. only the stragglers in
great rout, and soon we shall have only the dead
lying on the field. Let us be proportionately that
ful for the blessed three hundred and sixty-five dt
that mast intervene before a possible repetition
yesterday!
7IIE ONION PUROUR
still maintains its hold upon the public, and
"onion fund" grows more and more plethoric ev
day. "All the world and his wife " send all tl
available pin money to swell the sum, and hem
deed behind the age who has not yet subserii
something for the benefit of the poor soldier. A
with such facts as these before ns to judge from,
sedum a safe conclusion that if onions can sate
country its salvation will Le secured.
THE POLITICAL BALE.II3OSCOPII
does not whirl about as rapidly in the handl of
present possessors as it has sometimes done;
what reason I know not, unless it may - be that ti
are so much delighted with the combination it r
exhibits that they dread a change. However
may really be, certain it is that political max
are dull, and do not seem to thrive at all; but
is, perhaps, only the lull before the storm ; we a,
possibly, upon the eve of great and startli
charges. In the dearth of news, I could elm ,
wish it might be so, if the changes should only
for the better, so that I might have something c
to communicate on the subje-4, beside that whi
has now becopie " flat, stale, and unprofitable.”
TELEATRICAL 31.1.7TE1LS
'arc likewise uninteresting to a degree scarcely cot
eels able by those not familiar with the "seasons.
Nearly alt the regular seasons closed last week:,
that the performances at present progressing at. ti
various theatres are those irregular, not-to-be-clar.
fled representations, which are as sudden and A
unaccountable as the motions of a cornet. • Yestei
day, as usual, all the programmes wero grand, at
the attractions wonderful, both in theraseired a,
in their effects, for the attendance was, as use
good.
. _
has now taken place in good earnest. Evorybotly
who wanted to go, and could, has gone into the
country to have a nice old-fashioned romp through
the woods and the fields, and Broadway seems really
quite deserted. As a distingalshed clergyman, not
a thousand miles from our city, once said, "the elltd
(accent on the last c!) of the town" are all absent,
and the few stretched, be-draggled females who re
main, as penance for their manifold sins, sleep in
the back rooms up stairs, and try to make bailer°
all is well with them. The watering-places have
received their usual quota from among us, and per.
haps more than that, through the accessions of the
Shoddyocracy.
TEE RECENT HEATED TEE)!
seems about to be repeated, judging from the tem..
perature to-day. The weather is eitudless, calm,
and rapidly greN) 1r..; intolerable again, and the dust,
just laid by the last showers, is already chokingly
thicli, tine, and penetrating. Everybody in oar eity
is, no doubt, sending up at this moment a devout
prayer that the heat-fiend may bo stayed in his hor
rible progress, for the thought of such another
s' spill of weather' , as we have had is I:ibe:treble.
New YORE, July 6, 1864. ji
DrATIT OP GENERAL GEORGE P. MORRIS.
General George P. Morris died in this city this of.
ernoon.
MAILINE.
Arrived—Ship Ocean Traveller, from Bordeaux.
.
What the ravistaas Say of the Naval
Engagement at Cherbourg-.
Paris Cor. London Morning Post, June 2 2
The Parisian journals to-day contain news about
the unexpected end of the famous Southern cruiser,
the Alabama. The Nonileur records the fact, but
without details. Southern agents had visited the
Alabama from Part whilst at Cherbourg, and she
was supposed to be quite a match for her opponent,
though inferior in weight and number Si LOIII2.
But as Captain Semmes is In England, you will get
better accounts of the combat than reach us in
earls. A French account says that, before icarieg
Cherbourg, he called his Wren, and, addressing them,
exclaimed '
" 'We must conquer or die !" To which.
rho crew. replied (1 give the words in 'French):
"Burralipour le Su.l! Vivo Lee! Vivo son armee!
Tire la France ! la nation genereuse qui souls prn
tique d'une maniere impartiale la neutraliteli. I
shall confine myself to relating the effect produced
in Paris when the news appeared In the jour
nals of this morning. 1 have previously informed
you that the sympathy of the Government
and the majority in the country is decidedly
in favor of the Southern - cause, and 1 am
quite sure I am correct in saying that a feeling
of regret prevailed that the gallant Alabama's ca
reer was over. The combat was not unexpected in
Paris, the Kcarsarge having challenged in such a
manner that, though an encuunter was not desired,
it could not well be declined by Captain Semmes.
It ie reported that, while the Alabama was await
ing- the •eutheriration to make the lepairs, of
which she stood urgently in need, in the impe
rial dock-yard—there being no private establish
ment in Cherbourg—the Kearsartre entered
the harbor and sailed round the Alabama, a
manceuvre which is universally maigulted as
a challenge and a taunt. The Confederate
naval authorities do not consider the disparity of
force between the two vessels so great as to have
made Captain Semmes> attempt a rash or hopeless
'One. Thu armament of the Kearsargc is to that of
the Alabama as 100 to SS. The crew of the former
reel was 200, that of the latter 130. On a former
occasion the Alabama had triumphantly coped with
fully as great odds, as is evident from her shaking the
Hatteras off Galveston in a few rounds. Hoc
misfortune, In this instance, must, therefore, bo
regarded as one of those accidents of maritime
warfare which neither bravery nor skill can always
avert. The testimony of the spectators on share is
unanimous that the tiglit was a. gallant one: and
officers andcrews of both vessels must have Bono
their hest. Nearly two hundred rounds wore tired,
the greater number by the Alabama. In the last
forty minutes of the light, which lasted about two
hours, she was disabled from manceuvrimr, ap
parently by a shot exploding her boiler. She was
seen turning toward shore under sail, whea she
sank, poop foremost.
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rublie r.uterteduments.
Mass Canny. Rusu has been successfully perform
ing during the last week at the Arch-street Theatre.
Tragedy, and sspectally that of Fa.zio, which, the
by, is on unnatural plot, and a mon;trous place Of
action), 13 a groaning affliction fora hot midsuainer
night; but Miss Rush succeeded In winning ate re
peated applause of a very large and Intelllgett au
dience. Bianca is a character rarely suffers-de to
the critic even from a woman of genius; for h needs
an amount of creative ramerand earnest seliforget
fulness extremely difficult to employ, and onZy to bo
employed thanklessly. Cecile Rush's ehanuteriza
lion has excellent dramatic perfections, ritiont be
ing a thoroughly sustained portbrmance. Wishould
'welcome this lady to our regular stage, whirs her
known talents Ina sphere oltragi-coutedy tß;list bo
perratmently recognized. The present tentbney of
the theatre,is to put all its votaries to scrvic In tin
regular and popular work of the hour. This 'shores
the public of many stars ; but it also reuses the
profession, and, probably, furnishes a bettor estlfec
the trial of merit;
Mr. Barton 11111 gave a good, sensible perforcanco
of rozio, which wo arc the mare disposed to liaise,
as Mr. Hill does not contemplate an exhitilion of
Hamlet. • •
Miss Lotta, a wild and handsome "boy g.`l," of
inferior account, perhaps, as an actress of egular
comedy, has been delighting the houses at to Arch
with a peculiar gilt of voice, and a new aat.
- doming Terpsichore from the plantations.